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A 5 rn ng yBY MAX HEINDEL

A COMPLETE TEXTBOOK ON THE

ART OF ERECTING A HOROSCOPE

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TABLES OF PLANETARY HOURS

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INTR OD U CT I ON

THE PRACTICAL VALUE OF ASTROLOGY

HERE is a side of the Moon whi ch we never se e .

but that hi dden half is as potent a factor in caus

in g the ebb and flow of the earth ’s tide, as the part of

the Moon whi ch is visible. Similarly, there is an in

visible part of man whi ch exerts a powerful influence

in life , and as th e tides are m easured by the motion

of the Sun and Moon , so al so the eventualities of ex

ist ence are measured by the circl ing stars,whi ch may

therefore b e call ed the Clock of D estiny,!and know

l edge of their import is an immense power,for t o the

competent astrologer the horoscope reveals every

se cret of l ife .

Thus, when y ou have given an astrologer the data

of your birth, y ou have given him the key t o your in

nermost soul , and there is no se cret that he may not

ferre t out . This knowl edge may b e used for good or

ill , to help or hurt, according t o the n ature of the

man . Onl y a tried friend shoul d be trusted with this

key t o your soul , and it shoul d never be given t o any

one base enough to prostitute a spiritual science format erial gain .

To the medical man Astrology is invaluabl e in

diagnosing diseases and prescribing a remedy, for it

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reveals the hidden cause of all ailments. Thi s phase

of the science is deal t with in “Th e Messag e of the

Stars,! giving numerous horoscopes t o show how

the signatures of various diseases appear in the stel

lar script. The writer diagnoses unerringly by this

me thod the ailments of patients al l over the world andl ove wil l light the way for others also who aim to fol

l ow in the steps of Christ as heal ers of the sick.

If y ou are a parent the horoscope will aid you to

detect the evil latent in your child and teach y ou how

t o apply the ounce of prevention . It will Show y ou

the good points also, that y ou may make a better man

or woman of the soul entrusted to your care . It will

reveal systemic weakn ess and enabl e you to guard the

health of your child ; it wil l show what talents are

there, and how the life may be lived to a maximum

of usefuln ess. Therefore , the message of th e march

ing orbs ismost important, and as we have shown the

great danger of giving birth data to anyone else ,there remains onl y one course : To study the science

yourself.

This book and the simpl ified method it contains

of casting a horoscope in a thoroughl y scientific man

ne r is publ ished in order t o enable anyone who can

add and subtract to do the work himself, instead of

relying on others. Thus he will obtain a deeper know

l edge of the causes whi ch are operative in l ife than

any professional ast rologer who is a stranger can

gIve .

CHAPTER I .

TEE PLANETS

THE SEVEN SPIRITS BEFORE THE THRONE

HE nebular theory ex plains with wonderful in

genuity the material viewpoint of how a solar

system consisting Of sun and planets may be formed

from a central firemist , provided the firemist is put

in motion. Something or somebody extran eous to

the firemist is necessary t o give that first impul se,however, as shown by Herbert Spencer, who rejected

the nebular theory because it implies a First Cause,yet he was unable to enunciate a hypothesis free

from that, t o him , Obje ctionabl e flaw. Thus the scien

t ific theory of the genesis of a solar system coincides

with the rel igious teaching of a First Cause, cal l it

God or by any other name, who is the superior in tel

ligence orderin g the path of the marchi ng orbs with

a defin ite end and aim in view. That end we may

not y e t be abl e t o whol ly perceive, but all about us on

our planet we cann ot fail to note, if observant, an

orderly progression of al l things towards perfection,and it may be inferred that a sim ilar processof evolution must be in progress on al l the other pl an

e ts, varying of course, in consonan ce with the diverse

conditions existing on each.

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Mystic teachin g concern ing the formation of a

solar system agrees with the n ebul ar theory which

says that ringswere thrown off from th e central mass

Of the Sun ,forming in succession the several planets,

those farthest from the Sun bein g form ed first whil e

Venus and Mercury, last form ed, are nearest th e Sun .

Back of every act is a thought, and behi nd every

visible p henem enon there is an invisible cause . SO

with the formation of the planets in a solar system ,

there is a spiritual reas<m for their bein g, as wel l as

a material explanation .

The central firemist we may consider the first vis

ibl e mani festation of the triun e God , the Lord of

Hosts, Who contains within His Bein g a mul titude

of other beings at varying stages of development.

Their diverse needs require difier en t external envir

onments. In order t o furn ish such proper conditions

several plan ets have been thr own Off from the central

mass, each being difierent ly constituted and each having a cl im atic condi tion varying from the others. Ye t

they are all in the kingdom of God , the solar system.

“In Him they l ive and move and have their being !

in the most l iteral sense, for the whol e solar system

may be considered as th e body of God and the planets

as the organs in that body,ensouled by His Life, mov

ing in His Strength in accord with HisWill .

Each visibl e planet is the embodim ent Of a greatand exal ted spiritual intel l igence Who is the ministerof God in that department of His Kingdom, endeav

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oring to carry out HisWill , the latter having in view

the ul timate highest good , regardl ess of temporary ill .

These Planetary Spirits exercise a particul ar in

fluence on the beings who evolve upon the planet

which is Their embodiment, but have also an influence

on the evolvin g beings upon other plan ets according

t o the development attained by such bein gs. The

lower in the scale of evolution a being is placed the

more potent are the eflects Of the planetary influen ces ;the hi gher, the wiser and the more individualized a

being is, the more it is abl e t o shape its own course

and the l ess it wil l be actuated by the stell ar vibra

tions. That is why Astrology appli ed t o daily l ife

helps us. It gives us a knowledge of our weaknesses

and the tendencies t o evil in our nature ; it shows us

our strength and the tim es most opportune for devel

opment of added power for good.

In all religions we hear of the Seven PlanetaryGenii : the Hindu tells of Seven Rishi, th e Parsi ofSeven Am eshasp en tas, the Mohamm edan of Seven

Archang els and our Chr istian rel igion has its Seven

Sp irits befor e the Throne .

The m odern astronomer divorces the spiritual as

p ect of the celestial scien ce, Astrology, which he pooh

poohs as “ an exploded superstition ,from the mater

ial phase, Astronomy, counting eight primary pl anetsin our solar system—Neptune, Uranus, Saturn , Ju

piter, Mars, Earth, Venus and Mercury. He shows

through the tel escope that they exist and thinks he


has proved that religion knows not whereof it speaks

when it asse rts that there are seven planets in the

solar sy stem . The Mystic, however, points t o Bode’

s

Law as vindi catin g his asse rtion that Neptune does

not real ly belong to our solar system .

Th e law is this : If we write a series of 4’s, add 3

to the second, 6 t o the third, 12 t o the fourth, etc .,doubling the amount added each time, the resul ting

series of numbers is a very cl ose approximation t o

the relative di stances Of the plan ets from the Sun

wi th the ex cep tion of Nep tune . Thus, to il lustrate :

Mer Ast er Ju Sa t Ur a Nepcury Venus Ear th Mar s oids p it er4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384

4 70 .

10.

16 28 52 100 196 388.

If we d 1v1de thi s series by 10 we ge t 1 for the d is

tance of the earth from the Sun and th e other num

bers then represent the distances Of the other planetsin te rms of the earth ’s distance . The closen ess with

which this simpl e law gives the distan ce is shown as

follows, the column headed Bode ! being the dis

tances according t o this law, whil e the column headed“D istan ce ! gives the correct values in terms of the

earth ’s distances.

Jupite rVe nus

NeptuneAst eroids .

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It is thus seen that, with th e ex ception of the values for Neptune, the numbers represent very nearly

the relative proportional distances from the Sun , of

the seven plane ts and the Asteroids whi ch are withinour solar syst em , but fail very decidedly when applied

t o Neptun e, who is the embodiment of a Great Spiritfrom the Creative Hierarchi es

,which normal ly in

fluence us from the Zod iac. This planetary genius

works specifical ly with those who are preparing for

in itiation and partially with those who study ast rol

ogy and put it into practice in the ir daily lives, for

then they are also preparing for the path of attain

ment . The twinkl ings of the fixed st ars from without

our solar system are the pul sations of spiritual im

pulses sent forth by the guardians Of the Greater

Mysteries ; and the Mercurians, the Gods of Wisdom

send out sim ilar impulses pertaining t o the l esser

myst erie s, hen ce Mercury twinkl es l ike a fixed star.

Plan ets revolve around the Sun at varying rates

Of spee d, the smal l er pl anets, which are the cl osest t o

the Sun ,moving much more rapidly than the larger

ones whi ch, in addi tion , describe wider circl es.

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Th e hourly motion of the plan ets in the ir orbits

is as follows

Mil es

Jupit erVenus SaturnEarth UranusMars. Neptune .

Besides revolving in their orbits around the Sun ,

the planets also revolve upon their axes in the sam e

direction as they revolve in their orbits ; that is, from

west t o east . This movem ent is call ed the d iurnal

rotation .

The time occupied by the diurnal rotation Of the

planets is as foll ows :

Hours Hours

Mercury 2454. Jupiter 10

Venus 10%

Eart h 24 Uranus 9%

Mars Neptune Unknown

The Sun also rotates upon an ax is but requires

about 608 hours or 25 1-3 days t o comple te on e ro

tat ion .

Th e axis of a planet may be either perpendicul ar

or Oblique t o its orbit. The present approximate in

cl inat ions of the axes are as follows

D egr e es

32356 Mer cury25

26 Neptune


The inclination of the axis Of the Sun to the plane

Of the ecliptic is about degrees.

The above inclinations of the ax es do not in al l

cases coincide with the figures‘

given by physical

science , n e ither do we endorse their view that these

in clin ations remain practical ly un changed, save for

a sl ight vibratory movem ent called nutation . There

is an exce edingly slow third movement of the planets

whereby that which is now the North Pole of the

e arth wil l in the future, as it has in th e past, point

directly towards the Sun . Later it will be in theposition where now the South Pole is, and in due

time it will reach again its presen t place . Thus trop

ical climate and glacial epochs succeed each other on

all points of each plan et .

In addition t o this gradual movement of about 50

seconds of space p er cen tury , whereby a whole revo

lut ion Of the earth ’s axis is completed in about two

and one -hal f mill ion years, there have also been sud

den changes at a tim e when that whi ch is now th e

North Pole pointed directly towards the Sun . The

southern hem isphere was then continually in dark

ness and cold .

Resul ting conditions caused a sudden overtop

ping of our globe the last time . Since that time , how

ever, the Spirit which previously gui ded the earth

from without has drawn into the sphere and such

a happening will be impossibl e in the future.


Mr. Pierre Bezian , a French mechanician , has con

structed an apparatus demonstrating this third move

ment. He is said to have received h is idea from a

study of the teachings promul gated among various

ancient people by priests possessed of mystic l earn

ing , particul arly from the Egyptians. He shows how

such a thi rd movement will accoun t for the tropical

flora and fauna found in the frozen North, whi ch canbe accounted for in no other way. He also shows that

when in the course of this third movem ent the in

cl inat ion of a planet ’s ax is becomes greater than 90

degrees and its North Pol e comm ences t o point to

ward the south, the satell ites of that planet will seem

t o turn in the opposite di rection from the satellites

Of the other planets, as is the case with Uranus and

Neptune ’s satellites ; a fact whi ch astronomers are

puzzled t o explain .

On Uranus and Neptune the Sun also rises in the

west and sets in the cast for the sam e reason : the

inversion of their pol es.

As a last diff erence between the teachings of mod

ern science and the West ern Wisdom Teaching of the

Rosicrucians, we may note that astronomers of today

speak Of Venus and Mercury as inferior plane ts because they always appear cl ose t o the Sun ; Venus is

se en only as a morning or an evening star ; Mercury

is rarely seen because it keeps so close t o the Sun .

The other plan ets are cal led sup erior because they

are seen at al l distan ces from the Sun , being even at


the very opposite point of the horizon from the Sun .

This appellation , inferior and sup erior, the mys

t ic would reverse, for t o him it is clear that the Sun

is the embodiment of the highest spiritual int el l i

gence in our system. At the beginning of our pres

en t phase of evolution al l that is now outside the Sun

was inside , but not al l beings could continue t o vi

brate at the imm ense rate which Obtained there ; some

fel l behind, crystal l ized and , in time, becam e a cl og

on other classes. They started t o crystall ize at the

p ol e , where motion is sl ow,but gradually their in

creased weight brought them to the e quator, where

motion is most rapid, and they were thrown OS from

the Sun by centrifugal force .

Later, other beings failed t o keep up the vibratorymovement, lagged behind, and were thrown off at a

proper distance so that the solar Vibrations may give

them the rapidity necessary t o their development .

The m ost advanced spirits stayed longest with the

Sun and consequen tly, if th e appe ll ation inferior and

sup erior is t o be appl ied at al l , it should be used in

reverse mann er.

In order t o avoid al l misunde rstandin g, it may be

well t o state that Jupiter was thrown OE and given

its enorm ous bul k of fiery substance because the Ju

p iterians had arrived at a ve ry high state of devel

opmen t , where they needed both high vibrations an d

independent motion . Jupiter is the refore in some re


sp ects an exception t o the rul e ; a case where a hi gher

law supersedes a lower.

In conclusion we reiterate that the plan ets in our

solar system are th e visibl e embodiments of the Seven

Spirits before th e Throne of God , the Sun , and that

just as it is possible t o us t o transmit by wireless

telegraphy the force whi ch moves th e telegraph key,lights a lamp , pul ls a l ever, et c . , so may these Great

Spirits exercise an influen ce upon human be ings in

proportion t o our stage of individuality. If we aim

t o act in harmony with the laws Of Good, we rise

above al l other laws and be come a law unto ourselves ;co-workers with God and helpers in nature. Ours

is the privil ege , ours the loss, if we fail t o l ive up to

our hi ghest possibil ities.

Let us therefore, strive t o know, that we may do ,and , above all l e t us beware of prostituting the scien ce

of the stars t o the gutter Of fortun e -tell ing. Gold of

Mammon may be ours if we do , but the“ peace of God

which passe th all underst anding ! will bring us last

ing joy if we use our knowl edge in unselfish service

t o others.

CHAPTER II.

TIME AND PLACE AS FACTORS IN CALCULATION

OF THE HOROSCOPE

HOROSCOPE is simply a chart of the heavens

showing a certain position of the plan ets and zo

di acal signs relative t o each other and th e earth. The

constellations remain in the same position one t o

another, and are therefore call ed “ fixed stars,! but

the earth and other planets constantly change . They

d o not return t o th e same relative position until after

about twenty-six thousand years. Thus every scienti

fically cal culated horoscope is absolutely individual

and shows a stellar influence d ifier ent from that e x er

t ed in any other l ife commen ced at a difierent time.

Be cause of the revolution of the earth upon its axis

a n ew degree of the zodiac rises every four minutes

and thus even the horoscopes of twins may difier con

sid erably . The student wi l l therefore real ize the im

portance of Tim e as a factor in casting a horoscope.

There are however,various methods of ap p rox imat

ing the time and erecting a correct horoscope for

those who do not know the hour of their birth, but

that subject belongs t o an advanced grade of this

study.


Time is not the sam e the world over, however.When the Sun rises where we live , it sets in another

place, and that makes another difference in the horoscopes even if cast for children born at the sam e mo

ment of time but in opposite parts of the world, for

if it were noon in the birthplace of one , the Sun would

be high in the heavens above the earth, and in the

birthplace Of the other child it would b e midni ght

with the Sun directly bel ow the earth. We kn ow that

the chem ical efiect of the solar ray varies with its p o

sitiou, and when the change is physically noticeabl e,the spiritual effe ct must also difier . It is therefore

evident that Time and Place are the basic factors in

cal cul ation of the horoscope. We shall fir st show how

to locate the p lace of birth, then we take up the mat

ter of tim e .

PLACE

Geographi cally, the earth is divided by two imaginary sets of circles. On e circl e runs east and west,halfway between the North and South Pol es as shown

in the accompanying charts : it is cal l ed the Equator.

Other circl es cal l ed Parall els of Lat itud e , are imagined running paral lel t o the Equator, and their use is

t o measure the distance of any place North or South

of the Equato r. Now get an atlas and l ook at the

map of North America. Along the right and l eft

hand borde rs y ou will se e certain numbers. Note that

a curved l ine runs from No . 50 on the right t o No . 50

on the left. That is the fiftieth paral l el of latitude.

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you will find London , and close thereto a place cal l ed

Greenwich. That is the l ocation of the world ’s great

est observatory, and for purposes of astronomi calcal cul ation all places on earth are considered as be ing

so and so many degrees west or cast of Greenwich .

Thus, by latitud e we Obtain the location Of a ce rtain place nor th or south of the Equator.By long itude we designate its position east or west

of Greenwich.

When the locat ion of a place is stated in terms of

latitude and longitude it marks a certain spot beyond

all possibili ty of confusion with any other place,and gives the astrologe r one of the primal factors

necessary to calcul ate a scientific horoscope—place .

Latitude is the principal factor in l ocating the

signs of the zodiac by means Of “Tabl es of Houses,!

whi ch apply t o al l plac es in a ce rtain degr ee of lati

tude . These tables are as nearly un changeabl e as the

fixed stars t o whi ch they apply ; they remain the same

from year to year, at l east the change is so small as t o

be unappreciabl e in a lifetime.Longitude is the prime factor in al l cal cul ations

conn ected with the movable planets. To cal cul ate

their places at the time of a person ’s birth it is nec

essary to have an ast ronomical almanac for the year

of birth. This is cal l ed an ephemer is because it re

cords the ephemeral or momentary position of the

plan ets as seen from the Observatory at Greenwich

each day at noon.

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A Solar D ay is the period of time it takes the Sun

to move from any ce rtain m e ridian of Iongitude till

it re turns to the same meridian the next day. Owin g

t o the vari able motion of the earth in its orbit, and

the obl iquity of the ecl iptic, the Sun ’s p ath the

solar days are not al l of equal l ength, but as the pur

poses of social and civil life require a un iform d i

vision an average is struck of al l sol ar daysin a year,and this is cal l ed a Mean Solar D ay . It comm ence s

at midnight when the Sun is at the nadir. Clocks

are re gul ated t o show its be g inning and end , also its

equal divisions into twenty-four hours. There is

thus a diff eren ce betwe en sun -time and clock-time .

From the tim e when the Sun is ne arest to the earth

(perihelion ) D e cembe r 24th , t o th e time when it is

far thest from the earth ( aphel ion ) June 2l st , clocktim e is in advance of sun-time . From June 2l st t o

D ecember 24th , the Sun is in advan ce of the cl ock, the

greatest diffe rence bein g 16 minutes in th e beginning

of November.Wh en the unequal motion of the earth in its orbit

and the obliquity of th e ecl iptic act together, the dif

fe rence be tween sun -time and cl ock-time is greatest

but four times a year, April 15th , June 15th, Septem

ber l st and December 24th , they agre e.

A Sid er eal D ay is the time which el apses betwe en

a fix ed star’s l eaving a certain degree of longitude

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until it returns to it the foll owing day. This is the

exact time of on e compl e te revolution of the earth up

on its ax is ; it is the onl y absolutely uniform motion

observed in the heavens, having undergone no change

since the earl iest Observations on record.

Owing to the motion of the earth in its orbit about

the Sun a solar day is long er than a sid er eal day , for

as the Sun moves farther t o the e ast during the time

of the earth ’s daily rotation on its ax is, the earth

must turn further upon its axis before a ce rtain mer

idi an comes in l in e with the Sun . The solar day is

there fore about four minutes l onger than the side r

eal day, but owing to the variable motion of the earth

in its orbit and the obl iquity of the ecliptic previous

ly mentioned, this diffe ren ce also varies each day.

In bygone days cl ocks in each city or haml et dif

f ered from the tim epieces of every other place because

all we re set to l ocal time, but this caused much con

fusion to the traveling publ ic ; therefore America

adopted what is cal l ed Standard Time on November18

,1883. For persons born subsequent t o that date a

correction is necessary t o convert the time shown by

cl ocks t o true local time , for that is the time used t o

cal cul ate the horoscope . Th e diagram will aid stu

dents t o understand what Standard Time is, how it

overcame conf usion , and how the before-men tioned

correction is made.

It was suggest ed, that if the country be divided

into tim e -zones each about fifteen degrees of longitude

20 SIMPLIFI ED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGYin width (this be in g the distance the Sun travels inone hour) , and all the clocks in each division set t o

one uniform time , gauged by a meridian located inthe middl e of the resulting time-zone, conf usion of

travelers woul d be avoided.

Accordingly Am erica was divided into four such

zon es by thr ee imaginary l ines, as il lustrated in thediagram .

In the Eastern Tim e Zon e clocks are se t true t o the

75th m eridian ,5 hours earlier than Gre enwich Mean

Time .

In the Cen tral Time Zone time is regulated t o the9oth meridian whi ch is 6 hours earlier than Greenwich.

In the Mountain Time Zone timepieces are gov

ern ed according t o th e 105th meridian , 7 hours

earl ier than Gre enwich Mean Tim e.In the Pacific Tim e Zon e tim e is standard to the

120th m eridian ,8 hours earlier than Greenwich.

(There is a fifth zone in the far East, comprising

Main e, Nova Scotia, e t c . This zon e we omitted in

order that our diagram m ight be larger. )In all cities located on these Standard Meridians

(see diagram on the opposite page ) , such as Phil adelphia and D enver

,standard time is also true local

tim e, and no correction 18 required in cal cul ation of

horoscopes: But D etroit, whi ch y ou will see located on

the dividin g l ine between the Eastern and Central

Time Zones, is 7 degrees east of the 9oth meridian ,

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and its clocks are therefore 28 minutes sl ow in actual

fact, for when they show noon , according to the 9otb

m eridian standard, the true local time is 28 minutes

past twe lve . Chicago y ou wil l se e a l ittle east of the90th meridian (2 degrees) . When the clocks there

are twelve noon it is really San Francisco

clocks show noon when the true local time is only

because that city is 255: degrees west Of the

Standard Meridian . Correction is the refore neces

sary. The rul e for Obtainin g the true local time is

To the n earest Standard Meridian Time, add four

minutes for each degree th e birth place is East of

the Me ridian corresponding to that Tim e .

If the birth place is West of that Meridi an,sub

tract four minutes for each de gree it isWest thereof.

When a child is born the exact moment it draws its

first breath shoul d be noted, as that moment and m i

the time of delivery is the time of birth from the as

t rologe r’

s point of View.

The reason for taking the tim e of the first inspira

tion , usually accompani ed by a cry, as the moment of

birth, is that the chem ical condition of the atmosphere

changes at each moment as the Vibrations from the

stars chan ge. We note such a change in the atmos

phere according to th e position of the Sun in the skyat difieren t hours Of the day or n ight. Th e n ight air

is different from the atmosphere at noon . Th ese are

not sudden chan ges, but are brought about by, t o us,

impe rceptibl e degrees. We who are more cal l ous from

continued changes, do not feel them, but the l ittl e

CHAPTER III .

SIGNS AND HOUSESSIGNS OF THE ZODIAC

Q SUN 3 MARS9 VENUS RI URANUS!a MERCURY tp NEPTUNE

THE ASPECTS

d CONJUNCTION SEXTILE<9 OPPOSITION

SQUARE PARALLEL

LTHOUGH We are many mi lli ons of mil es near

er th e Sun in winte r, its rays transmit less heat

than in summer when we ar e farthest from it , and it

is therefore evident that d istance has no efiect on

transmission of heat-rays, but as the Sun rises

towards the zenith, be it summer or winte r, the heatincreases, the greatest heat bein g ex perien ced in mid

summer when sun-rays are n earest the p erp endicu

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lar ; it is therefore evident that the angl e of the ray

is the sol e determinator of its influen ce.

Ast rology deals with planetary angl es and their

Observed effect upon m ankind ; in order t o de te rmine

these angles and tabulate Observations, the fixed stars

al ong the Sun ’s path have been divided in to groups

or conste llations, and the earth, as viewed from the

bir thp lac e of a chil d has been divided into houses.

Most beginne rs find it very conf using t o difie ren t iate

between these signs and houses, but if it is kept in

mind that the signs ar e divisions of th e h eavens, andhouses are d ivisions of th e ear th , there shoul d be no

difficulty. The signs influence certain parts of the

body ; houses govern conditions of life.

Like any other circle, the zodiac is divided into

360 degrees, each Of the twelve signs is therefore 30

deg rees. Their names and symbols are given in the

affixed diag ram . The parts Of the body rul ed by these

signs are as fol lows:

Cer e be llum and Ne ckArms and Lung s

St oma ch

K idne ysSCORPIO Se x Or g ans and Re ctum

Hip s and Thig hs


Th ese twelve constellations are the natural zodiac

and ever in the same relative positions, but on account

of a motion of the pole of the earth the Sun crosses

the equator at a slightly different point each spring

at the vernal equino x , and this shifting point is con

sidered in Ast rology as being the first degree of Aries,the beginn of what is called the int el lectual zodiac,which thus changes from year to year at the rate Of

about seconds per annum, 1 degree in 72 years, 1

Sign in 2156 years, comple tin g the circle of 12 signs

in about years. This backward movement is

called “ precession of the equinox.

From the material istic Viewpoint there seems t o be

no re ason for thi s shifting Of the zodiac, but from the

position of the mystic it is not at al l arbitrary, but

necessary and in harm ony with the spiral path of evm

lut ion adhered to in both star and starfish, observable

everywhere in nature . After completion Of e ach

cycle, the intell ectual and the natural zodiacs agree

( the last time A . D . then a new world period

commences, a new phase of evolution , a higher l oop

Of the spiral whereon we are ever travel ing towards

God . Even from the m aterial standpoint it is evident

that the sp iral path of th e solar system Observed by

astronomers must change the angl e of incidence Of

the l ight rays from the fixed stars, and as the angl e

of incidence of the Sun ’s rays upon our earth has the

eff ect of producing the cl imatic changes of summer

and winter, it is reasonabl e that a simil ar change

SIGNS AND HOUSES 27

must fol l ow from our al tered position relative to the

fix ed stars, whi ch may account for gradual changes

of conditions such as that the winte rs grow l ess cold

and the summers l ess warm in certain parts Of the

world.

Furthermore,it has been Observed that climatic

conditions have a distin ct efiect on our temperam ent—we feel differently in summ er than we do in win ter—and may not this sl ow change relative to the fixed

stars account for the change in humanity, whi ch is

call ed evolution ? The mystic afiirms that it does. As

rays of the Sun ,by change of the angl e of incidence,

call forth leaves and fl owers from the plan t at on e

tim e , and at an other cause them t o wither, so do rays

from the fix ed stars call forth and produce greater

changes in flora and faun a ; they are responsible for

the rise and fal l of nations and the temperamental

change whi ch we call civil ization .

Bringing the anal ogy a step further, the natural

zodiac is composed of the const e ll ations as they are

and remain in th e heavens,and the in te l lectual zodiac

commences at the chan gin g point where th e Sun

crosses the equator at th e vern al equinox . That is

the tim e when Nature brings t o birth that which has

germ inated in h e r womb durin g the pre ceding win

ter. Thus th e horoscope of the world changes from

year t o year. “As above , so be l ow,

is the law of

analogy and the same sal ient points are observab l e in

the evolution of man and microbe , star and starfish.


In the human map we have also what may be cal led

a natural horoscope, that is the figure as cast by the

rul es of Ast rology, where any sign may be on the

Ascendant, or First House . The changin g vernal

equinox corresponds t o the first degree of Aries, in

the in tell ectual zodiac, so the Ascendant in any hu

man horoscope also has an influence corresponding

to that degree . The Second House corresponds to

Taurus, the Third t o Gemini , and so on , forming the

counterpart of the intel l ectual zodiac in the human

horoscope.

As the rays of the Sun are intensified when fo

cused through a lens, so is the spiritual l if e of the Sun

when focused through the two houses of Mars t o

brin g a l ife from the unseen world.

Can cer, the first of the watery signs was pictured

among the ancient Egyptians as a scarab (bee tl e ) ,whi ch was their emblem of the soul , and occul tists

know that the seed-atom of the body is pl an ted when

the Sun of Life, (the Ego,) is in Cancer, the sphere of

the Moon , the pl anet Of fecundation .

Four months later, when the Sun of Life passes

through the second Of the watery signs, Scorpio,whi ch is under the rul ership Of Mars, the plan et Of

passion and emotion ,the Silver Cord is tied whi ch

binds the desire body t o the l ower vehicl es, and we

have the ‘ quickening ’ when the foetus first begins to

show sentient l ife. By that time the Ego has dissol

ved the nucleated blood corpuscl es through which the

SIGNS AND HOUSES 29

mother ’s life mani fested in the growing organism,

and it can then begin t o work in th e Vital fluid and

manifest signs Of separate life in the body until the

Sun of Life has comple ted its circl e and again reachesthe mystic Eighth House .

Eight months after the seed atom was sown the

Sun Of Life , th e Spirit, enters Pisces, t he l ast of thewate ry signs in th e myst ic zodi ac, which is under the

ex pansive , ben efic ray of Jupiter. Under this ben ev

olent influence th e waters of parturition swell and

bur st the restrainin g walls of the womb, when th e

nin e m onths of gestation have bee n comple ted, launch

ing the n ew-born soul upon the Ocean Of Life at thefirst point of Aries, where it is warm ed and cheered

By the combin ed rays of Mars and the Sun , whi ch

are house and exal tation rul ers. Thus it Is prepared

for the battle of existen ce by the en ergetic war-god ,and its fountain of l ife , be it large or sm all , is fill ed

t o capacity by the Sun , from the gr eat cosmic reser

voir of Vital energy.

THE HOUSES

In a horoscope the birthplace is always supposed

t o be the highest point on the earth. It is design ated

by an arrow on the di agram herewith and the point

right above it in the sky is call ed the Mid heaven . As

an observer in the n orthern hemisphere must always

look south t o se e the noonday Sun , it fol lows that

east is to the left and west on hi s righ t . Astrologers


call the eastern horizon the Ascend an t, because at that

point the stars rise or ascend towards the Midheaven ,

and for the reve rse reason they cal l the west ern hori

zon the D escendan t . Rays from stars located at these

ex trem e poin ts woul d strike the birthpl ace at differ

ent an gl es, hen ce their influence woul d vary and there

woul d also be a noticeabl e difierence of efiect at in

te rm edi at e points between the Horizon and Mid

heaven , besides, the planets that have descended b e

l ow the earth have also power, though not t o the same

extent aswhen above the birthplace. The influence of

pl anets on various departments of l ife has been oh

served to be as fol lows :

CHAPTER IV.

THE RISING SIGN AND THE TWELVE HOUSES

O il ‘ust rate how a horoscope is cast, we wil l first

cast four horoscopes for persons born in Chicago ,August 2, 1909 , at A . M. , A . M. ,

P. M . ,

and P. M., as far as the placing Of the signs upon the cusps of the houses. The cusps are the divid

ing lines between the houses.

Finding Chicag o on the map,we note that it is

located n ear the 42nd degree of North latitude, andclose to 88 degrees of l ongitude West from Greenwich.

Our first con cern is t o find the True Local Timeof Birth. We first turn to the rul e on page 22which

says To the ne arest Standard Meridian Time, add

four minutes for each degree the birth pl ace is East

of the Meridian corr esponding to that Time.

If the birth place is West of that Meridi an , sub

tract four minutes for each degree it isWest thereof.

The n earest Standard Meridian Time is Central

Time gauged by the 9otb meridian . Chi cago, being

88 degrees West Lon gitude, is two degrees East of

the 90t h meridi an . We therefore add two times four,or eight minutes, t o the time shown by the clock, in

order to find true local time . In the case of the first32

THE RISING SIGN AND THE TWELVE HOUSES 33

birth hour, when the clock showed A . M. on

August 2nd . , the true local time is thus foun d t o be

A . M. Thi s True Local Time of Birth wil l beused in al l subsequent cal cul ation of the horoscope

Note, however, that this correction of Standard to

Local Tim e appl ies only in the United States, and

is requi red onl y for dates subsequent t o NOV . 18th ,1883, when standard tim e was adopted.

We will now proceed t o find the sidereal time (ahbreviat ed to S. T. ) at the birth place at the moment

of birth. As a starting point for our cal cul ations we

have the S. T. (sidereal time ) for Greenwich at noon .

From that we may cal cul ate the sidereal time at the

birth-place and hour by the fol lowing rul e

To the sidereal time for the noon pr evious to

birth (given in the ephm eris) addFirst , 10 seconds correction for every 15 degrees

of l ongitude the birth-place is west of Gre enwich.

Second , the interval between the p revious noon

and birth.

Third , 10 seconds correction for every hour of

this interval .

Fol lowing the above rul e we turn to the page of

ephemeris in the back of this book and find the col

umn marked Sidereal Time. As our first birth hour

is August 2nd , A . M. , true local time, we note

that the pr evious noon is August 1st . Opposite that

date we note the side real time as be ing 8 hours 37minutes, which we put down thus:

34 SIMPLIFIED scmNTIFIC ASTROLOGY

H. M. S.

S. T. at Gree nwich for noon p r evious to birth . 8 7

1)Corr ection f or 10 seconds for each 15 deg . W.

Long. of bir thplaceInt erval be tween th e previous noon (Aug . l st )

and th e time of birth (Aug . 2ud , A . M. ) 14 23Correction of 10 seconds p er h our of int erval between pr evious noon and b irth ( 14 h . 23 m . )equals 144 seconds or 2 min , 24 sec 2 24

S. T. at th e b irthplace on th e birth-hour . 23 3 23

When th e birthplace 18 located In East longi tude,corr ection for long itud e is subtracted . Had the child

be en born August 2nd at A . M., in lat itude 42

North, but in longitude 88 East, the S. T. would be

figured as fol lows

S. T. Greenwich for noon (Aug . l st )Correction of 10 seconds for each 15 degreesEast Longitude (subtr acted)

Int erval from previous noon (Aug . l st ) to birth,14 23 00

Correction of 10 seconds e ach hour of int ervalfrom previous noon to

S. T. at birthplace , at b irth-h our . 23 1 25

As the Houses are gove rn ed by lati tude, the same

table of Houses is used as for the child born in Chi

cago .


With this S. T. we turn t o the table of Housesfor the latitude of the birthplace, 42 degrees. There

we search th e various columns m arked Sidereal Time

for our S. T. at birth : 23-3-23 The one n earest t o

that is 23-44 6. In l ine with that sidereal time will

be found the various degrees Of the signs t o be placed

in our horoscope .

In the first column under l atitude 42°N. Opposite

the side real time 23-44 6, we Observe th e figure 15 ; at

the t op of the column we fin d the sign Pisces, andabove that figure 10

,which means that 15th


degree Of Pisces is t o be place d on the l oth cusp , as

done in the accompanying horoscope.In the next column ,

in l ine with our sidereal time,we se e the figure 20, at the t op is the sign Aries, above

that the figure 11, meaning that 20 degrees of Aries

is t o be placed on the 1l th cusp .

In the third column ,In l ine with our sidereal time,

is the figure 1. Taurus and 12 are at the head of the

column but beneath that is Gem ini signifying that 1

degree of Gemini is t o be placed on the 12th cusp .

The wide column marked Ascendant comes n ext.

There we find the figures in l ine with our side

real time, and the sign Gemini at the t op , but we dis

regard that sign because the sign Cancer is placed

between our l in e and the top and we always take the

first sign above our l ine . Therefore we place Can cer

8 :10 on the Ascendant.

Proceeding al ong the figures in our l in e we note

the figure 27 in the first column t o the right of the

wide column . At the t op is the sign Cancer again

and the figure 2. Accordingly we place the 27th de

gr ee of Can cer on the cusp Of the Se cond House .

In the ex treme right hand column we find the figure 19 , the sign Leo and the figure 3 at the top of the

column . Therefore we place the 19th degree of Leo

on the Thi rd Cusp .

We have thus Obtained figures for six of our

houses, the six opposite houses are given the opposite

signs and degrees.


Having Pisces 15 on the Tenth House, we place

the Opposite degree Virgo 15 on the Fourth Cusp,which is opposite th e Tenth.

Aries 20 on the Eleventh House is the opposite of

Libra 20 placed on the Fifth Cusp .

Sagittarius 1 placed on the Sixth Cusp forms an

exact opposite t o Gemini 1 on the Twe lfth House.The Ascendant is opposite the Seventh Cusp and

Capricorn 8 :10 placed there is the opposite of Cancer

on the Ascendant .

Can ce r 27 on the Second House wil l be properly

Opposed by Capricorn 27 on th e Eight h House , and

Aquarius 19 placed on the Ninth is in opposition t o

Leo 19 on the Third.

Now all the cusps are fil l ed, but on account of the

in cl ination of the earth ’s axis som e of the signs may

be in tercep t ed between two cusps, therefore it is n e c

essary t o se e if all the twelve signs are in our horo

scope before proceeding furthe r. Counting from

Aries, we note the presen ce of Gemin i . Taurus is

missing, and we therefore place it in its proper posi

tion between Aries and Gemini .

When a cer tain sign is in tercep ted , its op p osite

also wil l be m issing . We may, there fore, at once place

Scorp io in its proper position between Libra and

It will now be found that al l the twelve signs are

placed in our horoscope, Cance r and Capricorn each

occupying two cusps. It is finished as far as placing


the signs in their proper positions relative t o the

houses, and that is as far as we will proceed at the

presen t time. so we will leave thi s horoscope and cal

cul ate on e for a person born six hours later in the

same place : Chicago, August 2, A . M.

We first have t o find the True Local Time of Birth.

As before, we add e ight minutes t o the tim e shown

by the cl ock, namely A . M. This gives us

A . M. which is the True Local Time of Birth .

Our rul e for finding the Sidereal Tim e at the birth

hour and place requires that we n ote the

S. T. at Greenwich on th e noon previous t o birth(Aug . 1st ) , as given in th e Ephem eris .

Correction of 10 seconds f or each 15 degre es W.

Long. of b irthplace (Ch icago , 88 W. )Inte rval from previous noon (Aug . l st ) to th etim e of b irth (Aug . 2nd , A. M. ) 20 23

Correction of 10 seconds for ea ch hour of interval equals 204 seconds 3

Sidereal Tim e at b irthplace at th e b irth hour 29 4

Subtract th e cir cl e of 24 hours. 24

5 4 23

As there can be only twenty-four hours in a day,we subtract 24 where n ecessary, and work with the

remainder,in this case 54 -23 whi ch was the true

Sidereal Time in Chi cago at the birth. This time, or

th e nearest thereto,we accordingly se ek in the Table

of Houses for the l atitude of Chi cag o, 42 degrees N.

The nearest time is 5-3-29 , and in l in e with that

we find the degrees for the various cusps of our


House. Opposite Can cer 21 on the El eventh we place

Capricorn 21 on the Fifth. Opposite Leo 22 on the

Twelfth we place Aquarius 22 on the Sixth. Oppo

site Virgo on the Ascendant we place Pisces18 :56 on the Seventh. Opposite Libra 14 on the Sec

ond place Aries 14 on the Eighth, and opposite Seor

p io 13 on the Third, place Taurus 13 on the NinthHouse.

!

Now al l the cusps of the horoscope are fill ed, and

we start to count th e signs to se e if they are al l pres

ent or if it is necessary t o put in any that may be in


tercep t ed . We commence our count at Aries, and find

that all twelve signs are repre sented, and it is there

fore at a stage of completion where we decide to

leave it for the present.

We next proceed t o cast the horoscope for a per

son born at Chicago , August 2, at P. M. True

Local Tim e of Birth is 8 minutes later or 2 :23 P. M.

We find that the p r evious noon is August 2nd and so

we start our cal cul ations as fol l ows:H. M. S.

S. T. at Greenwich on th e noon previous to birth(Aug . 2nd )

Correction of 10 seconds f or each 15 degr ees W.

Long. of b irth place (88 degrees)Interval from previous noon t o th e time of b irth(noon to P. M. )

Correc t ion of 10 sec’s for each hour Of interval 24

S. T. at b irthplace on birth hour 11 5 23

Turn ing to our Tabl es of Houses for l atitude

42°N., we find the n earest S. T. t o be 11-4—46.

In the first column under latitude 42°N. is the figure 15 ; the sign Virgo and the figure 10 are at the

top of the column . Therefore we place 15 degrees of

Virgo on the Tenth Cusp .

The second column has the figure 16, Libra and

the figur e 11 at the t op , so 16 degrees of Libra ispl aced on the El eventh House.The figure 10 is in the third column , and the Sign

Scorpio between our line and the t op , therefore we

disregard the sign at the top , but note the figure 12,


and accordingly place 10 degrees of Scorpio on

Twe lfth House .

In the wide column we see th e figures whi ch

we place on the Ascendant with the sign Scorpio

found at the head of the column .

The column t o th e right of the wide column con

tains the figure 1, with the sign Capricorn above and

at the t op is the figure 2. Therefore we put Capri

corn 1 on the Second Cusp .

The extrem e right hand column shows th e figure

8,the sign Aquarius above and the figure 3 at th e


head Of the column . Accordingly we place the 8th

degree of Aquarius on th e Third House .

Now our six cusps are fil led, and we proceed t o

place the Opposite signs and degrees on the other six

cusps as described in detail in conn ection with the

first two horoscopes. When that has been don e we

count our signs from Aries t o see if all are rep re

sented . That brings out the fact that Gem ini and Sagit tarius are missin g ,

so we insert them in the ir proper

places—Gemin i between Taurus and Cancer, Sagit

tarius between Scorpio and Capricorn . Our horo

scope has been completed as far as the signs and

houses are concerned, therefore we leave it for the

pre sent t o cast th e last of our four experimental maps

for a person born in Chicago , August 2, 1909 , at

P. M. True Local Time of Birth is 8 minut es l ateror 8 :23 P. M.

As before, we note the

S. T. at Gree nwich on th e noon previous t o birth(Aug . 2nd )

Corre ct ion of 10 seconds for every 15 degree s theb irthplace is We st of Gree nwich

Int erval be tween th e previous noon and birth . 8 23

Correction of 10 seconds for every h our of interval be tween previous noon and b irth

Sidereal Time at birthplace at th e b irth hour 17 6 23

Wi th thi s sidereal time we turn t o the tabl es of

Houses for the latitude of birthplace, 42°N., and fin d

the nearest S. T to be 17-7-49 .


In the first column under l atitude 42° N. we find

18. A t the t op of the column , Sagittarius and the

figure 10,there fore we place Sagittarius 18 on the

Tenth Cusp .

The second narrow column shows the figure 9 .

Capricorn is above and the figure 11 is at th e t op of

the column , so we place Capricorn 9 on the Eleventh

Cusp .

The third narrow column has the figure 2 with

Aquarius above and the figure 12 at the head of the

column , so we place Aquarius 2 degrees on the cusp

of Twelfth House.


In the wide column are the figures Pisces

above and Ascendan t at the top , so we pl ace 7 :8 of

Pisces on the Ascendant.To the right of the wide column we find the figure

25 ; Aries and 2 are at the t op , so we place Aries 25

on the Second Cusp .

The extreme right hand column has the figure 26

and Taurus is at the t op with the figure 3. Accord

ingly we place Taurus 26 on the Thi rd Cusp .

Having thus fill ed the six cusps, we proceed t o

fill the six Opposite houses with the opposite signs.

Gemini 18 on the Fourth in opposition to Sagit

tarius 18 on the Tenth. Cancer 9 on the Fifth in op

position t o Capricorn 9 on the Eleventh, and so on

When all the cusps have been fil l ed we count the signs

and find that all twelwe are present, hence our he ro

scope has reached the same stage of compl etion as

the ones previously cast .

These horoscopes of four chi ldren born in the

same city (Chi cago ) on the same day and year (Aug .

2, 1909 ) but at differen t hours, Show graphi cally

that peopl e may be, and are, born under all the twelve

signs anywhere on any day of the year.

When we compare the four horoscopes we have

cast we may learn several important l essons. In the

first place, we may see the worthl essness of the state

ments so often heard ;“I was born under Taurus,

!

or“ I was born under Scorpio, whi ch simply means

that the person was born in May or Novembe r when


the Sun was in th e signs mention ed. Such a state

ment at once exposes the one who so expresses him

self as being ignorant Of the scien ce of Astrol ogy and

reveals the fact that if he has had a horoscope cast,it has been done by an incompetent astrologer. These

sometimes advertise to cast a horoscope “ tell ing your

fortune from the cradl e t o the grave ! for a very

smal l sum. But a conscientious astrologer cannot

g ive a simpl e de lineation of character without spend


every two and one-hal f days; and the hour is also

n eedful to fix its position , as it omoves about 12 de.

grees each day.

Yet even with these data the horoscope would lackindividual ity, for if a child is born every second that

would mean that people are born within the

sam e hour. If we can bring the data t o within t en

minutes Of the actual time of birth we should have the

wherewithal to cal cul ate a relative position of the

pl anets such as woul d fit onl y 600 Of th e peopl e on

earth. If we add the last datum, p lace , which en able s

us t o cal cul ate the rising sign and d eg re e , we shal l

have an absolute ly individual horoscope , for it is sel

dom indeed that two persons are born in the same

place, at the same hour and minute . Even twins are

born at an interval of from twenty minutes t o several

hours apart, and we can readily see that a difierent

de gree would then be rising for each of the two .

When the l ast of a Sign is rising for one of the twins,the other will usual ly be born under th e next sign .

As the rising sign is one of the principal significa

tors in moul ding the body, the appearan ce Of the

second twin might b e totally difierent from the first .

A comparison of the rising signs shows an appar

ent lack Of un iformity in the diurnal motion of the

earth. At A . M . Can cer is rising, whi l e

twelve hours later Scorpio 29 -16 is on the Asendan t,showing that the birth place has travelled onl y about141 degrees in t h e twelve hours involved . To com


p let e the circl e, it must travel 219 degree s in the re

maining twelve hours. But as the diurn al rotation

of the earth on its axis is uniform, the lack of un i

formity in the motion noted above is due t o its not

bein g true diurnal motion . This condition is caused

by the obl iquity of the Ecliptic and the consequent

unequal division Of th e latter by th e planes separat

ing the houses, these plan es being those of th e horizon

and the m eridi an and four interm ed iate ones at 30

degree intervals. For this reason certain signs u se

more Slowly than others and are therefore called Signs

of Long Ascension ,while their opposites are call ed

signs of Short Ascension . It wil l b e evident from

the foregoing that m ost people are born unde r the

signs of lon g ascension ,—Can cer, Leo , Virgo,

“

Libra,Scorpio and Sagittarius in the Northern Hemisphere,and their opposites in the Southern Hemisphere.

CHAPTER V.

HOW TO CALCULATE TEES POSITIONS

OF THE PLANETS

As the Ephem eris is cal cul ated for Greenwich at

the time when the Obse rvatory clock st rikes twelve.

it is n ecessary t o make corrections for other hours an d

for places East or West from that point when it is

desired to calcul ate a horoscope.

By adding four minutes for each degree Of l ongi

tude the birthplace is West of Greenwich t o the true

lo cal time of birth we obtain the Greenwich Mean

Tim e as re corded by the Observatory clock. This is

written G. M. T.

We wil l apply this rul e t o cal cul ate the G. M . T.

of the horoscope for August 2, A . M . at Chi cago ,which is 88 degreesWest l ongitude :

H. M.

True Local Time of Birth (see page 23 A. M. Aug . 2

4 min. tim es 88 degr ee s equal 352 min. 5 52

Greenwich Mean Time (G. M. T. ) 2 15.

P. M. Au 2

Mul tiplyin g the degree of West l ongItude of h]

cago (88 de grees) by four minutes gives us 352 m in

utes, whi ch we divide by 60 because there are 60

50

HOW To CALCULATE THE PLANETS’ POSITIONS 51

minutes in each hour. Thus we obtain 5 hours 52

minutes, which we add t o the true local time of birth,23 minutes afte r 8 in the mornin g, and the sum is 15

m inutes past 2 o’cl ock in the afternoon , which is the

G . M . T.

That is t o say , at the identical time when the child

was born and th e Chicago clocks pointed t o 15 m in

utes afte r 8 O ’clock in the m ornin g, th e Observatory

clock at Gre enwich showed 15 minutes past 2 o’clock

in th e afte rnoon

This l atter is the tim e we must use t o make our

cal culations of th e plan ets’ places, and in order t o

have as few factors in mind as possible t he beginn er

is advised t o forg e t the local tim e of bir th when

once he has found the G. M. T.

In West ern longitudes the G. M . T. may advance

into the day foll owing birth on account of th e addi

tion of 4 minutes for e ach degree Of longitude . In

the cases where the l on gitude Of th e birthplace is

East of Greenwich a subtraction of 4minutes ismade

for each degre e ; hen ce the G. M. T. may re cede in to

the day preceding birth. Therefore we speak n either

Of birthday n or birth hour, but of G. M . T. day and

hour.

Our concern is now to find the motion of the

planets on the G. M . T. day, whi ch is from the noon

before G. M. T. t o the n oon after the G. M. T Th e

positions Of the planets are found in the ephemeris.


As our G. M. T. is Aug . 2, 1909 , at P . M. ,

if we desire t o cal cul ate the daily motion of the Sun

we n ote its l ongit udes on the noon of Aug . 2nd ( the

noon before G. M. T. ) and Aug . 3rd ( th e noon afte r

G. M. As we are to subtract we place the l ongi

tude of the planet on the l ast day above, for that

facil itates the Operation .

Th e Sun’s longit ude at noon on Aug . 3rd, 1909 ,

(as give n in th e e ph emeris) 10 28

Th e Sun’

s longitude at noon Aug . 2nd 9 31

Th e motion of th e Sun on th e G. M. T. day . 0 57

The n ext step is to find the in terval between the

G. M. T. and the near est noon, for that is also a basis

of our correction . In the present horoscope the

G. M. T. is Aug . 2, 2 :15 P. M. The nearest noon is

obviously 12 O ’cl ock August 2nd , and the in terval be

tween 12 o’

clock noon and P . M. is therefore 2

hours and 15 m inutes.

The motion of the planet on the G. M. T. day and

the interval from G. M. T. to nearest noon having

been found, our probl em may be thus stated

When the Sun moves 57 minutes of space in 24

hours, how much does it move in 2 hours and 15 min

utes? Answer : 5 minutes.

This method of working the corrections by simpl e

proportion may be used with advantage Where the

motion of a plan et is l ess than one degree ; with Ve

nus, Mercury, and particul arly in the case Of the

HOW TO CALCULATE THE PLANETS’ POSITIONS 53

Moon,it ismuch quicker, safer and more exact to p er

form the correction by means of logarithms. A table

of logarithms is found on the last pages of our

Ephem eris for any year, also a partial table in the

back Of this book,and its use is exce edingly simple .

At the t op of the tabl e is a l ine of figures : 0 t o 23.

They are for the Hours or D egrees (both being d iv

isible into 60 minutes) on the l eft hand side is an

other column having the minute figures : 0 to 59 .

When we wish t o find the l ogarithm of a certain

number of hours and minutes we simply place our in

dex finger upon the figure corresponding to the num

ber Of hours or degrees wanted, run it down the col

umn till we reach the l ine corresponding t o the min

utes wanted. A t that point where the line of minutes

intersects the column of hours or degrees will b e

found the desired logarithm .

For instance, the daily motion of the Sun in the

horoscope under cal cul ation is 0 degrees 57 minutes.

We place our index finger upon the column marked

0 at the t op . We run th e finger down the page till

we come in l ine with the figure 57 in the minute col

umn . Where this l in e intersects the column 0 is the

figure whi ch is the l ogarithm of the Sun ’smo

tion on the G. M. T. day from noon Aug . 2, t o noon

Aug . 3.

In like manner we fin d the logarithm of interval

between G. M. T. and the nearest noon . In this case

the interval is 2 hours 15 minutes. Running our index


finger down the column marked 2 we find the figure

in l ine with the figure 15 in the minute column .

That logarithm is the logarithm Of interval.

Th e daily motion of each planet d ifiers from the

daily motion Of all the other plane ts. Therefore th e

travel of each must b e separately calcul ated and the

logarithm Of its motion found, but the in terval b e

tween the G. M. T. and the n earest noon applies

equal ly in the cal culation Of all th e plan ets, so that

once the in terval has be en ascer tain ed , i ts logar i thm

may be used in the cal culation of al l the p lane ts’

p laces.

Continuing our calcul ation , we place theLogarithm of th e Sun

’smotion from noon Aug . 2ud

to noon Aug . 3rd (57 minut e s)Plus Logar ithm of in te rval

Logarithm o f distance travel ed by th e Sun during2 4305

The value of that l ogarithm in degre es and m in

utes we ascertain by finding it or the logarithm near

est thereto in th e table . In the present example the

nearest l ogarithm is Thi s figure is in the col

umn m arked 0 degrees at the t op , and in l ine with

the figure 5 in the extrem e l eft-hand column which

contains minutes. There fore the value of the loga

rithm is 0 degrees 5 minutes. Thus we have Obtain ed

the same answer t o our problem (When the Sun

moves 57 minutes in 24 hours, how much does it m ove

in 2 hours 15 min ? ) by using l ogarithms as we did

working by proportion . The latter m ethod may se em


For the conven ience of the student we will now

enunciate the rul e for finding the planets’ p laces, in

consecutive order of operation

First—Fin d the G. M. T. by adding to the local

time of birth 4 minutes for each degree of longitude

the birth-place is west of Greenwich (subtract for

East longitude ) .

Secondr —Find the in terval be tween the G. M. T.

and the nearest noon , also the logari thm of in terval .

Third—Find the planet ’s motion on the G. M. T.

day, from the noon before the G.M.T. t o the noon after the find also the l ogarithm of that motion

Four th—Add t o th e logarithm of interval th e

logarithm of the planet ’smotion on the G. M. T. day.

Th e sum of these is the logarithm of the planet ’s

travel dur ing the in terval .

Fifth—Find the value of the logarithm of the

planet ’s travel during the interval in degrees and

minutes. This is the incremen t of corr ection .

Six th a) When the G.M.T. is before noon

subtract the in crem ent of correction from the

planet ’s position on the noon n earest t o the G. M. T.

(b ) When the G. M. T. is after noon (P. M. ) add the

increment of correction t o the planet ’s longitude on

th e n oon n earest the G. M. T.

When p lane ts ar e retrograd e reverse the 6th rul e .

The resul t in either case Will give t h e exact posi

tion Of the planet at G. M. T., whi ch is entered in the

proper place in the horoscope .

How To CALCULATE THE PLANETS ’ POSITIONS 57

These rul es have al l been appl ied in cal culating the

position of on e planet—the Sun—but as the G. M. T.

(August 2, P. M. ) and the logarithm of inter

val are the same for al l the plan ets we n eed

not cal cul ate them again as dire cted by Se ctionsFirst

and Second but commen ce our cal culations Of the

Moon and planets according t o Section Three

Longitude o f th e Moon on th e noon after G.M.T.

as p er th e eph em eris (Aug . 3 ) Pisces 2 39

Longitude of th e Moon on th e noon befor e G.M.T.

as p er th e ephem er is Aug . 2) Aquarius 17 55

Th e Moon’s motion on th e G.M.T. day . 14 44

The student wil l remembe r that there are 30 de

grees in each Sign and 60 minutes in one degree . In

the foregoin g subtraction it was necessary to borrow1 degree and add its 60 minutes t o 39 , for only then

coul d we subtract from the total Of 99 m inutes the 55

minutes as requi red, l eaving a remainder of 44 min

utes. Similarly, we borrow one Sign (30 degrees) ,addin g it t o the one degree of Pisces l eft aft er we borrowed the one degr ee t o work our subtraction of the

minutes. Thus we subtract 17 from 31 degrees, whichleaves a remainder of 14 degrees.

According t o Section Four of our rul e we add

Logarithm of th e Moon’s motion on G.M.T. day .

Logar ithm of int erval

Logarithm of Moon’s t ravel in


Section Five dire cts us t o find the value of this

logarithm , and in our table of logarithms we note as

the nearest thereto the figure Above that, we

se e at the head of the column the figure 1 ; t o the ex

treme l eft is the figure 23, indicating that the Moon

has travel ed 1 degree 23 minutes during the in t erval

(between G. M. T. and the nearest noon ) . This is

therefore the increment of correction .

Section Six (b ) directs that we add the increm ent

of correction to the

Deg .Min .

Longitude of th e Moon on the noon n ear est

G.M.T. (Aug . 2) .Aquarius 17 55

Incr em ent of correction 1 23

Th e longitude of th e Moon in th e h oroscope.Aquarius 19 18

The motion of Neptune , Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter on the G. M . T. day from noon August 2nd t o

noon August 3rd is seen by a glance at the ephemeris

t o have been onl y a few minut es. Consequently the

distan ce they have travel ed in the in t erval is negli

gibl e and they may be entered in the horoscope as

having the longitude of th e n ear est noon t o the G. M.

T., August 2nd . Mars has moved 15 minutes on the

G. M. T. day, and we may therefore add 1 minute for

his travel during the interval to his longitude August

2nd as given in the ephemeris ; so that we enter him

in the horoscope as bein g in Aries 3 ;58.

How To CALCULATE THE PLANETS ’ POSITIONS 59

Venus will n eed logarithmi c correction .

D eg .Min.

Longitude of Venus on th e noon after G.M.T.

(Aug . 3 ) Vir o 6 21Lon tude of Venus on th e noon b efore G.M .

Aug . 2) Virgo 5 9

Venus’ motion on th e G.M.T. day 1 12

Logarithm of Venus’ motion on G.M.T. day 1 .3010

Logarithm of interval 1 0280

Logarithm of Venus’ tr avel duringinterval

Increm en t o f corre ct ion (value of og . or th e n e ar‘

est th ere to , in this case equal 0 degr ees 7 m in.

D eg .Min.

Venus’ longitude on th e noon near est G.M .T.

(Aug . zud ) .Virgo 5 9

Increm ent of correction 7

Venus’ long. to be enter ed in horoscope . .Virgo 5 16

Mercury also has moved sufficiently to make it de

si rable to cal cul ate his ex act longitude at G. M. T. of

birth by logarithms

Longitude of Mercury on th e noon aft er G.M.T.

Longitude of Mercury on noon befor e G. M. T.

Leo 7 17

Mer cury’s motion on th e G.M.T. day .

Logarithm of Mercury ’s mot ion on G.M.T. day .

Logarithm of interval

Logarithm of Mer cury’s tr avel during in t erval .

Value of log . or incr ement of corr ection ,

0 degrees, 12 m inut es.


D eg .Min.

Longitude of Mer cury on noon nearest G.M.T.

Leo 7 17

Incr ement of correction 0 12

Mer cury’s long. to be en tered in horoscope . .Leo 7 29

The position Of the D ragon ’s Head, ( 83 ) or

Moon ’sNode, and the D ragon

’

s Tail, ( 83 ) have now

t o be found. The l ongitude Of the D ragon ’

s Head

for Aug . 2nd ., the noon nearest t o the G. M. T. , is

found in the ephemeris t o be 13. 47 Gemi ni . The

D ragon ’s Tail occupies the opposite poin t, nam ely

13. 47 Sagittarius. These poin ts are to be entered in

the horoscope.

The re remains yet another factor to compl ete the

h oroscope : the Part of Fortun e. Thi s is an imaginarypoint calcul ated from the l ongitude of the Sun , Moon

and Ascendan t. The philosophy is, that the human

body is produced by the lun ar forces. A t the time

of conception the Moon may be mathematically dem

onst rat ed to have been in the degree which is the As

cendant at birth—a t birth it has a different longitude.In on e of these positions the Moon may be said t o

have m agn etized the positive pol e, in the other the

ne gative .pol e of the seed atom which as a magnet

draws to itsel f the chemical substance that builds the

dense body. The solar forces vitalize the body and ,

as it is constantly decayin g, a pabul um is necessary to

repair waste. That nutrim ent and all mate rial p os

sessions, are therefore, astrol ogically sp eaking, de

HOW TO CALCULATE THE PLANETS ’ POSITIONS 61

rived through the combin ed influences of the Sun and

the be fore-m entioned two positions of the Moon .

When the plan etary aspects t o this Part of Fortun eare favorable material success and prosperity foll ow.

When adverse influen ces center upon it , reverses are

m e t . The n ature of the aspecting planet, the Sign

and house it is in tell the sources whence we may ex

pee t one or the other, and thus show us where to di

rect our energies or what t o avoid .

Th e Signs of the Zodiac are counted from Ar ies

whi ch is the first sign, and each is thus numbered

Ar ies 1 Libra 7

Taurus 2 Scorpio 8

Gemini 3 Sagittarius 9

Cancer 4 Capr icorn 10

5 Aquarius 11

6 Pisces 12

To find the Part of Fortune

Add t o the longitude of the Ascendant : sign , de

gree and minute , the longitude Of th e Moon : sign , de

Fr om that sum subtract th e l ongitude of th e Sun

Sign ,degr e e and minute

Th e remainder is the lon gitude : sign , degre e and

minute of th e Part of Fortune .

Applyin g this rul e t o the horoscope we ar e cal cu

latin g, we note the factors involved in th e calcul ation

as follows


Longitude of th e Ascendan t . .Vir go ( 6th Sign ) 18 56Longitude of t h e Sun Leo (5th Sign ) 9 36

Longitude of th e Moon . .Aquarius ( 11th Sign ) 19 18

We then follow th e rul e and add

Long itude of th e Moon

Longitude of th e Ascendant

8 14

SubtractLongitude Of th e Sun o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 9 36

Longitude of th e Part of 12 28 38

Th e twelfth sign is Pisces, hen ce th e lon gitude of

the Part of Fortun e in the horoscope will be Pisces

In the above exampl e the student will notice that

when adding the degrees of the Moon and Ascendant

19! 18! th e 1 degree carried in addition of the m in

utes equals 38, but there are Onl y 30 degrees in a sign .

so on e sign was carried forward and added t o the

other signs, the same as we add 60minutes t o degre es

or hours.

If, after subtracting the longitude Of the Sun

there are more than 12 signs l eft, we subtract the cir

cle of 12 and work with the remainder.

It also happens that the signs of the Sun ’s longi

tude ex ceed the combined longitudes of the Moon and

Ascendant, so that it is impossible to perform the sub

traction. For instan ce, if the


Deg . Min .

Longitude of th e Sun Leo 9 36Longitude o f t h e Moon Aquarius 19 18

Long. o f Neptun e (noon Aug . . Cancer 17 42

Long. of Uranus (noon Aug . 18 151!

Long. of Saturn (noon Aug . A r ies 23 13

Long. of Jupiter (noon Aug . Virgo 15 10

Longitude of Mars A r ie s 3 58

Longitude of Ve nus Virgo 5 16

Longitude of Me r cu Leo 7 29

Longitude of Part 0 Fort une Pisce s 28 38

Long itude of Dragon ’s He ad Gem in i 13 47

Longitude of Dragon ’s Tail Sagittarius 13 47

The planets may now be placed in th e horoscope .

In placing th e planets the studen t shoul d have

particul ar regard t o two points :

First—That the plan ets are placed in their proper

houses and order. The signs and degrees of the zod

iac go in th e dire ction shown by the arrows ; conse

quently, starting from Aries 0 (which must be in the

Seventh House, as Aries 14 is on the cusp of the

Eighth House ) we note that Mars is in Aries

consequently we place him in th e Seventh House

close t o the cusp of the Eighth. As Aries 14 is on the

cusp or l ine which marks th e entrance t o the Eighth

House, and Saturn isAries we place him in the

Eighth House just above the cusp . Thus both planets

are in their proper rel ation t o one another and t o th e

houses, and they are so p laced tha t in r eading we can

make no mistake as to the sign they are in . If Mars

had been placed lower down in the Seventh House ,at a cursory gl an ce he might seem to be in Pisces, and


Saturn ,placed furthe r up in the Eighth, might ap

pear t o be in Taurus. That would cause an e rror in

readin g whi ch a l ittl e care wil l obviate. If the stu

dent observes carefull y the method used in placing

the planets in this horoscope there will never be anydoubt as t o the signs the plan ets are occupying.

Second—The positions of the planets shoul d be

readable without the necessity of turning and twist

in g the horoscope, whi ch is subversive of proper con

centration . If plan e ts in the Third, Fourth, Ninthand Tenth Houses are written as we have inscribed


Neptune and Uranus, this inconvenience will be overcome.

The horoscope has now be en cast and is compl ete.

Most astrologers now start t o read, but t o do this

work thoroughly it is necessary t o make an indexsuch as wil l be found in a later chapter. In order to

make the student thoroughl y conversant with the

mann er of casting a horoscope we wil l first compl ete

the figure cast in part for August 2, P . M . , for

that horoscope offers certain pecul iarities worthy of

To find th e G. M. T. we add to the True LocalTim e of Birth , Aug . 8 23 P. M.

4 m in. for each of th eg88 degre es longi-

Htude , birthplace is west of Greenwich . 5 52

G. M. T., August 3rd 2 15 A . M.

Here is an important point. When we add 5 hours

and 52minutes to 8 P. M., we bring the G. M. T. into

the following day : at the identical time when the

chi ld was born and the Chi cago cl ocks pointe d t o 15

minutes past 8 on the evening of August 2nd , the Oh

servatory clock at Greenwich showed 15 minutes past

2 on the morning of August 3rd . Thus the noon of

August 3rd is nearest the G. M. T. , and the interval

between G. M. T. A. M. ) and n earest noon is

the re fore 9 hours, 45 minutes, the logarithm of inter

val bein g .3912.

We have now performed the operations prescribed

in Sections One and Two of our rul e and we will nex t

HOW To CALCULATE THE PLANETs’POS TIONS 67

find the motion of the Sun on the G. M. T. day as di~

r'

ected by Section Three

Long. o f Sun on noon after G. M. T.

(Aug . 10 28

Long. of Sun on noon befor e G. M. T.

(Aug . 9 31

57

Log . of Sun’s motion on G. M. T. day

Logar ithm of interval

Log . of Sun’s travel during

Value of logar ithm 1 .7937 ( incr em entof corre ction ) 0 degree s, 23 minut

e.

Long. of Sun on noon ne ar e st G. M. . .Leo 10 28

Minus increm ent of corr ection . 0 23

Long. of Sun at G. M. T. . .Leo 10

This position may be entered in the h‘

oroscope .

In the last horoscope we added the increment of

correct ion t o the longitude of each planet because the

G . M. T. was after noon . Here the G. M. T. is beforenoon hence we subtract the increment of correction

from the longitude of each pl an et on the n ear est noon

t o G. M. T. as di rected by the rul e Section Six (b ) .

D eg .Min .

Long. of Moon on noon after G. M . T. . Pisces 2 39

Long. of Moon on noon befor e G. M. T.

Motion of Moon on G. M. T. day 14 44


Logarithm of Moon’s m otion

Logarithm of int e rval

Log . of Moon’s m otion during interval

Value of logarithm .6031 ( increm entof corr ection ) 5 degree s, 59 minut e s.

Long. of Moon on noon near est G. M. T.

(Aug . Pisces 2

Minus increm ent of corr ection 5

Longitude of Moon at G. M. T Aquarius 26 40

As in the first horoscope we cal cul ated, so in this

we may pass Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn with

out correcting, and enter the l on gitude of each

for the n oon near est G. M. T. in the horoscope. Mars ’

motion is 15 minutes on the G. M. T. day and his

motion during the in terval of 9 hours, 45 minutes

woul d therefore be about 6 minutes. Subtracting 6

minutes from Mars’ l on gt itude on Aug . 3rd ( the

noon n eg/rest G. M . Mars’ position in the horos

cope will be Aries Simi larly Jupiter requires

a correction of 4 minutes making his position Virgo

Longitude of Venus on noon after G. M. T.

(Aug . 3 ) Virgo 6 21

Longitude of Ve nus on noon befor e G. M. T.

(Aug . 2) Virgo 5

Motion of Venus on G. M. T. day


Logar ithm of Venus’ m otion on G. M. T.

day

Logar ithm of in te rval 39 12

Logarithmof Ve nus’ travel during int erval .

Value Of logarithm ( increm ent

of correction ) 0 degre es, 29 m inute s.

Long. of Ve nus on noon n e ar est G. M . T.

Minus increm en t of correction

Long. of Venus to be ent ered in horoscope5 52

Mercury is the last Of th e pl anets we have t o

cal cul ate .D eg . Min.

Longitudegf

)Mercury on noon aft e r G. M. T.

ug .

Longitude of Mercury on noon before G. M. T.

(Aug .

Motion of Mercury on G. M. T. day

Log . of Mercury’s travel on G. M. T. day

Logar ithm o f interval

Log . of Mercury’s motion during interval .

Deg .Min .

Value of logarithm ( increm entof corr ection ) 0 degr e e s, 51 m inut e s.

Longitude of Mercury on noon n ewrest G. M. T.

(Aug . 3 ) .Leo 9 22

Minus increm ent of corr ection 0 51

Longitude of Mercury to be ent ered in horo

scope .Leo 8 31


The position of the D ragon ’s Head ( 53) or

Moon ’

s Node, and the D ragon’s Tail have also

t o be found. The D ragon ’s Head for Aug . 3rd . , the

noon nearest the G. M. T. ,is found in the ephemeris

to be in 13. 44 Gemini . The D ragon ’s Tail occupies

the Opposite point of 13. 44 Sagittarius.

It now remains t o calcul ate the Part Of Fortune,and we note the factors in that probl em as being :

Ascendant, th e 12th Sign 7 8Lo ngitude of Sun , th e 5th Sign Le o 10 5

Longitude of Moon , th e 11th Sign . .Aquarius 26 40

We proceed according t o the rul e given

Sign D eg . Min .

Longitude of Ascendant 12 7

Longitude of Moon 11 26

3 48

Minus

Longitude of Sun 5 10

18 23 43

Subtract th e circle of 12 signs 12

23 43Longitude of th e Part of Fortune

23 43


We have now cast the two horoscopes and a com

parison reveals th e fact that although cast for persons

born in the sam e city on the same day of the year, the

characteristics of on e of these persons will be entirely

Opposite t o those of the other, and as character is the

determinator of destiny, the lives of these two per

sons wil l be entirely opposite .

Before we can judge these two horoscopes it is

ne cessary that we shoul d Obtain a clear conception Of

the relations of the planets t o one another, to the

signs of the Zodi ac and t o the houses as they are in

each Of the two horoscopes, and to that end we will

make an index that sha ll reveal these relationships

at a glance , so that our minds may not be hamper ed

by m athematics at the time when we are judgin g the

horoscope , but b e free and concentrated upon the

meaning of the d ifier en t aspe cts and positions.

RETROGRADATION

On the page of our ephem e ris copied in this book,

y ou will find in the columns Of Saturn and Mars a

capital R. The meanin g is as follows:

The planets in our solar system m ove in on e dire c

tion , from west to east, but their orbits about the Sun

are of varying sizes, and so are their velocities. Th e

earth travels mil es an hour and still its circl e

is so l arge that it requires 365 days t o journey aroundthe Sun . Mercury makes a much small er circle

around the Sun , and travels mil es an hour, so

HOW To CALCULATE THE PLANETS ’ POSITIONS 73

it comple tes a revolution around the Sun in 88 days.

Uranus trave ls only 15000 miles an hour, but its cir

cl e is so large that it requires 84 years t o comple te .

The othe r plane ts Show similar variations of spe ed .

If they traveled in a straight lin e th e smal l er and

faster planets would soon l eave the more ponderous

and sl ow-m oving behind, but as they move in circl es,they pass a given point of Observation again and

again . Wer e that p oin t cen tral and stationary this

constant forward motion of th e planets in the ir re

sp ect ive orbits would be apparent to all Observe rs ;but that is the trouble, there is no stationary p oin t ;

eve ry particle , from Jupiter, the giant Of our solar

system, t o the smallest particle of

“st ardust ! is in

in cessant motion around a common center, and there

fore , at tim es one plan et m oves almost transversely t o

the path of another moving body and it ap p ears for a

t im e as if it stood stil l in its orbit. Astronomers S ythat such a plan et is Stationar y . At other times this

Obl ique motion of th e plane ts rel ative t o the earth’sp O

sit ion in its orbit makes them seem to move backward

in the zodiac, and this we call Re trograde . In the

ephemeris we fin d a capital R in l ine with the day

when any plan et commences thus seem ingly t o recede,and this retrogradation goes on until we find a cap

ital D which indi cates that a di rect forward motion

of the plan et is again observabl e.

Though this backward motion of a planet is only

seeming , it has a very real effect in respect to the in


fiuence which a planet exerts, for it is the angle of

the ray which determines the influence of a planet.

The planets are foci which transmit and intensify theproperties of fixed stars so that they aifect us in a

much greater degree than when not focussed upon

the poin t of Observation—the birthplace.Let us now supp ose that at the time a child is born

we look at Saturn and beyond him ,right along our

l ine of obse rvation , we se e the fixed star An tares

whi ch is in about 8 degrees of Sagittarius ; the child

is then ge tting a tendency t o eye troubl e which is suf

ficiently severe even if the planet is traveling “di

rect ! in its orbit as is generally the case, for then An

tares graduall y goes out of focus, and Saturn wil l

not return t o the conjunction until it has compl eted

its circl e journey around the Sun (which takes about

29 years) . If, on the other hand, we find that on the

day after birth Saturn has retrograded somewhat,and st ill more the nex t day

, and so on for a week or

two , then that also brin gs Antares out of focus, but

there is this imp or tan t dif er ence, that inst ead of tak

ing 29 years to form the n ext conjunction Saturn

may become “direct,!

and form the second con

junction with Antares in a few weeks after birth, and

this repeated evil ray may aggravate the natal defect

t o such an extent that the child becomes bl ind. Thus

we reiterate,that while the r etrograd e motion of a

p lane t is onl y seeming , its influence on human afiairsis very real .

CHAPTER VI.

THE ASPECTS

The circl e of the zodiac, like any other circl e, is

divisibl e into 360 degrees. Within this circl e move

the heavenl y bodies of our solar system, but their mo

tion is far from uniform, as shown in the first chap

ter. Therefore those planets which move the slowest

are overtaken , passed , and re-passed by the swifter

When on e pl anet is a certain number of degrees

from another plane t they are said t o be in aspect .

TABLE OF ASPECTS

The Opposition .

The

The

The Trine

The Conjun ction

The Paral lel occurs when two planets have the

sam e degree of declination , no matter whethe r on e is

north and the other south of the equator. This will

be made clear in cal culationswhich follow l ater.

75

plane ts are 180 degree s apart .( 6 ( 4

90

60

120

0


Of the aspects m entioned above, the Opposition

and Square are said to be evil ; the Sextile and Trin e

are designated good, while the Conjunction and Parallel are classed as indeterminate ; if they occur be

tween SO-cal l ed good plane ts they bring good ; if be

tween the evil plan ets (so—cal led ) they bring evil . A

horoscope is considered fortunate or the reverse ac

cording t o whether the sextil es and trines are more

numerous than the squares and oppositions.

Such a viewpoint is erron eous. In th e Father ’s

Kingdom there is no evil . What appears so is onl y

good in the making. When a lapidary is cuttin g a

precious stone he appl ies part after part Of the rough

gem t o the grindston e and at each application we mayhear the loud screeching, as if in pain ,

from the stone .

By degrees, however, as a consequen ce of the harsh

grinding process, it will acquire a beautiful ly p ol

ished surface with numerous facets capable Of receiv

ing , reflecting and refractin g the brill iant sunl ight.

God and HisMin isters, th e Seven Planetary Spirits, are the Lapidarie s and man is a d iam ond in the

rough. To polish and uncove r his spiritual nature

varied experien ces are necessary. They may be ple as

ant Or otherwise, as indicated by what are comm onl y

call ed good or bad aspects ; but it is safe to say that

the adverse experiences which come t o us under so

cal l ed bad aspects are as potent devel opers of spiritual muscl e—removing more of our selfishn ess, servin g

to make us more tolerant and sym pathetic, as the

THE ASPECTS 77

harsh grinding whi ch serves t o remove the rough coat

of the diamond. Though a horoscope full of squares

and oppositions may indicate what is ordinarily

term ed a hard lif e, such a on e is infini tely preferable

( from a spiritual standpoin t ) t o a nativity with onl y“good

! aspects, for that coul d give but an insipid

existence, whil e a“bad ! horoscope wil l give action

and zest t o the l ife in one direction or another.

Moreover as the stars do not comp el , but give t en

dencies onl y, it l ies with us in a large measur e t o as

sert our indi viduality and transmute present evil t o

futur e good. Thus we shal l work in harmony wi th

the stars and rule them by obedien ce to cosmic law.

The influence of an aspect between the planets at

birth is felt even if they are not e x act ly 60, 90, 120 or

180 degrees apart ; an or so-cal led, of 6 degrees

is al lowed .

In the accompanying cut Saturn and Jupiter are

within orb of each other because one is 1 degree, the

other 7 degr ees of Aries. Saturn being 1 de gree , is

also wi thin orb of Mars (3 degrees) and Mercury (5

degrees) , but is not within orb of the Sun , Moon or

Venus, as there are more than 6 degrees from 1 (Sat

urn’s de gree ) to 9 , 12 and 14, the degrees occupied by

the Sun , Moon and Venus.

Th e spiritual reason for this orb is as fol lows .

Besides the visibl e body of man whi ch we perceive by

our senses, man has also invisibl e vehicles call ed by

Paul spiritual bodies, and man himsel f is a spirit .


When we have developed the facul ty of spiritual

sight, which is latent in al l , we shal l see these finer

bodies p rotruding far beyond the dense body which

is located in the cent er of this aura,! much as th e

yolk of an egg is in the cen ter of the egg, surrounded

by the whi te on all Sides.

Be fore two human beings come in cl ose physical

Contact their auras have mingl ed ; that is the reason

why we feel the presence of another ! at times be

fore we become aware of him by means of our ordi


Another division of the zodi ac is

FIERY SIGNS EARTHY SIGNS AIRY SIGNS WATERY SIGNScP 8

Planets in fiery Signs are in conjunction or trineif within orb . Plan e ts in earthy signs are in trin e

( or conjun ction ) so are the plan ets in airy or watery

signs, as shown in th e above diagram .

Essent ial Dignities and Ex al tation

Planets are said t o “ rule ! or t o be essentially

dignified ! in ce rtain signs where th e essential nature

of plan et and sign agree . When placed in the oppo

site signs, they are in their“ detriment,

!and hence

out of harmony with their surroundings.

Planets are more powerful in certain signs than

in others, and are said t o be“ exal ted ! when placed

in such signs. Wh en occupying th e opposite signs,they are in their “ fall ,

! hence comparatively weak.

The following tabl e will show the pl anets, and the

signs in which they ar e strong or weak, in accordan ce

with the foregoin g. It wi ll be noted that each of the

planets,with the ex ception of Uranus and Neptun e,

rul es two signs, whi le th e Sun and Moon rul e onl y

one each. Al so note that Uranus and Saturn are co

rul ers of Aquarius and that Neptun e and Jupiter are

co-rulers of Pisces.

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TABLE OF PLANETARY POWERS

Plane t D e trimen t Ex al tation

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Cr itical D egr ees

The fol lowing tabl e shows certain degree s of the

Zodiac whi ch are designated as“ critical de grees.

!

When a planet is within an orb of three degrees of

any of these points, it will be found t o exercise a

much stronge r influence in the life than otherwise.

Thi s influence will tend t o increase the stren gth of an

exaltation , and also t o offset the weakness resul tin g

from a plan et being in its fal l or detriment . It will

also increase the strength of aspects t o that planet .

TABLE OF CRITI CAL DEGREES

Cardinal Signs Aries, Can cer, Libra, Capricorn ;l st . , 13th. , and 26th . degrees

Fix ed Signs Taurus, Leo , Scorpio , Aquarius9 th . and 2l st . degrees.

Common Signs Gemini, Virgo , Sagittarius, Pisces ;4th . and 17th. degrees.


El evation

A plan et placed in or n ear the ninth or tenth

houses is said to be “ el evated.

!The n earer it is t o

the Midheaven , the more highly el evated it is. A

planet in elevation ismuch more powerful , for either

good or evil , than when placed at a lower al titude.

The Ang les

When planets are found in the“angles! of

the horoscope (First, Fourth, Seventh and Tenth

Houses) they are said t o be angular or accid ental ly

dignified . When so placed, they exert a greater influ

ence for either good or evil , than when located in the

When the student has di gested the above informa

tion he should proceed t o make a tabl e or index of the

relationship of the planets as shown in the diagram

on page 89.

CHAPTER VII.

MAK ING THE INDEx

Looking at the horoscope for P. M. we note

that Saturn and Mars are in Aries, a Cardin al sign.

We therefore place them under Cardinal signs in the

index . Cancer. the next Cardinal sign , con tains

Nept une, and that planet is entered unde r the Cardinal signs in the index. Libra

,the third Cardinal

sign , contains no pl anets. Capricorn Is the last of the

Cardinal signs ; Uranus is there and when we have

en tered him in the index we have a compl ete l ist of

the planets whi ch, in this horoscope, are placed in

Cardinal signs

The Fixed signs are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and

Aquarius. In Taurus we find no planet. The Sun

and Mercury are in Leo , hence we enter them in the

index under the heading “Fixed .

!Scorpio has no

plan ets but the Moon is in Aquarius. It is therefore

also entered under “Fixed ! in the index .

In this horoscope the Common signs Gemini, Se

git tarius and Pisces, contain no planets, but Virgo,

the other Comm on sign ,has Jupiter and Venus ; hen ce

these are entered under the l ist of planets in Com

m on signs, as is also the Part of Fortune.83


This completes our classification of the plan ets In

respe ct t o the tempe ram ent, and t o make sure that we

have ente red all in the index, we coun t them : Four

are in Cardinal ; three are classified as Fixed , and

two as Common , making a total of n ine plan ets, be

sides the Part of Fortune .That is right ; so we proceed in l ike m ann er t o

note the plan e ts in Fie ry signs. We ente r them in

the index . Next the Earthy, Airy and Watery signs.

We have then made our classification according t o

elements, and again we coun t to se e that we have en

t ere d al l the plan ets. Four are in Fiery Signs ; three

in Earthy sign s ; one in Airy, and on e in Watery

signs. The total is n in e planets, whi ch is right.

We next note the exaltation e t c . , as given in the

index.

Now we are prepared t o note the aspects, and the

student is particul arly requested t o follow the system

as here outlined ; then h e cann ot possibly miss any

aspe ct.

Place the index finger of the l eft hand upon the

first or left hand planet under the heading Cardinal

in th e index. (In the present case Mars. ) Placeyour pen cil poin t held in the right hand on the plan et

next t o the right in th e Cardinal l ine (Saturn here) .

Note by a glan ce at the horoscope If these two planets

are in orb (6 degrees) of each other. Here th e an

swer is, no ; one is 4, the other 23 de grees. They are

therefore not in aspect. Keep the l eft index fin ger

MAK ING THE INDEx 85

in place, but move the pencil t o the right t o the next

plan et (Neptune here ) , and ask, are they wi thin orb ?

—ag a1n the answer is no . Again the pencil point is

moved t o the right and is on the last plan et in the

Cardinal l ine (Uranus) the question ,are the planets

under the index finger and th e pencil point within

orb , is asked, and answered negatively.

Thus we have ascertained that the planet under

our l eft hand index fin ger (Mars) has no aspe ct t o

any of the other plan ets in Cardinal signs. We then

move the l eft index finger one place t o the right ( t o

Saturn ) , place our pencil poin t on the planet next t o

the right of that (on Nep tnue here) , repeat the

query, are th e planets unde r the index finger and the

pencil point (Saturn and Neptun e here) within orb ?

A glance at the horoscope shows that they are ; on e be

ing 17 and the othe r 23. They are therefore in aspect.

Our rul e says that—Planets in Cardinal , Fixed or

Comm on signs are either in conjunction square or

opposition if within orbs!

A glance at the position of Saturn and Neptun eshows that they are not in conjunction ; nor in Oppo

sitiou ; they must there fore be square t o each other.

We the refore write a square and the symbol of Sa

turn in Neptune ’s lin e in the Index ; also a square

and the symbol of Neptune in Saturn ’s line. Thus

we have re corded that aspect

We l eave our l eft index finger on Saturn , but

move the pencil point t o th e right , t o Uranus. We

86 SIMPLH'IED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOGY

repeat our query, are they in orb ? The answer is y es,and their positions indicat e the aspect as being a

square. This we n ote in the l ines of Saturn and Ura

nus as in previous cases. Then we have recorded al l

the aspects of Saturn t o the plan e ts t o the right of

him , and we m ove our l eft index finger t o the right

( to Neptun e and Uranus) and ask our quest ion re

garding orb . The answer is y es. Nept une and Uranus are within orb of each other, hence in opposition .

This asp ect is entered in the index also and completes

the aspects of Neptune.We have now noted in a thorough and systematic

manner al l the aspects between the p lanets in the

Cardinal line. The same mode of procedure we em

pl oy with the plan ets in the other lines working in

each l ine stead ily from left to righ t . If this m ethod

is fol lowed no aspect can be missed.

In deal ing with the planets in the Fiery, Airy,Earthy and Watery signs, we rem ember of course

that they are in trine or con jun ction if within orb

In getting the Sextiles a diif erent method is

n ecessary. Start wi th Mars (Aries 4 here ) , add 60

degrees, which gives Gemini 4. Ask, is any planet in

orb of Gemini 4 ? The answer is no . Pass the l eftindex finger t o the next plan et in the horoscope (Sat

urn ) . He is in Aries 23 ; addin g 60 degrees gives

Gemini 23. There is no planet within orb of that

point. Th e l eft index fin ger is passed on to the next

planet (Neptune ) in Can cer 17. We add 60 degrees


As our G. M. T. is early morning on August 3rd

we place the de cl inations for August 3rd opposite

each planet in the index .

An exception is the Moon ’s decl ination whi ch re

quires a l ogarithmi c correction in accordance with

the G. M . T. This correction is made by the same

method used in obtaining the Moon ’

s l ongitude. We

thus find the Moon ’s declination t o b e 172

The decl ination of the Part of Fortune is the sameas the de cl ination of the Sun when in the same Sign

and degree .

MAK ING THE m DEx 89

INDEX

Here the Part of Fortun e is Virgo Take

an ephemeris for any year and fin d when th e Sun

was there. That will be about September 17, and

then the Sun ’s de clination was (ephem eris for

That, then ,is the decl in ation of the Part of

Fortun e. In the same way the decl in ations of theMid

heaven and the Ascendant may be found if desired.


Having entered all the decl inations in the index ,place the l eft index finger on the declination of Neptune at the bottom ; the pencil point on the declinationnex t above (Uranus) ask if they are within 1 degree

or at most degrees. The answer is y es, and so

they are entered in the column of aspects as parallel .

Move the pen cil up the lin e , notin g at each step if

the declin ations of the planets under the index fin ger

and pencil point are within orb (one degree or a l ittle

more . ) When the pencil poin t has reached the t op ,

all paralle ls under the l eft inde x finger will have

bee n noted . Then move the l eft index finger on e step

up ( to Uranus) and the pencil poin t up to the decl ination of the planet n ext above ; n ote the ir parall el, ifany ; move th e pencil poin t upward, step by step,followin g the same m ethod in moving from bottom

upward t o g e t the de clin ation aswas followed by mov

ing the index finger and pencil point from l eft t o

right t o get the conjunctions squares, trines and 0p

positions.

When the Paral l els have been recorded the index

is finished ; and if placed bel ow the horoscope on one

sheet of paper as shown in the accompanying ill us~

t rat ion the student will have ready at hand every

means of judging the figure without turning his at

tention from that to computing asp ects. Thus a more

con centrated attitude of the mind is attainabl e Nei

ther is the process of making the index as complicated

as the process of. describing it : in fact, it is simplicity

MAK ING THE INDEx 91

itself, as it involves no mathematical cal cul ation but

only the proper methodical placement of the l eft in

dex finger and moving a pencil point to the right or

upward fr om that finger mere ly asking continu

al ly : Are the pl anets under finge r and pencil within

orb ? If this m e thod is followed out the st udent can

never miss an asp ect and wil l be abl e to make such an

index in from fif teen to twenty minutes.

In order that proficiency may be achieved, the

student shoul d endeavor to make the index for the

horoscope cast for August 2nd ., A . M.

Aspects t o the Ascendant, whi ch represents the

body, have an influence upon the heal th. Aspects to

the Midheaven indi cate the nature of one ’s op p or

tun it ies for spiritual advan cement . But sin ce the

ex act time of birth is rarely kn own ,and sin ce a smal l

error in this makes several degrees difference in the

Ascendant or Midheaven,predictions made from e as

p ects to these poin ts are l ikely to be found unrel iabl e.

Hence we have not ente red them in the Index .

NOTE : In addition t o the forego ing, pl an ets in thelast Six degrees of any sign must b e compared with all

planets in the first six degrees of other signs, because

they may b e in aspect to each other without coming

un de r any of the preceding rul es. Exampl es of this

Mars in 24-30Aries is in conjun ction with Venus in0-30 Taurus ; Mercury in 26-0 Taurus is sex tile Jupi


ter in 2-0 Leo ; Saturn in 27-0 Gem ini is square Ura

nus in 2-0Libra ; Neptun e in 28-0Cance r is trine Marsin 3-0 Sagittarius ; Venus in 29-30Leo is in Opposition

to Mercury in 5-30 Pisces.

NOTICE TO THE STUDENT

The foregoing chapte rs describe the basis of

Astrology and illustrate in detail th e m ethod of

ere cting a horoscope. They also indi cate the elements

of the science of reading a horoscope . A great deal

of additional information al ong these l in es is given

in the Phil osophi c Encyclopedia following. But th e

next volume in this series, the“Message of the

Stars,!is the Rosicrucian tex t book on the science

of Astrol ogical Reading, and the appl ication of

Astrology t o our daily lives. It contains a complete

exposition of the methods used in judging the radi

cal horoscope, al so in progressing the chart and mak

ing predictions therefrom. Medical Ast rology and

the diagnosis of disease are comprehensively dealt

wi th, as are also the bearing of Astrology upon evo

lut ion and the general nature and effect of planetary

vibrations.

All who wish t o go further in the subject are

referred t o this volume.

PART II.

A Ph il o so p h ic Ency c lop e d ia

o f Ast ro lo gy

Accid ental D ignity

When a planet is placed in an angl e its efiect is

much m ore powerful than in the succeed ent or cadent

houses. In this respect a position in the Tenth House

is st rongest on account of el evation (see El evation ) ,the First House is next, then the Seventh, and the

Fourth House isweakest .

Adjusted Calculation Date

A date at which the noon positions of the pl anets

culminate when used in the Progressed Horoscope .

It is obtained by a simpl e cal cul ation , and with

it predictions may be made in any horoscope for l ife ,without further mathematical computations ; for a

ful l explanation the st udent is referred t o “The Mes

sage of the Stars.

!

94 SIMPLIFIED SCIENTIFIC ASTROLOCY

A planet is afflicted when it is paral l el , conjunc

tion , square or Opposition t o Mars, Saturn , Uranus

or Neptune, or in square or Opposition t o any of

the other planets (see Combust ) .

Airy Signs

Gem in i,Libra and Aquarius are call ed Airy signs.

Their influence is mostly mental and intellectual .

Ang les

The First, Fourth, Seventh and Tenth Houses.

The Eastern angl e with Aries, where Mars is the

rul er, suggests the Sun rising t o th e material act ivi

ties of the day. As the Sun , denoting spirit, is under

the cross denoting matter, but risin g toward it , there

fore it denotes the beginn ing of Life in the materialworld, and Mars, the rul er, stands for the desire na

ture , whi ch draws the spirit towards material ex i z

ton es in order that it may conquer matter.

The Southern angl e, Capricorn ,with Saturn as

rr l er , suggests the Sun crossing the meridian as it

does at noon . It has traversed half its prescribed

journey across the heavens, therefore th e half-circle

is om itted , and the other half-circle is retain ed under

the cross in the symbol of Saturn . Hence Saturn

denotes persist ence, mechanical ab il ity ,etc . , and the

Tenth House the worldl y achi evements of the human

be ing.


ens the influence of the planet considerably for good

or il l according to the n ature of the planet and its

aspects.

Antar es

See‘Fix ed Stars

’

Ap p ly :

When a swift moving planet approaches an aspect

with a slower, it is said t o apply t o a square , trine e t c .

of that planet. As th e applying planet must be

speedi er than the one it applies t o , it is evident that

th e Moon applies in turn to the aspects of all the

other planets each month when sh e passes around the

zodiac, but Saturn who takes thi rty years to make

th e circle can onl y apply t o Uranuswhi ch uses e ighty

four years, and t o Neptune which takes a hundredand sixty-five years.

That rul e holds good when the plan ets move di

r ect in the Zodiac ( from Aries t o Taurus but

if the slower movin g plan et is r etrograd e (m oving

from Taurus t o Aries both the plan ets may be

applying t o the aspect . (See D ir ect and Re trograde ) .

Th e influence of the planets is always st ronge r

when they are applying than when they are sepa

listing.

Ascel li : See‘Fix ed Stars.

’

Ascendant

Th e degree of the zodiac which is on the east ern

horizon at a certain time. A n ew degree rises every

A PHILOSOPHIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASTROLOGY 97

four minutes, a n ew sign about every two hours, and

th e twelve signs rise in every place on earth in twen

t y -four hours. Whatever sign is on the Ascendant

is cal led the rising sign . See‘Hyleg ’

Ascension

Under this heading will be grouped, Signs of

Long Ascension , Signs of Short Ascension , Right As

cension and Oblique Ascension .

Signs of Long Ascensio are : Cancer, Leo, Virgo,Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius.

Signs of Sho r t Ascension are : Capricorn , Aqua

rius,Pisces, Aries, Taurus and Gemini .

They are so call ed because the signs of Long As

cension rise slowly in Northern l atitudes, taking a

much longer tim e than the two hours required if 11

the twe lve signs rose at a uni form rate during the

twenty-four hours. Le o takes about two hours and

forty-five minutes in Lat. 40North where New Yorkis

, and Pisces and Aries, two signs of Short Ascensi~

n,

take only one hour and t en minutes. The reason lies

in the obliquity of th e Ecliptic,se e page 49 . The

e ffect is that m ost people in th e Northern Hemisphere

are born un der th e signs of Long Ascension .

In the Southern Hem isphere the signs listed as

of Short Ascension in the foregoing classification ,

are signs of Long Ascension , and most peopl e are

born under them, whil e the Northern signs of Long


Ascension rise quickly in the South and relatively

f ew are born under them. Thus the peopl e of the

opposite hemispheres are also opposite in their inn er

natures, and show diff erent characteristics.

Righ t Ascension and Oblique Ascension are not

used in the system of Astrology gen eral ly in vogue ,except in the cal cul ation of the houses, with whi ch th e

average student has no con cern . Longt itude is meas

ured on the ecliptic or Sun ’s path from the first point

of Aries, but Right Ascension is measured on the

equinoctial or cel estial equator.

Asp ects

Th e distance apart of pl anets, which dete rm in estheir influence for good or ill .

The Square is 90 degrees and the Op p osition is

180 degre es. These are cal led evil aspects.

Th e Sex til e is 60 degrees and the Tr ine is 120

degrees.

“

They are cal l ed good aspects.

The Conjunction occurs whe n two pl anets are in

the same degree of the Zodiac, and the Paral l el is

the position of two plan e ts in the same degree of

declination , regardl ess of whether they are bothNorthor South of th e Equator, or whe ther one is in Northand the other in South decl in ation .

These aspects are variabl e. If between bene

fies (the Sun , Venus and Jupiter) , they are good, or

if the planets of variabl e nature ( the Moon and

Mercury) , are aspected by conjunction or paral lel


tion d ifiers wide ly. Se e‘ diurnal rotation of the

plan ets,’ page 8.

Barren or Unfruitful Signs : Gem inI, Leo and Virgo.

Benefics

The Sun ,Venus and Jupiter. For a thorough

synthetic explanation of the terms ‘benefic

’and

‘mal

efic,’

see‘Good ’ and ‘

Bad ,’also pages 76 and 77.

Cad ent

The third, sixth, n inth and twe lfth houses are call

ed cadent, and so are plan ets placed in these houses.

This position weakens the influence of planets, so thatben efics are n ot so helpful and mal efics not so harm

ful when placed in cadent houses.

Cardinal Si gns :

Aries, the Eastern Sign entered by the Sun at the

vern al equinox ; Cancer , whe re the Sun reaches its

highest degree of Northern declination at the Summer

Solstice ; Libra, the Western sign where the Sun goes

into South declination at the Fal l equin ox ; and

Cap ricorn, where it is in the lowest South decl ination

at the Winter Solstice .The Cardinal Signs are promotive, they further

activity in whatever is undertaken under their in

fluence .

Combust

Any planet within three degrees of the Sun is

said t o be combust , or burn ed up by the Sun’s rays.

If Mercury or the Moon are so placed , it weakens th e

mind ; if Venus or Jupite r, it takes away their help


and if one of the mal efies (Mars, Saturn , Uranus or

Neptune ) is so placed, it is evil . See‘

Afllict ion .

’

Common Signs

Gem ini , Virgo , Sagittarius and Pisces. They are

flexible and vacill ating in nature .

Conjunction

When two planets are within six de grees of each

other they ar e in conjuct ion . See‘Aspects ’ and Orb .

’

Critical D egrees

See table and description of Critical D egrees on

page 81. These degrees mark approximately t he end

of each day ’s travel of the Moon through the twelve

signs. The Moon occupies about days in its p as

sage around the Zodi ac, averaging about 13 degrees

each day. Thus, starting with the first de gree of

Aries, the first day’

s travel will end at the 13th de

gree, the second day’

s travel at the 26th degree and

so on . Foll owing this out , we find that the Critical

Degrees are the l st , 13th and 26th degrees of the

Cardinal Signs, the 9th and 21st degrees of the Fixed

Signs, and the 4th and 17th degrees of the Common

Signs.

Culminate

When a planet reaches Zen ith it is said t o cul

minate, for it has then reached its highest altitude

and then begins t o descend toward the Western Node .This expression is also used con cerning aspects. When

a planet comes within orb of another the influence is


at first weak, but it becomes stronger and stronger the

nearer th e applying plan et comes t o the exact aspect,and at that time it culminates or reaches itsmaximum

strength. Then when the planets begin t o separate

and the aspect is graduall y di ssolved, the influence is

correspondingly weakened, and final ly ceases al together.

Cusp

The first degree of a house or sign . When the

Sun leaves the 3oth degree of Cancer and is in Leo

0 degree , 1 mi n ., it is said t o be on the cusp of Leo ,

the sam e with respect t o the other signs. If Aries

10 degrees is on the midh eaven , as the cusp or di

viding l ine be twee n the n inth and tenth houses is

call ed, and Neptun e is in Aries 9 degrees 55 minutes,it is placed in the Ninth House on the cusp of the

tenth. If it is in Aries 10 de grees 5 minutes, it is

placed in the tenth house on the cusp .

As the influence of planets having d irect motion

is always forward in th e Zodiac, a planet on the cuspof a house will always have a st ronger influence on

the affairs signified by that house than a plan et

which is placed in the latte r degrees of a house.

Decl ination

The distance a pl an et is north or south of the Celes

tial Equator. The highest north declination of the

Sun is 23 degrees 27 minutes, whi ch it attains at the

summ er solst ice the 2l st of Jun e, and at the winter


stars ; but degre es are al so used in geography t o deter

min e the exact position Of any city or place on the

surface of the earth. Latitude is then reckoned indegrees from the ear th

’s e quator, which has 0 degre es

latitude , t o the pol es, which have respectively 90 de

greesNorth and South latitude .

Longitud e is m easure d along the ear th’s equator,

180 degrees East and West from th e merid ian ofGr e enwich , which was accepted as a starting point in

1884 by del egates from all l eadin g nations, France

excepted.

For the effect of distances measured in terms of

longitude on the influence of the planets se e‘As

p acts.

’

For th e influen ce of Latitude and D e cl ination on

the eff ect of the planetary aspects, see‘Latitude .

’

D escendan t

The opposite of Ascendant, the poin t on the west

e rn horizon where the Sun and the planets set , so

call ed, because from thence the heavenl y bodies com

mence their ‘descent ’ towards the nadir of the cel es

tial sphere.

D e trimen t

The opposite of‘D ign ity,

’ whi ch see .

Dignity

A planet is said to be in its dignity, or t o be‘cc

sen tial ly dignified ,’or t o

‘rule ,

’ when it is in certain

Signs whi ch agree with it in nature,for then the

powe r of the sign and the power of the planet are


compounded. The influen ce of the plan et is thusstrengthened . Conversely, a plan et is said to be in its

detrim ent when it is in the sign opposite t o the one

it rul es for then the nature of the sign and the nature

of the plan et are in compatible and antagonistic, and

as a result the influence of the planet is weakened.

The table on page 81 shows the rul ership of

the plan ets over the various signs and a study there

of will bring out the underlying system and philos

ophy .

The Sun is the cente r of our sol ar system, the

giver of life and heat, and the Moon is (so far as our

eart h is con cern ed ) , the collector and reflector of its

Vital izing rays. The solar ray attains its gr eatest in

tensity in m id -summer when the Sun is in Can cer

and Leo, during June and Jul y, and so Leo, the l ion ,

being a mascul ine Sign of a fiery nature is In essential

agreement wi th the nature of the Sun and therefore

helps t o dign ify and strengthen it .

The e if ect of the fem in ine Moon on the earth ’s

tides shows its inherent affin ity for water, whi ch

brin gs it into essential agreement with th e feminine

watery Sign Cance r. On that account Cancer is its

home where it is strongest and most dignified.

The keyword of the Sun is Life , and that of theMoon is Fecundation . The germ of l ife which comes

from the Sun is planted and watered by the Moon

which measures the period of gest ation and brings all

things to birth. Saturn is the planet of obst ruction


and decay, the reaper with hour-glass and scythe who

cuts Off the life given by the Sun and fost ered by the

Moon , when his hour-glass shows that the fruits of

l ife ’s experience are ripe for harvest . Thus he is the

plan et of death, and moves in an orbit on the out

skirts Of the solar system , which is the boundaryof Chaos, where all things are dissolved and trans

muted by spiritual al chemy to finer and fin er tex

tures.

Therefore Saturn is in essential agreement with

Capricorn and AquarIus, the Signs occupied by the

Sun durin g the cold months of mid -winter, D ecember

and January. When placed in these signs hi s cold,clammy hand makes itself fel t as a powerful for te

that crushes l ife and joy , that covers the life with the

gl oom of death.

Between the orbits of Saturn and the Sun are th e

orbits of the other planets, and when arranged in

order of their distan ce from the Sun , with the signs

of the zodiac so placed that Le o and Cancer are in the

center with the ir rul ers, the Sun and Moon , and Sat

urn ’s signs, Capricorn and Aquarius, one on each

wing, it appears that

Jupiter whose orbit is inside Saturn ’s,rul es the

two signs n ext t o Saturn ’s, namely, Sagittarius and

Pisces.

Mars ’ orbit is inside of Jupiter ’s, therefore he

rul es the signs nex t to Jupiter ’s, namely, Aries and

Scorpio .


that moment, whi ch are st amped upon each atom of

the sensitive organism by the air inhal ed with the first

breath. This plan etary baptism is the basic cause of

al l the chil d ’s characteristics and idiosyn crasies ; it

gives certain tenden cies whi ch remain thr ough l ife.

This is the Rad ix or Rad ical Horoscop e whi ch we

carry about in our bodies and , whether we know it or

not , it is the root of al l events in life .

But the planets do not remain stationary in the

positions they occupied at the time of our birth ; their

pr ogress is eternal as is that of our Father in

Heaven , and in time they form asp ects other than

those whi ch they made at birth. These progressed

configurations are cal l ed Directions, and they mark

the time in l ife when events are due t o occur.

D irections are of two kinds, pr imary and sec

ondary .

Primary dir ec tio ns are formed between the p ro

gr essed planets and their positions at birth. If, for

instan ce, the Sun was in no degrees of Aries and Ju

piter in 25 degre es of Leo at the birth of an indivi i

ual , then , as the Sun moves forward in the Zodiac at

about on e degree a day, it will b e trine with Jupiter

about twenty-five days after birth. Th e system of

tim e measurement of the plan etary progression in

general use reckons each day afte r birth equal t o a


year of life . Thus the said individual will meet with

a very fortun ate event in the twenty-fif th year.Aspe cts may also be formed between two p ro

gressed planets ; t o foll ow out the example given in

th e last paragraph, Jupiter would progress on e or

two degrees in the twenty-five days. It woul d then

be in 26 or 27 degrees of Leo , and after the Sun had

passed the trin e with the radical Jupiter it would

come to the trin e of the pr ogressed Jupiter and this

woul d prolong the fortunate influence for several

years, though it shoul d be born e in mind that the

fe et of aspects be tween two progressed planets is not

so strong as when the configuration is between a p ro

gressed and a radical plane t.

Secondary dir ections are formed by the p rogres

sion of the Moon t o aspects with the planets, p ar tic

ularly the rad ical . These lun ar aspects are of vital

importance, for unl ess the p r imary d i r ections ar e

suppor ted by asp ects of the p rogressed Moon which

ar e of a similar nature , th ey com e to naugh t . To

ill ustrate , by refe rence t o the example of the Sm

trine Jupiter. If at the time when that culminated,th e progressed Moon had been in Gem im 25, sextile

to both the Sun and Jupite r, that woul d have given

a wonderfully favorable impetus t o the event signi

fied by the direction , but had the Moon be en in Tau

rus 25,square t o Jupiter it woul d have prevented

the event and caused troubl e instead. Had there


been no secondary lunar direction at th e tim e the

event would have remained latent until th e n ext ln

nar aspe ct of th e progressed Moon e ither brought it

out t o life or withered it .

Lun ations (New Moons) are also powe rful factorsin energizing directions, particul arly if they are

ecl ipses. See‘Lunations’ and ‘

Eclipses, also‘Tran

sits ’

Double Bodied Signs

Gemin i, Sagittarius and Pisces. SO cal l ed because

in the pictorial Zodiac Gem ini is represented as a

pair of twins, Sagittarius as a Centaur, part man and

part horse, and Pisces as two fishes. They are of a

dual , vacill ating nature, and it is remarkabl e that

events in the l ives of peopl e having these signs prom

inent are repeated. They marry several tim es, their

misfortun es n eve r come singly, but their good for

tunes also come in mul tipl e.

Dragon’s Head

The Moon ’sNorth Node. The Nodes are points in

the orbit of a planet where it crosses the e cl iptic, or

Sun ’s path. The one where it crosses from south t o

north is cal led its ascendin g or North nod e ; the otherpoint where it crosses from north to south is call ed

its descending or South node .

When the Sun is in the East and crosses the cel es

tial equator from the south t o the north, it enters its

martial exaltation sign Aries as a conquering king


above anothe r which is in the Twelfth House, and a

plan et in the Tenth House is elevated above al l otherplanets.

Elevation is very important, for it adds consid

e rably to the influence of a planet for good or ill . IfMars, the planet of dynam ic energy, is e levated andin its own Sign Aries, it endows the person with an

almost in ex haustibl e fund of en ergy and an indomitabl e cour age, whi ch will be found lackin g if h e isplaced in a weak Sign and position l ike Virgo and

the Six th House . Similarly with the other signs an d

planets.

Ep hemeris, p lural Ep h-e -mer-i-d es

An ephemeris is a twin siste r of the Almanac,and gives the g eocen tric Lon gitudes and D eclin a

tions for th e current year. It is absolutely n ecessaryin astrol ogical calcul ations. But just as It Is n eces

sary t o get a new almanac for each year t o se e when

the Moon is new and ful l , when it isEaster or Chr istmas, e tc . so also is it necessary t o have an ephem eris

for every year when we wan t t o cast horoscopes for

people. True, the plan ets circle about the Sun , but

each has its own specific spe ed, and they do not come

into the same position relative t o one another that

they have whi l e y ou are reading this, until a period

which is cal led the Great Sidereal Year or

dinary years) , has el apsed . Therefore all horoscopes,even the horoscopes of twins diff er, an d it is neces


sary t o have an ephemeris for the birth year of any

pe rson before y ou can cast his horoscope.Equator :

The earth ’s equator is an imaginary l in e in a plane

at right angles to the ax is of the earth, and midway

between the North and South pol es. It divides the

earth into two hemispheres, the Northern and South

ern . If a pol e hundreds Of mi ll ions of mile s in l ength

were thrust through the earth from the equator t o

the center of the earth, the outer end would inscribe

a l ine on the firmam ent , when the earth rotates on

its ax is, and this imaginary l ine is cal le d the cel estial

equator. or equinoctial . The l atter name is given it

because when the Sun is at the points where the

ecl iptic or Sun ’s path crosse s the cel estial equator

we have the equinoxes, the times when the days an d

ni ghts are of equal duration .

Equinoctial : See‘Equator .

’

Equinox

Th e equinoxes occur on the 2l st of March when

the Sun enters Aries, and th e 21st of September

when the Sun enters Libra . At those times the day

and night are of equal l ength al l over the earth. See‘Equat or,

’and

‘Prece ssion of the Equinox.

’

Essential D ignity

A planet is strengthened or essential ly dign ified

when it is in a Sign which agrees with its own na


ture. This is thoroughly ex plained under ‘Digni ty,

’

which see .

Ex al tation

It is explain ed un der ‘Digni ty ,

’ that when a

planet is in a Sign of simil ar nature,it is thus

strengthen ed or dignified . but when another planetof the same nature as the rul er en ters that Sign it

compounds its own qual ities wi th those of the rul er

and the sign , and becomes ex al ted or powerful ly

stren gthen ed. For instan ce,Aries is a dry, fiery

sign . It is rul ed by Mars, a dry, fiery planet, and

whe n the Sun , the source Of heat and the giver of

Life ente rs this sign it is exal ted t o the superlative

degree of power, and forthwith Life begins t o mani

fest in al l departmen ts of nature. Th e point t o be

born e in mind con cernin g what constitutes exal ta

tion is that it requires the compoun din g Of three

similar natur es. Scorpio is also a martial sign , but

it is wate ry and not in as compl ete agreement with

the nature of the Sun as Aries, therefore th e Sun

coul d not be exal ted in Scorpio as it is in Aries.

As the Lord of life and heat, the Sun , is always

opposed by Saturn in the rul ership of their signs,Leo and Aquarius, so also the cold and deathl y Sat

urn opposes the Sun from its exal tation -sign Libra.

Venus and Mars are the pl anets of at traction from

the point of sex . and as all that is generat ed by sex

is under the sway of death, Mars has thus a right is


Cancer was pictured on the ancient Egyptian Zodiac as a bee tle or scarab, whi ch was their emblem of

the soul . and it is an esot eric truth that al l souls en

ter terrestrial life through the sphere of the Moon,

Cancer. Conception depends upon the place of the

Moon and the angl e of its ray. Sagittarius, the Cen

taur, is the symbol of aspiration , the man coming out

of the animal , an d pointing his bow heavenward .

This sign is ruled by Jupiter, the planet of Benevo

l ence, which is now the seedground where our future

hom e is being prepared, where we shal l sometime

dwell when we have l earned the l essons to be taught

in the Earth Period and are ready t o take up higher

work of the Jupiter Period as taught in the Rosicru

eian Cosmo-Conception .

Thus, as the solar forces reflected through Cancer and the Moon result in generation , so the Spirit

ual ray of the Sun reflected through Can cer and Ju

piter act as a regenerative power strengthening the

psychi c and religious nat ure . and there fore Jupiter

is trul y said to be ex al ted in Cancer.

Mercury is a pl anet of a variable nature ; it takes

on the color and characteristics of any Sign or plan et

with whi ch it is configurat ed ; therefore it has no

particul ar afl’

ini ty with any of the other planets or

signs rul ed by the other planets, and hence must seek

exal tation in its own signs. And as Gemini is

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is the listl ess negative sign Virgo, hence that is theSign of Mercury ’s exal tation .

Fal l

When a plan et is in the Sign opposite its ex al ta

tion -sign it is sai d to be in its‘ fal l ,

’for that Sign ,

its Lord and ex al tation -rul er are all of ex actly the

opposit e nature . Thus, when the glori ous Sun which

is exal ted in Ari es, is in the opposi t e sign Librawhere the cold and dreary Saturn has domain, it is

weakened and afflicted thereby. Conversely, when

Saturn is in the sign Aries, the Sun’s ex al tation-sign,

it shrivels and shrinks under the heat rays. When

the b enefic amiabl e Jupiter, exal ted in Cancer, is

placed in the opposite sign Capricorn , the Sign of

the surly Saturn , and the exal tation-sign of the

brusque Mars it is surely afflicted and in its fal l .

Simil arly with the other planets.

Femin ine Signs :

The feminine signs comprise the six signs with

even numbe rs : Taurus, the second sign , Cancer the

fourth sign , etc. This includes the earthy signs, Tau

rus, Virgo and Capricorn ; and the watery signs,Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. Earth and water are the

two att ributes of Mother’ Nature . Given them she is

able to brin g forth, and so the signs which have affin

ity with these essential elements may wel l be call ed

is perhaps the most important of the feminine signs.


for when the Sun is in Virgo during September, thespiritual wave of rejuvenating life commences itsdescent in to the earth where it centres at Chr istmas

and then commences t o radiate the germinal lif e

which sprin gs forth and blooms at East er. Then the

Savior having given his l ife once for al l , once more as

cends t o the Father.

Fiery Signs : Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.

Fix ed Signs

Taurus, Scorpio, Leo and Aquarius are cal led

‘fixed ’ signs because when they are on the angl es of a

horoscope and many plan ets are in them , they make

the person very ‘set ,

’and give him an unusual

amoun t of perseveran ce so that he wil l nearly always

achi eve whatever he attempts t o do if it is hum anl y

possible .

Fix ed Stars

The twelve constel lations of the Zodiac are com

posed of a l arge number of stars, and all over the

firmament we see clusters of luminous bodies, whi ch

seem t o preserve the sam e position relative to one

another, di ffering in this respect from th e Sun , Moon

and planets which we see moving among the st ar

clust ers Therefore the star clusters composing the

zodiacal constell ations are cal l ed ‘fix ed stars.

’ It is

a ma tter of knowl edge however, that their immobil

ity is only apparen t because of their vast distance


hand the Water Of Life,the fecundating principle ,

and it is a matter of Observation tha t seeds plante d

when the Moon is in these Signs bear more bount eously than when planted under l ess favorable conditions.

Geocen tric Syst em of AstrologyWhen Corp ernicus proved that the earth and

the other plan ets revolve aroun d t he Sun ,he is said

by scofi‘

e rs an d sceptics t o have exploded the system

of Astrology which regards the earth as the center

aroun d whi ch the Sun , Moon and planets circl e.That is a mistaken idea, which may perhaps be Shown

by an illustration . We still continue t o say that th e

Sun rises, though we know that it is the e arth that

moves while the Sun remains stationary ; but whe th

er th e Sun moves in a circl e around the earth, an d

ill uminates each portion Of its surface in turn ,

or th e earth moves upon its axis and thus ex poses

on e part after another to the rays of the stationary

Sun , the effect upon the earth is the same, namely,we get light and sunshine during part of the twenty

four hours. Simil arly with the other planets,Astrology judg es their efieots when in cer tain p osi

tions r elative (to the ear th, regardl ess of how they

came there. Besides, it is SO much more conveni ent

t o Sp eak from the geocentric standpoint and say“ the

Sun rises at six ,

! than t o say“ the ax ial rotation Of

the earth will bring us in lin e with the Sun ’s rays t o

morrow at six O ’cl ock.

! Even the most arrogant


ran ter against the so-call ed geocentric fal lacy woul d

probably balk at takin g his medicin e in that way.

Good and Bad

‘Good ’ and ‘bad ’ are terms on e Often hears ap

plied t o horoscop es, asp ects and p lane ts, and it there

fore seems necessary t o emphasize that in reality al l

is GOOD . In the Fathe r’s Kingdom,the Unive rse,

there can be nothing permanently ‘bad,

’and that

whi ch we so designat e is really only good in the

making.

It may also be sai d that a horoscope is not necesee rily good because the aspects Of the planets are

by trines and sextil es. Som etimes it is the very re

verse , for it is in. the st ruggle Of life that we develop

strength ; very few are strong enough to stand pros

p erity . Chan ces are that in a horoscope ful l Of good

aspects there lurks the snare Of indolen ce so that the

pe rson does not e xert himsel f and becom es drif t

wood upon the ocean Of lif e , while an other who has

what we call a very affl icted horoscope is roused by

the adverse conditions generated by squares and Op

positions, an d by Sheer force of will conquers his

stars and mast ers his dest iny. In that case, an d

there are many, the‘bad

’ horoscope is sure ly a great

er bl essin g than a good on e . It is no use to have

an autom obil e if we are t oo lazy to keep it Oil ed and

cleaned, for it wil l give us a lot of troubl e, and un

less we keep the whee ls of fortun e Oil ed by constant

122 SIMPLI FIED SCIENTIFI C ASTROLOGY

attention t o the Opportuni ties Of life, the horoscope

will not help us no matter how ‘ good ’ it is. But if

we have what is cal l ed a ‘ good ’ horoscope and dO our

part , it wil l prove a triumphal char iot in whi ch we

m ay ride the royal road Of l ife . And th e best ax leOil is call ed he lpfulness. The heavie r y ou load your

car down with lam e and weary on es, th e easie r it

will ride.

An d Saturn ! Yes, it is true that he is responsibl e

for most Of the whip lashes of fate ,but he can g ive

us no thing that we have no t earn ed , and th e purpose

is not vengean ce, but education . Th e mom ent we

realize that de ep down in our hearts, we Shall cease

t o murmur, and ask : Why is thi s happen ing t o m e ,

what have I don e t o deserve it ? Then , se eking pray

erfully for the reason ,that we may l earn t o m end

our ways in that respect and SO e scape kindred trials

in future, we shall draw n earer to our Father, and

l earn t o kiss th e cross. Thus, instead Of being an un

mi tigated evil , the visitations of Saturn are op p ortu

nit ies t o correct our wron gdoings and l earn wisdom.

It is Simil ar with other SO-call ed Mal efics. At

present their influen ce seems evi l t o us because we

have n ot learn ed t o work in harmony with them for

But even today, the asp ects Of Saturn to the Moon

and Mercury give depth to the mind and power of

con centration ,which are decidedl y good. Mars in


ions to ask the question contains also the answer.Therefore, if the person who wants to know is an

astrologer, he erects a horoscope for the time when

he first thought Of consul tin g the stars If a person

who cannot set up a figure appl ies personal ly t o an

astrologer, the l atter sets up a figure for the time

when the quest ion is asked Of him, and if the question

comes through the mail , he casts a horoscope for the

time he actual ly read th e question in the l ette r. This

is very imp or tan t, for if the figur e be set up for a

wrong tim e , the judgmen t is cer tain to be wrong .

It sometimes happens that the matter asked about has

not reached such a state Of completion tha t th e issue

is settl ed, and a defini te answer can be given . The re

fore the first thing t o do afte r the figure has bee n

cast , is to see if it is‘rad ical ,

’and can b e judged.

If the first or second degre e of an y Sign is rising,or if on e Of the three last degrees Of any Sign rises, or

if the Moon is in the last three degrees of any Sign , or

void Of course, it is not safe t o judge but the inquirer

shoul d wait a more favorabl e time and ask the ques

tion again .

When Saturn is on the Ascen t or in the

First House he always obst ructs the matter, and if

he is in the Seventh House the ast rol oger ’S judgment

If non e of these things hinder, the figure may be

judged by the following method


Th e Lord Of the Ascendant, planets in the FirstHouse, if any , and the Moon represent the m qul re r .

D etermin e next by what House the thing asked about

is rul ed, then consider whether the Lord of that

House is favorably aspected with the Lord of the

Ascendant, the pl anets in the First House, and the

Moon . If so , the matter will come t o a favorabl e

conclusion , but if these significat ors are aspected by

square or Opposition , the matter will come t o naught.

But if someon e else comes to y ou with a propo

sitiou, and y ou set up a figur e t o aid you in forming

an idea of what t o do, be sure to remember that HE

is the p r im e mo ver in the mat ter, and that therefore

the Moon , Ascendant an d First House are his signif

icators, whil e you are r ep r esent ed by the Seventh

House and itsLord . It does not matte r that y ou ask

the question , the proposition that you ask about is

his; and lack of this knowl edge has be en a stumbl ing

bl ock t o many who have given a wron g judgment on

that account.

The thin gs signified by the Houses are briefly

as foll ows:

First House : Matters of an intimate personal

Second House : Financial gain .

Third House : Matters con cerning brothers an d

Sisters, short journeys.

Fourth House : Houses an d lands, patrimony


Fifth House : Children , messengers and n ewspape rs.

Six th House : Servants and disease .

Seventh House : Marri age,partn ership

, law

suits.

Eigh th House : Legacies.

Nin th House : Trave l, m ental st ate and capacity.

Tenth House : Social standing.

Eleven th House : Friends,hop es an d wishes.

Twelfth House : Enemies and t rouble .

The planets which aspect your significators fa

vorably Show when ce y ou may find help to Obtain

your wish, and the plan ets whi ch afflict your st ars

indicat e what hinders, and by blendin g these augurs

y ou may know what t o ex pect and how t o proceed.

Study these rules careful ly ,an d pay strict attention

t o them, then you wil l know how to answer al l ques

tions that may b e asked.

Horary Ast rol ogy may al so be use d to sel ect a.

favorabl e time for commencin g an important under

taking , for the star ting poin t Of an en terpri se is its

birth, and the influences then governin g wi ll be p ow

e rful det erminators Of success or failure . It is said

that the Royal Ast ronomer who l aid the corner-stone

for the Observatory at Greenwich used this method,and that has cer tainly been a very useful and suc


form the cusp of th e Fourth House call ed the Nadir,

whi ch is Opposite the Tenth.

These two points are invested by the same de

grees Of the Zodiac, at any given tim e regardl ess Of

whether the birthplace is n ear the pole or t h e equa

t or . In the l atter case , we may al so imagin e a line

drawn at right an gles across the Meri dian , (as thel in e in the horoscope from the Midheaven to the

Nadir is cal l ed ) ,from East t o West , and that woul d

then form the cusps of the First and Seventh Houses.

By dividing each Of the four sections into three we

woul d have twelve compartments of equal size, name

ly thi rty degrees each.

But. all birthplaces are not on the equator, and

owing t o the spherical shape Of the earth and the in

cl inat ion of the earth’s axis, the sizes Of the house s

vary more and more as we approach the poles, so

that some houses may have onl y twelve or fifteen de

gre es, while others have more than Sixty. See page

49 for a more detailed analysis.

The reason for this division Of the earth into

houses may be comprehended when we consider that

the Sun ’s rays afle ct us diffe rently in th e morning ,

at noon and at n ight, al so in summer and win ter ; and

if we study the cause, we shall readily se e that it is

the an gl e at whi ch the ray strikes us or th e earth

whi ch produces the difierence in cfiect . Similarly

with the stel lar rays, Astrologers have Observed that


a child born at or near noon, when the Sun’s rays

strike the birthplace from the Tenth House, has a

better chan ce of advan cem en t in l ife , other thin gs

being equal , than one born after Sundown , for the

latter general ly remains a servant. Therefore they

say that the Tenth House de termin es social position

and honor, but the Sixth House,whi ch is just below

the Western horizon rul es service and employmen t.

By simil ar Observations and tabul ations it has been

foun d that the other pl anetary rays afiect the various

departments Of lif e when their ray is projected

through the other houses, and therefore each house

is said to ‘ rul e ’ certain thin gs. The student will find

a diagram Of the houses and th e afiairs rul ed by each

on pages 30 and 31.

The divisions of houses are sometimes call ed‘mundane

’houses to emphasize that they are d iv

isions Of the earth ; and the Signs of the Zodiac are

al so loosely spoken of as the ‘houses’ or ‘ homes,’ Of

the planets whi ch rul e them, for instan ce , Virgo is

the ‘house

’ Of Mercury, Capricorn is the‘home

’

of

Hyl eg

A term used by ancient Arabian Astrol ogers t o

designate the poin ts in the horoscope whi ch are the

principal foci of vitali ty an d heal th, namely the Sun ,


It needs but l ittl e argumen t t o show that the

great and glorious reservoir Of l ife whi ch we call th e

Sun is an importan t factor in the matter of heal th,and that the lesser Light, the Moon ,

has dominion in

this respect, for she col l ects and reflects the solar ray.

And it is a matter of common kn owledge that sh e is

in some way conn ected with gestation , and p ar tur i

tion , therefore, the Moon is the particul ar sig

nificat or of health in a woman ’s horoscope whil e the

Sun has the strongest influen ce in a man’s figure.

Both are importan t however, for if , in a man’s fig

ure, Saturn is square t o the Moon he wil l feel it , but

if this configuration happens in a woman ’s horoscope,

she will feel it more ; and conversely, Saturn square

t o the Sun in a woman ’s horoscope will aff ect her

health,but not in the same degree as it will that Of

a man when occurring in his figure .

The reason why the Ascendant is designated as

a factor in heal th and vi tal ity is not so apparent upon the surface, but when we real ize that the Ascend

ant at bir th is the Moon ’s p lace at concep tion, the

reason is Obvious, for the Moon is the plan et of fe

cundat ion , the focus and reflect or of the sol ar Lifeforces, and if , at the time of con ception , when the

human seed-atom was planted, sh e was in a weak Sign

like Virgo, the re is a fundamental l ack Of energy and

vital ity at the very start Of l ife , and a conse quent

lassitude which afie cts through al l the years Of its

exist ence, the body then beginnin g t o germinate.


the Sun . The idea in the minds Of the astronomers

seems t o be that these plan ets are in l eading strings

so t o speak. The esoteric re ason for their proximity

to the Sun will be found on page 10, which see .

In t e l lectual Zodiac

On e ither side of the ecliptic or Sun ’s path are

a number Of fixed stars whi ch form twelve groups or

constellations, that are called‘

si gns Of the Zodiac,’

not because they resembl e the animal s they are supposed to represent, but because the ir influence has

developed, or is still en gaged in bringing out in us

the main characteristics embodied in the animal sym

bol . The bombastic arrogan ce, the e nergy an d cour

age whi ch come from Aries coul d not be better sym

bol ized than by th e ram , n either coul d the qui et, but

prodigious strength and the stubborn persistence

whi ch come from the divine Hierarchs who work

with us from the conste llation Taur us be more aptly

described than by th e symbolic ‘Bull . ’ The char

act eristics of the other signs must be interpreted in

similar term s, for the Zodiac is the womb of the so

lar system ; and sometime when we and the myriads

Of other beings who are now evolving in our sol ar

system have l earned al l the l essons of this phase of

existen ce, we also shal l form a Zodiac and perform

a Similar service for others as the twelve Great Cre

ative Hierarchies are now doing for us.

These twelve constell ations ar e call ed the ‘natu

ral’Zodiac ; they remain al ways in the same relative


positions, at least their movement is SO Sli ght that

centuries e lapse without appre ciable change in their

position . H ence we may use a tabl e of houses our

whol e li fe, but we must buy an ephemeris of th e

pl anets ’ places every year.

Every year on the 2l st Of March the Sun leaves

the Southern Hemisphere, crosses the celestial equa

t or, and enters the Northern degre es of lat itude

where he remains durin g the summ er. But owing

t o a vibrat ory m otion of the poles of the earth, cal l

ed‘nutation ’ by astron omers, the Sun crosses th e

cel est ial equator a l ittle earlier (p r eced es) than it

d id the ye ar before , and as day and ni ght are Of

equal l ength at the point where the Sun crosses the

celestial equator or equinoctial , this pre cedent cross

ing is called ‘th e p recession of th e equinox

If there were no precession of the equinox th e

Sun would always enter the constel lation Aries at

the vernal equinox, but on account of this backward

motion of on e degree in about seven ty-two ye ars, the

ve rnal equinox occurs in the first degree Of Piscesabout 2156 years later. After a sim ilar period of

time it recedes t o the first degree of Aquarius, and so

on through the circle of the twelve signs in about 25,868 years. A t the tim e when the Sun was in Taurus,the Sign of the ‘

Bul l ,’ at the vern al equinox, th e an

cient Egyptians worshiped the sacred ‘Bul l Apis ’

and their priests wore the Uraeus or Se rpent Symbol


belon ging t o Scorp io , the Serp en t Sign Op p osit e Tau

rus, to indicate their possession Of the esoteric wis

d om . When th e Sun wen t into Aries by precession

it became idolatry for ‘ the chwen peopl'

e ’ to worship

the ‘Bull ,’or golden calf 3 they l eft ‘Egyp t

’and p in

ned their faith to the ‘lamb ’

or‘ram

’ which was then‘slain

’. But according to the esot e ric symbol of Lib

ra, the scal es of justice , whi ch is opposite Aries, he

Shal l come again as judge . In A . D . 498 the Sun was

in the first de gre e Of A ries at th e equin ox, and in the

1418 years which have since elapsed it has receded

nin ete en degrees,forty-two m inutes, so that in 1916

the Sun crosses the equator in t en de grees, eighteen

minutes of Pisces,and in the year 2658 it will be on

the cusp Of Aquarius. During th e 2000 years whi ch

have e lapsed Since the equinox came within orb Of

Pisces, the fishes, the religious rites have requi red

that the people anoint themselves with the Piscean

Water at th e door Of the church, the Service was per

formed by a priest whose headgear was made t o re

sembl e the h ead of a fish , and they were commanded

t o abst ain from the eatin g Of meat at certain tim es,and bad e eat fish instead . They were also taught

t o worship an immaculate Virgin because Virgo is

the sign op p osite Pisces; and this worship wi ll con

t inue , though in a decr easing degree until the n ew

ide al embodied in the Sign Aquarius and its Opposite

Sign Leo has supe rceded orthodox Christiani ty as

that has taken the pl ace Of the e arl ier rel igions.


counts for certain evolutionary changes. In this con

n ect ion the student is referred t o pages 26 and 27.

In t ercep t ed

See articl e on ‘Houses’ before reading this. In

the article on‘Houses,

’it is stated that Owin g t o the

Spherical shape Of t he earth an d the in clination Of

the earth’s ax is, som e of the mun dan e houses in the

hi gher North ern l atitudes are onl y twelve or fift een

degrees, whi le othe rs are forty ,fif ty or sixty d e

grees long. But the signs Of the Zodi ac are only

thi rty de grees, and it therefore fol lows that in cases

whe re a mundan e house is ve ry l ong, on e or even two

whol e signs may be included wi thin its cusps. In

the horoscope Of Erm an C. born Jan uary 25th , 1912

at 3 A . M. in Ogden , Ia. , we find 24 degr ees of Sagit

tarins on the second cusp , and Aquarius 11 on the

thi rd. Thus the se cond house is forty-seven degrees

l ong, includin g the whole Sign Capricorn with the

planets Mercury an d Uranus, and an astrologer

woul d describe the situation by saying that Cap ri;

corn is‘int ercep t ed

’in the second house . When he

sp eaks of the plan ets in this intercept ed Sign he says

tha t Mercury and Uranus are intercepte d in Capri

corn in the second house.

When a Sign is intercepted in a house, the opp o

site sign is also in t ercep t ed in the Opposite house ;consequen tly we find Can cer intercepted in the


e ighth house with Neptune in it .Regarding the influence of interception , we find

that when a planet is in an in te rcepted Si gn its in

fluen ce is held in abeyan ce or laten cy until by p ro

gression it m oves out of the in tercepte d Sign . This

tenden cy may be somewhat modified by a strong as

peet, or a number of minor or weak ones, but an in

t ercep t ed plane t n ever has the same power over the

l ife as on e that is free.

Latitud e

In Astron omy, the distance a planet is North or

South of the ecliptic, or Sun’s path.

In Geography, the dist ance a city or place is

North or South of the Equator.

Note—Th e d istance of the heavenly bodies North or

Sout h of th e cel estial equator is not call ed latitud e,

but DECLINATION. Wh en the Sun is at its hi ghestNorthern point in the tropic Of Cancer, we do n ot

say that it is in twenty-three degre es of North latitude, but that it is in twen ty-three degres Of Northd ecl ination . See

‘D eclination .

’

Logarithms

Were orig inal ly invent ed by Lord Napier t o makearithmetical calcul ations easy. They were later adapt

ed t o the decimal sy stem ,and are used by astrono


mers who cal cul ate di rections by are . But for cal

cul ation Of the plan ets’ places by Longitude and

in relation t o th e day of twenty-four hours, it is n ecessary t o cal cul ate a Sp ecial se t

,whi ch will be found

in th e back of our ephem eris. By use Of them mul

t ip l icat ion is performed by addition , and division by

subtraction .

Long Ascension : Signs of , See‘Ascension.

’

Long itud e

In Geography, Longitude is measured from theMeridian Of Greenwich, East or Wes t on the Equa

tor .

In Astronomy, the Longitude Of the pl anets is

measure d on the ecliptic or Sun ’s path startin g wi th

the first point of Ari es at th e vern al equinox . When

the distance is re ckoned on the equinoctial , or cel es

tial equator it is cal l ed Right Ascension

Lord

A pl anet is said to be ‘Lord ’ of the Signs it rul es ;e . g. Mars is Lord Of Aries an d Scorpio ; Venus is‘Lady’ Of Taurus and Libra. See

‘D igni ty ’ an d ‘Ex

Luminaries The Sun and Moon.

Lunar Pertaining to ‘Luna,’ the Moon.

Lunation

A lun ation is a conjun ction Of the Sun and Moon ,

a‘New Moon .

’In our ephemeris all New Moons.


square occurs. Converse ly, if the in itial aspect of the

eclipse is good, more benefit will be experien ced dur

ing the months when sex tiles and trin es are form ed .

The cycle of lunations is nin eteen years ; for exam

p l e , in Jul y 1900 the lunation occurred on the 26th

of Jul y in three degrees of Leo , and in 1919 another

lunation will occur on the 26 th of July in three de

grees of Leo . Thus the student may cal cul ate the

lunations of future years with sufficient accuracy for

all practical purposes.

Eclipses may also be calculated for future yearsin a simil arly easy rough and ready mann er if the

student has the ephem erides for p ast years .

D uring her m on thly course the Moon zigzags

across the ecliptic, and at the conjuct ions, or New

Moons, is generall y a number of degrees away from

the ecl iptic . Under such conditions we have just an

ordin ary New Moon . In order to have a total solar

ecl ipse the Moon must be di rectly in the Sun ’s path

as seen from the earth, and the decl ination of the

Sun and Moon must b e practically th e same ; al so the

moon must have practically no latitude .

There are never l ess than two eclipses in a year,

and they are sol ar, nor are there ever more than sev

en ,but these ex treme numbers happen very seldom .

The usual number of eclipses is four ; two solar and

two lunar ecl ipses, and they usual ly com e in pairs

and six months apart . Th e Ful l Moon preceding or


following a solar eclipse is usually a lunar ecl ipse.Al so if on e pair of e clipses occurs in February, l ookfor the other pair in August .

Bearing the above in mind, ecl ipses in any year

may be found with fair success by the foll owing sim

p l e rul e

From the year for whi ch ecl ipses are want

ed , subtract 18. The remi l t ing year we wil l call the‘Eclipse Year .

’

Search the ‘Ecl ipse Year ’ for New and

Ful l Moons whi ch are eclipses. Note the ir dat es

only .

In the year previous t o the ‘Eclipse Year,’

not e the date s and zodiacal places of the lunations

whi ch occur about el even days after the dates ob

tained in the ‘Eclipse Year. ’ These are the dates and

places Of eclipses in the year wanted.

In order to test the simple rul es of thumb here

given, let us imagine this is the year 1910, and that

we want to find th e first solar eclipse occurring in

1915. We take an ephemeris for 1897 which is

e ighteen years earl ier than 19 15, and look for th e

first solar ecl ipse.

We find a solar ecl ipse on the 181: of February

1897.

To ascer tain the date and degree of the Zodiac in

whi ch this ecl ipse wi ll fall in 1915, we look for in


formation in the ephemeris for 1896,whi ch is one

year earl ier than the ‘Eclipse Year ’ 1897.

There we fin d that the first New Moon which oc

curred after February 1st , fell in the afte rnoon of

the 13th of February,in twenty-four degrees, nin e

teen m inutes of Aquarius, and we therefore judge

that there wil l b e a solar e clipse on the 13t h of Feb

ruary 1915 in twenty-four degrees, n ineteen min

utes of Aquarius.

After compl eting our cal cul ations we cease t o

make believe about living in 1910, and take up the

ephem eris for 1915 t o se e if our rul es have given the

right resul t ; and we find that a solar e cl ipse di d oc

cur ou the m orn ing of the 14th of February 1915, in

Aquarius, twenty-four degre es, forty-two minutes,proving the rul e t o have given an essentially cor

rect resul t. See‘Transits.

’

Mal efics

Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. See‘Good

and Bad .

’

Mascul ine SignsAr ies, Gemini, Leo, Libra, Sagittarius and Aquar

ius are call ed Mascul ine . These include the fiery

trip l icity , A ries; Le o and Sagittarius, and the airy

trip licity , Gem ini , Libra and Aquarius. The femi

nine signs in clude the earthy and watery tripl icities.


Nativi tyThe same as

‘Horoscope ,’and

‘Radix ;

’ a map of

the heavens cast for the moment of birth. See‘Figure . ’

Natural Zodiac See‘ Int ell e ctual Zodiac . ’

NebulaeCloudy star clusters, worlds in the making. Three

of them are known t o have an inimical effect on the

eyesight Se e‘Fix ed Stars.

’

Nod es See‘D ragon ’

s Head .

’

Northern Signs

Aries, Taurus, Gemin i, Can cer, Leo, and Virgo .

So cal le d be cause the Sun is in these signs when he

is above the equator in the Spring and Summer.

NutationA vibratory motion of the ax is of the earth which

is responsible for the precession of the equinox. See‘ Intell ectual Zod iac .

’

Oblique Ascensio n : Se e‘Ascension .

’

Occident al

Western . When the Sun or plan ets have passed

the Zenith,Midheaven or n oon mark, they begin t o

set towards the Weste rn horizon , therefore the plan

ets in the ninth, eighth and se venth houses of the

horoscope are said t o be ‘occidental ’ or Western ,

and

planets in the twel fth, el eventh and tenth houses


whi ch are ascending from the East ern horizon t o the

Midheaven , as th e Sun does in the forenoon , ar e said

t o be‘oriental ’ or Eastern .

But when the Sun sets in the place where we l ive,it ri ses on another part of the world represented by

the sixth, fifth, fourth, thi rd, se cond and first houses

of our horoscope, and duri ng that time it is al so or

ien tal , and occidental t o their Midhe aven , which cor

responds to our Nadir . Wh en it rises from the ir

Eastern horizon ,which is our descendan t, through

the sixth, fifth and fourth houses, it is called ori

ental, and when it graduall y sets towards the ir

Western Horizon ,whi ch is our Ascendant, it is cal l ed

occidental .

The refore, pl an ets in the twelfth, el eventh, tenth,sixth, fifth

,an d fourth houses are call ed orien tal,

and the planets in the other six houses are cal led occi

dental or Western .

Op p osition :

When two pl anets are in the same degree of op

p osit e signs, they are said t o be in ‘Opposition .

’Se e

‘Aspect ’ and ‘

Orb .

’

Orb :

Planets form aspects whi ch influen ce human af

fairswhen they are in the same degre e of the Zodiac,

or a certain number of degre es apart . But it has

been found that the influen ce is fel t even when plan

e ts are not exactly the required number of degrees


apart . Thus a planet has a subtle sphere whi ch

makes it effective before an exact aspect is formed,

an d af te r it has be en dissolved, and this Is cal l ed its

orb .

Orbit The path of a planet around the Sun .

Orbital Revolution :

The revolution of a plan et in its orb it around theSun . The time occupied by the orbital revolutionsof al l the planets is given on pag e 7.

Orien tal

Easte rn , se e‘

Occidental ’ for explanation .

Paral l el

The aspe ct form ed between two plan etswhen they

are in t h e sam e degre e of declination , e ither North orSouth of the ce lestial equator. Se e page 75.

Par t of For tune

A point in the horoscope whi ch opposes or fav

ors the financial fortun es according t o the aspects it

re ce ives from th e plan ets. Th e philosophy and th e

method of cal cul ating it are given on page 60 e t c .

To prove whethe r the ‘Part of Fortun e ’ is rightly

calcul ated, observe whether the distance from the

Sun t o the Moon equals th e distan ce from the Aseen

dant t o the ‘Part of Fortune. ’

Physical App earance

The physical type is determined by four prin cipal

factors. These are the Ascendant or Rising Sign ,


cementing influence in the life whereby we are at

tracted to others for mutual ben efit ; al though Venusin and of herse lf is not con cern ed with mutual bene

fit, it bein g her nature t o attract others, and that

good comes by her is onl y an incident.The planet Jupiter is symbolize d by the hal f-cir

cl e above the cross. It denot es the human sp irit,whose facul ty is abstract thought. Therefore

,the

plan et Jupite r stands for th e hi gher mind, the mind

that is uncon cern ed with materi al things, and ex

presses itself in abstract thought, as rel igion , phil

osophy and the higher sciences.

Mars is the opposite of Venus. It is symbol ized

by the cross above the circl e, so that whil e it is Ven

us’s nature t o unselfishl y love, and t o give to others,

it is the nature of Mars t o desire for se lfish ends. It

therefore denotes al l the outgoing en ergy of the l ow

e r nature, the desire body, the passional and emotion

ai aspect of man , whi ch causes him t o work outwards

in the world, to ove rcome obstacl es and t o gather ex

p erien ce .

Saturn is the Opposite of Jupiter, the cross of

matt er above the hal f-circl e den oting the brain mind .

It is that whi ch gives persisten ce to the impulses of

Mars, and symbolizes the rel ative ly permanen t part

of the lower nature, that whi ch has been weighed and

found t o be of use . It is, therefore, symbolical of

the se ed-atoms of Man ’s l ower vehicl es, where in are

st ored the experi ences of al l past l ives. Hen ce, Sat


um denotes the mechanical abil ity, the chastity and

justice ; th e perseverance and material attainments

which have been made into virtues thr ough hi s purg

ing influen ce . He stands as the reaper of the things

that have been sown in the body, and as such he appears often in the life to chastise us for the wrong we

have done ; n ot vandal ist ical ly , but in order that we

may l earn the l essons of how t o act rightly.

The Moon is the reflection of the Sun . That t o

ge ther with the Ascendant, denotes the formation Of

the physical body, the Moon being particul arly the

symbol of the vital body, and the Ascendan t the significat or of the dense body. Hence, these two stand

for that whi ch is man ’s tool in action ; the most per

feet part of his n ature , but at the same time, the

most evanescent. The Moon is, therefore, the very

antithesis of the Sun . The latter is a fixed star,whil e the Moon is the most mi gratory of the heavenl y

bodies.

The three l ast named pl anets are the significa

tors of the lower nature in man , the pe rsonal ity, as

opposed t o the individual ity, symbol ized by the three

first n amed plan ets ; and these two tri angl es are con

n ect ed by the plane t signi fying th e l ower concrete

mind, namely Mercury. The symbol of that pl anet

has in it all three constituents Of plan etary symbolism

, the circl e , the hal f-circl e and the crow , showing

it t o have no nature of its own , but to be a vehi cl e


for th e expression of the othe r planets. When Mercury is wel l posited with reference to Venus, we havethe art ist ic, poetical , musical and l ite rary type of

mind. For it is from Venus that the vibrations come

which express themselves in al l art.

When Me rcury is well placed in relation t o Jupite r, we have the philosophi cal and scientific mind,the rul er an d the law-

give r, both in chur ch and state,who works for the good of al l .

When Me rcury is we ll posited with regard to

Mars, we have the man of action ; the man who aims

at the material devel opment of the worl d ’s resourcesin a smal l or large way, as a shopkeeper, storekeepe r

and all other ways wherein others are expl oited for

pe rsonal benefit, for Mars is, as al ready said, the ah

t ithesis of Venus, and the embodimen t of selfish de

sire.

Mercury in aspe ct t o the Moon has no signific

an ce, as the Moon itse lf is a reflector ; except where

it is an evil aspect comin g from a cardinal Sign or

el evation . There it is apt t o produce insanity.

In the foregoing, onl y the essential n atures of the

planets have been given . Wh ere they are well as

p ect ed by another plan et these natural cha racterist

ics are enhan ced so far as th e b enefic pl an ets ar e con

cerned, but when evill y aspected, the n ature of Ven

us, which is wisdom,l ove and rhythm, wil l become

folly, licentiousness, and sloth ; the phi losophy, law

abiding tendencies, mercy and l ofty aspirations of


Venus, havin g h e r na tur e in a much more subtl e de

gree ; its attracti ons are so spiritual that they can

n ot be felt by the ordinary man in the proper man

ne r , and he therefore, more readily responds t o the

evil side of Uranus. It is the pl an et which rul es the

ether, and when in aspect; to Mercury, or in the As

cendant , or with the Moon ,it produces a touch with

th e force we kn ow as e lectr icity. Its Operations are

always very sudden , and as mankind responds t o its

evil side, as al ready stated, thes e efle cts show them

selves particul arly in the form of disaster.

Neptun e is the octave of Mercury. As Mercury

is the l ight -bearer for the physical Sun, so is Neptune the l ight bearer of the spiritual Sun , cal l ed Vul

can among occul tist s,which is seen back of th e vis

ibl e Sun . Naturally, therefore, stil l fewer among

human ity are capabl e at all of bein g afl ect ed by it ,

save that it produces a chaotic state of mind when

placed in evil aspect. When placed in angles, and

par ticul arly in e l evations n ear the Midheaven ,it p ro

duces Occul tists and Mystics of the hi ghest stamp ;but when placed in cadent houses, it brings medium

ship at best , and often insanity. It is the hi ghest

strin g in the lyre of the soul of God ,and is therefore

the l east used, and the one t o get most easil y out of

tun e. Ast rologers are the most afiect ed by it , and

those musicians who use stringed instruments


Plane tary Hours

That the planets have dominion over the days of

the week whi ch represen t th e seven creative days,

(Periods) is taught by the Rosicrucians.

Saturday is Saturn ’s day and corresponds t o the

Saturn Peri od

Sun day is the Sun’

s day and corresponds t o theSun Period.

Monday is the Moon’s day an d corresponds to the

Moon Peri od.

Tuesday is the day of the Norse war-god , Tyr , and

corresponds t o the Mars-half of the Earth Period .

Wedn esday is the day Of the Norse Mercury ,

Wotan , and corresponds t o the Mercury-hal f of the

Earth Period .

Thursday is the day of Thor, the Norse Jupiter,and corresponds to the Jupiter Period .

Friday is the day of the Norse Venus, Freia, andcorresponds t o the Venus Period .

In addition t o the rul ership over the days of the

week, the pl anets have domini on in t urn over t h e

hours of th e day, an d the un derlyin g system , order

and conn ection between the rul ership of the days

and hours become apparent when it is noted that :

The planet for whi ch any day is named rul es the

first hour after sun rise on that day.


Starting wi th the hour of sun rise on Sunday

whi ch is rul ed by the Sun , the next hour is al l otted

t o Vbnus, the thi rd to Mercury. Nex t come the

hours of the Moon , Saturn , Jupiter, Mars. Thencome other hours rul ed by the Sun ,

by Venus and

al l th e other plan ets in the order given : Sun , Ven

us, Mercury, Moon, Saturn ,

Jupiter, Mars. This

succession is foll owed in unbroken sequen ce to th e

next Sunday morning when Mars rul es the l ast hour

of the week in his proper order and the Sun opens

the new week with his b eneficient ray.

Under this arran gement of succession started at

sunrise on Sunday, t h e Moon rules the first hour of

Monday, whi ch is the twenty-fifth from the hour of

th e Sun whi ch rul ed Sunday morning.

Mars rul es the first hour on Tuesday whi ch is the

twenty-fif th hour from the hour of th e Moon which

rul ed Monday mornin g.

An d so on,through the other days of the week.

This shows how the m ethod of nam ing the days for

the Plane tary Spirits which have domin ion over

them, dovetails with the syst em of plan etary hours,and both are rooted in a foundation of esoteric kn ow

l edge .

When we speak of plan etary ‘hours,

’it must be

understood that these hours are not sixty minutes in

l en gth, but vary in a wide measure , with th e time of

the year, an d the place of your residence. Near the


t o th e first time which is LATER than the time indicated by your watch. Move up one st ep . Th e f ig

ure found there indicates that the plan etary rul er

commenced t o rul e at that time and will con tinue in

power till the time at which y ou first stopped.

The Hour-rul ers are found at the in tersection Of

the l ine containing the time at which they comm en c

ed t o rul e and the column of the proper day of the

week.

To ill ustrate, if we wan t to fin d whi ch plan et

rul es in l atitude 40 on Thursday at 2 P. M. during

D ecember, we run our index fin ge r down the middl e

column of latitudes in the tabl e for D ecember, and

stop at P . M.,whi ch is the first figure that is

lat er than we desire . We then move up a ste p t o

P. M. , and thence t o the right stopping at the

column of Thursday. There we fin d Mars, an d know

that that pl an et rul es from t o P. M. on

Thursdays, during D ecember and January, in l ati

tudes 35 t o 45.

Regarding the use of the pl anetary hours, any

one wh o has studied the n ature and influen ce of the

vari ous planets on the affai rs of life may readil y

form an opinion . Experim ent and observation wil l

soon make anyone proficien t in the choice of the best

t im es for doing the thin g desired wit h the best

chan ce of success. There are many who drag the

stars into the gutter by pervert ed use of their influ


en ce for selfish ends, and endeavor t o Obtain an undue

ad van tage there by, but studen ts of our l iterature

will not expect t o find advice on how to proceed with

such a purpose. We have n ot studi ed the m atter

from that angle an d woul d not teach othe rs how, if

we kn ew. But on certain occasions th e plan etary

hours may be justly and b en eficen t ly use d, and we

shal l try t o indicate how they may be of se rvice .

Suppose we wan t t o he lp a friend t o obtain em

ploym ent,and kn ow a place where he would fit in .

We rem ember that the Sun is a Significat or of those in

authority an d therefore the hours of the Sun are

good in whi ch t o transact busin ess with and ask

favors of such people ; and y ou will have the best

chance of success if you apply at those times.

But it ab o is import ant to remembe r that the

plan et whi ch rul es th e first hour Of a given day has

p r ime rul ership during tha t en tire day , and that the

othe r pl ane ts are only subsidiary rule rs with the day

rul e r. They are weakened or streng then ed in p ro

portion to the agreement or disag re emen t of the ir

nature s with the n ature of the day -rul e r. Thus if

y ou select a Sun -hour on Satur day, whi ch is tinged

with the obst ructive Saturnin e influence,your chan c

es of success are not nearly as good as if y ou select a

Sun -hour on a Thursd ay, which is tinged throughout

with the benevol ent ray of its day-rul e r, Jupite r.

Or , if y ou have occasion as a matt e r of duty, to

reason with someone who has a very shor t temper ,


who, y ou know, is apt t o resent it and say or do som et hing that you wil l both wish to avoid, use the cold

wet blanket of the Satur n-hour on Satur n ’s day if

p ossible, to put down an d quen ch the martial spirit.The dan ger of a rupt ur e wil l then be m in imized t oa wonderful extent, and y ou will probably both won

der with pleasant retrospection how well it went OK.

Or, if it becom es n ecessary t o stir som eon e who

has fal len into habits of idl en ess wherefrom others

are made t o snfier, if it seems al most n ecessary t o

build a fire unde r him t o m ake him move , compoun d

th e fire and en ergy of Mars as a day-rul er with hi s

influence as an hour-rul er, by talking t o him on Tues

day. He wil l heed then if it is at all possible t o ge t

him star ted .

By usin g the plan etary hours on the lin es here

laid down , for the purpose of unselfish service, y ou

may conf er a great many bl essings on others and lay

up much treasure for yourself in heaven where n ei

ther moth n or rust wil l corrupt ; an d it is well worth

remembering that however much material advantage

you may gain by using such knowl edge , that m ateri al

gain ,power

,position ,

m oney and al l other things

that pertain t o this world are l eft behind when death

cal ls,and that our good d e eds alon e stand by us in

that hour. Therefore do n ot soofi, but if y ou want

t o use these stel lar influences, use them so that they

will bring you everlasting instead of onl y temporary

gain .


Saturn is laid upon the fli ghty Mercury with the re

sult that the mind gains in depth and power of con

centration , but whether this men tal capacity will be

used for good or ill , depends on the aspects the same

as in the case Of Mars. When Venus and Jupiter are

in‘mutual reception ’

and wel l aspecte d, it smooths

the path of life most wonderful ly. Everywhere the

person who has this configuration will find people

ready t o help, and many friends, but conversely,when Saturn and Mars are in ‘mutual reception ’

and

afflicted, he who is so unfortunate will meet rebuff

and enmity on every hand.

It shoul d never be forgotten , however, that our

horoscop e shows what we have mad e of ourselves in

p ast l ives, and he who has the configuration that at

tracts friends must have been kind and obl iging,whil e he who draws out the m ean side of human

nature and makes en emies is himself selfish and un

friendly. But if h e wil l strive t o turn from hisways

and make some sacrifice for others, he wi l l also in

time -overcome the undesirabl e aspe cts, for the Star

An gels are not mal iciously bent upon scourging anyone . They only scourge t o subdue and correct our

faul ts and make us better. Sometim e we shall al l

be l oving and lovable, and then there will be for us

no mal efic influence .

Re trogradation

Se e chapter on Retrogr adation and its efl ects p 72.

A PHILOSOPHIC ENCYCLPEDIA OF ASTROLOGY 161

Right Ascension : See‘Ascension .

’

Rul er

The Rul er of a horoscope is that plan et which has

greatest domini on and influence over the l ife, and t o

whi ch the native most readily responds.

Other things be in g equal , the Lord of the Ascend.

ant is the Rul er. But if another planet is stronger

in the matters of El evation , D igni ty or Exal tation ,

Position in an Angl e, and Aspects, then that planet

must be regarded as the Ruler. But for thi s t o hold,the aspects must be close and strong, regardless of

whether they are good or bad. Good aspe cts will

make a good Rul er, bad aspects a bad one, and with

out afi'

ect ing the fact of rul ership in e ither case :

When two plan e ts are about equal In strength and

position , they must be classed as co-rul ers.

In the case of a House , the Lord of the sign on,

the cusp is its Rul er. Where there is an intercept

ed sign ,its Lord has also partial rul ershi p over the

house, although it is inferior in this respect t o the

planet which rul es the sign on the cusp . This rul er

ship of an intercepted sign is l atent and is not

brought out until by progression of the angles the in

te rcep t ed sign arrives at the cusp of the house.

Planets in a house, if asp ect ed , will ordinarily have

a greater influen ce upon its afiairs !than the rul ers

of the signs before mentioned. In thi s case, such

pl anets may be termed cO-rul ers of the house.


Secondar y D ir ections

Se e‘D irections and Transits. ’

Sep arating

When a pl an et whi ch has been in aspect with

another moves onward and thus dissolves the aspect,it is said to be separating from that aspe ct. See

Apply.

Sex til e

When two planets are sixty degrees apart they are

said t o be in sext il e, so cal led because sixty degrees

are one six th part of the circle whi ch has 360 degrees.

It is considered a ‘ good ’ aspect. See‘Good ’ and

‘Bad,’also

‘Aspect . ’

Short Ascension : See‘Ascension .

’

Sid ereal DayIs the tim e which elapses between two successive

passages of a fixed star over the meridian of a givenplace. See chapter on ‘

Time ’ p 18.

Sid ereal YearIs the period of time whi ch el apses between a

conjun ction of the Sun with any fix ed star and its return again t o the same conjunction .

SignificatorThe Plan ets, Ascendant, Midheaven , Part of For

tune and rth e D ragon’s Head and Tall are cal l ed

‘Significat ors,

’ because their places and aspects in


There are two solstices. One in mi dsummer, the

21st of June , which is the longest day in the year,another on the 21st Of D ecember, which is the short

est . They are cal led respectively, the summer and

the winter solstice.

Southern Signs :

Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn , Aquarius

and Pisces are call ed Southern Signs because when

the Sun is in them. he is South of the cel estial equa~

t or , and as a resul t we in the Northern hemisp herehave Winter.

Square

When two planets are ninety degrees apart they

are said t o be in square or quartil e, because ninety

degrees are one-fourth, or quarter of the circle . This

aspect is said t o be ‘bad,’ the pl anetary rays striking

each other at a right angl e, and therefore bein g at‘cross’ purposes as it were. See ‘

Aspects,’and

‘Good

and Bad.

’

StationaryA t tim es planets move obliquely with reference

t o the earth ’s orbit, in such a manner as t o appear

stationary, though, as a matter of fact they are al

ways moving. See chapter on ‘Retrogradation ’ p 72.

Succedent Houses

The second, fift h, eighth and eleventh houses are

call ed succedent, because they‘succeed ’ or foll ow the

An gles.


Sup erior Planets

Mars, Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus and Neptune, are

so cal led by Astronomers because they move in orbits

whi ch take them t o parts of the heavens far from

the Sun . The term is used in contradistin ction to

that of ‘inferior planets’ as appl ied t o Venus and

Mercury whi ch always remain near the Sun . Se e

page 10.

Symbols

The symbols Of the pl an ets are given on page 24,and it will be noticed that t hey consist Of a circle , a

half circl e and a cross variously grouped. The circl e

is the symbol of the spirit, the half-circle is the em

blem of the soul , and the cross represen ts matter.

Thus the e l ements of the human constitution , Sp irit,

Soul and Body are enfolded in the component parts

of the planetary symbols to Show t o the Mystic their

mission with respect t o humanity. These elem entary

parts are variously grouped t o indicate the n ature

of the plan et for which they stand, and its Office in

the Great School Of Life where God h as placed us

under the Plan etary Spirits who are endeavoring t oeducate us in the D ivin e Wisdom .

The Sun, as its symbol indicates is the centre of

all spiritual facul ties, the fountain of all l ife .

The Moon’s symbol is a hal f-circle, Showing that

we have compl eted the arc Of involution where bodies

were built, and that now the essence of ex perience


ex tracted from these vehi cl es must be transmuted in

t o spiritual qual ities by the alchemy Of soul -growth.SO that we may rise on th e arc Of evolution .

Mars’symbol is a c ross above th e circle, showing

the unregenerate man , where the cross of personal ity

is above the circl e Of spirit . But by trampl ing the

hi gher nature under foot the martial character en a

genders war and strife, during which he n ecessarily

suff ers even when he is victorious. Thus, by rebuffs

the nature is gradually softened.

Venus : When th e martial nature has suffered

sufficiently, the sp irit circl e gradually ascends above

the cross of the personality and thus becomes the

symbol of Ve nus, the plan et Of love.

Saturn and Jup iter have symbols whi ch are simi

larly indicative of the mann er in which soul -growth

is fost ered . In the symbol of Saturn the cross of

personality is exal ted above the Signature of th e soul ,the half-circl e. Soul -growt h is attained by Service,but the symbol Of Saturn shows plainl y that the per

son un der his rul e is m ore ready t o be served than

t o serve , and is selfish and Obstructive Of th e comm on

good. Natural ly others resent this trait of character,and therefore Saturn brin gs sorrow,

trouble, worry

and disappointment in orde r t o teach us that we cannever real ly serve ourselves by selfishn ess, but only

by sacrifice.

Jup iter : When it has gradual ly dawn ed upon us

th rough much sorrow, that selfishness is as a Shell


circl e and the crosswhich are placed above and below

the circle in the symbol Of Mercury, was well voiced

by Goethe in the lin es Of his imm ortal “Faust !

where the hero says“Thou by one sol e impul se art p osses

’d ,

Un conscious Of the other still remain .

Two soul s al as are house d within my breast,And struggle there for undivided reign .

One t o the earth with passionate desire ,And closely clinging organs still adheres,

Above the mi sts the other doth aspire,With sacred ardor unto purer spheres.

Tabl e of Houses

A table cal cul ated t o Show what signs and degrees

Of th e Zodiac are on each of the cusps of the twelve

mundan e houses at any time during any day or night

in the year.

A table of houses is always the same for a

ce rtain degree Of latitude, and it may be used for a

l ifetime as it de als with the fixed stars whi ch Show

no appreciabl e motion in a hundred years.

Transits

A t the moment a child is born the positions of the

planets Show the tenden cies Of the l ife . Those posi

tions constitute the ‘Radix,

’and anything that has

reference t o that ‘Root’ of all events is call ed

‘ radical . ’ Thus,

‘ the radical Jupiter ’ refers to the posi

tion of Jupiter at a certain person ’s birth.


Durin g the n ext twenty, thirty or sixty days after

birth the planets move on and make certain aspects

t o the positions held by them at birth. Each of these

days corresponds t o a year of l ife , and the aspects

form ed by th e‘

p r ogression’on the twentieth day

after birth will operate t o bring about events in the

twentieth year. The aspects form ed on the thirty

fif th day after birth will determ in e the Influences in

the thirty-fifth year and so on . These are called ‘

p ro

gr essed’ positions and asp ects. Thus, if someon e says

“my p r ogr essed Sun will b e trin e t o my rad ical Jup i

ter when I am forty,! he means that forty days after

his birth the Sun had progressed t o a trin e aspect

with the position Of Jupiter at his birth, and that

therefore thi s will operate in his fortieth year t o

bring about events of a fortunate n ature, because

the aspect and the planets are what is called good.

As the span Of life is usual ly not more than seven

ty years, the plan e tary positions afte r seventy days

from birth do not have as marked an eff ect as de

scribed in the foregoing paragraph, but they haven everthel ess an appreciabl e influen ce on the lives Of

mankind, according t o their natures. But be cause

Of the rapid transit made, the effects are ephemeral ,even in the case of the Slower planets. These move

ments of the plan ets are call ed ‘Transits.

’

They are found in the ephemeris for the current

year. That is to say , if you want t o know what pl an

e ts transit the difi'

eren t houses of your horoscope in

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1916, you can find them only in the ephemeris for

that year. The‘ radical ’ and

‘ progressed ’ plan ets

are al l in the ephemeris for the year y ou were born ,

but the ‘ transits’ for 1920, for instance, can only be

found in the ephemeris for 1920.

Lunations,or New Moons

, and ecl ipses are among

the most importan t transits. Their efie ct is describ c

ed under ‘lunations,

’ which see . Next in importanceare the transits of the Sup er ior planets through the

houses. The tenth house signifies social honor. When

Jupiter transits it every twelfth year, th ere wil l be

opportunities for social advancement ; when Saturn

comes there on ce in thi rty years, l ook out for setbacks

and exert your wil l t o overcom e them ; and y ou may

judge in l ike mann er about th e othe r planets and

houses.

Trine

Wh en two planets are 120 degrees apart, they are

said t o be in trin e , because 120 degrees is on e third

part of a circle. This is considered the most harmon

ious of all aspects.

Trip licities

The Signs of the Zodiac are variously grouped t o

Show certain of their qual ities. One method segre

gates them into four groups Of three signs e ach, e ach

group having affinity for one of the elem ents : Thus

Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are fiery . Taurus Virgo

and Capricorn are earthy . Gemin i, Libra and Aquar


third sign Of the earthy tripl icity,denotes the emolu

ments which wil l b e received for the service re ndered

according t o the six th house, and in the capacity den oted by the tenth house . Therefore the se cond house

rul ed by the sign Taurus is the house of finance ; and

as on e ’s freedom of action depends t o a de gree upon

the state Of his finan ces, this house is also cal l ed theHouse of Liberty.

The apex of the airy tripli city is in the Western

angle occupied by the cardin al sign Libra, whi ch isrul ed by the plan et of love , Venus. This triplicityis therefore con cern ed wi th th e different un ions p ossible in human l ife . The seventh house where it rises

properly denotes the most intimate of all those

un ions, marriage. From that union , other relation

ships resul t, and therefore on e l in e of force goes

from the seventh house t o th e thi rd house , occupied

by Gemini, th e twins. This house therefore denotes

brothers and sisters. Th e other l in e of force connects

the seventh house with the el eventh, Signifying the

un ions of friendship .

The watery triplicity takes its rise in the north

e rn angle occupied by the cardinal Sign Cancer,whi ch is the house of mystery, denoting the latt er

part of l ife , the point where the spirit isgettin g ready

t o withdraw itself from material existen ce t o take up

the act ivity of the spiritual worlds. It is therefore

conn ected with the e ighth house, the house of death,whi ch is occupied by the Sign Scorpio . It is signifi


cant in the hi ghest degree that this is the negative

house of Mar s, and that it rul es the creative organs.

It points out in the most thorough mann er, the evan

escen ce Of a ll that is created in the physical world.

Th e othe r l ine of force proceeding from the fourth

house goes t o the Sign Pisces, occupying the twelfth

house. Pisces, which is composed of two hal f-circl es

and a band, shows well the dual nature of man that

has run its course in the physical world, but has an

other evolution t o b e taken up in unseen realms. Thi s

house,therefore , denotes the confin ement in which

the spirit re al izes that it is at the end of l ife, the

sorrow it fee ls and the sel f-undoing‘

t o which it is

som etimes prompted .

‘Trop ikos

’is a Greek word which has a meaning

rel ative t o turn in g, and the tropics of Astronomy are

the t urnin g poin ts of the Sun . At t he summ er sol

stice the Sun reaches its hi ghest degree of NorthernD eclination in the Sign Can cer ; this then is its trop iC,for from that point it begins t o turn downwards t o

its Western n ode, and goes into Southern D e clin

ation. I t reaches the lowest point of that are in D e

cembor at the winter Solstice in the sign Capricorn .

This is the other trop ic, for the re again it turns and

comm en ces its n ext ascent towards the Nort hern

heavens.


Void of Course

When t he plan ets are so placed that the Moonmakes no aspect before l eaving the Sign She is in atbirth, She is said t o be

‘uoid of course .

’

As the Moonis the planet of fecundation which nourishes and

nurses the latent potential ities into actual ities, the

above is an unfortunate condi tion, for with it , if the

Moon is in the be ginn in g of a Sign at birth, it l eaves

the l ife vapid and void of incentive.

Watery Signs

Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces are cal l ed ‘watery ’

signs. Water is the Universal Solvent, and the Uni

versal Coagul ant in t h e al chem ical laboratory of

nature . On page 28 it is shown how the Sun Of Life,the Ego, passes thr ough the waters Of parturition in

thre e defin ite stag es symbolized by the watery Signs.

When the Sun is at the hi ghest point of its dccli

nation in the psychi c watery Sign Cancer, design at

ed by the ancient Egyptian priests the sp her e of the

souls awaiting r ebirt h, it is at the Thron e of th e

Father, t he Fountain of Life . There it draws from

that inexhaustibl e wel l a n ew supply of the e lix ir

vitae for the com in g year, and forthwith commen ces

its descent t o bring the treasure t o the waiting world.

But t o do this it must first pass through the fire

of its own Sign Leo , and blend fire and water. Upon

the successful performan ce Of this al chemi cal feat

depends all manifested life.


cusps would be materiall y difierent , causing , the

pl anets t o be placed in difieren t houses, and making

th e lives dissim ilar in every other respect. See‘Mid

heaven ’

and‘Houses.

’

Zodiac

A narrow bel t in the heavens ex tending about

e ight degrees on either side of the ecl iptic or Sun ’s

path. Se e‘ Intel l ectual Zodiac. ’

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TABLE OF PROPORTIONAL LOGARITHMSHours or D egrees

O 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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3 .6812 .3590 .0685 59 28 69 85 20 44

4 .5563 .3522 .0649 35 10 55 73 10 35

5 7692 6741 5961 5300 4726

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9 16 13 13 38 21 34 28 55 13 32 31 l 56

10 17 10 14 51 23 32 121122 13 44 42 17 59 58

11 18 8 16 4 25 28 25 35 12 56 52 57 18 O

12 19 6 17 17 27 23 8 2533 11 17 8 6 1 55 2

13 20 3 18 29 29 16 21 20 10 20 9 53 4

14 21 1 19 42 1 0128 3 51 56 23 10 17 33 6 17 17 51 18 6

15 21 59 20 55 2 59 16 21 9 45 24 49 8

16 22 56 22 7 4 48 28 38 |17 23 54 23 20 6 35 10711245

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18 10 35 45 12

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419 25 50 25 45 10 6 4 $ 39 34 42 42 16

20 26 47 26 58 11 50 16 29 2 47 45 40 18

21 27 45 28 10 13 32 28 19 23 0 18 59 6 47 17 39 18 19

22 28 43 29 23 15 12 1011112 22 59 19 12 48 37 21

23 29 41 16 51 22 14 57 24 48 35 23

24 0111239 1 47 18 29 4 I 29 55 37 R47 34 25

25 1

26 2

27 3

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30 6

31 7

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32 5 25 23 15 49 15 40 29 30

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26 9 1 27 48 26 25 42 53 25 25 35

24 10 13 29 17 11 962822 39 21 6 6 19 17 24 18 36

August, 1909

Full Moon August l et in at! 8° 33’

Full Moon August 31st in 96 7° 24’

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29 23 6 6

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32 15 10

1 9 38

27 3 34

52 2 N37

16 8 34 6

38 13 59

59 18 34

19 22

38 24 20

56 25 13

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18 12 10

34 7 26

49 2 27

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1 11 53 6

59 22

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

Int roduction

Chapter 1 . Th e Plan ets, The Seven Spirits

Before the Throne

Tim e and Place as Factors in

Cal cul ation of th e Horoscope . . 13 -23

III . 243 1

IV. The Rising Sign and the Twelve

32-49

V. How t o Cal cul ate the Positionsof the Plan ets

VI .VII . Makin g the Index

PART II

A Philosophi c En cycl opedia of Astrology .

Table of LogarithmsTable Of Houses—Sample PagesEphemeris—Sampl e PagesTabl es of Planetary Hours

See Index on Foll owing Page .193

INDEX

TO PART I

A iry signs (D iagr am ) 80

82

Aph elion—wh en sun is farth est from earth 18

Asce ndan t—aspects t o —influence upon h eal th 9 1

e ast ern horizon is—r eason for ! 30

h ow to find 32 49

Ascension—signs of long and sh ort—e x plain ed 49

Aspec ts—c onjunction and parallel var iable 76

planets W ith in orb of . 77

so-called good and evil 76

table o f e tc 75

t o ascendant, influence upon h ealth 9 1

to M . C.—Spiritual advancem en t 9 1

Astrol ogy appl ied t o da ily life 5

danger of giving b irth data zt o oth e r s . 1

difference be twee n mate rial and rel igi ous 23“invaluable t o m edical man . 1

not to b e used for fortun e t e ll ing 12

study of—prepares for initiation 7

study th e science y ourse lf . 2

Atmosph ere at b irth stamps atoms. 23

its ch em ical condition ch ange s 22

Aura—of people m ingle before th ey m ee t 78

of plane ts Sim ilar to th ose Of people 79

Birth data , th e ke y to th e soul . 1

Birthplace—h igh est po int on e arth 29

Blood—o x ygen of first br eath mix es with 23

Bodes Law 6

Body—parts o f,ruled by Signs 25

produce d by lunar force s 60

Cardinal signs (Diagram ) 79

194

196 INa

Fixed signsFixed stars (seeFortuneh Part of 60-61

Part o f , declination sam e as Sun 88-89

te lling t o be avoided 12

Greenwich—base line for longitude . 17

Mean Tim e —h ow t o figure and use 50

Mean Timeb br ough t into f ol l owing day 66

Horoscope—ch arts, h ouse characte ristics 30

orb illustrated 78

plane ts as calculat ed 65, 71, 88rising signs compared . 46

signs on cusps as calculat e d35

,40 42 44

natural—cast by rul es of astr ology 28

76

of world changes from y ear to y ear 27

Houses and signs 24

ar e divisions o f e arth 25

astronom ical basis Of 49

character ist ics 30

corre spond to signs 28

Index—making th e

In it iation under th e dir ection o f NeptuneIntellectual Zodiac—first degre e of Arie sJupite r thrown off from Sun

Latitude—char t illustratingde scribed

Logarithms—h ow t o find and use

Longitude—chart illust rating

used t o locate movable planetsMan is made in image Of GodMeridian of longitude

INDEx 197

Medical m an—astr ology invaluableMercury—infer ior or superior“Me ssage of Star s! deals with m edical phase of

astr ology 2

29

Moon—side we n ever see 1

Nebul ar th eory implies first cause 3

Neptune—a gre at spir it from creative h ierarch ies . 7

not part of solar system 6

Sun r ises in west, on 10

works with those prepar ing for in itiation 7

Orb de scribe d 77

Paral lel—aspect e x plain ed 75

h ow to find 87

Par e nt—astr ology an aid to 2

Part of Fortune—h ow t o cal culat e 60-63

Perih el ion—Sun neare st earth 18

Place locate d by latitude and longitude 14

Plan ets be low t h e earth have le ss influence 30

distance from Sun 6

embodim ent of grea t spiritual inte lligence . 4

h ourly m otion in orb its 8

h ow t o calculate posit ion of 50-71

inclination of ax es . 8

seven spirits be fore th e throne 3

24

tim e occupied by diurnal rotati on o f 8

Religions—all m ention seven planetary Spir its 5

Retr ogradation—m eaning of 72

Rising Sign 32

Sight—sp iritual 78

Signs and h ouses. 24-31

classification Of 79 -80

int ercepted—h ow t o find 37

o f long asc ension

198 INs

rul ing different parts of

Solar daysyst em considered as body of God

Stars do not compelfix ed—br ing about changes in cl im at e

fix ed—twinkl ing pul sationsSun—in clination of ax is t o plan e of ecliptic

rise s in west on Neptune and Uranusrotation on axisthrew Off plan e ts a t proper distancesthrone of God . .

tim e—d ifference b etween sun and cl ockTables—aspec t s

cr it ical degreesdepartm ents of life ruled by h ousesh ourly mot ion of planets in orb itsillustr ating Bode ’s Law .

inclination of ax es of plan etsinde x of aspects, e tc .

plan etary powerssigns, planets and aspec tssigns rul ing parts of th e bodytim e of diurnal r otat ion of plan etstim e of orb ital r evolution of plan e t s

Tim e—Gre e nwich Mean (G. M. T. )Sidere al—h ow to find .

standard—adopted in Am er ica

true l ocal—h ow t o find

when ch ild draws first breathzones in United State s

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