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INDEX.

PAOB.

Anpilal Periods,"

"

Astrologers, Modern

Ideas

I Have

"

Claudius

Process,"

Ptolemy

on

265.

...

of

Met

49.
109.

...

...

...

...

of Modern

Horoscopes

"

"

the

or

5, 31,

...

(seeNativicies)

Astrology, Influence of
Astrology and Medicine
AstrologicalCriticisms

29.

266.

...

259.
^60.

Societies

,,.

Anomalies

iio.
...

Astronomic
Asterisms

223.

"

Aphorel's

"

"Alan

19,44,89,91,115,119,135,166.

Meteorology
"

Horoscope (seeNativities)

Leo's"

"

"

Answers

"

Correspondents

to

Barnard, Dr
Besant, Annie, Horoscope

72, 120,

168, 191, 280.

29.

(seeNativities)

Bombay

AstrologicalSociety
Sign
Casael's
Horary Astrology
Calendar
Simplified,The
Conjunction of Neptune and J upiter

84.

...

The

Cancer,

68.

...

"

"

70,96,141,191.
76.
257.

vitae )
Figures ( see Termini
and their Nature, The
Degrees of the Zodiac
Degrees of Zodiac
SymboUzed
,...
Death

268.
47" 65, 86, 152, 275.

...

DecHnations

48.
Rationale

The

of

253.

"

Directions, Lunar

Directing,A

new

60.
...

Method

of

134,192.

Elementary Astrology
Epochal Figures

236.
12,229.

Errata

58,188,238-

Exaltations

23,43,48,72,119,170,241.

Foreign Horoscopes,

How

to

Cast

Gemini, The Sign

Gladstone, W. E., Directions
Hindu

87.
25,31,86,152.
46,178,202.

...

...

"...
...

Astrology

...

15, 37. 51, 118, 131,

159,

172,

205,

Herschel, The Planet (seeUranus)

Planets'
Houses, The
(seeNativities)
Horoscopes
How

"

Improve

to

Infantile Mortahty

223,

170,241.

97.

6, 32, 55, 74, 95,

112,

120,

135,

145, 184, 199,

221,

246, 269.

IntroductiontoVol.lv

Ingress, The

Jonah,

The

i.

66,130,181,249.

...

Prophet...

to Editor

Letters

...

...

23,

...

Lincoln, Abraham

48, 70,

(seealso Gemini

2a.

...

93,

119,

141,

166, 190, 214, 240, 262, 263, 282.

Vitae)

96.

Directions

Lunar

Lunations

Magnetic
Map, When

60.

Astrology)

(seeMundane
Houses

...

to erect

in

Mundane

247.
43.

Moles, On
Moon

243.

270.

Capricornus
Astrology,

4" 4i"
232,

66, 67, 92, 108, 129,

130,

126,215,240.
165, 181, 182, 212,

248, 274'

Houses, Significanceof
Directions, Unreliable

183.273;

Reception
Nadigrantham
Napoleon Buonaparte (secTermini

241.

"
"

28.

Mutual

"

"

III.

37i 5i"

Vite)

"""

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Planet

Neptune, The
A

31, 241.
180.

of

Transit

"

Jupiter,A Conjunction of

and
"

Nostradamus
Notes

Events

Recent

on

257.
99.

...

.,

...

3, 17, 20, 22,

26, 30, 50, 61, 65, 66, 67, 75. 80, 84,

113, 114, 134,

III,

140, 171,

176, 208,

loi,

239,

214, 220,

245, 256, 260, 261. 281.

Nativities

"Alan

Leo"

34.

"Aphorel"

10.
...

Besant, Annie

I93"258.

...

Byron, Lord
Bombay AstrologicalSociety
Deeming

97, 143.

85.

190,234.

"Future," The
Garfield, Abraham
"
Leo," (H. S. G)
Olcott, Col

215.

"Raphael"

121.

Peculiar, A
Patwardhan,
Stead, W.T

250.
81.

217.
174.

D.

177,204.

98.
62.

"Sepharial"
Vaillant

227.

Orbs, The Planetary

Olcott, Col. (see Nativities)

260.

"Positive"

247.
28.

Queen's

Houses
Accession

Personalities

73.

Photo

Horoscopes
"Aphorel"
"Alan

:
10.

Leo"

34.

Boreham

106.

Leo, (H. S. G.)

Penny, R. H. (" Neptune ")

145.

81.

63.

"Sepharial"
Predictions
by Ancient Astrologers
Periods"
Planetary "Cycles," or
Plague, The Great
Planetary Force
of
The
Laws
Polarity,
Process, The Examples of
Directions
Profectional
Process")
{seealso the
Prognosticationsfrom the Ruling Sign

99.

"

231.

157.

44,56,88.
93,120.

8i 33"
124, 150,265.

"

Prince

of Wales'

Directions

"

2,58,68.

"

27,219.

36, 75, 134, 173, 235, 236, 280.

Reviews

Corner, The

18, 42, 61, 83, 114, 133, 187, 234, 258,279.

Secondary Directions
Saturn, The Spiritof

8, 33.

Students'

Taurus,

The

Termini

Vitae

X02.
2.

Sign
:

250.

Garfield, A

13.

Henderson

Lady,

161.

Lincoln, Abram

42.

Napoleon Buonaparte

59*
79-

HI

Tyndall,

210.

Professor

227.

Vaillant, the Anarchist

Transit

of

Uranus,

The

180.

Neptune

2adkiel, The

83.

Planet
Blunders

of

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Zodiac, Divisions

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upon

this zodiacal

reserved,
sign
PERSONS melancholy,caution, self-dependent,
headstrong
born

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dis-

are

to

(not rash

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the heart
be

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The

capricious and
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turn

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has

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words
a

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and

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Geography,

predilectionsof

are

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eminence.

Firm

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lingerlong

is endowed

native

strong

anger,

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diplomacy,and

passions are

hate

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Love

though

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know, provocative of

to

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PROGNOSTICATIONS

will

Losses

the

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native's

from

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relations.

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to

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and
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the

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conjoined luminaries

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month

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probable

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more

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will

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first

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details

as

to

wealth,
"

reliable ?

apply

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yes !

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patience if they

Will

will it die ? asks the student,

If not. When
to

one

for if it will not

"c., but this is just the puzzle

work

cedence.
pre-

rules
One

this is

find out

so

extant

author
vague

what

; but

says

what
thing
some-

that students

the author

really

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15

that

mean

give

radical

that died

the directions

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calling
somebody

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does

himself

consider

him.

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lines

taken

speaking

of the

few

the
to

well
be

blank,

person

catacomb

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even
principle,

planet which
call this

it.

need

both

when

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all known

and

point when
we

the

Sun, and

both

"

modern

after this

soon

to write
on

horns

the life is the preserving

as

the

governed by

will

few

astrologersto-day who

do

that

of

life on

drawn

the

dead

children,or

Vol.

was

dilemma.

so

return
too

happy day

on.

our

replied with
my

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sincere
are

will get to know

we

my
too

of many

rule

sure

no

the

cases

this

on

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to all the writers

turned

we

wrote

for
a

more

to

students

fears correct

died, and

that

and

to
so

the

latter I presume

that

for them

they are

season,

for

advertise
on

519

page

professors.The

promptitude, and

remarkable

thanks, but

after

convenient

thought

horoscopes, and

their

letter

over

had

ourselves

hopelessto trj^and solve

our
enquirersto the best of

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hit upon

astrology

find

only to

pondered

cases

in

invited students

had

this child

why

appeal

much

it was

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reason

rather

11. appears

former

and

this,like

knotty point

started,for

weighty problems, so we
and shelved those
ability,
one

this

to

but
difficulty,

died, and

until

Moon

57 Guide, Vol. II.

page

having

in

the

of

says he knows

these
our

dominating

ancient,*'gives up in despair.

magazine

letter,
asking for
not

able
reason-

right-thinkingperson

very

of the

**

was

when

us

the

had

himself

and

attention

My

would

universe

every

the student, who,

"

as

the child has lived,

and
heavilyafflicted,
directions had been positively
against its living,

speaking

pardon

may

approach

are

Raphael

even

II., where,

at his

Mercury rule the first four years of life,but even

for I know
Hylegliacal
place,is not satisfactory,
where

these

of

all things,animal

generallyconsidered

It is

give
for-

is to consider

do

how,

seizes

it be

are

consists

festeringmortality. Any

Now

there

find him

perhaps

may

the

this writer

as

Astrology,Vol.

this,and

see

is the Sun."

believe

not

of

should

so

logic,and

we

absurdity
to

the

Withdraw

vast

one

does

gives

we

*'

it were,

life,as

of them

none

funny when

All you

says,

gives some

death, but

life-giving
powers,

new

vegetable.

as

Guide
"

he

absurdity. But

writer's

his

Sun, his wondrous

the

modern

Sun, he

the zenith, a

infancy, in

theory an
"

although

this is very

modern
from

in

produced

positionsonly, and

not

for

freelyquotes,

so

of children

cases

he

he

MORTALITY.

to

them

have

been

afraid the studen

The

the outcome

following is

deal

involving a great
examples

of death

for time
first

case

and

ten

of the

radical
Hved.

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that

that

6"

Figure
the

places;

to

death.

True

the Sun
who

But

exactlywhat

of the

it we

by

Saturn

the Moon

has become

Sun, and

if

3,

Jupiter,ruler
weak

heart

lungs

and

year

month.

of the
0,

ip in

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ruler of the
ink the
Sun

eighth,or

be

John
53"

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planets'
semi-

and

parallels).
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loger
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die.

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will show

3 is arrived

us

at

of life 30" is to be added

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is called the

day.

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to

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to

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cess,"
pro-

The

map

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3.

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ascendant.

eighth,and

by

exactly13" 48'

out

minus

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the

out

in

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consider

to come

the

the

for Lat.

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figure,has passed

disordered

and

radical

by turning

see

to

look

and

to

he would

this

and

life

that

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of

50' ascending.

21"

Si

the

months

radical

shall find

we

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figurewhich

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fillin red

we

3" 50'

this that the child would

will

you

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20'

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find the ascendant

and

chances

year

months

ten

figure,but

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of inflammation

progressivemap

exactly opposite

eighth

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from

2^" for

or

the

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to

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the

square

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certainlynever

; for every

for three years

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6"

produced death,

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of

say

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is lord of the

have

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M.C.

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Jupiter.

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shall find in table of houses

only affliction
to

and

scope,
horo-

disorders.

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it.

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represents
square

mid-heaven

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having passed
square

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make

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lived three years

rises, and

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25' N.

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favour; but

to

month

will

who

John H.,

sign

the

produced

of death), is almost

H.'s

for the

M.C.

that

many

as

thoroughly

are

showing

map

strong

on

5' for each

and

and

Figure

heart, and

i"

convinced

am

investigation

giving

purpose

conjunction Saturn,

John

add

we

day.

the

Sun

lungs,weak

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one

the

be in

to

appear

that of

eighth,house

mid-heaven, but

careful

very

the directions,"c.

minus

semi-square M.C.,

of death

affliction in

lord of the

those

give is

months

of

labour.

cause

with

I shall

the

of

possible of

as

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the

MORTALltV.

INFANTILE

into the

is

eighth,

sesquiquadrate

planets'progressiveplaces into

lord

of radical

house
blood

of death.
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and

figuresemisquare
Note

he died of

inflammation

of

MORTALITY.

INFANTILE

II.

Figure

April4th,1888

Died

John J.H.

Inflammation of lungs,weak
heart

and

blood disorders.

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Figure
The

"

*'

process

III.
for time

April4th, 1888.
Asc.

of death.

John J. H.
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Setrologere.

I." "APHOREL.'

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I
He

pleasurein presenting the nativityof

HAVE

of this

to the readers
was

born

Berkhamsted,

near

1854, rectified by

meaning

The

book"

"sealed

to

"

SephariaPs

of his

"

method

name
a

coming

to

Aphorel

select

"

name

few.

"

on

March

9-h.36-m.
has
It

Aphorel."

p.m.

hitherto

is

an

26th,

occult

been

name

"A," meaning masculinity,

giving the power

a
revivifyingor regenerating,
or

his occult

in Hertfordshire,

"

"

all but

letters
comprisingsi;K;
of

magazine by

colleagueknown

my

in contact

with

source:

the

"

"

PH,

Omega

the
"

"Alpha,"

ducing
pro-

this
(fecundity),

MODERN

is not

the

on

ASTROLOGERS.

but

phenomenal

"APHOREL."

"

the soul

on

II

"

plane;

"

the

love
with

principle,
connecting the masculinityand fecundating power
the

outer, and

medium

and

by

plane,when

phenomenal

of all the forces denoted

source

letter stands

for force, ability,

"c.,

in SI,

the

on

by

the

R," which

"

the

exemplifiedin

horoscope

the ultimate.
divinity,

EL,

"

the

it becomes

is a strong one.
Born when the occult sign Scorpio
nativity
is the rulingplanetin the fixed sign Leo, in conjunction
arose. Mars
with the eminent
the
fixed star Regulus (Cor Leonis), on
of the mid-heaven, in
mutual
reception" (alsobiquintile),
cusp
with the Sun
This planet will play
in Aries in the fifth house.
The

"

important part in the life's history;^ the native will be

is so strong by
subjectto scandal,but as the ruler of the nativity
most

in

elevation,and
powerless to

congenialsign,it

do him

ones), in fixed

material

Three

planets(thesuperior
signs angular,he will possess

damage.

signs, and

his calumniators

will render

fixed

and determination.
great will-power

It will be noticed

that Saturn

Jupiter. The former gives

him an implacable,
having this rarely
unyieldingdisposition
; one
Roland
for an
forgetsinjuriesreceived, and invariablygives a
as
Oliver," but here we find it minimised, inasmuch
Jupiterlends
assistance by his trine to Saturn, and as Jupiterrules the second

is

squared by

also in trine to

and

Mars

"

fifth houses, and

and

his enemies, and

will
or

is in elevation,the native

Mars

from

experienceemanates

persons

Saturn, in Taurus, in the seventh

Mars.

squared by
He

connected

with

the

secret

by

friend, but

true

quick-witted,keen, and at times

it not
for Jupiter'strine to
were

rash,

it

as

in

(note Mercury
the

notice

is he

Saturn).

to

abilityof
the

composer,

(note ^
traced

great

to

high order,

organ

being

2^),a church
the

surgery

and

He

has

the

aspects "*^,"dW."A

decided

the

and

he

planet

bitter

enemy.

intenselysarcastic,

His

tastes

be

would

he

Saturn

persevering,
refined,

are

excels

In

and

the

and
abilityfor astrological
and

as

the

memory,

performer and
his predilection,

of

nativitythis

their aspects.

medicine, which

asc,

retentive

very

instrument

influence.

planets in

likingfor

occult

idealistic,
aspects, highly impressionable,

Moon's

yet withal practical,sensitive,with

musical

he

publicenmity),

cautious, patient and

is

Sextile

of

(the house

is

and
too

is

He

scandal

The

enmity.

denoted
(astrologers),

studies

secret

their

gains by

comes
always over-

be

can

He

has

Regulus favors.

occult

aspect

study, note
S

-K-

gives

him

patience

and

versatile,which
held

and

perseverance

signs
"

happily married,
the

is well

extremely

very
I

reason

Ever

largely under

also

nativitywhere

That

he may

give

the

several

be

of astrologyis the

by

partner.
the

the
to

It

will

be

have

been

moment

in.

are

also

He

describes
fourth

the

seen

is

life will be

of his
that

erected

firmlyconvinced

that he

epochal influences, and

for this

strikingcharacteristics

long spared to
wish

is

aspects

epochal figure for comparison

earnest

He

numerous

planets

latter part
the

the

the

-K- 2^, which

since

Aphorel's" epochal figure,I

comes

seen

applied

tenanted, and

fortunate.

good judgment.

houses

and

the

with
be

once

first

disposition of

house

"

at

can

varied

**APHOREL.

ASTROLOGERS."

MODERN

la

assist in

with

the

will be noted.

spreading a knowledge

of his sincere

friend,
ALAN

LEO.

WE

indebted

are

in Yorkshire.

Harry Gould,

mother

been

strange

in

had

become

trouble

in
his

pretext that

by

he

him

had

and

armed

constable
on

the
the

with

and

alert and
intention

him,

approaching
whereupon

he

The

wound

was

also

damaged.

The
estimated

he

As

his

figure
that

to

or

with

lifted

breast

his

the

heart, the

for

the

is erected

the

shot

was

fired.

Venus

time

he

that
to

him

shot

the

shot.

him

Henderson

On

near

give

good

very

and

by

this

suspected

him.

gun

versation
con-

hend
appre-

they proceeded

but

secured

we

to

cautioned

were

apprehending

Gould

in the

being

gun,

others

two

immediately

was

dangerous,

of

Gould

asylum.

an

the

this effect

to

ordered

was

he

under

rambling

report

on

Henderson

himself

was

Gould's

be shot.

to

him

of

and

insane

being

to

went

insanity,and

him

one

who

had

He

previously,and

of

suspected

man,

horse

wheels.

on

his

lived with

who

neighbourhood

the

to

named

man

young

eighteen months

was

medical

convey

intention, and

was

shanty

terror

Police-constable

being made.

was

of

proved

soon

The

for

manner

source

interviewed

was

miserable

his parents.

to

murderer

slaughterer by trade,

horse

and

father

The

Middles-

placenear

took

which

this murder,

P. for the

L.R.C.

Mars

correspondent

to our

of
particulars

borough,

nDur"er-

IDltae-Iben"erson's

{Terminus

others
left

at

dead,
present.

arm

which

ruling the

being

it is

ascendant

TERMINUS

14
the Sun

near

the occupation of
signifies

employ
seventh

the

near

"

in

and

are

in the

seventh.

the

middle

point

opposition of
middle

Uranus.

This

between

the Sun

and

the

twelfth

place him

Perhaps

of

of

some

friends

our

The

Sun.

Moon

and

case

may

from

the

head,

the man's
sixth

and

it was

their intention

like to notice

the fact that

of the twelfth

proceeding

was

in

house, and

in

to

by the

ruled

the

conjunction
to the

and

opposition to Saturn)

in the sixth house.

cadent

was

L.R.C.P.

Mars

correspondent

the

with

place

the cusp

on

was

oppositionof Saturn,

on

point

and

accords

the fact that

upon

Mercury (maleficbecause
Our

the middle

; and

the authorities,
was
house, signifying

tenth
and

therefore

and

and

Saturn

the Moon.

oppositionto
Moon

between

they are

in confinement.

part of fortune

The

Moreover

42.

oppositiontakes

houses, this bears

to

22

46

:"fc

Mars, rulingthe

to

in Aries, governing the mind

oppositionto Saturn,

insanity. As

the

is

Venus

semi-square

is 23

point

Mercury retrograde
is in

the deceased, in government

they are

; and

enemies

"

YITM.

the

sends

following notes

"

Scorpiodenotes a short, thick-set body, broad

shoulders, ill-made hands, swarthy complexion, black hair and
"

malicious

; very

eyes

in

Uranus

and

deceitful,fond

pleasure. This

is Gould

to

this affair took

placenear

on

the

place.

Notice

the second, fifth,

sixth,and

tenth.

ponds

and

about

he
the

ducks

about

stand

for hours

speeches

to

used

the

to

seek
and

place;

in fact there

pond,

that

watery sign,and
are

several

have

we

Before

and

drink,women,

Scorpio is

T.

of

becks

watery signs

Gould

became

manageable,
un-

in shooting wild
pleasure (fifth)
he

when

at the

water's

edge

Moon.

The

Moon

became

insane

he would

night,gating and

at

making

is in the sixth, conjunction

Mercury, oppositionSaturn, showing probable softening of the

brain.
An expert
Saturn rulingthe fourth,he will be incurable.
in

lunacy
"

said that he would

Martial

signs are

associated

management

of the

Gould's
would

be

keep

out

with

be

the
The

case.

quieter. The

ninth, shows
to

should

arrest

the second

on

(seventh)was

be cured.

never

and

relievingofficer (second)

in the

strongly advised

that

doctor

postponed
lord of the

until the next

seventh,

that his intuitive faculties

of

danger.

The

seventh, and the doctor

doctor

were

on

the

at work

left the

day, when
cusp

of the

warning

constable

he

him

after ad-

ASTROLOGV.

HINDU

visinghim

and

instead

advice,and

home

went

of

; but

"

should

take

his

take

not

Jupiter in Taurus, opposed by Uranus,

sad

end, and

ruler of the tenth.

affair took

attempt

Gould's

place,and
take her

to

mother

knowledge
it is also
have

attention

any

other

the

know

the root
I

of

of

and
astrology)

do

has

been

that

the

Hindus

present time

personal
of

take

of the

them

find

as

predictionas

real

favoured

am

association

this and

on

assured

are

bahva

the zodiac

the

in

(Shani) would

them
are

known

are

were

at

to

in

method

Hindu

draw

of

am

most
fore-

eager

to

to

at

get

merely
to

other
the

set

occupy

art

an

regard
from

the time ; and

into

Jataka (natal

of

than

science.

figure,putting the risingsign

(house), without

positionsof the

write

not

the

(horary)is more

Prashna

planets'symbols

they are

It

knowledge

astrology,and

franklythat

in any

positionof
ascertain

and

methods

our

It is sufficient for them

lagnam

the

astrologers

Aryan Jotish.

state

can

they

The

for this ; but

account

find

to

me

to

their

communicating
European

or

their

At

of Hindu

something

the

Astrology.

methods.

Hindu

whom

correspondence

exponents

part

some

pleasure to

those

subjects to

in

English

to

interest in their sciences.

with

in

communicate

willingto

Hindu

to

nations

few

very

of considerable

very

regard

strangers may
that

when

caravan

stillless known

published,and

is

of the eastern

true

paid

matter
are

to

in the

is part

Sun

Hstroloai?*

in

students

reticence

the

height ;

was

represent the

to

away."

son

littleinformation

known

Sun

to

decidedlyquarrelsome, opposing the

was

1bln"u

VERY
English

the

6 ft. 2 in. in

officer,
a
big man
relieving

and

did

the arrest, attempted to carry it

postponing

Henderson's

represent

and

constable

the

forthwith.

out

or

I5

signs by

figure.

Capricorn (vs),the

In

if

as

kanya

from

which

they

way

the
the

were

the

radia

same

initial letters of

be placedin the fifth bhava

natural

inspection,

mere

the

houses

in the
; as

this

the

to

one

the

signs

lagnam

his

name

occupied

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kiNDU

the

by

fact that
of

from

north
the

at

the

the

Sun

reader

will have
which

includes

Rahu

yet

the Tamul

by

Joshi

looking thing,with
and

southern

degree of

the

zodiac

signs a particularplanet
of the
(effects)

astrologyis
that

the

figure.
of

more

have

myselfoften

On

We

me.

he told

things
he made

the

born

in

had

lived

added

are,

you

and

me

shadow,

the exact

hour and

that

left my

I had

I had

lost
at

23

information

native

parent in
had

by

birth, saying under

my

went

my

been

say

that

father's

place for
childhood

regarding

was

family
tional
educa-

off; that

broken

the

; that

present residence

my

of the

my

the time

gave

to

came

of the

my

placesprevious to

for

figureis
have

past and

colour

or

prdsna (question)the Joshi will

will
In

have

for,what

come

about.

everything I
down

as

man,

some

know

part of the country where

sometimes

enquired

the

; and

future.

accurate.
literally

was

If the

point

data

nothing

to

other

various

All this

what

in three

then

then

He

knew

anyone

time, of

undertaken

engagement

he

and

on

; that

purposes

slender

competent

phalam

the Hindus

SivagiriZemindar

did

and

born.

was

inland

an

the

indeed

mean

represented;

not

was

the

janatn

it is at this

such

by

Merely measuring

me.

minute, by Greenwich

planet

made

are

short calculation

what

tell you

science, and

Joshi of

life,nor

of my

for

figureone

and

of the

in any

already said that with

perfect strangers,

were

incidents

ahead

indicated, nor

cusp

Is

the

planets

seven

seen.

occasion

one

is verified,for from

statement

surprisingdeductions

most

an

I have

Not

"

"

be.

art than

an

meagre-

bare,

exactlywhere

go

scope,
horo-

parts, is

show

may

Joshiwill

the

Then

(birth)?

to

dency,
Presi-

Madras
A

marked.

(Caput Draconis)

the

as

Telegu systems.

(sign),the

Rasi

when

I am,

of the

of

order

is made

hemisphere.
and

the

reverse

course,

of these

only one

latitudes north

with

now

the end
is in the

Sun

change, however,

observed, speaking

drawn

as

the

the

to

wiz.,from

year,

as

would, of
No

figure.

into

passes

the

August roughly,the

of

This

Cancer.

doubt, due

is,no

in the south

not

in the

signs

portion of

certain

and

This

right.

beginning

noon,

tropicof

of the

left to

during a

Aprilto

curious, however, that the signs

It is somewhat

lagnam.

counted

are

ASTROLOGY.

ever

word

your

give

this branch
heard
to

be

of.

you

of
As

thoughts
the

of

astrologythe
a

rule they

mentioned,

or

the matter

upon

name

tell you

the

Hindus

person
excel

generallywrite

part of the body

HINDU

in confirmation

be touched, and

to

will ask
the

to

you

body,

in your

meeting

Brahman

young

the

date

same

England.

under

This

young

This

the

evening of
than

more

the two

accurate

are

by

detect

Tamul

mental

several

only one

the

to

he knows

did

fixed

and

fact that

defects

certain

lines of

I selected

two

lines in

few

words).

common

him

see

again till

have

quently
subsebe

to

hearing

anyone

These

in sound.
in

acters
char-

been

pronounced

sounds

thing
any-

in Tamul

wrote

possible; and
two

or

two

not

are

chit (note) saying

These

upon.

persons,

and

Tanjore

9.30, when, without

about

on

any

onlya
I

born

were

in

tion.
perfec-

friendshipat

memory

me.

of

pleasure of

the

we

me

calculation, he

reproduction as

due

lines I had

read

from
for

day, at

same

that

us

sent

in the afternoon.

at 4.15

was

would

language

had

lagnam, he

write

already

paper

I struck
to

same

them

reproduce

English (of which

of India
whom

part of

surprisingdegree

Brahman
or

touch

to

they

thing.

same

known

the

compose

poetry he would

to

with

became

and

if I would

that

find the

said

have

look at the

to

you

this art

they

word, and

in the South

was

It afterwards

once.

the

there you

of what

or

they ask

Joshis carry
While

colour

after which

hands, and

Some

in

name

I7

ASTROLOGY.

English

as

them

defects
have

no

equivalents.

After

be drawn.

must

the

among

Hindus,

about

the

or

article

next

my

Either

of two

one

is in greater

the art

which

Nirayana system

this

on

the famous

clusions
con-

perfection
from

counts

I will communicate

subject

Nadigrandhams

exist in this country, and

wisdom

but think

R6vati, is productive of better results.

the fixed star

In

results I cannot

seeing these

unparalleledin

which

of

monuments

are

records

our

Bhimakavis

and

thing
some-

which

astrological

of the science.
SEPHARIAL

As

predicted on
have

forecasts

have

been
been

that the treatment

has caused very
same

state

of

page
in bad

towards
a

visit to

remarks

supervision.

and

matters

and

caused

the various

to

to

victims
The

on

emanate

the

**

be

exercised,a

of accidents

Jacks

whom

in office'*

in

nection
con-

similar

257
recollection

hospitalshave

from

received

Press, and

It is time the authorities

thingscontinues.

hospitals.

house

256
pages
It will be fresh in the reader*

patientsat

many
caustic

those unfortunate
our

odour, and

made.

hospitalsexercised,or

twelfth

276, the

the

of the various

little

more
feeling
causes
necessity

requiremore

vigilant

Stu"ents'

^be

By
"

earth

The

call

and

corresponds
distances

N.

matters

be

The

apart.

Parallels

Parallels
as

not

Parallels
in this

"

the

differ from

Leo

that

"

if I accept the usual

asks

meanings

the

meaning
but

same,

something

upon

regulated by

the

exactlyso
some

account.

And

it is very

rarely

no
as

is

nativity leaves

classed

or

more

the native.

on

force and

same

in

or

the

found

have

aspects,

have

this

may

considered

; whether

zodiacal

aspect

every

impress

and

of little

others

the

in

influence

Guides

my

by experience

powerful, and

very

in

in power

because

considered

are

is what

together

Conjunctions

sure,

less of its

that

latter

equal

at

degrees zodiacallythey

consider

to

equator

planets

line

it in any

earth's

and
ecliptic,

many

aware

the

But

centre.

from

of the earth

line around

imaginary

point

the

to

but

indeed

how

am

and

next

they

not

main

have.

former

this

put

in

are

distance

is the centre

may

of the

of

planets that

two

equal angular

where

the

centre

S.

or

"Any

"

an

But

that

the

to

parallel,it

am

are

one
being spherical,

direction

the

284:

of the earth/'

the centre

Raphael."

"

EO
T
says on
page
-L-/ exact
declination

CC

Corner

have
the

rule that

Declinations

Conjunctions?

as

their

strength

their

consider

weakness

or

have

depends

ably
yet discovered, although it is prob-

not

potency

otherwise

or

of the

planets in

natus.

Looking
marked

most

their extreme
of misfortune

it from

at

results
N.
or

or

to

of

that

follow

S. Declination.

point

of view

P. of the
such

In

birth.

the

upon

case

influence

The

and

strength
of Saturn

with

prosperity is brought about, but

intensitywill depend
planets at

Directional

is not

have

J?
a

found

or

2^

long
then

even

positions of

in

term

the
the

nor
always evil^i

Jupiteralways good.

serious

explosion

lives

took

place

in the

Midlands

on

July 4th, and

be referred
astrologically

lost. It may
to the lunatory
were
many
figure on page
Mercury, ruler of the fourth, had
257, for when
progressed to the exact semi-square of the conjoined luminaries on this
date, the explosion occurred.
Mercury had only just separated from
the

square

of

Uranus

in

Scorpio (one of

the

**

earthquake

"

signs).

'

nDeteoroloai?.

Hetronomic

Vol.

from page 280,

(Continued

"

Season

"

(^ ) and

Influences.

Venus

irregular
duration

in "relative

together

irregular,but
days,

in

and

the

of the
of

April

these

the

and

the

it were,

"overlie," as
the

other

action

just

before

or

such

with

downfall

as

the

of the human

continue

to

The

baffle medical

and
be

may

our

marred,

or

months

of these

planets

positionsof Mercury
intensityto

and
and

their

reactions

violent

accompanied
positions,

ere

and

pressure,

atmosphere regain

the

and

the dates

periodsis

Venus

atmosphere,

the

upon

that

"life"

and

paralysing the ordinary

phases

the
cholera),

of

epidemic

disease
still

of which

causes

meteorological hypothesis.

and

the

trace

with

separate column,

in

within

which

of these

working

irregular

the number

of

period of 5" of angular position

the

maintained.

"

periods

Periods.

machinery
as

those

"

of

twenty-four days

are

break

of

of very

and

placed

are

Inter-planetary
of

Mars

all the various

apprehend

to

influences,they

days

into

rainfall,

different

temperature,

frame, obstructingand

causing

so

better

of

weeks

effect of these

influenza, fevers,and

late

philosophy

condition.

important

functions,and
(as

of their

depressions

September,

"

made

the

sudden

the most

cause

of

forty days

circulation

influence

force

such

influence, through the

working

in

few

peculiarinfluence

are

ordinary "recurrent"

and

season

their

about

require the lapse of

may

Another

seasons

culmination

the

extremes

its normal

of

to

as

the

periodsthe

planets, adding

evaporative
on

the

for

cold, of drought and

and

shift

in such

Moreover,

years.

and

positions

key

only very-

the

to

atmospheric

the

of heat

the

thei

travelling

endure

August

it is the

For

of which

protracted existence
as

have

we

gather

bells"

**

concurrent

according

this

In

to

of

Their

from

not

the

long periods,as

their anomalies.

planets

two

only

days
thirty-five

the

Mars.

and

seasons

opposite

by

with

same

and

May,

"

arising

Mars

of very

are

of the earth, that

positionsmay

relative

by

years.

action," their periods are

course

in certain

the

and
features

that

near

so

table, they

months

the

others, be protracted over

at

Venus

being

positionsformed

the

by

equally irregular; both

of motion

rate

the

are

seen

in

both

occurrence,

is also

relative

will be

As

( $ ).

These

"

Ill,)

being
rare

that

occurrence,

is

complete.

April

and

seen

to

"

One

"

more

This

May,

yet what

"

is the

wherein
without

occur

transition

feature,and

any

Such

have

occurred

"

description
of

occurrence

the

(x).

the

such

long intervals

of

position,the only

barren
have

"

periods
been

are

in such

curious

relation

notice.

The

marked

by

break

the

cold all
and

of

neither

seemed

to

the seventeenth

freezing,on

time

night,was

closingwith

night under

this

twenty-three
**

month.

days?''
"

why

reason

of

But

between

the

8th

and

A similar

30th day,
and

the

unsettled

(x)of 19th,the only

of the continuous

of

influenza

three
the
for

being

provinces. In
**

an

almost

Such

"linear"

ill."

is the

simple

dispositionand
anomalies

1893
and

blew

other

will be

these
worth

last

machinery
of which

and

seasons

Valuable

out.

time

Bill,but yet

is still wasted
we

think

our

in the

the

sequence
con-

epidemic

out

of every
and

reported

was

rains, causing

circumstances,this
observation,as
remarkable

varied

by

both

planetary
"intermonths

intensity.
the eccentric

phenomena

and

produced.
FREDERIC

Rule

November,

in London

out

November

all the

any

disturbing
twenty-fourdays,

of the heavens,"

are

of

the

of

places,Madras

positionsof

the

on
easterly

shown

absence

Metropolis,two

of the

snow

of the "transition"

formed

Small-pox, also, broke

operation

of the weather

made

stormy period. As

in the

"group"
"

has

depressionand humidity,another

great injuryto the crops." Under

close with

cold stormy

general absence

and

contrast, among

of

general

prevailing on

storm

failure
unprecedented

period

led Astro-

since

coincidence

with

proof of

have

period was

suddenly appeared

persons

the

the remarkable

forces,heavy fog, rain,

"

facts

and

of

and brilliant

F? which

the wind

why

say

periods, in

such

of cold.

the extreme

can

Observation

disturbing forces,and
with

who

of any

further

Meteorologiststo predict the month to close with

showers and fog !
Hence
we
fairlysay the wind
may
weather

people
intense

most

comparativelywarm

powerful cold configurations0

the

The

Astro-

of

the influence

) g S

the

figurations
planetarycon-

nor

effect.

under

not

one

ology
to Astro-Meteor-

White,

Moon

was

Switzerland

and

in the recollection

little,if any,

major planets,there being only

the effect is the month

period

France

Mr.

by

of the

changes

have

whole

The

February

severest

February, 1855,

Its non-relation

the

at

on

worth

twenty-five
days (Feb. 3-28),the only
of i6th.

"

be

to

as

of

that

was

St. Bernard.

"the

and

living;

theories

England, and through

over

Mont

Meteorologist,as

the

interval

commented

was

now

instance

transition

**

weather

and

notable

barren

Geneva

weather

to

most

being

of intense
to

METEOROLOGY.

ASTRONOMIC

20

lower

prediction

on

house
page

PRATT.

the Home
will
be borne
256,
over

1RotC0

22nd

the

On
rammed

loss of between

Events*

June, 1893, about

the

by

1?ecent

on

and

Camperdown
three

and

H.M.S.

3.30 p.m.,
sank
almost

four hundred

was

immediately,with
The

lives.

Victoria

disaster

the

happened

Tripoli, The eclipse of April i6th last,

Syrian coast, near
the cusp of the ninth house, governingshipping,
and at 26" T 50'.
the square
the time of the disaster. Mars
from
of
one
was
degree

off the
fell on
At
this
the

in Cancer,
oppositionof the

the

event, shows

place

12"

cusp, the ruler of

of the ascendant, the
the

of the

in the ninth.

ruling

men

and

Tryon,

Sun

was

in the house

was

hence

mid-heaven,

disaster

in

Uranus,

calamity.

drowned.

The
been

sudden

positionof the

Moon

of the

that

of the

progress

extremely slow,

closure.

The

luminaries

; the

ill-fated

time

Uranus

the cusp
of Mars

on

was

square

in square
to Saturn
death
of eminent
Admiral
launched

ship was

Moon

of progress
then
at
was

Moon

also

was

which

altogether unfavorable, but

time

goes

December,
Premier

explained

to the

in the Home
of the malefic

day

was

of the

actual

On

in

"

conjunction

loss of

with

present.

of

and

Mercury
seat

in square

on

some

of

which

that there

chronicle

exceptionally brutal
is

one

Walthamstow

of the
may

have

will

be

been

attacks
many
the
murder
;

in nature
most

be recorded.

the

last

June,

the

ments
re-arrange-

conjunction
to

make

Linlithgow
the

the

Government

the

previous day, that

to

notorious."

notable, and

likewise

increase

gave

Venus

result of the

to

predicted
and

It is sad
upon

Saturn.

to the lunation, we
page
257, in reference
fourth afflicting
Venus, will produce crime

women,

22nd

close to the

too

was

to
we

the financial

Mars, and

been

election,it had

On

not

were

seem
certainly

June i6th, the

On
the

course

directions,wnich
at

The

ascendant.
its

began

omens

Bill ; the Moon

and the square

Saturn

was

launching.

Gladstone's

of Commons

House

of the

disaster

through committee
having
tion
resolua
June 29th, moved
the bill by definite stages of
full, Saturn
squaring both

bill

Rule

announced

was

Moon

the

the evil

auspicious one.

an

election

this

unfavorable

rather

are

the

Gladstone's

Mr.

on.

on

of

Mr.

on

the

at

in

opposition

nature

of the

the

At
was

Bill

Rule

Gladstone,

Mr.

rate

at

in

and

tremendous

Mars

in

ship, was

war

Mars

the time

of
on

Mars, lord

Commander-in-Chief,

and

and

Sun

Home

planetary positions under

hithe

of death

The

the
signifying

thus
The

regulatingthe

in

an

conjunction with

in

eighth house,

opposition to

the

iron

signifyingthe
The

high places.
those

among

in the

Aries

as

of

appropriateruler

the

9th April, 1887 ^^^r

Newcastle-on-Tyne.
3.15 p.m. on
of launching,the middle
of Virgo was
rising,the Sun

time

in

The
the

applying to

was

house

and

to

Moon

place of the eclipse. A figurefor

with
Scorpio, a watery sign,rising,
all sudden
and unexpected events.

in the watery
Cancer, and the Moon
twelfth,rulingthe ninth, and applying to the

the ninth

about

the

sign, and

watery

women

of the

woman

outrage upon

**

Saturn

attacks
to

and

upon
have
to

children

at Rother-

the

child at

22

NOTES

On

June 25th, about

class

is

her

She

cut.

murderer

had
he

and

Saturn

a.m.,

been

heard

was

"

unfortunate

in the street with

few minutes
before,

but

away
from

**

found

was

arrested.

not

was

It

vessels in the

of the

one

house, and the

in the seventh

both

were

of the

woman

screaming

seaman

Uranus

EVENTS.

she

running

seen

was

conjectured that

Thames.

o-io

RECENT

in Rotherhithe

murdered

was

her throat
and

ON

approachingthe cusp of the eighth in Scorpio. Mars, Mercury

and Venus
in conjunction on the cusp of the fifth. For the part
were
of the body injured,
is in Scorpio,
notice that the Moon
the throat, we
Moon

was

separatingfrom
of

of the second

cusp

So

applyingto opposition
throat); Jupiteris also on the
the
house, signifying throat.

conjunction with

Jupiterin Taurus

Uranus, and

(governingthe

Palmistry has

last been

at

declared

illegal.At

all events,

Miss

Mary Gaines, a lady of good position,who practicesPalmistry,

convicted
Merline
at her residence, was
gives delineations as
fined los. and
at Darlingtonyesterdayas a rogue and a vagabond, and
for using subtle means
costs
to wit, palmistry to deceive.
{Morning
and

"

**

"

"

Leader, 1 1/6/93.)
jls

the

Judging by
and

:!"

above, the authorities

to

seem

be

seeking

fields

"

professional
Astrologerswill have the
as
companions in adversity. Surely the prosecutors come
law of
If not, it seems
conspiracy?
very strange to us.

pastures

Palmists

^i*:

under

the

What

is the

*'

and

new

the

**

**

opinion of

our

Belly
Jonah in the
b
ut
as
history, not

so

legalfriends

of

read

as

Whale.

the

the matter

on

This

"

astronomical

an

absurditywhen

is an

cycle.

**

Jonah

"

is in

the constellations,
and when
that astronomical
point which represents
reaches
in
the
zodiac
which
is
man
a point
oppositethe belly
directly
of Cetus
the

as

the

(orthe whale)on the other side of the circle by what

then Jonah is said to be in the
process of opposition,

fish,and

is

"

centre

of

expiration of the period when

that man-point has passed so far along in the zodiac as to be out of
thus
point moves
oppositionto the whale.
Similarlyas the same
through the zodiac, it is brought by opposition into the different
constellations
it

moves

and

men

thrown

is known

"

that

out

at

the

exactlyoppositefrom century to century while

along. During these progresses changes take place among
Earth
on
exactlysignifiedby the constellations,when those
are

according to the right rules of symbology. It is not claimed

the effect,
but that ages ago the masters
conjunction causes
of wisdom
worked
and found
all the problems in respect to man,
out
in the heavens
the means
for knowing the exact
dates when
events
of older nations
to recur, and then by imprinting in the minds
are
sure
the symbology of the zodiac,were
able to preserve
the record and the
tell the hour
that
watchmaker
a
can
prophecy. Thus in the same
way
are

read

that the

by the

arrival of the hands

or

works

of the watch

the sages can

tell the hour for events
of
believed
not,
to-day,but
course,

centuries,and

as

the nations

by

the

it will be

of the Earth

at certain fixed

zodiacal

have

clock.

understood
all similar

points,
This

is

in future

symbols in

long dead have

generalfor the zodiac, and as also the records of races
of the western
it is not likely
that the vandal-spirit
nineteenth
the same,
century will be able
"

The

Ocean

to

efface this valuable

of Theosophy.

heritageof

our

evolution.

Xettere

jCbftor.

tbe

to

inserted.
of general interest alone are
Correspondents desiring reply must
envelope.
please enclose a stamped addressed
and
All correspondents should
address, not necessarilyfor publication,
give full name
but as a token of good faith.
alone
of signed articles are
Writers
N.B.
responsible for the opinions therein

Letters

"

contained.

"

with

Guide, Vol.

attaching
a

the

for the

asked

was

I.

*'

exaltation

**

It

this

to

discussion
in
there
some
was
ago
of
the
and
believe
I
authority
dignities"
planets,
months

few

Sir,

Dear
connection

followed

latter

1,400

the

and

since

years

precession

whether

the

fathers

of
"

Greeks

are

is due

to

fixed

by

Mihira, it
the

than

more

allowingfor

sage,
quite evident

is

be

must

and

that

the

Hindu

the

of the degrees
use
quoted in favour of a modern
As to
applied to an entirelydifferent zodiac.

be
when

the

or

Astrology,

need

all,we

custodians

also that

their zodiac

the

Yavanas,

indeed

or

the modern

and

as

the

they
equinoxes, it

Aryans

at

if there

far

as

Hindus, using only the Nirayana

degrees as did Ptoleme, since the
of
Moreover, if the observation
system.

were

the

of

authoritycannot
given by him,

"

Sayan
degrees"

exaltation

**

the

at

The

that
it will be well to remember
intend
the
did
not
same
system,
these

time

in his

Raphael"

"

was
proof
any
recollect
I
was
it,
answer,
the
Hindu
In
to
latter,
regard
authority.

asked

was

subject.

of Ptolemaic

citation

degrees" given by

whether

ancient

of the most
is not,

nor

ever

Greeks,

or

are

the

are
(foreigners)

Yavanas

Certain

discuss.

not

Hindus
the

it is that

the

of the

records

Hindus

science,

that of Ptoleme.

was,

SEPHARIAL.

Dear
the

Sir,

moulding

thank

"

of

the

**

body

"

Leo

for

his

the

around

explanation. Respecting
Linga Sharira, if the Ego

controls
an

the formation
controls
this, what
oak tree, herb, or even
stone ?
a
one
on
Again, iifan Ego is unconscious

at the

time

same

imply.

another

on

intervenes

between

prevails between
Devachanic
If I

am

Death

Devachan

period

condition,to

the

under

was

plane? for this

impression that

awaken

and

as

am

learned

our

sure

Devachan,

Birth

bodies

plane, can
is what

of animals,

it be conscious

the words

period
so

of **Leo"

of unconsciousness

similar

condition

in other

or

is exhausted, the Ego

later on in, or attached
I

wrong

and

of the

the
words, when
lapses into an unconscious
to,
friend

house

of flesh.

will set

me

right.

RAPHAEL.

Sir, It strikes
signing himself

me

"

various

colours, or
in

their

"

some

has

very
Candid
more

persons,

personalityis

as

clear

forcibly
zine
your correspondent in June Maga"

"like

than
that
as

one

the
nom

whatever
the

sails under
pirates of old
de plume. There
is an individuality
de plume they assume,
nom

noonday

"

Sun.

However,

care

ANSWERS

24
the
rap who
facts.
it is a
Now
not

writer

will

any
of young
his objectionsI will do
sake

querent and
brother

nie.

is ; I write

without

with

I deal

and

pay,

likewise,

(i) As

I stated,

as

the

also

so-called

As

beginners.

leaving $

and

"

CORRESPONDENTS.

his sister
as
factthat I was rightin every particular,
candid enquirer. I would
not deign to answer
only

verifyto

for the

TO

Candid"

"

) is

the

female

the

"

numbers

of the
significator
affianced
her

of the

lady's
daughter,urged
apply to
in
with
England
perfect safety,for
staying
and
the
truth
of
edification,
proving
judgment, he
my

(2) As

to

his

to

**Candid's"

own

back

to England shortlybefore Whitsuntide, and

visited
within
six miles of the place where
his transgression
weeks,
his sudden
disappearance, again proving the truth of my

actuallycame
for three
led

to

assertion.
in the

afflicting
heavily,I

As to Q

British

subject. Lillytook
lived, and

never

seventh

the

as

which

America,

another

was

his

writer

sweetheart, who

one

of the works

all the books

the

on

successful

more

on

fact, and

are

the

they
J^ signifies
young

states

the

volumes

of

and

he

persons,

of my

correctness

herJivelihood

I stated

cusp,

worth

said
seventh, I unhesitatingly

proof of

obtains

it,and

it in

saw

perused

first is almost

another

in the brother's

placed

which

of

lord
was

of

never

Astrologer
If
to be his follower.
the
figureis
(3)
ascendant, 23" S\,, then 23" ^ is on his

content

am

theory. (4) Every

was

littleheed

brother, his

for the

taken

I think

and

Museum,

as

female,

judgment,

as

mercurial, prompted
strictly

his
him

will
Candid"
fearing he would be prosecuted, so I think
the feminine
not
influence,unless his jealousy
a telescopeto see
is before it. (5) In conjunction with "3^ " g I took ) a "
lord of
chief ruler of his ninth, the eleventh
ninth of the figure,and
of
$
he
houses
is
The
took
the
old
I
over.
so
good
quibbling
figure,
very
believe it.
Book says,
Jealousyis as cruel as the grave," and I verily
to

do

"

so,
want

**

EDWIN

July yd, 1893.

Hnswera

CASAEL.

Corresponbents*

to

first
In erecting horoscopes for foreign parts, you must
the sidereal time, and you will find the simple rule for this
In replyto your other query, the
on
34, Vol. III.
pages 33 and
"
travel
or
planets
accordingto the order of the signs,
progress

Amateur.

"

correct

"

unless
would

retrograde {'^),thus
first progress or travel through

they

are

on, e.g,,in the mundane

is above

the ascendant.

if )
^

was

then
,

figureon
He

page 256,the 0
will travel first to

at

birth

through
is entering 22

he will culminate, and pass

sixth,and fifth houses, until at

time

ExoNiAN."^
to you.

"

Please

send

your

then

tenth

after which

the ninth, eighth,seventh,

midnight he will be on cusp of the

through

fourth,although he will only have

**

and

d
d $ and then
he will be carried

of the earth
but owing to the revolution
through the twelfth, then eleventh, and
successively
overhead,
houses, until noon, when he will be directly

asc,

in T
she
and so
n
,

progressedto

address

about

for Casael

to

"

o^

write

44'.
direct

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HstrolOGcrs' fllbagasine.
[COPYRIGHT].

38. Xo^l- -Jf SEPTEMBER,

No.

prognostications

1893.

baseb

Price

"^

free

Post

4d.

4id.

tbe IRuIina Sian*

upon

from page 3.)

(Continued

Gemini.

born

Persons

sign will

liable to

obliging,courteous,
but

this

under

lengths of wantonness
yet disposed

in

born

Persons

under

upright disposition,

an

passion,quick
running

revenge,

influence

the

under

unconditional

to

of

extreme

pacified,extravagant

soon

be of

of

whatever

the

therein.

In

great
anger,

repentance thereafter.

Gemini

inclined, and

they are

anger

to

jealousyor

children

oratory,

to

they usuallyexcel.

in which

occupation, the

whether

usually famous,

are

through science, invention, writings,travels,or

which

to

all of
But

sign generallyexcel

of this

"c., they are

negotiations,contracts,
jurisprudence,

successful.

with
a

native will be

The

"

finesseand
interests
but

speech,

his

of

firmly

authority
but

without

chemistry will
Wealth
to

these

be

have

The
it

causes

will

have

precedence,

and

he

will

or

on

losses

and

conducted

strong

will,

himself

assert

liberal arts

The

tyranny.

native

the

which

is

through

himself

the native

born

his father, and

with

the

and

native
the

under

will

subject

The

cause

Gemini
native

probably

will
of
has
will
be at

family.

this

vexations

the

will be

carefully
guarded.

produced by
and

of his talents will be

positions occupied by

family of

cold terms

progeny

or

the exercise

the

The

trouble

some

enmity

He

uncertain, and

secret

when

succeed

patience.

his address

by

carry

writings.

acquired by

usuallysome

will evidence

He

his attention.

attract

changes.

well

may

rudeness

fluctuations, and

also

he

and

and

dealings,endowed

nature.

affairs will best

own

in his

application,vigilance,and

much

of others

by correspondence
love

of human

knowledge

practical nature,

The

just,noble, careful

sign is usuallynumerous,
through

the

children.

but

The

26

BASED

PROGNOSTICATIONS

relatives
troubles

of

the

father

favourable.

not

are

complaints

which

to

he is

will occasion

creepingthings. Public enemies

affect his positionseriously.
The

subject

of the

will have

sign

troubles

Nevertheless, the native

women.

form

or

several

alliances.

the

enemies

under

middle
the

the

judges, or

of life,the
dominion
The

clergy.
*

will be

native

have

surroundings

The

mother-in-law

will be

this

sign

sometimes

from

there

the
is

sequence,
things,and will,in conand
widely separated relationships

dangerous

to fear his immediate

cause

to

danger

him

to

and

will

many

the

native

great and

some

; his father

native

The

his interests.

escape.

in life,

changes
himself.

secret

to

near

come

by good fortune, will

dispositionof

always

himself

to

in many

Generally, this horoscope produces

proceeding

dangerous.

is to be feared.

woman

nearly related

several times, but,

so

numerous

Jupiter,magistrates,lawyers,

native will have

most

not

than

more

will attract

native

surelyundergo dangerous adventures,

destruction

and

affairs,

in love

although

hence

betrayalof
and

those

and

of

occupied

numerous

acquaintances.

will

danger

marry

may

Enemies,

varied, will be openly declared, and

Towards

or

has

bereavement, and, generallywill have little success

and

remorse

The

native

epidemics,
chiefly
poison from quadrupeds

or

or

and

The

subjectare

fevers,affections of the lungs,bites

once,

SIGN.

through servants.

The

with

RULING

THE

UPON

Under

and-

remorse,

of violence.
SEPHARIAL.

(To be continued-)

The

Siamese

relations.

On

and her foreign

has chiefly
affected France
difficulty
July 21st, with the Moon in conjunctionwith Uranus,

ultimatum
to Siam
demanding payment of an
certain outrages and the fulfilment of certain conditions.
After a few hitches and threats of blockade
by France, the ultimatum
British subjects in Siam,
Siam.
There
to
was
are
agreed
by
many
France

presented an

indemnityfor

active.
largelyBritish,hence our Foreign Office was
notice
that
Mars
for
the
summer
we
figure
quarter,
that
seventh
house
the
and
was
was
Saturn, ruling
rising
(enemies),
formed
in square to the Sun.
The subsequent Julylunation was
near
the place of this Mars;
and at the July lunation, Mars
ruling the
seventh
in the mid-heaven, in square to Uranus
rising.
house, was

the trade

and

turning to

On

In
woman

day

our

is

the

last number

in Rotherhithe.

referred

we

Since

then

to

the

murder

Italian seaman
of the murder, and on July28th was
sentenced
in oppositionto the place of Mars
the Moon
was
an

of

an

unfortunate

has
to death

been
;

on

victed
con-

this

at the murder.

tTbe prince of Males'

students

ASTROLOGICAL
considerable

of
connection

what

it

he

is

Mr.

of the

definite
M.C.

the

not

for the

has

that

has occurred."
found

This

in ZadkieVs

his

concluding
shall have

event

of

the

rectified M.C.

time

of

the

Prince, which

rectifythis
he desire

this very

"

the

It

of direction

arcs

"

him?

waters," but

which

follows, viz.

A.M.

for

the regency

(The italics
''

neither

Nemo

"

"

Mr.

prediction
or

are

decidedly

we

Pearce

the throne

ours.)

Is it

conscientiously
say
a

fact ?

If so,

we

been

has
6

have

should

task

little (ifany)
to certain

be

glad

M.C.

or

to

We

to

is

give

oil upon

his remark,

bring

about

remarked,

the

to me

the truth ?

uttered

can

criticised in the

much

unjust to speak

etc.

significantly

throwing

would

to

Perhaps

often

; but the criticisms seem

we

"

to

exception

take

M.C.

that

of

in view

"

life of

events

kindly explain.

will

he

father,

sufficient

ascendant

true

This

advocated

referred

been

The

happens,"

of very

and

have

the

intentions

good

be

him

have

fication
recti-

the

in

Sepharial

we

wrong,

are

Perhaps

credit for

his

what

shows

past events, which

about

his

marriage

taking

"

on

important

'*

and

another

Prince's

should

his

or

remarks

rising.

to

events

responding
cor-

Wales."

t 52

other

Fortune, when

only

26

of the

parent,

of

de grace

more

even

53-4;

decide

death

What

en-*

no

until

to

give

is his death, which

nativity.
**

troubled

to

of

death

yet
and

until another event

**

My goodness

and

to

Nemo

would

numerous

of direction, when

known

above

and

"

Prince

easilyattainable,

are

in Fate

What

arcs

the

gives the coup

the

he desires
to

that his

of

yet stillhe cries

than

the event

use.

and

supra.

referred

birth

yet

undertaken

1893, pp.

states

reluctant

are

we

for surely the

rectification,

marriage,

ut

to

Pearce

his

Vide

of

referred

of Mr.

utterance

mode

happened,

Pearce

not

has

rectified M.C.

Almanac

Mr.

remarks

in

the rectified M.C.

"

even

in

made

prediction, but

passed by nearlyfive months,

now

will be

the

planation
ex-

himself, and

do

to

of

he

some

some

he

length

at

courage

failure

offer

to

2|, which

for

waiting

prediction

") has

(**Nemo

had

been

J. Pearce

A.

obliged to acknowledge

event

thereon

have

direction

account

to
"

51" 6'

the

seems

Nemo

failure

contributor

deavour
*'

the

with

done, but

for

time

Directions*

Prince

unjust.''
And

falsehood
know.

or

We

can

represented
miscon-

28

THE

sider it
the

duty

our

to

be

what

is

done.

Let

affect affairs.

likelyto

Morrison

(Zadkiel L),
the

taking

purpose

22"^, which

gives
This

minutes).

on

dec.

with

close

semisquare

Jupiter is

in

effect that

should

her.

to

Be

by

it observed

(the fallacyof mundane

to

that

suppose

radical

is

close,and

good

of all

from

Uranus

the

system

(within orbs) throughout

the

greater benefic.

think

Mr.

Pearce

It would

Book,
orbs.

We

with

"

the

coincided

with

our

opinion

this

will be
it

so

upset

was

about

who

neglect true

with

the

; for the
on

M.C.

stylesus

if.
"

"

"

weak

was

84-5,
This

is

half-educated

that

Vol.

natural

one,

nut

III.
to

do

we

crack

his
as

does

remark

the
not

this
for

Text

defence

"

consider
of

not

planetary

Nemo's
and

we

the

Jupiter

all in his

one,

which

so

the aspect

of the

Queen's accession,"

is

expected good

at

his idea

the

to

he

but

wrong,

consider

we

directions

pages

direction

any

orbs

**

know

good intentions),a

found

not

be

and

Is it reasonable

will square

Uranus

may

confess

good

amply proved

one," when

use,

special dignitypromised

direction

but

We

is

Jupiter at birth,as

square
we

the

unhesitatinglysay

We

interestingto

candidly

must

(albeit,done
that

be

anything

says

mundane

life,and

from

from

in

semisquare

nativity).

accrue

**

radix

by

can

this

is

although

zodiacal

are

aspects

with

in the

comes
affliction

so

dealing

any

Jupiter,least

heavily afflicted
real

in

how

in par.

and

is in

he

aspects

figure

and

neutralises

sextile,as

odd

planet being

malefic,

Mercury

all these

We

the

and

Uranus,

latter

like that

the

that

The

by

viz.:
Sepharial,''

**

strength) ;
to

see

Magazine.

strongest in the

square

Venus,

from

come

contemporary

our

will act

with

the

!!!

Mercury

Mars

to

sextile

mundane

not

he is in close

and

(Never mind

cusp.

or

calculated

as

by

act

desire,it

our

horoscope

I. of this

constitutes

angular

and

Saturn

the

in the

is

found

rectified

as

is therefore

planet

Why

Prince's

9, Vol.

page

exactly on

(ifbeing dignifiedand
Jieaspected

the

It will be

ascendant
U

of truth

promulgation

glance at

us

DIRECTIONS.

astrologicalfraud, either

expose

intention, for if the

must

WALES'

OF

PRINCE

same

agree

effected

Magazine,
our

porary,
contem-

who
professorsof astrology,

(?) primary directions, and

inert (?) secondary directions,"for which

relysolelyon
we

tender

the

him

almost
our

best

thanks.
APHOREL

(For selfand colleagues).

Boctor

Barnarb

may

has
of his

of the

attained

he

keeps

but
territory,
manner

humorous

the

It appears,

Dr.

Barnard,

to the

utterance

is

"Astrology
indebted

study of

out

otherwise.

But

at

Had

the

he
have

let it pass,

everyone

him, but purpose

with

the idea

own

showing,

to

of

as

take

the

bodies

our

his

doctor

to

in their
sheer

was
life,

It is,we

water

hence,

if

assert

also known

as

in their

Hfe, was," he

human

and

check

to
on

these

humbug,"

was

is entitled to have
we

the

opinion,

an

is,by his

that

to

assertions is
are

led

by

the

perniciousteachings.
viz,

utterances,

"

class
"

to

of

cast

by

nose

will

We

that the astral

influence

an

; not

matter

doctor, for he

dogmatic, and

we

only differ from

not

closely into

exercised

movements

it

upon

human

humbug."

beheve,

the tides, and

which

task

died

have

the astral bodies

opinion

learned

the

bigoted

duty

interest in

an

would

that taste

people, to attempt to disprove their empty

pearls before swine," but as many
persons
it is
authority,,

much

were

maintaining

upon

somewhat

go

converting

both

astrology,he

to

astronomers

astrology is humbug,"

says,

interview

an

humbug."
"in

"

had
as

query

influence

an

the

to

"

merely said,

he

when

to

when

time

nothing, he

put his foot in it."

paper

suggestionthat

the

sheerest

that

the past, for

his

dogmatic

according

"

and

although

humbug;

exercised
**

reply

following:

the stars

movements

repeated,

in

astrologersin

to

the

but

and

and

Bradford Daily Argus, of 14th

of
representative

who

man

in the

leader

the

in

clearly knows

he

his mouth

opened

"

from

July,1893, that

should

''

Paddy

of

category

consequence

is within

he

the law

lays down

which

astrology,of

under

comes

researches

he talks, and

fornia,
Cali-

pertain to astronomy,

astronomical

to

when

to

as

discoveries

E.

besides
Jupiter,

of

fifth satellite (or moon)

These

E.

Dr.

Hamilton,

Mount

notorietyin

of

amount

anb astroloai?-

readers, that

our

Observatory,

certain

comets.

whilst

^ave

Lick

discovering a

several

with

the recollection of

be within

IT Barnard,

''

riDoon-tinber

''

tbc

an

also that
is

we

one

is

man

the

assert, the

that she
and

of

accepted fact, that

chief, if

as

not

the

humanity by

fact

by

Moon

of various

does influence

Moon

influences

accepted

composed

the

all (or

the

influences

elements,

chief component
the tides, we
same

law.

of
;

wise
likeIt is

nearly all),physicians

DR.

30
and

BARNARD

who

doctors

lunatics
the

have

who
with

the

going

moon-blindness,

Had

we

in

evidence

visitations,
were
think

we

humanity,
condemns
is

and

that

which

in defence

assertion

of Dr.

planets do

Barnard,
influence

and apply
sincerely,
vinced

he
of

who

its

of its truths.

or

ever

influence

do

is

It

and

do

be

It would

to

the

ficially,
super-

Argus

practisedit ;

those

their

bigot.

on

whose

list of those

and

no

alter the fact that

else,can

one

cannot

is

astrology,not

and

that

of its laws

condemns

wrote

clearly

He

studied

gave

teachings to

planets,

come?

believed
any

then

readers

our

mankind,

They

the

doctor

astrology,and

will live for ages,

names

the

of

influenza

and

practicalknowledge

the learned

seriously. One

that the great

showing

humbug.

not

of

mass

heavenly bodies

facts and

whether

adduce

investigatedastrology.

not

he that knows

know

that the

without

class does

interestingto
but

has

science

any

July 21,

cou'd

of
configurations

astrologyis

doctor

sufficient

the veriest tyro, to prove

by

epidemics,choleraic

to certain

proved

given

have

we

disposal,we

our

due
solely

fool ; and

Under

think

Without

humanity.

the various

have

the

evident

at

we

''tic"

Moon,

disorder.

serious

proof of planetary influence

of London,

Plague

of

age

for these unfortunates

term

verified

does influence
space

the

(Luna"

very

we

easilybe

can

that the Moon

but

further into the matter,

evidence, which

the

the

In

moonbeams

afflicted with

that
speciality,

periodsruled by

haphazard

or

if persons sleep in the open

tropics,
them, they are
frequently
shining upon

afflicted.

so

are

diseases

at certain

disorder),is no fanciful

"

ASTROLOGY.

AND

term, "lunatics"

the

and

Moon,

mental

made

always worse

are

MOON-FINDER**

**

THE

who

own

study astrology

lives,will be

con

otherwise.

We
predictedstrikes from the figurefor the July lunation, and on
July 28th, when the Moon was enteringthe fourth house of this figure
coal miners came
about 300,000
out
(governingminers and labourers)
on

strike.

those

who

connected
fourth

This
own

with

fourth
land
the

or

house
who

land.

the earthy element

and
governs
make
their livingout of houses
In the

figurefor the

signifies
or

work

quarter the

summer

house

both
and
Saturn
was
were
badly afflicted ; the Moon
therein in square
and
lord
of
to the Sun
the
house, was
Mercury,
;
have the indications
Here
we
applying to the conjunction of Mars.
of the strike,which
coal merchants
but

signifiedby

seems

also to

likelyto

cause

disturbance

not

potters and

iron workers

and

the fourth

house.

only
other

to the
pations
occu-

Sstrolodera 3 bave met

two

NUMBER
truth

his chief

was

it has

been

e^er

superioreducation,
the

to

Majesty's

service

but, like

it

another

he

He

several

throw

not

did

far better

gave

and

I believe

believer

but, as
and

now

the

result

before
I

proved

had

feminine
correct

nature

as

that
His

that

during

system

be

he

but

as

Raphael's system
trouble

entirely.

He

worked

once

in my

on

It will not

this
he had

be very

planet is

to

the

long

before

by experience, his opinion

was

it,and

with

on

was

and

with
the

would

and

occurs,

paralleled
un-

reached

dreadful

it will

definitelysettle

the benefics

spoke

valuable

raised the temperature.

Neptune

should

the
as

series of disasters

that

It

was

into Gemini

exceptionally

be classed

closelywatched

be

sign, London

that when

its effects.

note

Neptune

experience

he considered

influence

planet's

planet occupied

something

ascendant,

in it,

predicted

should

meteorology she

and
history,

for me,

faith

the

Neptunia

the entry of

would
of

in

great

out

no

case

time,

paper.

said
this

and
was

one

it,I had

right,for

fact, he

this

Gemini

interesting to

whether

that

found

He

decided

useless, and

considerablyless

was

opinion on

in the pages

happen.

although
ing,
mislead-

of Saturn, but

the time

places ruled by
London's

satisfied ;

was

considered

He

name.

malefic

fied
re-recti-

semi-arc

he commenced

in

what

reallyknow

great faith in the planet Neptune, which

in

systems,

the

events, good days, etc., only existed

He

thoroughly

was

that

in solar revolutions, and

I told him

fortable
com-

not, and

this system

uses

be

to

did

results,with

he

in Her

rectified and

not

was

of

of direction, others

altogether.

over

pieces

two

Arabian

not

had

of

man

seem

good astrologer,and

he

as

arcs

conclusion

them

with

he did

methods, he

fitted certain

was

appointments

unreliable, and, for practical purposes,

to

good stead,

rum,

although he

for

former

the

was

authority,he

modern

the two

to

in

Ptolemaic, Placidian, and

was,

by

came

was

ascendant

events

some

the

with

conversant

him

but
necessity,

He

Plausibilitywas

meet.

unwary.

held

He

from

the

weakness

tumbler.

in them.

his true

it stood

it from

whose

greatest perverters of the

the

fate to

my

characteristic, and

gained considerablyby

sugar

of

one

or

malefics,

confidence

point.
APHOREL.

begot

infantilefIDortaliti?*
By

debarred

UNTIL

attempting

no

why

of

glad

up
I

am

and

Saturn

eighth,house

governs

the

borne

out, and

therefore may

been

can

child lived

is

seen,

beyond

the

also shews

now

approached

radix and
with

the

much

to

mystery.

radical

is

on

of the

that

the Moon,

fall,"yet the

*'

the Moon.
of death

for time
for each

; the

case

year of life
has

M.C.

does

Moon

not

progressiveis exactly

the

obtain

shews

solution to the

progressivemap
but

(Fig.V.)

the birth time

of

and
dignity,

of the house

of

Ten

may

be

("12" 16')is on

also be remarked

of life,
out

and

croup

opposite to

Saturn

progressed ascendant

It may

the cusp

we

that

Mars

in

in the process

death, and

rulingfourth in the radix is squared by Mars, another

noting.

it is not

case

August 7th, 1888, of

only is wanted,

eighth.

exactlyon

to

in this

for this time

process

the radix is in the house

map

this

in her

and

although Moon

B., died

out, and

of the

the cusp

in
life,

rule the

eighthhouse in
Mars in radix is in conjunction
It evidently
does not require

onlyby Figure VI.

of ascendant

few minutes

of

Now

ascendant, for she is applyingby sextile to

processed ascendant

minutes

Mercury.

that,although by

radical M.C.

ascendant.

Elizabeth

bronchitis ; the

sesquiquadrate

dispensed with, yet

and

force this into action

it is

London,

of Saturn, ruler of the

the square

progressed

Saturn, and

in

planets'directional positions).The

progressional
maps,

to

squares

progressivemap

set these influences in motion

in square

be

to the

(one degree being added

and

years

period allotted

the

in its favour.

of death,

; so

heavilyafflicted

represents the

V.

Figure

first four

not, after

does

B., born

Mars

years

Moon

if I

me,

(seeFig.IV.) The afflictionin the

p.m.

nearly five

see

I shall be

enhghten

of evidence

Elizabeth

fixed
definitely

system that

cause

perplexing

finished

to

matter

am

system shall

for this

are

the

effect,and

means

articles

and
oppositionJupiter,
-lived

Elizabeth

11

no

the

to

as

that each

cause

by

weight

will be

in the

Moon

is

the

on

the greatest

September 12th,1883,at
horoscope is

discover

these

own

my

for every

cause

verdict for

given my

example

next

mind

My

superioropinion

My

be

when

and

these tests, carry

the

givingthree

fullyillustrate

may

desirous

very

not

mystery.

to have

appear

as

theoryof

any

should

we

the cause,

to

as

'*

date

to

up

set

for itself;there must

reason

**

to

mortahty, but

of infant

speak

that

so

case,

I intend

of space

systems while ventilatingthis important subject.

various
not

Leo."

through want

each

to

maps

**Alan

Mercury,
fact worth

MORTALITY.

INFANTILE

Figure

Elizabeth

33

IV.
B.

Sept. i2th,1883,at

II

p.m.,

London.

(To

he

continued,)
C2

nDobern

No.

subject of

THE

to

our

the

the

all

over

nom

royal sign Leo

fixed star

de

the world,

7th August, i860,

on

27th degree of the

conjunction with

LEO."

"ALAN

horoscope,whose

astrologicalstudents

city of Westminster,
when

II."

Hetroloaere*

at

plume is known
born

was

in the

5-h. 49-m.

arose

Saturn

Regulus (Cor Leonis)

"

a.m.

"

being

in
on

the cusp.
As
occupy
whilst

will be
the

seen,

fixed

the occult

fixed

signs hold the angles, and

sign Leo.

Saturn

planet,Uranus,

sextile to the Sun, Moon,

and

is

is

four

planets

angular in the ascendant,

posited in the mid-heavea

Jupiter.

in

MODERN

ASTROLOGERS.

LEOi*'

"ALAN

"

35

majority of planetsare rising,four being in the fixed

to rise in the world ;
sign,Leo, he has the needful qualifications
the

As

and

the Sun

as

the

others,he

his

"

significatoris in his

has the necessary

his mark.

to make

In this he will be aided

his

career,

benefit,as he is in sextile

the

Sun

of

the female

position)
; to
element),and

his occult

For

to the

the

as

with
where-

by

Uranus.

This

for

and

his

ultimate

of
(a general significator

the Moon

and
(representingthe public,
(the mercantile world).
Jupitec,

we
ability,

sextile with the Moon,

science),and

to

energy

of fireand

amount

planetwill greatlyinfluence
persons

sign,disposingof

own

"

Uranus, who

refer to

must

the latter in the ninth house

fair Luna

is in

trine

fierysign Aries, in

is in the

Sun, in the fieryLeo, decidedlyevidences

of

(thehouse

much

in

energy

particular.The Moon has the aid of Mercury (alsoin a fiery

by a trine aspect, and these positionsalone impart good
sign),

this

deductive
Some

judgment,

with

say that Mars

may

it noted. Mars

being in

disposes of

the

Moon

reinforced by Mercury, and

house

and

whose
life,
Saturn

This

tastes

is on

and

firiends and

sympathiesare

the ascendant, and

his astral indications

between

fierynature

subdued
entirely,

have Saturn

the

and

Uranus

planet rules
will

the second
firom such

accrue

these lines.

on

in affliction with
adverse

the

Moon.
him

make
directions,
health ; did

alwaysbe

more

and

or

he has

in him,

that Saturn

moroseness

matter

of position
acquaintances

knowledge comes
power,
and will-powerinherent
the

occult

strengthened,and

are

also affect the

he would

the

yet, as

this latter

will at times, especially

under

but with
the

as

likewise many

decidedlymelancholy,and
out

(also the eleventh),financial gain

sources,

in

Moon

power.

affect it,but, be

would

square

greatlywith Uranus, the aspects

being favorable,these powers

rests

mesmeric

intuitional and

keen

follow

less misanthropic,

by

force of

almost, if

confers.

easilyunderstood

he

Those

not

who

they do not
readilyexpress their views on any subject,in fact,they hear,see,
but say little; yet, when
they ktww the persons they deal with,
they speak, and what they have to say is said in few words, and
carries weight; our subjectis no exception to this rule. Venus,
(cardinal)
rulingthe mid-heaven, is in a moveable
sign; Uranus,
in the tenth

so

posited are

house, is in

not

"

"

common

sign,and the Moon,

who

disposesof Venus is in a moveable sign in the ninth house (the

house of journeys).
the avocations pursued
these indications,
From
is a feature,and the businesses
those in which
are
travelling
and Venus.
affected are those representedby the Moon

36

MODERN

The
The

whole

ASTROLOGERS.

has been

career

life has been

poverty, adversityand

emblematical

eventful

very

one

have
prosperity,

of the

one

one

firm

; a

friend,a

actions ;

to the

ill directions ;

scorning mean

; one

fair

house.

in the tenth

enemy

agement
man-

city of London,

in the

under

ferior
in-

very

is
the disposition
positions,

the

generous

a
or

just
temptible
con-

but rarely
forgivesinjuries,
willingly

who

one

From

promoted

largestbusinesses

from

seen

characteristic of his

been

was

as
positionwas
suddenly lost
example of Herschel's influence when

planet Uranus.

downs, riches and

and

instance.

which

As will be

of the

ups

"

earthlypilgrimage. I may give an

he
without influence,
position,
of

LEO."

"ALAN

"

forgets.
the afflictionof the rulers of the

From

houses,an

such

sympathy, and
I

that he and his relatives

is adduced

argument

to be the

I know

that he will benefit

judge

by legaciesor
he will

this

Uranus

suddenly,and that
is certain,which
particular
the satellitum

From
each

to

the world

of

good

fortune

to

chronicle

his

will at times

be

to

prone

serious fault,and

To

sum

; somewhat

opinions,and,

It is

one

on

impulse; in fact,more
not always wise, yet it

commend

in his

is

it.

keen,
nativityof a practical,
above the average
ability
astrological
reliable and trustworthy
; sincere

in his views, and

broad

cheering

act

lover of truth ; firm, determined, and

bigoted;

not

yet

succession

powerful for good.

is

mity
proxi-

correspondingamount
benefic.

are

their

and

in

is the

with

man,

reticent ;

friendship;

would

in

decidedly

are

This

many

tersely,it

up

observant, business

in

directions

coming

friends

his aspects

by

directions,have

the directions

the heart than the head.

from
not

when

not

inheritance

the

occult

gain by

and
ill-luck,"

*'

terms

by

planetsin Leo,

other,he will,-under

of what

He

of

are

fourth

case.

of the dead,

favours.

tenth,third,and

persevering,

tolerant

of

others

reflective.
disposition,
APHOREL.

The

first number

notice,one
whose

of Mr.

chapter devoted
rather
much

as

which

deals with

advise

our

readers

the Borderland.

Mr.
to

of what

promise

in itself.

very
it is to be anything more
The
most
interestingand

to

to

is familiar in the

name

of Borderland

Borderland^contains,we
quarterly,
written by Fitzgerald
MoUoy,
astrology,
world.
take this first number
We
literary

Stead's

than

It will need
scattered
a

valuable

Stead's

keep

up

own

to

is to follow than as accomplishing

very careful conducting if
record

of

mysticalcrazes.

part of the present number

is that

personal experience. We strongly

date in occult matters
by subscribing

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NADIGRANTHAM.

THE
last article I

promised to

IN nadigranthams
my

of

Hstroloai?*

of the

Hindu

and astronomical
astrological

other

they
Originally,
has

numerical

certain

kabaHstic

and

the

At the present time,

is

Sukranddi,

Nddigranthams, and
The

most

in

in

of

palmyra

of

The

manvantara.

born

corresponds

year

is found

to

certain

in the

the

this has

only certain
births.

times

This

has

subject of

the

would

doubt

no

before

grantham,
that

it

written

and

the

gives

caste

time,

in Tamil.
of the

his

and

marriage

issue, several

his character, and

and

death.

all the

note

from

particularsexcept

the time
It has

of his second
been

stated

the

and

when

all

to

give

on

productive
in its

English

disputed

application,
I

from

time

shows

are

of his

mother, the number

nature

with
of his

gentleman informs

correct.

of his

of his property,

connected
and

have
Nadi-

translation

the nature

that

of human

the

upon

tedious

events

the native
one

is

native, the circumstances

sisters,his fortunes
and

moon

results.

An

This

astrologershold

important
horoscope taken

is

horoscope.

of

of his father and

birth,the life-period
brothers

be

can

though

age, of

the

goes

in

person

risingsign, and
of the Nadi

day

productive

at the present

me,

of

all the

or
a

positionof

interestingbearing

an

be

the

or

text

each

epoch," and

"

then

that the Hindu

during

contain

to

sixtyyears'cycle.

the effects of the

be remembered

It must

kinds

is written

in which

Yuga

of

Lagnam,

planetary positionsand

the

several

are

particularyuga,

one

to, the

referred

been

works, the

public sale, but,

It is said

Kali

book, and

found, together with

for

of

some

vernaculars.

of these

There

leaves.

of the

year

into those

Nddigrantham

possible horoscopes fallingwithin

a

found, however,

similar nature, called Bhimakavi.

form

common

several volumes

of

the masonic

to

characters,

Madras

English.

work

grantham, which

be

famous

of the most

one

not

Tamil

the Sanskrit

from

being printed

it is
unfortunately,

call

to

now

and

Telegu

translated

being

are

authorship of

the

symbolic value, similar

and

to several

great Rishis of antiquity.

character

alphabets. They

transliterated into
them

in

written

were

n"onuments

attributed

learningare

Pardshara, Garga, Mihira, and

the famous

These

Jyoshis.

claiming for them

of the science, some

masters

about

something

say

The

wrong

his profession,

illnesses
me

that

item is

marriage.
that many

of these works

are

faultyas

38

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

would
regardsthe latter part of the Hfe,or what to a young man
the events of
be the "future,"
though with regardto the past,i.e.,
the first20 years or so of the life,
accurate.
theyare marvellously
of this peculiarity,
It has.been advanced, in explanation
that
himself had the writingof the earlier part of each
the Guru
that he then handed

horoscope,and
to

or disciples.Hence
Sishyas,

of his

one

of

first part bears all the marks

more

less

or

The
a

The

widow

he forthwith

"

what

of

power
to

came

this

away

had

became

"

undertook

of his birth,and

wrote

book

which

advantage of seeingthe Bhimakavi, which is

of a Brahman, at Shiyali,
and have consulted

Telegucharacters.

It is written

success.

There

one

six

some

are

forecast of the

lives of every

Rishi, and

the

remarkable

contain (i)a

rather,his earlycognomen.

or,

in the hands

it with

becoming an outcast
tauntingof his companions
to the feasts of the village.

this

He

bears his name,

now

is

reproachin India,

the circumstances

and

There

long tapas(an austere

he gained the siddhi,
means
deity). By
so that all his words
prediction,
regardingthe future
went

pass.

I have

of

term

pupil.

It is said that

this work.

not admitted

him

work.

the

is

rest

without

does not marry

self-devotion to the
or

marvellous

"

son

the delineation of the

knowledge of

the

with

for completion

hand, while the

master

more

connection

why he was
explainedto

and

meant,

his mother

asked

day

one

even

the widow's

"

the widow

where

is

legend in

Bhimakavi,

accordingto
imperfect,

Bhimakavi

curious

the work

over

or

in Sanskrit,and
volumes.

seven

destinyof the work

of its successive

possessors

who

at any time
concerningevery person
may
holder of the work.
relations with the existing

in

They

itself;(2)the

; and

(3) details
into casual

come

that the

predictions
concerningthe destinyof
the British Empire which were
publishedin this magazine
lately
the
taken from this particularBhimakavi.
were
They were
result of a personalinterview with the astrologer
by a member
of the Theosophical
Society.
I may

The

remark

the book

came

showing the
of the

of the way

circumstances
into

possessionof

remarkable

heads.
foregoing

It appears

time afterwards,a Brahman

present owner) would

be in

it

the present holder of

worthy of notice,as
under the first
predictions

of the

nature

the time,of his death, infotmed

some

in which
are

that the former

his wife that

of

certain

on
name

at

owner,

certain

day,

(thatof

the

house, enjoyinghimself
particular

with

of the

whole

the

She

relative.

For

predicted.
After

find

no

with

while, and

he managed
astrologer,

day

that

Be

mastered

it may,

as

of

certain page

volume

of the

calculation,constituting
one
is turned

gives the

the

switches

text

querent

off

by

his

to

answer

be

said

time

what

at

The
owner.

the choice
at

There

two

connection

with

by
that

the

the

attempt
was
was

upon

once

to

-he has

come,

of

account

and

an

of all this information,

in the text, with
the end

At

of all it

can

explain. The

the

of

its fifth

descend, and

of

querent,

one

wires."

those

clever

of which

to pass

in such

born,

are

persons

dence
correspon-

comes

recorded

in

"

as

it

How

are

Bhimakavi

Clive, as

In this

telegraph is described,

in the possessionof the Nawab

Lord

of

it will disappear.
prediction,

occupation

ever

hands

it is to

livingquerent, only

conquered by

an

page,

again apply for

particularday and hour

whom

incidents of persons'lives

of every

case

and

contain

in the

now

to

of posts and

means

detail before
the

querent

others

introduction

the

the

Shiyali is

then, according to its own

Bhimakavi

volumes.

the

to

point the

volume

several breaks

and

it

page,

up

this

At

page

of the querent himself.

Bhimakavi
are

of the

the passage

being given,the

information, the month

being left to

to

brief

that
aforesaid,

him.

for which

occur

other pages

to
referring

"

another

to

he has

of

means

Hfe
astrologer's

upon

enquiries. During

there will sometimes

will

comes

purpose

by

keys

of the

day

volumes

commencement

reference

querent'slife,the

notes

the

"

latter,being referred to, is found

which
the

of that

incidents

where

point

from

Read

up.

ground.

those

found

being

this

to

of the marvellous.

nothing short

be put, is

can

keys."

Brahman

keys,but

untrodden
which

to

use

"

Telegu

of the

some

remains

the

of

valuable

the

knowing

assistance

to discover

great part of the work

the

this

to

successor

for it, not

use

had

the Brahman

transpiredas
the

time

long

property could

This

kadjans.

deliver to him

call him, and

and

to go

was

39

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

as

vellous
mar-

happens in

astrologercan
am

writing

now

(Nabob) of Arcot, who

appears

from

the

privateseal

the kadjans.
It is from

entering as

daily

they

life,that
is

beliefs

the

standpoint of
do

into the

the

these

smallest

far-reaching
predictions,
circumstances

thoughtful person,

proven

concerning human

fact, reviews
freewill and

(TobeconH^.)

once

to

whom

more

of

man's

such
his ideas

destiny.
SEPHARIAL.

knowledge
foreand

\Dit"." pre0it)cnt Xincoln.

^erminu0

Lincoln.

Abraham
Shot

10.30

S^2

fired

hit him
The
to

14th April,1865,

Washington.

THIS figure
at

is erected

President

died.

afterwards

p.m.,

He

in the back
Sun

for

the

Lincoln, from
in

was

theatre

These
malefics

is in the

which

enemies, and

and
one

effects of which

the time, and

at

sign Aries, ruling the head,

rules

Uranus
of

is situated

theatres

positions exactlydescribe
Mars

the

shot

the

was

he

shot

of the head.

the greater malefic, Saturn, and

fifth house,

the

when

moment

are

both

them. Mars,

and

the

places

in the

7.22

for moment

a.m.,

15th April, 1865,

Washington.

of

the twelfth

of death.

of the

the cusp

seventh

enemies.

Figure

opposition

amusement.

Moreover,

event.

rules

on

is in

the

two

house, that of
house,

secret

MUNDANE

This

figureis

breath.

The

It

to

seems

time

the Sun
the

is

the cusp

on

the

first

the

second

to

sign of
shot.

was

place of

the zodiac

The

Sun

death

at

(rulerof

Mars

the moment

-^^

the

the

) in 6

in =^, ^

M.C.

of New

planets

"^, 0, and
2nd

are

The

It will be

affect

the

deaths
New

men

York,

the

be

anticipated,and

^.

of

will be rife during the

its

luminaries

all classes of

malign influence
excitement

applying to

are

in the

Uranus

much

produce

and

Mars

are

interestingto

will
are

the

on

experience

in square
how

to

in

semi-

high

excitement

seas,

It will

there
and

is

great

unlikely.
financial

certain,and

panic

Neptune

it acts.

adversely,and

powers

almost

note

neighbourhood,will

much

cusp

interceptedin 9th.
conjunction of Mars with

under

will

near

will be hatched."

series of accidents, and

of

the

to

of 12th,

cusp

experienced in

metropolis is not

of eminent

he

crime

come

accidents

Petersburgh

or

in

the

will be

ruling

of serious

the

September, 1893,

? in rrjjon

"

much

the

as

ducks

conflagrationin the
St.

and

Mercury,

to

had

opposition

well tenanted.
unfortunately.

'*lame

in the ninth.

likelihood

is

horoscope

the moment

at

loth

risingin

From

conjoined luminaries

probably

(death)is

enemies,

secret

as

a.m.,

posited:

sickness

circles,and

some

thus

royaltywill

even

second, in sextile

square,

Saturn.

Estrolofii?*

Moon, 7.5

apprehend

hospitalswill be

financial

lord

birth.

twelfth)at

4"=^ 20'.

month, that much

our

oppositionto

in exact

was

in ni, 4

in 2nd

luminaries,we

society,and

his birth

in ttjjin 12th, ^

5" 23 30',asc.

the

in

of birth is correct, he

rising at

flDunbanc

AT

Mercury,

Astrology,Vol. II.,Lincoln's

of birtliis given,and, if the time

same

for

"

(secret enemies) and

ruling

figure Venus,

Raphael's Guide

In

house

assassin

secret

figure;

house

same

by a

the ascendant.

to

nearest

of the

in attendance.

surgeon

"

his last

he drew

figure,the Moon, ruling the eighth house

first

rising; in

of the death

nature

ascendant, is in the twelfth

of the

when

for the moment

clearlythan

more

4I

noted by
carefully

was

depict the

somewhat

In

drawn

ASTROLOGY.

in
in

stagnation, and
much

suffer from

crime.
the effects

speculatingcircles may
diplomaticspheres.

tTbe Stubcnts'
By

THE

CORRECT

only
THEidea,
thought,
correct

other

any

than

time

and

this

instant when

you

first think

Why

time

is but

time

set

out

; the

original,but

launch
three

testimonies

of money

Herschel

by

P. with

the

on

Mars

and

%, which

; lord

the

is the

The

misfortune.

denotes

of the fifth

; and

most

of

for the
two

or

first is the
loss

sudden

position of

is the

the

number

only

are

the

with

July

There

any

of

figure is given

the second, which

on

of the eleventh

afflicted

exact

bear

result.

the vessel ; the other

through

the cusp

and

that

actual

Victoria.

warship

is the

spur

harmonise

wherein

98,

page

the

of this in the

regards

as

making

will

events

depict clearlythe

of the ill-fated

position of

after

reliable.

scheme

or

on

and

you,

the actual

Again,

happened

strikingillustration

contemporary,

your

it

to

altered, and

business

negociating

unless

for

set

will not

have

We

of

reliable

Maps

moment.

on

time

For

for the

be

enterpriseor

new

any

proposed

for

set

map

your

thought.

an

delusive.

it will not

will have

when

Maps

and

set

it

it,or

on

the result of the first

is not

bargain

have

of it,or

business, the first thought of

correct

figure is

occurs.

take,

to

the first causes

Because

journey

journey

you

first

MAP.

simply secondary

are

have

set

to

proposition

or

SET

TO

reliable time

you

for the

Raphael."

TIME

instance, if

not

**

Corner*

Saturn

(rulingmanoeuvres),

rulingthe vessel,in

unfortunate

sign

in

of any

for

that planet.
The
"

says

judgment

of your

Reference

to

proximity of
8

of ^

c? ,

the

and

the diagram

by quartileaspect

is very

contemporary

the

shows
with

being nearly in

^
6

afflicted

and
,

He

by

the

only 9" past

the

in the

amusing.

eighth,the

house

of death."
these

Now

aspects had

been

at the

least,before the vessel

above

all the

heavenly bodies

in the tenth, neither

for ? and

told,

"

are

is cadent

to
parallel

was

S ."

nearer

in

is he

This, of

the board

launched

in the

elevated

the
the

on

meridian

tenth
above
than

for

week
"

Again

or

But

all the

other

The

Moon,

'? is

not

planets ;
we

are

the

zodiacal

for my

part

in

is wonderful, but

more,

^ elevated

house."

third, in Scorpio,and
course,

43

EXALTATIONS.

do not

in what

see

rules the

paddles or

I have

not

in the

in

presume

most

vessels

that
of

lament
work

his

usual

to

[Note

asc.

the asc,

-K- to

If ^ be

*'

in the

tenth, but
If the

"

told,says
strike

ground."

ground
it

apply, and

not

where,
somesense
non-

was

improve

it.

against the Admiralty

tirade

instead

ignorance of

of

him

set

himself

short time

he

seriously
to

ago

for

does

lamenting this,why

the science,and

I invited

give us

this is the result.

I suppose

and
something original,

HORARY"
invented

is not
are

told,

are

we

the
afflicting

h"

^ is in

wrecked

are

Haly,

will strike

vessel

Lillydoes

the

commences

neglectingastrology,but
to

quote it.

Then

not

know

to

apply again.

not

we
Lilly,

b'e f?, the

angle

an

curious

am

**

shipwreck," but ^

but this remark

to

do

of the eleventh, and

infortune

that

says

remarks

tenth, it denotes

the cusp

on

those

so

In this case,

shipwreck."

the "

to

but

me,

afloat at that time

were

that

says

vessels.*

Lillyby

description,and

same

the " causeth

and

of

and
Lilly,

from

quotes

in steam

screw

copy

vessels

steam

gives the
or

the learned editor

Then

what

she

as
vessel,especially

the

appliesto

close P. with

and

is in d

it

way

published in 1647, and is a treatise on

LiUy's work was
not
not
mentioned, for they were
Astrology. Steam vessels are
about
a
Pearce, as usual, misrepresents
century after Lilly'sdeath.

Editor.

by

'*

until

facts.]

leyaltations*

ON

of Vol. II. of this

487

page

double

exaltations, suggested by

articles written

by myself

for convenience

of reference.
Table

:^

8
A

the

of

in

contributor

suggested

zodiac, beginning with Aries

of 3.

night houses
The

Sun

for this purpose.

of each
and

Moon

we
as

reprintthe

two

table

Planet.

SI

"

V:f

Day Exaltation.
Night Exaltation.

magazine,

when

exaltations,gave
each

number
i, and

planet,the
are

of

of

in the
If

scheme

Exaltations.

contemporary

alterations

I gave

comparison

**Sepharial."

Double
2

trjj
to

and

interestingcalculations.
and

magazine,

then

sum

reckoned

referringto
the

of the

add

in each

following

signs of

the

together the day

case

together as

is a
one

multiple
planet

44

21

21

houses

The

of

the

this way

together in

added

give 21,

Saturn
The

in

exaltations

planets thus:

then

similar

If he had

numerical

he would

have

of these

Each

The

remarkable.

with

the luminaries, which

amounting

to

3 X 7 ; the

the

But

15,

being

sum

the

gave
21,

amounts

to

major
The

3x7.

or

also.

21

of each

turn

of 15 and

is 15,

0i,

3x5;

15

to

same

results.

the

15

uniformityis

in each

3x5,

in the

except

case,

3.

concordance.

The
the

earthy, 18, or 3x6;

fiery

airy21,

3 x 8.

or

figuresbeing multiplesof
For

extent.

any

and

dexter
sums

sinister sextiles and

no

jugglerywith figures
instance, if we

trines to

trines,and

take

night houses,

of 15 and

series,each

more

3 is

of 3.

one

treat

them

having

five

If,
in

sums

of 3.

if we
add all the sextiles and trines
Finally,
of the house itself),
together(omittingthe number
4

quiteregularly. 0

24 each ; U

in

=^

these, the movable

the fixed

the

there will be two

house

in Id' 28 ;

or

similar

day houses,

get multiplesof
n

3, and

similar series of five

to

one

and

multipleof

together amount

almost

to

sextiles to

we

remarkable

very

15

sum

24,

exaltations

of their correctness, for this

carried

similar way,

S in

He

orthodox

the

arrange

15

"fact of these

mere

shall have

then,

or

watery

favour

proofin
dexter

shew
triplicities

The

be

found

is

sums

very

and

to

of double

15

we

Jupiterand

3x3.

scheme.
the

scheme

tested my

I think

way,

we

or

? 6, "2.

$ 12,

can

attempted

^7, 2I4, ^10;

"

to 9,

of the four remaining planets then

sum

or

amount

Mercur}*,

3x7.

or

writer

same

luminaries, Mars, Venus, and

in t

28 ; (^ in T

signs are

signs either

20

and

28 ;

24 each ; ) in

in "

28

each, the

or

32.

^ in-^

in SI 20;

32 ;

in m

"

20;

28 ; ^
32.

Of

signs 24 each,

common

H.

S. G.

("LEO").

"life"

Zbc

of tbe

Timcatber-"planetan? force."

(Continuedfrom page

it is not

BUT

which

which

is the

make

with

the

force

motive

which

by

this

we

call

may

is

machinery

much

recognise it.
the present

difference

of

With

ancient

day,

the

the

the

Earth

and

both

both

as

"

(even

of

doctrine

element

condition

being

obscuration
the

by
the

of

But

induced

evaporationin

the

the

that

or

for

while
inter-tropics,

forces of
"

such

practical hypothesis,is

as

terrestrial
existence

planet
orbit

action

that of

position
of the

Uranus

in the

shewn

and

calculations

"attracting" body

in the

that any

capable,at

force thus

is

remote

the

the

solution.

precipitation
often

travelling

intense

heat

and

areas

are

equally inadmissible
natural, as well

more

operation

of the

(terrestrial)
"gravitation"
"periods"

table.

For

surmised
or

is

decreasing
in

the

was

"attracted"

be

heavens

in

the

in

planet Neptune
to

or

be created

and

and

alternate

an

reaction

and

the

in the

through

contiguous

even

doctrine

(planetary)"attraction"

mutual

additative

vapour

clouds

theories, the much

these

date,

by changes

supplied by

"special" theory of astrology.

to

parts of

same

(supposed to

from

areas,

with

contrast

cold, in

as

"

energy,

holding

with

In

negative

equallyinadmissible,

condensation

be

to

of

some

planet

same

surface,

parched
the

those

as

the

The

is

and

Earth's

the

in belts

drought,

who

eclipticpositions"),diminishing

upon

great velocities, only

at

well

at

evolved

heat

atmosphere

only

occur

those

different

the

of sun-spots

certain

it is evident

as

nature

scientific idea of astronomers

solar

impediment

the

exact

thing

is fallacious.

more

of

evaporation

power

upon

positions of

The

planets "in

of

force

and

found

simple product

diminution

no

such

of electrical action

of matter.

of

that

with

constant,

positive or

or

hemisphere)

same

specificinfluence

substitutive

is

are

the

conditions

doctrine

that

extremes

upon

cold,

or

the

"

is,of the imparting of

there

electricity. As, however,

principle

and

heat

of

in

the

astrologers,as

to deal

its "life"

opinion prevails among

idea was,

specific quality, as

have

kept

Of

machinery

perturbations

We

unceasing activity: planetary influence.

of this

and

"weather."

which

power

of this celestial

conditions

is called the

mysterious

of these

cause

what

up

existence

mere

20

drawn

led

to

Neptune.

that immense

of

planeto-

instance,

the

by observing the
out

the

of

its natural

discoveryof

Now,

the

it is evident

distance,of

attract-

46
the

ing

solid
of its

matter

much
a

LIFE

THE

of

mass

the

upon

"

it is evident, be

must,

"

WEATHER.

THE

planet acting

envelope

OF

light gaseous

capable of causing

greater perturbationsin its atmospheric condition.

force of attraction would

thus

causing expansion

of heat

and

moisture

evaporation,from
natural

diminish

of the

mass

the
highly"positive,*'

be

Earth

would

force, or
would

"negative.*'

or

free

it, set

together

the

latent

by evaporation,felt

cloud

matter.

The

would

result in the
finally

thence

and

currents,

and

of

this

ascending

external

of the counter

and

atmosphere,
by

thus

densing
con-

previously
dense

and

condensing

process

being precipitated

into the upper

as

away

the

in sultriness

of moisture

passing

of

moisture

and

warm

general atmospheric circulation,or again

and

the

overcharged

the

upon

its mass,

seen

excess

this

In

increase

and

heat

continuance

of rain, the heat

in the form

In this way

"waning"

or

resumption

draw

disappearance

destroyed,the atmosphere becoming

gravitation,"which, acting

contract

absorbed

the

be

pressure,

absorption,through

planet itself.

condition, the slightestdecrease

"

the

their

in solution,and

the

its densityand

rarefaction,with

and

equilibriumwould

attraction

both

Such

winds

condensed

cooler

and

into
into

the

aurora

meteors.
FREDERICK

PRATT.

(To be continued.)

this

In
W.

magazine

Gladstone's

E.

predicted that

the

and

for last

directions

the Right Hon.'

gave
We
months.
twelve
ensuing
be
would
session
Parliamentary

December,

we

for the

first part of the

it

was
certainly
prosperous,
united
and
than
more
stronger
of the session
three months
or

so

the

Government

proved

much

the first two

some
for them.
f
ortunate
were
particularly
in July the direction of the Moon
of
Then
Mars
was
to the opposition
with
and
trouble in store
we
due,
possible
predictedsevere
accordingly
filled
This also has been fulpersonal danger to the Premier about then.
the

Government

stage of the Home

expected, and

in passing the Committee

only succeeded
by the applicationof the closure,which

Bill

in the House.
One of these
by several stormy scenes
place on the evening of July 27th, when something like a
stated to be the
fighttook place in one part of the House ; it was
attended

was

took

scenes

free

first time
On

Rule

had

this

and

for

day

Mars

200

the

was

violence.
had resorted to physical
years that members
in Capricorn, Mr. Gladstone's
Moon
was
ascendant,
at
17^ Leo, in opposition to its place at his birth.

fiery
prediction (p. 276) of
predictionof some
personaldanger
fulfilled on July 2nd, when
to the Premier
Mr. Gladstone
was
slipped
in coming downstairs
and sprained his ankle (Moon in Aquariuswhere
and on
Mars
at his birth),
was
July 19th,when his carriagecollided
with a heavy dray as he was
being driven to the House of Commons
his
(Moon in Libra, opposition
Jupiter).
These

debates

occurrences

in

also

fulfilled

circles."
political

The

our

**

Bcfirces of tbe ZoMac

Zbc

Si2mboli6c"*

GEMINI.
i^.

luxuriant

The

life of

and

advantageous;
greater than

himself, whose

beneficent.

The

2".

"

he holds

will,by his

of

his

the

die

oi prowess,

rock, his instrument

of

music

This

tastes,
The

4^.
"

and

to

of

avocation.
his

upon

he

is

in the

their
love

of

the

ambition.

ledge

habits,

life,will have

roaming

of

the

the

much

his powers,
will

He

uses.

marvellous,
influence

and

refined

art, "c.

ness,
happi-

will be talented, but

He

wider

opinions

will,

to
listening

Bohemian

possession of

of

defence

falls at his feet.

fame.

great

come
over-

He

greatest

foot

one

his side

at

and

and

thinking

have

and

be

may

strong

will

be

of others.

very
It is

harmony,

man

dressed

like

Minister

of State, of venerable

kindly aspect.
This

degree

disposition;
his

of

with

person

will lead

imagination,

degree

nature, who

courageous

in his

In

firearm.

things beautiful, music, poetry,

for

not

sensitive

right hand

love

little of

too

ladder.

rope

eloquent, carrying

attainment

which

contented

too

prosperous.

denotes

native
but

will be

slung

cascade

and

positions of honour,

to

stands

troubadour

"

on

of

and

prominent

however,

3^.

and

trustful disposition,

nature,

in his

daring

He

and

mouth,

degree

someone

widespread

happy

means

and

merit, rise

own

all obstacles.
in

by

sword,

signifiesone

It

life will be

wall

scaling a

his teeth

will meet

of security,

degree
man

will be

kind

will have

native

he

friends

and

sincere

protected by

be

influence

his domestic

and

It is

will

He

prosperity.

will prove

of his

means

life.

in

success

by

and

security,peace,

friendshipsthat

will make

native

with

of

shade

tree.

indicates

It

the

beneath

yellow flowers, growing

Two

"

own

It is

one

will

produce

who

will occupy

merits, rise to eminence

degree

of

person

of

kind

positions of
in his

dignity,
{To be coutinued.)

own

and

noble

trust, and,

sphere

by

of work.

Xettera

tbe

to

leMtor.

Letters

of general interest alone are

inserted.
Correspondents desiringreply must
pleaseenclose a stamped addressed
envelope.
All correspondentsshould
and address, not necessarilyfor publication,
give full name
but as a token of good faith.
N.B.
Writers
of signed articles are
alone
responsible for the opinions therein
"

contained.

is a little to fault.
Sepharial's*'memory
in the Spring of '92 an
attack was
of the planets by
made
the exaltations
on
Leo,"
Sepharial and
if I could point to
then
I took
asked
to which
exception. I was
instance of the Hindus
I replied that the Brihat
a single
using them.
of the
contained
the
of
the exaltations
and
signs
degrees
Jataka
did
the
there
little
Hindus
that
but
what
doubt
was
or
no
planets,so
he
them.
I did not
cite Ptolemy as an
as
use
authority,especially
gives no degrees.
the Nirayana system,
Now
use
Sepharial" says that the Hindus
which
places the ist point of T, 20" to the east of the vernal equinox,
that according to him, the degreesof exaltation
so
given in "Western,
Dear

Your

"

readers

friend

Our

Sir,

**

will recollect

that

"

**

"

**

works
have

Astrologyare

on

not

in K,

correct

) in T,

the 0 exalted
with my experience.

but

if we

alter them

5 in St, 2^ in

shall

20^ we

"c., which

do not

coincide
That

signsas given in my Key and other works are

but as regards the actual degreesI cannot
sure,

the exaltation

correct, I

am

quite

speak definitely.
We

are

told

in

the

introduction

to

the

Brihat

Jataka

that

our

vernal equinox cuts the equator, which

is quite correct, and also that
their calculations,
the star Revati, from which
make
point the Hindus
which
the same
about
the ecliptic,
seems
on
thing, so that these
degrees of exaltation may possiblybe the same, although that star
20".
haiS progressed
It has now,
to T
however, disappeared.
I was
the
article
of
to
see
pleased
Sepharial"on Hindu astrology.
of
the
the West.
of the East over
It confirms
superiority
my opinion

is

*'

RAPHAEL.

DECLINATIONS.
Sir.

I think

"

**

Raphael"
By

subject of declinations.
at

the interior of the Earth

**

has

slightlymisunderstood

centre

of the Earth," I meant

which
be
the whole
may

round

me

on

point
imagined

If
line passing round
the outside.
not
to revolve, and
a
the
this central point to
from
drawn
equator, and others to
then

all

planets

that

are

in

paralleldeclination

will form

the

the

line is

planets,

the

same

to the equator, whether

angle with the line passing from the centre
in
not.
or
are
they
aspect
real line ; it is the central
a
Surely the equator is,functionally,
ally
from the poles ; and these poles,again,are functioncircle equi-distant

So that there is a difference

real,for the Earth rotates round them.
other
between
the equator and any
imaginary circle drawn round the
Earth.
I think
in this

the best thing we

can
magazine except when

do is to
it bears

drop Theosophical discussion

astrology.

directly
upon

LEO

(Other lettersheld over,)

(H.

S.

G.)

tlbe

HstrolOGcrs' ^agasine.
[COPYRIGHT].

No.

X""^^ ^

39.

OCTOBER,

flDobern

notions

THE

in the minds

Many
are

clever

many

object is
Middle
with

the

feet

hair,if

long

hands

have

or

not

the

had

be in

hut

in

wood

some

Father

they

Time,"
to

came

Even
an

so

entertain

there

drawings

recentlyas

object

of this

this

seven

of the

character

subject,partaking
notions

be very

study

cold, and

that

you

an

study

find

it very

on

Mondays,

also

that

me

and

to

Old

"

However
what

few

of

portrayal.

of the

Astrologer^
of short

kind

have

their ideas

the

on

their

character, but

she

cold, being

out

to

one

thought astrologersmust

lie

sort of way,

the

of

kind

the heavens.

former

she

when

"

cat,

excruciatinglyfunny. Why,

\ objected

mentioned
incidentally
mutton

are

they ought

amateurish

"

siderable
con-

some

sage's shoulder),

kind

with

figureof

of the

the stars, "c., "c., and

astrologerin
don't

of

ladies told

young

fairies

for

isn't it ?

cover

depicted,
a

face and

companion,

the

this

the

on

ago,

is

somewhat

of methods

of these

"

of

over

of sack, with

mystery, and

partake

years

society

is

idea

in hand, pointing to
scaffold-pole
Some

his

on

man,

being is supposed

scythe. Amusing,

extant,

are

wretched

male

like

you

whose

hour-glass,in fact,a

an

there

old

very

with Pears' soap

a

so.

relic of the

kind

say

be

the

gender,

feet,and

generallyresides

his

minus

of

other, and

or

to

vague,

it should

anything

on

of such

abode

and

old, aye,

an

beard

personalcontact

The

Astrologer

an

probable),as

attire consists

skull,together with

all

middle, sandals

abnormally large (who

and

feminine

as

4id.

advisedly,for although

at

and

any,

whose

so,

period.
to

think

of

why

reason

the

they picture him

tied round

rope

(I say

sound
"

free

Post

Hgtroloficr-

an

him

"

they only

and

Ages,

is no

astrologers of

one

unkempt

two

him

4d.

people, is very hazy

yet there

upon

Price

-^

personal characteristics

of many

the least of it,and

look

3t)ea0 of

to the

as

1893.

on

was

blanket

when

informed

she cried,
of doors

"

Oh

they
was

! Mr.
,

all

night

everythingcold, even

cold shoulder

"

an

!"

I
cold

and that
generally,
D

50

MODERN

her

first

impressions were

better than

and,

glad

am

her the

for herself how

see

to

it was

ASTROLOGER.

decidedlywrong,

it caused

say,

principlesand laws, from

she found

AN

OF

precept, I showed

that she could

so

IDEAS

her

her

look

to

ideas

were,

astrology,its

at

in addition,

standpoint,and,

she had

is

example

as

operandiin outline,

modus
erroneous

rational

the chimera

not

and,

hitherto

supposed

it to

be.
Another
of

very low

have
the

class look upon

order, and

the

seen

of

have

cause

to

there

is

doubt

from

the chartalan

of

phase

students

also

they

are

ask all their

what

an

society,but
the

as

and

them

people who
in

are

"

to

are

in the

8.45 p.m.,

will

the

on

order,

the true

want

some

perchance, be

astrologeris

as

different

the

is from

innocent

worth

in the

in connection

found

be

to

found

be

as

clerical,legal,and

qualifiedsurgeon

readers

of

some
"

six stamps

acquaintanceswhat their
astrologeris,"c., "c., and they will

definitions,which

At

sheep

in fact,they
fraternities,

every

our

black

"

for

vagabonds

disparaginglyof them, yet,

somewhat

many

told

fortune

your

think

with

If

of these

unfortunately,
many

"

flock, so
astrological
medical

and

advertisements
semi-quack astrological

newspapers

no

all astrologers
as rogues

quack.
let

amusement,

individual
have

ideas

of

original

some

listeningto.

Ernest
named
man
14th of August, a young
suicide by shooting himself in the head,
There was
Liverpool Street Station, London.

Clarke, aged 25, committed

in the
no

of

waitingroom
motive

apparent

for his act, and

the editor of the

he left a letter behind

addressed

him

the next

Daily Chronicle,printedin that paper

day,
to commit
made
deliberately
up his mind
suicide as he was
excited correstired of life. Thereupon, ensued
pondence
an
in the same
been
had
He
livinga
apparently
newspaper.
of
active member
was
an
happy life,
engaged to be married, and was
to

in which

some

he said that he had

church.

applyingto

the

of the seventh
in

figurefor

the

conjunction,and

house.

This

and

of his death

time
close

parallelwith

the presence

the

shows

of Uranus

Moon

the cusp
in the seventh

Saturn

on

have
that he may
Mercury, suggest firstly,
square
had some
undivulgedmotive for his suicide,and secondly,that suicides,
and indeed all crimes, never
happen except under evil astral influences.
these
The
definite times when
well that there are
astrologerknows
influences prevail,
and then from the invisible store-house of evil which
surrounds
our
planet come
promptings to evil, and suggestions of
kind
of
crime
and
or
vice, and these find a lodgment in weak
every
of
life"
minds.
The
"tired
idea
that
who
those
can
are
congenial
find a peacefulhaven
the other side of the grave is,to the occultist,
on

Scorpio

in

to

absurd, for the testimonyof the

not

mean

for the suicide

an

seers

escape

of all times

from

trouble

or

is that

pain"

death

does

Ibinbu

THE

H0troloai?.

NADIGRANTHAM.
frontpage 39.)
(Continued

IN

the

villageof Thirurnalajanpatanam, near

the

in

grantham
certain

the

the

possession

to

the

there

in

planets

the

delineation,written

of the
the

place

languages he
tells the
and

gives

titne and

the

birth

of

which

the

daughter

is

brothers

side, describes

gain proficiency in

in his

twenty-seventh

the

father's

and

mother's

diseases

from

which

predicted at
With

only
**

regard

to

the books

of the

were

with.

Jotishawill

formulated

his

birth,

wife, his

languages
the

being

one

in the

out

at

certain

legalprofession
in his

ages

and

of

foreign

his

described, and

enumerated,

are

the

from
written

the

his death

to

say

that

to

before

fault.

this person

in this outline

which

our

On

the

other

reveal

the

fact that

suit the

that

remark

right to

call them

of the leaves, it is easy

age

long

is

is at

gentleman

singular accuracy,

hardly deal

of Hindu

family estate,

proficiency therein

and

predictions,it

these

hardly necessary

predicted,with
could

of his

57.

the appearance

that

two,

predicted

he will suffer

"

It is

are

death

predictions because,

see

four

is thereafter

future

ments,
attain-

and

of

(English),predicts a post

twenty-fourthyear,

native, names

the

death

predicted, the

he

court

The

tells of his former

which

of the

positions

querent.

sisters

and

marriage, his subsequent issue,cites

language

the

of the

second

would

with

his intellectual

particularsof marriage,

of

manner

planets,gives a description

learn, enumerates

the father's

on

books,

occupies twenty-eightstanzas.

appearance

of his

his

little search,

the

his
lations,
calcu-

some

the usual

of

consult

submit

of

therein,after

horoscope
verse,

Pillai.

to

to

volume

corresponded

personal

number

uncles

aunts

found

was

known

would

went

enough

fourth

the

to

positionsof

of birth,

kind

been

Nadi-

Rengaswami

astrologer,after making

in Tamil

brief,it tells the

named

one

palmyra leaves, in

followinghoroscope,
the

In

refer

upon

and

books,

India, there exists

Triplicane, Madras,

The

to

written

are

Indian

him

of

has

and

notice.

my

told
which

from

gentleman

Nadigrantham,

results

of

district of Southern

Tanjore

in

Negapatam,

hand,

peculiar caste

there

Western
even

the whole
and

to

was

born.

are

points

Astrology
slightstudy
of the rules

family customs

of

52

HINDU

the nation.
the

Our
of

case

rules of

own

than

Hindus

caste

families it is

after

puberty, while, for

hardly ever

can

regarded

in

house.

So

their lives from

of the

science.

only

in the basic

they be

hereafter show.
lines of

own

expert than

It has

are

in the

we

things in confirmatioji
be

yet

to

At

present

of

this monument
admiration

and

both

rules

In

I have

contained

of

to

accuracy

conduct

to

is the unit of time

since
therein

which

been

more

curious

some

more

detail.

and

to

me

of

perpetual source

I make

mystifiedand
the

Hindu

so

text-books

even

The

distinction

no

when

Western

of

astrologyyield
of these

use

with

these

of time ;

methods

many

within

works
of the

degree

will

hardly

astrologerthe
the modern

Nadigranthams

"minute"

joshis

Hindu
The

were

essentials,are

twenty-four

the

applicationof

an

risinglagnam (sign).

horoscopes, differingin
born

as

perplexed by

requiresa knowledge
careful

our

required; while

persons

more

twenty-four seconds

the average

I suppose,

for

upon

far

Nadigrantham,

Nadigranthams.

it is sufficient if they get the

otherwise,

that

will hereafter

tedious, and

within

With

us.

seen

this statement

in the

is,however, somewhat
of birth

remarked

experiences I

predictions,and

the results given in the

time

be

as
entirely,

(horary)and Janam (natal)Nadigranthams.

sources

of the

accuracy
the

wonder.

planets,

there is much

the

that,

OA'n

and

with

farce

of the

coincide

astrologicallearningis

the Prasna

between
From

concerned

am

make

our

not

have

of this statement,

of

events

astrologersare
I

is

point of agreement.

any

Hindu

surprisethat

for

the nature

to

West.

of these

Some

seen.

only

matter

do

yet

predictionthe

predictthe

different from

they

life of

so
especially

and

rules wou'd

said to have

in this matter,

yet, even

their

ninth

be

indeed, is the

principlesrelatingto

signsand houses, can

may

watery sign in the

that to

woman,

system of astrologyso

with

Hindu,

caste

any

foreign

found

own,

Western

own

Brahman

to

voyage

might

It is not, therefore,a

have

in

again, a

sea

thousands

our

Hindu

our

they

And

from

indeed, of

of the average

that

take

to

time, would

second

Then

all

be unmarried

girlto
a

at

In

17 years

or

marry

relations.

signs, and

different
or,

to

fact that

movable

Brahman,

widow

induced

be

country, despite the

planets

disgrape for

for

Who,

us.

in

good

predictmarriage

child at i6

all her

herself and

out-caste

do

the birth of

or

age,

hold

predictionno more
theirs apply to

English astrologers,would

instance,among
8-yearsof

ASTROLOGY.

seconds

case

was

prepared,
prepared
of

one

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

another, and

whose

Ascendants

53

distant,in India,only about

are

6" of space.

But, however
have

may

been

it is certain

precise the
in

Hindu

astrologersof

to the ascendant

regard

that extreme

looseness

at

ago

years
of

with

allowed

was

300

the time

birth,

regard

to

the

planetarypositions,for only the signs in which they may

happen to be at the time are recorded, the exact longitude not
Hindus
knew
to suggest that the
being required. This seems
about

more

the nature

and

possibly these

that

knowledge.

remembered

factors.

if

their aspects

and

Yet, in thus

fact that

the

The

Revati.

the

Hindu

to

at

influence

in the

those

that

fortunes

it is

the

of the

not

equinoxes

the

to

theory of

expect the

the
the

upon

zodiac

born

of

trace

under

the
half-

50J" per

Nirajana

the

month

and

another, the astral

one

of

rate

to

compare

same

it

beginning

able

not

if we

even

that

me,

ascendant, owing

Hindu

or

Hence,

system,

leads

This

the precession

to

year.

we

important

to

useful discussion

form

may

are

in the

results.

same

of which

some
questions,

at

we

with

ending

ascendant, unless

born

each

on

same

of

same

months

two

use

primary
sightof

unalterable

an

and

of persons

degree, for

of persons

least within

is not

according

Asvini

make

we

figureshaving exactlythe

or

could

asterism

equinox,

fraction of

or

horoscopes are
year,

the

shiftingvernal

degree

a-dozen

affords

Niryana system

the fact that

correspondences

same

to

not lose

must

thought certainly
impresses itself

possiblydue

the

key

when

case

essentials,and

as

regardingthe zodiac, we

zodiac, beginning with

with

do we,

valuable

evidentlythe

more

seems

than

casuallythe positionsof the planets are

but modifying factors ; while we
they were
selves
our-

regard them

is

will prove

Nadigranthams
This

of the zodiac

degrees

how

recorded, as

the

of the

at

future

time.
The

they

Hindus
with

are

are

the

"

as

square

With

etc., they have

of measure

in

the

regarded
regard

signsoccupied by

mathematical

nothing

of the

use

"

sign

"

as

are

Similarly,with

trines,sextiles,
etc.,
consulted.

If

(Aries),these

aspect.

their

planetis anywhere within the

(Cancer), and another is anywhere in

degree."

limits of (their)Kartikam

(their)Mesham

precise with

whatever

the

aspects,
to do.

determining aspects.

the

to

"

The

in

as

Kendra, i.e.,
trikonams

planets are

orbs
"

"

of

sign

'*

or

alone

influence,
is the unit

withal, there,

Yet

of
investigation
fascination.

an

the

astrologya

points

fact that

the

to

an

intellectual

of extreme

matter

make

alone

alike,

directions

system, horoscopes and

whole

The

It also

simple.
have

Hindu

These

results.

the

are

emphasize the necessityfor studyingthe

to

seem

by

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

54

and

zodiac pure

degrees

zodiac

of the

importance in astrologyperhaps little understood,

Pandit Joshisof India in the present day.

even

SEPHARIAL.

We

followingquotation from

the

extract

It is part of

by

answer

an

**

"

Sepharial

the

for

Prasnottara

May.

followingquestion,put

the

to

vidual
indithat an
belief among
Hindus
common
kill
him
of
that
and
no
or
can
one
existence,
period
of
this
?
after
him
before
that
time.
What
is
the
or
save
explanation
The following
part of the reply,will,we think, interest our readers :
**
the eiddlon of
from
Admitting that the astral prototype resulting

by

enquirer:

an

has

**

It is

fixed

"

"

the past birth is built up under

the
astral plane of existence, it follows
definite constitution

certain and

appertaining to the
given conditions, a

generallaws
that

of the

under

astral

**

will be the result.

"

man

aggregate of forces represented in that constitution will,by their

successive correlations,conduce
to the up-buildingof the astral body,
The

The

its destruction.

or

forces that

go to build up
for its destruction.

will,in the process of time, serve

illustrations of both

these

What

processes.

of

to

the modifications

so

far

imposed by

agents

formation

over

of the

into
personality

their
others

astral
which

several

electrical and

in the

solar

of the astral man,

before death
disorganise

it is the

and
can

in the astral

be induced

body

and
long-lived

has three

bodies

another

in truth ;

earthlyor physicalbody.
Sun, Moon, and Earth.
They
father,mother,

If

our

subscribers

and

have

the

on

as

has been
which

body

of the

fully.

solar

or

These

called

resist the

effects of

just this

it is
'

If the

which

makes

of the firstserious affection.

luminous,
he derives

lunar

or

astral,

from
indirectly

the Osiris, Isis

respectively

are

the
first

must

physicalbody.
to

of

of the

physicalbody by

the

will not
die ; and
of various * astrals

the victim
a

an

Horus;

astral

such

are

injuriessustained, then the person

difference between
the constitutions
man

time

the specificnature
body, determines
Ego subsequentlyincarnates more
and

to

ditions,
magneticcon-

the

means

Man

agents,

transmit

the

at

system,

determined,
period can be astrologically
act
Medicines,
"c.,
pre-natalepoch.'
upon

forces inherent

The

predominance

The

natures.

This

and

The

forces ?

these

are

transmittingagents.
planetarybodies, which

is concerned, are the

the pure solar forces in altered

according to
certain

the

man

as

the Earth

one

planetary body
Astronomy gives

operate in the evolution of a sidereal system, as in the up-building

form.
human
Regarded merely as cosmic forces,they are subject

same

the
and

son."

copies of No. i8 of the Astrologers'

any
should be pleased to have them, and will

we
Magazine (January,1892),
exchange them for other Numbers,

or

purchase

them

if clean.

3nfantUc flDortaliti?*
"Alan

By

to

OWING
giving
numbers

of space

want

the

; but

three

those students

last month's

to

particulars,so

Amongst
I think

who

the

this

the first batch, I have

givingin full,as
in astrological
matters.
of my givinghis full name

approve
Dear

no

I purpose
to hand

come

in

glad of further

subjectthoroughly up to date.
which
the following,
across
come

is worth

well up

previous

will have

positionswhich
I shall be

request, and

the

interested

letters have

Many

discontinue

to

in

as

case,

are

from

make

to

as

compelled

am

each

to

maps

in filling
in the map
difficulty
with every case.
givingnow
answer

Leo."

As

I
and

to be very

this student

I know

not

am

he will

that

sure

address, I withhold

it :

"

Sir,
this month

In
death

*s

of any infants'
you ask for particulars
the following,
which happened to one of

Magazine

; I therefore send

you

of time, etc.
children,so that I can vouch for the correctness
my
Male, born August ist, 1891, 11.5 p.m., at Cardiff,died April nth,
of death, convulsions
in teething,
together
1892, at 8.40 p.m. ; cause
with spinal complaint. Up to within
of his death, he was
month
a
own

He

healthyboy, without any sickness or indication of spinaldisease.

answered
to the signTaurus, and apparentlyhad nothing
entirely

the

matter

fine

began
could

with

to

him,
out

grow
not feel his

teeth without

any

lasted about

30

but

about

of

and

shape,
feet,and cried

trouble, but

on

before

month

his limbs
at

the

he

weak,

grew
touch.

his

died
so

spine

that

he

had cut two

He
every
last convulsions
set in, which

hours, and he then died. He had every care and

had a fall,or anything that I know
birth,and never
I may
of,to put his spine out, so that it was
a
purely natural case.
that
would
die of
he
I
erected
his
and
at
predicted
figure birth,
say
the
I see how
convulsions, but could not fix the time, neither can
time of death corresponds with the nativity.
Trustingthis may help you in your investigations,
attention

from

"c., J. R.

I am,

The

planetarypositionsare

August 1st, 1891, 11.5

nth

M.C.

The
and

T?15"nit 21'

latter

and

should

planet

Venus

is

ni8

of

birth,

ty 8

ig27-=37

3
056^

^8' a 31'

$26'*" 23'

5 2^Tni5/

36.

figureis Saturn, oppositionJupiter,

rules the

lady
add strengthto

2nd

asc.

24^23

25

real afflictionin the

this

Uranus,
Mars

intercepted

"7"gD42'

9^^21'

:fi7^Xo'I{.

for time

follows

"

12th

^17*^

241^40

p.m.

as

house

of the
the

of death, Venus

horoscope,

Sun

boy's constitution.

square

conjunction

56

OF

LIFE

THE

WEATHER.

THE

Moon
by direction had
April nth, 1892. The
and
Saturn
progressed by 16" " 26', separating from sextile
applying to trine Jupiter! Now those who hold that the Moon
be amazed
at these aspects
forces everythinginto action must
I confess I am
surprised myself,and it takes
producingDeath.
a

He

died

good

deal

and

"J.
the

R.'s"

died

son

hour

and

M.C.

has

oppositionof Venus,

but

here

or

system, for each

months

this

month

gives 20^,

50', this added

20^

months

so, the

an

process
8

try

us

other

some

system,

the result.

see

within

let

; but

surprise me

to

to

before his death.

Herschel,

then

ascendant

appliesto

helps the

affliction

supports the

the

ascendant

speak

^be

"Xife"

By

cause.

the ascendant;

15" 13' of

of

the
for

gives us
which

is

produces death,

of

Jupiter,lord

of the

This

strongly. What

very

degree

50', which

by being retrograde.

process

Come,

to

makes

Saturn

to

square

2t"

birth

boy was taken illabout a month

by process is then sesquiquadrate

the

square

the

values

days

24 8 23

Now

Note

add

we

10

asc.

square the evil Saturn.

progressed within
comes

his

after

days

10

say

and

the

eighth,who

certainly

case

opponents ?

you,

out

of tbe Mcatber-"

planetariaforce."

(Continuedfrom page 46.)

In

positions,this

"solar"
would

highly-chargedcondition, as

more

of

be

would

vapour

such

disruptionof
in

be

as
intensity,

the vapour

an

unnatural

vaporisation,condensed
of

process

and
"

returned

shortlyfollowed by

into

the

masses,

more

solid form

into which

exhaustion

the

of the

condensation

rise to

be set

sudden

of

free in

and

violent

all the well-known

condition, furnishing

(thunder)storm

"

literal explosion of

state

of

into

is transformed
electricity,

decomposition
thus

The

its elements

give

to

of

"group,'' or

atmospheric decomposition

nature.

rapid,and

so

of the electric

phenomena
vapour

then

and

mass

extreme

more

of

process

of

to

into

tension, in which

lightning or

the Earth

from

the

it

evaporated

accompanying moisture,now
of torrential

it is converted
in the
electricity

by

rains, hail,or
the

sudden

lightning,etc.

in the

bolts),
(thunder-

meteors

whence

heat of

and

converted
even

ice-

extreme

THE

motive

forces

is 860
at

at four

of

which

the

mile

and

which

Perth, August

at

19 and

the 0

of

thus

hail storms

in

England,

; the

great hail

the rain and

with

and
precipitated,

and

ice

and

the contiguous
intensity

together.
creation

storm,

as, so

This

of the

in

whirling

This,

resistless progress.
other

dischargewhich
it rushes

through

its vapour,

evolves

force to feed its

Such

set

may

be

incredible

of the

the

in the
and

in turn, becomes

one

28th),

so

he

been

violence
have

must

surrounding air
rushes

great

onward

the

of

currents

destruction

of its heat
an

i,

cyclone,tornado, or

current

havoc

and
electricity,

or

of water

mass

atmosphere

atmosphere, suddenly

its

must

of the

almost

it in motion, it forms

the

was

have

tornado

for, being exhausted

storms;

per

August

4 ins. in

which

combined

atmospheric circulation,dealing

of

hour ; and

of

force

at

deluging r^iin

{U positionon

clashingtogether of
motive

ins.

minute,

of 6 ins. per

formation

masses

commingling,the

downward

of the

29, 1868

what

(9

Genoa,

at

feet per

depth

vacuum

in the

between

493,763 feet

or

per

of the fall.

the

May

enormous

created
instantaneously

is the

minute,

hail fell at the rate

conceive the

will then

of

storm

in that

some

3), when

(i^ ins.

minutes

the great bail storm

as

cubic

position,

just passed

was,

time

mind

after W

30 ins.

53,278,720cubic

call to

positionAugust

1846 m

formed

for the whole

reader

(day

ins. in 34

4J

was

feet per

41,624,000 cubic

let the

Now

or

inch

One

to 1,997,952,000

1829 (the Earth

; in that at Perth, of

clashed

sea

miles, 1,716 times

rainfall measured

3,

vacuum

887,978 per second,

when

the

a vacuum
re-deposited,

was

25, 1822

^ ), the fall

and

The

hour).

hour

sideration
con-

high, 1,083

miles, 2,719 times.

amounting

Genoa, October

at

hour) ;

second

mile

one

three

at

inch of rain

an

30th),the 24 hours'

the rate

and

causes

occupies an air-spaceranging
inches.
for every
And, conversely,

be formed

would

Well,

b 8 0"

times

cubic

2,700

over

rarefaction

feet !

of air ; at

at five

"

from
easilyconceived
chemistry. At the level of

weight

miles,1,366

two

the

cyclone

or

be

may

principlesof

times

860

square

and

'

57

by evaporation,thus

between

per

tornado

miles, 2,160 times

of water,

or

the

and

of the

times

WEATHER.

"

hurricane,

water

THE

and decomposition is the cause

of
disruption
those of the gale,
grand and terrible phenomena

more

the

OF

this sudden

But

much

LIFE

in its

progenitor of
by

the

electric

icy blast,which,
chills and

creates

new

as

condenses
and

vacuo

decaying violence.
conceived

to

be the

general nature

and
D

action
2

58
of

THE

planetary

force of each

thus

mass,

heat

of

forming

the

longer sufficient force of "attraction" to

atmospheric tension, "gravitation" resumes
in with

sets
season

force and

the

latitude,and

or

their

of

focus

the
there

being no

the

maintain

its sway,

extreme

and.

action
re-

correspondingto the
influences in previous

suddenness
of

combination

for the

increasingin

approach

point reached,

of

volume

surface, and

of vapour,

orbs

This

influence,or "culmination."

gravitating

reservoir

or

from

the

inherent

enlarging the

and

solution in the form

as

planetary force," a

the planet; its gradual

and

medium

moisture

accumulation

and

"

of the

expanding

and

incorporation and
force

creation of

the Earth

between

atmosphere, and

absorption

WEATHER.

coinciding diminution

increase, and

each

THE

OF

The

influence.

attraction

mutual

LIFE

operation.
The

alternate

action

the "life" of the weather

littleknown
and

and

much

so

the
physicists
the

under

be

planet may

in

M.D.

Winslow,

and

called

and

is well

propertiesof

heat

and

cold, as

constellations, perverted and

the

between
confusion"
of the

planetsand

"

of the
"

mutual

relation
the

is transmitted

[imaginary]angle,and

disturbances
called

created

so

The

and

"

lunar

only because

"

aspects

each

only "aspects"

those called solars,made

then

both

up of the

of their direct

"sign-angular" position,as

shown

other, with
that

30^

have
or

action

being

the
as

Page 19, line

explanation of the
"

after

as

of

the vertex

atmospheric

any

existence

explained.

or

"sign" positions;
the

in the table,p.

15, for bells read

failures so often

so-

angular

Sun,

FREDERICK

Erratum.

formed

the

when

to

special

"mixture

neither in any

are

F.

planets and

The

for all the

such

any

upon

the Earth,

to

clue

by "aspects"
Moon.

C.

time, ignoring the simple fact that the

with
(geometrically)

Earth!

and

as

It is

of

falls back

accounts

so

few

Sun.

Nature^ by

idea

pertainingto

Sun

the

study, as

no

disturbed

the

and

worth

forces, but

counter

from

Force

Astro-meteorologyhas

independent

astronomers

"repulsion,"according

receding

or

^nd

Among

recognised by
slightly

are

to

work

(1869)5

life."

"cosmic

forces

two

tute
forces consti-

two

"planetaryforce,"so

less understood.

advancing

of

fullytreated

the so-called

"

"attraction"^

terms

of these

reaction

and

Earth

with
are

and
is in

278.
PRATT.

belts\ the latter term

in weather
seen
dictions,
pre-

lDlt"

tCcrminue

IN

Sir Walter

as

Scott*s life of

his death

Helena.

is

west

mundane

and

had

his birth.

nature

the

of his

by

same

the
We

and

cusp

death, which

is

the cusp

on

ninth

of the

in

the

think
some

Moon

fourfold

this

house

of birth ;

Capricorn^and his Saturn

having been in oppositionat
in

Cancer, the

with

stomach,

from

disease

last.

The

is there

of

death

former

sign

explainsthe
the

stomach,

figure shews

in Cancer, afflicted

Uranus.

the death

figure,taken

respects,

extraordinarycareer.
him
inaptly,for the

the

notice

figure,we

that

natus, and

latter the

was

indications,for

oppositionof

Aries

the

head, and

his birth

fell in his seventh

Saturn

polarityof

by

the

his Moon

to

at

in

the

on

with

moment

delirium

accompanied
the

in Taurus,

are

is

Moon

death

at

Moon

This

governing

Venus

rising in

in Aries

the

the

that it is in square

in Cancer

and

this for
Libra

conjunction

Scorpio

time.

its ruler,Mars, is in

and

sign ;

figurewill represent

the

positions at

longitude

Uranus.

Comparing
he

the above

the

St.

at

sign,in conjunctionwith Jupiter,Saturn,

Sun

house

and

5' south,

of

the time

5th, 1821,

May

on

16"

as

Greenwich,

zodiacal

The

seventh

opposition to
that

of

martial

Mercury.

of the

5.49 p.m.,

as

appropriately martial

Aries, another
and

Napoleon Buonaparte

latitude

the

Taking

rising,an

and

given

23 minutes

the

l^apolcon Buonaparte.

"

So

alone, although very

hardly accords

far

martial

as

with

the whole

his character goes, it does

traits ^re

very

nificant
sig-

of his
not

strongly shewn,

fit

and

6o
the

which

proud, ambitious, overbearing nature,

such

accompany
of

VITiE.

TERMINUS

Mercury,

of the

one

the

planets in

three

the head, would

gifts.

We

conjunction

look

these

close

this

upon

his

with

accord
fitly

only

can

likelyto

so

mind, with

the

planetsgoverning

sign of

mental

unbounded

The

this in Aries.

conjunction as

is

conjunctionof Mars, ruler of the ascendant, with Saturn, as

thoroughlycharacteristic of the unscrupulous crueltyof the man
who
was
responsiblefor the death of over a million of his fellow
creatures.

The

conjunction of

seventh

is

happy

his

deliberate

own

The

this

of

Austrian

by

His

Mars

The

conjunction

and

crowned
The

of

in

religionas

whole

of

It is
so

of

be

higher

Napoleon

the fact that

by

afflicted

eleventh, are

being

Venus

in which

well

as

in

may,

certain

among

up

rivals

career

superstitionthat

hand,

and

and

thus

the eccentric

through

ran

religionsubserve

even

the

the

among

enemies.

as

ninth,opposed by

pictured

one

the

he raised

he made

He

with

won

benefic

time

with

when

the

he

his
his

should

other, pull the

be the absolute

dictator,

warfare, throughout the

politicsand

Europe.
hardly in

accordance

planets should

many

figure.

of

his puppet, the pope,

stringsof

an

of his
house, it is also significant

of the

the vein

his armies

control

with

was

at the earlier stages of his

whom

the cusp

on

ambition.

unbounded

and

fairlydescribes

Europe

the way

and

the

indicate

here rules the tenth

is indicated

fifth and

Sun

tenth

also

Uranus, indicates
nature,

marriage

his wife would

This

of the

the

Sun

Moon

children.

no

perhaps

the great popularity he

rules

heads

him

Saturn.

indicate

The

power.

second

Mercury, ruling the

Sun

bore

may

that

died young.

both

the

only dissolved by

child,the sicklylittle so-called

classes,principallythe army,
as

Uranus

with

marriage

first

notice that the Sun

we

one

Second, who

perhaps,

she

of the

cusp

own.

only

Jupiterand
by

was

marriage.

his

had

He

fortunate,and
because

the

on

his

therefore indicates

station than

Venus

position,for

purpose

princess,and

house, and

the

and

affliction of the Moon

upshot

and

Sun

suitable

very

Josephine was

the

If this house

astrologers
"

and

enemies"

such

had

with

what

be

found

the

meaning

this

in

we

the

sixth

attributed

position would

is
signification

should

seem

worth
certainly

expect that

house
to

of

this

it by Hindu

highly

priate,
appro-

considering.

Zbc

Stu^cnt0'
By

"

LUNAR

IN calculating
paid
be

to

observed

that

Saturn

through
Saturn
of the

Moon,

15", or

to

of

motion
are

same

in

occupies

about

find the

place of

the

native

the

Saturn, and
other

hand, the

The

student
Moon

soon

It must

bring

closely,unless
be

never

about

instance, if

well

the

if Mars

of the

disgrace herself.

moral

rather
lapses,

on

or

12"

6
,

the

nativity,

action.

On

of the

Moon,

by
the

by

fortune.

good

will follow

swift,when

than

the

the

she

will

is

judge

not

there

aspected.

life of

Taurus,

the

Sun,

can

nativity.

For

or

is not

This

strong, it

very

that

Moon

be

be free

female

seventh
so

judge

not

seventh

will

is very

bad, although

planet

causes

sudden

prostitution.

felt
4th, a shock of earthquake was
then well tenanted.
earthquake signswere
in

directions

if the

first,fifth,and

in the fifth

Mars

or

Again,

occur.

Herschel
he

how

{upiter
Jranus in Scorpio, in
were

at

neutralised

house, do

August

known

the

there, unless

be

it will

for females.

depends

The

be

second

malefics, do

Saturn

much

On

from

long spellof

Saturn

direction

no

the

Saturn

or

probable that

presence

unfortunate

of

motion

motion

about

case,

motion

Jupiter in

aspected by Jupiter,and

from

place

bring

in either
her

into

fore-signifiedin

not

has

man

than

more

the

to

forgotten that

event

an

bankruptcy, but
is

goes

of orbs.

out

pass

of Saturn

will observe, that

very

her

will be

excited

beneficial,and

prove

of

by direction,in

experience

Moon

will be

it does

significationsof

the

of the

ones

")(" or

direction, will

the

evil

the Moon

will then

directions

good

that

transit

The

years.

by transit, and

misfortune, in conformity with

because

days,
29J

the

and

regular,varying as

of Saturn

slow, the

be

Saturn, also, has his retrogradations.

day.

place

and

here

instance, the Moon

For
28

should

It may

direction

by

Moon

about

is not

transit.

by

similar.

signs

you

Saturn

of the

very

per

when

time

same

place

however,

8 to the

or

the

the

more,

Now,

directions,particularattention

twelve

through

DIRECTIONS.

lunar

the

the

Raphael."

the

transit

by

Corner^

Mars,

opposition to the

and

Moon.

Leicester.

near

The

Mercury

in

Moon

Leo,

and
and

Setroloocre^

fl"obcrn
No.

planets
THEastrologer

III."

positedas

were

who

born.

The

uses

the

ascending degree

balloon, with

the
an

lifewill abound
labours.*'

"SEPHARIAL.

dark

nom

clouds

but
trials,

de

is thus
beneath

of
investigator
with

above

the

the

when

*'

plume of Sepharial
symbolised:"A man
him.

Denotes

imponderables;

success

Capricorn is interceptedin

well-known

"

will

one

an

was

in

perimentalist,
ex-

whose

ultimatelycrown

the ascendant, Saturn

his
and

In person
he
the two lords,are both above the Earth.
Jupiter,
is tall,
and thin as a churchyardghost. His face is
long-legged,
of dark, curly,
decidedlythat of a mystic, with a shockhead
and
unruly hair. In dispositionhe is kind and good-natured,
lord of ascendant, in the
readilyattracts friends (notice Jupiter,
house of friends,
and Venus
exactlyrisingin Leo at the pre-natal
he
is devoted to all forms of occultism, and has tireless
epoch);

MODERN

and

energy
and

As

from

sometimes

he has done.
been

which
intuition,

enabled

gladness
that

him

"

Sepharial

value

has

both

to

in him

him

on

shews

of

square

the

ninth

the

gained by

money

weak

Mercury

his

supported
with
do

excellent

it deserved

as

opposition from
with

accord

not

planets which

are

by
financially
when

correct

magazine
to

occultists

his
not

His

own.

to

squared by
occultism

Borderland

"All

hope (of money-making)

abandon

Mars

is

second

was,

for

the

short

time, apprenticed

occupation (noticealso
the

planet

and

Uranus

The

next

of the

cusp

afflicts the

that
Sun

does

not

who

he will meet
methods

to

three

he

is

loses

perfectly

spellmoney.
enter

house, and

rules the

Mats

here."

"Sepharial"

chemist,

martial

mid-heaven), but

as

by semi-square,Jupiter,
by parallel,

by sesquiquadrate,this
planet,Venus,

Stead

we

not

was

contains

Mr.

ye

and

"

Fortune

house

second

Uranus.

of money

astrologerswhose

occultism.

he says that the

just on

for its

favourablyaspected, hence

very

his devotion

and

is

this,the planet is

secondly,that

be-^and

in the

Mercury

pen.

and

Fate

Sun

(thirdhouse),

loss
signifies,
firstly,

Uranus

friends,

this accounts

sign,Pisces, and

to

of

house

situated
(literature),

or
through publications
writings relatingto

that

practical

positionof the

in the life history,for,apart from

strong, it is in

know

convinced

are

we

with

hail

we

by the lightwhich

strong point of the zodiac, and

prominence
This

account

clerical work

and

magazines

the lord of the

(money),

situated

the

impossibleto

of considerable

be

to

in the third house

with

Mercury,

second

this

be

lord of his ascendant, is in the

in trine to the Sun

while

would

systems of astrology.

the
Jupiter,

associates

ought

originalwork

associations,and

methods
astrological

of Eastern

study

training and

in India, for

residence

occultist.

an

considerable, has
naturally

is

astrologer.On

his present

air for

for the very

which

do work

to

Western

average

not

his occult

strengthened by

has

**

His

solemnitywhich

and

gloom

is remarkable

63

cheerful in manner,

and
lively

the proper

consider

astrologerhe

an

is
that

possessing

"SEPHARIAL."

"

He

perseverance.

is far

outsiders

ASTROLOGERS.

rules

the

endured
ninth

but for
house

short time.

and
(literature

applying to the trine of Uranus, and hence

in publishingliterature dealing with
promises some
success
occult subjects. We
work
on
hope that a new
astrologyby him
will shortlybe announced.
is opposed by the Moon,
As Venus
and
religion),

is

and
squared by Jupiter,

rules the

fourth

house

(the end of life).

64

he will,doubtless, not

leave many

to

expect

he cannot

sight of.

it away

take

It will be

sign to both

Mars

and

millions

coil,which

with

noticed

SEPHARIAL."

"

he shuffles off this mortal

when
as

"

ASTROLOGERS.

MODERN

him,

that

fact

the

he

need

not

so

many

of

is in the

Moon

about

is distant

Venus, and

behind

him

regret,
lose

us

opposite

14"

from

the

oppositionof Mars ; this corresponds to an illness affectingthe

left legat the age of fourteen (Aquarius governs
the lower part of
The
the
happening then.
legs),and to other misfortunes
take to indicate (together
to Venus
we
oppositionof the Moon
the

with
the

positionof

Uranus

breaking off of

article
That

he

practicaloccult

him

active

Madame

by

his

as

*'

Blavatsky)

occult tendencies

in

exalted

regard as important, also

exactly rising
affectionate

has

His

found

India

followed

was

time

Sun,

and

between

this
two

friend and
with

has

her

It is also
Leo's
Sun.

"

Hence

the

on

sextile of the

This

Moon

to

in

Leo,

him

an

position
also

He

*'

of

(the house

of

conjunction of

the Sun

and

of fever afteyrhe had

place

Mars

recognised

has

not

notice

the link between

"

on

the

that
Moon

these

Blavatsky's

as

strong

his

was

he lived in the
her

before

Leo's

of Madame

Blavatsky

happened

Alan

ninth

direction

conjunction with

been

years

both

the

under

attack

Madame

interestingto

Sun, while

the

in occultism, and

for two

that of his mother

in trine to

judge.

we

always

persons.

teacher

house

in his character.

an

in India ; this

is situated

Moon

by

caused

yet expended all its force

His

The

horoscope.

intuition.

undertaken

was

epoch, which

short

These

ear.

to

This

the

at

the

the sextile of Venus, ruler of the

to

voyages).
been

poetic vein

voyage

the Sun

Mars

much

musical

good

in his

given

(a name

up

disposition and

for the

accounts

by

seen

by the positionof Venus

gives
pre-natal epoch, which

backed

the

at

"

in the ninth

in Libra

Uranus

are

by night is

be

can

Tramp

several indications

have

These

his dream-life

of

of his

some

Lucifer^October, 1891.

Saturn

Uranus.

fact of which

Astral

An

positionof
we

in his first

in the direction

waking-lifeby day

his strange tale of

perusalof

marriage)

he alluded

powers

etc., is a
thought-reading,
clairvoyance,
friends have had good proof; and that
as

of

Astrology."

possesses

sometimes

of the house

to which

engagement,

an

Hindu

**

on

the cusp

on

death.
same

Her

personal
hold
house-

death

and

day.

his Moon
is close to

writers.

same

hnk

is
**

near

**

Alan
"

Aphorel's

tCbe 2)corcc0 of tbc 3toMac

S^mboliecb*

GEMINI.
Two

5^.
"

duel.

and

This

of

will

He

position,but
succeed

will

wood,

rich

native

purpleand

efforts
with

meet

of

will be

fighting

gold vesture

jealousand

for himself

opposition, and

the attempt.

This

is

and

will

either

of chance.

degree

in

book

by great

wealth

gaining

at

of

person

hand

one

learning,sound

and

The

will succeed

native

will become

and

famous, but

will live to

rich, and

in his

good

and

impassive

studies

and

This

is

fession,
pro-

will

He

popular.

not

age.

sionate
dispas-

reason,

cold

but

judgment, elegant manners,

be

of

act

scales in the other.

It indicates

nature.

the

in

competence

stands, holding

woman

pair of

the

make

perishin

or

"

that

winning

nature,

hazards.

lies

jewels.

indicates

warlike

6".

them

Between
casket

in

standing

men,

degree

of

judgment.
"

rises

At the back
This

will

have

This

is

8^.

house

"

graceful,and

the

degree

desires.

on

and
of
a

to

He

security.

increase

the

that

desolation
His

the

body elegant.
small

The

manners

The

native

imaginative

will be

native

successful
stir up

upon

domestic

of cholera

predictionsdeduced
Our
been

of

from

in

the

predictionthat

rash

and

therein

power.

warlike,

beyond

himself

through a

his

others,

disputes among

false

life will be full of turmoil.

"

Consort, and

Edinburgh

has

some

parts of

Surope

planetarypositionsat
illness will

fulfilled in the death

late Prince
Duke

will suffer but

sense

It is

degree of strife.

The

has

who

peace.
night-time.

will be apt to

bring

One

fire at

destruction,and

to

nature, full of

kind

thoughtful;

and

memory

of

floating.

in all his relations.

peace
and

It indicates
inclined

will have

strong

is

swan

generous,

passive,calm,

and

courteous

quiet happiness.

and

will be

which

on

mountain.

of

one

and

sorrows,

mind

high

indicates

contentment

few

lake

peacefulvalley;a

7^.

probablyaffect

of the Duke

hence

succeeded

has

the

of

fulfilledour

August
royal

to the dukedom.

to

the

"

of the
Queen. The

Coburg, brother

brother-in-law

tion.
luna-

circles

nDunbane

Hatrologi?.

Libra

enters

Sep. 22,1893,

{^)

7h.46m.,p.m.

2tt

London.

figure.

celestial

the

into
The

public are

although

close

positionof

scandal, and,

cases

ripen

assembly
I

for the

will be

accidents

many

sickness

in the

At

New

persons

of

July 28th,

the

and
On
at

square
letter

with

heavy

to

thje Moon

of Uranus,

Mr.

announcing

that

August 15th, with the

Moon

wrote

the

Hereford

many

accomplished.

From

member

election.

the

there

period

would
to

celebrS.

cause

and

children,
much

mortality,several

Scandals

affectingclerics
will be

ruled

the

Grenfell, Liberal
close

in

legislative

heavily tenanted.

bills of

applyingto
he

of the

; many

fifth house, and

is

light;

will be

women

women

the

relatingto

large failures during

On

crime, especiallyto

brought

Jupiter,

will

amongst

land, for the sixth house

will be

argument

an

conjunction, there

crime

position join the majority.

scientists

or

are

court, and

will be

above

be

brought prominentlyforward

York, there

the

power

there

but

in

Venus

improbable,

in matters

is

entry

royal orb, is retrograde, hence

they

ere

and

divorce

partiesin

prevalent ;

burst

not

much

anticipate

be

Uranus

much

of the

trine

bubbles

and

the

to

Sun's
in

depicted

are

in the eleventh

Moon

favourable

speculation will

schemes
the

to

the

of the

moment

Libra

sign

positionof

that the

much

the

planetary positions at

THE

by

some

the

ceptionally
ex-

ingress.

oppositionof the Sun,

for Hereford,
M.P.

resignhis

seat

in Parliament.

Saturn, his party

lost his seat

MUNDANE

67

ASTROLOGY.

New

Moon.

9th, 1893, ^-^'i27-m.,

October

m.

above

THE

the

are

The

Moon.

the moment

planetarypositionsat

conjoined luminaries

of New

just separatingfrom

are

conjunctionwith Saturn, the latter planet,with the lightsbeing

in sesquiquadrateto Jupiter; Neptune is in similar aspect to
whilst

Mercury,
remarkable

for the

much

portends

the month,

with

There

will be

much

and

There

disastrous

explosionis probable.
inflammatoryspeeches and

figureis

in the fifth house, and

with

it

placesof amusements,
speculationduring

results.

deaths

an

The

Venus.

to

will be much

outrages

many
;

in Libra

in connection

places.

sickness

semi-square

satellitum

trouble

like

schools, and

is

Saturn

in

The

the

month,

fires,and
parliamentarycircles,
of Lords

House

much

during

women

on

is in bad

odour,

excitement

in connection

and

accidents

with

it.
At

excitement
St.

heavy death
circles.
political

York,

New

in

homeless.
and

many

much

internal

will characterise

; much

plosions,
trouble,ex-

the month.

malefic day. There was

to have been a very
in America, attended
with great loss of life;a
burnt
Island, New
York, where several hotels were

seems

hurricane

great fire at Long

down, and another
Saturn

rate

experience

crime

much

August 29th
violent

rendered

will

Petersburgh
and

fire at
The

Venus, and

Marseilles

Moon
Mars

was

that
very

by
day

which
was

in

close to the

200

persons

oppositionto
Sun.

were

both

proanoeticatione

baeeb

l^ulina Sian*

tbe

upon

CANCER.

the

upon

native

agitation, and
native

but

secretive
certain

Gifted

will incline

The

The

and

excitable.

and

relatives, and
and

sympathy

native

The

will

honour,

and

Those

be

and

due

lacking in

by

calm

subject
in
his

of the

to the

movable

sleep.

the
most

again violent
his

friends

long without

their

to

will
The

be

will

native

be

superior intelligence.
and
irritability,

actions,
aptitude for general trans-

It

gives

love

position,

of

It confers,

the native.

are

November.

It renders
he

day, and

one

makes

native

the

nature.

serene

Moon,
be

and

is

The
if the

somnambulist,

if born

fortunate

more

explosion of temper

will

certain

sensitivity.

things, and

some

phases of the
sign, he

is

temper

may

be

the

next

self-confidence, cautious, timid, and

suddenly, and

very

much

spired
hero, in-

The

nervous

extreme

Cancer

peculiar characteristic

This

on

and

spirit of eclecticism, versatihty,and

July to

in

go

readily to

come

unassailable

light-hearted,and
him

to

native

under

from

part of

much

very

the

to

understanding

benign, and

by

command.

these

peculiarly uncertain

to

disturbed

the

born

during the months

and

able

of

the

life.

adventure,

study.

or

cling

disposed

powers

play

the

into

romance,

directions, with

also, religious fervour, the

industry.

be

self-assertion.

and
many

to

on

diplomacy,
power,

will

Nevertheless, there

excitement,
confers

Cancer

be

never

gifted in

is liable

unreasonable

he

to

will

support.

and

enter

calm

native

degree of independence
generous,

will

imagination,

capricious, now

and

inspire confidence.

rule

to

of

manners

apparently frank,

will

good, the

aspire

The

decisive

much

very

will

native

by enthusiasm,

changeful

and

is very

memory

the

keen, and

method

activity,constant

world.

native

fruitful imagination,

fantastic, and
fiction.

and

curt

things, the

of

the

in

It confers

Moon.

life, much

roaming

somewhat

degree

by the

over

influence

in many

with

ruled

much

will be

the

is

sign Cancer

THE

as

to

the native

datmtless,
may

find

depressed.
himself

rouse

rapidlysucceeded

native
Moon-be
and

will

be

very

rising,or
will

walk

in

BASED

PROGNOSTICATIONS

Wealth

will be

acquire,and
speculationshe

In

will be

but in the latter half of Hfe he will be

During youth, he

will

studies,will have

troubles

experience difficulties

will become
and

adopts
much

give

The

estranged.
another

case

be.

may

adopt

may

scientific

some

during

life will arise from

will be

some

tendency

unexpected
will

and

marriage,

will take

the union

will be

not

The

of the

family

Children

of untoward

and

troubles
there

always

them, for

the

at

unforeseen

providentialand

will

good position,

and
chiefly,
about

people

own

force

most

nature

right.
this

sign

late

only

in life,if at

place earlier,to

much

one

troubles

fraught with

much

not

are

disposed

all.

strife.

and

to

Frequently,

older in years,

great difficulties being overcome,

although

losses will

with

and

Advantages,

however,

arise

may

be

Sudden

and

the age

of 14, 26,

till35 years,

Up

will

success

The

come

eclatygaining honours

frequentchanges

the native

of

by

occupation are

years.

will be unsettled, but after then

friends,supporters, and advocates,

many

but

women,

and

health

be affected

one

of them

are

struggle,or

in

44 years

is

danger

battle,if the

of

enemies

will

is

and
cause

will be

perienced
ex-

of age.
and

the bowels, stomach, and

there

away,

Secret

generallygood,

subject to accidents, and

will turn

injuriestherefrom

anxiety, and

will be

There

especially

apace.

at 20, 32, and

thereto.

38

or

will be imminent,

will suffer in consequence.

trouble

The

violence

the fortunes

native will have

especially
among
much

out

come

expected.

Dangers by treacheryand
about

long voyages,

the native will

inevitablyoccur,

subsequent profit and

his adventures.

to

loss of

his

native will often travel,taking frequentand

of them

to

doubt

the first marriage.

from

and

no

Losses

profession.

mystery

under

marry

marriage

without

to

matters

born

Persons

the

will rise to

sources

relief of

moment

to set

come

two

profession,or

A member

will suffer from

anxiety, and

fortunate.

his friends.

among

who
circumstances, except the first,
and

in his

native often leaves

familyfrom

fortunate,
equallyun-

more

through relatives,and

brothers, or sisters,as the

69

SIGN.

relatives will waste

difficult to

of his substance.

much

RULING

THE

UPON

danger

the

parts

blood.
of

The

gunshot

likely

most
arms

or

are

wounds

physicalinjury inflicted during a

native

be

soldier.
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to

EMtor.

of generalinterest alone are

inserted.
Correspondents desiringreply must
pleaseenclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondentsshould
for publicaand address, not necessarily
tion,
give full name
but as a token of good faith.
alone
Writers
of signed articles are
N.B.
responsiblefor the opinions therein
Letters

"

cpntained.

HORARY

*'CASAEL'S"

Sir,
"

to

reading Mr.

surprisedon

am

find he

is

First

touchy.

so

ASTROLOGY.

let

Casaei*s

replyto

not
am
say
seeks information
on
me

queries

my

professional

but only a student, who

astrologer,
points that I
do not understand.
the
I am
not
veracity of Casael,
questioning
in
words to
although, my opinion,in this case he appears by his own
know
all about
the persons, so that Horary Astrology seems
to me
But
unnecessary.
and only takes heed

he says he is content
to be a follower
of what Lillyauthorised, I will endeavour

as

by Lilly'swritings that he
one
astrology,
being Bohn's
that I will quote.
On
page
31, Lilly says

astrologyof the

of
to

Lilly,
prove

quibbler. I have but few books on

edition of Lilly,by **Zadkiel," and from

is

the

house

seventh

artist himself."

On

page

has

123,

"in
signification

chap.

xxvi.

"

On

an

absent

for the
brother," Lilly says: "the first,its lord and ) are
his
for
the
the
the quesited;
third,
fourth,
(the brother's)
querent ;
house of substance," etc.
From
two

Mr.

Casael's

it

statements

seems

female

propounded

the

the ascendant
page 245, therefore,according to Lilly,
seventh
house
its ruler ()) is her significator.The
(l^),

questionson

(05) and

the artist (Casael),

and yet
signifies
by I? (accordingto Lilly),
the Moon
is leaving Venus," etc.
According
gives as his reason
has nothing to do with it. Casael, on question
to Lilly's
rules,Venus
is
found
rules.
to Lilly's
faulty,
according
I,
mentioned
See what
which
have
I
2.
above, and, in
Lilly says,
in
detrimented
that
is
states
addition, Lilly
0
cr, although he does
the Q ; but if Casael is content
follower and
to be Lilly's
not mention
his
that
will
consider
does
he
?
let
I
But
not
use
improver,why
"
go,
question 2 not proved.
Casael decidedlyquibbleson this and evades
the question. I
3.
again ask him if the ninth house of the figure is not the brother's
of any author as to -cc:'or X ruling
out
seventh, and to give his reasons
mind
America.
the volumes
Never
about
of theory,let Mr. Casael
ruled
he

"

"

"

give a

decided

the brother
4.

"

if able, and

answer,

leave

the

facts of what

he knew

did.
in

As

question 3,

Lilly (page 48)

according as he

does
is

Casael

the

evades

consider

not

point. May
Mercury masculine
planet? In this case

I ask
or

him

if

feminine

to any
5 is d 0
the
is
masculine
considered
a
or
a feminine
0
masculine);
(decidedly
thus
and
masculine
masculine
is
in
not
a
^
planetby Casael,
sign,
5
house ?
and in the ninth a masculine

joined

Why does Casael take ) at all in this question?

5.
rules the brother's tenth, and has nothing to do with the
"

issue, for this is what

knowledge.
his author

of, as far

His

other

I cannot
reasons

(Lilly),
except
as

I know.

as

The

Moon

questionat

understand, according to my little

this question are in agreement with
on
regards ^ which Lillyhad no knowledge
,

LETTERS

TO

THE

EDITOR.

71

I am
Mr. Casael
not jealous,I only seek knowledge,
assure
like himself,
men
Nemo,"
Horary Astrology I consider
Hatfield,Henry, and
Raphael," should, and I think do, as a rule,
make
clear for lis students ; but if anything they may
things fairly
write is not so clear as it might be, it is their dutyto make
it plain if
asked for respectfully
I have done. Might I ask our friend "Raphael,'*
as
with your permission,Mr. Editor, to give his opinionof the judgment
Let

and

me

**

on

"

of the

figure.

[Note

Ed.

by

judgment

CANDID.
sincerely,
be
some
likelyto
controversy on the
Mr.
Casael
to which
our
pondent
correshorary figureby
Yours

As

"

of the

is

there
"

think
it well, as
Mr.
exception, we
Casael
quotes Lilly,to give a figureby that great artist and his
judgment on a similar question,which we have taken from Bohn's
fair play and
We
do this on the principleof
Lilly,"page 129.
favour,"so that all interested may form an unbiassed opinion]
no
**

Candid

takes

**

"

Questionsregardingan absent brother.

// livingor dead ? if dead, whether killed by soldiers? forat
miserable kingdom was fullofsoldiers,
our
?
when he should hear of him ? and where he was
If living,

St.

2nd."

he should

When

3rd.
"

First query.
ascendant
The
"

come

this time

home ?

// livingor

dead ?

of him
form
the
of
lord
sign.
with consideration had to "?,
asked the question,
who
"c.
real saturnine man,
of
a
body,
The
lean,
was
spare
querent
? being lady thereof
of the third house, and
" is the ascendant
the absent brother.
represented
doth

here

represent the

shape

and

afflicted,either
of the quesited,
being noways
significator
the quesited's
of
lord
or
the
in
^
figure,
by 5 lord of the eighth
of 2; and
a
A
the
)
being good, viz.,
eighth; and the separationof
of
to
on
and
0
d
cusp of
going
who
is in good aspect to %,
6
5
the

the
manner

mid-heaven, I judged the absent brother

in good health.
of accident, but was
Second

query.
lady of the

? ,
ascendant

"

and

When

he should hear

of him

was

alive,and

had

no

of the
third, applies to a friendlyA of I? lord
of ? ; a very
the
also
to
aspect
\^ being I?r,applies
,

72

TO

LETTERS

good argument
suddenly,and

THE

EDITOR.

of his brother very

that the querent should hear news
if you look into the Ephemerisfor November
7th, 1645,

will find that about

tween
4 o'clock,on that very day, the A aspect beadvised
the querent to go
formed.
I therefore
$ and
J? was
where
he knew
his brother had been^
to the carriers of those countries
and ask when
the quesited,
for I told him that it was
they saw
probable
you

that he would

hear of him that very day (hehas since confidently

affirmed
that about the very moment
carrier
about
a
viz,,
came
time,
o'clock,
of
casually
4
where he was
him that his brother was
and informed
livingand in health).
Third
His

he

was

in the west.

significator,
leaving f
whereon
I judged

sign;
unto

country
and

which

he

of the

time

north-east

And

he went.

in the Oriental

was

the

At

sign,and

in the

was

as

was

question I find
enteringy^, a
part of the

south-east

not

far out

quarter ot heaven, that he

of the

dant,
ascen-

above

not

was

leaving f and
$ was
days'journey from London
; and as
and term, I judged
by triplicity
enteringa sign in which she has dignities
tation,
the man
was
leaving the country where he had no possessionor habiwhere
his
London
he
had
in
to
and was
house
own
coming
good
one
degree of gettingout of the sign,I judged
property. As 2 wanted
in less than one week, for f is a common
he would
be at home
sign,
therein
week.
in this question might well denote
and one
one
degree
the following Tuesday,when
she
home
" came
He
to
came
on
d
in
The
her own
two
being then got into l^p
term, and diurnal triplicity.
being in A, these two brothers did, and do, live very
significators
amicably together.
one

Where

"

journeywas

his

$ ,
south

query.

two

or

"

EXALTATIONS.
I do

Sir,
"

think

not

**Sepharial" called
and

Pearce's

**

Raphael's"

attention

to.

ofthe Stars, both

Science

letter

the difficulty
quite removes
Raphael's" Guide, Vol. H.,
give the planets as exalted in
**

The
Brihat Jataka
signs
degrees,and both lists agree.
table
of
the
exalted
in
and
a
gives
planets
signs
degrees. The
the
those
and
Mr.
same
as
Pearce, but
signs are
given by Raphael"
the degrees mentioned
the
and
But even
are
same
partlynot.
partly
if they agreed in every
it
of
be no
would
detail,
proof
accuracy,
because
the Brihat Jataka says
they refer to different zodiacs. When
that the sun
is exalted in 10" Aries,it means,
roughly,30" Aries, in
certain

and

also

**

of

terms

our

it says
And
when
lo** Scorpio in our

zodiac.

Libra, it means

about

zodiac.

in 20"

is exalted

that Saturn

The

fact that

the

the surface,but differ in reality,

seems
to me
that they are
both unreliable.
The
list may
have
been
to show
one
others
from
centuries
the
difference
the
without
copied
carelessly
ago,
tables

two

are

similar

the two

between
There

pointsin

are
our

somehow

been

being realised.
important and apparentlyirregularsensitive
I hope will soon
be made
public by their
that
the
exaltation
have
of
possible
degrees
may

zodiacs

several very
zodiac, which
It is

discoverer.

on

derived

from

these

originally.
LEO

Hnewere
Roach,

Sidney

time, and
Siu

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place of the child's birth.

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person's feelingstowards
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and

by

cold

What

create, I think
I

boast

never

the

he

that

this is the

These

people

and

with

that
should

I have

for the

the

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notice

believingin

anyone

narrow-minded.

so

astrologyon

firmer

knowledge

of

its

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us

ridicule

proves.

his

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to

As

us.

Now

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astrologer,

is liable to.
in

are

realitybeneath

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astrology,and
it will not

but

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Our

united

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glorious truths,

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remarks,

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in connection

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For

the

proves

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hot

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our

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our

much

made

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that

page

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to

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on

blows

is attributed

figures,which

silent contempt,

styleof

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in

I would

the statement

out, that

made'

of

sillyattacks

of friends
let pass

been

mistakes

notice,for

mire^

has

that

education

who

man

I think

difficult science

very

part of astrologiasana

his occasional

my

this

imagine

can

anyone

of, but

aware

am

be very

his letter

of any

must

education.

has

neither

amusement

his

improve

of
deficiency

attempt

no

handle

to

the

yet,

would

of

exposing

charged with

who

I read

think
the

knew

of education

Magazine.

enough

If he

turns

be

person

y^henever

students

can

attacks

unworthy

to

us

Magazine.

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us

insult

allows

education, by

reads

satisfied with

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this

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Wild(e)

colleagues

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meanness,

of my

private names

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(Pearce)

contemporary

OUR

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place

strengthen

differences

can

nothing whatever

our

only
of

MORTALITY.

INFANTILE

74
If

the science.

by

to uphold
periodical

last

another

official or

an

unbiassed

in

will throw

Christians, or

by

seen

far

are

These

welcome

the brains

now

whether

we

the

that

phists,
Theoso-

lives may

and

judge

to

are

we

view

every

it be from

ourselves

will prove

reliable than

more

the

refer to

Theosophists ;

characters

Our

photo-horoscopesof

present volume.
and

has

also

I must

astrology,whether

Jews.

who

everyone

refer to the

of

unofficial organ

lightupon

new

only merit

not

of; the Astrologers'

Magazine

approve

religiousbeliefs,and

our

to

i4.Af.,the first and

the

astrology.

true

that I do not

remark

is neither

with

connected

everyone

their attacks

confine

respect and courtesy shown

every student, but have

approvalof

them

only

criticism,they will

sensible

fair,honourable, and
the

will

opponents

our

be

nativityif they

in the

appearing
seek truth

not,

or

of opponents.

puerileremarks

LEO.

ALAN

3nfantile nDortalitij*
Edward

E.

1885, and

died

M.C.

II

38, "

interc.

12

28, )

0 19 T

;^ 25

At death

the Moon

and

and

-X- 0

The
from

but

A0,

45

27, 2^ 26 a

27, "? 7 T

12

3rd
o" n

5 I^"

has

progressed to 13" -cc? 42'sesquiquadrate

and

-X- ?

after

leaving ^applies

shows

process

2nd
0" "

trine M.C.

Herschel, just separated from

to

interc.

5.

-5.

is sextile Saturn

Sun

April 9th,

diarrhoea.

asc.
o

35, g 8 " 38, $

6 ^

in Stafford,just after 4 a.m.,

loth, 1885, of

Nov.

Icf6

^19

V" 19

born

was

the

M.C.

to

prog,

8 ^

is in square

processeidasc.

just separated

exact,

Saturn

to

the

in

fourth, rulingthe stomach.

The
Moon

processed

applying 8

24" ^,
Female

Feb.

will be

Sun

born

5.35

7 8

sep. Z

Dec.

a.m.,

/.

The

of

process

21st, 1890, lat. 53^

N., died

6th, 1892.

M.C.

nth.

vji 23

=^21"

29

^ I?""^
At

forms

i2th.
nx

interc.

ascen.

28 nx 42

12

2nd.

y$"

^ 26, " 29 T 34" S 17 b^ 22,

9',W

death
is 8

Moon

29, ?

had

ascendant.

$ 4 ^ 38 I^, J^ 3
44 I^.

progressed
The

to

28

processed

the

8
,

asc.

is 2"

3rd.
^

8, 2;

13"
12

-(xsr13,

she

only aspect
^

exact

"?

INFANTILE

This

child

suffered

MORTALITY.

severely;

it

75

became

followed by inflammation,caused
Erysipelas,
The

is

processed Moon

The

processed

rule of

L., born

C.

at

Brixton, S.W., died Dec.

M.C.

\^ 14 a

Moon

L.

weeks

20

and

positionsare

of

at

20"

The

8"

=2=

affliction in the

OS
"

i8^

"

"? ,

II, 2; 5 b' 52,

20

the

againstA 2^ and
only affliction is
6 $y S ^'

13th July,1891, died just six

see

The

403.

page

4th.
mt 13"

planetary

21,

2f

--

figureis ^
this

in

planets

interc.

5th.
i9"^

-V

27" 16', ?

05

"

5f 0

produce

reveal

^5

25" 47',

"

8.6.

8 M.C.

6th.

2" II', "^

"

19, f

case

24^ 10',)

on

appg.

readingof

the Home
The

Rule

Moon

was

the

cusp of the twelfth house

of the Bill into the House

are

as

15', ^ SI
m

i^

"

6^,

i', ?

i"" 4'-

is Z Ip

Bill

began

then
of the
of

in the House

in square

figurefor

Commons.

of

Saturn,

to

the

We

first
gave

figurein our issue for March, 1893,P^g^ ^^9* The

the Moon
in
was
was
on
rejected
September 8th, when
finally
close opposition
at the first introduction
to the place of the Sun

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this

very
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Zhc

rules for

followingsimple

THE

will

of the calendar

Simpliflie^

astrological

of service to

be

doubt

no

elements

of the

findingsome

students.
I.

century

the

find

To

of the

day

week

for

19th

in the

date

any

"

Table

Constants.

of

YEAR.

Rule.

and

the date of month

To

"

for the

also the constant

is the

day

N.B.

of the week
For

"

falls before

"

13+5+3
The

along

-H

21

29th

the

"

tens

(Arabic figures).
the constant

II.

To

the Christian

of

as

find the
Era.

remainder

Thus

subtract

if the

date

of

week

for

13th August,

1842.

7 i.e.ySaturday.

or

is found

year

(Roman

that

The

7.

February.

for the

constant
"

by

required.

Required day

Example.

Divide

year.

for the

the constant

Leap-year {except1800)

any

the

add

figures),and

1867=6

tens

for the year

Moon's

in

age

and

the

table

under
7

by looking

the

"

units, which

units

"

gives

1867.

on

any

date

in any

year

during

the

calendar

Table

Rule

by

i.

the

77

Constants.

of

given year by

divide the result

and

II,

Divide

"

simplified.

by

19,

This

30.

multiplythe remainder
will give the epactfor

the year.
the

the epact add

To

2.

for the month

above

in the

will be the Moon's

table ;

Example, Required the

for

19

-T-

1893

99 +

divide the

Moon's

age

for Mar.
Sum

which, being less than

Rule

find the

heaven

i.

at

is

only

the

From

"

result
on

noon

22

30, is the

Moon's

4.

hours
This

rough

add

given

the

the meridian

on

rule,will often

hour
i

at

add

sign.

will

i8th

mo.

at

prove

any
very

date subtract
This

degrees.

months

will

days,

20

give

the mid-

given date.

"

5.20 p.m.,

for the

age

given
15" to

Then

p.m.

the

take

time.

First

longitude at
the

minutes

degrees to be
give so many more
result will be the requiredlongitude on the meridian.
the
Example. Required the longitude on
by

the epact

12

of the zodiac

signs and

for every

hours, and
every

degree

For the meridian

2.

1893.

generalpurposes.

call the

and

This

30.

given.

This, which

useful for

by

10

Const,

time.

sum

constant

for the loth March,

Date

To

the

(12 remainder). Therefore

Epact

III.

and

is XII.

(2.)

date

month,

age.

"

(i.) 1893

of

date

the

take
or

noon,

for

divide

and
added.

The

meridian

at

May.

date.

18

20

28^ is the M.C.

2^

20^

at

noon

sign 28^

meridian

signs 20S

"

degrees

which

signs 18" ;
i8th May.

18"

givesSI

the

on

5.20 p.m. on the

If the given hour is a.m., its equivalentin signs and
the M.C.
the longitude on
be subtracted from
must
at

N.B.

at

SIMPLIFIED.

CALENDAR

THE

noon.

IV.
Christian

Moon's

longitude on

found

Having

"

the

and

given date,

multiplythe

Moon's

be added

Moon's

which

12

found

1893, was
longitude
12

at

20^

All the
who

those

We

will

Moon's

give so

the

III.);

degrees

many

result will be

The

be

to

seen

the loth
rules

wish

added

to

of

middle

Moon's

20^

the

simple, and

calculations

given

are

as

dates

for remote

of

for

which

to

sepharial.

beingthe

^^

the illuminations

stronglyrecommend

Sun

guides

Clothed with the Sun;

followingfrom
Bonus
book
Anna
a
of
Kingsford^''

the

age,

givesf 14^.

when

reach.

do not

Sun's

March, 1893.

are

make

to

The

20".

March,

III., the

Rule

By

therefore, in the

on

extract

days.

22

loth

the

on

age

signs 24^,which

above

the almanacs

book

is

was,

in K

be

to

noon

264^

Moon

was

II.)for

the

"

the

Rule

(by

noon

longitude at nooa.
given date.

Sun's

longitudeon
Example. By Rule II.,the

22

(by Rule

age

longitude at

by

age

the

to

the

Sun's

the Moon's

The

in

date

any

Era.

Rule.

to

the

find

To

all interested

in occultism

read

to

can

we

"

of incarnation, and the method

by which the soul
takes new
When
two persons
forms, are in this wise.
allythemselves
in flesh and beget a child,the momient of impregnation is usually
which
attaches
soul to the newly
a
thoughnot invariablythe moment
The

**

process

"

"

conceived

body. Hence,
magnetic,under which

and

much

depends
impregnation

the influences,astral

upon
and

conception take place.

is the centre
The pregnant woman
of a whirl of magnetic forces,and
within her sphere a soul whose
she attracts
previous conduct and odic
condition correspond either to her own
to the magnetic influences
or
which

under
and
the

she

progresses,
embryo until

possessionof

and

the

the

attached
time

body, and

of

soul, if the
to

pregnancy
sphere, but does

her

quickening,

continues

to

when

inhabit

it

own

often

as

the

occasion

strange and seemingly unaccountable

many
of character, and longings,
the part of the
on
of impregnation or
however, the moment

attractingany soul, and

time, in which
conception for some
without

innumerable

accidents

soul, which

has

withdrawn

from

been

which
attracted

may
to

the

woman

cases

may
abortion

happen
her, may,
from

continues
not

to
two

Jthe time

and

the

of

will alone,
her

sphere;

wills often

whims,

tions
alternatimes,
Some-

woman.

conception
even

occurs.

in this

passes
carry a false
There
are

regard. Or,

the

influences,be
embryo, which, having

under

new

sphere,
soul originally
drawn
quickened, may consume
; or, the
away
orbit may
be replaced later by another, and so forth."
her

enter

usuallytakes

it until

is swayed, not by her

pregnant woman
by the will of the soul newly attached
opposition and cross-magnetisms of these

delivery.
but

This

conceives.
remains

to

her

tCcrminu0

III.

NAPOLEON
undergone

tDit"

have

rather
his

the

death,

with

ascendant,

this death

In
and

the

significationof
various

by

upon

which

the

which

alone

he

in square

to

when
arms

in

the

seventh

He

he

of

Sun, which

Mars, and

void

ascended

the

house.
at

the

is said

to

have

of

Anti-Christ,

and

position

"

downfall,

his

the

birth,

height

of the

to

in the

Sun

by

means

and

the dramatic

are

all shewn

aspects.

with

Saturn,

perjured

derer
mur-

force

by

was

in

of

from

Mars, ruler of

Mars

is in the

that

sixth

Napoleon.
in

us) who
in

the

conjunction

square

first

believer

found

his

on

at

as

ambition, the
force

noticing

with
theologians (still
of

the

good

of the

died

dwelt
sufficiently

throne, his downfall

It is worth

been

been

ambition,

is in

signifiedby

death

has

martial

"

but

conjunction

mid-heaven,

of that

nature

his throne

of the

as

misguided

His

completeness

battle,here

here

position

symbolised by

kept

and

afflictions

house

are

unscrupulous

suddenness
the

the

day,

same

to

was

Libra.

is in the

astrologers.

attained,

tenth

from

figure,Saturn

bladder, he

in

were

in square

Mars

III.

2' rising; therefore,at

is'^lrp

had

Saturn

the

the

operation

an

and

Sun

in

stone

birth, he

At

suddenly.

of

died

"Wapolcon

"

this

spirituaHsm,and
saw

in

circumstance

him

those

the
a

bodiment
em-

strong

80

TERMINUS

corroboration

of

mediumship

is often

and

their

Saturn, and

figurehe

birth

in the

accompanied by

in the mid-heaven

Saturn

is Saturn

strong in his

declination
heaven, in parallel
the

latter in the

ninth.

This

that

superstitioustendency

have

possessed in

The

of

the

to

square

is

the

In

with

and

Moon

present

in the

and

sign

own

mid-

Mercury,
with

in accordance
sufficiently
which

occult

is said

he

to

his uncle, the first Napoleon.

in Libra,

Mars

squaring the

the Moon

the

to

with

common

presence

with

Moon

this man's

In

ninth.

in the

Uranus

of the

prominence

that

noticed

affliction of both.

generallyan

had

have

We

suspicions.

ascendant^ with

figure,there

VIT-E.

Sun, is characteristic

governing
of the

the

kidneys, in
killed

which

disease

him.
It is worth

fortress in France, and

of

with

workman,

Jupiter,ruler
and

Moon,

plank

of the

Venus

that he

but

of the twelfth,and

from

imprisonment.
him,

upon

ruler Mars
no

the

regard to
the

he

once

was

therefrom

escaped

in the

his shoulder.

over

prisoner at

Here

disguise
have

we

twelfth,in detriment, afflicted by the Sun,

cusp

With

that

remembering

is well

Venus

therefore

doctor

is indicated

is debilitated

and

to have

was

by

the

been

seventh

relief

performed
its

house, and

therefore

and
afflicted,

the

on

unsuitablyindicates

not

operationthat

in Pisces

placed

render

can

help.

the 22nd

The

unlucky Camperdown^ which collided

of June, has had another
mishap.

coming

out

of Malta

accident

the

Harbour,

she

grounded

with

Victoria

H.M.S.

on

25, when
the entrance, due to

On

September

near

done
was
Fortunately no harm
steeringgear.
floated off safely. The
and she was
Moon
at the time was
entering
Aries in oppositionto the places of Jupiterand Uranus
ing,
at the launchwhich
took place at Portsmouth,
the 24th of
0.50 p.m., on
an

November,

to

1885.
3}C

Dr.

Falb's

SJC

SfiC

forecasts

weather

have, up to the present, proved

He
was
England is concerned.
quite
in predicting
for
month
but
correct
an
we
dry
exceptionally
May,
when
smile
rainfall
can
see
we
a
predicted
throughout
heavy
only
The
first two, at least, of those
July, August, and September."
months
Of
were
remarkably dry, as the farmers found to their cost.
all the theories and
those
the
anent
weather,
predictions
by Hugh
failures,at least

so

far

as

"

"

"

Clements
nearest

weather
lines

to

"

the
he

which

mark

forecasts

and
are

we

to
ever

referred
be
to

indicates, combined

planetary influence.

the
be

last
most

June
"

seem

reasonable.

to

We

us

to

think

come

that if

it will be upon
a general success,
perhaps with a greater attention

the
to

flDobcrn
No.

of

IV.""

subject
THEi6th,
1861,

about

52" 38' N., long. 5

min.

He
beard

is about

The

26th

degree

Regulus

star

notable

near

minute

in

eyes

height,

Saturn

evil

bluish

Uranus

his

in lat.

known,

not

and

Leo

ascends

with

is

satellitum

the fixed

cusp.

feature

in

the

horoscope

rulingthe fourth, fifth,and

astrologicaland

in elevation

September

grey.

regal sign

directions,produce heavy

For

on

hair, moustache

brown

stellium) of planets in Virgo in the second

and

born

E.

of the

the

(H. S. G.)

exact

3 a.m.,

feet

lightcoloured,

"

LEO

photo-horoscope was

our

aetroloacra.

in

financial
occult

scientific

the

(or

house, includingMars
ninth.

This

will,under

losses.
and

tastes

sign

in

have

abilitywe

trine

to

the
"

Moon.
2

82
This
the

is in

Moon

study

the occult

for the
has

to the

deal to do with

prospects

that

it noted
and

has been

drawn

the occult

to

directions
pre-natal
he

has contributed
be ascribed

examples, may

pursuitsand
From

side of nature, and

the

and

to

to

so

pages

his

child

he

his discoveries

significanceof the
these

is

Uranus

as

Neptune opposed

variance.

decidedlyat

are

as

the

in occult circles,

are

rulingthe ascendant,

Sun

and
mystical,

rulingthe financial house, his occult

Mercury,

of which

be

sciences,but

financial

of

and

sign

(H. S. G.)

house, the majorityof his friends

in square
to

scientific

"

"LEO

"

inclination

invariablygives great

eleventh
or

ASTROLOGERS.

MODERN

death

figures,

admirable

many

the Moon

the aspects between

and

Uranus.
rules the ninth

Mars, who

house, being

conjunction Sun, (rulingascendant),

evidence

been

have

and

to his

as

so

from

to

seems

strong in the third

Venus
house

has

reference

in elevation

being

malefics

two

their malice, and

abates

this

the

decidedlyunorthodox,

are

childhood.

Jupiterrulingthe eighth house

conjunction with

Mars

and

promise

the

denotes

love of poetry, and

whose

sympathy

His

present avocation

signrisingpointsto
from

much

throat

throat),yet
The

the

of

presence

malefics

he shall remain

so, Karma

the

denotes

one

Fixed

under

rulers

to

that

fixed

of

Moreover

the
this

"

The

strong

he has suffered

afflicted.

not

afflicted does

of life. He
he

the

(governing the

and

bachelor,and

is

not

vegetarian,

suggestively
says

permitting. As will be noticed, fixed

gives

in scientific ones,
unsettled

an

be characteristic

Aphorel,"

signs, and

ninth

own.

and

five

disposition,and

change.
to

sign),has

common

termination

his

Mars.

house

malefic

periodicals

evidentlysignifiedby

second

being

latter

signs seem

will be noticed

is

angles,four planets are

prone

with

(rulingthe throat) is

confirmed

This

common.

born

in the

happy

very

and
teetotaller,

signs hold

signified
by

one

affections,which

notice Taurus

in

are

fairly
good constitution,but

ruler of the fourth

foreshadow

in

is

as

letters,writings, magazines, he

to

associations

and

legacy.

contributing to

and

above

Saturn, somewhat

delightsin reading, writing, and

tastes

Uranus,

to

Saturn, is strongly in

and

ideas,which
religious

in square

"

Alan

that

of this

Leo

"

and

magazine

and
was

"

Leo

"Sepharial" (born

the lord of the ascendant, the

house

magazine.

the
started

mid-heaven
in

1890

Moon

"

are

on

all

under
and

in fixed
the

It

day

the

signs.
when

the

entered

Sun

the

lord

the

second,

'*

lord

fixed

"

figuretaken

"

of the

If

"

noted, and

is in

house.

If the

either

conjunctionwith

the
the

as

"

lord

of the

that

the lord of

ninth,

skeleton,lord

"^

If

of ascendant

Sepharial's horoscope is taken,

the

is in trine to
"Election"

An

made

for

the

latter

the

Moon,

was

"

Leo's

"

ascendant, 4,

his ninth

favour.

the basis,it will be noticed

as

figure is taken

popular

upon

in trine to

lord of ninth.

being in

obtained

publicationare

and

83

CORNER.

sign Leo, evidently

pre-signifying

of the ascendant, 0,

Aphorel's

trines

own

of

day

Leo's

the

students'

it has

the

on

Alan

"

or

hold

firm

aspects

its

THE

tion
publica-

of the A.M.

Zbe

StuDcnt0'
"Raphael."

By
THE

or

ninth

his

your

if in company

short,he

In

cause.

His

him

such

them

alone, or

treat

them

when

they will

soon

become

characters

marked

slightestcause

best

and
firiends,

admire
of ^
would
it the

high

to

with

are

state

The

force them,

silent but

day

than

better

without

and

stand.
to under-

of tension, and

best
but

to

deal

simply

leave

way

respectful
unconcern,
is independence.
Upon

than

eat

quarrelwith their
pie. They do not

will

humble

influence

The
usuallytruthful themselves.
inclinations is singular. What
or

one

will

you

sociable.

provocation they

or

do

to

he may

think

about

the native

the next, and

do

following.

Exception
on

person,

quiet

next

difficult person

most

trait in their character

the morals

scorn

is not

die rather

liars,and
on

such

rapidlyand sharp.

with

the

is

is in

system

nervous

strike
impressions

Another

with

that he likes your room

feeling
These
suddenly
changes occur

company.

apparent

joky,the

free and

minute

decided

experience a

has sudden

the former), the native

than

more

feelings
; one

reserved, and

difficult to

planetis extraordinaryand

or in the third
rising,
strong in the nativity,

When

(the latter

changes in
and

of this

HERSCHEL.

OF

INFLUENCE

influence

THEexplain.

Corner*

has been

the influence

of this

taken

to

some

planet over

exceptions,as, for instance,

the " is
and
(SI or -sc? especially)

are

fifth and

seventh

houses

in my

of the remarks
of

females, and
when
well

fixed

there

course

is

sign

aspected by

free firom affliction.

Key

I agree

rising

and

the

with

the

84

STUDENTS*

THE

writer

that

lady I

young

often

0A^
knew

conduces

married

was

older.

Duke

is old

I should

be

information.

glad if some
I

of your

which

ten

was

of Fife.

Duchess

for

up

would

readers

they would

often hard

am

husband

to

The

be her father !

to

Astrology,on

on

threatened

She
Her

consent.

and

early marriage.

an

sixteen.

also the Duke

Witness

enough

to

at

kill herself if her parents did not

years

CORNER.

like my
suitable

jects
suggest sub-

opinionor

more

subject.
RAPHAEL.

P.S.

Some

"

50 of my

page

Messengerfor 1893, where

of the existence

knew

of this

of ^

mental

19th century conceit,it

is my

simply re-discovered

1781.

of thousands

mercurial
Will

planet

this writer
in

move

suicide

shot

Miss

Leo

was

September, at

took place at
Montague and

about

London.
Mr.

Garcia

and

Neptune
If

planets?

his peace.

0-45 a.m., a double

Leo
Percy, through
then committed
and

the time, governing the heart, and

conjunction with Mars and Mercury, while
in Scorpio in conjunctionwith Uranus.
Here

passionsaroused

inter-

an

and

in

detrimented

to the

yet found.

not

risingat

ruler,was
of the

of

is also

of Herschel

by

Herschel

known

to those of the other

better hold

bounded

Sir W.

have

astronomers

opinion of

the

seems

There

ago.

the Moons

why

state

do this,he had

the 2ist

On

the

vision

be

Neptune, also,was

of years

which

that the ancients

belief that

firm

contrary direction

he cannot

and

it in

may

remark,

the

from

I state

Whatever

flippantwriter,whose

ancients

resulted

has

merry-making

the great mental

murder

jealousy,
suicide.

Sun, its

the

Venus
is

which

excitement

was

picture
led to

the crime.

Our
is for

correspondent

**

railwayaccident

Isis
at

"

sends

New

us

York

two

figuresof

which

occurred

interest.

One

at

11.42 p.m.
The
killed.
Sun, ruling
persons were
in
the third house (railways),
is in conjunctionwith the fieryMars
train
the fourth house, the Moon
The
both..
in
to
being
opposition
filled with a party who
had
been out
was
on
a
pleasure excursion,
the 26th

on

and
in
at

August.

accordinglywe
conjunctionwith

7.10
death.

Sixteen

note

Venus.

that

is in the fifth house (pleasure)

figure is for a fire at London
burnt
to
which
five persons
were

Saturn
The

a.m.

4th Sept., 1893, by

The

figureshows

other

Saturn
lord of the fourth (houses)
rising,
conjunctionwith Venus, ruling fhe ascendant, and the Sun is in
conjunctionwith Mars in the twelfth. Mars
ruling the eighth house
in

(death).

t"oro0cope ot

^be

iSombai? Hdtrological

tbe

Society.

lo-h., 35-min.,a.m.,

Founded

18, 1892, Bombay.

Dec.

we

chosen.

The

ruler

of

greater benefic
cardinal

Jupiter,who

sign, in

in the

posited

planet

in

are

these

positions

of

the

the

the

the cusp
the
his

ruler

these

and

and

aspect

"mutual

and

funds
of the

The

will not

house

thereof

be

"exaltation," seems

standing

rising,we

and

to

point

attainments.

consider
will

that

undergo

to

From

the
many

and

an
as

system

the

energy

that

changes,

sign

house), and
the

of

from

the

is

sign

high

at

the
on

Saturn
of

social

sign

"common"

used

will

rulers

the

is also

work

cardinal

study
and

useful

that

poser
dis-

ascendant

argument

fact of

of

"

the

friends

many

latter

their

between

sign, which

cardinal

is

occult

eighth house),

and

good

(the eleventh

of friends

is in

for the

reception"

wanting,

he

science,

the

Venus,

is in

for

house

second

Moon

the

in trine to

who

look

the

and

also the

are

well

we

the

and

cusp,

and

Uranus

augur

and

members,

society.

the

on

energy,

in

of wealth

house

significantof

is

planets

of

is the

fierySagittarius(whom

in the
house

inaptly

been

not

Mercury

to

science,
(literature,

planet

ascendant

necessary

in the

sign Scorpio

house

the

Mars,

animate

is located

aspects

istic
character-

mid-heaven

and

strong therein?

third

has

time

ascendant

trine

ninth

occult

conjunction,
"

from

the

the

of honour

The

Uranus

ruling the

close

house

"disposes" of).
for is not

the

society is

of this

founding
think

and

one,

for the

horoscope

THE

AstrologicalSociety

Bombay

The

the

mencement,
com-

fact of the

86

THE

OF

DEGREES

ruler of the fourth house

the

will

members

notable

by

and

if we

the

ruler of

hidden

will be

members

take the mid-heaven

the

fourth

of

ruler

the

should

the

As

of

Hindu

notable

is in the

fourth

is in

Moon

to

presidentand
the

find that

mathematician, and

house

also

that

light. That
the societyis borne
aphorism is correct,

things

we
vice-president,

be,

judge

we

its ruler for the

dispositor,he

his

reception with

the

and
the

as

gentleman is,or

the

as

many

bring

if
positionof Jupiter,

the

out

SYMBOLISED.

the mid-heaven

being on

mathematicians

former

ZODIAC

THE

of

conjunction

mutual

similar

possesses

with

in

and

Mercury,

fications.
qualitrine

and sextile to Saturn, their judgment will be good, and

Jupiter,
they will be patientand steadfast in unravellingthe problems
with

connected

the science.

will

They

have

Mercury rulingseventh
be

scandalised,but

will

If

is in MC,

secretary and

of their number

some

ninth

lecturers,they

houses

as

will

well

are

their rulers for the

and

for
qualified

the fixed signs shewing the determination

their

with,

Jupiter"disposes" of Mercury, littleharm

societywill benefit from such enmity.

take the third and

we

and

contend

to

as

the

result,and

public enmity

some

their posts,

they vail put

forth in

writingsand public utterances.

wish

We

the

their researches

societya long
and

will
investigations

GEMINI
The

"

and

figureof

importance

security after

wide

success.

SijmboUec^

{continued.)

holding a globe

woman

and

self-reliance

It is

glassof

woman
some

fit for

middle

self-love in this

degree

knowledge

mind

and

"

with

trust

in

one

hand

sceptre in the other.

It indicates

10^.

usefulness,and

be crowned

2)efircc0of tbc ZoMac

Zbc

9^.

of

career

are

life.

power;

governing, and

There

symbol ;

and

but

prominent

are

position of

position of

indications of pride

conscientiousness,
dignity,
features

in the

character.

stands

offeringa

of dominion.
of
fluid to

pleasingappearance
a

child.

THE

DEGREES

OF

It indicates
have

J:hesick

and

of arts

and

nature

is

needy;

food

is

This

appetites.
wander
; but

behind.
12".

full of

will

through

of

of

"

It indicates

given

of

while

born

one

and

things as they

golden opportunities

by

withered.

the wind, and

is

in this respect, and

few

honours

maturity. Expected

to

practiceself-restraint

of

one

degree

encourage

in the

carcase

moonlight.

crafty,subtle nature, avaricious,

associations
of

of

life.

is above

the

character

dangerous

The

quick temper.

unsettled

Sun

and

of (sfiorezza)
spoliation.

devouring

are

the

affections will be

His

This

degree

earth.

It

native

is fatal to

is

degree

voracityand self-seeking.

14^.
"

in

man

night.

at

disposed
The

to

a
use

person
doubtful

native will show

but he

beneath

stands

mask

At his feet there

It denotes

land

the

him, and the flowers of life will wither

roaming,

of

excess.

unforseen.

secretive,revengeful,and
will lead

native

his

hopeful and

come

treaties and

to

in the

ties
opportuni-

him

wolves

Two

13^.

in his

centred

the future, but will lose many

This

contentment.

fortunes

character,

from
Let

dron,
caul-

honourable

in his life will

his hand.

in

round

satisfaction

will leave many

misfortunes,

will be snatched

healing.

sensuousness

satisfied with

never

sincere,but fate will be against him

things

will be

leave

laurel tree, broken

projects for

The

used.

whose

nature,

the

in

degree

tinge

excess

native will be of

The

'

to

world,

It is

A young

"

is

seeking,he

ever

of

gipsies,seated

of alien

person

the

over

degree

happiness

there

disposing

nature,

well

nature,

preparing.

whose

family. Withal,

is

or

person

will be fickle,and

willingto help

of human

knowledge

This

of vagrants

denotes

degree will

this

under

and
benevolentlyhopefuland inspiring,

self-sacrifice.

group

This

whose

one

gentle and

in which

are

born

sciences, will be thorough and

disposed to
"

the person

87

SYMBOLISED.

ZODIAC

kind, sympathetic nature, able and

11^.

that

THE

an

is

of

means
excess

is liable to be deceived

dead

the shadow

of

tree

cow.

and
wily nature, acquisitive,
in the pursuitof wealth.
of caution
and
self-regard,
in his

degree of plunder.
(To be continued.)

own

powers.

This

is

of tbc Meatber-"p[anetan?

"Xifc"

Zbc

force."

(Continued from page 58. )

forth this

IN putting

it is

that

that

moments

of

it is based

upon

few

that

were

I.

In

"

the

and
in

appearance,

enough

scald

steam

away

like hot

about

5,000

feet, and

earth.

the

balloon
the

The

received

result

being

feet of the

earth."

2.

Uranus
an

ascent,

piled

were

the

in

re-form

result

earth

the

feet not
3.

"

of

5 !

in

"

in
and

regards feeling

under

having

heat

us

ballast

wet

our

bags

of this cloud

about

feet

7,000

to within

above
the

rain water,
few

to

was

7o"(!), and

lbs. of cold

200

descent

of

body

huge crock, suspended

surface

about

six^

"In

"

vast

as

thickness

13th),the

fantastic

most

said

aeronaut

in

quite different
showed

blowing

was

shapes,
them

apparentlybreak

observation

wind

facts

that of J? or

said:

extraordinarygrand sight in

lightningwould

they would

time

hundred

"

June 9th, 1875 (" transition

3rd.,to Jupiteron

clouds

of

Daily Telegraph.

exceptionaland

sheet

rapid

These

to

suddenly fell about

now

very

"

In another

"

The

its surface

on

as

its upper

mercury

20th

C.E.)

causing

puddings.

with

Crystal Palace, September

smoke,

and

us,

show

to

experience

the

at

enveloped

described

case.

perfect accord

position,both

our

action

the

suffice

and

position of

filled with

nearly

to

the

Were

we

be

may

chimney

vast

start

hot, that
intensely

so

vapour,

the

is not

saying goes.

(Mr. J. Simmons,

aeronaut

from

minutes

Such

published

from

23rd, 1876 ("transition" from

25th), the

the

know

drawing largely

am

in

force," I

of weather

observations

spot," as

made

ascent

an

theirs.

balloonist s, and

by

that

philosophy,

by

the

on

observed

were

sound

"

those who

"

ideas

popular

and

"

and

impartial investigation will

confirmed

science, and

life "

"

reasonably think

may

imagination

own

my

upon

the

to

contrary

so

readers

my

hypothesis of

at

over

50 miles

the

an

south.

as

During

1,000

had

We

The

suddenly

and

up,

at

"

when

shape.

that

"

between

feet

hour, but

the

suddenly
our

from
at

sail,
the

6,000

"

In another

(transitionfrom
Sun, August

ascent

in the

Neptune

8th),

looking thunderstorm

Professor
was

of

United

July
King

States, August ist, 1875

26th
said

Uranus

to
**

"

approaching, to

which

conjunction

terriblyominoushe

was

rapidly

THE

drawn.

Going

top, there

rightdown

came

the cloud
and

with

had

car

time

at

Each

until it was
and

"

an

have

lifted,the

car

balloon

been

would

plished
accom-

before

discharge of

occurred

tricity
elec-

and

over

expanded

into the midst

was

quickly,but

over

be

swinging

car

All this

gas

hurled

was

velocity,the

thing

same

the balloon

down

over

its utmost,

to

of the tremendous

rain,

rapidly."

illustration of this force-creation

Another

4.

the

thrown
finally

carried

was

felt the
the

the

reach

to

grand discharge of

stop oscillatinganother

to

time

expected

terrible rate.

would

occurred, and

again.

he

inconceivable

forward

suddenly,and
the

he

overflowing,and

to

89

WEATHER.

in front of him

instant almost

an

suddenlyexpanded
backward

THE

OF

through this,just as

up

electricity.In
through

LIFE

is furnished

by

what
Pennsylvania,June 17th, 1843, in a month someremarkably influenced by "^ d 0 on 6th, ? on 8th, ^

in

ascent

"

on

the

i6th, \f

just as

storm

spreadingout

on

19th). The

it was

forming.

"

quickly that

into it so

I had

outside, and
its internal action.
the

balloon

howling

noise

and

few minutes

in

thereafter

of

my

beard

snow

became

confused

an

clotid

penetratethis

of wind

current

carry the balloon

its force
whence

to

would

balloon

distance, then

be

perform

the cold furnace

the

seven

brought

of

snow,

which
FerreVs

came

Treatise

into

the

The

colour

cold

was

of the cloud

in

promiscuous

clear

there

again

The

I had

to

gone

last time

and
field,

of the Winds, p. 425.

the

some

carried

be

through

of descent

through its base, where,

encountered

where

its vapours,

of

outwards, fall down

vortex,

was

stream

cloud

in the upper

and

ally
occasion-

upmoving

outspreading

the

pelletsof

occurred

This

that

sharp

so

Little

of wind

eight times.

was

to

dismal

revolution,until

the balloon

there

rounding
sur-

the fallingofheavy rain

me

point

into

same
or

circle,and

frost.

be thrown

drawn

in this cloud

pelletsof

by

the

of the air swung

all the while.

to

hurled

was

motions

notwithstanding
laterally,

up

expended

was

the

upward

hoar

slightblasts

disorder, and

upward

would

with

pattering profuselyaround

were

to

bushy

the

and

milky hue,

just

was

this relation

heard

was

cataract.

cloud

unpleasant and sickeningmotion,

the

in sound
below, resembli^ig

entered

confine

in

around

as

"I

"

the vortex.

therefore

accompanied

was
internally

nucleus

enteringit,the

fro

says:

opportunity of viewing

no

must

On

and

to

The

unexpectedly entered

as

aeronaut

instead

drenching rain, with

storm

passed

on."

"

THE

90
These
this

the actual

and

how

the air,and

another, which

swept

(transitionfrom

Neptune,

carried

miles.

15

Carmel,

Mount
of

In

Bureau, which

Neptune

position i9-20th),the
a

of 114

pressure

151 miles per hour

broke

"

miles."

In

Illinois,
June 4th, 1877

of

A door

by

June loth),
church

the

was

American

20th, 1875 (Jupiter-

"horizontal

pounds

of

Methodist

March

out

5th),

on

of

eight

described

another,

February

on

pieces,some

May 27th, to Saturn,

Weather

at

be conceived

may

to

and

seven

Of

foundations,carried

dashed

then

of

works.

conjunction

their

gilded ball of the

and

spire,vane,

in

lifted entire from

through

and

in Ohio, U.S.,

Neptune

fragments being transported

the

idea of the nature

an

it is created

tornado

and

Sun

"large buildingswere
the

the reader

during a

4th, 1842 (Earth,

several rods

give

itself,the immensity of it

"

force

"

the fact that

from

will

examples

planetary force,"

"

WEATHER.

mated
esti-

velocitywas

per

square

church

was

inch, the
carried

velocity
miles.

seven

report *of damages occupied 44 pages of small type. And

yet General Hazen, chief of the staff,in 1883, commenting on a
The

(planetary)prediction of Professor
Wiggins, ridiculed
"a
as
thing past understanding mere
"planetary force"
jargon!
storm

"

"

Zbe
interestingarticles

THE

Astro-

upon
the

upon

deserving of
especially
observations
told you

have

base

remarks

my

directions

which

I follow in
The

Solar
and

occurrence,

critical

into
and

weather

Mr.
as

Pratt
I

am

few

words

is, I think,
from

current

English weather, though

am

predictions.

be observed

the

is

are

noted

strengthof

follows

"

down
"

"

oppositenature
only

as

opposite their dates of

critical periods
A
marked
by a cross.
Meteorology,generallyone of storm, because

aspects

only difference

account

the

an

by

Removed

of

state

to offer

me

fine springseason,
I can only
exceptionally
of primary
past experience. The method
upon
that which
I have elsewhere
set out is precisely

period is,in

influences of
The

to

attention.

in this magazine

current

now

an

regard to

order

The

I.

had

are

observed

plan

the

upon

which

meteorology, lead

The

subject.

Meatber.

the

are

found

is that the nature

nature

the aspect.

of the

to converge

of the

at that time.

aspectis not taken

planet aspecting the Sun,

Planetary (mutual) aspects

2.

lunar

3. The

QI

WEATHER.

THE

influences

in the

treated

are

the

mark

periods

same

way.

off into

of the
phenomena, the Moon taking up the potentiality
Planetaryaspects and bringingthem into actuality.
In

settingforth

during the
is found
and

changes from

sudden

season,

the

overcasts

increases

the

increases

the heat, and

up

hail

what

or

with

associations

is

Mercury

in

can

by

of

days

us

thundering
in

Venus
of that

benign goddess,

upon

the earth

gods

to

us

us,

in the

"

and

Venus

though

are

in these

are

his head

with

"

preter
interwill

faithful manner,

in the most

the

as

whatever

of each

and

much

planet

from

gentledew

may

of

proverbialCharity
heaven

be the aspect of the

it is transmitted

to

of them.

positive, electric, heat

cold

in

Ouranos

occupation of
other

by

wind

give him

must

.coming through Mercury,

Mars

duces
promost

Jupiter,veilingthe modesty

droppeth

respectivelanguage

than

is derived

ours

of mist, which, like the

beneath," and

when

Jupiter and
Saturn

of

words

soft canopy

engines

He

favourable

good

treaty of

body

England.

upon

name

in aspect to any

of that

in

sooner

wings

he retains his old

meaning
the

day
his

She.

turbulent.

give him

steam

when

forth

This

sailingships.

gods," and

the

dull

little else than

complaint, yet

of the
render

pent-

or

manner.

wind

west

(trade),whence

Merx

understand

for

Mars

electrical

and

season,

sometimes

up

did well to

and
concerning electricity
cause

cumulous,

thunder.

effective

most

producing the

freshen

ancients

heels, and

the old

the

to

in the

restless fellow and

The

we

case

preceding influence,bringing rain,

or

Sol

king

wind, and

some,

and

relieve the latent

to

according

not,

influence

much

others.

usuallyacts

perature,
tem-

the

as

snow

produces

summer

the

lowers

or

but

sudden

operatingwith Jupiter. Venus givesmoisture,

light showers, and generallycontrives to veil her

mists, and

and

brings rain

and

the

to

when

phenomena

has

fog according
Saturn

S.E.

produces

sunshine, and

to

the

Uranus

or

or

nature.

in

heat, and

of the attendant

energy

snow,

cloud

Neptune

from

fresh winds

Jupiterproduces largewool-clouds, white

be.

may

sky

of

Herschell

of whatever

downpours

alreadyexist very
each planetarycombination

English year.

nights, mist

and

mornings

raw

brief

of the

seasons

quarters, fair weather.

S.

cold

four

the influence

give cyclonictendencies,

to

Solar and

the effects of these aspects,there

regard to

reliable tables

daily

most

respects Venus

magnetic
is not

to

be

producing.

and

rain producing,

compared

in

WEATHER.

THE

92

welfare

the

than

this matter

His

unexpected.

in

Mercury

electrical

some

2^

or

"^ ,

at the

and

or

would

kind

of

day

one

influences

the

earth

at

the

on

positiveor negative,will
may

the

to

aspects

in much

The

be.

planets.
the

same

^, meeting in

h" and

of the

disturbances

of sufficient
and

Jupiter

equal or complemental angles

which

on

to a

of the month,

Saturn

generated by

the

tend

interveningaspects

no

planetsof

of aspects between

case

work

3rd

time

same

the

on

day

there

the

Similarlythe period interveningbetween

storm.

formation

judged

the Sun

met

at

be

more

above
The

less

or

the

uniformlyfair

apply to
interplanetary
aspects
Positive

and

atmosphere,

while

or

the

foul,
Solar
to

are

be

negative planets,

aspect, produce

an

nature, i.e.,

same

observations

way.

to
ticularly
par-

called

I have

forces

the

more

the

at

aspect

date, i.e.,the 7th of the month,

be

the

then

the nth, with

the

meet

midway

as

with

there is sure

noticed

which
pointof transition,

Thus, if Saturn

importance,

would

h"

or

the Sun's

meet

period,because

Jupiteron

this will be

discharge,and

when

critical "

crisis.

as

him

say

may

positiveand negative forces meet,

when

Now,

"

needing

he

have.

another.

and

as

in

of

to

care

couple

may

all that

understand

we

in

samples

many

as

and

producinggusty weather,

polyglotastrologerto

be

we

as

our

is eccentric

Uranus

giveus

Yet

careful of

more

twenty-fourhours

within

are

will

else,and

English weather
effects

and

north.

of the

demon

in all

as

is milder

for she

strength to Saturn,

other

and

storms

negative planets produce

dull,rainy and cold weather, according to the

season,

and

positive

planetsfair weather, heat, "c.

of these

preceding any
been

has to be

attention

Close

generated by

storm

or

on

to

the

as

if

This

negative influences

is,in

my

as

must

around
a

which

in

are

the

why

reason

if an

mediate
inter-

aspect be

be

of the

continued.)

of

may

interaction of all

centre, the

common

formed, makes

complicated but scientific system

{To

will be

which
generatingan influence,

regard to

the aspects

mutual

regard it as alreadyin

postpone the effects of aspects due to-day. This

planetaryinfluences

have

produce

not

formation,for

days hence, we
and

before

belief,the

aspects frequentlydo

three to five

immediately

midway date, there

at a

the date of their

of formation

influences

Mercury just

Mars, then,

solar

effects

process

and

downfall.

some

planetaryand
due from

aspects,

Saturn

aspect of Jupiterand

paid

Earth,

astro-meteorology
equationof forces.

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lunation

THE

high

will pay

persons

positionsin

revenue

Mercury

the ninth

house

notable

borne

will

will be the
much

malefics

have

are

from

tenth

this

of much

will be
her

Xcttcre

the

on

high

house.

The

probate

dues.

fourth,what

will

opposition.

full anent

house, and

of death

tbc

to

the

From

heavy

experienced.

hands

house

in the
matters

lawlessness,some

in the seventh

enteringthe

the
the

to

by

Jupiter'sposition

the ninth

from

kindlynote

scene

sickness

Petersburg will

benefit

out

sign Libra

progress.

by

semiThere

some

foresee sad accidents

for affairs affected

Students

are

houses.

and

from

benefit

we

Neptune

for the three

in close

; this is further

affairs should

opposes

York

luminaries

her

considerable

and
failures,
St.

should

derives

eventuate

eighth

and

in the notable

malefics

and

trouble

much

house

railwaycompanies, and
post office,

Ireland

therein.

ninth

consequence,

of nature

the third house

by

New

the debt

The

eighthhouse.

seas,

mortalityin

of the two

the presence

ruled

of

rate

in the

ruling third

Venus

to

square
will be

is formed

Hetrologi?*

foreign affairs,
the

conjoined

lEMtor*

of generalinterest alone are inserted.

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"

contained.

THE
Dear

Sir,

physicalstates

"

An

LAW

OF

POLARITY.

interestingfeature

of health

and

of

correspondence

the generalaffairs of life has

come

between
under

TO

LETTERS

94

THE

EDITOR.

The
prove of service to your readers.
of the Human
Race, viewed in respect to originand destiny,
solidarity
in human
to suggest that the laws of polarity
at work
seems
are
ever
aflfairs,
drawing certain individuals togetherand driving others apart,

notice, and

my

thus

I think

forming

forces, which

the

relations with
be

apparently can never

familyconsists of a certain

from

are

interplay of magnetic and

fullyfind,a

ever-active

an

seek, but

equilibrium.
who

it may

another.

one

number

distant

However
held

of individuals,

in

purely physical standpoint

electrical
universal

certain

these

magnetic

individuals

may

law
by the same
solar system, while admitting freedom
the bodies of our
line ; the system as a whole
each along its own
being

geographically,
they are

which

unites
of motion
to

yet subjectto

consentaneous

together as

unit

around

movement

centre

common

believed to be the fi3^edstar Alcyone). Thus

the aflfections
(by some
of the planets will produce events
in the life oi the familyas a whole,

fallingupon

the individual

to

findingreflection in
family,accordingto

and

of the

member

each

hold

they may

individual

some

horoscopes of

who

is the

the

several

the relations

of force.

centre

Among

this system is carried out in extremis,the fortunes of the

being
family
wholly subjectto the influences at work in the horoscope
the Hindus

of the
live

"

head

**

of the

The

for this is that all relatives

reason

custodian

common

one

of their interests.

others, this principalis carried

Yet, among

depending

matter

family.

have

together and

the

upon

polityof

out, for it is not

but
custom,

national

is

of polarity
ing
Accordat work
throughout Nature.
of
the
circle
this
affection
the
relations
law
of an
to
or
family
any
individual's life will find their effect in the body of the subjectas well

grounded in

the law

and

other things,
agreeablyto
the
highly in repute among

in the mind

as

so

ancients,but
of
the loss

almost

now

an

individual

by

death

addition

of

member

directlyaffect

the

reprintedby
of

otherwise

or

member

by birth, must,

father

and

of the

familycircle or the
law of polarity,
and indirectly,
by magnetic
it belongs. Thus
it is that
the

under

mother;

of Correspondences

Egyptians and other

ment
Thus, ifthe generalenvironcertain magnetic condition,

lost to the world.

be

doctrine

the

radiation,the whole of the body to which

a marriage taking place in a familywill be the epoch for a protracted
period of good or bad fortune to its members, in the ratio of their
indicated
respectivepowers
by the individual horoscopes. I have
effects
dire
of
fallingto a family upon the appearance
myself seen
some

little innocent

from

of force of

definite

centre

such

The

study

new

law

world

the
potentiality,

to

adduce

some

ten

He

said, Makaram

upon
Hindu

thereiore
had
have
informed

on

him

cured
at

of the

cusp
trouble

that
of

of
elephantiasis
and

as
naturally,

incoming to a familyof
of the composite body.
compounds will readily

the time

facts which

the

on

the

just ten

his
the

with

children

days
complaint the
right foot,had

of the

of

which

which

I then
ten

days

had

lasted

day.

same

Pisces

premonitory pain

rules
said

the

the

Another,

neck, is
he

He

at

to

some

bom.

was

that

ago.
been bom

child had

this

August, complaining

lagnam (rising
sign)he

fifth house.
back

will demonstrate

26th

neck

Taurus,
(Capricornus).

the

some
me

And

principle.

I intend

principles.
astrological
to me
gentleman came
of a severe
pain in the back of
days. I asked him under what

of Souls.

factor must
alter the whole natur6
of the atomic
ratios of chemical

illustrate this
But

the

must
once

him.

who

I
had

cusp of the sixth,

beginninghe had quarrelled
on

LETTERS

with

relatives

his

exercised
ruled

the ninth

birth.

my

of the

the time

at

by

in

side.

short

back

time

and
constipation,

certain

regard to

95

EDITOR.

kidneysand

of

matters

I had

greatly

was

nature
spiritual

signs are found at the time of

left foot by
I severely bruised
my
immediatelyafter I was engaged in

house, where

another

On

THE

father!s

the

on

inflammation

severe

TO

these

occasion

lettinga machine fall upon it,and

is on the cusp of the third,
Pisces
a
very painfulcorrespondence.
and of course
the left foot and also correspondences. Many
signifies
other

instances

showing

which
there

that

physical body
magnetic relations
and

in the

body

and
and
can

hfe of

all
eflfect,

same

relationshipexistingbetween

the

; also that changes occurring in the

will find their corresponding effects

of individuals

individual.

an

of half

large,and

known

affections

of the

facts

in the

other

upon

not

we

joys and

our

if

It proves,

sorrows

unknown

are

the

to

world

at

the notice of many

a competent
astrologer?
may escape
that the birth of a little child will often make
or
mar

even
see

the whole
the

of mind

states

the

to

are

proof be needed, that the

of man
has a dynamic or magnetic effect irrespective
of distance,
that they who
most
can
help or hurt us are those who by nature
Who
destinyare in closest magnetic relations with ourselves.
after this fact is brought home
wonder
to us, that the subtile

causes

Do

collected

intimate

an

affairs of life ; and

that from
finally,^
deduce
certain
one
knowledge
may

current

mind

I have

is

conjugal life of

two

This

persons

circle of its

traced

power,

out

to

us
a
singular
widening
which,
simple illustration of the great law of magnetic polarity,
through the stars, operates to produce the least as the greatest of the
ever

stands
influence,

for

to

but

relative

joys and

P.S.

While

"

into

made

the

experience
glad to have
Dear

"

that

period of the
confirmation
of this,or
In the

"

i. Vol.
overlooked.
not

but

that
The

of

case

IV., there

are

am

points

some

Uranus

are

not

which

on

page 6,
have

to

seem

the

live to
on
9, would
page
for earlydeath is so conspicuous
have

in the

been

come

to.

figureof birth,their

respectiveplacesbeing ttk 0" 17' and tig 24" i'.

The
Sun is separating from
a
conjunction of

Saturn

in the third

lung, and corrupts

the blood (Aquariusthe eleventh
of this latter
sign being significant
effect).The Sun goes to A If.lord of the eighth and fifth (the fifth
and in the sign of the heart.
afflicts the " in
Mars
rulingthe heart)
the fourth by a parallel
from nfjjin the first house.
is shortly
Uranus
the
of
fourth
met
"
in
the
and
house
Satvirn
exact
!
Z
eighth sign
by

signand

is lord

eleventh

own
my
I shall be

predicted that

have

the contrar}'the evidence

could
other conclusion
no
and

by

"

I think

planetsMars

researches

Mortality given

any astrologerwould
horoscope of birth is given
on

of any
convinced

know

Moon

Infant

"

to

consider

child, whose

maturity;

SEPHARIAL.

is 25 years, and
facts to the contrary.

the

Sir,

I do

lives.

our

writingI should be glad

I
Planetary Periods."

et seq, of No.

been

of

sorrows

of the

separated

from

house.

sixth, and
the

lord

This

is the

gives a

lord

weak

left

of ascendant.

The

Moon

The

has

thus

of the

Moon

last
three

eighth.
powerful,being close.
I think one
need look no further for means
to judge of the length of
since
neither
the
Sun
have
Moon
nor
life,
a
saving aspect of any
the
closest
of
sextile
Mars
to the Moon.
being the
importance,
and
afflictions,

the

Sun

two

all

Yours

SEPHARIAL.
sincerely,

g6

LETTERS

With

Sir,

Dear

"

in

gained

of Lincoln, would
the "figure
it not be
positionof tp also ? In the first map, he is in
T
ruhng head, D ^ in seventh, disposed of by
,

death
when
has
Mars
second
occurs
map,
in this?
I think to get a
Is there any significance
his aspects and positionshould
be
of Neptune's influence
the

In

(withini^).

EDITOR.

regardto

the

of interest to note
fourth, the grave,

THE

TO

this i^.

fair idea

Yours

in prominent figures.
noted, especially

Dear

Sir,

Candid

**

"

asks

horary figure,

Casael's

opinion on

my

truly,^

that these

To
be candid^ I may
figureshave puzzled
say
245.
that I had
for a long time.
I kept quiet simply for the reason
me
occupied so much of your valuable space on other matters.
page

reply is

This

"

the " with

2.

I? and

very

he

as

the
shaky considering

givesthem.
of

closer connection

afflicted than

being more

Doubtful, the 0

"

in rotation

repliesof Casael

the

I will take

otherwise.

the eleventh house being the brother's

position of the 0 in his seventh, I should have
with the sixth and
on
subjectsconnected
judged his thoughts were
America
seventh
?
Tthe " being in his sixth). Why
This, surely,
This

3.
ninth.

"

certainly
wrong,

is

the

From

be

must

tancy.
This

4.
asked about
"

seems

employment.

not
We
are
5.
ninth and ruler of

it,is

Allright. Sensible.

7.

Shaky.

"

am

**

sorry

jealousy.

for the

"

Casael

The

"

Permit

; and, when
be in -jf !
told
We
are

point

to
on

in his

the ascendant

stupid failing

RAPHAEL.

!
to

out

148

page

altered,it now

that, Mars
native)resolution,courage
fiddlesticks ! It is
Dexterity

of such
?

AGAIN

appear
is

quintileaspect

"

jealousof

be

to

me

which

errors

but

he, for the time,

Astrologer,

Candid

**

accuses

is there

What

Sir,

Dear

was

the querent.

ERRORS

childish

question

tempestuous voyage,

the sixth house

I always take
by
being employed
I

placed

so

no

feminine.

is not

certainlynot good.

6.

"

as

told if he had

"

because

gratuitousanswer,

contains

is irt and

the

you

of

and

contemporary.

your

144" or

is in K

stupid
double

they are

ance
allowsaid to

the ruling planet gave

him (the
of arms."
dexterity in the use

being

**

and
also

stated

that

**

the

of the

" with

T^ and 5 from cadent houses (note this)and all the heavenly

bodies
for the
except the " being below the horizon (!)accounted
"c.
What
several dangerous illnesses,"
the
nonsense.
occupies
"p
both

of the

cusp

horizon
Now
mundo

sixth

and

would

producingsickness
for
came

signifythis.
What

When

something good.
to the

castor oil administered

and
to

the

him

MC.

next

the

Fancy planets below

the

?
ascendant

to the

(pityit wasn't

of

by
5

direction

the native

this clever writer

the doctor, we
told, exhibited tartar emetic and
are
this
writer
would
exhibit astrologia
I do wish
sana.

other

in
had

!) and

remedies

RAPHAEL.

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number

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another

time

on

have

of

this

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in

respects."
and

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of

it, but

Capricornus

judgment.

it is time

Pearce

have

6 ) may

to

applying to
if much

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other

the
at

of death
"

all.

is

of death

gives Byron

is the
the

originalremark,

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in

new

sign ffi

malefic

square, and
way

as

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of

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he

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said

8V,

Byron's

For

it has

improving

the ascendant, and

nor

of

"

by

pleasure,and
death

on

horoscope.

makes

risingis usuallyidentified

the "

is W in the

bearing

no

was

I doubt

right,but

house

in

for

now

to

aspect.

" is not in

The

Pearce

blunder.

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to

Had

been

nificant
sig-

degrees distant

this is also indicated

he states

is in the fifth,the

! for W

consequently
This

from

come

reasons,

8 ? in the house
house

have

to

inserted

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poetic genius.

the square of ^ he would

genius

death, amid

his

"

should

also,we

90

applicationof

"

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figure

Neptune

attention

is 22.45

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merely

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the

planet was

draw

the

states

increased

this

when

for

horoscope

correct

find

we

the

at

figureby Varley,in

Had

judgment

when

Neptune's approximate place

the

the

poet, which

contributor

our

able

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it seems,

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horoscope

correct

point,

by

found.

it is said

the

the

in the

"

Companion

authority.

figure of

the

digression.

Byron maybe

erected

made

some

is

Pearce

appears

allusion

Byron

approved

from

that

an

death

student, has

figure (not

been

reliable

my

Pinafore,"

John Varley,whom

VoLIII.

201,

page

than
of

41' ^

22"

of the poet

the

erected

in

this

case

September
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by

ardent

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of
erected

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writes
but

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of

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page

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the

free

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in

refer to

Gilbert

as

In

moutons.

contributor

the

of

magazine.

believe, drawn

foot

the

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masquerades

in

published

4d.

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gentleman,

decidedly faulty.

this

nos

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following

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across

notable

birth

of

who

people who

is

The

reverse,

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have

control, he would
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only to

strength of

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people

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him

gave

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the meridian

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said that the

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he

gives it
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configuration

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her

and

of the

for his fame

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cusp

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are

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right,and

position (^ d "),

planets on

on

mistake.

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his

positionat

was

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in his detriment

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with

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to

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had

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example.

b"

not

head

decidedlythe

are

eighth in
(How

horoscope.

assigns the genius Byron

Pearce

I doubt

does

not

has

with

it is,he

as

how

students

Augustus

not

Harris

has
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to

and

directions

right.

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afforded

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an

me
"

improve

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horoscope.

happened

the

make

to

seem

tinkered

alone ;

of the

have

afterthey

the directions fitevents,

he has made

the correctness

events

he

stead's

MR.

make

in the

arcs

let well

better have

had

dict
pre-

fir,but he

Royal Horoscopes

opportunity of shewing
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stated by
decisively
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pages

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may
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horoscope

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say

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years

method

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in

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heap," and
out.

Text
We

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by

effusion

is

the term

the

Stead's,

Mr.

; theref )re, he

contemporary's

thoroughly carried

'"

unreliable

Pearce's

personal friend

literarydust

be shot here," is

rectified

it is not
is

Stead

long-standing one

rightthan

nature.
as

of Mr.

taught

is wrong

of

in the pages

is wrong.

ago

erected

was

ifh

writer

horoscope

friendshipis

characterised
may

two

some

astrologer,by
Book,

the

Iboroscope*

"

name

aptly

rubbish

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14th, 1503,
in

to

in

reference

St.

fulfilment.

use

in the
as

these

shall

we

couched

not

in

day,

shall

shew.

far

the

as

and

birth, but

of his

some

the

on

cgntrary,

We

in

add

may

the

cases

some

testimonies

several

of past

were

with

dealt

be of interest
their

and

prophecies

originalprophecies

the

plain language

December

prophecies

it will doubtless

as

give

the

prophecies, but
so

his

readers

our

mid-day,

of his

majority

readily understood,

present
we

of

English,

will be

As

were

veiled

land

of

many

about

born

was

The

Remy.

the

readers,

our

heard,

the

to

and

England

have

not

may

of whom

NOSTRADAMUS,

MICHEL

Hstroloficra*

prcbictfons bi? Hncfcnt

accustomed

we

are

the

meaning

he

wrote

to

often

was

hundreds
is not

meaning

finite,
de-

very

have

commentators

of

been

concerned.
The

followingis

notable

Death

one

"

Henry

of

H.

levieux

(July

1559.)

10,

Le

lyon jeune

En

champ belliquepar singulierduelle

Dans

cage

Deux

classes

surmontera

lui

d'or les yeux

crevera

puis mourir,

une,

cruelle.

mort

(Translated.)
The

old lion shall be

In

single duel

In

golden

This
A

tournament

in honor
he

is the

advised
but

the

commanded
to

visor.

splinterwounded
the

veins.
agony

cruelle.''

The
as

then

of his Scotch

Scotchman
the

king

above

king fainted, but

**

Deux

the
he

death.

cruel

July ist,

1559,

of

close, one

of his noblemen

had

Spain, and
the

proved

victors,

to

butt

de

Mont-

be excused, but

obeyed
the

the command,

throat

raised

the

below

the

visor, a

right eye, cutting several

lived

classes

on

une,

he

and

encounter,

(le Comte

upon

the

pierce,

Philip II.

begged

king
as

II. for

Guards

The

one

will

another

Count

struck

foretold,

side

The

shivered, and
the

with

he wanted

as

him.

lance

and

the

his

desist, as

not,

his horse, and

The

"

Towards

comers.

king sternly insisted.

spurred

blows

eyes

proclaimed by Henry

captain

oppose

by the young
field,

(gildedvisor ?) his

first of two

to

would
a

gomeri),
the

him

king

battle

daughter's marriage
all

challenged

the

upon

cage

was

of his

overcome

for ten

days

of

in terrible

puis mourir,

mort

REMARKABLE

lOO

This
a

the

his son,

death;

hand

wore

the first of two

was

violent

of

Gauric, had

Luc

others

whom

to

he

he

told him

violent death

visited

the

version

astrologerpredicted death
he

but

husband's

lance
favor

of the

spiteof
This

the astrologer

as

in

The

duel.

be

time

false

such

above

has

is

Here

name.

it,

challenges,
gomery's
Mont-

testimony

proved they

arts,

derided

queen

of
the splinters
tilt,

at

course

curious

to

under

cast

that the

states

given

was

position to

for
astrologers,

in

right,in

were

against them.

is also definite

Biron's

"

Punishment

Quand

le Robin

Mettra

seigneurset

Seen

two

addressing him first,

Bacon

in at his beaver."

going

the odds

with

in company

on

Lord

be

king's nativityto

slain upon

was

named
astrologer,

duel, and likewise prophecieda

Medici,

de

The

"

king

insisted

of this.

caused

her

king

companions.

and

supposing

the

by

die in

mother, Catherine

queen

that another

king,he

would

is another

There

the

stated

exactlyappliesto the cage d'or.

the

his

to

he fell by

the second;

feigned to give precedence, but

probablyknew
and

king died, as predicted,

It is likewise

remarked

been

the

"

III.,was

Clement.

Jacques

be likewise

It may

blows

Henri

gilthelmet, which

PREDICTIONS.

par

la traisteruse

Fin

La

(Dec

enterprise

peine un

en

chef

1602).

2,

grand prince,

lui tranchera.

on

(Translation,)
When

Biron's

Discomforts
La

Fin

It is well
La

This

was

Biron

king and his nobles,

betrays,and the king beheads.

decapitatedthe
relates two

that will prove

he

obtain

his

He

had

He

pardon.

garret

the

near

his master's
he would
for

be

very

keep

to

thus attired consulted

in

the word

year

Robin, anagramised
Biron's

was

of Biron's

out

an

of the way

the

took

horoscope.
great

Caput Algol that

man,

stood

La
in

; he

killed his

lived

astrologerhe

told him
almost

What

and

messenger,

Brosse, who

La

fact,might

in the way.

and

logers
astro-

until his father could

told the

Brosse

with

interviews

disguise of

called
astrologer

Luxembourg

accomplice.

of 1602.

to the student.
interesting
his majority,
he had
duel
a

attained

adversary.

to

Fin, the secretary, who

commentator

Ere

enterprise

the

call attention

to

Biron, and

traitorous

that
be

one

king

this meant

sired
de-

day
but
the

REMARKABLE

astrologerwould
him

hard

scaffold.
had

He

shewn

explain. Biron,

not

got him

at

kicking

down

On

another

the

most

the

able

from

and

find out

in almost

due

he

time

C6sar

as

am

was

good

"Oracles

Those

entry into

the

had

been

considered

was

This

day.

he

might

astrologer
from

be

even

Biron

asked

; Biron

colour

Cancer.

changed

will not

be

in these
C.

by

back
and

reprieve."
La

Ward,

In

and

Brosse

prophecies
A.

of

should

they

are

well translated.

are

Saturn

the

king,

came

Nostradamus,

as

by
presignified

was

told.

information, and

interested

and

(governingmines) and
At

his

of Nostradamus,"

coal strike

The

the

; there

dead

as

decidedlyinstructive

Sun's

he

the

to

ascent

but except
everything,

Burgundian

beheaded,

was

predicted.

get the

what

behind

sought

after him,

part of the country the executioner

what

friend

he

judgment

in the Bastile,a friend called,and

from

the

on

further information.

elicit any

he

told Biron

said,

from

the

C6sar, who

fortune

His

came.

of

lack

formed

that

consulted

press

beheaded

be

the

to

out, locking the door

astrologerof

not

continued

who

astrologermercilesslyand

French

confined

"

with

implicitlybelieved
he

lOI

he would

the

went

Burgundian

but he could

Paris

out

he

occasion

predicted good

to

burst

little ladder

still he

garret, but

him

say

beat
throughout life,

half dead, and

When

iast to

thereupon

left him

blow

PREDICTIONS.

Sun

the

was

planetary positionsat the

then

in

approaching

was

the
the

fourth

house

aspect.

square

At the July
lunation, Saturn was
again in the fourth.
in the twelfth.
In August,
Moon, Saturn, rulingthe fourth, was
in the sixth and
Moon, rulingthe fourth, was
applying to Mars.

New
the

next

the

Saturn
was
rising as lord of the fourth.
equinox, the Moon, rulingthe fourth, was
rather more
favourablyplaced,being in elevation ; and accordingly
several of the mines
have recommenced
working. On 27th October,
with the Moon
in conjunctionwith Jupiter,
the news
was
published
that the owners
and
discuss
the
the points
meet
to
men
were
willing
The
at issue.
October
eclipsefallingin conjunctionwith Saturn, did
On

loth

Finally,at

not

tend

The

to

September,

the

mend

autumnal

matters.

of sickness

amount

alarming, the fever

accommodation
sixth

house

in

has

been

the

figure for

pages

66 and
were

67, was

deducted

dire

from

month

(October)has

been

and

been

the

in the

the

the

overcrowded,
temporary
necessity. The **satellitum" in the

hospitalshave

affliction of the sixth house

on

during

Sun's

entry into Libra

lunatory figurewhich

this,and
positionsand aspects.

cause
astrological

these

for

the
and
will be found
our

dictions
pre-

Zl)c Spirit of Saturn*

the

WHEN

in the books

reads

significations.The
is the

planet of
of each

nature

and

explain

etc.
pride,dignity,vitality,

is

Sun

strike him

often

planet is
and

instance, why should

when

the

and

the

to

once

of

apparently arbitrary series

attributed

meanings

each

to

planet.

For

Venus,

afflicted

dissipationand
up,

strength,

will at

theory that

of all

Hesperus, the poet's planet,bringerhome

become,

Mercury

simple key

one

some

the

for

account

functions,powers,

wanted

that

definite

certain

planet has

that each

astrology,he

of

begins th^ study

the intellect ; Venus, of love ; Mars, of

it must

But

etc.

first

student

by

malefic, the

sensuality. Many

apparent

such

questions as

at

loss to

is sometimes

student

good things,

of

cause

this crop
in what

know

the
when
particularlighthe ought to regard a planet,especially
Are Jupiterand the Sun justiceand nobility,
aspects are cross.

vanity and
Why should

ambition

or

the

Moon,

Is

cowardice

or

decaying planet, govern

and

dead

prudence,

Saturn

child-birth ?
I have

Saturn, which
varied

to

I think

to

me

the

first

place,he

and

force;
constricting

and

when

principleof

cooled,

planet produces
mental

of metal
The

analagous

shuts

plane;

bar

contracts.

an

man

up

selfishness, unsociability,love

tendency

to

counteracted

buo}ancy
Saturn

is

of

morbidness

in

within
of

in it.

when

If not

cruel

In the

heated, expands,
of

operating on

himself;

the
the

causes

intense

and

solitude,

melancholia.

and

less

typicalbinding

retirement

religionhe

gloomy,

or

limiting tendency

will

If
kill out

not

all

therefore, in society,

hopefulness,and

unsociable, and
to

is the

Jupiter, Saturn

or

spiritand

serious,tending
and

Venus

more

the universe.

when

coldness

gloom, despondency
by

cold

power

it seem"

mythology,

and

man

of his

of the

represents nothing
in

planets,

secret

consideration

planet,and
a

of the

one

explainthe

to

astrologyand

limitation

cold

in

that Saturn

than

is

careful

Saturn, both

pretty evident

concerning

will be found

After

operations.

attributed

make

suggestion to

is often sincere but too

faith,with

this,he is,at

any

deal of

bigotry

rate, solemn

and

staid.
In

the

four

earth, because
reason,

in the

elements, fire,air,water
it is the most

livingbody,

limited
he

and

earth, he

and confined.

governs

the

bony

For

governs
a

similar

skeleton.

His

THE

SPIRIT

OF

SATURN.

IO3

metal, lead,is occasionally

used

in medicine

and

used externally
as
frequently

acts

as

lotion because

accidents
the

of its

from

Earth.

it is

astringent;

an

coolingproperties.

occupations
Earth, land-owners, those

the

Darkness

and

be in many

to

seems

in the

act

limits.

reverse

The

This

those

that

separate

perhaps

good.

are

the

one

to

of

power

be

function;

universal

cosmic

in the descent

universe

European
his

in order

When

greatlyexalted.
harmoniously

shew

enemies

gives the

power

thought

is well

it is not

when

is Saturn
love
and

known

of
But

balanced

by

man

cowardice, with

Why

Saturn

good,

the

love

exalted

principleof

be

the

and

experience
evolved

limits

is to

one

ness,
consciousor

for evi',

when

say

it is

principle,it produces

deep thinking
when
the

expansive

so

out

for

readilyrecognisedin

That
of

and

love

produces

the

of heart,
to

all

melancholy,
astrologers.
?

of Venus
and

evil,that is,

softens

planet of

the

their character

Because
the

ness
cold-

It is well

strong in Saturn.

is the

to

of the

influence

familiar

concentration

and

his fellows

broadens
is

difficulties.

it is exerted

others

to occultists that Saturn

influence may

thus

that

in Libra, the house

Venus

evolution,

selves

"unconscious

many

overcome

of self which

sense

first into

self-reliant,
prudent, patient,able

off from

many

of

selfyfor good

of

idea

coldness
effects of selfishness,

well-known
and

and

known.

principle,it shuts

the

person,

many

encounter

Saturn

by

through

self-consciousness,'*
says

to

it is for

balanced

strong, self-centred

the

or

being through

into

purpose

The

which

limited

function

by

into

itself,from

becomes

consciousness

and

up

vehicles,in

or

is the whole

attain

and

good

divided

which

egos,

into matter.
to

for

consciousness

while

This

to

substance, when

diffused

bodies,

philosopher. Because
children

He

the evil effects than

out

great self again, enriched

one

etc.

contracts

both

exerted

vehicles,all alike being brought

ultimatelyinto
the

Saturn

self, Mahat,

undifferentiated

acquired

land, miners,

limitation,becomes

monads,

of limitation.

convert

with

cold.

individualised into separate human

the power

all connected

his limitation.

expands,

easier to trace

can

the aforesaid

with

on

of

Homogeneous

centres, atoms,

consciousness

being

Mars

of limitation may

it is

subjectedto

work

is heat, the other

power

evil,though

who

cause

respects the polar opposite of Mars, and

manner.

one

to

his connection

are
signifies

his because

are

secrecy

he

is said to

Saturn

falling,
evidentlyowing

The

against diarrhoea,

Jews, and
and

his

history.

'THE

104

for evil in Leo

and

the

and

harmonise

to

seems

desire

with

rather
generalisations

negative
from

thought
why

the

give

higher self

of the

heart
spiritual

of all

disintegrating
;

in

for

reason

that the

this may

he

give us

in the

be

it may

Therefore, when

"critical

Jupiteris

is transformed

(in the

Capricorn, this
born, of

manifestation

of

and

physical plane
;

it may

of the

enough

the

the

has

man

for the

uncertain

am

of parts, small

separate parts

that

of
to

But

forms

constituents

"love," love being

form

Saturn

one

whole.

love-power be
shews

Here

himself

we

in

unifying power
withdrawn,
as

and

malefic

body

The

the

separate unit

is built up of
which

power

is held

the

reader

limits
a

attracts

have
a

the

attracts

benefic

mysterious

what

But

happens ?

agent;

he

these
force

oppositestogether

two

of love.

and

multitude

together is undoubtedlythe

that which

identifyingitself

attractingand

such

every

cells,"lives."
or

at

yet developed

not

togetherin virtue of a certain binding force,which,

is Saturnian
will perceive,
in its nature, because
it
body.

the

Capricorn.

Every organised body

defines the

due

on

love principleto properly counteract

spiritual
of

yet

planet),

is traceable
I

us

condition

in the

not

physical body

be that the average

coldness

Saturhian

in

tell

conjecturedthat
solid and
liquid.

is necessary

far this

How

ego.

"

Sepharial's

nebulous

course,

firm, completed body, which

into the

and

not
probability

state," between

person

"

Astronomers

scientists have

in

and

is constructive

all

planet Jupiteris a huge globe,in

some

large,unifying,

clue to

must

one

is destructive

in Cancer

exalting Jupiterin Capricorn.

and
thoroughlysolidified,

present

lot in the

Capricorn (Makara),

synthesising. Perhaps

the

limiting and

the

sense,

or

Saturn

things.

shew

self of Saturn

the lower

irreconcilable,the

are

part

no

the

abstracts

positive sign Leo,

another

In

has

constrictingSaturn

the

In

Sun

doxical
para-

congenial that "Sepharial"

so

there.

other.

the

to

way

sign

large

If this is so, it may

details.

expansiveness.

negative sign

of his element

is out

negative Saturn
and

this

thought

somewhat

sign

result in

to

me

result in

to

the

abstract

to

details;

were

in

and

him

exalt

to

proposes

influence

finds

Mercury

to

small

than

externals

tendency
seems

case

Aquarius,

Capricorn and

Aquarius, because

In

Saturn's

if limitation

effect,as
Saturn's

SATURN.

Cancer

limit in this

to

OF

strong for good in

is Saturn

Why

SPIRIT

or

spiritualised
with

manner

let this
Saturn

drives

the

unifying
instantly

asunder

the

THE

have

multitude

other ;

for

limited

than

the

thus
and

OF

and
parts, the cells,

component
we

SPIRIT

when

planet of

products

of

bound

disease

and
on

at

of

the minute

more

is

Saturn
the

governs

"lives"

each

with

war

one.

plane.

every

life,

selves, far

together in

death, and

decomposition

plane,these products are

multitude

they were

harmonious

one

separated lives

have

we

I05

of

instead

of small,

self

one

SATURN.

the

On

process

physical
the body

into which

is

these are
ultimatelyresolved, and
spoken of in popular
and all kinds of loathsome
insects,flies,
phraseologyas worms,
reason
creeping things. This is one
why the devil, as Baal-

zebub, is representedas the god of these

result of Saturn's

One

where

shewn
in

in its
and
for

the Moon

the

astral

It is well known

undesirable

more

decomposing

he dislocates

mediumship.

creatures.

forms

the

is

power

as
physical,

mediumship
spiritualistic

to the

higher planets than

but

from

body

that

is due

sundering

or

prominence
these

must

of Saturn

co-operate

illumination.
loftyspiritual
In Graeco-Latin

mythology,Saturn is spoken of as mutilating

his father to prevent him
offspring. This
generating more
the father,the impersonal
when
cosmos
happens in the spiritual
Brahma, is limited into and by the son, the personal Brahma
;
Hmited
of

than

more

known

as

means

that

units which
up,

human

into

just

planet.

re-incarnatingego

man's

experienceof
his abode

in

each.

He

is

these

the

is dethroned
derived

word

his connection

considerations

Dr. Anna

hymn,

"The

Evil
He
He

and

creates

by

his

the

from

naturallyout

of this

Kingsfordmakes
Secret

is the result of

with

takes

meaning

root

teaches

He

up
to

the

earthyelement.
is simply
Saturn

the

suggest that

istics
character-

tendency.

this

quite clear

of Satan," in the
limitation,and

built

spiritualised

and

son

very

destroys

that all his pov^ers and

and
tendency to limitation,
arise

children,which

own

Saturnian.
characteristically

from
people agriculture,
From

his

feeding upon
personalities,

Latium,

conceal, which

is well

disintegratesand destroys those

ultimately
had
and constructingpower
individualising

of successive

number

devours

He

and

allegory is obviouslycapable

The

Saturn
interpretation.In astrology,

barren

his

as

egos.

one

he

mind, is individualised

Mahat, the cosmic

again when

and

Satan

in her

magnificent

PerfectWay:
is the Lord

of Limit.

encompasseth with bonds and limits all thingswhich are

puttethchains round about the worlds and determineth

made

their orbits.

LEO.
F

flDobcrn
No.

v."

subject
THEi8th,1846,
in

knowing

author

that he is

the

better off,and
the

arose,

each
dignified,

planets are
benefics

by
his

-denote

native

sign

been

have

would

being

facts that

Moon,

in

been
and

weaker

his

against
Mercury

has

the

keen,

native

done
The

so

has

unaided

been

the

reaching
this, six

to

aspects between

practical,observant

man,

of his

architect

Mercury
the

All

the

this is borne

and

by friends,and

sign

essentially

are

in addition

tp advancement,

Sun

much

is not

Moon

when

born

the

rises with

Leo

the

sign, and,

own

favourable

efforts.
a

the

Sun,

rising are

own

fixed

(R. C. Smith,

I.

accidentallydignifiedby being angular.

fortunes,and
by

had

The

The

August

on

be interested

may

"Raphael"

heavilyafflicted

cusp,

chances

maturity.

of

born

was

readers

Our

a.m.

descendant

of the Manual),

exactlyon

out

photo-horoscope

our

4-h.53-m.

at

BOREHAM.

ROBERT

Mr.

of

H0troIoficr0*

made
and

own

his way
the

Moon

proximity

of

MODERN

Mars

ASTROLOGERS.

Mercury

to

MR.

"

giving

ROBERT

BOREHAM.

I07

Mercury ruling second

energy.

and

strong in the sign denoting his energieswill be directed

of wealth, and
acquisition
is in

parallelto

and

sudden

ruler

of

the

agreeably to

will not

He

the

it ; but

the ruler of the second, he will have

losses

directions.

will attend

success

fifth

much

do

is weak,

(u)

and

Uranus

as

sudden

of

gains

the

operating
for the
speculating,

nature

in

good

to the

the
afflicting

ruler of the

second.
He

who
astrologers
would

be

planets in
Mercury

figure give the

the

Sun,

is in

Uranus
influence

is

in this

of

studied
the

the

in which

the

he

has

been

the influence
he did

good

no

wisely,^

the voyage,

-X- 4,

Uranus

note

opposition,but
positionof

his

it does

Moon

to

this

between

is advised

of agreement

to

between

in his

of

There

Alan

our

strong

is much

Leo's, and
are

many

the two.

"

long

sign,will always

own

them, for there

Raphael's Horoscope will appear in

for

determined

for the

machinations.
and

of roses;

with

much,

in which

APHOREL.
"

and

true.

house

the

from

him

compare

metals

bed

affect

horoscope

the natures

America,

to

met

their

overcome

some

is

has

not

made

predicted many

life he

the lord of the ascendant

him

sympathy
student

squares

also

primarilyunder
Mars.
In his early

means

no

Note

invariablycome

but went

by

has

has

have

has

He

Uranus

various

the

secondly under

but it was

and

hobby.

speciallystudied

with

England,

Throughout

voyages.

enable

in

this,

to

hole."

He

engine machinery

of Uranus, and

an

co-mingled, he

Moon.

working in, and

that all

is

is his pet

the

has

in

him)

his nature

square

aspect.

square

ascendant.

and, also. Mars

"fire"

and

machines, which

in various

states
definitely

he did

out

"expert," in dealingwith

an

and

connection

in

planets

accidents

days

by

privatepredictions,but

machinery
He

but

to

will add

which

Mercury

the

yet, in addition

in the

men

years,

many

aspects between

aspects the Moon,

of

that

house

and

"science''

"square

astrologyfor

notable

of science

direction,so

few

in

close

so

financial

parallelto Mercury,

occupation
one

house

is

tion,
occupa-

the strongest

it is borne

results,and

he

as

ruling the

ninth,the

case.

best

(representing Mars,

the

I consider

those

and

the
signify

to

fiery planet, strong

agreeable sign,and
rules

in this

entirelyout

skilful one,

lord of tenth

always take

the

for

here,

an

engineer,and

is,by profession,an

next.

the

points

flDunbane

the

AT

-^^JL

time

of New

luminaries

Sagittarius.
The

The

of

much

the

during

occur

characterised

by

lightfor

three

some

Finance
of the

much

between

be
will

but

the

Neptune
whether

seismic

the

Houses
will

the members
month

The

be

not

will

brought

be
to

the whole, the health

on

will be

There

imbroglioswith
coming

will prevent matters

trade

exaltation

receptionby

mutual

will

improve

as

Petersburg will

to

the

lights
opposition
from

disturbances.
be the

fostered,the anarchists

scene

will be

of much

busy,and

disturbance

secretly

the

authorities will be

Mars'

conjunctionwith

danger.
New

Uranus

York

will
the

near

sudden
France

and

house,

Mercury and Jupiterbeing in

"earthquake" signs,there is danger to be apprehended
St.

and

eleventh

in the ascendant.

explosionsand

in

opposition of

the

the

crime, that will

improve.

It is doubtful

head.

lunation.

sign

in the mid-heaven.

among

good, and,
fairly

and

Uranus

deaths

this

celestial

months.

should

community

the

fieryspeechesin

and

secret

foreignrelations

oar

of

rule

in

Mars

and

that

also

of

30'

sextile of Saturn

turbulence

Parliament, and

16^

separating from

lightsare

and

foreshadows

in

risingin

are

instant,the conjoined

8th

the

on

applyingto the
conjunctionof Uranus

Neptune,

are

Moon

B0trolodi?.

feel the
of

cusp

effects of

the

second

house;

alarming

failures

disasters will affect the financial world.

will be

turbulence

greatlyexcited during the

may

be

legislative
assembly.-

expected

to

rule of the

arise in the

neomenia,

debates

in the

H0troIoficr03 bavc

No.

was

3,

intuition

he

and

undoubtedly

was

greater portion of his life was

of the American
his

very

his

and

He

was

"

Raphael's

opinion of

poor

"

predictions,but

Almanacs

he had

his

plenty

(a book
and

loger
astro-

every

of

assortment

an

He

Ephemerides.

and

and

(the present "Zadkiel"),

Pearce

in the

epithets
of"

opinion

fine

sharp,very dogmatic,

very

Manual"

"Raphael's

particularlychoice

not

was

and

remarkably

good astrologer.The

possess),"Raphael's Guides,"

"Zadkiel's"
had

of

had

spent in America, and

characteristics.

libraryconsisted
should

who

tall,good-lookingman,

met

he

applied

Raphael"

the

was

him

to

general

one.

He

always correct,
have

figure (I
the

it

his
was

but

should

did

impart,

for he

for the

same

viz.,they
hence
and

in the small

this

position in

afflicted

grew

of

orbs

tired

him,

he

and

and
was

Astrology I
he had

"

act

ago,

the effect

"

the

"

land

not, I

for it he would

foresee the

"

in the
which

produced by

veritable

apart, and

he

prosecutions

Probably

not

we

the
a

science,
afflicted,

members,

were

ones

get on,

the

seventh

without

of the free."

hope

have

pathetical
anti-

if professing

did

from

knew

similar

many

like

and

science

the

happened.

came

doubt.

He

went

Boanerges,
when

Whether

before

planet when

investigationslasted, and

transits

in the

know

to

that

they
Uranus

gradually drifted

know

not

demonstrated

was

ideas,

nativitywas

his partner

and

had

his

preaches

knowledge

wanted

what

He

result followed.

troubles
3

it,

out.

of

he

whose

partner

borne

several
what

to

up

of the

horoscope and

energetic whilst

long

patented

AstrologicalSociety of
his

was

quite

time

friend

Our

unfortunates

poor

and

usual

to

in the

It will be

unique

the

up

dissection,and

posited and
very

act

series of

(in the

figureclearlyshews

No.

horary

the

various

that

not

disaster.

for

and

reason

did

seen.

clever,why they did

so

to them

came

I have

the best

were

not, and

and

took

some

murder

himself

and

correspondent

double

of these

not

avail

not

astrologerswere
that

does

his own,

to

"

genius,

like Pearce, who

teaches, he

was

had

He

sure.

one

figure was

inventive

an

that

other

the

was

that

murders)

of the

reading

he

his calculations

figure,and

for the

by me)

of many,

mutilated, but

of

if slow

but

Whitechapel

recollection

us

delineator

good

was

so
was

at

the

but

he

last heard

he stillpursues

does, for with the natural ability

rendered

the science

good

service.

Bnomaliee.

is not

IT

surprisingthat

their

supposed

are

else

or

to

despair

when

they

enlightenthem,
of their

One

mean.

of the

measurement

will

astrologicalstudents

mystifiedthat they

so

authors

in

studies

many

so

endless

cause

when

and

worry,

the

to

the

(Morrison),or

"

"

of

Text

"

Book

for

censure

is

"Text

real

Morrison's

bodies

two

arrives

at

trine aspect of

arrives

she

degrees,this
is

Morrison

at

122

by

teaches,

for

nativity"in
Notice

yet he

the

in

the

122"

(asc.8^

9'and

see

there

the 0
is

no

and

of

the

gravest

science, but
necessary

to

the

122

or

there

distances, at which,

" is

do

does

between

degrees apart,
practice

not

the

of

distance

the 0

an

of

an

120"

that

but

what

"

and

aspect and

no

he

120" aspect.
is 20** T

is in trine to

the 0

not

example

between

130" 29'." As the reader

asc.

the

aspect."

5" T 39' and

"

peculiarin

states
distinctly

instance

0, the

appear
of
number

things. First,that

two

120

trine

example,
planet in

not

other

123
any
is something

he

for

that

which

or

proves

are

from

If it

...

the Moon,

constitute

also says

distance

in

sadly inadequate

degrees

there is no

he

example

discrepancy

any

daughter's horoscope

Grammar,"

"),the

is

appear,

like Pearce, he

46'," and

"

when

120

planets

is in trine

planetsis
between

but

the

yet,

trine
perfect

peculiareffect.

entirely,for

Byron's
"

says

and

and

is in 17" b" 40', the

0
"

that

"

orbs

when

123,"

of

degrees, which

"

(forexample)

this

to

of certain

events

plain statement,

appear
or

remarkable

120

ignored

events

Jupiter,or

the distance

at

I."

consist

factdemonstrates

formed

This

"

extract

an

Zadkiel

contains

Astrology

found, they produce

are

certain
nativity,

angle

of

proved (which it certainly

can),that

be

any
when

is

for

go

they ?

are

aspects in the zodiac

The

when

use

Book

"Grammar"

Grammar

Here

ways.

**

can

"

or

ment
judg-

particulars. Half-a-guinea

Guide

of

deserving

are

the

degrees, and

example of

necessary

for

pay

Book"

what

details,of

many

to

authors

these

omitting

quite enough

unless

these

is in

they
"

find

120

explanation

no

when

and

by Pearce,

no

the

wrong

Astrology," by

"c.,

(120 degrees) is given, and

both

sequence,

to consist of

maps,

what

correctlyunderstood

not

figure;therefore,

either omitted

blocks

stumbling

that

books

find out

to

natural

Grammar

the various

is mentioned,

first

as

that the trine aspect is stated

although in

unable

are

in the

essentials

many

aspects, which, if

delineating

information

so

find

give up

" is

26',

these
them

127" 59',

will at

once

explanation

ANOMALIES.

given

of the

discrepancy.

and

ascendant

presumably

thing

directions

secondary

further

He

Moon,"

learn

we

wide

from

(thosewe

advocate)

arrives at

that

the Moon

far

able

of

these

"

they

but when

when

shewn

"

in the

place of

in

of

that such

to

I shall revert

to

(Morrison),

be, decidedlyspeaks

secondary (progressive)

am

only lastinga

with

the

that

aware

week

two,

or

Primary, the

one

is

event

the

powerful, viz.,when

is most

in
one

to

who

man

finds such
"

which

become

"

this

blows

hot and

"

cold

contradictorystatements
is

supposed

to

be

book

proficientastrologer,we

statements
conflicting

unchallenged and

pass

(Pearce) vaguely

speaks disparagingly in

he

directions

Astrology

one

arrives,but

Moon

complete."

when

and

enable

only lament
allowed

is

is formed.

4
"

influence

little confidence

or

to

appear."

events

his tutor

when

appear

degrees from

120

successor

hope

can

in nature

agree

Grammar

to teach

to

secondary

the

in this manner,
"

Grammar

secondary direction
I have

that

events

direction
elsewhere

he

astrologerthan

remarkable

of the

say

secondary directions,when

inert

more

not

placeof the

the

"when

states
distinctly

remarkable

yet his pupiland

arrives,and

talks about
a

he does

it observed

Be

importance

disciplestotallyignore

or
Jupiter,

certain
nativity,

in any

planet

trine aspect of

is,that

extract

of great

are

his

the planets'progressive
directions),for he
the Moon

14"47' apart,

only

are

is in the

Mars

Morrison's

efficacy(although the majority of

and

"

states

they

conjunction,but how

second

The

the

close to

Ill

have

been

so

can

long

unnoticed.
month.

subjectnext

APHOREL.

Mr.

T.

B.

Leigh, B.Sc,

delivered

lecture

at Heaton

Moor,

near

Shakespere, on 2nd October, in the course

of which
he made
frequent references to Shakespere's acquaintance
with astrology. He said
His knowledge of astrological
lore cannot
be doubted, and though in severelyrational moments
he could write
the fault is not in our
but in ourselves
that we
stars
are
underlings,'
he was
free from a lurkingsuspicionthat the circling
orbs with
never
their mysteriesbeyond his ken were
of awful importance in determining
Manchester,

on

Science

in

**

human

fate."

The

conjunction of

is the seventh
with
our

this
hands.

house

positionwe

from

fell in the sign Libra, which

and Saturn
Aries,the rulingsign of England. Coinciding

Mars

have

the

Matabele

slaughterin

South

Africa

on

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August i8th, 1886,

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severe.

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died

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17th, 1892.
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asc.

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Moon

eclipseis
effects

the world
of

MacMahon,
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day

next

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in

again,
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aspects in fourth.

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if the

and

2nd.

12TIX

gave

Jupiter,the

according

asc.

lt)tO.I2

in

to

be

England.

world, but produces its

it falls in that part of

in which

it is visible.

In England, this eclipse

fell in the fifth
the
eighth from the tenth, and therefore signifies
17th October, at 10 a.m., died Marshal
great people. On

house, which
death

just

Note

in twelfth;

birth.

at

12th.

malefic
invariably

where

doctors

September 27th,1893,Nottingham,

a.m.,

fever when

square

New

progressivesquare

05

greatlyin

worst

Z asc.

interc.

had

is not

processed

An

M.C.

and

insufficient nourishment

birth

four

finishingher.
finally

her

by

suffered in

always

12th, 1893.

i^rtji

mother

through
at

October

M.C.

4=2=

by

had

attended

was

M.C,

she

hospital;

of them

one

eighth

of asc,

in the

died

II3

is the

the

celebrated

French

He
Monteresson.
Gounod, the famous

soldier,at
born

was

his

chateau

13th July,1808.

musician, died

at

of
On

Paris, at 6.25

La
the
a.m.

17th June, 181 8. On 21st October, Lord Vivian, British

bishop
On the next day died Dr. Knox, Archto Rome, died.
the
and
of
All
and
Primate
Ireland,
Maharajah
Armagh

born

was

Ambassador
of

Dhuleep Singh.

At
and

the

autumnal

the sickness

we

equinox,thepredicted

starvation

the

pounds

collected

among
have
been

the worst

among

The

Harness

forecasts
have

not

have

been

miners

sixth house

seems

then

to

have

on

heavily tenanted

was

resulted

strike.

in the want
and
thousand

Several

and
by public subscription

distributed

cases.

Electric

with the
be instanced in connection
Co. may
minor companies and financial schemes

66, for many

on

page
been
perfected,notwithstandingthe
issued

by

company

promoters.

glowing reports

that

Zlic Students'
By

of your

ONE

died

married

Z to

I wish

her

senior, and

this

correspondent

your

it would

doubtless
and

marriage proved happy,

husband.

That

because

is

man

husband

was

the

to

powerless

how

and

fond

very

aspect of ^

an

which

he

happy

resist.

to

she

27

and

by ^

husband's

wife

her

date

key

to

as

of

why

beforethe

died

there

is

no

kind

of

fascination

What

she

doubt,

of her

thought
which

points upon

are

was

age

the

the

produces

she

marriage proved

the

of

of

in

the

formed

why

just

the

sent

have

had

At

affliction of the
had

p.m.,

the sixth house

occupied

cause

10.10

rising,and ^

was

27th, 1890.

28 years

birth,because

we

need

had

been

enter.

Your

delicate.

he

the 0

planet,and

year

of $

figure shews

marriage
within

was

1890, the

the "
two

the latter

" met

planet had

the sixth house, and

" from

how

say

that

weak

was

near

she

long

she

always

was

constitution

degrees of

of J^ and

in P. to this

and

and

ing
apply-

P. of 2f at birth.

In the

the

her

not

incidentallymentions

birth

Her

short life. At

to

does

correspondent

ailing,although

which

from

troubles

corresponding

there had

been

to the

the

to

opinion

time
and

of death

the process

the

had

something
I

of

for two

I have

the prog.

the

years

the

do with

suitable

no

previous,and
in your

pages

astrology.

"B^was
asc.

to

8 of the

death, although

expressed

of directional

from

subsequently

find

can

time

exact

processed

and
,

progressed to

suffered.

unsatisfactorystate

[At the
prog, asc,

in the

me

planet k

also

evil directions

many

this confirms

the

which

she

direction

as

"?

the

to

August 19th,1856, at

happy union, despitethe

very

not

and

opinion as

my

of Taurus

29^

November

man

lady,born

The

the

to

She

Vfi.

of

50^ 40' N.

risen in

Raphael."

"

correspondents asks

of death

in lat.

Corner*

H.

gives ^ g

and

exact.

"

Ed.]

On
ripen for the Divorce Court, and
predicted cases
page 66, we
of Capt. Howard
committed
and Mrs. Bloss, who
the case
suicide,in
with Lady Constance
who
divorce
connection
was
Howard,
instituting
of
husband.
foretold
the
On
same
proceedingsagainsther
page we

children, and in this connection, the

of Mr. Phelan, in the Midlands, brought to lightby the
awful case
It
Society for the prevention of crueltyto children, is most notable.
cases

is

an

of

even

crueltyto

worse

women

case

than

and

the

Montague

one.

astronomic

Meatber.
flDetcorolofii?*"
iforesecinfi
details

will,
preceding
THEprinciplesconstituting

think, suffice

the

"

Astronomic

of the

Meteorology

fallacies and

"

diffiise. It may

be

of use,

methodicallywith

and

the

Recapitulation

of

the

as

failures of the

elucidatingthe subject,I

In

science of the

true

well

as

"

explain the

to

"

weather
and

sources

Astro."

occult

or

"

causes

system.

somewhat
been, necessarily,

have

therefore,to

%um

concisely

more

up

following:

"

Principles

the

**

of

Astronomic

Meteorology.''
I.

the

That

"

Earth

system, exercise

and

certain

influence

denominated

their ''Attraction"

force,being

demonstrated

solar

"

physics,"which

disturbances
which

in

the

disturbances

by
have

influence,as

recognised by

the

of

eminent

disturbing
of

existence

envelope

or

other,

in

discoveries

and

the

revealed

solar

our

each

upon

observations

atmosphere

are

and

over

such

"

of

members

planets, as

similar

Sun, and
and

astronomers

physiciststo arise from the influence of Mercury, Venus, Mars,

and
Jupiter,at least if not by all the planets produce sudden
"

and

the

action
2.
**

changes

enormous

Hence

the

That,

envelope, causing
these

elements

two

accelerates
"

culmination

of such

That
of

the

completion

superseded by
force"

"counter-

is contracted
moisture
and

so

hail

the

manifested
"

earth

"

in the

"

moisture
and

in the

retention

That

such

formation

and

of the terrestrial

of

action
the

to

waning,

is

culmination

overcome

and

constantlyincreasing
that the atmosphere
so
gravitation,

vicissitudes
and

of heat

its constituents

Hquid and solid

lightning,and meteors

evolution

gravitation."

and

condensed, and

and

**

angular positionis the

equally sudden

currents, storms,

subterranean

force

of such

disturbances,extremes,

of

sign-angularpositions)

and

free in the

aurorae,

"

"

of terrestrial

and
set

the

during

force

rarefying its atmospheric

volume.

force, which, thus

its attractive

and

counteractingand
sign-angularpositions,

inherent

overpowering the

certain

absorption

or

this

Earth,

heat

the

mass

intensifies

and
"

in its

and

of

evolution

and
.evaporation,

of

phenomena

the

atmosphere.

similar influence

the

(acting in

attracting,expanding,

its

themselves.

planetary orbs
the effect

has

of

disruptions

exemplified upon

as

"

Attraction
of

and

well-grounded hypothesisof

between

"

"

forms
"

with

of terrestrial

earthquakes,volcanic

destructive
explosions,

of rain, snow,

along

development
of human

and

of

other

condition,

magnetic

or

eruptions,and

life and

welfare.

Il6

ASTRONOMIC

3.

That

"

influence

such

observation

of

at such

METEOROLOGY.

and

phenomena

be created

facts,to

and

take

from

appear,

place more

the

larly
particu-

progressingin its orbit, i. Pauses

between
forms a line with the Sun and
or
a planet or
planets (as
Forms
d
^
8
^
0) ["linear positions"] ; 2.
0, or
any
angular position in the zodiac of 30",60", 90",120", or 150",with
positions
[" recurrent
"]
any other planet,as seen from the Earth
times

as

the Earth,

by the
attractive force,arisingfrom
occurrence
the accidental
planets [" combined
positions of two or more
the
of
the
zodiac corresponding
in
of
POSITIONS
degrees
signs
"]
with the degree of the sign through which
the Earth
be
may
of such
travellingat any particularperiod. As a consequence
of angular positions,
there ensues
that suddenness
combination
of
which
and
reaction
and
seasons
so
intensity
by
many
more
periods are distinguished,
especiallythose of the equinoxes
4.

That

"

every such influential

of such
accumulation
or

intensified

"

**

and

positionis

solstices.

That,

5.
between
"

orbit,there
Earth

the

from

the

the

Earth, Venus, and

periods [**season
those planets move

and

shorter

of attractive
of

drought
weather"],

extremes

["belt

disaster,of immense

in close

force,causing
and

rainfall,
or

followed

injuryto

parts of their

"] during which

position
sign-angular

positions

extensions

remarkable

and

brilliant weather

and

severe

of similar

creation

the

intervals,and

of motion

in the rates

Mars, in various

arise

during longer or
periods

relative difference

by periods of great violence

agricultureand navigation.

and

periods of planetarypositionthere is
the signof the Earth
from
a
period formed
by the passage
angular positionof a preceding to a succeeding influence,termed
the "transition"
(or "x") period,productive of great extremes
6.

"

That

between

fluctuations

and

such

of temperature and pressure,

terrestrial vicissitudes

as

and

atmospherical
the
arising from

antagonistic action

Attraction
(planetary)

and

of

well

and
the

disturbances,
of

forces

two

Gravitation,
(terrestrial)

in

of other

as

more

getically
ener-

transition
influence.
operation at such periods of
of
these
forces make
is termed
operation
up what
the weather," and which
it is the object of
Meteorology to
and
of
observe,delineate, and foresee, for the wants
purposes
science and practicallife.

The

"

"

combined

"

"

"

This, I think,will
In my

that

next, I purpose
students
and

may,

learn

make
to

the

whole

subjectplain

give the chart

by observation,test
the art

of

and

positionsfor

the

science

(as yet in its infanqy)of

"

1894, so

for themselves,

Foreseeing

Weather."
FREDERIC

clear.

PRATT.

^be

Meatber.

(Continued from page 92.)

from

APART

there

the

mutual

other

are

solar

or

indications

of

aspects

of weather

the

be

to

planets,

derived

from

their motions.
their

1.

Planets

changing

2.

Planets

crossing the equator.

3.

Planets

stationary.

These

with

other

There

are

some,

divide

the

zodiac

in each

distinct

produce

"c., and

of

names

"

Dr.

Goad

that

lays greatest

within

But,

as

subsidiary to
observations
there

fact

several

Solar

the

think,
that

countries.

English

Here
rules of

soon

the

of

few

weather

India

resources

for

when
it

so

the

cf the

the

truth

day,

I deem

than

with

it

be

may

be

quite absurd

prepared

the

in

prudent

to

I think

it

weather,

apply

weather,

and

will obtain

need

for different
to

which

to this

and

predicting the

upon

monsoon,

obtain

trusted.

be

alone

consideration

more

to

upon

general

weather

the

singledates, and

rules for

land.

that

uniformly

not

are

in them

taking into

does

astro-meteorology
much

of

causes

date

difficult but

I trust

the

day

scientific

deserves.
SEPHARIAL.

of
so

not

science

the

the
the

depends

English astrologers to perfect their

daily predictions of
come

only,and

general

planetary influence
own

downfall

it sufficient for

I think

it would

their

detailed

all these

separate tables have

in

observable

invariably.

predictions

all-important event,
of the

days

these

planets with

full Moon

Moreover,

same

bright,"
Pleiades,

It is also

aspects

of the

pitted,"

degrees

'*

atmosphere, and, indeed.

or

weather

same

astrologershave

impossible task
cover

Solar

planets.

on

periods

hardly say

native

the

new

aspects,

the

the

them.

that

opinion

regard

localities

extent,

much

the

by

that

deal with

that

of

others, who

and

constellations

in the

almost

'*

smoky,"

rising of

upon

of the

days

is sufficient evidence

is controlled
the

stress

am

to

the

changes

will be observed

sort

some

three

*'

nection
con-

weather.

the

judging

nebulous

the

distinct

in

taken

parts, attributingto certain

Asselli, "c., affirming that

degrees produces

when

dark,"

add

they

be

must

John Gadbury,

Goad,

into various

these

to

effects, and

indications

like Dr.

size the

signs.

to

may
sideration
con-

Xctters

fibitor.

tbe

to

of general interest alone are

inserted.
Correspondents desiring reply must
please enclose a stamped addressed
envelope.
All correspondents should
and
address, not necessarilyfor publication,
give full name
but as a token of good faith.
of signed articles are
alone
Writers
N.B.
responsible for the opinions therein
Letters

"

contained.

Dear

In the current

Sir,

"

points out
point out

glaringblunders

some

few

In Zadkiel's

which

more

Almanac

1893,

escaped

"

(May).

predicts,

13, Pearce

P^ge
this month

will be celebrated

wedding

have

to
o^

"

Raphael

**

I wish
to
paper.
far.
notice
so
your

in his

Pearce

by

seem

for

Magazine,

of the

number

**

It did

not

royal
off

come

thai month, but it did three months

months
! So
out
after
; only three
for mathematical
much
tions.
predicprecision. Next, his August weather
for his weather
So much
Nearly every day he was
wrong.
predictions. Next, on page 49 of his Almanac, as to Melbourne, he
prophecies, At first,public affairs will not go well, but they improve
**

as

the

advances."

season

the quarter
advanced

The/^^5
quiet,but

things were

of

instead

(predictedby Pearce),only about

authorities

first part of
the season

reversed, for the

are

improving
hanks

15

as

smashed^ and

the

holiday ; but it did not restore

confidence.
This
is
what
calls
he
public
improvingJ" He evidently
left school before his education
was
completed, and, as a proof of this,
I would
justpoint out there are only thirty-two
sillyblunders in his May
number.
Is it possible to get the horoscope of his paper ?
Yours
truly,MEDICO.
ordered

three

days' bank

^^

[The
our

blunders

notice.

The

of tares, and
for use

them

pointed

pointed

crop

his

out

of these

author

at the

by

out

correspondent

our

blunders

of fearful blunders

right time, and

shortcomings,

has

been

is the result.

thank

our

all of which

are

other

duly

Bombay,
Dear

There

"

the

is

reference

With

Sir,

in your
observations.

Nos.

i, 2, and

doubt

no

that

to

21st

have

not

sowing
We

are

friends
noted.

escaped
quantity
reserving

have

who

Ed.]

"

October
^

1893.

lished
Sepharial's communication, pubIV., I have to make the following
"

**

3 of Vol.

the

Eastern

astrology

is far

superior

to

Western.
With
to

the

reference

Sayan

other, I should

to

and

say

**

"

Sepharial's

statement

Niryan systems
that

he

he

is mistaken

that

Bhawphal

says
in giving such

ing
accord-

with

corroborates
a

each

judgment.

stands
at
I find his ascendant
referring to his natus
27" f
while
and
the
hence
at
and,
turning it into Niryan, remains
5" ^
zodiacal
does not alter,whether
the system be
sign on his ascendant
Sayan or the Niryan, and consquently the Bhawphal, which has been
with
told him
native astrologercame
by the Madras
exactly to meet
the events
his
life.
during
ask "Sepharial" to place
in the hands
I would
Aphorel's" map
of the Madras
after turning it to
should
be done
astrologer,which
has satisfied
the very
Niryan, and then see whether
astrologer who
him
occurred
detailed
of what
had
to
account
gives a correct
life.
his
Aphorel
during
past
Sepharial published the following in the TheosophicGleaner for
October, 1893
On

**

"

**

"

**

"

"

LETTERS

**THt
All

'*

TO

Scientific

questionswill

be answered

let

answers,

hope, will

us

by

two

IIQ

EDITOR.

Value

astrologer; there will thus be

which

THE

Astrology.

of

both

confirm

and

European

of

sets

another, and

one

Hindoo

question,

to every

answers

agree

with

facts."

If he
trial

let your

the above, I would

in the way I have

"

**

on

maps

emphatically says Hke

Mr.
Aphorel's natus
readers

whether

see

the

ask him

to

take

Bhawphal

agree.
In the Oriental

works
which
astrologythere are a good many
side.
There
on
our
are
some
astrologers
many
afraid
here
and
and
in
I
am
Europe,
very widely
given therein would not agree with a Niryan map

yet unknown

to

known

are

combinations
whose

ascendant

instance,ifthe Niryan

and

therefore

that of

from

the combination

for the

=^.

I must

Sir,
"

or

would
differ from
nx ascendant
AMATEUR.
Yours
truly,

[We should like a complete list of

published, and price. Can any
?" Ed.]

Dear

the

to

Eastern
of

where

the

are

that

15"
30" of any zodiacal sign.
ascends
itwould
be 15" of nx by Sayan,
23*^tix

stands

maps
For

us

suggested,and then
by the Niryan and Sayan

once

take

more

our

works

the argument

up

astrology,
oblige

on

friends

Hindu

in

regard to

Raphael" admits that

these
of experience^
whatever
degrees" are not, with him, a matter
the
in
his
be.
His
f
or
the
Guide,
given
signs" may
degrees
authority
Vol. I.,is Varaha
Mihira.
It is true that these degrees are given by
the Hindu
astrologerin his Brihat Jataka,but they do appear to be
to
subject
any alteration due to precession of the equinoxes, and as
Mihira
well acquainted with this phenomenon, I think he would
was
have
the degrees to be
made
mention
of the fact had
he intended
referred to the Say ana
which
begins with the
Sphutaniyor the zodiac
vernal equinox. It is true that during the liietime of Mihira,416-572,
the equinox, but throughout his Jataka
was
on
A.D., the star Revati
and Sanhita his observations
referred to Revati and not the equinox,
are
since in his own
separable; though accidentally
knowledge they were
coincident
the followers of Mihira
at his time.
Moreover
speak of
exaltations,and ^^griha
svaneechaniy"
5t;(?^Aaw,"
^^griha
planetsin their own
and of course
planets in their fall,even
they speak in reference
now,
zodiac ; so that when
in
is
to their own
lix 10" according to us,
\^
with them
it is in =c= 21" and in exaltation.
So much
with regard to
the "degrees of exaltation."
**

exaltation

degrees"

of

the

planets.

**

**

"

As

signs" of exaltation,to which reference is more

it not
unlikely that the European
us, I think
among
with human
distinct affinity
affairs among
some
Europeans,
certain
Hindu
zodiac
reference
has
that
the
to Hindu
quite

regards

the

**

usuallymade
zodiac

has

while

it is

affairs.

put the

I have

submitted

to

horoscope,expressed

my

Hindu

zodiacs, to

drawn

from
I think

matter

the

the

same

European

more

than
of both

once,

and

European

have
and

Jyoshi,with
suited

me,

the result that the judgment

while that from the Hindu
did

interestingand instructive to have a few

drawn
and judgment made
from.
therefigures
up according to both styles,
If you care
to send
me
one
two
or
important figures,I will
make
the necessary
I think the question
conversion, and by this means
not.

should

be in

it would

test

in terms

some

be

part decided.

SEPHARIAL.

LETTERS

120

I think

"

the

**

It is necessary
to
9.
when it will die.
Now

THE

EDITOR.

overlooked

"Sephariar* has
first horoscope in the

Sir,
upon

TO

Infantile

pointin his remarks

Mortality"series,on page
one

child will die, but

a
merely whether
it is usually stated that children dying before
The
the age of four years are killed by positionand not by direction.
introduction
of directing
of that method
called the "process," on the
to go some
provingthat it is quitepossible
contrary, seems
way towards
to predictdangerous periods even
during the early years of life. The
to indicate successive
system of taking successive signsfrom the ascendant
of life seems

years

secondary

know

not

to

progressionand

me

valuable

when

one,

combined

with

planetaryperiods.

is very interesting.
It
"Sepharial's" reasoning on familypolarity
fact
incursion
of
into
to be a
that the
a
a foreignego
certainlyseems
of a familyby
family(by birth or marriage),or the loss of a member
of disturbance
a
wave
death, disturbs the balance of harmony, and causes
of the family. I have
to flow through the members
seen
several

illustrations of it.

the signal
My brother S. married in 1887. ^^^ marriage was
prolonged period of trouble and anxiety for me and for my brother
A., although his marriage had, on the outward
plane,no connection
with the said troubles.
for
both of us just after
whatever
They began
brother S.'s marriage,continued
for a long time, and both came
to
our
in
life
mode
end together,
of
and
were
an
our
we
although
occupations
I.

for

"

associated

not

and

my
brother

brother

as

our

2.

My

"

her

Sun

reason

in the

give for

it is that my Moon
place at birth,and my

same

in the

conjunction Mars

died

Within

October, 1891.
twelve

Her

after

months

turbance,
of dis-

wave

Moon
her

sign of

same

Hencjp the direction of the

affect the rest of the family.

moons.

mother

sister's Sun.

both

were

did not

which

The

way.

S.'s wife had

zodiac

the

in any
A.'s

near

was

my
sister's

death, my

had
left his profession,intending to resume
it in a
more
frustrated,and a proadvantageous locality;but his designs were
longed
to be pursuing them.
The association
periodof illluck seems
of luminaries
of disturbance.
again explains the direction taken by the wave
husband

In October, 1891, my
mother
was
lying at my house, dying.
3.
Hindu
the
the
indicated
mother
is
By
by the fourth house,
system
and this governs
the dwelling place of the native.
While
my mother
"

domestic

dying, a

was

servant

three

fire,and very nearlysucceeded.

in conjunctionwith
house, and was

on

times

attempted

to

set

house

my

ruled my fourth
birth, Mars
Saturn, lord of the sixth,servants.
At

LEO.

answers
F. N.

"

It would

be

best

interested
sufficiently

"

to

Correspondents^

for you to write

in the matter.

Your

them

judgment of the map is very good

information,we shall be pleased to hear
preferto answer
through the post.

E. C.

"

and

We

are

will

always willingto give all the

direct,we

indeed
from

thanks

you

assistance

not

are

for the
We

again.
in

our
power,
questions with pleasure if you enclose
your
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No.

THE

of
nativity

of

in

cheap form,

thus

and

masses,

well-to-do,who

who
astrologer

will be studied

him

owe

void

debt of

with

science

for all,poor

It will first be

rulingthe

her

Uranus

in Aries in the

"known

the

is in the second

house,and

in sextile to Mars, but

the
on

planet of

energy

the threshold

considered

good

will

as

accrue

high price charged

for

emanations, but that it

signs

angular. Mars,

are

the

in

fourth,

sense

has

who

Mars

in
dignities

is in Cancer, many

fierysignLeo,

and

in my

and

Saturn

he is a ''notable"

of the word.

debilitated,but, as will be

of the

in the

as

the
the

ascending sign,therefore

in the true

man"

all students,

in the fifth house, the Moon,

sign, angular

own

by

pseudonym

for
specially

it is not

notable

ascendant, is in Cancer

in

4id.

rich.

that

seen

strong

or

and

the

uses

interest

certain abstruse, unreliable mathematical

is

free

before
technicalities,

prove

able to pay

are

Post

4d.

gratitudefor placing astrology

of all abstruse

endeavouring to
alone

RAPHAEL."

the notable

"Raphael,"

of whom

many

Price

JANUARY,

The

Sun, who

the ascendant, is
would
seen,

consider

it is

exactly

opinion may

be

"royal sign"; hence, the aspect being benefic,

from

this,but

as

the

Sun

in

the

second

is
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122

ASTROLOGERS.

MODERN

grand positionfor spending

pretty free with it,and
will

him

help

from

second, and
Gemini
he

in

is

the

of

cusp

third, in the mercurial

the

in the third house

There

are,

third house.

evidence

that

The

the

astrologicalresearch,

but

is
(illness),

an

the

hence

the

third

200,000).

was

(Mars and

positionin

life will be

of

end

sign

the

will arise from

malefics

Moon's

the third house

configurationsto
sixth house

the two

1893

which

drawbacks

however, certain

semi-squareof Jupiterand
the

for

of his almanac

sold

the

rules

Venus

publications,
etc., ruled by
largelygains by literary
(the number

to

much.

too

conjunction with Mercury,

house

been

fifth will affect his children, they

accumulating

on

has

judge ''Raphael"

money,

the

as

"RAPHAEL.

"

Uranus),

the fourth

is

house

satisfactory. The

very

in
expressiveof originality

are

semi-square
that

argument

of

Jupiterfrom

his health

would

the
suffer

in consequence.
The

positionof

certain

the evil Saturn

of

amount

of Bohemianism
the

head)

the square
it will

will act

will

Mars

to

make,

or

his

will

will

in Aries

being

intuition,rendering it
of

certain amount

give a
him

cause

Uranus

to

points to

give a tinge
(the sign of

good

very

that he will

them

is denoted
in

and
significator,

but
restlessness,

cutting things

say

be

never

occult

on

aroused, that his astrologicalcalumniators

from

sort

inherent,and

proximityof

the

upon

hardly appreciate,and
a

the

is

to the character, and

subjects,when
of

which

reserve

entirelyeradicated, and

in the ascendant,

will

always experience annoyance

the occult

by

semi-squate

the

to

planet in

square

to

of his third

tenants

house.
Another
that

and
hence

the

he

had

able to

been

in

Attention
are

below

he

should

do, and

angular.
matters,

as

and

occult

the fourth

"nobody," yet
before

and

house,

stumbling

blocks

in his natal

figure,he
which

to

planets

in

name

with

connection

his almanac, is world-wide, which

to

it manifests
to

wit, in

to

questionableauthorities

the

abilityis shewn

literature

in ''elevation,"

house.

some

his

remarked,

and

are

the fact that all the

to

rising,

planets are

the key
successfully,

so

according to

Mathematical

third

do

also be drawn

may

be

to

glancing at

the Earth

traced,

the

six

Uranus,

obstacles

many

astrologicalmatters,

in

is that

and

malefics, Saturn

has

will be found

be

of note

which, by the astral indications

surmount,
has

point worthy

his

cardinal

may

signs being

by Mercury's position
itself in "third

case.

house"

IprofcctionalBircctions^
GOOD

deal of

in the

evidence
interesting

to
Astrologers'
Magazine lately,

value of the system of directions known

a

similar system

called Hindu,

in vogue

because

is nowhere

and

from

quoted

found

not

in the

expounded

in those

of

which

Mihira.

I have

he sets

forth

which

is

simply
and

European
I have

whether
and

Ptolemy'smethod
the

Asiatic

Western

are

dedicated

commence

at

19^

of

50".

increment
Hindu
admitted

22'

However,

to

The

when

the

tables

return

succession

zodiacal

successive
The

being

held

by

birth

being againstthe

of birth, and

after

form,

" and

the

some

so

that

of all the
the

they

"c.,

at

degrees
set ;

are

of birth,and
the

Thus

month.

30' per

are

planets,

fall in

the

any

beginning

and

the

longitude at

the increase

degrees

minutes

being at

minutes

and

during
significator

any

of

month

apparent.

once

third

table

contains

the

during any
significators

In order

prepared

be incorrect.

of the year,

the months

month

profectionalsigns held by

various

equinox, is

category

in which

order

Asc,

the

The

of

Asc,

M.C.

against these

planets M.C.

of 2^

the

particularhoroscope, the

consists

in the

table contains

that

the rate

plus

makes

to

tabular

zodiac

annual

an

the

Aries to Pisces.

with

the

Eastern

after the

into

to

easilyseen.
the

to

the

in India

for any

tables

taken

signs from

second

the Eastern

subject,I managed,

up

be

may

Aspects formed

the aspects

between

April,22"

our

discover

to

except that due

of astronomy

to

first of these

The

both

among

calendar, which

12th

drawn

of events

In this work

use

Aries, with

our

bring the system

are

called

work

in order

makes

common

the

on

littleexperiment,to

matter

which

of

30"

all exponents

by

West, is that of

profectionsin
the

eclipticcircle

begin

year

it is

the times of events,

findingout

I find none,

systems, and
the

It is nowhere

of Sweden.

essential differences

any

pointing of

be

astrologers.

into
carefully

gone

there

of

system

is

tion
perfectexposi-

1652,
of

There

Mohammedans

most

in the

Christina, Queen

to

working

Ndrada, and

or

found

Ptolemeus

year

the

by

The

in the

the

of India, but it cannot

jyotishs'dstras.

Argol'Andrea, who,
Parvus

witness

Pards'ara

Garga,

of Varaha

system

as

introduced

was

brought forward

Profections."

**

in the North

it

the works

of the

has been

to

from

signs held by
profectional

year

illustrate this,I have

my

own

horoscope, as

the

of life.

reproducedthe
follows

"

three tables

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most

IN modern,
Capricorn

at

detriment,

and

wish

to

fortune

the

that

who

one

has

or

years

careful

opinion
and

the

of

Moon

with

see,

such

quite a contrary

taught to expect.
I am,
myself,very
suffers

in

attributes

to

the

it is time

definite value
this

assign

to

loo

also

in

no

are

horoscopes

and

suffers

Moon

Both

detriment
in

is concerned

in

to

as

the

can

been

the

Moon

following

he

horoscopes
by being

suffers

Moon

by

then

anyone,
power

he

neutralizes

the

much

suggests

in

in

cardinal
I

the

signs, and

Capricorn,

connection

with

with

at

be

to

conjunction

cite, 1 think

be

the

as

worldly

far
power

that
as

Cancer,

and

in

M.C.

the

her

for

should

having regard

it is clear
least

in

Moon's
I

lOO,

M.C.

with

well

the

Assuming

horoscope

attach

to

It would

aspect.

conjunction

Moon

made

were

of numbers.

use

good

the

that

have

these

is taken

attempt

some

for

to

loo

Capricorn.
cases

the

far

as

that

distinctlyhow

position and

make

power

Moon.

that

each

to
to

purpose

maximum

and

of the

the

which

an

opinion.

ground

say

position

alleged affliction
I think

to

person

of

allowed

we

think

of

only by

be

I consider

in this

this

in

horoscopes in

which

to

and

the affliction which

that

ask

it is

and

ignore other positionsin

If,however,

Capricorn.
must

inclined

horoscopes justifyme

neutralize

that

to

Capricorn,

be told that I

I may

which

in

detriment

no

and

cases

strongly

not

twenty-five

expression

Capricorn, and,

effect

do

experience

an

cases

some

in

posited

so

was

of

perhaps,

I may,

astrologersto

ascertaining

analysis of precedents

and

law,

even

question. Still,as

will

presumptuous

justify the

little to

formulate

to

call the attention

which

all too

I do, that

as

diligentexamination

hope

can

we

considered

her

native

dictum,

astrologicalexperience

an

upon

of

desirous

am

in this

be

can

remembering,

half-a-century is
absolute

as

sign

is in

she

of the

character

and

Now,

which

had

only

so,

That

and

the

in

posited

Moon

astrologers concur

anything

say

the

nativity is badly placed.

ancient

astrology,both

to

that

told

are

all modern

whether

devoted

affected.
prejudicially

be
-

books

we

in (Capricorn-

flDoon

Zbc

the

to

Moon

influence

fame,

or

wealth.
I

values

hope

no

one

attach

to

will avoid
different

the

point by suggesting that

degrees

of each

sign.

I do not

different
say

that

THE

the value of each

degrees do
the

treat

Later

in

signs
when

Whilst

sign,I
hundred
of

At

have

not

have

an

of

nature

astrologywill,from

in

the

argument

digression.

least,in

in the

to

whole

two

degree

zodiac.
I

hope

Those

long.

very

zodiac

every

for this,but

I
to

who

this hint, easilyarrive at the

The

mind, ample.

my

in which

give the horoscopes

now

the

ninth

the

shall put forward.

support of this propositionare,

a

degrees of
at

before

so

to

degrees of

of different

reasons

my

opportunity of doing

well read

the value

important

give

proceed

degree.

centuries, or,

most

to

value.

same

can

the present time, I believe

to

now

space

of the

were

belief that certain

my

I wish

present purpose,

of each

subjectof

be the

to

the

27

highlyprobable the

experience,we

more

in different

years.

Capricorn

are

this

mention

may

have

I think it

degrees

different values

upon

in value

vary

if all the

as

CAPRICORN.

same,

value,but, for

we

the
investigate

IN

degree is the

vary

on,

MOON

proofs in
this is

But

the

Moon

is

posited in Capricorn.
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of

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Napoleon

April 21st, 1612

Born

CAPRICORN.

IN

MOON

THE

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August X5th, X769

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,,.,

If,after having investigatedthese horoscopes, any

is still bold

enough

maintain

to

suffers affliction in

Moon

Capricorn, I

he supports

his contention, and

he accounts

for the evil influence

doctrine

shall be

glad

I shall be

suggest that

Moon

in

Capricorn

wealth, but this is

arrive at

avoid, as far

to

what, for the present

the greatest

With

and

power

led away

that

astrologywould

have

classificationhad been
and

horoscopes

had

so

of it,the time

study
I

suggest.

that those
to, but

to all the

after

coming
of

records

have

no

and

scattered

whilst the text

us

about

in

such

records

propositionI

am

as

Those

can

of

cases

have

been

taking

and

scheme

contain

to

they

books

At

and

far too
at

"

at once,

that

the

to refer

cite at

can

present,

have

we

mixed

are

magazines,

many

maxims

proof,and

horoscopesand

maintaining

books

text

we

attempt

any

the

of classification,
so

have

new

up

effort in the direction

an

records

I suggest, I could
now

one

system of

records

are

lives which

and

stated without
propositions,
quiteunsupported by references

no

would

world

alone

of the science

books

and

had

not

old

great and able

if

particularproposition.

records.

into

help being of opinion

there

make

submit

may

is to

astrologyis reallyreviving,and

ripe to

horoscopes

methodical

That

upon

matters.

labours

if methodical

all parts of the

prepared to

am

points,and

two

greater progress

that

now

itself.

minor

regard as

I cannot

filed.

seems

in support of any

once

up

made

been

people in

many

do,

adopted, and

I admit, but
difficulties,

that

the

by

the discussion

by

possiblesubmission

highly than

felt

fame, and

writers,both of the past and the present, whose

appreciatemore

how

object,of course,

Our

must

we

learn

itself in the

was

as
principle,
regards these

purpose,

how

present the effect of the

only a suggestion.
being
possible,

as

to

the

hear

it showed

way

at

worldly

upon

definite

some

discuss

only

we

that

to

exerted

influence

natives, I hope he will explain in what

would

anxious

having

not

astrologer

ancient

that such

If he contends

cited.

cases

the

,3.3

cases.

often
If

we

in support of the
Moon

suffers

no

MUNDANE

in

detriment

to

"

horoscopesand

the Moon

in

form

To
of many

have

Capricorn

so-and-so, and

page

ASTROLOGY.

referred to Record
should

glance we

at a

lives of

129
Vol. so-and-so,
had

have

fortyor fiftyfamous

reference

all

men,

having

Capricorn.
such

records

as

I suggest,

If this idea is entertained

students.

requirethe help

should

we

prepared

am

assist,to the best of

my

what

tion
Classification ! Classification ! ! Classifica-

requireis

we

!!!

"

Without

it no

record

astrologeris

for the Moon

of the

in

littledoubt

am

that before many

years

an

accomplished

fact.

inclined

to

assist in the

formation

Capricorn

held this

I shall be

eminent

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made, but this work,

become

horoscopes of any

births the Moon

will be

progress

AstrologicalCollege will
If any

as
ability,

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"

quite convinced

to

glad

men

to

of

receive

ticulars
par-

at whose

women

or

an

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AQUARIUS.

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of the
the
are

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to

the

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good aspect

on

of conciliation"

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on

cusp

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placed implies an

so

working class,strikes
in

is

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but
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house,
significant
entered

will be

to Venus

on

unsettled

cusp

as

the

dence
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into.

Mars

of fourth,is an
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ASTROLOGY,

MUNDANE

130

the

amongst
At

and

oppositesex,

semi-square

in

high

of

rate

mortality.
the

applying to

explosion at

conflagrationor

fierysign, a

rather

is in M.C., Mars

Petersburg, Saturn

St.

crime

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financial circles,

activityin

of

in favour

argument

publicbuildingis probable.
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York,

New

evil month

an

much

financial disasters,appalling
accidents, and

Sun

(0)

of the Sun's

the

figure,is

the

in his

is

detriment, and
Mars

the moment

planetarypositionsat

entry into Capricornus.

whilst

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the

shews

map

21st, 1893,

2-h.9-m.,p.m.

at

above

illness.

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December

THE

crime,

much

expected ;

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may

is ruler of

receivingthe opposition of

from

separates

Mercury

the

of

opposition

the

greater benefic.
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health

far from
have

time.

excitement

much
times

people during the

will

good, epidemics

busy

of the

in the

Deaths
in

state, and

it will

the State

helmsman

to

disturbances

in

and

require

of

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skill

extreme

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professionto

in the ranks

occur

colonial relations

Foreign Office,our

Jupiterbeing

medical

parliamentarycircles.

unsettled

and

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cause

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rule of the

politicians,

will be

being
the

on

prevent conflict by force of

in

busy
a

very

part of
Mars

arms.

oppositionfrom "earthquake" signs,seismic

appalling

in

disasters

connection

may

be

expected.
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that

his

will

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strikes

proximity to

are

more

that
the

Neptune
Moon,

dissatisfaction
than

is

and

rising;it is
the

between

likelyto

result

improbable

not

oppositionof Mercury,

master

and

through

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by Mercury opposition Moon.

agitators,aptlysignified

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Chidambaram
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zodiac,
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Sayana

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astrologers do

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by

is.

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Satyachariar,
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In the

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Mr.

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rests

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just stated.

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quoted

are

translator

the

and
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to

estimates

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discovery

of the

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be what

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to

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point

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Ayanamsa

direct

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true

the

called

star

is to say, the first degree of their zodiac

zodiacs

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length

1883,

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exact

says,

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at

surprise

some

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ist

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January,
work

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is referred

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Nadi,

reader

the

us

Theosophistfor April, 1883.

entitled

Iyer,we

of Aries.

motion

from

is measured

January, 1883,

ist

of Libra, is the

the

equinox

point

first

used

from

is measured

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in their

use

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brethren

discovered

"

the

zodiac

Iyer, B.A.,

has

they

astrology

the equator at the vernal

and
ecliptic,

Hindu

our

the

to

zodiac

degree

cannot

one

different

the Sun, and

being

the

on

zodiac

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the

equator in its southern

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eastern

confidence

this

works.

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dealing

on

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across

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the

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the

"

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noticed,

astrologers.

the Sun

this is the

The

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"

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Ayanamsa-

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

132

kala is found

passed since

years

remainder

be

must

Kaliyuga, multiplyingthe

of

beginning

then

9, and

by

obtained

the

dividing by

taken

be

to

of

the total number

from

by subtracting3,600 years

"

minutes

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10.

(of space,

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know

we

for the present year,

Prof. K.

1893, comes

Chatre

L.

the

objection is

Piscium
In

of 18"

that Revati

made

appended

note

4,565 B.C.,

corroborated

Gerald

to

255 B.C., and into

Aquariusas

correct, it would

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the present
the

time, is

about

zodiac

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Massey's

situated

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students

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true, the
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and
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than

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entered

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Greenwich

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by

into Pisces

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French

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in terms

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difficulty.

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lengthyquotation is given
who

55'.

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and

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Royal. This

the Astronomer

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14'20"

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in

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western

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ASTROLOGER?

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and

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able

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of

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the November

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It is worth
noting that this has been followed
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the Italian

page

ministryon the 24th November

opposition Mercury), and by that of
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we

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at page

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ATABEL."

SphericalBasis of Astrologyhas reached

tables of houses
for every
degree of

from

us

latitude

56" inclusive ; and the cusps of the minor houses,

i.e,,
eleventh, twelfth,second, third,and those opposite,are given to
decimal
than any yet
accurate
one
place, thus making them more
The
tables
for
north
but the author describes
are
published.
latitude,
how
He claims that
they can easilybe used for southern latitudes.
the usual Poles of the Houses
as
given in the ordinary works on
of them
and hence
that tables of
astrology are every one
wrong,
houses calculated from them
also inexact.
He gives a new
and
are
table of ApproximatePoles and explains his method
correct
of arriving
think the book will prove indispensable
We
at them.
to all astrologers
have to calculate horoscopes for places that are widely apart in
who
22" and

latitude.
on

The

author

is

Joseph G.

Dalton.

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us, though not
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hand
of the ensuing season
what will be the general course
perhaps to prepare us beforeis every
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of which

weather

force

by applying

has

positionsin

of

be

of

one

science, and then show

of the

been

the

of the year

year

its

and

alreadyexplained
of

will be made

future

by practicalobservation
the influences

between

passage

of weather

it to

guides."

doubtful, I deemed

was

the

the

series

customary

likelyto

after review

that what

motive

of

*'

earth's

year

it better to

of the

the nature

the

singular intervals
the

278]

page

to
satisfactory

more

the

"

extreme,

working

1893 [Vol.3,

fashion

remarkable

their

for

accompanied by

the

positionsin

Jupiterand

"

positions

it been

predictions,"after
as

**

doubt, have

no

general reader
**

table of

and
:

"

of

1894, so

record.

as

The

138
In

"foreseeingweather,"

the

of the

year

(i) The

general nature

features

and

and

extremes

their

"c., as indicated

Year.

alluded

2^ 8 ^

and

extremes

of

Britain

Great
without

and

all the

of
"

much

which

the

spring and
which

hold

to

forth

October, when
with

(2)

favourable.
of

Mars

any

in

that it

say

than

so

the

periodof

"

April and

by

unsettled

the Mars'

haymaking

the latter half.

To

left

drought,
the

by

The

Lunarists."

influences

of the

Venus, which

this, the

than
summer

such

are

weather

mid-

to

up

positions,combined

of solar

crowd

periods for

barren

Other

favourable

favourable

more

of these

none

of very

Spring

May
and

some

weather,

position,which
should

quence
conse-

which
of

completelybaffled

"

for

influence

will tend

promises
with

commencing

expect

may

The

state

case

for

remarkable

to

mild, but

we

the

seen

may

to

be

extreme
or

the

look
fairly

may

days.

operation,in

finish,the first 20

days

of

case

for

generally,is
of

June,

of heat, followed

overlies the 30

in active

free from

be also very

reaction

be

rainfall may

of

therefore

more

influences

"season"

fair amount
are

much

be

to

The
Summer,
promising outlook for the crops.
check
the
only
equallypromising,
being the 2^ d W
we

In this

the year.

to

injuriousextremes,

which

anomalous

of the

intervals.

remarkable.

Venus, hence

The

expected.

not

being

to

and

March

and

position of

year

of circulation

"

Continent

more

so

Seasons.

The

14

rulingthe general conditions of the year

similar positionof Jupiterand Neptune,

come

stormy close

very

positionsfor

of

months

long

belt

of the

of Mars

others

for
**

I need

promises
we

respect

century, only partiallyrelieved

was

general arrangements
as

of

there

spring

planets,

with

in different years.

spring

considerable

summer,

last

as

of

have

causes

with

predictors,"none

will

probable

of the

June-July.

recurrence

the

observed

first thing observable

is the

their

dryness

of the

table

of

"positions"

parallelin

reaction

most

formation

the

was

the

coincident

general absence

of

pressure,

combinations

occurrence

contrasts

further

was

nature

changes,

the nature

explaining the

In

the

of

of the

(3) The

"

other.

"

to

one

as

by

and

are

nature

periods and

of temperature

each

and

(i) The
I

retardation

or

varying positionsand

ever

to the earth

1893,

itself;(2) The

their

months,

contrasts

rainfall,
storms,

and

it

the

of

considered

be

points to

their acceleration

and

SEASONS,

or

METEROLOGY.

ASTRONOMIC

be

by

from
short

protracted

In this case,

of

check

in

July bid fair; after

ASTRONOMIC

METEROLOGY.

overlying position of Venus, culminating with

that the

bring

August 3rd, may

harvest

and

harvest

unsettled

some

the

however, is under

influence

of

The

work.

the i8th

dry period to
For, with

in 41

much

shall have

we

of ?

duration

days

days

be

more

remarkable

and

To
for

sum

; with

up

1894, w^

with

It will be
such

good promise for

of

parts
weather
from

for their

the

July, to

of the

before, be

looking so

far ahead, and

condition

set

planets in the zodiac, we

and
at the

get

weather

the

I have

With

denying

this

or

"

all the

stress

explanation,it will be
key

"

to

of the
the
and

problem

their

recurrence.

every

nature

lunar

the

seen

The

as

sub-

Of course,

of the

**

the

belt

"

greater

tion,
precipita-

but, looking

in the months

of the

course

of

how

it is that ''science,"

ever

failed in to get anything

though

well-endowed
other

Among
existence
possible
find

might,

important

in the belt of

of the seasons,

action; but

failed to

modified

probable.

appliances of

laid upon

in

autumn

positions,the

planets,has

scientific observers.
has been

on

for this, it

seasons

solar

spring,

fine

and

and disaster.

the most

seems

influences

great heat

carry

But

placed

the

any

sea.

opposite condition

of the

Clements, all have

cyclesor

of

season

indicated

of
cycles,principally

Hugh

might

occurrence

resources

and

be

will

extreme

an

conjunctive positionsof

dispositionof

the influence

like

great

year

and

nature

table,and

by

to

year,

considering the

these

by

up

and

23

for this consummation

of downfall

source

of

with

them

1893.

of soli-

favourable

very

of reaction, when

year

be the

influence would

of

8 ^

look

of the

"^ 8 ^
U

for

think

months

dispositionof

mature

ingathering.

and

6 ^

continuance
often

and

June

not

temperature of

fine summer,

; a

crops

follow

overlying for

low

no

use

to

number

perilousperiod at

look

good

I do

vicissitudes

favourable

reasonably

"^^y

such

Venus

and

made

action ; the last two

for extremes

duration.

or

be

the Winter,

1894, ^^^h

storm

fair and

there is mischief

character,with frequentchanges, but

note

Mars-Jupiterat

get another

should

Of

0.

Mars

their
intensify

to

and

autumn,

of that in

planetary positions,with
41

5 d 0,

20th, which

or

possibledry

from

may

for

partialthunder

being

cleared, we

half,

favourably

is also most

Autumn

periods of

After this last has

close.

of.

the

about

rain storms

last

favourable

most

"

Uranus,

The

weather.

Mars

influenced, the only temporary check

and

I39

or

problem

firom Luke
demonstrate
is

"

backed

ments"
depart-

hypotheses,
of

recurring

Howard
any

incapable of

to

such

solution

ASTRONOMIC

140

by

such

any

observation
of

not

cause,

lapseof

in the

even

and
and

be

may

of " ears

months

"

cycle

in the tables

will take

to

features in the

place the symbols of

onlyhave

practical"key

fairlyforeseen

"

practicalrecord
which

by

and

studied

all the
twelve

in advance.
PRATT.

FREDERIC

The

positionsat the November

mid-heaven
was
auspicious. The

lunation

In addition

Mars.

to

the other

in

Saturn

events

the

by

were

void

and

by

were

afflicted

Neptune; the luminaries

of good aspects; and

and

Mercury
Uranus
with

given,

trouble

the

and

this way,

will not

be

may

are

resultingcurves

but also

changes

changing, and the

necessarilyimpossible,
different changes,combinations,

ever

who

dailyin

the true

disturbances, from

be studied

one

planets.

or

planetsas

and

All these

the

Observe

seasons,

and

"

any
"

the dates, you

and

extremes

by

delineate

"

over

are

displacements may

diagrams.

the table

such

which

centuries.

verified

observe, and
usual

in any

the

of conditions

combinations

of which

of Sun, Moon,

will demonstrate

cycles,but

positions and
return

of action, whether

mode

Six months'

METEROLOGY.

was

have

we

no

means

oppositionof

conjunction with
in conjunction
mentioned, there

the anarchists
in Spain and
was
a
great renewal of activityamong
France, Saturn in the above conjunction ruling the twelfth house.
On

7th, 14th,and

Barcelona

and

sent

were

to

November

15th

Marseilles
the

there

; and

during
Emperor

German

anarchist

were

the
and

to

outrages

infernal

month

Count

at

machines

Caprivi,

the

chancellor.

Our

predictionsat

closelyfulfilled.
this

We

fulfilled when

was

the 20th

the November

lunation,page

foresaw

accidents

the

**

sad

on

93, have been very

the high seas," and

raged violentlyfrom
immense
deal of damage on

storm

November,

the

i8th

to

our
doing an
coasts,
of
hundreds
of
and
lives.
the
loss
some
causing many shipwrecks
The
Mercury in oppositionto Neptune, both
aspects in force were
in
a
nd
the
Sun
oppositionto Jupiter. We also predicted
retrograde,

and

that
been

**

some

notable

followed

by

persons
the deaths

will pay the debt of nature," and this has

of Sir Robert
Morier, British Ambassador

of BattenPrince Alexander
November;
when
clever
died
who
Mars was
soldier,
Bulgaria,a
enteringScorpio,on 17th November, at noon, at Gratz, Austria (born
to

Russia, who

died

on

i6th

berg, formerlyof

Clark,
5th April,1857) ; and Sir Andrew
died of paralysisat London, at 4.30 p.m.,
Saturn

and

Mars),he

was

born

the

who
popular physician,

6th November

28th

(Moon

October, 1826.

junction
con-

Xctters
of

Cbitor.

tbe

to

inserted.
are
Correspondents desiring reply must
stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should
for publicaand address, not necessarily
tion,
give full name
but as a token of good faith.
N.B.
Writers
alone
of signed articles are
responsiblefor the opinions therein
Letters

general interest alone

pleaseenclose

"

contained.

"Candid"

Raphael" will pleasenote that when

Magazine the facts had not
Astrologers'
my figurewas
turned
Since
has
out
as
then, everything
predicted by
transpired.
the quesited is now
in England (safe).Being on tour the
me, and
past few weeks will explain delay,as I onlyreturned from the eastern
counties to the west of England a few days since,when
I found
the
Astrologers'
Magazine unopened, so now
supply an omission ; yet, at
the same
time, if my figurehad been carefullyanalysed,I fail to see
accurately,and
why one could not read my condensed judgment more
the ground again. I have great faith in
not trouble me
to go over
who was
and guaranteed perfect safety to a person
fixedsicrns,
paring
prewho
stood
his trial,on
to flyfrom
time
some
since,
England
though his accomplice had six months'
acquitted,
my word, and was
hard labour.
Now
Sun is fixed in Aquarius, so I gave my verdict of
not
also (in fact, when
perfect safetyin this case
badly afflicted,
students
this
circumstance
it
I
to the
rely on
firmly).
may
gave
Editor of the Astrologers'
facts
As
I dispense
to save
Magazine.
space,
I trust

Sir,
"

and

forwarded

I must

(i) I
last

believe

separated

Moon
and

both

answer

had

at

**

the

to

time.

one

the best authors

from

shows

what

are

has

agreed that the planet the Moon

recentlyhappened ; therefore,as

recentlyseparated from

"j Venus, and as both ** Candid**

the querent, I stated boldly
signifies

Raphael" agree that Moon

female urged her to apply to me, which
Candid
is faulty,not me, and
name). So
I hope they will excuse
shaky, not mine.
**

that

"

*"

Candid

will

and
his

see

) A
??
well knows

(giving

Raphael's" version is
me
using their words.

**

Candid

(2)
Raphael"
**

admitted

was

**

"

knows

if Lillywas

well

joined
significator,

Aquarius
Mercury,

is

livinghe would use Aquarius,

a fixed
sign,so findingSun,

lord

of

fourth, was
quite
which
as
answer
give a
proved
safety,
unmolested.
true, as he returned to England, and was
In
this
(3)
replyingto
question,I must ask my readers to look at
inserted in October
number
a figure
Magazine,from
Astrologers'
Lilly,"
and to the third query
where
he was."
Lilly takes the sign to
the place he was
south-east
in ; and, although Sagittarywas
signify
in the figure,
he says,
his significator,
I find $
east,
leaving f a northand entering 1^, a south sign,whereon
in the
I judged he was
sufficient for

to

definite

to

me

the

to

**

**

"

"

south-east

part of the

actuallyfollowed

country

unto

which

he went."

Now,

I have

"

as
Lilly strictly,
Aquarius is a western
sign, see
Lilly,"p. 65, and, if a western
sign,why not America ?
(4) As Mercury signifies
young persons,and being in his seventh,
I judged quitecorrectlythe brother or quesited sweetheart
prompted
him
to leave
his employment, which
fact, and no deviation
was
a
from
Astrologicrules. Now, "Lilly" says, "Always take a planet
**

**

in a house as well as lord of

author
gives " south-east."
"

I intimated
:

that

he

house."
I

will

On

"

p. 90,

transcribe

his

resolvingsuddenly upon

was

Lilly,"I
exact
a

wherein
the quarter of heaven
south, because
the sign where
is, is south; east, because

ascendant

(thishe confessed)."If Lilly's"writings do

my detractors requirespectacles.
"

not

find

our

words

"

east
journey souththe
0

support

lord

of

is, is

east

me,

then

142

TO

LETTERS

EDITOR.

THE

I may
add, if ^ had not been in seventh, but in the
father,I should have given the father as the prompter.

fourth, his

"

Candid
that he had
most
pestuous
tema
reply to
from
would
have
the
I
he
to
as
judged
voyage,
squares
bestial
he
in
and
Herschel,
being
Scorpio (as Lilly states, a
sign),
and Mars
hurrying to opposition,is quiteenough, without the squares
it should be Taurus.
in figure. ^ is placed in T
(6) Is admitted to be alrightand sensible.

(5) I

in my

stated

**

''

"

shaky." Why so ?
(7) Pronounced
Lilly,"taking a planet in a
accordingto
"

when

thereof,

finding

so

his

in

planets

two

house

**

sixth

still

am

as

well

judging
the lord

as

afflicted,I

judged

figuremany

weeks

accordingly.
The

Editor
it

before

was

Magazine had
Astrologers'
that
inserted,so
my judgment was
of the

my

fulfilledbefore it was

published.
On

artist,and
it
as

readingof

second

**

"

Candid

plain,Venus,

more

both

and

I did

means,

possible,my

**

must

Candidas

the querent to

female, prompts

the
V^f signifies
So as to make

letter,I know

trine to Saturn.

Moon

see

"

not

time

Permit

(i) If,in
aspected by
the character
In the

case

{2) If the

ask

beginnerto

as

CASAEL.

elementary questionor two.

house, and
horoscope,
planet is in its own
should
it
what
allow
in making
we
other,
weight
a

the

an

any
?

before
ruler

planet is

the

me,

of the

is it correct
signincator,

infer

to

in the tenth

house

second

is in

for

some

out

conjunction with

the

?
prosperity

Surely there is something omitted from III.,on page 77,

appliesto the current
year it will not to another,and
serious if used

not

house.

rule

becomes

me,

faithfully,
E.

"

to

being fullyoccupied.
Yours

Sir,

apply

in trine to my
are
significator,
though, by some
give it, as I condense
judgment as much
my

time

if the

as

the

error

back.
I am.

Sir,yours truly,
BEGINNER.

[Note by Ed.
(i) A planet so posted is very strong,but the nature
be considered.
must
planet
(2) It depends upon the strength
the same
of the planets,for sometimes
sign will be on the cusp of
both first and second
houses, give an example. (3) See errata,]
"

of the

Sir,

I have

England

(or the

"

in business.
have

been

been

for

long

world)I should

I have been where

unfortunate
with
most

generally. Now,

I have

time

anxious

direct my
I

am

now

dishonest

steps

to

know

to

be most

livingover

what

part of

successfiil

four years, and

unfortunate

assistants,and

applied to four, three

of which

I know

are

Two
of England, Devon, Watering
well up in the science.
say West
of
other
N.E.
two
Places; the
England, Lancashire, or Scotland
say
I have
for
Besides
four
the
would
be best
me.
applied to, I have just

read, in Lilly'sAstrology,that the quarter wherein you

of them, direct your steps to that quarter.
most
or
0

or

find 2i ? ",
Now, I have

LETTERS

TO

THE

I43

EDITOR.

from the fourth house to

IJ 0
? 2( ^ all in the N.E.
quarter, i,e.,
the ascendant, but then Lillygoes on to say if 2| or $ be lords of the
eighth or twelfth or sixth, avoid that quarter. I have " on the cusp
of sixth house, which
is one
of the houses of ?
that I conclude,
so
,
"

best, after all,away

according to Lilly,I am
Anyway, I shall be very pleased to be set at
vexed
question.

the N.E.

from
rest

quarter.
this,to me,

about

Yours,
FOGGED.

BYRON'S
With

Sir,

"

say that

I think

It is

the

to

the words

his death

on

"

reference

HOROSCOPE.
allow

Byron's horoscope, will you

taken, not from
quoted were
from

figure,but

the note

on

to

me

tions
my observa214, Vol. III.

page

pity we do not know the authorityfor the time adopted in

remarked
to me
Scorpio figure. An astrologeronce
and refined a look
Byron's face, at its best, had too handsome
a

of the

case

that

for the
that
his

Noel's life of the poet, it is stated

In Roden
sign Cancer.
Scott
both
and
Coleridge
agreed about the wonderful
beauty of
face ; and Trelawny, who
often swam
with him, mentions
that,
**

for the defect

save

symmetry

of Apollonian
in his foot,his body and limbs were
the delicate shapelinessof his hands
being

fairness

and

"

noticed

well as women."
as
by many, men
admitting this to be the description of a
Trelawney reports that Byron gave his time

I find

in
difficulty

some

in

Mars

Cancer

of birth

**

as

man.

in the

two

preted.
day," and everything depends upon how this expressionis to be interIf Byron spoke strictly,
2 p.m.,
it,of course,
ought to mean
which
time gives us the Cancer
figurewith Mars rising. But it is
within
the
bounds
of
that he may have spoken loosely
quite
possibility
with
such
meets
two in
(forevery astrologer
cases),and have meant
consists
of
the morning; moreover,
in a largersense,
a
day
twenty"

"

four hours, and then **two

in the day" would
the second
hour
mean
of the day, or 2 a.m., which
gives us Scorpio rising,and Mars in trine
feel certain
how
to the ascendant.
I do not see
any astrologercan
that this latter view
The

auburn

figurewith

tinge of his hair may be held to support the Cancer

from
Scorpio with
rising,but it might also come
his curly or wavy
hair seems
to
to the ascendant
; and
Both are
of Scorpio than of Cancer.
characteristic

Mars

in trine

Mars
me

is incorrect.

much

more

watery signs,and, therefore,his love of swimming will fit the

well

the

as

other.

The

in the ninth

Uranus

Scorpio figure gives

this is far

house, and

him

the

better with

It

present

is

state

pity we cannot
of thingsleaves

publish a figuredrawn
the

one

with

the

for

astrologerwho

time, and

then

for

obtain

corroborative

uncertain.

us

a.m.,

so

few

some

drew

that

proceeded

up
to

minutes

the

of his

figure,
to

me

Cancer.

It

evidence, for the

might

earlier than

figure may

it with
rectify

have

be amiss

not

all students

could

other, for the Scorpio figurehitherto

I believe, drawn
the

with

Scorpio than

as

and

characteristic

more

is the Cancer
restless habits, his voyages
and travels, than
His
which
has a fixed sign on
the cusp.
to
dispositionseems
agree

one

Moon

to

compare

published is,

a.m.

started

Possibly
with

free hand.
LEO.

this

LETTERS

144

THE

TO

EDITOR.

that a writer in your contemporary

was
that
of
a kind
enough to say
your excellent Magazine was
unofficial organ of the Theosophists. This, of course, was
not correct.
Thereupon, two Theosophistsare down upon him with vengeance ; and
Dear

It

Sir,
"

seems

unfortunate

not

with

content

asinine

this

attack

they

and

you

One, however,

manner.

which
ignoranceof astrology

displaysan

Magazine in a most
Campbell, F.T.S.,

your

certain

J.

T.

is ludicrous.

When

treating

Swedenborg's nativityyou accidentally

sign,
put $ in the wrong
in -)f to 5f and this clever critic calls this aspect an
whereby she was
impossibleand unheard of aspect ! Well, I may tell him that ?")("?
but what it is formed
frequentlyoccurs
; in fact,scarcelya year passes
three times, and I may
also add for his information
that 5 Q ?
two
or
of
it
but
unheard
is not an
or
occurs
sometimes,
impossible
aspect ;
keen mentalitiesthat exist.
I should
He speaks of the many
not often.
of

"

Of course,

like to see them.

I choose, whether
I

in

I shall discuss

Theosophical journals

get the rightside of the editor.

can

phist,"the

best

Theosophy, when

thing he

can

do

for

As

is to

out

or

"

an

study

and where

of them,

provided
Indignant Theoso-

his rules

hold

and

RAPHAEL,

peace!

"

"

Houses

November
27M, 1893.
in my
of
Tables
checking the ascendants
latitudes that they are not strictly
I must,
correct.
them
before I
blame, as I ought to have checked

I find

Sir,

Dear

for south

however, take the

published them.
only.

his

F.T.S.

**

on

The

greater part of the

errors

amount

to

few

RAPHAEL.

minutes

of the comments
surprised at some
very much
of the Future,
number
It seems
to me
a puerile
of
another
for
mud
when
to
at
one
so
astrology fling
thing
exponents
for
future
united
the
of
the
much
science.
action
tainly,
Cerdepends upon

Sir,

Dear

made

"

am

in the October

in
it of great importance to exercise the utmost
care
which
is to have
a
nd
publication,
though repeated
rather than the science,the
apt to discredit the astrologer

I think

preparing matter
mistakes

are

public mind
and

is not

so

discerningas
The

its advocates.

to

is to

between
distinguish

regard the two

science

under

one
general
general verdict, because
are
frauds,"should give
astrologyis false,therefore all its advocates
best and most
this
how
to think
we
us pause
speedily remove
may
about
misconception. Assuredly,it will not come
by wearing one
of every lapsus
serious
another away
account
calami,or the yet more
on
of judgment to which
all liable at times.
we
errors
are
I regret,therefore,that the astrological
so
journalsshould occupy
valuable space in more
less personalrecriminations.
much
or
In one
Magazine
thing,at least,I am
glad to say the Astrologers*
is above reproach,viz. : that it is all times willingto recogniseand
in its own
So far as
I
acknowledge error wherever it occurs
pages.

head

am

as

threadbare

this has been

aware

custom

imposition,and

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in all

the

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cases.

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consonant
of
the
love
could
sincere
and
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we
truth),
dignity
tolerance

in

writings,a
friction ;

more

few

larger

than

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intellectual
the

spiritof

present pervades astrological

things would
spontaneouslycoexist : less
double strength.
and
greater unity,

measure

at

desirable
progress,

Yours

with
add

SEPHARIAL.
sincerely,

lPear'0(Greeting to all

our

*Rea^er0"

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[COPYRIGHT].

No.

FEBRUARY,

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43.

1894.

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free

4id.

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"NEPTUNE"

AT

the time

Margate
of

degree

the

of birth of my
on

friend

Neptune,

17th July,1838, at

sign Capricornus

8h.

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min.

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PENNY).

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the 28th

p.m.,

cusp

at

of

the

greater part of

first

Pisces

therein.

Description of
aspects of Herschel

Saturn

and

Jupiterwith

will pretty well describe

complexion,black

in

person:

hair

him.

growing

Scorpio
the

Full middle
from

the

modified

moment

stature, rather pale

forehead

of his

; at

other

times

cool and

the

positionof Neptune,

head, dark sharp eyes, and rather spare

Disposition: Quick, excitable,prone to act on the

crown

by

collected ;

towards

the

person.
spur

steady

of the

and

very
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146

ASTROLOGERS.

MODERN

abstemious.

positionsof Neptune, Herschel, and

the

Saturn, and the good aspect of the Sun

in

good aspect

truthful.

his friends,and

towards
sincerity

Great

will observe

Students

"NEPTUNE."

"

the latter,
also

to

Jupiter

both.

to

in the

of the first house

ruler of the cusp

Mentality: Saturn,

mystic sign Scorpio,five planetsin scientific signs and angular.

The Moon, Venus
and Mercury parallel
to each other, the Moon
from

just separated
Neptune,

and

the

study of

He

is also

sextile of

quick mathematician,

will be

other

many

present he is

At

The

seafaringlife.
from

escapes

silver medals
that

such

two

his

writes

and

Neptune,
of

vagabond'

Siecle,"in the Arena.

de

the

authorities

other

to

signsto

endowments.
is

nature

strongly
The

orthodox.
bias

His

water.

narrow

his three
while in

conduct

good

for

the

banned

in his article
after his

was

known

practisingAstrology(notice

(C.

C.

it is

one

This

careful

the

house
in

Massey, Esq.) espoused

lived

rather
of

to

great expense
T.

is well

Stead

of

Herschel.

am

planetsin Gemini,

just to

reach

and

manhood,

also
not

further

is in the fifth house.

Mars

it very

Notice

speculation.

opposition to Neptune;

remarkable

it, as

this

quartile to

satellitium

child, who
is

in
in

noteworthy that

study

Predictive

unfortunate

Venus

with

that

died.

with

friend

seventh

and

concerned

but

escapade

noble

Very

in the

Moon

had

Astrology

astrologers.

to

Mercury

than

"c.,"

for

but

Marriage :
the

on

'*

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entailed
which, unfortunately,
gentleman. His intimacy with Mr. W.

that

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ostra-

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his cause,

Bow

friend,Mr. Edgar Lee,

Fin

and

remarkable, and

were

his courage

I selected

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'rogue and

from

dec.

profession.*

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so

par.

signs give

danger

accidents

both

prove

Mars

scepticalthan

denotes

Saturn

of his spare time.

his mental

in watery

that

wonder

No

mysteriousin

more

Herschel

Sun, Saturn, and

these

from

of
good qualities

Religionand journeys:
shown.

able

note

trine of

the

and

Mercury

going in a conjunctionof Venus.

"c., engrossed so much
Astrology,

Students

Mercury.
adduce

the

He

then

will well repay

and
nativity,

fullyexemplifiesthe

rules of

Astrology.
MERCURIUS.

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BY

month's

Editor.

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horoscope

and

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the Taku

with

may
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mention
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By

SUMMARY.

THINK
in the

foregoingpages

what

prove

to obtain

directions

the time

given

coming

this

to

say that

I may

subject will

at

am

student

and

Marriage,

well

science,as
when

events

The

long

go

are

on

would

not

raised

at

When

I said

death

from

live.

the

had

Moon

passed
four

of this

boy

child's death
he

horoscope

hope

not

sets

will take

to

to

not

"

place.

rear

felt

and
him

Now, let

how

help

Raphael

"

him

the

to

tells him

just so,

various

die ?

predict

the Sun,
"

even

Sepharial,"
the exact
the father

heavy

affliction
that

mind

he

the date of the

differ)

directions.
find

find out

when

Sun

tions),
(secondary direc-

to

the

child

(findsthem

books

how

point

would

the
own

my

the child

is the

suppose

is he to know

Book," tells him

astrologer

formed

us

in his

sure

Text

to

I ask

has noticed

getting out

"

II.

the Moon

work

word

case

oppositionof

all the text

? he looks up

Pearce, in his

places,but

when

or

the

letter which

any

astrologerwho

when

astrologer
; he

to be an

in his son's
could

the Sun,

in

of

on

appears

will the

die, not

degrees. Now,

predicted death

he have

oppositionto

bold

which

This

it die ?

child

problem

astrologerthat

referringto Figure

was

progressive Sun, by

would

and

be

the vexed

in this

any

would

will the

it would

this,I

with

been

unbiassed

an

considered

earlydeath

subjects
Mortality,

of the
infallibility

the

John H.,

he

methods,

; such

in

thought well

has

earnest

every

many

out

of any

astrologyas

viz..Infant

pages,

that

say

have

when

"

too

case

possible.

in favour
of

; but

each

as

is what

proving

Sepharial

spent

manner

have

that of

But, when

first

for the

these

was

predicted an

would

well

views

I want

We

''

opinion would

own

in my

What

towards

95, to

page

have

not

will, if thrashed

I gave
"

children ; also

confusion in its systems

way

try and

to

will take
a

settlingfor us
finally
to happen.
or
sure
likely

first case

appears

been

biassed

as

9 of this vol.

page

have

am

Truth.

Death,

given

predict the death,

to

us

broad

as

ventilatingin

I purpose

manner,

am

viz.,The

wants,

the science has become

as

everything else.

upon

of these

exhaustive

as

present

system of astrology. I

intention

conclusion,we

deal with it in

separatelyand

enable

been

now

decease, and, if this be accomplished,

definite

to any

death

the
to

have

cases

it is my

and

caused

after the

not

of

sufficient evidence

before,and
before

sufficient number

Mr.

Hylegiacal
the

is the

death

giver of

148
life,
"c., but
the sad

he does not

been

of

if the

could

father had

the

that

states

has

rules

Moon

passed

child,he

killed the

expect

severe

greatest affliction

the

expected

have

he may

have

would

disappointed.
I will not

Now

be too

the full benefit of what

whenever

event
one

would

has

passed

the

time

here the Moon

but
life,

have, to

to the

as

"

years

and
affliction,
Moon

him
satisfy
Raphael further

"

event.

the first four

the

MORTALITY.

INFANTILE

be

her

like

case

this case).

she

direction

(and

8 0

of these acted

None

before the " reaches

and

also
,

the

did what

she

this,for by
8 b

give her

of
probability

hardlythink

place,and

own

hyleg in

days they felldue,

will

and

the

points to

but
it,^

in

expected

the Moon,

upon

I consider

she deserves

have

would

hard

note

the

on

% the child breathes

his last.
Now
to

date

any

could

have

these afflictions because

be.

let

But

conclusion

us

possibleto

the

the

time

fix dates

this

the

should

happen.

fix them

definite

If it is

accurately.

search-lightof

the

strengthen it.

but

the greatest affliction in this

Now

could

they

as

arrive at

believe,and

we

evil

as

passing

Moon's

and

case

event

the

by

system should

some

Astrology is a true science

will not weaken
investigation
the

taken

primarywere

into
carefully

go
to

as

been

figureappears

to

to

me

be

affliction of

to the human
Jupiter. U gives some
vitality
weak
mortals,
are
we
vitality
system, and without
very poor
without
hope, and a very slender hold on the cords of life,

Jupiterhere

is heavily
afflicted (Z 0

be very

must

low.

The

has

Siin

"),the vitality
consequently

left Saturn

taken

and

cold

apply to Jupiterwith ; the blood is poor and has

warmth, the lungs are weak and the heart is chilled. Now,
has
Moon
clearlyfailed to point out the day of death,
draught

to

supposing
came

father

he

would

warmth

and

up,

lacked

the

evil from

the cold

first aspect

by

kill would

be

months

watched

have

noted

the
every

he would
vitality

the process
asc.

and
affliction,
have

planetSaturn, not

the hot and

this

is formed

rrji13"

not

kill.

understand

48' ascending you

I would
more

Mercury, who

advise

will find

you

clearly.The

to

if you

why

put up

found

but

boy

the greatest
; the

fieryMars

have

the

sign

the

as

expected

system he would

?? and

each

as

process

after birth,i.e.,
April,1885, ^^^

for

is

had

''

"

no

likelyto
four

and

year

will erect

map

the first affliction did

lord of the

map

so

that

processed

is sextile Venus, trine Uranus, and

you

will

ascendant

free
entirely

MORTALITY.

INFANTILE

from

free.

are
a

and
afifliction,

2^, but

The

next

here

the

in elevation

affliction is the

figureshows

in the seventh

Mercury

Uranus, lord of the

ascendant
on

save,

to

show

this

" and

the

body only waited

rulingeighth.

if I

complicated

the science

into

fit his case,

for

to

and

of

the

strong

who

ascendant

is

thought

well

students

will turn

on

ascendant
Should

the

to

page

of the Duchess
be

of this year,

point that

bring

be

to

Pisces

see

; this may

the death

eighth

that
delineation,

the

exact

delay the

square

watch

transit of

place it will

the child will not

gressed
proat

cases

I have

Now

and
prediction,

Jupiterover
out

be reared.

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sign

if

of the infant
be found,

find that in
is formed,

vitae,the only saving

until the
bear

fast

have

the

those

they will

think

and

Neptune

to

conjunct.Saturn

event

of ^

May, 1891, will

terminus

the

to

269, vol. I.,the horoscope

being the

close

theory,for

anyone

practiceis

will follow.

of Fife, born

account

for by
astrologer,

our

of
responsibility

an

simple,but

be the house

to

that

processed asc.

take

does

judgment,

own

to
interesting

will result in the

can

think

aspect

make

Never

"

closelyrelated

studied,I
carefully
the

twirlingevery

judgment;

it will be
of

take

to

I think

not

makes

(see Figure II.),is

cusp

if this map

which

he may

in support of their

of death, and

daughter

that

of

his

at

cases

simply

requires years

alone

exact

to

is

believe

case

eighth in

student

may

your

to

process

fair delineation,that

planet Neptune

here

where

upon

accuracy

improves

those

the time

you

process

the

I want

offer this advice

Experience

Pisces, and
very

give

with

experience he

it.

the

these

make

to

prediction,so

I would

figureand

proving

want

astrologyfailingwhich

patient study.

May

help

of

all,I

at

predicted by

not

apply the

you

hope

no

favour

all that

disrepute by twisting and

predict events

and

not

event, put all the blame

cast

can

t do

was

anythingplainer

was

the cusp

processed to

can

the methods

an

save.

affliction (the

next

given any

testimony, if

; but

Mars

understand

for

to

trine aspect with

have

you

this is not

system ; and

additional

as

oppositionto

excuse

0, then

power

until there

that the event

glad to acknowledge

simple process

Can

I have

and

the radical Moon, she has

to

^ and

eighth),in
the

houses

eighth

has

doctor

fourth ; but

process

event, if so,

reveals,for

all

the

and

ascendant

the

(lordof

9 shews, the

shall be

fourth

oppositionSaturn), is very significant,

as the Figure III.

page

to

; the

I49

our

the radical

earlypart
statement

of

June.
in the

Dircctione.
Iprotectional

Table

III.

"

Profectional

Signs.

PROFECTIONAL

for the purpose

IF,

horoscope,

own

will then

system

of

up

fellow

students.

The

radical

places

of the

Let
the

the

to

of the

I find the

"

in

the

the

of years.

in

in

28"

40'

16"

10'

I find the

meets

that

no

sign.

seen

W"

30th birthday.

aspects fall may

down

opposite

seen

to Table

II.,
the

on
significators

be

II. will at
these

follows

The

"

But

glance
and

other

the

asc,

"

forms
has

Sun
^"K,

the

on

during
reached

4th day
which

sign irjj, the aspects

and

me

similar

and

-^

extreme

inform

enters

along the

I.,and

the Sun
the

as

order,

degrees

in the

seen

degrees ;

of all the

^"

Table

the

to

aspects till it
in their

are

5,

as

aspects which

meets

case

the

by

"

the

the

from
life,
i.e.,

24'

Under

reaches

are

43'

29th birthday.

Table

of

year

reference

By

held

first,I refer

Sun

through

29"^43' it

the

present

29th birthday, is

afler the

on

M.C.

29th birthdayare

0"

sign Si,

and

the

24" 32'

in

M.C.

heaven,

to

29" 43'

V:$"22"

Asc.

Sun

of my

any

directed
^

be

can

III.,the profectional
sign occupied by

minutes

the

in a

"

its passage

by

use

are

f" ^

tables

the

month.

SI

to Table

positionson

Taking

while
and

asc.

M.C.

my

working,

similar

and

from

30th birthday.

degrees and

line of the

"

of

method

and

asc.

planets;

in the column

20th of each
The

"

example

an

for permanent

horoscopes

on
significators

that number

the

instance' in the

an

reference

By
each

take

me

show

and

the radical 0

to

29th

other

151

I take
illustration,

fullyexpounded,

drawn

directed

from

be

DIRECTIONS.

M.C,

8 to

its

minutes
left and
in which

process

^9

mid-

place

own

in which

these

right columns.
month

being

the aspects
significators,

the Sun

followed
can

be

in
set

in their order.

directions for any particular

profectional
month, say December, 1893, followingthe 29th birthday,
I turn to Table
the profectional
III. and note
signsoccupied by
the 29th birthday; then turning to Table II., I
on
significators
and
find all have changed signs except the M.C.
Mars, and I
If I wish

therefore add

to

extract

one

the

sign

in every

case

except M.C.

and

Mars.

DEGREES

THE

152

the

longitudesfor

The

SYMBOLISED.

ZODIAC

THE

OF

of December

ist

obtain

"

"

Asc.

M.C.

signs and degrees, thus

M.C. ")f^,A";
^?Q";
arranged

I.,I

note

^;

their exact
"

the planets' aspects

significators,

I have

in

and

to

The
and

to

mind,

my

method

of

measured

per

year,

by

he says,

by

(latitude)."

the

the
he

But

at the

calculated

rate

that

the

is directed

further
of

obtained

supplementary and,
already in

I
use

times

belonging

that

sign per

year,

I have

year

of life,
in

to

the M.C.

the rate

of 1"

by oblique ascension, or,

says

and

revised

in his Tetrabiblos

directions

the

not

periods

are

month.

J" per

its best, is but

at

to

the

yet

seen

profectionaldirection affordingindependent

the climate

to

annual

or

think, subsidiary
;

have

therefrom, is

at
culminating times," i.e.,

ascensional

fully,
I

noticed.
un-

Andrea.

for every

teaching of Ptolemy
he says

in

Argol

confess, however, that the system,

I must

direction

the

'*

forward

the

being

subjectsomewhat

that of

to

can

as

possible,because

ascendant

the ascendant

and
"

with

10, where

Lib. IV., cap.

are

the

to

taken

are

themselves

1" to the meridian

adding

month

2j" per

M.C.

among

this

^ ;

if desirable.

brought

improved form

an

"?

these aspects

; and

and

asc.

as

been

J?; Asc.

dates

treat

manner

that of late it has

perfectharmony

as

it well

systematic

as

observed

and,

thought

0,

M.C.

^A0,d

that the

29O16' 19^30' 7^0'

aspects fallingin these

the
" Z

6'*44'i8"2i'

i2"6'

"

under

It will be noticed

\^

}"

Table

turning to

be further

2o"33' 13^33' i5"22' 2i"i4'

Now,

20th.

II. for November

50' to the longitudesgiven in Table

thus

by adding

obtained

are

witness

methods
a

case

to

an

of
of

event.

SEPHARIAL.

^be

2)efiree0of

tbe ZoMac

GEMINI

15^
and

"

woman

disordered

something.

holding
by

the

Si^mbolieeb*

(continued.)
a

bundle

wind.

of
She

faggots,her
wanders

hair loose,

in search

of

THE

DEGREES

indicates

It

eccentric

is able to

he

brilliant

account

overmuch
16".
a

versatile

disposed

complete,

and

53

character, and
undertake

to

who

more

will either be

or
learning,
impotent through

trouble.

and

his

sittingupon

man

SYMBOLISED.

is

of wide

vexation

"

of

who

One

thingsthan

ZODIAC

person

nature.

on

THE

OF

It is

degree of confusion.

heels,and breakingstones

with

hammer.
It indicates

of very

person

intellectual powers

from

who,

misfortune, will be able to

who

much

labour

may

few
lack

bring

of

or
ability

little to

but

through

fruition.

little profit. It is

to

of small

and

resources

One
of

degree

unfruitfulness,
broken

17".
"

fluid around
It

of

who

one

hands

the

will

pursuitsof

spilled

and
lifetime,

perhaps

untimelyend

some

the nature

It shows

native to be

the

loss of faculties.

It is

to

be

mostly vain

loss of powers

It shows

lastingbenefit.

no

to

come

of another.

the

unpracticaland
and

with

ground

it.

denotes

through

the

pitcher lyingupon

during
of

degree

impotence,
18".

"

flyingarrow.

It indicates

out

his

by

may,

It is

"

his

in

it

woman

who

result aimed

attitude of dejectionand

at.

by

speaks

some

great

friends and

left to his

the

of ills.

betrayedconfidence,sudden

covers

the hair of her head.

will have

who

one

an

breast with

naked

will be deserted
a

attention, but

execution.
stands

woman

It indicates

To

excite

destiny,fail in achieving the

her otherwise

and

keen mental
loftyaspirations,
executive
ability.One who will

line in life and

own

degree of

19".

of

person

penetration and

powers,
cut

worst

bereavement

in

sorrow

own

life,

resources.

Blighted hopes,

and void ambitions

the dire fruits of this black line in the scroll of life. This

are

degree is perilous.
20^.

Two

"

holdinga
It

well

men,

white

points out

horse
a

and

to

notable

pursue
persons

by

person

things,a tendency

to

standing together,the

clad, are

the bridle.
who

beheve

has much
much

strange studies.
and

one

taste

It

aptitudein spiritual

in dreams

and

visions,

gives the friendshipof

for science

among

other

things;
H

DEGREES

THE

154

but at the

harm.

21^.

"

time

same

It is

unsociable

"

22".

own

of

to

opportunities
himself

amusing

dependent

play.

certain extent,

while

if in

as

cup

others
life.

may

It is

lyingbeneath a tree, throwing food to

gather around her.
kind
of gentle,
a person
winning disposition,

woman

ardent

generous

others

Domestic

so.

and

the fine arts.

lover of peace

beautiful

singing.

and

fondness

in nature,

dispositionto

Some

happy

prosperity.Rustic

and

peace

will be

who

One

nature.

of poetry, music

It i!^a

concord.

follow

degree

or fellow-feeling.
geniality

An

23".
"

"

work

it may

man

will be reckless of how

habits, love of the artistic and

of

and,

probablylead
indifference.

heart, and

into

peculiartastes

; he

dangerous

disproportion.

will

It indicates

make

and

manner

the birds which

and

of

of this

into

will probably lose great

habits,who

A young

"

the native

of eccentric

person

working, and

degree

lead

throwing coins

seen

his carelessness

after his
be

it may

degree

is

youth

It denotes

by

SYMBOLISED.

ZODIAC

If influence falls to the hand

paths.
him

THE

OF

through

old oak, without

which

it has

leaf

bark, splintered
by the

or

alone

passed, stands

desolate

upon

storms

moorland.
It denotes

who

one

through

his

of circumstances, will be deserted

through

pass

heart and

blighthis

can

up

grow

24^.
"

It is

Several

pluming

themselves

happy

to

person

of

word
of

or

collected

of social and

25^.

An

old book

of his dreams

protect his years of

together,chatteringand

jovialnature,

pursuits,but

somewhat

unselfish,

very

of others, attractive,forming many

ready

to

his honest

express

in spontaneous

persuasion,sympathetic.
"

"

mouth,

his

sear

abandonment,

convivial

company

friendships.Ever

world

will

in the dust.

luxury and

in the

are

of life will

storms

shelter and

to

kin, and

kith and

the young

degree of

by

The
ere

him

sparrows

It indicates

given

nature

around

fallingleaf.
"

trials.

many

actions, or the force

own

It is

lyingopen

action.
a

upon

degree
a

nature

of

by

in the art

Gifted

friendship.

table,and

beside

it

burning lamp.
It
whose

signifies
a
mind

person

will be

of

some

well stored

exceptionalmental
with

ancient

powers,

learning.

One

THE

of

OF

DEGREES

studious and

ZODIAC

of

something

of close and

patientstudy.

importance
It is

which

place, in

market

"

whose

greatest happiness

will be in the conquests of the mind.

will achieve

26".

I55

SYMBOLISED.

retiringnature,

wealth

whole

and

THE

the world

to

degree of

several

by

men

young

in

are

free

use

cudgels.

of

signifiesa

It

It denotes
of

hand

few

27"^.
"

It is

man.

rock

It denotes

by

the

circumstances

the

extent

of

the

extent

the sea,

contest.

of

is

much

of all

in love, death

of husband

or

To

wife

certain

It denotes

disappointment

or

the

as

to

all times

confiding,at

battle of life.

the

ill fitted to

happiness.

and

dependent

influence,even

great heart-trouble,bereavement

some

whom

over
melancholy disposition,

of life will have

nature

sittingupon

appearance

weeping.

depriving him

sympathetic,but
also

degree of

person

not

or

of dishevelled

man

young

barren

merits

life of many

stubborn, wilful nature,

rightsof others, litigious

sympathies,jealousand revengeful.
dangers and perhaps death by the

of the

quarrelsome, of

and

of

person

easilypersuaded

dint

cultivation.

dispute,and assertingtheir respectiveopinionsby the

He

case

be.

may

It is

degree of melancholy.

28^.

largeand

"

a
signifies

It

of mind,

beauties
and

physicaland

pursuits;

degree

29^.

black

birds

"

his many

abandon
mind

schemes,

for

will work

filled with

scudding

strugglingagainst the

are

than

nature

good

of

person

in him.

of

want

is filledwith

an

endless

but

in

the

hope

and

succession

black

continuity.

This

individual

flightof

wind.

pessimisticnature

projectsfor

always

clouds.

mantle

who

one

will have

will

perseverance.

of

thoughts and

of

doubt

misgiving. The nature is weak, and easilythrown

such natures
versatile,but lacking,
track; prolix,
as
are, of

in the

fruitfulness.

gloomy sky

It denotes

The

of

in the

more

the reflection of these in the life of

the native will be apparent and

It is

nature's

life,
largefamily

will live

aspects of his

emotional

spiritual
; yet

or

successful

individual

This

genialtemperament

and

appreciationof

keen

healthybody,

friends.

of land.

tract

of broad, open

person

love of rustic

many

mental

well-cultivated

many

and

off the

mostly
dreams

156
and

yet

doubt and
A

30".
"

either in himself

wolf

will form

seductive

happiness.

the

be trusted.

to

be

will

he

designs.

year

the

associations

It is

secluded

have

no

degree of

pathway.

planets,etc., at

For

design of

the

powers

of

ultimate

risk of others'
but
persuasion,

degree of deception.

(Breat plaaue*

the readers

of
significations

1665.

with

livingat

nature,

It is

to
interesting

to review

autumnal

his

of considerable

man

^be

in the

or

followinga sheep along a

who

conquest.

may

fulfilled. Hence

be

change.

; one

IT

PLAGUE.

a crafty
tion
signifies
nature, capable of intriqueand decep-

It

not

will

none

confidence

GREAT

THE

this purpose

the Vernal

Equinox calculated
Vernal

of the

the

Astrologers'
Magazine

Great

Plague
the

I subtend

Equinox,

Summer

for the meridian

Equinox.

of London

positionsof
Solstice,and

of London.

GREAT

THE

Autumnal

figure,the

In the Vernal

conjoined

are

the
Jupiter,
the fourth

ruler of the

to the

sign

of

square

while

which

of
significator

the

people

"

applies

being retrograde.
D"$.

byZ^,Z0,

therefore

to

angle of

the

to

the Sun

time

first house, Saturn

is afflicted

aspect

square

brings its influence

same

^ in the

**

the

at

in

Sun, close

The

sixth houses

eighth and

fifth and

figure.

Jupiter,the lord of the year

a

rulers of the

house, is conjoined to Mars,

the malarial

from

EguiNOx.

in the

in Taurus

I57

PLAGUE.

it is not

by

As
means

any

good.
In the Summer

the

(againin

moon

and

powerful planet in

the

square
In

to

Jupiter I^

the

Autumnal

degree,and

in the

Venus

and

the twelfth
The
of

has the

to

Saturn, ruler
house, the

going

to

most

tion
opposi-

an

the

the

exactly in

is

figure,Saturn

opposed

is

semi-

M.C.

figures.Mars, lord of the firstand

to

to

figure "

of the solstice it throws

at the time

closelyaspect

more

of that

cusp

figure,retrogradeand

the

of the Sun, while

in the ascendant.

the Sun

eighth,is exactlyon

ruler of the

The

the fifth house).

separatingfrom

of the

the ruler of the sixth is square

Venus
figure,

than

Sun

in the

meridian

preceding

eighth,is in the fifth,

conjoined
in

JupiterI^

The

in

in X

Moon

aspect of Mercury, part ruler of the sixth.

Sun, ruler of the sixth,is in the sixth,separating from

and

**

In Pierce's
applying to the d of ^
History and
is given :
Biography,"the followingaccount
months
of May, June and
"In^the
July, the plague had
U

"

continued

with

quickened

its dreadful

In
...

persons

passed
child

houses

some
were

seen

at once

hung

but
great severity,

upon

the

August

sweeping
activity,

the

away

and

September

8,000 in

one

laywaitingfor burial,and

carcases

doubled

from

in

up

womb

in their last
to

putrid breast

the
of

agonies.

grave.
a

dead

The

in

it

week.

others,
Infants

yet

healthy

mother, and

the

158
nuptialbed
about

ran

into

changed

was

staggering like

the streets, while

others

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

ON

NOTES

sepulchre.

drunken

calmly laid

themselves

rise but at the call of the last trumpet.

of

September,

night

The

traversed

hearses

through

thrown

with

be

slaughter-house,to
coffin,and without
to

hold

thousand

in their

state,

bodies

each, and

hugging

the

This
with

their

plague

into

They

their

torment

sub-cycleof

to

have

128*4 years,

upon

their

lunacy,murdered

that

were

one

dug

were

these

own

another

and

your

parents,
to

offal of

holes the
the

among

had

in this

not

of their

of

614

quite

swellings,

themselves,and
children."

largeas

so

often found
that

flunginto

huge

major cycle of

out

dear

like the

were

kindred

the intolerable

was

themselves

threw

rags,

delirium.

I believe

in

without
sepulture,

graves

mad, layingviolent hands

wild and

mothers, in

and

flesh of

perished. People, in
ran

Some

Bring

the walls,and

the rites of

shroud

agonies and

cart

without

conveyed

in blankets

living,
wrapt
dead

that

it

all those

saw

promiscuous heap, without

one

the middle

100,000

Then

pitchfork into

to

never

week;

one

appallingcry,

soul.

children

and

husbands, wives

the

every

down,

perished of this
continually
dead-carts, which

but

were

streets, while

the

dead,' thrilled

them

perishedin

12,000

in

expired

length,in

At

died, and, in the whole,

4,000

plague.

than

more

fell and

and

men,

of the infected

Some

even

Defoe.

"

1,235

y^^irs,

years.

SEPHARIAL.

1Rote0
From

(i.) The
in the

Sayan

"

Zodiac

Vrishaba

Mithuna
Kataka

n
"

Hetrolofii?*

and
Jataka,''

Divisions
is divided

Zodiac

Mesha

Ibinbu

Brihat

"

the

II.

on

of

the

other

works.

Zodiac.

into twelve

signs (Rashi),just as

"

Simha

SI

Dhanus

Kanya

n^

Makara

Vy

Tula

Kumbha

=2=

Vrischika

Tix

Mina

/z:

ON

NOTES

(2.) Each
a

sign

the Sun, and

the

signs:

even

the zodiac, the first Hora

is that of

Even

The

First Hora.

SI

places for malifics,and

the best
to

when

from

effects mentioned.
of

odd

mentioned

signs the

Drekkana
a

the first decanate

solar

is the

sign.

further

less

in lunar

the

they give

effect

of

Horas

of

lunar

in

are

signs,the

even

if they are

as

lord

the

is the

of any

sign

or

even

Face, the

is also the

lord of the second

sign

next

the

planet

triplicity
(which will

Decanate

our

The

sign.

rules

third decanate

same

of

Horas

(which will be the fifth sign from

the

posited they conduce

positionsthe

same

The

of that

planet that

of the

signs,are

even

instance, if malifics

For

fame,

to

effect will fail altogether.

part of

is the

of

Horas

intelligence. The

is diminished, while

(3.) A
third

said to be the best

they conduce

thus

when

these

signs, or

signs are

lunar
first,
or

Hora.

"

situated

thus

placesfor benefics,and
removed

Second

gentleness, popularity,and

Horas

in

is reversed

"

The

power.

planets are
the

=^

^oonjtniV^K

solar Horas, of odd

first,
or

wealth, and

This

"

Signs.
Odd

equal parts

that of the Moon.

the second

59

15^, called

into two

signs of

ASTROLOGY.

of

is divided

In the odd

Hora.

HINDU

of
in

one

that

the

triplicity

same

question).
sign from

of

decanate

The

rules the third

be the ninth

lord

lord

sign

the

of
in

one

question).
A

planet is well placed if

congenialplanet,or
some

other

decanate

own

if it is in mutual

or

receptionby

that of
decanate

some

with

planet.

A distinct

but there

in its

meaning

is not

space

is given to each of the

to

give them

Table

of

now.

Decanates.

thirty-six
Decanates,

l6o
This

I advise

the

"

of

Alan

of SI, 2nd

1st

n,

"

Leo's

of course,

are,

the

by

108

of Aries

Navamsa
second

; and

is called Aries

These

Navamsas

so

of Aries

judging from
aphorisms.

the

Table

6^

; the

40' to

10"

It will be
have

the

the

their second
third

once,

2"

to

There

The

first

is ruled

by Mars;

and

is ruled

Navamsa,

the zodiac.
as

of great
them

importance,

in

the

various

Venus

all the

; the

third

as

the

triplicity

same

tarius
Sagit-

all have

its lord ; Taurus

as

its ruler ; Gemini

its lord, and

so

any

for

for their
This

on.

Navamsa

exact

from

signs.

signs of

Mars
as

the

see

40' t

6^

and they
fierytriplicity,
with

Mercury

student

zodiac.
and

to

to

Navamsa
planet is in its own
it acquiresextra strength. For
a

in

30

decanate,
usual

the

20'.

3^

table

planet

is

glance.

'

with

of

be

sign

instance, Aries, Leo, and

the

with

Navamsa,

Navamsa,

will enable

If

20'

For

signs forming

whole

through

this table that

Navamsas.

habits.

decanate

If

sign.

will consist

through

on

(2nd of T,

Navamsas.

for their first Navamsa,

Aries

in at

so

from

seen

same

are

; and

3^

decanate

frequentlytravelling.

regarded

of

from

second

is

references

frequent

according

in the second

is Taurus

be

to

seem

able,
reason-

wandering

to

Navamsa,

all

in order

on

bird decanate

in the

is

benefic

part of

ninth

Navamsas

Navamsa

Venus

3" 20'

placed.

If in

equal parts, each

into nine

divided

is

of =^), it tends

is the

Navamsa

and

of the Moon

horoscope,with the moon

out this aphorism, as he

of Aries, bears

(4.)A

she

virtue.

and

sound

seems

investigateit.

to

in which

beauty

to

ASTROLOGY.

arranging decanates

students

decanate

conduces

HINDU

says that the influence

aphorism

An

2nd

of

method

and

to

ON

NOTES

on

and

that

horoscope,
its

own

it would

Navamsa,

be

and

be

own

sign

instance, if Mars
in its

and

account.

{To

its

continued.)

would

own

be

both

at

were

sign, its

at

own

stronger than

Data

of

THIS horoscope
shortly

lady, who

after her

who

one

birth

was

51^

8' N., and

the

two

rises with

personal

skin

pleasure

and

natured,

and

though

of

most

their

by

between

"? and
could

she

would

second,
and

untruthful,and

was

not

very

the bowels

in the

a) and
She
5

married

was

days.

By

Venus, and

could

D
trjit

head

the

Mars,

in third

(? rules

and
d

She

keep

never

weak

^), with

also

was

" in

sign);

pains

very

her

She

she

was

and

third, midway
;

try how

she

0
afflicting

in

shifty,unreliable,

word.

health

In

suffered

the heart

under

liking

neighbours,

and

(^

chin.

eleventh),

long.

very

fearfullyextravagant

was

strong (ffiis

(if in

relatives

practiceeconomy

not

"She

exceedingly good-

was

keep

not

near

She

Her

in the

oft-shiftingLuna,
friends

many

did

ruling second).

the

speeches ( if

if),

Cancer

thus:

large dimple

in first). She

with

always fallingout
annoyed

sometimes,

she

them

of

place

sign

described

by

us

therein.

Venus

are

sent

The

watery

stances
circum-

height,rather stout, features plump,

great

been

case.

The

59' W.

resembled

made

the

on

peculiar

has

confinement,

character
in

dancing (?

under

Jupiter and

in cheeks

white, pink

disposition she

In

2"

and

5 feet 4 inches

died

attending

benefics

appearance

about

was

in

engaged

was

IDitie.

^erminua

anb

much

she
in

(maleficsin

( if afflicted)."
on

August 5th, 1882,

at

the

post-nataldirection,Saturn
were

then

in

conjunction

near

age

of 23 years

(lord of seventh),
the

place of

the

l62

NATA

radical

Moon

the

and

AND

TERMINUS

Jupiterwas

of Saturn, Mars,

adding

degree

and
culminating,
for

the

to

conjunctionwith

the

Uranus

close

was

of the

square

the radical
The

Moon

and

while

ascendant

4*^^

Venus

were

the

Saturn

Sun

Jupiter was

25^

at

close

23^ n,

at

need

We

in square

not

of

Other

indeed.

elements

results.

yieldsimilar
attended

the husband,
supposed to signify
rules the

carry

the

analysisany

thoroughly

blue eyes, hair

dark
slight,

of few

man

trade

first child,a

Her

"

through the
in

were

the

than Libra

house
the
much
and

our

Sun
to

and

the Moon

are

drawn

second

and

Sun,

Saturn.

the Sun

"Rather

and

tall,

with

it.
months

after

August 28th, 1893, at

boy, on

some

respect

some
certainly

fourteen

about

flowers; by

in every

in Leo, there is

6.20

correspondent writes

years

by

ago

girl,female

opinion Scorpio
;

and

Saturn,

do with

but

"

passing

man

Jupiterand Venus, both fruitful planets,

have
thought she would
sign,it was
many

fruitful

In

house."

the

As

town.

children, and

rising,

Venus

thus:

music

"

birthplace.Our

was

doubt,

no

marriage, and

correspond

not

born

boy, was

mother's

the

horoscope

Her

crazes

risingmixed

second, also

the

marriage ;
at

two

does

of Venus

of the influence

notice

is described

descriptionof Saturn

to the usual

a.m.,

This

would,

nearlyblack,quietand good-tempered,

words, with

printer,"

threatening

very

is besieged by Mars

the husband

and

appliesto him,

the

of

cusp

some

of

the

the radical

to

position;

seventh, the house

marriage).

the

horoscope,we
fortunate

very

near

to

systems of direction

In the

by Jupiter,a

Saturn

include

marriage, they

the

placeof

further,suffice it to say that while these positionsare

characteristic

of

day

13^ SI

of

the

Mercury, on

to

the

and
2^^rtjg.,

at

was

the seventh, the house

was

by "process."

in sextile to
the

in

being, therefore,near
The

ascendant.

17"

at

was

21" and

at

was

"process," a sign

and

in 6

of

life,
9^ T

By transit,on

16^ tyj, these

in square

of

year

By

0.

Venus.

(rulerof

at

the

and

at

"process"

was

radical Mars

Moon;

by

Saturn

for each

method

the

By

progressed Moon,

and

marriage. Mars

Venus.

ascendant, the latter

progressed Saturn, Mars,

her

and

M.C.

in trine to

added

year

the

to

of the ascendant,

in sextile to the above-mentioned

was

conjunction
one

the cusp

exactlyon

Moon

progressed

VITiE.

the

barren

in

more

ruler,Mars,

to

on

the

do with

is in the

same

seventh
this fifth

sign with

sign;

and

the

Moon,

which

has

close

by.

The

lord

of the

fifth

is
childbirth,
both

has

sign

male

sign.

NATA

Our

the

ascendant

long,and

she would

be

of 34 years,

month,

took

placein

this way

time

mentioned

of the

nurse

in

and

the

her

milk

was

the milk

diet

flew
she

her."

over

died

The

to

the

for

asked

she

and

eat

could
about

September 3rd, 1893, at

on

in

At the last breath

death.

of

state

coma

the blood

the nostrils."

to

square
have

we

have

for

Mercury

R.

the

By

have

year), we

the progressed ascendant

was

fifth from

the

children.

Its ruler

afilicted

degree

"process" (one sign

^ P., and

death, Virgo being the

therefore

and

birth,and

The

is in

progressed ascendant),

governing

rulingTaurus

by secondary

Sun,

gression,
pro-

opposition to Uranus ; while

Sagittarius(the eighth sign from

? P.

5 P., the

the

the mid-

to

the

in

Virgo

Moon

progressed

afflicted at

by progression.

is in

Virgo, governing

ascendant

at

progressed ascendant,
was

in

By adding one

Uranus.

M.C.,

ascendant

Taurus

was

before

the birth figurewe

heaven,

she

"

inflammation

three hours

bowels, in

In the absence

the

for about

In

death

child at the

supplied her,

were

(at her birthplace).**She remained

from

male

well.

8-55 p.m.
gushed

sign,that

same

night diarrhoea set in. The next

absence, the same
thing was
repeated,
the result.
"All
night she raved in

nurse's

subdued, and

of

doing very

giving

own

Hfe would

is stillliving. Her

confined

was
was

During

inflammation

be

she

in the

her

of fact she died at the age

matter

in his

was

thought

were

her husband

and

was

them.

delirium,and
not

As

vegetables,which

of
heartily

day,

who

"

Saturn

above, and

"

and

meat

and

widow."

As the Sun

"

163

VITiE.

it was
fortified,

the Sun

as

TERMINUS

continues

correspondent

sign,and
be

AND

latter

two

the
in

being

Virgo by progression.
is it the

How

afiliction of
case

birth figure does

the

Virgo

"

of Uranus

at

the

place,one
of the
case

in the birth

planets

sign,and

figure,quite apart

is the

think that

death

would

come

house

yet she
Leo

did
"

or

most

not

die

of the

of

affection

an

throat

"

should

the

from

of

by
signified

second

by

birth.
than

be

positions

in the

about

heavilyafilicted at
is,beyond doubt, more
heavilyafflicted
and

governed by

than

"

of death

cause

by progression;and,

assume

may

would

sign

Leo

bowels

severe

Mercury, strong in Virgo,has the square

birth, and that Virgo is heavily afilicted by progression.

But, in the first place,the

shewn
clearly

the

sign governing

more

that

It is true

shew

not

means

In

any

this

other

the heart
the

"

second

164
house.
the
with
as

this.

The

think

truth

of the

This

forbidden

luxury,that

of

house, and
is

again,Leo

on

the

both

the

fifth house

food.

"

of the
a

Pleasure,"signified
caused

by Leo,

ruling the

Moon,

her

in this

death.

sign Leo,

ascendant.

house, corresponding

in the

zodiac.

Taurus

the

laid

rules

to

and

give determination, obstinacy, and

displayed in breaking

case

Sun, ruling Leo, Saturn, rulingthe

the second

celestial house

second

she

eating solid

the

agree

in
through over-indulgence

therefore

in evil association with

seventh

died

woman

not

is the fifth celestial

Leo
to

do

we

governs

it in such

mention

was
Mars, the ruler of the natal fifth,

Moreover,

house

corresponds

fifth house, and

the

although

be thus.

to

zodiac, and

figure.

and

only rightto

seems

mundane

by

it

VITiE.

the sign Cancer

astrology,

the stomach

Leo

this rule,we

house

Hindu

According to

heart, and

TERMINUS

AND

NATA

down

Then

Taurus, the
the

second

which
self-will,

by

her

medical

attendants.
child

Her
to

the

spoken

Her

Moon.
to

This

born

was

them

for

is her death

of birth

with

parents both
some

here

figure.

Notice

(by the "process," one

on

the cu^

governing the bowels, has

in square

to

survived

Neptupe

and

her, but

she

had

not

years.

ascendant), is exactlyrisingat
birth)is

risingin Virgo,in opposition

Mars

the

sign for

death.

of the

progressed
year

added

and

the Moon.
Saturn.

dant
ascen-

to

the

Leo, the afflicted sign at

fifth,
rulingchild-birth.

the Sun

Venus, is in conjunction with

that

Mars

The

in

Virgo,

conjunction,and

ruler of the ascendant,

nDunbane

Hetrolofii?*

Moon
45

P-m-

February 5th,

London.

above

THE

the

"on

house

in

serious

the

are

5th instant; the

commercial

and

heavy failures,and
Mercuiy

in the

places of

amusement

with

the

"

accidents
be

brought

"

railways, and
to

but

the

amongst

dissatisfaction,extreme
position. is

the

luminaries

will raise

places
and

some

St.
and

are

lord

will have

the
a

likely,and
stormy

for

the

sixth

death

their

in

will,it is

will

produce

tation,
sign of his exal-

the
and
;

will

resorted
the

be

chamber

are

to

not

explosions
a

this
at

the

escape.
at

public

busy time,

certain,

quiet during the month.

feared, do

to;

square

royalty may
or

great

community

eighth in

fires

much

be

classes, and

be
of

circles will

postal

Foreign Office will have

be
to

health

rate,

in the
not

third

there

not

or

aspect

working

will

trying month

scenes

Petersburg will

anarchists

the

schools

at

square

in

although

measures

of the

fraud

some

is in

angular in the

of

ranks

favourable

not

large, and

York

-is

retrograde, hence,

excitement

New

of

cases

light. Saturn

the

in

Mars

be

Exchange.

Stock

troubles

for Uranus

planet.

will

There
the

fifth

foreshadows

second

on

that

argument

will occur,

active

on

defaulter

notable
an

the

Moon

in the

luminaries

troubles.

financial

some

fifth is

in

of New

moment

conjoined

Uranus

to

aspect

square

the

positions at

permanent

Socialists

damage.

Xettcr0

tbe

to

Ebitor.

of general interest alone

inserted.
are
Correspondents
envelope.
please enclose a stamped addressed

desiring reply

Letters

give full name

good faith.

All correspondents should

but
N.B.

as

of

Writers

"

of

token

articles

signed

and

address,

alone

are

tion,
necessarily for publica-

not

responsible

must

for

the

therein

opinions

contained.

Sir,

Astro-

"

distinct

is

Meteorology

questions

there

interestingsubject, but

an

consider

the

Do

are

the

influence

planets
I shall be
explain it?
of
weather
for
Pratt's
the
Mr.
predictions
1894, to test the
glad to see
facts, but his explanations are not satisfactory. He
totally mistakes
he supposes
that the condensation
when
of vapour
the case
produces
which
the air rushes
This
to fill up.
implies there are
vacuum
a
dwell
air.
and without
I will not
on
large spaces filled with vapour
two

absurd

the

he

we

condensed

but
electricity,

into

error.

the

attractive

of

power

the

misconceives

of it, supposing
the nature
resisted.
If he had calculated
being
stronger by
ihsit
the
of
found
would
have
actual
the
the
force,he
magnitude
of the planets on
of times
attraction
the air is millions
less than
if the Sun
of the Earth.
such
in
Even
and
Moon
were
positions
help the planets, the Earth's attraction would enormously exceed

planets

on

air, and

gravitationbecomes

that

total
that
to

of

force

The

time,

the

force.

combined

their

of

be

can

over-estimates

greatly

the

heat

can

fundamental

more

Pratt

Mr.

as

to

ist

"

they do, how

that

statement

proceed

will

to

If

and, 2nd:

weather?

as

same

suspended

Mr.

gravitationdoes

not

Pratt

supposes.
I had
velocity whether

increase

stone

held

regard

Sir,

infantile

to

in

destroyed

was

all

through

been

I have

"

the

it for

lapse
with

hand

my

moment

the

by

power
will drop from

or

month

air.

in the

I am.

Dear

in

with

pleased
It is

mortality.

mathematical

and,

since

now

Twenty

formulae,

teachings

new

your
long time

Directions.

Mundane

truly, CANTAB.

Sir, yours

to

years
reduce

ago
the

with

faith
my
I waded

labour,

planespheric projection, but with no better result as

The
basis.
regards arriving at a satisfactory
secondary directions,
transits
anchorage
ingresses, and
being the only really consistent
I could
after

for

in

I went

find.

There

birth

is

no

(allowing a day
continuityof influence, that
life

experiences

gaps
events

that
do

of the
that

occur,
occur,

progression

are

doubt
for
is

native.

Yet

is, when

operation.

year,

in

the

progress
etc.),there is

synchronal, to
all students
directions

no

clearlyproving
in

that

On

that
one

some

the

planets

movement,

great extent, with

be

must
are

other

occasion

of

aware

of

or

the
the

in

operation, yet
of
phases or modes

I conceived

the

idea

TO

LETTERS

that

angles, viz., mid-heaven

the
rate

same

THE

I added

the

as

the

and

might
(by secondary motion),or,

Moon

" motion

say as
many
the time of an
event

progressed to at
mid-heaven, and

167

EDITOR,

signs

the

at

progress
in other

asc,

words,

degrees as she had

sign and degree on the

and

to the

this gave the point to where

the midI considered
heaven
had
progressed to, and, in like manner,
by adding the same
of the Moon's
amount
secondary motion to the ascendant, I got its
positionof progress at the time the event occurred ; and in this way,
I got

some

students'

very
attention

1892,

1.25

at

interest
too

to

or

the

what

points,or
to

they

aspect other

and

on

occurring events,
accounted
for that are
apparently
coincidences.

These

only by

are

have

all of

that

that

moving at
comparing their
we

find

shall

than

nothing more

us

to

sider,
con-

of bodies, angles,
motion),and cause

bodies

rates, it is quite certain, on

positions with

be

me

(orassume

not

over

pass

different

it is

to

to any
fact that becomes
it is reliable ; for there is one
and that is,when
set into motion
we
a number

them

draw

to

October

29th,
thought has its birth and life,it may
figureof its conception. My time has been

Since

see

this' in order

I mention

It occurred

and
I hesitate in
more
fully,
up to go into the matter
evidence
definite conclusions
fullest
unless I have the

taken

coming
that

the idea.

to

a.m.

some

much

strikingresults.

variable

and

motions

and

things
many
mechanical

mere

And
the chaiF to be sifted from the wheat.
of
this
hundreds
that
over
can
cases

repeated observation

If

done.

for anywe
only have systems enough, we can account
thing
accountingfor an event and prophesyingone are entirely
different things. In the former, astrologyis generallysatisfactory,
but, in the latter,it makes many miserable failures. It is the duty of
;

all of

but

expressionof

help to remove
experiences;

angles,errors

in the time

to

us

reliable data

but

none

needing more
forgettinghow,

of birth

should

rarelyseen.
Asc.

and

22

Venus

grace
rises with the

Si 52 of Leo
in trine.
Saturn

the

and

of the

case

for test

cases,

of the number

Out

selected three, because they are rehable,as

first is a boy, A. S.
The
He
"process" method.

beauty,with

in

disastrous, and

are

be used.

I have

child, of considerable

observation

them,
not

I possess
of
Alan
Leo's
test

was

fine,healthy

and

dignifiedmovement

Moon

in sextile with

the

is in Taurus

in the fourth,in square

with the ascending degree. From
his birth to his death there was
no
in three
with croup
sickness, except taking a cold that terminated

January 26, 1867, at 6.15 p.m., lat. 52.32, long.

8' 32" off Greenwich). He died March
5,
had, by
1870, age 3 years 43 days. By this time his ascendant
the
Had
"process," arrived just past the conjunction of Saturn.
birth occurred
would
minutes
the
be
exact.
earlier,
conjunction
15
The secondarydirections are
is near
a parallel
3 p.m., while the Sun
with Jupiter. The
is that of J. E. S., born March
next
case
4, 1865,
He died in April, 1866, aged
at 5 a.m., same
localityas former case.

days.

He

was

born

of time
(difference

2" 6' west

This

13 months.

child

was

very

delicate,and

fearful sufferer

from

constipation,resultingin a navel rupture. Capricorn rises

with Aquarius intercepted,
Saturn, lord of Asc, is in the eighth in
The
is in
sun
opposition to Venus, both in square with the Asc.
Pisces square
Moon, Mars, and sesquiquadrate with Saturn, while
the Moon
is in conjunction with
Mars.
the
In this case
process
method
does not
for the time of death, but the secondary
account
directions do.
The
Moon
having arrived at the conjunctionof Herschel and
the Sun
close
to
a
completion of the sesquiquadrateof
extreme

**

"

Saturn.

The

next

case

is that of Mrs.

T.'s child, born

March

31, at

l68

2.15
Saturn

in

and

Venus

conjunction

to

near

of

Jupiter.

ill

on

last

the

to

sign

**

ascendant,

the

to

I have

"

the

in

and

very yoimg.
observations

square

of

to

front

in

to

Mars,
sition
oppowas
bowels;

get

father

the
know

to

died
far

how

it will

; and

assuring.

very

while

dying

worse,

the

upon
all with

me,

of

and

the

far, are

of

and

degrees

19

this method

apply
so

months

Prognostications, based

**

like

of other

of

continued

and
will

results, which,

five of them

I should

He

in

also

Herschel,

processed

rises

Capricorn

10"

lived

consumption

June,

horoscopes

six

Sun.
had

Saturn,

students

other

note

reference

of

day

of

with

died

He

8.
Doubtless,
iuly
interesting
In

to the
square
the ascendant

this time

By

Capricorn,
taken

EDITOR.

the

to

days.

THE

(same localityas preceding cases).

Asc, in opposition to Jupiter and

a.m.

sextile
8

TO

LETTERS

ruling

Leo

natives

the

this is borne

the

on

were

by

out

the

students.

With

best

wishes,
I remain,

yours

faithfully,
ICON.

Sir,

Dear
this

horoscope

This

U.S.A.
which

has

scientific

do the readers

What

"

Male

from

time

pre-natal epoch

by

time

excited

I doubt

if the

to

and

men,

child, born

is furnished

date

would

be

Astrologers'
Magazine think of
5th April,1869, 8 p.m., Milwaukee,
of the

mother.

the
a

vast

The

amount

case

was

case

ever

amongst

case.

sincerely,

Yours

F.

J.W.
2

W.P.

We

"

of

cannot

deviate

to

from

The

paralleled.

especiallyinterestingin this

Bnewere

one

was

of interest

G.G.

Corresponbents*

our

rules

which

you

will find

on

page

cover,

Greta."

We

discourage betting by astrology and do not

the subject.
rules on
be
to give any
Horanr
care
questions must
definite.
You
result ; if,for
cannot
or satisfactory
expect a decided
to buy a piece of land
out of six different plots,
example, you want
select the one
you think best and try the figurefor that.
"

"

T.B.D.

"

If you

suggest.

can

give

us

date, "c.,

of

birth, we

could

do

as

you

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[copyright].
No.

X: t:*

44.

MARCH,

1894.

fftobern
REMARKS
born

WAS

age of ten
father

My

1862, and

At

the

BY

sent

it

of fifteen I went

age

I remained

seven

editorshipof the

secured

the

Up

"

of the stomach, which

since

have

greater than

followingeightyears.

In

few

1874

am

in

so

This

"

"

been

has

last

"

are

one

Very happy.

quarrelsare

our

Children.

the

1874.

peculiarweakness

stranger to head-aches.
water, but before and

in low

was

complain of;

to

contracted

chronic.

good,with

very

fact, my

been

has

success

chiefly in

connection

(especially).Engineering, Farming, .and

Nothing, however, succeeded with me like Astrology.

later,

in the, spring of

fever

myself,and
and

was

not

sixteen

About

wife has

My

2^ in

=i:t

with

Gardening.

Astrology

the 0

1875,

May,
months

expected.

Employment.

Marriage.

fourteen.

engineer'soffice,where

an

thirty this

of rheumatic

seems

nothing

of

age

During 1873

"

study of Astrology

at

attack

mild

the

the

to

again

Messenger and,
Prophetic

thirty I over-worked

Money.

into

Copyright.

exceptionof
After

to London

the

left

for the

night

At

England.

Married, September, 1871.

years.

got the

Health.

I commenced

and

day

of

East

villageschool

February,1861.

studied

4^.

"RAPHAEL."
in the

the

to

free

^d. Post

Hstroloficre,

farm-house

was

died

in

in

Price

-X-

7th in

in the

to

many.
or

seventeen.

alive, healthy, and

strong;

three first and

The

others

the

the

chiefly

were

still-bom.
Travelling.
residence.

little.

Very

"

Lucky

in

Next

to

the

few

N., N.E.,

or

journeys
E.

and

Very

changes

unfortunate

of
in

the S.E.
Friends.
turn

up

"

they

when

Enemies.

plentyof

"

them

sorry for them.

are

not

If I have
;

and

Do

none.

wanted

any,

if any

I do

not

care

for them.

They generally

!
not

of them

know
feel

it.

Critics

towards
spiteful

X have, and
me,

am

makes

me

when

and

quick in

anger,

value

money,

PLANETS.

THE

OF

young

temper

my

was

bad.

very

in 2nd, I set

0
it.

no

on

fast

spend it as

and

I make

as

? aif.

Jf a 2^

I make

2f in 6th, my
me

employes

I must
to be successful,
I

have

The

JLbc 1bou0e0

friend

Nature, and

"

to

the

The

events.

normal.

are

anb.Eyaltatione of tbe planets.

"

sent
*'

houses

following

us

an

and

with

think, be read

will,we

all

at

other organs

Sagittariushas

"

in reference

which

Individuality,

Weight,
Continuity,Acquisitiveness,

deficient in

am

Eventuality.

OUR

Amativeness,

Size, CausaUty, Comparison, Human

Imitation, Form,

and

of

excess

Ideality, SubHmity,

Conscientiousness,

Agreeableness;

myself.

relyon

an

anything

Constructiveness, Approbativeness,

Inhabitiveness, Combativeness,
Firmness,

position.

will do

faithful fellows,and

are

Phrenology

to

to this

success

of blunders.

end

no

but if I want

According

of my

attribute much

4th,I

J) in

The

for

EXALTATIONS

AND

HOUSES

THE

170

"

communication
interesting
of the

"

exaltations

planets,

avidityby experimentalstudents

is

the

epitomisation of

he

what

adduces.
It is admitted
in the

is of the

repeatedlyproved
the

always lowers
therefore

that
the

since

wisely

and
/xz),

nature

of

sign as
same

The

evolves

house

of the

is the chief house

reason

f in future.

should

rule in

(0)

jx!:

and

fountain

dignity is
and

Tj)combined,

and

it has

^, modern

eccentric

^,

been

or

^, and

the ]),

astrologershave

(K) for
Jove (l^)must

old

poor

doubt

no

giving

Pisces

Uranus.

are
following

(Ptolemy'ssystem), and

The

of

great influence

domal

in aspect to 0,

of

tjfin

has

(^)

negative electricity
(likeT?), and

discovery of ^

the chief

Sun

^ and

dethroning Tp from

be satisfied with

why ^

that

Uranus

that his chief

temperature when

the

in

that
astrologers
^

airytriplicity
(n

also that ^

acted

all

by

the

reasons

light and

life to

our

system rules in

Leo

him
house; the first planet revolving round
(SI) as his own
of R. A. Proctor) is
planet Vulcan
(rejectingthe inter- mercurial
the next
Mercury ( 5 ) who consequently gets Virgo (itjt)
sign to SI, as

5 's sphere is next

who, of course,
next

in order

to

the

gets Libra
is Mars

0 ; then

comes

for her
(="i=)

(^ ) who

Venus

house;

in

( ? ) next

passing

gets Scorpio (nx); the

the

order,

Earth, the

next

sign

in
.

THE

rotation

HOUSES

EXALTATIONS

AND

171

PLANETS,

(Ceres,Vesta, etc.)in

asteroids

then, omitting the

THE

OF

toto,

Jupiter {!(.)gets Sagittarius(f) the next in order ;. then comes

Satxim
(T?) who follows on with Capriqomus (l^)the next sign. Here
Ptolemy

and

turns

circumference

for he

of

Ptolemy

did

therefore

the next

of

spheres is ^

sign(K)

for his

and

the first sign of the

signfor

next

her

gets Gemini

and

commences

Steady,

my
a

moons)

sign when

not

houses,and

have

each

"

(^ ) the
consequentlyhe
the Moon(])),

so

comes

fair Luna

the

so

gets the

next

from

Sit and

in union

moisture

another

they

move

**

planet

the

gestation

allotted to each

considered
in

for this

!(.,^

allotted

"

and ^

"

of them
a

has

reason

?"

swiftmotion

"

and

fortnightin

two

signsfor
he

moves

and small

magnitude
be stationary,
being only
^ being swiftly
moving

for the

have

Why,

aforesaid

reason

two

the

but

them,

recently

two

onlyabout

inferior,unless he

an

his

far as

sign,hence

is

inferior

the

as
although reallya superior,

as

(with his

swiftly,S

so

should

objector, why

an

houses

two

and
likewise,

planets,
comparedto
houses

Then

stationaryin it,and

six weeks

is 5

Returning

gets Taurus

the ])joinsthe

small

the

earth's orbit,
must,

is concerned,be
about

below

the

predominating over

she

so

reason.

and

heat

and

the

ad-infinitum,

on

friend ? because

beyondthe

same

friend,"says

my

and

planets if

so

Irf only

have

in the zodiac.

next,

comes

heavenlywanderers,

(")
of
conjoint principles

discovered

of $

to

next

for her house, then

sign Cancer

**

gets

for the

(n)

sign,and

next
must

reason

selfishness

and

other house, then

swiftest of all the

; the

as

'*

wrath
^

sphere

and

has

to

recede

not

T? who

to

same

and

planets ^

two

the

dignity. Aries (t), the vernal equinox

circle,is given to ^ who is akin to the earth

of love, hence
principle
0

and

Aquarius (^)

he for the

so

domal

**

principleof

Si the

have

advance
these

etc., from

who

of nature

order

necessityhave

last

to the

nothing

planet in the

must

the last of the

knew

2f ,

modems

we

must

our

in nature, the

system and deal with,

complete

is Jg[
who
,

centre, but

the

to

backward

goes

giantplanets2f

"

and
,

^ ,^on

of their slow and ponderousmotion,have only one house each. The

to Ptolemy,the most essential
0 and ]) being passive
and, according
planets,
the influences of all the planetsto our
earth,
translating
significators
have for this reason
house each only,even
one
though the lesser luminary

account

is the swiftest in motion

of any

of them.

(To

The

conjunctionof

by a very severe
English coasts,

Mars

with

storm, which
and

caused

be

did

'

continued,)

Uranus
an

December

on

immense

the loss of many

amount

lives.

followed
7th, was
of damage on
the

Brihat

THE

Jataka gives

Navamsas
be

to

not

worth

information

have
will

transmit

the
We

transcribing.

subject of

the

on

it to

that

us,

words

of

account

is

few

they rise,but

as

Hetroloai?.

t)in^u

"ttotc0 on

the influence

we

may

pubhsh

are

said

to

the

unsatisfactoryas

so

if

that

hope

of

description

readers

Hindu

our

of the Navamsas,

they

benefit

of all

it for the

astrologers.
The
the

strongest Navamsas

same

name

strong

so

further

information

of

that
**

the influence

of the

The

Sagittariusrising,and

the

In

house, this is

both

ninth

"

rising;
than

from

in the

the

"

Leo

and

born

was

this

is not

Take

the

Gemini,

which

Mercury

is their

Saturn

in

and

the

for

sign

of that

the

sign.

As

influence

the

in

was

ninth

the Moon,
Fortune),

and

ruler

the

Venus,

in
zodiacally

was

and

the

Moon

the
in

were

in

the

the

fifth,

the

Sun

casting

first in the

its ruler, the

Aquarius

or

weak

and

Sun, is in
of

Navamsa

Saturn

strong.
of

he also rules the Navamsas

square

in Saturnian

figureare

9, the

page

is himself

and

more

house.

on

rising,and

Moon,

and

H."

is

makes

27" St 34'

activities,in

whose

one

the ninth

dispositorby sign,and

SagittariusNavamsa,
planets

case

position,especiallyas
and

Venus

see

of the

Sagittarius Navamsa,

**John J.

Leo

position

Ascendant

the

of

horoscope
with

Fate

to

27th degree of

the

Navamsa,

and

largelyunder

Infantile
Mortality series
conjunction

with

unsuitable

direction,come

one

these

corresponds in

eighth house,

ascending sign ;

similar

for

that

with

nature

Navamsas,

mundane

be

Navamsas.

receptionby
Alan

in

and

sign

all in Venus

were

although

sign

mutual

Mars

have

we

that in every

to

characteristic

very

Until

Sagittarius Navamsa

the zodiac, and

is not

(and

with

bom

Shelley'sfigure(published in

Jupiter,and
of them,

it agrees

sign of

sign Aries

must

named

are

be subordinate

must

because

planet Jupiter,ruHng

house.

they

poet Shelley was

the ninth

ninth

the

any)

possess

this is the last,or

is strong

is
Sagittarius
to

which

Navamsa

it falls.

sign, and

to

signs of

suggest that the influence

would

but
Prognostications,and elsewhere),

Sepharials
which

them

fall in

sign Sagittarius.

subject,we

after

signs
"

in

the

on

(assuming

the

in

Navamsa

same

of the Navamsas

in

for instance, Sagittarius

Navamsa

the

as

which

be those

at

to

23" ^ 57' weak

the

Navamsas,

ascendant.
a

in

Five

testimonyagainst

long life.
The
**

If

the

followingaphorism
births

sunset),when

occurs

lunar

at

hora

will

be

of interest

twilight (justbefore
is

rising,and

when

at the

sunrise

present time
or

malefics occupy

just

"

after

th" last

NOTES

Navamsas

of

signs,the

the

in

Moon

ON

child will die

last Navamsa,

173

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

We

young."

bad

is a
by be'nefics,

counteracted

unless

that

told

also

are

testimony for long life.

finds

This

in
exemplification

of the

second
weak

lunar

Mortalityseries,page
Infantile

signand

Navamsa

of

Navamsa

because

his

both

Navamsa

In

the

next

Virgo Navamsas,

and

in

in

the

convulsions
The

Leo

weak

and

their ruler

of

an

the

is in

Mercury

being in

also

Saturn

by

and

Ascendant

of the

55,

known

its

Leo,

child

the

give convulsions.

to

convulsions,

to

child

The

in

being

Sun,

ruler, the

back.

the

governing

with

bom

was

Mars, thus aggravating the tendency

0" X

of

died

of diarrhoea.

died

watery sign,and

weak

45', a

74,

Cancer

Virgo, the sign rulingthe bowels,

its lord, and

he

38', a

watery.

The

Sun,

19" T

28', a Virgo Navamsa,

governing the bowels,

at

was

Mercury

of

lord

the

for

weak

Navamsa,

Pisces

8" b

The

Navamsa

has

at

was

also

and

E.," page

Edward

"

stomach.

Mercury,

sign,

house.

is well

is

by

Navamsa

page

which

Navamsa

child,

was

rulingthe

on

is in the last

spinaldisease.

and

ascendant

given

sign

sign

next

Saturnian

in the twelfth

,case,

conjimction with

for

cusp

and

ascending

and

The

23' rising,a

The

in

a
30' is rising,

25

opposition to Jupiter,lord

in

last, and

Mars, and

to

own

24"

the

8"

33.

detrimented

B.," the

Elizabeth

"

ruler,the Moon,

The

hora.

house, the sixth.

are

square

lunar

sign Capricorn,

unfavourable
Moon

horoscope of

the

sixth

house,

and

Virgo

rules the bowels.

It would

be

continue

possibleto

this

probably enough has been said to convince

primd facieevidence in favour of the claim
these

Navamsas

of

are

but
analysis indefinitely;
the

reader

of Hindu

that

there

is

Astrologersthat

importance.
Leo.
he

(To

We

have

Sepharial.
and

consists

Society.
Relation

received
It is

of

There

from

recently published book on Astrology,by

office of the Theosophist,
Adyar, Madras,
lectures delivered
before the Mylapur Literary

India

published at

a
are

series of

continued.)

the

three lectures,entitled

to Man,'' and

*'

Records

Science'';and

of the Past^"" Astrology in

"

these

followed

are
by an
Astrologyas a
figure is
horoscope of Her Majesty the Queen, whose
fashion.
given first in the ordinary form, and then in Sanskrit, in the Hindu
Specialattention is given to the Queen's directions and transits for the next
and
that are
two
to the events
from
them
as
predictionsare made
years,
substance
The
of
book
has
been
to
of
the
given
likely happen.
already
part

examination

of the

either in this magazine

The

lectures

considerable

^^

were

or

intended

interest to all

in

Fate

for

and
a

Fortune, but other parts of it are

Hindu

astrologers.

audience, but

they

new.

will prove

of

peculiar

Doroscope.

(Page 140,

Disposition.
shows

=^,

of

fond

In

"

this

they

Jupitertrines

the Moon

anything

of

and

to administer

It is
female

an

is moved

both

planets are

at times

take
make

by
in

of

person

This

high

scientific

hasty

and

make

As

conversationalists.

will take

great interest

her

positionshows
is

friends

willing to

be

to

relieve

planets, etc., placed

these

want

moral

and

signs

and

rash, and

in their

in
on

character, and

congenialhouses,
moral

with

in

so

sympathetic disposition.

and

tender, generous,

motives

sign

sufferinghumanity.

delightin literaryworks
her

who

one

position for
a

moveable

people usually

9th, this

intentioned,

excellent

She

from

the needs

to

natus, giving

probably

such

philanthropicnature.

kind, charitable,well

risingin

j) is

infrequentlygood

not

are

3.)

change, active, aspiring,sociable,

of

society, philanthropic;

easily,because
in

the

Natus

dispositionfond

Vol.

she

subjects. ^
D

Tp she

as

would
^

will treat

will
with

strong

PECULIAR

those

measure

positionsshow

her

who

HOROSCOPE.

endeavour

weaknesses, just

as

to

do

the

j)

her

These

injury.
pointed

1(.

75

her

out

good qualities.
show

They
inclined
with

to be reserved

her

positionshave

the

hence they
surprises,
effecting

sentiments, and have

off old

wait

an

she would
injustice,

to

pay

2f that

fixed

However,

is

as

People

delight in
in their

non-committal

forgive

this person may

although

afford

can

take

her

imagine from

of ninth, and

somewhat

the
in

interest

active

an

cusp

be

to

mined
deter2^, and

T? to

religiousmatters.

5 ruler of ninth

in Z 2^ and

from the generally

accepted doctrine.
Tp she will differ considerably
,

This

positionof ^

on

for argument,

maintain

just what

Mental
well

this natus,

mind

possess

and
literature,,
of

capable

of

having

persons

these

of much
significative

possession of

enable

them

afflicted

by

manifest

to

mental
those

Tp she would

(?

shew

point

would

positionis

shews

sheer

tenacity,

if

mental

the

directly

not

are

capacity,and

properly employed,

the intellectual world.

As

debate, but

into

if the

disagreeabletemperament,

2^.

is poor

to

the

wealth

financial affairs

matters

with

connected

will

is

would

point

J), the

of

latter

the whole,

being,on

lavishness, either in fineryor

and
good living,

fifth,sixth,or

eighth

2^ Z Tp.)

Mars, ruler of second

partner who

least shew

of
general significator

1(.,

"

in
probably difficulty
houses.

she

againsther.

rising
; also ]) P
satisfactory.
D

this

as

birth, which

readilyenter

signs

for

obstacles; hence

overcome

at
ability,

positionin

and

fondness

position

which,
qualities,

attain to

if and

went

Finance.

to

and

assistance.

pursuit,she could, by

This

positions at

and
irritability,

argument

in mental

determination

is not
faculties,

Tp without

Tp firom fixed

will, accomplish much.

resoluteness, and

If and

retainingmuch,

of determination
significative
force

of the mental

houses, shew

ninth

as

defend

dictate.

may

being afflicted by
and

sign,usuallyshews

readilydisposed to

principalruler

Ascendant

Airy signs on

scientific

are

their conscience

"

and

such

and

Qualities.

placedin

science

of ninth, in

cusp

fondness

the

take

their actions ; such

up

show

signs
I should

on

artful.

and

forgetit.

never

would

she

cover

and

scores,

deliberate.

and

from

be taciturn,or

can

sentiments,

her

deceive, and

to

power

the tact to

to

]) A

expressionof

practice strategy, guarded, shrewd,

to

these

in the

or

in

eighth in

extravagant*

Fp either points to
,

marriage

176
Marriage.
in

2^ and

love

could

of the

be

not

warmly

passionateone

and

devoutly, and,

and

Tp would

in the sixth

is
principle,

amative

say her love of the

I should
positions

these

would

opposite sex

from

and

ruler

Venus,

"

HOROSCOPE.

PECULIAR

however,

]) P

as

0,

2^ , she

j) A

as

would

make

wife.

kind

positionsof

The

though

unduly early,as

not

earlymarriage,
of fifth,

an

sign occupiesthe cusp

barren

point to

to

seem

also the eleventh.

The

in seventh, in

exacting husband;
disposed,with

observed
thereof

is in

barren

The

whether

in fruitful

angular

Enemies.

and

false,and

probably

to

eleventh,

against

one,

but

of eleventh.

cusp

]) A

shew

2f

2f, shew

native

injurethe

give

2f may

j) and

near

seek

on

testimonies

ruler

the

that

many
will

some

the press,

through

"?.

"

On

whole

the

notorietyor
of If , and

fame

about, and

some

"

I should

be

the

well

angles by

signs

on

Ascendant

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by

the elevated

cardinal

angles

shew

aspects ^
should

journeys

strong sign rising with

on

be

desire
cusp

good

from

]) therein.Par

the

of 2f to

from

confirmed

108

ninth,

and

2f ,

signs,also

common

by

"^ in t^ ,

fixed

sign

that

to

SI and

be

^.

will be

Elson.

greatlyexcited during the

expected to arise in the
may
debates in the legislative
This
ber
was
assembly."
strangelyfulfilled on Decemgth, when Vaillant,an anarchist, threw a bomb
from
the gallery"
of the
Chamber
of Deputies. It exploded,but fortunately
did no great damage.

rule

of

the

page

neomenia,

and

**

France

she would

yours,
Arthur

predictedon

of

move

constitution.

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to

profitable,shewn

positionof Tp in S\, opposition^, rulingblood, that

of blood.
subjectto dropsicalcomplaint or poorness
be

position

]).

imagine

would

attain

signs.

the

This

will

respected, and

other, shewn

or

way

the

shewn.

in sixth, shew

will

Movable

]) from

as

Vr in ninth

and

in

"

is
travelling

Health.

she

occupation of

the

Travelling.

by

Tp

sign

Tp is

The

"

powerful friends, whereas

prove

well

and

discipline.

fifth ; also

the

of eleventh

cusp

it will be reared, as

Friends

and

austere,

an

sociable, generous,

of order

sign occupies

sign near

j)

$ P ])" point to

of the prospects in this direction,it will be

judging

barren

offspring.
doubt

In

"

that

will be

he

however,

militarybearing,fond

Children.

fierysign in

turbulence

be

THE

above

the

1?emarftable

of

it

AstrologicalSociety
although

astrologerhas passed
of which

he

was

keen.

very

planets are
on

was

the threshold
His

had

would

been

he

was

have
not

the fact that

"

she

and

manifested

all the

Mercury, would

planet Uranus,
Moon.

was

This,

would
in
as

also

scientific
have

we

give
give

by

the third house.

the

The

luminaries, and

separating

from

the

the ninth

evil houses

or

of Mars

Saturn.
and

and

had

out,
be

and
At

to

acute

The

mystic

house, is in sextile

other

(thesixth

by Jupiterand
sextile

the

From

term.

ability.

previously pointed
one

signs

the aspect of Mars

mathematical

sign,in

badly

prominent,

quickness of thought

him

is

signs,he

common

decidedly versatile

astrological
ability,
especiallyif
or

and

in cardinal

planets were

are

cardinal

is not
of the

sense

no

aspect.

Venus

as

he

Moon

aspected by Mars,

strict

in the

of which

the

and

Mars

Society,

angles,but

the

in square

well

publicly;but

man

and

seventh

although

"

notable

perception, and

signs hold

talented

the

welfare

of the
angular, the signification

been

exceptionalabihties
Venus

cardinal

angular houses, although

Venus,
significator

Bombay

of the

formation

in the

founders, and

and

that

deep regret

after the

soon

of the fourth

placed,and

with

will be seen,

As

in the

so

away

of the

member

as

especialpleasure in giving it publicity,

is imbued

of the

one

hardworking

have

we

pleasure

our

was

of interest,and

several features

horoscope presents

subject

t)oro0cope*

always

to the

confers

in either the ninth

twelfth)are
birth, the

applying to

the

occupied
Sun
square

13

was

of

178

GLADSTONE

MR.

Uranus, and the Moon

former

in sextile to

was

aspects, a long life could

is

31" 35' 14" from

when
significant,
both

and

to
to

or

of 5 ^^^

and

process

the

had

progressedto

at

the

and

the Ascendant

is

Sun

at
to

birth
avert

nx,

10

the

of death, and

with

is in this

By secondary

and applying
progressive,

consequently
p

months,

8 ascendant, separatingfrom

13 T

in the house

that

year is

nine

eighth house.

radical and

degree for

thirty-one
years
to

positionsand

well to note

as

0" n

"

directions

sudden

it is

the

to

square

adverse

radical, the j) has progressed to

progressed eighth, and

benefic

lived

-)("to

these

which

Moon,

5 radical,and

the
afflicting

find he

we

radical,in

of ^

square

the

latter and

expected,and

planetshave relation

these

direction,the 0
a

be

not

the

Under

planet,a peculiarcontrast.

Venus

DIRECTIONS.

is

the

the final issue,and

we

the

on

There

house.

in square

by cyclic direction

Uranus

30'

latter
no

are

judge

of

cusp

planet
strong

the death

was

one.

flDr, (5lab0tone'0
The

following are
future

immediate

the

Directlona,

Premier's

Post-Natal

directions

for

the

"

Secondary.
D P. Z

? I?.

April,1894.

Par?P.[=J""^'^^94"

July,1894.

"X- Asc.

August, 1894.

Dec.

d^P.

Jan. 1895.

Feb.

dM.C.

0?P.

Z Asc.

"

"

"

FsLT ^^

From

and,
summer

as

this it will be
this

seen

that the

sign is elevated,and

and

early

autumn

April,1895.

June, 1895.

July,1895.

Aug. 1895.
Sept. 1895.

of this year,

Oct.

1895.

Jan. 1896.

progressed]) is

the ]) receives

1895.

\}

Par^
Par ]gP.

"

1894.

now

entering nx,

good aspects during the

considerable

parUamentary

MR.

success

be

may

is worth

Mr.

is

is very

the

The

and

The

that

and

it reaches

were

])

near

the

square

of

it will

that

rumour

planet,
literary

the

tb be

period seems

while

the

examining

be

in

its

proceed to

stillin

as

own

1891,
The

45', and

that date the

the ]),and

oppositionto

This

square.

]" in

3" T

at

Until

September, 1895.

considered

birth.

positionin 1899.

aspects is situated

two

own

radical

the

radical

Gladstone's

Mr.

at

square

shows

that

us

1895

critical year.

for

of

method

1895

adding

will be at

for each

the M.C.

1" to

13" /xz, which

is

and

of life,
the

year

the

applying to

"y 5..
the

By
the

of

method

Ascendant

in the

Gladstone

in

think, come

the

worst

to

an

will also strike

him

native's

the

life,

oi $

begin

will continue

first half of

heavilyupon

sign Scorpio

exalted

one

will,we

too

in close relation

personage

indicate

to

seems

probable that

1895.

familycircle,

the Premier's

will invade

Death

clusion
con-

for Mr.

Seeing the

female.

he himself will bow

to

that, while

has

Gladstone

Mr.

directions J) d

""

has the similar

the

directions

])

^,

"? in

year.

commented,

in

upon

the

them

in connection

evil

major aspect

Queen's horoscope ;

the force of

with
to

malific

any

Mr.

and

his Moon,

and

lunations

dviring1894

the student

figure. If

Gladstone's

important place in

the

book

^^^

^^95

to also watch

lunation

of

horoscope,this

falls in
has all

secondary direction.

the transits of Mars.

Mars, and

recently published

advise

we

whether
addition, the eclipses,
;

his

the effect of the successive

lectures,on

noticed

period

will

of evil influences,the present Parliament

end.

**Sephariar' has

In

critical

other

to any

come

the
period being,apparently,

during 1895, the Queen

same

cannot

during the periodindicated.

It is curious

the

the

February,1895, and

part of the present year, and

great age, it is only

Pallida Mors

in

evil and

very

latter

the

this time

During

all these indications,we

that

during 1895,

with

of

of

year

followingyear.
than

and

the

for each

the Ascendant

adding 30" to

meets

Comparing

by

must

the

M.C.

the

evil

very

opposition of

of its

the

By

it is worth

dexter

the

to

came

this will be reached

will be

with

Mercury,

of useful

passage

this year.

these

after then

that

account,

midway point between

progressed

probable

connection

of the present year

on

direction

by

the

I79

closely.

more

noticing,in

direction

end

inaugurated,and,
directions

with

translatingHorace,

prominent by

Towards

DIRECTIONS.

anticipatedthen,

It
legislation.
Gladstone

GLADSTONE

of the

Moon

or

Sun, should

be

Conjunctions and oppositionswith

Uranus, will indicate the critical periods.

transit

On

"

and

Derby,

May

Mr.

Mr.

31st, 1893,

entitled, under his great uncle's will,to

On May 31st, 1893, at noon,
the Sun

IN

this case,
fortune

It would

Sun,

the

and

Neptune,
as

the

on

the

of

anniversary
There
the

of

and

great

transits

little doubt
the

Sun

that

then

conjunction

in

in actual

in

that

(i) Transits,

and

actual

(2) Transits,

but

no

first

This

should

conjunctions by
attached

to

word

There
the

be

other

period of

the

and

to

when

same

But

secondary,

or

not

to

so

intended

and

they require
both,

entirelyindependent

of

but

transiting planet,
the year,

the

with
fall

place of

the

at

naturallyinto

would

Sun

the
Sun.

radical

the

is

Sun

birth, the

categories.

two

effects.

in

The

less

second

much

or

the

whether

directions.

difficulties Hes

in

the

well

transit, as

aspects by

should

importance

to

as

not

opposition

on

be
an

transit.
to include

Parallels

of Declination.

regarding transits, whether

Radical

upon

that

transiting planet, although

rapid

applied

learn

to

so

conjunction.

conjunctions by

aspects is

is much

these

of

not

are

present, confined

remembered

anniversary

of

in effects.

transit.

to

Nativity,whether

of

be

over

productive

are

transits
at

are,

the

transits

birth

aspects by transit, (unless,perhaps, the

anniversary),as
The

the

on

superior planets

the

with

with

actual

less certain

rule

position of

conjunction.

being powerful

powerful,and

or

any

the

conjunction

it follows

being so,

The

are

at

conjunction

transitingplanet was
This

Neptime

Planets

the

by

times

other

It must

place on

by conjunction

of

observations

takes

be

At

These

transit of the Sun

not

of

consideration, especially

Sun

transits

results.

by conjunction only.

transit

of

born

persons

This

birth?

worth

of the

other

this transit

by

anniversary of

the

on

immediate

actually

brought great good

how

their

are

in n 10.59.

Neptune

birth.

in their effects.

certain

facts

of transits

power

seems

place

of

anniversary

accompanying

affecting the

know

affected

were

became

thirty-second anniversary

the

on

year,

have

won

and

of age,

and

10.12,

to

interesting to

31st, in any

May

over

be

in n

was

the

"

Isinglass

"

thirty-twoyears
;f4,000,000 1

seems

McCalmont

Mr.

to

his birth.
upon

least, Neptune

at

McCalmont*s

H.

attained

McCalmont

H.

malefic?

influence
of Neptufteheneficor

Is the

Note.

of fleptune*

upon

Progressive

assistance

The

only

direction

places

of directions,

have

they

an

road

of

effects

their

careful

the

primary

inherent
towards

in

power
a

tion
solu-

analysisof

THE

Nativities.

numerous

law
we

know

but

little.

distinguishbetween
carefully
There

is much

transit, or
matter

is

Perhaps

of

interest,and
the

of

wished-for

of

present
should

transits
Radical

the
affecting

marked

the

and

over

and

of

effects

the

the

Progressiveplace, and

rapid

Sun

effect of

be

may

the

the

of

transit
of

means

Neptime

awakening
tending

researches

enquiries and

on

against

examination.

and

urging

for

both

planet

McCalmont's

Mr.

over

the

transits

said

be

of careful

worthy

at

Nativity.

to

ingress

discovered;

be

investigatethis subject

to

Progressiveplacesof

will

'

inclined

Anyone

transits

labour, the

doubt, after much

Ultimately,no

effects of

regulatingthe

l8l

INGRESS.

VERNAL

fresh

towards

goal.
Aquarius,

^be

THE

figure for

ascendant

is

opposed

young

to

persons

is favourable

affairs,but

railways are

there

in

and
likely,
and

pointsto

an

death

ruled

by

shews

there
the

the

eighth house,

The

positionof

will be

much

increase

of

in

gaps
as

the

the Moon

mortality
amongst
the

ruler

rulers

of the

marriages.

of

public

Accidents

revenue.

explosionsin mines, etc., are

The

lord of the

Jupiterin the Mid-heaven

falHng off in the

Herschel.

the

and
figure,

being passed by

measures

will be

of

period

occur.

for useful

positionsof Saturn
the seventh

the

Mercury
will

house

the

higher circles during

entry into Aries

Sun's

the

in

IDernal 3nQre00^

from

deduced
M.C.

on

cusp

on

the
of

l82
At
anent

York

St.

and
excitingcorrespondence
Petersburg,a failingrevenue
foreignaffairs will be the chief factors during the period. New
will

experiencea heavy

will

persons
scientist
be

AStROLOGV.

MUKDAKE

found.

be

will

front, and

the

whom

rate, amongst
sickness

Much

to

come

death

rife.

be

will

female

will

discoveries

notable

some

notable

many

made.

fftunbane

the time

AT

of

the

applyingto
favorable

of New
ninth

Moon

aspect

to

position of

seventh

shews

shall

the
be

not

during the

sextile of Mars,

and

on

positionof Jupiteris

heavy

bills of

much

mortality.

Mid-heaven)in

is part ruler of the

royalmarriage will probablybe

the lesser benefic is

From

(who

cusp

are

in the sixth foreshadows

authorities,but Mars

Venus

Jupiter. The

sickness,the lord of the eighth in the fourth

The

the

conjoinedluminaries

the

house, separating from

similar

for the

HetroloQi?^

the

on

the

but,
;
tapis

as

retrograde,delayis likely.

positionof

the greater malefics

surprised to
month.

The

hear
death

of

in the

of

members

house,

we

seismic disturbances

explosionsor

of

fourth

the

will
legislature

concern.

cause

St.

Petersburg

accidents
At
very

to

New

will

and
publicbuildings
York

trade

prevalent, and

community.

experience a heavy

will be

much

on

death

railwaysare

good,

and

serious

foreshadowed.

epidemicaldiseases will be
will be experiencedby the

but

ill-health

rate ;

Sianiflcation of tbe flDunbane

^be

and

of

most

AS

lessons

students

our

in Vol.

Mundane."

**

zodiacal

of

sign

I.,the

The

zodiac, each

is termed
as

Houses"

**

is

and

aware,

Celestial

**

which

("^)is known

Mars

are

"

ruled

houses

the twelve

of

the

one

of the

one

Celestial*'

**

signs of

planets, and

e,g,, Aries

of

houses

in my

taught

are

planet's house,"

"a

I have

as

two-fold, viz.,

are

by

iJOuaeB.

the

such

ruled

(t)

by

Mars, Scorpio (nx) being

the other.
The
of

Mundane"

"

zodiac

the

into

the division

where

the

"at

houses

equator,

measured

twelve

unequal portions, except

equal,for

is

where

Sun

the

by rectangles,equal
would

house

part of the

globe

(which causes

the

apparentlyrise
another; and
sunrise and

parts of

the

will

that

to

long

and

of

none

the

ascension.

of these

Mundane

less

in Vol.

alteration

I.,but

houses, and
The

follow

house

journeys; fourth,

the year

has

certain

science

first give the

the

of

life ;

second,

the

house

of

; tenth, honour, the house

The

secret

compound

example

"

between

decreases,"

magazine,

he

is

sign

one

simple
these

found

and

has

pound
com-

already

modification

and

of
simple signification

the

is

riches ;

mother,
;

follows

as

The

"

third, brethren, short

also

the

grave

seventh, the

of

house

fifth,
riage
mar-

ninth, long journeys, religion,

of the father ; eleventh, friends ; the

foes.

of
significations

numerous

the

other

the

houses
various

are

of

the brothers ascendant,

the

houses

brethren,ifwe
fourth

and

numerous,

are
significations

is the house

the third house

(the third)as

than

year

or

the

as

into

houses

the

to
applyingthe simple significations

relatingto them,

to

compound.

partnership ; eighth, death

twelfth,sorrow,

Sun

in relation
significations

divided

are

children, speculation; sixth, sickness

or

of the

this

in

maps

investigationhas

the

orbit

her
the

advances

less, according

some

of
signification

simple

first, the

with

on

in

other

apparent space

or

of
simple signification

I will

necessary,

arc,

the

comprise exactly thirty degrees,

houses

as

in every

causes

period

arcs

words, every

earth

days)

are

through

other

the

one

of the

houses

significations. The
given

at

as

(or earthly)affairs,and

mundane

been

or

and

more

short

or

later

set

be greater

pass

in

or,

our

his semi-diurnal

causes

zodiac

of

of

shortness

will refer to any

contain

some

Each
to

this

noon

find

for
of

earher

ascension

obUque

lengthand

if the student

and

the

in his Manual

just thiytydegrees, but

contain

equator,

vertical, all celestial

is

great circle of the equator in equal times

mundane

the

on

Raphael" wisely says

"

as

of the division

consist

different,these

are

house

and

matters

manifest.
treat

that

is the

by
For

house

brothers

184
second

of

(orhouse

will

be

thus

treatingeach

MUNDANE

THE

HOUSES.

from

wealth),although judged

it is the fourth
It

OF

SIGNIFICATION

THE

house, and has relation

house

endless

that

seen

in

native*s

I will

arrived

give some

now

dant,
ascen-

"c.
affairs,

the mother's

to

are
significations

similar way.

the

by

at

compound

of each
or
house, leaving the student
professor
significations
amplifythem, if need be.
The first house signifies
the wealth of secret foes, the brethren

friends,the grandmother
enemies,

open

if the

is for

horoscope

of servants, the

death

reputationof
It is
as

of the open

or

house, and rules the head

The

second
of

brethren

house

the

ruling
and

and

of

mothers

the

finance

same

is the

so

of the mother,

the

death

friends, the

is similar

of

long joiurneysof
of brethren.

private enemies

the

house, and

general,the

in

and
enemies, the religion,

parts of

same

the face,the

and

horoscope.

of
signification

has

feminine

magnetic,

of the

open

friends

the

servants,

honor

Aries is the first sign of the Zodiac,

private enemies,

partners, wives, and

It is

as

the first house

Ascendant

husband

or

side,the

the mother's

public or

of partners, the

public enemies

or

of

the mother, "c., "c.

sign Aries, for

the

female,

of his wife if married,

enemies

grandfatheron

masculine

of

the father's side,the sickness

on

to

sign Taurus,

the

to

system, viz., throat, neck,

human

ears.

The

third

house

cousins, short

children, etc.

of friends, the

is

It

rules the arms,

the

father's

private

sickness, the friends of

house, and, like Gemini,

electric masculine

an

of

mothers

hands, shoulders, "c.

fourth

house

all matters

the affairs of the mother

concerns

to lands, secrets, hidden

relating

of brethren, the children

the wealth
life,

of friends,the
feminine

brethren, kindred, neighbours,

to

journeys, letters,messages,

enemies, the children

The

reference

has

of

mony,
patri-

matters, the end of

It is

ness
sick-

the

private enemies,

of children,"c.

privateenemies

her

and

magnetic

house, and, like Cancer, rules the heart, lungs,"c.

fifth house

The

pleasures of

the

brethren, the

It is

an

native, the wealth

sickness

privateenemies

of children, speculation, the

signification

has

of

of the

private enemies,

of servants,

enemies

electric mascuHne

mother,

the

brethren

of

of friends,the

the enemies

friends,"c.

house, and

rules

the

stomach, liver,

heart, side and back, like Leo.

The

sixth house

servants,
small

It is

or
a

evil signification,
being the

an

dependents,

cattle, the

married

has

finance

of

otherwise, as the
feminine

similar to

uncles

and

aunts

on

may

of

side,

partner,

be.

magnetic house, and rules the

Virgo.
he

of sickness,

mother's

children, private enemies

case

(To

the

house

continued.)

abdomen

and

tines,
intes-

3nfantlle flDortaliti^*
Continued,)

(Summary
"

BY

the student

IF

of

case

Elizabeth

"

if there

doubt

The

say.

are

of

the

why
The

did

Elizabeth

Moon

by

the

say that

had

Moon

for

account

to

the

life,and
in

planet

just

left the

and

and

evil

to

At

the

glance

be

thus

by fallingin
opposite

house, the
This
must

as

overcome,

have

to

the

in

been

appears
a

square
to

by

seen

eighth, the

Jupiter,and

grave

child

can

have

the

to

dant
ascen-

of

figurevi ;
the

radical

held

on

struggle all through.

The

act.
a

with

map

there

processed
is too

Mars

Tp

was

dant
ascen-

severe

is weakened
of

house

next

Saturn, and

over

affliction

next

sextile

ascendant

the

Virgo
Mars,

of

orbs

consider

progressive Moon

the

stitution
con-

Sun

until

erect

elevation

rules

Moon

the
to

the

if you

I should

is lord

rule, but
be

have

square

to

figure for

is in

heat, for Mars

chief

has

which

Venus

round

is within

allowed

little hope, but

is still strong

who

be turned

is not

have

of

house

Saturn.

Saturn

was

eighth house,

will

you

the

house.

sesquiquadrate ;

seems

natural

the

and

is

there

for Mars

sustains

to

ascendant

thing

Mars,

strength
of

her

as

one

strong in the ascendant, and

of Saturn
the

only

and

affliction

process

be

so

Mercury,

Sun

adds

resist the

If the map

will

square

thus

and

safely

far

first,the

to

The

Sextile

can

years.

the

square

Mars.

as

by

process

will be

Saturn

first

hope,

the

so

5"ilX on

the

is

in the fourth

Virgo.

Venus

of

is ruler

for five

posited in

has

to

affliction

falls in

ascends. Sun

Sun

child

the

first

the

which

act

also unafflicted

are

Now

he

of Mars

Sextile

enable

Venus

who

will

consequence

to

and

affliction

only

is

energy,

be

to

quadrate
Sesquia

we

decease,

seems

being prolonged

of heat, force, and

giver

but

life

the

There

is

tion
great afflicand

reason,

her

within

eighth.
this

actuallyapplying to

do with

to

is concerned.

progressive motion

is

is here

being

Saturn

Square

as

Jupiter and

with

years

far,

so

opposes

I think, with

dies, so

nothing

when, I

health

Hyleg

also lord of the

passes

and
killing,

child

the

when

she

nearly

direction

Jupiterwithout
of Saturn

live

being

be

to

house

female's

happens

eighth

themselves

over

the

fifth birthday.

her

predict,but

commit

rule

case

the latter

SesquiquadrateSaturn,
Now

would
chief

has

just previous to

astrologer would

any

will find

present vol., he

33,
died

who

in this

Cusp

page

who

who

Moon

the

above

die

many

and
heavily afflicted,

5"

to

B."

would

she

That

to

will turn

LEO."

ALAN

death, and

is in

the

fourth

ascendant.
to

If

life to
we

the

process

bitter
the

end
Moon

it

ij^

186
the

same

the

as

way

the fourth

planetsin

ascendant,
of the

house

of the process

favour

The

next

(as

case

on

explained

to

between

come

dies.

consider

On
he

much
74,

page

was

fine child, well

did not

Edward
Saturn

I presume

of

the

death,

Moon

other

here

New

previous

another

strong

The

months.
have

been

the

quadrate
to Trine

processed

governs

the health

for

Moon's

same

death

In the
is

case

on

the

Saturn
radical

2",
is

female,is ruler
Sun

at

Cusp

transits
Moon.

and

of the
the

the
has

28"

It

sesqui-

exact

applying
eighth. The
progressedto

the

case,

of the

teen
thir-

just over

but
Jupiter,

rules

lunar

who

Moon,

of death, and, but

house

birth, I doubt

if she would

If

the

process

oppositionto

the

malifics

ruler of the
Saturn

retrograde,in elevation,and

Mars

to

the Moon

we

any

is yet

This

lived

Moon

Moon

purely a

the

the

which

see

Square Saturn,

progressed to

Square

the

to

of C. L., the Moon,

justseparatedfrom

is square

and

I fail to

in the

Moon

Venus

have

of

at time

to Mars.

besieged between

planets are
is

brings

thirteen months.

also square

and

which

for

state, for

to

appears

who

had

Moon

the Ascendant, she falls in

as

way

This
of

the

System.

female

of

look

must

we

is Ascendant

'of the Process

Saturn,

But

in favour

eighth house.

the

separatingfrom

trine to

long as

so

that

features.

time, and

which

is that of

is y^

of.

to

fell in

just

and

Ascendant

sesquiquadrate

survived

14"

Sun,

Mercury

the

the process

that

informed

am

will be the Ascendant,

"

the death

save

I stated

direction
modem

or

point

in favour

may

inclined

eighth.

good

Hyleg

what

to

not

Moon

case

the

ancient

"

followingthis

case

should

does

for death

cause

The

author

no

E.

we

not

am

strong argument

case

the old writers, but

according to
time

was

in this

boy

in, for he only lived nine months, and

long turn

but

with

developed, and

fourth, the end

in the

short life.

have

Edward

the

authors,

he is lord of the

of
particulars

the

are

old

the

only

has

and

square,

very

process

processedascendant

Hylegracalplace;

importance to this,as

here,

comment

the
particulars)

the

Httle

very

according to

Jupiteras holdingan

to attach

needs

Jupiter,forming

and

in this case,

I presume

56

of death

Saturn

in

strong argument

very

J. R.'s SON.

OF

giving the

when

the

to

square

55 and

the time

clearlypointed to

figurev.

CASE

pages

it is exact

find

we

theory.
THE

for

MORtALITY.

INFANTILE

the

Uranus

; the

M.C., and
the

the Moon

degree

exact

Herschel
Mars

death

was

of death

at the time

the process

of the

therein ;

applies to

of which

both

Uranus,

semi-squareof Saturn;

eighth,with

Now,

and

of death,

eighth house

on

the

sudden, which

Ascendant
falls

Midheaven
the

day

of death

oppositionof
would

seem

the
to

students'

THE

187

CORNER.

the process

point to

factors,for the
but

both

Moon

^itneeded

the

survival

loath

both

Mars

had

here

that

say

and

here accounts

to force the other

infancyare
to

separated from

process

one

need

the

at

try

than

the

map

of the Heavens

to make

this clear.

will

remainder

Meridian.

amoimts

twelve
one's

about

to

hours.
time

"

or

testimonies

small, and

for

be

I should

the Ascendant

square

ten

reached

our

respectingthe

me

the Sidereal time for the

therefrom

the

erection

per

very

is

hour,

few

this small

mention

the

to be

Sidereal

Time.

This

or,

clocks

of

correction

unless

knows

one

exactly
correct,

are

correction

imperfect knowledge

for

mintrtes

two

say,

earthlyuse

no

noon," and

small

and

without

Ascension

Right

of

I will

day

from

time

**

there is

Mean

this correction
as

75,

page

Corner*

approximate

seconds

for, with

on

continued,)

between

to

given

are

for different parts of the world.

the

it necessary

L.,

RAPHAEL."

**

subtract

be

Now,

Guide,"

I think

present.

he

Take

is correct ; and,

consider

not

or

difference

the

Ida

because
approximate^

I say

for

made

The

escape

case,

enquiry has

one

and add
alteration,

any

fatal

the

as

semi-square of Saturn;

into action.

Stubent0'
BY

now

Mars

for the decease, and

child would

comment

^be

the

certainly
very

(To

MORE

and

Herschel.

further

no

Uranus

square

full particulars
of the next

The
and

Moon
and

over

very

Ascendant

I did

"Key
Astrology,it

of

"

in my

is

unnecessary.
Take

an

example.
"

Suppose

I wish

to

erect

1894, 6 p-ni., at St. Louis, U.S.A., I proceed thus

and
so

this amount

place
good.

must

which

the

Now,

be had
is

placesas

signs
in

to the

just
for

I go

12

six
p.m.

on

to

the

the nearest
cusps

computing

the

in time
difference
hours.
at

of the houses

placesof
between

Therefore, I

Greenwich,

Louis, it is midnight a^ Greenwich.

because

39

the

accordingly.

when

So

far,

planets,consideration

St. Louis
must

for St. Louis,

of Houses

Table

July ist,

"

12

With

for

map

and

calculate

Greenwich,
the

it is 6 p.m.

planets'
at

St.

l88

NOTES

This
time

is a.m.,

be subtracted from

must

Tables

Respecting
degree

of

whole.

N.

They
and

accurate,

so

between

know

do not

at

well

as

be

now

Longitude,East

to

I have

Washington.

for every

obtained

or

printed, and

never

very

of Greenwich.

West

Ephemeris publishedby

an

correction,

the

56"; the priceis 10/-for the

production, well

any

note, if the

but

noon.

can

and

22"

American

applicableto

at

world
as

noon,

time

of Hotises,these

an

Government

from

the Sidereal

correspondentrefers

One
States

the time

Latitude
are

EVENTS.

all parts of the

example applies to

for the map

RECENT

ON

seen

the
a

United

copy

of it,

it contains.

what

be

(To

continued).

Brrata.
On
read

page
"

the

167,

"

the

secondary directions

"Wotea
The
list of
New

death

directions

secondary

Tyndall

distinguished
persons

p.m,"

it should

Ij."

"Recent fiventa.

on

of Professor

j) to Par

are

are

whose

4th,adds
predicted from

December

on

deaths

we

one

to the

more

the

November

Moon.
*

^
The

positionof

in the

Saturn

Moon, has had its due

of Commons,
in the House
the way

and

In

remarks

our

on

the

E.

have

received

Astrology of the Old

December
This

dragged

Lunation,

was

we

predicted death

fulfilled by the death,

Stanhope, M.P.,
^

We

of the

have

legislation.

of Parliament.

of the Right Hon.

figurefor the December

on
unsatisfactorily
Things
little or nothing has been
accomplished in
mid-heaven

Members

effect.

New

of actual

minister
^

on

amongst

21st December,

in the last Government.

Boston, U.S.A., a ponderous volume, entitled " The

is
The
book, which
Testament,''by Karl Anderson.

from

expensivelyprintedand got up, is largelydevoted to showing the bearing of

astrologyupon the Bible narrative,with frequent references to fireemasonry.
Several
book
is made
of the Dendera
The
Zodiac.
platesare given, one
Seeing
unnecessarilylargeby the insertion in it of several Tables of Houses.
of these have already been
that most
printed elsewhere, we think the author
would
have done well to omit them, or else to have publishedthem separately.
stands is a curious mixture of very elementary astrology,
The book as it now
of an
with matter
entirelydifferent kind, relatingto the religiousaspect of
These
the science.
two
divisions of the subject,
we
think, should have been
of
of the Part
is an
advocate
author
kept apart. We may
say that the
Fortune, the Dragon's head
which

most

modern

and

tail,combustion, and
inclined to drop.

are
astrologers

other

ancient

methods

Xettere

tbe

to

EMtor.

of

Letters

general interest alone are inserted.

Correspondents
please enclose a stamped addressed
envelope.

All

should

correspondents
but

N.B."

as

of

Writers

give full name

good faith.

of

token

articles

signed

and

address,

alone

are

desiring reply

necessarily

not

for

responsible

th*

for

must

tion,
publicatherein

opinions

contained.

Seville,
Spain.

Dear
of
"

Sir,

"

Raphael

in

of

death

the

at

to

quote "Raphael's"

of

he

says

time

of

death, and

between

the

of this

lady, and

I have

often

ruler

of the

still think

and

seventh

ought

upheld

by

dignified, and

in

find

and
,

together with the position o| $ in fifth,and Ip and

and
late marriage,
rather
opinion,
happiness. The
the respective ages,
would
be shewn
by the affliction of 0,
ensure

planets

that
"

should

"

Raphael
in

put
and

events

The

Pre-Natal
P

events

less

ruler

would, in
difference

J)

so,

of sixth

the
that

from

and

or

sixth
one,

that

we

"

death, and

sufficient

the
D

I think

Raphael
which

and

radical

(^ by
that
"

to

(^

And

P, g T? P, g Tp R,

^
place

of the

ic is wrong
find

account

say

there

any,

which

for the

same.

also
are

are

the

efficacy

which

have

near

the

case

the
in

tember,
Sep-

Pre-Natal
months

these

R, and

the

of

evil

when

progressed
constitution

we

g
is

$
a

Astrological directions,

ill operation at the

Yours

Ip P, and

months

of

for during

that

be

favorable, but

very

IjlP,

no

directions,
to

seems

us

J) is afflicted by the

motion,
to

to

here

exactly corresponded

train

for death,

account

cases

during

are

several

would

Leo,"

"

5^ progress

there

Post-Natal

fails to

would

November,

R,

not

are

in

of death

cause

of Post-Natal

have

my

all deference

many

before

directions

find the

Tp

which

horoscope

Primary

in P

and

directions

meets

remember

weak

for

the

in

absence

entire

the

occurred

and

secondary

in

for

also

and

with

by

of the

doctrines)

new

discovered

as

essentially
ruler

the

the

to

speak, and,
receive

ample proof,

^have

"

Natal

October,
the

had

ones,

Post-

are

direction,

I have

existing Pre-Natal

in point.

to
to

observation,

my

striking

"

the

for Pre-Natal

of which

under

like

bye, is slow

especially

most

reference

it is with

But

signs.

(who, by

plea

power

come

to

in barren

the

opinion is,

position of the

seventh,

of the

marriage,

on

of seventh,

this

any

corresponding to the
led to infer
(reading
the conjugal happiness
Now
0 by Ip and ^.

ruler

of

Number

consideration, which

our

we

and

affliction of

into
for

about

an

contrary, and

absence

the

in giving judgment

that

enter

to

this natus,

T^ and

the

to

are

we

the

to

to

of

14 of December

direction

doubts

submitted

astrologicalcause

page

marriage

permission

your

been

testimony

from

has

Raphael"
pointed

the

to

suitable

to

respect
"

are

we

thought

I think,

so

with
that

hues)

words

fails to find

he

has

thirty-four in

of

age

direction; for

Magazine,

which

of radical

face

words, "with

few

say

lady's horoscope,
gentleman's opinion, as

marriage

cause

to

the

for that

happy

the

to

"

about

course,"

affirmed

I feel constrained

time

truly,
ARTHUR

ELSON.

of

LETTERS

190
Dear

In

Sir,

"

Sayana

in your

systems appears

EDITOR.

letter

whose

Amateur,"

"

to

answer

THE

TO

number,

December

the

on

I would

Niryana

state

and

that what

(BhAvaphalam) is not affected by the risingof the

Bhawphal
signs. The Bh"vaphalam is due to the positionsof the planetsin the several
Amateur
Houses
(BhAvas), not to the signs they may be in. But here
is
which
(House) with the Rds*i (sign),
unconsciously associates the Bh"va
Hindu
what
I have
all
almost
all
been
as
prevalent among
along
stating
Astrologers.
Ascendant
from
Amateur
in reducing my
makes
mistake
a
f z'f
(shouldbe ^ 25") to the fifth degree, since he does not take the latitude of
birth into consideration, and the consequent obliqueascension
of the Ascendant.
the star
At the time of my
birth the Ayandms^a (distancebetween
Revati and the Equinox) was
at most
19" 5' 5".
I must
also point out that
Sepharial" did not publishany such notice as
is quoted by him
either in the TheosophicGleaner or elsewhere.
I do not
know
of that name.
the editor has published
But in the Theosophisty
a paper
the notice referred to.
In quoting,it is always advisable to be accurate.
In reference
of the sign Scorpio in the Niryana and
to the Ascension
Sayana systems, I can make nothing of the latitude for which the calculation
is given, and
the date from
which
the Ayandms*a is computed are
not
referred to.
the observation
is without point.
Hence
Yours
sincerely,
sepharial;
he calls the

'*

"

"

"

'*

"

"

Sir,
as

I trust that you

"

my

superiorsort

Magazine by
find

can

that is not
has

but

not

therein

4
the

"

Iconoclast."

no

promise

afflicted

of

for

to a subjectso far back

referring
Deeming, and which was shortly
of way
in a followingnumber
of the Astrologers'
I have
re-examined
the figure very carefully,
lastinggood in it. There is not a planet or angle
excuse

me

speculativefigurefor the

criticised in
and

will

birth

of

way or another ; for instance, the Ascendant

firom the second
house
(wealth),Q ^ fourth house (on cusp

cadent

one

from

the

angle),D 2f I^

near

cusp

of M.C., and

ss: ^
of fifth,

11

by ^

I^

"

Ret.

in close

Grave.

^ 'S^and

The

Ascendant

"^" in the

Par.
is

certainly A

Houses

D, but

of Life, Honor,
the

latter

is

and

quickly

approaching D ^, g Ijl and Par. ^ ; the latter position cannot

be much
he being within orbs and approaching
improved by the -X- 0 (separating),
Z ^ and Par. \}
D ^ S Ascendant
.

5 ruler of fourth
near

house,

0 J)^

? and

only benefic
Should

Tp lord

1^ (1?)applying,in the house

doubly afflicted,while
and blood-thirsty
^ in
the

the
the

of

"

gentle Moon
lower angle.
"

Ascendant, $ lady

of strife and
is

contention, and

besiegedbetween

descending,the evil Tj"Jg and ^

ascending,is 1^ and heavilyafflicted.
$

are

of the

are

the

eighth,
1? thus
cruel T^
,

rising,and

2f,

be able to insert these few further remarks, perhaps "Raphael "

will kindlygive a short judgment of the original
figure,
purely on its merits as
a

you

scheme, without
Now,

that the

reference

to

Deeming.

has

Magazine
passed the critical point, a few figuresgiven,
judgment by students, would, perhaps, excite more
interest than the
previous prize competitions did, when the number
of subscribers
not so
was
of the Magazine^
large. With best wishes for the continued success
for

I remain, yours

truly,
f

2f

TO

LETTERS

Dear

Sir,
"

more

161

on

page
remarks

affliction of Virgo

severe

of which

interested

much

am

in your pages, the one

contributor
who
your

THE

square to Herschel
she thus receives

I9I
death

figuresthat appear
but
I point out to
especiallygood,
may
is it the birth figuredoes not shew
a
in the various

is

"How

^the sign governing the bowels?"

"

the death) that Venus,

caused

EDITOR,

is in the house

who

(a complaint

is in semiof life,

"death"
house, and is transmittingthe evil
Mercury in Virgo by a close semi-square,this latter
tion,
planet and sign being on the fourth, the grave, and end of all ; and, in addiHerschel
in elevation
is also in square
to the lord of the fourth, the
rulers of life,
death, and the grave being in mutual
affliction,
for, from the
considerable
have
influence over
the life,
positionof Venus, she must
very
rules the Ascendant, and
is afflicted by semi-square
although the Moon
that Mercury in Virgo, the bowels
Jupiter. In my opinion,it is significant
receive the weight of affliction.

ruling the

to

CORONA.

Dear

I have

been

waitingfor

Casael's

explanation,which is as
expected
Raphael has been
Casael's
with
for
confirms
in my opinion.
it
me
puzzled
figures a long time, as
Casael
have
been
he stales, but as he peras
right in every particular,
may
sonally
the parties.
knew
Horary Astrologywas, according to my idea, quite
weak

Sir,
"

it to

as

Let

unnecessary.
his

(i) See
from

shews

us

back

go

remark

what

be, and

on

has

Mr.

glad to

am

to his remarks

page

141,

that

see

"

"

"

planet the J)last separated

as
recently
)) had
Candid
and
Raphael agree that
boldly that a female urged her to

viz.,

recently happened

"

The

therefore,
'

'

separated from c5 Venus, and as both

the Moon
the querent, I stated
signifies
female or a male suggested
to
a
me
apply
(which was admitted)." Whether
the querent applying to Casael is immaterial, and has nothing to do with the
question; but, if it did, Casael is thoroughly wrong, for J)last separated from
the figures: Tp 12.14 =^i
A
are
$ 8.5 ^,
1?. These
]) 12.45 "scr. Come,
like a man
there are
and also note
Casael, own
are
only two
you
wrong,
queries,and you give seven replies.
*

(2) On

245 Casael

page

says

heavy affliction,
according to

very

all authors
another

who

(3) On

"making
Aquarius

the
the
is

the

use

aspect

in his second

reason

same

fact

my

but

reply on

whereas
afflicted,

the 0 is D T? a
according to the teachingof
Casael
quibblesagain, and gives
,

idea, and
now

page

141.

his

reply to query
prediction,"as could
?
sign,why not America

page
suit the

Western

is not

3 is a
well be

good specimen

of

devised, viz.,"as

"

(4)Casael again evades the point, and says Mercury signifies young
it,that Mercury so placed in
persons" although he knows, but will not own
any figureis masculine.
who
is supposed to be an
These
sort
of repliesare
unworthy of one
and
that
future
I
on
authority
only hope
Horary Astrology,
Horary
any
Casael
will
Mr.
be
figures
publish
according to the rules
judged strictly
may
of Horary Astrology,and
no
personalknowledge of querents or their affairs
be allowed
to bias the reading of the figureas he has done in this instance.
Personally,I have lost confidence in his Horary figures,and quiteexpect
that if others were
be found
not
closelyinvestigatedthey would
entirely
satisfactory.
**

CANDID.
P.S.

"

I may
say I have justlooked at the Horary figureand remarks
of last volume
of the Astrologers'
Magazine,and the result bears

page

33

what

I have

said

previouslyin

this letter.

on

out

1^^

LETTERS

Dear

Sir,

In

"

the

the

1890, that
Should

in an
faciettdi,
made
by two

modus
be

must

planetar"\

These

directions

observation

of the

dailymotion

signs of longf shorty

considered

progress,

of the

have

died

of him

to

try

abridged form
ways

both

directions

The

the

that
principle,

same

will

he

method,

my

^the first rational,and

"

Ascension

annual, is the

as

"

of the

the second

is to say, the
the

of the Sun, after birth,in its relation with

middle

or

"

Raphael
Magazine^
ber,
the 27th of Novemon

the

Astrologyis unsatisfactory.

"

map

of

la(iywho

be pleased,I beg
Raphael
quitesatisfactory.

is my

Here

of

of directional

state

**

judge it is
radical

number

current

to the natus

declares,in reference

EDITOR.

THE

TO

because

moderator

true

by its daily
regulatorof the map

the
or

Sun,

birthday.

day after birth as one year, at the place of

degree
right or obliqueascension, according to its
sun, one
circle of position
in the nativity,and look afterwards
for the longitudecorrespondent
to this sum,
in the proper table,to the very positionof the Sun.
(t) Then

for each

add

must

you

radical

the

of

(2) Then
when

day

look in the

you

the Sun

ephemeris

will reach

of the

of the birth.

year

longitude

that

This

day

is the

What

will be

the

year

of

direction.
calculate

You
hour

places

the

now

(3) You

for this very

you insert the

planets for

map,
the theme of rational direction.

(4)You
that

then

erect

of the

second

and
nativity,

with

map

the

insert the

you

the

for

and

map

of direction,where
calculate

by
pecuniary positionof
should

will have

the rational

for each

that, established

be

the

same

with

nativitya
will be

cusps
as

of houses

above

will indicate the events

this

of the

the details,

position of

the
a

the

; this map

signs and

will mark

theme

maps
has

means,

real

the part of fortune,

the
shows
influence, and

native.

grateful to

very

obtained

of these

this

(time) of
before

same

year

day

planetscalculated

will be the theme ofplanetarydirection^

which

that

day and for the hour

planetsyou calculated

erect

in which

as

of

that of the birth.

as

"

Raphael

"

to

let

the results he

know

me

this method.

JULEVNO.

answers
AsHER.

At

"

of the

birth, ^
accident

to

in m

watery sign, g 4 in

fieryplanet, a

^ denoting the sudden nature

planets must always be considered
Q

the
McHDi

Corresponbents*

Hasan
write

(Lucknow).
"

you.

We

shall

promised
T. B. Dixon

and

to undertake

Miss
any

M.C.

and

the

fiery. At the time

dant
processed Ascen-

of the event.

No, the natures

of

for future events.

Kindly send your full address

pleased to have the Arabic

be

so

that

we

may

tribution
Astrology con-

for insertion.
Oettl.

"

Sepharial
work.
privateastrological
"

"

desires

us

to

say he

is unable

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Hetrologere' ^aga3ine.
[copyright].
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APRIL,

of this

at

i8h.

24m.
of

Ascension
45s., which

2m.

sign Aries

of

meridian

the

the

took

free

Post

4^(1.

of October,

ist

of Bow

time

that

at

The

Bells."

sign Capricornus

the heavens

38'.

0"

was

The

place.
of birth

for the moment

"

BESANT.

ANNIE

Oct.

the

on

London

the birth

figureof

the

born

^d.

Besant

the sound

within

risingwhen

followingis

The

**

p.m.,

Hitnie

was

corresponds to

40' was

1"

delineation

Price

of

1boro0cope

subject
THE1847,
5h.
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ist, 1847, at 5h. 24m.

22s.

p.m,

London.

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Asc.
O

J)

?=vy

;rc

-^

of
general signification

The
follows

if.

"

the

end.

second

degree

of

end.

^
is

Aries

given

as

"

sword
in
with
and
statiding,armed
spear ; richly dressed
and
helmet
of
brass
fine
and
or
gold
purple, with jewelled clasps
a
apparently prepared for battle and confident of victory. It denotes
proud,
"

man,

scarlet

warlike
One

"

nature,

who

living;at
A

nature

with

will have
all times
somewhat

much
few

self-reliance

friends

and

will

willingto assert his

of display."

and
be

confidence

in

his

own

in

independent
opinions and to evidence
very

his

powers.
of
way

his powers.

fond

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194

HOROSCOPE

This, while touchingsome

character, nevertheless
evident

to those

needs

who

have

adjustment

is evident

view

horoscope

of the
the

In
from

soon

the

second

dog, stretchingout
It is the
who

was

of

modification

as

of

of her
to

turn

we

in

particulars,

some

The

required

critical and

more

subject's

our

friendship.

Johannes Angelus,
its

having

detailed

translated

origin in Egypt,

degree of

the second

It is

Aries.

originally
different

very
follows

as

having

degree of Aries there ascends a man

his right hand
towards
the skies,and

figureof

called

The
this

Egyptian Anuhis,

the

forth

Justicewhere

they were

"

like

head

holding

staff in

of
general signification

Besant's

with

man

black

battle-axe."
it is thus
his

red

eyes,

girtround

In

the

It

so

is

West.

able

valiant

Boldness

fortitude

and

eminentlyunder

the influence

the

born

person

is

its

under

of the
as

in the i6th
out

raised

century,
falchion

characteristics

the

are

the

cloth ; of

white

holding

armed,

man

of

complex

protect, holds

to

of the sign Aries

general signification
renders

with

descriptiongiven by Angelus
**a

for obstacles,

represents it by

Mihira

the waist
as

which

variouslyrepresentedby

Varaha

formidable

portrayed:

the Hall

to

the

fully into

very

decanate

and

of this decanate,

"

enter

East

right hand."

The

which
The

as

it

He

of Aries, to

of character, contempt

the

complexion,

led them

and

dead

first decanate

the

firmness

**

nature.

astrologersof

Awakener."

"the

weighed.

degree belongs, is

Annie

of the

souls

the

dignity";characteristics

in

ample

of

left hand."

his

**

leading elements

itself.

and

given for

is

"In
a

Greek,

of the

the honour

Celestial Mirror

the

symbol

as

BESANT.

ANNIE

OF

planet Mars.

follows

:
"

straightforward

influence

ingenious, frank, disposed to leadership and command,

enterprisingand
difficulties
to
with
view
to
a
industrious, courting
even
conquest, generous
in religion
extravagance, determined, aspiring,active, manly, enthusiastic
and
often
subtle, combative, and
bigoted, though, generally
politics
;
and
speaking, progressive in his tendencies ; liable to change in views
objects,but
The

tastes

all times

at

disposed

are

desire to shine, to

equal only to
a

person
successful

his

enthusiastic
be

to

gain honours

own

courage

born

under

Aries

in

executive

and
and

are

in

pursuit of
many

prominence,

determination

more

versatile than

mental

things.
but

prevailingidea.
The

will have
The

will

native

difficulties,
powers

profound, and he
capable of command

is

of

more

than
work, more
of
destructive
but
more
existing
reformer,
organization.
strong
orders
than
constructive
of new
The
ones.
temper is quick, vivacious,
of a
fretful,and capricious. Eloquence of a declamatory and sometimes
violent kind, is given by this sign. Where
the
there is much
smoke
more
is a
fire burns long*; but here it is all flame, and the anger
of the Aries man
the native does
thing of the hour
only. Quick to anger, but soon
pacified,
Often

than

in the

fastidious

not

in

bear

long resentment.

monetary

matters

He

affairs through

generally he

will be

gains by marriage, but will have difficulties

female ; may
be a legal suit. In business
a
successful.
He is likely
to be an only child, or

HOROSCOPE

THE

to become

such

will have

by

the death

difficulties in

of

disputes in the family, and

early. Journeys will
He
disputesand enmities.

mountains

be

be

Sun

I95

sister.

or

below

the

early life

In

business

profession or

caused

he

affairs;

will lose his

he

earth

of
by family
by reason
of
to
disposed
ballooningor climbing high

will be

matters

In the married

of divorce

his

with

if the

father

brother

younger

connection

BEsANT.

ANNIe

OF

there

state

or

will be

strife,and

danger

separation. The sign givesfew or no children, but should any

native is likely
The
they will rise to good positionand receive honours.
will
be
and
there
disaffection
and
early,
inconstancy as a
marry

live
to

or

consequence.
maladies

The

"

which

to

Aries

inflammation, cholera, accidents

The

"

become

profession will

in connection
the office held
in

success

the

be

eyes.

probably

of

will be

by the native is almost

profession,and if the

trouble.

Such,

will be many
enemies
last long."

There

strife,but such

effects of the

the

horoscope,by being in

the Ascendant

that, making the necessary

delineation

written

"

individual, but
case

for

jealousy

in deference

as

years

the sex,

to

type of the Aries person

this

the

think

to

venture

we

general

reference

without

and

ago

ruHng

sign Aries, when

at birth ; and

changes

several

merely

the

is brouhgt
individuality

the affections of the

consider

we

may

the

horoscope.
Uranus

influence

first house

in the

for strange

planetsin the

the

the native.

upon

treachery will

causes

many

and

numerous

to

any

fits the present

"

fairly.

very
But

will

will not

brief, are

in

and

cause

the earth, the native

be above

Sun

will

Friends

certain

eminence
will be
through his supporters. Friends
steadfast,but feminine influence must be carefullywatched, or
and

and

discoveries

make

rise to

cause

disorders,

creditable and elevated kind, but will afford

a
strife
Some
subject to changes and reversals.
with the occupation is shown, and jealousy consequent upon

difficulties and

many

and

will

by sea, and
explorations.

for his

noted

The

"

will travel

native

intestinal

predisposes are

to the head

It

when

out

horoscope

of the

we

closely

more

of the native.

planetsin

confers extreme

first

And

the several

of

Houses

independence

of mind

of the marvellous, desire

love
gives eccentricity,

sights,curious

consider

the individual

It renders

knowledge, "c.

and liable to be estranged

romantic, wayward, disposed to self-assertion,

from the family circle and

Mars

the

on

cusp

of

relatives.
the

second

cosmopolitan by

to extravagance, hardly knowing

inclining
as

an

immediate

means

The
an

of

Moon

unsettled

an

position of

fingers.Such
likelihood

to

reserve

life; much

with
popularity,

Mars

fund.

in the fourth

end

The
house

intercourse

reversal

latter half of the life; close

indicates

house

in view.

Money

indicates
native
denotes
with

at the end

sympathy

value

the

nature.

liberal nature,

of money

except

slipsthrough the
little

large earnings, but

lives close to the income.

many
the

changes

of

residence,

people of the native

of life; voyages,
for the mother

town

in
especially
; inheritance.

the

196

BESANT.

ANNIE

tions
gives advantageous specula-

fifth house

of the

the cusp

Jupiteron

OP

HOROSCOPE

THE

house, indicate
will

trouble

in

Saturn

dangers through water,

be

otherwise

dignityor

largequadrupeds.
should

we
particular

more

affections of these

various

planets;

their

of

less

no

cardinal

fame

circumstance

majority of

The

It

perseverance.

or

the

of the

It

people.

obstacles

overcome

fond

native

and

to

out

concurrence

find the

we

case

activity,

denotes

order,nimbleness, ambition,
active

and

foremost
politics,

of

latter

first mentioned.

signs

reforms

to

the

will outlast

the

in this

And

in cardinal

gives great

cut

figure. The

singularfeature

the

by

tendency

the presence

signs, and

proportionto

country, in social affairs and

even

government
to

gives

makes

town,

in

capacityfor the foremost

aptitude,business

affliction,
showing

subject a reputationwhich

planets being

the

"c.

occupy,

cardinal

of the

angles

widespread

confirmed

amply

another, their

one

wealth.

amass

in the horoscope.
significations

of other

to

all the

account

present horoscope are

the

on

the

upon

will be

which

into

free from

eight planets in

signs

confers

circumstance

in the

of the

six

than

of

presence

life ;

features

remarkable

aspects

and
Jupiter,

to
great earning capacity,but inability

The

take

to

house, although retrograde,is extremely

and

the Moon

aspectedby

need

horoscope,the signsthey

in the

Mars, in the second

Thus
well

and

privations in early life,and

some

women;

among

through relatives;

troubles

denotes

house

and

life.

in the married

twelfth

the

enemies

secret

To

contracts,
complicationsin partnerships,

relations ; troubles

business

seventh

in the

satellitum

come.

enemies, publicdisputes,legal affairs which

open

many

much

cause

Mercury, forming

and

Sun, Venus

The

will

honours

to whom

dutiful children
; temperate pleasures;

in his

village,

relating to

matters

executive

trations
adminis-

the

ability;

line of life for oneself ;

the

power

courting

active in the pursuitof one's objects,capableof command

responsibility,
and
of

leadership; yet

existinglaw

acute
intellect,

The
the

best

business

Three

If

quick to

but

anger,

perception,apprehensive;
signs produce
and

men,

the

the

fond

most

useful

signs

and

regardless

way

pacified;

soon

active

most

own

eager

in

of debate.
of the world,

workers

in the

persons

executive

of social life.

lives

The

impetuous, forcingone's

order ;

planets are

native

nature.

in

cardinal

departments

the

and

often

in aerial

equally in

the

mental

three in watery

and

are
physicaland purelyspiritual

enquiry be

oratorical powers;

made

as

to

it will be

the
seen

emotional

Mercury

aspects of Her

subordinate.

cause
astrological

that

signs,hence

is in

of Annie

Librg,

Besant's
**

sign.of

HOROSCOPE

THE

"

voice

as

house

term
technically

we

ANNIE

OF

Venus,

it, and

of

poesy

ruler of the second

the

confers

expression.

glance at a few of
indications.
corresponding astrological
We

lost her

father.

afflicted

Uranus

had

reached

At

of meridian

degree

by direction was
affliction).

opposed

twenty years and

radical

and

had

Sun

by
the
afflicting

planetwhen

house

The

the

Moon,

Sun

in

after
and

Moon

but,

of

(the house

The

the contrary,

on

conjunctionof Venus, yet

the

day

marriagetook place.
good

means

no

afflicted

retrograde and

of age

house,

Moon,

year of life.

for every

months

appliesto

Annie

ascending horizon, by

in the twelfth

Saturn

two

the

to

come

the fifth

At

aspect of the

square

passage

to

their

age,

in the fourth

the Moon

Mercury.

exact

are
by
significations

although the
latter

the

by oblique ascension

taking

and

by Uranus,

by Uranus, Sun, Venu^,

birth the Sun

of

five years

At

show

premature death of the parent is shown

The

the affliction of Sun

of life and

the events

now

may

Besant

is

I97

(governinglanguage),is conjoined to Mercury, which

singulareloquenceand

by

BESANT.

and
Jupiter,

that

planet
The

Uranus.

female, or the Moon

in

male

always brings about separationby the death of the partner, or

nativity,
legalsuit. It is a terrible planetfor bringingabout estrangements, and
it is

in this

powerful

reached

the

of Saturn,

declination
parallel
But

lastingnature.

the

Moon

of

the time

At

nativity.

evil portent, and

an

in

in Pisces

was

Sun

marriage the

had

one

of

to

Mars,

good aspect

and Mercury, and so the marriage took place. The signsof an

Jupiter,
earlymarriage in the nativityare : Mars in good aspect to Moon and
Jupiter,and unafflicted ; the Sun going to a conjunctionwith Venus,
ruler of the seventh^ house (thatof marriage),
The
and in the seventh.

planet Venus
this case,

in the

according
florid

temperament,
Two
the

children

Moon
and

years
when

children,born
the

the 2ist

to

Libra.

At

Besant's
Other

the
the

art,

as

marriage partner
a

of

man

this

the

marriage : Digby,

place of

of the mother's

such

years

the Sun

at

age ; and

years

and

ten

Mabel, the daughter,

by

of her

horoscope was

evil influences

mother's

directed to
were

also in

sive
progres-

of age.

months

These

bring trouble

to

agents though they

of life,Venus,

From

were.

being retrograde,was

death, the Ascendant

semi-square aspect

play at that

when

birth,at twenty-one

destined

conditions, were

son,

oppositionof the Ascendant, in the second

time

in

full vital

**

blue eyes.

life,unconscious

the 26th

over

to the

twenty-two

under

mother's

from

the

the

in oppositionto the place of the Sun

was

direction, at

into

born

were

Moon

of

complexion,and

three months

the

will describe

rules

the

to

opposed

was

Libra

sign

gressing
pro-

degree of
in Annie

of the

periodof her life.

J 2

Moon.

igS

THE

the

During

period

in process,

was

the

fourteenth

degree

of the Sun

and

close

to

HOROSCOPE

which

at

Moon

of the
in

Mars

Annie

about

to

Besant

form

Mars

to
on

Venus'

of the ninth
birth.

place at

of

The

had

Moon

in sextile

**

the

changes,

influences

attended

females."

century,

of

series

it is to

horoscope, and

evil

primary

according to

the solar

good,

It

troubles

and

losses

their destined

out

and

lose

will

"

in

purpose

of

in

the

thereby
signified
"

links, home
when

edge

life alreadycharged with

and

close

formed

are

of their keen

some

have

we

till the

effects

the

as

benefits

gives

directions

that

hoped

the

produce

present time

the

to

to

were

unsettled.

and

From

be

they

case

gressed
pro-

in the hands

much

illness,loss of friends, changes in life,severed

severe

working

much

so

sorrow

hardship.
will live to

her

sixtieth year, but

birthday,for in March,

1907

the Sun, in the

Annie
sixtieth
the

Besant

Sun

from

the sixth house.

sixth, eighth,and twelfth

1907,

Saturn

Moon

at

the

will be
of

the end

conspire to

"

by

affected.

February,

direction.
The

and

The

in the

has

sufferingfellow-creatures,will not
even

the memory
we

horoscope
made

noble

be asked
and

of Colonel
to the

is in close

said, her

have

It may

case

of

The

that

Annie

and

upliftedin

have

Besant

the

of

in

the

power

March,
Full

The

degree of

place of

the

will both
of

cause

plead

to

"

so

many

its own,

will pass away,

of the

be

but

people,and,

will endure.

signs of sympathy

are

similar

of H.

P.

Blavatsky,

horoscope of

the

on

viscera

in the hearts

if there

Olcott.

the

fatal

same

sketch

our

both

at birth.

house,

abdominal

been

soul will remain

name

sixth

an

evil houses

most

it held

reaches
to

effect ; and

same

will fall in the

1907,

lungs

voice, which

if it would.

the

three

transitingthe place

opposite sign, Virgo,

Moon

The

her

reach

eighth house, meets

by direction,and the Moon

sign Virgo, thus forming an evil aspect

the

Saturn

and

will not

aspect of Saturn

square

equal degree of

as

the reverse,

or

had

(good) aspect

It is stated

Moon).

(inthis

is restless

period

from

honours

honour

with

in force at the time

the

seen);
the

the

public (representedby

was

conjunctionwith

mid-heaven, placingher reputationat this time very

of

Sun

birth, Mercury being

place at
reached

days

May, 1889,

Venus

and
Jupiter,

and
(religion)

In

Society, the

Theosophical

the Sun's

house

thirtieth

of life.

years

(fortunate)
aspect

conjunction with

the cusp

same

the

to

evil aspect

an

twenty-ninth and

the

on

fourth

the

the Sun being

respectiveily,

Taurus

Scorpio and

Case

Pamphlet

at the outset

sign Leo, meeting

joined the

trine

Knowlton

progressing from

after the birth,correspondingto the

when

famous

the

was

opposition of

an

BESANT.

ANNIE

OF

To
H.

conjunction with

this

we

can

as

answer,

P. B., it will be
the Moon

were

seen

between
to

seen

exist in the

If reference

yes.

that

in the present

this

the

case

be

Ascendant
and

near

to

MORTALITY.

INFANTILE

the

place of Jupiter;

the

place of

between

the Moon

are

destined

meet

another.

one

and

in

when

friendshipbetween

There

are

and the Luminaries

good aspect

conjunction or
those

on

sign of sympathy

sure

nature, but the Ascendant

of minor

productiveof the closest

horoscope,a
to

in the latter is

the Sun

time

same

P. B.'s

chieflyconsidered,

are

the

at

in H.

who

persons

indications

other

while

I99

are

concerned.
Sepharial.

NoTE.-^As

curious

sailed for India

it is to be noticed

coincidence

H. P. Blavatsky
occupied herself with

that

and

of her

in the

forty-seventh
age,
year
Theosophical centres in various parts of
in the forty-seventhyear
of Annie
Besant's
now
age,
arrived in India and actively
work.
engaged in the same
the formation

H.

Mrs.
as

we

and the same

in her sixtieth year of life,
fatal.
S.
has alreadybeen indicated
as

Besant

Besant's

preface
to

and

lately

her

in the

year

"

first published in the Weekly Sun newspaper

horoscope was
there given as
of birth was
time
autobiography. Her
and not
the
fact that the time was
to
minute,
so
given
closely

her

to

The

5.43 p.m.

merely

find

Blavatsky died

P.

of Annie

case

Peninsula

the

of

the

hour

the nearest

or

of the hour, made

division

suspect that

me

estimate, but that it had been subjected to the ordeal of

informed
that
rectification by some
me
astrologer. On enquiry,Mrs. Besant
the figure published in the
calculated
by an American
Weekly Sun was
it was

not

her

own

astrologer. She
time

could

was

thought

the

time

true

obtain

not

recorded, but

it

was

about

was

5.20

family

the

to

access

5
she could

but

p.m.,

in which

Bible

and

between

somewhere

the
She

5.45 p.m.
remember

for

not

mentioned.
The
it might lie anywhere
the limits
between
astrologer,startingwith this estimate, rectified it to 5.43 p.m., but
the mistake
of taking the 9th of January for the epoch instead of the
will be seen
that
Sepharial,"who carefullycompared the directions

certain, and
American
he made
8th.

It

to the

and

"

angles with the

this accords

is much

the

events

of Mrs.

closelywith Mrs.
reUable figureof the

recollection

Besant's

so

more

has rectified
life,

Besant's

two.

it to 5.24 p.m.,

that it

of 5.20 p.m.

Leo.

"

3nfantile flDortalit^.
Continued,)

(Summary
"

BY

THE

of Rob

case

father

would
here

the

at

noted
carefully

page

time

counteract

only thing

112.

it.

of

was

of Rob's

live ; but at that time

the

112

I could

can

the influence

Ascendant

and also ^xact

eighth,

hy

did
not

attribute

astrologerswould

Now,

The

you

specialinterest

birth

the time of birth, and

Saturn, but many

page

on

LEO."

ALAN

not

say
to

in

was

my

consider

when

to

I had

employ.
that

it would

the j) is her

The

me.

the

die.

Now,

Semi-square

say that the sextile to Mars

that

reallydid

kill I

pointed

to

would
out

process is Semi-squareJupiter,lord

to Uranus,
opposition

child

of

on

the

MORTALITY.

INFANTILE

200

In
but

the

next

T.

case,

will T. C. die

when

within

months
and

the

has

Moon

Moon

not

She

has

appear

6"

progressed to

; the

boy

Hves

few

but
planetsretrograde,

lord of the

eighth,is

Female

born

This

17th, 1892.

died

child

of

place

the

Sun

and

birth,is

the

on

eighth,falls in
degree

of the

fourth

being
the

of

cusp
the

next

ruler
Jupiter,

is very

case

of the

I will have

place when
no

by

and

none

it does.

heed

of

My

Moon

has not

death.

What

seen

the power

advice

Reviewing

malefic

nature

the

death

by

for here

is

Note

"

to

each

is

map

case

can

very

radical

of the

the

Saturn

this

on

very

of the

in the cusp

quadrate
sesquifrom

is exact

direction
the

well the lord of the

are
supporters

hear

they

Moon

for death

account

Square

like to

much

clearlyenough

the

point later.

is

taking

eighth, and
so

vague.

Remarks.

majorityof the foregoingcases

point accuratelyto the time of an

to the Ascendant

time,

progressive

magnetism

to say

their

the ])

ascendingsign at

have

you

they

can

in the

of death

the

inference,
then,

fact ?

the

believe

here

ber
Septem-

to
sesquiquadrate

exact

I should

Hylegiacalplaces while

have

we

Hylegiacalplaces what

Concluding
Now

if you

more

Now,

rules

ruler

the

part ruler of

Mars,

clear,the processed Ascendant

of their

are

^Jupiter,

"

five months

Jupiter,lord

and

in
(hospitals)

eighthhouse.

is

gressive.
]) pro-

only

p.m.,

the time

degree, extractingall the

But

Not

weak

processed

of death

magnetic pole, then

exact

and

the radical and

the

eighth ;

expect to kill in this case,

Hyleg,
take

the

supporters of the

those

would

At

this.

Now

at time

twelfth

physicalframework.

from

denote

processed eighth; and,

the

progressive

7.30

and

fiveyears

at

Mars.

interesting.Tix 15" ascends

The

; died

squaringthe midway pointbetween

is 6" St ,

The

very

is well tenanted, and

the sixth in the twelfth, would

exactly

Uranus,

arrives at.

figureis

April 25th, 1887

twelfth house

The

hospital.

is

Mars.

oppositionto

a.m.,

eighteen

Saturn, and conjunction Uranus,

square

of the Ascendant, is in

reaches

of Saturn,

Square

midway pointbetween

radical

the

the

Ascendant
processed

the

It is the first affliction the Ascendant

five

the

days.

but

X,

to the
'WJt 3o'" exactlyopposition

10"

Moon

of the radical afflictions into operation.

force any

to

the

of th^ eighth,and
a

Ascendant
processed

the

within

lived six months

J. R.
does

But

when

passed

]),ruler

between
the midway poiftt
opposition
Emma

has

pull through

cannot

of death

Sun

aspect.

no

he

that

Surelynot

time

the

at

days,the

few

decide

?
position

it does

0
heavy afflictions,

some

^ifyou

"

afflictionof aspect and

3" SI 50',which

C. has

we

draw

singly,we
by process

if the ruler of the

from

this

find that
is

near

eighthdenotes

that the
infant's

apparentlystrange
some

aspect of

enough

to

predict

that the child cannot

MORTALITY.

INFANTILE

live.

This

warrants

of

method
examine
this is

saying that

The

so.

try and make

it as

twelve

rather

he

outstretched

symbol
body. Now,

the

possess
but
is

soul

"

Leo

"

of the

Zodiac

of the

would

be

on

possess

physical things, and

page

will hold
to

we

this

liquidsor

know

let
But, first,

framework.

The

the

Fixed

The

year,

their soul, it
to affect

lord of the

-produce

the

l?eing!

only requireto

the

the

govern

suppose^

time

to obtain

us

how

But

will

We

shall

we

correct,

of the

nature

head, stomach,

"

=^

ovaries,veins, and liver.

Signs SV+^ocr

throat, heart,

the

m.

generativeand excretorysystem, and

the

lungs, bowels,

taken

the

the

and

to

the

his adverse

afilicted may
OF

as

heat

be
in

his influence

be considered

balance, between

complaints

incurable, unless

physicalworld

accidents

is the

his

he is

is

and
a

cold

these

decided
two

and

and

needed

most
a

sudden

and
blood,.,

Saturn

is

a-

he

justthe

contractingplanet,always

retardingthe growth
for

growth

malefic.
malefics

the

bottled

undoubtedly

death.

at

have

they

aspects always affect the

in his influence ; he

and

system, and

and
malefic^

nearly all

are

loweringthe temperature, warping

body,

nj^Tf K\

planetsmust

nervous

is the greatest

existence

our

invariablyproduces
reverse

Signs

the

Now
the

in its results,and

peculiartreatment,
gunpowder,

Common

The

until understood, is the^

system, and affairs generally,

human

present stage of

up

dominates

Physicalbody,he

disastrous

most

blood.

system.

nervous

separately.-Uranus

regard to
over

and

is

Ego

seventh:

is low.
vitality

signs for

Signs qb+VS

there?

is good, the' +:
vitality

enable

the

argue,

the

would

planets for

the

at

to

malefics, or

the

vitality?

planetto

look

Cardinal

their

of

of life

year

physicalarrangements

strength,then

each

us

symbol

bodyand

is called

what

if the

vessel, and

strengthof

;' as "the

this age

physical framework

longer than

a r^

seventh

to

feasible that if the

of various

gases

the exact

judgment.

be

to

is

before

previous

look to

judge the strength of

framework

their

to

uprightwith

Cross

the link between the

aspects from

appear

together much

the

so

prior to

that

to

us

thus

fatal results,it would

are

for

of the

that
226, vol iii.,

vital parts of the

the

I will

considered

been

he stands

as

symbol

strong hold upon

only natural

eighth, to

why

reason

feel inclined for the moment

I do not

not,

and

infants

because
responsibihty,

infants do not

now

handle, so

to

always

of Mankind,

close. Assuming
sufficiently

not

as

of man,

Soul

whether

or

have

represents the

mentions

moral

no

we

simple as possible.

signs

J) is the

complicatedone

represent the physicalframework

^rms

if

shall,I think, discover the

we
closely,

subjectis

the /"y(?^^55
system is the correct

vitae of infants, and

terminus

predictingthe

the method

The

in

us

201

to

the +

of the
Saturn

Jupiteris the medium,

on

the

physical planet
J3

J" Tj"and
Control

chief rule

vitalityalso, for

his aspects and

three

force,has certainlya
watch

we

of this fact when

the blood

infants.

our

great deal

do

to

element

of heat

head

The

be to note

Venus,

who

kill; her

Mercury
and

he

has

aspects,

positionand

the

the

])

as

teach

we

the

what

horoscope that

purely

as

of the

it will

the New

him

these

negative

and

last month

is to rule
his

probably
Moons

of the

the

male, and

positiveand
will

magnetic, you

electric

clearly

Directions.
have

two

in

aptly illustrated

so

W.

Mr.

the

Gladstone's

E.

be of interest if I continue

and

major

number.

work

at

now

or

two,

Satellite of the Sun.

symbol

finally

and

"

kill,for his mission

I consider

(5Iat)0tone'0

influences

by examining

kill

to

power

any

balance, between

or

to

I shall say in the next

events

astral

has
to

not

"

female, the former

later the

fRr.

THE

the

of the

symbol

and
principle,

understand

in himself

elsewhere.

will consider

love

Saturn,

but his virtue depends entirelyupon

intellect,

and

if you

Now,

and

the medium,

least power

the

as

nourish

be considered

may

brain

the

is to

when

this planet.
afflicting

is

consider

the seed, I do not

governs

mission

Saturn

be strong when

and

firstobservation

to his greatest enemy

aspect of this planet,also his relationship

force will not

if

fail to be convinced

in them.
our

and

and
vitality,

the

with

shall not

generativeorgans are governed by Mars, and

judging if the infant will live or die should
for heat and

say

according to

giver

Mars,

youth, we

the martial

see

we

into

grow

j) to

the heart.

and

great deal

very

boys

our

(^ ,

are

from

the

privateopinion,I would

my

deteriorates

or

it flows

as
positions,

the next

Now,

add

with

also has

the

to

way

departure of

the liver,and

over

he enriches

in every

is illuminated

in the

prominent part

to have

opposed

body

the blood, and, if I may

do with

the

until that

and

it, they play

is said
Jupiter

DIRECTIONS.

heavily afflicted are

1(. when

purely physicalbody,

to

GLADSTONE

MR.

202

the

Eclipses of the present year

subject
they

as

aflect the late Premier.

There
found

be

principalpoints of danger

two

are
on

107,

page

secondly,the

middle

point,because

the

is still in

Moon
of

the

square
now

fixed
and

primary
force,as

signs

is

any

direction
has

because

signs nx
and

of the Sun

and

lunation, eclipse,or
in the middle

of fixed

Moon
to the

and
(at 1" =fi=),
is at

and

dangerous
the

the middle

birth

in

were

progressed Moon

the radical

transit,at

signs,will

and

S" at

the

oppositionof

explained;

;xjc,and

approaching

figure(which is to

Moon

signs. The

already been

dangerous

parallelfrom

cardinal signs,or

the
firstly,
iii.),

of the four fixed

enteringthe sign nx
Therefore

vol.

in the

^
the

is

beginning

be fatal.

This

of

is all

MR.

the

more

to the

since the

so

GLADSTONE

has

Queen

oppositionof Jupiterfrom

We

have

already had

February lunation
Mars,
bound

be

to

lunation

would

omitted

be

that

During
Gladstone's

to

before

for which

first,the

had,

we

Bill, and

finallythe
beginningof March,

definite
when

the

the Moon

with

Mr.

to

the

House

Councils
the

resignationat
Mars

conjunctionwith

in

was

sorry.
as

the Parish

of his

the

published,I

now

wrangle

announcement

be

was

knew

rumours

and

this

that
as

am

The

Gladstone's

Mr.

could

Sun

of this.

in advance

Employers' LiabilityBill

the

over

truth

remarks

then
impending resignation,

of Lords

of the

Premier, but

omission

it,an

lunation

signs.

saw

my

of the

of fixed

Aquarius,near

for the

nearlyover

all reference

of

his Uranus.

to

critical month

the middle
illustration

one

203

in force the direction

now

fell in the middle

in square

and

DIRECTIONS.

on

his Ascendant.
Here

are

December

progressedplacesof

52

(^ 24

2| 29 T

the

planetsfor

the

his

birthdaynext

"

5 T

March

New

7.
"

March

21.

April 6.

Moon

Solar

46

D 13 lU 32

31

Jg 13 m

at

Eclipse of

"

"

17

K,

Eclipse at

^ and

the Moon

at

5 6 X

53

Rad.

unfavorable.

Very

=i"=.

Too

T.

17

I? 15 ^ 19 i?.

44 15^

the

near

radical

Jupiterto

do harm, I think.

May

5.

June

3.

to be

"

Lunation

at

15

Lunation

at

13

"

Unfavorable.
.

Too

close to the

g 0

IJ^.

oppositionof

Saturn

pleasant.
Lunation

July 3.
"

August

I.

August

at

30.

at 9

Lunation

"

September

15.

September

29.

05,

11

Lunation

"

I^.

near

Favorable,

eclipseat

Solar

"

j) P. and

at 8 irjj.

Lunar

"

g^.

Ascendant.

15 X.

^clipseat

={i=,

radical

near

Moon.

Very

unfavorable.
October

28.

Lunation

"

November

27.

December

27.

The

at

Lunation

"

at

Lunation

"

principaltransits

at

Mars

the

over

beginningof July ;
the square

and

It will be
year

are

during

from

seen

points,in

when
the

the

and

and

for Mr.
Moon

from
radix, especially

Mars

are

year

his radical

over

this that very

misfortune
Sun

radical Sun.

near

the

during
Jupiter,
Sun

^*

near

opposition of

oppositionof

free from

be those

and

5 ":f,

Ascendant, end of February ; Mars

April;

Jg[I^.

5 irt, near

the
the

Moon,

and

the Sun

over

place,latter part
of

end

latter part of the

of

and

June
year,

to

Moon.
few

of the

The

Gladstone.
pass
the

the

lunations during the

worst

days will

opposition of important

middle

of fixed

the

signsand
'

beginningof cardinal

signs.

r
..

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"alwant

fl"i% Dinftar

of

1boro0copc

patwar^balt
{See Page 177.)

MR.

Delineation

PATWARDHAN
is

again

the

dignitiesof
has

the

safeguard

to

likewise

opposite

nature.

Thus
and

the

The

posited.
lords

in

testimony, according
A

seventy

of

J) is in

life

"

the

T,

the

sixth

the

greater malefic.

mutual

of the

heat.

twelfth

combination

favour

being

the

is

greater

the

2|,

and

the

the

lord

inherit

the

will not

have

death,
of

malefic
6

with

for

certainlyunfavorable

as

the

eighth
of

nature

the
,

is

and

5 is

and
,

squared by

and

lord of

is the
in

with

Thus

of

in his

the Ascendant.

whole

life.

planet by
^,

Tp

have

we

The

additional

squared by
*

long

]) would

and

houses.

an

convertible

ig when

lady of

and

benefic, who

by signs

the

to

opposed by T?

house, is in the sixth house.

1^

of the

much

sixth, is in the house

of the

lord

of

the

has

detrimented,

house

unfortunately squares
of

aspect

is

astral

on

according

of heat, is

is

life extends

where

between

the

with

Astrology,

years,

mind,

are

houses

these

on

sign,

the

governs

house

Patwardhan

planet

Ascendant

Middle

Mr.

the

sickness,

authorities

125

watery

The
2|

reception of

Uranus
in

of

death

the

of

any

to

take

to

with

house

of the

or

has

of the eighth house,

of

various

yogas.

house, is in the twelfth

lord of the

loo

reasonable

thereabouts.

The-O,

"^.

here

their

; j), who

of

house

to

two

of
reallyqualities

works

Hindu

life to

giver) in

nature

the

the

and

is lost.

heat

greatly destroy

in

the

to

long

planets

of cold

planet

and

years,

^(theAtmakarak
power

twelfth

generally at thirty or

of the

strength

lord

life, according

short

subjects,ends

of the

combination

as

i.e,, 2

health, and

lords

lords

the

the

figure,a

and

sixth, eighth, and

life.

short

Ascendant

the

above

of. the

certain

of

well

as

hence

in connection

the

part

planet

more

and

of

house

and

}?,

the

are

it appears

with

She

Ascendant,

upon

which

death,

Ascendant

sixth

in

the

claims

separately or

the

the

lord

the

of

Ascendant

the

consequently

this instance
either

lady

are

of

cause

Chitnis.

planet alone,

one

Ascendant,

In

the

}?,

where

to

the

represent death

to

by

T.

house

instance

distinct

have

of

lady

eighth

In this

governed

houses

support

is

eighth house,

the

of the

lord

the

J.

Friend,

his

has

of the eighth house.

ruler

by

would

testimony
nature,

and

naturally

progressionalcourse

THE

HOROSCOPE

the

In

of

Prince

(the0)

planet of

He

heat.

Prince, when

he

The

system.

of
n
a

life

the

the

near

very

for

cr

planet of heat,

in

ffi ,

who

cusp

of the sixth house,

who

feeds

Atmakarak).
the
.

Prince
the

has

of the

the

heating

the

sional

of Mr.

case

of this

$J in

The

Royal

the lord of
of 2f and
,

house

caused

progress

regular combat

in

gained
in

the

year

heat, who

end

the

his

progres-

by

his

progress

of November

the

-x-

aspect, like the

of

supporter

the

(rfir
11"),and
the

opposed

the two

in the

Atma

the

opposes

position of the

radical

(life),
by
at

birth

thus squares
at

-x-

Thus

does

progress

birth, has

opposed

are

the
"

and

^,

planet of

thus

aspect is kept

up,

the

the

planet ^
to

wrong
in the

comes

progress

was

beginning

fall

radical,a planet of heat.

planetsof heat

by

Mr.

falls in irjj,and

birth, by progress

at

the

sign,while

watery

planet ^

his

through

passes

in rrt, a watery
0

At

Prince.

the

(theAtmakarak), although the

afflicts the

The

(theAtmakarak) is in

the 0

by

supports the

supports mt

Tp who

Patwardhan

always suffered in health whenever

sign in his progressionalcourse.

falls at the end

the

Thus

T? who
,

supporter of the

spoiledby T? viz.,the

0.

Ascendant

Padwardhan

commences

at birth and

course.
progressional

thirty-second year

eighthhouse.
is the

lord

Ascendant,

lady

has

watery

-Thus

again

Under
and

in

(the

lord of the

cyclicAscendant

life supporter,

the

of the

death.

the

avert

greatly

are

has

he

death, although debilited

supported by

Patwardhan

but

by

that

falls

course.

In the

sign

2f

of S
and

sign,

watery

angleunafflicted.
in the cyclic
year 5J

was

falls in

progress

an

of 11 and
,

If,

the

over

in

cyclicyear

and

death,

supremacy

year, and

of 5J and

to

of his

deprived

for the sustenance

frame

in the

was

is

actions

Prince

for the

2|

in

of the human

the Ascendant

house

of the

the detriments

over

sign in

JJ in the

Ascendant

hence

thus

cyclicdirection system

f in the seventh

in

furnace

fortunate

was

2| of his

Ascendant

solar

of the

of sickness, while

house

cyclic direction

the

burning,by

the

functions

stopped to regulatethe
It

life flame

keeping the

supportedby

thirtieth year

(the 0), who at birth

is solely
supported by ^

watery sign, and

the O

sign,and

noticed the
particularly
taken
seriouslyill under

and

has observed

Patwardhan

has

Atmakarak

-265

PATWARDHAN.

nativity,Mr.

in rrx,a watery

was

heating actions,

BALWANT

DINKAR

Wales's

the Atmakarak
a

MR.

OF

of both

of

and

the

opposed by
the

of

both
radical
"^ ,

Ascendants

Mr.
thus

become

Ascendant,

the

the lords of the Ascendant.

as

part ruler of the

is afflicted,

in

well

as

sixth
the

of

the

cyclic

house, i.e,^the

part ruler

of the

twelfth
is also the lord of the eighth and
house.
cyclicAscendant
observe
the
radical
Thus in the cyclicAscendant
of
the sixth
lords
we

2o6

THE

twelfth

and
with

each

houses, who

other

cycHc

Ascendant

house.

This

the
for

this

combinations

of the radical

nature

The

the

radical

sixth

house.

his

progressive 0

sixth house,

house, and the

November

of

the

as

therein.

the

thirtieth

for the

month

the 2nd

of December.

which

secret

part).

the

cyclicyear

and

sign,leads

months

some

but the medical

month

twelfth

of the

figure,and

on

the 2nd

9.20

the

p.m.,

Ascendant

is not

and

ends

of the

the

who

of the

(radical).The

of December.

nearly

hour

one

for the tenth

month

before
and

died
he

diseases
ninth

the

house,
eighth .(radical)
while

]),the part

is in the sixth house

of the
on

would

it is hence

native

we

commences

of December,

the 2nd
have

of the

fallsin

progressional
course,

month

native

month,

who

of

lord

the

secret

native,

the

such

Ascendant,

"^ in his

tenth

The

lord of the

Ascendant,

opposed by

subject to

was

Thus

again the

is

month

is

the native

by

of

of the

the nature

observed

not

rules

(note, rrt

positionof

as

on

month,

in the sixth house

well

as

position

the Ascendant

as

of November

was

death.

house

ninth

the sixth house

which

opinion is that

Ascendant, who

falls in the
ruler

before,and

before

months

some

house

sickness

the

sign,and

of

24th

his fatal

the radical

the

on

originatedin the
suspect that the disease really

to

me

the

watery sign, and

in the testes

illness there, but

cause

the sixth house

say that the

progressivepositionof

the

part

to

is in radical sixth

by

and

the 2nd

house

the

the house

would

in the radical

attacked

of sickness,the illness commenced

Some

of his life was

Patwardhan

being in

horoscope that

falls in irt,

was

on

cyclicyear.

in the Prince's

has ninth

commences

of the

Mr.

(theAtmakarak) is positedin

year

Patwardhan

The

await

of

beginning

sixth house

Mr.

12.30 p.m.,

Mr.

the

both

to

reason

no

the

at

Patwardhan

representedby

was

have

progress

cyclic year.

at
(Friday),

in the testes
of the

work

in his progress

same

at
figinre

cyclicdirections being of the

of death was
brought about.
speedily

of Mr.

case

radical

The

be observed

may

cycHc eighth

the health, but when

together we

observe

in the

in the

so

sixth

As

of the

lord

to

falls in the

year

figurewe

the

the

the
figure,

notice the lord of the

in the

unfavorable

in 6

reception,are

we

the

shewn

was

considered

present

Thus

2| ,

(the Atmakarak) by

Patwardhan's

in

as

additional evil testimony,

an

In

joined by

is
nativity,
are

detrimental

of death.

combination,

of

beginning

is

PATWARDHAN.

BALWANT

mutual

have

in the house

(S )

DINKAR

MR.

OF

HOROSCOPE

"

11" to

observe

be

at

the

the lord of

the

monthly eighth, l^ who opposes the 0 at birth, comes

very
in
the
radical
and
a
Ascendant,
powerful
by squaring ^ (radical),
of
the
of
his
the
in
0 (theAtmakarak) successor
planet heat,
supporter
,

malefic

effects which

the

lady of

the Ascendants

monthly eighth house,

and

Mr.

originatorof

Patwardhan,

the

in

no

way

by

supportingthe
the

progress

fallsin the

Ascendant.

cyclic system,

met

Thus
with

his

HOROSCOPE

THE

death

friends.

his relations and

of December,

on

the 2nd

by

his friends and

for nine

much

paining him.

Son

for consideration.

last

2nd

It is

would

The

periodicplaces,"c.,

The

child lost his mother

December,

1893, at

According

to

Tp lord thereof

in the

of the

9.20

the Indian

(themother's

i"

]), the

of the

The

(thefather's
0

is in

of the tenth
The

house

of the

therefore

]),the

radical

lord

's

5' n

of the

horoscope

death.

D 7" ;^, 8 5"

the

1892, and

of

"

father

"

the

on

rules the

child
stands
55

mother,

of the

eighth house

mother.

the

"

eighth
by ^

the

the Petru,

father.

and

the

fifth house, and

in the

cyclictenth

the lord

squared by

J)

loss of heat, while

hence

commences
as

of the

by

"

the

"^ , the lord

house.

5", and in the eighth of the cyclictenth.

tenth, falls in V:f her fall,and

in the

sixth

unsupported by

June,

were

life giver)j) is also in her fall and

her fall is

of the

of the father ; while

house

elbow

Patwardhan

and the 0
tenth, is thus afflicted,

falls in

thereof,by progress

the

in the

and

watery sign,and

]) is besides

fifth year

second

4th

life giver)is in
a

of Mr.

system, the fourth house

Matrukarak

karak

and

suffered

p.m.

is detrimented

lord

had

date of her Mother's

of

a.m.

refer to the last Son

to

manner

planetsare

the

on

horoscope

same

accurate

The
.

the

at

to

slightlyseen

was

knee

His

foretold

hour

Patwardhan

advisable,

more

give the

Mr.

days only.

subjoin here

for the death, and

Daughter

hope

his death

of his recovery

attendants.

207

he has

the hour

known

made

when

medical

rheumatism

acute

the native

He

PATWARDHAN

BALWANT

DINKAR

calmly,and expiredpreciselyat

very

from

MR.

OF

"^ ,

the Petrukarak, the

a

planet of heat, falls in

of the

figure,representingthe

planet

of heat, who

is the

lord

is in

who
,

loss of the
of the

watery sign

in the
5",i.e.,
father

to

eighth

the child.

cyclic tenth, is

watery sign,and consequently imsupporting the heat.

2|, the

in

25

lord

of

2o8
the

cyclictenth, by

the

figure;

lords, by adding

these
of the

represents the loss of the father.

would

be taken

count

for the

is

which

house,

Bhivas,

and])

of

month

really the

we

of December

22nd

"

as

really

house

respectively.If

house

of November

get 22nd

we

tenth

radical

the

over

month

the fourth

and

in the tenth

the

beginning

the

tenth

Indian

According to

here

tenth, and

of the

presentpurposes,the

our

5",and

gs

notice

we

5", get approximatelyto

orb

an

sufficient for

cusp

7', thus

opposed by cycliclord

tenth

radical lord of the

cyclictenth, falls in

falls in

tenth

radical

of

eighth house

is the

which

lord of the

really,the

of the

lord

the

but

falls in

progress

PATWARDHAN.

BALWANT

DINKAR

MR.

OF

HOROSCOPE

THE

the

father's death.

does

revolutions"

get

cyclicsystem

the

Thus

exactlythe

earth

our

allow

not

alterations in the cusps

which

"

take

to

us

of the

purpose

sign to represent a

the

birth, and

at

as

same

the

serves

solar
as

year,

we

figuremakes

no

interceptionof signs.

and

the author, L. D. Brdughton, M.D., a littlebook

articles
and
It contains various essays
Influence.
Planetary
reading
for
death
several
notorious
well
as
figures
as
of interest to astrologers,
from

received

have

We

worth

on

"

"

The

murders.

priceis ten cents,

it is

"":

publishedby

the author

66, West

at

York.

Street, New

Fourth

and

figurefor the January lunation, Jupiterwas in the seventh house,

fested
maniopposed by Uranus, this was
signifyingpeace abroad ; but as it was
occurred.
There
had
incidents
two
after
was
or
one
unpleasant
only
there
and
forces
in
and
French
a
was
collision between
Africa,
English
a
Board
of
Khedive
of Egypt. The
restive dispositionshown
by the young
in the matter
of the coal strike,as
off successfully
we
Conciliation
came
predicted.
the

In

"

"

^
of

The

square
with
coincided

Uranus

several

-)("

the

to

luminaries

outbreaks

anarchist

on

at

the

the

ruled the tenth and the Sun

that in that figurethe Moon
showing that these houses would suffer. In England, there was
blew
himself
anarchist
French
a
on
February 15th, when
Greenwich

shortlybefore

Park

If he had

day.
would

waited

probably

have

blown

affliction of the Sun, Moon,

and

Lords

several

being

times

abandoned

by

somehow.
.

at

the

up

Moon

the two

Government,

it was

beside

others

tenth, and

loggerheads.

between

The

sunset.

until the i6th, when

Houses,
and

It

is noteworthy

the eleventh,

explosion
pieces in
well aspected on that
was
in oppositionto Mars, he
himself.
In England, the

eleventh, coincided
Bills have

After two

lunation

February

Continent.

with

been

one

to

the Commons

tossed

to and

the

fro

Employers' LiabilityBill was

Parish
Councils Bill got through

the

\.

The

follows

Zbc

prince

Prince's

Post-Natal

Males'

of

Directions^

for the

directions

immediate

future

are

as

"

Secondary.

By comparing
progressed
Radical

Saturn

progressed

and

of

to

the

in

1899.

year) is separating
that

Clarence.

Since

which,

period

prosperous
fortunate

on

the

to

at

quite accord

the

it is

with

or

as

if his elevation

early in 1896,

family and

and

national

to the

the

present

of

part

and

events

Throne

the

Queen

were

be

himself
severe

will

that

and

hand

directions

reached

Mr.

bad

very

Prince's

Gladstone

in

importance.

at the

escape

which

be

to

The

year.

not

Victor

bring

seems

year

of national
at

the

applying

been

should

notice

next

critical

parallelsof Jupiter

the

secondaries,

of the

Prince

loss under

passes

interestingto

those

foreshadowing trouble,changes,
seems

The

latter

the

Albert

has

the

VS 41 '"and

dangerous position will

Prince.

whole, but

commences

directions

the

7"

Prince

the

time

that

The

Mars.

is at
of

the

that

seen

conjunctionof

the

Radical

death

suitable

under

from

Mars

the

which

Mars,

But, in the meantime,

Venus,

and

point at

of

of the

Saturn

this

conjunction

period

be

will

horoscope of birth, it

Radical

reached

his

applying to

the

Duke

the

and

(day for

between

point

and

this with

end

of

It

1895

illness, and
will follow.

tCijubalL

professor

\Dit"^"

tCcrminus

DECLINATIONS.

l8

22

16

57

pROFESSOR
-L

December,
and

years,

Every

other

measured

and

death, she gave

Salts

and

he

mistake

health

but

lungs,and
The
The
be

had

to

easy

almost
Moon

given

would

this made

draw

reduced
is

to

of

15

17

49

20

t^ 42

to

she

dose

believed
she

him

his

drawn

figureare

one

died

for the

killed

the
time

aspects.

when

she

had

strong

is
and

The

made

man,

called

was

malefic

drank

the

in

full

of

the

in and

evening at 6.30
he

p.m.

poison.

; indeed, it would
are

exactly culminating,and

applying
rulers

of

to

the

two

The

inflammation
aid

his

Epsom

overdose.

an

of

good positions,for they

Saturn
malefic

that

from

same

dose

was

of

morning

usual

Medical

remarkably

minimum.

good

have

suffered

fewer

his

the

4th

many

Salts, which

Chloral"

breathing bad.
he

On

discovered
of

the

on

produce sleep.

to

Epsom

be

to

Syrup
had

of Chloral

of

22

sleeplessness for

his wife.

by

1? 28

Haslemere

at

suffered from

him

figure with
a

by poison

taking Syrup

Tyndall

separating from

entirelydevoid

43

took

used, but

the
a

(^

probably not

figureis

positionsin

it,when

Professor

above

had
of

he

what

possible means

every

habit

given

him

taken

47

died
He

swallowed

and

quantity

1893.

morning

out

TYNDALL

in the

was

22

not

here
the

others, and

Ascendant

and

TERMINUS

VITiE.

and

the deceased
Descendant, signifying
both
the

hand

of

the

other ;

signs,signs of sudden
from

Venus, which

of the event.

planet may

The

Sun

setting,whose

whatever

it may

lungs,in

in

it

one

the

of

and

the

sign of

under

that house.

Part

of Notes
out.

seventh

signs,but

sets, the

same

here

are

weak

Tp in
the

if the

This

planetsare
For
while

his
the

as

and

three

difficulty

latter

here

rulingthe

at

as

sign

Sun

in

natural

Professor

rises and

Navamsa

lords

againthe

lords of the

8.30

that

so

Navamsa

they

as

19"

p.m.,

Jupiterand

were

03

was

Mercury

angles again.

examined, it will be found

in 05,

first and

Pisces

see

points are

the

Navamsa

by

of death,

the moment

of

lords

the

are

curious

two

or

largely

came

of which

(for Table

one
Astrology)

Mercury

activities

whose

man

Tyndall ; and, being the

Navamsas

by

Virgo

curious

twelfth

in the

evillyplaced

are

the

coincidence

in

}i, 2

taken

when

figure. Also

the

in

that five of them

in

viji, ^

conjunctionwith

in

note

and

=^,

three

that

of the

Navamsas.

he

thought

malefics

is

Mercury

Virgo,

opposition to

the medicine
The

risingNavamsa,
in

the

that

sign : Sagittarius,risingwith

there
sleeplessness,

by Mercury

find

we

sign governing

the

positionsin

in end

the

upon

of

Hindu

planetsare

malefic

very

evil here

undoubtedly

mid-heaven, the

Navamsa,
Sagittarius

is

mysterious

house

examined

by Navamsa;
.

the

nature

eighth

planetsare

two

brought
Then

Mercury

Jupiterand

by sign. Moreover,

are

in the

Moon

death

on

brought

is

-criminal

non

dangerous narcotics,and

govern

the zodiac, points out

rising,which

good aspect,that

of death.

figureScorpio, the

figureis

II.

fact

which

inapt descriptionof

an

ninth

If the

is therefore

earthquake

figure.

zodiac, the zodiacal

it,gives not

the

in

oppositionto

exact

oppositionand

are

onlyone

is exerted

imagine,will

Mars, Uranus,

(not house)

show

risingin

with

cause

the
afflicting

eighth sign of

perhaps

influence

accordance

Saturn, I should
have

is

has

in

by.
(unintentionally)

one

planets

each

be elsewhere, and

breathingwas

we

both

moreover,

211

his wife, are

for the

wrought

disaster ; and

Neptune
the

evil

retrograde,showing

TYNDALL.

PROFR5SOR

"

are

the
he
in

governs

lord

was

and
the

lunar

also

bowels, influenced
from

of the Ascendant

taking was

afllicted,

both

the Moon

intended

Horas, which

Scorpio;

for the bowels.

their best

is not

position.
Examined

by Dwadasamsas,

be in Gemini
Gemini

is

afflictedin

Dwadasamsas,

on

the seventh

the Ascendant

and Saturn

are

found

to

the lungs and

signifying

the wife

(because

and

Mercury

are

house) ;

Virgo Dwadasamsas,

and

the

the bowels.

Moon

both

Hstrolofii?*

fftunbanc

the

AT

and

Saturn

Ecliptic New

and

entered

matters

; but

place, and
of

square
ones,

an

St.

in the

has

entered

the

the

Foreign

Office

heavily tenanted,

the

York

and

has

the

unsettled

month
state.

"

England.

will

Both

prevail.

be

The

of the

M.C.,

fourth.

heavy failures,deaths

Mercury

to

will

robberies

applying to

be

will

take
the

peculiar

some

serious.

prisons

Neptune

of

the

or

Hkely,and

hospitalswill

far from
in

Planet

Red

talk is

Warlike

community

These

for

month,

country.

time.

in

there

house

semi-square, some

is also

Mars

the

to

third

on

semi-square

daring

some

of the

health

the

is in

the

Jupiter

scientists.

in close

It is

From

elevations

benefits

are

the

quidnuncs.

notable

some

eventful

an

busy

in

some

of death

house

Saturn

visible

Mars

Ascendant

have

conjoined lights in

eventful

arise.

rulingsign
has

be

bring

explosions will
will

the

legislatorsand

our

of crime

Petersburg

New

the

excess

fires and

and

are

exaltation, hence

their

surprises for

luminaries

the

will

of

will be

there

will

and

to

Uranus

some

amongst

he

twelfth

the

opine

trouble

departmental
from

signs

will not

and

Gemini

as

the

will have

deaths

having

in

are

Moon,

position of Saturn,
peerage,

conjoined luminaries

instant, the

6th

house, applying to the opposition of Saturn.

forthcoming Budget
an

the

on

in the second

Sun

the

Neomenia

the

good.
seventh,

positions will produce

prominent

men,

be

and

and
an

general

tTbe

Stubent6'

IN

last month's
in

Northern

for. South

answer

ascension

short

vice

and

the

however, is

hours

of

way

difference

of Greenwich.

the
to

Sidereal

time, and

that

thus

to

require a

from

Correction

for

oppositesigns.
for

map

Longitude

turn

now

Noon

hours

seven

Latitude

I find

Latitude, and
I9h. 39m.
Now

"

'

-700

hours

M.

39

12

house.

SI,

find

place SI 15"

the

On

to

V^ 5", and

The

place these

p.m.,

hours

In Eastern

the
West

degreesin

and

of

place

19

10

21"

"b

5", the

(To

32' N.

to

the
on

"

Time

is

house.
of this

cusp

On

the

On

which

is

twelfth

cusp

of the

which

is nx,

is

second

opposition to

17",

which

is
fill

accordingly, and

4 p.m.,

which

must

be calculated.
have

N.

been

Latitudes

manner

he

shown

be subtracted from

is the time
Had

for Greenwich,
the time

add instead

it is subtract ; in Western,

S. Latitudes, in the

the

on

48',the opposite to

East, which

it would, of course,

for

is 51"

way.

planets'
placesmust

Houses

29

Sidereal

place Ttjj21"

respective cusps

hours

it leaves

40

of the tenth

house.

Ascendant.

their

23"

05

29
o

15", the oppositesign

is ttjj,so

the third

is three

Longitude

Tables

the
on

on

;x;r

is b

on

"

the cusp

on

of the eleventh

in the usual

cusps

for which

All

48'

Longitude

the 7 hours

three

so

I find

cusp

17") and

the other

and

on

05

Ascendant

irt 21"

place

answering

up

":f is

East

s.

which

in

amount

VS 23"

21", the opposite to which

twelfth.
so

nearest
to

column

In the next

so

the

answers

sign to
opposite

for London,

of Houses

that

which

20S.,

the

Table

the

to

April ist,

"

19

of

S. Latitude,

7 40
for South

signs

easiest way,

the

use

will

in S. Latitude,

The

degrees.
opposite

time, April ist, 1894

time

Add

stupid

That

"

H.

Add

map

Latitudes

of Houses

51" 32' South, and

proceed

North

is this

Table

your

example,

for Latitude

p.m.,

for

signs of longascension

are

signs,but

twelve

Suppose, by
1894, 7

The

Latitude

same

add

to

erectinga

the article with

of Houses

Therefore, in adapting

use

of

method

commenced

Tables

Latitudes.

in N.

versa.

must

we

explained the

in the first line.

explain how

now

Latitudes, and

grammaticalerror
I will

Corner,"

*'

RAPHAEL."

"

BY

(toriier*

are

subtract.

add.
to
applicable

above.

continued,)

of

been

the

same

t\otcB

March

On

2nd

"Recent

on

made

Gladstone

Mr.

of

House

Lords.

Moon

The

as

speech
of

conjunction

with

Parish

the

on

declaration

in

then

was

last

his

Bill, a fighting speech, described

Councils

"vent6.

against the

war

Mars

his

on

Ascendant.
-X-

the

Sepharial," in

**

the fact of the

from

success

in

that

notice

We

It

-)f

-X-

of lectures, predicted Ministerial

his book
lunation

February

mid-heaven.

Queen's

-)("

at all

not

was

the

fallingon

fortunate

of

place

Jupiter

lunation

for

the

Employers' LiabilityBill was lost and Mr.

The
announced.
Gladstone's
resignation was
explanationlies in the fact that
the Queen has the direction
of the Sun to the opposition of Jupiter in force at
present, and the fact of the lunation fallingon the place of Jupiter stirred up
and took the place of a secondary direction in the
the direction
into activity,
the
The
solar eclipse of
lunar
21st, and
eclipse of March
horoscope.
April 6th, both fall on unfavorable
places in the Queen's figure. The one on
the place of Saturn
Ministerial
will cause
troubles, and perhaps bereavement,
for

Government,

and

the

its rule the

during

other,

reflects

Mars,

near

the

upon

eleventh, twelfth, and

sixth

houses.

Xetter0

of

Letters

general interest alone

please enclose

stamped

correspondents should

All

but
N.B."

as

Writers

of

token

of

to

inserted.

are

Correspondents desiring reply

envelope.

addressed

give full name

good faith.
articles

signed

fibitor.

tbe

and

address,

necessarily for publication,

not

responsible for

alone

are

must

the

opinions

therein

contained.

Dear
the

As

Sir,
"

discussions

reader

otherwise, of different
experiments

indicate
pretended, i.e.,
more

than

originaldata,
who

likes

Eliot's

try

may

Life

events

her

husband,

J. W.

and

draw

the

time
of

of

her

Mary

Arbury

up

birth

seems

carefullythe

experiment
in her

make

Cross,"

is very

Evans
to be

and

an

born

in the

or

month

as

or
reliability,

made

I have

what

the

made

were

in

books

In

fact,

from

the

Anyone
I have
done, viz, : Get
George
Journals, arranged and edited by
of the

or

even

chief

years.

in her

events

calculating directions.
from

follows, extracted

strict business

man

at five
Arbury Farm
of
Chilvers
Coton, as
parish
at

interested

of events.

calculations

after

compare,

very

regard

system did

any

abstract

preciselygiven

was
was

which

Letters

much
to the

Genethliology.

for months,

happen

not

nativity and

father, who
Ann

an

related

did

that

time to the week

the exact

not, however

the

"as

found

never

been

I have

Magazine,

opinions published
of directing in
systems

myself, and

often

of your

in it with

and

"

"

an

November

o'clock

this

the child

was

life,
The

old

diary

22,

1819

morning."
baptized

there.
The

figure will

theories, as

be

found

startlingconfirmation
future fame, "c.
regards personal qualities,
to

be

of

Astrological

LETTERS

events, which
In

struck

it has

Now,

TO

may

antedatinjj^considerably
by astrologers,is not very surprising.

to them

be

surprising if they did not.

of certain events
this planet, they can
on

causes

which

operationcauses

215

that the fact of directions

me

be ascribed

fact, it would

EDITOR.

THE

effects here.

work

If

only be

No

such

is of

event

the

assume

we

be

to

stars

by setting into
character,

sudden

however

it affects.
Take, for example,
unexpected it may be to those whom
of a drunken
who
does
marriage, unless in the case
whom,
not care
sailor,
where
he
the
consummation
of an e\ent, or
marries, it is simply
when, or
a

series of events, which

and

cases,
we

may
of

case

may

death,

appear

line

bystanders.

to

varying lengths
takes place.

of

been

time

before

The

this reason,
it seems
to me
of any
kind, which count

even

which

to the

discover

to

Dear

whether
he

Sir,

In

"

Future."

**

The

correct.

placed: ^

the

on

"Answers

Editor

the

wrote

the diagram

repliedin

number

recent

"c.,

correspondent asks for

this subject some
on

of the first number

cover

PUZZLED."

the

the

was

in .the eleventh

ago,

1? is

n,

horoscope, and
was

thus

in nj^, ])in

second, ^ in the third

in the

to

as

on

in

of

horoscope

time

surmise
Correspondents,"
page
47, that my
had
and
the
I referred to
^ rising,
planetswere

to

diagram

the

their favorite

"

the

of

arcs

event, and

to enhance

Yours,

work

at

consummation,

of any

time

very

been

it

sudden

of

case

their

the

In

sudden

have

is

is not calculated

so

the

futile business

very
up

in

most

marriage,

that event.

earthlycauses

the event

direction

with

do

in

of

day

applies, however

this, too,

in battle.

to the

up

to

argument

death

pretension of astrologersto do
science in the eyes of sceptics.

counted

nothing

of

And

at least months

coming off for

direction

it had

similar

accidents, disease, or

For

If

confidentlythat

say
a

have

may

in many.

years

sign on cusp of fourth, ^ in the fourth, ^ in 1^ in sixth, 0 in CC7 on

of
seventh, ^ in K on cusp of eighth, and 2| in X in the eighth. On
cusp
latter numbers
twisted
this diagram has been
round, but planets are in the
in
zodiacal
different houses, T
same
rising, and "^ is in the
places, but
house of death, although the symbol is partlyobliterated.
same

truly,

Yours

RAMSHALL."

"

Dear

Sir,

Male

born

Re

"

your

article

December

employing
Female

26th,

in business

Commenced

born

350

about

27th, 1837,

Married
August
parents.
earning 21/-per week.

man,

p in Vy.

on

his

on

three

own

account

in

of very

Born

a.m.

thereabouts, in

or

1861.

Now

April 15, 1849,

11.30

at

or

eight

thereabouts
years

night.

at

of age,

Yours

"

Mr.

wealthy

Born

Elson's

as
they go, but I feel
fail many times.

sure

remarks

that if he

on

Now

respectfully,

the marriage of

relies upon

of very

thereabouts.

or

JAMES

Sir,

poor
time

persons,

poor parents, and put to work

the wife of a mill manager.

Dear

that

At

i860.

lady are

LINNEY.

good

so

far

the lord of the seventh, he will

2l6

Respecting the
at all

the

time

Directions
the

would

of

at

of life.

reply

are

on

will be

an

nativity. Looking

my

give

no

will be

Direction

experience,by
remarks

the

on

and

(on the average) for

number

one

Mutual

160

to

150
five Directions
the

at

great faith in them.

average

about

is not

I will

2^,

in

gaps

the Pre-Natal^

Such, however,
to

fill up

give about

will

which

reckon
every year, and if we
therefore
follows that there

In

speak, not being

cannot

the present time, I have

there

month

Aspects,

month

given by him, I

as

probably

understood

as

course

Lunar

EDITOR.

of any Pre-Natal
Epoch other than Conception, If, by any means,
be
for such time would
be ascertained, a map
of conception could

sure

valuable, and
In

of death,

cause

THE

TO

LETTE?IS

to

double.

It

operate in each

means.

any

for your

in time

map

issue.

next

letter of

Respecting the
some

but will go

years

ago,

letter.

fail to

means;

also, what

how

see

Julevno," I experimented with Right Ascensions

"

the ground

over

the

again in the

of Fortune

Part

the signs of long and

be

can

short Ascension

in his

indicated

way

established
to do

have

by

with

any

it.

RAPHAEL.

Sir,
**

upon

laws;

help thinking that your

Astrology is not yet an

I cannot

"

Casael."

good

deal

quite possible for

other.
was

to

be

doctors

to

has

the figure on

In

separating from

page

Venus,

left to

Candid

science

exact

individual

differ without

critic is

with

judgment;

using hard

hard

as

rather

the world

inclined

to

with

agree

**

Casael."

There

the

be

each
Moon

apply to him.
subject; and,

Candid"
that this has nothing to do with the
replies,firstly,
is not separatingfrom Venus, but from
secondly, that the Moon
feel

fast

about

words

**

and

it should

and

that
wrote
245, vol. iii.,"Casael"
female
had urged the querent to
a

hard

little too

Saturn.

is all the difference

in

between

bodily applicationor separationand that by aspect. The

Moon
is at 12 ^
There
is here a separa$ at 8 ^ 5.
45, 1? at 12 :ii= 14, and
tion
from
Saturn
is not yet five degrees
by trine, it is true, but the Moon
removed
from Venus, and is stillin conjunction with that planet.
this
For
I should
of much
reason
regs.rd the separation from Venus
as
more
tance
importhan that from
Saturn.
Saturn
is,
rulingthe seventh (theastrologer)
Venus
by aspect, in between
(the querent).
(thewoman) and the Moon
I should

also

like to

that

quiterightin calling
of marriage. I
importance of the lord of the seventh in cases
believe some
Hindu
and
I do not know) take Venus
astrologers(how many,
the lord of the seventh
for marriage, and ignore the luminary entirely. I am
not prepared to go to these lengths,but I am
that those astrologers
convinced
who
draw
and
Genethliacal
and
unnatural
distinction
an
between
arbitrary
and
Horary Astrology,
ignore the lordship of houses in the former, make
I have
a
where
the positionof the lord of the
seen
great mistake.
some
cases
seventh
described
the marriage partner better than Venus
the application
or
of the luminary.
attention

With
seem

to

say

think

Mr.

Elson

is

to the

regard
be

to

Pre-Natal

nearly, if

not

Directions,

quite,as

to

which

important

as

Mr.

Elson

Post-Natal.

refers, they
That

is my

experience,
LEO.

Hnewers
Marsunven.
under

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to

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to Editor."

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ruler, Venus,

sign

the

in the

Libra

sign

meridian, conjoined

double

and

sense,

five

less than

no

are

Aquarius,

of these

and

Taurus,

planets in
the

accidentallyby being

its

method,

diplomacy, caution,* fixity dk

will

heart

rising at
the

to

be

never

and

sign

own

by

Leo.

turned

waiting

always ultimatelysucceed

This

away
and

from

working

fixed

"

Sun

Sun

that

time, its
the

in

regal

in

signs
"

Leo, Scorpio,

position of dignityin

meridian, and essentially

by

singulardegree

purpose,
course

"

has

in the

indicates

being in
He

be

to

Leo.

There

being

shows

and
upon

silence

in his greatest ambitions.

and

patience,

resolution.

dogged
which

of

he

has

patience,
This

set

he

his
will

position also

^l8

ROROSCOPB

indicates

peculiarfacultyfor

strong attachments

The

native

under

places,and

and

memory

of the Sun

mind,

keen

Venus

and

architecture,sculpture,and
these

things

assuredly confer

This

house

feminine

sign also.
in its

Mars

and

fall out

but it would

Mars

house.
would

end

not

be

be

the
and

native

and

company,

to make

while

and

the

it will

kings.

even

the

Moon

in

of
significators

two

placed,but badly afflicted ;

seventh

the

of

house, that

delay in contracting marriage,

some

twenty-eighthyear, i,e,yafter
joinsthe

produce, however,

Sun

and

domestic

the

Venus

twenty-

in the tenth

disturbances, and

risinggives the following

generalindications
confers

upon

its

subjectsan
evenness

the

The

affections

are

It

readilyaccessible

outspoken,

but

communicative;

very

constant

sweetness

of temper.

ders
ren-

courtlydisposition

the nature

and

of the

excellent

of

just, virtuous, sympathetic,and

is frank,

native

of

turn

good.

deportment.

The

will tend

noblemen

well

kindness, gentleness,and
amiability,

and

good

degree abilityin

publicity
;

are

(Taurus) in

the Moon

sign Libra

The

"

would

sign Libra

The
life :

in the

when
birthday,

seventh

"

position

the
sign,and afflicting

Mars

Mercury

see

there would

Hence

marriage.

we

detriment

"

and

The

in his

false friends, especiallyamong

feminine

lirst opportunity.

the

ambitious

some

the Sun

from

honors

of

years

generallyhas

an

to

love of the arts, especially

display,and

Mercury

here

marriage, and

indicates

indicates

females, that planetbeing in

through
at

gives

tendency

of arrangement.

positionof

dignitiesand

in the eleventh

Saturn

his affairs,
and

things,a

It

planetsis careful

the

poetry, having in

of ornamentation,

fond

native

himself.

things;

the native, even

in the meridian

of the fitness of

sense

invention.

even

strong sense

and

positionsof

these

and

P.T.S.

mind, and reappear

speech,precisein action, orderlyin

for past events

OLCOTT,

S.

clingto

activityof body

and

change

H.

construction

to persons,

of life which

habits

contract

OF

forgiving.

others, fond

to

of

left alone, inclined to' be

when

melancholic.
Like
to

sense

the

decision
of

will

calculations
is

fixityof
side and
The

is not

the

to

coming

limbo."

"

deal of

purpose,

moved
subjectis sympathetically

graduallyrecoils,halting a long

as

to

He

is

the

in the
flexibility

can

and

always effective,nor,

and
and

as

nature, with
oscillate

while
too

send

out

for
ability

navigation.

for that

matter,

He

everyone's

certain

radical

by persuasionto

conducive

readilyappeased.

mechanics
has

of

ever,
far, how-

forsake the central stability

of his

never

is inventive, has much

appliedsciences

pushed

beam"

easilyexcited

and, though he may

another, he

If

decision.

metaphorically **kick

good

native
the

and

justicebefore

he

There

well-poisedBalance,

and

one

nature.

tion,
construc-

strong will,but it
to

his welfare.

HOROSCOPE

OF

S.

H.

ttg

P.T.S.

OLCOTT,

Successful in his studies,quick in comprehension, the

the most

of his mental

of lifeu The
and

The

opinions of

the

attachment

to the

native

probably have

or

to

the hands

and

though the
this

and

Enemies

the
in

relations with

The

persons

with

powerful

days

direction.

and

from his

the

fortunate,and

not

father

and

honors

of

into

come

but the

of

Natives

him

closely
public

numerous

assistance.

native will always

relatives.

own

died at

dangers to

some

will render

who

numerous,

of his age, when

of
significator

callingwill

his

rank

high

Olcott's mother

nineteen

natural

of

the

some

will be ill-health

endure.

subject will gain

The

family

double

family,a

from

of

There

trouble.

much

marriageare

estranged

connection

to fear most

cause

of

indications

partners.

or

the loss of

bladder, and

and

there will

But

part of life there

of the bowels

mother.

will be

Colonel
and

feet.

the

in surgery,

or

few, and

the native

cause

martial

the lifeof the native ifhe

earlyin

relations will be ardent, they will not

to

nature,

have

will

sign generallybecome

attached

be of

sisters,born

step-brothers

In the second

affection

some

bei"gvery versatile,

mind

will be

be strong

may

publicnature.

of relationship
in
peculiarities

adopted parents.

due

by

of them

One

some

there

or

; children

The

sincere.

service, navy,

the father will die

duringthe daytime

will be

and

probably disagreement with co-workers

will

is indicated.

deep

pleasuresstrong

occupation will

The

likelyof

of

though

secret

army,

the like ; most

different parent, and

be bom

volatile,and

are

in the

opposition and

The

both

practical
poses
pur-

to the

sense

the

prevaihng theory,yet, the

be

chemistry,and

and

are

undergo rapid changes.

character, may
be

passions

native

them

will turn

appetitesare keen,

enthusiastic.

it is apt to

and

powers,

will make

native

twenty-three years,
the

(rulerof

Moon

eleven
the

months

tenth, and

to the

mother) came

conjunctionof Saturn,

twenty-eighthyear, when the

Moon
in conjunctionwith its radical position and
in semi-square
was
(evilaspect)to Venus and Saturn, which were
conjoined in Virgo.
a
Only one result could be expected from such planetarypositions,
Marriage took place in

the

affections.
change,ending in disappointed
The

of life reaches

point between the zyd October and

It is to be hoped that the data afforded warrant
5th November, 19x5.
in making so agreeablea prognostication,
and in believing
that so
us
many

arc

years

lie before him

to

in which

to

completethe

work

upon

which

he has set his heart.

The
and

Sim, by direction,will then be in the radical place of the Moon

conjoinedto Mercury

and

in

to Jupiter.The
sesquiquadrate

radical

placewill

will be

the opposition of
transiting

be afflicted

by

Saturn
the

and

Uranus.

Sun's

The

latter

Sun's

planet

place at birthi and

the

i^O

HOROSCOPE

New

of October

Moon

23rd

and

Moon

horoscope

of

H.

P.

the Sun

placewhere

will fall exactlyin the

that the Sun

is in sextile

Venus,

P.T.S.

OLCOTT,

S.

H.

direction in the first house.

conjoined by

are

It will be observed
to

OF

present nativity,conjoined

in the

(good) aspect

the

to

Such

Blavatsky.

and

Moon

positionalways

in the

Venus

cements

friendship.
Sepharial.
Remarks

upon

Gulistan, which

to

little about

but

case

have

the

from

who

is

did

asked

true

were

H.

his
P.

for

his MS.

ment
com-

reallyknows

one

sign Libra

reading of the

B.'s; stillthe horoscope, as a

friends, rather than

satisfactory. My intimate

judge

to

of female

treacheries

conduct

whose

blessed

also been

friends, yet I have

steel,and

as

I have

It is true that

of its accuracy.

towards

ing
confirm-

me,

of my
that respect and regard for women,
mother, gave me
**
What
characteristics.
of my
Sepharial" says as

influence

the
which

been

think

However,

that of Cancer

as

suffered
many

me

interestingand

is very

myself,should
with

puts

oneself.

hardly fits my
whole,

"

Sepharial has sent me

rather in a quandary, since

Above."**

the

certainlyone

the outcome

delicacyforbids

marriage is true, but

of my

the

least.

further

the contrary, I

On

to

comment.

tutionally
consti-

melancholic, however,
Society
optimistic,which
temperament has carried me through our
others
troubles, and
antecedent, with
unwavering hopefulness and
severance.
peris right about
He
and
love
for
Fine
Arts
inventiveness
the
;
my
but Libra
does not fit me
father
to my
to having step -brothers, nor
as
as
died ; have
two
dying early in my life. I have had four children, of whom
in

am

not

had

very

am

robust

tracted
health, with the exception of camp-dysentery and fever, controuble now
feet have given me
and again ; and
some
; my
had
estranged from my father,while my mother
passionate
my

in the army
I

never

was

devotion.
doubt

for my

As

of

it.

No

publicpositionin
less

from

had

ever

man

my

own

powerful enemies, there is not the least

than I while occupying an important

had

having

country

more

and

no

man

cared

ever

less

or

suffered

their

opposition. My mother's death and my marriage did occur

at the time
specified.Finally to avoid being led into egotistic
proUxity,or
offence against good taste
an
the
date
of
as
decease,
regards
presumed
my
it may
interest
learn
to
that
the
has
twice
same
prognostic
Sepharial"
been made
me
by Hindu astrologers. That is not saying much, perhaps, for
Powell's
Hindu-drawn
horoscope prophesied that he would live to be
poor
ninety,and he died within the followingfortnightI
"

"

**

Having
be upon

the

done

now

up

horoscope

the

of the

two

Founders,

**Sephariars'*next

will

venture

Theosophical Society.
H.

S. O.

At the. March

both in the fourth house,

lunation, Saturn and Uranus
were
opposing the midheaven, and this had its effect upon the rulingpowers of
than one
bomb
more
there was
a
country. On the 8th of March
explosionin
outside
the Chamber
of Deputies, the work
of anarchists, causing
Rome,
one

or

defeated

by

the Address
in

any

deaths.

two
a

majority

to the

Belgimn.
direction.

In

England,

of two

over

on

Mr.

March

13th, the

Labouchere's

On the 17th of March

Queen.
Jupiterbeing in the midheaven, the

Government

was

farcial amendment
there

results

was

were

Cabinet
not

to

crisis

serious

in

"

BY

human

THE
We

body;

in

are,

bodies

our

Relatively we

the

the

to

for the

is made

seconds, equivalent
if the

Now,

in

degree

one

to

for it zodiacally, for by the

to

the

the

Ascendant,

physical system,

well

point

be

in

infant

an

the

studied, it will

the

negative,

second

be

each

key

will

always require closely watching,

fourth

the

or

and

houses,

would

draw

notice

that

planets, or
When

the

that

the

for the
and
nature

will

body

malignancy
I

is

have

lord

the

who

feel interested

of

in

positions in

the

magnetic
the

as

the
when

noticed

numerous

to

weakness

attract,

and
the

students

is in
a

periods

and

active,

or

so

on.

Ascendant,

rising of
to

the

operate^
little

Very

process.

negative signs

infantile
clue.

cases,

will

You
held

hold

the

the

when

that

heat

and

you

electric
have

to

planets

and

and

house,

easilytest,

vigour,

pointed

to

positive sign

may

repel.

more

great

so

positive sign

rule

is

system

is not

power

that
a

the

then

the

watery

for it is the

to ailments,
liability

who

if this

and

horoscopes.

repeatedly

is

the

negative signs

positive signs

This

one.

represents

power

important

recuperative

Ascendant

the

the

these

the

given,

to

and

positive and

this

to

cases

by

these

fierysigns always give

negative indicating

answer

to

of the

robust

positive and

of the

paid

disease, and

Ascendant.

ascends, and

most

negative principle predominates,

attract

off the

throw

fatal

occupied

have

fourth

comes

birth

eighth

of

account

negative,and

during

been

majority

fourth

is

still.

then

positive

it is

the

attention

is

the

for

house

passive,

or

ever

time

can

we

critical times

the

to

especial

the

the

likely to

those

to

their
in

have

to

appears

in

as

thousands

are

house

active

influences

coming

seconds,

life, new

new

between

point

evil

the

then

house

eighth

attention

that

eighth

posed
com-

and

critical one,

positive,the

fourth, being the midway

are

nothing remaining

the

to

zodiac

minutes

first house

The

processed

solid

considered

degree

alternate

The

third

four

this

system

life.

individual's

or

in

magnetic,

or

into

be

may

every

representing

negative,electric

positive or

physically,is

reaction, for

or

on

process

of the

signs

all in motion,

ninth

going.

ever

for, it is said,

on,

degrees, minutes,

and

space,

year,

goes

zodiac, which
of

up

atoms,

seventh

compressed

atoms

twelve

changing, and, apparently, passing

equal

of

coming,

years.

that

of atoms,

ever

of evolution

seven

every

framework,

astral

work

say

of atoms,

mass

the

may

of milHons

one

reality, myriads

in ourselves

even

change

we

is

body

LEO."

ALAN

this

And
out

to
K

me

fact
that

there

are

or
separately,

cases

compelled

I will deal with

did not

die,when

with

this

to

world

the

save

of the

knowledge

Astrologywill enable

Thousands

of infants die

parents know
saved

also

would

men

much

only

evidenced

as

infantile
I

that
vex

puritan,but

no

he

who

goes

more

only

the

female

breaking of

has

now

would
bear

to

the
investigate,

complete knowledge
law of
do

to

harmony.
until the

so

of useless births

thousands

It is

concern

working

we
a

will

the

it

will continue

the

might

portion of humanity,
of

think

if

deeper things than

such

at

terrible

long

recentlypublished,so

of nature

laws

Even

of the

that

Satan

will

limitless space

the social

are

(Saturn),who

us

will

problem

to

content

they

ever

of

them

influence

incongruous

go

on

not

seek

crying

nothing about,

know

limitingeven

broadening

is

when

in the skies,

professChristianitywill

but
suffering,

around

time

side
they rejectthe deeper^

while

well fear ths

valuable

plainlywritten

so

he is in the skies ;

views, they may

wasting

I think

who

those

world's

all

are

we

read, and

may

the D-evil

thinking

for the
that

runs

cause

about

narrow

puzzle

through

race

the universal

tables

I think

the

mysteries.

for the

little

the

with these laws that

populationincreases

objectivethinkingsavants

Nature's

out

work

sorrow

and

is power,

census

children

mortalitycontinue.

am

our

or

incoming

The

laws.

themselves, and

the

by

neglect to study

we

use

sufferingand

the

as

next

obey them,

we

greater sin than

physics ;

but while

the

longer

of this harmonious

more

sufferingto

bestir

profitless
pleasure;
rate,

to

that the

annually,and

of astral

more

wish,
But

why

mortalityno

to understand

us

I would

as

humanity disobey these laws, how

be

of these

in

with
exhaustively

show

and

for the mind

And

women.

resulted

present volume.

cases,

while

will then

ignorance

find that

we

the matter

her laws, and, while

of astral laws

much

sheer

through
more

and

nun

has not

deal

to

me

laws, for it is by working in harmony

become

be

has

but
satisfactory,

disobeythem

the Mundane

of

of these

Nature

knowledge

and
itself,

we

few

expect healthy bodies

we

far with

as

go

allow

will find infantile

you

been, for

results will be
can

will not

to finish the article in the

month

that it has

afflictionat birth

heavy

I regret that space

these
am

where

cases

many

death.

MORTALITY.

INFANTILE

222

with

to

of
narrow

their

own

Astrdlogy,
creeds

terrifythe personalityonly ; but while this reckless production

so
on,
long will the personahty predominate, and infantile

mortalityincrease.
(To

In

Indian

the

Thcosophistfor March,

Budget, and

this has

he

"

continued,)

"

Sepharial

already been

amply

predicted a deficiencyin
fulfilled.

the

tiotee

THERE
they
fixed

Arietis,
which

But

Eastern

of Asterisms

accordinglydone
Each
table

into

each

four

Navamsas

terms

in the

these

quarter of
make

given

of

on

an

to

Beta

zodiac,
of

in pursuance

reasonable

to

the

of

amalgamation

it best

thought

certain

Piscium

Nirayan

me

to

translate

Sayan zodiac,

and

the

I have

table.
four

page

160

Asterism.

Western

into

Asterism

an

I have

our

the

from

but

Zeta

articles, and

make

to

above

is divided

of Navamsas,

that

first of

of

before

books

the

from

extend

to

in

degrees,

uncertainty

Astrology,

so

Asterism

the

endeavouring

arid Western

and

zodiacal

by

is said

of

in the
of

not

Aswini

because

I alluded

plan suggested

table

measured,

are

Bstrolodi^.

Asterisms,

twenty-seven

are

Thus

stars.

1"tn^u

on

is

quarters, and
of

this

Navamsa

by

volume,
"

that

reference
it will
is to

to

be
say,

the
seen

that

224

NOTES

The
o" T

first

ON

in

Asterism,

o' to

13" Y

20'; the second

third from

2"' T

40' to

These

Asterisms
of the

mansions

Moon, referred

before

can

we

the

place much

are

brethren
which

**

The

can

the

succeed

in

division

by

that may

the mansions.

as

Asterisms, they
and

nine for the

four

with

cross,

possible that

meaning

one

cross

I will

now

if into

but

divisions

to

be

reference,of

is

accuratelyknown.

those

Asterism.

1st

2nd.

effects

produced by

appended

positionof

few

the presence

the Moon

worker.

the

of the

birth

of ornament,

(Hahnemann).
truthful.

Healthy,prosperous,
famous,

(Alan Leo).
eater, fond

voracious

of other

men's

(GeneralGordon).

oppositesex.

(A. J. Pearce,

Zadkiel

and

of

Edinburgh).

changeable, fond

of

I.,Queen Victoria).

bad disposition. (Tennyson).

Insincere,irascible,ungrateful,

7th. Devout, patient,will

(SirIsaac Newton,
8th.

whose

at

popular, fond
intelligent,

active,rich,talkative,timid
5th. Skilful,

6th.

having

for convenience

names,

4th. Truthful,handsome, honorable, polite.(Duke

the

perhapsjust

the Asterisms

their uses,

the

upon

different purposes.

the

Handsome,

3rd. Handsome,
wives.

I have

persons

speech, skilful

sweet

then

It is

numbers.

three

numbers

another, varyingas the triangleand

give the supposed

of

twenty-eight,the

to

up

with
triangle,

key

have

appliedfor

in the Asterisms.

Moon

number

and

lost," whatever

"

twenty-eight mansions,

may

the mansions

and

been

has

the

for the

seven

signs;

division is that into twenty-seven

be built upon

and

both

and

vary,

key ;

Astrology

that

that into twelve

Asterism

If the correct

would

Hindu

our

twenty-eightparts (fourseptenary

bringthe

would

unless

them.

older than

one

the

fanciful; and

as

little science into

into

European

average

fashion

same

art with

an

much

that

which

mean,

only

zodiac

be

it is believed

some

same

says is

to

in the

infusinga

of the

quarters)is stated

The

twenty-eightmansions
be treated

he answered

that must

one

either.

reliance upon

likelyto

Sepharial"

is

"

the not

is correct, the twenty-seven

two

twenty-eight

and
astrologers,

old

some

of the

reader

the

twenty-eightmansions

astrologer
regards
Asterisms

by

to

40'; the

on.

so

of these

Which

"

or

o', and

26"

20' to

13" Y

inevitablyremind

unimportant question
Asterisms

from

from

extends

Sayan zodiac,

of the

terms

10"

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

Adelina

Patti, Dr.

Charitable, "learned

good disposition. (Mrs.

live in comfort, of wrong

Annie

in

the

Anna

Kingsford).

Shastras,"

Besant).

views, sickly.

wealthy, popular,

9th.

and
pretender, ungrateful,

Imperial,Lord

cheat.

respected.
Prosperous,religious,

nth.

Of

serve

kings. (Sepharial,
Sibly,the poet Coleridge).
2th.

popular. (Lord Beaconsfield).

Learned, prosperous,

14th. Handsome
the Prince
(Gladstone,

thief

and

or

drunkard.

proportioned,fond

well

of Wales,

Prince

George

of

skilled in trade.
1

6th.

often

at

(Mme. Blavatsky, Sir

Good-looking,careful
variance

Germany,

with

Colonel

friends.

of

speech,

sweet

matters,

good speaker,

(Prince Consort, Empress

people.

roving habits.
of irascible temper, virtuous, will have

Cheerful, but

(Emperor

York).

Olcott).

17th. Wealthy,
8th.

other

clothes.

Burton).

Richard

in money

fine
of

Duke

"

15th. Charitable, kindhearted, self-controlled,of

Prince

wandering habits,will

of

speech, generous,

sweet

13th. Active, ingenious,merciless,a

of

late

(The

Lytton,the novelist).

loth.

under

225

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

ON

NOTES

William

II. of

few

Germany).

19th. Firm, decided, self-reliant,

peaceabledisposition,
prosperous.

Qohn Bright).
2oth.

pleasant marriage, proud,

friendship.

in

constant

(PrincessBeatrice).
virtuous, charitable.
Popular, a generalfavorite,

2 1 St.

22nd.

good marriage,

Wolseley,Prince

Albert

Victor

"

Duke

will

Adventurous

25th. Wealthy,
speech,will
26th.

An

children

able

and

Frederick
**

be ruled

of

in

matters,

money

women.

grandchildren,will
Princess

unfortunate, of

good

(Napoleon III.,Boulanger).

speaker, happy,

Germany,

Prince

Germany,

(Dor6).

close

by

I. of

in money

independent, eloquent speaker, truthful,

and

his enemies.

overcome

of music, careful

WiUiam

(Napoleon I., Emperor

of
Rudolph
Austria).

matters.

(Lord

Clarence).

fond

23rd. Kind, wealthy, courageous,

24th.

of

learned.

famous,

prosperous,

virtuous

overcome

and

charitable,will have

his

enemies.

(Emperor

Ahce, Goethe, Shelley,Raphael I.,

Aphorel ").
27th.

Well

conscientious
The

proportioned body,

and

books

add

essentially, by
or

popular, learned,

wealthy,

moral.
that the weaker

the Moon

aspect, the less will these

is, whether

supposed

accidentally,

effects be visible.
K3

226

NOTES

glancing over

On

are
descriptions

the

the

sixth

Asterism
both

(third)was
him

put down

the other

as

table, it will be

others
been

have

may

are

make

handsome

and

voracious

hand, the eighteenthAsterism

in part
twenty-fifth
the sixteenth

suits both

be

of No.

whose

life,only it applies mentally rather

irresolute,undecided,
shiftless,
**

speech

sweet

It would
the

on

Anna

Dr.

"

somewhat
bound

unorthodox

the
application,
**

tefm

devout

The

art.

It is remarkable
late

Prince

Lytton,

apply

may
which

the

the ninth

could

much

use

to

old writers,both

enough.

by

The

fine clothes

'*

"

should

sense

been

having
'*

sickly appliesto

by

been

who

refused

to

one

In

day.

them.

Dor6

very

a
signify

to

for

I believe

'*

to

his

the

of France.

throne

the

the

it goes.

as

for
pretender,**

"

be

(No. 24) was

far

well,so

scientific

pertainingto

matters

fond of fine clothes

the first Lord

of the fourteenth

popularity,dignity,and

power,

Ego.

descriptionscan
to

ancient

Asterisms

astrologers.They
and

having

possibility
apply

reference
the

of her

and

relation

any

of the

these

horoscopes,

Eastern

**

Newton,
of

Besant

of fondness

sense

whole, unless

of

Isaac

in that

stood

extended, either

examination
of

"

7 the

of her

sense

of the

both

to

Annie

Mrs.

know.

in the

the

are

On
and

Imperial

I do not

and

the

in the

customs

apply

that

the Asterism

Whether

shunning publicity;

but only in
independent,**

eighthsuits

they
the

originalthinker,

and

would

and

adventurous

apply

also suits Sir

same
*'

also

and

fashions

the

that

she died, I believe,prematurely of consumption

**

views

and

No.

In

more

appliesto

of No.

"timid**

appliesin

faithful wife.

wrong

by

"

oppositesex

the

appliedsometimes

mental, and

the

on

loving retirement

Kingsford,for

the

**

of

lovingand

very

sometimes

it ;

remarkably eloquent.

was

interpreting.The

sense

of the

"fond

and

of

lived; the

never

man

if the effects of the Asterisms

as

require

in the

Queen
a

seem

the

to

Coleridgeto

physically,for

unstable

also suits him, for he

physicalplane

therefore

the

**

appended

are

names

than

and

John Bright;

off the poet

hits

ii

On

Boulanger; parts

III. and

Napoleon

see

Emperor

German

for

better

to

wives.

men's

hits off the

not

of the persons

suit each

wandering habits**

**

could

Gordon

smile

one

of other

fond

and

all that

General

be.

famous, but it makes

eater

instance,

For

certainlynot

was

the

I have

names

absurd.

to

out

of

some

whose

persons
if not

him

that

seen

but he
irascible,**

**

remarkably; the nineteenth

the

the

vague,

would

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

appropriate to

very

affixed to them, while

Tennyson

ON

Western

are

"

are

like the
too

be

carefullyverified

books
not

or

likelyto

aphorisms

vague,

careful

and

of

not

so

prove
many

practical

Daillant, tbe Snarcbiet

DECLINATIONS.

23
18

21

])
g

24

is the

THIS

of

and

Sun,

affliction of
balanced
there

the

parallelto
Mercury

the

are

of

sextiles

the fact that

likely have

made

have

possiblyto

and
a

nature

of

presence
of the

at

better

lovingwar

of Venus
in

regard

the

him

incline

than

peace,

in the

sign

anarchy

shown

mother's

to

ninth

of force

was

morality.

the

badly-

Jupiter;

to

may
of

kind

lack

to

the

"

of

very

religious

seemed

have

may

He

which

to

restraining

extremities, and
the

fact is to

angle afflicted,and
to

with
a

house,

as

proceed

here.

with

accordance

unfavorable

the

to

good points

of Mars

and

cruelty

willing

of

the

gives

Mars

show

destitute

great

semi-square

Uranus,

Venus,

rules

forces.

on

the

parallelin

dissipation,and,

and

wholly
to

who,

gallery of

close

of

fiery enthusiasm,

are

27

the

Venus,
to

his murderous

all times

girl,in

servant

Moon

Moon

basis.

conscientious

power,

son

him

from

to

square

Mercury

anarchist

rising in

are

is not

the

French

association

Moon,

figure

these, with

duty,

his

50

exploded, wounding

by Jupiter,Saturn,

The

mind.

the

bomb

Moon

the

character, but

the

to

energy

22

I?

20

of

birth

threw

2^

unfortunate

very

12

Paris, the bomb

at

and

Mars
a

of

horoscope

Deputies

sign Scorpio,

18
2

9th last,

people.

many

December

Chamber

15

illegitimate
be

also the

noted

the

affliction

I
228
He

threw

for

day

the bomb

year after

the

on

the
birth,

ANARCHIST.

THE

VAILLANT,

9th of December, 1893,and, allowinga

planetswere then situated as
progressed

follows :
"

His directions
P.

0
"

were

]) 15.

Asc.

of

1890.
1891.

^ !{.

"

The

"

Par. J) ^

"

It

severe

very

P.

is afflicted

Sun

1894.

"

^
the

by

(lordof

and
Ascendant),

(lord

Ascendant, Mars

the

Moon,

eighth).There

secondary

is no

Mercury
to the event, but
progressedMoon), measuringexactly
the lunation precedingthe event (whichhas the force of a secondary
it will
the progressed
was
positions,
direction)
very significant.From
direction

(tothe

be

that the

seen

radical Uranus
direction
the 8th

at

progressedMars

33 in the house

13

was

at

14 f 41, in

of death.

broughtinto operationby

was

(seepage

This

the New

fellat 16 ^ 30, in

106),which

to the
opposition

interplanetary
of December

Moon

the

with
conjunction

This formed
to the radical Uranus.
progressedMars and in opposition
with the
martial secondary direction,which
coincided in nature
a
martial primary,and acted with characteristic suddenness and force.

By

transit the

outrage: 0

17 ^ 41, ])o ;^ 30, 5 27

2^ 23 8 41, I? 22
Sun
Uranus

situated thus at

planetswere
36, %

=a=

;xsr 39,

noon

? 4

13 ni 14, fun

on

the

56,

of the

day

"^ 14 nt

58,

59.
and

his Uranus, Neptune on his Uranus, and Mars

opposition
his
in conjunction
his Ascendant, Jupiteropposition
on

Mars

and square his Venus.

By adding
progressedM.C.
and

M.C.

The

for each

year

givesus

the

21" ttK, which

at

of life,we

the

have

directions M.C.

Z ]).

By adding30" per
Ascendant

the M.C.

1" to

at

5"

",

to

annum

which

directions
pre-natal

the Ascendant, we

givesus

have

the

the direction Ascendant

in force at the time of his death

progressed
g 0.

were

:
"

Asc. Z ^ P.
Asc.

"^ P.

D It d

a^ P.

It is curious

that neither

motioa
nor
post-natal
by pre-natal

were

VAILLAI4T,
there any

stimulus

The

to

aspects

progressed Moon

his

wanting

thus

AKARCrtlST.

THE

the

at

time

of the

the December

supphed by

was

li^g

outrage.

lunation,as

remarked.
previously

I have

let

Now

to

turn

us

the

pre-natalepoch.

Vaillant's

Epoch,
15th March, 1861,

had

He

he had

justas
immortal
work

The

the
and

epoch

epoch, at

eighth, is

fact

least

as

makes

"

the

regards these

in the tenth

the time

declination

house

from

public death

two

of

epoch

the

body

only

can

as

to

manifest

birth harmonises

being in
figures,
bringsthe

rising,and

the two

natus

suitable

vehicle

lord
planets. Jupiter,

eighth,in

the

unsuitable

an

Moon

in

pre-natalepoch

that, just

horoscope of

the

and

Mars

together,and

lord of the twelfth

At

of

parallelof

same

natus

the

life history,when

in the

them.

almost

were:

aspects of the

in, so the positionsand

with

properlyif it has

function

cannot

will understand

reader

The

the

at
risingin parallel

the Moon

at birth.

Ego

themselves

the

and

Mars

square

to

for

of the

Mars, rising

nature.
disgraceful

of the outrage the directions

operating from

the

epoch

"

P. Z ^

0
"

^ Par.

Mercury

P.

^r.^^

It )
5 P.

Dec.

1893.

1894-

is of the nature

from
equidistant

D P. Z 2; P.

the Ascendant

of

Uranus,

because

by longitude:

those
S

28

two

planetsare

58, ^

34.

There
with

the

the

In

natus.

From

the

with

epoch

I^

at 8

the New

is

and

oppositionSaturn

secret

and

so

does

Mars.

sly and

(asat

underhanded

but if the
of

figureis

retiringnature
native

the

may

attempted
least two
upon

the
or

the reverse,

This

people.

we

has

is ruler of Ascendant,

enemies, but,

secret

himself

may

and

(as in

one

secret

of times.
not

figureis

lose
of other

bad

the

and

both

the
house

influence
attitude

instance, if malefics
money,

In fact,each

also vice versa,

in the
be

one,

of

in secret ;

Queen's horoscope),be only

enemies

only the

as

idea,

the

out

of the Ascendant

shunning publicity. In

suffer from

For

the

act

Venus, rulingthe twelfth,

ruler

if the

epoch)may,

tations
interpre-

two

are

figure bears

see

the

the twelfth

When

Uranus), there

he
good disposition,

who

good

the native, but

may

(Venus

in

planets are

disposition,
unscrupulous,and working

number

his environment.

post-natal

twelfth, is risingin

the native suffer from

aspects ; it shows

native

this

figure,where

One

Vaillant's

junction
con-

Uranus, and

direction to

of the twelfth.

square

birth

the

squared by
twelfth

the Sun's

in

35

pre-natalfigurethree

lord

and

other

towards

enemy

at 8

the similar

as

Mars, part lord of the

figureshows

the

well

with

coincided

progressed"^

This, as
by

curiously

most

agrees

mentioned.

only may

not

epoch

direction

unfortunatelyoccupied as

so

open
unless

the

the

26.

other

house
is

have

that in the

Jupiter,the

to

the

twelfth house, while

square

natus
we

I have

Moon

It will be noticed
the

which

stirred into action

direction,was

ANARCHIST.

in

point

is another

death.

by

THE

VAILLANT,

230

he may

people losingmoney.

Queen's
in the
of the

of the

occupy

of course,

cases,

the

life has

been

figurehas

at

environment

native
second

also be the cause,

towards

house,

innocently

"

"

THE

"

"

OR

CYCLES

PERIODS

OF

THE

PLANETS.

23

DECLINATIONS.

15

24

X)

16

16

53

23
17

This is the figurefor the

Paris.

showed

He

utterance

was

fourth

the

exactly rising,and
Uranus
and

and

to

square
his

afflicted

birth
the

in

in

by

Mars

three

rules the fourth.

It matters
Uranus

if the

of

void
the

only good aspects

desperateresolution

24

death, and
Moon

his

the

natal

first and

Moon

State

take

figures.
seventh,

the two

in

and

risingat

was

relates

and
the

and

third
also

here

ruler of the Ascendant,

as

if the former, it is

is almost

that of death, and

we

Uranus

to

three

between

last

risingin

are

the Moon

of

of the

order

by

his

in square

are

each

guillotinedat

was

ruled his midheaven,

above

are

the earth, and

of Mars

rays

and

figure,and

in the

determination

and

tp

squared by

the

latter,it also rules the twelfth and is in the

The

good aspects.

20

and

midway

are

Saturn

three malefics

The

eighth.

in

littlewhich

or

of

Sun

eighth house,

the

16

planetsrising,the

of the death,
ruled

noticingthat

the Sun

16

Vaillant

The

sign,

Mercury

the

planets rising; and,

when

oppositionfrom

planet.Mercury,
whether

33

figure,and they

fixed

Of

public nature

anarchy.

Sun, and

both.

27

It is worth

Jupiterare

the Moon,

Tj, 17

slightestfear

of his birth

his natal Ascendant.

on

to

for

45

moment

the

not

cheer

house

he

both

Saturn

they

to

benefics

are

Mercury

are

well

agree

with

the

the last.

displayedto

Leo.
to thank

We

have

with

the data of Vaillant's

Zbe

''C^clce''or

us

various

planetsused

respects between
in
and

his

Manual

that

They

used

will

of

method

Hindu

the

**

found

Magazine,
Astrologers'
periodof
opinion

Mars

we
directing,

"

assignedby

periods

but

has been

is valued, and

work

pages
we

taken
who

172,
here

may

by

an

R.

every

friend, we

199,

"

difference

student

230

remark

"

periods

C. Smith

merely

esteemed

finds from

the

is

there

jplanete*

the
investigating

purpose

give below
As

Astrology.

on

who

students

our

Hindu

our

of tbe

''

jperiobe

of Astrology (a
by

be

in

astrologerfor furnishing

birth, "c.

''

of

the convenience

FOR

Parisian

esteemed

an

in

possess)

call attention

that

some

(Raphael I.)

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their

it is very

fourth), and

improbable
Election

tion
agita-

again

setting. This

to Venus

; hence

Jupiter

this

Rule

figurewas

Jupiter,in

prominently

Pisces

still

during
not

Home

opposed by Uranus,

come

in the

will become

Commons

step will not

midheaven,

sign,

Parnell's

Mr.

over

of the

7th March.

smooth,

Mercury,

first Home
when

During the session, some

Disestablishment

the

suffer (Saturn and

and

left Scorpio by

The

and

will

affairs of Wales

in square

means

no

of

minor

whatever

The

sign.

of this

in the ninth.

in

Venus

end

12th

of the

Mercury

in

little likelihood

excitement

on

p.m.,

from

continue

Taurus) in 1895.

Moon

placed on
Jupiter in

continue

may

Saturn

will have

development

the

at

and

8th

on

Mars

the

until 1905,

that

very

that

after

now

being granted,

enter

on

one.

April, 1886,
Jupiter
Aquarius is the tenth house of Ireland,
in conjunction in
and
Jupiter were

Commons

1890, when

occurred
We

Jupiter enters

Jupiter will

to

Gemini,

will be

and

malefics

Both

Taurus

in

but,
ten

Rule

its influence

Rule

Home

trine sign to Taurus.

there

suit.

when

interval.

followingyear

was

divorce

in the

introduced

was

Aquarius,

measure

of

entered

this, for

movement,

Taurus,

in

majority of

appropriate signs. Certainly, so long as Uranus

Scorpio, the
opposition sign to Taurus, there is
full

Gladstone's

of Commons,

House

other

like

opposition of

Mr

on

"

Bill passed

are

to

astrologer to predict

an

and had
Jupiterhad
brief stay only in the sign. It will not again enter
not
are
wanting prophets who think that Home

the shelf until then.

the

to

latter

needs

rejectedin the Lords

passed out of Taurus

was

for leave

moved

hardly
sharpest and bitterest hostility ^that goes
is satisfactoryto note
that
the planetary
the
New
with
political." At the nearest

was

The

Uranus.

By that time
very

"it

least

at

quite

are

opposition

that

remarked

it

(page

there

the

Jupiter,the greater

13th February, 1893, at

exactly culminating, but

on

in Taurus,

but

Commons

squared by
the

indications
Moon

midheaven

Bill will encounter

saying

the

and

Gladstone

Mr.

1893.

Bill in

Ireland, passing b"th

is
it is well known,

for

Ireland,

sign Taurus,

188, vol. iii.). Jupiter

in the

We

the

without

Rule

Jupiter was

Ascendant.

Rule

Home

of the

this sign in March,

(videpage

Uranus,

that

the influence

Home

the

3.43 p.m.
Mars
was

without

lEpcnta*

will be the result ?

What

under
astrologically

IRcccnt

on

to the

war

cry

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opinions

therein

contained.

THE
Dear
to

Sir,

able

The

"

tabulation, should

all

article

subject,and

themselves

find

to

CAPRICORN.

this

on

commend

endeavour

to

IN

MOON

in

cases

this

sign, should

people's birth
whether

Moon

influence

the

cases,

in

was

lives

of

notable

have

the

to

suggestions as
students, and were

people, whether
posited in
Astrologers'Magazine for the

"c., who
fact

the

It will

in many

the

lighton

communicate

tabulation.

of

purpose

useful

all genuine

to

the

clerics,lawyers,merchants,
politicians,

the

the

Moon

be

I expect, to get the time

of the
difficult,
but the date being known, it could soon
be seen

this

equinoxial sign, and

in Capricorn.

of the Moon

this might throw

IN

fresh

VS-

Bombay.
Dear

Sir,

It is

"

of great

matter

pleasureto

extensivelyused

ephemerides are now

astrologicalcalculations.
minute's

of the

out

comparing

longitudes of

these

and

with

of the

some

those

that

Raphael's
placesin India, for

other

of Zadkiel

we

find

major planets,but this

is of

that
the
method
Eastern
of
already aware
periods (dasha) chieflyand solelydepends upon the exact position

little consequence.

working

On

in the

difference

to observe

me

in Bombay,

You

at the

Moon

time

are

of birth,

longitude would

seconds, and

to

even

be

and

therefore

minute's

planets to

days, roughly,
equal
Will you
kindly suggest to these
happening of the events.
of working out all the
ephemerides (Zadkiel and Raphael) the utility
Indian
in
done
are
as
seconds,
they
ephemerides (Panchangs) ; or, if

this is too

much,

difference

in her

in the time
authors

and

of

render

Hoping
you

to

two

for

those
to be

will give

to work

out

for thus

at

least

minutes

to

up

magazine

valuable

your

to the

Dear

am,

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horoscope

of

"

lady

born

that

faithfully,
V.

MAHIMTURA.

(torre0pon"ent0*

to

Will

time, and

Sir,

J.

the

seconds,

above,

Yours

anawera

and

useful.

trespassingon

in your

little corner

Moon

reallyvery

little books
exeused

the

Remarkable

half

any
at

student

or

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amateur

p.m.,

astrologer delineate
April 5th, 1858.

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free

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(Manets.

(Contifiued,)

superior planets

THE

them

enlighten

each.

houses

of his houses

one

similar

that

sign

of
triplicity
of

domal

in

trine

house

trine, Gemini

thus

We

this

by

see

of Uranus

exaltation

of

Venus,

exaltation

in

Cancer

star

of energy,

is,by the

viz., Neptune
all these

both

method
in

Neptune

Uranus

the

as

and

friend

Scorpio,
been

being

she
The

(").

our

reasoning
this

sign

(X),

the

the

Pisces,

that

so

by day

planets have

nature,

of

mode

Again,

exaltation

is thus

provided

(Tp),because

old house, and

we

moderns

for

Uranus

the

same

Libra

the

having

(hisreal
rule, be

in

is alreadythe
(=i^)

infallible

same

(^ ) of

serving Jupiter

methods, hence

new

two

the other

of

rule

Claudius

of Uranus.

dignity)Pisces

Scorpio.

old and

the

all,but,

at

(or domal

therefore

both

trine

one

and

Saturn

by

must,

only have

Chronos

tp , who

Aquarius

reader,

S" " too, have

old

Now,

( g ).

The

should

and

of

If you

kind

pray,

Saturn's

(^),

of Uranus

by

must,

the exaltation

be

Ptolemy,

house

(n),

for

awarded

motion.

(^),

sign

(?"^

robbing

from

Saturn

(^ ) by

the exaltation

Aquarius.

of Saturn

5^ ,

of

Mercury

exaltation

and
,

planets

Aquarius

to

given,

Tp ^

only

ponderous

for Uranus

as
(=iir)

dethrone

own

exaltation"

j), 2|

system

(Tp) and

the
dignity),

trine to his
"

Libra

to

reasons

by appropriating

Saturn

necessity

and
,

modern

gave

was

to provide
(;x:r)

manner

for, Ptolemy

and

inferior

the

the

By

the

why

to

as

each, and

house

one

in

us

slow

apple-pieorder

still object to this

have

of their

account

on

P? ^, and

4,

exaltation

be

( $ ) may

proved

to

exaltations

considered
;

hence

be

Neptune's (tp )
of

is

Neptune

Neptune,

in trine to

night, according
the

of

the

not

is

the

Jupiter,in

his

ruled by Mars,
triplicity,

watery

uses,

is
Scorpio (irt)

is in trine to

house

Jupiterin Cancer,

spiritualMercury

that

and

warm,

generally the
their

to

the

Ptolemy's system,
of the

Venus

three
in

moist, and

planets,

Pisces, and
fruitful

spiritualVenus,

exaltations

should

by

in

and

nature

HOUSES

THE

242
and

be

reason

in his exaltation
Ascendant

therefore, by

Neptune

as

in

was

Scorpio,

fair

he is

friend

our

Neptune

man,

has

Sepharial,"too,

"

child of Uranus.

true

his

near

or

by

of

specimen

strong

Neptune

advocated

exaltation.

his

(Gemini),and

in his exaltation

Uranus

was

of

the

by

the nose,

planetson

all these

method

the

Beaconsfield

Jaskeb,"Lord

**

(thesign of

good example

man

Venus

and
Neptune, Jupiter,

and
27" nt (about),

in

remarkable

his birth

at

here is

Physiognomy),and

What

had

! He

was

conjunction in Scorpio

in

way,

and

signs1U

Beaconsfield

the late Lord

all in

the

placed in

PLANETS.

THE

OF

EXALTATIONS

AND

laughed at by modern
(Cauda Leonis), though much
the place in the zodiac of the
records
astrologers,really faithfully
invisible to
invisible Moon, the evil magneticvampireofthis earth,totally
The

which

and

us,

revelations
To

would'

otherwise

of the ancient

Cancer,

.Aquarius,
Mars
*'

and

dignity'*like

occult
house
an

"

house

in Astral

so

and

public

favor

they

were

of

own

houses

**

"

The

fought againstSisera,''
then

the

signwhere

native

has

whatever.

Heydon

signs '.vhen

in

go

and

stars

in

Uranus

to

their

has
occult

and

many

other

K.

How

Jaskeb"

that he

and

I.

be

to
n

for

so

And

the

in ^,

simply because

some

why?
^

and

powerful reception,

^ will increase in

and

has

Zadkiel

"

and

nt

in

come,

planets

are

now

are,

as
as

power

strong

stated

if

as

in the

(or rather, exaltations)

is in
no

**

ty in

courses

Uranus

innate

no

and

exaltations,and

or

When

is in

rix at all ; but

year, for these

by

Judges

nt

things ruled by tp

year

an

in the second

aspect make

will continue

in

time

some

^
^

he

dignityin

any

has

strong

pre-natalmap,

is in

nx,

planets in

the

-has

be well to note

it may

when

remains

13" 10'

of Uranus,

house

in the first in the

Thus,

(^)

and

in their

disposer,is in

horoscope,he

Sepharial

will be for

men

Book

he

has

all those

and

friend's

is very strong, and

and

now,

loiigas

because
are

planet

years,

;xs', the

"

**

Aquarius.

in

Uranus

19" 31'

Physics,and

1892, because

"

Hackett, whilst

to

in

remains

Mars

as

in ^/r/sposition ^ in

Therefore, these positionsand

(Morrison)had
former

our

birth,whilst

at

In

according

in sextile.

in

in
triplicity

his

"

Scorpio, and

in

in fourth, and

in T

enthusiast

Not

Mars

reception.

reception,^

Mars

is in his

reception by house,a powerful

mutual

"

his

8th November,

to

horoscope they were

th3 house of Mars;

mutual

in

Aquarius,in
in

long

Scorpioso

9th May

then

are

Gladstone's

Mr.

from

was

Uranus

essential

In

he

as

the

Neptune

in

is very strong in

Uranus

in

house

own

in Libra,
triplicity
and
exaltation in Scorpio,

house in Pisces,in his

own

his

is in

'^exaltation'' in Gemini, and

for

it not

were

Philosophy.

Hermetic

Uranus

summarise,

known,

be

not

Scorpio, and

Mars,

his

dignity(like
trjt,for instance),

power

or

love of the marvellous

astrologers
say

is it that R.

C. Smith

g is in his worst

(RaphaelI.)and

NOTES

R.

J. Morrison

in

Zadkiel's

in

05

Zadkiel

"

has three
is

Lord

planetsin
to

have
astrologers
in

his

Ptolemy,
in

was

weaker
mind

aho.

Members

in the

and
dispositors,"

doctrine.

how

"

famiHarity
kind

any

of

**

of

**

of

order

good

or

About

point.

orators,
be

can

trj^,as

seen

the year

planetswere

end

in failure.

He

said,

they aspectedall the

reception,"or

stronger

judge

to

1833,
or

man's

any

alone,and the sign he is in

"

Ptolemy
and

other

Wilson,

to

in

whether

posited in glory

**

aspect," or

their

j) and

planets,and

at

taught

never

the

according

conciliated," which,

"

or

or

the year.
the

has

this

in

Ptolemy

able

many

foregoingfacts

the

of

"

0" 20' T

"apple-pie"

by Ptolemy,for

place

so

Aphorel

**

sapient one,"

but

whether

them

only

can

**

like

"

JJ in K.

I5"in

of Commons,

and

to

to

the

by

absurd

in

g is either in

as

signs allotted

and
birth,is sheer folly,

"

when

his

the

to

S in

witty,has

where

the

dogmas

dates of birth

character

such

the

had

likewise,and

X,

Pearce

in the Hous3

time

"

sign

According

opinion upset
at

and

and

K,

Henry Irving has,

Tennyson

), whilst

same

placed,whilst

great discussion

and

any

the

re-enter

by obtainingtheir
there

and

(the]), ^,

^ is likewise in his detriment

be born

to

Lord

Astrology

in

being

and

IJ in X,

"

detriment

Veryfew talented
seem

II. also ha^

for

much

so

signs,Raphael's ^

positionalso, Jaskeb

him

friend's

our

done

Randolph Churchill, cute

has this

about

just

both

whilst
position,

same

I.,and

Sepharial

have

very

Raphael

believe, the

we

"

g in those

243

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

who
(ZadkielI.),

had

England,

ON

meant

"

in the

figure.

IRotea
DIVISIONS

HAVE
two

parts

Navamsas.

There

Horas

"

"

of any

is

value

to

seems

me

should
influence,
ruler
far

Western
each

twelve

am

"

and

parts

that
have

each
some

parts, are
of these

on

one

of

nor

page

87

of

"

"

whatever

divisions.

equivalentto degrees.

degrees, having

of the

For

thirty parts

information

course

in Eastern

"

Saptamamsas;

"

no

into

parts

in the books.

Dwadasamsas

last two

nine

and

parts

seven

zodiac

its

own

Western
Instead

terms

"

Raphael's Guide,

proper

with

particularplanetassociated

Astrology,Ptolemy's table

sign, given

"

into

is this idea carried out.

aware,

of the

sign

Decanates

sixtyparts, but

significator
; bat neither

or

as

thirtieth

or

{Continued.)

of each

parts

given concerning these

Trimsamsas,
It

three

also be divided

also sixteen

Trimsamsas

ZOT"lKC."

several other divisions mentioned

are

Dasamsas

parts

HetroloaiJ*

the divisions
;

instance, each sign may

ten

THE

OF

described

now

Ibin"u

on

it

as

Astrology, so
of it

have, in

we

of the
vol. ii.

planets in
A

corres-

244

NOTES

ponding classification
methods

and

terms

"

irregularparts,
and

the

other

trimsamsa
student

trimsamsas

not

in

dividingeach

readily deduce

can

his

own

the

native,and

trimsamsa

in

similar efiect will be

For

"

the

instance, Mars

in

for

in

characteristics

martial

give these here, as

to

produced by

"

in its own

planet when

of each

for himself.

them

table

is the Hindu

Here

disagree.

strengthens the

and

five

into

into either classificationat all ; but

elsewhere, but it is unnecessary

or

sign

If , ^

Both

works.

in Hindu

planets T?

of the influence

given

are

given

five

the

enter

tables

two

is

agree

"

by

over

]) do

respects the

Particulars

of trimsamsas

ruled

and

ASTROLOGY.

HINDU

ON

the Sun

in

good

martial

trimsamsa.
Which

of

these

tables

two

Ptolemy's "terms,"

do

know.

not

always taken Ptolemy's

terms
astrologersgenerally
ignorethe

Mihira

his trimsamsas

uses

of very

imagine,is

Dwadasamsas,
zodiac

to

which

have

referred.

of 2\

degrees.

Taurus,
of each

is

This
leaves

the last

is Pisces, and

followed

hiatus

are

time

For

can

gather

have

(whether

occupied by

and

been

animal

the Moon.

or

second

the first Dwadasamsa

first of these sub-divisions

books, but
the end

of

my

objectionis

sign and

one

by

Aries

an

the

of the

that

in nature
I doubt

Pisces

very

ning
begin-

sign Aries
but

dwadasamsa,

it

that

by

one

should

much

be

whether

arranged.
correctly

that, under
non-human

even

which

to

is Aries, the

Then

this account,

given about

and

the

equal parts, consisting

Aries

The

it is not

Now,

is

books

instance, the last dwadasamsa

on

signs of

of the

sign itself.

between

by Taurus; and,

prominent

of

being Pisces.

this is followed, not

information

which, I should

least,in the books

at

Varaha

altogether.

of women,

into twelve

divided

I find stated in the

sub-divisions

The

scanty,

as

correct, though

as

in the various

is made

its last Aries.

after Taurus.

named

'*

division

other

only

after the

of another.

All

and

named

unnatural

an

is the

first dwadasamsa

Taurus,

is what

in the west.

sign is

The
on,

sign is

value

is very

Each

so

horoscopy

reference

information

and

of Taurus

This

much

the

in the

doubtful

"

here

these

table

"

or

such
astrologers,

European

Lillyand others, have

modern

trimsamsas

the .Hindu

is correct,

these

dwadasamsas

certain

circumstances, when

sign rising,the

plant)is

of the

is of the scantiest.

nature

creature

of the

born

malefics
at

that

dwadasamsa

NOTES

Dasamsas

formed

are

degreeseach.

three

in

repeated

are

information

first dasamsa

far

so

They

is Aries, and

its last

information

given about

the

them,

to

that

referred will

I have

some

is

only be

of

aware

the

paid
of

great power

with

experienceto

the

astrologerto

hope

result of his

publishthe

has

importance,and

in accordance

of value.

were

No

believe,

to

reason

of extreme

are

is

regular order.

who
English astrologer,

they

occultist

first sapta-

first of Taurus

in

on

equal

seven

The

; the

so

No

them.

into

regularorder.

I have

clever

find that these saptamamsas

whom

the zodiac

its last Libra

it would

and

seven,

signof

the others

zodiac.

givenabout

is

in

the

through

of

equal parts

ten

aware,

them, but

polarity. Every

number

all

Taurus, and

one

of
investigations

great attention
govern

named

are

Scorpio, and
from

sign into

of Aries is Aries, and

am

divisions of each

parts of 4f" each.

of Aries

as

245

ASTROLOGY.

regular order
perfectly

whatever,

is

HINDU

by dividingeach

The

Saptamamsas are

mamsa

ON

when
investigations

completed.
It will be
to

much

a.

that these divisions of the

seen

greater length in the East than has

European astrologers.Although
information

numbers.

to

as

first,fifth,and
such

as

can

that of the first and

further

But

by
amsas

to

we

and

in every

they are

until

see

my

may

favorable

or

reUable

more

signs

upon

be

always to

Jast article.

the

eclipseof April has

a

books

their lords

and

as

their rulers ;
round

the Navamsas,

been

he

to the
to see

if

continued.)

followed
20th

by
the

very

on

at

earthquakes in
Scorpio full Moon,

severe

Taurus-

April
lengthyperiod,and entailed the loss
lives. On May 2nd, an
felt in Wales
earthquake was
from
to
Opposition Uranus
Taurus-Scorpio.
over

most

(decanates)

first house

to

can

Hindu

and

of the zodiac

made

ones

not.

Greece, which, beginning

continued

information

the Drekanas

Navamsas

upon

question,from
astrological
has

triangleof the
relate to polarity

the

described,the

now

stress

(To

The

useless

I have

much

do
astrologers

twelfth,reference

to be of interest in

astrologers.

which

place quite as

Western

productiveness;

houses.

for tables of which

Navamsas,

depend

must

of

seem

to the reader's attention are

stronglycommend

seem

Hindu
"

**

seventh

with

propertiesof

the

Navamsas

Saptamamsas

speculationis

be furnished
Of all the

and

of
signification

houses.

case

divisions,the idea

governedby

to
vitality,
relatingespecially

ninth

the

present really
very little

at

already indicated, Navamsas

birth and

carried

been

been

ever

the number
nine, the tripletriangle,

I have

questionsof

have

of these various

all be

they must

is to say, the

That

have

we

value

and

use

that

me

number

and,

the

to

as

has occurred

upon

zodiac

of several hundreds
; the

Sun

was

then

of
in

5nfantile
**

BY

nDortaliti?*
LEO."

ALAN

OBJECTIONS.
month

LAST

at birth

be

promised

did

kill the

not

sufficient to illustrate.

affliction is severe,

the

which

also

she

moves,

magazine,
She

in

42'

of

was

The

which

so

various

So

of this

32'

i"K6'

to

to

had

badly

ruler of the

if

the

sesquiquadrate

opposition Saturn,

then

tumble

the

deceit

with
death

by

low

fever

at

five

at

Venus,

first four
of

bed

scarlet

left eye

of

of

three

at

four

at

fever
at

to
to

years

wet-nurse,

years,

inflammation

ten,

of Uranus

square

out

of

excep-

semi-square

ruling the

death,

figure, Saturn

the

in

by

Moon

of
the

and, with

followed

Sun,

3'

eighth, house

good aspect

for the

much

52'

i'

2" t

46'

lord of the fourth

square

29^X2'
^

24" T

26"

one

6th.

5th.

commenced

very

is in

diseases
is in the

the

and

affliction ?
;

also the

strengthening
repel or

throw

magnetic

sign Capricorn,

for

evil ; but
the

Note,
Sun

the

is

ruler

illnesses

that

in many

of

where

the

cases

affliction has

in

at

eleven,

giving

been

the

so

attracts

friend

the

and

child

in

severe

to

the

heat
it to
have

that

the
the

more

face of all

positivesign

positive sign,

enables

killed.

have

thus

the child in the

from

Mars

and

elevation, therefore

is strong

influences,and
would

youth,

saved

Venus

aspected by

evil

and

what

constitution, and

off the

of

Saturn, the enemy

negative sign Cancer,

powerfully placed

cases

in

sphere

readers

the

first meets

it passes

nearly starved

Moon

Aries

the

on.

The

aged,

in

Intercepted

35'

only

Moon

she

nine, measles

this

is

fell downstairs,

months

and

there

However,

27"

by Saturn,

Mercury.

weeks,

the

April 5th, 1858, positions

p.m.,

4th.

ffi

of death, then

Mars, from

life.

of

21"

afflicted

house

square

also
significator,

Jupiter.

in the

many

will

case

figurewhere

noted

to

strong

one

lady

i9''"?4' '^'^f

31'

Neptune,

textile

known

7" ^^ 13'

planet Venus,

son

well

])

18" 8

heavily

I think

but

affliction

severe

I have, therefore, chosen

3rd.

i6"ni9'

15" T

is

Salisbury,at

The

infant

where

cases

subject being

2nd.

35'

=2.

some

"

Ascendant.
20"

give

myself.

as

born

was

follows

as

well

as

to

and

thus

power

to

pull through
seen

it seemed

himdreds
almost

INFANTILE

impossiblefor

apparent in nine

holdingthe

infant

the

serve

the

afflictionis

severe

of ten, look well to

the

of the

nature

only

signs

planets,"c.

"Isis,"of Ashford,has forwarded

will

247

survive, but

to

out

cases

MORTALITY.

as

further illustration

the

me

:"

the

and
followingletter,

case

is the natus
Dear
of a child who, on September 7th,1891,
Sir, Enclosed
pulled a largecup of boilingwater off a table, scaldinghis chest considerably,
for the
principallyon the left side. I was at a loss for a long time to account
directions
did
accident
the
show
it
not
to
seem
astrologically
secondary
;
"

in any

way.

only direction having

The
of ]) D

$ and

again has

and

14' of

within

24" 15' ^,

Looking at the
produce something,

when

Ascendant

ofAsc.

You

How

13.9,

is

process

=ji=

10" 34' 33'"=

for it

to account

again,

thought

Ascendant

at birth
is afflicting
Tj"

be, and

surprised

was

surely

I worked

ig.,

find

to

would

(S ^

than

more

it had

it out
also

passed

27" 22' 36" a

13' 36"

27" 54' 36"

D 13.41

14' 48"

13" 26' d

14' 48"

9" 34' 0

9.49

12" 54' Asc.

produced

result

D
0

^ ^^

Tj,^

i;.

"? !$".

?",

result.

D IJ^ 8 Asc.

?" App. 8

the other

and

21st, 1892.
Asc.

April27th, 1893.

days,

14' 48"

ra

2' 36" 05

24"

13.9

Oct.

13' 36"

ra

set

on"

days.

21

P.

2^ i;..

Can
suggest any
you
nothing, although the

equal,if not greater.

was

is

Ascendant

!$",if the

the affliction is greater,yet without

why

affliction

it

process,

^.

1893, Asc.

see

the

apply

"

reason

pre-natalones
Tj"in S\,,that

striking.

13' 36"

30,

April 30th, 1891,

"

r8'

5 months

April

chest

days. April30th, 1891, ])13.41

J) d ^ If' I thought that seemed

natus
as

it would

when

see

but

the

well.

remarkably

to

seven

within

25,

])the result is

months

Four

chest

days.

seven

43'

34' 33"=23"

applied to the

to be

seems

cause.

and

months

10"

it

nothing to do with

"

the

with

do

to

bearing on

any

is in

supply a

to

me

Four
go

nothing

to

seems

^" but

one

to tell which

aspects

are

have

going to

effect,and
Yours

which

not

truly,.
Isis.

The

planetarypositionsare

8 minutes, a.m.,

Now,

this

sign is

one

follows

:
"

Time

of birth, 6

hours,

April 30th, 1890, at Ashford.

case

negative houses.
This

as

fullyillustrates
Here

is T?, lord

what

I have

of the

of the best for Saturn

to be

said about

eighth, in
in, because

and
positive

the foiurth in SIthe

malignancy

2i"

MUNDANE

of 1^ is

greatlyreduced

case

is much

the

sextile of

lessened.

and

of the

the

Ascendant

of

positivesign,and

be

is formed

luminaries

house

As

of the
significant

trouble

in

for

store

these

the second, is unfavorable

Accidents

on

the

death

for finance
and

seas

foreshadows

that

near

cusp

affecting
persons
afflicted
ruled

by

by

the tenants

explosionswill

being in

many

will be

cusp

the

sign in
join

of
of

receipts.

exceed

result from

will

"

period

the

near

cardinal

notabilities

Neptune

the eleventh, the

expenditurewill

"

position

the house

majority

the

the lunation.

by
thingssignified
of the fourth

the third,will be

opposing
there

the

fifth house,

the

Jupiterand

Mars,

of third in sextile to

and

of

cusp

Chamber.

during the period affected by

Venus

the

planets are

the fact of Saturn

of Uranus, and
of

high

The

number.

of Commons,

the

the

UbUoIoq^.

near

House

The

but

sextile Mars.

Jupiteris

being in conjunction with

peculiarsatellitum.

afflicted.

of

continued.)

Obnnbanc

lunation

the testimonies

Conjunction

the

is not

Saturn

in the next

answer

(To

THE

so

fierysign

Mars, opposition Ascendant,

and
Jupiter,

Isis I will

in the

planet,is

has

who

positivesign,and Mars,

Mars, but

from

comes

has the trine of

questionof

next

is

for evil in this

his power

boy successfully
meeting

Square

greatest affliction

elevated

most

Ascendant

all in favor

Saturn

fierysigns,and

^ is also in

Jupiter,the

Sagittarius.The
are

in the

ASlrftdLOGY.

Mercury
these

is favorable

planets; but,

to
as

house, the post office,and

adverselyaffected.

benefits

Venus
matters

is

ASTROLOGY.

MUNDANE

St.

will

Petersburg

249
Anarchists

greatly excited,

be

trouble,and warlike talk will be general,for Uranus

seventh, whilst

the

rises

Mars

evil

an

"

and

testimony

cause

may
Saturn

for

in

are

and

peace

prosperity.
York

New

and

neighbourhood

is in store, but

of trouble

will have

benefit will

some

eventful

an

month,

from

accrue

plenty

Jupiterwhilst

he transits Gemini.

SUMMER

THE

At

the

of

moment

posited as

the

in

excitingdebates
Mars

in the
and

heaven

foregoing

Scotch

seventh

busy

is favorable

in trine to

house

excitement

in the

and

Mars

times

point to

to

in the

Royalty

serious

and many
causalities,
and

is in

Foreign
and

Office.

Jupiterin

may

be

who

is

heaven
of the

deaths

is

the eccentric

applying to

well to draw

and

the

figure.

afflicted.

square

the students'
in

culminatingand

London,

will be
and

transit through
Jupiter's

for Mars

planet.

places
the

what
notable

some

ruled

mid-

position
is in his

the

and

rules the

third

railway
eighth,

aspect of her dispositor.Also it

attention

note

the

It is also well to notice

to

the

positionof Neptune,

semi-squareto Mercury,

Ascendant, and
There

through explosions

in consequence,

pondence
corres-

that be, but the

the Powers

accidents

sesquisquareto

that the Moon

sextile to

talk,with much

warlike

that Jupiter
is in trine,and Saturn
(notwithstanding
in
favorable
for the revenue.
is not
Uranus
exaltation)
some

the

of Commons,

House

of Saturn

promises

of

ruler

affairs,
signified
by Cancer, will be prominent.

seems

to

is the

Mercury

map.

much

Cancer, the planets are

entry into

eleventh

this foreshadows

Venus;

Sun's

the

is in the

figure,and

INGRESS.

is

who

rules the mid-

produced during the

divorce

by Gemini,

rule

cases,

for Venus

is

should

benefit

by

sign.
L3

^erminua

THIS

the

by
had

President
the

Two

staying.

were

the

entered

ball
from

latter

the

right

the

where
in the

who

leads

to
at

cases,

the

not

am

the

the

any

daughter
and

back.

one

It

was

after

19th September,

rate,

is
we

it

in

as

or

the

the
the
seem

is

murder,

to

whole

of

case

blame

the

as

as

rest

How

stand-up fight
other

Again,

representing

offers the

who

about

the

insult, that

decide, for, in

difficult to

responsibilitymust

any

represents

truth.

fair

Ascendant
one

or

probably something

the

covers

much

take

It would

of

case

There

matter.

challenge,

the

in the

involved, the Ascendant

are

houses

challenge ?

that

that

sure

duel, should

makes
the

the

on

and

of the

small

the

of

purpose

discharged,

were

it at

equally

some

between

two.

the

of

case

man

first in the

of the coml:)atants

one

other
died

people

two

distribute

we

he

revolver

generally taken

moves

in this view, but

should

the

arm,

that

in which

who

one

of the

for the
wife

his

Jersey, where

entering

was

station

the

to

came

The

suffering.

It is, I believe,
transaction

He

was

office-seeker.

disappointed

Garfield

President

railway station, and

New

barrels

wound

of great

period

fired.

Branch,

travellingto Long

the

to

(Barfielb.

when

moment

Guiteau,

up

was

preeibent

the

assassin

driven

shot

the

time

figure for

is the

shot

Ditfe:

am

inclined

Ascendant

to

look

really is

rather
a

differentlyupon

general synthesis of

such
the

figures.

whole

figure.

think
That

is to say,

nothing can

mean

especiallythat

more

for there

in
potentially

the

that is

is and

is not

what

sign of the whole

take

event

can

of the first house,

the cusp

on

"

Ascendant

"

No

place

the

pass
com-

it is

unless

risingsign.

twelve, the

in

positionto

in

embryo

that

is upon

that

one

of the

yet in

not

contained

yet know

little we

How

by

within
(signs)

Unfortunately, astrologersare
what

astrological
figureexcept

celestialhouses

first house.

of the mundane
contained

sign

be two

sometimes

may

25I

in the Ascendant, and

potentially

is contained

what

fruition in any

to

come

GARFIELD.

PRESIDENT

'.

VnJE

TERMINUS

of

sub-divisions

important

most

the

exactly

say

horizon.

eastern

signs, and

their

real

mode

of

!
significations

According

would

procedure

indicated, and
such

might

travel

as

round

The

planetary hours
apply

in

would

both

the

murdered

assassination

twelfth
twelfth

house
from

was

an

be

must

the tenth.

and
office-seeking,

railway station
There

are

but
there),

by Mars,

the

being

tenth),and
The

of death

from

the

at

to

work, and

his victim.
of the nation

to be

noted

also

tenth, the Sovereign's

secret

enemy

therefore,the

ninth, because

revenge
second

in

M.C.

for

and

it is the

disappointmentin

tenth

houses.

(although the Dragon's

of the

ruler
(also,

conjunction with

Ascendant),

Saturn

The

This

is

Saturn

plain pictureof

planet

is

squared by

of secret

conjunction with

is

tail is

squared

in the ninth house

ruling the eighth house,

ruler's

is in

the

the

was

the ruler's house

of death

house

and

the

pay

President
are

meaning

attention

the third house.

tenth).

actuallyhappened.
the

motive

relates to

planets in

(eighth from

house

The

under

latter

by
;

such

who

and

the Sun,

eighth from

considered

its ruler.Mercury

(twelfthfrom
fifth

this

comes

no

the

house, its lord and

death

of the twelve

each

general influences

was

it is the

It

by

question,one

some

those

the murderer

man

such

have

the time

likelyto happen

are

consider

then

the

the fifth house, because

house.

answering

Ascendant

degree to

therefore,the tenth

In

correct

figurefor

events

figure and

indicate

erect

What

whole

it would

some

this case,

**

the lord of the hour

to
;

indicated, the

astrologerto

these ?"

as

the

have

himself

ask

then

that attributed

In

for the

be

in turn.

would

theory

influences

under

houses

the

to

enemies

the

rulingthe
event

that

the lord of the

and

the lord of

the lord of the ruler's house

of death.
The
short

President

was

journeysis also

in the house

of

intendingto

travel.

lord of the house

The

of death, and

lord of the house

is

badly

of

afflicted

long journeys.

It is worth

highest personage

noticing that

the

of the
Sun, the general significator

in the country, is not

afflicted,
except

by

the

semi-

TERMINTUS

252
of Venus,

square

but

once,

may

for

almost hoped that he might

the

governs

the

that

died.

he

Aries

is here

Leo
an

heart

that

the death

death

or

Ascendant

and

and

Pisces

is the

twelfth

house

and

sign ;

all

in

point

other

direction

one

resources,

shameless,

President's

house

well

matters

placed in

the twelfth

",

The

sign

worth

from

eighth,which

meaning

as

Abram

Cleveland.

has

Navamsas.
with

sympathy

At

the second
Garfield

the

noon

the

on

drunkard."

sign of

figure.

born

day

the zodiac,

sign

the

on

the

itself,

twelfth

sign

the Sun

ninth

death

in the second

The

malefic

zodiac, which

money

the

dent's
in the Presi-

eighth is
eighth is

is

enemies,

secret

is in the

of the
;

(which

monarch's
Sun

The

short

nt is the fourth ; X

money.

house

Gemini

sign,the

signs:

and

The

house

this is Leo,

lord of the

several

are

habits, full of

sign from

eighth

they

is in the thirteenth

mundane

President's

mundane
was

when

There

active

third

of the

and

death

second

the

junction
con-

has

the

again.

19th November,

of his birth,the

planetswere

7 rri 56, 4

1831,

near

situated

(Clevelandtime):

"

TU 39, D 25

37,

the murder,
near

it,and

W3

Uranus

Pisces

SI, the end, death, and

The

involves

is in Taurus,

At

being in

of the

cusps

noticing,in passing,that

of the

lord

twelfth ; assassination.

26

The

unfavorable

an

lord of the third

travelling. The

follows

the

of the three watery

any

while

James

rising.

the third

and
travelling),

(Itis

Sun).

same

house, is also in

death

thief, and

as

twelfth

the

house.

own

the

with

"of

is

the cusp,

on

the idea of

of the

from

(death)is associated

Navanisa

important.

who

one

merciless,

same

is here

eighth ; and

in the back

but
trifling
by itself,

become

is in
although not badly afflicted,

not

both

seem

they

Gemini

has

introduces

its

Uranus

Its ruler.Mercury, is in the third

sign, which
from

Aries

sign

Leo.

zodiac, and

may

indicates

governing the

again

was

of

Aries

an

of the kind ; for instance,the Moon

indications

journeys.

which

the wound

President's

by

of the

indications

which

and

it

die

(secretenemies).

Asterism,

thus

is

as

from

was

is in

associated

are

twelfthsign

of these

Each

as

it

Mercury

Navamsa,

Mars

planets.

did not

times

At

months.

afflicted in Leo,

planet, is

(the back). Saturn, rulingthe

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astrological
following criticism

The

from

is taken

Daily Telegraph of

the

6th

the

From

"

Lord

) with

Mars.'

combination

is

declination

happy

while

sign Aries,' and

martial

the

not

ascertained

be

can

as

1894.
April
Astrology called The Future
Minister
even
help being Prime
his lordship was
born
when

English

could

Rosebery

far

As

of

organ

these

attributes

Mark

Tapley

well

might
very
gone
astrologicalauspices) were
happens in Aries, close
Prime

The

Minister.

world

such

under

resist

counsel,

being

in being

politic,beneficent, wise,

Lord

of the

authority points
(for it commenced

favorable

under

the solar eclipse which

place occupied by Uranus

astrologer admits

Parliament

that

out

that

to the

under

Treasury

this session

it not

credit,

What

all

With

statesman.'

or

Minister

Prime

First

in intellect,
business, fond of

much

ambassador

reliable

same

on

the

fit for

in

to be

anybody

The

have

the

skilful

might ask, is there

conditions

such

comes

that
wished.

he

in
was
Mercury
zodiacal
parallel (in

into

in government,

person

proper

could

in

was

had

noble, imperious, versatile, powerful

orator, temperate,

successful, and

Moon

who

Anybody
*

stern, able
acute, self-reliant,

learning,an

the

it appears

takes

place

day
to-

birth

of

the

at

it is difficult to divine

what

these

*in all probabiUty the Government

will have
but
to
and
an
early in April to retain power,
appeal to the
is a hint in the same
article that a man
country is not improbable.* There
Lord
of the
born
under
being winner
Rosebery's star can
hardly avoid
Derby."

configurationsimport,
fight a

battle

severe

individual

The

A. J. Pearce,

Mr.

monthly

is the

who

threepence.

at

of

cause

of

Editor

the

foregoing pertinent criticism is a

periodical that originally appeared

comprised

It

(?) it received, its price

success

the

Future

16

pages.

raised

was

to

of
to the
amount
Owing
sixpence, the quantity'and

with
this duplication of the
Yet, even
being the same.
quality of its matter
in price
originalprice it could not have
paid expenses, for it again advanced
it
and
the
for
amount
hut not in size^one
a
it,
being
shillingbeing
"quarterly"
production instead of a monthly as heretofore.
The

of it has

Editor

hesitated

to

draw

been

avowed

our

since

opponent

started, and

we

has

he
imagination for traducing us, when
for so
could not find\just
at
cause
doing, except, may-be some
our
jealousy
which
he, with his vaunted
ability,could not boast of. The phrase
success,
far as can
be ascertained, his lordship (Lord Rosebery)
in above
as
extract,
born
vide
when
Mercury, "c.,
demnation
conwas
supra J" This phrase carries its own
for how
and death
is it possible to make
such
rash
a
warrant,
not

largely on

his

"

assertion
based

when

Pearce

his remarkable

list of virtues
in Aries

and

hundreds

in

Minister

their

born

?"

alone.

yet

with

predictionsas

born

birth

is not known

planet'splacesat
with

these

and

! ! !

noon

he

has

Notice

configurations

the

(Mercury

"

But

what
and

will.

In

the

this
to his

about
who

Pearce

horoscope import,

let well
and

never

the

on

one

his

How
parallel(indeclination with Mars).
many
with these positions?
No
wonder
the
Daily Telegraph
with all these
attributes, could
anybody resist being

horoscope,

Minister
in the

to

of

in zodiacal

Moon

pertinently exclaims
Prime

time

delineation
ascribes

Pearce

were

the

states

goes

but

case

as

coming

who

have

these

aspects, "c.,

Prime
although they might like to be
into speculate what
certain configurations
the time, why did he not
he does
know
not
Prince
he

to

hundreds

"

of the

information

the

the

of

made
throne

Wales
a

he

his time

mess

of

wrong,

and

pretty
were

knew

of birth,

it, for
it is

all

worthy

his
of

26o

SOCIETIES.

ASTROLOGICAL

that

note

in

Zadkiers

coming

for this

Almanac

in the

events

of the

case

year

he

Queen

has
and

attempted to

not

of Wales,

Prince

the

shadow
fore-

concluding passage in above

is
extract
is decidedly amusing.
This
literary vaporising of Pearce*s
calculated to do the science of Astrologylastingdamage, and gives the critics
better,
is old enough to know
an
opportunity to gird at Astrology. Pearce
but what else can
be expected from him !
which

is remarkable

the least of it.

to say

The

APHOREL.

H0trolofiical Socictiee^
announced

\X 7E

months

some

for those

asked

Society,and

our

ago

who

desire
be

might

to

'form

Astrological
subjectto

an

interested

in the

of names
that in the event of a sufficient number
being received,
so
not
at
We
once
we
were
might be made.
very sanguine as
may
say
received
to the result,and our
ideas were
confirmed, for so few names
were
Almanac"
for
In
that we
abandon
the
idea.
to
it
wise
thought
"Raphael's
that it is not
of such
a
1891 he suggested the formation
society, but it seems
to be, at all events
at present. The
proprietorsof this magazine with a few
write us,

start

friends formed
small
other astrological
a
society some
years ago, for the
as
investigationand study of astrology,and the "modus
operandi" was
drawn
the members,
follows. Horoscopes were
and copies distributed amonst
and at the weekly meeting each
member
and his reasons
his delineation
gave
who
for what
all had
he asserted.
When
given their judgments, the one
knew
about the map
stated them
at length,and discussions
particulars
upon
made
varied pointsin connection
were
closelygone into. Certain members
the 7th,and so
took the loth, another
a specialstudy of a certain
house, one
enabled
to
the members
on
by reliable data which
possessed we were
; and
before
the
in
corroborate
us
or
aphorisms that had come
reject many
obtainable
books on Astrology.
The
and

"

orb

"

thoroughly

theory was

believed

we

we

were

the

thrashed

of the

means

published if the new

aspects :^l.l. ^ were
would
we
practicable,
seriouslyrecommend
"

at stated intervals

plan

out
by
absurdityof

at

us

these

to be considered.
two

or

earlystage,

an

long orbs being

In

where

cases,

students

three

to

meet

notes, working upon the

) and compare
change
adopted, unless a better one suggests itself to them, for the interof ideas on
such an
abstruse
subject as astrology will enable one

we

once

week

positionor an aspect from an entirelydifferent stand-point

this be practicable,and
Should
an5rthiiig
previously conceived.
in
the
of
not be clear
occurring
course
Astrologicalinvestigationthey may
shall be pleased to render
aid we
them
what
can, if they will send
upon, we
and queriesin.
maps

perhaps
to

to view

( say

that

The
seventh
There

India

opposition of
houses
was

to the

attack

an

at that

time
Czar

disarmament,

the

Sun

and

but

and

of Mussulmans
the

German

in the direction

being made

from

Saturn

of England, resulted,as

we

upon

expected,in
Hindus

Emperor
a

time

some

in the

first and

trouble

Malabar

consummation

it inevitablyfailed.

abroad.

district of

is reported to have

of that desirable

at such

Aries- Libra, the

made
"

tures
over-

European

tiotee

Professor
weather

Falb

last

the

comet

of

people

of the

from

attempt

at

is not
best

large proportion

about

his will,or

confident

at

the

if he

exploits,according
Indian

"

has

insured

himself

to

he

wonderful

the

to

here,"

community

him

have

that

Re.

the

have

to

paid

full of wonder.

being

the

-5f

-X-

is

He

for

man

every

man

taken

be

future

asked,
him

to

put

are

made

an

as

colHsion

is

of light material,

arrangements

any

tontine

These

system.

up

are

unravelled.
have

and

answered

with

in the

by

in large

sight
is either

discloses
correctly. He
Indian
gentleman, well

record
able

to

impostor
questions he
trivial queries

most

the

to

be

the

on

to the

to

clever

very

restriction

even

his charges

diem,

rather

or

bers
num-

that

only satisfied,but

not
per

Chauk,

Chandui

people

40

Indian

an

it is strange to have

important

most

excitement.
of excitement

made

away
Rs.

of second

no

much

It is rumoured

come

He

fortune-teller,

ferment

quarters

visit and

the

remarkable

causing

are

destinies

the power

from

put into

reported to be making over

question put to him, and

that

so

of

predictions that

his

anticipate the questions he is to be asked.

wonderful
for he places
a
or
phenomenon,
should

by

word

such
that

us

being

revelations

strange

are

to have

appears

says,

has

their

the

is

"

and

Joshi or astrologer.The man

so
extraordinary and correct
to

date

on

possession
correspondent,

and

flock

himself

no

tells

comet,

to

up

-X-

"

Europeans

the

present rejoicesin the

owing

knows

Rule

Home

the

clearing up.

want

"The
now

of

in five

again

it

Professor

has

whose

just

upon

returns

recurrence

therefore

that

thinks

he

")f

Delhi

comet

the

by the

"

whether

that

matters

This

looked

was

happen
with

highly possible that, if his theory be

acid
is mainly composed
of carbonic
the
comet
a
gas
will be poisoned, and that those who
the earth's inhabitants
It
them.
magnificent spectacle of shooting stars afforded

of

will have
stated

at

of it ; but

viz.,that

is not

all

fire,

however,

and

is concerned,

prophecy

the

will

what

astrologer will commit

ordinary rinderpest,
Falb,
predicting. Professor

will get the

survive

whether

about

the

in

fearfully out

was

inevitably collide

must

maUgn import.
it portends a

an

He

"

planet

just before

He

prophesy

to

no

where

certain.

daring
of this

coming

and

follow.

to

man

now

of most

as

now,

hesitation

is

great volume

time

only

good

he

1666, which,

fever, or

correct

and

year,

in 1899, when

years

is not

levents.

*Kecent

on

reveals

past and

the

respected in
equal facility.
with the express
Delhi, visited the
object of testing his capabilitiesfor
Joshi
into the
the latter
thought-reading, and on being admitted
Joshi's presence,
An

"

"

"

"

at

said,

once

date

and

"

hour

gentleman

I know

what

of your

with

birth,"

of the

"

3.nd mirabile

was

Saturn

13th April, Mr.

not

with

undergo change,

even

and

To

; you

dictu.

The

events

if it should

say

the

introduced

Morley

badly placed
is ominous,

to ask

wish

to

me

furnished

"Joshi"
correct

the least

of

tell you

date

it, the

and
man

the
the
even

does

Mirror,

Indian

On

come

occurrence.

extraordinary things.

most

have

you

particular of his birth, giving the

every

specifying the hour

and

known

sextile
have
pass.

to

Jupiter,

since

Bill.

Registration
shown

but

the

that

Sun's

the

Bill

The

Moon

opposition to
Mil certainly

a6"

LETTERS

The

transits
life

man's

Tj and

J)

to be

I would

recommend

to

-)f, D

powerful

unfortunate

radical

to

places of

in their

places
same
Some
remarkably
]) in

the

at

(5 of any

in transits,
is great power
year.
of
the artist,
them
to the considferation
particularly

time,
evil event
time

same

rest, and

the

than

transits

their lords, but

the luminaries

when

is

hand

generallyat

to

radical

when

malefic.

was

the

Wilson's

"

or
"

to square

in

to be

times

those

in c5" O

are

preceding lunation

if the

or

they respectthe

as

observed

always

the infortunes,especially
if they happen

the

at

or

suspect there

native

dailypassingevents of a
particularhouse.

all the

cause

though not as they respect the houses or

placesof the lightsor the angles. I have
most

EDITOR.

THE

said

the

more

effects last about

and

are

transits

held

If.are

their

of the

she

as

TO

to the

their
evil

an

own

place.

is in g and

the

Dictionary of

"

"

Astrology
")f
In
that

**

Sepharial's lectures
Aprileclipsefellupon

**

the

that it would
enemies
and

to

stir up

"

Her

the

seditious

some

Anarchists

two

forthcoming

was

to

")(" ^

Astrology,he called attention

Queen's radical Mars, and he

on

This

predicted

in

that their arrest

London,

secret

April 14th

fulfilled On

was

arrested

were

show

to the fact

in the country, and

movements

Majesty's Government."

22nd, when

evidence

-)f

and

sufficient

probably prevented

had

the loss of many

lives.
But at Her Majesty'sbirth, Venus
and the New
to have acted
Moon, falling
near
Mars, seems

was

close to Mars,

through Venus as
a
pleasant
Sepharial's predictionfor January of
in her
event
of a domestic
for
nature
will
have
cause
pleasure
; the
Queen
children."
On April 19th occurred
the Royal Wedding at Coburg, when
one
of Her Majesty'sgrand-daughterswas
married.
The
present at
Queen was
the marriage,which
of the engagement
followed
was
by the announcement
between
the secondary
the Czarewitch
Princess
Alix of Hesse.
Thus
and
direction of the ]) P. -)f 5f 'fy,which
to January, acted
technicallymeasured
in April. The
for this is that a lunation
is able to stimulate a
reason
direction into activity
also
before it is technically
and
to revive it after it
due,
is apparently past. If a direction
to any
planet is due, the student should
examine
the position of the lunations
with regard to that planet; for if the
lunation, the direction will then act,
planet is strongly aspected by some
whether
it is apparently due or not.
often explains why directions do
This
not measure
to
events.
exactly
well, thus

completing

"

"

letters

to

"

"t"itor.

tbe

of generalinterest alone are

inserted.
Correspondents desiringreply
pleaseenclose a stamped addressed envelope.

Letters

All

correspondentsshould
but

N.B."

as

token

of

Writers

of

give full name

good faith.

signed

articles

are

and

alone

address,

not

must

tion,
necessarilyfor publica-

responsiblefor

the

opinions

therein

contained.

In

re

noticed
there

transit
that

will be

on
a

Jupiter,trine
on

Ascendant,

number, has "Aquarius"

Neptune, page 180, your March
approaching birthday of Prince George Qune 3rd, 1894)
and
conjunction, not only of Sun and Neptune, but also Moon
to Saturn.
This is the more
peculiar,as at birth Neptune was
the

Jupiter

After this,George

on

of Wales

Zenith, Moon
should

become

on

Descendant, and

George

V. of

Sun

on

Nadir.

England.
A.

BAUR.

LETTERS

^^3

EDITOR.

THE

TO

Melbourne,
Victoria.

Sir,

I have

"

few

words

offer sincere

greetingsfrom

ably assisted

in carrying

excellent

and

work,

to say

matters
astrological

on

far-off land

and

to you

have

me

well and

so

Magazine which is doing such

Astrologers'
further the interests of Astral
to
good style,

the

on

let
but, first,

all who

in such
.

science.

of all

present time, your magazine is pre-eminently the work

works in print on the grand old science,and, if
its career
you continue
be enormous,
same
will soon
lines, the valuable store of information

Up

to the

fail to raise

cannot

respect and

proper
The
start

lessons

faithful

Astrology
by

on

of the

symbols

valuable

and

studious

and
to the

advocate

of the science

most

clearlygiven,and
rightpath.

positionhe deserves.

beginners and

many

The

the

the

on

some

"

AphoreV

advanced

more

degrees

were

zodiac

of the

the

on

are

will

interesting and

most

in the way
they strike
quitestartling
home, when the correct ascending degree at birth is known, and, as I believe,
I have a considerable
number
of such (thanksto
Sepharial for his priceless system of rectification)
I
for one
can
fullyappreciatethem, though I
;
have not the slightest
idea how
I hope you will be able to
they are obtained.
complete the series of symbols quickly,for others, as well as myself,are
of the signs.
anxiouslywaiting for the remainder

collection of items, which

are

"

"

A word

"

Sepharial's

"

re

letters and

read
carefully

I have

rectification scheme.

the

doubting the system, but saw

arguments
made
to
The
statement
of
it.
by one
nothing
practically
disprove any part
before marriage
writer that in some
the pre-natalepoch would
occur
cases
of those who

easilybe

cannot

will be, both

where

there

In my

is

method,

high

and

doubtful

have

as

Such things have been and

fullyappreciate the value of "mum"

argument.

an

lowHfe, but

case.

experienceI

own

for

entertained

in

rather

wrote

the

been

have

times

of the
the correctness
to prove
births noted most
minutely by the

able

of several

correspondsalmost
attendingsurgeon
expressly,and the rectification
I happen to know
In two cases
the date of the pre-natalepoch (I
material one), and they both come
out correctlyas to date.
Mere

opinions,no

if any,
little,

use

observation
truth in such

and

be

in

clear and

advanced

And
the
as

now

science
these

are

these

be obtained.

can

signs,which

are

when

all parts of the

students

learned

unless
subjects,

highest value

of the

how

experience,for

matters

of the Ascending

matter

such

on

the

they

only sources
and
descriptions

being contributed

completed, and
are

due

to

the

the

mean

of very
are
result of tical
practhe
from which

to the

characteristics

magazine,will

sincere

most

tick !

be,

may

the absolute

the

are

The

now

world

authors

are

to

"Sepharial"

thanks

for his

of

giftsof

teachings.

of

is

sadly deficient in three

few

stumbling blocks.

concerned, the standard

I refer to the

judgment

It

seems

me

that the literature of

important features,and,

very

works

of Nativities

to

on

the science

are

in

almost

so

far

less.
value-

in

describing the personalappear

and stature of the native ; the probabilities
of and time of marriage,with
ance
descriptionof marriage partner, and the estimate duration of life. Although
in one
often correct
all of these matters, yet it seems
rather by the
we
are
or
of such rules that we have, than by their soundness.
hazardous
chance
With

given in

regard to
your

the time

columns, may

of death, the
lead up to

of
investigation
something of a more

"

Alan

Leo, recently

definite character.

264

LETTERS

read

We

death,
been

done,

the

or

by

means

method

be done

can

Certainly,all
stature, by means

with

be arrived

this may

writers

to the

known

is not

the

day, from

which

EDITOR.

Dryden, and others, predictingthe time of

horoscope of birth, and if these things have
then it is evident that
any scientific certainty,

late poet,

of the
to the

even

THE

TO

at

doubt

of

several

Amongst
Cancer

to whether

as

rising

elevated

short

"

person
I cannot

Now,
rules.

The

from

source

the

have

may

doubt

no

how

altogether, as
great service
new
lighton
judgment.

Another

for

to have

it

writers,while the
of

of students
native

which

surprisedto

am

practice.

puzzled to

often much

are

been

has not

We

natural

requiresa great

seen,

are

facts.

so

deal

All the divisions

of

The

of the zodiac

mysterious magnetic influence

study the zodiac enough, which
often derived

Why
true

should

from
not
must

answer

Nodes

and

the

aside

by
opinion

material objects,
they

not

are

in the

twelve

the

the

face

of many

houses

are

not

discard

who

same

influence.
of Fortune

the Part

only from

come

and

heading, and yet some

is conveyed therefrom.
Raphael says we don't
I think is very
true, for the best judgments
under

come

the reading of zodiacal

the

practical

more

of Fortune

the result of

seem

argument

poor

very

Part

cusps
material objects,
but are
merely divisions of space, and yet those
the former symbols accept these as powerful influences.

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shirk ii

or

pointsso lightlythrown

these

see

given for doing

told that, as they

reasons

influence,but this is

and
astrological

are

certain.

way

receiving, viz.,the

be

to

seems

Nodes.

no

boots.

my

in the matter, but

Influence

some

to be any

the

to mind

Moon's

not

person ; Saturn,
house in sign Pisces

a-half without

and

"

frequentlydo, through want of confidence, and it would be a

if you or any of your experiencedcorrespondentscan
throw
any
reliable
these important branches
tend
to
which
a
more
may

than

have

short

modem

can

look

this when

subjectcomes

attention

striking example

figureby any of the ordinary

Mercury are
posited in Virgo (fourth
with
to do
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the result. I have
latelybeen watching

and

seems

in

is

them.

the tenth

inch

one

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decide

to

about

of this in the

something

should

we

six feet

am

from

investigated this
yet sufficiently

I have

and

Ascendant

Venus,

latitude,which

not

know

anything reliable

"

indication

Mars,

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Moon's

have

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true

raises

of twelve, which

out

possession,my own
in Scorpio
; Moob

person

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house), which

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in my

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planet,trine

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and

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short

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the most

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works.

and
descriptionsof personal appearance
thereto,
or
or
or
risingsigns,
aspects
planets therein,
rules

the

faces of the signs, "c., "c., will fail sit times

grave

held

either

are

of the standard

be magnetic

practicalexperiencein their

points?
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use.

for discarding those

excuse
discovery of new
planets is not a reasonable
found
than a
efficacious by our
symbols which were
predecessors,any more
medical
new
remedy obliterates the curative powers of the herbs described by
Culpepper.
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results

using them
medium

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(practical)

would
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months

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of days

signs

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day

belong

ingresses that

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rate

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for the

of
the

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birth

month,

must

be

taken

allowing

should

also

be

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are

for they have

made

of
year,

last year.
the

corresponding

chronocrater

sign.
the

take

number

same

observed, viz.,to reckon

of the

to

take

the

for each

of

number

of

present
in

same

in

number

similar

sign

year,

days,

for

way

days
periods

two

places of those
observed,
no
producing the event.
The
made
the places of the general periods should
be
on
ingresses of Saturn
the
should
of
those
of
the
on
observed,
as
particularly
Jupiter
places
angular
and
the places of monthly
on
Mercury
periods Mars, the Sun, Venus,
of the
those
diurnal
over
periods, and the transits of the Moon
periods. It
also
chronocraters
have
be
observed
must
that general
the greatest power
in
them
assist or oppose
The
particular ones
producing events.
according to
diminish
their
the event.
or
respective natures, but the ingresses increase
The
the true nature
and quality of the
place of prorogation, therefore, shows
event
and its duration, as does also the lord of the general times, and that planet
the term
also to whom
belongs, owing to the familiarityof the planets from the
period of the geniture, to those places which are influenced from the beginning.
The
also of the event, whether
nature
of
good or evil,is shown
by the nature
benefic
whether
those
or
and
chronocraters,
malefic, and by their sympathy
antipathy at the beginning with those places they governed. But the time in
which
events
by the relative position of the annual or
happen is chieflyshown
that
the
with
the
likewise
cause
events, and
places
monthly signs
by the
and

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for each

to

"

chronocrater

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to

on

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think

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(iv.),

"

Process

and
vol. iii.,

150,

page

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subject :

birth, and

the

belongs

signs
allowing twenty-eight days

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pcrioba/'

of birth, and

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is to be

rule

on

place, at

prorogatory

month

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that

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on

period

last sign will be

same

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present volume

says

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free

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investigating the

are

set

in the

150

signs from

succeeding
and

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extenso

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PTOLEMY

CLAUDIUS

planetary ingresses. The

the annual

for if they

and
operative places in the nativity,

PERIODS."

ANNUAL

operate according as they behold

also

luminaries

monthly signs;

or

"

ON

the

agreeably configuratedwith

are

also at the

ingresses,they

beneficial;

are

are
productive of evil. For when they are in evil
configurationto the said places,and contrary in condition they are found in
evil ; but if they do
square or oppositionat the time of transit,they will cause
not
but
otherwise
or
are
configurated,they will not be so
square
oppose,
injurious.

but, if otherwise, they

If the lord of the time

"

benefit

good, the
planets

have

also

periods
everythingin

birth

at

on

To

whether

good

or

flDcbicinc*

thorough knowledge

of

this, the

to

benefactor

to

are

herbs

be

to

have

judgment,

we

because

to advise

education
a

deal

of

of

truth
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does

quite

agree

necessary
but

does

to

he has

one

or

to

us

what
or

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medical

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of

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come

able to

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of

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152).

received

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gifted with
under

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are

medical

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earnest

leadingor adopt

education

is

education,

be able to say that he has

sneers,

that

state

judge by results,and

must

know

of

sound, reliable
to

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has

curative

alleviators

medical

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we

healingaided by

critic claim

been

for

induced

thought

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not,

blindly follow

not

for the act

our

**

to
gratification

who

has

pain,and create,

of such

been

have

received

not

finds fault with,

who

benefit

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friend

our

good, judging by

contemporary

not

evidence

likelyremedies"

to

as

but, whether

matter

find

the

highlyesteemed

neighbourhood

horoscope

an

should

we

has

whether

aware

their

contemporary

our

astrologer, who

competent

in

possible that
confident.

are

have

in certain forms, to alleviate

used

procurable,

were

remarks

it

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be too

cannot

is

above

the

able, by prescribinga

been

a
quite unintentionally,
repute

abilities.

and

and, in

mn,

qua

possesses

although they

who,

many

qualifiedM.D.'s,

simple

who

community,

sim

humanity,

to

should possesssounds reliable

adviser

prescriberor

the whole

incidental
is

Astrology

fully qualifiedM.D.

yet there

become

is

and

one

evil."

all the ailments

judgment,

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to

the

"

the extreme,

properlyprescribefor

addition

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it be

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wherever

indeed,

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pain

planet,if

same

end ; or even
if they be not
constituted, if all the times and
so
have
series of benefic or malefic
occurrences
a
they will produce

same

and

the

; if evil,the evil will be excessive.

of them, operate

most

or

ingress be

of the

extreme

dominion

prorogators,
the

and

will be

of

knowledge

that category

Our

seeker

after

his

sympathy

done

hear.

measures.

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prove

it

immense
and

tastes

Astrology,
We

are

not.

AND

ASTROLOGY

that he has obtained

aware

do not

we

claim

either his Bachelor

know

to

everything,we

point.

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earnest

truth-seekers,in whichever

their

specialstudy,

the botanical
Text

that such

only hope

can

will not

are

of

he

on
enlightened

as

the

upon

Astrology they may

make

in
persevering,especially

Horary Astrology {vide

down

runs

but

degree ;
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from

after page

yet page

to be

open

branch

note

his M.D.

or

discouragement as

deter them

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portion.

-book),and

267

MEDICINE.

is filled with

of his paper

its

tenets.

In

the

old

herbals,

Neptune, as they
to

newly
is

ample

with

our

herbs

in

be

must

and

superior (?) knowledge,

and

the

with

sympathy

there

here

Pearce,

Mr.

perhaps

apportion

can

planets

the

by

Neptune,

unexplored field,which

an

or

opportimityfor

an

influenced

are

Uranus

planets
and

scope

his

herbs

here is

and

Uranus

either

assigned to

are

known,

if certain

forefathers,other

discovered

then

not

were

Astro-Botanists,for
known

herbs

no

mystic

these

to

planets.
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are

included)teach
and

"pin

useless.

die hard,"
of

opinion,a
knows

who

but

that

from

arises

from

people who

herbal,

that

**

who

one

deter

be

hurled

Saturn

have

Mars

forgetthat

upon

him, for,

Uranus

in

is the

lines

old customs

"

truth-seeker,no

what

matter

as

be

to

yet

these

the

rule, their

antagonism emanates

such

in Ascendant

and

are
(lithiasis)

date," has
read

not

called the

they

bladder

to

may

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not

for what

up

(Culpepper

old herbalists

the

jealousy,especiallyif

Mars, and both

and

must

in

stone

task.

villifying
may

venom

true

but

for such

appointed one

gospel the

and
(cataract)

our

written,and

all is not

for instance, their remedies

web"
In

amount

that

aware

in square

both

to

oppositionfrom

Uranus

the ninth

and

third house.

Professor

earthquake

Falb
for the

early morning
which

in

was

scored

has

4th

of the

5th

or

of

This

6th.

opposition to

and

May,

the

was

Uranus

He

success.

in

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of

several

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bomb

nth,

was

was

explosionin Rome,
there

either

Saturn

was

occasion.

On

similar
the

extinguishedbefore

risingat
supposed

the time.

it could

by
was

in
was

explode.

and

nitro

the next

On

Paris.

sea

four lives

the

Moon,

land, and
-

were

No

discovered

one

glycerine
lost and

day, there

of anarchists.

to be the work

explosion

21st, a bomb

on

New

the

injured.

Taurus

Scorpio.

predicted "accidents
May lunation, we
explosions." On the 7th May, 4.10 p.m., there
explosionat Waltham
Abbey, in England, by which
At

the

destructive

in Greece

occurred

one

time

predicted

was

in Paris, but

On
killed
the

was

the
on

fuse

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BY

works

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of

IN peculiarities

the

ancient

ascribed

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absent

exception,they
from

As, however,

writings of

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from

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"

Degrees.
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certain
shall

or

whether

the

the

authors.

works,

interest

predecessors,

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degrees,

will

table

of them,

which

Affections

and

the

zodiac

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whether

may

they

all wrote
able

not

am

not

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to

the

is taken

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of

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but
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zodiac, supposed

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possess

this

Dictionary complete,

the

Degrees

Table

Significationsof
of

sign of

example,

an

to render
as

who

certain

find

we

another, I

one

give

parts

or

but

students

Dictionaryof Astrology :

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modern

older

qualitieswholly imaginary

insert

of each

they copied

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Astrology,

on

degrees

of the

pages

in all the

appear

experience,

say.

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writers

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to

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the

Zodiac.

in

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Sign

INFANTILE

Against T

found

are

8.15 and

column

the feminine

; this shows

^69

MORTALITY.

column, and 9 and 22 in

30 in the masculine
the first eight degrees of T to be masculine,

feminine, from thence to the fifteenth masculine, from the fifteenth

twenty-second feminine, and from thence to the thirtieth masculine ; in
the like manner
the firstthree are dark degrees, from thence to the eightlight
from
thence
to the sixteenth dark, and from thence to the twentieth
degrees,
There
the twenty -ninth is also a lightdegree,the rest are indifferent.
light,
void
thirtieth
The
are
are
no
smoky degrees in T.
twenty-fourthand
and twenty-ninthare
degrees. The sixth, eleventh, sixteenth,twenty-third,
degrees, and the nineteenth
pittedor deep degrees. There are no azimene
degree is fortunate.
ninth

the

to the

it is said
its lord be in any of these degreesin a nativity,
corresponding; thus,
something in the native's fortune or appearance

If the Ascendant

**

to denote

or

masculine
degree, he or she will be more
; if in a feminine,
fair or dark; and ifin a
a
light or dark degree, more
dim
and
swarthy, with dull intellect. Void degrees
smoky degree, more
render the native empty and void of knowledge.
Deep pitteddegrees subject
the native to deep marks
of the small-poxor scars, "c., or, according to other
an
$apient gentlemen, they cause
impediment in speech, troubles, and

if in

masculine

feminine.

more

disputes,in

If in

which

they

sunk

are

as

in

arimene

The

deep pit.

degrees

crooked, lame, or deformed, according to the nature of the sign

and
the part signifiedby it, and this,they say, is an invariable rule. The
fortunate
degrees, if on the cusp of the second house, or if the lord of the
make

them

be in such

second

acquireriches
This
the

if 2|:be in

degree,or

and

honor.

is Wilson's

Such

this deserves

as

comment.

Salmon

quote what

I will next

opinion.

no

will

native

degree, the

fortunate

nonsense

on

says

subject.
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continued,)

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question

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of

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"

effect,and

have

to

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as

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the

of the

zodiac

cannot

be

must

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closely watched

positiveand
child

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And

signsrise

on

the

system, the aspects of the lord of the eighth

be

or

and

studied

with

negativesigns; but, before

will die, be

it will live
to

child

interior parts.

must
to

that the

chieflyconcern
survive infancy.

must

we

infant,the positivesignsrulingthe exterior,and

process

to whether

lord of the

last

the

aspects

decided

signs

of the

risingsign

for the

subject,I

important point that

negative signs
the

this

to

tell which

this

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to

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is upon

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answer

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die.

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note

significator
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your

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judgment

is

the affliction of the

of
position

Saturn

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270

ON

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or

majorityof
illness likely
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to

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disease.

eighth afflicts the

Ascendant

Ascendant

that you

this system

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the student
to decide

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map

or

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us

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refer

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again

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decide

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been

the radical

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far, I have
;

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attention

system

one

to whether

as

students

their

me

other

points

the lord of the

for this

eighth

if the child will die.

will forward

apply.

the

the child will die, and

any

students

not

fix your

definite rule.

reliable than

hope

planet

erect

of

lord

the

must

decide

as

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when

of

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cause

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carefully

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planets.

giving
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be able to say when

that you

the

processed Ascendant,

and

judgment.

and

MOINES.

this matter

to

at

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early date.
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rules

as

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give an

which

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of the

most

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know

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moles,

marks,

parts of the body, "c.

what

these

rules are,

give

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it

Lill/sAstrology(editedby Zadkiel),from
older writers,and

of the modern

many

ones,

copied or adapted :

"

Observe

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as
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the neck

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will the
the
,

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arms

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will be

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shoulders, "c.

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271

of the sixth house, and

the cusp

signon

MOLES.

on

If few degrees are on the cusp

or not visible.
hinderparty
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house, the planet signifying

the inside,or
of the

sign,the mark, mole, "c., will

the
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this is

woman's

seventh) and

the

the

0,

true

even

has

querent

if the

some

be

or

in

Mars.*

by

with

the

figureof birth, as
or

"

scars.

For

birth, has
l? been

breastbone,

example,

her

situated

weakness
in

well

S\, rising),
may

rules the feet,and

testimonyonly existed,and
merely had

they {mutatis
mutandis)

its lord will

and

protrusionof the

born
or

will

so

for if a person

in

apply to

such
defects,

degrees of

marks.

other

rules

degrees ascend,

lower

the

near

And

the twelfth

be afflicted

j) or

latter

radical,and the time rightlytaken, the

his eyes ; and

near

all these

And

be

the seventh

if the

times

"Many

"

two

be

scar,

quesited:

signon

its lord will show

blemish

if the

}) be in the latter

exactlyhold good,

body

; and

or

question

wife, then the signon

marks

mole,

of the

will be in the middle

sign, it

their lords,or

mark,

the

member.
above

of the

part ruled by the sign. But

will

then

middle

part of the member.

be in the upper

in

near

her

horary

as

or

humped-

sometimes

be

present Majesty,
the cusp

feet.

elsewhere, she

Had

would

of the
one

have

her foot."

If 2f give the marks, it will be blemish or purple ;

Zadkiel."
by
lead color; 0, olive,or chestnut; and p, a
a
pale,
? gives
yellow; 5,
whitish hue, or partlyof the color of the planetsshe aspects. The infortunes
together,or in exact aspect, mark according to
Tp and $ especiallywhen
their position. If they be in the Ascendant, a mole, "c., will be in the face ;
*

Note

"

"

it

ifin the second,

on

the neck;

in the third, on

the arms,

"C

273

ON

MOLES.
"

follows

It thus
other

body

of

student
the

on

rules

head

sixth rules

on

of the
5

6, (^ therein

Ascendant
njt

them, if we

marks, about

Ascendant

lead color.

as

proxis.

sixth

house.

Regulus (a

near

I will
"^

fixed

above

in sixth and

in ^

give my

now

of the

star

These

]).

as

of J

nature

on

that part

on

and

for the

nx ascends, and

near

in fourth.

is

of tenth

cusp

);

positionsshould

mole

face,

on

resultingfrom

is

mark

simple example

own

rulingAscendant,

S therein.

give a

or

example

an

as

give a

be red, that

of fourth ; the j) is in K

cusp

should

j) therein

give the

should

therein

"^ should

given by

pale
a

face, ^

and

followingcase

sixth, with j) and

on

; n^

moles,

at least two

have

must

take the

belly, IJ and

that

individual

that every

in SI

rulingsixth, is in

^ is

also add

I may

five,viz.,one

give me

on

by nx ; one on the throat, ruled by y ; one on the back

from
^ (ruling
Ascendant) in SV \ two on the feet, one given by ?
I therefore
(rulingsixth)in X, and the other from the ]) in K.
the part ruled

should he the
I

as

happy

only lay claim

can

; but,
oifive

possessor

three, and

to

not

as

of fact,I

matter

of them

one

(small,pale yellow)above
middle

the

one

on

excrescence),three

in 6" T

in the rules

planet in

no

from

Judging
Astrology,he
far

say much
last work
whereas

to

of any

least two,

on

In
'*

"rectified"
mole

"

arms

the
form

showed
be
marks

**

but

and

I notice

is

chapter

rules

they

divine"

according to

any

reference

remarks

and

entirely free

is

on

to

cannot

such

moles,
It

for in many
marks

and

or

have

must

persons,

his

in

Therefore, I fail to

first example.

as

them.

from

the rules,everyone

to

"

but

there

at
see

are

absent.
entirely

are

are

numerous

do not, and

verified,as in the
cases,

there

is

horoscope,for the time stated

figure;and,

Lilly was

Raphael

always obtain,

cannot

accommodated"

there

in his Christian

convinced

**

ankles.

and

that

the

eyelid,but

applied by myselfto horoscopes,I

in my

are

and

suit the events,

figuresto

the

with

the

on

am

"

human

natus, where
of my

rulingthe

his

concoct

instances, the rules

some

one

Astrology entirelyomits

that

can

whom

the

leg,

eyelid(a small,

in i" T

left

agrees

examples Lilly gives

Guides, there

as

or

dogma,

kind ; and,

Sepharial";

own

**

**

the rules

many

Key

reason

the

been

The

instances

how

mt

of the

to

moles

did
have

in his

stands

I have

(?) give

may

numerous

in favor
"

one

great faith in his rules,and

had

his rules

as

not

of them

mole

one

of the

side

the left

on

one

given by Lilly.

either

the

artist,and

true

all, and

in fifth house, which

there is

in

and

I have

inner

the

on

of the left arm,

red

indications

the ankle

any of the

is upon

by the planets,"c., before-mentioned.

parts signified

not,

am

in addition, I have

no

case

I have

as

doubt

agrees

very

shown

as

friend

by

own

ness
to the correct-

closelywith

horoscopes

significations
are quite^t variance with

of my

of many

the

whose

the rules that are extajttt.

THE

is

Here
students
will be

SIGNIFICANCE

in

in

gives rules,which,
but his

subject

come.

**

as

variance

at

I. of this
"

Sepharial
with

thoge

in his utterances,

the rules which

he has
**

Significance of tbc nDun"anc

Zbc

other

or

the

137 of Vol.

him

experiencewarrants

repeatedlyfound verityin

have

it may

source

respects,are

some

273

lighton

this subject,inasmuch
investigating

given4)yLilly;
we

from whatever

further

to page
suggest the student referring

magazine
therein

HOUSES.

societies
astrological

our

and
requiresinvestigation,

gladlywelcomed

I would

MUNDANE

THE

subject for

another

that

OF

and

given.
Aphorel."

l"ou0C0v

( Continued frompage 184,)

significationof

has

house

seventh

THElaw-suits,public enmity,
father's house
It is

by

long journeys

the

envies,
private,

of honor

the mother's

on

side

of brethren, the death

of friends,also their

of

the
religion,

credit.

and

masculine
positive,

grandmother

the children
the fourth),

fourth from

(beingthe

the

marriage partners,

house, and

rules the

p^rts represented

Libra.

eighthhouse is the house of death, legacies,the wealth of the

wife, partner or publicenemies, the sickness of brethren,the friends of
the father,etc. It is a feminine magnetic house, and has sympathy with the
rulingthe part assignedto that sign.
eighthsign of the zodiac (Scorpio)
science,the
ninth house is the house of long journeys,
The
religion,
the
of the wife, partner or public enemies, grand-children,
brethren
The

sickness
It is

rules

the parts of the

tenth

All

etc.
reputation,

most

house

of the father,the mother

death

of brethren, the secret

It is

rules the knees

The

enemies

and

all, denoting honor,

especially
strong.

are

It is the

publicenemies,

or

the

of friends,etc.
under

other parts affected

eleventh house

and
Sagittarius,

sign.

of

of partners'wife

magnetic house

feminine

the

important

planets herein

with

sympathy

by
body signified

is the

house

of the father,etc.

in

electric house

masculine

over

The

enemies

of the mother, secret

the rule

by

the house
is chiefly

the

of

Capricomus,

and

sign.

of friends,the wealth

of the

and long journeysof brethren,

father,the death of the mother, religion,
the children of partners and publicenemies, etc., etc.
It is

electricmasculine

an

Aquarius,and
The

twelfth house

feminine

Pisces, and

the

celestial

sign

parts of the body under its jurisdiction.

of secret enemies, uncles on
the
is the house

rules those

father's side,the sicknesses

It is

with
house, in affinity

rules

of the partners,and

open

enemies,etc.

magneticnegativehouse, in sympathy with

the partsof the body ascribed in this sign.

the

M3

sign

Hatrolodi?.

nDunt)ane

r.^

NEW

(So

"^y

MOON,
3rd July, 1894,
hr.

45

min.

a.m.

^t

the moment

AT

Aries

There

of New

is

will be

talked

adversely

scandal

much

about,

dignified. Activityin
and

Mercury

should

Ascendant,
lunation
their

and

will

to the

the

; but

keep

them

New

have
may

Notable
our

be

of

twelfth

are

from

produced

close

house

is

is

Mars

London's

city. The

our

of secret

argument

an

to

to

are

position of

the

benefits

important

for

secure,

Jupiter, being

aspect.

and

secret

of Saturn

will

for the

time,

engage
be

excitingtime

"

be

may

foes,

but,

the

expected,

the

and

is

of

attention

the

Foreign

strange questions on

elevation,
much

Mars.

Mars

as

in

other

or

will be

There

squared by

are

anticipated.

anarchial

produce

all events.

improves;

strikes
may

at

luminaries

finance

crime

being dignifiedand

M.C.,

for the

seciu'e

railways

on

circles and

of the

ruler

notable

busy

prop

should

opposition

York,

Ascendant,
Accidents

the

they

present

productive

in

excitement,
political
At

trade

in Government

going

troubles

at

(notablythe Lords)

classes

upper

culminated.

has

who

Mars,

rises, and

machinations.

Trouble

Mars

be

occurring

but

trine

Mars'

with

; the

of Leo

first decanate

the

midheaven

the

on

Moon,

close

to

the

authorities.
Office

international

will
law

up.

cases

predictions.

in the

Divorce

Court

appeared

in

May,

in

accordance

with

of

2)cgrcc0

Zobiac

tbc

Si?mboU3C"*

CANCER.
A

FIRST degree.
"

the

beneath

It

a
signifies

capable of

extreme

acts, happy

and

of

the

long

and

kin.

to

2nd

It

to

of life and

place, and

one

"

will

is held

denotes

dog standing

of

person

to himself

good

One

them

be

found

fruitful in

will

who

the

have

The

wisely.

by strong

attachments,

strong

is beloved

use

over

bare

very

selfish

and

of

enough

of this

native

good

native

associations

bone

suppUes by suavity, finesse,and

for

the

to

will

degree
country

front

in

cheapest price,

is often

and

but

jealous
to

use

but

of

it

it lacks

that

the

native

the

are

ductive
unproa

mere

in energy

native

is

It is

it
at

never

comfort

buys

respectable beggar.

nature,

fellows

his

what

subtlety,so

live ;

to

means

and

no

dispositionis indolent,

The

hanger-on.
loss

and

half starved.

of any

wall

degree of Sympathy,

degree.

who

one

will

old

an

upon

day.

disposition.

frequently it

It is

others

two

in

in

hanging

sympathies

self-devotion
contented

vine

summer

of tender

person

good things

abides

of

sunshine

well, and

marry

well-fruited

the

at

degree

of

Indolence.
A

3rd degree.
"

disordered, and
hands
It

indicates

if not

subjectto
It

perhaps disgrace.
which

points

apt to over-rule

are

the
in

cautious

holding

fateful

of

reason

and

flowers

in her

of

strong passions,

of the opposite

weak

will, but
It

experience.

sex,

suffer

relations, will

and

clothes

roses.

influence

one

grief,her

faded

some

inclinations

those
to

of

attitude

an

lilies and

are

person

extremely

in

unkempt,

flowers

the

life will be

whose

hair

her

; among

seated

woman

and

who,

injury

and

strong feelings,
is

of

degree

Spoliation,
A

4th degree.
"

It indicates

extravagant

person

of

things

in
nature.

arise
this

from

the

of

remnants

worldly tendencies, with

life^ which

the
a

will

fortunes

certain

individual

It is

of

reckless, prone

and

impulses, whereby
things

with

feast

it.

lying upon

good

well-appointed table,

degree

finds
of

be

not

to

richness

denied.

all kinds

will be

most

of heart

an

of

appetite
The

excess

and

is

passionate

camaraderie, but
the

the

nature

seriously damaged.

expression mostly through

Sensuality,

and

for

These

will
good-

sensuous

276

DEGREES

5th degree. A young

thence growing awry.
a

misplace

his

sufficient

of human
of

bent
sapling,

grounds, in

those

about

the

him

around

of the female

those

it is

sex

trustful nature

lovingand

SYMBOLIZED,

middle, and

but incautious
affections,

warm

weaknesses.

the storms

by
is

To

trust.

it shows
general,

In

of

person

confides,without

ZODIAC

tree, or

"

It indicates

THE

OF

lean where

to

without

there is

and

who

is apt to

baneful

It is apt to be bent, and

passion,and

nature

degree.

much

ledge
know-

perhaps broken,
real support. It

no

degree of Betrayal,

6th

degree.
"

jewels in

her

will be

extravagant

with

"

It indicates

and

of

the stump
a

right

of human

knowledge

use

iron
a

of

It is

show.

gauntlet,a sword,

of

capable

degreeof

and

of this

influence

wholly

foolish

and
.

nature

too

Semblances,

scourge

lyingtogether
.

of strong

of

but
personality,

of others

motive

tyrannous nature,

aggression,generallywill

and

arms

that

is

cruel

right"; and,

selfishness.

forward

press

of their feelings. His

insensible

and

"might

cruelty and

extreme

but

tree.

the merits

the

of dress and

good-hearted, but

The

nature.

will be fond

hand, though strong, is frequentlyunjust and

impelled by

some

impracticalhabits, yet gifted

acquisitionof wealth,

the

outward

person

force

of
regardless

in

and

of excess,

habits

to

its

An

7th degree.

by

gaudy apparel,plays with

in

liberal,and yet frequently

unjusttherein.

to externals

who,

savoir faire
and

fortunate

unacquainted

upon

of wasteful

inclined

ornamentation;

prone

nature

degree of

some

native

clothed

lap.

It indicates
with

woman,

opposed, is

when

certain

In

degree generates the common-place

its action,

in

the

natures

It is

"bully."

degree of Self-assertion,
8th

degree.
"

poised in

an

lies upon

dove

the

on

indulgenceand licence
to worldlyseductions.

one

The

for

on

the other, one

influence

will

hang

secret

capable

nature

happiness

fate of the native

fascination

subtile

hand

and,

to destroy domestic
iFuUy

the

it

over

snake

is

attitude of attack.

It indicates

and

ground, while

the

of this

and

to

upon

who

of

is apt to succumb

degree acts

fracture

the nature

attachment.

self-

extreme

marital
and

It

most

is

powerrelations ;

influence
a

of

degree

of

Self-ahandon,
9th degree.
"

It indicates

is set
true

to

one

littlevillage
lyingin
whose

great work

humilitywill

fertile valley.

heart is full of native

in modest

bring his work

ways,
to

and

goodness, whose

whose

hand

and
patience,thrift,

perfection.There

is very

little

DEGREES

aggressionand
fruitful in

OF

will be

loth

It is
"

are

wide

It indicates

at

of Hfe

will be

surrounded

energy

and

comfort

to

enrich

iith

end,

"

around

the

of the

birds

the

of

roots

sing

season

is not

joined

injuryto himself,
after each

and

failure.

It is

danger

of

to

sufficient

degree of

2th

run

is

If

is

without

serious
in life

start

new

confident

even

but

not

traveller,the native will

or

fateful to those

degree is

where

one

discretion ; and, in

or

together

and

sailor

the

on

sea.

Obstruction.

"

skull.

of fatal tendencies, destructive

one

crueltyand oppression.
strong

esteem

unfortunate

an

nature

always gain

degree. A dagger lying beside

It denotes

strangers,
and

unsuspected sandbanks.

upon

hopeful

This

The

will hold

to

come

experience

to

native

shipwreck.

and among

low, sandy beach.

affairs in life will

for independent work.

qualified
be in

on

totallyarrested.

nature

own

afford shelter

will go honor

there

will somehow

The

kindred

own

be

the

of its

degree of Fruitfulmss.

rockb, is liable

all risks

through

in the autumn

sustaining itself it will

its

much

by

gratefulevidences

most

vessel

whose

person

avoiding obvious
Yet

the

It is

stranded

will oftentimes

or

by

While

old age.

good

degree.

ambition

check

will need

person

fatalitywill

some

or

This

to

to

surely come

degree ; inclined
hold

his

passions
The

him.

upon

is

nature

of keen

atid capable
discerning,
melancholyand taciturn ; yet silently
with the hollow
not, but it mars
feelings. It makes
; and

of

**

looks

death

unfruitful work."
"

the other

end

with

of life is

caduceus

self-condemnation

secret

tragic. It

between

two

is

upon

its

degree of Undoing,

one

moons,

and

crescent

gibbous.

It denotes

person

penetratingmind,

wonders

back

The

13th degree.

in the

like the moon,

less

modest

are

reliable nature, which

and

integrityand competence

It indicates

while

others,both among

to

that with

eyes

famous,

never

the fruits of its labour, and

length to

perseverance.

so

in

native, though

his ambitions, which

spreading oak-tree,

steady, strong,

industrycomes

to

surrounding high

its branches.

among

but, like the valley,it is

Contenttnent,

shoots

young

many

The

beyond

degree of

degree.

which

and

barren.

always successful,even

but steadfast.

of its lowliness,while

good things because

are

277

SYMBOLIZED.

self-assertion in this nature

no

of the mountains

peaks

ZODIAC

THE

and

of extreme
retentive

capacityin
memory

the

pursuitof the subtile sciences.

and

subjectto fits of

rapid alternaticm.

The

native

hope

the

and

is likelyto

pursuitof knowledge,

native
The

will

accomplish

temper is

despondency
travel

changeful

of

more

mucl; and

or

to

ba

278

'*

"

subject to

fortune.

changes of

many

the

of Hermes

native

the

scholar.
distinguished
"

It indicates
sublime

of

person

subjectsand

botanist

or

the native

cases

attains

A
15th degree.-^
which

dog

is

It indicates

forces

he is not
or

by

is set

which

or

bright

fond
gentle disposition,

for such

taste

strong

of

rank

high

degreeof

is set

be

fame.

or

into

bom

In all

earlyinto

Success,

throne,

of

associations.

if not

and
good position,

It is

in which

dais

symbol

atmosphere.

good positionand generallymarries

of idle habits, to

person

distasteful; but
to

whom

the

cushion

work

and

on

hard

will, whether

who

good position and

of

under
It is

nature.
spiteful

passive and

care

by watchfulness,
offices for which

hold

produces
qualified.It frequently

nature

hides

who

one

person

marry

strategy, attain

or

the

l)angasleep.

foreignand

are

with

to the fine arts.

familydevoted

With

in its gentler
phases ; may

nature

will rise to

familywill

illustrious

an

deep

blue

poeticaland

one

In earlylifethis individual

is

characteristic

doctor,
linguist,

spring flowers, over

study of

the

astronomer,

or

will either be

sparklesin

flashes and

star which

chief

the

But

degree of Knowledge,

of

bunch

14th degree.

It is

ESSEX.

gaining of knowledge.

and aptitudein
versatility
dominant

IN

ROD

DIVINING

charlatan

mere

indifferent exterior,a vicious

and

degree of Usurpation.

ROD"

"DIVINING
of

IN

hazel twig, generally

Braintree.
Cressing,near
Many fruitless attempts had been made in the parish to find water, the boring
in several instances
extending to great depths. Mr. E. Sach, of Jeffrey's
Farm, wanted
a well provided for some
cottages, they being without a water
supply, and he invited Mr. H. W. Golding, of the firm of Messrs. Ashley,
and Co., mat
skill
has acquired some
Adkins
manufacturers, Bocldng, who
look
to
the
did
and
He
with the
the
over
rod,"
near
place.
cottages the
so,
effort
made
to keep it down, it could
was
twig turned up, and, although every
Mr.
be done.
not
could be found
Golding felt certain that water
there,
set to work
at once
and men
were
boring,with the result that an abundant
found
22ft. below
the surface.
The People^May 6th.
supply of water was

remarkable instance

termed

the

"

the successful

ESSEX.

has

diviningrod,"

of

use

justoccurred

the

at

**

"

"Mars
the

L.R.

last remnant

evidenced
a.

C.P."

new

acute

chronic

moon

or

of

to main

and

my

writes

"
"

inflammatory

a
full,particularly

am

certain that

have distinct
dying moons
midwifery practice.Why

feeble at the end

in the last ?

character

Why

solar

do

new

influence.
labour

are

of the lunation

Why

in the first quarter, and

medicines

remedy given

for

act
a

better
solar

full moons,

moons,

when

This

has

and

often been

pains strong during

are
more

the

diseases

of

an

lingeringand
moon

is at the

disease, e.g.t gold in heart

Zbe

Stu"ent0'

number.

June
and

have

of course,

The

be

it

with

the

is in

=q=

is also

which

in

house

exalted
have

in

160

the

zodiac,

I have

Lion's

the

That

the

I
writer
the

not

am

gab,

wise.
If

the
a

^
^

debilitated

or

**

exalted

at

the

did

body,

in

**

"

laugh

I do

lrj",

to

may

/xz, will
correct.

but

We

at.

how

^^

I^eonis,

Cauda
told

not

where

to

verify the position

can

it has
;

but

are

of

ephemerides
^

least,

the

say

accurate

Tail

the

through

once

to

it takes

as

with

but

that

Tail.

Lion's

the

be

it should

in

is doubtful.
.

reception,"
a

is

man

his name,

that

as

set

forth

popular,

has

he

be

must

the
a

by

this

giftof

genius of

of Wisdom."

God
in

his

"^ ; if not, then

house

own

the

**

j) is

that,

to

it is not

say

the

follows

is in

travel

to

doubt

not

mutual

to

to

"^ , is in

therefore

writer

no

business

because

M.P."

is in

rt\i; and

sign

of

I may

Dragon's

what

in

ago.

like to know

believe

affix

is the

in

and

Jj

be

planet, and
^^ss/t;^.

It

this

have

we

j) itself in another,

do

can

is

also

believer

is

that

planet

that

will.

they

;xs'.

by
this

of

certainly premature,

never

astral

an

neither

laughed

Moon,

j) has

place, and

one

for
is

I should

invisible

the

nx and

forty-five
years

Tail, I

find this Tail.

of

in =^,

consider

to

She

experience

accommodated

we

planet prior
It is true

or

from

of

house

own

one

chiefly concerned.

am

exaltation

of ig. because
,

and

herself.

peculiar to

arrangement

especially when

his

But, stay!

".

thereabout,

or

in

only

correct.

were

exaltation

ys*, the

other

the

what

be

motions

that

passive planets, and,

as

exaltation

the

t^,

is exalted

power

well

also

is

have

the

must

so

exaltation

the

most

years,

this

of

:;:^,

size of

the

ponderous motion,

article

June

is double

that

if it

in

planets

inferior

the

that

described

are

"The

on

is continued

which

so

beautiful

very

; but

examination,

possesses

motions

as

to

in -)f to

and

bear

not

ways

allot

to

of

to

house

recognised

the

and

article

an

and
swiftly,

move

house, let their

one

would

is

slow

is

it is stated

(although

j)

there
y

Planets^"

they

and

reasoning

Because

the

planet

the

171,

because

require only

But

of

of their

account

on

each.

This

small
each

houses

planets,

Magazine

page

two

house

On

the

and

of the

Exaltations

and

Houses
the

number

March

the

IN

RAPHAEL."

**

BY

Corner*

njj,

essential

he

of

must,
"

necessity, be

dignities ^-ofthe planets

28o

TO

ANSWERS

CORRESPONDENTS.

might suppose,
of g by IJJis beneficial
affliction
; my
'*

I attribute
ninth

his

influence

the

on

such

manner,

friends

The

house.

the

mind

fifth

the

as

ninth

houses

; the other

it is the

reverse.

positionof T? in

the

procHvitiesto

first,third, and

says, that the

this writer

experienceof

occult

"SephariaPs

what

from

One

nothing.

are

houses

have

affect the mind

in

indirect

an

eleventh

through carnality,the

direct

through

through public affairs,business, or marriage, "c.

seventh

1?e\"icw*

"The

Key

Palmistry,''

to

Nichols

This little " Key

is well

written

Sixpence.

Langridge.

Street, London.

Co., 23, Oxford

and
**

C.

M.

by

The

illustrated.

and

author

connected."
wiselysays that
Palmistryand Astrology are inextricably
The teachingcontained
in this littlework
is clear and to the point, and
"

stronglybe recommended
promised by the author, a

Hnawcra

W.

Mayland.
then

and
as

the

nor

in the
signification

symbol

thus

of Mars

good book,

is

Primum

Mobile^ of Placidus

"

We

want.

It is useless

of the

inversion

and

on

glad to

work

is

peruse.

callingat

can

you

(2) There

of $ for the
to

the

use

confusion.

for

one

i?

an

symbol

of

accepted

(3) Raphael's
it. (4) The

strongly recommend

de Titus, translated
with

Lugard Road,

12,

there.

for you
avoid

to

specialoccasions^

very

symbol

course

cases
we

supply

can

except

proprietorsreside

in all

Manual

by Cooper,
12/6. They

is the
are

not

book
often

with.

met

W.P.

the editor

shall be

we

anyone,

( S ) ; but it will be the wisest

Mars

you

see

only by appointment.

neither

occult

not

advanced

more

Cocrcaponbcnta*

to

do

(i) We

"

of which

copy

beginners.

to

can

You

will

find the

Pegasus.

"

regret

On
we

"Planetary Angels,"
also Barrett's

and
Sihly^s
Astrology,

of

the 21st

July

give

cannot

you

the

to

in

Magus,

planet

the

"spirits,"alluded

or

Uranus

"period"

or

becomes

"

"cycle"

of

direct."

Neptune

We
at

present.
G.

Petty

(Junior). The
"

of Nativities,by

give the extract

SB*

part of marriage is alluded

Gadbury.

in these

List

ot

And,

pages

U""FtJt

as

as

it is to

curiosityat

Books,

page

many
an

to
a

in

the

novelty,we

early date.

of

Doctrine

Cover.

will

Tlote0

in

was

"fires"

predicted
opposition

We

to

New

at

each

time

horoscope

would

be

it

York

service.

was

on

Mundane

In

Astrology,

rivers, "c., and

third

house

we

the

cabmen

with

Saturn, which

may

have

third

does

anticipated.

predicted

effects

the

that

of the

out
not

loth

the

of

to

govern

other

the

things
Moon

promise them
good will probably
^

-)f
from

afflictions,and

this

Government

resign the

to

private connection
The
majorities of

of his
to

deal.

On

the

22nd

in

the

May,

with

with

Government

French

as

they

would

feel

of it.

"

been

the

finance,"

of the

which

sank

Government

Board

of

extremely

the

the

over

ten

and
on

more

spiritduty I
14th May,
account

on

would

and

defeated,

was

the

Board
low

more

wrote),

we

of Trade
the

in

case

opposition

great

for

with

Company

the

i6th

conjunction

success

downward

to have

seems

met

Presidency

The

the

on

then

come

monarch

unfavorable

is

and

much

on

cabs.

-Jf
the

steamers

it governs

was
so

in all

messengers

lunation,

May
The

to

some

position

had

been

Talmage*s

Dr.

May,

Mundella

Mr.

Moon

it has

time

they were
only saved
by a majority
Budget division, owing to Parnellite absentions.
Sixpence on
Rule.
hearts
than
Home
On
Whisky
lay closer to their
on

the

destroyed

was

-)f

seems

strike.

on

all classes

The

(" Saturn's

Budget

house

at

seem

Yet

"

May

country.

one

third

inspection

-)f

among

afflicted

went

than

the

An

-)f

that

suppose

badly

was

6,000 London

We

is

13th, when

Office, telegraph, telephone, railways, passenger

Post

"

This

the

Tabernacle

of interest.

-K-

forms

On

Brooklyn

Sunday.

j"vcnte.

in May.

Talmage's

Dr.

Mars,

by fire,just after the morning

burnt, and

"Recent

on

have

than
the

once.

Cabinet

resigned.
-)f

-)f
The

rank.

On

the
Mr.
the

the
Mr.

20th,

Hodgson,

B. H.

scholar

eminent
a

"

minor

Sepharial's

New

fell in

Moon

troubles

"; and

Parliament,
and

their

prediction for May

"

on

that

''the

Members,

who

occasions,

abstained

had

ominously

low

towards

hostile

square

page

opponents

to
we

239

path

26th

write.

The

May,

-)f

being

fulfilled

the

as

we

Government

will be

by

May

"Governmental

hence

Queen's Jupiter,
predicted, from the figure

of the

for
no

the
means

opening

of

smooth,

Parnellite
The
points against them."
several
hitherto
have, on
supported the Government,
normal
and
the
has
from
voting,
majority
dropped to an
will

score

figure,probably
and

is

the

On

died.

-)f

-)f

orientaUst.

and

poet,"

-)f
'*

-Jf

in

house

9th

an

Noel,

Roden

Hon.

-Jf

of several
with the
death
May coincided
first
of the
of them
were
though none
literary men,
very
Professor
of
English literature, died; on
14th, Mr. H. Morley,
of the
Editor
and
the
Edmund
Yates,
World;
on
23rd,
of the

affliction

fairlywell-known

-)f

destructive

many

too

low
House

to

support
of

Lords.

the

Cabinet

in

its attitude

282

LETTERS

On

May 24tb,at

Gladstone's

Kabalists

Gladstone

has

gave a
planet,and

hear

we

on

performed
was

one

also

178. Mercury is

page

literary

will

"Horace"

translations from

Gladstone's

Mr.

upon

his
across
passmg
of the eyes, and Mr.
to Mercury this summer.

day

governs
solar and lunar

both

that Mr.

that

on

Mercury

list of his directions

We

be

direction

good

Moon

The
that

state

EDITOR.

THE

successful operationwas

9.30 a.m.,

for cataract.

eye

Ascendant.

TO

published shortly*
^
On

Baroness

In

eminent

in

the

notable

case

v,

decree, with

the

petitionerobtaininga
with the same
we
figure,
been

has

fulfilled in

the

in the Divorce

case

Dunhill

of

custody of the
death

of

an

Yates, the

of Edmund

death

and

Dunhill

predictedthe

connection
; this

man

the lunation

verified

been

Ferichs, the

children.

predictedfrom

page 233, we
This
has

Courts.

noveUst, editor of the Worlds "c.

BACK

NUMBERS

We

OF

receive
frequently

to execute, and

of Vol.

numbers
obtain

N.B.
bound

There

"

; and

to

orders for back

say that after

that

few

the

July 27th

are

we

unatble

remaining
wish

to

applyearly.

are

of Vol.

loose numbers

no

there

numbers

Therefore, any friend who

III. will be bound.

better

had

any

beg

we

MAGAZINE.

ASTROLOGERS'

THE

neither

are

bound

numbers

Xettcra

they can

only be

or

unbound

of Vol.

had
II.

fibiton

tbc

to

I.

of generalinterest alone are inserted.

Correspondentsdesiringreply must
pleaseenclose a stamped addressed envelope.

Letters

All

correspondentsshould
but

N.B."

as

give full name

good faith.

of

token

of signed articles

Writers

are

and

address,

not

necessarilyfor publication,

for
responsible

alone

the

opinions

therein

contained.

Dear
am

is

in

Editor,

Mr.

fog over
of
significant
number,

March
page

219,

"

fourth

the

mean

"

the tenth

house
"
"

natural

he

says

that

the

"

of the mother.

is said

Colonel

to

Olcott's

the
mother
the

On
184 of the
page
affairs. On
mother's
died when

mother)

the Moon
to

came

the

speaking about
page 195, when
mother."
the
Does.
for
sympathy

and

is the

Olcott's map
Cancer
Besant's, the same
sign is on

According to
please make

rule

of
significator

"close
Moon

in Colonel

in Mrs.

"

I
Sepharial enlightenme on a matter
it is said that the fourth house
early numbers
or

by direction";

"
207, it is said,
Will you
the mother."

page

of the

fourth

Saturn

house,

"Sepharial"
and

one

tenth, and

conjunction of

because

In

you

the father,and

Sepharial"writes

(ruler of the
the

Will

"

on

natural

the

of the
significator

sign ofthe

the fourth, with

the Hindu

is

Moon

on

the Moon

mother

the tenth,
in it.

system, the fourth house

this clear to
A

STUDENT.

On

rules

"

in his system.
be

your

that the

see

the

with

only one
apple pie here

"

"

He

in trine to

283

EDITOR.

"Exaltations," but I
on
correspondent's remarks
order
he
of
is
speaks
apple pie
particularly
prominent
exalts ^ in n because, he says, that the exaltation should
house ; but he forgets that, by his arrangement,
tp is left

notice

Sir,
cannot

THE

TO

LETTERS

is exalted

Irf,and

house

in =^5=,in square

to

of the

much

Not

vy.

and
^
adopting the suggestion that ig. has sympathy with
in
it
exalts
If
is
he
must
^
a
^
^ with ?
Venus,"
actually
spiritual
tn..
of Venus
and its
be sadly out of place in such a sign as Scorpio,the detriment
?
has the apple pie gone
to now
worst
position. Where

Then,

"

Nobody

suggested that if the

to have

seems

and

ig. g

$ theory has

an5rthing in it, ig.must be strong in the houses and exaltation of " n viJiJX::;
This would
well placed
and ^ in those of $
^ :^ K.
explainwhy ^ seems
"

in

and

-SS^,and

in K,

I stilladhere

to

as

astrologersseem

many

to think.

of houses.

Ptolemy's arrangement

"LEO."

In talkingwith those interested in Astrology, I have

noticed
of aspects to I^ and
P. planets,
opinion as to the relative power
some
powerful.My own
experienceshows
supposing the former to be the more
that aspects of the J)to 1^ positionsare powerful upon the mind, and things,
and persons lyingat the radix of one's life. For example, D P. a 0 I^
my father
moment
dangerously ill. ]) P. Z 1? !$",while at the same
Tp P. d M.C. and
mental and nervous
2 P. Z Tp ^yl suffered a day of inexplicable
depressionand
took place except very slight
torment
occurrence
indisposition
; but no outward
Dear

Sir,
"

confusion

of

"

of

wife.

the other hand, J) P Z 1? P. has justgiven me

and persistent
On
a
severe
cold, but scarcelyany mental anxiety. J) P D "^ P. at an earlier date gave me
a sharp feverish
illness,with very high temperature (105").
I have

^.

is

He

little boy who

always having

his teeth in such

between

forceps, and

with

is the very
Would

it not
?

in the E.

F.

Figure

cannot

which

apply

are

to

be

my

the E.

judged

F.

way

that

floor, knocks

to treat

noticed

in second

tooth

one

down

house, and ]) Z "^ and

a
cab, fell with a tin

by

drawn

was

clean

bruises

and

out

as

though

innumerable.

He

of the

in several

Epochal

instances

Figure and

that

while

its relation

certain

to

aspects

the life experience,that

suggestive and throw lighton
rules.
when
read by the rules
the
Thus,
ordinary
judged by
the
the
F.
E.
will
not
answer
(say) questionsas to
natus,

For

example, ]) A

wife ; but
a

r^sr

knocked

very

be

-marriage, "c.
has

be well

I have

in

^
"

the

a
on

accidents

of self-will.

incarnation

the Natus

describes

lay

has

relation

find

I cannot
to one's

in ^ in my natus
her in the E. F.

subjectiveor

pointsout
To

and

what

objectivelife,and

exactly

extent

how

then

must

it

Solar Figures. I cannot

find
judgments, but have found it highly
valuable for monthly readings. To
set up
of
a
figure,I take the number
of
for
the
the
moment
and
the
set
figure
(in ephemeral
0
degrees
0 I^,
of degrees in the sign it passes
motion) reaches that number
through during
for April,1894, find
Thus
0 :^ is n^ 8.30. To erect
given month.
any
my
time
with ^, map.
0 reaches T 8.30 ; set up figurefor that time, and compare
You

that it is

are

doubtless

familiar

valuable
particularly

with

Simmonite's

for yearly

Sincerelyyours,
G.

H.

L.

284
Dear

"

advises

M.

the

those

and

conjunction of 2^

to transits

should

birthdaysare

whose

influence

the radical

over

superiorplanetswhich

to notice

us

EDITOR.

THE

importance

attach

you

and, if so, is it only the

Will

Do

Sir,

Moon,
The

TO

LETTERS

those

be

whose

istthis year.

June

on

and

Sun

considered

birthdaysare

day

different,say the 2nd ?

Again,
radical
How

Mars

can

which

and

if it were

depend

sexes

above

What

is your

an

"pleasant

the

event."

this article,

point is not explainedin

vol. i.,says

p. 74,

friendshipand enmity

that

$ in their nativities.

and

and

cases,

2 leads to

"y and

being

both

on

ordinary lunation.

of such

score

aspect between

latter

the

This

the aspects of ^

on

April eclipseoperated

the

Queen,

eclipse
produce good

an

Raphael's Guid^,
the

of the

Venus

speaks as

tested

that

teaches

262

page

they

would

lead

lately

I have

infer that

to

me

between

any

liking.

opinion?
sincerely,

Yours

AMATEUR.

ANNOUNCEMENT.
this

With

Asrael

reached.
have

with

commence

of

places, and

also ask for not

and

best

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