The Messageofthe Stars

Th
M e s s ag e
Of t h e S t ars
MAX H E I N D E L
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A U G U S T A FO S S H E I N D E L
E S O TERI C
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EXP
O S IT I O N
OF
M EDICA L A ND NA T A L A S T R O L O GY
EXPLA I N I N G TH E ARTS O F
P RE D I C T I O N A N D D I A G N O S I S O F D I S E A S E
T H I RD E D I T I O N
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7 IM P E R IA L
L UDGATE C IRC U S
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C o p yr i g h t
1918
by
M AX H E I N DEL
F ELLO W S H I P P RES S
O ce an s i de , Cali f o rn ia
CH A P TE R
E VO L U T I ON A S S H O W N
IN THE
Z OD I A C
T IS a matter o f common knowledge amon g

mystics that the evolutionary career o f mankind i s
indissolubly bound up with the divine hierarchie s
who rule the planets and the si gns o f the Zodiac an d
that the passa ge o f the S un and the pl anets throu gh
the twelve si gns Of the Zodiac marks man s p rogres s
in time an d in space Therefore it is n o t to be won
d ered at that in the course o f their investi gations int o
the spiritual development o f man kind the writers :
have also encountered mu ch that deals with the Zodia c
which is the boundary o f o u r evolutionary sphere at
the p resent time
S o much has been p erceived in
t h e m em o ry O f na tur e t hat S heds light up on ob scur e
p assages o f the B ible and notes have been made from
time to time of di ff erent p oints but how to collec t
and collate these dissociated wr itings into a unite d
whole has been a great p roblem for a long time
E ven n o w the writers kn ow and feel t h at what the y
have t o brin g forth is only a very very weak attemp t
to set before the students that great b ody of fact s
w h ich have com e to them throu gh the memory o f
nature They feel however that this will give a new
meanin g and more p rofound to t h e ol d symbols an d
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by passing o n what h as been found they put

t hemselves in line to perceive more light
Concerning the future evolution o f planets ; the
R osicrucian Cosmo Conception teaches o n p age 25 6
when the beings upon a planet have evolve d

t hat
t o a su f cient degree the planet becomes a S un the
When the beings
xed center of a S olar S ystem
t here have evolved to a still greater degree and
conse q uently it has reached its maximum O f bril
l i an cy it breaks up into a Zodiac and becomes S0 to
s peak
the womb o f a new S olar S ystem thus the
G reat hosts o f D ivine beings who until then were
conned upon that S un gain freedom o f action up on
a great number O f stars whence they can a ff ect in
di fferent ways the system which grows up within
t heir sphere of in uence
The planets o r man -bear
ing worlds within the Zodiac are constantly being
w orked up on by these forces but in various ways ac
c ording to the stage they have reached in evolution
O ur S un could not have become a sun until it sent
o ut from itself all the beings who were not su ffi cientl y
e volved to endure the high rate o f vibration and the
great luminosity o f the beings who were q ualied
f o r that evolution
A ll the beings up on the di e ren t
planets would have been consumed had they re
m ained in the S un
This visible S un however
t hough it is a place o f evolution f o r beings vastly
above man i s not by any means the F ather o f the
o ther planets
as material science supposes On the
contrary it i s itself an emanation from t h
e ce n tral
t hat
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E VO LU TI O N A S S H O WN
IN T H E
S u n , which i s the invisible source
Of
ZODIAC
al l
that I S i n
solar system
O ur visible S un is but the mirror i n which are

re ected the Rays o f energy from the S piritual S un
the real S un is as invisible as the real man

F rom this teachin g it is apparent that the great
sp iritual hierarchies which are now guiding our evo
l u t i o n have had their training for thi s p ath in p re
also that what t h e y
vi o u s schemes o f manifestation
are now d oing we S hall some day do fo r o t h ers
A lready the foremost among ou r race are treadin g
the p ath of initiation and have thereby advanced
into other stages far beyond the general statu s o f
p resent humanity
I t ha s been learned that those
who have gone through the M ercurial S chool of the
lesser M ysteries and have graduated from the S chool
o f the Greater M ysteries are now prep aring human
evolution in the Jupiter Period They have entered
the planet Jup iter by way of o n e o f th e M oons
which serves as a stepping stone O thers there are
unfortunately who have gone the other way We
read in the Rosicrucian Cosmo -Conception that even
as the whole p opulation o f the earth were at on e
time expell ed from the p resent S un because of their
inability t o keep up with the vibrations o f the b eings
thereon thus hindering them and b eing hindered
themselves S O also it b ecam e necessary i n the L emu r
ian E p och to exp el a number o f the stra gglers up on
earth
Thus the M oon was cast o ut into S p ac e t o
revolve as a S atelite around o u r p resent pl anet
our
T H E M E S SAGE O F T H E S T AR S
Those unfortunates are gradually degenerating an d

the time will come when they will all go to the planet
Thence they
S aturn which is the door to Chaos
will b e expelled t o inter -planetary space to await the
t ime when in a new system there will b e a favorable
condition for their further evolution
.
Th
Gat e
L i f e an d D eath
T hus
the Zodiac and the planets are as a book

in which we may read the history of H umanity dur
ing past ages and it also gives a key to the future
which is in store for us I n the famous Zodiac in
the Temple of D enderah Cancer i s not pictured as
we have it in modern days There it i s a b eetle 3
T his was the emblem o f the soul and Can
s carab
cer h as always been known in ancient times as well
as among modern mystics to b e the sphere o f the
soul t h e g at e o f L i f e in the Zodiac whence the spirits
coming into rebirth enter o u r sub lunary conditions
I t is therefore aptly ruled by the M oon which i s the
planet Of fecundation and it is noteworthy that we
nd Capricorn which is its opposite rul ed by S aturn
the Pl an e t of D eath an d Ch aos who is m yst i cal l v
depicted as the reap er with his scythe and hour
glass in hand
These t wo opposite S igns are there
fore turning points in the soul s career Cancer and
Capricorn mark the hi ghest ascen t O f t h e S un I nto
the N orthern H emisphere and its lowest descent
into the S outh
O bservations S how u S that during
the summer when the S un is in the sphere Of Cancer
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THE ZODIAC
and allied si gns fecundation and growt h are the

order o f the day But when the S u n i s in the S outh
in Cap ricorn we have winter when nature is dead
The fruits o f the summer are then consumed and
assimilated by u s A s a circle dance of the S un
among the twelve signs d etermines the seasons Of
the year wh e n di r e ct causin g the germination o f
myriads O f seeds cast i n the earth also the mating
Of the fauna which then makes the world alive with
the si ghts and sounds Of manifested life and at an
other time leaves the world dumb dull and drear
in winter s gloom under the sway of S aturn so b v
the slower backwa rd movement known as the P re
cessio n of t h e E q ui n o x
d oes it p roduce the great
changes whi ch we know as E volution I n fact thi s
p recessional measure o f the sun marks the birth and
death o f races nations and their reli gions for the
pictorial Zodiac is a symbolical presentation o f our
past p resent and future developme nt
,
Cap ri corn
Cap ricorn , the goat , i s not a goat at all as we
know that animal but part sh and p art goat Its

S aturnine rulership and the fact that it receives
the S un as the dawn Of each New Y ear naturally
by analo gy associates it with the beginning o f p re
ce ssi o n al ep ochs
I t rep resents the stage in evolution
covering t ransition from sh through amphibia to
the mammalian form The belli gerency o f the goa t
is well k nown and an apt symb ol o f the st ruggle for
.
existence in which the weak p erish unless able t o

outdistance their foes This phase of the matter 13
sometimes expressed in the symbol when dra wn as
part sh and part antelop e Jacob in the thirty
third chapter O f D euteronomy p ronounces bless i ng s
upon his children which symbolize the twelve S i gns
There he speaks Of Naphtali as a h i n d let loos e ;
this a very apt symbol o f Capricorn for when the
S un is there at each winter solstice it is startin g a
f twelve signs which it must
race through the circl e O
complete in a given tim ea year
,
S ag i ttari us
When the S un leaves Cap ricorn by p recession

it enters t h e S ign S a g ittarius and this is pictured
in the symbolical Zodiac as a Centaur part horse
and p art man Thus it shows aptly the fact that
,
human spirit o n i t s pilgrimage through matter is

seeking that it aspires t o someth i ng that lies beyond
it as a lofty ideal for the bow points upward to the
stars
,
EVO LUTI O N A S S H O WN
IN
TH E ZODIAC
I t is plain from this sym bol that the rst fac

ul t y o f th e mind evolved by infant humanity wa s
cun n i n g and we still see that that is a characterist ic
t rait among the lower races the lower classes and t h e
lower natures even among our p resent -day humanity
t il ity
L i bra
Bu t when the S un enters the si gn L ibra ,

S cal es
Th
by p recess ion the balance of reason gives

him a new start up on the evolutionary p ath U nder
the care of divine instructors man had at that time
advanced t o the p oint where b ecause o f this new
faculty re as on he co ul d b e made fully resp onsible
to nature s laws and thus reap what he sows tha t
he m ay l earn the lesson of life by actual exp erience
b e abl e t o reason out the connection between cause
and c e ct and in time learn to govern himself up on
the p ath of p rogress
,
Vi rg o
Thus under the guidance of the spiritual hier

archies focused through the S i gns o f Cap ri co rn S ag
i ttari us S co rp i o and Li bra were his physical moral
and mental attributes ac q uired and he was e q uipp ed
to commence the spi ri tual S ide o f his evo lution The
germ o f this p rogress is hidden in the cel estial virgin
the si gn Vi rg o which is the vehicle o f the i m m acu
late conception the heavenly mother Of Chri st :
not O f on e Christ only but o f many This is one o f
t h e most sublime si gn s o f the Zodia c and o n e of the
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most mystic so fraught with hidden meaning that

i t s full imp ort cannot be fully understood save when
viewed by the internal light Of spiritual illumina
tion Yearly at the Winter solstice t h e immacul ate
Madonna is ascendant at midnight when the new
born S un commences to rise to the task o f growing
the grain and grape to save humanity from the cold
and famine which woul d inevitably result were he
to remain in the southern declinati on
The S un is
therefore an apt symbol of the S avior born to feed
his ock o n the spiritual bread o f life But as we
must have eyes attuned t o light t o see the sun so
m ust the Christ be born within A s A ngelus S il esi us
says :
,
Th
h Chri st a th o u s an d t i m e s i n B e thl e h e m b e
An d n o t w i thi n th y s e l f t h y so u l w i l l b e f o r l o r n
T h e C r o s s o n G ol g o th a th o u l o o ke st t o i n v ai n
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b orn
Therefore by the p recessional passage o f the

S un through the S i gn V irgo the germinal impulse
was given towards the birth of Christ within
Th c
m ysti c m arriag e o f the lower self to the hi gher t h
e
i m ma cu l at e co n ce p ti o n
and t h e di vi n e m o th erh o o d
which nourishes deep in its bosom unseen by a scot
n g world t h e n ew born Ch ri st is an actual e x e
p
ri en ce o f a growing number of people
A nd with
o u t the celestial prototype
f ru ct i e d by the solar
precession this would be an impossibility ; neither
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EVO LUTI O N A S SH O WN
IN
TH E ZODIAC
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has this i de al b ee n realized in such fullness during

the p ast ages as today The reason O f this will ap
p ear when w e take up the j oint consideration of
O pp osite si gns of the Zodiac
L eo
A great future is in store for this O ffsp ring Of

the c elestial virgin L isten to the wonderful p ro
F o r unto us a child is born unto

p h e cy o f I saia h
u s a S o n i s given and the government shall b e up on
his S houlders and his name shall be called Wo n der
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Of the increase Of H i s
F at h er the Pri n ce of P eace
government and peace there shall be no end

H umanity is to rise to a w onderful spiritual
height and this is symbolized by the S un s p reces
si on al passage through the Royal S i gn L eo pictor
i al l y rep resented by the king of beasts the li on This
i s an apt allusion to the King o f Creation who wil l
then embody the three great virtues O f the Maste r
Man S trength Wisdom and B eauty
I t is wonderful to see h o w the various phases of
the reli gions given t o the Great A ryO-S emitic Race
from the time they were called out in the later

third o f the A tlantean E poch to the end o f the
A q uarian A ge when a new race will have been de n
i t el y born
This aspect of the Zodiac will form the
I t will S hed light o n
sub j ect o f our next article
many of the most O bscure p assages O f the B ible as
only study Of this Cosmic S cience can
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TH
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E M E S S AGE
T H E S T AR S
OF
When we consider the Zodiac in its religious as

well as its evolutionary aspects by means o f the si x
pairs of opposite si gns into which the twelve may
be divided we also commence with Cancer and Cap
for the reason given in the p revious articl e
ri co rn
namely : that these are the solstitial p oints where
the S un reaches its hi ghest and lowest declination
Considered in this manner we nd that there
are two sets o f three pairs o f signs namely Cancer
and Capricorn Gemini and S agittarius Taurus and
I n these three pairs Of signs we may read
S corpio
the history of human evolution and religion in the
early the middle and the latter third of the A tlan
tean E poch I n the other three p airs o f si gns : A ries
and L ibra Pisces and V irgo A q uarius and L eo ; we
nd the key to man s development during the A ryan
E poch
This i s also divisible into three distinct
periods namely : the A ryan A g e from M oses to
Christ which comes under A ries -L ibra ; the Pis ce an
A g e which takes i n the last two thousand years un
der Pisces-V irgo Catholicism and the two thousand
years which are ahead o f us called the Aq uari an
A g e where the signs A q uarius and L eo are i l l um
i n at e d and vi vi e d by the solar precession for the
upliftment o f the S o n o f M an ( A q uarius ) by t h e
Christ within the L ion of Judah ( L eo ) to the
estate o f S uperman
I t must not be thought however that the A tlan
tean E poch only lasted while the S un by p recession
went through Cancer Gemini and Taurus a p eriod
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TH E ZODIAC
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only six thousand and a few hundred years ; far

from it ; but there are s pirals within spirals and re
capitulation takes pl ace in the ep ochs and races so
that we may know what i s the general destiny by
looking at the S un s passage through these si gns and
therewith taking this imp ort and symbolism into con
sideration I t may also be said that the further we
advance the smaller do the spirals become the shorter
the time in which a given imp rovement is made b e
cause o f the p rociency we attained in former ages
and therefore it is extremely p robable that this p res
ent is the last lap that the coming A q uarian A ge i s
the nal p rep aratory school day which will t us for
the new age the S ixth E p och and that will begin
when the S un by p recession enters Cap ricorn
This o f course would mean t hat the S econd
A dvent must take place j ust before that time an d
thou gh it seems to us that so many si gns p oint that
way this is a mere surmise and may not have any
truth in it at all
Thousands of people have been
misl ed during all the ages that we know o f t o think
that Christ would soon be here ; i t i s however better
that we are looking forward t o it than if we should
s ay with some that it will never take place
I n that
case the Great D ay will nd u s unp repared and we
should nd ourselves among the stragglers who
a re unt to attend the wedding feast o f the highe r
S elf to the
lower because lacking the
soul
b ody which is the wedding garment that enfolds

them
of
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T HE
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M E S SAGE O F
Can cer-Cap ri co rn
T H E S T AR S
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The S un s passage by p recession through the

S phere o f Cancer with its opp osite S i gn Cap ricorn
designates the early third o f the A tl antean p eriod
which was intensely watery as the whole earth was
surrounded by a dense drenching fog and the Niebe
lung o r Children of the Mist

lived then in the
basins o f the E arth
Cancer was not then rep re
sented by the same symbol as today ; in ancient times
it was pictorially gu red as a beetl e o r scarab Thi s
was the S ignature of the soul for then ma n kind
was much less body than soul
The si gn Cancer is watery in its nature and the
sh part o f Capricorn in the opposite also help s to
symbolize this state of life under water when the S un
went through the watery s ign Cancer by p recession
The M oon the planet of fecundation p oints mystic
ally to this period of germination when mankind
rst commenced to exercise the Creative function at
the dictates of desire inculcated by the L ucifer S pir
its
Thus they opened the Gate o f physical L ife
through Ca ncer and strayed into the terrestrial
sphere but O pposite stood S aturn the ruler of Cap
ri co rn
ready to slay them with his scythe and usher
them through the Gate of D eath back into the spir
i t u al realms where they are at home
Capricorn was the opposite o f Cancer and em
bodied the ideal that as the goat climbs the moun
tains so man must leave the basin of A tlantis and
come up from the mist
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TH E ZO D IA C
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Ge m i n i -S ag i t t ari u s
( II I
O ur condition durin g the middle thi rd of t h e
A tlantean E p och is illustrated in the S un s p assage
through the si gn Gemini the twins which aptly rep
resent infant humanity D uring thi s age the division
o f soul from soul by the veil o f esh which we call
the b ody became more noticeable for the atmosphere
had al ready cleared to a considerabl e extent and t h e
faculties o f the spirit had become more focused i n
its physical instrument
With this delusion o f t h e
p ersonal self there came at once the idea o f me
and thee
mine and thine o u r individual inter
ests commenced t o clash wi th those o f others so that
a tragedy such as that recorded between Cain and
A bel became p ossible N o r was the shedding o f bloo d
conned to human b ein gs for we learn from the
B ible that N imrod was a mi ghty hunter

This
sava ge ideal was exp ressed in the Celestial Centaur
S a gittarius with h i s b o w and arrow
But both o f these p airs o f opp osites : Cancer
Cap ricorn and Gemini -S agittarius may be con si d
ered pre -historic hieroglyphics o f a development ac
complished in S idereal years long p as t thou gh none
the less im p o rt ant o n that account O ur own times
with the developmen t p rescribed for them are sym
b ol i cal l y rep resented i n the four p ai rs of si gns within
the x ed cross : the B ull the L ion the S erp ent and
.
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th
M an
For
that reason the two pai rs of opp osites com

p rising the xed si gns Taurus -S corp i o and L eo
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T H E ME S SAGE O F TH E S T AR S
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A quarius are mentioned in the Bible and we shal l

nd that o ur modern systems of religion are full of
allusions to the S igns which lie between them namely
the three pairs o f opposites : A ries L ibra Pisces
-L eo
o f oppo
irgo
and
A
uarius
These
three
pairs
V
q
sites are as already stated emblematic of the devel
the
o p m e n t in the e ar l y third o f the A ryan E p och
S un by precession went through the si gn A ries the
m i ddl e third o f the A ryan E poch nds the S u n in
Pisces by precession and during the last third of
this E poch the S un will go through the S ign A q ua
rius Then the solstiti al point Capricorn will see the
inauguration of a new cycle o r age
The spiritual preparation for this development
commenced about thirteen thousand B C when the
S un by precession was in the S ign L ibra the Bal
ance the last time and di fferent phases of this germ
inal impregnation O f the p eople then living were
carried on during the p recessional travel o f the S u n
through V irgo L eo and culminated in Cancer about
eight thousand B C when the last of A tlantis was
destroyed by water substantially as related by the
E gyptian pri ests to Plato and we shall see presently
how those germinal ideals given to humanity in those
far b y-gone days have grown and owered into fac
tors o f human development and spiritual S tandar ds
o f the greatest importance
,
T aurus-S corp i o
I n the latter third
of
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A tlantis
E goism
had de
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T H E S T AR S
fullness at the beginning ; they are started and go

through a p eriod o f gestation long before the religion
which they are to succeed comes into material exist
ence and similarly an ancient reli gi on about to be
abrogated surv ives long after the religion which su c
ce e ds it has become the o fficial source for upliftment
The original S emites chosen to i n au g
o f humanity
urate the worship o f the L amb A ries during
E gypt
the A ryan E poch were taken from
the home of the Bull Taurus
No t o u r mod ern
E gypt however
The story o f Pharaoh who en
de avo re d to prevent thei r emigration and was
drowned has reference to A tlantis which was sub
merged thousands Of years before M oses is supp osed
to have made his escap e with the Israelites through
T h e facts underlying the story are
the Re d S e a
that a multitude o f people left the land where the
bull Taurus was worship ed ( A tlantis o r E gypt )
whose inhabitants were drowned to seek a p rom
ised land beyond the water which then engul fed
an u n g o dl y n ati o n
There they were dedicated to
worship the L amb A ries This lamb had been slain
in E gypt ( A tlantis ) ; through its blood these pio
n e ers had been preserved from death
and it was
thus the L amb slain from the foundation o f the
( p resent ) World which we call th e A ryan E p o ch

Noah s escap e p resents another phase o f the same
occurrence relating that the mists which had envel
oped A tlantis condensed to rain and ooded the
basins o f the earth leaving a clear atmosphere in
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TH E ZO D I AC
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whi ch the Rainb ow was S een for the rst time at the
opening of the Ne w A ge the A ryan E p och where
a new Covenant was made with the p ioneers o f t h e
p olity then ushered in
A tlantis was the home o f the B ull Taurus and
when the S un by p recession was l e avi n g t h at sign
th e last time the Reli gion of the L amb A ries was
Thenceforth the worship o f
denitely ushered in
t h e Bull was abro gated and when any o f the p ioneer
race brought out from the ancient A tlantean dis
p en sat i o n by the bl ood o f the L amb A ries backsli d
and worship ed the Taurean Calf they acted co n
t rary to the law o f p ro gress and were therefor e
Idolaters and an abomination t o the divin e bi er
archs whose task it was to guide them during the
ages p recedin g the advent o f Christ
On account
rep eated trans gressions many were l ost
and
of
they are the J ews of today who still retain thei r
A tlante a
n traits ( se e Cosmo Conception )
A p art from the A strolo gical key the B ible i s
truly a cl osed book but with this key the matter i s
di ff erent
I n the O ld Testament reference is mad e
to t wo classes o f animals : Bulls which were Tau
rean and S heep and Goats which w ere A rian Thes e
alone were used as S acrices
( Turtle doves wer e
p ermitted as a concession to p overty )
A ll the p rin
ci p al characters of the O ld disp ensation were shep
herds ( Ari an ) and Christ also announces H imsel f
as the Great S hepherd
I n t h e New Testament we nd another animal ,
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attaining great p rominence and the ap os

f o r then the
t les were called to be F ishers of M e n
s u n by p recession was nearing the cusp o f Pisces
t h e F ish and Christ spoke o f the time when the
Thus o u r evo
S o n o f M an ( A q uarius ) S hall come
l ut i o n ary j ourney is mapped o u t in the hidden astro
l ogical allusions o f the Bible
T h e student n o w has a line o n the march of
e vents which it is well to keep in mind
Jesus taught the multitudes in parables b ut ex
plained the mysteries of the Kingdom to H i s disci
Paul gave meat to the strong but the milk of
p les
doctrine to the multitude for there has always been
an exoteric and an esoteric S ide in every religion
If we take T aurus the S i gn o f the Bull to symbolize
t h e worship o f that animal as p racticed in E gypt
P ersia and other countries at that time then we
s hall nd that the O pp osite S ign
S corpio symbolizes
the esoteric doctrine o f the p riesthood which were
the guardians of these ancient A tlantean M ysteri es
I n this connection we will note rst that the S i gn
S corpio i s represented in the pictorial Zodiac by a
S corpion o r S erpent and we wish to imp ress p ar
t i cul arl y o n the student s mind that the S corpion
has its sti n g i n t h e t ail whil e the S erpent has the
!ven o m i n i ts t e e t h
This i s very S ignicant as we
s hall see presently
On looking up the word

serpent in the B ibl e
we shall nd that there are about seven words that
h ave thus been translated ; but one o f them which
th
F ish
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E V O L UT I O N A S S H O W N
was borrowed from E gy p t
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This word i s
found on the old tablets in the ancient temples o f
E gypt where O siris the S u n Go d i s hai l ed when
H e was then
arising from the p rimordial deep
crowned with glory and has the U r aeus N aj a an
The U r aeus was a p ar t
e m b l em o f cos m i c wis do m
with its head p rotruding from
o f a serp ent s body
a p oint in the forehead j ust ab ove the nose where
the human sp irit has its seat ; and Christ therefore
referred to the ancient S erp ent
I nitiates when H e
said :
B e ye wise as serp ents
I n ancient E gypt the King wore a crown ad orned
by a do u bl e s erp en t Uraeus o r N aj a which seems to
p rotrud e from hi s forehead when the crown was
placed upon h i s head This was t o symbolize the fact
that he held the doubl e o fce of King and Priest b y
virtue of h i s sublim e wisdom
I n I ndia also th e
guardians o f the M ystery Teachings were called
Nagas or S erp ents

I n the I celandic E ddas
the
N orthern V edas S iegfried the truth seeker slays
th e serp ent tastes o f its blood and then becomes
wise N o r t o elab orate on the statement made above
is it necessary to go outside o u r own reli gion for
p roof that the serp ent i s the symbol of wisdom for
the Christ H imself said :

B e ye wise as serp ents
The serp ent i s certainly n o t sufciently sagacious to
warrant a literal meaning o f this saying ; but when
we understand that when the creative re i s drawn
upwards throu gh the serp entine spinal cord it vi
brates the pituitary body and the pineal gland con
,
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the E g o with the invisibl e worlds by opening

up a hidden sense the allusion is perfectly clear
There i s however a lower phase of spiritual
development symbolized in ancient times by placing
the U rze us o r serpent at the navel to show that the
mediumistic faculties in the solar plexus had been
developed
M ediumshi p is a negative phase o f spir
i t u al sight or hearing p ossessed by a p erson con
t rolled by an outside intelligence who then p ro p h e
sies This undesirable phase of seership was rep re
sented in the Zodiac by the symbol o f the S corpion
which has the sting in its tail
I n the S erp ent
I nitiate the Creative Cosmic F ire was drawn u p
ward through the head to serve a spiritual end ; in
the M edium the creative energy is expressed f o r
selsh sensual ends through the procreative organ
ruled by S corpio
T h e point between the eyeb rows whence the
s erpent o f w isdom p rot rudes
i s t h e seat o f l i f e
whereas all that op ens the womb is subj ect t o t h e
s t i n g o f de at h
contained in the S corpion s tail
I f we n o w turn with this information to o ur
B ible we shall nd that a great many things p re
vi o usl y obscure
will become clear
A s said the
E gyptian word for this Urwu s o r serpent is Na a
j
and it was borrowed by the Israelites who expressed
the negative faculty o f mediumship by afxing the
feminine ending 0t h : Nai o th while those who are

able to function consci ously in the spiritual worlds
were given the positive male plural ending i m
n e ct i n g
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and were called Nai m

I f we read the nineteenth
chapter of rst S amuel with this understanding we
S hall readily se e that the incident there narrated
D avid had become
was o f a mediumistic nature
afraid o f S aul and he went with S amuel to N aioth

This is supp osed by B ibl e translators to b e a place
and maybe a village was so named But if that was
the case it was because the p eople who lived in that
place were N aioth o r mediums
They were called
p rophets in the chapter before us and it is si g n i
cant that as soon as anyone came within their camp
he commenced to p rophesy or speak under control
E ven S aul who cam e there anx ious to get D avid
away that he mi ght slay him was seiz ed by the
spirits and p rophesied t o the amazement o f all
p resent
I n the N ew Testament we are t old that the
Ch i rst went to the city o f N ain and there raised t h e
S o n of a W i do w I n the L atin Testament this city
was not called Nain but N ai m A nd it IS very S ig
n i can t that all three
Naim N aioth and E ndor
where the sorceress that assisted S aul is sup posed
to have lived are in the same localit y by M ount
T abor
Ev
ery F re e M ason knows that the brethren of
that O rd er are call ed S ons o f the Widow

A nd
it is stated in the Bi ble that H iram A bi ff the M aster
Builder of S olomon s Temple was the S o n of a
W idow a cunning craftsman We cannot in the
p resent article rep eat the M asonic L egend which tells
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the reason why This we have given in the books on
and also in our

F ree Masonry and Catholicism
book o n the Rosicrucian Philosophy B ut su f ce
it to say that in the Bibl e story to which reference
has been made we have on e o f the Naim a Widow s
S on or initiate o f the old S erp e nt S chool for the
p riests o f E gypt were p h re e m essen

children o f
li ght
E ach had within the ancient S erp ent Wis
do m
But a new religion was being inau gurat ed
and it was necessary to raise the ancient I nitiates
t o the M ysteries o f the Coming A ge
T h erefo re t h e
Ch ri s t t h e L i o n o f J udah L o rd o f t h e n ew Ki n g do m
wen t t o t h e W i do w s S o n of Nai m and raised him
up by the strong grip of the L ion s paw A nd we
may here emphasize that the rst Initiate under the
new system was H iram A bi ff the highest Initiate of
the o l d system who by this new initiation given him
by the Christ became a Ch ri sti an pledged to bear
the Ro s e and the Cross which were the symbols o f
the N ew Mystery Teachings o f the Western World
and he was then given the symbolical name : Ch ri s
tian Rosenkreuz
Thus from the time when the S un enters the
S ign A ries by precession it became a crime for the
chosen people to worship the bull exoterically or to
partake o f the esoteric S erpent wisdom
A nd for
a similar reason i t i s Idol atry wh en p eo p l e of t h e
W es t t ake up t h e E ast ern r el i g i o n s H i n doo i sm
.
Bu ddh i sm
an d
ki n dred t each i n g s
in the A ryan
E pochs only the A ryan R eligions the religions of
,
F or
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f o r the
c alled H i s disciples to be shers of men
S un by p recession was then leaving the sign of the
L amb and entering Pisces the S ign o f the shes
Therefore a new phase o f the A ryan religion was
opening up The Bishop s mitre i s also in the form
o f a sh s head
The Ne w Testament therefore does not mention
the Bull o r the L amb but references to the shes are
numerous We also nd the celestial virgin ( 1T2)
prominent and the wheat ear o f V irgo is the B read
o f L ife resultant from the immaculate purity
Thus
Christ fed the multitude on sh ( Pisces ) and loaves
( V irgo )
B efore the time o f Christ the new reli gion o f
the L amb ( A ries ) could get no foothold M oses the
erstwhile leader could not bring the chosen p eople
to the promised land

That was reserved for
Joshua the son o f Nun Joshua i s the H ebraic for
Jesus
and the H ebrew word
means
Nun
sh
It was thus foretold t h at t h e re
( Pisces )
l i g i o n o f the L amb ( T ) would attain p rominence
during the precessional passage o f the S un through
the sign Pisces the shes
This prophecy has been fullled f o r during the
two thousand years which have elap sed since the
birth o f Jesus the Western religion has been taught
by a celibate priesthood worshiping an immaculate
virgin symbolized by the celestial S i gn V irgo which
Is the opposite o f Pisces
This same p riesthood has
also enj oined the eating o f sh and forbidden the use
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TH E ZODIAC
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of esh ( T O o n certain days When the children

o f I srael left the esh p ot s o f E gypt where the B ull
O was S lain they left it by the bl ood of the L amb
But i n the Piscean disp ensation no S hedding
( T
o f blood i s en j oined and esh eating is condemned
as a si n at certain times for man is now tau ght t o
forsake the lusts of the esh and al so lusting after
the esh
Thi s ideal was tried under the A ryan disp ensa
tion when the chosen p eopl e were yet in the Wilder
ness so called but without success ; they would not
have the heavenl y manna
Now however m an is
being weaned from the cannibalistic p ractice and
in the seven hundred years which remain before the
A q uarian a ge i s denitely ushered in we will in all
p robability have made great strides both in over
comin g the lust o f the esh and the lust after the
esh
F o r V irgo the immaculate celestial vi rgin
and the ears o f wheat contained i n the S ign show
b oth these ideals as p rotable t o soul growt h at the
p resent time Jupite r the planet o f benevolence an d
philanthropy whi ch rules Pisces has been a p romi
nent factor i n p romoting altruism durin g the past
two m il l e n i um s

A q uari usL eo ( x St )
v
I t is
father o f
may say
therefore
often said and rightly so that the boy is

the man A nd o n the sam e p rinciple w e
that t h e S on o f Man is the S up er -M an ;
when the S un by p recession enters the
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celestial S ign A q uarius the water -bearer we shal l

have a new phase of the religion of the L amb ex
o t e ri cal l y ; and the ideal to be striven for is shown in
the opposite S ign L eo
The Moon which is the habitat o f the autocratic
Race Rul er and L awgiver Jehovah is exalted in
Taurus the sign o f the Bull and all Race reli gions
even the M osai c phase o f the A ryan reli g ion of the
L amb demanded a sacricial vi ctim f o r every trans
But the S un is exalted in
g ressi o n o f that l aw
A ries and when the great S un spirit Christ came
as H igh P riest of the A ryan religion H e abrogated
sacrice o f o t h ers by O ff ering up Hi m sel f as a p er
,
ce f o r si n
By looking to the mother ideal o f V irgo during
the Piscean A ge and following the Christ s example
o f sacricial S ervice
the immaculate conception b e
comes an actual experience to each o f u S and Christ
the S o n of M an A q uarius is born within us Thus
gradually the third phase o f the A ryan religion will
be usher e d in and a new ideal will b e found i n the
L ion o f Judah L eo Courage o f conviction strength
o f character and kindred virtues make man truly the
King o f Creation worthy of the trust and the con
de n ce of the lower orders o f life as well as o f the
love o f the D ivine H ierarchs above
This the mystic message o f Man s evolution i s
m arked in aming characters up on the eld o f
heaven where he who runs may read A nd when we
study the revealed purpose of Go d we shall in turn
p e t u al
s acri
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TH E ZODIAC
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lea rn to conform intelligently t o that design t h ereby

hastening the day o f emancipation from o u r p resent
c ramp ed environment to the p erfect liberty o f free
S pirits risen sup erior t o the law o f S i n and D eath
through Christ the L ord of L ove and L ife
It i s f o r us t o decipher this message and solve
the Riddle of the U niverse
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CH A P T E R II
THE
ME A S U RE O F A M E NABI L I T Y
To
P LAN ET AR Y
V IBRA T I O N S
o f p rime i m
udging
a
horoscope
it
is
j
p ortance that we take into consideration the so
u
n
o
c
f
and
racial
standing
the
individual
for
o
g
i
l
a
c
rations which are o f great signicance in the horo
scop e of an educated Caucasian may mean little or
nothing in the gure o f a Chi nese Coolie and vice
versa N eglect of this factor would inevitably lead
to false conclusions as w e shall now explain
It i s a mystic maxim that the lower in the scal e
o f evolution a being is placed the more certai n ly it
responds to the planetary rays and conversely the
higher w e ascend in the scal e of attainment th e
more the man con q uers and rules his stars freeing
himself from the leading strings of the D ivi ne H ier
archies
This yoke was not however placed up on
man in order t o restrain him needlessly but j ust as
w e in o ur ordinary life restrain a child from doing
things in i gnorance which would hurt it and mayb e
cripple it for life so also are we restrained by the
D ivine H ierarchies through the planetary aspects
in su ch a manner that we do not hurt ourselves b e
yond recovery in the Great S chool of L ife
HE N
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I B RA T I O N S
31
But coupled with this guidance there is
of
cours e
the m easure o f free Will which grows as w e evolve
The child i n o u r midst h as really very littl e free
wi ll it is sub j ected n ot only to its p arents but t o
the servants if such there be i n the household and
to everybody with whom It is associated all exercise
control over it f or its own good A s the child grows
this measure of restraint i s by degrees relaxed in
the course o f years the child will l earn to exercise
its free will Thi s m ethod has b een followed by the
Infant Hu
D ivine H ierarchies in the case of man
manity was absolutely guided by D ivine rules wit h
out having any W ill at all

Thus shalt thou do or
not do
were inj unctions laid up on them whic h
must be implicitly ob eyed otherwise the D ivine dis
pl easure was at once shown by such strenuous mani
f est at i o n s as app eal ed to infant humanity s mind

namely li ghtning thunder earth q uakes and great
visitations o f pla gues This was for their collective
guidance ; for individual restraint there were strict
laws commandments and ordinances
Tribute must
b e p aid continually t o the D ivi ne L eader and o ffered
up o n t h e altar as sacrices and for every o ff ense
against the law a certain sacrice o f material goods
must b e made F ear was the dominant keynote o f
that disp ensation : for The fear o f the L ord is t h e
b eginning of ri ghteousness
This regime was car
ri ed on under t h e planetary conditions of M ars an d
M ars b eing t h e hom e of t h e dominan t
the M oon
L ucifer S pirits gave t o ma n ki nd the energy n eces
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T H E S T AR S
sary that evolution may be accomplished ; this mar

tial energy was of the very greatest imp ortance p ar
The M oon
t i cul arl y o f course in the earlier stages
which is the home o f the A ngels under their D ivin e
L eader Jehovah gave to infant humanity that child
like brain -mind which is amenabl e to rul ership and
bends itself readily before authority
These with S aturn were the onl y planetary rays
which a ff ected mankind as a whole during the L e
murian epoch and if a horoscop e were erected for
any of the p eople who lived then it would be u n
necessary to enter the places o f the other planets
because they could not respond t o their rays E ven
today a great p art o f mankind has not evolved
very far beyond that p oint a large class p articularly
among those we sp eak o f as the lower races and even
the lower classes o f our western world are dominated
p rincipally by these planetary rays
Under thei r
impulses they act with automatic certainty in a
specic manner and it is p ossibl e to p redict exactly
what they will do under a certain asp ect of these
planets because they live entirely in their emotions
and are scarcely if at all resp onsive to the i n t el l ec
tual vibrations of M ercury
N either can they ap
p re ci at e su ch emotions as si gnied by V enus o r its
octave U ranus ; they respond solely to the lower na
ture the animal p assions They move under the i m
pulses o f Mars and the M oon resp ecting sex and sus
t en an ce
Their pleasures are of the lowest an d most
sensual nature they live like ani mals
A ltogether
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the A tlantean epoch the L ords of V enus and the

L ords of M ercury cam e t o the earth f o r the purp ose
o f giving a further impul se to the mental and emo
It was the task o f V enus t o
t i o n al development
combat th e lower emotions and raise the brutish ani
mal passion of M ars to the softer and more beautiful
V enus -love
S h e was to add beauty to strength and
to attain that ideal the L ords o f V enus fostered the
plastic arts p ainting and sculpture these were not
tau ght men o f the general public at that time ; the
ideals which are to be develop ed in a race are al
ways rst tau ght t o the most advanced ones in a
mystery temple and at that time initiation included
no spiritual instruction but consisted o f an educa
tion in the liberal arts
S culpture tau ght h o w t h e
beautiful may be incorporated in physical form I t
called attention to the body and idealized the softly
curved lines The result is now incorp orated in o u r
o wn race body
f o r it s hould b e thoroughly under
stood that i n a mystery school an ideal i s n o t taught
today S imply to b e forgotten tomorrow o r the next
generation but ideals are inculcated so that in time
they may become a part of the very life soul and
body of the race Compare the race body o f the
I ndian the Bush -man the H ottentots etc
with
that o f the modern civi lized man and you will nd
that there is indeed beauty added to stren gth
I t may be obj ected that we are degenerating
compared with what is shown in the H ellenic A rts
but that is positively not so it is rather that we
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have not yet attained to that highest ideal I n an

cient Greece the mystery t empl es occup ied a muc h
more p rominent p osition than today the beautiful
form was idolized to the detrim ent o f t h e mind n o t
withstanding the fact that she had a Plato and a
The L ords o f M ercury who had charge
S ocrates
at the time when th e
o f the develop ment o f mind
L ords o f V enus exercised their great in uence o n
the emotions had not then been abl e to make a uni
ve rsal l y strong i mp ression o n the early humanity
We are well aware even today that it hurts to think
but it is easy t o follow the emotions A t th e p res
ent time the middle class o f the west is much fur
ther advanced than the ancient Greeks because of
the in uence o f these two planetary rays in o u r
lives
Woman naturally excels in the hi ghly i m
ag i n at i ve V enus faculty because Of her p art in t h e
creative function which aids i n mouldin g the b OdV
of the race
O n that account her gure h as the
graceful curves which naturally express beauty
while man has the worldly -wise intellect fostered b v
the L ords o f M ercury and i s the exponent o f reason
the creative agency o f physical p rogress in t h e
world s work
We a lways lon g for admire and aspire to wha t
w e lack I n days o f sava gery when kicks and cu ffs
were her daily fare woman longed f o r a caress from
her lord The V enus ray gave her beauty and mad e
her an adept in the fem inine arts which have con q u er
ed the masculine heart so that n o w h e pl ays th e
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ole o f p rotector on the plea that woman is not men

competent ; meanwhile he is becoming that
t ally
which he admires i n her ; he is more gentle and
k ind V enus is con q uering M ars but the M ercury
delusion o f intellectual sup eriority needs another i n
ue n ce to con q uer it
A nd this woman is now at
t racted by the aspiration
A s she mastered martial
b rutality by V enus beauty so also will she free her
Self from M ercurial bondage by Uranian intuition
To primitive man driven by the whip -lash o f
S aturnine necessity when not by the animal lust
and passions o f M ars and the M oon the World looks
gloomy F ear is the key -note of his e x t i st en ce ; fear
o f animals ; fear of other men ; fear o f the natur e
forc es ; fear o f everything around him
H e must
e ver be watchful and on the alert , vigilance is eter
nally the p rice o f safety But when evolution makes
h i m amenable t o the in uence of V enus and M e r
cury they soften h i s emotions and brighten the men
t ality ; he begins to feel love and reason as factors in
l ife
The S un al so begins to brighten his outlook
u pon life and sunshine in the nature o f man dur
i ng this phase of h i s evolution partly dispels the
cloud of S aturn Thus by degrees as he evolves and
beco m e s responsive to the music o f the spheres o n e
string after another in the celest ial harp strikes the
kindred chord in the human soul and makes him
amenable to i t s vibrations so that as a tuning fo rk
which is struck a
wakens the music in other tuning
f orks o f even pitch within reasonable distance the
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I B RA T I O N S
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planets in o u r solar system have in evo l utionary suc

cession struck vari ous chord s that have found an
echo in the human heart
B ut the strings o n the celestial L yre of A p oll o
a re n o t all in harmony some are in a ct ual discord
and while man resp onds to some he must necessarily
remain at least p artially unresp onsive to others I n
fact before it is p o ssibl e to respond p erfectly to
the rays o f V enus it is necessary f o r man to con q uer
M ars to a consid erable d egree and bring him under
c ontrol so that certain undesirabl e martial traits in
his nature w ill be kept i n the background while o t h
ers which may be valuable are retained The V enus
love which is willing to give all for the loved ones
cannot dwell sid e by side in th e heart with the M ars
ray which demands all for self Therefore the sav
a ge must learn to con q uer himself i n a certain
measure ere he may become the more civilized fam
ily man o f modern times Under the unrestrained
passionate rays of M ars and the M oon p arents bring
children into the world and l eave them to take care
O f themselves almost as animals do f o r they are p ro
ducts o f animal p assion The females are bought and
sold as a horse or co w o r els e t aken by fo rce and car
ried away E ven so late as the medi aeval dark ages
the kni ght often carried away h i s brid e by force o f
arms p ractically i n the sam e manner that the mal e
animals battle for the p ossession o f the female at
mating time
Thus w e see that the rst st ep t oward civiliza
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THE
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M E S S A GE OF
T H E S T AR S
tion re q uires that a man con q uer one o r more o f the

planets to a certain degree at least U nbridled pas
sion such as generated by the p rimitive M ars rays
i s no more p ermissible under the regime of mod
ern c1vi l i z at i o n neither is the tenet that might is
right any longer admissible save in wars when we

return to barbarism The M ars q uality o f physical
p rowess that at one time made it a virtue t o attack
others and take away p rop erty is no longer adm i r
ed i n the individual
It is punished by various
means according t o l aw though it i s still e ff ective
a s far as nations are concerned who g o t o war under
this primitive impulse in order to secure territorial
H owever as said M ars has b een
a ggr andizement
con q uered t o a great degree in civil and social life
in ord er that the V enus love might take the place
o f the M ars passion
A S previously noted the children o f p rimitive
man were left to their o wn resources as soon as the y
had been taught t o defend themselves in physical
warfare With the advent o f M ercury another
method i s observable
The battle o f life nowadays
is no longer fought with physical weap ons alone
B rain rather than brawn determines success There
fore the period o f education h as been lengthened as
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ern civilization Thus man sees nature from a mor e

sunny S i de when he h as learned t o respond to the
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S un , V enus , M ercury , M ars , M oon
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and S aturn ev en
,
if only in a very slight m easure

But although these various stages of evolutio n
have gradually b rought man under the dominance
the development has
o f a number of planetary rays
been one sided f o r it has aimed to foster interest
solely in things over which he h as a p roprietary
right : h i s business h i s house h i s family h i s cattle
farm etc are all vitally imp ortant and must b e
taken care of
H i s p ossessions must be increased
if possible no matter what hap p ens to the p ossess
i ons family etc belonging to anyone else that is
n o t his c oncern
B ut before he can reach to a hi gh
er stage o f evolution it is necessary that this desire
to app rop riat e the earth and retain i t for himself
if p ossible must give way to a desire t o benet his
fellowmen I n other words E goism must give way
to A l truism an d j ust as S aturn by wielding the
whip lash of necessity over him in his p rimitive days
brought him up to his p resent p oint o f civilizatio n
so also Jupiter the planet o f altruism i s destined t o
raise him from the state o f man t o sup erman where
he will come under the U ranian ray in resp ect to
his emotional nature where p assion generated by
M ars will be replaced by Co m passion and where the
childlike consciousness o f L unar ori gin is rep l aced
by a Cosmic consciousness of the N eptunian ray
A nd therefore the advent into o u r lives o f the Jup i
terian ray marks a very distinct advance in the h u
man development
A s taught in the Rosicrucian
.
40
Cosmo -Conception ,
w e are to advance from o ur pres

ent E arth p eriod into the Jupiter p eriod and there
fore the Jup i t eri an ray marks that hi g h stage o f al
truism whi ch will then be a p rominent factor in our
relations one with the other and it will be readily
understood that before we can really resp ond t o t h e
rays o f Jupiter w e must in a measure cultivate al
truism and con q uer the E goism that comes throu gh
the M ercurial reasoning p ower We have learned to
con q uer som e o f the phases of M ars and the M oon
we may have also learned to con q uer some o f the
lower phases o f M ercury and V enus ; the more we
have overcome these the bett er we shall b e abl e to
respond to the hi g hest vibratory forces emanating
from these planets ; yes if we strive earnestly we
shall some day be able to overcome even the highest
stage o f the V enus love that always atta c
hes itsel f
to an O b j ect which is owned by us
We love our
children because th ey are o urs ; we l ove our husbands
and wives becaus e they belong to us ; we take p ride
V enusian p ride in their moral
characteristics or
M ercurial pride in their accomplishments but Christ
set a higher standard : Unless a man leave his f a
h
ther and mother e can n o t be my disciple
The
idea tha t we should neglect o u r fathers and mothers
o r that we must hate them in order to follow
Him
was far from Hi s mind o f course but father and
mother are only bodies ; the soul that inhabits this
body o f the father and mother is to be loved n o t
the mere physical garment O ur love sh oul d b e the
,
42
planetary rays p roduce certain colors in his aura

in addition to the basic color which is the stamp
of the race to which the man belongs The man with
the thin sickl y blues of a commingled S aturn and
M ercury is to be pitied r ather than censured f o r the
avarice and gloom which are his constant attitude o f
mind ; he sees everything in the world through the
auric mirror which he h as created around himself ;
he feels that the world is cold hard and s elsh that
therefore it is necessary f o r him to b e more sel sh
and more cold in order that he may p rotect himself
On the other hand when we se e the divine blu e ray
o f Jupiter tinted with p erhaps the ne gold o f Uran
i an nature we realize how di ff erently such an exalted
individual must view the world from that sordid
way o f seeing and j udging things E ven those who
have the faintest Ju p i t e ri an tinge are in a world
lled with sunshine owers blooming everything in
nature is gay and glad A nd by looking at the world
through such an atmosphere they call forth from
other sources a similar response as the tuning fork
previously mentioned generates in another of an
even pitch
A fter what has been said it will n o t be difcult
to understand that the U ranian characteris tics
wh ere love becomes compassion give wisdom that
is not dependent upon reasoning a love that i s not
xed up on one O bj ect alone but includes all that
lives and moves and has i t s bein
it i s similar to the
characteristics that are to be evolved by humani ty
P L A NE T A RY V I B RA T I O N S
43
the V en us p eriod when p erfect love shal l

have cast o ut al l fear when man shall have con q uer
ed al l the lower phases Of his nature and love shall b e
as pure as it i s universally inclusive
When these U ranian vibrations are felt by ad
vance in the higher life through aspiration there is
great danger that we may throw away the fette r Of
law and anticipation before we a re really ready to
w
n
e
overn
ourselves
by
the
law
o
f
L
ove
divi
e
that
g
m ay disregard the laws that a re i n t h e worl d that
we may not render unto Caesar that which is
Ce asar s whether in obedience o r coin that we m ay
not be careful o f avoiding the app earance o f evil
that we may think that we have so far transcended
the ordinary stage o f humanity that we can live as
s up er -humans
that the passion of M ars has i n o u r
case been changed to U ranian compassion which is
s exless
and under these misap prehensions
m any
p eople who endeavor to t read the path disr e g a rd t h e
l aws of marriage and enter into relationshi ps a s soul
mate and a fnity
They feel the U ranian ray but
cannot q uite resp ond t o its sublime purity t here
fore they exp erience a counterfeit V e n u si an sensa
tion which usually ends in adultery and sex -p erver
s ion
so that instead o f the natural animal p assion
o f M ars having been t ransmuted to the compassion
o f U ranus it has as a matter o f fact degenerated into
something that is far worse than the fullest se x ex
p ression of the ma rtial rays committed in a frank and
p rop er manner
T his is a danger that cannot be
during
44
strictly guarded against and it behooves every

o n e who endeavors to live the higher l ife not to try
to aspire to the U ranian rays until he at rst b e
com es thoroughly imbued with the altruistic vibra
tions of Jupiter for more misery is brought into the
world by those who have aspired too high and
fallen l o w than by those who are not su fciently as
p iring Pride goes before a fall is an ancient and
very true p roverb which it behooves every o n e o f
us to take to heart
The Christ t ook p art in the
marriage at Cana M arriage is a regular Christian
institution and must exist until abolished in the
kingdom to come because the bodies we have will
n o t wear o u t and therefore there will be no need o f
marriage to generate new ones
L et it also be understood that although the min
ister who marries cannot mate the nding of the
mate should be done before the marriage ceremony
is undertaken and not after
A s we have seen in the foregoing ; M ars V enus
and U ranus mark three sta g es in the emotional de
vel o p m en t o f man
D uring the stage where he is
only amenable to M ars animal passion reigns su
p reme and he seeks unrestricted gratication o f all
his lower desires in the intercourse with his fellow
man but particularly W i th the opposite sex ; during
the stage where he becomes amenable to the rays o f
V enus love softens the brutality of his desires and
the animal passions are somewhat held in l eash ; he i s
even under the higher phases O f this planet ready
t oo
P L A N E T A RY V IB RA T I O N S
45
to sacrice himself and his d esires for the benet and

c omfort of the loved ones When he has evolved to
the point where he can feel the rays of U ranus th e
passion of M ars gradually tu rns to comp assion ; there
the love o f V enus which i s onl y for one particul ar
p erson becomes all inclusive so that it embraces all
humankind regardless o f sex or any other distincti on
for it i s the divi ne love o f soul for soul which is above
all m aterial considerations o f whatever nature
The mentality also evolves throu gh three stages
according to the amenability o f the p ers on to the
vibrations o f the M oon M ercu ry and N eptune
Whil e man is only amenabl e to the lunar i n uence
he is childlike and easily guided by the higher p o w
ers which have l ed him through the various stages
mentioned in o u r p revious chapters
the
U nder
stellar ray o f M ercury he gradually develop s his i n
t el l ect ual p owers and becomes a reasoning being
As
such he is placed under the law Of cause and e ffect
made resp onsible for his ow n actions so that he may
reap what he has sown and learn thereby the ex
p e ri e n ces that life has t o t each him under the p res
ent regime B eing inexp eri enced he makes mistakes
i n whatever direction indicated by the a fflictions t o
M ercury in his horoscop e and conse q uently h e suf
fers a corresponding p enalty of sorrow and t rouble
I f he has not the mentality t o reason o n the connec
t ion between his mistakes and the sad exp eriences
growing from them durin g hi s life ti me the pano
rama of life which unfolds in the p ost -mortem
.
'
T HE
46
M E S S AGE
OF T H E
ST AR S
state ma kes t hi s clear and leaves with him an es
on
sence o f ri ght feeling which we kn ow as c
science
This conscience keep s h i m from repeating pas t
mistakes when the feeling generated has become suf
ci en t l y strong to overbalance the t end ency to yiel d
to the p articular temptatio n which caused him S uf
f e ri n g
Thus he gradually develops a spiritual co n
s ci o u sn ess which is above and beyon d human reason
but which nevertheless is also connected with reaso n
in such a manner that when the resul t has bee n
reached the man who h as this Cosmic Consciousnes s
knows the reason why such an d such a thing is an d
must be or why he ou ght to take a certain action
This Cosmi c Consciousness is developed under t h e
ray of N eptune and diff ers from that i ntuitional
ri ght feeling develop ed under the ray o f U ranus i n
the very important fact that whil e the p erson wh o
h as developed the U ranian q uality of intuition ar
rives at the truth instantaneously without the n e
cessi t y Of thinking over the matter o r reasoning h e
is unable to give anything but the result ; he cannot
connect the various steps o f logical se q uence where
by the nal result was reached The man o r woman
however who develop s the N eptune faculty also has
the result of any q uestion immediately and is able
to tell the reason why that result is the p rop er and
ri ght on e
,
'
The F aculty of intuition built up from the M ar

tial base of passion through the V enus i an stage of
,
P L A N E T A RY VIB RA T I O N S
47
love and the U ranian ray of compassion d ep ends

up on the ability o f the p erson involved to f eel very
By l ove and devotion the heart is attuned
i n t en s el y
to eve ry other he a
rt in the universe and in this way
it knows and feels all that may be known an d fel t
by any other h eart in the universe thus it s h ares
the divine omniscience that binds O ur F ather in
H eaven to H i s children and throu gh the direct
heart to heart touch with that omniscience the p er
s o n obtains th e result of whatever p roblem is placed
before him
The noblest men o f all ages Christian saints
o f the most transcendent spirituality
have attained
their wonderful d evel opment throu gh the S p i r i tual
rays o f this pl anet because o f the intense feeling
of O neness with the divine and with all that lives and
b reath es in the universe
But there are others who are n o t thus consti
t ut ed and they are n o t abl e to walk that p ath
These
through the M oon M ercury and N eptune have de
v el o p e d their intell ect and attained the same r e
su l t s plus the N eptunian p ower o f id ealization
This i s a very imp ortant p oint and it is only
brought out in the Western Wisdom Teachings for
while it was fo rmerly taught that the spirit involves
itself in matter and thereby crystallizes itself into
form which then evolves the Western Wisdom
Teachings tell us that there is in addition a third
factor in universal advancement namely : E p i g en e
si s ; the faculty whereby the spi rit m ay
choose a
,
'
T H E S T AR S
48
cou rse that is altogether new and independent o f

what has gone before
We see the exp ression of
th is in all ki ngdoms relative t o form but in the h u
man kingdom epigenesi s expresses itself as genius
a creative instinct which makes man more akin t o
the divine than any other of his accomplishments
This i s developed under the N eptune ray when that
planet is well placed in the horoscop e
There is
of course also such a thing as an evil genius a des
t ru ct i ve faculty develop ed under an a fflicted Ne p
tune
O nly the most sensitive p eople in the world
feel the rays o f U ranus and N eptune at the p resent
time
To feel these vibrations the connection b e
tween the dense physical body and the vital body
which is made Of ether must be rather loose for where
these two vehicles are rmly interlocked the p erson
is alwa ys o f a materialistic turn and cannot respond
to the higher and more subtle vibrations from the
spiritual world But when the stellar rays fro m
these two planets impinge upon a p erson whose vital
body is loosely connected with the physical we have
what i s called a sensitive The direction and q ual
ity o f this faculty depends upon the placement and
the asp ect o f the two planets mentioned however
Those who are particularly under the domination of
an adverse aspect o f the U ranian ray usually de
vel o p the more undesirable phases of clairvoyance
and mediumship
They easily become the p rey o f
entities from the invisible world who have no regard
.
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Hypnotist who is a twin brother to him are also de

p endent upon the p ower o f this stellar ray for use
i n their nefarious p ractices
The hi ghest human development at the p resent
time n am el y z t h e soul unfoldment which is under
taken in the mystery t emples throug h initiation i s
directly the result o f the Neptune ray for j ust as
evil congurations lay men liable to assault by i n
v i sible entities so the good congurations o f N ep
tune are p articularly re q uired to enable a man to
unfold by initiation his whol e soul p owers and b e
come a conscious a gent in the invisible worlds
L et us remember however that good or evil co n g
u rat i o n s are n o t the result o f chance o r luck but the
horoscop e S hows the tendencies of the coming life ; it
shows what we have earned by our p ast living and
therefore what we are entitled to in the p resent life
M oreover it should always be kept in mind that
t h e s t ars i m p el bu t do n o t co m p el ; because a man or
woman has an evil conguration o f N eptune or U ra
nus i t is n o t unavoidabl e that they should g o into ao
tive evil M ediumship and Black M agic and thereb y
make life harder f o r themselves i n the future Their
O pportunity to do so and the temptation will come
at certain times when the heavenly time markers
point to the ri ght hour o n the clock o f destiny Then
it is time to stand rm f o r the good and f o r the
right ; being forewarned through a knowled ge of A s
t rol o g y o n e is also forearmed and may
the easier
o vercome when such an asp ect culminates
,
51
Thus we have seen that man is amenable t o

the planetary rays in an increasin g measure as he
advances throu gh evolution but the more highly he
be comes develop ed sp iritually the less he wi ll allow
the planets to dominate him whil e the younger sou l
is d riven unresistingly along the tide of life in what
eve r direction the planetary vibrations p rop el him
I t i s the mark o f the advanced soul that it keeps
the tru e course regardless o f the pl anetary vibra
tions B etween these t wo extremes there are naturall y
all gradations some are amenabl e to the rays o f one
planet more to another and the bark o f life o f such
men and women i s d riven upon the rocks of sorrow
and suff ering that they may learn to evolve within
the m
selves the will p ower that nally free s them
from all domination by the rulin g stars as Goethe
the great mysti c said :
,
Fr o m ev e r y p o we r tha t ho l ds t h e w o rl d i n ch ai n s
M an l i b e r at e s hi m se l f wh e n se l f co n tr o l h e g ai n s
,
A nd it may b e asked have w e run the gamut

o f vibrati ons when we have lea rned to resp ond to all
the seven planets whi ch are mythically rep resente d
as the seven strings on A p ol l o s L yre ?
I n othe r
words is N eptune the hi ghest vibration to which we
shall yet resp ond ? The Western Wisdom Teaching s
tell us that there are two more planets in the uni
verse which will b e known in future a ges and tha t
these will have an in uence in developing q ualities
o f so transcendent a nature that w e cannot n o w un
,
TH E M E S SA GE O F T H E S T AR S
52
The number o f A dam man o r humanity

i s nine and there are nine rungs up on the stellar
l adder by which he is ascending to Go d ; up to the
p resent time he has climbed only ve of these run gs ;
M ercury V enus M ars Jupiter and S aturn and not
e ven the vibrations of these he has by any m eans
l earned ; U ranus and N eptune are slowly coming int o
o u r lives ; they will n o t become active in the same
m anner and to the same degree that for instance
t h e M oon and M ars are at the p resent time until
m any ages have passed
But even when we have
l earned to resp ond to them there are two more o f
which we S hall know something later on ; it is the
O pinion of the writers that these are p robably not
felt by any except those who have graduated from
the Greater M ystery S chool and the H ierophants o f
that sublime institution
I n conclusion of this article on the A menability
o f M an to Planetary V ibrations w e q uote from the
R osicrucian Mysteries the article on L ight Color and
Consciousness
Truly Go d i s On e an d Un di vi ded H e enfold s

within H i s B eing all that is as the white light em
braces al l colors But H e app ears three -fold in mani
f e st at i on as the white light is refracted in three p ri
mary colors : Blue Y ellow and Re d Wherever we
s ee these colors they are emblematical o f the F ather
{S o n and H oly S pirit
These three p rima ry rays o f
D ivine L ife are diffused o r radiated through the S u n
an d p roduce
L i f e Co n sci o us n ess an d F o rm
upon
de rst an d
53
each o f the seven light bearers the planets which
a re called the
S even S pirits before the Throne
Their names are : M ercury V enus E arth M ars Ju
p iter S aturn and U ranus B ode s l aw p roves that
N eptune does not yet belong to o u r solar system and
the reader i s referred to S implied S cientic A s
trology by the p resent writer f o r mathematical

demonstration o f this condition
E ach of the seven planets receives the light o f

the S un in a di ff erent m easure according to its p rox
i m i t y to the central o rb and the constitution o f its
atmosphere and the b eings o n each according t o
thei r stage o f d evelopment have afnity for some of
the solar rays They absorb the color or colors con
g ru o u s to them and re ect the remainder upo n the
other planets
This re ected ray bears with it an
impul se of the nature of the beings with which it
has been in contact
Thus the divine L i ght and L ife comes to each
planet either directly from the S u n or re ected
from its si x sister planets and as the summer
breeze which has b een wafted ove r bl ooming elds
carries upon its silent invisible wings the blended
fra grance o f a multitude of owers so also the subtle
in uences from T h e Garden o f Go d bring to us the
commingled impulses of all the S pirits and in that
vari colored light w e live and move and have car
bein g
The rays which come directly from the S u n are

p roductive of S piritual illumination ; the re ect ed
,
54
rays from other planets make for added conscious

ness and moral development and the rays re ected
by way of the M oon give physical growth
But as each planet can only absorb a certain

q uantity o f on e o r more colors according to the gene
ral stage o f evolution there so each being upon
earth mineral plant animal and man can only ab
sorb and thrive upon a certain q uantity of the vari
o us rays p roj ected upon the earth
The remainder
do not affect it or p roduce sensation any more than
the blind are conscious of light and color which ex
i st s everywhere around them
Therefore each b e
ing i s di fferently a ff ected by the stellar rays and the
science o f A strology a fundamental truth in nature
is of enormous benet in the attainment of spiritual
growth
.
CH A P T E R II I
W ERE
Y OU BO R N U N D ER A
L U CKY S TAR ?
AV E you ever looked through a kaleidoscop e
at the p atterns formed there by the many

little p ieces o f varicolored glass and noticed h o w
the sli ghtest disturbance of the position changes the
pattern ? A lso do you realize that it will be i m
p ossible o r almost so t o duplicate any p attern no
matter h o w much you were to turn ; there i s such a
variety of e ff ect S im i larly when you l ook into the
heavens ni ght after night yo u will notice changes
amon g the planets in fact such is the variety o f
changes that occur among them that it would b e i m
p ossibl e to duplicate the p osition which they hold
relatively t o o n e another while you are reading for
almost twenty -S i x thousand years Thus in t h e
planetary kaleidoscop e there is we mi ght say an i n
n i t y O f p att erns
When we realize that human b e
ings are entering the world constantly and that each
being i s stamp ed at the rst complete breath with
the planetary p attern then i n the sky everyone must
nece ssarily b e di e ren t from everybody else
No r
sho ul d this statement o f the stellar in uence create
doubt when we consider that wireless waves of dif
fer ont lengt hs and di fferent p itch sent out from a
,
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TH E M E S SA GE O F
56
T H E S PAR S
tiny man -made contrivance can make themselves felt

and register by mechanical op erations involving ex
p e n di t u re o f energy many thousands o f miles from
their source
The planetary vibrations from those
great orbs in the heavens make themselves felt mil
lions O f miles as surely as easily and with e q ual
certainty We know that the angl e of the solar ray
determines hether it is winter or summer We also
know the c e ct of the M oon upon the waters and it
is within the exp erience o f all that we feel more
buoyant when the atmosphere is clear and dry t h an
when it i s moist and murky A nd what determines
these atmospheri c conditions but the plane t s the
circling stars ?
When we look up at this planetary kaleidoscop e
from time to time we see in the heavens various co n
g u rat i o n s which are p ronou n ced lucky or unlucky
according to whether they are formed between so
ca
lled b en e cs alone such as V enus Jupiter and the
S un o r planets said t o be m al e c such as S aturn
M ars o r U ranus
When Jupiter and V enus are
in close conj unction n ear the midheaven it is a
foregone conclusion that those who come in t o the
world under this conguration will en j oy a m e asure
o f good fortune far above the average and su ch p er
sons woul d therefore be considered luck y

i h the
extreme
O n the other hand there are times when
S aturn and M ars occupy the zenith p osit i on f o r
souls that are born to s uff er
But why should o n e su ff er and another be born
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true I f we are born under a lucky star it shows that

we have earned the good fortune thereby In d icated
by forethought kindness and our other v i rtues ex
pressed i n p rev ious lives for we cannot have friends
unless we are friendly ourselves I f we ha p p e n to
have S aturn and M ars i nstead o f V enus and Jup i
ter near the zenith it shows that in the p ast we
ourselves have n ot been kindly and frie n dly o r we
coul d not now exp ress the opp osite traits But this
is j ust the p oint where the study of A strol og y should
hel p u s I t shows o ur limitations for the p resent and
it p oints o ut the obvious remedies and h o w t o b ui l d
C an the leop ard ch ange i ts skin ?
fo r t h e fu t ure
N o C an the lion cease to p rey ? A bsolutely i m p o s
sible C an the ower cease to bloom or the mineral
to crystallize ? C ertainly not ; because they are under
laws which are unchan geable as the l aws o f the
M edes and P ersians Th ey h ave n ei th er ch oi ce n o r
p r ero g ati ve but must obey the dictates o f the gro up
spiri t which guides them along their p ath o f evol u
tion But in this resp ect we di ff er radically from
those lower kingdoms we have both choice and p re
rogative W e m ay do wh atso ever we wil l and that
is a factor which is never shown i n the horoscop e a
factor that may be made to pl ay an all imp ortant
rol e in every life I t i s n ot enough to be b orn under
a lucky star to have a lucky life for the horoscop e
shows only the tendencies and the p erso n wh o is so
well endowed will wi t h o ut qu est i on have a n ab u
nd
ance o f O pp ort unities to make his life fort unate in
.
'
WERE
the
B O RN
Y OU
UND E R
v ery hi ghest d egree
Bu t
L U C KY S T AR
on l y
i n sofar
as
59
e ex
h i m s el f t o g rasp Op p o rt un i ty on the wing , wi l l

whi ch i s foreshadowed i n his h o ro scop e co m e t o
e rts
that
p ass
And
similarily with the p erson wh o is af

i ct e d by the conj unctio n of two m al e cs in the mid
hea v en o r anywhere else in the horoscop e By h i s
wi ll and the exercise o f ch o i ce wh i ch are his divine
birthri ghts h e m ay rul e h i s s tars and m ake of the
unlucky horo scop e a fruitful life from a far higher
standpoint than the other T h e bark that has bee n
tossed by the temp est harbors a j oy when the ha v e n
o f safety is reache d that is not equal e d on the ship
that has always sailed o n smilin g seas
.
Wh o
ne
Wh o
ne
ve r
at e
ve r
p asse d t h
e ep n g
H e kn o w s
h i s b r e ad i n
waiti n g
n ot
for
y e t ye
so
rr o
m i dn i g h t
th e
w
,
h o ur s
m o rr o w ,
h e ave n l y
p o we r s
F rom the hi gher standp oint those who are liv

ing i n the lap of lux ury are to b e p itied whe n their
luc ky stars give them all the good things o f this
world a n d cause them to forget that they are stew
ards a n d that the d ay is coming when their soul s
shall b e re d
u i re d o f them with an account o f their
stewardship
T hey shall then b e forced to co n fess
that they have failed to u se the substance entrusted
to them in the p roper manner ; while others u n
d er the strain and stress of life exp ressed by the
horoscopical squares and opp ositions have w rung
from their unlucky stars a measure of v ictory
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What wonder then if the king s messengers the cir

cling stars take from the unfaithful steward that
which he had and give to the other chan g ing their
adversity to p rosp erity in l ater li v es
T hus the
pendulum o f luck and loss success and fa i lure
changes through many lives till we learn to make o u r
own luck by ruling o u r stars

,
l o ve w ith o u t ce ss at i o n y
Bu t u n de r l aw s o f al t e r ati o n
W e m o r t al s n e ed i n ch an g i n g m e asu r e
Our sh ar e o f p ai n as we ll as p l e asu r e
g o d can
A nd
it is this necessity for change that is ministered

unto us by the circling stars which form co n g u ra
tions that we call good o r evil though they are
ne i ther from a higher standpoint for no matter how
good the horoscope ; by p rogress i on o f the stars evil
congurations are sure to come and no matter how
evil there are always n ew op p ortuniti es for good
given by asp ects o f the S un V enus and Jup iter to
A l l t h at we h ave t o do i s t o
o u r plane t s at birth
,
g rasp t h
e o p p o r t u n i t y,
m ay h el p
us
A M U LE T S ,
h el p
o u r s t ars ,
o ur s t ars
B IRT H -S T O N ES
AN D
P LAN ETA R Y
I n the windows o f j ewelers

ready made horoscop es o n e may
is l ucky for p eopl e bor n i n a
wear a p articular stone or color
,
t h at
C OLOR S
and in the cheap

often read that it
certai n month t o
I t means business
,
A M U L E T S B I R TH S T O N E S E T C
,
to the j eweler and the astrological p restidigitator
who p roduces
your horosco pe by a turn o f the
wrist from a box when you tell him in what month
you were born B o th buy their instructive
liter
ature at a nominal p rice p er thousand the p rincip al
cost bein g p aper and p rinters ink ; there are no fur
rows i n their foreheads from deep and earnest s t udy
o f the p roblem
B ut as the counterfeit coin argues the existence
o f the genuine
so also the fallacious information
i p p an t l y disp ensed by p eople who
cater to the
sense of mystery a n d wonder which is d eeply i m
bedded in human nature argues the existence o f a
genuine science o f mineralogical correspondences
with the stellar rays impin ging up on all who i n h ab
it our sub -lunar sphere and when this i s rightly u n
de rst o o d and used that which is loosely termed l u ck
results ; but then it i s not really luck in the sense
understood by the maj ority o f p eople for then it is
t h e resu l t of accur at e kn o wl edg e s ci e n ti cal l y us ed
and therefore the outcome i s as inevitable as that wa
ter runs d own hill
T h e p hilosophy o f planetary colors and m iner
alogy i s that each o f the C reative H ierarchies which
is active in evolution works W i th the various classes
o f be i ngs from mineral to man and i s resp onsibl e for
the p rogress m ade by all
I n the course of thi s
work each H ierarchy naturally imp arts to t h e b e
ings with whom it l abors some of i t s own nature and
v i bration
T hus each group of minerals each sp e
.
T HE
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M E S SAGE
on
T H E S T AR S
cies of plant and animal vibrates to a certain key

note which blends the vibration o f the Group S pirit
and the p articular sig n and planet with which he i s
most nearly attuned
I t has been taught by the E lder B rothers in
the Rosicrucian C osmo -C onception that :
T h e A rchangel s who were human in the S un
P eriod when the present animals started their evo
l u t i o n with a mineral -like existence are n o w the
Group S pirits o f the animals
T h e A ngels who were human in t h e M oon P er
iod when the p resent pl ants commenced the i r evo
l u t i o n with a sim i lar mineral constitution are n o w
M an who reached
t h e Group S pirits of the pl ants
the human stage i n the E arth P eriod is now work
in g with the new life -wave which started i t s evo
l ut i o n
on the E arth as minerals
He is n o t
far enough advanced to assume the role o f
In
Group S pirit that i s reserved for the future
the Jupiter P eriod h e will give them life as plant s
have in the V enus P eriod he will bring o u t their
desires and emotions as animals and in the V ulcan
P eriod he will give them a mind and make them
human T hat however is all in the future A t p res
ent he is working with them to the best of his abil
ity smelt i ng them into iron brid ges ship s and skel
eton skyscrapers ; he is pulling them into wires which
wind around the world ; he is gr i n ding from them
gems that glitter and grace the great i n o u r social
structure and thus he is gradually establishing an
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intimate relationship with them and p rep aring to

take charge of thei r evoluti on as a Group S pirit at
som e future time
I t is well kn ow n to stude nts o f A strology that
an astrological reading based upon the month in
which an individual is born is worthless f o r all the
p eopl e born in the same month d o n ot have the same
exp eriences by any m eans but if we co n sider the
day the ye ar and the p l ace we get a horoscop e that
is absolutely indivi d ual and totally di e ren t from
the horoscop e o f anyon e else i n d etail
and thi s
is the p oi n t which concerns us for the p rese n t argu
m ent the ruler is n ot the l ord o f the sign the S u n
is in except f o r children bor n at S unrise when the
S un i s on the A scenda n t It i s t h e ru l er of t h e
ri s i n g si g n
THA T i s t h e det erm i n at o r wi th r eg ard
t o o ur m i n eral o g i cal a i n i ty because at the m oment
of conception when the seed atom o f o u r p resent
p hysical mineral body was dep osited the M oon was
i n that p articul ar si gn and degree ( or its opp osite )
and acted then as a focus o f forces which have since
c rystallized into the vehicl e we n o w wear
T h e following table shows the afnity o f each
o f the twelve si gn s with certain gems
metal s and
colors and in that chart there are the el ements for
making an eff ective talisman by any indi v idual wh o
has the knowled ge o f h ow to cast a ho roscop e an d
blend the ingredients accordin g to the requirements
of the case We have n o scrupl es ab out telli n g how
thi s i s done for it may hel p some to h el p themselves
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T H E S T AR S
and others T h e only harm it can do is if some u n

scrupulous p erson starts to make them f o r coin and
even then if he is conscientious ab out the work wh o
ever obtains i t will n o t be cheated the r e action will
b e up on the one who p rostitutes the spiritual science
for material gain
.
forestall a question we m ay s ay that ancien t

astrologers who had studied this asp ect of the science
have tabula t ed several hundred m i nerals of which
To
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Jupiter is his opposite and therefore the Jupite r

metal tin is an antidote f o r t he saturnian vibrations
With thi s in mind an amulet may be compound
ed o f tin and copper ; n o t exactly in the ratio o f
three to o n e but with a mind o n the bulk o f the
various plane t s their density and the strength of
the aspects it i s desired t o overcome a matter which
involves further study
T h e work itself should be
done under auspicious planetary conditions
A
M ars amulet designed to give energy to one with a
weak gure would be most successful if made in a
M ars -hour on a T uesday when both the S un and
M oon are in martial signs as happ ens in A p ril and
N ovember T h e same with amulets m ade for other
planets ( S ee the T ables o f P lanetary H ours in our
.
'
S i m p li ed S ci e n ti c A s tro l o g y )
.
gem o r an amulet made on these p rinciples

is a focus for the stell ar rays of the planets they
represent and infuses vibrations of their nature into
o u r auras all the while we are wearin g it
j ust as
surely as the wireless receiver attuned to a cer
tain pitch catches the waves within its ra n ge and
we may ble n d the colors in the same manner to ob
tain help from them
A s a m atter o f fact it i s
the complimentary col or which is seen i n the desire
world that p roduces the e e ct o f the physical colors
I f it is desired to restrain one whose M ars is t o o
p rominent the gems colors an d metals of S aturn
will help and such a p erson should hav e as little to
do with iron ( tool s machinery
as p ossible
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but if we want to help someone who is moody an d

taciturn we may use the gems colors and metal s o f
M ars to advantage I n the nal analysis the mat
ter resol v es itself into a question of j ud gment an d
common sense With these and the knowledge co n
cernin g the essentials here gi v en anyone m ay use it
t o adva n tage
,
'
WHEN
IS
T H E B ES T T I M E T O
BE
B O RN ?
I n the li ght o f occult investigation o f som e o f

the modern methods it app ears that B irth is an ad
v ent we are p owerless to control when we seem t o
do so i n a slight degree we are really the agents o f
D estiny t o accelerate or delay till the p rop er m o
ment has arrived T his vi ew is also j ustied by t h e
author s exp erience in H orary A strology
Th e
p hilosophy o f H orary A strology is that at the tim e
o n e is imp elled t o ask a question concerning an i m
p ortant matter the heavens contai n also the answe r
a n d a gure se t for that time will contain t h e so
l ut i on to the p roblem
But it shoul d b e p articularl y
n oted that the time to set the gure is when the i n
whe n
q u i re r ask s the question of the astrologer
this i s done i n p erso n ; when it is don e by mail t h e
astrol oger sets the gure f or the time he rea d s t h e
questio n i n the l etter
O n a n umber o f occa sio n s we have receive d l et
ters containi n g questio n s which bore marks o f ha v
in g b een d elaye d b y oo d o r re but the g ure cas t
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for the moment o f reading gave the answer showi n g

that the delay had a p art in the plan nor should it
s urprise u s that the great I ntelligences which are the
m i nisters o f D estiny foresee and make allowance for
contingenci es beyond the grasp of the human mind
an d when the innite mind bestows equal care when
des i gn i ng the anatomy of a y mouse and lion may
we not conclude that a similar attention to the m i n
u t i ae prevails in all dep artments o f life and that
when we seem to delay or accelerate birth we are
reall y aiding nature to take its p redetermined course
as said in the opening sentence of this art i cle
N everthele ss p eople often ask the astrologer
when is t h e b est time to be born ; young astrologers
also frequently want to know not that they have any
idea o f controlling birth but so that o n seeing a
h oro s
cop e or being told a p erson s time o f birth they
m ay make quick mental calculation to determine a
S uch a j udgment would o f
g ood or bad horoscop e
c ourse be fou nded only o n the position o f the sun
b y si gn and app roximate house hence general in
t h e ext reme
I t m ay be said however that other
p lanetary p osit i on s being equal it is better to be
b orn when t h e M oon is increasing in light from the
n e w to t he full than when sh e is d ecre as in g from
t h e full to the new for the growin g M oon always i n
creases v i t ality an d furthers o u r a ff airs
I t is b est to be born i n A p ril or A ugust when
t h e life -g i v i ng S un is in its exaltation s i gn A ries o r
L eo i t s home for then we ent er the se a o f life o n
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69
the crest wave and are backed in the battle o f ex

i st en ce by an abundant fun d o f vim and energy
I t i s also good to b e bor n in M ay and July when
the life-li ght o f the S u n is focused through the ex
al t at i o n si gn and home o f the M oon
T aurus and
C ancer especially as said when the les s er light i s
increasing for those co ngurations also furnish an
abundance o f v itality which is such a great asset
in physical life
With resp ect to the tim e O f day most favorabl e
for birth it may b e said that children born about
sunrise or during the forenoo n from 8 to 1 2
while the S u n is traversin g the houses of friend s
and soci al p restige are the luckiest for they are
help ed o n every ha n d C hildren born b etween n oo n
and midn i ght are less lucky the nearer the S un
comes to N adir and the n the luck turns again for
the children bor n i n the early m orning whil e the
D aystar is ascending towards the eastern horizon
T hey will h ave to carve their own way in the world
but op p o rtunities will be given them i n abundance
We may therefore sum up o u r conclusions by
saying that it is best to b e born at S unrise o r in the
fore n oon p referably in A p ril or A ugust when the
M oon is increasing i n light
F inally it should always be borne in mind that
there is no luck in the commonly accepted sense
but that what we have o r lack in any resp ect is due
to our o wn actions in the p ast and that in the future
we may have what we n ow lack by p roper ap plication
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C HAP TE R
RE AD I N G
IV
T H E HO R O S COPE
In trodu ct o ry
H E N the student
of
A strology
has learned
to cast the horoscope correctly by the study
of our S impl i ed S ci entic A strolo gy

or another
reliable textbook the next and m ost imp ortant p art
S tar L ogic
i s to read its message A strology means
and we must seriously advise the student not to de
p end too much on authorities but to try to unde r
stand the basic nature o f each pl anet the in uence
houses and aspec ts ; then by a p rocess o f
o f signs
reasoning to combine these and thus develop his o wn
intuit i on which will serve him far better than the
abil i ty to quote l i ke a p oll p arrot what some one else
has said
We would also advise the younger astrologer
n ot to bother too much with the p ersonal descri p
tions indicated in the horoscop e
I t is fooli sh t o
sp end hours p erhap s to nd o ut what the on e for
whom a horoscop e is cast can see in a mome n t by
looking in a glass We gi v e descriptions of the dif
f e re n t types but do so for the purp ose o f aiding the
student to determine at sight the p robable sign a nd
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R EA DI N G
TH E HORO S CO PE
71
planet rising when a client com es who doe s n ot kn ow

his birth hour T here are p eopl e f o r i n sta n ce who
have the face O f a sheep j ust as p erfect as possible
I f such a one is in doubt about the birth hour we
would at once l ook to A ries and exp erimentally try
how that would t with the other characteristics of
that p erson if we di d so we shoul d p rob ably nd our
guess correct i n every case T hus also t h e other si gns
and planets i n si gns exhibit distin g uishing charac
t e ri st i cs o f v aluabl e aid to the student in the di re c
tion mentioned
T h e student shoul d also endeavor t o cul ti v ate
p erfect con d ence in the scienc e o f A strology T here
is n o t h i n g e m p i ri cal ab o ut ch aract er r e adi n g an d
di ag n osi s
I n those respects it is plain as A B C
Pr edi cti o n s m ay f ai l because the A strologer is u n
abl e to d eterm ine the stren gth o f will o f the p erso n
f o r whom he p redicts but the l atent tendencies are
always accurately foreshow n
T h e writers ha v e
found that where they d o n o t p ersonally kn ow the
p eopl e whose characters they re ad their d eli n eatio n s
are much deep er and more accurate b ecause then
p ersonal bias a n d imp ressions are absent and the
mystic scroll of the heavens more easily read
T here are three factors which bring to us the
mystic message o f the stars ; the houses the si gns and
the pl anets
T h e houses are divisions o f th e earth ; each
house rep resents a d ep artme n t o f life ; the si gn s are
d i visions o f the heavens which by their placement
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rel ati v e to the houses indicate ou r basic temp erament

and attitude towards life and the planets are the
messe n gers o f Go d which by their motion through
the houses and signs brin g to us the opportunitie s
f o r soul g ro wt h which we need for ou r indi vidual de
I t is therefore necessary for o n e who
v el o p m e n t
wishes to learn to read a horoscope to become thor
oughl y acquainted with these three factors both
Th e
sep arately and in their various combinations
following descriptions may hel p t o convey this
knowledge :
,
T H E H OU S E S
As
said in the introductory remarks

the
houses are divisions of the earth

and therefore
they are also called M undane H ouses

to dif
f e ren t i at e between them and the

C elestial H ouses
composed o f the twelve si gns o f the Z odiac ; but g e n
e ral l y they are designated as

houses only
I t i s the angle o f the stellar ray which d e
termines its e ffect in o u r lives those which are in
the E ast affect o u r physical constitution pl anets in
the S o uth n ear the zenith are factors for good o r ill
where o u r social position is concern ed I f a planet is
set ting in the West at the time of our birth its an gle
strikes us in such a manner as to draw us to a cer
tai n typ e of marriage p artner and the planets u n
der the earth in the N orth have an e ff ect up on o ur
condition in the latter p art o f life L et us suppose
f o r illustration o f the point that someone i s born
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conditions in o ur home and its opposite angle the

tenth house shows our social standing i n the co m
munity where we live T hus the angles S how collect
i vel y the sphere of o u r activities in life
O f the succe eden t h o uses the second shows our
nancial status w i th regard to that which we ao
quire by our o wn efforts and the O pp osite su ccee den t
house the eighth shows whatever we m ay receive
from others as legacies etc
T h e other su cce eden t
houses the fth and eleventh show how our income
may be spent for the fth house indicates the
children of our body who have a legitimate cl ai m t o
a share of our income and the eleventh house S hows
the ch i ldren of our brain our hopes wishes and as
pirations which also draw up on our resources
O f the two pairs of caden t h o uses the sixth is
the house o f voluntary service which we p erform as
our share of the world s work for an equivalent
share in the world s wealth and t h e twelfth house
shows how we may be comp elled to l abor without
remuneratio n un der p riso n restraint if we do n ot
work willingly T h e sixth house shows also the state
o f o u r health and the twelfth tells if ho spital treat
me n t i s necessary
T h e other p air of cadent houses the third and
n inth show whether ou r life a n d work will conne
us to one pl ace o r require travel and cha n ge s o f
residence
I n thi s resp ect the third house shows
short j ourneys and the n inth house lo n g travels
T h e p erso n al h o uses comp rise the rst fth and
,
REA DI N G
n i n th
T HE
HO RO S CO PE
75
rst house rules the constitution an d

p ecul iari ti es o f the p hysical body P lanets and si gns
i n that house p ut their stamp on it to make o r m ar
accordin g to the p art o f its self -generated de stiny
O ur fth house shows the quality o f the lo v e -nature
o f the soul and the line of its expression if it follows
the line o f least resistance ; and the ninth house
shows as much o f the spirit as we can app rehend in
o u r p resent limited state
T h e m at eri al t ri n i ty of h o us es consists of the
second sixth and tenth a n d show s the worl d ly p os
ses sion s o f man his mea n s of obtaining them and
the enj oyment they bring him Wealth o r its re
v erse is show n by the second house health without
wh i ch there can b e n o j oy in any worldly p ossession
is shown by the sixth house ; and the public p restige
which i s the chief source o f graticatio n to th e aver
age huma n bei n g i s shown by the tenth house
T h e so ci al h o us es are the
third seventh an d
eleve nth houses and in them are show n the n ature of
our rel ations with various classes of souls we meet
in life B rothers an d sister s to whom we are b ound
by the tie o f bloo d are shown by the thir d house the
comp anion of o u r heart with whom o u r blood blends
i n a n other way is shown by the seventh house and
the friends more p recious tha n p earls to whoever
has earned fri endship are desi gnated by the el eventh
house
T h e fourth and last trinity o f houses is com
p osed of the fourth ei ghth and twelfth I n them are
Th
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hidden the mysteries o f the antenatal life o f the

spirit with the p ost mortem exp eriences immediately
following the t erm i n us vi tae O n the material pl ane
the fourth house signies our condition in the latter
part o f life the twelfth shows the sorrow wh i ch i m
presses us with the worthlessness of material thi n gs
and the eighth indicates the nature o f our exit from
the world s stage
A n illustration may further help the student to
understand how the heavens in u ence ou r life
through the twelve houses S upp o se we are out
driving and o u r road follows the seacoast but a mil e
A breeze is blowing from the ocean
o r so inland
and as it passes over the country sep arating us from
the sea it brings upon invi sibl e win gs messages
from that land which evoke pleasure o r aversion ao
cording to their nature I n o n e pl ace an arom a o f
new mown hay lls u s with delight ; p erh ap s we are
n auseated by the n oxiou s smell o f j asmine on the
next stretch of ou r j ourney ; and later becom e really
ill from the stench of stagnant marsh -water
Bu t
then we enter a forest and soon its grateful pine
balm restores the normal health and spirits
I n our j ourney from the cradle to the grave we
carry the twelve houses with us in the auric atmos
p h ere surroundin g us as the ai r envelops the ying
earth E ach house mirrors p art o f the life ; each
holds some of our life lessons ; each rep resents how
we have worked or shirked before in a give n dep art
ment o f life s task A t the app rop ri ate time o f l ife
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77
we reap from each house what we ha v e sown in p a st

l i v es
T hat i s unl ess we forestall the har v est i n
time I s our el eventh house aficted d o friends b e
t ray and forsake us do they l ea v e u s heartsick o r
n auseate us like the scent of j asmine an d sta g n a n t
ma rsh -water ? T hen let us examine the horoscop e
for it re v eals what is hi dden in o u r auric atmos
T h e friend s saw us and we them through
p h e re
the ele v e n th an gle an d somethin g ill -smelling must
b e there
I t m ay b e we lon g to be b efriended
more than to befrien d othe rs L et us cease t o b e like
the sickly debilitating j asmi n e a nd seek to emul ate
the sturdy stren g th o f the invi goratin g pine tree ;
then we shall nd friends ockin g arou n d admirin g
N ot all ha v e such sturdy n atures but
o ur stren g th
we ca n attract equally by ki n dliness as soothing to
sorrowing heart s as p erfume o f new mo wn hay t o
the se ns e and thu s we m ay ri d the house o f friend s
O f a fi ctio n
A fter the fore going explanations the houses may
n o w be said to in uence the a ff ai rs o f life as follows :
.
r ul es the physical b ody an d its consti

t ut i on a n d ap p eara n ce ; it d etermines co n ditions
in the childhood home whil e t h e person is u n
der co n trol o f the p arents
F i rs t H o us e
S e co n d H o u se rules th e money , na n cial fortune s ;
it shows what the p erson acquires by i nd i vi d ual

e ff ort a nd to a ce rtai n exte n t what use he wil l
ma k e o f it
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78
Th i rd H o use
rules brothers and sisters neighbors

the instinctual mind writings short j our n eys
and conveyances of travel
F o urt h
H o us eT hat
the p arents who ex er

cises the least in uence in the person s life con
di t i o n s in the latter p art o f life houses lands
mines ; everything p ertaining to the earth
on e
of
F if th
H o us e L ove courtship and licentiousness the

,
l e g itimate and illegitimate attraction and inter

course between the sexes p rior to wedlock
children educational institutio n s
books and
newsp ap ers sports and amusements stocks and
sp ecul ations
,
S i x t h H o us e H ealth
servi ce t o be rendered by the

p erson and also the condition and faithfulness
of those who serve him
,
H o useT h e m arriage p artner , the public
S eve n th
in general comp etitors p art n ers opp onents in

liti gation rivals
,
H o us e D eath l egacies the marriage p art
E i g th th
ner s nan ce s oc c ult abilitie s or faculties l aten t

but nearly rea dy f or ma ni festatio n
Ni n t h
H o useR eligio n
spiritual exp eriences a n d

and v i sions lon g travels
a spiration s dreams
l aw
,
T en t h H o useT h
uen ce
in
p are n t wh o exercises mo st i n
the p er so n s l ife the ho n or a n d social
e
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T H E H O RO S CO P E
79
standing o f the p erson the government j ud ge

em p l oyer
,
or
El even t h
H o us eF riends
comp anions and well

wishers hop es wi shes an d aspirations generally
of a m aterial n ature also step children
,
H o us e Con n em en t i n ho spital s
T wel f t h
or
p rison
secret e n emies and plots ; sorrow a n d self undo

in g
.
THE
S IGN S
OF
THE
Z ODIA C
O n either sid e of the S un s p ath there are a

n umber o f xed stars which are so group ed that they
may be conceived as forming twelve con stell ations
and as they have certain characteristic in uences
anci ent sages n am ed them f or the animals which ex
p ress simil ar traits T hese constell ations are call ed
the n atural Z odiac and for all p ractical p urp oses
it may be said that they occupy p ermanent p ositio n s
rel ati v e to the other x ed stars of the rm am en t
T his circl e is di vided into twelve sections startin g at
the rst degree o f A ri es which i s occupie d by t h e
S u n at the ver n al equinox
O n accou n t o f the p recession o f the equinox the
S u n does n ot cross th e equator at the same p oint
each year but it has been fou n d that the rst 3 0 de
g rees from the p oint where the S u n does cros s the
equator at the equi n ox have a simil ar e ffe c t to that
a scri b e d to th e con stellatio n A ries ; the n ext th i rty
d e g rees radiate a T au ri a n i n ue n ce a nd so with t h e
T H E M E S SAG E O F T H E S T AR S
80
other te n sections of thirty degrees each T herefore

the twelve sections measured from the vernal equinox
are used exclusively in A strol ogy and called si g n s
to di e re n t i at e them from the co n
o f the Z odiac
s t e ll ati o n
( F o r a thorough elucidation O f the sub
under the
j e ct see S implied S cientic A strolo gy
caption I ntellectual Z odiac
T hese twelve si gns of the Z odiac are variously
divided according to their e ect on humanity into
C ardinal F ixed and C ommon signs also into F iery
E arthy A iry and Watery signs What that in uence
i s we shall endeavor t o elucidate in the following se c
tions
.
Th
Cardi n al S i g n s
Keywor d
A cti v ity
C ardinal S igns are Ari es C an cer L i bra an d

Cap ri corn
T hese sign s are calle d C ar d i n al b e
cause when t h e S un i s i n them he i s in on e o f the
Th
four corners o f the heavens ; at a turning -p oint

where he is forced t o take another direction In
Ari es he i s as far E ast as he can go C anc er is the
tropical point of the N o rt h where he gives the most
p erp en di cu l ar ray at the S ummer S olstice and co n
sequently the greatest h eat
L ibra is the extreme
W est ern p oi nt of his p ath where he turns awav
from the N orthern Hemisphere and in midwinter at
C h ri stmas he is i n C aprico rn at the farthest p oint
S o u t h where his h o ri z on t al ray lea v es the p eopl e of
the N orth i n winter s i c y g rip
T h e e ff ect of the
,
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Th
in uence o f the xed s1 g n s rouses the de

si re n ature giving stamina a n d p ersistence in actio n
When x ed si g ns are on the angles ( the rst
fourth seventh and tenth houses ) they exert a well
n i gh irresistible force imp elling the individual al o n g
a certain line H e may be slow and ploddin g but i s
sure to be p ersi s t en t in whatever he undertakes and
whatever talent he may possess in a certain di re c
tio n w ill be exploited to its fullest extent S etbacks
which would take the courage from a p erson with
cardinal si gns do not daunt the man with x ed signs
on
the angles he knows no defeat and therefore
he usually gains h i s goal in the end and achi eves
success by C oncentration upon o n e p oint and P er
sistence in following his chosen p ath O n the other
hand such p eopl e are conser v ati v e to the last de
gree T hey may see and desire imp rovements in vari
ous lines but are exce edingly slow to adopt measures
to accomplish the desirabl e end ; they never do so
until thoroughly satised that a certain method will
meet the requirements I n other words p eople with
xed s i gns o n the angles look before they leap ;

they l ook a lon g time and very very carefully but
o n the other hand
when they hav e once been won
over to a cer t ain cause they are faithful unto death
and no more ardent advocates can b e fou n d ; thei r
zeal i s almos t fanatical O n the whol e p eople with
xed signs may be said to be t h e m o st rel i abl e p eo p l e
in the world either for good or ba d
e
REA DI N G
Th
T H E H O RO S CO P E
Co m m on
83
S ig n s
F lexibility
K eyword
are calle d
thei r intrinsic nature i s best ex
co m m o n si g n s
p ressed by the keyword F lexibility
T h e forces working through the car di n al si gns
impinge upon the den s e bo dy and sti r it to action
T h e p ower o f the co m m o n si gn s is m en t al an d
it gives purp ose to action and incentive t o
sp i ri t u al
nobility o f life
T herefore p eople
i n uenced by stellar forces
focused p rincip ally through cardi n al si gns are t h e
workers o f the world n ot the toilers but ex e cu ti ves
wh o accomplish thin gs industrially and who b rin g
into concrete existence great schemes o r small o f
Th e co m m o n si g n s ar e
value in the world s work
all do u bl e ; t wo of
them are human : Gem i n i t h e
T wins and Vi rg o the V irgin ; the third S ag i t t ari u s
the C entaur i s p artly hum an ; a n d o n l y the fourth
sym bol Pi s ces the F i shes is taken from the lowe r
kin gdom N one are v iolent however but inten sel y
mor al intellectual and spiritual symbol s
U nstabl e as reeds they are swayed hither an d
thither ; nothing app eals to them p ermanently the y
d esire n othi n g as much as change N o m atter h ow
well placed they can seldom resist the lure of an
o p eni ng i n another city the farther away the bet
ter
m ax im :
a rolling sto n e
T herefore the
ol d
gather s n o mos s
a pp l i es p a rticul arly to this class
Gemini , S agittarius ,
V irgo and
P isces
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their roving hab i ts usually keep them p oor T hey

T hus these
s pend as fas t as they earn
o r faster
p eopl e d rift up on the se a of life p ropelled by the
O utside conditions dom i
currents of c i rcumstances
n ate them as they lack stamina to assert their o wn
i ndividuality
T h e foregoing in true o f the great m aj ority who
are under the rul e and in uence o f common si gns
they respond to the l o wer p h as e simply b ecause the
hi gher side i s too high for all but a very few at our
p resent stage of development
T hose who make a
success in the world because p rodded by the cardinal
and x ed in uences call them indolent and good -for
n othing but were they bereft o f the cardinal o r
xed energy which goads them to actio n and placed
u nder the common ray they would soon realize the
l ack of p ower and learn comp assion f o r those wh o
must so live all their life What then is the lesson
these p eople have to learn ?
f or
Co m p arati ve E ect
S ig n s
W hile the
C ardi n al F i x ed
,
on
th
an d
Com m o n
A n g l es
ature o f the cardinal si gns i s such

that th ei r rays stir o u r l atent forces into A ction
and p romote change the most p rominent quality of
the xed si gns i s S tability
But the student mus t
beware of confoundin g stability and inertia
Th e
action impell ed by the rays O f cardinal si gns may be
chan ged i nto other chan n els with considerabl e
facility all they want is expression ; the direction in
n
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T H E H O RO S C O P E
85
which they exp ress themselves is a second ary co n

sideration N ot so with the x ed si gns when their
ray imp els to actio n in a certai n direction it is nex t
to impossibl e to stay the force o r change it O n t h e
other hand if they d eny exp ression in certain lines
the obstruction is almost insurmountable
P eople o f the xed cl ass lack ability to make
their in v entions commerci ally useabl e a task f o r
T hus
which the cardinal class is eminently tted
the se t wo cl asses work hand in hand and between
them they have transformed the wilderness of t h e
world to a condition o f comp arative comfort the i r
e fforts of imp rovement are continually c arried on
and in time the p rimiti v e desert will be mad e to
bloom like a rose
A s materi al success dep ends on ability to cop e
with materi al conditions the cardinal class is p ar
t i cul arl y fortunate f o r it is the chi ef executive fac
tor i n the world s work and reap s a ready reward
therefo r T h e x ed cl ass is not s o p rominently b e
fore the public labors in l aboratories and works ex
p eri m e n t al l y to complete the p rocesses and p erfect
the models which are later used in manufacture
T herefore they al so are p otent powers in life and
share the mat erial and nanci al success o f t h e car
dinal class
T h e common cl ass is a sharp contrast
F orces
focused through co m m o n signs are m e n t al therefore
p eople ruled by them are averse to strenuous physi
cal action which is the forte of the cardinal cl ass ;
,
86
they labor only when lashed by the whip of n e ces

si t y
T hey are also incap able of the slow but sus
the xed class and are
t ai n e d e ff ort put forth by
easily discouraged by obstacles T hus they are
leaners and not lifters T o i l ers who do the bidding
o f the inventive and executive classes are recruited
from p eopl e ruled by co m m o n si gns T here i s o n e
sphere however where they shine accordin g to th eir
ability to think
B eing averse to work they have
created a vantage
ground whence they may reap the
benets of the toil o f others o f their inventive f acul
ties and executive skill T o do this they become p ro
m o t ors who bring inventor
and manufacturer to
gether ag en ts who mediate between buyer and seller
p eddl ers venders and all other m i ddl em en who go
between producer and consumer and l i ve o n a co m
m i ssi o n also l i t erary men who devote their talent to
purposeless cti o n belong to the class actuated by the
lower phases of the force in the common si gns
Th e card i nal class is active the common is rest
l ess the xed class is ri gid the common i s exible
.
Th
Th
F o ur
Tri p l i ci ti es
e ff ect o f the T riplicities is most marked

in the rising sign and when the maj ority of the
are
group
ed
in
o n e o f them
planets
A ery sign ( A ries L eo o r S agittarius ) on the
ascendant gives much v itality but it also makes the
person p rone to fevers and in ammatory disorders
and when the maj ority o f the planets are in ery
e
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TH E HORO SCOPE
87
si gns they make it very di fcul t for the person to
keep cool physically and mentally

A watery S ign ( C ancer S corpio or P isces ) ris
i n g gives much less stamina and p redisposes to
digestive urinary and catarrhal troubles I f a p er
so n h as many planets in watery si gns his p roblem i s
to generate enough energy to keep warm for this
grouping gives a listless indi ge n t disposition ex
c ept S corpio be risin g o r m any planets are in that
si g n
A iry signs risin g ( Gemi n i L ibra and A q u ar
ius ) g ives a n ervous temp erament and makes the
person liabl e to disorders of the lung s heart and
ki dneys
M any planets in these signs give p eople
literary and artisti c i n clinations
E arthy sign s r i sing ( T aurus V irgo and C ap ri
corn ) gi v e fair vitality but a secret fear of disease
arrests the vital p rocesses in the body and p oisons
these p eople so that they become victims o f chronic
ailme nt s O fte n er than any of the other groupin g s
and intestines are sp eciall y
T h e throat stomach
threatened ; rheum atism and gout are also frequent
Whe n a p erso n has ma n y planets in
l y exp erience d
ea rthy si gns it fa v ors the acquisition o f m aterial
wealth
.
Th
S un , Th
M oo n
an d
Th
A s ce n dan t
We state d i n o ur O p e n i n g p aragraph that there

are T hree Great F actors which con v ey to us the
M ystic M essage of the stars i n general namely the
,
THE
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T H E S T AR S
ME S SAGE O F
T here
houses
the signs
and the
planets
are also three factors which play a sp ecially imp ort
ant p art in the indi vi dual horoscop e n amely the
S un the M oon and the A scendant which may be said
to rep resent the spirit the soul and the b ody
P roperly v iewed the S un M oon and A scendant
are not really three sep arate horoscopi cal p rinciple s
but represent two composite p arts which when unite d
constitute the human being T h e rising si gn an d
the rst house together form an avenue for the

fecundating in ue n ces of the M oon which there
crystall i ze and form the etheric matrix that moulds
the physical p article s from the maternal body into
a new vehicle hence the astrological maxim that the
ascendant at birth ( o r its O pp osite ) is the M oon s
place at conception T his composite body is the p art
o f the human being which is born and d i es after a
relatively evanescent p eriod of existence
T h e other and immortal p art o f comp osite m an
which cons i sts of the E g o and its ner vehicl es is rep
resented in the horoscop e by the S un and the M oon
T h e sp ecic in uence o f these pl anets will be d e
scribed when we have considered the rising sign
.
Th
Ri s i n g S i g
taught in S implied S cientic A strology

it is the angle o f the stell ar ray which determines in
what dep artment o f life it will be most p rominentl y
active a n d it has bee n found by observ ation that the
si gn rising o r ascending o n the eastern horizon when
As
90
moment and therefore the stars affect each indi

vidual di ff erently from all others not even the horo
scop es of twins are alike I t is also strongly em
p h asi z e d that according to this explanation we do
not have a certain fate because we were born at a

certain time but we are born at a p artic ul a r
t i me b ecause we have a certain self -generated des
t i ny to work o ut T hat is a very important di st i n c
t i on for it substitutes di v ine law for divine cap rice
it eliminates the element of

luck
and inspires
man to mastery O f fate by working with the L aw

I f we have made our present horoscop e by o u r p ast
actions in a p ast life lo gi cally we are now p rep arin g
for future embodiment and may make it what we
choose I f we strive to strengthen o ur body now ; to
overcome our faults ; to cultivate new vi rtues ; the
S un o f ou r n ext life will rise under much more
auspicious conditions than those under which we
n ow live and thus we may truly rule o u r stars an d
master our fate
When the l ast three degrees of a sign are rising
o r when the rst three degrees ascend at the time of
birth the p erson is said to be born on the cusp b e

tween two signs and then the basic nature o f the
signs involved are blended in h i s o r her body T hus
a p erson born when the three l ast degrees o f A ries
o r the rst degrees o f T aurus were ascending woul d
be neither purely A ries nor T aurus but a mixture o f
the qualities o f the two si gns
T h e n ature o f the rising si g n i s also modied by
,
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91
the p resence of planets T h e S un and M ars increase

v itality if well aspected but if aficted they incline
to fever and in ammatory disorders but they also
favor rapid recuperation they make the nature alert
and energetic
A well -aspected Jupiter rising also
increases vitality but inclines to corpulence ; if the
planet is a fflicted that makes the circulation sluggish
and thus gives a tendency to disorders of the blood
T h e foregoing remarks about Jupiter apply to V enu s
in a lesser degree S aturn rising lowers the vitality
and favors chronic ill health in later life but at the
same time he gives such a tenacious hold on life that
though the p erson may p ray to be released he can
n ot di e M ercury M oon U ran us and N eptune make
the body more high -strun g and nerv ous than the
avera ge usabl e sp ecially to pioneers in m u si c litera
ture higher thought science and the electrical arts
P l anets placed in the twelfth house are con
si de re d as b ein g o n the ascend ant if within si x de
grees thereof so are all planets i n the rst house no
matter how far from the rising degree but if a sign
is intercepted in the rst house planets placed there
in will n ot have as stron g a n in uence in the life as
where the sign occupie s the cusp
.
C H AP T E R V
T HE
I N F LU E N CE
T WE LVE S I GNS
OF T H E
A ri es , t h
R am
RI E S
is mythologically represented as a ram and

the symbol describes mos t accurately those born
under i t s in uence a p ointed and p rotruding sheep
like n ose wid e forehead p ointed chin and the re
are
sul t an t trian g ul ar face n oted in ma n y p eople
unmistakabl e indi cations of their rising sig n light
brown o r reddi sh tint o f the hair is a p ronou n ce d
characteristic o f the A r i an the body is slender an d
well formed if the rst p art of the si gn is r1s1n g the
body is shorter and the complexion darker than given
by the latter degrees
P lanets in the risin g sign will modify the de
scription however and the student must u se his
knowled ge o f the character o f the pla n ets i n co n
j unction with the description of the S ign T h e S u n
and M ars make the complexion more orid the M oon
a n d S at urn m ake it p aler and darker Jup iter a nd
V enus make the body more p ortly S aturn shortens
U ranus and M ercury l en gthen it T his applie s to
all t h e signs but is esp ecially m arked when a pl anet
ri ses in the S ign it rules M ars in A ries rising would
,
92
I NF LU EN C E O F TH E T WE LVE SI GN S
93
give e ry red hai r and a face full o f freckles T h e

S un rising in L eo would give a orid complexion with
ax en hair but if S aturn were there instead it would
S horte n the body and d arken the hair
A ries p eople are b old sel f con den t a n d impuls
ive ; they aim t o lea d d islike t o follow are alway s
ready to take the initiati v e in any moveme n t that
appeals to them but often lac k p ersiste n ce to carry
their p roj ects to a conclusion o v er serious obstac l es
T h e S un and M ars the Rul er rising in A ries
woul d intensify the abo v e but as a thorough ex p l an
Th e in
atio n has bee n gi v e n under the heading
the stu d ent i s re

t ri n si c n ature s of the P la n ets
ferred thereto We may mentio n here however as a
p ecul iarity that A ries p eople live through fevers
whe n others succumb
We ha v e kn ow n their hair
t o fa ll o ut and the tem p erature t o remai n four de
g re es abo v e m aximum for m a n y hours without fatal
result
.
T au ru s, t h
Bu l l
is rep resented by a Bull in the Z odi ac

and the b odies generated under this sign are usually
short and stocky
T hey have a strong n eck with
the bump o f amativeness well d evelop ed l arge
lobe of the ear heavy j aws full face ; nose short
and stubby
D ar k eyes an d wa vy hai r frequently
gi v e them considerable beauty
T h e eye of the
T auria n may never dart bolts o f re such as those
wherewith the A ria n woul d annihilate his e n emies :
T aurus
94
it is softer but under provocation it becomes sul

l e n l y expressive o f the
p assive resistance where
with these p eople wm their battles I t then m arks
the diff erence between the impulsive A ries and the
stubborn T aurus T h e inner p halange of the thumb
is large and heavy the calves well develop ed an d
the foot chubby
I n walking the T aurian u sual l v
plants his heel rst and heaviest
,
T aurus
p eople are p re eminently thorough and
steadfast in everythin g they do : I n love in hate

in work o r play they p ersist in a gi v e n directio n
and n either reason n or argument will turn them
T hey are verbose and argumentative in
defense of
their actions o r opinions ; they grasp new ideas slow
l y with di fculty and conservatively but once co m
p rehended and espoused they always remember
what they have learned a n d defend their O pinion to
the last ditch
-
gives a n unusually
rm physique a n d accentuates the T aurus pri d e i n
stren g th Th e M o o n bein g the pl anet o f fecundity
is exalte d i n thi s exceedin g ly fruitful sig n ; hence
p eople with the M oo n i n T auru s ha v e l ar g e families
p articul arly if the conguratio n is i n the fth
house for that designates childre n
Th
S un rising in
T aurus
V enus the ruler of
rising i n that si gn
makes the form beautiful as well as stro n g it also
gi v es artisti c ability and musical I n sp i ration
,
T aurus ,
I N F L U E N C E O F T H E T W E LV E S I GN S
Gem i n i , t h
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T wi n s
When Gemini is risin g the body generated i s

tall and slend er ; the arms and limbs are p articularl y
long ngers S lender hai r dark eyes hazel Gem i n I
p eople are quick active and alert in all their move
m ents habitual restlessness is noticeable in the ex
p ression of the eyes which di ffers in that resp ect
from more xed tendencies of the eyes of those born
under the two p recedin g signs although o f course
we do n ot mean that the A ri an always looks an gry
and the T aurian stubborn n eve rtheless there is a
settled tend ency in those directions noticeable wh en
these p eopl e are n o t occupied in a cert ain direction
but the Gemini p erson has an exp ressio n which is
much more vi vid chan geable and p ast nding o ut
T hey have acutely enquirin g mi n ds always want t o
kn ow the reason why but often lack p ersistence t o
foll ow cl ews to the end and thus meet disapp oint
m ent B ein g tactf ul they avoid gi vin g o ffense even
under provocati on and are therefore generally
liked by all ; though their o wn a ff ections are not
deep T wo distinct cl asses are born under this sign
on e
too fond o f readin g shoul d culti v ate i n de p en
d ent thought instead o f repeating other p eopl e s
ide as o r aping their manners ; the other i s scientic
well b al anced and reser v ed ; a model for a n y p erson
Th e S un risi n g in Gemini b rings o u t all the
n oblest traits o f th e sign it m akes the n ature more
settl ed an d contente d gives m ore p ersiste n ce a n d a
p articularly healthy a n d active body
,
'
'
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M ercury the rul er rising in

,
Gemini , sharp ens
p erception gives ability as a writer o r sp eaker but

makes the person born with that conguration ex
t re m el y i rritable
vacillating fond o f change o f
scene and employment
T hey are best tted for
traveling salesmen
,
C an cer
th
C rab
chief p eculiarities o f the crab are a clums y

body slender limbs and p owerful claws ; p eople
T hey
bor n with C ancer rising express th e m all
have a large up p er body au gmented in later years
by a p rominence o f the abdomen acquired by o v er
eating
T h e mandible o r l ower j aw is p owerfully
hinged to the cranium the face is therefore widest
between the ears the mouth is also large and the
whole construction similar to the crab s claw T h e
face is ful l the hair brown the eyes blue com
plexion p ale and sickly f o r the C ancer p erson has
the least vitality of any T h e limbs are extremely
slender in p rop ortion to the large up p er body so
the structure app ears to p hea vy

and they walk
with a rolling gait

C ancer peopl e are v ery fond o f the home and
its comforts they are quiet reserved and adapt
themselves to conditions hence they are easy to get
along with their an ger is shortlived and they hold
no spite T hough lacki n g in physical p rowess they
are no hyp ocrites but always have the courage o f
t h eir co nvi ctions ; they v oice and d efend them t o o
Th
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fram e is well knit and strong having g reat endur

ance and recup erative power
I t is really wonderful how the symbology O f the
signs i s brought o u t in the di fferent kinds o f people
born under t hem P eople wh o are born under L eo
always want t o be noted ; they are aggressive an d
want to attract attention every where they go T hey
aim to be leaders ; never followers
L eo rules the heart and it i s a marked character
i st i c that peopl e with L eo risi n g u n af i ct ed hav e
hearts bi gger than their p ocketbooks ; they give gen
e ro u sl y o f their time
money o r knowled ge witho ut
thought o f self I f the S un rises in L eo this trait
become s almost p rodigality but i f S aturn i s there to
a fict instead he will counteract it so that they will
either circumscribe thei r gifts with conditions to such
an extent that they retain p ractical control o r they
will spend their means o n themselves
L eos are honest and faith ful ; being ch i l dren o f
the day star t hey love light a n d truth are above sub
t erf ug e and aim s trai ght at thei r obj ect
T heir will
i s rm to att ai n b y honorable means
T hey make
good orators and hold their audiences by p ersonal
magnetism T hey are very attractive to the O pposite
se x
and the lower nature should be held rmly in
check otherw i se serious trouble and heartache may
ensue T h e F rench as a race are rul ed by L eo and
a ff ord ample illustration of this point
T h e S un rising in L eo u n af i ct ed gives a body
of
wonderful strength vitality and recuperative
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p ower ; superior in its wi ryn e ss to the body generated

by the S un in T aurus ; but if M ars is a ffl icted palpi
S aturn will cause re
t at i o n o f the heart will ensue
gurg i tation unless care is taken in early ye ars t o
avoid strain
,
Vi rg o , t h
Vi rg i n
born when V irgo is risin g are above mid

dle stature T h e upper p art o f the head i s much more
d eveloped than the lower the we ak chin showin g
lack o f will an d the large brain indicatin g greatness
o f intell ect are therefore earmarks of the V irgo
Th e
face is thin the complexion sallow the hair brown
and the eyes hazel or grey T h e feet are small t h e
toes turn inwards and give these p eople a p eculi a r
l abored walk
V i rgo p eople are very quick and active in youth
they l earn w i th facility but d o n o t work hard f o r
knowled ge ; they seem to breathe it in without an
T hey acqui re
e ffort
linguisti c and elocutiona ry
powers most readily are uent writers but ofte n
cynical cold and unforgivin g when they h ave been
inj ured T hey are extreme in their food an d m ake
hygiene a fad ; they often f ancy that they have every
imaginable disease because V irgo is the sixth S i gn
and has a certain a ffinity with the sixth house de
noting health and disease
M ercury the rul er i s also exalted here and gives
p ro n ouncement o f all the good which otherwi se
might be exp ected from the S un
"
V irgo peopl e are sle n der in youth b ut when th e
P eopl e
T H E S T AR S
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of L i fe p asses the M eridian and begins t o thro w

i t s shadows toward the E ast we nd in them a t e n
deney toward cor pulence o f body p articularl y o f
namely the abdomen
t hat part rule d by V irgo
T hey neglect to take exercise and naturally o n this
may
account a slugg i sh condition o f the intestines
s e t in whi ch retains the poisons in the body and robs
I n thi s
l ife o f i ts j oys and makes o n e indi ff erent
fact lies the greatest danger of the V irgo p eople
O nce they get into the rut o f sickness they actually
enj oy p oor health T hey love to talk over thei r

symptoms with other p eopl e and they resent any
thought or suggestion given to them that they are
not sick o r that they can get well T h e p resence of
S aturn in V irgo o r the sixth house accentuates
this tendency in the very highest degre e and there
fore it is an almost infallibl e si gn that the native will
h ave or be subj ect to chron i c illness the nature o f
t his disease b ein g denoted by the aspect and the af
i ct i n g planets
In order to d eal successfully with V irgo p eopl e
wh en they have once b ecome subj ect t o disease and
g e t them o u t o f it at all it is nece ssary to b e rm
B ut though one may
almost to the verge o f cruelty
s eem cruel in enforcing upon them the regime that is
thi s
n ecessary to brin g them away from themselves
i s really the greatest kindness that can b e shown f o r
sickness the y
o nce these people are in the grip of
they will resort to th e
s tubb ornly refuse to let go
m ost c unning even childlike schemes to excite sym
S un
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T H E S T AR S
other considerat i ons

T h e L eos love their families
but their hearts take in all the world b es i des ; not so
t h e L i b ran s they are ready f o r any sacrice to give
c om forts to those in their o wn immediate home circle
but they are also p rep ared to sacr i ce anyone else s
family for their Own if necessary
I n most other traits the L ibrans exp ress aptly the
symbolism of their S i gn : a p a i r o f scales and thei r
characteristics mi ght be exp ressed in the word :
be
C hangeability
moods
T hey are p eopl e of
cause S aturn is exalted here and weighs upon t h e
mind ; the changes are sudden and extreme ; they m av
follow a fad w i th as much zest as i f their life d e
pended up on it and then without a moment s warn
ing drop it and take up someth i ng entirely opp osite ;
there are no halfway measures in the swing of the
scal es B eing naturally given to change they are
most adaptable to circumstances and do not fre t
over reverses but set about to restore thei r fortunes
with vim and vigor
A ries and L i bra may be said t o be the battleelds
O f the S un and S aturn : L ife and D eath Joy and
S orrow T h e S un is exalted in A ries and va n quishes
S aturn ; hence the intrepidity of A ries p eople I n
L i bra the scales tip the other way there S atur n is
exalted and conquers the S un ; this gives a softer
tone to the L ibran whose kindly p oliteness contrasts
m arkedly with the A rian s brusque address
V enus
the ruler of L ibra is not alone respons i bl e for this
tra i t for T aurus people are blunt thou gh V enus
.
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rules
V e n us rising in L ibra gi v es artistic ability
S aturn turns the mind in scientic directions
L ibrans us ually have well S hap ed hands and
feet and are very p roud o f them
,
S co rp i o , t h
E ag l e
nose i s the most p rominent feature of the

S corp io ; it is large heavy and hooked resembling
the bill of the eagl e ; the brows are bushy the eyes
sharp and pi ercing ; the j aw is very heavy ; the glint
o f the eye and the set o f the j aw indicate the great
determination which is the most p rominent charac
T h e fac e i s angular complex
t eri s t i c of the S corpio
ion murky and hair dark with a p eculiar ruddy
tin ge noticeable when the sun shines o u it T h e
teeth are large and subj ect to early decay T h e b o dv
is short and thickset with a short thick n eck re
sembling that of the opp osite S ign : T aurus
S corpio p eopl e always stand up for their ri ghts
and never submit to imp osition though p rone to r i de
roughshod over others T hey are full of worries
over things that may happen but never do and thus
make life a burden to those around them S arcasm
that stings like a scorpion i s aye upon the tip o f their
tongue y et thei r love is stron g and their aspirations
lofty T hus there are t wo natures stru ggling in the
S corpio and they need much symp athy and forbear
ance from their friends I n the hour o f danger they
n ever inch but perform deeds of heroism with a dis
regar d o f self that amou n ts to foolhar d ines s T h e
Th
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mind is sharp cool and collected therefore S corpio

men make good army o fcers and excel in surgery
T h e S corpio woman has a large family
T h e S un in S corpio accentuates the good traits
and gives a love o f mysticism ; but M ars the ruler
brin gs o ut the worldly side o f the S i gn it makes sco f
fers and sceptics
,
S ag i ttari us , t h e
C e n taur
born with S agittarius r i sing are even

taller than those born under the O pposite S ign Gemi
n i the men in p articul ar have large hands and feet
T h e size and weight o f the bony frame is often too
much for the ligaments of the spine to supp ort and
so these p eople d evelop a decided stoop in later years
T h e face is long and well formed the nose well pro
p ort i oned dark k i ndly eyes with dark chestnut hair
Th e body is very active but requi res much rest
as
the recuperative p owers are below the requisite
T h e symbol of this sign shows that there are two
widely di fferent classes born therein
O ne de si g
n at e d by the animal body of the C entaur is frankly
in f o r a good time
they are sp orty soldiers of f o r
tune o f rovin g p roclivities fond of games of chance
and ready t o ri sk thei r all on the turn o f a card the
speed o f a horse or a game o f ball while A ries o r
S corpio p eople may become pugil i sts and T aurus
p eople take up wrestlin g as a p rofess i on T h e sports
o f S agittarius have n o element o f cru e t l
in
them
y
;
sometimes when a f icted they may be criminals their
P eople
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M ars U ranus and N eptune are in one of the n ebu

lous spots adversely con g urat e d to the S un o r M oon
,
S houl d a
a similar trouble will be experienced
planet like o n e of the last named be in retrograde mo
tion the asp ect is much worse for when the plane t
has ceased to retrograde and goes direct in the
Z odiac again it will pass over which ever o n e o f
these nebulous sp ots it is close to a second time and
t hereby cause an added damage T here may be how
ever a comp ensating side to this asp ect for it some
times happens that while an evil conguration to
and A ntares i s the
o n e of these nebulous spots
worst dep rives a person o f his o r her si ght a b en evo
lent conguration awakens i n them a second -sigh t
wh i ch will m i tigate the loss in a degree which onl y
those who have that si ght can app reci ate
T h e S agittarian must learn to realize hi s ideals
with i n instead of seekin g them without We are i n
th i s school of experience f o r the purpose o f o ve rcom
ing and it is not by running away from one pl ace to
another that we gain experience By staying in one
place by doing o u r very best to at t ain o u r ideals
where we are we make o u r ideals come true
.
C ap ri corn
th
Go at
C ap ricorn rising gives a short slender narrow

,
chested body with a thin neck thin silky dark hair

a p ale p eaked face with small blinkin g weak eyes
Th e chin p ointed and turned upwards
the nose
p ointed and turned downwards an imp ediment in
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the speech ill formed lower l i mbs and an awkward

walk T h e vitality is very low and these children
are reared with great difculty but once infancy is
past they exhibit a tenacity that is truly amazin g
and often become very very O ld ; they seem to dry up
into a mass of wrinkl ed skin and bone that is all but
imp erishable this on account of the S aturn ray
whi ch rul es C ap rico rn I t is noticeable also that all
who have that planet p rominent in the nativi t y S how
the before mentioned wrinkling o f the skin ; even
though they may retain corpul ence conferred by
other congurations
A mbition and suspicion are ruling ch aract e ri s
tics a n inordinate desire for recognition of their
claims to sup eriority and advancement also su sp i
cio n that others are trying to subvert or with hold
the coveted p rize are ever with these p eople I t
causes them much unnecessary worry and may re
sult in habitual melancholy p articularly if S aturn
is a ficted T hey ought to seek amusement outdoors
read funny stories and otherwise try to cultivate a
sense of the humorous from childhood f o r this is one
o f the saddest signs
and needs all p ossible e n co ur
,
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ag e m en t
C ap ricorn p eopl e are successful in detectiv e

work where secret p ractices are used to trap others ;
and p ersistence is required to ferret out a mystery
f o r they neve r give up
T h e a ficted C ap ricorn i s
very revengeful and if by M ars may shed blood to
satisfy a grud ge T h e S un rising brings out the Jus
,
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T H E S T AR S
tice P urity and H onor o f the sign makes C aptains o f

C onstruction such as forward the great enterp rises
o f the world
,
A q u ari us
th
Wat er
B earer
stateliness and p ride o f those born under

the sign o f L eo are not missing in the typ ical
A quarian but wh i l e in the L eo these qualities are o f
a lower more beastly nature agreeable to the S i gn
t h ey are manly p ride and stateliness in the true
A quarian
L ibra generates a beautiful body but
m ore effeminate as it were whereas the A quarian
beau t y is truly m anly or womanly the fearless eye is
kindly and droopin g eyel ashes are p eculiar to this
S i gn T h e forehead i s square and the well devel op ed
poise tells of intellect the large domed head shows
the spiritual side o f the n ature and the chin is suf
ci e n t l y developed to give purp ose to all actions
T hus the typical A quarian is the hi ghest g rade of
human i ty ; but therefore also exceedingly rare for
the variants p roduced in each sign from the typical
by the interpos i t i on o f one or more planets are so
d i ff erent that the typ e is often unreco gnizabl e in the
m aj ori t y of its features A quari an s are most loyal to
fr i ends therefore t h ey a t trac t m an v keep them
t h rough life a nd are much b en e t t ed by them L i ke
C apricorn this si gn is ruled by S at u rn and he gives
to the A quarian the same retiring nature and tend
ency to mel ancholy whi ch m arks the C apricornian
but also the p ersiste n ce in followin g a g i v e n cour se
Th
1 10
T here
is a stron g tendency to mediumshi p

among the P isces p eople and therein is a danger
greater than any other on earth N O one should sit
and d egenerate into the tool o f

f o r development
low spirits but a P isces p erson in p articular i s
lost if taken control o f T hey cannot free them

selves neither i n this life or the next because gener
ally inert and de v oid O f will p ower T hey are timid
and even the men are tearful o n the slightest p rovo
cation ; they love leisure more than comfort and do
no work when n o t absolutely necessary to keep body
and soul together T hey love change o f scene rove
about considerably generally in an a i mless manne r
B eing fond of good things to eat and dri nk p artien
l arl y t h e l atter and lacking will to curb their ap p e
t it e when a ficted they frequently indulge the i r
craving to such an extent that they become habitual
d runkards
T h e S un rising in P isces gives more energy and
ambition Jupiter the ruler stren gthens the morals
and V enus exalte d i n this si gn g i v es great musical
talent but accentuates the tendency to alcoholic i n
dul g e n ce which m a rs the lives of so many splendid
music i ans
,
Whe n m any planets are in P isces the p erson

will have a hard life because he or sh e will not want
to take up their life s burden but love t o dream
they become recluses ; they seek to master the hidden
arts occultism and mysticism ; are not guided by re a
so n
but rather by their likes and dislikes and unless
,
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they can nd an occup ation that is otherwise isol ated

from the ordin ary business and trend of life they
will feel o ut o f pl ace T hey are p ron e to incur the
enmity o f peopl e with whom they come in contact i h
t i m at e l y ; nobody seems to get along with them and
everybody whether they show it o r n o t will take a
dislike
the
T here is however a higher sid e to P isces
p erso n who nds himself with P isces o n t h e ascend
ant i s at the end o f one cycl e o f p ro g ress and at
the beginnin g o f a new H e stands as it were upon
the threshhold of something hi gher T herefore he is
usually not able to live up to the p ossibilities o f t h e
sign which requires self -sacri ce and non -resistance
is
i n absolutely C hr istlike fash ion
T h e t endency
therefore t o drift up on the sea o f life and d ream
d reams o f future greatness T his tendency m ust b e
counteracted by every e ffort o f the will for other
wise life will be a failure and later the stern whip of
necessity W l ll be applied to goad him o r her into ac
tion
.
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C H AP T ER V I
THE
I N TRINS IC N A T U RE
OF
THE
P LAN ET S
H E nature of gun powder which cause s it to ex
under certain circumstances is n either good

n or bad the quality of its act i on is determined by t h e
way i ts p ower i s used When it furthers the welfare
O f the community it is called good and evil when
used in a manner derogatory to o u r well being ; so
also with the pl anets they are neither good n o r evil
a manner
e ach has its intrinsic nature a n d acts in
consonant therewith sa v e as modied by the circum
stances under which its p owers are exerted When
we know the nature o f a si gn and the n ature o f a
planet we may combine the t wo and thus obtain the
co rrect reading o f the stellar script by our o wn rea
soning instead of depending upon a
uthorities F or
instance the S un is h o t f ul l of vital force and
exercises an in uence that buoys us up i n body and
s pirit
When its rays fall up on us with moderate
stren g th it makes us stronger and more cheerful for
there i s an atmosphere o f generosity o ut -goin g love
an d kindliness in the S un
T hus if the S un at birth
i s in the weak si gn C ancer naturally the e e ct would
b e to modify the weak constitution describe d in the
foregoing si gnature of the sig ns ; t h e heat o f the S u n
p l o de
,
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1 14
scribes best the most salient characteristics

p lanet
of
each
L ife
C oalition
M ercury
T h e M oon
F ecundation
S aturn
O bstruction
Jupiter
I dealism
Reason
M ars
D ynamic
U ranus
N eptune
E nergy
A ltruism
D ivinity
I n the forego i ng the essential nature s o f the

pl anets have b een given ; where they are well aspected
by another planet these n atural character i stics are
e nhanced so far as the b e n e c planets are conce rned
bu t when e vi lly asp ected the n ature of V enus
which is l Ov e and rhythm becomes folly licent i ous
n ess and sloth ; t h e philosophy l aw -abi di n g tenden
cies mercy and lofty aspirations o f Jupi t e r turn into
lawlessness disregard of others an d l o w pursui t s ;
the lofty spirituality o f the S un will express itself
as j ust animal spirits and p hysi cal heal th I n regard
to the planets O f the lower n ature good aspects o f
M ars turn the desires toward constructive Obj ect s
and well regulated acti vities while e vil aspects are
responsible for the destructi v e exp ression o f the de
sire n ature S aturn whe n well aspected gives me
ch an i cal and executi v e ability cap able
d irectin g
of
,
I NT R I N S I C N A T U RE O F T H E
LAN E T S
1 15
the desire nature I t shows the brainy p erseverin g

man abl e to cop e with and conquer material o b st a
cles ; the organizer and the p romotor ; the scienti c
investigator who follows material lines
A s Jupi
ter well asp ected denotes the high -minded p h il o so
pher the worthy law -giver the sincere and ardent
p ri est in fact all who have high and lofty aspira
ti ons so S aturn when evilly asp ected d enotes the
evi l ly -minded creed -bound sectarian the material
i st and enemies o f society whether church or stat e
A s Jupiter gives the l ofty exp ansive and b en e vo
lent mind so S aturn evilly aspected gives a sarcas
tic co n crete and narrow tendency
I t is wonderful to contempl ate how the planet
ary forces bal ance each other so p erfectly that uni
versal equilibrium i s maintained d es pite the disturb
an ce s o f the 1 5 00 millions which inhabit
the eart h
alone n o t to sp eak o f other spheres E very moment
of
time o u r actions individually and collectively
interfere with t e re st ri al equip oise and were not thi s
instantly restored the earth must leave its orbit y
o ff at a tangent and destroyed
N or are physical
disturbances most p otent in disturbin g o r restorin g
balan g e it is a fall acy t o confound solidity and ri g
i di t y with stren g th as most thoroughl y explained i n
o u r l ecture N o 1 9 : T h e C o min g F orce
A train h as
n o stren g th its elf but mus t b e soli d because it i s
operated up on by a n in visibl e gas called steam
T here is n o force i n a ri gi d hammer ; b ut when drive n
by a colum n o f exible liquid l ike wa t er backed by
,
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elastic cushion o f compressed air the force stored

i n the air drives the powerful hydraulic ram 1rre s1st
it L i kewise
i b l y through whatever comes before
the factors which
s ubtle invi s i ble stellar rays are
and
m aintain o u r ponderous planet in its p ath
by mankind are
s pi ritual disturbances generated
n aturally the most subtle force which interferes with
the earth s equip o i se
T herefore each planet has its opp osite and cv
e ry time we radiate the quality of one planet
we
call forth a counter current of corresponding force
and by the action and reaction of those forces in and
upon us and our environm ent we learn the lessons of
life D O we vibrate to the love ray o f V enus instantly
M ars comes to tempt and tries to turn love to lust
but it dep ends up on US whether we remain steadfast
D o we court the ideal o f
i n virtue or yield to v ice
J upi t er ; d o we aim to el evate the standards o f
church or state i nstantly the S aturnine forces invite
:to self -aggrandizement and ap peal to the passion f o r
p ower W i th u s it l i es to rema i n true to the ideal and
reap laurels that last through eternity or yield to the
p romise o f p resent gain o f worthles s gold which we
r ep ay in sorrow when S aturn turns and becomes the
E ach horoscop e S hows the tendenc i es in
chastiser
and O pp ortun i ty con t i nu
e ven the humblest life
ally knocks
M ay we all be p repared to meet it as
s piritual astrol ogers
an
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relati v e to the houses yo u may condently p roceed

with your calculations and pl ace the other pl anets
I f not you have made a mistake which must b e cor
re ct e d before you go further
When someone hands you a horoscope c alc ul ated
by another astrologer and asks you to read it look
rst at the time of birth and then see if the S un is in
i t s prop er p os i tion rel ative to the houses an d the
r i ght sign as d etermined by the month for if yo u
start to read from an imp rop erly cast horoscop e you
lay yourself liable to ridicule S upp ose S atur n were
o n the ascendant and you accuse that p erson o f b e
ing melancholy ; when he denies the indications a nd
you discover that M ars and M ercury should b e there
in S corpio it is n o t p robabl e that he will accept
your expl anations ; he will more likely sneer at as
t ro l o g y and astrologers ; n or can we deny that from
his p oint of vi ew such condem n atio n i s j u stied
T herefore be careful to loo k at the S un
O ther mis
takes may occur but that is the mo st serious and the
m ost easily detected
,
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C H AP TE R V I I
THE
CH I LD RE N O F T HE
Th
B orn
C h ildren
M arch
20t h
to
T W E LV E
S I GNS
f A ri es
A p ril 21 8 t
is the home o f M ars the planet o f dy n a

mic ener g y and is also the exaltation S i gn of the
life givin g S un hence it is a very fou ntai n of life
and vitality as ma n ifest i n the sp routing of the mil
lions of seeds which break through the earth s crust
at that time and cha n ge the white winte r garment
to a o we r-embroidered carp et O f green and make
the forests a bridal bower for the matin g beasts
and birds
T his great vital force also nds its exp ressio n
i n the children of A ries they bubble over with life
and ener g y to such an extent that it i s often very
di fcult to curb them su fficiently t o hold them with
T h ev
in the bounds o f safety and common sense
are self-assertive and ag g re si ve to a degree always
in the lead for they scorn to follow turbulent and
radical in all thei r thoughts
i d eas and actio n s
T hey are venturesom e to the verge of foolhardiness
RI E S
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We also nd that they are greedy for the fruits o f

their labor they nev er can get enough but no mat
ter how much they earn they are generally p oor
for they sp end as l avishly and as thoughtlessly as
they earn T hey make splendid foremen and o v er
seers for bein g so full of vital energy and ambition
themselves they have a faculty of infusing their e n
e rg y into their subordinates or forcin g them to work
when necessary But being too imp ul sive and reck
l ess they lack the ability to orig i nate for themselves
T hey are seri ous and ardent in all they undertake ;
they cannot go into a
nything half -heartedly and
therefore if they once esp ouse a cause social poli
tical or religious they will work for that cause with
all the vim and vi gor of their en ergetic nature But
if on t h e other hand an A ries ch i ld becom es- a d dicted
to a vice the whole intensity of its nature is turned
towards the gratication of that p articular p art
o f i ts lower nature
T herefore p arents with A ries
children have a great re sp onsib i lity to set before
them by p recept and example the noblest and best
form o f conduct of which they are cap able f o r this
i s p rob ably the most impressive S ign in the zodiac
and the hab i ts formed the lessons learned i n child
hood and youth will generally cling to the p erson
t h rough l i fe and make him either very good or very
bad B e p articularly careful to inculcate abstinence
from alcoholic liquors for if an A ries child becomes
add i cted to that vice he i s beyond saving and often
become s subj ect to delirium
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acquainted with them

T aurus children are very
keen in their desires for material p ossessio n s and
they are usually very fortunate also in acquirin g
them for b esides havin g good earning p ower them
selves they are often the recipients o f inher i tance
But they do not want wealth f o r the sake o f ha v
ing it as much as for the pleasure and comfort which
they can get out of it ; they are mainly very fond o f
comforts and luxuries art music drama an d other
rening in uences o f life
T h e children O f T aurus have an abundance o f
v itality t o start with but they are very apt to g o
to excess in work o r play waste their energy and
become ill as a consequence T hey are p articul arly
attracted to the pleasures o f the table T hey revel
in rich foods which later give them a tendency to
digestive troubles enlargement of the liver heart
disease and congestion of the kidneys
T hese dis
eases are very apt to make them uncomfortable i n
later life therefore p arents should inculcate in them
above all things the virtue of frugality not only by
precept but by ex ample for these T aurus children
are very quick an d they will readily se e that mo

ther and father tell m e to eat little but they eat all
they want themselves

T hey should also be taught
to take plenty o f ex ercise as a means to p romote
health for the children of T aurus are rather indo
l ent i n their manner H owever as said before they
have a most wonderf ul v itality p arti cul arl y i f t h ey
are born at su n ri s e and although they m ay become
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C H ILD RE N O F
T H E T W E LV E S I GN S
subj ect to the diseases mentioned they will have a

lon g life and a fair m easure o f general good health
wealth and h appiness
,
C h il dre n of Gem i n i
Born M ay 22n d to June 22n d
children of Gemini are wonderfully quick

witt ed and bright ; they also have the ability t o ex
p r ess themselves clearly an d to the p o i n t therefore
they are always good comp any
C o n versation n ever
lags when they are p resent i n fact they are some
times given to mo n op olizin g it entirely but then
they are O ften so interestin g that other p eople
are glad t o listen
T hey acqui re l earnin g very
rap idly and are v ery well informed o n most sub
j ect s T hey have a goo d m emory so that what they
have won is not lost that is o f course p rovi ded the
ho r oscop e is otherwise well -asp ect ed and co n g u r
at ed Where it i s seriously a ff licted we nd the
faults o f the Gemini p ointi n g in the opp osite dirce
tion ; the n they may be inveterate chatterboxes
shunned by everybody who ca n p ossibly get o ut o f
their way Th e great p oint to remember with these
childre n i s that they h ave the ability o f expression
a n d a great deal m ay be done during the d ays o f
childhood to moul d the character in such a way tha t
it exp resses itself in a ma n ner that is congenial and
to the general benet of the child and its surroun d
ings and wi ll b e o f help to it later in life
T h e children o f Gemini are gene rally speaking
Th
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a very kind and affabl e disp osition easy to ge t

along with
T hey are able to adap t themselves t o
other p eopl e and to circumstances so that they be
come all things t o all me n and in that way they usu
ally make many friends and few enemies T hey are
o f a roving disposition and love to travel ab out from
o n e place to another and they excel in scientic or
clerical activities as agents or rep resentatives o f
others where their M ercurial talents nd an avenue
o f exp ression
F rom the moral p oint o f view it is not good t o
have a exibl e nature T h e children of Gemini are
only too easily made victims o f attery and there
fore apt to be led unconsciously into p ath s o f wron g
d oing It should be the aim of the p arents of these
children to hold before them very seriously t h e
straight and narrow p ath and emphasize the idea i n
thei r minds that that i s never to b e swe rved from
under any consideration
T h e children o f Gemi n i are very high -strung and
n ervous and therefore they are easily worried and
i rritated which re ects upon their actions and upon
their bodily health
O n that account p arents with
children born in this month ought to b e lenient with
them in their ashes o f temp er for they are very
quick spoken under wrath ; they need a soothing an
swer rather than rep roof in order that they m ay be
help ed to overcome while they are young and to
strengthen their moral constitution in that respect
When the horoscop e of a Gemini child is afflicted
of
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considerable discretion in whatever they do so tha t

o n e may safely t rust them to keep a secret or exe
cute a commission T h e si gn C ancer Is rul ed by t h e
restless M oon and therefore changes of res idence p o
s i t i o n vocation and of all matters are quite frequent
in the li v es o f these children A t the same time they
cannot be called ckl e and i p p an t for they are v ery
tenacious whenever they have undertake n to do a
certain work or undertaken a certai n obligation ;
the n they stay by it until it is nished N either do
they run haphazard into anythin g ; in fact there are
times when they are inclined to be too cautious E s
p eci al l y where there is danger o f inj ury they are al
most cowards and they are often given to a nx iety
a n d worry
,
Th
C h il dren of
Born July
L eo
23 rd to A ugust 24t h
sign L eo is ruled by the life-g i v i n g S un a n d

it is called the royal S i gn of t h e Z odiac ; therefore it
confers up on the children which are bor n under its
in uence a n oble ambitious and aspiring n ature
T hey are of the M as ter b r ee d a nd mak e good leaders
but poor foll owers B ein g o f a n o b l e a nd lofty char
acter themsel v es they sc orn mea n a nd sordid th i ngs
n o r will they stoop to do a low act e v e n un d er grea t
p rovocation o r the stron g urge of sel f -intere st T h e
love nature is v ery stro n g a nd ar d ent NO i n con ven
i en ce o r sacric e i s too great to serve those they love
T hey are loyal an d true friends through thi ck an d
Th
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C H ILD RE N O F TH E T W E L V E S I G N S
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thin
L eo i s a xed S ign and gives its chil d ren
considerable will p ower so that they are usually
abl e to win their way to the t o p despite al l
han d icap s and obstacl es T hey are v ery x ed i n thei r
opinions an d if they esp ouse any cause they will usu
ally stay by i t and work for it in a most enthu siastic
m anner T hey never do anything half -heartedly f o r
L eo being a ery sign en d ows them with p ower vi
tality and enthusi a sm L eo also g i v es i t s ch ildren a
good memory
T h e foregoin g tendencies are i n di
cat ed when the S un is fairly well asp ect ed i n the
horoscop e ; but if it i s a ficted by M ars or a n y o f
the m al e cs the n ature is changed so that the p er
son becomes bomb astic blustering and domineerin g
one n o t to be trusted in any dep artme n t o f life and
an unfaithful amorous husban d or wife a disloyal
frien d o n e who will n ot hesitate to stoop to a ny
mea nn ess H e i s then j ust as b a d as t h e L eo with
the well asp ected S un is good this o n the principl e
that the brightest li ght always casts the dee p est
shadow T h e p rincip al fault o f the L eos i s a quick
tem p er but they do n ot hold spite and when sho wn

to ha v e been in the wron g they are always rea d y to
apol ogiz e and make amends T hey are magnanimou s
e v e n to their b itterest e n emie s
'
Th
'
Ch il dren
f Vi rg o
B or n A ugu st 24t h to S eptem b er
23 rd
the zo d iac is rul e d by

M ercury the p la n et o f reaso n ex p res sio n a nd dex
V irgo , the
,
S i xth si g n
of
1 28
I t is said and with considerabl e truth tha t

love is blind f o r were o n e to see faults In the beloved
o n e the master p assion never would nd exp ression
T herefore the children o f V irgo who are governed
but in
s o much by intellect are not symp ath e t i c
critical and skeptical of any
cl i n e d to be cynical
thing that is not scientically demonstrable to the
reason and senses
T hey are very quick mentally
though only too O ften inclined to strain at a gn at
and though they seldom swallow the camel

they
get into a rut where they become narrow -minded and
bigoted T hey are rather lazy themselves and fond
but they like to drive others
o f takin g things eas y
and can be very masterful with subordinates
On
that account they often cause enmities of a lastin g
n ature but whenever they become friendly with an y
o n e they also make very good friends and treat thei r
f riends well
T h e M ercurial disposition infused by
this s i gn brings many changes o f environment and
therefore new associations and friendships are con
s t an t l y being formed
T hey are very acquisiti v e and
always looking o ut for ways and means o f bettering
themselves nancially socially and economically
I t may also be said that they deserve p romotion for
they are industrious to a degree where they see tha t
a reward may be gained thereby T hey are also very
ingenious and versatile fond of the study o f science
p articularly chemistry diet and h ygiene and many
amon g them become extreme food faddi sts A s V irgo
i s the S ixth sign these peopl e take on S ixth house
t e ri t y
13 0
and absorbin g interest T his is in fact one of

their p rincipal faults as they nd it very di fcul t
to settl e down to anythin g d enite and continue i t
with p atience and p ersistence un til they have
achieved success
L ibra is the si gn when the S un ch anges from
the northe rn to the southern hemisphere ; it crosses
the equator there and consequently the S un is
very weak at that p oint It is the great life -gi v er
goin g d own into the dark winter mo n ths and there
fore S aturn the planet o f darkness i s ex alted in
L ibra T hus we nd two natures v ery markedly ex
p ressed in childre n that are born un der this si gn ; o n e
is o f the S un which i s cheerful and optimistic
the other i s that of S aturn which is morose and
melancholy
A nd
this expresses itself in the
changeable n ature of the L ibra children ; sometime s
they are up in the seventh heaven opt imis t i c and
enthusiastic cheerful and happy then as suddenly
and without any seeming cause the scale swings an d
they seem to be down in the dump s of worry and
melancholy j ust as if they had not a friend in the
world As a matter o f fact they make ma ny friends
for they have a basically kind disposition en
gendered b y the L ady Of L ibra V enus but they al
so have a quick temp er though fortunately they do
n o t hold spite
T hey are exceedingly fond o f pleas
ures i n general a n d p art icul arly l ea n towar d art
a n d musi c
e rg y
C H ILD R E N OF
Th
T W E LV E S I G N S
THE
C h i ldre n of
13 1
S co rp i o
B orn O ctober 24t h to N ovember 23 rd

S corp io i s rul ed by M ars the planet of dynami c
energy and therefore the children born during tha t
mo nth when the S u n is p assing through this sign are
lled with a forc e that must ha v e a n outlet some
where o r somehow T hey p art ake of all the M arti al
qualities either go od or bad accordin g t o the way
the S un i s placed an d asp ected and they are al ways
r eady t o take up a n ar g ume n t o r a ght ei t h er on
thei r o wn behalf or for someone else ; they are n eve r
co n te n t with half measures either they g o to on e
extreme o r the other goo d o r b ad T hose who S ho w
the good side O f S corpio ha v e splendid constructi v e
and executive abilities T hey are b rusque but honest
an d j ust indefatigable workers and alway s read y
to sacrice t h em e sl ve s f o r the good o f others by re
b ell i n g against opp re ssio n o r i n other way s u n sel f
ishl y workin g for the cause they ha v e espoused Bu t
those who S how the b ad side o f S cor p i o n o t o nl y re
fuse t o wor k them sel v es b ut b ecome d em ago g u e s
who incite others to a n archy a nd l awlessness an d d e
st ruct i on f
T hese p eo p l e are social re -b ran d s a nd
v ery d an gerous to the commu n ity B ut the re i s on e
redeemin g feature ab out them a nd that i s that they
are n ot underha n ded whate v er they do i s o p e n an d
aboveboard
T h e chil d re n o f S co rp io u sually have
a v ery uncertain temp er a nd a sarcastic to n gue that
bites like the stin g o f the scorpio n wh en t h ey tur n
that sid e o f t h ei r n atu re T herefore the p are n t s o f
.
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1 32
T H E S TA R S
child ren should take them i n hand as early

as p o ss ible and teach them self -con t rol by e v ery
m eans within their power ; also strive to soften the
M ars ray and instill into them a more kindly spirit
T his m ay b e very di fcult because the sign S corpio
g ives a ve ry determined nature still i n Childhood s
y ears it i s pl astic to a certain extent and can be bes t
w orked upon then
T hey have a v ery stron g a n d
vivi d ima g i nation with a clear sharp and p ene
t rat i n g mind also a personal magnetism that makes
t hem ve ry attracti v e t o those with whom they come
i n contact
T hey seem t o be most contented in mili
t a ry life where there is sharp and strict discipline
P articular care should b e take n to teach these child
re n se x hygiene for the S ign S corp io rules the gen e
r at i ve and eliminatory organs
whose functions are
Stimul ated by the p resence o f the S u n i n S corpi o
s o that if the p erson is not morally and p hysi call
y
clean
much trouble may b e exp ected T hese child
r e n also make excellent surgeons an d if
they are
t aught to u se surgery only for constructive purpose s
t hey can d o a great deal o f good in the world
A ll
t his dep ends in a considerable measure up on the early
t rainin g f or there is a destructive side to t he S corpi o
n ature whi ch would make it very dangerous from
t h e S pi ri tual vi ewp oint for such a p erson to take
u p a vocation that o ff ers scop e for malp ractice ; he
woul d then c ontract a very heavy debt under the
l aw o f cons equence which must be p aid back in so r
r o w and suff e ring either i n this o r later lives
t hes e
characters who win the respect of society in general
and p articul arly all with whom they c o me into i n
timate contact
T herefore they become in t i me the
pillars o f society and recei v e p ositions of ho n or an d
p referment in the S tate o r C hurch as j udges or di
vines
T hey are very orthodox and conservati v e
in t heir opinions and punctilious to a fault in their
observance o f all customs and tradition s of the times
wherein they li v e but they are not p rogressive for
they value the O pinions o f their contemp oraries v ery
high ly and are seldom induc ed to e sp ouse any p ro
g re ssi ve ideas which might j eo p ardiz e the resp ect o f
the community enj oyed by them T hey are rm b e
l i eve rs in the n ecessity O f red ta p e
Withal h o w
e ver they are charitable and b ene v olent tender and
s ymp athetic ; they can always be relie d up o n to aid
an y altruist i c movement
and though they are o f
a kindly nature and en d eavor t o a v oid quarrels
in their own behalf they sometimes ght with
g reat zeal and courage f o r others who ha v e bee n i n
j ured and i n whose behalf their sym p athies have
been e n listed hence they m ake admirable l awy e rs
T h e S agittarians are usually excellent co nv er
i
o
n al i st s and they have a quick and ready wit a n d
a
t
s
are fond o f indul ging in oratory T heir memory and
interesting way o f relati n g exp eriences alway s hol d
the audience T hey are very p roud and ha v e gr ea t
condence in themsel v es
.
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C H ILD R E N O F T H E T W E L V E S I G N S
Th
B orn
C h i l dre n
D e ce m b e r 22n d
13 5
C ap ri co rn
20t h
to January
C ap r i corn is rul ed by S aturn the planet o f Oh

struction therefore the vi tal ity o f these c h i ldre n is
v ery low and they are di fcul t to rais e but once i n
,
fancy is p assed the S aturnine p ersistenc e makes i t

self felt and they cli n g to life with an am az m g te n
aci t y so that they often b ecom e v ery o l d
T hey are
very much subj ect to colds and their p rincipal
source of dan ger is fall s and bruises Th e children of
C ap ricor n are usually b as hful and timi d in the p res
e n ce o f strangers but whe n they have become us e d
to p eo p l e they sh o w thei r domineering nature and en
deavo r: to m ake everyb o dy arou n d them conform to
thei r will T h e S atu rnine quality o f the sign makes
t h em j ealous a n d sus p iciou s o f the moti v es of other s
T herefore they are v ery fond o f
d etecti v e wor k
T hey will follow a trail with unerri n g i n sti nct and
un waveri n g p ersevera n ce that ne v er gi v es up as l o n g
as there is the remotest cha n ce of succes s I t i s goo d
to be friends with Cap rl co rn i an s and bad t o make
enemies of them f o r they nd it v ery hard to for
gi v e a real o r fancie d O en se o r i n j ury a nd always
b rood over any wron g d one to them
O n the othe r
han d if they o nce g i v e their co n d e n c e o r fri e nd ship
they are also consistent i n that d irection T hey are
v ery amb itiou s a nd a nx i ous to ha v e their se rvices
re co gnize d by other p eople and they have a splendi d
executive ability because o f the unusual qualities o f
.
13 6
forethought and conce n tration conferre d by S aturn

T hey are born leaders and organizer s but chafe un
der restrictions a nd disli k e p artic ul arly t o take o r
d ers from others When they are placed i n such a
subordinate p ositio n a nd ca nn ot ha v e their o wn way
they becom e gloomy tacitur n moody p essimistic
irritabl e and given t o worry T h e childre n o f C ap
ri co rn usually have a d isinclination for marriage and
are seldom at ease if they enter into that state T h e
union is usually childless or children are few
.
Th
C h i l dren of
B orn J anuary
20t h
A q uari u s
to
F ebruary
1 9t h
children o f A quarius are o f a rather shy

T hey like to kee p their ow n com
retiring nature
p any and counsel more tha n i s g ood for them for
if this bent in their nature is allowe d full swin g it
has a tendency to breed melancholy and make them
T hey hav e a quiet unassumi n g ma nn er
recluses
which gains ma n y friends for them a n d their home
l ife is usually ideal
T hey are generally a ffectio n ate
a n d o f a v ery sweet a n d kind disposition a n d are al
ways rea d y to defer t o the o p inion o f a lo v ed on e
a n d ready to yield a p oint for the sake o f harmony
B esides A quarius b ei n g a xed si gn they are v ery
constant in their a ff ection as well as i n other thi n gs
A quarius is an intellectual sig n and its childre n
usually have a good m entality because the S atur n i ne
r ul e rship gives d epth to the mi n d and the U ra n ian
ray gives them intuitio n and a n inclinatio n towards
Th
T HE
13 8
ME S S A GE
OF
T H E S T AR S
.
p roverb about bad com p any corrupting good ma n
n ers applies with ten -fold strength to these chil d

ren and they will absorb good or evil with equ al f a
S o u ntil th ey hav e l earned to choos e f o r
ci l i t y
themselves the good thin g s it is esp e ci al ly n e cessary
T hey
for their natural gua rdian s to shield them
also have a strong te n dency to mediumshi p an d if
they are taken into se ances there is a great d anger
that they may become co n troll ed M oreo v er ha v i n g
such an extremely exibl e n ature they can n e ve r ex
e rt su fcient will p ower to free them sel v es from t h e
in uence when once they have b een subj ected t o it
and it may ruin thei r whole life
T hese children are very p eaceabl e i n disp ositio n
and sn er inj ury rather than ght f o r their ri ghts
not because they do n ot care for they are very j ealou s
esp ecially when bor n in the l atter p art o f the Si g n
but the P iscean n ature is always averse to exertion
and ge n erally they do not wa n t to t ake t h e t rouble
to gh t for their rights I n plai n E nglish they are
T herefore the p arents should see that a cer
lazy
tain amount of work i s allotted t o them during the
earliest years for it is the n that the h a
bits are form ed
and the nature i s the mo st pla stic T hey ca n l ear n
to be diligent with much less e ff ort at that time than
durin g the l ater stages o f life But once the children
o f P i s ces ha v e comme n ce d doin g a piece O f wo rk it
will p robably be a surprise to others to watch them
and see the methodical way they go at it m akin g cv
ery mo v e count u n til t h e t as k h as b ee n comp l eted
'
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C H I LD RE N O F
T H E T W E LV E S I GN S
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with seemingly v ery little e o rt on their p art Ho n

esty is another o f the vi rtues o f the P isces children ;
they are usually d ep endable a n d close -mouthed so
that they m ay b e trusted with secrets in ful l co n
dence that they wi l l not b etray the trust
T h e chil d re n o f P is c es are generally kind an d
cordial and sua v e in manner qualities
symp athetic
which will of course brin g th em many frien d s T hey
are n otoriously fon d of good thin g s to eat they re
v el in rich foods but are also p rone to b e fond o f
drink I f these te n dencies are allow e d to wor k
themselves o ut they will o f cours e ruin t h e life and
T herefore the
b esides b ring o n a train o f dise as e
p are nts of these childre n shoul d endea v or by p re
cept and example to teach them the simple life fru
g al i t y and co n trol of the app etite d urin g the years
whe n habits are formed besides guarding them
a gai ns t too strenuo us e x ercise which e v e n the chil d
ren of P isces will n ot shu n in childhood when the
abundanc e of life force im p els them T hen later in
life these lessons will n ot be without their fruit T h e
cha n ces are that the child which by the help o f the
p are n t h as lear n ed i n childhood to rul e its stars will
be both healthy and hea rty resp ected an d love d b e
cause Of good habits and in full enj oyment o f life I n
sho rt these children n ee d a v ery careful bringin g u p
t o s ave them from the e v il te n de n cie s and bring o ut
the good but that is j u st what such so ul s come t o
p arents f o r T hei r necessity is the p arents Op p o r
t un i t y to make a g reat and wonderful soul growt h
.
C HAP T E R V III
T H E S U N , GI VER
HE
S un bein g the center
OF
L I FE
the solar system

is reco gniz ed by all as the physical life -giver
even when they do n o t believe in anything sup e rp h y
s i cal ; it i s p atent to e v eryone from p ersonal observa
ti on that the hor i zontal ray of the mornin g sun a ff ects
us differently from the p erp endicular noon ray an d
that in summer the rays carry a life -force whi ch
n ot only brin gs forth the verdure up on the elds
but also aff ects the human temp erament and en
dows us with vital energy courage and a hop eful
spirit forei gn to the dark and gloomy winter month s
T his gloom is p ermanently noticeabl e i n the tem
p e ram e n t of p eopl e livi n g in the far no rth where
the absence of sunli ght makes life a struggle that
sap s the spirit o f frolic while in countries where
abundance of sunlight lessens the care o f existence
the temp erament is corresp ondingly v i v acious
and hop eful and sun ny
I n the horoscop e the angl e o f each plan etary
ray at birth determines the dep artment o f life it
will a ffect I f the child i s born at the noon hour
when the sun is at Z enith the daystar will app ear
in the l 0t h house of the horoscope and bring p re
If the child were born at
ferme n t p rofessionally
,
of
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1 40
142
the pl ace in the Z odiac whi ch seems to t n eares t,

brings the S un into the T welfth H ou se t h e writer
has O ften foun d that the exact a sce n dant may b e
ascertained by asking the person if his child
hood s life was clouded by p o v erty O f the p arent a n d
consequent limitatio n for a number o f years j ust
after birth
has been
T his in all cas es where it
found that all other events tted in the horoscop e
p roved a successful metho d o f d etermi n ing the true
ascend ant so that the numb er o f degrees from the
ascendant to the S un the latte r located i n the T welfth
H ouse would indicate the year s o f p o v erty for the
T welfth H ouse make s f o r limitation in that respect
especially when the S un is there at birth When the
S un by p rogression has p assed through the T welfth
H ouse and comes into the asce n dant things begin
to brighten for the person i nv olved an d when in
time it p asses through the S econd House he will
have a p eriod of nancial success ; but as stated
t h e S un in the T welfth H ouse j ust abo v e the as
usually m akes a very p oor home for the
ce n dan t
child during the early days o f life I f P isces i s there
the cause will generally be found in slothf ulness and
a desir e f o r drink on the p art o f the p arents which
makes them thus n eglect their o sp ri n g
T h e qualities imp arted by a well place d S un
are dignity strength o f will a n d cour age b oth phys
ical and moral a lofty p ride a n d a k een sense of
honor and respo n sibility whi ch m akes a p e rso n emi
n e n t l y reli able
a sterling ho n e sty and a hatred of
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anythin g s mall underhande d o r tricky

I t makes
him steadfast in l ove staunch in fri endship and gen
A di gnied ex alted o r well
e ro u s even to enemies
placed S un brings friendship from p eople in a p osi
tion to bestow substantial fa v o rs and aids the p erson
materially in his endeavors to advance in life
When the S un is aff licted and weak by si gn and
p osition the op posite qualities are m anifested ; b o m
bastic self-assurance and bluster lo v e o f adul ation
and a desire to rul e o r rui n but n o courage t o face
O pp osition ; indulgence o f the lower n ature a nd a
waste o f the vital force with a consequent los s of
health and stren gth
When the S u n is weak the
p erson is n o t to be depended o n ; he regards his
p rom i s es as pie -crusts made to be broken and b e
cause o f these traits such people always remain in
obscurity
In the world at l arge the S un si gnies employ
e rs and those in immedi ate authority over the per
son s u ch a
s j ud ges
and othe r go v ernment o fcers
an d whe n the exigencies of life brin g a p erson in
cont a
ct with t h e m h e will receive at
their ha n ds
wh at e ve r t reat m en t is merite d by his S un
T h e S un being masculine i s si g n i cat or of the
m arri age p artner i n a woma n s horoscop e ( and the
femini ne M oo n se rv es a simil ar pur p o se i n a ma n s
g ure ) hence a well plac e d S u n i s one of the indi
cation s that a ma n will ma k e a good husb a n d and
a n u n asp e ct ed w ea k o r a ffl ict ed S un gi v es him a
t e n den cy t o n eglect h i s hea rth a nd home
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T H E S T AR S
general si g n i cat o r o f health the S u n rul es

p rincip ally i n masculi n e gures ( and the M oon i n
feminine horoscop es ) but both lights and imp ort
ant I t may b e said however that the health o f a
ma n is n ot so much endangered by a l i ct i o n s o f the
M oo n as by a weak S un and vice versa a woman suf
fers more if her M oon is a ficted than if her S un
is evilly asp ected
As
T HE S UN I N
Th
0 1
Th
T HE
S un i n th
T W E LVE H O U S ES
e
F i rs t
H o u se
S un is the source of vitality and the F i rst
con stitutional conditio n

and the home o f o u r childhoo d hence the S un
well aspected i n the F irst H ouse adds t o the
vitality of the risi n g sign an d au g me n t s the
recup erative p owers
I t brightens life duri n g
the days o f childhood and stabilize s the n ature
making the p erso n more cheerful a n d comp au
i o n ab l e ambitiou s to succ e e d i n l ife courageou s
i n overcomi n g obstacles
T h e outlook o n l ife
is j oyful and optimistic he n ce the chances o f
success are increased
P eopl e with th e S un i n
thi s p ositio n love to lead a n d exercise authority
over others ; they are very j ealous of the esteem
O f the community upri ght and honest i n their
dealings
When t h e S un is a ficted in the F irst H ouse
it lowers the vitality makes the p ers on timi d
H ouse signies
our
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ter p art o f life it is always a consolatio n t o see

that the declining years will b e brightened b y
the S u n o f success T hat shoul d make the b ur
dens li g hter t o b e ar
.
Th
0 5
Th
F ifth
S un i n t h
F i f t h H o us e
H ouse rul es courtship children pleas

,
ure educatio n an d p ublication s ; whe n the S un

is there it fa v ors all th ese except childre n It
m akes the p ers on a favorite with the O pp osite
sex gives him much e n j oym e n t o f l ife also suc
cess as a teacher publisher or editor but
st rangely e n ough though the S un rul es t h e
heart whence sp ri n g o ur children his p ositio n
in the F ifth H ouse i s distinctly u n favorable f o r
their begetting T his is especially so if the ery
F ifth S ign L eo i s on the cusp T hen the fervent
heat o f p assio n seems t o scorch the human p lant
ere it has time t o grow T his tende n cy is modi
e d t o some extent when a wate ry sign i s on
the cusp but when on e o f the p a rtners has t h e
S u n in the F ifth H ouse the o ffsp ring i s n e v e r
p rol ic
,
0 6
Th
S un i n th
S ix t h H o us e
S eei n g that the S un i s the Giver
L ife it i s
e v ident that when it is con n ed i n the S ixth
H ouse it is deb il itat ed an d the v ital ow i s Oh
st ructed ; therefore p eople who have the S un i n
that positio n are p articul arly liable to d isea se
of
TH E S UN G I V E R O F
,
LI F E
147
a n d slow t o recu p erat e O n that ac c ou n t their

diseases are freque n t an d lon g -d rawn -Out to an
extent which ofte n amo un ts to chronic inval
idism
I f the p erson is an employee o f someone el se
he will b e e fcie n t i n his work ; he will ha v e n o
di fculty i n o b tai n i n g well -p aid p ositions but
he will b e v ery touchy towar d s h i s em p loy e rs
and make freque n t cha n ges u n der the p retext
that h i s abilities are n ot su fcientl y app reciated
I f he i s an employer this p osition o f the S un
i s good for suce ss i n bus iness but indicates trou
bl e with se rv ants wh o will b e domine ering
I f other co n guratio n s i n the horoscop e en
able the p er so n to shak e OR the g rip of sic k ness
the S un in the S ixth H ou se gives great ability
in chemistry p rep aratio n o f health -food and
m akes the p er so n a ca p a bl e nurs e or h eale r
.
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Th
P a rt n ership s
S un i n th e S even th H o us e
are ofte n u ns ucce ssful b e cause of

the selshness o f the p articip ants but he who has
the S un in the S eventh H ouse will have n o rea
so n to complai n i n that resp ect f o r he will al
ways attract someo n e with a high sense o f honor
when i n n eed of a p a rtner an d as m arriage
i s the most intim at e o f all p art n erships the S u n
i n the S eventh H ou se is a p artic ul arly fortu n at e
con g u ration i n that resp ect f o r i t wil l
brin g the p e rs o n a m ate wh o i s ab solutel y
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T H E S T AR S
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steadfast and true o n e who may indeed b e d e

p ended up on as a hel p meet in all t h e exi gen
ci es and vicissitudes o f life till death do p art
A s there i s no earthly treasure equal to such an
e nduring love this i s p erhap s the best o f all so
l ar p ositions
S houl d the perso n b e unfortunate enough
t o be come involved in litigation the S u n i n the
S eventh H ouse insures the favor o f the j ud ge
an d a successful outcome
,
Th
0 8
Th
E ighth
S u n i n th
E i g h t h Ho use
H ouse is the angle of incidence
through which the death dealin g force s act a nd

as the S un is the g i v er o f life it i s e v ident that
t his p ositi on is extremely detrime n tal as far as
v itality is co n cer n ed
a n d it O ften brin gs a
I t al
p romising life to an early termi n ation
s o often happ ens that when genius
has go n e
b egging all through life an d p a ssed the p o rt al
o f d eath in O bscurity it gains bel ated re co g n i
t ion fame and imm ortality through this p o si
t ion o f the S un
A s the S econd H ou se si gnies the nancial
c ondition of the p erson a n d shows what he does
with the money he earns so the E ighth shows
wh at com es t o him ap art from h i s -Own e ff orts
t hat is to say i n herita n ces the wealth o f the
m a rriage p art n er etc
T herefore the S u n i n
t h e E i ghth H ouse show s a n incr e ase o f wealth
,
,
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T HE
1 50
M E S S A GE O F
S TA R S
T HE
as p irations o f the person will be realized ; it at

tra cts people i n a p osition t o befriend him and
with an i nclination to do so
.
Th
0 12
S un i n t h
T wel fth Hous e
This is the signature o f the lonely so ul who as a

recluse shuts himself o ff from his fellows
It
brings with it a danger o f co n ict with the au
t h o ri t i es or an i nability to t in wit h the fa m il y
on
account of the ensuin g
conditions and
t rouble the p erson goes into voluntary or eu
forced exile living his life hencefort h a stranger
among strangers
E ven when suc h d rastic con
di t i o n s do not p revail the rst third of the life
i s us ually wasted in vain e ff o rts t o n d a bal
ance and settl e down to some life wo rk
L ike the S i x th H ouse p osition of the S un
t his also favo rs work with the sick i n h os p itals
chemistry and laboratory work
with
o r work
p risoners ; it gives a love of the occult and leads
t o curious lines o f research
.
T HE S U N I N
Th
O l
T HE
T WEL V E SI GN S
S u n i n A ri es
the S un and h enc e

this is the most p owerful position of the central
o rb
There it radiates a vital force of un ex
am p l e d st rength w h i c h gives t o the p erson a
wonderful fund o f energy where with to wit h
A ries is the e x altation -si gn
of
T HE
S UN G I V E R O F L I F E
151
stand the onslaughts of dise ase and should he

be taken ill h i s p owers of recup eration wil l
quic kly free h i m from t h e clutches o f sickness
P eo p le with this con gu ration are p r i nc i pally
liable t o fevers on account o f t h e fe rvent h eat
o f the S un i n A ries
A s A ri e s rul es the head
the e x cessive h eat often dries u p the scal p so
that the hair cannot grow and t h e p erson b e
com es bald
.
Th
5
O 2
A favorabl e
S u n i n T aurus
p osition for the nancial fortunes
but it al so gives a t endency to ex trav agance es

p e ci al l y in d ress and makes the p erson e x
t re m el y fond o f the opp osite sex sometimes with
detrimental results
I t gives great physica l
strength and the p erson l oves to show o ff that
p eopl e may admire his p rowe ss Taurus rules
the larynx and therefore the S u n in Taurus adds
strength to the vocal organ and gives the p erso n
a strong pleasant voice
,
Th
0 11
S u n i n Ge m i n i
Gemini i s a M ercurial si gn and third in the g a

mut hence t hi s p osi tion gives a blended i n uenc e
,
of the S un Mercu ry and the T hird H ouse Thi s

favo rs exp ression for M ercury as it i s the p lanet
whic h stirs the vocal chords and p rodu ces
soun d in the Taurian la rynx ; it also favo rs
writin g s and travel ; the mind is b ri ghtened by
,
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
1 52
T HE
S TA R S
the S un in Gemini an d wh en it is necessary or

ex p edient to travel the person ga i ns thereby
p h ysically and mentally It g ives a pl easant af
f able disposition whi ch makes him generally
liked among his associates
Th
0 SE
S u n i n Can cer
Cancer is the fourth sign and is r uled b y t h e

M oon h en ce the S un i n Cancer is a mi x ture of
1n
t h e S u n M oon and fourth H ouse I n uence
the radical horoscop e ( where Aries is in the
A scendant ) this is the nadir and vitality is at
its lowest ebb therefore the p erson with the S un
in Can ce r is apt to be indolent even when n o t
si ckly at all H e i s harmless and avoids quarrels
h en ce harmonio u s and agreeable in the home so
long as he is not as ked to work too hard Thi s
position of the S un makes the rst p art o f the
life barren of fruits but brings succes s i n the
l ater years Can ce r is a p sychic sign and there
fore the S un in Cancer gives a tend ency toward
the occult often with psychic exp eriences
,
0 8
Th
S u n in L eo
The S un in L eo gives a masterful nature with a

large m easu re o f self -control a keen sense o f
honor and a neve r-failing integrity
The p er
so n aspires to rule others but wo ul d
scorn to
take a m e an advan t ag e o r to do anything to
others that would not be in strict accord with the
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T HE
1 54
M ES SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
house with the result that the p erson loves t e e

mar riage partner so devotedly that he ex
cl ude s everyone else ; for o f a p erson with t h at
conguration it m ay trul y be said that

the
in the marriage pa rt ner

S un rises and sets
L ibra is also the ex altation sign of S aturn
and his in uence is there at its best g l vm g a
tint o f const ruction to the art o f Venus
This
is brought about as ability for the archi tecture
and the ner branches o f decorative construction
when the S un i s i n L ibra
This conguration
also gives a ne sonorous voice and vocal talent
,
Th
S u n i n S corp i o
This g ives the p erson a very blunt and brusque

manner with a t en den cy t o ride roug h shod over
anybody or anything th at stands in the way of
his desires ; an overwe ening egoism and a feel
ing that he knows better than anybody else ; ex
t re m el y cruel and i n di e re n t to the su ff erings
o f other p eople o r creatures
I t is the si gn of
the vivisectioni st the surgeon the soldier and
the butcher, also sea-captains
This conguration is good for gain by mar
ri ag e but gives a tendency to e x travagant ex
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p en di t u re
0 1
Th
S u n i n S ag i t tari us
This gives lofty ideals and a noble aspiring dis

p osition aiming t o rise by raising others
It
.
T HE
S U N G I V E R O F LIF E
155
makes the p erson benevolent p h il an t h rOp i c and

H e is
therefore belove d among his associates
o ften the recipient of honors and app ointments
t o p ositions of trust and mi ss ions o f a delicate
nature nor co ul d a better selection b e made for
on g
This c
su ch p eop l e are the souls o f h onor
u rat i o n also b rings s uccess in reli gion law and
statesmanshi p for it gives an e x p ansive mind
tted to grap p l e wit h t h e g re at e r p roblems of
life
,
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Th
S un i n Cap ri corn
This is a good si gn that the p erson will rise i n

life by the aid of the good -will of p eopl e in a
hi gher p osition tha n h e ; it also shows that he
will m erit their t rust and ac q u i t himself well in
a position of resp onsibility and trust ; it makes
him careful
p rudent faithful and honest
Jud ges with t h at co n guration cannot be bought
but will administer j ustic e as they see it to all
comers and it gives an all -round l ove of fair
p lay and wi ns f o r those wh o h ave it the res p ect
and esteem o f all in t h eir circl e o f envi ronment
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Th
S u n i n A q u ari us
This is a combination of t h e S un U ranus and

the E leventh H ouse in uences I t gives the p er
s on an intuitive p er ce p tion of the i nne r natu re
of t hings and a touch wi t h the forces and ideas
o f the spi ritual realms which leads him to take
,
T HE
156
ME S SA GE O F
T HE
ST AR S
up when p ossible new and advanced cults o r

methods o f healing such as N aturopathy E lec
tro -therapy A stro -therapy, M a gnetic H ealing
H e is also drawn to scientic research and
et c
ultra -intellec t ual or strange reli gions This con
gu ration gives p opularity and rm friends
among p eople wh o are in a position to bestow
favors and further the p erson s attainment o f
his ambitions
,
Th
0 96
S un i n Pisces
Gives a retiring disposition and favors success
in occupations removed from the publi c gaze

such as p ri sons hospitals institutions for the
p oor et c I f the p erson inc u rs enmity o f o t h
ers he will be vindicated in whatever they may
do to hurt h i s reputation
P eopl e with the S un
in P isces have a strong t endency towards p sy
chism mediumship and the occ ult in general
,
T H E SU N I N A S P E C T
W I T H OT H ER P L A N E T S
Ve n us p aral l el o r con j u n cti o n to t h e S un

calls o ut the artistic sid e o f the nature making
the person fond o f m u si c art and p oetry ; it
strengthens the love nature and if the co n g
u rat i o n occ u rs in the S eventh H ouse it is a p osi
tive testimony of unalloyed ma rital bliss
In
the S econd o r E i ghth H ouses it leads to ex
t ravag an ce o f the p erson o r his mate ; in S corpio
9 P c5 0
15 8
T HE
M ES S A GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
which the c onj unction occurs will play a very

important p art in the life I n the F irst H ous e
he is an out and o ut egotist with ve ry little lov e
f o r others save in so far as they serve his ends ;
in the S eventh his world p ivots on the mate ; in
the Tenth H ouse or sign he will sacrice all
other considerations to rise in public life ; in t h e
Twelfth H ouse o r sign it will give a strong tend
e ncy t o intemp erance which will bring trouble ;
in the Third an d N inth Houses it wi ll brighten
the mind and induce travel from which he wil l
benet ; in the S econd H ouse it will bring wealth
especially if in good aspect with Jupiter
Bu t if the conj unction o f the S un and M oon
is closer than three degrees it h as a tendency t o
deplete the vitality and i f the con j unction is als o
a solar eclipse an d t h e ch i l d survi ves this wil l
be p articularly noticeable all through life P eo
ple who have such close conj unction o r eclip se s
become listless di ssp i ri t ed and ou t o f sorts every
time there i s a new M oon It does not seem t o
interfere with the good e e ct s in ot her depart
ments o f life
.
l)
A O T h e M o on s ex ti l e o r tri n e t o t h e S u n T h e
good aspects o f the S un and M oon make f o r gen
eral success in life health fai r nancial condi
tions good home surroundings with faithful
friends and esteem in the community ; they f a
vor a rise in life because o f the p ers on s innat e
.
S UN G I V E R O F L I F E
T HE
159
ability which either gains f o r him the re co g n i

tion o f peopl e in a p osition to help him rise o r
imp els him to carve h is o wn way
,
1)
E] 8 0 Th e M o o n s q uare o r o p p o si t i o n to S u n makes
the p erson vascill at i n g and unsettled in disp o
si t i o n
chan geable and unabl e to pu rsue a settled
course in life rash to plun ge into som e thing but
lacking the p ersistence o r continuity of purp ose
to carry anything to a successful conclusion F or
that reason such p eople become failures in life
esp ecially in thei r dealin g s with women and p eo
ple higher in the social scale such as employers
the authorities j udges etc
They always have
di i eul t y in obtaining employment and keeping

thei r p ositions when they obtain o n e for they
are hyp er -sensitive and ready to take o ff ense
with o r without p rovocation
These con g ura
tions also affect the health rendering the body
liable to cold and making recup eration slow when
sickness has overtaken the p erson
,
A0
S at u rn
sex ti l e o r
t ri n e t o S u n
endows the
p erson who is fortunate enough to have it with
som e of the nest faculties in the gamut f o r it
brings o ut the best qualities in the two planets
I t gives foresight method and organizing ex
e cu t i ve and diplomatic ability with the mora l
stamina to carry any p roj ect d etermined o n t o
a successful conclusi on des p ite d elays and ob
stacl es
Yet the person makes n o enemies in so
,
T H E M E S SA GE OF T H E
160
S TA R S
doing for this conguration also makes him the

soul o f honor kind and considerate ; he would
never stoop to do anything mean f o r he is so
sincere and j ust in his dealings with all men
b u t on the other hand wh en he believes a certain
co u rse o f action t o be ri ght he will never swerve
therefrom though heaven and earth b e moved
against him These aspects b ring success i n p o
l i t i cal or j udicial p ositions also in connection
with mining o r a griculture
The p erson often
benets by legacy but recognition and success
is generally delayed till middle life
,
S aturn p ar all el , co n j u n cti on; s qu are o r

o p p o si ti o n
t o t h e S un h as a ve ry detrimental
e ffect where the resistance is fundamentally low ;
C]
8 0
in Gemini and S agittariu s it gives a tendency to

t u be rc u losis
It do es l east dam age in t h e x e d
signs where the resistanc e i s greatest but when
sickness does get a grip -on the p erson it hangs
on like g ri m d e at h for it lessens the p ower of
the body to throw o ff disease quickly hence re
cu p e rat i o n is very slow
These a sp ects are extremely adverse to that
m ed s u ccess but t h ey give
which is generally te r
an abundance o f exp eri ence so they are e x cel
l ent from the standp oint of the s oul It m ay be
tr uly said o f the p erson who h as them that the
best laid plans o f m en and mice gang aft agley

for no matter h ow careful l y he m ay plan his af
.
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M E S SA GE O F
T HE
T HE
STA R S
with that exception we may say that these co n g

wealth
u rat i on s are sur e indications o f h ealth
and hap piness They gi ve the p erson an ab un d
ance o f vitality which is p roof against very se
vere onslaughts o f disease and even when p ar t i e
ul arl y favorable planetary in uences succeed in
breaking down his resistance recovery will be so
rapid as to seem miraculous
This nearly i m
p regnable condition o f health is all the more un
assailable because it is backed by a disp osition
at once sun n y and j o vi al and that latter charac
t e ri st i c also makes the fortunate p ossessors of
these asp ects beloved by all with whom they come
in contact E verybody is glad to see the p erson
wit h the p erp et u al smile but they do more than
smile
they earn the friendship universally
bestowed upon them by deeds o f kindness by
words of symp athy cheer o r hop e as the occasion
may demand
They are trusted by everybody
because they never betray a trust and they have
clear heads good j udgment and executive abil
ity so that they are well tted to help others
These characteristics also favor their o wn n an
ci al fortunes
so they accumulate wealth but
theirs i s never tainted money ;

they never
benet by the loss o f others
They are relig
i o u sl y conse rvative and may be aptly described
as p illars o f society
They shine p articularly
in govern mental o fces
,
T HE
M C]
8 O
S U N GI V ER
J up i t er
OF
q uare
or
LI F E
16 3
O p p o si ti on t o t h
S un i s
bad for the health because it gives a tendency

to ind ul ge in bad habits The person is far
too fond o f the so -called

good things o f
life
and very selsh in satisfying h is o wn
comforts he never e x ercises himself or denies
himself so the circulation becomes sluggish an d
as these p eople have a sup erabundance of blood
it is p roductive of various nox ious growths and
kindred disorders sometimes a t o f anger raises
the b l oo dp ress ure to suc h a p oint that a vessel
bursts and ends the life o r leaves the p erson
henceforth a useless wreck
These as p ects give a bombastic haughty di s
p osition with an inordinate love of display an d
t h us induce to e x trava gance both in social and
business a ffairs wi th the result that the p erso n
som etimes nds himself involved in d ebt which
he cannot p ay and then it is but a step t o t h e
ba n kruptcy cou rt A f alse p rid e often p revent s
these p eople from working h onestly for others
they woul d rather p rey up on the p ublic as gam
b l ers followers o f rac es and other so -called
sp ort s where there is an op p ort unity to swindl e
o
p e p le and get what they call an easy livin g
until they land i n the meshes o f the law Child
ren with thes e a spects should b e given special
trainin g in self -restraint thrift and honesty ;
.
they will have
te ndency to scorn and
s co
at
164
T HE
M E S S A GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
reli gi on but p erhap s the memory o f a devout

mother may help t o keep them strai ght
,
M ars
*A G
s ex t i l e o r
j
The conj unction gives a tendency
t ri n e t o S u n
to f eve r esp ecially if it occurs in A ries the sign
which governs the head but it is curious tha t
p eople with that congurati on seem also to b e
abl e t o endure a much higher temp erature than
and come unscathed through such a siege
o thers
o f sickness as would have ordinarily p roved f a
With that exception these asp ects all p ro
t al
du ce a sup er abundance of vital energy whi ch
a ssures their p ossessor of the most radiant health
al l thro u gh life it strengthens the constitution
a n d makes the p erson abl e to endure the ha rder
t asks it gives him a dauntless d etermination and
co u rag e t o face the greates t odds
Given a plan
t o foll ow he may be trusted to overcome all phy
s i cal obstacles for he has both exec u tive and co n
s tr u ctive ability together with
an indomitabl e
will which refuses to reco gnize defeat
The dis
p ositi on is frank and op en but blunt and often
b rusque they are too intensely bent o n what
e ver they want to do to waste tim e in politeness
an d suavity they brush
the conventionalities
a side without compunction and are therefore not
l iked by people o f t o o ne sensibilities ; they are
h owever men and women o f action and the fore
m o st factors in the world s work ; b u t for thei r
8 P6
p aral l el ,
co n u n cti o n ,
T HE
1 66
A G)
l
Is
M E S S A GE O F
Uran us
se x t il e or
T HE
STA R S
t ri n e t o t h
S u n makes
the p erson intuitive original inventive and inde

p endent i n his manner of conduct and p er
sonal appearance with respect to food and
certain mannerisms ; he i s what p eople call
eccentric and conspicuous yet not o ff ensively
so given to p u rsuits and studies which p eople
consider queer such as occultism an d astrol

but also delving into the unknown realms
ogy
concerning el ectricity
after nature s secrets
H e often becomes a successful inventor if other
asp ects give the mechanical ability to work out
his schemes
U ranus rules the ether and now
t hat we are nearing the A quarian age h i s vibra
t ions will in increasing measure bring t o o ur ken
m ethods o f using nature s ner forces and the
p eopl e with the S un se x tile or trine U ranus will
b e the media who attract and interp ret them for
u s as the aerials and receivers in a wireless sta
tion collect and transcribe the messages carried
by the ether waves to which they are attuned
The person often rises in life through the friend
ship of p eople above h i m in the social scale He
i s of a ve ry high -strung temp erament but has
himself well under control and rarely shows
temp er o r anger H e is an out and out idealist
,
s q u are
j
o r o p p o si ti o n t o S u n makes the person very high
strung nervous and of uncontrolled emotions
(5
[j
8 O
Uran us p aral l el ,
co n u n cti o n ,
T HE
S UN G I V E R O F LI F E
16 7
ready to y into hysteria on any or no p rovoca

tion
It p redisposes to all nervous disorders
s u ch as S t Vitus dance epilepsy and lack of co
ordination
It makes him impul sive and u n re
liable without regard f o r the conventionalities ,
highly impatient of any human restraint up on
his liberty and committed t o the theory o f af n i
ties soulmates and free -love hence an un de si r
able marri age partner and likely t o gure i n
divorce p roceedings or scandals of an even worse
nature
There i s also danger o f trouble o n account
o f connection with anarchistic plots where the
inventive faculty may nd scop e in the co n
struction o f explosives and infernal machines
U nl ess th e se asp ects are modi ed by othe r co m
g u rat i o n s t n cse people are amo n g: the most dan
They are liable t o accidents
g e ro u s t o society
from lightning and electricity and all through
life they meet disapp ointment in every direction
.
Q *A
N ep tu n e
s ex ti l e
or
tri n e t o t h
S un f a
vors the p ossibility of developing the spir

i t u al faculties
for he intensies the spirit
u al vib rations in the aura
M any p eople wit h
these congurations hear the harmony o f the
spheres and if M ercu ry the lower octave of Nep
tune gives the requisit e d exterity they become
musicians o f high insp irational nature In o t h
,
ers is breeds a love of the occ ul t
w hic h
lead s
T HE
16 8
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
them into th e hi gher life but they usually ap

p roach it from the intellectual standp oint o f
p sychi c investi gato rs a few live the life and o b
tain rst -hand knowled ge
,
E
? 6 PD 8 G
or
N ep t u n e
O p p osi t i o n t o t h
co n u n ct i o n ,
p aral l e l ,
q uare
S u n also brings the p erson in
tou ch with the deniz ens of the invisible world by

raising the vibrations in his aura but these co n
g u rat i o n s attract the undesirable element such
as met at the ordinary spiritualistic seance I n a
watery sign N ep tu ne induces the p erson to drink
to excess and then the added acceleration o f the
vibratory rate freq u ently ca u ses him to p erceive
the u gly gruesome forms ab o un dm g l n the low
er realms o f the invisible world which are r eal
elemental entities and not g m en t s as bel ieved
by p eopl e who hear him tell what he sees du r
ing deliri u m tremens
The se asp ects also make the p erson liable to
be swindled by sharp ers and condence men too
easily hoodwinked
,
T HE
1 70
M E S S A GE O F
STA R S
T HE
t h roug h h elpl ess infancy Venus sounds the love

call o f the youth and the maiden gives and takes
smoothing out al l the di f culti e s i n the con j ugal ca
reer S h e is ever burn ing incens e up on the altar of
of love come the
a e ct i on and from her garden
owe rs which scent even the most sordid so ul s with
celestial p erfume and raise them for the time being
t o the stature of gods
Bu t when Venus is a l i ct e d all thes e sublime
q ualiti es become tainted and take a hideous as p ect
S q uare s
acco rding to the nature of their a l i ct i on
and opp ositions tur n to lust which makes the p er
son revel in sensual gratication the p erception o f
b eauty whi ch ex p resses itself as art becomes sloven
l i n ess the tend ency to self -sacri ce the giving of
oneself for others is turned to selshness and the p er
son will then seem to use othe rs to escap e any task
or eff ort not to his or her li king l aziness is on e o f
the most p rominent charact eristics of an aff licted
Venus
B eing feminine Venus never reaches ou t toward
others but e x e rts a ma gnetic ener g y which draws
them to her Therefore she represent s in the male
horoscop e those o f the op posite sex to whom the p er
son is d rawn but i n a female h o roscop e Venus de
sc ri bes the p erson s own attraction for the opp osite
se x and M ars the mal e planet shows who will be at
t ract ed b y her charms
Venus is essentially di gnied in Tau rus and L i
.
'
VEN U S
bra
T HE
P LA N E T
OF
LO V E
17 1
S h e is e x alt ed in P isces and therefore her i n
is most p owerfully felt when she is placed i n

those si g ns S h e is weak and a ff licted when placed
in either o f the martial si gns A ries o r S co rp io where
she i s in her fall or when she i s in the mercurial
si gn Virgo The b est H ouse p osition is in the S ev
e n t h where her in uence will make the marriage se
rene and blissful
ue n ce
V E N US IN
9 1
T HE
T W E L V E H OUS E S
V en us i n t h e F i rst H o use h as a t endency to

sp read sunshine over the c h i ld s h ome and make
the early life hap p y It gives an amiable char
acter so that the p erson is w ell liked b ecause o f
It
his social nature and friendly disp osition
brings out the love o f music art and a desire
for pleasure
That is what may b e called
a
lucky p osition for it m akes the p erson very at

tractive t o all with whom he or she comes i n
contact and i n that way it tends t o give gener al
succe ss in life
It is also very good fo r the
general health
'
S? 2
V e n us i n t h e S eco n d H o use is an indication of

nancial su ccess in life
Peopl e wit h Venus in
thi s p osition a re usually very p opular and are
thus help ed by their friends to lucrative p osi
tions At the same time this p osition makes the
p erson very wasteful and p rodigal so that it
tends to make him spend more than he earns
.
T HE
172
ME S SA GE O F
S TA R S
T HE
The money i s usually squandered on pleasure

dress and ornaments for self by a woman and
f o r an amour by a man and not infrequently
leads to abuses which undermine the health
This position also shows gain by dealing i n
thin gs ruled by Venus such as dress goods
j ewel ry music etc
,
Ve n us i n t h e T h i rd H o us e has a p artic u larly

benecial e ff ect upon the mind making the p er
optimistic and inclined to look at
son che erful
everything from the b right sid e o f life
It
gives a love o f music art literature and every
thing that has a rening in uence an unusual
facility to exp ress ones elf in a happy and app ro
It
p ri at e manner either in speech o r w riting
gives love of travel ; the p erson will en j oy him
self o n h i s j ourneys and benet by them
It
al so makes relations with brothers and sisters
and neighbors and the p eopl e in o n e s imm ediate
environment congenial
9 3
V e n us i n t h e F o urt h H o us e shows happy co n

di t i o n s in the home p articularly in the latter
p art of life
It also indicat e s that an inhe rit
ance will be l eft to the p erson and that if he
owns houses or lands he will gain much by
them
,
9 5
Ve n us i n t h e F i f th H o use makes the p erson u n

usually a ff ectionate and as a resul t he o r she
T HE
1 74
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
way will b e found to settl e the matter without

actual rupture Thi s p osition is good for actors
singers and others whose calling b rings them
before the publi c i n a vocal capacity f o r it en
sures a kind and sy mpathetic reception on the
p art o f their audience
V en us i n t h e E i g h t h H o use will b ring gain by

marriage p a rtnership or l egacy if it is well
asp ected but if it is a ffli cted it brings loss and
disapp ointment i n love or an e x travagant mar
ri ag e partner and legal trouble over a will
,
V en us i n t h e Ni n th H o use i s a ve ry fortunat e
position if Venus is well aspected fo r being so
highl y elevated here it ex ercises considerabl e i n
u en ce on the life and makes the disp osition ex
cee di n g l y kind symp athetic and helpful so t hat
by these qualities the p e rs on b ecomes much es
t eemed and sou ght after p arti cularly in chari
table o r religious work for this p osition als o
brings out the d evotional sid e o f the nature
It gives a love o f music art and drama as well
as everything that has an in uence f o r soul up
l i f t m en t
Whenever the p ers on j ourneys fro m
o n e place to another for gain o r for pleasure
Venus in the Ninth House wi ll smooth the p at h
before h i m and make his trip thoroughl y enj oy
able I f Venus is a f icted in the Ninth H ouse
the p erson will long to do o r to be al l the fore
,
VENU S
T HE
P LA N E T
OF
L OV E
1 75
going things but will n d it ex ceedingly di f

cult i f not imp ossibl e to ac complish his de
sire
,
Ven us i n t h e T en th H o us e is o n e o f the best

si gns o f general success in the life when well
asp ected The p erson who has this p osition b e
comes very p opular p articularly with the o pp o
site sex and wi ll rise in the social scal e throu gh
marri age
I t gives an ability to avoid trouble
in life and ex tract from it all th e p leasure there
is in every situation Comfortabl e nancial cir
cu m st an ce s attend up on the p erson all through
life and foste r a general attitud e o f optimism
When Venus is a fflict ed in the Tenth H ous e t h e
p e rson i s looked down o n by those in his social
environment and thou gh he tries to ingratiate
himself with those who are in the charmed circles
he will nd hi msel f left with snubs and insult s
A hasty or ill -considered marria ge is
apt t o
make matters worse and bring him farther into
disrepute as a scap egrace
9 10
'
9 11
V e n us i n t h e E l even t h H o us e if well -aspecte d

brin gs to the p erson h osts o f friends wh o are
willing and anx ious to aid him in the realization
o f his hopes wi shes and desi r es
but it depends
upon the nature and c h arac t er of the si gn where
in Venus i s p laced as well as o n the strengt h o f
the as p ects w h ether they wi ll b e able to do so
,
T HE
176
M E S S A GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
F or instance if Venus is in the E leventh

H ouse i n A ri es o r S co rp l o o n e o f the martial
signs where sh e i s weak and asp ected only by
sex tiles from M ercury and the M oon very little
help can b e exp ected of her compared t o wha t
she will give if sh e is in her own sign s Tauru s
o r L ibra and asp ected by trines f rom t h e S u n
and Jupiter In the cas e rst cited the friends
d rawn to the p e rson may be ever so sincere i n
their wish to hel p b ut will not have the ability
I n the last case they will e x ert a powerf ul i n
u en ce and will accomplish wonders
I f Venus
is a f icted in the E leventh H ouse it is very
often found that the person attracts friends who
impose upon him and work him o r her f o r all
he i s wo rt h and when they have used h i m to t h e
fullest ex tent and h e cannot serve their purp ose
any longer they throw h i m aside
o r n ot
V en us i n t h e T wel f t h H o us e if well -asp ected i n

di cat e s that the p erson will benet from the
things si gnied by this House viz occupations
connected with p risons hospitals o r charitable
institutions or by work in a chemic al labora
t ory o r some such secluded occupation where h e
does not com e in touch w i th the public I t also
favo rs study and p ractice of t h e occult and
gives a tendency t o secret clandestine love af
fairs which will p ro b ab y run smoothly if Venus
is well -aspe c
t ed but if she is weak by sign o r
9 12
'
T HE
1 78
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
L ibra and P isces where she i s also

essentially di gnied and ex alted
I t is a very
favorable p osition for nancial a ff a i rs esp eci ally
gains derived through the p erson s own efforts
in whatever vo cation in life he may have chosen
It gives a friendly and sociable disposition with
the ability to inspire reci procal feelings in o t h
P eople with Venus in Taurus are very set
e rs
in thei r opinions concerning correct form and
deco rum correct in sp eech and onc e they have
formed an op inion they hold to it very tenacious
ly
They are generous but not extravagant
cep t i o n
of
V en us i n Gem i n i bl ends the b e auty o f Venus

with the mercu ri al ability to exp res s so that
p eople who have thi s conguration are abl e to
choose their words with singular facility and i n
f u se in them a rhythm which is like music to the
ears of a listener The refo re this i s on e o f the
congurations which make p oets p rovid ed o f
cou rse that other indications in the horoscop e
support f o r it should always b e remembere d
by the student that no single as p ect o r p osition
is in itself su fcient to mark a p rominent chara c
teri stic To do this the whol e horoscop e must b e
blended
This p osition h as a very rening i n
u e n ce o n the mind inclining to a literary o r
artistic career It makes the pe rson beloved o f
his brothers and sisters neighbors and other
peopl e in his immediate environment This p o
9 II
V E N US
T HE
P LA N E T
or
LO VE
1 79
sitiou also inclines to marriage and frequently

to more than one union I t favors travelin g both
f o r gain and pleasure esp ecially short j ourneys
.
9 SS
V en us i n C an cer blends the charact eristics o f

Venus with those o f the M oon and th e p sychi c
watery nature o f C ancer
Therefore this posi
tion gives the p erson a very fruitful i magina
tion and h e o r she i s very ap t to come in touch
wit h the inhabitants o f the unseen world or at
l east take up some very devotional phase o f re
l i g i on but t h i s is dangerous because Venus i s
negative attracting without selecting or discrim
i n at i n g hence liabl e to domination by spirit con
t rols and the dangers o f mediumship
'
'
V en us i n L eo is comp ounding love for L e o

rules the heart and whoever h as this p osition will
b e tend er -hearted t o a d egree Contrary to t h e
commonly accepted ideas there is a c ruel strea k
i n L eo but when Venus is there there is no mor e
lovi ng and t end er si gn i n the zodiac besides b e
ing that L eo is a x ed si gn Venus i n thi s p osi
tion makes for an unparalleled ability f o r th e
a ff ections when once they have been placed an d
an unswerving loyalty to the ob j ect thereo f
B eing that L eo is t h e fth si gn Venus in L e o
also gives success in ent ertainment or education
al enter p rises and the bl ending o f the Venu s
9 6L
T HE
1 80
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
STA R S
ray with the solar brings favor from those abov e

the pe rson in the social scal e
.
Ve n us i n Vi rg o , the S i x th H ouse si g n gives the

p e rs on a deep and t ender symp athy f or the sick
a nd peopl e with this p osition make good nu rses
This position also favors occupation as a chem
ist a di etician who i s concern ed with the p re
p arat i o n o f foods for the maintenance or attain
m ent o f health
I f the p erson h as employees or
s ub ordinates under h i s management his relations
with those p eopl e will always b e very pleasant
and they will serve him well
9 1112
V e n us i n L i bra the S eventh H ouse si gn is e s

This i s o n e o f
se n t i al l y di gnied and strong
the congu rations w h ich t estify to a f ruitful
and congenial marri age o r successf ul p artner
It gives m usical and artistic ability and
s hip
m akes the p erson p opul ar in public life
I f on
gaged as a sp eaker o r singer it ensures an ap
app ears in
p re ci at i ve audience whenever he
p ubli c
,
'
V e n us i n S co rp i o is the worst p osition of all

in which she may be pl aced f o r here again the
l ove -ray o f Venus bl ends with the m artial re
o f p as sion in the si gn governing the genitals so
t hat if there are no other redee ming and re
s t raining i n uences in the horoscope love turns
t o l ust and an unbridled gratication o f an e x
9 TIL
1 82
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
T HE
S TA R S
Therefore also this p osition indicates a g e nial

and optimistic disp osition a sympathetic kind
and generous h eart a love of Go d exp re ssed i n
reli gious devotion or love o f man shown b y p h i l
It indicates a rened
an t h ro p y and charity
mind c u ltured and fond of drama art and
m u si c I t fosters the imagination and intuition
and like the other do u ble -bodied signs Gemini
and P isces it inclines to plurality o f marri a es
,
'
9 V3
V en us i n C ap ri co rn the Tenth H ouse si gn

gives social success and popula rity but Venus
does not blend well with S aturn the ruler of
Cap ricorn There is therefore a slight tendency
t o melancholy in p eople who have Venu s i n that
No r are they ever secure in the favors
p osition
wh i ch they receive from other p eopl e or in their
p opularity for S aturn h as a tendency to throw
t hem down when they h ave reached the highest
p inn acle
Therefore though this p osition may
h elp them to climb the ladder of advancement
i n social circles o r in business they are never
safe in their position
This p osition makes a
p erson very j ealous o f honor and he takes it to
hea rt when sometimes S atu rn throws him down
Ven u s in S at u rn s si gn often causes the p erson
t o disregard the fact that disp a rity o f a ge is so
fatal to happiness in marriage and either if he
m arries young he takes someone who is much
older than himself f o r a p art n e r or if marri ed
VEN U S
P LA N ET O F LO V E
T HE
183
in l ater years he selects someone who is still i n

the bloom o f youth with the almost inevitabl e
resul t that disagreement and dissolution of the
m arriage ti e take plac e in the cou rs e o f a few
years F requently also p eo p l e with this position
o f Venus marry for business o r as a matter o f
co nvenience I n short Venus never reaches h e r
le gitimate e x p ression o f love in S aturn s H ouse
an d therefore such unions are always a source
o f sorrow and disapp ointment to the contract
ing p arties
.
Ve t us i n A q u ari us indicates a blending o f the

U r anian qualities indep endence impatience o f
res traint , disregard o f convention desire for
ori ginality uncomp romising sincerity and i n
t u i t o n with those o f Venus and as a result we
nd that p eopl e with this configuration refuse t o
b e l ound by the usual restrictive rules o f so
ci e t y in
their l ove a ffairs and follow their
h e ait s inclination regardle ss o f what others
m ay say or think
They are rm believe rs in
the theory o f so u l -mates a fnities e t cet era
and l iable to act in the most une x pected man
ner with such startling suddenness that neither
they nor anyone else are abl e to foresee what
they may say o r do next
But at the same
time they are so l oving and sincere in their
con victions that friends neve r fail them and
,
1 84
T HE
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
whatever success they attain in life is usually

du e to the c o rt o f fri ends t o help them to
realiz e their hopes wi shes and aspirations
.
9 X
Ve n us i n Pis ces i s in her o wn ex al t i on / si gn

of
where she again blends with the
Jupiter and as P isces i s a watery
p osi
tion signies a p owerf ul em o t
sub
rrow
dued and toned d own by the element
inherent in the twelfth house si g n
po
si t i o n
therefor e indicate s someone c
of
o ur
feeling a sentiment such as that f
S avior whe n H e said :

Come unt
ye
that a re weak and heavy laden and
give
you rest
Thus Venus in P isces indi
a na
ture yearning and aching to assist
wh o
are a fflicted by bodily ills o r su e
from
l e of
sorrow M oved by compassion such
ten take up work in a p rison o r cha
1e i n
st i t u t i o n
where they nd an outlet
their
compassion This p osition also gives
tense
love o f music and when other
con
cur considerable ability t o ex p res
vo
cally or instrumentally for music
wo n derful outlet for the deepest
s of
which the human soul is capable
with
Venus in P isces are esp ecially liab
n an
ci al imposition on the part o f others
rouble
through an illegal marriage
.
M ES SA GE O F
T HE
1 86
S TA R S
T HE
salesmanship f o r such people are suave a ff able

and p ersuasive
,
D c5 P *A 9
Th
Mo on
j
p aral l el sex t il e
o r t ri n e t o V en u s
The M oon is a si g n i cat o r
or marriage f o r a man and therefore the
good aspects between Ven u s the planet of love
and the M oon are good indications of a happy
marriage when it occurs i n a man s horoscop e
But in a woman s horoscop e these as pects o p e
rate u p on the health for the M oon is the planet
o f fecundity and has rule over the female func
ti ons in p articular which are so large a factor in
the health of a woman this is much strengthened
by the good aspects o f the M oon and Venus
These aspects make the p erson an orator with
a fruitful imagination ; give love o f pleasure
music and art an enga ging p ersonality very
att ractive to the opp o site se x beca u se kindly
a ffectionate and symp athetic This tends to gen
eral success in life and the p erson usually has
su fcient for the day and the way
e
co n u n ct i o n ,
M3
Th
Mo o n
s q uare
or
O p p osi ti o n
to
Ve
indication of t rouble in marriage for a

man because the wife d es cribed by an a fflicted
Venus will then be slovenly and of dissolute hab
its which will destroy domestic hap piness
In
a woman s horoscop e it indicates disturbance
of the femal e functions and it also gives a ten
deney to digestive troubles and poor circulation
n us
is
an
VENU S
P LA N E T O F LO V E
T HE
1 87
when in the horoscop e of either sex

These as
p eets also give a liability t o trouble throu gh slan
der and public scandal
.
72
The
*A 9 Ve n us s ex ti l e o r tri n e t o S aturn
good qualities o f Venus a re l ove and a ffection
and the good q u alities o f S aturn are tact diplo
m acy m et h o d system j ustice thrift and econ
om y
We m ay therefore j u dge that when these
two planets are co n g u rat e d in good asp ect
they make the p erson faithful and true j ust
and methodical qualities which make for success
in all dep artment s of life Therefore a p erson
with these aspects will be much sought as a
friend and adviser o r as a p erson to be trusted
with any commission req u irin g sterling honesty
and ability I t makes the p erson simple in his
tastes and o f unimpeachable morality and gives
honor esteem health and easy circumstances
.
sq uare
j
or
O p p osi ti o n
t o V e n us brings out the evil
qualities o f the two planets and trouble s which
are th u s generated us u ally come thro u gh the p er
son s relations with the op posite se x I t makes
him under h anded and scheming to gratify h i s
passions often in an u nusual manner and h is p er
verted desires are us ually di rected a gainst
s ome one who i s much younger than himself I f
regular ma rria ge relations are entered into such
a p erson i s usually a demon in j ealousy who
8 9
S atu rn
p ar all el ,
co n un cti o n ,
T HE
1 88
M ES SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
makes l ife a burden for the marriage p artner o n

account o f his suspicious nature
P eople with
these afflictions are also stingy in all money mat
ters and exceedin gly avaricious They have poor
business j ud gment and are therefore liabl e to
losses failure and bankruptcy
.
A 9
s ex
j
til e Or t ri n e t o V e n u s is o n e o f the best si gn s
o f success and general good fo rtune
I t favors
the accumulation o f wealth and the en j oyment
o f all the l ux uries o f life
I t i s a good indication
of a successful and happy marriage social p res
ti ge and the respect o f all with whom the p erson
comes in contact It gives the p erson a j ovial
optimistic generous an d large -hearted disp osi
tion one who i s hospitable to a degree interested
and active in philanthropi c measures a lib eral
mind tolerant o f the V iews o f others even where
he diff ers radically fond o f pl easure travelin g
parties and capable o f en j oying life to the full
est extent These asp ects also give a talent for
m u sic esp ecially if either o r both are in P isces
HP d
Jup i t er
p ar all el ,
co n u n cti o n ,
M EL? 9
J up i t er
O p p o si ti o n
V e n us
gives the same lu x urious likings as the good
asp ects but limits the ability t o satisfy them
althou gh such p eople make the most frantic e f
forts to p resent a ne front to the world an d
they are generally found o ut t o be shams Their
lack o f business ability is often resp onsibl e for
s q u are
or
to
T HE
1 90
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
the person l ess blunt and domineer i ng more kin d

and p olite ; it is therefore good i n that respect
but the con j unction also strengthens the p as
si o n al nature ; esp ecially if it occurs in S corp io
and in the Twelfth H ouse it leads t o self -abus e
so that in those cases it is decidedly bad
,
8 9
M ars
pa ge 3 29
A 9
q u are
or
O p p o si t io n
Ven us
S ee
s ex t i l e o r
Uran u s
t ri n e t o
V en us makes the
person mentally alert of quick intuitive p ercep
tion and exceedingly magnetic especially to the
opp osite sex ; but he also attracts hosts o f friend s
who will be a benet and assistance to him
These asp ects give love of art music and p oetry
and are favorable indications o f a hap py mar
ri ag e often at a very early age or it is suddenly
consummated
They also sometimes bring the
sub j ect love o f a platonic nature
l tl
<5
o r p aral l el t o V e n us
j
There is a do u bt as t o whether this asp ect sho u ld
b e classed as good o r evil which must be settled
in the individual horoscope where it occ u rs for
it may work either way dep ending u pon the
other planetary congurations
I f V enus is
otherwise a f icted in the horosco p e for instance
the conj unction o r parallel Will further accen
tuate he r evil qualities but if sh e is well placed
o r aspected U ranus will bring o u t the nobler side
P9
Uran u s
co n un ct i o n
V EN U S
l
T HE
Uran us
P LA N E T O F L O V E
O p p osi ti o n
1 91
Ven us
The square o r opp osition always b rings trouble
through the sex relation : a hasty ill -co n si d
ered union quarrels divorces publi c scandals
throu gh clandestine intercourse and kindred ir
re gu larities with loss o f friends p restige and
p op ularity exile from home and family and sud
den nancial losses through unex p ected o r u n
foreseen happenings
There is a general lack
o f balance
an erratic p ersonality
sq u ar e
or
to
*A 9 N ep t un e s ex til e o r t ri n e t o V e n u s makes
an inspirational musician
It gives a fertil e
imagination and deep emotions a nature that i s
pure and chaste hence occasionally it leads to
platonic u nions and companionship o f the most
esthetic nature
.
N ep t u n e
j u n ct i o n o r p aral l el t o V e n us
is to be j ud ged on the sam e line as indicated in
the case o f M ars and Uran u s
91 6 P 9
co n
N ep t u n e
O p p o si ti o n
V en u s
makes the p erson liable to sorrow loss and trou
ble esp ecially through the marria ge p artner o r
anyone else in whom he tr u sts P eople with thi s
asp ect should be particularly careful to avoid
anything which has in it an element o f chance
o r sp eculation
f o r they are sure to lose esp e
ci all y in dealin g with large companies o r co r
T EL? 9
s q uare
or
to
p o rat i on s
C HA P T E R X
M ER C U R Y
T HE
P LA N ET
or
R E AS O N
Y T H OL OGICALL Y M ercury is represent ed
as
a M essenger o f the Gods and this is in line

with the occult facts f o r when infant humanity h ad
b een led astray by the martial L ucifer spirits and
fallen in to g e n erati o n it became necessary for the
other divine hierarchies to take steps looki ng to a f u
t u re reg e n erati on and to further that ob j ect the L ords
o f Venus were b rought to the earth t o educate h u
manity in such a manner that love might be sub st i
t ut e d for lust and men mi ght thus be induce d to
a spire to something higher
While the L ords of
Venus dealt with mankind in general the most p re
co ci o us among them were taken i n hand by the L ords
o f M ercury
whose wisdom -teaching is symbolically
embodied in the caduceus or staff o f M ercury co n
sisting o f two serp ents twining around a ro d and
rep resenting the solution o f the riddle o f life :
Whence we have come Why we are here and
Whither we are bound

showing the pupil the spiral
p ath of i n vo l u t i o n by which the divine spark has
buried itself in matter also the spiral p ath o f e vo l u
t i o n by which humanity will eventually a gain reach
the F ather s bosom and the short road of In i ti at i o n
,
1 92
T HE
1 94
M ES SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
in the dark and must l earn a great deal o f its lessons

by ex perience
A s we have found that it is di fcult f o r a number
o f young students to determine when M ercury goes
b efore or behind the S un we may say in farther elu
ci dat i o n o f that sub j ect :
When M ercury i s in a lower degree o f the same
sign as the S un o r in any degree of the previous si gn
then as a matter of course he rises b ef o re the S un To
illustrate : If the S un is in twenty degrees o f Cancer
and M ercury is in ve ten o r ftee n degrees of that
si gn o r if he is in any degree o f Gemini then he rises
be fo re the S un
But if he is in tw enty -five degrees o f Cancer
which is a higher degree of the same sign o r if he is
in any degree in L eo which i s the succeeding sign t o
Cancer then he rises b eh i n d the S un and loses part
of his good in uence
A retrograde M ercury is also a de t riment to the
faculty o f reason But in the year o f life when Me r
cury by p rogression again turns direct the reasonin g
faculties will improve corresp ondingly M erc u ry is
strongest in the airy signs Gemini L ibra and A q u ar
ius but he is ex alted and therefore most p owerful i n
Virgo M ercury h as special rul e over age nts and mes
s en g e rs
salesmen p ostmen and other common car
ri e rs p eople engaged in advertising or p rinting liter
ary men writers reporters secretaries clerks stenog
rap h e rs and ty p ewriters
commission men and other
middle men demagogues co n den ce -men and thieves
.
M ER C U RY
T HE
M ER CU R Y IN
e1
P LA N E T O F R E A S O N
T HE
T W E L VE H o U S Es
M ercury i n t h e A sce n dan t,
19 5
F i rs t H o use ma kes
the p erson quick -witted and sharp according t o
the nature o f the sign rising and the aspects
o f the planets which he receives
The ery signs
and the ai ry si gn s have the strongest in uence
in that respect I n A ries and L e o he is more i m
pulsive than when rising in S agittarius b ut
Gemini L ibra and A quarius are best
Whe n
M ercu ry is rising i n the watery si gns Cancer and
P isces th e intellect is dull but rising in S corpi o
where it is red by t h e m art i al energy and armed
with the venomous sting o f the scorp ion it has
a somewhat similar in uence to that o f M ars in
S corpio thou gh n o t quite so p ronounced
or
M ercury i n t h e S eco n d H o us e is good f o r gai n
through mercuri al occupations esp eci ally where

the p erson i s employed by someone else so that
he app ears in a true mercurial cap acity as agent
messenger clerk writer o r whatever else
M e rcury i n t h e T h i rd H o us e and well -asp ected
has wonderful in uence on the mental qualities

o f the native
I t makes the mind serene and o p
t i m i st i c inclined to study and research work
It gives uency as a sp eaker and success by short
of
ourneys
or
travel
and
make
the
relations
s
j
the p erson h armonious with his brothers When
M ercury is a f icted in the Third H ouse it i n
.
T HE
1 96
M E S SA GE O F
S TA R S
T HE
clines to worry and p essimism trouble and an

noyance with sisters and brothers and when on
short j ourneys
.
M ercury i n
F o urt h H o use gives instability

to home conditions
I t si gnies the homeless
wanderer who is always moving from place to
place u nless a good asp ect to S aturn comes in t o
steady him down This i s however a good as
p e ct fo r p eopl e engaged in mercurial p ositions
which req u ire a stationary residence such as li
b rari an or literary men engaged in newsp ap er
work employees in p rinting establishments com
m ission houses agenci es and kindred occup a
I f M ercury is a f icted by S aturn the home
t ions
c onditions of the person will ca u se him a great
deal of worry
th
F i f th H o use centers the mind

up on ed u cation am u sements courtships and
children If M ercury i s well -aspected by S aturn
o r J u p iter it gives depth to the mind and ma kes
the p erson successful in enterp rises connected
with education publishing o r public amuse
m e nts
Good aspects from M ars o r Venu s give
s u ccess in courtship but the adverse aspects o f
the planets make the nature cruel ; he i s i n co n
s tant in a ff ection toward those he p rofesses to
l ove
inclined to worry over affairs of his
children and sup ercial as a teacher
A good
asp ect from the S un is an excellent indication
M ercury i n
th
1 98
T HE
M E S S A GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
either to defend himself against libel from others

or o n account of libel committed by himself A
well -aspected M ercury in the S eventh Hou se also
indicates a successful marriage to a relative or
an employee but when M ercury i s a f i cted either
the person or the marriage p artner is o f a nag
ging nature so t h at the married life is sp oiled
by constant quarrels and disputes on account of
ckl e n e ss and faithlessness
.
9 8
M ercury i n t h e E i g h th H ous e when well -aspected

gives gain through literary o r scientic o ccu
p at i o n a gencies or other mercurial p ositions pro
v i de d they are carried on in p artne rship w
ith
s omeone else
This p osition also indicat es tha t
t h e p erson will receive a legacy and it is a good
i ndication of the nancial success of the mar
r i ag e
but if M ercury is a f icted its p osition in
the E ighth H ouse indicates nancial troubles
of the marriage p artner and liti gation p robably
in connection with a legacy left to the person
,
M ercury i n
th
Ni n th H o us e and well -aspected
gives love of reli gi on science letters and law

a studious mind capable of delving deeply into
p rofound p roblems o f life and bein g p hilosophic
and philanthropic desire to travel if need be to
the ends of the earth in pursuit o f knowledge
T his position gives facility of speech and writ
ing and success in religion philosophy law and
science The mind is broad exibl e and adapt
,
M E R CU R Y
T HE
P LA N E T
R EA S O N
OF
199
able therefore the p erson i s liable to change h i s

vi ews o n the various sub j ects which he has stud
i e d several times i n his life but there will always
be a good reason for adopting another vie wp oint
I f M ercury is a f icted in the N inth H ouse
he makes t he p erson e x ceedingl y unstable o r
mind changeable as a weather vane in all h i s
pursuits and activities S uch a p erson will never
st ay by anything long enough t o try it o ut and
therefore he will meet with a series of disasters
all throug h life P robably he may j ourney from
one place t o another in search o f success but he
will never n d it until he learns to concentrate
h i s energies up on one thing
This p osition is
also a fruitful source o f trouble with the law o r
legal a ffairs
,
M ercury i n t h e T en t h H o u se
well -aspecte d
shows adaptability and resourcefulness such as
enables the p erson to cop e with all the contin
I t makes a successful lecturer
g e n ci e s o f life
p ublisher or writer and i s also favorable t o suc
cess in one o f the occult occupations If M e r
cury is placed in one o f the airy signs the p ower
F requently
o f e x p ression is much enhanced
p eople with M ercu ry in this p osition have sev
eral occup ations but usually they succeed best
in a subordinate cap acity
e 10
5 11
C
M ercury i n
E l eve n t h H o use
brings a great
many acquaintances among literary scientic or
th
200
T H E M E S S A GE O F T H E
'
S TA R S
other mercurial p eople but none o f them are

su fciently steadfast to be relied up on unless
M ercury is very well asp ected This p osition has
a tendency to make a p erson critical and cynical
It sharpens his intellect however and gives him
a good o w o f language
,
M ercu ry
in
th
T we l f t h
H o use , if well as
p e ct ed
gives a mind p ec uliarly tted to delve

into the mysterious occ u lt or secret things This
i s especially the case if M ercury is between the
S u n and M idheaven that i s to say if M ercury
goes b ef o re the S un o r rises earlier than that
luminary for then all the light that is in the
spi rit seems t o shine forth and make the pe rson
intellectually keen and bright
Therefore this
is a good p osition for detective work as well as
scientic or occult re search work
Chemists of
great ability have been p roduced under this as
p eet for such p eople have the faculty of going
into the most minute details in things which
seem m i croscOp i c and unimp ortant to others
When M ercury is in the Twelfth H ouse and
a f icted especially by S aturn or M ars also whe n
co m bus t or b eh i n d t h e S u n there is danger that
the mind may become clouded and insanity may
result I t may also be noted that the a f iction
will di ffer according t o the way M ercury is as
I
f
by
ars
o r U ranus the sub j ect m ay
M
e
e
c
t
d
p
be exceedingly violent if by S aturn he will b e
,
M E S S A GE O F
T HE
202
m outhed
T HE
STA R S
They are good counsel lors and can

be dep ended up on t o keep a secret At the same
time they are n o t recluses but have a p leasant
sociable disp osition They are fond o f fun and
recreation they love music art and literature
so they are thoroughly likable people if M ercury
is well -aspected But if M ercury is a f icted they
become what the S cotch call do ur

also o b
st i n at e
stubborn secretive and avaricious
.
9 11
M ercury i n Gem i n i makes a pe rson fond of

change and travel He is always ready to i n ve s
t i g at e some new thing or go to some other place
for a change ; i n short almost anything that is
new appeals t o him A t the same time if M er
cury is well -f o rt i e d they will gain greatly by
this ui di c state o f the mind f o r they are shrewd
and p enetrating in their j ud g ment so that they
know a good thing when they see it and are n o t
p rej udiced by p reconceived set opinions There
fore they are good business men and their ability
to see a p oint makes them particularly good law
They also succeed well as traveling sales
ye rs
men
.
M ercu ry i n C an cer gives a clear intellect
a
good memory and sup erlative adaptability so
that they can t into any p lace o r occupation
they may nd and also adapt themselves to the
opinions and ideas of others They love p raise
and attery therefore they are caref ul not to do
,
M E R CU R Y
T HE
203
anythi ng whereby they may forfeit the good

opinion o f others
.
{5 81
,
M ercu ry i n L eo gives a p ositive strong and

p ersevering intellect with high ideals and asp i r
,
at i o n s
which scorns to stoop to low and mean

a cts despises e q uivocation blunt and outspoken
quick -temp ered but kind -hearted an d sympa
thetic P eople with Mercury in L eo well -f o rt i e d
have good organizing ability and make capable
l eaders
They l ove children and are also fond
When M e rcury i s a f icted in L eo
o f pleasure
it makes the p erson ckl e and inconstant in his
a e ct i on s an unsuccessf ul gambler and sp e cu
lator a low and sensual nature
,
M ercu ry i n Vi rg o is at the zenith
of
his p ower
fo r there he i s exalted consequently when well
aspected it gives a clear l ogical scientic mind
eloquence and the ability to exp ress oneself
uently in a number of languages
I t gives t h e
p erson a comp rehensive discriminating outlook
upon life his conclusions are usually p ractical
and to the p oint because he also like the Tau
rian M ercury looks before he leap s
I n short
this characteristi c is i n a degree true o f all the
earthy si g ns When M ercu ry i s a ffli cted in Virgo
i t makes the m an i rritable p etulant and selsh
always looking f o r aws in eve rything he comes
across P eopl e with M ercury in Virgo make ex
e 1112
T HE
204
M ES SAGE O F
T HE
cel l e n t
dieti cians and chemists

an unus u al de x terity
S TA R S
They also have
M ercu ry i n L i bra when well -aspected gives
a broad well -balanced mind with a love o f art

and musi c and an uncommon ability o f e x p res
sion I t brings success as a public sp eaker and
sometimes as a singer When M ercury i s a fflicted
in L ibra it indicates trouble by lawsuits through
partnerships and an unfaithful marriage p art
ner
,
M ercury i n S co rp i o gives a shrewd mind
a
keen asp iration a quick wit and a sharp ton g ue
with biting sarcasm that can sting like the seor
pion
The disposition i s bold and stubborn
headstrong and di fcult to get along with But
these p eopl e are e x tremely resourceful d aunt
less and able to overcome di fculties which would
crush others They are attracted to the occult
as a needl e is drawn to a magnet When Me r
cury is a fflicted they are sub j ect t o disap point
ment in everything they undertake q uarrelsome
skeptical and cynical always holding op posite
views to others
,
I
: 1
M ercury i n S ag i t tari u s
This is o n e of the
strongest p ositions o f M ercury and if he is well
.
aspected it gives an exceedingly noble mind o f

a reli gious and philosophical turn a mind which
scorns the shackles of conventions where they
,
206
"W
T HE
ME S SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
M ercury i n A q u ari us gives the U ranian
q uali
ties o f originality and indep endence and an un

conquerabl e love of liberty to the mind so tha t
p eople with M e rcury in this p osition are apt t o
repudiate all the social conventions and live ao
cordin g t o their highly idealisti c conceptions
They often take no heed o f fashion and dress
in a style enti rely their o wn
They advocat e
ideas o n social sub j ects whi ch are a thousand
years ahead o f the world s d evelopment amon g
them the theory o f soul -mates and a fnities
which i s causing so much trouble in the world
today because i t s advocates have not yet grown
to the spiritual stature where they can separat e
it from sex and live the true U ranian love -life
which is altogether spiritual The foregoing de
lineations apply p articula rly where M ercury i s
aspected by Uranus and the p eo p le described by
them are the extrem e p roduct o f M ercury in
A quarius
Al l who have this p osition however
are very intellectual they have hi gh id eals an d
aspirations a love o f p opular science and mathe
maties and are usually attracted to the occult
sciences also especially to astrology for they
have a ne facu lty of reading the horoscop e
They are ki nd sociabl e and fond of friends wit h
the result that they usually attract large num
bers o f intellectual p eople to their circle o f ao
When a f icted this p osition makes
q u ai n t an ces
.
M E R CU R Y
P LA N E T
T HE
OF
R EA S O N
207
t h e p erson disloyal and ready t o p rey upon his

friends or criticise and slander them
.
9 )6
M e rcu ry i n Pis ces
the occult watery sign

seems to endow the mind with a certain p sychi c
faculty which is not so much intuition as i m ag
i n at i o n
They think o r imagine that somet h ing
must be so and so and it is a startling fact that
they are usually correct but this ability brings
them dangerously near to mediumship if Me r
cury i s a f icted o r when N eptune the higher o c
tave o f M ercury is in the Twelfth H ouse There
fore this is rathe r a dangerous p osition If Me r
cury is a f icted by S aturn this p osition in P isces
makes the p erson liabl e to gl oom and the mind
will be sub j ect to constant worry with a turn
toward melancholy U sually p eople with M e r
cury in P isces are of a kindly and benevolent di s
position This also i s a good indication that su c
cess may b e attained in chemistry and as a diet
i ci an by p reparation o f health foods
M ER C U R Y
I N ASP CT
Th
S un
in
WI T H
T HE
OT H ER P L A N E T S
to
j
M ercu ry These are th e only aspects ever formed
and are good for the memory and mentality p ro
vi de d M ercury is not close r to the S un than three
degrees f o r then he is co m b ust and hi s good

qualities are burn ed up in the S un s rays It
i s most fortunate to have M ercury rise bef ore
0 P8 e
p aral l el
or
co n u n cti o n
S TA R S
T H E M E S S A GE OF T H E
'
208
the S un at Birth f o r he is then the L i g h t b e arer

who holds the torch o f reason b ef o re the S pirit
which i n the horoscop e i s symbolized by the
When he rises after the S un the mentality
S un
is not nearly so keen ( unless other good aspects
favor )
.
Ve n us p aral l el co n j u n cti o n o r sex ti l e t o

M ercury
Venus and M ercury are never more
than 7 6 d egrees apart therefore they can only
form the con j unctions p arallels and sextiles but
neither the trine square nor op position
These aspects make the person cheerf ul and
companionable with a good -natured disposition
and a desire for society They also give ability
f o r m u sic and p oetry esp ecially if in the A s
cen dan t and are a general indication o f su ccess
in salesmanship f o r such p eople are very suave
a ff abl e and persuasive
d >l< 9
*A
M o o n i n p aral l el
tri n e t o M ercu ry gives
Th
j
ser ti l e o r
a receptive
mind and a retentive memory two very rare
qualities and therefore these asp ects p art i cu
l arl y the sextile and trine are good indications
of success in life especially in o n e o f the mer
curial occupations literary clerical o r traveling
P eople with these congurations are usually very
verbose particul arly if the conj unction o r trine
occurs in airy si gns or a si gn o f voice for then
the p ower o f exp ression reaches a sup erlative
BP d
con u n ctio n ,
T HE
21 0
M E S S A GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
ings where a steady hand is required on the

helm Bu t they do not usually shine publicly
for they are very qui et subdued and serious in
their manner and demeanor ; besides they are
absolutely honest and f ai rm i n ded hence they
make the very nest j udges obtainable
.
o r p aral l e l
to M er
j
cu ry gives depth to the mind and forethought
to gether with all t h e other good qualities enu
m e rat ed as resulting from the sextil e and the
trine if M ercury is otherwise well asp ected but
not in so full a measure o r at any rate the
p erson does not seem to b e abl e t o ex ternalize
them as readily hence does not meet the same
ass u red success as given by the good asp ects
He also suff ers from the tendency to melancholy
denoted by the square or op position especially
if the asp ect occurs in one o f the common si g ns
or in Capricorn and if i n Gemini it interferes
sadly with the dexterity
S uch peopl e drop
everythin g they take into their hands
These
aspects also give an embarrassing timidity and
if M ercury is a fflicted the undesirable qualities
enumerated as resulti n g from the square o r o p
p osition may b e looked f o r
8 P 9
S at urn
co n u n cti o n
b C] 8 9
S at urn
q uare
or
O p p osi t i o n
to
M ercu ry
makes the p erson sub j ect to tro uble and delays

all throu gh life H e i s thwarted on every hand
by slander and secret enemies and this condition
.
M E R CU R Y
T HE
21 1
.
in time makes him bitter and sarcastic with the

additional result that he is shunned by all who
can possibly get away from him and that in tim e
leads him to become a recluse who shuts himsel f
away to brood over hi s t roubles S uch a p erson
sometimes becomes sub j ect to melancholia o f a
most p iteous character These asp ects also make
the p erson cunning and untruthful They give
the same desire to study the occult conferred by
the good asp ects but there is the great diff er ence that while the good asp ects o f S aturn and
M ercury incline him t o the study o f occultism
from unselsh motives the bad aspects imp el
him t o ferret o u t nature s secrets f o r p ersonal
p ower o r gain
.
'
2I
J u p i t er
co n u n ct i o n ,
p aral l el ,
s ex t i l e
M ercury is o n e of the nest asSe t s i n

life f o r it gives a cheerf ul op timistic disposi
tion with the ability to always look up on th e
bright side o f thin gs and keep up the spirit s in
hours o f adversity The mind is broad versatil e
and able t o reason corre ctly and to form a re
liabl e j u dgment by caref u l deliberation These
p eople never give a hasty decision ; they requir e
time to think over whatever i s p resented to them
but once they have reached a conclusion that
will b e found incontrovertible
They are su c
cessf ul in law or literature and much resp ected
These aSp e ct s
f o r their honesty and sincerity
or
tri n e t o
M E S S A GE O F
T HE
212
T HE
STA R S
are pa rticularly fortunate for people who t ravel

for bus iness or pleasure for they will reap both
benet and enj oyment from a mi gratory mode
of life ; it will make them healthy wealthy and
wise beyond the average and loved by every

b ody for the vital vibrations they radiate up on
w hoever they meet
,
21 E] 8
J up i t e r
q uare
o r o p p osi ti o n
to
M ercu ry
gives a vacillating and wavering disp osition so

that the p erson cannot make up his mind when
m ore than o n e course o f action i s op en hence
p e ople with these asp ects often lose their o p p o r
t unities through p rocrastination and lack of
j ud gment and they must therefore be classed
They are liable t o scandal
as failures in life
an d slander because o f t reacherous associates
T hey S hould not travel for it will bring t h em
l oss and trouble
They should also b e extremely
careful in m aking contracts o r a greements to d o
o r deliver certain things at a sp ecied time
for
they will p robably be unable t o fulll the re
q u i re m e n t s and thus trouble and loss will result
,
*A 9 M ars sex ti l e o r tri n e t o M ercury gives

a keen sharp ingenious and resourceful men
tality
I t makes the p erson enthusiastic over
any p roposition which app eals to him and h e
has also the ability to enthuse others and imp ress
t hem with his views ; an indefatigable worker
i n any cause which arouses his sympathies but
,
MES SAGE O F
T HE
21 4
T HE
S TA R S
will op erate similarly to the sextile o r tr i ne as

stated i n the foregoing p aragraph which see
But i f Mars and M ercury are in on e o f the
watery si g ns ( Cancer S corpio or P isces ) o r if
either o r both are a f icted by S aturn U ranus
o r N eptune the conj unction o r parallel o f M ars
and M ercury will give the same evil tendencies
as the sq u are or opp osition which are dened in
the next p ara grap h
,
M ars
M ercury
makes people quickwitted sharp and al ert quick
8 9
s q u are
or
Op p o si ti o n
to
impul sive and excitable liable to j ump

at conclusions and act b efore they think with
t h e inevitabl e result that they are al ways getting
t hemselves or other p eople into trouble hence
They are born
t hey are dangerous associates
p revaricators and utterly incapable of making a
strai ght statement It is j ust as natural f o r them
t o color o r exaggerate their statements as it is
t o breathe
They are vitriolic in their wrath
and their tongues are more p oisonous than the
bite of a rattlesnake hence they are either fea red
or hated by those who are unfortunate enough
to be bound to them by environment ; all who
can shun them They are bullies who are bound
either t o r ul e or ruin wherever they are and
they allow no obstacle to stand in their way
which can b e removed either by force or slander
They are the acme of selshness swagger and
t empered ,
M E R CU R Y
T HE
P LA N ET O F R EA S O N
21 5
consummate egotism The foregoing t endencies

may of course be modied by other aspects but
if they are not such p eople are a menace to
soci ety I f either M ars or M ercury are placed
in the S ix th o r Twelfth H ouses o r in any other
p osition so that the bad asp ect acts upon the
health there i s a liability to nervous p rostration
brain fever or insanity
.
*A 9 Uran us s ex til e o r t ri n e t o M ercury gives

an original independent and eccentri c mind i m
patient of the fetters of fashion traditi on and
convention
S uc h a p erson is strenuous in his
e ff orts t o hew a p ath for himself in complete
liberty
Therefore this is the hall -mark o f the
pioneer in thought and i nvention the S i gn of
genius Their i deas and ideals are e x ceedingly
lofty p rogressive and inspiring in fact t oo much
so in the opinion o f the average man o r w o man
who looks up on their actions as vagaries the out
come o f a diseased mind Nevertheless they have
plenty o f friends on account o f their kindly and
sympathetic nature and these asp ects are good
f o r a literary or scientic pursuit also for i n
p articularly those which have t o do
v en t i o n
with ai r or electricity
,
33
M
e r cu ry
j
I f M ercury is otherwise a ffl icted the conj unction
and p arallel are to be j ud ged as bad aspects and
read accordingly but if M ercury is otherwise
6 P9
Uran us
co n u n cti o n
or
p arall el
T HE
21 6
well
f or
1Ls
M ES S A GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
p laced and aspecte d the delineation given

the se x til e and trine will a p ply
.
M ercury
is the hall -mark of the tru e crank o r anarchist
who has extreme ideas to tear down the social
structure and unde rtake radical reforms P eople
with these congu ration s are given t o ranting
and raving in public and their language is u su
ally as cruel as the measures they advocate
Whatev er ability they p ossess is usually turned
to an erratic p u rpose and they are often forced
to make sudden changes o n that account
Uran us
8 9
s q u are
or
o p p o si ti o n
to
wd
A 9
N ep t u n e
j
p aral l el s ex til e
o r t ri n e t o M e rcury
gives a mind p eculiarly
adapted to the occult art particularly if the
con j unction occurs in the Third or Ninth H ouses
o r the trines are from the watery signs Cancer
and P isces S uch p eople usually succeed in o c
cult science and often d evelop a sup ernormal fac
ul t y
They are p articularly good as ma gneti c
heal ers
co n u n ct i o n ,
N ep t u n e
Q C] 8 e
q u are
or
O p p o si ti o n t o
M ercu ry
gives a chaoti c mind liability to lack of memory

ind olence and a disposition t o dream the time
away There i s a restless desire for fam e and
an inability to t in anywhere S u ch p eople are
liabl e to fraud dece p tion and slander also to
suicide
,
T HE
21 8
ME S SA GE O F
T HE
STA R S
watery si gn fertilized by the l u nar ray the seed atoms

are p ro j ected into the womb of the p rosp ective parent
who is thus p repared for the p eriod o f gestation and
occul t science adds to this that the seed atoms of the
animal ki ngdom which is still mindless and therefore
n o t amenable to lun ar in uences in that direction are
p ro j ected through the watery martial sign S co rp i o
while the seed atom o f the inert plant are poured i n
through the Jup i t eri an si g n P isces j ust before the
S un enters A ries at the vernal equino x t o awaken the
millions of plant seeds thus fertilized which have been
sleepin g in M other E arth Thus the human family
has the longest p eriod o f gestation the animal a some
what shorter and the plant the shortest o f all
The M oon also measures the period of p ostnata l
growth so that the p eri od of ch i l dh o o d measured by
the change of t eeth i s complete at about seven years
o f age when the M oon is s q uare to her place at birth
The p eriod o f p u b erty is ushered in at about fourteen
years o f a ge when the M oon is in O p p osi ti o n to her
o
f
h
lace
at
birth
and
is
marked
by
the
c
ange
voice
p
in the boy and the commencement o f the menses in the
girl A t twenty -one years o f age the M oon by pro
has
traveled
three
quarters
of
the
circle
of
r
i
n
ess
o
g
the horoscop e from its place at birth This nishes
the p eriod o f incubation and the human being is con
si de re d to be ful l -grown capable o f e x ercising a fran
chise and taking care o f his own a ff airs Thus the
distance t raveled by the N ew M eon during the p rena
tal p eri od o f gestation in the mother s womb and the
'
T HE
M O O N P L A N ET O F F E CUN D A T I O N
,
21 9
distance t raveled by the p rogressed M oon during the

twenty -o n e yea rs of p ost -natal d evelopment i n the
womb of M othe r Nature corresp ond exactly
The M oon like M ercury h as no basic nature o f
i t s own but serves to focus the qualities of the othe r
planets and si g ns upon the human mind S h e governs
the tidal air in the lun gs and the colorless lymph in
the body also the di gestive activity and the symp a
thetic nervous system which automatically takes care
o f the p rocess of digestion
S h e also governs the cere
bellum the mammae the feminine functions and p ar
t u ri t i o n as already explained
.
P eopl e who are strongly under the in uence o f

the lunar rays are o f an easy -going dreamy indolent
nature adepts as a rchitects o f air castles which never
materialize or assume concrete shape Otherwise they
a re very sociabl e and easy to get along with T hey
succeed best as cooks housekeepers o r in some domes
tic occupation o r in o n e which has to do with liquids
o r a seafaring life
The M oon be ing female indicates the marria ge
p artner f o r a man so that in a male horoscop e a th ie
tion o f the M oon would not be so apt t o cause t rouble
in health as in married life and the horoscop es of the
two se x es shoul d therefore be read di e ren t l y with
respect t o the S un and M o on
I f S aturn af i cts the
M oon in a woman s horoscope it will a e ct her health
but the same aspects occurring in a man s horoscop e
will cause him trouble in married life I f the S un is
a ffl icted in a man s horoscop e it will a ffect his health
,
T HE
220
M ES SAGE O F
T HE
S TA R S
but in a woman s horoscop e it would indicate trouble

with her husband
A t the same time howe ver it
should not be forgotten that both the S un and M oon
a re vital factors in the health o f both se x es but o n e
sex i s more a ffected by the S un the other by the
M oon
The M oon is the great ti m e -marker of the uni
verse
Without her o ur lives would be barren o f
events f o r althou gh the S u n and the planets by thei r
t ravel through the signs and houses indicate the years
when certain tende n cies shown in the horoscop e may
culminate in action it invariably requires an asp ect
o f the M oon to fertilize the aspect and make it bloom
into physical manifestation The S un and the planets
m ay therefore be likened to the hour -hand o n the
cl ock of destiny which shows the year when each phase
o f o u r destiny i s rip e for the harvest and the M oon
may be likened to the minut e -hand which shows the
m o n t h when the in u ences are due t o culminate into
action I n order t o becom e fully conversant with the
in uences of the M oon we woul d advise student s to
read caref ully the article on eclip ses and new M oon
in o u r S implied S ci entic A strolo gy
.
T H E M OO N
D1
IN
T HE
T W E L V E H OUS ES
M o o n i n t h e F i rs t H o us e When the M oon

i s rising in the F irst H ouse at birth and partie
Th
in a common o r cardinal sign she gives the

p erson then born a very restless nature ; he is
constantly endeavoring to change his p osition
ul arl y
T HE
222
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
publicity and if the M oon i s strengthened by

good asp ects to M ercury they may reach a p osi
tion of p rominence
.
D4
Moo n i n
F o u r t h H o use well -asp ected

indicates fortunate home conditions especi ally
toward the close o f life but if the M oon i s a f icte d
we may j udge the reverse Th i s position also
gives a tendency toward p sychic exp erience s
esp ecially if the M oon is in i t s o wn si gn Cancer
o r the other watery S i gn P isce s
I t also show s
many changes o f residence which will b e f o rt u
nate or otherwise according to the other asp ect s
of the M oon
Th
th
Mo o n i n t h e F i f t h H o use in cardinal o r
common signs indicates a p erson o f very change
able a ff ections fond of pl easure and gambling
I t is a sign o f a fr u itf u l marria ge p articularly
when in S corpio E ven in a barren si gn like L e o
the M oon will give children when sh e i s placed
in the F ifth H ouse
This question however
should always be j ud ged from both horoscop es
o f the p rospective parents for should o n e be e n
t i rel y barren the M oon in the F ifth H ouse i n
L eo or Virgo in the other horoscop e would not
be s u fcient help to mend the matter
Th
Th
M o o n i n th e S i x t h H o use is a p oor p ositio n
particularly in a woman s horoscop e and any

person with the M oon in that p osition will do
T HE
M O O N P LA N E T O F F E C UN D A T I O N
,
223
better in a subordinate p osition employe d by

someone else than in a business venture o f his
o wn
S hould he b e placed in the p osition o f em
pl oyer he will nd it di fcult to keep servants o r
e mployees They will change constantly
.
D7
Th
M oo n i n t h e S e ven t h H o us e if well -asp ected
is fortunate for success in marriage p artnership

and other dealings with the public f o r it makes
the p erson p opular But if seriously a f icted it
indicates a ckl e changeable marria ge p artner
l oss through liti gation p artnership and the gen
eral public who will then hold the p erson in
disfavor
,
Th
M o o n i n th
E ig h th
H o us e gives gain by
marria ge and le gacy if it i s well aspected and it

also increases the number of children thou gh
there i s a chance that som e o f them may die
But if the M oon is a f i cted the nancial fort u ne s
will change f o r the worse after marriage and if
legacies do come they will bring lawsuits with
them whereby the p erson will lo se
-
Th
Moo n i n
th
Ni n t h H o use when well -asp ect
ed gives a clean clear mind of a serious reli gi ous

legal o r p h i l o s0 p h i c turn according to the nature
Th e p erson will travel far with
o f the asp ect
both pleasure and p rot f o r himself and some
time he will come into the lime -light o f publicity
This position also gives a tend ency to d reams
,
TH E M E S SAG E O F T H E S TAR S
224
and visions esp ecially if the M oon is asp ected by

N eptune
I f the M oon i s a f icted the person will
be t oo impulsive and j ump t o conclusions which
are to his d et riment I f he undertakes to travel
he is liable to meet much trouble in conse q uence
H e i s also apt to make an ill -considered change
i n religion and be sub j ected t o much censure
on that account
.
D 10 T h
M o o n i n t h e T en t h H o use i s a sign
of
good
fortune p opularity and p rosp erity if well -as
I t brings the p erson p rominently before
p e ct e d
the public and ensures favor especially from
it
women also the accumulation o f p roperty
makes the mind deep and diplomatic curious
and in q uisitive When the M oon is a f icted the
p erson is liable to incur hostility o n the p art of
the public and reversals of fortune S ometimes
he becomes involved in public scandal and sub
j e ct t o censure
e
M oo n i n t h e El even th H o u se if well -asp ect

ed gives many friends ep e ci all y among women
but if she is a f i cted those who come to the p er
s on under the guise o f friendship do so in the
hop e that he may be o f benet to them
D 11 Th
'
D 12 Th
M o o n i n t h e T wel f th H o use if well -aspected
gives success in such work as i s p erformed in se

cl u si o n away from the public gaze in p risons
hospital s or charitable i n st i t n t i on s
There i s
,
T HE
226
M E S S A GE
O F T HE
S TA R S
also blends with the Venus ray H ence it makes

the disposition gentle self -reliant and deter
m ined
It gives continuity
forethought and
kindness therefore the p erson attracts all the
good things of life health and wealth frien ds
an d family houses and lands with the ability to
enj oy all these things for it makes him fond of
pleasure sociable and hospitable a lover o f art
and m usic and all other things which make for
the enj oyment o f life
.
D II
Th
M oo n i n Gem i n i gives a wid e -awake intel
l ect fond of literature and science resourceful

and able to cop e with emergencies broad liberal
and alert for p rogressive ideas whi ch he takes
up with avidity H ence such p eople are much
attract ed t o literary occupations particularly in
the newspap er eld where they may i t from
o n e subj ect t o another as re q uired by their ex
This p osition also gives
t re m e l y restless mind
an inordinate l ove of traveling especially in p o
H ence it
si t i o n s where one meets many p eople
favors such occupations as traveling salesmen
canvassers and the like
,
1) 93
Th e M oo n
i n Can cer
gives a disposition which

i s kind sociable and sympathetic but indolent
and ave rse to e ff o rt whether physical moral o r
mental These p eopl e love to drift with the tid e
and only bestir themselves when under the whip
lash o f necessity
They are often sensitive to
,
T HE
M O O N P L A N E T O F F E C U ND A T I O N
,
227
p sychic conditions esp ecially if the M oon is

aspected by Neptune or U ranus and the nature
of the asp ect determines whether the in uence is
favorable o r unfavorabl e
This p osition also
gives a love o f home and the comforts to b e ob
t ai n ed there
It p romotes the digestion and con
se q uently the health if the M oon i s well -asp ected
,
I f a f icted it h as a tendency to give di gestive

t roubles
T h e M oon i n L eo has an illuminating in uence
61
It gives a strong self -reliant an d
on the mind
a ggressive disp osition with ability o f organiza
tion th erefore p eople with the M oon in this p osi
tion usually attain to leadershi p in th eir imme
diate ci rcl e
They are honorabl e i n nancial
and social matters fair and ma gnanimous in
their dealings with others and very p opular
with other p eople
.
D 1112
Th
M oo n i n Vi rg o increases the m ental
q ual
ities if she is well -aspected ; she gives a retentive

memory and a love o f study along scientic o r
occult lines and an ambition to excel Chemis
try seems to be their favorite among the sciences
and they excel as dieticians
They are rather
reserved and of q uiet demeanor disliking at
t e ry o r ostentation but unless they devote them
selves to dietetics they are more successful as the
servants or empl oyees o f others than in busine ss
for themselves
.
T H E M E S S A GE O F
228
D
~
_
Th
T HE
S TA R S
M o o n i n L i bra is a fortunate p osition for
the ac q uisition of friends and public p opularity

f o r it makes the p erson kind symp athetic and
agreeable O ptimistic and fond o f social pleas
ures This position also gives good reasoning p ow
ers and the ability to form a correct j ud g ment
love o f art and music sometimes considerable
ability as a p er former if as sisted by other asp ects
,
D 111
Mo o n i n S co rp i o gives a courageous i n
dep endent and energetic disp osition
The per
so n who has this conguration will not tolerate
interference with his plans or submit to imposi
tion H e is often very abrupt in h i s manners
and blunt in sp eech q uick -tempered and not t o
be coerced by threats but sin g ularly amenable
to kindness He h as a stron g and stubborn will
and determination to carry o ut whatever he
undertakes
This position also gi ves a con si d
e rab l e attraction toward the occult sciences but
if a f icted may l ead to excess i n gratication of
the senses troubl e with women or di f culties
in p arturition
Th
'
D 1
Th
M oo n i n S ag i t t ari us gives an alert and
active personality a love of walking riding or

any other form o f physical exercise a roving
disp osition and love o f travel in foreign coun
tries a fondness o f animals especially horses
and dogs and an inclination for the study of
reli gion law philosophy or the science of o c
,
T H E M E S S A G E O F T H E S TA R S
23 0
tion they are sociable kindly and courteous with

the resul t that they attract many friends and
are very p opul ar in their environment and they
are helped by their friends according to the as
p eets of the M oon On the other hand if the
M oon is a ffl icted this p osition shows on e o f an
exceedingly erratic mind
,
D x
Mo o n i n Pi sces gives a receptive mi nd

and a fertile imagination with a disposition to
Th
ndolence and self -p ity vacillating and faint

h e artedness fond o f dreaming rather than act
ing therefore sorrow trouble and self -undoing
beset their path in life This p osition n o t i n
fre q uently leads to mediumship es p ecially if
Neptune is in adverse asp ect for these p eople
are peculiarly sensitive t o the attery of spirit
controls and love anything that will stir their
emotions
They are also very wordy in their
exp ressions and if a good aspect from V enus
and M ercury enables them to take up musi c
they play with extraordinary inspiration and
feeling I f the Moo n is a f icted in Pisce s love
a ai rs are apt to bring the p erson into trouble

Pisces be i n the Twelfth H ouse and the M oon
If _
there at birth thi s will give a liability o n the
p art of the p arents to drink and thus neglect
their children who may then become the wards
o f charitabl e institutions until th ey reach ma
i
'
t u ri t y
T H E M O ON ,
'
A S PE C T S
O PO D
T HE M OO N
OF
Th
P L A N E T OF F EC U N DA T I O N
S un
THE
To
p aral l el
23 1
OT H ER PL A N E T S
j un cti o n to t h e
M o o n No matter in what sign o r ho use the co n
j unction o f the L ights occurs the p erson will be
so st rongly marked with the characteristics o f
that si gn that lacking knowl edge o f his true
ascendant even the most competent astrologer
is likely to b e misled and j ud ge h i m to b e b orn
with the si gn r i s i ng i n which the conj unction
took place and whatever matters are ruled by
the house in which the con j unction occurs will
play a very important p art in the life I n the
F irst he i s an o ut and out egotist with very
little love for others save in so far as they serv e
his ends in the S eventh his world p ivots o n the
mat e in the T enth H ouse o r si gn he will
s acrice all other considerations t o rise in publi c
life in the Twelfth H ouse o r si gn it will give
a strong t en de n cy t o intemp erance which will
bring t roubl e in the life in the Third and Ninth
H ouses it will brighten the mind and induce
t ravel from whi ch he will be net in the S econd
H ouse it will bring wealth esp ecially if in good
aspect with Jupiter
e
or
co n
'
*A D Th e S u n sex ti l e o r tri n e to t h e M o o n
I f the conj unction o f the S un and M oon is closer
than three degrees it has a tend ency to d epl et e
the vitality and if it is al so a solar eclipse and
the child survives this will b e p articularly no
.
TH E S TAR S
M E S S A GE O F
T HE
23 2
all through life People who have s uch

close con j un ctions o r eclipses become listless dis
spi rited and o ut of sorts every time there is a
new M oon I t does not seem to interfere wi th
the good e ff ects in other departments o f l ife
The good aspects of the S un and M oon make for
general success in life health fair nancial for
tunes good home conditions with faithful friends
and esteem in th e community ; they f a
vor a rise
in life because o f the pe rson s innate ability
whi ch either gains for him the reco gnition o f
p eople in a p osition to help him rise or impels
him to carve his own way
t i ceab l e
8 D
Th
S un
s quare o r o p p osi t i o n
t o th
Mo on
makes the p erson vacillating and unsettled in

disp osition changeable and unable to pursue a
settled course i n life rash to plunge into untried
ventures but lacking the p ers istence o r contin
u i t y o f purp ose to carry anything to a successful
conclusion F o r that reason such p eople become
failures in life ; their dealings with women and
p eople higher in the social scal e such as employ
ers the authorities j ud ges etc a re especially
unsuccessful they always have di fculty in ob
taining and keeping employment and keeping
their p ositions when obtained f o r they are
hyper-sensitive and ready to take o en se with
without prov ocation
These congurations
or
also a e ct the health ; the body is liable to cold s
,
T H E M E S S A GE O F T H E S T A R S
23 4
horoscope o f either sex These a s pects also give

a liability to slander and public scandal as the
p erson so a f icted i s ckle an d inconstant in his
a ffections o f a sensual nature wh o loves t o
i t from owe r to ower re gardles s of the sor
rows caused by playing with the hearts of others
.
s Pd
A D
M ercu ry p aral l el
t o t h e M o o n gives a
j
o r t ri n e
receptive mind and
a retentive memory two very rare q ualities and
therefore these aspects ; p articularly the se x til e
and trine are good indications o f success in life
especially in o n e o f the mercurial occup ations
literary clerical o r traveling People with these
congurations are usually very verbose p art i cu
l arly i f the conj unction o r trine occurs in airy
sign s or a sign o f voice f o r then the p ower o f
exp ression reaches a su perlative degree and such

p eopl e become abl e linguists and elocutionists
but unless there is some steadying in u ence p eo
ple with asp ects o f M ercury and t h e Mo o n are
n o t reliable b e cause of their tend ency to change
th eir minds repeatedly in the most unexpected
m anner
They are inclin ed to look up on t h e
bright sid e o f life and are fond of pleasure p ar
t i cul arl y t ravel
con u n ct i o n , s ex ti l e
C]
M ercury sq uare o r O p p osi ti o n to t h e M o o n

gives a poor memory and l ack o f m ental stability
with a tendency to indecisi on and w orry li ability
to brain storms and hysterics The s e character
8 D
T HE
M O O N PL A N E T O F F E C U N D A T I O N
,
23 5
make the p erson unpopular and as the say
ing is unlucky
i st i cs
*A D S aturn s ep ti l e o r tri n e to t h e M o o n i m
p arts all the best saturnine q ualities to the mind
and makes the p erson self -r eliant serious sober
and systematic careful and thrifty in business
a ff airs and gives success in life through tactful
and diplomatic dealings with others S uch p eo
ple are eminently resp onsible and trustworthy
in all matters o f honor and j ustice and gain great
estee m in the community o n that account Thei r
p atience and persistence are inexhaustibl e
,
PO D
S atu rn
to th e
j
M o o n is n ot always to be classed as a bad asp ec t
so far as the mental qualities go f o r in any cas e
it deep ens the mind and g i ves g re at e r p ower o f
concentration but if S aturn i s strong by sign
i n L ibra or Cap ricorn and the M oon i s other
wise well -aspected this p osition wil l al so imp art
the virtues o f S aturn though und er all conditions
it makes the mind gl oomy and the person is sub
j ect to p eriodical sp ells o f melanc h oly but if
S aturn is weak by si gn esp ecial ly if he is in
A ries and if the M oon is otherwise af ic t ed then
his conj unction is to b e j ud ged and read t h e same
as t h e s q uare an d o pp osition
T h e e ect o f the co n j unction also dep ends
upon the dep artment of life w e are considerin g
f o r instan c
e as al ready said the conj unction o f
p aral l el
or
co n un ct i o n
'
23 6
T HE
M E SSA GE
OF
T H E S T ARS
the M oon and S aturn is good for concentration

o f the mind but bad for the di gestion p art i cu
l arl y in a woman s horosco pe ; it has also the
tendency to obstruct the menses with all that
that implies and i n a man s horoscop e it indi
cates the death of the marriage partner S imilar
distinctions should be made wh en reading the
conj unctions o f the other s 0 call e d m al e cs
,
S aturn sq uare o r ap p o si ti on t o t h e M oon

Cl 8 D
is o n e o f the signatures o f sorrow in life for it
makes the mind melancholy and full of wor ries
so that the person is
constantly carrying an
atmosphere of gloom with him and as thoughts
are things this attitude o f mind brings about
delays and disapp ointments in every department
o f life
S uch a person will exp erience di ffi cul
ties from p eople and things signied by S aturn
p robably p arents and if he has money he will
lose it and have di fculty in getting more ; thus
he will be in p overty all his life H e will make
more enemies than friends and become sub j ect
to slander and scandal but the disfavor he meets
is undoubtedly merited for these aspects make
t h e mind bitter and selsh ; such people are
unscrupul ous avaricious and entirely unfeeling
with respect t o others hence they are under the
whiplash o f S aturn that the sorrow and t roubl es
w h ich they themselves are constantly feeling may
make them more mellow I f the as pect is six
.
T HE
23 8
M E S S A GE O F
S TAR S
T HE
the g amut and make f o r general success i n life

both physically and s p i r itually
.
J u p i t er sq u are o r O p p osi ti o n t o t h e M oo n
impairs the reasoning faculties and brings the
p erson trouble through litigation lack of fore
Peopl e
thought and indecision or dishonesty
with these aspects are too fond of ostentation
and display e x travagant beyond thei r means and
expenditures p rone to take desperate chances
i n gambling o r sp eculation to rehabilitate their
fortunes and doomed to l oss slander and some
times bankruptcy o n that account
These asp ects are also bad for health in a
woman s horoscope especially indicating digest
ive and liver troubles
1 1 E] 8
M ars sex ti l e o r tri n e t o t h e M oo n gives a

wonderful vitality and a strong p hysi q ue so that
the p erson i s able to withstand almost any other
testimonies o f ill -health which are over-ruled by
these asp ects
The p ower o f endurance is in
creased to a maximum and the p erson can su r
vive hardships to which p eople ordinarily su c
They give a resolute courageous ener
cu m b
getic and ambitious mind o f a resourceful and
eminently constructive turn and they make the
p erson quick but not p recipitate i n h i s decisions
Thus he gains the condence and esteem of others
and earns considerable money but the nature i s
extremely free and generous so that money does
A D
TH E
M OON , PL A N ET O F F E C U N D A T I O N
'
not stay by these p eople

as fast as they get it
23 9
They spend it almost
M ars
j u n cti o n or p aral l el t o t h e M o o n
may be eithe r good o r bad according to the sex
o f the p erson and the department o f life we are
consi derin g
It strengthens the health and t h e
vitality p articularly i n the horoscope o f a
woman
I n the hor oscop e o f a man it would
indi ca te a robust marriage p artner o f a domi
neering nature an d wi t h resp ect t o the mind it
would make the person very impulsive p art i cu
l arl y if placed in one of the common signs or
in the Third or N inth H ouses I t also gives a
very bad temper b ut not so bad as the s q uare
or opposition
I f Mars is in con j unction or
parallel to the M oon in S corpio there is an ab
normal sexual desire which will not be denied
p art icularly if V enus i s there also
It makes
the nature very restless and unsettled f o r it is
like mixi ng re and water I n wate ry signs it
inclines t o d rink
8 O PD
co n
ms
M ars s q u are o r o p p o si ti on t o t h e M oo n
gives a very q uick temper with a tendency t o
hasty or impulsive expression and acts that may
cause the p erson a great deal of sorrow and
trouble
These p eopl e resent rules o r regula
tions or any other measures that tend to curb
their desires o r t h e gratication of thei r ap p e
t i t e s in whatever direction but if they are i n
D
240
authority they are very domineering and exact

i ng i n their demands f o r instant obedience up on
the p art of others nor do they hesitate to use
whatever physical forc e may be necessary to
comp el obedience if they think they can do so
without too great danger t o themselve s S ome
times they will even take desperate chances t o
satisfy thei r spite and having an imp rop erly bal
an ce d mind they are foolhardy in their venture
so m e n e ss so that up on occasion they will attempt
t o do things which no o n e with a sane mind
woul d try On account o f the foregoing charac
t e ri st i cs such people make many enemi es and
cause a great deal o f su ffering t o others p ar
t i cul arl y amon g members o f their immedia t e
family who cannot very well get away from
them
If these asp ects occur in watery signs
p articularly with M ars or the M oon in Pisce s
the person i s also an inveterate drunkard F ro m
the standpoint o f health they give a tendency
to fever and accidents trouble with the gen
e rat i ve organs and operations which are u suall y
unnecessary
These people are exceedingl y
p rodigal with their money and are habitual p re
,
vari cat o rs ;
l ti
A D
Uran us
s ex t il e o r
t ri n e t o t h
M oo n give s
great ori ginality and indep endence to the mind

which is q uick intuitive and very vivid in i t s
imagination hence the person has inventive abil
ity and is attracted to the occul t art and en
,
242
M E S S A GE O F
T HE
T HE
S T A RS
get out o f his way I f such people are employers

nob ody can work for them and if they are em
They nev er
p l o y e es nobody will have them
remai n very long in any plac e but are either
discharged o r gi ve up their p osition o n the
slightest p rovocation People with these aspects
a re attracte d to the occult arts but they never
m ake a success at it b ecause o f their erratic men
tality L ike the other as pects of U ranus and the
M oon the sq u are and op position al so indicates
a clandestine attachment either o n the part o f
the person or the marriage p artner I f it occurs
i n the S eventh H ouse of a man s horoscop e it
p roves the wife untru e so that public scandal and
divorce will eventual ly ensue
The bad asp ects
o f th e S un and U ranus give similar indications
i n the horoscope of a woman
.
*A D N ep t un e s ex ti l e or t ri n e to t h e M o o n i n
creases the faculty o f imagination to a su p e rl a
tive p oint especially if either of the planets are
i n the N inth H ouse
Then it favors p rOp h et i c
dreams and visions which bring the p erson in
contact with the invisible worlds
It indicates
ability in the occult arts and success in their
p ractice f o r it makes the nature exceedingly i n
s p i rat i o n al and it also gives a kind and sympa
theti c disp osition The spiritual q ualities men
t i o n e d may not b e apparent even t o the p erson
himself b u t then they are latent and capable of
,
T H E M O O N P LA N E T O F F E C U ND A T I O N
,
243
developmen t I t is also safe to say that at some

time o r other during the life peopl e with these
aspects will com e in contact with and be very
much attracted to the occult whether the q uali
ties o f t h e so ul are subse q uently d eveloped or n o t
.
'
11 O
PD
N e p tu n e
M oo n in
co n j u n cti on or p arall el
di cat e s the sam e strong p sychic faculties as the
good aspects p articularly if N eptune i s placed

in the psychic signs Cancer or Pisc es
Those
who have been bo rn with the good congurations
o f N eptune during the fou rt een years when it
was in the airy scientic si gn Gemini are n o w
con q uering the air and p erfecting scientic i n
ve n t i o ns which will make us marvel
but the
children who have been born under favorabl e
congurations during the fou rt een years Ne p
tune has been going throu gh the p sychi c si gn
Cancer are now growing up around us as a band
of mystics and when they have reached mature
years they will astonish us w ith their spiritual
insight and p ower A mong other things they
will d evelop the soul o f music
,
E]
t12
Mo o n
are also indications o f soul q ualities similar t o
those given by the good aspects but under those
congurations the p erson will be of a ne gative
nature and is apt to become the p rey o f spirit
controls and sub j ected t o medi u mship therefore
they should not attend S eances
8 D
N ep t u n e s q uar e
o r o p p osi ti o n
to t h
CH A P T E R
S A T U RN
P LA N ET
THE
K eynote
S oRR ow
OF
Obstruction
F RU I T F UL
method o f a cquiring knowledge is

by co m
p arison of si m i l ars and contrasts o f opp o
sites ; thu s lights and sidelights are brought o ut
which otherwise may escap e a
ttention
A pplying thi s method to the S un and S aturn
we remember t h at the keyword of the S un is L ife

and at the vernal e q uino x when the S un is in A ries
the sign o f i t s exaltation we may readi l y note th e
p owerful e ffect of the crest wave o f vital uid then
poured over the earth Nature is vib rant with life
which races through the forms o f all kingdoms and
endues them with such abundan c
e of vitality that
they are comp elled t o generate in order to take care
o f the over o w ; L ife manifests as m o t i o n ; but t h e
keynot e o f S aturn i s Obstruction therefore t h at is
and co n se
t h e planet o f decrepitude and decay
quently when the S un is in L ibra the sign o f S at
urn s exaltation , at the fall e quinox Nature i s tired
and ready for its wintry sleep
The human frame
also is energized by the solar life contained in ou r
food which ente rs o u r system through th e h ead an d
throat governed by the exaltation si gns o f the Build
,
244
T H E M E S SAG E O F
246
T HE
S TA R S
put on squares and op positions bring sorrow and

su ffering ; S aturn is placed above M ars in the horo
scop e to frustrate and check him till it seems as if
every effort is futile because of the S aturnian o h
struction
E li j ah could n ot hear the voice of guidance in
the re the storm nor the earth q uake but when the
tumult was over he heard the still small voice to

cheer h i m and like wise with us while we y ield to
the unchecked M ars impulses our lives are t o o tur
b ulent to admit of communion with the Higher S elf
but when the sorrows o f S aturn have chastened the
unruly M ars spirit when the night seems darkest
as in E li j ah s cave then we also m ay hear the voice
that shall speak peace after the storm
,
The lash o f S aturn is not pleasant ; we sometimes

chafe fret and fume while b eing thus held in leash
b u t meanwhile we ripen and are more fitted when
the obstruction is removed to have o r u se that which
S aturn delayed for as we d evelop physical muscl e
by overcoming physi cal obstacles so we cultivate soul
p ower by the resistance spiritually engendered by
The t eaching which he gives may be summed
S aturn
up in the motto : Patient p ersistence in well doing

M ost o f us w h en considering S aturn in the horo
scop e are inclined to look upon him as evil on ac
count o f the a f ictions he brings but that is only a
for there is nothing evil in God s
o n e -sided view
Kingdom What app ears so is merely good in the
making When we remember that the destiny shown
.
S A T U RN
T H E P L A N E T O F S O RR O W
247
by ou r horoscope is of our o wn making in p ast e x

i st e n ces then we shall understand that S aturn onl y
marks the weak spots in o u r horoscop e where we
are v ul nerable and liable t o go wrong
When the
weak p oin t s have been brought out throu gh t e m p t a
tion an d we h ave yi elde d the punishment follows
automatically as a natu ral and logical se q uence f o r
every wrong act carries in itself the s eed o f the pun
i sh m e n t which brings home to ou r consciousness the
mistakes we have made We must hold clearly before
o u r m ind s eye that though the planets incline to
a certain line o f action we as evolving E gos are
sup p osed to discriminate between good and evil and
choose only that which is good
I f we fail i n this
respect and yi el d to the t emptation the transgres sion
merits a j ust recompense under the laws o f nature
and these are the things si gnied by S aturn
We
are n o t p u n is h ed be caus e we are t em p t ed b u t we are
S upp os i ng f o r instance
p un is h ed b ecau se we yi el ded
that S aturn i s i n Cancer then it is plain that in the
past we have yielded to an inordinate desire fo r food
that in conseq uence o ur di gestive organs have becom e
impaired and that if we do n o t learn fru gality an d
discrimination in the choice o f ou r food we shall be
p u nished by digestive disorders
We will then be
temp ted to indul ge in dainties and p erhap s we will
have an aversion for the simple foods which are best
for u s The temptation however will cause no t rou
bl e to the stomach excep t we yield and satisfy o u r
app etite Then the food and n o t an avenging D eity
,
2 48
M ES S AGE
N GDHE
aut omatic al l y
app e tit e )
O F? T HE sTAES
p un ish es u s u n t il we learn t o curb o ur

"
S i m i l arl y i n othe r d ep a
rtments o f l i f e , if
S aturn i s
on ; the A sce n da n t in the Third or N inth
Hou ses an d adve rsel y aspected t o M e rcury o r the

M o on it causes : us t o b rood over ou r t roub l es an u
lls o ur f lives with glo om
I t g ive s an o bstructi o n
t here t o warn us that We shoul d be m ore s oci abl e and
not tur n ou r f ace s away f rom t h e sunshine o f l ife:
God i s at t h e helm o f the unive rse H i s ministers are
con t i n u al l y wo rki n g with us f or g ood th e r e is re all y
n o re a
s on f o r blues and if w e c annot see it today
S aturn is going to ti ghten his grip tomorrow and
c rush harde r and hard er until with the sheer c ourage
o f de sp e rat i on we burst his bonds and j ump out into
t he j o y and sunshine o f life
'
"
=
'
'
'
If i t w ere
no
ue n ce
t for the chaste n ing , subduing i n
of S aturn w e should b e liabl e to run amuck

and burn out t h e lamp of life quickly in the ex ub er
but S aturn is well symbolized as
ance o f spirits
F ather Time with his hour -glass and scythe He does
not p ermit us to leave the school of life until th e time
has been run and the harvest is rip ened F urther
more he gives to humanity many o f its noblest q uali
ties
W hen he lays a restraining hand upon the
messenger o f
i g h t y M oon o r M ercury the swift
the gods
he deep ens t h e mind and makes it more
serious and better abl e to concentrate up on the p rob
lems o f life
H e makes the mind resourcef ul and
better able to cop e wi th the di f culties of o u r e x ist
ence Tact an d diplomacy method and syst em p a
T H E M E S S A G E O F T H E S TA R S
25 0
health particularly in the earlier years Bruises

t o the head colds and if S corpio is rising con
st i p at i on ; i n L eo p oor circulation
in Cancer
p oor digestion in L ibra obstruction of the ki d
neys renal calculi and other urinary di fculties
and so on with the other signs
.
S atu rn i n t h
S eco n d H o u se when well -aspected
and particularly in its ex altation sign L ibra

brings money by inheritance and ability to i n
c rease i t by p resent economy caref ul conserva
tive investments and similar methods S ome o f
the very wealthiest o f the world s nancie rs have
had S aturn in this p osition
They obtain the
money wherewith t o start from ancestors indi
cat e d by S aturn and from the saturnine ray in
this house they derive the business acumen and
fa r -si ghted methods that enabl e them not only
to hold their own as so many do whose wealth
comes through S aturn but also t o increase the
inherited estate If S aturn is weak o r a f icted
however the life i s sure t o be p assed in p overty
,
3 S at u rn i n t h
Th i rd H o us e
when well -aspected

gives a serious sober and thoughtful mind
cap abl e of concentration and well able to grap ple
with the most p rofound sciences and other seri
ous sub j ects in life
I t gives tact diplomacy
j ustice honesty and all the other saturnine vir
tues o f the mind
When S aturn is a f icted i n the Third H ouse
e
"
SAT U RN
25 1
it indicates t roubl e with brethren danger when

t raveling delays and disapp ointments in obtain
in g an education
I t also lls the mind with
gloomy forebodin gs worry and general desp ond
ency
,
b 4 S at urn i n t h
F o u rt h H o us e,
well -asp ected shows

gain from inheritance also success from invest
ments and administration Of houses and lan ds
agri c ul ture o r mining p rop ert y under careful
and economical management The success grows
better as life advances When S aturn is a ffl icted
in the F ourth H ou se it signies the early death
o f o n e o f the parents
inharmony and trouble
in the ho m e loss o f p rop erty and conse q uent
p overty
This p osition wh ether well or ill as
p e ct e d makes the p erson a recluse in the latter
years o f life
e
F i f t h H o us e when well -asp ected

by the S un and Jupiter woul d be good for sp e cu
lation in the things that are rul ed by S aturn :
houses lands and mines This p osition and its
asp ects w o ul d also give the p er son a chance o f
app ointment t o public ofce esp ecially in mat
ters connected with education but if S aturn is
a f icted in the F ifth H ouse it indicate s trouble
disapp ointment and d elay in courtship p art i cu
l arl y during the earlier years o r else the affe c
tions are centered up on someone who i s much
older than the p erson whose horoscop e is b eing
S atu rn i n t h
M E S S A GE
25 2
'
OF T HE
S TAR S
I t decr eases the n umber of cli il dren

j ud ged
and predicts death o f those who are born, also
th at they will bring a great d eal o f troub le to
72
6 S at urn i n t h
S i x th H o use, well -aspected , gives
the person ability to handle employe es and wo rk

men i n general in a most e fcient manner for
th ou gh such a p erson is q uiet and subdu ed he
i s at the same time rm and serious He has
a way about him which employee s respect and
which calls for instant obedience to his com
mands without causing the resentment calle d
forth by a blustering bellowing M ars
When S at urn is afflicted in the S ixth House
it means a great deal o f sickness in the life and
if in a weak sign like V irgo the p erson is in
danger o f becoming a chroni c invalid for once
he is in the grip o f sickness the recuperative
p owers are so p oor it is almost imp ossible f or
The nature o f the p rincipal ill
h i m t o recover
ness will dep end upon the sign that i s on the
cusp o f the S i x th H ouse or o f the Twelfth but
usually with such p eople many complications set
in afte r this
Thus a p erson with an a f icted
S aturn i n the S ixth H ouse nds it almost i m
p ossible to secure employment and it is evident
that such a p erson has indeed a hard life being
unable t o ea rn a living when abl e to b e about
,
'
T HE
25 4
M E S S A GE O F
5 9 S aturn i n t h
T H E S TA R S
Ni n t h H o us e when well -aspected
gives a deep serious and thoughtful mind with

ability and inclination to the study o f law
science and philosophy physics o r metaphysics
I t is a splendid p osition for a p resident of a cor
S uch
p o rat i o n o r college a j udge o r a divine
p eopl e always make their mark in the world the
scop e being naturally dependent upon the na
ture o f the asp ect and the line o f endeavor se
l ect e d by the p erson
,
When S aturn is a f icted in the Ninth H ouse

he makes a narrow -minded bigot critical and
sarc astic ; he also gives liability to troubl e and
loss through law danger on voyages and trouble
in forei gn lands
,
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10
S aturn
in
th
T en t h
H o u se shows a strong
self -reliant and ambitiou s spirit with the p a

t i en ce and p erseverance which mark a p erson
destined to r i se i n life It is the signature o f
the self-made man self -mad e by all the sterling
saturnine virtues tact foresight honesty and
systematic application to business S uch p eople
are destined to become captains of industry p res
idents of banks o r hold other high p ositions i n
volving great responsibility
.
When S aturn is a f icted o r weak by sign

he nevertheless gives the person who has h i m
in the Tenth H ouse ability to rise but when he
d oes rise it is by underhanded trickery and q ues
,
S AT URN
T H E PL A N E T O F S O RR O W
25 5
t i o n abl e
business methods which in the end bring

exposure downfall and dishonor It is said that
N apoleon had S aturn in the Tenth H ouse
.
5 11
S at urn
in
th
H o use when wel l
E l eve n t h
asp ected gives f riends among the a ged and

wealthy who will be of benet to the person in
helping him to realize his hopes wishes and am
bitions but when S aturn i s a f icted he should
beware of seeking friends older than himself for
they will always endeavor t o make use of him
for p ersonal ends and desert him when he is no
longer of use t o them
,
12
S at urn i n t h e T wel f t h H o u se gives a secluded
life in a p osition or occupation where the p erson

d oes not c ome into conta ct with the general pub
lic When well -asp ected it i s good for success
in an o fcial capacity i n public institutions
asylums hospitals o r p risons
When a f icted
there is danger o f b eing bed -ridden f o r many
years imp risoned o r employed in obscure posi
tions
.
S AT U RN
IN THE
T W E LVE S I G N S
S atu rn i n A ri es is weak and therefore unable
t o exp ress his best q ualities to their full and l e

-aspected
i
m
i
t
a
t
e
extent
even
if
well
Neve rt h e
g
less he gives a minor measure of poise self
reliance discretion and tact industry patience
.
M ES S A G E
T HE
25 6
'
O F T HE ST AR S
But when S at u rn -l i s a f i cted

in Ar i es t h e person is q u ickly angere d an d apt t o
h old spite , of a j ealous mali ci ous and vi n dictive
disp osition
an d p e rse ve ran ce .
'
t5
S aturn ai n T au ru s when well -aspecte d make s
p erson slow o f sp eech but what he says wi l l h ave

weight and b e well worth hearing ~ It g ives a
quiet disposition slow t o decide but stubborn in
maintaining a p osition once taken These p eopl e
are close -mouthed and may be trusted to keep
their own and other p eople s secrets we ll When
S aturn is a f icted in Taurus p artic ul arly by
M ercury he always causes troubl e with the speec h
and gives a quick temp er e speci ally if M ars i s
also an a f icting planet
This p osition makes
nancial di fculties
'
11
S at urn i n Ge m i n i when well -aspe cted gives a
d e ep o n e-p oint ed orderly and scientic mind

adapt able t o circumstances and able to cope with
all the exigencies o f life L o ve o f mathematics
is usually p ronounced and when literature is
taken u p as a vocation the more serious branches
devoted to ind u strial and mechanical sub j ects
are p referred When S aturn i s a f icted in Gem
ini it gives trouble through brothers and sisters
literature and law danger on short j ourneys
A n a f icted S at u rn in Gemin i also gives trouble
with the lungs S uch p eopl e shoul d t h erefore be
particularly caref ul not to c a
t c h cold
,
25 8
q ui i
ed
The constitution o f these p eopl e is not

overly strong but they may maintain perfect
health by the conservation of energy as indicated
by S aturn When S aturn is a f icted in L eo how
ever they are cruel and q uick -t empered j ealous
and d o not scruple t o stoop to underhanded meth
o ds to satisfy an ambition
This position also
indicates heart trouble
.
mz
S aturn i n Vi rg o gives a studious , deep , sci en

t i c mind fond o f studying the deep er problems
life It indicates an innate ability to manage

others I t gives a thrifty economi cal and frugal
nature but when S aturn i s a f icted in V irgo the
mind usually centers up on disease and the p erson
be comes a conrmed hyp ochondriac These p eo
ple are the best customers of the patent medicine
v endors for most of their ills are usually i m ag
i n ary
This p osition does however carry with it
a liability to intestinal diseases
of
S atu rn i n L i bra is exalted and very strong and
the refore his good aspects bring o u t all the ne

s aturnine qualities and on that account secures
fo r the pers on p ublic esteem and reco gnition
T h e marriage p artner is chaste and pure as
gold This p osition also brin g s good health an d
l on g life but when S aturn is a f icted in L ibra
the marriage partner is either treacherous or re
moved by an early death I f the p erson goes t o
l aw he will lose become the ob j ect o f public dis
.
SAT U RN
T H E PL A N E T O F S O RR O W
25 9
favor and he will also be subj ect to urinary

t roubles
.
m
,
S atu rn i n S corp i o when well -aspected gives a
rare mechanical turn to the mind a resourceful

ness under the most di fcult conditions an indom
i t ab l e coura ge and a p atient persistenc e before
which even the most di f cult construction prob
lems must give way H ence such p eople make
exceedingly abl e engineers and are invaluable
in all pioneer u ndertaki n gs they blend the re
o f M ars with the forethought o f S aturn and are
therefore invincible They gain by legacy econ
o m y and thrift and their nancial fortunes are
much imp roved after marriage Good health
and a long life are also indicated but when S at
urn is a f icted in S corpio the marriage p artner
i s p oor d ul l egotistical and e x acting and the
p erson is liable to worry and ill -health ; constipa
tion and p iles are the basic causes which then
a ffect the nerves and the whole system
,
asp ected gives

S at urn i n S ag i t t ari us when well
a charitable and philanthropic disposition with
a desire to elevate humanity by self -help under
j ust laws and t rue religious impulse I t couples
all the saturnine virtues with the benevolent
Ju p i t e ri an spirit o f aspiration so that such p eo
pl e always aim to work for the public good
according to their ability and station in life
Therefore they are trusted honored resp ect ed
.
26 0
T HE
S TA R S
and in much demand f o r p ositions where thes e

qualities are o f value in social industrious o r
religious circl es
When S at u rn is a f icted in
S a gittarius he makes the person insincere eyn
ical and sarcastic ambitious to ll p ositions o f
trust and honor b u t f o r selsh purp oses liable
to become involved in law and lose thereby Thi s
position also a ff ects the lungs and the perso n
should be very careful not to catch cold
,
S at u rn i n Cap ri co rn
when well -aspected i s

strong and therefore his virtues are also p ro
n o u n ce d
H onesty and integrity as staunch as
the Rock o f Gibraltar and the determination to
work toward the desi red goal no matter how long
it may take H ence in sp ite o f all handicaps and
obstacles p eople with a well asp ected S at u rn in
Capricorn ultimately achi eve a large measure o f
success and are generally esteemed by their con
temp oraries
But when S aturn i s a f icted in
Capricorn the mind is gloomy and the p erson
sees life from a biased p oint o f view The re is a
general sense o f dissatisfaction which sometimes
develops into a diseased mind These p eople are
c u nning underhanded and not t o b e trusted
.
N
AM I
S at urn i n A q u ari u s when well -asp ected gives
a h umane outlook up on life a symp athetic and

friendly disposition very distinct and deliberate
sp eech and a seriou sness in all a ffairs of life
These peopl e therefore make friends among the
,
26 2
person makes n o enemies i n so doin g for this

congur ation also makes him the soul o f honor
kind and considerate ; he would never stoop to
do anything mean for he i s S i ncere and j ust in
his dealings with all men but on th e other hand
when he believes a certain course of action to
be right he will never swerve therefrom though
heaven and earth b e moved against him These
aspects bring su ccess in p olitical o r j udicial p o
si t i o n s
also in connection with mining o r agri
culture
The p erson often benets by l egacy
but recognition and success i s generally delayed
till middle life
,
c
5
co n u n ct i o n
o r p aral l e l S at u rn
j
This aspect h as a very detrimental e ffect upon
health esp ecially in the common si gns where the
resistance is fundamentally l ow ; in Gemini S ag
i t t ari u s and Pisces it gives a tendency to tuber
It does least damage in the x ed signs
cul o si s
where the resistance is greatest but when sick
ness d oes get a gri p o n the person it hangs o n
like grim death for this conguration l essens
the p ower o f the body to throw o disease
This is
q uickl y hence rec u p eration i s very slow
especially true in a man s horoscope ; i n a
woman s gure it a ffects her husband s health
Th
Pb
S un
or o p p osi ti o n
t
rn
a
u
S
U
These asp ects are adverse to that which is gen
but they give an ab un d
e rall y termed success
8 b
Th
Sun
sq u are
to
S A T U RN
26 3
ance o f exp erienc e so they are excellent from

the standp oint of the soul It may truly be said
o f the person who h as them that

the best -lai d
plans of mice and men gang aft a gl ey

for n o
matter how carefully he may plan his a ffairs
he will be sub j ected to d elays and meet obstacles
which will thwart his desires ; his marriage often
is unhap p y and usually ends in divorce o r early
death o f the p artne r ; there is di fculty in nding
and keep ing employment , trouble with employ
ers and authorities a feeling as if he is held in
leash all h i s life and denied e x pression in any
direction
These are the outward exp eriences
but they are g enerated by the inner nature and
until that changes he must su ff er the whiplash
I n the rst place such a p erson
o f necessity
has a tendency to crawl into a shell and shut
himself in and others o ut He i s p essimisti c and
a kill -j oy has littl e o r no regard f o r the feelin g s
of others and is very obstinate
I n the horo
scop e o f a woman it si gnies marri age t o o n e
much old er a p erson who will hold her i n a
very ti ght rein ; it au gurs death o f the husband
and often several marriages which are terminated
by death o r divorce
,
These congurations often bring legacies

b ut either there is troubl e and litigation over the
bequests o r the p erson s q uanders the estat e after
he receives it I f S aturn is in L ibra h i s exa l ta
tion-sign the latter part o f the life may b e better
,
26 4
becaus e the p erson has t aken the lesson s of life

to heart and mended his ways
.
V e n us s ex ti l e o r tri n e t o S at u rn
The
*A h
good q ualities of V enus are love and a ff ection
and the good q ualities of S aturn are tact di
p l o m acy method and system j ustice thrift and
economy and we may therefore j ud ge that when
these two planets are co n g urat e d in good as
p eet they make the p erson faithful and true j ust
and honorable diplomatic and tactful system
atic and methodical q ualities which make for
success in all departments of life Therefore a
p erson with these asp ects will be much sought
as a friend and adviser or a p erson t o be trusted
with any commission requiring sterling honesty
and ability It makes him simple in his tastes
and of unimpeachable morality
H ence it is
what one may call one of the luckiest as pects in
the gamut
.
s q u are
j
o r o p p o si ti o n t o S at u rn brings out the evil q uali
ties of the two planets and t roubles which are
t h u S g en e rat e d usually come through the p er
son s relations with the opp osite se x It makes
him underhanded and scheming t o gratify his
passions often in an un us ual manner and h is
pe rvert ed desires are usually directed a g ainst
someone who is much youn g er than himself I f
regular marriage relations are entered into such
9 P3
Ve n us
9 5
p arall el ,
co n u n cti b n ,
'
M E S S A GE O F T H E S T A R S
T HE
26 6
and d emeanor
They are absolutely honest
hence they make the very nest j udges obtain
abl e
.
M ercury
:2 d P b
co n u n ct i o n o r
p arall el t o S at u rn
These aspects also give depth to the mind and

forethought together with all the other good
q ualiti es enumerated as resulting from the sex
til e and the trine if M ercury is otherwise well
aspected ; but n o t in so full a measure o r at any
rate the p erson does n o t seem to be abl e t o ex
t e rn al i z e them a s readily hence does n o t meet
the same assured success as given by the de n
i t el y good aspects ; he also su ff ers from the tend
ency to melancholy denoted by the square o r
opp osition esp ecially if the aspect occurs in o n e
o f the common si gns o r in Cap ricorn and if in
Gemini it interferes sadly with the d e x terity ;
s uc h p eopl e drop everything they take into their
hands These asp ects also give an embarrassin g
timidity and if M ercury i s a f icted the unde
sirabl e q ualities enumerated as resulting fro m
the s q uare or opp osition may b e looked for
,
ti
me
M ercury
s q u are
or
o p p o s i ti o n
to S atu rn
the person sub j ect t o troubl e and delays

all throu gh life H e is thwarted o n every hand
by slander and secret enemies and this condi
tion i n time makes him bitter and sarcastic wit h
the additional conse q uence that he i s shunned
by all who can p ossibly get away from him and
m akes
S AT U RN
T H E P L AN E T O F S O RR O W
26 7
that i n time leads him to becom e a recluse who

shuts himself away to brood over h is troubles
S uch a p erson sometimes becomes a sub j ect o f
melancholia o f a most piteous character These
asp ect s also make the p erson cunning and u n
t ruthful
They give the same desire to study
the occult conferred by the good aspects but
there is the great di ff erence that while the good
asp ects o f S aturn and M ercu ry incline to the
study o f occultism from unselsh motives the
bad aspects impel him to ferret o ut nature s
secrets for p ersonal p ower o r gain
.
*A
Moo n
S at urn i m
parts all the best saturnine q ualities to the mind ;
it makes the p erson self -reliant serious sober
and systematic caref ul and thrifty in business
a ffairs and gives success in life through tactful
and diplomati c dealings wi t h o t h ers S uch p eo
ple are eminently reasonable and trustworthy in
all matters o f honor and j usti ce and gain great
esteem in the community on that account Their
p atience and p ersistence are inexhaustible
b
Th
s e x ti l e
or
t ri n e t o
'
D (5 P b
Th
M oo n
co n j u n cti o n o r p aral l el t o
S at
i s not always to b e classed as a bad asp ect

so far as the m ental qualities g o f o r in any case
i t deep ens the mind and gives greater p ower o f
concentration but if S aturn i s stron g by si gn
i n L ibra or Cap rico rn and the M o bn is otherwise
well -aspected this p osition also will impart the
urn
26 8
virtues o f S at u rn t hou gh under all conditions
it makes the mind gloomy and the person is sub
j cet to periodical spells of melancholy ; but if
S aturn is weak by sign especially if h e is in
A ries and if the M oon is otherw ise af icted then
his conj unction is t o be j ud ged and read the
same as the square and O p position
The e ff ect
of the conj unction also dep ends up on the de
p art m e n t o f life we are considering ; fo r instance
the con j unction o f the M oon and S aturn is good
for concentration of the mind but bad for the
digestion particul arly in a woman s horoscope
where it h as also the tendency to obstruct the
menses with all that that implies and in a man s
horoscope it indicates the death o f the marriage
partne r
S imilar distinctions should be made
when reading the conj unctions o f the othe r so
called m al e cs
,
'
T h e M o o n s q uare o r op p o si ti o n t o S at urn
E] 8 b
i s one o f the si gn atures o f sorrow in life for it
m akes the mind melancholy and full of worries
so that the p erson is constantly carrying an at
m osp h e re of gl oom with him and as thoughts are
thin gs this attitude of mind brings about delays
and disapp ointments in every department o f life
S uch p eopl e will e x perience di fculties from p er
sons and things signied by S aturn p robably
p aren ts and if he has money he will lose it and
have di f culty in getting more Thus he will be
,
27 0
virtues o f S aturn and Jupiter a re combined by

these asp ects and people in whose horoscope they
are found will conse q uently gain honor and es
teem in the community where they are
T h ev
will be looked u pon as the pillars of society and
gain p rosp erity commensurate with the environ
ment i n which they a re placed f o r these aspects
give sound nancial j ud gment the a bility to
grasp op p ortunity when it i s met b enevolence
devoti on t o duty reli gion and all good ob j ects
in life
.
21
Pd b
J u p i t er p arall e l o r co n j u n cti o n t o S at ur n
the same b en e ce n t i n ue n ce as the se x til e
has
o r t rine though not i n as great a m easure and
if Jupite r is weak by si gn or otherwise a f icted
the aspects will p robably count for very little
but in that case its e ff ect up on the arterial ci rcu
l ation will be obstructive giving a tendency to
sch l e ro s i s of the arteries the same as the op po
sitiou and s q uare
.
21
O p p o si ti o n t o S aturn
gives a di f de n t vacillating mind unabl e to form
d ecisions always distrustful o f others indolent
and inclined t o d rift with the tide often a wa rd
o f society either in the p oor -house or the p rison
for the character is basically dishonest
These
asp ects also give a tendency t o arterio -sch l e ro si s
g? '
7
J u p i t er
s q u are
or
S AT U RN
6
27 1
M ars sex ti l e o r tri n e to S at urn gives a

*A h
capable d etermined and ene rgeti c natu re capa
ble of intense and sustained action and
obtaining unusual results the reby
The e x e cu
tive ability dominant fo rcefulness and endur
ance o f these p eopl e i s rema rkable and co u se
quently they are constantly accomplishing what
othe rs cannot achieve On account of these q ual
ities they always rise t o p rominent p ositions and
are much esteemed on account o f their ability
but seldom liked fo r these aspects also make the
cha racter c ruel and hard
They give a strong
ph ysi q ue an d general good h ealth
,
(5
PC] 8
'
2
o p p o si ti o n
M ars
co n u n cti o n , p aral l el , sq u are o r
S atu rn These are thoroughl y bad

aspects indicatin g a selsh violent ha rsh and
c ruel nature q uick -tempered and vindictive ah
so l ut e l y dishonest and untruthful
unsc rupulous
and liable t o p ublic d isgrac e and imprisonment
also to accident and a violent d eath but if o n e
o f the planets i s essentially dignied o r e x alted
the evil in uence is not so st rong
I t should
also be remembered that such se rious d efects
do not result from one aspect alone and if the
othe r con gurations in the horoscop e a re good
the fo regoin g delineation will only ap ply i n a
very mild measure
to
*A
t un at e
Uran us
S aturn i s for
fo r a p ublic career in an o f cial capacity
s ex ti l e
or
tr i n e t o
T H E S T A RS
M E S S A GE O F
T HE
27 2
for it g i ves ambition an d determination with

ability to concentrate upon large p roblems and
exercise authority plan and systematize
It
strengthens the intuition so that such p eople are
guided by an interior insight when new and i m
p ortant steps have to be taken therefore they
are in demand and nd positions with large cor
p o rat i on s where they win their way throug h
sheer ability The mind i s both mechanical and
ingenious hence this p osition often denotes the
successful inventor p articularly along the lines
o f electricit y
,
131
o r p aral l e l t o S at u rn
j
has an in uence like th e good aspects if the plan
ets are elevated in angles essentially dignied
o r exalted as S aturn in L ibra and Cap ricorn o r
U ranus in A q uarius or S corpio but if the co n
j u nction occurs in signs where either of the plan
ets are weak l ike A ries Tauru s Cancer o r L e o
then the in u ence will be detrimental and should
be j udged the same as the sq u are or opp osition
d Pb
Uran u s
co n u n cti o n
li l
c
?
Uran us
sq u ar e
or
Op p o si t i o n
S atu rn
to
gives an unscrupulous dishonest nat u re with an

extremely violent temper The outbursts are as
sudden as a bolt from the blue and exhaust th e
p erson completely
These p eople are very e c
centri c and look at everything from a p eculiar
angle ; they are treacherous idle indolent and
altogether dangerous to the community Thes e
,
CHA P T E R X I
J U P I TER
T HE
P L AN ET
0F
BE N E VO L E N CE
R OM
each o f the divine H ierarchies which have

ministered at the birth and evolution o f humanity
we have received certain qu alities and faculties up on
which we are being nursed from nescience to o m
n i sci en ce and from imp otence to omnipotence in life s
great school F rom the L ords o f V enus w e received
the p ri celess gift o f love which links humanity in the
tenderest a ffection o f varying degrees and makes life
bea u tiful F rom the L ords o f M ercury w e received
the n o less valuable gift o f mind which enables u s to
con q uer the material world and p rovid e ourselves
with the comforts o f life but something more is
need ed The divine sp ark within us is ever seekin g
an outlet and the greater the two qualities of love
an d intellect grow the stronger the upward urge but
t his cannot be fully satised either if the S pirit
s eeks to rais e its elf to its divine S ource throu gh the
l ove nature exp ressed by V enus and culminating in
The religious fervor then
i t s hi gher octave U ranus
exp resses itself as devotion o f the most sublime na
ture but there is still a lack F eeling witho u t knowl
ed ge i s incomplete N o r can the inner urge b e sat
i s e d if thro u gh th e mercurial channel of intellect
it attempts to rai se itself to the spiritual p erception
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J U P IT E R PL A N E T O F B E N E V O L E N C E
27 5
of
Neptun e the higher octave
of
M ercury for though

,
the intellect be sharp as a razor it is of no account

when it is devoid o f love I t therefore follows that
o n l y b y t h e we ddi n g o f l o ve an d i n t e ll e ct can wi sdo m
b e b o rn
The mercurial knowledge in it self t h oug h
neither good nor evil may b e used for o n e p u p rose
o r the other
E ven genius shows only the bent of
this knowled ge We speak of a military genius o n e
who h as a wonderful knowledge o f the tactics of war
but a man of war whether he be a N ap oleon o r a
common soldier is not to be classed as wise becaus e
he deliberately crushes the ner feelings of whic h we
take the heart as symbol Only when the mercurial
faculty of mind is t emp ered blended an d balanced
by the heart -born faculty of love generated by the
V enus ray i s wisdom born o f the union
An d this
is the q u ality which t h e planetary spirit o f Jupiter
is seeking to infuse into mankind to aid them in their
spiritual evolution that they may rise above the
material plane and soar to hi gher spheres Therefore
the J up i t e ri an ray makes people humane honorable
co u rteous rened and generous law abiding and re
l i g i ou s cheerful and optimistic
The true J u p i t eri an
i s aptly described as a j ovial fellow and he is usually
large but his heart is almost too big to nd room
even within his capacious chest The corners of h i s
mouth are always turned upward with a broad s m i le
that can only be described as radiant and in h i s
hearty good -feeling he i s so demonstrative that when
he S hakes your hand the ligaments of your arm are
.
27 6
almost sp rained H e i s hail fellow well met with

everybody always ready to give anything o ranybody
a boost H e seems actually grateful t o you whe n you
ask him to do yo u a favor and is never so happy
H e would not
as when working hard to help others
harm a child and never gets angry on his o wn ac
count but when moved t o righteous indi gnation o n
account o f the wrongs o f others then he may be ter
rible in his wrath yet he will never be c ruel to the
aggressor or the opp ressor but show mercy and kind
ness even to them as soon as they have been van
S uch is the pure J u p i t e ri an but o f cours e
q u i sh e d
he is very seldom found at the p resent time Neve r
t h el ess an increasing number o f p eople are be gin
ning to walk the way of wisdom and show the J up i
terian traits
It is said that
O pp ortunity knocks at every
man s door
yet we often hear p eople bewail thei r
fate because they

never had a chance
S aturn
is blamed for o ur misfortunes when we have learned
to study A strology ; we are so intently o n the look
o u t for evil that w e usually forget to look for th e
good and thus miss our opp ortunity It takes S aturn
thirty years t o go around the horoscop e by transit
and form aspects to all planets but J u piter the mos t
b e n e cen t in uence in the solar system goes around
once in eleven years and thus the good fortunes which
he may bring are at least three times as numerous as
the misfortunes brought by S aturn s evil aspects
A s a matter o f fact we g et from others j ust
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T HE
t i o n ed
S T A RS
by society o r correct form

When Jupiter is a f icted his in uence makes t h e
p erson lawless sensuous self -ind ul gent gluttonous
extravagant and careless in the payment o f h i s obli
g at i o n s hence liable to loss of health trouble wi t h
the law and consequent social disgrace An af icted
Jupiter makes p eople sp orty fond of horse -racing
and gambling
.
J U P I TER
21
IN THE
T W E LV E H O U S ES
Fi rs t H o use
when well -aspected

is a good sign o f health and general fortune in
life It gives a good -natured kindly disposition
a nature which breathes cordiality honor and
uprightness
These p eople love pleasure par
t i cu l arl y o u t -o f
doors and are fond of traveling
They have considerable e x ecutive ability and are
therefore sought f o r p ositions of importance and
responsibility There i s an inclination to stout
ness in later years
Jupiter a f icted on the A scendant gives a
tendency to self -indul gence according to the
si gn wherein he is placed I f in Cancer the p er
son becomes an inveterate glutton and literally
makes a god o f h i s stomach with t h e inevitabl e
res ult that in the course o f years he becomes
excessively stout the liver being particularly en
l arg e d and as a conse q uence he is sub j ected to
sickness o f a serious nature In S agittarius it
makes him an inveterate gambler who woul d
1 J up i t er i n t h
J U P I T E R PL A N E T O F B E N E V O L E N C E
,
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stake his soul o n the toss of a coin I n Pisces

he becomes an incurable drunkard in S corpio
a sensuali st of the worst nature and so o n with
the other sign s I t may also be said that when
eve r Jupiter is af i ct ed on the A scendant the
health s uff ers through som e corruption o f the
blood
.
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J up i t er i n t h e S eco n d H o use when well -aspected

pa rtic ularly by the S un o r M oon gives great
nancial p rosp erity in life and this i s a fortunate
p osition in that respect even when Jupiter i s
a f icted but then the p e ro sn is l iabl e to loss
under bad directions
When Jupiter i s unas
p e ct e d he gives no help ; the person may then
be p oor and starve
,
when well aspected

gives a mind o f a highly optimistic natu re so
that no matter what other obstacles there may
be in life the pe rson who h as this position will
always look at the silver lining o f the cloud and
i n so doin g forget the cloud itself He will have
exceptional educational advantages and what i s
m ore the education which he receives will be of
great b enet t o him He will b e p opular among
his brothers sisters and nei ghbors and they will
help to benet h i m
S uccess is indicated by
travelin g writing and publicati ons When Ju
p iter is a f icted in the Third H ouse the p erson
is liabl e t o be in wrecks and accidents whil e
travelin g but he will n o t be inj ured thou gh he
J up i te r i n t h
Th i rd H o us c
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S TA R S
T HE
escap es only by a hair -breadt h If S aturn af

i ct s he will become careless and indolent thus
forfeiting the respect and esteem o f his imme
diate family but if M ars is adverse they will
mistr u st him because of rash and imp rudent acts
.
J up i t er i n t h e F o urt h H o us e when wel Lasp e ct ed

is most fortunate f o r the home conditions esp e
P eople with
ci al l y in the latter p art o f life
Jupiter i n this p osition will do better in their
place of birth than anywhere else
They will
receive considerable help from the p arents and
p robably an inheritance afterwards Their busi
ness a ffairs will be on a solid basis and run
smoothly so that at the close of life there will
be a consid erable accumulation according to
thei r station and the opp ortunities o f their en
v i ro n m e n t
They pass their days in p eace and
end them amid health wealth and p rosp erity
But when Jupiter is a f icted in the F ourth
H ouse the p erson should leave his native town
as soon as p ossible for then conditions there will
be detrimental to h i s success L avish and ex
t rav ag an t exp enditure love o f display and kin
dred costly t endencies will sap his resources and
b ring him into bankruptcy ; besides a false p ride
will keep him from undertaking a radical re
form even when he has awakened to the fact that
he ou ght t o do so if he would save himself and
.
28 2
T HE
T H E S TA R S
M E S SAGE O F
social p resti ge It is an ideal indication f o r mar

ri e ge also f o r a p erso n see king to take a part n e r
o r enter into pa rtners h ip
H e may also be as
sured that the p a rtner will be noble sincere hon
e st and trustworthy
then success wil l come by
co -operation
I t is an ideal p osition f o r a lawyer
for it indicates success in law and the abil ity to
reconcil e opp onents
B ut if Jupiter i s weak
o r a f icted the p erson will lose his lawsuits o r
suff er by misplaced condence in his pa rt ner ;
ma rria ge w i ll be dela y ed o r d eni ed and when
consummated t rouble wi ll arise through the in
dol ence and self -indul gent habits of the marri age
pa rtner
Therefore wisdom would dictate that
the p erson avoid such relationships
.
J up i t e r i n th e E i g h t h H o use when well -as pected

indicates nancial gain by ma rriage partner
ship s o r legacy but when weak o r a f i cted it
designat es lawsuits and losses in connection with
these matters
A well -aspected Jupit er in the
E ighth H ouse i s also a S ign o f an easy a nd peace
ful termination o f the l i fe when the ful l course
has been run
,
21 9
J up i t er i n t h e N i n t h H o us e gives a peaceful
noble optimisti c and ki nd -hearted disposition
with religiou s tendencies broad -mind ed and tol
e ran t of the opi ni ons o f others but favoring the
m ore orth odox and established lines o f thought
The p ers on is much esteemed in society and ap t
J U P I T E R PL A N E T O F B E N E V O L E N C E
28 3
to occupy p romi nent p ositions in chu rch state

or i n institutions o f lea rnin g o r p h i l an t h I Op i c
a ss ociations Thi s p osition al so giv e s a love of
travel with pleasu re and gain thereby B ut when
weak o r a f i cted by si gn or asp ect it gives arro
gance and a love of display whi ch is o ut of p ro
po rtion with the p erson s p ocketbook co n s e
q uently there are lawsuits aul liability to socia l
discredit It also shows danger when traveling
,
J up i te r i n t h e T e n th H o us e when well -asp ected

i s o n e o f the best indications o f an eminently
successful and virtuous life esp ecially if he is
supp orted by S aturn S un and M oon f o r then
the p erson w ill rise t o a hi gh p osition in the
church stat e o r law and gain great wealth honor
and social esteem F urthermore he will deserve
all he gets f o r the character will be of sup erlative
nobility But if Jupiter be weak o r a f i cted in
the Tenth H ouse p a rticularly by S aturn or the
luminaries it shows that the charact er is not
reliabl e The p erson may rise but his evil deeds
will nd him o u t and therefore he wi ll e x p e ri
ence reversal s of fortune and loss o f p restige
21 10
11 1 1
J up i t er i n t h e E l e ve n t h H o use and well

asp ected gives wealthy and in uential friends
who may b2 reli ed upon to help the person to
realize hi s hopes wishes and ambitions It also
gives a sociable disp osition and fondness o f
pl easure I n a man s horoscop e it si gnies that
,
284
T H E S TAR S
the marriage will be fruitf ul and that h i s child

ren will be a credit and a help to him but b efore
j udgment is rendered in this respect the wife s
horoscop e shoul d also be examined to see whether
it concurs for if not then the j udgment must be
modied When Jupiter is a f icted in the E lev
e n t h H ouse either the person meets friends who
are good and sincere in their desire to help him
but lack the ability o r else the friends whom he
attracts come t o him to be b e n e t t e d I n either
case he will not be help ed much by friends but
must depend upon his own resources to attain his
desires
,
74 1 2
J up i t er
th
in
T we l f t h
H o use when well
aspect ed brings gain and s u ccess through occupa

tions carried o n in compa rative seclusion such as
laboratory work work in hospitals o r asylums in
an executive capacity o r a p osition in one o f the
fraternal orders which have to do wi th sick bene
ts or in the study and practice of the mystical
o r occult arts
I f p eople with Jupiter in this
p osition are p ersonall y indigent they r ec eive
much bounty from people or institutions of a
frat ernal or charitable nature but if they are
well -t o -do they give lavishly to these purp oses
I f they have enemies they also have a way of
turning them to friends
If Jupiter is a ffl icted
it makes the person indolent and imp rovident so
that in time he usually becomes the ward of one
,
T HE
28 6
M ES SA GE O F
T HE
ST
ARS
p re p o si t i o n
before he ex tends a hel p ing hand

On the other hand he is absolutely op en-handed
to those who are near and dear to him H i s home
and his family are all in all When Jupiter is
a f icted i n Taurus it inclines to extravagant ex
p e n di t u re s f o r show display and the g rat i ca
tion of the lower nat u re S uch p eople are great
g o u rm an di z e rs fond o f rich and savory foods
that tickle the p alate A s a result they often ex
p e ri e n ce nancial di fculties and tro u ble with
creditors also such sickness as may result from
the over indulgence of their appetites according
t o other indications o f the stars
.
-aspected
i
t
m
J
r
when
well
gives
u
i
n
i
n
i
e
G
e
HH
p
literary ability o f a high class and if that is
backed by the necessary education success in this
line is certain This p osition also gives an i n ven
tive turn to the mind a love o f mathematics and
an attraction towards the occult
Jupiter in
Gemini shows t h at travel will bring both plea s
ure and p rot and it gives an honorable court
But if Jupiter is
e o u s and fri endly disposition
a f icted the p erson is liable t o meet with losses
and trouble when traveling
H e will have a
number o f hair -breadth escap es from accidents
legal and religious troubl e al so di fculties with
brothers sisters and close relatives
.
The ful l e e ct of Jupiter

ill i s never felt until the middle life
J u p i t er i n Can cer
f or
good
or
J U P I T E R PL A N E T O F
BE N E V O L E N C E
28 7
and this is esp ecially the case when he is placed

in the F ourth H ouse or fourth si gn Cancer
When well -placed there he gives an e x ceedingly
kindly and courteous disp osition o n e who i s at
p eace with all the world endowed with a most
vivid and fruitful ima gination a dreamer of
Utopian dreams and a lover of the occult and
mystical
There i s also however a p ractical
side to the nature which makes him ambitious to
attain worldly success and fort u nate in his i n
vestments in houses lands or mines so that he
wi ll accumulate p rop erty and be well -to -do esp e
This p osition also indi
ci al l y after middle life
cates that the p erson may receive much help
from his parents during life and an inheritance
after thei r death Jup iter in Cancer makes the
person very fond of the pleasures o f the table but
if well -aspected he will p robably keep himself
within such bo u nds that h i s health does not su t
fer I f howeve r Jupiter is a f icted it incli n es to
inordinate gl u ttony which will eventually cor
rupt the blood and cause such disease and nox
ious growths as result from that condition
.
74 81
,
J u p i ter i n L e o gives a truly noble nature

blending kindness and courage self-reliance and
loyalty self -restraint and compassion mercy and
j ustice I t indicates in short a p ara gon o f vir
tues nowhere excelled
It gives an abundance
o f vitality and a strong constitution so that it
,
TH E
28 8
M E S S A GE O F T H E S T A R S
marks a leader physically morally and spirit

u all y nor will such a p e rso n e ve r be conten t t o
follow He craves positions o f trust and re sp on
s ib i l i t y the greater the better
He will always b e
eq u al to the occasion and never ab us e the co n
dence of those who have placed him there S uc h
p eople have an innate culture and renement
they are fond o f everything that tends to the up
lift o f humanity religious sincere sure to wi n
recognition and success dealing in speculative
investments
When Jupiter is a f icted in L eo
the person becom es cruel and sensuous ab n o r
mally fond of pleasure and sub j ect to l oss by
investments speculation and gambling
,
J u p i t e r i n Vi rg o gives a cautious analytical

and practical nature with an almost u nerrin g
faculty for discriminating between the seeming
and the real to sift truth from error and arriv e
at facts They cannot ferret o u t secrets by under
handed methods as S at u rn i n Capricorn which
makes an ideal detective b u t if Jupiter in V i rgo
is the j udge no o n e is clever eno u gh to hide the
truth from him
A well aspected J up iter in
Virgo indicates succes with servants who will be
found faithful and loyal ready to do their mas
ter s bidding
It also indicates p rosp erity
through business o r p ro f e ssi o n l vocations but
if Jupiter is a f icted in V irgo it gives a cynical
carping and critical disp osition mistrustful of
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29 0
ri ch and e x pensive food and sickness

account
that
on
21 1
J up i t e r i n S ag i t tari us when well -aspected

gives good fortune and general success in life a
humane b road and p hilosophical mind a rever
ent
an d religious disp osition
H ence people
with this p osition rise to the top and become
l ead ers in their various S pheres o f life nding
places o f p rominence in church or state s ci en
t i c o r philosophic enterprises or institut i ons
I f Jupiter is a f icted in S agittarius it makes
the person sp orty fond of cheap and gaudy dis
play extravagant and ready to take a chance on
any gamble loss of social standing if born in a
better environment trouble through law n an
ci al di f culties
narrow-minded sectarian views
if inclined t o be religious
,
'
J up i t er i n Cap ri co rn gives an ambitious

nature self -reliant and self -c ontrolled with a
desire to rise t o a p osition o f authority over others
It
al so the ability to dictate wisely and well
g ives a careful economical disp ositi on and an
abhorrence of waste ; ingenuity resourcefulness
and some mechanical ability These p eople are
t rust -worthy t o a degree sincere and honest in
all their u nd ertakings and hold every promise
i nviolate therefore they usually rise to honor
A s already said
e steem and general p op u larity
thei r aim is to attain independence at the head of
,
J UP I T E R PL A N E T O F B E N E V O L E N C E
29 1
som e business but if they do not su cceed in that

and have to work for others they are best suited
to be in the employ of the gove rnment either
municipal o r national
On account o f the i m
p l i ci t trust generated by their sterling charac
t e ri st i cs o f honesty sincerity and faithfulness
these people are often made the recipients of
condence from friends who feel the need of
sharing their troubles with someone who can be
depended u p o n ei t h e r to give honest disinter
e st e d advice or else to keep the secrets told them
inviolate If J u p iter is a f icted in Cap ri corn it
makes a miser wh o will hoard all he can scrape
together and deny himself all except the barest
necessities and i s consequently despised by all
wh o know h i m
,
'
'
Z!
J up i t er i n A qu ari us
when well -asp ected gives

a humane optimistic original and philosophic
mind fond of friends and the society of others
p articularly those who are interested in scienc e
o r mysticism literature and music conse q uently
he attracts p eople o f that nat u re and they will be
a benet to him in helping him to realize his
hop es wishes and ambitions H e may p ossibly
obtain a p osition o f importance in some o fficial
capacity with secret o r occult societies This is
a good indication o f general success in life but
if Jupiter is af icted it makes the nature restless
ne rvous and erratic with revolutiona ry o r anarch
,
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292
T HE
S TAR S
i st i c
ideas with disinclination f o r serious work

and such p eople are generally disliked and dis
trusted
.
21
J up i t er i n P i sces gives a charitable sympa

thetic and hospitable nature wh ich loves to min
ister to the outcasts of society These p eople are
veritable angels o f m ercy to all who s uff er in
body soul o r sp irit
They are well kno wn to
thos e wh o are sick o r in p rison

B eing of a
sensitive nature and sub j ect to the in uences
from the invisibl e world they not infre q uently
have p sychi c experiences and become students of
the occult They love musi c a rt and literature
and if well -asp ected by V enus Jupiter in P isces
will give considerable ability as a p erformer but
if Jupiter is af icted i n P isces it gives a vacil
lating mind a nerveless cowardly nature i n dul g
ing in all the vices in the calendar and a gener
ally despicable dispositiona social parasite
,
T H E A S PE C T S
< A 21
O O P >I
Th
S un
OF
JU P I TER
co n j u n cti o n , sex ti l e o r tri n e
T h e conj unction gives a tendency to

ap oplexy esp ecia l l y if it occ urs in A ries but
with that ex ception we may say that tho se con
g u rat i on s are ~su re ind i cations of health wealth
and happiness ; they give the p erson an ab un d
ance o f vitality which is p roof even a gainst very
severe onslau ghts o f disease and should a p ar
t o J up i t er
294
never denies himself with the result that the cir

culation becomes sl u ggi sh and as these people
have a sup erabundance of blood their lassitude
and indulgence is p roductive o f various noxious
n d kindred disorders ; sometimes a t
growths a
o f anger raises the blood p ressure to such a p oint
that a vessel bursts and ends the life o r leaves
the p erson thenceforth a useless wreck
These
aspects give a bombastic haughty disposition
with an inordinate love of display and thus i n
duce to extravagance both i n social and business
a ff airs with the result that the p erson sometimes
nds hi m self involved in debt which he cannot
p ay and then there i s but a step to the bank
ru p t cy court
A false p ride often p revents these
p eople from working honestly for others so they
would rather p rey upon t h e public as gamblers
and followers o f races and other so -called sport s
where there is an opp ortunity to swindle other
p eople and get what they call an easy living

until they land in the meshes o f the law Chil
dren with these aspects should be given sp ecial
t raining in self -restraint thrift and honesty
above all reli gion for they will have a tendency
to scorn and sco ff at religion but p erhap s a mem
o ry of a devout mother may help to keep them
straight
,
9 d P *A l l
or
Ven us
j
is
co n u n ct i o n ,
tri n e t o J up i t er
on e
of
p aral l el ,
s e ati l e
the best si gns of
J U P I T E R P LA N E T O F
,
29 5
success and general good fortune in life

It
favors the accumulation of wealth and the en
j o ym e n t o f all the luxuries o f life It i s a good
indication of a successful and hap py marriage
social p restige and the resp ect of all with who m
the person comes in contact It endows him with
a j ovial optimistic generous and large -hearted
disposition one who is honorable t o a degree
interested and active in p hilanthropic measures
a liberal mind tol erant o f the vi ews o f others
even where he di ff ers radically fond o f pleas
u re traveling p arties and capable of enj oyin g
life to the fullest extent ; he loves exp ensive and
ultra co mfortabl e things a ne h ouse valuable
books pictures and other rich ap p ointments
.
C]
J up i t er
gives the sam e luxurious likings as the good as
p eets but limits the ability to satisfy them ; al
tho u gh such p eople make the most frantic e ff orts
t o p resent a ne front to the world they are gen
Their lack o f busi
e rall y found out to be shams
ness ability i s often responsibl e f o r failure and
bankruptcy and they are very liable to su ffer
l osses through the treachery of others L ove and
marriage also are sources o f sorrow f o r those
whom V enus and Jupiter are a f icting
They
are ap t to b e j ilted before marriage o r the mar
ri ag e partner will p rove faithless and may de
sert them These asp ects also produce an amor
8 u
V e n us
s q u are
or
op
p o si t i o n
to
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nature likely to take liberties regardless of

th e l a
ws o f d ecency and make the p erson faith
less to marriage vows
ous
M ercury co n j un cti o n , p aral l el sex ti l e

or t ri n e t o J up i t er is one o f the nest assets in
life for it gives a cheerful op timistic disposition
with the ability to always look up on the bright
side o f things and keep up the spirits i n the
hours o f adversity ; the mind is b road versatile
and able to reason correctly and t o form a relia
ble j ud gment by careful deliberation ; they never
g ive a hasty decision ; they require time t o think
o ver whatev er is p resented to them but once they
have reached a conclusion that will be found i n
c ontrovertible
They are successful in l aw or
l iterature and much resp ected for their honesty
and sincerity
These aspects are p articul arly
fortunat e f o r peopl e who travel for business o r
pleasure for they will reap both benet and e n
j oym en t from a migratory mode of life ; i t will
make them healthy wealthy and wise b eyond

the avera ge loved by everybody f or the vital
vibration they radiate upon whoever they meet
Q O P *A l l
uD
M ercury
J up i t er
gives a vacillating and wavering disp osition so
that the p erson cannot make up his mind when
more than o n e course o f action i s op en hence
people with these asp ects often lose their Op p o r
t un i t i e s through procrastination and lack o f
8 21
s qu are
or
o p p o si ti o n
to
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thought and indecision o r dishonesty

Peopl e
with these aspects are too fond o f ostentation
and display extravagant beyond their means
lavish in thei r e x p enditures p rone to take des
p erat e chances in gambling o r speculation to re
habilitate their fortunes and doomed to loss slan
der and sometimes bankruptcy o n that account
These asp ects are also bad for health in a
woman s horoscope esp ecially ; they indicate di
g e st i ve and liver troubles
.
A ll
S aturn
s ex t i l e o r
t ri n e t o
J up i t er gives a
strong character with a deep and p rofoundly
philosophical mind a benevolent disp osition with
a strong sense o f j ustice and fair play Al l the
virtues of S aturn and Jupiter are combined by
these asp ects and people in whose horoscop e they
are found will consequently gain the honor and
esteem o f the community where they are Thu s
they will b e looked upon as the p illars o f society
and gain p rosp erity commensurate with the en
f or these
v i ro n m en t in which they are placed
aspects give sound nancial j udgment and th e
ability to grasp opp ortunity whe n it is met
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(5
J u p i t er
has the same b en e cen t in uence as the sextil e
or trine thou gh n ot in as great a measure and
if Jupiter is weak by si gn o r otherwise af icted
the asp ects will p robably count f o r very little
but in that case its e ect upon the arterial cir
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S atu rn
co n u n cti o n
or
p aral l el t o
J U PI T E R P LAN E T O F
,
299
culation will be obstructive givin g a tendency

to sch l e ro si s of the arteri es the same as the op p o
si t i o n and square
,
E]
S atu rn
o p p o si t i o n
J up i t er
gives a dif den t vacillating mind unable to form
d ecisions always distrustful o f othe rs indolent
and inclined to drift with the tide often a ward
of society either in the p oor -house or the prison
These
f o r the character is basically dishonest
aspects also give a tendency to arterio -sch l e rosl s
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s q u are
or
to
Mars s ex til e o r tri n e t o J up i t er I t is the

nature of Jupiter to be somewhat conservative
and di gnied but when blended with the re of
M ars it gives enthusiasm and an ability to i n
u e n ce others and imbue them with the sam e
feelings
It makes the nature noble s i ncere
honest and strai ghtforward This asp ect is also
good f o r the nancial prosperity o f the p erson
f o r both M ars and Jupiter when well -asp ecte d
give good earning ability and favor accumula
tion
J u piter is somewhat conservative in re
sp ect o f expenditures M ars i s too free but where
the M artial and Jup i t e ri an tendencies are
b l ended by a good aspect the result is an ideal
generous nature neither t oo lavish nor t o o con
se rvat i ve able to strike a happy medium
These
people have much ingenuity and con structive
ability and whatever they do they put their
whole heart in it H ence they are successful i n
All
3 00
TH E
S TA R S
business p op ular i n society fond o f o ut -of -door

sp orts and games They love to travel and gain
much pleasure by so doing
M ars rul es the
h e moglobin in the blood which is so imp ortant
a factor in health and vitality therefore the good
asp ects of Jup iter and M ars increase the red
blood corpuscles with t h e res ul t that peopl e wit h
these aspects have an abundance o f health vi
tality power and endurance
,
M ars p aral l el
a P d 2;
co n u n cti on
or
t o Ju p i t er
strengthens the constitution and increases the

vitality the same as the good asp ects
I t also
indicates that the p erson is able to earn much
money and uses it freely an d generously but the
mental qualities are similar to those conferred
by the bad aspects : sporty swaggering tricky
deceitful and untruthf ul imp ul sive i n j ud g ment
not t o be depended upon and if the conj unction
occurs in o n e o f the watery si gns especially in
Pisces the p erson will p robably be a drunkard
though this is not as certain as with the square
and opposition
.
M ars s q uare o r o p p o si ti o n t o J u p i t er is
the si gnature of the gambler and if o n e o f the
planets is in a watery si gn especially in Pisces
he will b e a drunkard also a tricky dishonest
and disreputable character who always acts
through impul se With respect to health we nd
that these peopl e sn er p rinci p a l ly from b lood
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302
*A u
N ep tu n e
s ex t i l e o r
t ri n e Ju p i t er
gives an
inspirational mystical nature and success in an
occ u pation connected with occult o rders that is
to say where the character i s su fciently devel
op ed so that N eptune can make his in uence felt
for then this p osition brings o ut all the no b les t
and most spiritual strength o f both planets and
occult exp eriences are n ot infrequently the re
sult D uring the sl eeping hours these peopl e are
q uite conscious in the invisible worlds
,
4 P8
?
Nep tun e p aral l el o r co n j u n cti o n t o Ju

gives an in uence similar to that o f the
21
p i t er
good asp ects when N eptune and Jupiter are not

a f icted but if they are in a weak sign and as
p e ct i n g the other planets by square o r opp osition
then the in uence is similar to that o f the bad
aspects of Jupite r and N eptune
,
N ep t u n e
o p p o s i ti o n
J u p i t er
indicates lack of control of the emotions
The
person is sensitive to the l o w psychic in uences
o f the borderland between the seen and the u n
seen worlds but they are o f an awe -inspiring and
disgusting typ e hence apt to cause hysterical
conditions such as involuntary trance and kin
dred disorders attendant up on negative p sy
chism F rom a material standp oint it gives dan
ger o f fraud through speculation o r large com
p an i es and dealing with such p redatory interests
should therefore be avoided
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sq uar e
or
to
CH A P T E R X IV
M A R S THE P LAN ET OF A C T I O N
R OM
the Bible we learn that Jehovah was the

Creato r o f mankind for we nd H i s angels an
n o u n ci n g the birth o f various notable p ersonages
Thus
the conclusion is inevitable that H e and they p reside
over the generative function and imp art the quality
of fertility which at that time was looked up on as a
token of the favor o f Go d while barrenness was indi
cat e d as a sign of H i s displeasure
This is in ac
co rdan ce with the Western Wisdom Teaching which
tells us that in the earliest days when mankind wa s
still in the making Jehovah and H i s angels guided
them to great temples at the times of year when
planetary conditions were p ropitious to generation
and men born under those harmonious conditions
lived for hund reds o f years without sickness o r di s
ease
It i s noticeabl e that wild animals which are
still entirely under the guidanc e o f their group -spirits
and mate only at certain seasons are also immune
from sickness J ehovah still retains control over the
fert ilization o f the animal s which are attuned to H i s
l un ar vibrations through their twenty -ei ght p airs o f
spinal nerves that correspond to the twenty -eight
days o f the lunar revolution and H i s vehicle the
.
3 03
3 04
S TA R S
T HE
M oon still measures the p eriod o f gestation for men

and be a
sts
But the Bibl e al so tells us of L u ci f er and h i s
f al l e n an g el s who taught humanity to take the p re
rogative o f creation into their own hands and i n
stilled into them the p assion that has caused sorrow
si n and death because the holy function of genera
tion which was intended only for temp orary purpose s
o f p ropagation and whi ch works so well under p ro
p itious planetary conditions has been desecrated and
made s u bservient to the lusts o f humanity at all
times regardless o f the stellar rays Y et it is a mis
take t o think of the L ucifer spirits as evil for under
the sway o f the angels humani ty was a mass o f mind
l ess automatons knowing neither good nor evil and
havin g no choice o r p rerogative but S i nce through
the martial L ucifer spirits we have learned to know
good and evil we are also abl e by the exercise o f
will power to shun the evil and choose the good t o
ee from vice and cultivate virtue thereby placing
ourselves in harmonious co -worker -ship with Go d and
nature and unfolding ou r divine po ssibilities so that
w e may becom e like o ur F ather i n H eaven
\Vh i l e Jehovah and H i s angels are thus working
u pon humanity from the M oon the L ucifer spirits
who rebelled against Hi s regim e are locat ed o n the
planet M ars and from them also we have received
and are receiving many valuabl e gifts chief among
them r e and i ro n
I t is well known that every
l i vi n g body i s warm for the E g o cannot manifest in
.
T H E M E S SAGE
3 06
OF
T HE
S T AR S
world s work an incomp arable boon t o humanity

B u t if it escap es control the s er vant quickly takes
mastery i t s inimical p ower of destruction and de
vastati on i s then as terrible a scourge as its bene
ce n t use under guid ance is an inestimable blessing
It is as p recious as it is dangerous ; eternal vigilance
i s the p rice of safety from i t s ravages but without it
t he worl d would be a wilderness
M ars as a focus for the latent solar life trans
mutes it into desire p assion and what we may cal l
animal spi rits It is a consuming re more danger
o u s than all the nitroglycerine ever manufactured
but also more p recious than any other blessing we
can have o r enj oy
T h e H indoo preacher nurtured in a land g o v
erned by S atu rn the planet of obstruction says :
K ill o ut de si re
H e dreams away his days in des
tempe r conserves the edge o f the

t i t ut i o n but as
s teel that carves its way throu gh all obstructions
s o the well -directed energetic desires o f the martial
A ngl o
S axon have wrought a marvelous transforma
tion in the ea rth ; they have reared a civilization b e
yond all which p receded it and thou gh p erhaps brutal
in many resp ects there is p rom i se i n that also accord
ing to the p roverb :

T h e greater the sinner the
greater the saint

Parents should take a lesson
from the b ook o f nations and refrain from applying
the S at urnine wet blanket t o the ery M ars spirit
o f child ren
S aturn always says don t don t his
ai m is t o rep re ss and obstruct
A clear re under
'
MAR S
T HE
P LA N E T O F A C T I O N
3 07
proper control is useful but death lurks in the smoke

and noxious gases of a smothered re ; too many
dont s smother le g i timate ambition and frustrate ac
co m p l i sh m en t ; they may drive the hapless victim into
ways o f evil for the dynamic energy o f Mars must
and will have an outlet so beware T h e worst faults
o f M ars are impul siveness and lack of p ersistence but
he breeds no hyp ocrites like an a ffli cted S at urn
F rom M ars we receive a number o f o ur highly
p rized virtues as well as some o f our worst faults
When well -aspected he gives a strong constitution
and physical enduranc e a p ositive indep endent and
self -reliant nature determined and p roud generous
and energetic resourcef ul and quick t o learn esp e
ci al l y when i n A ries L e o S corpio or Cap ricorn but
when he is weak by sign as i n T aurus Cancer L ibra
o r aspected by squares o r oppositions he makes the
p erson quick -tempered obstinate and sp iteful i n
cl i n e d t o drunkenness and criminal acts cruel and
hard a bully and bra ggart
People who have M ars p rominent in their horo
scop es are eminently p ractical and play an imp ortant
p art in the world s work T hey are especially p ro
ci e n t i n occup ations where iron and re are used i n
constructive purposes o r where sharp instruments are
handled
S oldiers sur g eons and butchers machine
workers and iron founders en g ineers and men in ki n
T hey
dred occupations are o f the martial nature
also excel in other p ositions where coura ge and intre
p i di t y are necessa ry qualities
,
MA RS I N THE
8 1
T HE
3 08
S T AR S
T W E LVE H OUS E S
M ars i n t h e A sce n dan t
Fi rs t H on se ,
when
well -aspected has a most benecial in uence
up on the constitution particularly if he i s in o n e
o f the ery signs
A ries L eo o r S agittarius o r
in the sign of his exaltation Capricorn but some
times when a weak sign like Cancer is rising and
the other planets are much a f icted M ars in the
A scendant may infuse su fcient energy into the
body to tide it over the critical p eriod o f infancy
T his p osition also gives energy ambition cour
age self -reliance and determination which are
exceedingly helpful characteristics to win the
battle o f life It indicates an enterp rising and
p ractical p erson who will shun n o eff ort in order
to succeed When M ars i s a f icted in the F irst
H ouse he neverthel ess strengthens the con st i t u
tion and gives muscular p ower and endurance
but he makes the p erson rash impulsive head
strong and foolhardy
T hus they neglect the
ordinary p recautions to guard their health and
become subj ect to fevers and other in ammatory
diseases alsa liable to accidents and loss of blood
by lesions o f varying magnitude danger from
re such as burns o r scalds according to the na
ture o f the a f ictin g planet In this resp ect the
S un is usually p roductive of fevers and i n am
mations Jupite r gives liability to broken bones
o r accident by railroad or rolling stock U ranus
,
or
3 10
T HE
T HE
M E S SA GE O F
S T AR S
M ars t u t h e T h i rd H o use when well -asp ected

makes the mind keen bri ght and alert fond o f
argument quick at repartee ingenious inventive
and resourceful with plenty o f initiative and
constructive ability But when M ars is a ffl icted
in the T hird House it gives liability to accidents
on short j ourneys a quarrelsome nature sp e
ci all y liable to get into trouble with brothers
T hese peopl e are very
sisters and neighbors
critical towards everybody with whom they come
in contact and therefore generally feared and
avoided when p ossible
,
M ars i n t h e F o u rt h H o use when well -aspected
gives a strong constitution which is maintaine d

unimpaired even in old age ; the digestive faculty
is p articularly good and consequently the health
and strength are ru gged I t makes the native
exceedingly a g gressive in h i s e ff orts to feather
his nest and accumulate p roperty for ol d age

and a rainy day T here is also likelihood of a
legacy from the p arents
T his i s a very for
t u n at e p osition esp ecially if M ars is in A ries
L e o o r Cap ricorn but if M ars is weak i n Cancer
or Pisces and a ffl icted by square or opp osition
di gestive troubles or dissipation will undermine
the vit ality and the p erson will b ecome m ore
quarrelsome and disagreeable every day he li ves
He will be liabl e to accident by re in the home
also to fe vers and in ammatory diseases People
.
MARS
T HE
P LA N E T O F A C T I O N
3 11
with M ars i n t his position should leave their

native place as quic kly as p ossible T his may in
some measure relieve the trouble
.
8 5
M ars i n
th
F i f t h H o us e
when well -asp ected

gives an ardent demonstrative love -nature
It
makes the p erson fond o f athletic exercises sports
and muscular eff o rt a clean masterful man
much admired by t h e opp osite sex or a woman
who i s a real
pal
to her male comp anion
T hese p eopl e make excellent disciplinarians and
a re much beloved by their pupils if place d i n
p ositions as teachers o r bett e r still as p rincipals
for they make much better leaders tha n follow
But when M ars is a f icted in the F ifth
e rs
H ouse it makes the person Very ckle in his af
f e ct i o n s
I t i s o n with the new love even before
he i s throu gh with the o l d an all around irt
and therefore likely to get into a great deal o f
trouble O ver -indul gence o f the amorous nature
is liable to sap t h e vitality and create dangerous
p hysical conditi ons
I n a woman s ho roscop e
there is grave danger o f di f culty in p arturition
It also threatens danger o f death to a child in
the horoscop e of either sex People with M ars
a f icted i n the F ifth H ouse are also liable to
loss through gambling and sp eculation in stocks
bonds and securities
e
M ars i n t h e S i x t h H o use when well -asp ected

makes a quick energeti c worker wh o is likely
,
3 12
"
T HE
M E S SA GE
OF T HE
S T AR S
to rise to a p rominent p osition in t h e employ of

someone else there fore the larger the rm in
which he seeks employm ent the better But he
should not attempt to start in business for him
se l f, f o r p eopl e with M a rs i n the S ixth H ouse
alwa ys succeed better when in the employment
o f so m e o n e else
T his p osi t ion also increases the
w
vitali ty and should the p erson o n account o f
o ther planetary congurations in the horoscope
become sub j ect to disease the dynamic energy
and recup erati ve p ower of M ars will soon burn
o u t and eliminate the p oisons from the body
and leave it in better health than before B ut
if M ars is af icted i n the S ixth H ou se there is
a liability to trouble and quarrels with other
employees o r employer
S hould the p erson be
i n the position o f employer himself he will al
ways be at variance with h i s employees and sub
j e ct to loss by theft and dishonesty through
them T hey will waste his goods and ha ve no
regard for hi s interests
A n a f icted M ars in
the S ixth H ouse also gives a liability to fevers
and i n ammatory diseases danger o f burns
scalds and gun -shots and accidents sustained in
the course o f employm ent
-
M ars i n t h e S eve n th H o use when well -aspected
gives a capable industrious and aggressi ve mar

untiring in the p romotion o f the
ri ag e partner
welfare o f the family a strong p ersonality who
,
3 14
T HE
M E S SAGE O F T H E S T A R S
avoided f o r they are sure t o brin g loss Peopl e

with M ars in this p osition should n o t d elay mak
ing thei r will for the end usually comes ve ry sud
den l y and unexp ectedly
.
M ars i n t h e Ni n t h H o use well -asp ected gives
a liberal broad and p rogress ive vi ew upon all

p roblems o f life Peopl e with Mars in this p osi
tion are likely to take up some cause hav i ng for
its ob j ect the social o r spiritual upliftment o f
mankind in general and become very enthusiastic
workers in the p articular cult which h as aroused
their sympathies
T hey a re fond o f a roving
life and benet by changing from o n e place to
another especially by travel in forei gn lands
T hey have a clean cl ear and alert mentality and
a taking way of p resenting their views to others
T herefore they make good missionaries in what
ever line o f p ropaganda they take up
B ut if
M ars is a f icted in the Ninth H ouse he mak es
p eopl e bi goted and fanatical in their views reg
ular ranters who disgust all whom they try to
a f ict with their ideas whether they are r elig i ous
o r atheistic
P eopl e with M ars in this p osition
should never travel but remain i n their native
place f o r they will always be in danger o f acc 1
dents o n j ourneys and however much they may
be disliked i n their native place they will nd a
still worse reception in foreign parts
,
MAR S
3 10
T HE
P L A N E T O F AC T I O N
3 15
M ars i n t h e T en th H o use and well -asp ected is
the best si gns of success in life for it gives

an ambitious enthusiastic nature with an i n ex
h au st i b l e fund o f ener g y so that no matter what
obstacles are placed in his way the person is
bound t o rise to the top
I t gives a masterful
nature and good executive ability so that the p er
so n i s well -q u al i e d to conduct business and co m
mand others T hese p eopl e succeed best in mar
tial occupations where re iron o r sharp tools
are used in a skilled manner such as engineers
or machinists tailors o r su rgeons et cetera
When M ars i s a f icted in the T enth House it
gives the sam e energy and ambition as the good
asp ects but the p erson will then lack discrimina
tion and overreach himself with the result that
he will incur the enmity o f other p eople who will
accomplish his downfall and bring him into dis
repute in the community T hus the life will be
lled with strife struggle and unhap piness until
the p erson h as learned to hold himself in leash
regard the ri ghts o f others and abandon his auto
cratic attitud e and self -assertion T his p osition
also gives liability t o accident and slander
on e o f
3 11
M ars i n
th
H o us e makes p eople
E l eve n t h
leaders in thei r p articul ar social set enthusiasti c

in the pursuit o f pleasure brings friends amon g
martial and athl etic p ersons ener g y and en t h u
si asm in realizing thei r hop es wi sh es and aspira
,
T HE
3 16
S T AR S
tions
B ut if M ars i n the E leventh H ouse is
a f icted it makes the p erson touchy and sensitive
towards friends with conse quent unpopul arity
and he is liable to overreach himself in his keen
desire to realize his ambitions in life
.
8 12
M ars i n t h e T wel fth H o u se when well -aspected
may bring the person benet from the things de

noted by this house p risons hospitals and chari
table institutions if employed in an o fcial cap
aci t y as warden surgeon o r administrator o f an
estate or in detective work B ut if M ars i s a f icted
in the T welfth H ouse the p erso n is liable to
trouble sorrow and self -undoing all through life
He will incur the e n em i t y o f other p eople and
may be conned in pris on o r an insane asylum
I f Cancer o r Pisces are o n the cusp o f the T welfth
H ouse M ars will lead him to drunkenness and
dissipation I f S corpio is on the cusp the vitality
will b e sapp ed through sex o r self -abuse I n any
case M ars a fflicted in the T welfth H ouse makes
a social outcast unless there are other redeeming
features in the gure
,
'
M ARS I N THE

8 T
T W E LV E S I G N S
M ars i n A ri es gives an energetic enthusiastic

,
nature impulsive aggressive and impatient of re

straint No matter what the obstacles i n his p ath
he will attempt the seemingly imp ossible and
often these p eople succeed through sheer au
,
T HE
3 18
M E S SA GE O F T H E S T AR S
they are very often i n nancial di ffi cul ties and

if a legacy comes to them they are more likely to
l ose it through legal trouble than not and they
are sure also t o have domestic trouble
.
8 11
M ars i n Gem i n i when well -aspected gives a
keen active and al ert mentality People with

M ars i n this p osition never beat about the bus h
T hey are honest and outsp oken and say j ust what
they mean p erhap s at times a little too bluntly
but at any rate they are no hypocrites T hey
l ove t o measure their wits against others i n de
bat e and therefore this position makes f o r succes s
in law or literature T hey also succeed in the en
g i n ee ri n g p rofessions for they are resourceful
ingenious and mechanical apt at learning and
quick to grasp a p roble
or p rop osition B ut
if M ars is a f icted in Gemini it gives a cynical
sneering causti c and critical disp osition and
makes these peop l e feared and shunned on ac
count of thei r disa greeabl e nature T hese p eople
are also vacillating and unable t o make a decision
T hus they cannot be dep ended on to stand by
their word or their p romises and if they keep
an app ointment once in awhile it happens by
accident T hey are always in trouble with broth
e rs sisters and neighb ors and liabl e to accidents
when traveling I t also gives a p redisposition to
bronchitis in ammation o f the lungs pleurisy
and pneumonia
,
MAR S TH E
,
8 25
P LAN E T O F A C T I O N
3 19
M ars i n C an cer and well -asp ected gives a bold
independent and fearless nature with a tendency

to rebel a gainst rest raint a home -lo ving disp o
si t i o n
very industrious and ambitious to gather
and p rot ect all things which make f o r comfort
and lux ury so that he is a good p rovider for the
home in every respect
B ut at the same time
p eople with this aspect aim to exercise u n re
st ri ct e d authority over everything and everybody
within the home T hey tolerate no other author
ity there T his p osition makes the temper rather
uncertain and gives a tendency and a d esire for
change o f occupation so that the p erson never
really settles d own to o n e line of endeavor but
takes up a number o f vocations and drops them
as suddenly
I f M ars is a fflicted in Cancer it
brings domestic troubles frequent and violent
scenes and quarrels in the home with a tend
ency to move frequently from one place to
another in ammatory diseases o f the stomach
and digestive ailments also accidents by re in
the home through recklessness or carelessness
,
8 .9
M ars i n L eo and well -aspected gives an a ctive
industrious and honest nature fearless and inde

pendent i n all dealings with others a keen sense
o f honor and personal responsibility hence emi
n e n t l y tted to occupy a p osition o f t rust either
in a public o r p rivate concern T hese people are
enthusiastic and energetic either in work or play
,
T HE
3 20
M E S SAG E O F T H E S T A R S
lovers of sp ort and a good time generally T hey

are very ardent in their admiration o f the opp o
site se x and wo o the ob j ect o f their a ffections
with an intensity that carri es all before it o ver
rides all obstacl es and bri n gs the matter t o a
sp eedy consummation T hese people never beat
about the bush but say what they mean in a man
ner that is often extremely embarrassing in its
directness T hey are strong and forceful in their
arguments eithe r for or against that which they
believe o r disbelieve and therefore they n o t i n f re
quently arouse op position on the part o f those
who differ with them T hey are v ery venture
some and often take a p ride in risk either in the
pursuit of pl easure o r business When M ars is
a f icted in L e o it gives a ery violent temp er
and a liability to fever and in ammatory di s
eases p alpitation o f the heart and hallucinations
biliousness fever and there i s also danger o f i n
ordinate aff ection trouble l n courtship loss of
children and loss throu gh speculations A n af
i ct e d M ars in L e o gives the same d aring as when
well -aspected but the danger o f accident is
greater because the p erson with the a fflicted plan
e t s becomes foolhardy and reckless
.
mz
M ars i n Vi rg o when well -asp ected gives an
am
nature and a quick intellect able to grasp

an idea and elaborate up on it I t strengthens the
mental qualiti es and gives a scientic turn to the
b i t i ou s
T HE
3 22
S T AR S
very greatly attracted to the opp osite sex and

therefore it inclines to an early marriage
It
also gives an enthusiastic love of art and beauty
in all its phases and it makes the p erson very
p opular with the public o r in societie s of a social
o r reli gious nature
T his is an excellent p osition
f o r a lawyer as it will bring much activity in
this line and it is a good indication o f general
health But when M ars is af ict ed in L ibra it
makes the p e rson very unpopular and sub j ect
to the O pposition and criticism of the community
dan ger of publi c scandal o n account o f unfaith
fulness i n this relation for M ars in L ibra always
p roduces a strong attraction toward the opposite
sex and if he is a f icted there the nature i s amor
o u s and ckle with the natural result that trouble
arises by playing with the a ect i o n s o f others
.
3 111
M ars i n S co rp i o when well -aspected gives a
keen sharp and forceful mentality a rather

blunt manner and an imp erviousness to the ner
sensibilities of others consequently they often
make themselves disliked at rst until p eople get
used to them and realize that they are not such
ogres as they seem
T hey are very ingenious
and mechanical with indomitable courage and
inexhaustible energy w h i ch carries them over
all obstacles t o whatever goal they set themselves
I n this respect they are very sel sh and ready
to sacri ce whatever stands in thei r way T hey
make good p olice officers soldiers and sur g eons
,
MAR S T H E
,
3 23
and are abl e to ll any other p osition where a

dominant authority is required or skill with
sharp tools I n a woman s horoscope it show s
that the husband h as good earning capacity but
is rather t o o free and generous with his means
I t also indicates the p ossibility o f a legacy
When M ars is a f i cted in S corpio it brings
out the worst side o f the passional nature and
makes the p erson an inveterate sex - en d o r ad
dicted to solitary vice that sap s the vitality an d
unl ess corrected it is liable to bring the perso n
to an early grave I n a woman s horoscop e it
indicates that the husband will squander hi s
money on gratication of self al so that p art uri
tion will b e a dangero us event
I n either sex
Mars in S corpio indicates a quarrelsome nature
and a biting tongue
,
8 1
M ars i n S ag i t t ari us and well -asp ected gives

an argumentative disposition and fondness o f
debating on sub j ects of a serious nature such as
l aw philoso phy and reli g i o n
It makes the p er
so n
candid and op en in all his dealings wit h
others full of enthusiasm and ambition an x
ious to appear well in the eyes o f the community
although he would scorn to cater to the ideas o f
others where they do not coincide with h i s idea s
o f p robity and j ustice
T hese p eopl e make i n
t e rest i n g and ideal entertainers
esp ecial ly i n
later life f o r they are fond o f tra veli n g and ar e
keen observers hence they always have a fund
.
T HE
3 24
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
of
i nteresting and instructive information which

they are both willing and anxious to impart to
their hearers
T hese p eople are also fond of
s ports and out door exercise i n which they usu
ally excel and a well -aspected M ars in S agittarius
i s an ideal position f o r a lawyer
I t makes for
much success in that direction by sharp ening and
quickening the mental and oratorical faculties
When M ars is a f icted in S agittarius he
g ives a sharp tongue and a quarrelsome dispo
s i t i o n and there is a dishonest streak in the na
t ure therefore such pe 0 p 1e are often found gen
e ral l y disliked in the community and p art i cu
l arl y in social circles for they seem to be always
at variance with the id eas and opini ons of others
and adopt a most supercilious attitude toward
those with whom th ey disagree
T hese p eopl e
a re also liable to meet with accidents when they
travel and to sustain a numb er o f broken bones
.
8 16
M ars i n C ap ri co rn when well -asp ected adds
much strength t o the character for it gives an

ambitious and enthusiastic disp osition backed
b y an indomitable courage and a well -ni gh i n e x
h au st i b l e ener g y together with a p atient p er
sistence and p erse verance that is bound to over
c ome all obstacles and in the end a chieve the
T herefore people with M ars in this
desired goal
p o sition are b ound to rise in life particularly
i f Capricorn be placed in the T enth H ouse
It
i nvites the respect and esteem o f the community
.
3 26
T HE
S T AR S
and ori ginal enterprising and amb i tious a hard

worker f o r success in whatever line he chooses
in life H ence he wi l l gain friendship from o t h
ers who are able t o help him realize his hop es
and wishes T hese p e 0 p 1e are also very mechan
ical and ingenious p art icul arl y in things con
n e ct e d with the elec t rical science
T hey al so suc
cee d well as managers
o fcials o r workers in
and for a p h i lanthropic society o r public u t ility
corp oration
When M ars is a f icted in A quarius it makes
the person t o o ind e p endent bombastic and re
se n t f ul of authority blunt o f speech and manner
t oward others but resentful in the highest d e
gree if he is not treated with what he considers
p roper respect and consideration
H ence such
p eople are very di fcult to get alon g with and
often quarrel with everybody around them
T here is a tendency to loss through gambling
and sp eculation A n a f icted Mars in A quarius
also gives a tendency to trouble with the eyes
b ecause A quarius go vern s the ot h e rs and by re
ex action the opp osite si gn L eo may cause p al
p i t at i o n o f the heart
,
3 36
M ars i n Pi sces when well -a spected gives abil
ity as a detective warden o f a p rison or surgeon

in a hospital and kindred p ositions where the
p erson does not come in direct contact with the
public but exercises authority in an obscure
,
MAR S T H E PL A N E T O F AC T I O N
3 27
mann er I t also gives a tendency toward secre t

love a ffairs which the p ers on is able to hide from
the public ey e But when M ars is a f icted in
Pisces the indul gence of clandestine intercourse
will bring trouble into the life
T here is also
liability to su ff er from the attacks o f secret ene
mies and t o become enmeshed in the net o f the
law and su e r imp risonment o r it may manifest
as an inordinate love of strong drink which wil l
then cause imp risonment and make the p erson
a ward o f the community M uch trouble and
many mis fortunes are indicated because the na
ture i s unt ruthful
.
M A RS I N A S P E CT
*A
WI TH
S un
THE
OT H ER PLAN ET S
co n un cti o n ,
s ex
j
ti l e o r t ri n e t o M ars
T h e con j unction gives a
t endency to fever especially if it occurs in
A ries the si gn which governs the head but it
is curious that p eople with that con g uration
seem also t o be able to endure a much higher
t emperature than others and come unscathed
through such a siege o f sickness as would have
ordinarily p roved fatal
With that exception
these asp ects all p roduc e a sup erabundance o f
vital energy w h i ch assures thei r p ossessor of the
most r adiant health all through life It strength
ens the constitution and makes the p erson able
to endure the hardest tasks and it gives him a
0 P8
Th
p aral l el ,
T HE
3 28
M E S SA G E O F
T HE
S T AR S
dauntless determination and courage to face

the greatest odds
Given a plan t o follow he
may be trusted to overcome all physical obsta
cles for he has both executive and constructive
ability together with an indomitable will which
ref uses to recogniz e d efeat
T h e disposition is
frank and op en but blunt and often brusque ;
they are too intensely bent o n whatever they
want to do to waste time in p oliteness and
suavity therefore they brush the convent i o n
al i t i es aside without compunction and are con
sequently not liked by p e 0 p 1e o f too ne sensi
b i l i t i es but they are men and women o f action
and the foremost factors in the world s work ;
but for their energy and enterp rise the world
would m ove much more slowly
.
M ars
endows the p erson with an abundance o f en
and th e faculty of lead ership but it is
e rg y
turned to purp oses of deviltry and destruct i on ;
the courage implanted by the good aspects b e
comes foolhardiness and the person has a loud
overbearin g swaggering manner and is ready to
ght at the d rop o f a hat ; he is always in opp o
si t i o n to the constituted authority and ready to
rebel wherever he sees a chance ; h e has an
extrem ely ery temp er but holds n o resentment
O n account o f these qualities he is universally
disliked by both employers and h i s fellow work
c
S
Th
S un
s q u are
or
o p p osi t i o n
to
330
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Ve n us co n j u n cti o n o r p aral l el M ars does

not always op erate in the same manner but they
are to b e classed as good o r bad asp ects accord
nd
ing to circumstances a
the matter to be
j udged F o r instance M ars conj unction Venus
makes t h e p erson less blunt and domineering
more kind and p olite and is therefore good in
that respect but the conj unction also strength
ens the passional nature ; especially if it occurs
in S corpio and i n the T welfth H ouse it often
leads to self -abuse so that in those cases it is
decidedly bad T herefore students must exercise
j udgm ent before classing these asp ects
P8
Ve n u s sq uare o r o p p o si ti on t o M ars gi ves

a very voluptuous and sensuous disposition liabl e
to gross ex ceses i n the gratication o f the p as
sions which will sap the vitality It is likely t o
b reak down the health and consti tution l e av mg
the p erson a wreck on the sea o f life if it i s al
lowed a free rein T hese p eopl e are altogether
too generous especially where the op p osite sex
i s concerned T hey are very extravagant and on
that a ccount sp end more than they can aff ord
besides what they squander on
o n themselves
their many am o urs so that no matter h o w much
money t hey make they are generally in nancia l
di fculty and n ot infrequently they gu re as
defendants in the debtor s court
I f M ars o r
Venus are in Cancer S corpio or Pisces t here is
MA R S
T HE
331
a tendency to such a dissolute and dissipated

living ; such a craving for low pleasures that if
indul ged it will drag the human being down
below the level o f animals
,
:5
*A 8 M ercu ry sex ti l e o r tri n e t o M ars gives a

keen sharp ingenious and resourceful mental
ity It makes the p erson enthusiastic over any
p roposition which ap peals to him and he has
also the ability t o enthuse others and imp ress
them with his views
H e i s an indefatigable
worker in any cause which arouses his sympa
thies but he is n o visionary he is interested onl y
in concrete matters T hese p eople love argument
o r debate
and they have an inexhaustible fund
o f wit and good humor sometimes blended with
a vein of sarcasm whi ch always strikes its mark
yet never viciously or m al i co u sl y
T hey also
ha ve remarkabl e dexterity and are able to turn
their hands t o whatever task is required and do
it with a sp eed facility and expedition that is
astonishing to say the least
T hey cannot do
anything slowly o r by halves ; whatever they un
de rt ake must be d one with a rus h and they p ut
their whol e energy into it so that they may ao
complish the task and do it well hence t h ese
asp ects give success in life in almost any line
o f endeavo r these p eople may select
but p rob
ably most in l iterature or the mechanical arts
,
33 2
M e rcu ry
S T AR S
T HE
o r p aral l e l t o M ars
j
gives the same mental energy enthusiasm and
d ext erity as the denitely good asp ects but
whether they are used for constructive and good
purposes o r f o r destructive and evil dep ends
upon the aspects house p osition and si g n which
they occupy
I f the con guration occurs in a
sign whe re either o r both are strong and well
placed as M ars in A ries o r Capricorn o r M er
cury in Gemini or Vi rgo o r if they are fortied
by good aspects from the S un Venus and Ju
piter M ars conj unction o r p arallel t o Mercury
will op erate similarly to the sextile o r trine as
stated in the foregoing paragraph which se e ;
but if M ars and M ercury are in o n e o f the watery
si gns Cancer S corpio or Pisces o r if either o r
both are a f icted by S aturn U ranus o r N eptune
the conj unction or parallel o f M ars and M ercury
will give the sam e evil tendencies as the square
o r opp osition which are dened in the next p ara
graph
Q 8 P 3
co n un ct i o n
[j
8 a
M e rcury
sq uare
or
o p p o si t i o n
to
Mars
makes p eople quick -witted sharp and alert

quick -temp ered impulsive and excitable liabl e
to j ump at conclusions and act before they think
with the inevitable result that they are always
getting themselves o r other p eople int o trouble
hence they are dangerous associates T hey are
born p revaricators and utterly incapable o f mak
ing an exact statement I t i s j ust as natural for
,
TH E M E S SA GE O F T H E S T A R S
3 34
his decisions T hus he gains the condence an d

esteem of others and earns considerabl e money
but the nature i s extremely free and generou s
so that money does not stay by these p eopl e
they sp end it almost as fast as they get it
.
D d P8
Th
Mo on
M ars
p arall el to
may be either good o r bad according to the sex

o f the p erson and the department o f life we are
considering I t stren g thens the health and th e
vitality p articularly in the horoscop e of a
woman
I n the horoscop e o f a man it would
indicate a robust marriage p artner of a domi
neering nature and with respect to the mind it
would make the p erson very impulsive p art i cu
l arl y if placed i n o n e o f the common signs o r
in the T hird or Ninth H ouses It also gi ves a
very bad temp er but not so bad as the square
I f M ars is i n conj un ction or p ar
o r opp osition
allel to the M oon in S corpio it gives an ab n or
mal sexual desi re wh i ch will n o t be denied p ar
I n watery sign s
t i cul arl y if Venus is there also
it inclines to drink and in any place it makes
the p erson restless and unsettled for it i s like
mixing re and water
.
'
M o o n s quare o r o p p osi ti on t o Mars

give s a very quick temp er and a tendency t o
hasty o r impul sive exp ressions and acts that may
cause the person a great deal of sorro w and
trouble
T hey resent rules or re gul ations o r
DE 8 8
Th
MAR S T H E P L A N E T O F A C T I O N
,
335
any other measures that tend to curb their de

sires o r the gratication of their app etites in
whatever direction B ut if they are in authority
they are very domineering and exacting in their
d emands f o r instant obedience up on the p art o f
others nor do they hesitate to u se whateve r phy
si cal force may b e necessary to comp el obedience
if they think they can do so without too great
danger t o themselves S ometimes they will take
desperat e chan ces to satisfy their spite H aving
an improp erly balanced mind they are foolhardy
in their venturesom eness and up on occasion they
will attempt t o do things which n o one in his
sane mind would try O n account o f the fore
going characteristics such p eopl e make many
enemies and cause a great deal o f su e ri n g to
others pa rticularly amon g m embers of their i m
m ediate family who cannot very well get away
from them
I f these asp ects occur in watery
si gns p articularly with M ars or the Moon i n
Pisces the p erson is also an inveterate drunkard
F rom the standpoint o f health they give a tend
ency to accidents by re and water fevers and
acute in ammatory diseases wounds and gun
s h ot diseases of the genital s t o o copio us menses
danger in parturition and indigestion
.
7?
*A
M ars gives a
dete rmined and energeti c nature capabl e o f i h
tense and sustained action an d obtaining unusual
8
S at u rn
s ex t il e
or
t ri n e t o
336
resul ts thereby T h e executi ve ability dominant

forcefulness and endurance of these pe 0 p 1e is
remarkable and consequently they are constantly
accomplishing what others cannot achieve
H ence they always rise to p rominent p ositions
and a re much esteem ed o n account o f their abil
i ty but they are seldom liked for these asp ects
also make the character cruel and hard T hey
give a strong physique and general good health
.
I?
<5
n ct i on
ju
p aral l el s qu are
o r o p p o si ti o n t o M ars are thoroughly bad aspects
indicating a selsh violent harsh and cruel na
ture quick tempered and vindictive absolutely
dishonest and untruthful unscrupulous and li
able to public disgrace and imp risonment also to
accident and a violent death and if one o f the
planets is essentially di gnied o r exalted the evil
in uence i s much enhanced It should also be re
m embered that such serious defects do not resul t
from o n e aspect alone and if the other con g u
rations i n the horoscop e are good the foregoing
delineation will only apply in a mild measure
PD 8 8
S at urn
co n
J up i t er sex ti l e o r tri n e t o M ars I t is the

nature o f Jupit er t o be somewhat conservative
and digni ed but when blended with the re of
M ars it gives an enthusiasm and an ability to
in uence others and imbue them with the same
feelings I t makes the nature noble sincere hon
and straightforward T his aspect is also
e st
A 8
T HE
338
M E S SAGE O F TH E S T AR S
in o n e o f the watery signs especially in Pisces

he will p robably be a drunkard though this is
not as certain as with the square and O pposition
T hese p eople are generally too plethoric and
liable to apoplexy
,
M a c? 8
J up i ter sq u are o r o p p osi ti o n t o M ars is

the signature of the gambler and if on e o f the
planets is in a watery sign esp ecially i n Pisces
he will be a drunkard also a tricky dishonest
and disreputable character who always acts
throu gh impulse With resp ect to health we nd
that these people su ff er p rincipally from blood
and liver complaints the circul ation i s poor and
th e blood is so rich that there i s danger of ap o
plexy
,
*A 8 Uran us s ex til e o r t ri n e t o M ars gives an

energetic and ambitious disposition an ori gi nal
ingenious alert intuitive mind which is re
sourceful in the highest degree and able to cop e
with great di f culties under tryin g ci rcum
stances T herefore p eopl e with this conguration
are naturally o f an inventive turn o f mind and
successful in bringing their id eas to realization
T heir inventive genius expresses itself usually
along electrical lines avi ation o r other unusual
directions for this asp ect is one o f the marks o f
the pioneer o f the A quarian age where science
and invention will reach out in directions that
are n o w entirely undreamed -o f even as p o ssi b il
13*
MA R S T H E P L A N E T O F AC T I O N
33 9
'
ties
But while these p e 0 p 1e are dreamers o f
dreams they are also p ractical energetic and e u
t e rp ri si n g in a su fcient degree to make thei r
dreams come true in the world
T hey have a
wi d e vision and a noble nature which rises over
all p etty distinctions of race creed or color and
recognizes in all human beings the divine sp ark
which is the basis o f universal brotherhood
T hey may n o t be exactly religio u s in the ortho
dox sense o f the word but their ideas are trul y
cosmic hence they are often mistaken f o r vision
aries by those who d o not understand them
.
131 <5
PD 8 8
j
p arall el sq uare
o r Op p o si ti o n t o M ar s gives an erratic and e cce n
t ric disposition a violent temp er o f the worst
nature an unusual resentment of even the sligh t
est restraint and gives the p erson a stubborn
headstron g and dogged determination t o go
ahead in any line o f action up on which he has
decided no matter what the outcome H e will
listen to neither reason n o r entreaty but follows
P eople wit h
h i s own course in deance o f all
this conguration often become anarchists of t h e
reddest typ e for they do n o t even st 0 p at the
shedding o f blood if other t e st i m o m es in the g
ure concur T hey are cruel hard and cold with
o u t a spark o f true love though they may be i n
amed with p assion o f the most burning i n t en
T his i s p articularly the case when M ars i s
si t y
Uran us
co n u n cti o n ,
'
T HE
S T AR S
square U ranus and either planet is placed in

T aurus o r S corpio
I n a woman s horoscop e
M a rs squa re U ranus usually l eads to seduction
n o
matter where placed but if in T aurus o r
S corpio escape is almost imp ossible T h e other
chara cte ristics of these planets in either co n g
u rat i o n work themselves o u t according t o the
s i gns wherein they are placed so that their place
m ent in T aurus o r S corpio work up on the sex
which i s governed by these signs W hen o n e of
t hese planets is in S corpio if the p erson takes up
the p rofession of surgery he will become very
c ruel and unfeeling ready to O p erate for the
m ere pleasure of causing p ain and in co n se
q u e n ce or i n pursuit of this p assion he will p rob
ably take up vivisection and develop an unusua l
i ngenuity in torturing his victims With M ars
o r U ranus in S c orp io or Pisces he will be under
h anded o r tricky though he may show a very
I n A ries it will
di ff erent front to the p ub il c
m ake a rattlebrain in Gemini and Virgo an u n
u sually quick mentality but quick in seeing only
how to tri ck others in S agittarius it will make
the person very materialistic atheistic o r fanat
i cal a gainst the established religion o r soc i ety
t hus the planets blend their nature with each
i n dividual si g n
113
P 6
N ep t u n e p aral l el ,
o r o p p osi ti on
E
l! >f< A 8
N ep t u n e
co n u n cti o n , sq uare
M ars see page 402

s ex ti l e o r tri n e M ars, see p age 402
to
3 42
therefore in the L emurian E poch the angels directed

o n e -half of the sex force upward to the p art which i
s
now the head and used it for the formation of the brain
and larynx T h e p rocess is plainly traceable in the
antenatal development O f the foetus which accounts
for the intimate relation between the sex organs the
larynx and the brain observable in the change of
voice which takes place when the b o y reaches puberty
and t h e mental disability which follows the uure
strained abuse of the gene rative function
T hus
it may be said that the sex function whereby n ew
bodies are created in the physical world and become
o u r p hysical ch ildren
is closely connected with the
brain and larynx which man uses to conceive the chil
d ren of his brain and mind and gi ve them vocal e x
p ression by the larynx
I t i s a matter of common
knowl edge t o astrologers that man is incited to pe r
form the generative function o f the begetting of phy
si cal children by the love -ray o f Venus ; likewise that
the ray of reason emanating from M ercury i s resp on
sible f o r the begetting of the children O f mind and
their vocal expression by the larynx so that both
M ercury and Venus are creative in thei r functions
o n e up on the physi cal plane the other upon the men
tal plane
M ercury i s usually associated with reas on and
intelli gence ; to him is ascribed rule over the cerebro
spinal nervous system which i s the medium of trans
mission between the emb odied spirit and the world
T hus as N eptune signies the sub and
without
.
PL A N E T AR Y O C T A V E S
3 43
superhuman intelligences who live an d mo ve i n the

spiritual realms o f the universe but who work with
and up on u s so M ercu ry indicates the human i n t el l i
gence focused upon the terrestrial p hysical world
wherein we live from birth to death T herefore it may
be said that N eptune is the octave o f M ercury but
there i s a de ep er sense
R eference to a textbook of anatomy or physi
ology will show that lengthwise ssures in the sp i n al
cord divide it into three parts which enclose a hollow
tube E ach of these columns is ruled by one o f the
H ierarchies in closest touch with us : the lunar mar
tial and mercurial ; o n e or the other p redominating
according to the stage in evolution o f the indivi dua l
I n the spinal canal the rays o f Neptune kindle the
spinal spirit re whereby the human spirit is enabled
t O p i e rce the veil o f flesh and contact the worlds b e
yond ; this vision is colored according to the column
of the cord most actively excited In the childhood
days of mankind the creative force which is n ow
turned outwards t o build ships houses railways
telephones etc was used inwardly t o build the organs
O f o u r body and as the surrounding physical world
is photographed upon the table of a camera obscura
so the spiritual world was re ected in the spinal canal
T here man beheld the rst lunar Go d J ehovah whose
A ngels were his rst tutors L ater a p art o f the
A ngels who under the leadership o f L u ci fer had re
belled against J ehovah and who are now e x iled on
the planet M ars forced entrance to the spinal cord
,
T HE
3 44
of
man and incited him to abuse of the generati ve

function
T h e spiritual inner vision o f mankind
faded when their eyes were ope n ed and they saw
they were naked

then they lost touch with the
higher self ; they saw only the p erson and the docile
creature o f Jehovah was soon transformed t o a sav
a ge and a brut e under the impulses of the L ucife r
S pirits the hierarchy of M ars but by their p rompt
ings man has also learned to conquer material obsta
cles t o build outwardly and become architect o f the
world
T o counteract the unmitigated selshness bred
by the M artian A ngels and to make mankind humane
our E lder B rothers from M ercury human like o ur
selves whose hi gh state o f evolution required the
high vibration generated and prevailing in close p rox
i m i t y to the S un were required to invest the spinal
cord o f man also and throu gh their labors civiliza
tion h as taken on a di ff erent form mankind is a g ain
beginning to l o ok inwards
A t the p resent time the left cerebral hemisphere
is governed by M ercury and the p ineal gland i t s
higher octave is ruled by N eptune wh o also has do
minion over the spinal canal which is the avenu e
whereby o n e p ole o f the creative energy wa s origi n
ally turned upward f o r the building o f the brain
T h e ray o f N eptune carries what occultists know
as the F ather re the li ght and life O f the D ivine
T his it focuses
S pirit which exp resses its elf as will
in the volu ntary nervous system o f the physical body
.
'
T HE
3 46
M E S SAGE O F
T HE
S T AR S
planes having turned the bi p olar creative force

masculine and feminine upward through the double
spinal cord illuminated and raised in p otential en
e rg y by the spinal spirit res o f N eptune ( Will ) and
U ranus ( L ove and I magination ) T his creative en
e rg y conceives in the twin hemispheres of the cere
brum ruled by Mars and M ercury a vehicl e t f or
the exp r ession of the spirit which is then sent o ut
and o b j ect i ed in the world by t h e sp o ken creati ve
word
T his i s the secre t of how the A depts form a n e w
body without going through the womb and some day
all humanity will attain to this standard o f p erfectio n
as sp i ri tu al h erm ap h ro di t es then we shall no longer
be a little lower than the angels who create by sim

i l ar methods but we shall be higher than they are now
for we shall then have the reason and intellect which
they lack in addition to the complete creative p ower
,
C H A PT E R
UR A N US ,
H E love ray
T HE
X VI
PL A N ET
0F
A LT RU I S M
of
Venus goes out to the mate and

blood relations but by a good aspect of U ranus it
i s raised beyond the realm o f se x love to cosmic p ro
p ortions a l ove such as that which Christ must ha ve
felt when he wept over Jerusalem and said that as
a hen gathers its brood under its wing so would he
have loved to gather them to his bosom Th e p eopl e
who have this U ranian love therefore b ecome build
ers o f society associated with every good and u p
lifting movement An adverse asp ect of U ranus to
Venus on the other hand has the most degrading
e e ct on the Venus function
for it leads to di sre
gard of the laws and conventions o f society and t o
perversion of the most sacred c reative function
L ove i s a much abused word and the emotion thus
m 1scal l ed i s usually so tainted with desire that it is
Coali
M artian passion rather than Venusian l ove
tion the keyw ord O f Venus suggests a most intimate
union a blending o f the very souls of t wo o r more
pe 0 p 1e who c ompose a family
B ut Al trui sm the
keyword o f U ranus hints at such an all -embracin g
love as o ur S aviour felt T hus U ranus is the octa ve
,
3 47
T HE
3 48
of
Venus and anyone ready to ente r the p ath of p rep

aration which leads t o initiation must gradually lear n
to outgrow the Venu s love which makes the imme
diate family all in all and begin to cut il vat e th e all
embracing U ranian altruism
T his goal i s high and those who aim so hi gh
often fall very low When we essay to transcend t h e
Venus love and cultivate the U ranian altruism we
are thus in great danger and the most p romisin g
lives are sometimes wrecked by the p ernicious theo ry
o f s oul -mates which l eads to clandestine love affai r s
and p erversion o f the creative function B ut remem
ber thisaltruism does not require return o f the
lo ve bestowed upon others it has absolutely no co n
cern with sex ; it will not lessen the love for o ur fam
ily but they being nearest to u s will feel the increase
o f our l ove to a greater degree than those further
away and unless o u r lo ve brings forth such fruit it
i s not U ranian and will not further us upon the path
o f attainment
S eeing that that is so we may readily understand
the great maj ority o f humanity cannot yet res p o nd
to the higher side o f U ranus and its e e ct upon t h e
mora l s is therefore p rinci pally p erversion o f sex
clandestine love affairs free love and disregard o f
conventionality
T hat is o f course when asp ected
by squares and opp ositions U nder su ch conditions
it makes the p erson unconventional and erratic re
b el l i o u s at the least restraint very indep e n dent an d
brusque in manner fond o f p i o n e e r work and i n ves
.
'
T HE
35 0
H ouse there is usually a tolerance f o r the O pin
ions o f others a spirit o f give -and -take which

avoids the hard feelings generated by an a f icted
U ranus
U ranus o n the A scendant also makes
the p erson very restless ; there are many su dden
changes in the life and it will of course dep end
up on the aspects p revailing at the time whether
the changes are for good o r ill but at any rate
the call o f the far elds that l ook so green are
constantly before the mind s eye so that the
Uran i an s are always ready t o b e the p ioneers
in new undertakings o r a new cause j ust so that
it i s something that has n o t been tri ed before
and so O ff ers a chance o f risk and adventure
,
Uran us i n t h
S eco n d H o u se, which governs
nance naturally indicates a restless and unset

t l ed state o f the nances o f the p erson
T here
will be m any u p s and downs and even though
such a person may have other good aspects that
qualify him t o reason accurately concerning
other matters it will b e found that i n the n an
ci al d epartment he i s unable to p rotect himself
agai nst the se sudden and u nforeseen losses o r
gains F o r him there is n o such thing as a staid
and solid investment for the most unlooked -f o r
conditions are likely t o turn up and either net
him an altogether u nlo cked for increase o r else
bring about an equally unaccountable loss all
with such suddenness that there is no way of
,
'
U RA N U S
P LA N E T O F A LT R U I S M
T HE
351
changing the matter T herefore it is absolutely

imp ossible t o give nancial advice to such p eople
for even if they invested i n a p roposition as solid
as the p ro verbial rock o f Gibraltar it i s doubt
ful if an earthquake woul d n ot unsettle it
.
Uran us i n t h
Th i rd H o us e
g o verns
Th
T hird H ouse
brothers and sisters neighbors educa

tion and the mental or intellectual faculties
T herefore this p osition strengthens the intui
t i o n al abilities o f the person and gives a certain
p redisp osition towards what i s commonly called
psychic faculties U ranus rules the ether hence
the T hird H ouse p osition should make it easy f o r
the p erson to cultivate spiritual sight especially
if U ranus i s well -aspected with the S un M oon
Venus o r M ercury I f U ranus is a f icted in the
T hi rd H ouse it indicates quarrel s with neighbors
brothers and sisters p robably a breaking up of
the family ties also that the education will be
interfered with through the errati c self -willed
conduct of the person and the mind will be
more or less unsettled and changeable as a
weather -vane A n a f icted U ranus in the T hird
H ouse also p redisposes to accidents according to
th e nature of the af icting planet and p art i cu
l arl y when o n short j ourneys
T hese people it
may also be said are sub j ect to adventures and
strange hap penings on their j ourneys such as do
n o t usually befall other people
,
-T H E
3 52
5
M E S SAG E O F T H E S T AR S
Uran us
in
th
F o urt h
H o use
People
who
have Uranus in the F ou rth H ouse ou ght to leave
thei r place o f birth as soon as p ossible for they
cannot succeed there
B oth the parents and
their whole nei ghborhood and environment will
b e antagonistic to them If it so happ ens that
the parents are wealthy they will t ry to di si n
herit a child with U ranus in the F ourth H ouse
E ven if his S eventh and E i ghth H ouses be we ll
fortied it is very doubtful if he would win in
a contest for his share o f the patrimony
as the public sentiment in his birthplace where
such a suit would p robably be t ried wo ul d be
so much a gainst h i m that he would lose in the
end I t woul d also be disastrous for such a p er
son to marry and establish a home o f his o wn
f o r p eac e harmony and contentment cannot
exist where the sp asmodic and erratic U ranus
is ; that is to say if it is a f icted I f it is wel l
aspected i t is also doub t ful if such a p erson
would ever attemp t to establish a home for his
symp athies would be too l arg e and he woul d
p robably be identied with wi der acti vitiesa
home o r homes o n a l ar g er and more uni versal
scale T his p osition also g ives a very stron g at
traction towards the occul t science
e
Uran us
i n th
Fi f th H o use
Th
F ifth H ouse
r ules educational activities publications pleas

T h e erratic
ures courtship and childbirth
,
3 54
T HE
S T AR S
may also miti gate in a large measure the physical

trouble indicated in p arturition A p erson with
a well -asp ect ed Uranus in the F ifth H ouse woul d
not gamble and if o n e who has an f affli ct e d
U ranus there attempted it he would naturally
meet with loss n o matter how careful he might
seem to b e
W ith resp ect to the pursuit o f
pleasure indulged in by these p eople we shall
nd them attracted to all new and strange things
A t the p resen t time the most o f them are prob
ably longing f o r the day when it will be p ossible
for them to race i n the clouds and dri ve aero
planes more recklessly than they are now driving
automobiles
.
Uran us i n t h
S i x t h H o use
Th
S ixth H ouse
governs the employment and service als o health

and disease t herefore the erratic spasmodic
U ranus in the S ixth H ouse p redisp oses to o c
cu p at i on al diseases o f a strange nature asp h yx
i at i o n mental and nervous diso rd ers such as
epilepsy and S t Vitus dance E ven if U ranus
is well -asp ected these tendencies are not en
t i rel y abrogated at least a p erson with U ranus
in this p osition will b e very nervous and hi gh
strung under all conditions
With respect to
employers and fellow -employees this position
makes the p erson very irritable ; he i s brusque
and abrup t t o all connected with his work and
therefore liable to trouble in employment or with
,
U RA N U S
P LAN E T
T HE
A LT R U I S M
OF
35 5
T his p osition gi ves a tendency t o

employees
wards mediumship and undesirable phases of
psychic exp eriences I f U ranus is much a f icte d
there i s also danger o f obses sion and insanity
.
W7
Uran us i n
th
S eve n th
H o us e
indicates a
romantic sudden o r ill -considered marriage
S ometimes a co mmon -law o r other irregular form
o f un ion is consummated under this co n g u ra
tion
O ften the marriage p artner is a p erson
never thought o f as a mate until the U ran i an
ray imp el s t o marriage on the spur o f the m o
ment
Peopl e wi t h U ranus in the S eventh H ous e
are usually unfortunate in their marriage rela
tions because the marriage p artner has the spas
modic inconstant indep endent U ranian nature
chafes under the limitation and cannot remain
tru e to any o n e p erson but becomes inveigled
i nto clandestine relations with the result that
the marriage i s often dissolved in the divorc e
court and separation and estrangement follows ;
there i s quite often a public scandal in connec
tion with these affairs or it may indicate the
death o f the marriage p artner all according to
asp ects
People with Uranus in the S eventh H ous e
should neve r go t o law for n o matter h o w j ust
their cause may be they are most likely t o b e
thwarted or checkmated by some strange un
e
..
T H E M E S SA G E O F T H E S T AR S
3 56
foreseen or sudden circumstances whereby they

are apt to lose their case
T hey should also
avoid publi c o fce or p osition for no matter h ow
hones t they may be themselves they are likely
t o become involved in scandal and t rouble on
I n short this S eventh H ouse p o
t hat a ccount
s i t i on o f U ranus is bad for dealings of any kind
with the public or with law o r p artners
.
5 8
Uran us i n t h
Ei g h t h H o u s e
is a good omen
for it indicates that when life has b een lived t o
its fulln ess the end will come suddenly and thus
the p erson will be spared the long and pitiful
s u e ri n g so often incident t o the tra nsition from
the physical to the spiritual worlds But know
i n g this it also behooves such people to have their
house i n readiness and ord er so that when the
e n d c omes at 3 0 o r 90 they have their a ff airs in
s hap e
T hi s position often brings an unexpected
l egacy through the marriage p artner when well
asp ected ; but if U ranus i s af icted the p erson
m ay becom e involved in litigation o n account of
o r in connection with the estate o f someone de
ceased
P eople with U ranus l n the E ighth H ouse
o ften show great interest in occult subj ects and
b ecom e well versed i n mystic lore
It also gives
a p redisp osition to dreams and psychic e x p e ri
e nce
e
3 58
T HE
S T AR S
r ea dy to o e r up all even life itself for abso l ut e

freedom T hese characteristics also bring them
into public discredit and disfavor T h e life is
full o f sudden changes f or better o r worse ac
co rding to the other planetary aspects p revail
ing I f U ranus is much a f icted these p eople
n e ve n m ake a success in life but meet with con
t i n u al so rro w trouble dis a
pp ointment and re
ve rses
When U ranus is well -aspected genius
wil l come to the fore and is likely to nd re co g n i
tion in some measure at least p robably by p io
neer work of some kind
Iti
Uran us i n t h
ll
E l even th H o use
U ranus bein g
lord o f the E leventh S i gn A quarius is more

at home in t h e E leventh H ouse than in any o f
the others therefore he exerts a strong in uence
i n bringing about strange and eccentri c friend
ships with p eople o f an original creative or i n
v en t i ve turn o f mind who will be a benet to
the p erson if U ranus is well -asp ected T his als o
indicates that through such friendship s the
wishes hop es and aspirations will be p romoted
and reach a succesful culmination
I f on the
U ranus is a f icted in this house
o ther hand
friends are apt to turn traitors o r at least use
the person for their own selsh ends as far as
p ossible
,
1
f3
3(
Uran us
T wel f th Ho us e
indicates loss of
reput ation exile and estrangement from o n e s
12
i n th
U RA N U S
T HE
P LA N E T
OF
A L TR U I S M
3 59
kin and country much sickness at various t im es

o f life and connement in hospitals if U ranus is
well -aspected or without con guration with an y
other planet B ut if ser i ous a f icti ons are found
it indicates connement in p rison at some period
of the life o r restraint in a sanitarium o n ac
count of mental trouble also much annoyance
by the underhand ed action of others
When
well -aspected it brings success in connection with
the occult a rts or occult institutions also by the
invent i on o f chemical p rocesses which remain
secret with thei r discoverer instead of being p ro
t e ct e d by p atent
T hese p eople are haunted all
through life by a vague fear of imp ending dis
aster
,
UR A N US
181
I N T HE
T W E LVE S I G N S
Uran us i n A ri es gives an original , i n dep en d
ent nature f ul l of energy and ambition ingen

ious resourceful and capable of coping with dif
cul t i es esp ecially those of a mechanical o r elec
t ri cal nature
T hese p eople hav e a very i m
pulsive abru pt and brusque manner which often
ar o uses resentment and opposition in others eve n
though no o ff ense may have been intended T hey
are seldom satised to rema i n i n o n e place but
are fond of changes and rove about a great deal
Changes o f place and p osition are often forced
up on them because o f the before -mentioned blunt
way o f speakin g
,
360
3
t5
T HE
Uran us i n T aurus gives a
S TA R S
ery intuiti ve na
ture but st ub o rn and self -willed so that when
these p eople have made up their m i nds noth i n g
in the world will turn them but they cling to
their purpose or idea with the quiet determina
tion and p ersistence which neither p ersuasion
I f U ranus is a fflicted they
n o r threats can alter
are suspicious and j ealous also sub j ect to very
sudden and unexp ected reverses i n nancial af
fairs But if U ranus is well -a sp ected the opp o
site may be j udged and comfortable nancial
circumstances may be looked for
v
ItI II
Uran us i n Ge m i n i gives a highly original , in
tuitive and versatile nature fond of scientic pur

suits i n general but particul arly those studi es
which have t o do with electricity a vi ation or
other similar o ut -o f -the -way sub j ects
T hese
p eople are broad -mind ed and thorough l y pro
g ressi ve p ioneers in all things new and modern
A mong other things they generally have an i n
cl i n at i o n for the study o f occultism and astrol
ogy T hey are well liked among brothers sisters
and neighbors
A ll this p roviding U ranus is
well -asp ected ; but if U ranus i s a f icted the mind
becomes eccentric and full O f va garies which
make the person a nuisance and a crank di sliked
by everybody p articularly brothers sisters and
nei ghbors T his also brings trouble and liability
to accident in the cou rse o f short j ourneys
,
T HE
3 62
S T AR S
the heart
When U ranus i s well
aspected in L eo both courtship and domestic af
fairs run much more smoothly and it indicates
ori g inal and i nventive g enius p artic ul arly alon g
educational o r j ourn al istic lines also for enter
t ai n m en t and amusement o f the public and g ain
thereby
t at i on
of
13
ml
Uran us i n Vi rg o , when well -asp ected g i ve s
keen original scientic and mechanical mind

a strong and well develop ed intuitional faculty
and a keen business bent which wi l l make f o r
success in life nancial gain by the employ
ment of others
Bu t if U ranus is a f icted in Virgo the p er
son is apt to become subj ect to stran g e ailments
a hyp och ondriac o f a fractious and i rritable turn
of mind a burden to himself and those who have
to be around him T his p osition is also ful l o f
disappointment i n the aims and ambitions o f
life especially because o f limitations in the em
ployment o r in dealing with employees which
the p erson seems unable to overcome
,
13
Uran us i n L i bra,
when well -aspected gives lit

e rary and artistic ability o f an unusual and ori g
inal nature where the p erson follows i n de p en d
ent lines of endeavor and exp ression often in
connection with occultism
T hi s position also
g ives a kee n i ntuition and an attractive p erson
alit y a vivid imagination It signies partner
,
U RA N U S T H E
,
P LA N E T O F A L T R U I S M
363
ship union or marria ge t o someone who wil l

be o f a U rania n character an d o f much benet
t o the person
B ut when ill -placed o r af icted U ranus in
L ibra brings sorrow trouble domestic di fcul t y
and d eath o f the marriage p artner by a sudden
or strange a ilment o r accident O r perhap s the
union may b e dissolved in the divorce court for
p eopl e with the temp erament described by an
a f i cted U ranus i n L ibra S i mply cannot remain
true to o n e p erson T his p osition a l so indicates
t rouble with the public o r the authorities on
account o f eccent ric anarchistic o r socialistic
a ctivit y
,
1L
ti
nt
Uran u s i n S corp i o , when well -asp ected gi ves
the person a forceful and determined will bo und

to overcome all obstacles and achieve that which
he sets o ut t o accomplish by persistence persever
anc e and dogged determination ; the mind is
sharp shrewd and secretive capable o f grasp
ing details and concentratin g deeply up on what
ever p roblem m ay be in hand T here is an orig
i n al i t y and mechan i cal ability amounting to
genius and a love for science both occult and
physical
B ut when ill -asp ect ed U ranus in S corp i o
lays the p ers on l iabl e to accidents and even as
ns
m
l
o
s
x
e
sudden
d
eath
by
elec
i
o
r
o
n
p
i
ss
n
a
t
sa
t ri ci t y aeroplanes and kindred unusual methods
,
364
It also gives a tendency to trouble with the gen

i t al s
on account o f unbridled abuse o f the sa cred

creative function self -abuse or p erv ersion
.
Uran us i n S ag i tt ari us
gives a very strong i n

tuitive faculty with a tendency t o dreams vi s
ions and a very vivid imaginatio n
T his p osi
tion also gives a st ro n g i n cl i n at i on towards an
o u t -o f -the -ordinary belief
including the theory
and p ractice o f the occult a
rts When w el l -as
p e cte d this p osition gives a strong grasp o f the
religious and educational p roblems o f the day
with a p h il an t h rOp i c d esire to work for the up
l i f t m en t o f humanity a desire to travel for the
educational advantages thereby t o be o btained
and success i n gaining these p oints under favor
able asp ects
When a f icted U ranus in S agittarius gives
a very ecc e ntri c and erratic mentality p art i cu
l arl y with resp ect to law and religion
T here
is a rebellion aga i nst the social condition which
often brin gs trouble with the authoriti es also a
desire t o force O ne -sided views upon the world
despite all p rotests and at all risk character i stics
which eventually bring discredi t and disfavor
,
'
Uran us i n C ap ri co rn , when well -aspect ed gives

a
n ambitious and enterp ri sing di sp osition , a se
ri o u s,
p ersevering nature and an acute se n se o f

resp onsibility wi th original ideas of business
that bring success esp ecially if so me l i ne is se
,
T HE
366
M E S SA GE
OF T H E
S TA R S
nature that it i s imp ossible t o realize the desire

and it will bring trouble with f riends o r p re
tended friends who will seek to use the p erson
f o r their o wn selsh ends causing much sorro w
and disapp ointment
,
131
96
Uran us i n
Pis ces,
when well -asp ected indi

di cat e s a love of the occult arts and ability of
development al o ng these lines It brings friends
and associations which favor these studies But
when ill asp ected it leads t o mediumship ob ses
sion and even insanity if this tendency t o in
t e rcou rs e with spirits is followed to its conclu
sion T his p osition makes the mind i g h t y er
rat i c and the p erson w i ll be sub j ect to u n ex
scandal or suicide
A ll
p e ct ed misfortune
throu gh life even when fortune smiles and the
skies are clear t o all outward app earance these
people are haunted by a vague fear o f imp endin g
disaster
.
A S PE C T S
0
l A It!
><
O F U RA N U S
Th
S un
TO
THE OT H ER
se x t i l e o r
PL A N ET S
t ri n e t o Uran us
makes
the p erson original inventive and independent
i n his manner o f conduct and p ersonal app ear
ance
With resp ect to food and certain man
n e ri sm s he is what p eople call eccentric and co n
yet n o t off ensively so given to pur
sp i cu ou s
suits and studies which p eople consider queer

such as occul tism and astrolo g y But he also
e
'
U RA N U S
T HE
PLAN E T
0F
ALT R U I SM
367
loves delving into the unknown realms after

nature s secrets concerning electricity and often
b ecomes a successful inventor if other aspects
give the mechanical ability to work his schemes
out U ranus rules the ether and n o w that we
a re nearing the A quarian A g e his vibrations
will be felt in increasing measure to b ring t o
o u r ken m ethods o f using nature s ner f orces
and the p eople with S un sextile o r trine U ranus
will be the media wh o attract and interp ret them
for us as the aerial s and receivers in a wireless
station coll ect and transcribe the messages car
ried by the ether waves t o which they are at
tuned T hese p eopl e O ften rise in life through
the friendship of someone above them in the
social scale
T hey are o f a very high strung
temp erament but have themselves well under
control and rarely show temp er o r anger T hey
are also o ut -and -o ut idealists
O Pd[
:
l8
Th
ItI
S u n p aral l el ,
co n j un cti o n , s q u are
makes the p erson very

high -st rung nervous o f uncontrolled emotions
and ready to y into hysteria o n any or no p rovo
cation It p redisp oses to nervous disorders such
as S t Vitus dance epilepsy and lack o f co
ordination It makes p eopl e impulsive u n rel i a
ble and lacking in regard f O
r the convention
al i t i e s highly imp ati ent o f any restraint upon
their l iberty and commi t ted to the theory o f
o r Op
p o si ti o n t o Uran us
,
T H E M E S SA G E O F
36 8
T HE
S T AR S
a ffinities soul -mates and free love hence these

p eople are undesirable marriage partners and
likely to gure in divorce p roceedings o r scan
dals o f an even worse nature
T here i s also
danger o f troubl e o n account o f connection with
anarchistic plots where the inventive facult y
may nd scope in the construction o f explosives
and infernal machines Unless these aspects are
modied by other congurations such p eople are
among the most dangerous to societ y T hey are
liable to accidents from lightning electricity and
all through life they meet disap pointment from
the most unexpected quarters
,
*A t V e n us s ex til e o r tri n e t o Uran us makes

the person mentally alert of quick intuitive p er
cep t i on and exceedingly magnetic
especially t o
the opp osite sex ; but it also attracts hosts of
friends who will be of benet and assistance to
him T hese asp ects give love of art music and
p oetry and are a favorable indication o f a happy
marriage often at a very early age o r sudde n l y
consummated T h e good aspects between Venus
and U ranus also sometimes bring t o the sub j ect
love of a platoni c nature which then acts as an
inspiration in the life
,
c
5
Ve n us co n j u n cti o n o r p aral l el t o Uran us

A s in the case of M ars conj unction to V enus so
also in the case of U ranus conj unction t o Venus
there is a doubt as to whether this asp ect should
P
l
tI
T HE
3 70
M E S SAGE O F T H E S T AR S
p rogressive and inspiring in fact too much so

in the O pinion o f the average man o r woman who
look up on their actions and vagaries as the out
come o f a diseased mind N evertheless they have
plenty of friends o n account o f their kin dl y and
sympathetic nature and these asp ects are good
for a literary or scientic pursuit also for i n
v en t i o n
p articularly those which have t o do
with ai r o r electri city
,
M ercu ry p aral l el or co n j u n cti o n to

If M ercury is otherwise a f icted the
Uran us
5 P a st
conj unction and parallel are to b e j udged as bad

asp ects and read accordingly but if M ercury i s
otherwise well placed and aspected the delinea
tion given for th e sextile and trine will apply
,
if
C]
8 13*
M ercu ry
q uare
o r Op p osi ti o n
to Uran us
M ercury in square or opposition to U ranus is the
hall -mark of the true crank o r anarchist with ex

treme ideas to tear down the social stru cture and
unde rtake a radical reform without the ability
to build up something better People with thes e
congurations are given to ranting and ravin g
in public and their language is usually as cruel
as the measures they advocate Whatever ability
they p ossess is usually turned to an erratic pur
p ose and therefore they are ostracised and dis
T hey are often forced
l iked wherever they go
to make sudden changes to escap e the co u s e
q u en ces O f thei r erratic conduct
.
U RA N U S
l)
A If
Th
T HE
M oo n
PL A N E T O F A L T R U I S M
s ex ti l e o r
371
gives
great ori ginali ty and independence to the mind
which is quick intuitive and very vi vid in its
imagination hence the p erson has inventive
ability ; he is attracted t o the occult art an d
i s endowed with hypnotic or magnetic p owers
also the intuitional ability to st udy and practice
astrology I f electricity is adopted as a vocation
the p erson will make a success o f it T hese as
p eets also give the p erson a p eculiar fascination
for the opposite sex an d are likely t o l ead to a
clandestine lo ve aff ai r o r an unconventional
union
e
Th
Moon
j
Uran us gives similar mental and p sychi c t end
e n ci e s a s the good asp ects and also the liabilit y
to irregul ar l ove -a ai rs as the good as p ects but
these tendencies are n o t so p ronounced and a
clandestine love -a ff air generated under the co n
j un ction o f U ranus and the M oon m ay h ave di s
t i n ct l y disastrous resul ts similar to tho se men
t i o n e d under the bad asp ects
I f the con j un c
tion occurs in Cancer it favors nervous indi g es
tion ; in L e o it inclines to p alp itation o f t h e
heart interferes with the rhythm o f the heart
beat and gives a sp asmodic actio n which will
p robably p rove fatal w
hen it has run i ts course ;
in S corpio it inclines to perverse practices ; i n
S agittarius t h e re e x action would b e fel t i n
the lungs and similarly with the other signs
)3 6 P 131
co n un cti o n
or
p ard l e l
to
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T HE
3 72
l)
E]
31
Th
M E S SA G E O F
Mo o n
q uare
S T AR S
T HE
o r Op p osi t i o n
t o Uran us
makes the p erson erratic and touchy to a d e

gree a walking p owder magazine ready to explode
at any moment overbearin g conceited and l n
tolerant shunned by all who can p ossibly
If such p eople are employers
g e t o u t o f his way
n ob ody can work for them and if they are em
T hey never re
p l oy ee s nobody will have them
m ain very long in any place but are either dis
charged or give up their p osition on the slightest
P eople with these aspects are also
p rovocation
attracted t o the occult art but they never make
a success at it because of their erratic mentality
L ike the other aspects of U ranus and the M oon
t h e square and O pp osition also indicate a c l an
destine attachment either o n the p art o f the
I f it o c
curs in
p e rson or the marriage p artner
t h e S eventh H ouse of a man s horoscope it p roves
t h e wife untrue and a public scandal and divorce
will eventually ensue T h e bad aspects o f the
S u n and U ranus give similar indications in the
horoscop e o f a woman
,
72
S aturn
se x t il e
t ri n e
Uran u s
i s for
t u n at e for a public career in an o fcial ca
p aci t y f o r it gives ambition and determination
with abilit y to concentrate up on the work i n
h and and to exercise authority plan and sys
I t stren g t hens t h e intuition so that
t e m at i z e
Such p eopl e are guided by keen interior insight
or
3 74
T HE
horoscope are good the in uence o f a singl e as

p e ct will not bring out such e vil characteristics
and therefore the who le horoscop e is to be care
fully considered before j udging the in uences
enumerated for they may b e materially minim
i z e d by other favorable indications in the horo
scope
.
21
*A ltl
J up i t er
s ex t i l e o r
g i ves a
strong indep endent and positive personality
with an ingenious inventive and original turn
o f mind
Whatever he undertakes he will carry
t o a conclusion or die in the attempt T his p osi
t ion al so g ives a broad humane and benevolent
disposition and a tendency to d elve into the o c
cult arts and sciences
It favors association with
s ecret orders and gives p romise o f p rosperity in
l ife
S uch a p erson is honest and sincere so
ci ab l e hospitable and friendly to all hence likely
t o benet a great deal from in uential fri ends
i n an o fcial p osition T his p os i tion also gives
executive ability and success in connection with
institutions of learning
,
rall el t o Uran us
J up i ter co n j un cti o n o r p a
gives similar indications to the go od asp ects but
the in uence is not quite so decided p art i cu
l arl y if either of the planets is weak by sign o r
oth erwise a f icted I n that cas e it will be found
that the t endencies conferred are more like those
o f the bad aspects
21 8 P hi!
U RA N U S
T HE
PL A N E T O F A L T R U I S M
3 75
H E] 8 fsi
J up i t er s qu are o r Op p osi ti o n t o Uran us

gives an impul sive nature liable to act in a sud
den impulsive erratic o r unexp ected manner to
h i s own undoing
L oss by sp eculation lawsuits
and impulsive extrava gance are also indicated
many changes both o f occupation and residence
loss o f friends and reputation It signies o n e
of an ostentatious nature given to sham and cam
o u ag e and subterfuge generally disliked for h i s
insincerity and double dealings ; a condence
man bunko man o r cheap gamble r
,
M ars
s ex til e
tri n e t o Uran u s
gives an
energetic and ambitious disposition an original
ingenious alert intuitive mind which is resource
ful in the highest degree and able to cop e with
great di fculties under trying circumstances
T herefore p eopl e with this conguration are nat
u ral l y of an inventive turn o f mind and s u
ccess
ful in bringing their ideas to realization T heir
inventive genius usually exp resses itself along
electrical lines aviation or in other unusual di
rections f o r this aspect is o n e of the marks o f
the pioneer o f the A quarian A ge where science
and inventions will reach out in directions that
are now entirely undreamed of even as possibili
ties
But while these p eople are dreamers o f
dreams they are al so p ractical energetic an d en
t e rp ri si n g in a su fcient degree to make the i r
T hey ha ve a
dreams come t rue in the world
or
TH E
3 76
M E S SA GE
O F T HE
S T AR S
wid e vision and a noble natu re which rises over

all p etty distinctions o f race creed or color and
recogn izes in all human beings the divine spark
which i s the basis of uni versal brotherhood T hey
may not be exactly religious in the orthodox
sense o f the word but their id eas are truly cos
mic hence they are often mistaken f o r vision
ari es by those wh o do not understand them
,
3!
8 8 PC] 8 *
op p osi ti o n
M ars
co n u n cti o n ,
p aral l el ,
q uare
or
t o Uran us
gives an erratic and e ccen

tric disp osition a violent temp er o f the worst
nature an unusual resentment o f even the slight
e st restraint and gives the person a stubbo rn
headstrong and dogged determination to go ahead
i n any line of action up on which he has decided
no matter what the outcome He will listen to
neither reason nor entreaty but follows his o wn
course in deanc e o f all P eople with this co n
guration very often become anarchists o f the
reddest type f o r they do not even stop at the
shedding of blood if other testimonies in the
gure concur
T hey are cruel hard and cold
without a spark o f true love though they may
b e in amed with p assion o f the most burning in
tensity T his i s particularly the case when M ars
i s square U ranus and either planet is placed in
T aurus or S corpio
I n a woman s horoscop e
U ranus square Mars usually leads to seduction
no matter where they are place d but if in T au
,
3 78
T HE
S T AR S
fame will be national o r international

T his
p osition will bring direct touch with the spirit
ual world and success in dealing with i n h ab
i t an t s of that place
It is also p roductive OI
dreams and visions o f a p rophetic and inspira
t i o n al nature
It strengthens the healing powers
and will consequently enable the person to do
a great deal of g ood f o r his su e ri n g fellow -men
T hese aspects give a highly develop ed intuition
which amounts almost to mind -reading T here
is a love o f travel an d exploration of the phy
si cal world as well as o f nature s ner realms
N o r are such p eople altogether dreamers they
have a strong will with excellent executive and
organizing powers which will aid them in real
izing their hopes wishes and ambitions to rise
in life and be at the forefront o f whatever pro
f essi o n they select
.
N ep tu n e
P itI
1P d
co n j u n ct i o n o r p aral l el t o
Uran us
are convertible aspects if the planets are well

placed b y sign and otherwise well -aspected
their e ff ect will be similar t o the sextile o r trine
though not so p ronounced but if they are cadent
weak by sign and a f icted they are only a little
l ess evil than when asp ected by square or opp o
,
si t i o n
T C]
13*
N ep t u n e
q u are
or
o p p o si ti o n
t o Uran us
brings underhanded deceptive in uences into

the life which aim to underm i ne the reputation
,
U RA N U S
T HE
P LA N E T O F A L T R U I S M
3 79
and make the p erson sn e r scandal and public

disfavor sudden and unaccountable reverses in
business are met with or trouble in social a ffairs
T here is the same love o f travel and exploration
as given by the good aspects but the p erson can
not accomplish his aims with the same facility o r
i f he does it is t o his disadvantage and brings
H e is also drawn towards the
added trouble
occult o r mystic sid e o f life but his p ath is beset
by dangers of m ediumship and obsession and all
through life he is lled with p remonitions o f
danger and a vague dread of imp ending disaste r
which he can neither account for nor disp el by
will or reason hence uncertainty overshadows
the life as a cloud and robs him o f p eace and
contentment
,
C H A PTE R
THE
NE P T U N E ,
X VI I
P L AN ET
S U R A NU S is the octave
0F
D I VI N I TY
of
V enus
and acts
principally up on the love nature aiming to
el evate mankind in matters p ersonal and social so
Neptune i s the octave o f M ercury and altogether
spiritual in i t s aims A s M ercury is L i g h t b eare r of
the physical S un so N eptune is L i g h t b e are r for the
S pi ritual S un ( called Vulcan by the Western Mys
tics )
Intellectuality rul ed by M ercu ry lifted us
above the animal and made man man the S piritual
ity rul ed by Neptune will in tim e raise u s beyond
the state of the human and make us divine
Neptun e really signies what we may call

the
gods commencing with the sup ernormal beings we

know as E lder B rothers and compassing the i n n um
e rab l e hosts o f spiritual entiti es good bad and i n di ff
It s p osition
which in uence o ur evolution
e re n t
and aspects denote our rel ation to them ; mal
e c asp ects attract agencies o f a natur e inimical to
o u r welfare
b en e c congurations draw up on the
good forces T hus if Neptune is placed in the T enth
H ouse trine to the ascendant the person involved will
have the O p p ortunity to becom e a l eader o r promi
nent in a movement along mystical lines as denoted
,
3 82
T HE
S T AR S
have own before he realizes it was there Y es h e

may never becom e aware o f the fact O n the other
hand the p erson in whose life the square indicates
the assault by spiritual forces mentioned may develop
h i s spiritual muscle by resisting the onslaught an d
become a victor instead o f being vanquished F ore
warned is forearmed
N eptune was not discovered until 1 8 46 but we
should err greatly if we supp osed the in uence as
cri b e d to it ctitious o n that account f o r as the p er
so n born blind lacks the organs to se e the sunli ght
and colors so most o f humanity is still lacking t h e
sensibility which makes them amenable to the vibra
tions of N eptune ( S ee Chapter o n that sub j ect al so
But we are gradually devel
o n Planetary O ctaves )
O ping ner feelings and becoming more abl e to re
A t rst these in uences are
sp o n d to h i s in uence
mostly felt by sensitives who become occ ul tists when
o f a p ositive nature and mediums when negative
others gain from it the cunning common alike to the
criminal and the detective o r it imp els the weak
ling to take drugs which in another manner p ro
duces dreams and visions similar to those obtained
by the m ediumistic p rocess
Neptune strong in the gure gives a very vivi d
imaginati on and an artistic nature poetic musical
o r literary a fondness o f ease comfort and beautiful
T h e p erson is easily swayed by the
surroundings
emotions and when N eptune is a f icted may become
sub j ect to trances fainting hysteria or p sychi c
.
'
DIVI NIT
is a love of travel
N E P T UN E T H E P L A N E T O F
storms
wate r
T here
383
preferably by
W hen N eptune is weak by sign or a f i cted it also

inclines to drink o r drugs it robs the p erson o f ambi
tion and makes h i man indolent loafer or cheat thor
ou ghly dishonest or if the ho roscop e i s otherwise
g ood he may become the prey o f other p eopl e who
will rob o r d efraud him
P eopl e with an a f icted
Neptune should particularly avoid dealings with
l arge corp orations o r they may b e sub j ected to swi n
dles o f the most fantastic nature
,
NE P T U N E
W1
N ep tu n e
in
IN THE
th
T W E L V E H O US E S
A sce n dan t ,
or
F i rs t H o us e
Neptune i s by nature occult , p rophetic and spir

i t u al
A scendant si gnies the body wherein

we function and thus by combination of these
ideas we nd that N eptune o n the A scendant
will give a particul arly sen si t i ve b o dy cap abl e
o f feeling the ner vibrations in nature and ao
cording t o the asp ects whi ch the planet receives
these will be either good b ad or I ndiff erent I f
N eptune is strong and well asp ected to the S un
Jupiter o r U ranus w e may j ud ge that there is
an intensely mystical nature latent in the per
son Whether o r not it will be develop ed is 01
cou rs e another question depending upon o p p o r
O n the othe r hand if
t un i t y and envi ronment
N eptune is a f icted it indicates a very l ow men
Th
'
3 84
T HE
M E S SA GE
OF T HE
S T AR S
tality p erhaps even insanity I n any case the

nature is visionary romantic and generally i m
p ractical at least from the worldly standard
T h e p rophetic inspirat i onal and visionary f acul
ties are usually high ly developed when N eptune
is u n af i ct ed in the F irst H ouse T here i s a love
of art and music a desire f o r luxury and what
ever gives p ower and tone to life
B ut when
N eptune is a f icted in the F irst H ouse the na
ture is indolent p rocrastinating and changeable ;
p erverted tastes and desires come to the front
and imp el t o acts o f indiscretion which may
bring grave consequences
T here is indication
of p r ostitution o f the spiritual faculties ; a de
ce p t i ve
dishonest disposition also a tendency
t o mediumship and spirit obsession
,
$ 2
Nep t u n e i n t h
S eco nd Ho use and
well as
p e ct ed brings gain through all things in which
water plays a p rominent p art ; also through mys
tic and occult matters and societies But if Nep
tune is a f icted the nancial affai rs o f the p erson
will always be in an uncertain chaotic state
e
N ep tu n e
in
th
Th i rd
H o use, when
well
a con
aspected enhances the m ental faculti es t o

si de rab l e degree
I t gives ability in the di rec
tion of inspirational writing and sp eaking high
ideals a devotional mind But when Neptune
i s a f icted in the T hird H ouse the mind is o f a
sometimes imbecile and
l ow order cunnin g
.
'
TH E M E S SAG E O F T H E S T AR S
3 86
danger o f O bsession
It also indicates trouble
and loss through employees and a liability t o
chronic wasting diseases and deformity U sually
these tendencies are then accentuated by a sen
suons nature and a self -indulgent manner of
livin g
.
N ep t u n e
in
th
S e ven t h
H o us e and
well
asp ected indicates a marriage to o n e o f an o c
cult inspirational nature generally a platoni c
union o f the most soul -satisfying nature a true
comp anionship of two who are really mates I t
also shows success as a public speaker on occult
o r mystical sub j ects
But when a f icted Nep
tune i n the S eventh H ouse shows an emotional
mediumistic unreliable marriage p artner or
there may b e fraud or deceptio n in connection
with the marriage p erhap s o n e o f the p artners
committing bigamy
T his p osition also indi
cates o n e of the p arasites that p rey up on the
p ublic in general o r o f those who become victims
o f public disfavor all according to the nature o f
the aspects T hey show whether or not this is
merited
e
N ep tu n e i n
E i g h th
H o use
when well
asp ected gives gain through the marriage p art
ner but n ot through the ordinary channels of
business ; i t comes in a p ecul iar manner T his
position i s also fa vorab l e f o r occult investi ga
tion and ofte n enables the p erson who has it to
th
N E PTUNE
P LAN E T O F
T HE
DIVINIT
3 87
O btain information at rst hand But when N ep

tune is a f icted in the E ighth H ouse it bring s
loss by fraud o r deception o f the marriage p art
ner nancial troubles with estates or corp ora
tions and a strange unusual ending to the life
.
W9
N ep t u n e i n th
N i n t h H o us e i s
very favorabl e
for the cultivation o f spiritual faculties ; when
well -aspected it brings strange visions and un
usual intuitional forebodings and p resentiments
also p rot and ple asure in connection with lon g
j ourneys o r voyages
When N eptun e i s a f icted in the Ninth
H ouse it makes the mind fearful and anxious
always o n the q u i vi ve with va gu e forebodings ;
it inclines t o travel but brings troubl e in tha t
connection also danger o f legal complication an d
loss o n that account
e
N ep t u n e
in
th
H o us e
T en t h
when well
asp ected indicates on e o f high aspirations an d
insp irations spiritually incl ined who has t h e
ability to rise to leadership fame and honor i n
connection with some mystical society o r in sci en
t i c research
T his p osi t ion o f Neptune also i n
di cat es an accident t o one o f the parents p ro b
ably by water while the p erson is still a ch i ld
but when the planet i s well -aspected a legac y
often accrues
Neptune in the T enth H ouse and trine t o
the S un o r M oon are sure si g ns o f the abilit y t o
1 10
T HE
3 88
cul tivate the spiritual sight i n t h i s life A num

ber o f well -known seers have this aspect
When N eptune i s a f icted i n the T enth
H ouse it indicates fraud deception and disho n
esty which in time will bring their reward o f
sorrow trouble and scandal
N ep t u n e i n
th
E l eve n t h
H o use and well
asp ected
shows a p erson of high spiritual as

p irati ons and the ability t o attract others o f a
s imi l a r nature wh o will b e Of help to him in
realizing his desires hopes and wishes When
N eptune i s a f icted in the E leventh H ouse it
i ndi cate s d eception and treachery o n the p art
o f p e o p l e wh o p ose as friends ; thi s will brin g
l oss and trouble
T herefore pe 0 p 1e with this
conguration should be particularly careful who
they cul tivate and admit to their friendship
.
'
N ep t u n e i n t h e Twelf th H o us e, well -asp ected ,

.
5 12
1
brin gs succe s s in research work of a scientic or

o cc ul t natu re which is carri ed o n in secret or far
f rom the haunts o f men It also indicates a secret
s oul satisfyin g
or clandestine but honorable
r elati onship with someone whi ch will bring bene
t to both and it not infrequently happ en s t h at
t his friend is in the spirit world but the relation
i s much m ore close in such cases than it can
e ver b e b etween friends who are; both in the phy
b ody
When N eptune is a f icted in the
s i cal
T welfth H ouse it gives a liabil ity to conne m ent
.
3 90
T HE
S T AR S
music and the pleasure s o f life T hi s is also a

good omen for the acquisition of land or p rop
e rt y
But when N eptune is af icted i n T aurus
it gives a sensuous and p assionate natu re an d
a strong t endency to gourmandize which in time
is b ound to bring trouble and sorrow in its wake
.
Q H
N ep t un e i n
Ge m i n i , well -asp ected , is one of

the best indications o f unusual mental facul ties ,
for N eptune is the octave o f M ercury the planet

o f mind
logic and reason H ence this p osition
d evelops the occ ul t p rophetic and inspirational
f aculties
It makes the p erson sensiti ve t o the
ner intuitional and inspirational vibrations in
nature It i s the signature of genius in on e di
rection or anothe r according t o the other asp ects
i n the horoscop e
I t gives the gift of oratory
an d unusual literary ability and makes the p er
s on
a ne mechanician o r mathematician ; i n
S hort there is no eld o f endeavor where mental
i ngenuity is required that the p erson with N ep
t une in Gemini well -asp ected does not excel
B ut whe n Neptune is a f icted i n Gemini it
i ndicates inability to concentrate to any good
p urpose T h e mind is restless chaotic and wa
v e ri n g i nclined to cunning fraud and deception
o r at best it makes the p erson a visionary and
a d reamer who is apt to become the dup e of o t h
T here i s generally trouble with brothers
e rs
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N E P T UN E
T HE
P LAN E T O F
DI VI NI T
391
sisters and neighbors who cordially dislike the

p erson in whose horoscop e this asp ect is found
.
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N ep t u n e i n C ancer, when wel l -asp ected , gives
an intuitive symp athetic and lovable nature

quick to und erstand the sorrows and j oys o f
others and ready t o feel for them or with th em
H ence these p e 0 p 1e are generally very much
liked both i n the home and in the i r i mmediate
ci rcle o f acquaintances T his p osition also brings
them i n touch with the ner forces o f nature and
enables them to culti vate such spiritual f acul
ties as psychometry and a species o f intuition
whereby they can get in touch with whomsoever
or whatsoever they wish for the help and benet
o f others
T hey are very versatile in the sp ir
i t u al direction and may reach great hei ghts by
devotion which is strongly expressed in them
B ut when N eptune i s a f icted in Cancer it gives
a very self -indulgent disposition which generally
exerts a baneful in uence in the home p erhaps
more by inuendo than by direct malicious ex
p ression T his p osition also gives pecul iar tastes
and app etites which are apt to cause great trou
ble to the alimentative system and there is a
strong inclination f o r drugs o r drink
,
@1 51,
N ep tu n e i n L eo , when well -aspected , gives a
generous sympatheti c and warm -hearted disp o

a sociable nature fond of pleasures an d
si t i o n
artistic pursuits
T hese pe 0p 1e have consider
,
3 92
TH E
M E S SA G E O F TH E S T AR S
abl e ability and success in educational pursuits

because o f an intimate understanding of the
n d the faculty of imparting
nature o f others a
to them whatever knowledge they p ossess them
selves T hey are very conscientious in their deal
in gs with others and successful in a ffairs o f the
heart
B ut when N eptune is a f i cted in L eo i t
makes the nature sup er -sensual and therefore lia
ble to disap pointments in love T hese p eople are
governed by impulse rather than by reason ;
they lack the stamina to face an i ssue are co w
ardl y ckl e and n o t to be depended upon ; they
incu r a general dislike among their acquaint
an oes
.
M ercu ry the planet of

@ 1112 N ep t un e i n Vi rg o
m ind , reason and logic is exalted in Virgo , and
,
the occult prophetic inspirational spiritual de

v o t i o n al and musical N eptune is the octave of
M ercury hence the bl ending of the M ercurial
and Neptunian qualities p roduced by N eptune
in Virgo give exceptionally ne mental faculties
with the addition O f inspiration p rophecy and
devotion to the highest ideals when Neptune i s
well asp ected for N eptune adds gentleness and
sympathy to the cold M ercury though such p e o
ple are rather odd in their ideas and inclina
tions esp ecially with respect to marriage which
t hey usually regard from the platonic standpoint
,
T HE
3 94
M E S SA GE O F
S T AR S
T HE
when a f icted it gives a terrible temp er a sen

su o u s and p assionate nature
an inordinate de
sire for drink or drugs and a tendency to dr o wn
ing either by accident or desi gn
,
Q1 I
N ep tu n e
in
S ag i t tari us,
when well -asp ect ed

favors the inspirational devotional and religious
tendencies in the horoscop e
It brin g s dreams
and visions also occult experiences T here is a
love of travel and a great enj oyment of the ple as
ures thus obtained When Neptune is a f icted
in S agittarius the sub j ect becomes liable to fears
and forebodings ; dreams o f danger and vision s
of distress p rey up on the mind making life mis
e rab l e
S ometimes they have great desires t o
tra vel but are unable to gratify them or if they
do they have troubl e or accidents to contend
with
,
T V?
N ep t u n e
C ap ri co rn
when well -aspecte d
gives a serious and contemplative nature able to
concentrate up on whatever matters come b efore
it hence such people are successful keen and
far -si ghted business men usually on a large
scale o r if the nature o f the other aspects in
the horoscope d raws them toward secret work
they make excellent d etectives cap able o f solving
the most intricate p roblems or researchers along
p sychic lines ; in fact they excel in any occupa
tion where deep thought and concentration are
the keys to success
in
N E P T UN E
T HE
P LAN E T
O F D I V I NI T
395
But when Neptune is a f icted in Cap rico rn

it makes the nature melancholy s ecretive and
very oft en deceitful T hese people are generally
recluses and shun the society o f their fellow -men
,
N ep tu n e
in
A q u ari us,
when well -aspected

gives a n altruistic o r utopian disp osition with a
d esire t o emancipate the whole world from what
soever social mental moral or physical ills the
p erson may be able to p erceive
H ence these
p eople are usually t o o far i n advance o f their
T hey are re
time and age t o be unde rstood
garded as d ream ers and visionaries idealists and
in a sense dangerous to society because o f their
originality and indep endence o f conventions
A t the same time these p eopl e are very p opular
wi th the most p rogressive p eople in society T hey
easily ap p rehend N ature s ner forces and are
therefore the p ioneers in exploration O f hitherto
und reamed -o f elds
When N eptune i s a f icted in A quar i us it
gives similar ideas and ideals in regard to con
B ut it i s only too liable to bring such
ve n t i o n s
p eople and their ideas int o discredit and dis
grace
,
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N ep t u n e i n Pi sces, when well -aspected gives a
mysticism and as an inves ti gator o f the

occ ul t
S ometimes these peopl e develop thei r
spiritual faculties and obtain rst -hand knowl
edge
T hey are compassionat e towards others
l ove
of
.
3 96
unobtrusive retiring i n t h e i r manner well liked

also often the recipients of aid f rom others cheer
fully and willingly given
When N eptune is a f icted in Pisces the p er
so n is liable to su ff er through mediumship
ob
session and d eception of secret enemies T here
i s danger o f imp risonment and a tendency to
indul ge i n d ri n k o r dru gs which will end in so r
row and self -undoing
NE P T U N E I N A S PE C T W I T H O THE R P LAN ET S
O
Th
S un
s ex t i l e o r
t ri n e t o N ep t un e
favors
the possibility o f develop i ng spiritual faculties
f o r Neptune intensies the higher vibrations in
the aura and as some exp ress themselves b es t
throu gh m u SIc these aspects make them un u su
ally sensitive to echoes from the h e aven wo rl d
which is the realm o f tone Many p eople with
these congurations hear the harmony of the
spheres and if M ercury the lower octa ve of Nep
tune gives the requisite dexterity they become
In
musicians o f a high inspirational nature
others it breeds a love o f the occult which leads
them into the higher life but they usually ap
p roach it from the intellectual st an dp o m t as
psychic investigators
A few live the life and
obtain rst -hand kn owledge
A SP
0 P8
8 4?
Th
o r o p p osi t i o n
S u n p arall el , co n j u n cti o n , s q u are

to N ep t un e also brings the person
T H E M E S SAG E
3 98
or
O F T H E S T AR S
S p eculation for they are sure to lose esp eciall y

,
i n dealing with large companies

M ercu ry i n
< A Q
5 8 P >I
or
corp orations
co n un cti o n ,
j
p aral l el s ex
til e o r tri n e t o N ep t u n e makes a man p eculiarly
adap t e d t o the occult a rt p articul arly if the con
j unction occurs in the T hird o r Ninth H ouses or
the tri n es are from W atery signs Cancer S co r
S u ch p eopl e usually succeed in
p i o o r Pisces
occult science and often develop a sup ernormal
faculty T hey are p articularly go od as magnetic
healers
,
[j
M ercury sq uare o r ap p osi ti on to N ep tu n e

gives a chaotic mind liability to lack o f memory
indolence and a d i sp osition t o dream the time
away T here i s a restless desire for fame f rus
t rat e d by inability to t in anywhere
S uch p eo
ple are liable to fraud deception and slander
also t o suicide
8
*A QJ T h e Mo o n sex ti l e 0 r tri n e t o N ep t u n e i n
creas es the fac ul ty o f imagination to a sup e rl a
tive point especially if either of the planets is
T hen it favors p rophetic
in the N inth H ouse
d reams and visions which brin gs the person in
contact with the invisibl e worlds I t indicates
ability in the occult arts and success i n their
p ractice
I t makes the nature exceedingly i n
s p i rat i o n al and it also gives a kind a n d sympa
t hetic disp osition
T h e spiritual qualities men
,
N E PT U N E
T HE
P L AN E T O F
DI VI N I T
399
t i on e d
may not be app arent even to the p erson

h i mself but then they are latent and capable
o f development
I t i s also safe to say that at
som e time o r other during the life p ersons with
these asp ects will come in contact with the occult
and b e very much attracted whether the quali
ties of the soul are develop ed or not
.
Th
Moon
co n u n cti o n o r
j
p arall el t o N ep
t u n e indicates the same strong p sychic faculties
as the good asp ects p articul arly if N eptune is
placed i n the p sychic si gn Cancer T hose who
have been born with the good con g urations o f
Neptune dur i ng the fourteen years when it was
in the ai ry scientic sign Gemini are now co n
quering the air and p erfecting scientic i n ven
tions which will make us marvel but the children
wh o have been born under favorable co n g u ra
tions during the fourteen years N eptune has
been going throu gh the p sychi c si gn Cancer ars
growing up around us as a band o f mystics an d
when they have reached mature years they will
astonish us with their spiritual insi ght and
p ower
A mon g other things they will develop
the soul of music in a hithert o unp recedented
manner
1) 8 P E
P
N3
Th
M oo n
sq u are
or
ap p osi tio n
t o N ep
is also an indication o f the soul qualities

similar to those given by the good aspects but
under those congurations the person will be 0 1
tun e
T H E M E S SAG E O F TH E S T AR S
400
a negative nature and is apt to b e come the p rey

of sp i ri t co n t rol s and subj ected to mediumship
therefore p eople with those asp ects should be
very careful n o t to attend sp iritualistic seances
sitting in the silence or other methods of occult
development
o
l AE
?
><
S at urn
sex ti l e o r
tri n e t o N ep t u n e
is good
for success in worldly a ff airs f o r it brings o ut the
saturnine virtues forethou ght honor sel f -reli
ance determination system et cetera by which
the p erson gains the condence and esteem o f
others but the p rincipal e ffect is spiritual and
therefore only felt by those who are able to re
sp o n d because of other asp ects in the horoscop e
T o them it gives the abilit y to delve deeply int o
occult and mystical subj ects also to become p ro
ci e n t in the art and p ractise thereo f
,
5
2 c
p arall el to N ep t u n e
j
has the same e ff ect as the good aspects when it
occurs in a si gn where either o f the planets are
strong as N eptune is in Cancer and P isces and
S aturn in L ibra and Cap ricorn
P t}!
S aturn
co n u n cti on o r
M3
8 92
S at urn
sq u ar e
or
to N ep t u n e
deception , t reach
Op p osi ti o n
lays the person liable to loss by

ery or fraud in worldly matters and if he should
undertake to invest i gate o r p ractise the occ ul t
art he is liable to b e cam e the p rey of spirit -co n
trols and be led into mediumship with co n se
T HE M E S SAGE
402
OF
T HE
S T AR S
ders attendant up on negative p sychism but

from a material standpoint it gives danger o f
fraud through spe culation o r large comp anies
and dealing with such p redatory interests
should therefore be avoided
,
M ars sex t il e o r t ri n e t o Ne p t un e i n t en
si e s the emotional nature and gives a l eaning
toward the study and p ractice o f occultism and
mysticism When other testimonies i n the horo
scop e concur the martial energy directed toward
the psychic sub j ects denoted by N eptune often
helps the p erson very materially i h his aim to
p enetrate into the invisible worlds in a conscious
manner
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c
5
D P 8 El)
Op p o si t i o n
M ars
co n u n ct i o n , sq uare,
p aral l el
or
t o N ep tu n e
makes the nature coarse

an d sensual
impulsive and irascible militant
and extravagant in speech and action self -i n dul
gent to a degree in whatever direction his pas
sions may lead him and unable t o exercise re
straint over himself in any direction I t gives a
fanatical spirit which m ay exp ress itself in either
religion o r atheism and under fa vorable condi
tions such p eople are liable to become vi ctims o f
discarnate spirits wh o may either use them as
a medium o r by obsessing them It gives a ten
deney t o lawl essness and part icipation in anar
ch i st i c schemes o r p l ots
,
N E P T U NE TH E
,
ft!
P LA N E T O F
DI
VINIT Y
403
*A w Uran us sex ti l e o r t ri n e t o N ep tu n e gives

inclination towards the occult o r mystical sid e
o f life and if either is placed in the T enth H ou se
the person usually becomes a leader or au t h o ri t v
i n these lines he wins at least local recognitio n
and if other testimonies concur h i s fame will b e
T his p osition will
national o r international
bring direct touch with the spiritual world and
success in dealing with inhabitants o f that plane
It p roduces dreams and visions of a p rop heti c
and inspirational nature strengthens the healin g
p owers and will consequently enable the person
to do a g reat deal o f good f o r h i s sufferin g
fellow -men T hese aspects give a highl y devel
O p ed intuition which amounts almost to mind
reading T here i s a love of travel and explora
tion of the physic al world as well as o f nature 8 :
ner realms
No r are such p eopl e altog ethe r
d reamers they have a strong will with excellen t
executive and organizing p owers which will aid
them i n realizing their hopes wishes and ambi
tions t o rise in life and be at the forefront o f
whatever p rofession they select
,
j
p aral l el t o N ep tu n e
are conve rtibl e asp ects if the planets are well
placed by sign and otherwise well asp ected thei r
e ffect will be similar to the sextile o r trine
though n o t so p ronounced but if they are cadent
weak by sign and a f icted they are only a l ittl e
*
8 8 PE
?
Uran us
-
4 04
less evil than when asp ected by

sitio u
S quare or opp o
lil
a?
t1)
Uran us
s q uare
i ti o n t o N ep t u n e
d eceptive in uences into
or
Op p o s
brings underhanded
the life which aim to undermine the reputation
and make the p erson su ff er scandal and public
d isfavor sudden and unaccountable reverses in
b usine ss are met with o r trouble in social a ff airs
T he re is t h e same love of travel and exploration
as given by the good asp ect s b u t the person can
n o t a ccomplish h i s aims with the same fac i lity o r
i f he does i t i s t o his disadvanta ge and brings
a dd ed trouble H e i s also drawn towards the o c
cult o r mystic side of life but his path is beset
b y d angers o f mediumship and obsession and all
t hrou gh life he is lled with a vague d read o f
i mp ending disaster which he can neither account
f o r nor disp el by will o r reason hence u n cer
t ainty overshadows the life as a cl oud and robs
h i m o f pe ace and contentment
,
406
seem venturesome at times he will always careful ly

calculate the obstacles to be overcome and not attempt
anything foolhardy but accomplish his ob j ect once
he h as d ecided t o go ahead H e will b e systematic
orderly and methodical also p ersevering in whatever
he undertakes after due deliberation and forethought
hence his e ff orts will generally be brought to a su c
In dealing with others he will b e
ce ssf ul issue
thoughtful and tactful hence usually able to obtain
his desires by diplomacy O n account o f these quali
ties he will be generally successful in life and he will
lay up a fair fortune for S aturn is also the planet o f
acquisit i veness
I n a similar manner students may combine t h e
key -words o f all the other planets and aspects from
this T abl e and elaborate on them as they can T hi s
will enable them to give a good reading of any horo
F o r further p ractical
scop e with a little practice
d emonstration o f this method students are advised to
study the children s horoscopes in R ays F ro m t h e
R o se Cro ss where th e writer makes use of it every
month T hese horoscopes are a mine of i ns truction
which no student desiring to p erfect himself in the
T h e key
s t ellar science can a o rd to be without
w ords will bring to h i s mind what has been said about
the general nature of the planets under considera
tion ; this he may combine with the nature o f the si gns
and houses where the planets are placed if a very
full reading is desired
,
T H E D O C T RI N E
T AB LE
0
*A
Th
Th e
S un
9
*A
Th
enturesome di gnied and author
i t at i ve S u n
407
P LAN ET A RY KE Y -W O RD S
OF
vital
D E L I N EA T I O N
OF
lazy ambitionless desp otic and cowardly

,
harmonious artistic
cheerful and suave Venus
e
beautiful
l o vely ,
Th e
dissolute sensual vul gar slothful loud

and lazy Venus
,
I
t >l<
A T h e quick-witted , versatile eloquent l iterary

,
adroit and dexterous M ercury

S
83
Th
restless shiftless profane gossipy dem

agogic dishonest untruthful forgetful and
clumsy M ercury
e
*A
Th
magnetic
imaginative
changeable M oon
e
plastic
and
Th
negative p rocrastinating d reamy vacil

lating visionary fri volous childish and wo r
ri so m e M oon
e
P *A T h e
cautious deliberate methodical p erse

v e ri n g tactful thoughtful and thrifty S aturn
,
408
lj
malicious materialistic melancholy p es

s i m i st i c a varicious obstructive secreti ve and
worrisome S aturn
Th
Z1
*A
Th e
law -abiding charitable conservative

reverent O ptimistic opulent and bene volent
Jupiter
,
indolent p rocrastinating bombastic O S

t e n t at i o u s p rodigal
dis sipated and lawless
Jupiter
Th
Th
gallant enterp rising energetic

iastic and constructive M ars
e
en t h u s
coarse combative egotistic discordant

destructive passionate audacious impul si ve
and hot temp ered M ars
Th
advanced romantic original i n dep en d

ent liberty -loving and inventive U ranus
Th
licentious unconventio nal fan a

tical and
irresp on sibl e U ranus
Th
Th
occult p rOp h e t i c inspirational spiritual

devotional and musical N eptune
e
Th
fraudulent vague deceptive dishonest

and m ediumistic Neptune
e
T HE
41 0
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S TAR S
square to the S un which is near the A scendant T hen

the evil will be very much greater than if M ars were
in L ibra or Cancer the signs o f his fall and det ri
ment and the S un placed in the M idheaven ele
v at ed above M ars
S imilarly if the S un were placed
in A ries its exaltation sign close to the M idheaven
in high elevation and trine to Jupiter in i t s o wn sign
S agittarius then both planets are very st rong and
thei r e ff ect woul d be much more marked than if they
were pla ced in the signs of t heir fall and debility
By memorizing this table and bearing in mind the
matter o f el evation the student will b e able to form
a much m o re accurat e j udgme nt o f the e e ct o f plan
ets in any particular horoscop e than if this is not
taken int o consideration
.
0F
Pl an e t
0
9
f
C
R u l es
IITTI
Z
T 19
X 27
37
1 9f
21 5
2
5 3
21
5 15
V3 28
"
1 l
S SL
36 I
12H
=2
t5
51
/
96
F al l
V5
T T11
E x al tati o n

V3
1?
D e tri m en t
8L
l)
P L AN ET A R Y P O W ER S
t5
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OF
41 1
C RI TI C A L D EGR EES
A nother division o f the Zod iac which it is easy

to remember and important to take into consideration
is based upon the passage of the M oon from the rst
degree of A ries throu gh the twelve signs It takes
the M oon about 28 days to g o aroun d the Zodiac and
she moves with an average velocity o f 1 3 d egrees
T hus if we start with the rst p oint of A ries and
measure o n e day s travel the second day will com
mence at the 1 3 t h degree and t h e third at the 26 t h ;
th e fourth commences at 9 degrees o f T aurus and
the fth day she starts at 21 degrees o f the same sign ;
o n the sixth day sh e reaches 4 degrees of Gemini ;
o n the seventh day she starts at 1 7 degrees of Gemini
and completes the rst quart er by reaching the cusp
It i s
o f Cancer o n the morning of the eighth day
evident that S he will strike the same degrees of the
si gns composing the other three quarters during the
three w eeks it takes her to complete the circuit and
thus we may easily memorize the critical degrees in
the folowing manner :
In t h e C ardi n al S i g n sA ri es Cancer L ibra and
Capricorn the rst thi rteenth and twenty -sixth de
grees are critical
In t h e Fi x ed S i g n s T aurus L eo S corpio and
A quarius the ninth and twenty - rst degrees are
critical
In t h e C o m m o n S i g n sGemini Virgo S agit
tarins and Pisces the fourth and seventeenth degrees
a re critical
.
41 2
It has been found that when a p l anet is within

o rb o f three degrees of o n e O f these critical p oints it
exercises a much stronge r in uence in the life than
t
i would otherwise
T herefore students will al so do
well to remember this and should a planet be in a
S i gn o f fall o r detriment but in a critical degree
it is thereby strengthened and will do more good o r
bad according to its nature and the aspect it has
O n the othe r hand if a pla n et is in its exal tation
S ign highly elevated and in a critical degree its
asp ects will be exceedingly p owerful and make them
selves felt much more i n the life than would other
wise be the case
.
M ercury Befo re
an d
Af t er t h
S un
A nother imp ortant p oint which is only t o o often

overlooked i s the p osition of M ercury with regard to
the S un When M ercury i s in a lower degree o f the
same si gn as occup ied by the S un o r in any de gree
o f a p receding S ign
he rises before the S un and so
t o speak carries the rays o f the D ay S tar forward
B ut when he is placed in a hi gher degree o f the same
Si gn as the S un or in the si gn following that o ccu
pi ed by the S un then he rises after the O rb o f D ay
and i s so to sp eak overshadowed T herefore it has
been found that when M ercury the planet of mind
logic and reason rises b efo re the S un it gives a
keener better intellec
t than when he follows the l u
.
m i n ary
41 4
p e ri e n ce s
for us o f which we may avail ourselves o r

not as we choose within certain limits F o r instance
the M oon comes to a square o f M ars and it will brin g
to u s an opportunity to lose ou r t em p e r an d get int o
trouble thereby then when the trouble is over and
we sit down to re ect o n the occurrence we will mos t
l ikely say to ourselves well what fools we are to allo w
a little thing like t h at to play ha voc with ou r happi
ness O n the other hand if t h e A strological student
uses his knowledge in the p rop er manner then he
should know what the eff ect o f the M oon square Mars
will be he should resolve t o b e calm beforehand and
say : H ere i s an op p ortunity for me to rule my stars
I am going to keep my temper well under control
so that no matter what happ en s I am going to main
tain my equilibrium
T hen when the opp ortunit y
comes along to lose his temper he may stand rm
A lthough he may feel the passions surging wi th i n he
may s t and o utwardly quiet keep a cool head and
when the danger is past he will have gained a V i ctory
and learned the lesson which it was i ntended he
s h o u l d learn
O r supp ose it i s a squ are o f at h e M oon
t o S aturn this will cause p e 0 p 1e to worry and look
up on the dark side o f l i f e b ut the astrological student
may say to himself when such a conguration is ap
p ro ach i n g : N O I am n o t going to worry worry will
it hinders because it takes from
n o t help matte rs
me all my stren g th wherewith otherwise I coul d over
come conditi ons I am going to look at the bright
,
OF
41 5
side o f th e matter and see what I can do to remedy

this trouble
As a matter of fact most o f the things we worry
about never come to pass and if the student can l earn
to keep hi s e quil i b
u nder this planetary direction
to stop worrying then he h as ruled his stars
ri u m
and learned an imp ortant lesson T hus if he help s
h i s stars by learnin g the lessons wh i c h they are en
de avo ri n g to teach him the evil directions will n o t
have the same p ower over him as if he simply sits
down and folds his hands saying :

Well I cannot
help it I am under the evil directions and naturally
things are bound t o go wrong in every p articular

T here i s in the horoscope a dominant f act o r n am el y :
the I ndividual will bear in mind that the h o ro sco p e
sh o ws o n l y t e n de n ci es an d i t h as n o p o wer wh at e ve r
t o co m p e l yo u co m p ul si o n i s fro m wi t h i n yo u rs el f
Y o u in the nal analysis are the d ominant factor
in that horoscope and can by an exer c
ise o f su fcient
will powe r rule your stars I t i s admitted that we
are all weak and therefore n o t abl e to exercise the
necessary will power at all times but that is exactly
what these evil directions are sent to us to cultivate
a stron ger and a rmer will to do the right thing at
the right time and it depends upon ourselves whether
we shall be comp elled by circumstances from without
or by o ur o wn will from within ; S urely that is the
p roper way and astr ological students above all other
p eople ought to be able to guide their lives safely
amid the rocks and shoal s o f existence becau se the y
.
T HE M E S SAGE
416
O F T H E S T AR S
have p rop er warning they know what is coming and

they shoul d prep are for it
O n the other hand it i s asked : Why do the good
directions not bring a co rrsp o n di n g measure of
benet ? A nd the answer t o that question is for the
same lack o f co -operation it is as absolutely necessary
t o help our stars in the one direction as to hinder
them in the o ther A re you o ut of a p osition with
perhaps the family exchequer running low and no
means i n sight wherewith to replenish it but your
hop es are centered upon a strong favorable direction
such as p erhap s a trine o f the p rogressed M oon to the
ruler of the S ixth H ouse o r the S un ? U nder these
c onditions yo u feel sure from an astrological stand
p oint that yo u are going to obtain a good position
which will put you o n easy street ? Very well yo u may
be sure that the opportuni t y will come but do n o t ex
p eet it to b e laid in your lap without a singl e eff ort on
you r part if a thing i s worth having it is worth going
after it is worth making the very best e fforts t o get
it do not neglect any d etail dres s yourself careful ly
but n ot showily when you go to see the p erson who
has it in his p ower to bestow the favor re member
rst imp ressions are imp ortant ; have all your ammu
n i t i o n ready in the shap e of recommendations and
everything else that yo u would have were you n o t
d ep ending up on an ast ro l o g i cal aspect to help you
get the position U se every p rop er means of impress
ing the p r o sp ective empl oyer with your ability and
you may depend that your e o rt will b e successful
,
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TH E
M E S SAG E O F
T HE
S T AR S
a conj unction of M ars and the M oon p eople will

be active and energetic but impul se rather than
common sense will go vern hence they will accomplish
littl e good and may do harm without intention But
when the M oon and M ars are trine there will be a
general desire among p eopl e to do someth i ng of a
constructive nature and they will m eet with success
in such e o rt s A nd last but not least when the
M oon is square to M ars it will make people irritable
quarrelsome destructive ready to y at each other
unreasonable and unmanageable
,
'
C H A PT E R
MI N D
AND
XIX
T H E R U LI N G
P LA N ET
H EN we wish t o study the character disposi v
tion and temp erament o f anyone w e must rs t

realize that the mind is the keyston e of the arch o f t h e
human p ersonality
But character disp osition and
temp erament do n o t depend so much upon the qualit y
of mind whether it is keen sharp and al ert or slo w
and plodding as upon what channels it takes for i t s
exp ression
I ntellects of the rst ma gn itude are
sometimes put to p erverted use t o the detriment o f
the community and the individual who thus misuse s
h i s divine heritage while a sl ow and v ery inferio r
mi nd may minister to many in lowly but lovin g
meekn ess and reap sheaves of so ul -g rowth there by
T hus it i s n o t sufcien t t o det ermine the quality o f
the mentality ; w e must also ascertain what is th e
channel of its express i on T o j ud g e that o r any oth er
matter thorou ghly real l y invol ves consideration o f
the horoscop e as a whole separately and ap art fro m
its bearing up on all other matters B ut in a general
way the character and disposition may be learned
from the S un M oon Mercury A scendant and t h e
rul ing planets
It has become the cust om o f many astrologers
.
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T H E M E S SAGE
4 20
OF
T HE
S T AR S
take the lord of the rising sign as the rul er of

t h e horos cope
T hat is correct in M edical A strolo gy
b ecause the A scendant rep resents the body but when
w e want to j ud ge the character which is the com
b ination o f all the forces focussed through the horo
s co p i cal wheel o f life the matter is diff erent
T hen
w e must nd what planet has the most dominant i n
f luence in the life and that is then the life ruler
regardless of whether or not it is the rul er o f the
A scendant
T o nd that planet look rst t o the lord
o f the A scendant
I f h e i s elevated essentially di g
n i e d o r angular and strongly asp ected remember it
m atte rs not whether the asp ects are good o r bad as long
as they a re close and plentiful ( for if it were only
t he good aspects that made the ruler then there would
b e only good p eople in the world B ut we know that
t here are p eopl e o f all shades of character and there
f ore i t i s necessary to select the ruler according t o
the asp ects re gardless o f whether they are good o r
b ad)
B ut above all be sure t o see that the asp ects
a re close ; if they are good the lord of the A scendant
i s also the ruling planet f o r he will exercise the most
potent in uence in the life
O n the other hand if another planet is more
h i gh l y elevated than the ruler of the A scendant if
i t is exalted essentially di gnied o r placed in an
a ngle and i t s aspects are more pl entiful or closer than
t h e aspe cts of the lord of the A scendant then j udge
t hat that planet will b e the ruler o f the horoscope and
e xercise a d o mi nant in uence in the life regar dl ess
to
4 22
T HE
S T AR S
it gives a tender lo ving even amorous nature

which craves love a s we all des i re ai r for lo ve
is the very life breath o f such p eople T hey are
extremel y fond o f chi ldren and usually have
m any p ets which serve as avenues o f their ex
p ression of love T hey are also pleasure -loving
an d fond o f social intercourse neat and artistic
i n thei r ideas and in the decoration of their
hom es T hey l ove j ewelry and anything else that
adds beauty to the life but they are lux ur i ous
in all their tastes very amiable and much b e
l oved by all ; their greatest fault i s an inordi n ate
l ove of ea se and an aversion to soil their hands
,
t:
M ercury
as
R ul i n g
P l an e t
When M ercury the planet o f reason exp res

sion and dext erity i s the well -asp ected life rul er
it gives a keen quick-witted mind w h i ch craves
knowledge as a thirsty man craves water and
absorbs it as readily a mind that so l ves appar
e ntly without e ff ort the most intricate p roblems
T hus there is ability in the various branches o f
m ental endeavor science and literature but these
p eople a re also very ap t and forceful orators and
have an extraord i nary dexter i ty so that they can
usually turn their hands t o anything T hey are
f ond of traveling and very successful as sales
m e n and agents
,
I NF LU E N C E O F R UL I N G P L A N E T S
D
Th
Mo o n
as
R ul i n g
Pl ane t
423
When the romantic imaginative and restless

well -aspected M o on i s the life rule r the p e 0 p 1e
born under its in uence are indeed rolling stones
and far elds always look greenest to them
T herefore they ha ve an overwhelming desire f o r
travel and change which generally does not p er
mit them t o stay in o n e place l onger than n e ces
sary to earn the money which will enable them
to go to the next T hey have a most vi vi d and
fanciful imagination and a romantic nature en
t i rel y foreign to any p ractical endea vor ; l istless
restless and unstabl e as t h e tide that comes and
goes otsam and j etsam up on the se a o f life
T hey are generally mediumistic though usually
unconsciously so but are otherwise quit e harm
less though utterly irresp onsible and unt rust
worthy where anything requiring an e o rt is
concerned
,
S atu rn
as
R ul i n g
Pl an e t
When the serious sa gacious and p rofound

well -aspected S aturn i s life ruler the peopl e
born under its i n uence are of a profoundl y
thoughtful serious nature
T hey have a keen
sense of resp onsibility and are full o f fore
thought hence trustworthy and reliable advisers ;
they are systematic ord erl y and have good ex
e cu t i ve ability fru g al in thei r tastes thrifty and
savin g ; j ust to a degree but their j ustice is
,
424
T HE
S T AR S
cruel hard and unt emp ered by the slightest de

gree o f mercy T hey are chaste sober and ex
e m p l ary in their lives but they have neither
mercy nor p ity f o r those who are unable to over
come faults o r habits or who othe rwise become
delinquent to the laws of society T hey care lit
tle or nothing f o r pleasure or the society O f o t h
e rs and generally keep their o wn coun sel and
company ; they are highly resp ected esteemed
and trusted in the community but neither care
for nor merit the l o ve of their fellow men
,
2!
J u p i t er
as
R ul i n g
Pl an e t
When the j ovial genial and generous well

aspected Jupiter i s life ruler the p e 0 p 1e born
under his in uence are ensouled by a great de
sire for honor respect and esteem in their co m
munity T herefore they aspire to be pillars i n
the church legal li ghts o r to ll an honored p O
si t i o n in the pulpit ; failing this they enter by
p reference o n e o f the p rofe ssions as lawyer o r
doctor T hey are cordial genial p eopl e with a
j ovial smil e and a hearty handshake that makes
one glad to meet them wherever they go so they
are
welcome
T hey are law -abiding and
always
j ust but inclined t o temper their j ustice with
mercy ; and whil e they themselves live lives b e
yond rep roach they are kind forgiving and
l enient t o those o f a weaker morality whose lives
are smirched by si n and crime hence they are
,
T H E M E S SAG E O F T H E STAR S
426
erses come they are do wn and out f o r the time

being but they never stay down ; the indomitable
inner force soon accomplishes rehabilitation and
with it the old reckl ess ways of livi ng reas sert
themselves
They are generally foolhardy to a
degree hence liable to accidents and a violent
end
*
8!
Uran u s
as
R ul i n g Pl an e t
When the original romantic and eccentri c

well -aspected U ranus is life rul er the character
is idealistic unconventional and utopian These
people are generally o ut o f p atience wi th the co n
ve n t i o n al ways of livi ng and determi ned in their
e ff orts and endeavors to b reak the sha ckl es o f
society and live a bohemian life They are full
o f fads and given to unusual beliefs
t o o ad
van ce d f o r the ma j ority
A t the same time they
are pioneers o f a new age in which many o f the
ideas we now consider U topian will b e modied
so that they will be held by all
These p eople
are also the inventors o f the world in touch wi th
the higher worlds where ideas merge from the
D ivine M ind to impinge up on the minds of those
wh o are su fciently sensitive to grasp them and
bring them to bi rth for the use of humanity The
U ran i an s are very headst rong and always ready
with an argument to defend their ideas and se
cure a convert to their cults ; o dd in dress in
food in ideas t hey are a class ap art
,
'
I N FLU E N C E O F R UL I N G P L A N E T S
a
t! N ep tu n e
as
R uli n g Pl an et
427
When the occult and mystical well -asp ected

N eptune i s life ruler we have a person of a most
p ecul ia r p ower W hose chief mark i s a strange
expression of the eye Whi ch must b e seen to b e
ap preciated I t is as if he looked ri ght through
and throu gh W hatever is before him but it is
not necessary to discuss this typ e for there are
so few that they are ve ry seldom encountered by
the avera ge astrologer and only an occultist can
know and j udge another occultist
.
T HE
I N F LU E N C E
or
A FF LI C TED RU LIN G P LA N ET S
When the life rul ers are a ffl icted by the co n j u n c

tion p arallel s q uare and opp osition from the other
planets esp ecially from the m al efi csS aturn M ars
U ranus and N eptun e they a ff ect the life in an i n i m
ical manner which may be outlined as follows :
,
Th
S un
as
When
the cowardly arrogant and ego

t i st i cal S un is life ruler p eople born under hi s
d ebilitating in uence are egotistical in the ex
treme full of s wagger self -importance and ar
ro g an ce
I f they obtain authority over anyone
whom they think they can overawe they will
rule such dependents with a rod o f i ron tram
ple upon their tenderest feelings W ithout a
twinge o f conscience or compunction but if they
'
T H E M E S SAG E O F T H E S T A R S
428
themselves come under the authority o f another

these spineless weaklings will then cringe creep
and cater to the slightest whim o f their master
though they hate him with an intense hatred that
i s only kept in check by their fear They whine
and wheedl e at the faintest frown though ready
to spring and d evour him if only they d ared It
i s the si gnature o f o n e of the most despicable
characters in the gamut
,
V e n us
as
Ru l i n g Pl an e t
When the slovenly slothful and l azy af

i ct e d V enus is ruler o f the horoscope the
p ersons are sensual and p ro i g at e untidy and
slatternly of depraved p erverted tastes and ut
t e rl y disreputable in their conduct ; they are
social p arasites They use loud and obscene lan
guage and are fond of music o f a clanging j ar
ring nature
They l ove revel ry and d ebauch
thei r a ff ection exp resses itself in coarse lusts u n
b ridled passion free love and moral p erversion
They revel in spangl es and tinsel loud clashing
colors and cheap imitations of beauty and worth
,
:3
M ercu ry
as
R u l i n g P l an e t
When the untruthful dishonest and clumsy

a f icted M ercury is life ruler the p eople u n
der his in uence are either entirely mentally
uns ound so that they must be conned for their
o wn good in p rop er institutio ns
or they are so
cunnin g that they are able to hide their mental
,
43 0
*
2
S aturn
as
When the morbid melan choly and mali

cions a f icted S aturn i s life ruler he robs life
of all j o y and brightness so that the p eople b e
c ome recluses and melanchol y misanthrop es ; so
miserly and avaricious that they will starve
themsel ves and forego the comforts o f life even
when they have ampl e means to satisfy them
They are cruel hard and susp icious o f the acts
and motives o f others and if they take up work
as a detective they become human ferrets blood
hounds who will hound their p rey t o death and
gloat over the misery
I f any one frustrates
such p eople they will hold spite forever and aim
to get even if it takes a lifetime But the end
o f these p eople i s always bad ; sometime or other
they overreach and fall into the tr ap they have
se t f o r others
They usually die an i gnobl e death
and the world gives a sigh o f relief when they
pass out
,
'
u Jup i t er
as
R u li n g Pl an e t
When the indolent bombasti c and ego

t i st i cal a f i cted Jupiter is the life ruler the p er
son is often a p arasite on the social tree a gam
bler condence man and speculator sp orty fond
o f display and ostentation ; he wears loud cloth
ing p aste diamonds and cheap j ewelry He is
usually met with in p ool rooms o n race tracks
and in similar pl aces ; pl aying p oker or playing
,
I N F L U E N C E O F R U LI N G
LA N E T S
43 1
the p onies are amon g his favorite means o f earn

ing a livi ng ; he is very loud and egotistical
anxious t o attract attention no matter how ; he
often gures in court p roceedings o n account o f
shady transactions o r immoral conduct o r unpaid
bills f o r he i s an adept at obtaining credit f o r
everything he wants and never p ays the p rice o f
his exp ensive tastes if there is any way o f avoid
ing a settlement o f his debts A mong the labor
ing class he usually gures as a d emago g ue and
a gitator incitin g to strikes and riots but he is
always ready to sell out a striking union to the
employers
We nd them among the typical
Italian p adrones as keep ers o f sweat -shops and
i n s i m i lar occupations
,
M ars
as
R u l i n g Pl an e t
\Vhen
the arrogant egotistical and fool

hardy a f icted M ars is life ruler the p erson is an
egotist o f the rst water bound to attain to his
wishes by force or destruction if other means
fail ; in fact h e p refers to bulldoze others to do
his will rather than to have them submit without
a struggle He i s a rst -rate slave driver section
boss o n the railway in a construction camp and
similar places a liar braggart bouncer or pugil
ist a daredevil willin g to risk his life and the
lives o f others at any moment and in any under
taking
,
43 2
ft!
Uran u s
as
R u l i n g P l an et
When the stubborn errati c and i n dep e n d

ent a f icted U ranus is life ruler the men
tality is usually so obsessed i n o n e direction or
another that the p erson becomes a fanatic and
generally also there is an excessive sensuality
and p erverted taste
They are always ready
and anxious for an argument as a means o f air
ing their ideas but they are so hypnotized by
their o wn particular fad that they are never con
vi n ce d and can never se e when the argument
go es a gainst them
They always esp ouse the
most radical and unconventional ideas
,
?
Q
N ep t u n e
as
Ru l i n g Pl an e t
When the mediumistic neuroti c and s elf

indul gent af icted N eptune i s life ruler the
person i s of a dreamy neurotic and negative
nature apt to b ecome the medium o f di se m
bodied spirits o r even obsessed by them They
are likely to evolve p sychic p owers of a low grade
such as involuntary clairvoyance crystal gazing
etc and if they are unable to develop these fac
u l t i e s they often stimulate mediumship and other
p sychic gifts for the purpose of duping or de
They have a strong faculty o f
f rau di n g others
imitation and easily become adep ts at deception
,
43 4
and sup ercial wavering and versatile These p eopl e

are o f t en ve ry q uick t o grasp a point and form a
dec i sion but j ust as ready to forget and change their
minds They are adepts at imitation and often p re
tend to virtues o r abilities entirely foreign to their
nature
They are easily swayed by the winds o f
emotion ; o n e moment they may b e hi ghly elated over
some small matter and the next a tri ing t roubl e
bows them down to earth They are inconstant and
unreliable in all their dealings with others because
they d o n o t know their minds two minutes in suc
cession They constitute the agents and middlemen
o f the world
where they occupy a subordinate o r
serving p osition These delineations are p articularl y
apt when many planets are in Common S igns
.
'
M E N T A L E F F E C T O F T H E RI S IN G S I G N
When there are no planets on the A scendant t h e

rising sign has considerable in uence on the typ e of
mind
.
T A ri es
rising gives an energetic enthusiastic and

ambitious typ e of mind but inclined to rash and
impulsive acts and a q uick temp er
,
2
5
T au rus
risin g gives a stubborn headstrong and

selsh nature envious covetous and malicious
when angered
,
11
Gemi n i
rising gives a q uick alert and versatil e

mind easily adaptable t o conditions but so ui di c
,
M E N T A L E FF E C T O F R I S I N G S I G N
43 5
that it lacks the ability absolutely essential

sustained effort and lasting success
to
Can ce r rising gives a negative , imaginative
'
an d
receptive ty pe o f mind sometimes o f a rathe r

morbid nature reserved and mistrustful ; b ut
when such a p erson h as made up his mind t o
do something he is usually very tenacious in hi s
adherence to his ideas ; sympathetic hospitabl e
and kind
,
81 L eo
.
rising gives a frank op en ambitious mind ; a

p owerful will and a p roud honorable and kind
disposition but inclined to be hasty q uick -tem
p ered sensual and apt to go t o extremes
1112
Vi rg o
gives a critical scheming and ingeniou s

mind able to evolve ideas galore but usually lack
ing the initiative t o carry them out unless p rod
ded by others
These p eopl e are very selsh
sel f -centered and reserved
They do not take
other p eople into their conde n ce and they sel
dom b ecome really familiar with anyone
,
rising gives an easy -going but kindly an d

symp athetic typ e o f mind which is unable t o
grasp or cope with the exi gencies o f existence
Therefore these p eopl e drift alon g the stream o f
life taking as much o f the sweet as they can g et
and using every e ff o rt to avoid the bitter The y
crave app robation but i n return adore thei r
friends and are usually bound up in them
L i bra
4 36
T H E S T AR S
S corp i o rising gives a dual typ e
of
mind
This i s
o n e of the most mystical o f the twelve
S ome
times it is symbolized as an eagle representing
the lofty asp iring typ e soaring as does t h e eag l e
i nto the ether
A t other times it i s typied as
a serp ent which c rawls in the dust ; and again as
a scorpion
There is also considerable occult
s ignicance in the fact that the serp ent has the
s ting in its head and the scorp ion has it in its
t ail
Bu t for the p resent purpose we will j udge
t h e two latter as o n e
The S corpio typ e of mind denoted by the
e a gle is thoughtful
reserved and inclined t o
l ofty i deals ; dignied i n demeanor p roud and
with p erfect control o f the temp er
These p eo
p l e a re very reserved and generally keep thei r
o wn counsel
The other typ e when S corpio i s represented
b y the serpent is entirely di ff erent ; deceitful
s hrewd and secretive ; p ast nding out ; sensual
and unforgiving ; j ealous and passionate with a
ve ry sharp tongue and ery temper
.
i us rising gives
S ag i t tar
an energetic aspiring
benevolent mind but rather lacking in ambition
These p eople are usually o f an ardent a ffection
at e disp osition and sometim es very demonstra
t ive
,
V3
Cap ri corn rising gives a tactful , diplomatic , d ee p
and thought f ul typ e
of
mind b ut selsh enviou s

,
CH A P T E R
LU CK
Y O UR
XX
IN
L I FE
BA L T E , wealth and happiness are to most p eo
ple the p rime obj ects o f life and whoever has

them i s ri ghtly considered lucky thou gh as we have
endeavored t o show luck is very closely linked to
m erit and we have earned what we have either i n
th i s or former lives and what we lack in fortune or
ability w e may ac q uire i n this o r later lives by good
u se o f o u r opp ortunities
Thus health and disease vocational ability so
0 1 211 and nancial fortunes m
arria ge etc are shown
i n the horoscop e as outlined in the following pages
,
H E AL T H A N D D I S EA S E
The subj ect o f health and disease i s thoroughly

in that p art o f the book which deals
e lucidated
with medical astrology but those who do not care to
go into the depths o f the subj ect will nd the follow
ing gen eral hints helpful in determining the matter
for ordinary purp oses :
The main indicators of health and disease are
the S u n M oon and A scendant together with the
planets in the F irst H ouse or j ust above the A scend
ant The twelve signs o f the Zodiac confer a vitality
,
43 8
YO UR
LU CK
LI F E
IN
43 9
of
di ffering degrees and when there are no planets

near the rising sign it is of much greater imp ortance
than otherwise The si gns may be classed as follows :
A ries Taurus L eo S corpio and S agittarius are
strongly vital si gns
Gemini V i rgo L ibra and A q uarius are moder
ately vital
Cancer Capricorn and Pisces are signs of weak
vitality
B oth the S u n and the M oon a ffect health in all
horoscopes but the S un is the particular si g n i cat o r
o f health for m en and the M oon has the same func
ti on in a woman s horoscop e Thus i f a boy is born
at a New M oon which is a total eclipse he will have
very p oor chances o f surviving The same may be
said o f a girl born at the F ull M oon when that is
eclipsed
I f the S un i s strong by sign well asp ected by
M ars or by the b en e cs if he i s in essential dignity ;
exaltation or elevation in a male hor oscope it indi
cates the possession of a strong vitality and p resages
a life bl essed by good health I f the M oon is simi
l arl y placed in a woman s horoscop e the same e ffect
follows
On the other hand if the luminaries are in weak
si gns in the S ixth o r Twelfth H ouses or a f ict ed by
S aturn M ars U ranus or N eptune the vitality is
weak and much sickness will result unless from child
hood care is taken to follow the laws o f health and
hygi ene It must be borne in mind that t h e h o ro
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ws o n l y t enden ci es w h i ch work o u t infallibly

if we drift with the tide o f life But on the other
hand it does not show the factor o f the human will
which being divine may enter in and by p rop er e f
forts i n the right direction correct at le ast in a large
measure the limitations
sco p e s h o
It is a good indi cati on o f health when a strong

S ign rises with Jupiter o r V enus close to the A scend
ant and well aspected But if a weak si gn i s o n the
E astern horizon and the life forces are further
sapp ed by S aturn U ranus o r Neptune in the rising
sign a life o f suffering is foreshown
.
With resp ect to M ars it has been found that his

p resence o n the A scendant stren gthens the con st i t u
tion when he i s well aspected but predisp oses t o
feverish o r in am matory complaints when he is af
i ct e d
It should be und erstood that the S un V enus

M ercury the M oon and Jupiter do n o t a f ict save by
s q uare o r opposition whereas the conj unction and
parallel o f S aturn M ars U ranus and N eptune are
consid ered inimical as well as the s q uare and opp o
si t i o n
The a f ictions from Cardi n al S i gns : A ries Can

cer L ibra and Cap ricorn indicate acute ailments
which usually run their course and leave no pa rtie n
lar trace
,
The a f ictions from F i x ed signs : Taurus L eo ,

S corpio and A q uarius indicate organi c or hereditary
,
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Thus i f S aturn is plac ed in L eo it will indicat e

that t h e p e rs on is sub j ect t o heart troubl e If it is
in Pisces it will indicate cold feet The hot and i n
am m at o ry M a rs a f ict ed in A ries the si gn which
rules the head would indicate a tendency to fevers
and so o n with the other planets
There are three nebular spots located i n the 2 0
diac namely : the Pleiades in 29 degrees of Tau
rus ; the A scelli in 6 degrees o f L eo and A ntares
in 8 degrees o f S agittarius
I f the S un or M oon
a re found i n these pl aces and a f icted by a m al e c
be careful of the eyes o r if one of the m al e cs are
in o n e o f these places a f icting t h e S un and Moon
the sam e j ud gment holds good
With these general indications the ordinary stu
dent should be able to j ud ge a horoscop e with respect
to health and disease and should a more thorough ex
amination be desired a study o f the matter i n the
p art dealing with M edical A strol ogy will give the
necessary information
'
T HE S OC IAL
AN D
F I NA N C I A L F O R T U N ES
The vocation nancial fortune and social stand

ing like all other matte rs should be j ud ged from
the whole horoscop e but the S ec ond the S ixth the
E i ghth and the Tenth H ouses with their lords are
the chief si g n i cat o rs
T h e S eco n d H o us e indicates what the p erson
earns by h i s own eff orts When Jupiter V enus the
,
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S un , the M oon and M ars are well -aspected and placed
i n the S econd H ouse o r lord thereof they attract

wealth commensurate with the number and closeness
ex
o f their aspects and whether they are dignied
alted o r el evated B ut if S aturn M ars U ranus and
Neptune are elevated and a f ict the S u n and M oon
it is a sure sign of nancial misfortune
Jupiter in the S econd H ouse is moderately gen
e ro u s bu t M ars makes a free spender and co n se
q uently the money he brings goes about as fast as it
comes S aturn i n the S econd H ouse or ruler makes
the p erson thrifty and saving but he will nd it di f
cult to make ends meet unless S aturn i s i n his ex
al t at i o n S ign L ibra and well -aspected wit h Jupiter ;
then fortune comes by legacy o r in the latter p art o f
life U ranus in the S econd H ouse and in good asp ect
to Jup iter o r the S un and M oon i s also a good In al
cation of nancial fortune
T h e E i g h t h H o us e :
The planetary in uences
which brin g nancial fortune through the p erson s
own e fforts when op erating through the S econd H ouse
b ring money through the marriage part nership or
l egacy when operating through the E i ghth H ouse
Thus Jupiter in the E i ghth H ouse indicates money
by marriage o r partnershi p if well -aspected by the
S un M oon V enus or the lord o f the S eventh H ouse
B ut if asp ected by S aturn and U ranus it shows a
M ars in the E i ghth H ouse well -aspected
legacy
shows a husband wife o r partner with good earning
capacity but too free a spender The other indica
,
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tions enumerated as acting through the S econd H ouse

may b e si milarly applied to the E i ghth
.
V O CA TI ON
When the ma j ority o f the planets are well

asp ected and above the E arth o r when the S un is
in good asp ect to the M oon and M ars it is generally
easy for the p erson to obtain a situation and when
the S u n is in good asp ect to Jupiter it gives p romise
B ut when the maj ority
o f a lucrative occupation
o f the planets are below the E arth weak and a f icted
o r when the S u n is in bad asp ect to the M oon M ars
o r Jupiter it is usually difcult for the p erson to nd
employment
To nd the employment in which the p erson will
be m ost likely to succeed consider the nature and
si gnicance o f the Houses and S i gns which hold the
ma j ority of the planets
When the ma j ority o f the planets are in the
F i ery S i gns A ries L eo and S agittarius it indicates
as p rotabl e the occupations in which the metals and
re play a p rominent part such as machinists e n
g i n ee rs ch au eu rs smiths cutlers barbers surgeons
sold i ers and hazardous and dangerous vocations
I f the maj ority o f the planets are found i n the
E art h y S i gns Taurus V irgo and Cap ricorn it indi
cates success in agriculture horticulture gardening
l and mines timber building materials and as con
tractor for buildings ; houses ; dealers in foodstuffs
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the Tenth H ouse it indicat es a governm ent posi

tion o r empl oym ent i n an executive capacity
,
Ve n us
life ruler indicat es empl oyment in an

a rt istic capa city a s a musician sin ger actor
theatrical agent manufacturer or d ealer in milli
nery or fancy goods laces emb roidery and
women s clothing ; candy and confections o w
etc
e rs or orn aments
as
M e rcury
life rule r indicates success in lit era

tu re o r on a l ecture platform ; as p rint e rs pub
l i sh ers o r b oo kke e p ers ; as school teachers ex
p ress a gents mail ca rriers comme rcial t ravele rs
stenographers secre taries o f c e worke rs and all
other clerical and t raveling occupation s
as
life r ule r si gn i e s success as t ravel

ing sal es men rail road employees ticket agents
and other p ositions conce rned with the trans
p o rt at i o n of the public ; ca r build ers hotel keep
e rs dealers i n u i di c co mmodities nu rses obst et
ri ci an s
s herm en sai l ors and othe rs employed
on ship bo a rd and in the shipping trades
Th
Mo o n
as
S at urn
life rule r si gn i es all employments con

n e ct ed with the ea rt h such as agri c ul ture
gar
deni ng mines bui lding and building materi al s ;
diplomats j ud ges politicians p oli ce j aile rs de
t ect i ves sec re t servi ce a gents and al l whos e work
is a ccompli s hed by st ealth and strategy ; ni ght
as
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workers and those engaged in slow plodding la

b o ri o us work
,
21
as life rule r si gnies su ccess in the p ro f e s

sions as l awyers j ud ges clergymen ambassa
dors cabinet o fcers senators congressm en o r
other p ositions o f publi c trust ; bankers n an
ci al
a gents physicians benevolent o r soci al
wo rkers
J u p i t er
,
a Mars
life ruler signies employments i n which

i ron and sharp instrum ents are p rominent such
as soldi ers and surgeons smiths machinists bar
bers structural iron workers founders molders
engineers and all dangerous employments
as
Uran us
as life ruler signi es employments i n

which ai r electricity thought p ower and genius
a re chief facto rs such as inventors electricians
aviato rs and those interested in superno rmal
o r sup er -physical sub j ects su ch as p sychology
ph re nolo gy ma gnetic divine or mental healing ;
cooperative colonies socialism and advanced
id eas o f life and living
,
Q)
N ep tun e
life ruler indicates occupations i n vo l v

ing the occult watery and p sychi c elements ; also
those i n which fraud and deception are ramp ant
becau se the genuine a rticl e i s so rare These i n
cl ude
astrol ogers medium s and clai rvoyants
Neptune also p roduces some highly inspirational
musicians
as
CH A PT E R X XI
MA RRI A G E
AN D
O FFS PRIN G
H E RE was a time when man in the making was
male -female and able to beget children without

the assistance o f another but when on e p ole o f the
creative force was directed upward to build the
brain and the larynx mankind ceased to be bisexual
and thenceforth each mal e o r female had to seek its
c ompl ement t o accomplish the be getting of children
Therefore marriage was instituted by the angels as a
sacrament and the sacred rite of generation was p er
forme d under the i r supervision in great temples at
certain times of the year when the int erplanetary lines
The rest
o f force were p ropitious for p ropagation
o f the time all lived together in the paradisiacal bliss
o f chaste companionshi p
Therefore p arturition was
also painless and sickness and sorrow were unknown
But when under the guidance o f the fallen an
gels the L ucifer sp irits mankind commenced to ex e r
cise t h e creative function for pleasure regardless o f
the stellar ray death entered and the woman began
t o br i ng forth her c h ildren in sorrow and su ffering
F o r though a minister may l eg all y marry p eopl e he
being i gnorant o f the stellar script cannot see if the
basi c harmony necessary to truly mate two souls is
,
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it would intensify love and happiness year b y year

The bond of a ff ection would grow stronger and aid
the soul growth o f those under its magic spell as no
other relation can
They
Children would not be accidents then
would be loved into life and they would scarcely miss
the heaven they had left f o r th ey would nd in their
homes a heaven on earth
Therefore we p ray that
the time may soon come when e ach community will
have its matrimonial bureau conducted up on the
astrological basis where p arents may send their
child s birth data and receive in return the name and
address of another child who will be harmonious as a
m ate
I f the parents of both feel satised with re
spe ct to family connections etc the children could
be made ac q uainted ; if n o t other names could b e sub
m i tt e d by the bureau until one suitable according to
both the social and astrological standards were found
The child ren could then become playmates and there
i s no doubt that in time their a ff ection would grow
into a love that would satisfy the youthful sentiments
o f romance
L ate r an ideal m arriage would crown
their happiness
No r shoul d we wait for the church or state to take
the initiative
If parents who believe in astrolo gy
would form asso ciations maintaining a central b u
reau where the horoscopes o f thei r child ren could b e
kept o n le group ed and classied wi t h a view t o
nding true mates for them it would give such a
p ractical demonstration o f the worth o f astrology
.
MARR I AG E
AND
O F F S P RI N G
45 1
that in twenty ve years enough cases co ul d b e

p ointed o ut to arrest the attention o f conservativ e
p eople
.
H arm on y
and
D i sco rd
M an is as Paul says spirit soul and body There

fore the blending of t wo beings in p erfect harmony
,
re q uires that they be in accord o n the spiritual

moral and physical planes symbolized in the horo
scop e by the S un and M oon ( S pirit or E g o ) M ar s
and V enus ( soul o r sex ) and the A scendant govern
ing the physical body These si g n i cat o rs taken to
gether with the sign on the S eventh H ouse and t h e
planet therein S how the innat e agre ement o r discord
between p eople so far as the matrimonial relationshi p
is concern ed
The physical harmony i s j ud ged by compariso n
F iery
o f the ris ing sign o f the two p ersons involved
si gns agree so do earthy airy o r watery signs But
a p ers on with a watery si gn rising cannot suc ces s
fully mat e with o n e who h as a ery o r earthy S l g IL
o n the A scendant
It i s like mixing re and water
o r heaping eart h up on it
F ire will only combin e
with re and air Peopl e having a watery sign on
th e A scendant may harmonize with a p erson havin g
an earthy si gn rising or vi ce versa But neither t h e
earthy n o r watery si g ns will mix with the ai ry trip
,
l i ci t y
O n the m oral plane the relationship is govern e d

by Mars and V enus If V enu s in the horoscope of
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p ers on is in the same S i gn and degree as M ars in

t h e horoscop e o f another p erson there will be love
a t rst sight when they meet but the attracti on will
b e sexual and unless there are other p owerful si gns
o f harmony M ars will dominat e V enus especially if
M ars is situated in the S eventh H ouse o r hi ghly ele
y ated above V enus in the other person s horoscop e
one
When the S un in o n e p erson s horoscop e is o n

t h e pla ce o f the M oon i n the other person s chart
h armony is shown on the spi ritual plane
T he ideal marria ge re q uires the blending of the

t wo cha rt s in all these particulars and the happ iness
will depend up on the measure of agreement as indi
cat e d
There are unions where p eopl e are sexually
m ated but have entirely di ff erent characteristics in
o ther respects and vice versa
Therefore the two
chart s must be examined in thei r entirety t o give a
r eliabl e j ud gm ent
.
The fo l lowin g will explain the indications for

m arria ge in t h e indi vidual horoscop e of both sexes
.
M en
M arri ag es
A n early marriage i s indicated in a man s horo

s cop e :
When he i s born i n the light of the M oon

a t the t ime she is p rogressi n g from the new to the
f ull p rovided sh e is placed in the F ourth F ifth
S ixth Tenth E leventh or Twelft h H ouse
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M arriage is denied
d i ffi culty :
or
T H E S T AR S
accomplished with great
When S aturn is in S corpio which rule s t h e

enitals
if
the
oon
is
there
parallel
con
unction
M
r
o
j
g
s q uare or opp osition to S aturn the planet of o b st ru c
t ion for then there is little or no desire for sexual
i ntercourse hence such p eople generally remain bach
(1)
e l o rs
( 2) When the M oon or V enus the planet of

l ove is a f icted in the S aturn i ne si gn Cap ricorn
e specially if the a f iction comes from S aturn
t he
p lanet of obstruction many obstacles to marriage p re
s ent themselves and it i s doubtful if they can b e over
c ome hence it is unlikely that the p erson will marry
,
( 3 ) When the M oon i s s q uare or opposition t o

t h e S un it is difcult f o r the p erson to make up his
m ind on any subj ect and if the M oon is p laced in the
F irst
S econd Third
S eventh E ighth or N inth
H ouses this will make it p articularly di fcult to
c ome t o a decision regarding marriage
I f at the
s ame time there is an af iction from S atur n he will
n ever make up his mind
hence marriage will not b e
consummated
,
( 4) When the M oon is in the last degrees of a

S ign sh e is said to be void of course and if at the same
t ime sh e makes no aspect t o other planets it shows
a lack o f attraction to the opposite sex which will
p robably p revent the p erson ente ring the marria ge
r elation
,
MA RR I A GE A N D O FF S P R I N G
W om e n
A n early ma rriage
horoscop e :
45 5
M arri ag es
is
indicated in a wo man s
( 1 ) W h e n sh e i s born in the li ght o f the M oon

that is to say when the o rb o f night is going from
the new to the full and the S un is placed in the
F ourth F ifth S ixth Tenth E leventh or Twelfth
Ho uses
.
( 2) When the S un and V enus are in on e of the

fruitful signs Cancer S corpio o r Pisces and well
aspected
,
( 3 ) When the S un V enus and M ars are well

aspected esp ecially if in the F ifth or S eventh H ouses
which govern courtship and marriage
,
( 4 ) When a fruitful sign i s ri sing with Cancer

S corpio or Pisces in the F ifth or S eventh H ouses
,
( 5 ) When the S un M ars and V enus are di g n i

e d el evat ed well and strongly asp ected
,
( 6 ) When Jupiter
H o u se wel l aspected
or
V enus i s
in the S eventh
A late marriage i s shown in a woman s horo

scop e :
( 1 ) When sh e i s born in the dark of the M oon
that is t o say when the M oon is going from the full
to the new and the S un is in the F irst S econd
Third S eventh E i ghth or Ninth H ouses
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45 6
( 2) When the S un and V enus are a f icted by

S aturn M ars U ranus o r Ne ptune especially if
placed in the F ifth o r S eventh H ouses which govern
marriage and courtship
,
'
( 3 ) When S aturn Mars U ranus

are in the F ifth o r S eventh H ouses
,
or
Neptune
( 4) When the M oon i s s q uare or opp osition to

V enus o r Jupiter delays and trouble in courtship
and marriage may be looked for
,
( 5 ) When the M oon i s p arell el s q uare or opp o

si t i o n to U ranus the octave of V enus that also will
bring delays
,
M arria ge is denied or accomplished only with
great di fculty :
( 1 ) When S aturn i s in S corpio the sign which

rules the genitals o r when the S un is there p arallel
conj unction s q uare o r O p position to S aturn the
planet of obstruction there is little or n o desire f or
sexual intercour se hence when this si gn is found in a
woman s horoscop e it i s safe to j ud g e that she will
remain a spinster
,
2)
When the S un o r Vie n u s the planet of love

i s a f icted in the S aturnine sign Capri corn
p art i c
u l arl y if the a f iction comes from S aturn the planet
o f obstruction
there will be many obs tacles to mar
ri e ge and it is very doubtful if under the circum
stances a marriage will resul t
,
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M E S SA GE O F
T H E S T AR S
i n the S eventh H ouse the testimony is all the more

p otent and it i s also foreshown that the marriage
will be dissolved
I n this resp ect S aturn and M ars indicate death
o f the marriag e pa rtner ; U ranus may also bring
about this ending if a f icted by S aturn o r M ars but
otherw ise it poin ts rather to a clandestine rel a
tion
ship which will p robably bring about the dissolution
o f marria ge by dese rtion o r divorce
,
S eco n d M arri ag es
I f o n e o r more o f the m al e cs S aturn M ars

U ranus and N eptune are found in the S eventh
H ouse and the S u n or M oon are in a fruitful sign
Cancer S corpio or Pisces or in the double -bodied
signs Gemini o r S agittarius it i s likely that the
p erson will marry several times and p robably to his
s orrow
I f the S un o r M oon are asp ect ed t o a number o f
planets placed in double -bodied si gns Gemini S ag
i t t ari u s o r Pisces esp ecially if these signs are o n the
S eventh H ouse two o r more marriages are likely to
occu r When the rul er of the A scendant is placed in
the S eventh H ouse well asp ected to other planets and
in a double -bodied si gn Gemini S agittarius and
Pisces it indicat es a plurality o f marriages
,
D escri p ti o n
th
H us ban d
or
Wi f e
I n a man s horoscope the planets t o which the

M oon makes an asp ect by p rogression after birth
,
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45 9
indicate the women to whom he will b e attracted

t ogether with their character and disp osition which
i s determined by t h e S i gn that the planet is i n and
the aspects which it makes F o r illustration let us
supp ose that the M oon I n a certain p erson s horo
scope comes rst to a sextile of the S un in L eo and
that the S u n is aspected by a trine t o Jupiter then
we shall nd the description o f the wife by looking
up the di sp osition and charact er in the chapter o f
the S un under the S un in L eo and the S un trine
Jup iter
This would indicate a lady o f amb itious
disp osition a noble character blonde and o f orid
complexion I f on the other hand we nd that the
M oon after birth makes a s q uare t o M ars in S corpio
and M ars in turn s q uare to V enus then it would
S how a woman o f a very lewd slothful and slovenly
nature who would be domineering q uarrelsome and
extremely di fcult to get alon g with S imilarly for
the other planets
In a woman s horoscop e the husband is described
by the planets to which the S un makes an aspect by
p rogression thes e planets t o b e taken in connection
with the S ign where they are found and the planets
with which they in turn form con gurations and
the method is the same as indicated i n the case o f
the M oon i n a man s horoscope
It S hould be re
marked howeve r that when the si g n i cat o r o f the
marriage partner aspected by the S un o r M oon is
retrograde o r weak by S i gn as S aturn in A ries or
Jupiter in Gemini the attraction i s not strong enough
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culminate into a marriage but will p robably indi

cate only a p assing attraction
Therefore the st u
d ent must use his j udgment in these respects
to
Ch il dren
Whether a p erson will have children or not can

n o t b e j udged from his o r her individual horoscop e
with any degree o f accuracy for this matter i s not
d ependent o n one only therefore the horoscop e of
the p rospective parents should be comp ared and the
individual indications blend ed then if both horo
scopes show a fruitful nature many children will be
born but if both are only moderately fertile or if
one i s very fruitful and the other barren the forecast
must be made accordingly
The indications shown in the individual horo
scop e may be int erpreted as follows
The M oon is the planet o f fecundation and there
fore the most imp ortant si g n i cat o r ; next comes
V enus the planet o f l ove and attraction ; and last
Jupiter the planet o f benevolence I f either o f these
planets is in the F ifth H ouse which indicates chil
d ren and in o n e of the fruitful or double -bodied
si gns Cancer S corpio Pisces Gemini o r S agittarius
it is an indication that the p erson h as a fruitful na
ture and will have a number o f children who will be
o f a good and pleasant disp osition
A similar j udg
ment may be formed if the E leventh H ouse i s thus
invested F o r if we tu rn the horoscop e upsid e down
so that the S eventh H ouse becomes the F irst then it
,
CH A P T E R
PR OG RES S I O N
F at e
XX I I
H O R OS C OPE
OF T H E
or
F reewi l l
H E N a chain is sub j ected t o strain i m p erf e c

,
tions in any o f its links become manifest and

the weakest link w ill break rst S imilarly in the
case of the body there are certain inherent weak
points and these are indicated in the horoscop e F r o m
the moment o f birth we subj ect the body to a constant
strain and in time the weakness of the various p oint s
becom e manifest as disease
The movement of t h e
planets after birth measures the time when any p ar
t i cul ar link is liable to break
This motion o f the
planets in the horoscop e is called

Progression
S tudy and p ra
ctice o f medical A strology re q uires
knowledge o f how to p rogress the planets in the horo
scop e and we shall therefore take up that sub j ect in
connection with the message o f the stars relative t o
disease
When the S un rises in the E ast the day is youn g
and the labors allotted to e ach are still befor e
us Gradually the S un p rogresses across the arched
vaul t o f the heavens and marks the tim e set for t h e
performance o f our various duties for keeping o u r
app ointments for taking nourishment res t and m er e
,
46 2
P R O GRE S S I O N O F T H E H O R O S C O P E
46 3
ation ; and when it h as run its course through the day

and has ceased to illuminate o u r sphere o f action its
absence invites sleep until the dawn of a new day
shall p resent op p ortunities f o r continuation o f the
activities left in abeyance from the p revious day I f
the S un remained stationary in any certain p oint o f
the sky it would n o t serve as a time marker but as it
is all events o f our lives are xed by its p rogression
The horoscop e is a chart o f the heavens f o r the
time when the mystic S un and L ife rises and awakes
us from the l ong sleep between two lives ; then we are
born in the physical world to continue the labors o f
a previous life to keep the app ointment there made
with fri end o r f oe ; to reap the j o y o r bear the sorrow
which is the fruitage o f o u r former existence o n earth
and as the p rogression o f the S un marks the changing
time o f day and year as it ushe rs in season after
season in orderly se q ue nce and changes the app ear
ance o f the Great World the M acrocosm so p ro g re s
sion o f the horoscop e a veritable Clock o f D estiny
registers accurately when the tendencies shown by
the natal horoscop e will culminate in events ; it
measures the p eriods o f p rosp erity and adversity ; it
warns of impending temptation and tells from what
q uart er it will come thus aiding u s to escape if we
will but listen to its warning The natal horoscop e
shows unerringly weak points in o u r character o r con
st i t u t i o n
but the progre ssed horoscop e indicates
when p revious indul gence o f harmful habits is s ch ed
ul ed to bring sorrow o r sickness ; it tells truthfully
,
T H E M E S SA GE O F TH E S T AR S
46 4
when c rises culminate ; thus it warns us t o be o n the

alert at critical moments and f o rt i es us i n the dark
e st hour o f calamity with hop e o f surcease o f sorrow
and sickness at a denite time hence the importance
O f knowing h ow to p rogre ss the horoscop e
B ut some may say if all is thus foreshown it
argues an inexorable destiny decreed by divine ca
p rice what u se is there then o f striving o r knowing ;
l et us eat d rink and be merry for tomorrow we die
I f we were born into this life o n earth for the rst and
o nly time to live here f o r a while and then pass away
from this sphere never to return fate and favoritism
i ndep endent o f j us tice would seem to rule S uch can
not be the c ase in a world where everything else is
g o verned by law human existence must also be re du c
ible to a system and we hold that a reasonable solu
t ion o f the mystery o f life i s given by the Twin L aws
o f B eing : the L aw o f R ebirth and the L aw o f Caus
ation
That whi ch has a beginning must have an end
an d conversely
that which is without ending can
n ever have had a beginning
I f the human spirit is
immort al and cannot die n either can it be born ; if
it w
ill live to all eternity it must have lived from
e ternity there is no escape from this truth ; p re -exist
e nce must be accepted if immortality is a fact in
n ature
I n this world there is no law more plainly o b se rv
able than the law o f alternating cycles which de cre es
succession o f u ebb and o w day and night summer
,
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'
46 6
T HE
S T AR S
p redictions are ever liable t o founder ; that at times

i s the Waterloo of even the most careful and compe
tent astr ologer yet the very failure o f wellfounded
p redictions is the blessed assurance that we are not
f ated to do thus and so because o u r horoscop e shows
that at a certain time the stellar rays impel us in a
given direction I n the nal a n alysis we are th e arbi
ters o f our destiny and it is si gnicant t h at while it
is p ossible to p redict f o r the great maj ority o f man
kind with absolut e certainty that the p rediction will
be vindicated because t hey drift along the sea o f life
directed by the current o f circumstance p redict i ons
for the st ri vm g idealist fail in p roportion to his spi r
i t u al attainm ent o f will p ower which rous es him to
self assertion and resistance of wrong
A beautiful little poem by E lla Wheeler Wilcox
gives the idea in a most pleasing form :
,
il s E ast an d an o th e r sail s W e st
W i th t h e s el f s am e w i n ds th at b l o w ;
T is t h e se t o f th e s ail
On e
hi p
sa
An d
Th at
n ot
th
de t e rm i n e s
g al e
th
way th e y
go
L ike t h e w i n ds o f t h e se a ar e t h e ways
A s we vo ya g e al o n g thro ug h L i f e ;
T i s th
That
An d
n ot
th
e act o f
th
e so u l
de te rm i n e s t h
e cal m
or
th
e s
g o al ,
tr i f e
of
f at e ,
CH A P T E R
D IFF EREN T
XX II I
MET H ODS O F P R OGRE SS I O N
AN D T H E
RE AS O N
F OR
THEM
the physical world in whi ch we liv e

move and have our being at the p resent time
where sunshine and rain storm and snow heat an d
cold a e ct o u r physical being in various ways a worl d
an d
o f n er sub st an ce p ermeates the denser matter
the forc es indigenous t o that realm impinge upo n
o u r souls
as feelings desires and emotions becaus e
the soul is clothed in substance from that world Mys
tics therefore call this realm i n nature the D esir e
World
A still more subtle substanc e an ocean o f
Thought p erv ades both the D e sire World and t h e
Physical World and as t h e mind is comp ose d o f
substance from that region it senses the waves o f
thought genera t ed by other spirits endowed wit h
mind
H ere i n the physical world Time and S pace are
p rime factors o f existence but in the D esire Worl d
distance is p ractically eliminated because sp irits hav
ing dropp ed the mortal coil travel with the s p eed o f
lightning and as spiritual sight pierc es the dense st
substance light there is never obscured so t h ere i s n o
night neither does heat and cold a ect the s oul,
E S ID E S
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46 7
468
ence the re is no seasonal division either to mark

B ut nev
t ime as denitely as in the physi cal world
and
e rt h e l es s there is a ce rtain se q uence of events
i n so ul i g h t s from place to place o n the globe w e
sense the nature of intervening country i n spite of
but in the W o rl d o f Thought to think of a
s p eed
p lace i s to be there instanter neither i s t h ere past or
: future events a re n o t sep arated by time o r places by
s pace but all is one eternal h ere and n o w
A s the science o f A strology is founded in cosmic
there are also three stages in progression from
: fact
i nc i p i ent events in the Wo rld of Thought
to aecom
p l i sh e d facts I n the Physical World and there are
t wo method s o f horoscop ic p rogressions p ertaining t o
t h e ne r realms besides the actual movement ob se r
v ab l e in the H eavens
S up p ose a p ole billions of miles long stuck int o
t h e earth at t h e E q uator and at right angles to the
p oles then as the earth turns upon its axis the end
o f
the p ole would describe a circle in the heavens ;
t his the A st ronomers call t h e

Celestial E q uat or
a n d the p osition o f a heavenly body o n this line i s
m easured i n degrees and minutes o f

Right A seen
s ion
from the p oint where the su n cr osses the e q ua
t or at the vernal e q uinox
This axial rotation o f the
e arth brings a new degree to the zenith o r M eridian
about every four minutes and by t h e rules of o n e sys
t em o f p rogression we may calculate how many de
g rees o f Ri ght A scension come t o the M eridian p osi
t i on from bi rt h to the formation of a certain aspect
h
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2
17 0
T HE M E S SA GE OF T HE
S T AR S
eopl e know their birth hour t o the second therefore

t his system o f p ro gression is of little use and little
u sed
S hadows of events p roj ected from the denser
D esi re World are longer and more denite ; it does
n o t re q uir e great delicacy or p recision to calculate
-3 6 0 p a rt of a yea r e uals
n
1
rogressio
at
the
rate
of
q
p
1 year
B y this method an error o f 2 hours in the
g iven time of bi rth woul d only cause an error o f 1
m onth i n p redictions ; this system therefore gives
u niversal satisfaction
and is most commonly used
In the following pages we shall explain a simplied
m ethod o f this system of p rediction whereb y mathe
m e tical calculation o f events f o r a whole life may
b e performed in a few minutes by any intelligent
c hild who can add and subtract
p
T H E A D J U S TED CA L CU LA T I O N D A TE
When a child i s b orn at 7 A M in New Y ork

a n d another at 6 A M i n Chicago a third at 1 P M
i n B erlin a fourth at 2 P M in S t Petersburg and
a fth at 1 2 noon in L ondon the O bservatory clock
at Greenwich would p oint t o n oon at the exact mo
m ent when all these children were bo rn hence though
t h e clocks i n their several birthplaces p ointed to dif
f e ren t hours the Greenwich M ean Time o f thei r
noon A nd as the planets

b irths would b e identical
p laces in the ephemeris are calculated for Greenwich
it would b e u n necessa ry to make c orrections ;
n oon
.
D I FF E RE N T
ME T H O D S
ESS
O F PR O G R
ION
'
47 1
we s h oul d simply place each planet in the natal

ho roscopes as tabulated in the ephemeris
This
woul d be most convenient but the sav i ng o f cal cu
lation in a natal horoscope where the G M T is
noon fades into i n si g n i can ce before the facility this
gives in p rogressing the planets for years subse q uent
to birth as re q uifed to p redict events for in natal
horoscop es where the G M T is before or after
noon t h e pl a
ces o f the planets must be calculated for
each year j ust the same as at birth We have evolved
the follow i ng S i mple method o f saving this calcula
tion and copying the p ro gressed planets dir ect from
the ephemeris into any horoscop e
.
Th
e orem
I f the Greenwich M ean Time o f birth was b efo r e

n oon
it i s evident that the planets places i n the
ephemeris are calculated f o r a l at er time and also
that as they p rogress at the rate o f a day ( of 24
hours ) for a year they will reach the L ongitude
given in the ephemeris some day within a year after
birth
Th
eo r em
II
I f the G M T of birth was af t er noon it is

plainly to be seen that the planets places in the
ephemeris for the year of birth a re calculated for an
e arl i er time than birth
and that the p osition there
gi ven corresp onds to a certain day in the twelve
month b ef o re birth
.
47 2
F urthermore,
if we can nd the date in the

twelve -month before birth o r after as the case may
be when the planets were in the d egree and minute
o f longitude regist ered in the ephemeris we may u se
that date as a starting p oint o f calc ulation instea d of
the bi rthday and as aspects formed during the travel
o f the planets from the p osition given o n any noon
to the noon next follow i n g indicate events in the cor
responding year o f life the same starting d ate may
be used f o r any year Therefore once that ad j usted
calculation date h as been found no further caleu
lation is re q uired to p rogress the planets in that horo
scop e ; they may be simply copied from the ep h emeri s
It is only necessary to bea r in mind that the horo
scope thus erected do es n o t apply to the year f ro m
bi r th day t o bi rt h day but from the adj usted cal cu
lation date o f o n e year t o the same date o f the next
There are two m ethods o f nding this date ; the rst
i s the most di fcult and not so accurate but it S hows
the philosophy o f the correction better than the sec
o n d meth od and we therefore give examples o f both
We will u se the gu re N o 1 5 ( M edical A strolo gy
S ection )
which is the horoscop e o f a lady who
died o f hemorrhages A p ril 19 09 to illus trate how the
ad j usted calculation date is found but defer de scri p
tion o f the case and its crises The lady was born
A p ril 25 t h 1 8 7 2 L at 40 N 80 W L on g at
P M
We rst nd the G M T by add i ng to the
l ocal time o f bi rth 4 minutes for each degree the
birthplace is west o f Greenwich
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T H E S T AR S
( 2) To this interval add the S idereal Time for

Green wich noon o n the bi rthday as given in the
ephemeris
The sum of these i s the S idereal Time
of the A dj usted Calculation D ate
,
( 3 ) When the G M T at birth is A M co un t

f orwards in the ephemeri s till yo u nd a day havi ng
the re q uired S T t hat is the A d j usted Calcul ation
I) ate
.
( 4 ) When the G M T at birth is P M r ead

backwards in the ep hemeris till you nd the day
having the re q uired S T which designates it as the
A d j usted Calcul ation D ate
.
We shall use the same example as before to dem

o n st rat e this method
S ection I directs us to nd the i nterval between
G M T and the following noon
Please observe this
the fo l l o wi n g noon for all depends up on this being
accurately understood
.
A p ril
A p ril
25 ,
Interval from G M T to next Noon
17
F rom
S ubtra ct G M T
.
N oon
26 ,
62
50 P M
.
hrs
10
min
By S ection 2 o f Rule :
A dd S T o f birthday
as given in ephemeris
.
S T of
.
A d j usted Calculation D ate
hrs 1 5 min
19
hrs 25 min
D I F F E RE N T M E T HOD s
P R O GRE S S I O N
'
OF
47 5
By S ection 4 of Rule :
A s G M T i s P M we read backwards in t h e
column o f the ephemeris giving S T until we come
to Jan 1 2 1 8 7 2 O n that day the S T is 1 9 h rs 26
min ah a the A C D is therefore Jan 1 2t h 1 872
T hus by both methods we have arrived at iden
tical results but sli ght discrepancies may ap p ear in
using the p roporti onal method because that makes no
allowances for long and sho rt months hence the
method last demonstrated i s more accurate as well
as easier I f this lady had b een born two hours later
the A d j usted Calcul ation D ate would have been D e
ce m b e r 1 2 1 8 7 1 and where children are born l at e
in the year and earl y in the mornin g the A d j usted
Calcul ation D ate may run into January or F ebruary
of the next year It i s th eref o re very i m p o rtan t t o
s t at e t h e A dj u s t e d Cal cu l at i o n D at e b y y ear also In
this case January 1 2 1 8 7 2
N o w that we have arrived at the p oint whe re
we are to make u se of o ur A O D to p rogre ss t h e
lady s horoscope and show how accurately it marks
the crises the rst application of the date to the horo
scop e is a cru cial p oint and the student is earnestly
warned t o overlook no word in o u r description so
that he may ac q uire understanding o f the p rinciple
O nce havin g grasp ed the p oint an immense amount
of labor will be saved so it will p ay to follow our
instructions t o the lette r
Write in the mar g in o f your ephemeris for I872
opp osite the birthday ( A p ril
Janua ry 1 2 187 2
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T HE
476
O pp osite A p ril 26 write January 1 2 1 8 7 3

O pp o
sit e A p ril 27 write January 1 2 1 8 7 4 and so on as
shown below E very day a fter birth corresp onds to
a certain year of life which starts o n the day written
in the margin and the planets in line with any
A C D indicate the events for twelve months from
that date
.
Jan 1 2 1 8 7 2
Jan 1 2 1 8 7 3
Jan 12 1 8 74
Jan 1 2 18 77
Jan 1 2
.
Ap r
Apr
Ap r
Ap r
25
26
27
30
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
Jan
M ay 1
1 2,
1 2, 1 8 98
1 2, 1 9 08
1 2, 1 909
1 2, I9 1 0
May 1 1
M ay 21
M ay 3 1
June 1
June 2
The motion o f the S un and planets from day to

day is slow and as we count a day for a year w e may
liken thei r p rogression to the short hand on the clock
o f d estiny : they indicate the year when a certain co n
diti on shown in the natal horoscope has rip ened and
i s ready to manifest as an event The swift movin g
M oon is the l ong hand ; it marks the months when
asp ects culminate In events Therefore we divide i t s
motion during the year commencing with any ad
j usted calculation date by 1 2 but for rough g ur
ing w e may consider the M oon s travel in the p ro
g re ss ed horoscop e o n e degree a month
Planetary aspects alone do not op erate however ;
an aspect o f the p rogressed M oon o r a New M oon
is re q uired to focus the hidden forces
Therefore
crises shown by the planets are sometimes retarded
beyond the tim e when the asp ect culminate d and we
,
T H E S TAR S
47 8
date Jan 1 2 1 909 but p rogress the Mo on from the

A C D Jan 1 2 1 908 and Jan 1 2 1 9 09 ( May 3 1
and June 1 in the 1 8 7 2 ephemeris ) to S h ow the crisi s
thus marked
If we subtract the M oon s longitude on a given
day from its place on the following day the di ff er
ence is i t s motion during the 24 hours intervening
which corresponds to a ye ar o f life in p rogression and
division by 1 2 gives us its rate o f monthly travel
,
M oon s place o n A C D Jan 1 2 1 9 09

( June 1 in ephemeris f o r
M oon s place o n A C D Jan 12 1 908
( M ay 3 1 in ephemeris f or 1 8 72)
A ries
A ries
M oon s travel from Jan 1908 t o Jan 1 909
M oon s monthly travel is 1 -I 2th
of
the above :
1 degree 6 minutes
This we add to it s plac e for each
m onth as shown in the following tabl e :
A ries
A rie s
,
1 908
Jan
1 9 08
12
O ct
12
No v
12
12
De c
12
12
Feb
12
Mar
Ap r
May
June
Jul y
12
Jan
12
F eb
Au g
12
M ar 1 2
12
Ap r
S ept
12
1 909
.
12
12
12
D I FF E R EN T M E T H O D S O F P R O GRE S S I O N
479
B y comparin g this tabl e with the horoscop e w e

note three aspects in 1 908 and o n e in 1 9 09 all from
the H ouse of death
( 1 ) The M oon in S agittari us at birth giv es the
Wanderlust
but if means are lacking and health
none too good ( the lady also had S t V itus dance as
a child when the M oon p rogressed to con j unction o f
Neptune and s q uared U ranus ) and the M oon at
birth is coop ed up in the F ourth H ouse ( the home )
such desires cannot easily be realize d
When the
M oon p rogressed into the E ighth H ous e whi ch
brin gs gifts and legacies als oand cast a trine t o it s
place at birth in F ebruary 1 9 08 it imp roved the
health brought a gift from a brother and caused the
lady to travel
( 2) I n July 19 08 the M oon s q uared S aturn at
birth and excited h i s natal p arallel to U ranus an d
Jup iter This brought an illness as violent as it was
sudden which forced the lady to abandon furt her
travel and return home H ad it not been f o r the sex
tile o f the p rogressed S un results must have been fatal
( 3 ) In O ctober 1 908 the M oon p rogressed t o
con j unction o f V e nus in the natal chart This for
a tim e alleviated su ffering t o som e extent but yo u
will note that from the time O f the rst violent at
tack i n July 1 9 08 to the end o f life A pril 09 the
p rogressed M oon sq uared the degrees between S at
urn s place at bi rt h and his p rogres sed p osition f o r
1 9 09 as shown in the outer r i ng of the horoscop e
This made the b en e cen t action o f V enus less pot ent
,
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T HE
M ES S A GE
OF T H E
S T AR S
( 4 ) I n A p ril 1 9 09 t h e p rogresse d M oon s q uared

the natal p os i tions o f Jupiter and U ranus also the
p rogressed p osition of S aturn
This inimical force
f rom the house o f death t h e E i gh th ended life
,
P R OGRE S S I O N O F
T HE
A N GLES
B esides the p rogression o f planets which we

t rust has b een su fciently elucidated we must al so
but
n ote a similar forward movement o f the houses
thes e must be calculated by the same method as when
casting a natal g ure save that we u se the S idereal
T ime for the day which corresponds to the year for
which we wish to p rogress the horoscope In relation
t o the lady s horoscop e we have studied the critical
y ear is 1 909 and June 1 st in the ephemer i s f o r 1 872
We bear in mind that birth occur red
corresponds
at
P M in L at 40 N L o ng 8 0 W for these
f actors are used in plac i ng the degrees on the houses
j ust as in the natal chart the only change i s us i ng
t h e S T o f the p rogressed birth day
,
T at noon p r evious to p r ogressed birth H

day 1 909 ( see ephemeris for 1 87
41
55
30
15
C orrection
of
seconds f o r each 1 5 deg

birthplace is West o f Greenwich
Interval from p revious noon to birth
C orrection of 10 Se es p er h r of int erv
al
10
S idereal Time of p rogr essed birth
"
12
16
T HE
48 2
M E SSA GE
O F T HE
S T AR S
originally o f a mathematical turn had the habit of

constructing gures and tables of asp ects so fear
fully and wonderfully made that they b ea
t the p ro
they were veritabl e Go r
ve rb i al
Chinese p uzzle
dian Knots and the destiny o f a human bein g was
that neither the writer who had
so tangled in each
concocted the abomination n o r anyone els e could ever
hop e to disentangl e the p oor soul involved M ay he
be forgiven ; he has mended his ways and is n o w
j ust as z ealous to eliminate all nonessentials from the
horoscope but having been enmeshed in the maze o f
mathematics h i s exp erience should serve as a warn
ing O ur minds at best are but feeble instruments
to fathom fate and surely we shall have the great e st
chance of success by applying o u r science t o the most
important factors and these are usual ly the S implest
If this be granted the q uestion p resents itself :
What are the essentials and what may be eliminated
with advantage to clea r the p rogressed horoscop e of
useless befogging elements ?
F i rst with regard to the p rogres sed houses only
two vital p oints p roduce results when asp ected : the
Midheaven wh i ch is spiritual in nature and the
A scendant which i s a si g n i cat o r in material mat
ters We shall treat that sub j ect later ; for the pres
ent we conne ourselves to the argument that it will
facilitate j ud gm ent of the p ro gressed horoscope if
we leave the ten unessential cusps o ut and d raw two
dotted lines with p encil to mark the p rogressed Mi d
heaven and A scendan t
,
'
D I FF E RE N T M E T H O D S
OF
P R O GRE S SIO N
48 3
I n the second place the student may r eadil y

convince himself by looking through the columns o f
any ep hemeris that the motion of N eptune U ranus
S aturn and Jupiter during th e two months which
represent p rogression fo r a life o f 60 years i s So slo w
that they seldom form an aspect n o t registered i n
!
the natal chart I n rare cases where an imp ort an t
asp ect i s formed th e fact is easily seen and t h e
planet should then b e entered in the outer rin g o f
the p rogressed horoscop e but in the great maj ority
o f c as es it is better to leave these planets o u t
an d
enter only the p rogressed p ositions o f the S u n M oon
M a rs V enus and M ercury
I n conclusion of our treatment o f the m ethod o f
Pro gression t wo important p oints must be men
The M idheaven at a given S idereal Time i s
t i on e d :
the same for all L atitudes so that two children born
at the same S T wo ul d have the sam e si gn and d e
gree o n the M C but if o n e were born i n Al aska an d
the other in M exico the A sc would vary much an d
change the grouping o f planets in the houses very
consid erably with the further result that planet s
which in uence the F irst H ouse a ai rs in o n e h ero
scop e a ffect Twelfth H ouse matters in th e other etc
Thus the lives of these p e 0 p 1e would b e very di ff erent
The same argument applies t o the p rogresse d
horoscope o f a p erson t raveling N orth o r S outh from
his birthplace
H i s p rogre ssed M C remains un :
changed but he receives the forces from a di ffe reii t
ascending gure according to the L atitude wh e re h e
,
'
'
'
'
'
4 84
and the grouping of planets relative to the

A S exam
p ro gressed A scendant varies accordingly
p les we may state that both writers have left thei r
miles West but is close
b i rt hplace ; o n e traveled
t o the same L atitude as her birthplace hence both
h e r M C and A sc a re the same as if she had re
m ained in her native city
The other writer was born in L atitud e 5 6 N
an d now lives in L atitude 32
H ad he remained in
ould in
t h e fa r N orth his p rogressed A scendant
exactly con j unction to M ars place
( 1 9 1 2) be V i rgo
at birth but the A scendant of his new home is V irgo
0 deg re e s and in this latitude he will not feel the
e ff ect of the M a rs ray f o r a number o f years
The other imp ortant p oint we had in mind is
t h e necessity of being d enite in regard to t h e year
Perhap s a client tells us that
f o r which we p rogress
a certain event occurred when he was 26 and another
i n his 5 0t h year
S uch statements are ambiguous
a n d give no safe working basis
The A strologer may
g o home and d o an immense amount o f work to no
u se
because he thought the client meant that one
e vent occurred when he
the client was between 26
an d 27 years of a ge and a later consultation reveals
t hat h e m e an t the year between his 25 t h and 26 t h
Pi n them down to the year 1 8 5 0 1 900
b i rt hdays
o r whatever it may be
but never accept a p erson s
ag e as a startin g p oint
O n the same p rinciple never p redict that an
e vent will ha ppe n when a person is so and so o l d
J e si de s ,
'
4 86
T H E S T AR S
ect A spe ct s betwee n two p r o g ressed planet s are

tant
u nimpo r
A nother i mp ortant p oint to re m e mber is that
a s pects o f t h e p rogressed to the radical planet s o p
c ra te in p rop ortion t o the p o we r of the radical planet
L et us sup pose f o r illustration that
i n th e na tivity
i n a certain gure the S un is elevate d in L eo and
a spected t o a numb er of t h e other planetsi t matters
n o t whether the aspects are good o r bad so long as
t h en even a weak aspect from a p ro
t hey are cl o s e
g re sse d planet to the S un will have a marked result
O n the other hand if the S un i n that horoscop e re
ce i ve d no aspect o r only o n e o r two weak ones then
a i st ro n g aspect o f a p rogressed planet would
e ven _
h ave little e e ct
I t should al so be noted that a good aspec t from
a p rogressed planet to a planet that is much a f icted
i n the nativity would p roduce small if any ben et
In short and to sum up p rogressed aspects operate
o nly in the measure that they are in harmony with
t h e t rend o f the nativity and t h e planet wherewith
t hey are blending
The thi rd imp ortant p oint to remember when
j ud gi ng the e ff ects o f directions i s that an aspect from
a p rogressed to a radical planet i s never in itself suf
ci e n t to p roduce results ; a harmoni o us asp ect from
t h e p rog ressed M oon or lunation i s absolutely e ssen
t ial to bring the tendency to fruition
That is to say
i f the p rogressed S un comes to s q uare o f radical S at
u rn a sextile o r trine asp ect o f the p rogres sed M oon
e ff
D I FF E RE N T M E TH O D S O F P R O GRE S S I O N
48 7
a lunation will p ass unnoticed ; no e ffect will be

felt until either the p rogress ed M oon o r a lunation
comes into con j unction s q uare or opp osi t ion to S un
and vi ce -versa if the p rogress ed S u n
o r S aturn
comes to a t rine of the radical Jupiter a s q uare o r
opp osition of the M oon will not a e ct it it must wait
for a sextile o r trine F o r this reason directions are
sometimes delayed in their action beyond the time of
their culmination and at other times they are some
what hastened becaus e a lunar asp ect of the re q uisite
nature occurs sli ghtly in advance o f the time when
the asp ects o f the planets is complete
I t also happens that i n cases where the event i n
di cat e d by an aspect involves two p e 0 p 1e the aspects
o f the planets by p rogression may be complete in o n e
person s horoscop e and fertilized by a harmonious
aspect without p roducing a result because the asp ect
in the other person s horoscop e h as not yet matured
I n this connection we remember the horoscop e of a
lady whose V enus was placed in the E ighth House
S howing a late marriage I n her 45 t h year the p ro
g re sse d S un reached conj unction V enus but neither
engagement nor marria ge res ul ted ; then the S un and
V enus came into conj unction in the horoscop e o f a
gentleman o f her ac q uaintance bringing an engage
ment q uickl y followed by marriage Thus o n e had
waited f o r the other and unless such a contingency is
taken into consideration the astrologer i s most liable
to meet his Waterloo when forecasting events
or
CHA P T E R
XX I V
P R OG RES S E D S O LA R D I RE CT I O N S
H E N the S un
forms a con j unction sextile

s q uare trine o r opp osition to o n e o f the planets
by p rogress ion the in uence begins t o manifest when
the S un i s
de grees from the exact aspect and it is
felt until the S un is
degrees p ast the p oint o f
culmination A nd as the S u n m oves about o n e de
gree a day and the time measure o f directions is that
one day e q uals a year we m ay say that the in uence
o f the solar aspects are felt f o r a p eriod o f three
years Their e ff ects are p articularly strong at times
during this period when asp ects o f the p rogressed
M oon or lunations vivify them
The parallel is di fferent from the other asp ects
I n the case of the slow -moving planets it lasts for a
c onsiderabl e number of years so that a p arallel o f
the S un and S aturn may operate f or ten o r more
yea rs and a p arallel of the S un and Jupiter nearly
as long
I t may also be noted that the conj unction and
parallel act p rincipally up on the health while the
other asp ects also a ffect the business social standin g
etc Thus under the parallel of the S un and S aturn
488
490
so that the p erson will be able to further his am

bitions and succeed in business by new ventures
I f the natal gure shows literary ability this is
the time to make all e ff orts to p roduce something
worth wh ile I t is a good and p rot able time to
travel either for pleasure in search of insp ira
tion o r for the good o f whatever business he may
follow A dvertising will be found a most e ff ect
ive way o f p romoting business succes s under this
direction
,
C] :2 T h e Su n
cury
p ro g ress ed
to
s q u are
radi cal
M er
The S un cannot reach the s q uare o f M ercury

until late in life and comparatively few lives at
that therefore i t s e ff ects can only be con j ectured
n d it has no importance
a
,
0 P c5
ti o n ,
A D Th
se x t i l e ,
S u n p r o g ressed p aral l el ,
o r t ri n e t o radi cal M oo n
e
co n u n c
I f the M oon was well asp ected at birth this

direction brings a period of success and p o p u
l ari t y
It increases the honor and esteem which
t h e p erson enj oys in his environment it brings
favors from in uential persons employers o r
the authorities and if marriage has not already
been contracted this direction will most likely
bring about a successful union It is also an
excellent time to form p artners h i ps
.
P R O GRE S S E D S O LA R D I RE C T I O N S
EM? D T h
to
radi cal
S un p ro g ressed
Mo on
s q uare
or
49 1
o p p osi ti o n
I f t h e M oon was a f icted a t birth this marks

a very evil period replete with domestic unhap
p i n ess if the p erson is married ; discredit among
the p e 0 p 1e with whom he is associated in busi
ness o r so ci al l y p erha p s imp risonment ; loss by
dishonesty o f the p artner nancial stricture or
even bankruptcy
H e i s also likely to su ff er
severely from ill health and if either the S un
o r M oon are in Cancer S corpio or Pisces he may
become a chronic d runkard
,
0 >f< A b
Th
S un p ro g re ssed
i cal S at urn
s ex til e o r
t ri n e t o
rad
I f S aturn is well asp ected in the nativity

this direction will bring a steadying and consoli
dating in uence into t h e life so that the person
will be abl e to discharge his duties in a most
e ff ective systematic and tactful manner
He
will have greater op portunities f o r advancement
than before and will be able to assume the added
responsibilities with credit
M uch benet may
be expected from older p eople who will be drawn
to him with full condence
I nvestments in
land mines houses and similar things will p rove
p rotable when mad e under this direction and
in general it gives a very deep insi ght into all
p roblems of life
,
49 2
0 Pd
[3
72
<
ti o n ,
Th
s q u are
S un p ro g ressed p aral l el , co n j u n c
o r o p p o si t i o n t o radi cal S at urn
I f S aturn was a f icted in the natal chart

t h ese directions mark a p eriod of very evil i n u
ence
This is especially true o f the p arallel
which lasts about ten years ; the other aspects are
only active during the usual three years Under
these directi o ns the p erson s uff ers disapp oint
ments and delays in everything he undertakes
N O matter h o w carefully he may plan some t hing
is sure to crop u p to thwart him and this is ap t
to breed a spirit o f worry and p essimism which
makes life seem a hopeless battle with everyone
conspiring to checkmate him F inancial di f cul
ties make matters harder and he i s liable to incur
the opp osition of employers or the authorities
To crown it all the health sn e rs especiall y u n
der the p arallel ; his vitality will b e very low
and the recuperative p ower almost n i l A ll will
d epend o n whether he can look for the S ilver lin
ing to the cloud and strive to learn the int ended
lessons o r whether he simply sinks down under
the load and gives up
F orewarned i s fore
armed and stud ents of A strology have at
least t h e knowledge that these trials are only
p assing
They know when bri ghter days will
~
COIIl C
494
one near and dear will pass out o f the p erson s

life eit h er by estrangement o r death ; lawsuits
nancial losses and social disaster are threatened
with much opposition from other p eople I f he
invests money o r sp eculates each venture will
p rove a failure because o f deception and m i srep
re se n t at i o n of those with whom he deals
I f he
makes a change o f business or travels to another
city he will m eet with worse conditions th e health
will su ff er and domestic infelicity will result
,
0 P d [j
a Th
ti o n ,
s q u are
S u n p r og r ess ed p arall el , co n j an e
o r o p p osi t i o n t o radi cal M ars
e
I f M ars is a f ic ted at birth these aspect s

mark an extended p eriod of a very evil nature
There is a state o f rash and reckless excitement
whic h is apt to lead the p erson to do th e most
foolhardy things hence a l iability to s q uan de r
his money wreck his p rosp ects i n life become
c rippled by an accident o r indul ge in excesse s
which bring o n fevers boils o r in ammatory
He should b e particularly careful
complaints
n o t to handle re
hot water explosives o r re
arms and be guard ed by insurance against los s
b y re sickness o r accident
The reputation i s
also likely to su ffer by scandal therefore h e
should exert all h i s energy and will p ower to act
with all the discretion p oss ible to him and so en
de avo r to rule his stars
.
'
P R O GRE S S E D S O L AR D I RE C T I O N S
o
A a T h e S u n p r og ress ed
i cal M ars
s ex til e o r
t ri n e t o
49 5
rad
I f M ars is well asp ected at bi rth these dirce

tions indicate a p eriod of adventure when the
p erson will b e imbued with a p owerful spirit o f
activity enterp rise and industry ; he will become
ac q uainted with p eople o f a pioneer i ng instinct
o r in some way receive an impulse that will start
him upon a new venture in life which will bring
him success friends and p rosp erity
He i s
likely t o travel in search of new elds and to be
very restless in seeking an outlet for the ener gy
which threatens t o b u rst him but he i s also t o o
p rone to s q uander the money which seems t o
come so easily I f he were wise he would b e a
little less generous for when this aspect p asses
Off it is likel y that the golden days are over
,
T h e S u n p ro g ressed p aral l el , co n j an e
sq u are o r o p p osi ti o n t o radi cal Uran us
I
P
O [3 6 f
0
ti o n ,
I f U ranus is a f icted at birth these aspects

mark a very critical p eriod in the life The p er
so n becomes very irritabl e and short -tempered
H e is liabl e to tax the p atience o f friends and
relatives to the breaking p oint so that a separa
tion o r estrangement occurs He will be repel
lant to others rash erratic liable to do the most
strange and unexp ect ed things
H e may rush
into litigation when he h as not the shadow of a
case o r cause j ust f o r the mere insane love of
.
T H E M E S SA GE
49 6
OF
T H E S T AR S
Thus he i s likely to disgrace himself

p ermanently in the eyes of all who know him o r
depending up on W hat other aspects are i n force
at the time it may be someone close to him who
causes the disgrace whi ch then re ects up on him
o n account o f the friendship o r relationship
q uarreling
Th
S u n p ro g ress ed
i cal Uran u s
t ri n e t o
sex t il e o r
rad
I f U ranus is well aspected at birth and the

p erson is o f a su fficiently advanced type to re
sp o n d to this in uence
thes e asp ects mark a
p eriod of great spiritual and mental accelera
tion ; the ori ginating organizing and invent i ve
facul t ies become greatly enhanced so that he i s
able to formulate ideas p erfect inventions and
organize enterp rises in a most surprisingly e f
cient manner with little o r no e ff ort There may
be sudden and unexp ected gains through i n ve n
tions investment o r sp eculation and if he is not
already interested in advanced thou ght or occult
ism he will most likely b e attracted during this
p eriod and obtain a good sta rt before the asp ect
wears o ff
,
0 P d [j
ti o n ,
8 K
l?
Th
s q u are
S u n p ro g ress ed p arall el , co n j an e
o r o p p osi ti o n t o radi cal N ep t un e
e
I f N eptune is a f icted at birth these asp ects mark

a critical time f o r those who can respond to the
spiritual in uence
They are then h yp e rse n si
.
498
This is a good time t o make sp ecial e o rt f o r

obtaining an increase o f income f o r all e n deav
o rs in that direction will have a favorable stellar
in uence behind them and are therefore more
likely to succeed than at other times
.
M C T h e S un p rog ressed
t o radi cal Mi dh eaven
sq uare o r o p p osi ti o n
These asp ects mark a p eriod o f discredit

when slander and enmity threaten the honor and
social standing I t is therefore best f o r the p er
son to be very circumsp ect in all he does o r says
for trouble with the authorities may result in
imp risonment o r if with employers it may bring
loss o f p o sition
F inancial fortunes are also
threatened
.
< A
O P O >I
A sc
Th
S u n p ro g ress ed, p aral l el ,

o r t ri n e radi cal A s ce n dan t
co n
j un cti on s ex ti l e
These asp ects mark a p eriod O f general good
fortune radiant health and hap piness
What
ever the p erson undertakes seems to p rosper
.
A sc
S u n p ro g r ess ed
radi cal A s ce n dan t
'
ti on t o
Th
s q u are
or
o p p osi
Thes e asp ects mark a period o f ill -health

esp ecially in a woman s horoscop e There i s also
a great deal o f trouble and general so -called
bad luck
C H A PT E R
XX V
PR OG R E SS E D L U N AR D IRE C T I O N S
H E M oon tra vels throu gh the Zodiac at an aver
age rate of between twelve and thirteen degrees a

day and as the day in the art o f p rogression is take n
as a time measure equivalent to a year w e may say
that the M oon by p rogression from birth to deat h
travels at the rate o f between twelve and thirtee n
d egrees a year o r about on e degree p er month T hu s
in the course of about twenty -ei ght years sh e circle s
the whole horoscop e and forms all the aspects tha t
can be formed to all the planets in the radical gure
and sh e may thus travel two o r three times around
the horoscop e in the l ife o f the average man o r
woman It is her p assa ge around the ho roscope that
m akes the life fruitful o f e vents f o r the asp ects o f
the planets themselves which indica t e the year
when a certain in uence is r eady t o be reap e d
as ripe destiny and produce events in the life do
n o t o f themsel ves cause either good o r ill e e ct s um
less an aspect o f the p rogressed Moon or a lunation
brings th e matter to a focus and marks the month
when the occurrence will take place
Therefore
sometimes even strong asp ects between the S un an d
planets o r between the planets themselves are bar
,
49 9
T H E M E S SAGE
5 00
OF
T HE
S T AR S
in e e ct when not fortied by a p ro gressed luna r

a spect or a lunation of the same nature
N eithe r do the lunar asp ects have an in uence
o f thei r o wn
o r at least if they have
it is not very
m arked unl ess the lunar aspect agrees in nature with
t h e p rimary direction then in force
T hese are imp ortant p oints which the student
s hould always bear i n m 1n d
I t should also b e noted
t hat the aspe cts o f the p rogressed M oon to p rogressed
p lanets p roduce little or no e ffect and the in uences
s e t down below a re wi th respect to the radical planets
r en
) 3 P CS
*A G
Th
Moo n
p r o g r ess ed p arall el ,
t ri n e t o radi cal S u n
co n
j u n cti o n s ex til e 0 r
T his aspect marks a rather p rosp erou s
p eriod in l ife bringing imp ortant changes for
N o t infrequently marriage results
t he better
whi ch i s both successful and happy A n increase
o f business if the person is an employer
or a
r a i se i n sala ry if he is an employee
may be
l ooked fo r at this time for sup eriors and those
i n a p osition to b estow favors are in a generous
m ood and ready to give the p erson credit for all
t hat is good in him
,
Th
D C] 8 Q
to
radi cal
T his
M o o n p r o g ressed
S un
q u ar e
o r o p p o si t i o n
aspect indi ca t es a time o f troubl e and

l oss T here is a tendency to di fculty with em
p l oye rs o r customers which will bring loss of
.
"
5 02
T HE M E S SAG E
OF
T HE S
T AR S
dissolved by separation T h e n ancial for

tunes are likely to su ffer and the health is apt
to be p oor
S nubs and ostracism may b e ex
p e ct ed in the social relation and the p erson
s hould be particularly careful with the opp osite
s e x for while this direction is op erative there is
considerable liability to trouble from that source
K nowing what i s doing and the nature and dura
tion o f the in uence he should t ry to rule h i s
s tars by keeping as cheerful a frame of mind
as p ossible schooling himself to act wisely in
the matters which are particul arly shown as
danger p oints
ri ag e
D Pd
*A
Th
M o on
p rog r essed p aral l el , con

tri n e t o radi cal M ercury
j u n cti o n s ex til e or
If M ercury was well asp ected at birth these
d irections will bring o ut the mental powers and
i t is therefore a favorable time to take up any
s tudy which the p erson may feel attracted to
If
an y imp ortant changes have been in contempla
t ion this is the time to make the move for under
these directions success is sure to attend in a
much larger measure than under l ess favorable
i n uences and if he has any important matters
t o settle with b rothers sisters or neigh b ors he
will reach a favorable conclusion with them much
m ore quickly than at any other time
,
P R O GRE S S E D LUN AR
M o on p ro g ress ed
r adi cal M ercu ry
DD 8 Q
to
Th
D I RE C T I O N S
5 03
s u are or op p o si ti on
If M ercury was a f icted at birth the p e rson

will need to exercise a great deal of care during
the op eration o f these planetary in uences for
there will be a tendenc y to rash and indiscreet
speech ; thereb y the person may lay himself lia
ble to libel or slander It i s also likely that if
any de eds o r lega l papers are si gned during thi s
time it will be t o the p erson s d etriment and he
will later regret i t He should also b e very care
f ul o f his expressions in correspondence and if
he is a literary man he should be doubly caref ul
o r his writin g s wil l be more than likely t o cause
trouble for himself o r others T h e mind wi ll be
much disturbed and he should neither travel nor
make changes but endeavor to keep himself as
quiet as p ossible during this time
,
D Pd
t i on
Th
M o o n p r og ressed p aral l el
radi cal
S atu rn
or
co n u n c
I f S aturn was a f icted i n the natal chart

this i s a ve ry critical p eriod
I n a woman s
h oroscop e it indicates ill -health worry and trou
ble I n the horoscope of a man if h e is married
it indica t es domest ic di fculti es o r ill -health of
the wife T here is trouble delay and disapp oint
ment in all the a ffairs o f life and a tendency to
worry over things and become morbid and mel
an ch o l y
T HE
5 04
Th
D E] 8 b
to
radi cal
M E S SA G E O F
T HE
S T AR S
M o o n p ro g ress ed sq uare
S at urn
o r o p p o si t i o n
If S aturn is a f icted at birth these aspects

mark a very evil time particularly with resp ect
T hey
t o health and the conditions in the home
p roduce a disturbed frame of mind with irrita
b i l i t y and a tendency to worry a p essimisti c
outlook on life gloom and despondency seems
to be the rule the nancial a ffairs also su ffer
and care should b e taken to make no changes o r
investments at this time T h e only remedy i s to
try t o keep as p hilosop hical an attitude as p o s
sible looking f o r the silver lining o f the cloud
and endeavoring to learn the l essons that are to
be taught during this p eriod
,
*A
Th
radi cal
M o on p ro g ress ed
S atu rn
s e x til e
t ri n e t o
or
I f S aturn was well aspected in the natal

chart these aspects mark a successful and p ros
p e ro u s period when he will gain recognition o f
a lasting nature in h i s sphere of life H e will
b e able t o take o n added resp onsibilities and
acquit himself o f the trust with credit I f any
investm ents in houses lands or mines are co n
t e m p l at ed this will be a very favorable p eriod t o
undertake such matters T hi s time will be ep och
making in the life when a new solid and stable
foundation f o r success will be laid up on which
the edice o f a successful life may b e reared
.
5 06
THE M E S S AG E 0 F T HE
S T AR S
as cool as p ossible and a void ea ting stim ul ating

food and liquors
D o not under any circum
stances undertake to speculate while these di re c
t i ons last f o r loss is certain an d t h e re is a lia
b il i t y to be decei ved o r defrauded by others
T here is also a danger o f domestic t roubles and
T h e social
l ess by lawsuits or similar matters
p restige is likely to suff er o n account o f hau ghty
bombastic and o verbearing manners therefore
the p erson shoul d be careful and moderate in
everything and also hold himself well in check
.
P
D
dD a
M o on p ro g ress ed p aral l el , con

s q uare or Op p o si ti o n radi cal M ars
Th
j un ctio n
I f the radical M ars was a fflicted these as
p eets mark a very e vil p eriod
I n a woman s
horoscope they indicate f o r one thing bad
health and in a man s violent quarrels in the
T here is a tendency to be quarrelsom e
home
foolhardy and reckless with the result that the
p erson may sustain bodily inj uries o r accidents
also a tendency to the over-indulgence o f the
l ower p assional nature which may bring trouble
in its train therefore he should be very careful
i n his dealings with those of the opp osite sex
U nl ess great care i s taken slander and social di s
credit are sure to resul t T hese directions also
make the p erson very reckless and extravagant
in nancial matters liable to form h asty and
erroneous j ud gment therefore if pap ers are
,
PR OGRE S S E D
L U N A R D IR ECT IO N S
5 07
si g n ed at this time disaster is very likely to fol

low
T hese directions are among the most re
liable in operation and the person rarel y escapes
without su e ri n g loss o r inj ury in some manner
th e refore the greatest care shoul d b e taken dur
ing this p eriod
.
Th
M o o n p ro g resse d
i cal M ars
sex til e o r
t ri n e
rad
I f M ars was well asp ected at birth these as

peets mark a p eriod of considerable acti vity in
the life which will b e to the benet o f the p erson
in volved A great deal o f vital energy i s acc u
m ul at ed and thi s dynamic force naturall y mus t
h ave an outle t i n some way hence this is a good
time for the ex pansion o f business o r un dert ak
ing new enterprises ; they are sure t o succeed if
the p erson i s not too p recipitate in his e ort s
but uses a grain o f caution in the expenditure
o f this g reat ener g y
T hes e asp ects are p art i cu
l arl y active among those who work with o r deal
i n the martial elements o f iron and re such
as soldiers surgeons and en g ineers ; to them it
brings honor and p romotion
.
DPo
31
Th
M o o n p ro g ress ed p aral l el ,
co n
j un cti o n s q uare o r Op p o si ti o n radi cal Uran us

I f U ranus was a ffl icted at birth these asp ects
mark a ve ry critical p eriod when the person is
apt to make a sudden and unexpected change
,
T HE
5 08
T HE
M E S SAG E O F
S T AR S
which will have a disadvantageo us effect upon

the life ther efore he should guard carefully
against such a contingency There is also a lia
b i l i t y to the formation o f a clandestin e relation
ship which will bring sorrow and trouble to the
p erson henc e he should av0 1d ass ociation with
the opp osite sex and when this i s unavoidabl e
he should be very circumsp ect in his manner and
be havior f o r under these directions people are
very likely to j udge him severely for t h e slight
est semblance o f wrong doing T here is a tend
ency to i rritability and cruelty o f speech which
is likely to cause domestic unhappiness and the
loss of friends that will later be regretted very
much therefore the p erson should endeavor t o
curb himself ; in fact it would be b etter to avoid
his friends as much as p ossible during this time
,
*A s
Th
radi cal
M o o n p ro g r essed
Uran u s
s ex ti l e
or
t ri n e t o
T his
is an excell ent aspect f o r those who are

su fcient ly advanced to respond t o it I f U ranus
was well asp ect ed at birth the original intuitive
and inven tiv e faculties will nd an outl et at this
time which may b e very advantageous to the
person I f he i s interested in the study of ad
v an ce d thou ght or occultism this is a parti cul arly
good time to pursu e such subj ects f o r an ex
p an si o n of consciousness may most ea sily result
under these directions fri endship s are formed
.
T HE
5 10
OF T H E
M E S SAG E
S T AR S
into discredit and trouble He may even suff e r

imp risonm ent o r be conned in a hospital throu gh
ill -health f o r Neptune rules p risons hospitals
insane asylum s and similar places Great care
should b e taken in all dealin gs with others
.
*A SP
Th
M o o n p r o g ress ed
N ep tu n e
radi cal
s ex t i l e
or
t ri n e t o
I f N eptune was well aspected at birth these

directions may bring a slight extension of con
sci o u sn e ss and if the s olar aspects to N eptune
are also in force at the same time an initiation
may be looked for by those who are su fcientl y
But to
advail ced t o resp ond to this in uence
the ma j ority o f p eople it will p robably mean onl y
a pl easant time a feast o f musi c or some similar
experience
.
D Pd
A sc M C
.
M o o n p rog ressed p aral l el

radi cal A s ce n dan t o r M idh eaven
Th
or
j un cti o n
T his aspect brings changes in the life but
whether these are good or bad depends upon the
other in uences Operatin g in the horoscop e at the
time
co n
*A M C
.
to
radi cal
Th
Mo o n
M i dh eave n
p ro g resse d
sex til e
tri n e
or
I f other in uences agree this is a time o f

beneci al changes preferment and honor and
general success in the vari ous departments o f
l ife
,
L U N A R D IRE CTIO N S
P R O GRE S S E D
D[
:
M o on p rog ressed
to radi cal M i dh eaven
I8 M C
.
si t i o n
Th
q uare
5 11
or ap p o
aspects indicate l oss of p restige trou

ble and anxiety nancial loss especially if deal
ing with women I t is a bad time to tra vel or
make changes
T he se
A A sc
Th
radi cal
M oo n
A scen dan t
p ro g ressed
s e x t il e o r
tri n e t o
asp ects bring benecial changes n an

ci al prosp erity and general good fortune
T hese
D D 8 A sc
si ti o n
M o o n p ro g ressed
Th
to
radi cal
A scen dan t
T hese
q uare
or
Op p o
aspects mark a p eriod o f trouble 111

health may be looked for and if any changes o r
removals are made they will be to the p erson s
disadvantage
.
CH A P T ER
M U T UA L
XX VI
P LA N ET A R Y D IR E CT I ON S
S PE CT S between two p rogressed planets have
little o r no potency but when a planet by pro

g re ssi o n comes into aspect with a radi cal planet it o p
e rat es for good o r ill accordin g to i t s nature and the
p ower o f the radical planet i n the horoscop e
In the following paragraphs we have se t down
these tendencies and it matters not whether Venus
turn or
p rogresses to a good asp ect with radical S a
S at urn p rogresses t o a good asp ect with radical V e
nus the e ffects are as noted in the rst p aragraph
an d similarly with the other aspects following
,
9 I?
V en us an d S at urn i n g o o d asp ect by p ro

g r essi o n indi cates a p eriod o f nancial success
gain in social p restige and emotional exaltation
T h e religious and devotional nature is likely t o
receive an awakening
S?
PoD 8
Ve n us an d S aturn i n evi l as p e ct by
p ro g r essi o n indicates a p eriod o f sorrow and trou
ble B oth the health and reputation su ffer ; de
lays disapp ointment and losses are frequent and
annoying O thers will seek to imp ose upon the
.
5 12
T HE
5 14
M E S SAGE O F
T HE
S T AR S
M ars an d S atu rn i n bad asp ect by

p ro g ressi o n makes the p erson v ery foolhardy and
impulsive hence there i s a liability to accident
under these directions
O ccasionally when the
horoscop e shows violence there i s a tendency to
crime and bloodshed which may result in i m p ri s
A ll the vices of the character seem to
On m e n t
come to the fore at this time and loss o f temp er
T h e greatest car e
is the least amon g them
should be taken to keep the an i mal nature down
and hold a rm check up on all the undesirable
traits in the character
T h e p rogressed aspects between S aturn JIL
p iter U ranus and Neptune are not made because
O f thei r slow motion
ab P OD 8
Ven us an d J u p i t er i n g oo d asp ect b y

p ro g r essi o n bring nancial benets rise in the
social p osition and esteem T hey make the p er
son more kindly sympathetic and considerate
hence inc rease his p opularity I t is a good time
to travel and enj oy life I nvestments made n u
der this in uence are generally successful and
the health is excellent o r if the p erson h as been
ill this marks the period Of convalescence and
recuperation when life takes on a rosi er hue
9 21 P O >l<
J up i t er a l i cti n g e ach o th er
by p ro g ressi o n indicates a peri od O f mild domes
tic trouble small nancial loss es and a tend ency
to extravagance and wastefulness p ecuniary dif
9 Z IE] 8
Ve n us
an d
M U T U A L P L A N E T A R Y D IRE CT IO N S
cul t i e s
515
that account and p ossibly lawsuits

T here i s also some loss of p restige in the social
circle o r the p erson s environm ent
on
*A
M ercu ry
J up i t er i n g o o d asp ect
b y p r o g ressi o n indicates a very successful perio d
in the life T h e person will p robably travel wit h
H e wil l
both pleasure and p rot to himself
have good health and be in the best o f spirits
so that life in general will take on a very ros y
hue
T here are indications O f gain by invest
ments and in the general course O f h i s business
and i t is a good time t o enter into contracts an d
agreements but esp ecially for literary work
5 u Pd
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an d
M ercury an d J up i t er aff li ct ed by p ro g res

s i o n marks a troublesome time when t h e p erso n
is liable to become involved in l awsuits and lose
thereby He should be very careful not to si gn
p apers o r enter into agreements for there wil l
be trouble and misunderstanding invol vin g
nancial loss ; also if he lends money to other
peopl e they will endeavor to impose up on h i m
and defraud him and dealin g s with agents an d
commission men should be particularly avoided
21 E] 8
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M ars
J up i t er i n g o o d as p ect b y p ro
g ressi o n m arks a p eriod in life when the usual
conservatism of Jupiter is blended with the mar
tian enthusiasm hence the p erson will becom e
more enthusiastic and enterprising so that he i s
8 u >l<
an d
T HE
5 16
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S T AR S
likely to extend h i s business and be successful i n

g aining an added income thereb y H e sh o uld b e
however not to overreach himself at
ca reful
t his time
T hese aspects also work upon the
d evotional nature and may sometimes express
t h e m e sl ve s as religious enthusiasm when the p er
s on turns over a new leaf and becomes a better
m an or woman than before
.
M ars
J u p i t er i n e vil asp e ct by
p r o g r essi o n marks a danger p oint i n the life when
the p erson is liabl e to wreck his whol e career by
o r by losses
a cts which are denitely criminal
du e t o ostentatious display and extravagance o r
h e may become interested in some wildcat min
i n g scheme or sp eculate upon the stock exchange
i n such a reckl ess manner that he loses all he has
T h e health i s also likely
an d becomes a p aup er
t o suff er under this direction ; impuriti es o f the
b lood may cause growths tumors boils and kin
A ltogether it i s a very evil tim e
d red af ictions
an d the p ers on should guard himself very care
f ully a gainst yielding to any of these in uences
M utual aspects between S aturn Jupiter
U ranus and N eptune are seldom formed because
o f their sl ow motion
8 21 P 6
an d
Ve n us an d M ars i n g o o d asp e ct b y p ro
g r essi o n marks a p eriod o f pleasure and enj oy
ment when an attachment of a lasting nature
m ay be formed with someone through an e u
>l<
T HE
5 18
M E S SA GE O F
t impulsi vely
T HE
S T A RS
W i thou t
due deliberation and

forethough t hence he i s likely to get into trou
ble o r suffer l oss through the sharp p ractices o f
other p eople He should therefore b e very care
ful not to si gn p ap ers or enter int o agreements
an d there _
is dan ger O f accident and troubl e if
the person t ravels I t i s a bad time f o r changes
or extensions Of business
ac
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*A
M ars
an d
Uran u s i n g o o d
asp e ct
by p r o
g r essi o n
indicates a good period f o r p erfecting

inventions o r starting new and or i g i nal enter
p rises
F riendship s Of a benecial nature are
often made under these directions and n o t i n
frequently a p sychic awakenin g takes place
throu gh associations with p eople or group s Of
p eople of a U ranian nature
.
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PdD 8
F
31
M ars
an d
Uran us i n
e vi l
asp ect
by
p ro g r essi o n
marks a very dangerous time in the

T here is a liability to accidents
p erson s life
of an unusual nature a breaking up o f condi
tions estrangement from friends and the p erson
is liabl e to nd himself suddenly alone in the
world S ometimes there is a p sychic awakening
but always of an undesirabl e nature
8 2
P
M ars
an d
N ep t u n e i n g o o d
g re ssi o n
as p e ct
by p r o
marks a time O f good health and high

spirits f o r advanced p eople but the maj ority
d o not feel its in uence
,
M U T U A L P L A N E T A R Y D IRE CT IO N S
a
M ars
PdD 8
an d
N ep t u n e i n
evi l
as p ect
5 19
by
p ro g r essi o n
p roduces a neurotic condition in

those who can resp ond t o its in uence T here i s
also a tendency to be defrauded o r victimized in
some unaccountable manner
.
V en us and Uran us i n g o o d asp ect by p ro

g r essi o n gives a tendency to some nancial gain
and it is likely that the p erson will have what he
considers a good time involving p robably a ro
mantic love a ffair but it is likely t o leave a
sting behind I t insures the aid o f friends and
increases the popularity o f the p erson f o r the
time being
9 31 >l<
9 13 P d
Ve n us an d Uran us i n evi l asp ect by

p ro g ressi o n is a fruitful cause o f domestic u n
happiness and divorce
I t i s likely to bring
about a scandal on account o f immoral conduct
L awsuits an d nancial loss are also threatened
and the p erson is likely t o act in a most errati c
manner
D
Ven u s an d N ep tu n e i n g o o d asp ect by p ro

g r ess i o n indicates a period o f success in social
matters happ iness and enj oyment of life f o r
those who can resp ond to it T h e p erson i s p ar
t i cul arl y apt to indulge in the buildin g O f air
castles and the concoction O f roseate day -dreams
which a re O f no particular avail but serve to
make the p eriod thoroughl y enj oyable
U >l<
9 E
T HE
5 20
M E S SAGE O F
T HE
S T AR S
V en us an d N ep tun e i n evi l asp e ct by

p ro g ressi o n is likely to bring some psyc h i c ex
p e ri en ce O f a disagreeable nature connected with
mediumship o r hypnotism T here is a tendency
t o sensuality and immorality occasionally the
indul gence in d rinks o r drugs whi ch will cause
sorrow and trouble to come to the p erson
9 E
? P8
T HE
5 22
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S T AR S
O pp osition to the S un sh e h as increased her light to

the fullest cap acity and at that time we speak of her
as a full M oon ; sh e then ri ses i n the eastern sky at the
same time as the S un sets in the west F rom that
time for another fortnight it will be O bserved that she
r i ses later and later in the night ; at the same time
the illuminated p art o f her disc decreases until j ust
b o f o re the next conj unction o r n e w M oo n early risers
may O bserve her in the eastern sky j ust before sunrise
as a tiny crescent up on the vault Of heaven T hus
the M oon i s i n creasm g i n light from the time of i t s
conj unction o r new M oon to the O pp osition o r full
M oon and from the full M oon t o the n ext new M oon
it is decreasing in li ght T h e times o f the N ew M oon
F ull M oon and eclip ses are given each month in o u r
S i m p l i e d S ci en t i c E p h em eri s which se e
In the lady s horoscop e which we used to sho w
the m ethod o f p rogression the p owerful effect o f
lunations when O perating with other in uences o f a
S i milar nature is also vividly illustrated I n her horo
scope the N ew M oon A p ril 1 1 909 was in 1 1 de
grees of A ries exactly square t o S aturn s place at
birth and U ranus was conj unct the p rogressed S at
urn and square the p rogressed M oon T hus all stel
lar i n uences bearing upon this lady united to ter
minate life in the body
T ransits of N eptune U ranus S aturn and Jup
iter are i m p o rt an t an d when the student has become
familiar with the mysteries of the p rogressed horo
,
'
T RA N S IT S
5 23
scope but not before he may p rofita b ly write the

ephemeral p osition o f these planets outsid e the p ro
g re ss ed horoscope and watch their e ffect also the as
p eets Of the N ew M oons B ut be sure at rst to keep
the progressed horoscop e do wn to rst p I l n Cl p l e S for
fancy asp ects are the stu ff dreams are m
ade o f the
the warp and woof o f astrological romances which
fade away into moonshine an d l e ave the astrologer
I t is co m p arat i vel y e asy t o wield the
di sco m t t ed
shuttle o f i ma g i nation with natal p rogressed and
transiting planets each set with its corresponding
houses and a mul t itud e o f aspects to choo se from but
simpl e j ud gment based up on the p rime essentials of
a horoscope i s almost invariably j ustied by events
I f the st udent has ephemerides f o r 1 9 08 and
1 909 h e may se e that in J ul y 1 9 08 when the lady
was taken ill S aturn was in A ries 10 within 1 degree
O f a conj unction o f the p ro g re se d M oon and also
within 1 degree Of a square to his place at birth in
this chart T hus he aggravated conditions
,
'
'
2 <5
G D 9 2t
S aturn
Mo o n V en us
,
an d
t ran si ti n g
J up i t er
th
radi cal
S un ,
T hese
transits lower the vitality and act as

a damper o n the spirits O f the p erson there is a
tende ncy to colds gloom and melancholy delays
a nd disapp ointments and if S aturn should turn
retrograde p assing and repassing these p oints
quite a long time of t rouble and anxiety results
,
T HE
5 24
T HE
M E S SA G E O F
8 G) D 9 21
si ti o n radi cal
S T AR S
q uare
S at u rn trans i ti n g
S u n , M o o n , Ve n us
and
op p o
or
J up i t er
aspects will produce similar e ff ect to

the con j unction but more intense and falls
bruises o r b roken bones are O ften additional
results
T hese
7?
A G) D
9 21 S at urn tr an si ti n g
radi cal
S un , M o o n , V en us
sex t i l e o r
an d
J u p i t er
t ri n e t h
T hese
a spects do n o t p roduce any benet so

fa r as has been observed
.
l2
A 55
S at urn trans i ti n g
sex t il e or
t ri n e t h
e rad
i cal M ercu ry
T hese
asp ects steady the mind and make it

more capable o f concentration when he is direct
but when he i s retrograde or asp ecting M ercury
by s q u are o r o p p o si ti o n fear worry melancholy
gloom and troubl e result then it is also danger
o u s to travel
,
I? d 8 t 1?
S aturn t rans i ti n g
o r N ep t u n e
radi cal
M ars Uran us
,
T hese
transits always mark a time o f trou

ble n o m at t er wh at t h e asp ect but the nature o f
the trouble is best d ete rmined by the house and
sign where the a ffl icted planet is located
,
5
2 c
M C
.
S atu rn trans i ti n g t h
T his
e radi cal
M idh eave n
aspect always p roduces slander

credit and l oss o f p resti ge
.
dis
T HE
5 26
M E S SAG E O F
T HE
S T AR S
for a l ong tim e but when he is in evil asp ect

immorality scandal and divorce may result
,
2
5!
Uran us trans i ti n g
5
d 8 D C
an d
M ercury
M ars
radi cal
Mo o n
aspects o f U ranus t o the radical M ars

M oon and M ercury have a tendency t o make the
person rash reckl ess foolhardy and erratic
sometimes to the p oint o f insanity if other test
i m o n i e s in the horoscope concur the phase o f
the mental disturbance varying from vi olence
when induced by M ars to mild idiocy when pro
du ced by the M oon
T hese
It!
Uran us t ran si t i n g
8 E
l)
radi cal
S at urn , M ars
and
or
in
e vil
N ep t u n e
asp ect t o
T hese
transits cause trouble according to

the house and si gn where S aturn is located
Good aspects p roduce no benet as far as w e
have O bserved
N ep t u n e t ran si ti n g
U 6 it D
E
M oo n
radi cal
M ercu ry
an d
T hese
asp ects bring a spiritual awakenin g

accompanied by dreams and visions of an eleva
T hese asp e cts are also good for
ting nature
travel but the bad asp ects make the mind n u
clean p olluted and criminal if the radical horo
scope allows so that the p erson may commit a
crime and su ff er imp risonment M ediumship is
also O ften the resul t O f these transits
,
'
PART II
M e di cal A s t ro l o g y
T I C E O F M A N Y Y E ARS T HE
F OLLO W I N G T REA T I S E Is S U B M I TTED A S E M BO D Y I N G
T HE A U T H ORS E X P ERIE N C E G A I N E D BY S U C
CESS F U L D I A G N O S I S OF M AN Y T H O U SA N D S
O F H O R O SC O P E S
AFTER AN
E X T E N S I VE
P RA C
[But we w an t
t o m ake i t cl e ar l y un de r st o o d
h o r o sco p e s f or m o n e y
wo rk i s a str i ctl y hu m an i tar i an
A st ro l o g y i s a p h ase o f rel i g i o n ]
do
n ot
cas t
or
th at we
t el l f or t u n e s
u n de
r t aki n g
To
O ur
u s,
CH A P T ER
XX VI I I
AS T R O -D I A G N O S I S 0 F D I S EA S E
ha ve an exceptional O pp ortunity and

may lay up much treasure in heaven by j udicious
care o f growing children based upon knowledge o f
t endencies to disease revealed by the horoscop e T h e
writers rely implicitly up on the horoscop e s testimony
and though in a few cases doubts have been exp ressed
a s to the correctness O f our diagnosis because it var
i e d from that of p ractitioners in p ersonal touch with
the p atient subsequent devel opments have invariably
vindicated o u r j udgment and p roved the far -reaching
p enetration of A strology which is as much in advance
O f the X -R ay as that is sup erior to a candle for e ve n
thou gh the X -R ay were capabl e O f illuminating the
e ntire body to such an extent that we could se e each
i ndividual cell in activity it could only show the
c onditions o f the body at a given moment B ut the
horoscop e shows incipient disease from the cradl e to
the grave thus it gives us ample time to apply the
ounce O f p revention and maybe escap e an illness o r
at least ameliorate i t s severity when disease h as over
taken us I t indicates to the day when crises are due
t h us forewarned we may take extra p recautionary
m easure s to tide over the critical p oint
I t indicates
A RE N T S
5 28
T HE
5 30
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S T AR S
the idea o f imp ending disease implanted by o n e in

whom the victim has fait h is much more dangerous ;
therefore it behooves the medical astrologer to be
I f you cannot say anythin g en cou r
v ery cautious
a ging be silent
T h i s warning ap plies with p articular force when
treating p atients havin g T auru s o r Virgo rising o r
the S un or M oon in those si gns T hese congurations
p redisp ose the mind to center on disease O ften in a
most unwarranted manner T h e T aurean fears sick
ness t o an almost insane degree and p rediction o f
disease is fatal to this nature T h e Virgo courts di s
ease i n order to gain sympathy and though p ro f e s
sing to long for recovery they actually delight in
nursing disease T hey beg to know their symptoms
the crises and delight i n p robing the matter to the
depths ; they will plead ability to stand full knowl
edge and p rofess that it will help them ; but if the
pra ctitioner allows himself t o be enticed by their pro
testations an d does tell them they wilt like a ower
T hey are the most di fficult p e 0p 1e t o help in any case
and extra care should be taken not t o aggravate thei r
chances by admissions Of the nature indicated
B esides though the writers h ave p racticed medi
cal A strology f o r many yea rs and with astonishi ng
succes s and though A strology as a sci ence is ab so
l u t el y exact and i nfallible it must n o t be forgotten
that there remains nevertheless the chance o f mis
taken j ud gm ent on the p art o f the p ractitioner and
the chance that the p erson whose horosco p e he is
.
A S T R O -D IAG N O S IS O F D IS EA S E
53 1
j ud ging may ass ert his will t o such an extent that i t

overrul es the indication i n the horoscop e H e m ay
change his mode of life without knowing what woul d
have happ ened if he had gone o n as before and thu s
he may b e in no danger at the tim e when the tendency
t o sickn e ss shown by the horoscope arrives ; it i s crue l
to unsettle h i s mind in any case
N aturally t h e
young student would b e most liable to make a mis
take in j ud g m ent but no on e is immune
We re
member a case that came to our notice recently
O ne O f the most p rominent E uropean astrologer s
p redicted for a client in S outh A frica that on a cer
tain date he would have a sev ere h aemorrhage of t h e
T h e p oor man w rote to us for help b u t
lungs
though liability t o colds in the lungs was shown we
s aw no serious trouble at the time p redicted n o r h as
haemo rrhage been ex p erienced in the year elap sed b e
tween that time and the p resent writing
S ome student s have a morbid d esire to kn o w t h e
time o f their o wn d eath and p robe into this matte r
in a m o st unwarranted manner f o r no matter h o w
they may seek t o d eceive themsel ves there are very
few who have th e mental and moral stamina to liv e
life in the same manner if they knew with absolut e
certainty that o n a certain date their eart h l y exi st
ence woul d be terminated T hat is o n e o f the p oint s
most wis ely hidden until we are to see on both side s
o f the veil
and we d o wrong no matter what o u r
ground to seek to wrest that knowledge from t h e
horosco pe
'
M E S SA G E O F
T HE
5 32
T HE
S T AR S
M oreover it h as been well said that
the d o ctor
wh o p rescribes for himself has a fool for a patient

a n d this applies to diagnosis o f o n e 8 own horoscop e
with tenfold forc e fo r there we are all biased ; either
we make too light of conditions o r we take them too
s erio u sly pa rticularly if w e investigate the time and
We remember a case where an intel
m od e O f death
l ectual woman p rincipal O f a p ri vate school in Ne w
Y ork wrote asking for admission to our correspond
e nce cl a ss
if we thou ght it worth while as she
was going t o die th e rst week in M arch

S h e gave
u s all the asp ects up on which she based her j udgment
a n d as o n e o f the w riters had j ust emerged hale and
h earty from S imilar congurations sh e gave the lady
i n question a good talking to that straightened her
o u t ; she told the lady sh e ( the writer ) exp ected to
l ive to a ripe a ge
N ow that lady i s thinki ng of a
u seful life sh e h as learned t o forget death
A strol
o g y i s too sacred to be thus misused
L e t the student
f orget about h i s own horoscop e and devote his knowl
e d ge to help others then it will aid in accumulatin g
t reasure i n heaven as no other line o f spi ritual en
,
de avo r
P LA N ET A R Y P OL A RI T IE S
When we study magn etism we are de alin g with

a n invisible force ; an d ordinari ly we can at best
s tate the way it manifest s in t h e physi ca l world
as
i s the case when ev er we d eal with an y for ce
Th e
p hysical world i s the world of e ff ects ; the caus es ar e
,
T HE
5 34
M E S S A GE
OF u T HE
S T AR S
while the latter i s g e n e ral l y i m p o t en t in work

i n g with minerals
T h e mineral magnetism is derived directly from
lodestones which are used to magnetise iron and this
p rocess gives t o the m etal thus treated the p rop erty
O f attra ctin g iron
T his kind of magnet i s very little
u sed
ho wever , as its magnetism becomes depleted
i s too we ak in prop ortion to its bulk and p rincipally
b ecause the magnetic force cannot b e controlled i n
s uch a s o -called
permanent magnet
T h e electro -magnet i s al so a mineral magnet
It is simply a piece o f iron wound around with many
t urns o f electri c wire ; the stren g th o f the magnet
v aries as the numbe r o f turns o f wire
and the
s trength
of the electric current that i s passed
t hrou gh it
E lectricity is all about us i n a di ffused state o f
:no use for industrial purposes until it is co m p ress ed
a n d forced through the electric wires by the powerful
e l e ctr o -m ag n e ts
We must have m ag n e ti sm in the
first place before we can get any electricity B efore
a new electric generator is started the elds

which
a re nothing but electro -magnets must be magnetized
If that is not done they may turn it till the c rack of
d oom at any rate of sp eed they please and it will
n ever li ght a singl e lamp or mo ve a grai n o f weight
;
all d ep ends up on the magnetism being there rs t
A fter this magnetism is once started it will leave a
l ittle behind when the generator is shut do wn and
t his so -called residual magnetism will be the nucleus
t issue ,
P L A N E T A R Y P O L AR IT IE S
535
force t o be bui l t up each time the g enerator i s

started afresh
A ll bodies of plant animal and man are but
transformed mineral
T hey have all come from the
mineral kin g dom in the rst place and chemical
analysis O f the plant animal and human bodies
brings out the fact beyond cavil M oreo ver we kn ow
that the plants g e t their sustenance from the mineral
soil and both animal and man are eating mineral
when they c onsume the pla nts as food ; e ve n when
man eats the animals he is nevertheless eating min
eral comp ounds and therefore he gets with h i s food
both the mineral substances and the magnetic f orce
which they contain
T his force we see manifesting as Haemoglobin
o r the red coloring matter in the blood which attracts
the life -giving oxygen when it comes into contact with
it in the millions o f minute capillaries of the lungs
pa rting with it as readily when it p asses through the
capillaries which all over the body connect the ar
t e ri es with the veins
Wh y is this ?
T o understand this we must acquaint ourselves
a little closer with the way magneti sm manifests as
seen in industrial uses
T here are always two elds o r a mul tiple o f
two elds in a generator o r motor every alternat e
eld o r ma gnet being north -p ole and every other
alternate south -pole
I f we wish t o run two or
more generators in multiple and force electricity
into the same wire the rst requisite is that the mag
of
T HE
5 36
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S T AR S
netic current in the el d-magnets should run i n

s am e
di re cti on
th
I f that were not the case they woul d n o t run

together ; they would generate currents going in o p
T hat would
p o si t o directions blowing thei r fuses
be because the p oles in o n e generator which shoul d
have attracted rep elled and vice -versa T h e remedy
i s to change the ends o f the wire which ma gnetises
the elds ; then the magnetic current in o n e generator
will become like the current o f the other and both
will run smoothly together
S imilar conditions p revail in magnetic healing ;
a certain vibratory pitch and magnetic polarity was
infused into each of us when the stellar forces surged
throu gh our bodies and gave us our planetary bap
t i sm at the moment when we drew o u r rst complete
T his i s modied during o u r pilgrimage of
breath
life but in the main its initial impulse remains u n
disturbed and therefore the horoscop e at birth retains
the most vital p ower in life to determine our symp a
thies and antipathies as well as all other matters
N ay more its p ronouncements are more reliable than
o u r conscious likes and dislikes
S ometimes we may meet and learn to like a p er
so n
although we have a feeling that he h as an i n
i m i cal in uence o n u s for which we cannot account
and therefore strive to put aside but a comp arison
o f his horoscop e with o u r own will reveal the reason
and if we are wise we heed its warning or as surely
as the circling stars move in their orbits around the
,
T HE
5 38
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S T AR S
have a kn owled ge Of A strology and the law of com

p at i b il i t y whether he belongs to those who admit
t edl y heal by ma g n eti s m and the laying o n o f hands
o r to the regu lar schools of physicians for they also
infuse their vibrations into the patient s aura and
help o r hinder accordin g t o the a greement of their
planetary p olarity with that O f the p atient
What has been said with regard to the healer
ap plies with tenfold force to the nurse for he o r
sh e is with the patient p ractically all the time and
their contact is so much more intimate
F o r healer nurse and patient compatibility i s
determined by the rising si gn S aturn and the S ixth
H ouse I f thei r rising si gns agree in nature so that
all have ery signs rising o r all have earthy airy
o r watery signs rising
they are harmonious but if
the p atient has a watery si g n rising a nurse o r a doc
ter with ery signs will have a very d etrimental
e ff ect
I t i s also necess ary to se e that S aturn in the
horoscop e o f the nurse o r healer i s not placed in any
o f the degrees o f the zodiac within the p atient 8 S ixth
H ous e
With resp ect to marriage the planetary p ola rit y
is shown princip ally b y a consideration of the fem
inine M oon and Venus in a man s horoscop e for they
d escribe his attractions towards the O p p osite sex and
in a woman s horoscop e the masculine S un and Mars
have a similar signicance I f these pl anets are har
m on i o u sl y co n g u rat e d and the signs on the cusp s
,
'
P L A N E T A R Y P O L AR IT IE S
5 39
the S eventh H ouses of the p rospective partners

agree harmony will p re vail esp ecially if the S un
Venus o r Jupiter of one person is placed in the S ev
B ut if the planets men
en th
H ouse o f the other
t i o n e d af ict one another o r the S eventh H ouses of
the parties are out of harmony o r if S aturn M ars
U ranus o r N eptune o f one is in a degree included in
the S eventh H ouse o f the other it is the hand writing
o n the wall which indicates that the planetary p olar
ity i s inharmonious and that sorrow i s in store for
them if they allow their evanescent emotions t o draw
them together i n a bond of unhappiness for it is
easy to change the eld wires o n two electric gen
e rat o rs so that their p olarities will agree
but it is
extremely di fcult to reverse the planetary p olarit y
of one p er son to make it a gree with that recei ved by
anothe r at his planetary baptism
of
'
CH A P T ER
T H E L Aw
OF
XX I X
C O RR E S P O N D E N C E S
said in the B ible that Go d made man in Hi s

likeness and from hoary antiquity seers and sages
have noted a corresp ond ence between the m acro cosm
the great world and the m i cro co sm the littl e world
o r man
T his is again exp ressed in the hermetic
axion which i s the master -key t o all mysteries : A s

abo ve s o b e l o w
T herefore we may note that the
various parts O f the human body are correlated to
di ff erent divisions o f the vaulted arch o f heaven with
the marchin g orbs that move through it
A s the
creative forces within the womb act up on the o vum
and gradually build the f aat u s so also the st ellar
rays from the macrocosmic body of mother nature are
active up on man I t is their activity which we note
in the p rocess of evolution whereby that which is
now man has come up through the lower kingd oms
to his p resent stage of completion and it i s by the
same rays that he will gradually evolve to the divine
stature where he will indeed be like the F ather in
H eaven consequently we may not e the correspond
e n ce s between the signs and planets and the di ff erent
divisions o f the human body as follows :
T IS
5 40
THE
5 42
T HE
M E S SA GE O F
S T AR S
hence a f ictions in Cancer p roduce indigestion

gas o n the stomach c ough hiccough dropsy
gloom hypochondria hysteria gall stones and
j aundice
,
51
rules the heart the do rsal r e gion o f the spine

the spinal cord and the aorta therefore the af
i ct i o n s in L eo cause regurgitation p alpitation
faintings aneurism spinal meningitis an d cu rv
ature o f the spine also arterio -sclerosis and an
gina pectoris hyp eraemia an aemia and hyd raemia
L eo
a
V
rules
the
abdominal
region
the
l
rge and
r
i
o
mz
g
small intestines the lower l obes of the liver the
p ancreas and spleen therefore a f i ctions in
Virgo produce peritonitis tap eworm m al n ut ri
tion interference with the absorption o f the
chyle typhoid fever cholera and app endicitis
,
rul es the kidneys the sup rarenals the lum

bar region o f the spine the vasomotor sy stem
and the skin hence a f ictions in L ibra produce
p olyuria o r su ppression o f the u rine i n am m a
tion of the ureters which connect the kidneys
with the bl adder B right s disease malnutrition
lumbago eczema an d other skin di seas es
Li bra
in
bladder urethra and genital
S co rp i o rules the
organs in general A lso the rectum and the de

scending colon the S i n Id ex ure the p rostate
gland and also the nasal bones hence a f ictions
P A T H O GE N IC E F F E CT S
in
OF T H E
S IG N S
5 43
S corpio p roduce nasal catarrh , adenoids , and
p olyp i diseases o f the womb and ovari es various

tricture and enlargement o f
ve n ereal diseases S
the p rostate gland i rregularities o f the m enses
leucorrh oea rupture renal stones and gra vel
,
S ag i tt ari us rules the hip s and thighs , the femur ,
ilium the coccygeal and sacral regions o f the

spine the iliac arteries and veins sciati c nerves
hen ce a f ictions t o S agitta rius p roduce locomoto r
ataxia sciatica rheumatis m and hip diseases
F urthermore as each S ign has an in uence upon
its opp osite a f ictions in S a gittarius may also
cause pulmonary troubles I t i s also noteworthy
that broken bones are caused by this sign
,
V3
C ap ri co rn governs the skin and the kn ee s b ut it

has also a re ex action on the stomach which i s
governed by the O pp osite sign Cancer
H e n ce
a f ictions in Cap ricorn p roduce eczema and other
skin diseases erysip elas lep rosy and di gestive
dis turbances
'
A q u ari us rules the ankl es ,
the limbs from the

knees to t h e ankl es and has also a re ex action
on its op posite S i gn L eo hence af ictions in
A quarius p roduce varicose veins sp rained an
kl e s
irregul arities o f t h e heart action and
d ro p sy
,
T HE
5 44
T HE
M E S SA GE O F
S T AR S
rul es the feet and toes I t also h as a re e x

e ffect o n the abdominal region governed by the
op posite si gn Virgo hence a f ictions in this S ign
indicate trouble and deformities o f the feet i n
I t also p roduces a
t e st i n al diseases and d ropsy
d esire for drink and d rugs which may bring
about delirium tremens
Consumption is some
times found to be a secondary result of cold in
the feet contracted by an af i cted Pisces
96 P i sces
P A T H OG E N I C E FF E C T S O F
SUN
the very rs t place the vital

uid which is S p ecialized through the spleen trans
ferred to the solar pl exus and thence distributed over
the whole body T his vital uid i s invi sible to ordi
nary humanity but to those gifted with the spiritual
si gh t it appears as a rose -colored uid which i s like
the electricity in the wires of a telephone o r tel egraph
system When the W i res desi gned to carry electricity
are minus the electric uid they are dead and the
t elephone o r telegraph instruments do not resp ond
S imilarly when f o r some reason the invisibl e vital
uid ceases to o w through any part Of the human
o rganism in su fcient quantity that part of the body
will not p erform its p rop er function and therefore
disease results continuing until the O bstruction has
been removed and the p ath cleared f o r the vital uid
O n that account an a f icted S un always causes disease
p articularly in a male horoscop e and in a female
Th
S un rules
T HE
in
T HE
5 46
T HE
M E S SA GE O F
r g o gives a tendency t o
n
V
t
i
i
n
i
c
e
d
Th
u
a
e
S
f
mz
i nterference with the assimilation and p eritonitis ,
typhoid fever and dysentery

,
S T AR S
ti ct ed i n Li bra gives a tendency t o

B right s disease and eruptions o f the ski n
through overheated blood for S aturn rules t h e
skin and L ibra is his exaltation si gn
Th
S un
l i ct ed i n S co rp io gives a tendency t o
renal cal culus genito -ur i nary and menstrual dis
t u rb an ce s uterine and ovarian a e ct i on s
Th
S un
li ct ed i n S ag i tt ari us gives a tend

ency to sciatica paralysis of the limbs and pul
I f the S u n is in A ntares
m o n ary diseases
and a f icted by one o r more
( S a gittarius
o f the m al e cs there i s danger o f disease o f t h e
eyes
Th
o 1
S un
0 16
f i ct ed i n C ap ri co rn gives a tendenc y
to rheumatism skin diseases and digesti ve trou
bles
Th
S un
Th
S un
af i ct ed
i n A q u ari us
to varicose veins dropsy

heart and p oor circul ation
,
0 )6
Th
S un
af i ct e d
gives a tendency
palpitation O f the
i n Pi sces
gives a tendency t o
p erspiration o f the feet also intestinal troubles
typhoid fever e t ce t era
e
P A T H O GE N IC E FF E CT S O F
VENU S
5 47
P A T H OG E N I C E FF E CT S O F V EN U S
account o f her rulership o f T aurus and L ibra

Venus i s resp onsible f o r a number o f a e ct i o n s o f
the throat and kidneys also maladies due to gas t ro n o m i cal indiscretions lack o f exercise sedentary
habits p oor ci rculation o f the venous blood exces s
o f amorous indul gence and dissolute living hence sh e
b rings O besity tumors cysts p oor circulation vene
real diseases tonsilitis and various other disorders
H e r general e ff ect when placed in the twelve Sig n s
may be classed as follows :
On
..
9 1
Ve n us af i ct ed i n A ri es gives a tendency
catarrh in the head mu cus and by re ex
tio n in L ibra congestion o f the kidneys
,
to
acw
V en us al i ct ed i n T aurus gives a t e n de n cy t o
mump s headaches a ff ecting the occipital region
goitre tonsilitis and glandular swellings o f t h e
throat
B y re ex action in S corpio this al sO "
brings venereal diseases or other troubles p ew
cullar to the genitals
9 8
Ven us ali cted i n Gem i n i gives a tendency t o "

sm
corrupt blood pulmonary inefciency wh i tl ow
warts and drop sy
9 II
9 23
Ven us ali ct ed i n C an cer gives a t e n de n cy

distended stomach gastric tumor an d nausea
9 61
ton
.
Ve n us al i ct ed i n L eo gives a tendency to spi n al

aff ections backache and enlarged heart
,
T H E M E S SA G E
5 48
OF T HE
S T AR S
'
Ven us af i ct ed i n Vi rg o gives a tendency t o

weakened peristaltic action Of the intestines tu
mors and tap eworm worms in children
52 1112
33
Ve n us
f i ct ed i n L i bra gives a tendency t o

uremia and p olyuria ; by re ex a ction in A ries
headaches
a
S? 111
Ve n u s a l i ct e d i n S co rp i o g i ves a tendency t o
va ricocele venereal diseases uterine p ro l ap si s or
tumors p ainful menstruation and other femal e
complaints and by re ex action in T aurus throat
a ff ecti ons
,
Ve n us affli ct ed i n S ag i t t ari us gives a tendency

t o tumors and kindred diseases in the hip s and
by re ex action in Gemini bronchial and pul
m o n ary a ff e ctions ;
9 V8
V en us af i ct e d i n C ap ri co rn gi v es a tendency
to gout in the limbs and by re ex action i n
Cancer di gestive troubles nausea and vomitin g
,
9 x
Ve n us af i ct ed i n A q u ari us g i ves a tendency t o

vari c ose veins and by re ex action in L e o heart
t roubl e
,
9 >6
V e n us af i ct ed i n Pi s ces gives a tendency t o

t ender feet b un i ons chilblains gout and by
re ex action in Virgo abdominal tumors and
i nt es tin al disorders
"
5 50
,
T H E M E S SA G E O F T H E S TA R S
a 1112 M
V i rg o gives a tendency t o
atulence wind colic short breath and nervous

debility
ercu ry
c
a l i t ed i n
a:
Mercur y
af i ct ed
i n L i bra
gives a tendency to
sup pr ession of urine renal p aroxysms lumb ago
and by re ex action in A ries v ertigo nervous
headaches and eye trouble
'
Rt
1 M ercur
yaf i ct ed i
S corp i o gives a t endency to
p ains in bladder and genitals menstrual trouble

and by re ex action in T aurus stuttering o r
hoarseness and deafness
,
M ercury al/i ct ed i n S ag i t t ari us g ives a tendency
at 1
p ain in the hips and thi ghs By re ex action

in Gemini cou g h asthma and pleu risy
to
E? V3 M ercury
I
f i ct ed i n Cap ri corn gives a tendency

to rheumatism especially in the knees ; p ains in
the back ; skin diseases melancholy ; by re ex ac
tion in Cancer nervous indigestion atulence
a
E
I
?
M ercury al i ct ed i n A q u a/ri us gives a tend ency

to shooting o r gnawing pains in the whole body
varicose veins corrupt blood and by re ex action
in L e o p alpitation and neuralgi a of the heart
12
3{
M ercury
i ct ed i n Pi sces gives a tendency to

g out in the feet o r they are tender and sub j ect
to cramp or by re ex action in Virgo a gen
eral weakness lassitude worry and sometimes
t uberculosis deafness
af
P A TH O GE N IC E FF E CT S O F M E R CU R Y
P AT H O G E N I C E FFE C TS O F
Th
M oon rules the
551
THE M OO N
sophagus and stomach the

uterus and ovaries the lymphatics and the symp a
thetic nervous system the synovial uid When af
i ct e d sh e p roduces dropsical and menstrual trou
bles uterine and ovarian a ffl ictions dysp epsia eye
troubl e and lunacy according to the sign house
and nature o f the a ffl icting planet S h e has partien
la r rul e over t h e mother during p regnancy
e
(e
D 1
M oo n af i ct ed i n A ri es gives a t endency t o
insomnia headache lethargy and weak eyes
Th
D 8
M oo n
li ct ed i n T aurus gives a tendency
t o sore throat and if i n T auru s 29 with the

Pleiades and a f ict ed by S aturn M ars U ranus
o r N eptune eye trouble results ; by re e x action
in S cor pio ; menstrual o r other trouble with the
genitals
Th
D II T h
Moo n
ali ct ed
i n Ge m i n i g ives
a tendency
t o catarrh o f the lungs asthma b ronchitis and
p neumonia rheumatism in the arms and sho ul
ders
e
D 23
Th
M oo n
ali ct ed
in
C an cer gives a t endency

t o cancer o f the stomach drop sy obesity bl oat
ing digestive troubles and epilepsy
e
D 51 T h
,
Mo on
al i ct ed
i n L eo gives a tendency t o
backache disturbed circulation convulsions and

heart trouble ; if in L eo
eye trouble
,
T HE
5 52
Dm
z Th
M E S SAG E O F
Mo on
T HE
S TAR S
li ct ed i n Vi rg o gives a tendency to
disorders in the bowels abdominal tumors dysen
t e ry and peritonitis
e
M oo n
ti ct ed i n L i bra gives a t endency to

B ri ght s disea se abcess o f the kidneys u rze m i a ;
by re ex action in A ries headache o r insomnia
Th
D2
M oo n
li ct ed i n S co rp i o gives a tendency
to disturbed menses bladder troubles hydrocele
and other genito -urinary disturbances ; by re ex
action in T aurus throat troubles
D ITL Th
Th
Mo o n
af i ct ed
i n S ag i t tari us
gives a tend
ency to blood a ff ections hip disease and some
times a broken femur ; by re ex action i n Gem
ini asthma
D 1
D V3
Mo o n
l i ct ed i n C ap ri co rn gives a tend
ency to articular rheumatism lack o f synovial
uid eruptions o f the skin and by re ex action
in Cance r digestive troubles
Th
li ct ed i n A q uari us gives a tend

ency to varicose veins ulcers o f the leg dropsy
and by re ex action in L eo hysteria fainting
and heart trouble
D ar T h
Mo on
D 96 T h
M oo n
f i ct ed i n Pis ces gives a tendency to

drink dru g habits tender feet and by re ex
action in Virgo abdominal disorders o f vari ou s
kinds
e
M E S SAGE O F T H E STAR S
T HE
5 54
p eristaltic action wh ich is ne cessa ry to sup ply the

b o dy with food ; he th e n ca us es antip eri stalsis or
vo m
iting Hi s g en e ral aoti vi t i es: i n Z the body are de
structive and tend t o en dj th e 1i f e o f t h e; organism
S at u rn gener ally hurts by fall s b ruises and
colds H e p red i sposes t o chronic and deep -seated ail
ments and h i s vi ctim s are di f cult to reac h because
he imbues t h em wi t h fe ar worry and pes si mi sm so
that they refuse to b eh ove in the po ssibility o f a cure
and cannot be i nduce d t o take a ch e erful lo ok o_u life
T h e p resence o f S aturn in any part o f t h e horo
scop e constitutes an a f i ction in itself therefore we
may note the f ol l owi n g i eff e ct s in the twel ve si gns
whether he i s as p ected by squares opp ositions trines
o r sextiles
but naturally his e ffects are somewhat
more inimical when in evil aspect
,
'
7?
S at urn i n A r i es gives a tenden cy to headache ,
colds catarrh deafness and chills cerebral

an aemia dental decay tartar faintings and by
re ex action in L ibra renal disorders
,
2
5 S aturn i n T au rus
gives a tendency t o phlegm

diphtheria quinsy mumps croup decay of the
lower teeth choking and by re ex action in S eor
p i o stricture constipation and similar disorders
,
II S aturn i n Gem i n i
gives a tendency to rheum

atic pains in shoul ders and arms bronchitis pul
m o n ary consumption asthma and by re e x ao
tion in S agittarius sciatica and hip diseases
,
E F F E CT S or
.
2 23
S AT U R N
555
S aturn i n C an cer g i ves a tendency to p yo rrh ma,

dy sp e p sm , gastri c ulcer and cancer , n ausea and
belchi ng scurvy j a un dice gallstones

and stricture of t he (Esopha gus
,
an aemia
'
8L S at u rn i n L eo g i ves a t endency
to curvature o f
the spine muscular inefci ency o f the heart
weak b ack arterio -sclerosis , and scl erosis of the
spinal co rd
,
ml
S at urn i n Vi rg o gives a t e ndency t o weakened

peristalsis of t h e intestines , abated absorption o f
chyle obstr uct ion o f t h e il eum

verse colon ap pendicitis
,
and trans
S at urn i n L i bra gi ves
T 2
?
caecu m
at endency t o locomotor
ata xia renal stones gravel and sand B ri ght s

disease supp ressio n of urine malnutrition and
by re ex action in A ries headache toothache
and other disorders o f the head
? 111
S atu rn i n S co rp i o gives a tendency to sterility ,
sup p ression o f the menses stricture constipa

t ion h aemorrhoids and by re ex action in T au
rus nasal catarrh hoarseness p hlegm and other
throat a ff ections
,
S aturn i n S ag i ttari u s gives a tendency to con

t u si o n s of the hips and thi ghs , sciatica , gout , and
hip disease ; by re ex action in Gemini bron

ch i t i s tubercul osis and other Gemini a e ct i o n s
,
T HE
556
V5
S at urn i n C ap ri co rn giv e s a tendency to
art i cu
l ar rheumatism eczema erysipelas and other

diseases o f the skin ; by re ex action in Cancer
j aundice gallstones and dyspepsia
,
a:
S at urn i n A q u ari u s gives a tendency t o weak
ankles easily sp rained and by re ex action in

L e o curvature o f the spine scl erosi s and other
aff ections o f the heart back and arteries
,
96 S at urn i n Pi s ces
gives a tendency t o cold feet

rheumatism and bunions also tuberculosis due
to cold and wet feet and by re ex action in
Virgo dropsy
P A TH O GEN I C E FFE CT S O F
JUP I TER
live r i s the great center o f the Jup i t eri an

activity ; there he forms glycogen from the waste
p roducts o f the p ortal blood -stream T h e great cen
tral vortex of the d es ire body is also in the liver and
when an extra e o rt is to b e made M ars draws up on
the glycogen storehouse o f Jup iter for fuel S aturn
t oo i s active in the liver forming the gall urea and
u ri c a c
id
It is somewhat di fcult f o r the average student
to segregate and combine the varied functions o f this
organ but if we bear in mind that Cancer is the ex
al t at i o n S i gn of Jupiter and the opp osite S i gn Cap
ri co rn is the hom e o f S aturn and the exaltation si gn
we shall more readily understand that the
o f M ars
Th
T HE
5 58
J up i ter ali ct ed i n Gem i n i gives a tendency t o

pleurisy blood a ffections congestion of t h e
lun gs pulmonary ap oplexy ; by re ex action i n
S a gittarius broken bones gout and rheumatism
in hip s and thi ghs
21 II
74 23
J up i t er ati ct ed i n Can cer g i ves a tendency t o

gourmandize causing dilation o f the stomach
dysp epsia
liver complai nts
and
j aundice
d ropsy ; by re ex action i n Cap rico rn whi ch
rules the skin p imples and similar eru ptio n s
61
J up i t er af i ct e d i n L eo gi ves a ten dency to ap o

pl exy and fatty degeneration o f the heart t h e
valve action is weakened the circulation slu g gish
at times and at other times there is p alpitation
and feverish conditions ; by re ex action i n
A quarius swoll en ankles
,
um
z J u p i t er
i n Vi rg o g ives a tendency
f
enlarged liver often ulcerated j aundice
a i ct ed
,
2L2
to
J up i t er af i ct ed i n L i bra gives a tendency t o

melancholy due to diminished adrenal secretion
renal abcess diabetes skin eruptions due to slu g
gi sh action of kidneys ; by re ex action in A ries
congestion o f brain coma and verti go
,
um
J up i t er ali ct ed i n S co rp i o gives a tendency t o

enlarged p rostate gland uterine tumors urethral
abcess drop sy hydr aemia excess o f urates an d
strangury ; by re ex action in T aurus apoplexy
and nose -bleed
P A T H O GE N I C E F F E C T S O F
JU P I T E R
559
I J up i t er al i ct ed i n S ag i t t ari us
gives a tend
enc y to rheumatism and gout ; by re ex action in
Gemi ni pulmonary ap oplexy and corrupt blood
Z IW
J up i t e r
i ct ed i n Cap ri co rn
gives a tendency
to various S kin diseases and by re ex action in
Cancer , digestive ailments dropsy j aundice and
fatty d egeneration of the liver
af
71 x
.
J up i
af
i ct e d i n A q uari us
gives
a
tendency
t
to milk -le g swoll en ankl es and by re ex action
in L eo ap oplexy and p alpitation
er
21
J up i t er af i ct ed i n P i sces gives a tendency to

swollen p erspirin g feet ; and by re e x action in
Virgo enlarged liver abdominal tumo rs j aun
dic e and diseas ed intestines
'
PA TH OG E N I C E FF E C T S
Th
O F MARS
ancie n t E gyptian sages called Cancer the

s phere of the so ul
and when the mystic S un o f l i fe
goes throu gh t h is m o i st fruitful lunar S i gn the seed
atom o f the e g oj s physi cal body i s planted While
t h e embryoni c body grows unconsciously as a plant
grows the myst i c S un of life p asses throu gh L eo
Virgo and L ibra I n the fourth month o f gestation
it passes t h ro u g h t h e second o f the watery signs
S corpio
T hen the spirit dies to its heavenly home
and is immured in its earthl y p risonhouse by M ars
wh o chains it with the S ilver cord and thus brings
e
'
T HE
5 60
'
ab out the quickening T hen the S u n of life p roceeds

through S agittarius Capricorn A quarius and when
after the nine months ha ve been completed it has
passed through the last o f the watery si gns Pisces
the ood gates o f th e womb are opened and the ego
l aunched up on the se a o f life under t h e a
uspices o f
the martial S i gn A ries where the giver of life the
S un i s exalted
D uring the gestatory p eriod M ars has given to
the body i ron esp ecially in the for m of h aemoglob in
and with the rst breath oxidation of thi s substance
commences t o p roduce the heat so necessary to life
and consciousness
T his operation i s continued all
th rough life and thus t o the M artian ra y falls the
imp ortant task o f supplementing the S un in the
maintenance of the vital spark until the mysti c S un
o f life h as completed its ci rcle and reached the sign
where the quickening took place T hen S corpio gives
the body its d eath -stin g M ars and h i s friend S aturn
cut the S i lver cord and th e f reed soul soa rs as an
e agle into the empyrean seeking the celestial spheres
which are its t rue home T herefore S corpio is sym
b ol i z e d b oth by a scorpion and an eagl e
O n account o f his mission as ai de t o the S un in
the maintenance o f life M ars ever aims to cleans e
the body of lth and waste accumulation so that the
r es of life may burn brigh tly hence when the gour
m an di z i n g habits o f Jupiter and Venus have clogged
the system o r the obstructive tende n cies o f S aturn
ha ve p oisoned the body by stop pa ge of elimination
.
T H E M E S SAGE
5 62
T HE
OF
S T AR S
tion o f the brain brain fever and delirium shoot

ing pains in the head insomnia and wounds in
the head ; by re ex action in L ibra i n ammation
of the kidneys renal h aemorrha ge and renal cal
culi
,
M ars i n T au ru s gives a tendency t o mumps
8 2
5
l arg e d
en
or in amed tonsils suffocation adenoids

diphtheria p olypus and nose -bleed goitre i n
am m at i on o f the larynx ; by re ex action i n
S corpi o excessive menstrual o w scalding urine
venereal ulcers enlargement o f the p rostat e
gland and strangury
,
Mars i n Gem i n i gives a tendency to h aemorrhage
8 11
the lungs pneumonia bron chitis cough

wounds or fractures o f hands arms and collar
bone ; by re ex action in S agittarius fractured
femur and sciatica
of
M ars i n C an cer gives a tendency to milk -fever
8 5
in ammation ulceration and haemorrhage

stomach dysp ep sia
,
8 61
of
th
M ars i n
gives a tendency t o muscul ar

rheumatism in the back overheating o f the blood
enlargement o f the heart and palpitation pain
i n the heart su o cat i o n and fainting ( an g i n a
p ecto ri s ) in ammation o f the p ericardium
L eo
8 1112
M ars i n Vi rg o gives a tend ency to typhoid in
am m at i o n
of
the bowels
p eritonitis
worm s
P AT H O G E N I C E F F E C T S O F
diarrhoea
di ci t i s
cholera
and ventral
M AR S
hernia
563
app en v
M ars i n L i bra gives a t endency to in ammatio n
aa
the kidneys excess o f urine haemorrhage o f

the kidneys and renal stones ; by re ex action i n
A ries brain -fever sunstroke pains i n the head
of
m
,
M ars i n S co rp i o gives a tendency to excessiv e
menses scalding urine gra vel sand and renal

s t ones in ammation and ul ceration o f t h e
ovaries and uterus also of the va g ina and ure
thra varicocele enlargement o f the p ro stat e
gland stricture and strangury venereal ulcer s
and h aemorrhoids ; by re ex action in T aurus
in amed tonsils o r larynx and nose -bleed
,
'
3 1
M ars i n S ag i t tari us gives a tendency to fractur e
dislocation o f the femur sciati ca and ulcer s

o f the thighs ; by re ex action in Ge m ini
pneu monia bronchitis and cough
or
8 V3
M ars
carb u n
Cap ri co rn
gives a tendency to
cles erysip elas smallp ox chickenp ox measles
p imples itch and other eruptive or in ammatory
S kin dise ases ; by re ex action in Cancer dys p e p si a and ulcerated stomach
in
M ars i n A q uari us gives a tendency to
aricos e
veins fractu re o f the leg and blood -p oisoning ;
by re ex action in L e o h e art st roke overheate d
blood fainting and p alp i tation
,
T H E M E S SAGE
5 64
OF
T HE
S T AR S
M ars i n Pi sces gives a tendency to deformities
3 96
of the feet or accidents to them corns bunions

and p erspi rin g feet ; by re ex action in Virgo
ventral hernia in ammation of the bowels and
,
di arrh ma
P A TH OGE N I C E FF E C T S
OF
U RA N US
U ranus
rul es the ether which is the medium by

w hi ch the li ght rays are transmitted hence he has
c onsiderable in uence over the eyes and is resp onsi
when a f icting the S un o r M oon f o r variou s
b le
T his i s e s
d i seases of the eyes or even bl i ndness
p e ci all y the case when the S un or M oon is placed in
t h e P leiad es ( T aurus
o r the A scelli ( L eo
o r A ntares ( S a g ittarius
M odern astrologers have n o t yet had time to tab
n l at e the
f ull e ff ects of U ranus in all the S i gns
a n d as f o r the pathogenic e ff ects still less is known
b u t h e i s said t o be exalted in S corpio and our own
e xp erience seems t o indicate that U ranus has a very
m arke d evil in uence o n the s ex which is ruled by
t his S i gn producing most deep -seated venereal dis
e ases
B y re ex action or a f iction to planets in
T auru s ( rul ed by Venus ) where the or gan o f co
o rdinat ed a ction i s located he p roduces erratic move
m ents as seen in S t Vitus dance contortions spasms
t etan us cramp s hiccough and hysteria
AS r ule r of t h e ether an d gases he is resp onsibl e
f o r inj ury and shoc k by electricity which tra vel s
,
'
'
T HE M E S SAGE
5 66
l
1s
OF
T HE
S T AR S
i
r
n
m
s
a
c
gi
es
a
tende
cy
to
v
m
abortions and ve n e real diseases and in
r i ag e s
the F ifth House he ca uses p ainful and d i f cult
p arturition generally i nvolving the use o f i n
st ru m e n t s and often the infant i s severely or
fatally inj ured o r stillborn
Ur an us / i n S co rp i o
C ap ri corn usually works by re ex

acti on in Cancer but as the children with this
conguration are still youn g ( this i s written in
19 1 8 ) the full e e ct s are as yet unknown
Uran u s i n
PA TH OGE N I C E FF E C T S
OF
N EP T U N E
M ercury works p rinci

p ally up on the nervous sy stem ( ruled by M ercury )
a n d at times p roduces frenzy where the p erson is
b eside himself on account o f reli gious or other ex
ci t em en t
A t othe r times he p roduces lethargy coma
c atalepsy
trance o r m ediumship where the bodily
e nergies are in abeyance while the psychic powers
a re i n a state of hyperactivity
H e rules the S pinal
c anal which i s lled with ether during life
( It is
t rue that surgeons tap it and draw o u t a uid but
t hey may also draw water from a steam boiler b e
c ause the steam condens es to water )
T his luminous
g as i s called t h e sp i nal sp i ri t r e by occultists and
b y vibratin g the pineal gland also ruled by N eptune
S piritual sight i s p roduced
but it depends up on the
r ate and pitch of these vibrations what the p erson
s e es
By p rayer concentration and meditation a
N eptune , the _
octave
of
'
P A T H O GE N I C E F F E C T S O F N E P T UN E
567
tate of religious ecstacy may b e p roduced where he

sees the celestial hosts o r if a lower rate of sup er
normal vibration is p roduced by drink o r drugs he
sees demoniac S hap es as related by s ufferers o f de
l i ri u m whi ch is due to N eptune esp ecially in the
watery sign Pisces T h e p athogenic i n uence o f Ne p
tune i s most evil in the S ixth H ouse ( or the sixth
S ign Virgo ) indicating disease or in the T welfth
H ouse ( o r the twelfth S ign Pisces ) which governs
sorrow trouble and self -undoing
I f these two
houses are occ upied by T aurus and S corpio the si g ns
ruling the throat and genitals there is an abnormal
and p erverted p assional desire which gives a tend
ency to self ab u
se and p erversion o f a still worse
nature T h e mind ruled by M ercury the lower o c
tave o f N eptune is morbid in its brooding up on n u
savory subj ects and parents with children havin g
N eptune in the S ixth or T welfth H ouses will do
well to watch them carefully esp ecially if N eptune
i s i n opp osition to U ranus and S aturn in orb : that
covers a number of those who are now in 1 91 8
reaching puberty for N eptune has been going
through the p sychi c S ign Cancer while U ranus was
in the op p osite si gn Capricorn
We have found that N eptune square S aturn and
Jupiter brou ght i ncurable insanity ; N eptune con
j unction M ars i n A ries square U ranus and the M oon
i n Cancer caused temp orary insanity o f a p eriodic
nature ; N eptune conj unction M oon square U ranus
caused spirit control We have also seen many other
s
'
T H E M E S SAG E
568
OF
T HE
S T AR S
indications but the full e ffects of N eptune have not

yet been systematically observed
We are worki ng
to that end however and hop e in future years to
be able to p resent a fairly full tabulation
,
T H F D U C T LESS GLA N D S
T h ei r
Rol e
an d
R ul ers
It is well known to the esoteric a strologer that

the human body has an immense p eriod o f evol u
tion behind it and that this splendid organism is the
result of a slow p rocess o f gradual upbuilding which
i s still continuing and will make each generation bet
ter than the p revious until in some far distant future
it shall have reached a stage o f completion o f which
we cannot even dream It is also understood by th e
deep er students that in addition to the physical body
man h as ner vehicles which are not yet seen by the
great ma j ority o f human beings though all have
within them latent a S ixth sense whereby they will
in time cognize these ner sheaths o f the soul T h e
occultist speaks o f these ner vehicles as the vi tal
b o dy made of ether and the desi re b ody made o f
desire st u the material whence we dr aw o ur feel
ings and emotions and with the addition o f the
s h eat h of m i nd and the physical body these complete
what may be t ermed the personality which i s the
evanescent p art distinct from the immortal spirt that
uses these vehicles f or its expression
T hese ner
vehicles interpenetrat e the de nse physical body as ai r
.
T HE
5 70
citizens of that country but some are sub j ect to the

laws of California others t o those o f M ai ne
A s abo ve so
We know the H ermetic axiom
be l o w
which gives the master key to all mysteries
and as t h e re are up on the earth the ma crocosm a
great many undiscovered pl aces so also in the micro
cosm of the body do we nd unknown countries that
are a closed book to the scientic explorers
Chief
amon g them has been a small group o f the so called
ductless glands seven in number namely

,
Th
Th
Th
Th
Th
Th
Pi tu i t ary Bo dy,
ruled by U ranus
Pi n eal Gl an d ruled by N eptune
T h yro i d Gl an d ruled by M ercury
T h ym us Gl an d ruled by Venus
S p l e e n ruled by the S un
two A dren al s ruled by Jupiter
.
T hey
have a great and particular interest for

o ccultists and they may be t ermed in a certain sense
the seven roses up on the C ross of the body for
they are intimately connect ed with t h e occult de Vel
o p m e n t o f humanity
F our o f the m the T hymus
Gland the S pleen and the two A d renals are con
n e ct e d with the p ersonality
T h e Pituitary B ody and
the Pineal Gland are particularly cor related with the
spiritual side o f ou r nature and the T hyroid Gland
forms the link between T h e astrological rule over
these seven g lands is as follows :
T h e S pleen is the entrance gate of the solar
forces sp e ci al i z ed by each human being and ci rcu
,
T HE D U C T L E S S
GLAND S
5 71
lated through the body as the vital uid W i thout

which no being can live T his organ is therefo re gov
erned by the S un T h e t wo A drenals are under the
rulership o f Jup iter the great b e n e c and exert a
calming quieting and soothin g e e ct when the emo
t i o n al activi ties o f the M oon and M ars o r S aturn has
destroyed the p oise Wh en the obstructive hand o f
S aturn has awakened the melancholy emotions and
laid its restraint upon the heart the A drenals secre
tions are carried by the blood to the heart and acts
as a p owerful stimul ant in i t s e ffort to keep up the
circulation whil e the J o vi al optimism struggles
against the S aturnine worries o r against the impulse
o f M ars
which sti r the desire body into turbulent
emotions o f anger rendering the muscles tense and
trembling with ra ge dissip atin g the energy o f the
system ; then the secretion o f the A drenals comes to
the rescue releasing the glycogen of the liver in a
more abundant measure than usual t o cop e with the
emergency until the equip oise has been again at
t ai n e d and similarly during whatever other stres s
or strain It was the knowled ge of this occult fact
that p rompted the ancien t astrolo gers to place the
kidneys under the rulership of L ibra the B alance
and in order to a void confusion of id eas we may say
the kidneys themselves play an important pa rt in the
nutrition o f the body which i s under the rulership
o f Venus the L ady of L ibra but Jupite r governs the
A d renals with which we a re now particularly e u
gaged
,
T HE
5 72
M E S SAG E
OF T H E
S T AR S
B oth Venus and her higher octave U ranus gov

ern the functions of nutrition and growth but in dif
f e re n t ways and for di e re n t purp oses
T herefore
Venus rules the T hymus Gland which is the link
between the p arents and the child until the latter has
reached puberty T his gland is located immediately
behind the sternum o r breast bone ; it i s largest in
ante -natal life and through childhood while growth
is excessive and rap id D uring that time the vital
body o f the child does its most e ffective wo rk f o r the
child is n o t then sub j ect to the passions and emoti ons
generated by the desire body after that comes to b irth
at o r about the fourteenth year B ut during the years
o f growth the child cannot manufacture the red blood
corpuscles as does the adult for the unborn unor
g an i z e d desire body does not then act as an avenue
for the martian forces which assimilate th e i ron from
the food and transmute it into h aemoglobin T o com
p ensate for this lack there is stored in the T hymus
Gland a spiritual esence drawn from the p arents
wh o are symbolized by Venus the ruler and with
this essence p rovided by the love o f the parents the
child i s able to accomplish the alchemistry o f blood
temporarily until i t s desire body becomes dynamic
ally active T hen the T hymus Gland atrophies and
it draws from i t s o wn desire body the necessary mar
ti an force From that time under normal conditions
U ranus the octave of Venus and ruler o f the F itni
tary B od y takes charge of the function o f growth
and assimilation in the following manner :
,
T HE
5 74
and it will therefore be necessary in order to p roperly

elucidate that we study the functions of the T hyroid
Gland ruled by M ercury and o f the Pineal Gland
which is under the domination of his hi gher octave
Neptune sim ul taneously
,
the T hyroid Gland is under the rule of Me r

cury the planet o f reason i s readily real i zed when
we understand the e ff ect which the degeneration of
this gland h as up on the mind as S hown in the dis
eases o f Cretinism and Myxedema
T h e secretions
o f this gland are as necessary to the p rop er function
o f mental acti vity as ether i s to the t ran sm 1ss1 on of
electricity that i s t o say upon t h e physical plane o f
existenc e where the brain trans mutes thought into
a ction Contact with and exp ression in the invisible
worlds depends upon the functional ability of the
Pineal Gland which is altogether S piritual and i s
therefore ruled by the octave o f M ercu ry N eptune
the planet o f spirituality But N eptune op erates i n
con j unction with the Pituitary B ody ruled by
U ranus the planet o f wisdom as has already been
stated
T hat
S ci entists have wasted much time in sp eculation

up on the nature and function o f these two littl e
bodies the Pituitary B ody and the Pineal Gland but

without avail and p rincipally because as M ep histo
p h e l e s says so sarcast i cal y to the young man who
wants t o study scien ce under F aust :
,
T HE D U C T L E S S
G LA N D S
5 75
wo ul d kn o w an d tr eat o f au g h t al ive
S e e ks r st t h e l iv i n g sp i r i t th e n ce t o dri ve ;
T h e n are t h e l i f e l e ss f r ag m e n t s i n h i s h an d ;
Wh o
e er
He l acks
al as ! t h e vi t al sp i r i t b an d
No
can really and truly observe the physio

logical functions of any organ under such conditions
as exist in the laboratory on the op erating table in
the di ssest i o n o r vivisection chamber T o arrive at
an adequate u n d erstanding o n e must necessarily see
these organs exercising their p hysiological functions
i n t h e l i vi n g bo dy and that can only b e done by means
T here are a number o f organs
o f the sp iritual sight
whi ch are eithe r atrophying or developing ; the for
m e r S how the p ath we have already traveled during
the latter are n g e r
p osts indi
o u r past evolution
cating our future development But there i s still an
o ther class o f organs which are neither degenerating
nor evolving ; they are simply d ormant at the present
time Physiologists believe that the Pituitary B ody
an d the Pineal Gland are atrophying because they
nd these organs more develop ed in some o f the low
e st classes of life such as worms but as a matter o f
fact they are wrong in their ideas ; these organs are
only dormant
S ome have also susp ected that the
Pineal Gland is in some way connected with the
mind because it contains certain crystals after
d eath and the quantity was much less in those
wh o were mentally defective than i n p eople of
no rmal m entality
but
T his conclusion is right
the S eer knows that the spinal canal o f the living is
on e
T H E M E S SAGE
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OF
T H E IS T A R S
'
with u i d; that the blood i s not l i qui d and

that th ese organ-S b ave no crys t al s in them when the
body i s alive ; these asserti ons are m ade with full
knowled ge of the fact that the blood and th e spinal
e ssence are liquid when drawn out o f the p hysical
bo dy living or dead and the contents o f the F itni
t ary Gl an d and the Pineal Gland ap p ear crystalline
when the brain i s dissected but the reason is S imilar
t o t h at which caus es steam drawn from a steam boiler
to condense imm ediately up on contact with the at
m os p h e re and molten m etal drawn from a smelter S
furnace to crystallize immediately up on withdrawal
therefrom
A ll these substances are purely spiritual essences
when insid e the body ; they are then ethereal and the
substance in the Pineal Gland when see n by the spir
i t u al si ght appears as l i g h t
F urthermor e when o n e
S eer looks up on t h e Pine al Gland o f another who
i s then also exercising his S piritual faculties this light
i s of a most intense brilliancy an d of an i rri de s ce n ce
S imilar to but transcending i n beauty the most wo n
de rf ul play o f the N orthern L ights the A u ro ra
Bo r e ali s ev e r witnessed by the write r and he h as
s ee n t h e m many t imes
It may also be said that the
fun cti on o f this organ seems to have changed in the
course of human evolution D uring the earlier epo chs
o f o u r present stay up on the ear t h when man s body
was a l arge baggy t h i n g i n t o which the spirit had
n o t yet entered , but was there only as an overshadow
i n g p resence the re was an o pening in the top and
n o t r ll e d
'
'
T H E M E S SAG E
5 78
M ercury
OF
T HE
S T AR S
the planet o f reason holds the secretion

necessary to give the brain balance
I n the future the ductless glands are destined to
play a p rominent role their development will accel
crate evolution greatly for their e e ct s are mainly
mental and sp iritual W e are now nearing the A qua
rian A ge the S un is therefore beginning to transmit
the highly intellectual vibrations o f this S ign which
accounts for the intuitions p remonitions and tele
pathi c transmission n o w so p revalent I n the nal
analysis these phenomena are due t o the awakening of
the pituitary body rul ed by U ranus the lord o f
A quarius and every p assm g year will make them
m ore manifest
,
C H A PT E R
XXX
T H IR TY -S IX E X A M P LE H O R O SC O P E S
N O R D E R to further aid the student
the stella r
scienc e we p resent a number of horoscop es o f peo
ple who have come to us for help in their trouble We
therefore know these cases to be authentic and trust
that o u r delineation of their various ailments by
means of astro dia gnosis may p rove a true guide
We have made an attempt at classication o f
these horoscop es but as there are generally sym p
t oms o f several diseases in each horoscop e it has bee n
imp ossible t o draw hard and fast lines in the group
ing and the student will therefore have to rely
mainly o n the hea dl ines for indications o f what t h e
gure S hows
T h e rst 22 horoscop es are found o n p p 6 24-6 3 4
Th e last 1 4 gures are attached to their respect
ive readings
of
S Ex
AS
A F A C T OR
IN
D I S E AS E
It i s o u r earnest conviction that the l ess We

dwell upon sex the less we read about it and think
about it the purer we shall b e mentally and also
less liable to danger o f morbid habits for these
are often fo rm ed by o verstudy of the sex question
,
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5 80
T H E M E S SAGE
T HE
OF
S T AR S
and p ersons having a tendency in that direction

be discoura ged in attempts to discuss the
s hould
I n planning this chapter we had at
m atter at all
time thought it p ossible to escap e mention of
on e
the subj ect but more mature thou ght based up on
m uch study o f health and disease from the mystical
s tandpoint has convinced u s that we must go back
t o the allegori cal Garden o f E den for the starting :
p oint O f pain and sorrow a s fully explained in our
T h e e ff ects o f continued transgression
literature
a re with u s today as a matter o f actual fact abuse
O f se x i s in the most literal sense the p rimal source
o f sorrow
di sease and degeneracy under which the
world is groaning and in a work o f this nature it is
O bligato ry t o show the causes so that the remedy
may be foun d and applied
T herefore we shall
a ttempt t o S how the
p renatal in uences revealed
by the horos cope a s a warning t o p are n t s that mar:
ria g o is a sacrament and not a license to se x abuse
and that the S ins o f the fathers are indeed visited
upon th e children
A t the same time o f course an
i nnocent child i s n ot born with the tendency to a
c ertain disease i t s former living has made it liable
t o a specic weakness and for that reason it i s drawn
by the L aw O f A ssociation to p arents from whom it
m ay obtain a body sub j ect to that p articular ailment
T hus p arents are only instruments in fullling the
s elfmade destiny o f the child
If we thoroughly real
iz e that fact and can be pe rsuade d to live pure and
wholesome lives so that we may draw t o ourselves
.
'
'
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OF
T HE
S T AR S
T h e a ffl iction t o L eo aff ects

imparted to the boy
the heart and as S aturn is th e embodiment o f Ob
Struction restra i nt and supp ression we may know
that the heart action is very weak ( had the a f i ction
come from M ars h i s dynamic energy would have
caused p alpitation )
S corpio has rule Over the sex
organ U ranus and S aturn there g i ve tendency to
self abuse and o n the wel l known p rinciple that m u
t i l at i o n o f that organ a e ct s the voice we have in
this conguration an added reason o f the p oor boy s
inability t o sp eak T h e a f iction coming from xed
S igns S hows the deep rooted constitutional nature of
the evil and what may come of conception during a
d runken debauch
.
Th
Gu ardi an
H oroscop e No 2 shows
th
T h r esh ol d
the most remark

able p sychic conditions we have ever come across
Its p ortents in some resp ects are plain to any astrol
o ger but investigation by on e of the writers into
this p erson s past life adds sidelights and gives depth
to the meaning o f congurations n o t otherwise ob
t ai n ab l e also to the writer wh o made the S piritual i n
v est i g at i o n two years before the horoscop e was cast
it was a revelation to note how the mystic facts he
rememb ered so well were inscribed in this little wheel
o f life
T o enable the student to p roperly app reciate
the remarkable case we relate the story of how we
cam e into connection with the p erson what we at
tempted to do and what actually happened
.
on e o f
T HI R T
Y -SI X E X A M P L E
HO R O S C O P E S
5 83
I n the fall O f 1 9 1 0 a friend told us the sad case

of a young boy conned to his bed lying upon his
stomach and elbows persistently gazing at a certain
sp ot in a corner of the room as if fascinated h i s
whole frame continually sha king with sobs and
moans A t request o f the friend we visited the u n
fortunate boy and found that the obj ect which drew
h i s gaze with a p ower S imilar to that wh ereby the
snake charms a bird into its fangs was an elemental
o f the most horrible type we have ever seen
S tand
ing by the bedsid e we directed a stream o f force to
wards the base o f the p oor victim s brain and thus
d rew h i m towards us in an end eavor to break the
spell b ut t h e end held the consciousness charmed to
such a degree that there was evident danger o f rup
ture o f body and soul We therefore desisted and
with the fearlessness born o f inexperience decided
t o ght the elemental upon h i s own plane of being
B ut the E ld er B rother who is our Mentor sought uS
that evening he advised caution and i nvestigation
of the genesis o f the monster before we took action
R esearch of the m emory o f nature developed
t h e fact that in i t s last life the spirit emb odied in
the youth had been an initiate o f the O rder o r Jesus
a Jesuit and a zealot o f the most ardent type cruel
and unfeeling in the highest degree yet perfectly im
p ersonal with no othe r aim i n life save to further the
i ntere sts of h i s H oly O rder T h e health we alth
reputation o r life o f others he sacr i ced without
qualm O f conscience so that the order was b en e tt ed ;
,
T H E M E S SAG E
5 84
T HE
OF
S T AR S
he would ha ve offered himself up as freely f o r he

was S incere to the core L ove was as f orei gn to his
nature as hate but sex was rampant it tore his strong
soul to shreds ; yet it never m astered h i m he was t o o
p roud to show his p assion e ven t o one wh o co ul d have
gratied it and so he developed the secret habit I t
must not be supp osed that he became an ab j ect Sla ve
in that resp ect ; he the immortal sp irit fought his
lower nature by p faye r castigations fastings and
every other conceivable means sometimes he th ought
he had conquered but when he least exp ected it the
beast in him rallied ; and the war waged as e rcely as
e ver M any times he was tempted to mutilate himself
but he scorned such a course as unworthy a man e s
p e ci all y when that man had taken the vows of p riest
hood A t last he succumbed to the strain ; vigorous
manhood was succeeded by a middle age o f delicate
health constant p ain increased his mental anguish
and sympathy was born o f su ff ering he was n o longer
indi ff erent to the tortures o f victims of the Holy
O ffice B eing by nature a zealot and enthusiast in
whatever direction h i s ene rgies were exerted the p en
dulum soon swung to the Other extreme Paul -like he
fought to p rotect whom h e had p reviously p ersecuted
he incurred the enmity o f the H oly O ffice and nally
broken in body but dauntless of S pirit he fell a vic
tim to the torture to which he had subj ected so many
By the sincerity o f his nature and his later life
he earned t h e ri ght of admission to a M yste ry S chool
and p r epared for the privilege of working as an In
,
M ES SA G E
T HE
5 86
OF T H E
.
S T AR S
tity from the burning embers o f p assion and secret

vice M ay Go d help him and strengthen his arm in
the terrible combat O nly A strology the M aster Key
of Compassion can adequately reveal to us the strug
gle and an guish O f the soul and save us from the
crime of despising one in conditions of dep ravity
T h e before -mentioned aspects were from Cardinal
and F ixed signs which indicate that which i s almost
unalterabl e destiny But Neptune o n the A scendant
in a Common S ign Gemini points to a condition in
the making H e is trine to S aturn the a l i ct o r O f
the mind and supported by the dynamic energy o f
l i ars
N eptune indicates the invisible S piritual hier
archies which work with and up on us and when
placed in the T welfth H ouse it i s evident that sorrow
and distress may be exp ected from them T his p osi
tion renders the person liable to be preyed upon by
spirit controls but the trine to S aturn and the sextil e
to the S un Ve nus and M ercury p rotect him a gainst
in uence from outside sources
T hus he became a
p rey t o the demoniac embodiment O f h i s former ao
tions the terrible creature known to mystics as
Guardian o f the T hreshold

which the neophyte
must pass ere he can enter co n sci o n sl y into the In vi s
ible World T his dreadful S hape had drawn its b e
ing from acts of cruelty committed by the man in
his bygone life ; it had fed up on the curs es O f his tor
t u re d victims and gorged itself upon the odor o f
t heir blood and p erspiration as is the wont Of el emen
.
T HI R T
Y-SI X E X A M PL E
HO R O S C O P E S
5 87
tals ; it was a monster in every sense o f the word

D eat h o f its p rogenitor rendered it latent but i n the
new bi rt h gure time was marked f o r retribution u p
o n the clock of destiny
When the M oon by p ro g res
sion reached M ars natal place in the T welfth H ouse
h i s dynamic energy galvanized the monster into new
life and the troubles o f the p oor lad had commenced
T h e hat e anger and malice stored in the monster
radiated back up on him pang for pang and his nega
tive Gemini nature crumpled under the onslaughts
of the d emon When we saw the thing it app eared
a s a shap eless j ellylike mass with many large green
i sh eyes imbedded at di ff erent p arts o f its body
E very few seconds a sharp p ointed swordlike p ro
j e ct i on S hot o ut from the most unexp ected places in
its body and pierced the p oor lad wh o lay cringing
up on h i s bed T hen although the monster had no
mouth wherewith to laugh it seemed convulsed with
endish glee at the fear and pain it had given A t
other times o n e o r another of the eyes seemed to dart
from the m o n st e r p ro j ect e d upon what resembled an
elephant S trunk and it would halt within an inch of
the victim s eyes ; gazing into them with a compelling
p ower of awesome intensity
T here being S O many good asp ects to help him
it is not likely that he will succumb and when the
S u n reaches c onj unction o f Jupiter s place in the na
tal gure and the M oon has passed the square to the
S un s natal place a distinct turn for the better may
be looked for I n the meanwhile the p oor soul must
.
T HE
5 88
M E S SAG E O F T HE S T AR S
st ru ggle alone with its selfmade demon ; H ad n o t the

secret habit sap ped vitality in the former life birth
under a stronger S ign would ha ve given greater p ower
of physical endurance and rendered victory more
certain
,
D i seas e
th
E yes
T his
malady is due to rays from certain nebu

lous parts o f the Zodiac ; the Pleiades in T aurus 29
the A scelli in L e o 6 and A ntares in S agittarius 8
When the S u n o r Moon is in o rb o f o n e o f these places
and a f icted by S aturn M ars o r U ranus o r vice
versa when S aturn U ranus o r M ars are in these neb
n l o u s parts af icting the S un o r M oon trouble i s i n
di cat e d but if care is taken in the case o f children
having this tendency to disease it may b e greatly
modied o r entirely avoided
T h e light in school
rooms calls f o r attention o n general p rinciples but
where a child has incipient eye trouble the parent
ought t o request p rop er placement o f the child in a
modied light reading by lamplight o r in the dusk
should not be permitted and wi n do wsh ades in the
home ou ght to b e o f a soothing color , With civiliza
tion and life in cities the eyes have become habituated
to short focus and cannot quickly ad j ust themselves
t o variation o f range as the sailors and plainsmen
When a child s horosco p e indicates tendency to weak
eyes residence in a rural district if p ossible may be
o f immense value in p reserving the vision for e x e r
cise O f the eye muscles by frequent adj ustment o f
T H E M E S SAGE
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T HE
OF
S T AR S
p roduced which causes su ff ering according to house

o
s
si gn and a f iction ; even the good aspects of a
called
evil planet though it brings out the virtue of that
planet also carries with it a touch Of the darker side
because even the best o f u s ha ve something in o u r
inner natures which vibrates to that phase o f the
pla net s nature
But besides this roundabout way o f acquiring
knowled ge through vibrations in the air and ether
inaugurated by M ercury and interp reted by slow
processes in the brain mind where S p irit and matter
m eet t h e re is a di rect p at h t o kn o wl edg e symbolized
by the sta ff around which the serp ents twine T his
is the ray o f N eptune the octave o f M ercury which
puts u s in touch with the spiritual worlds But ob
serve this the sta ff and the serpents are not separate
the sta ff goes t h ro ug h the winding forms o f the ser
p ents and thu s we learn that in our p resent condition
sp iritual knowled ge is dependent o n the brain mind
f o r concrete exp ression and throu gh the brain mind
the latter is colored accordin g to th e asp ects o f Nep
tune
E xperience has p roved that the a f icted stellar
ray from certain p arts of the Zodiac already men
t i o n e d interferes with the etheric vibration sensed by
the retina o f the eye and thus imp airs the physical
si ght
I f i n the same g u re Neptune is focused
throu gh one of these places the so -called yello w
sp ot
which i s bl i nd because unresponsive t o the
etheric mercurial vibrations i s sensitized by the spir
,
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Y -SI X E X A M PL E
HO R O S C O P E S
591
ray o f N eptune and thus it may b e that a p er

or even blind may view
so n physically near S ighted
the spiritual worlds hidden from p eopl e whose sight
is focused by mercurial vibrations
T h e aspect o f
Neptune determines the grade and nature o f the spir
i t u al sight evolved as illustrated in various horo
scope s herewith T hese were picked to demonstrate
other p oints but it occurred to us that the phase j ust
mentioned is worthy o f notice I t may b e well h o w
ever t o warn students a gainst absurd conclusions
we do not say that everyone a ffl icted with eye troubl e
by A nta res A scelli o r the Pleiades is gifted in
return with spiritual si ght T h e lady in horoscope
NO 5 i s much a ffl icted physically but Neptune is out
o f o rb and sh e d erives no vision from his ray
S pir
i t u al vision may also be undeveloped in many who
have th e aspect well dened but in those cases it i s
in p rocess o f unfoldment and will yield easi l y to
p rop er exer cises Where this as pect i s a square o r
opposition it i s wise however to refrain from any
attempt to seek illumination for in those aspects lurk
great danger from spi rit controls elementals etc
which is amply illustrated in horoscop e No 2
where the opp osition of N eptune to A ntares is re
sp onsible for the awful vision of the Guardian o f the
T hreshold
T here the physical sight is not impaired
but i n horoscop e No 3 defective eyesight is shown
by a f iction from the A scelli and like trouble comes
from A ntares in No 4 I n one the trin e from Ne p
tune p roduces voluntary vision o f the super physical
i t ual
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OF
S T AR S
T HE
realms and in the other h i s focus is square hence the

spiritual sight O bta i ned is intermittent and n ot und er
control
We have S poken of M ercury as originator o f all
sense vibrations auditory O lfactory visual etc and
o f N eptune as its octave ; to forestall questions we
m ay say that in the spiritual world sep arateness
sensations merge so that sound and S ight
ceases
voice and vision are one T h e N eptune ray carries
both but undeveloped seers suff ering fro m the i n
voluntary faculty se e or h ear as i t suits the
entities which obtain admission to them through the
ray o f N eptune
H oroscop e N o 3 shows the inimical in uence o f
the nebulous spot i n L e o 6 the A scelli o n the sight
T his dangerous d egree was rising at birth with the
M oon in close conj unction and the S u n also i n o rb :
S aturn in 24 d egrees o f L ibra is j ust within orb o f a
square to the S un in L e o 0 degrees and as a result of
these various a f ictions the p erson is compelled to
u se bifocal glasses
T here is a comp ensating advan
tage however N eptune in elevation and trine to the
A scelli ( with S un M oon and A scendant in o rb ) has
endowed him with S pi ritual S ight over which he has
p erfect control as the student may readily se e by
examination of M ercury the best fortied planet in
the horoscope S aturn by sextile from the S ign of
his ex al t at i on g i ves steadiness p ersistence and con
centration Jupiter by trine from the house he rules
expands the mind makes it reli giously inclined and
,
M E S SAG E O F T H E S T AR S
T HE
5 94
other eye is almost blind

I n N ovember 1 9 1 2 the
M oon had p rogressed to the square o f the S un s
place at birth T hat was the nal cri si s wh i ch viv
i e d the before -mentioned asp ects N eptune makes no
asp ect to the p oints o f the Zodiac mentioned hence
t h e S piri t ual si g ht i s deepl y dormant
H oroscope No 4 i s the most a f icted o f all the
D ragon s T ail the S u n and A ntares are in con j un c
tion T hat alone is su fciently severe ; the condition
i s further aggravated however by a cl ose square o f
Neptune and M ars an d then the measure of a f iction
to the eyes is help ed by a con j unction o f S aturn to
the Pleiades which occurs in the T welfth H ouse
T hus this horoscop e shows the p erson then born t o
h ave very weak eyes and as a matter O f fact she can
scarcely read even when holding book or p ap er a few
inches from the eyes and using a magnifying glass ;
but the square o f N eptune t o A ntares has opened her
spiritual senses to a ce rtain extent so that S h e hears
spirit voices and at times has vi s i ons T hese mani
f est at i o n s being uncontrolled by her are very u n
satisfactory o f course but p rove the effect of N eptune
aspecting these p oints in the Zodiac
,
Th
D rag o n
H ead
an d
T ail
83
83 )
AS
it has often been a sore puzzl e to student s

what are the D ragon s H ead and T ail ( called
the M oon s nodes in the ephemeris ) and why o n e i s
supp osed to b e good and t o further all that come s
under its b en e c ray w h i le the other is considered
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extremely evil it m ay be well to show the reasonable

ness o f the philosophy
F irst let us say for the information o f students
not versed in astronomical terms that nodes are
p oints where a planet traveling in its orbit crosses
the S un s path ; as for instance the ear t h does at the
equinoxes
T his is explained from both the astro
n om i c
al and mystic sides in o u r S i m p l i ed S ci e n ti c
A s tro l og y and also the re volution o f the M oon s
N odes
S pea king from the convenient geocentric view
p o i n t t h e S un crosses its eastern node each year at
the v ernal equinox 5 0 seconds o f sp ace in advance
o f the p oint where it crossed the p revious year ; as
the S un travels 1 5 degrees p er hour 5 0 seconds o f
space are traversed in about 3 seconds o f time
Th e M oon rises about 5 0 minutes later each
n i ght ap plyi ng the same measure 5 0 minutes o f
time corresp ond to about 3 minutes o f space and
the M oon s nodes recede j ust that much every day
T hus the S u n travels around the circle o f th e
Zodiac in o n e year but requi res 27 times as many
thousands
years ) to complete the p recessional
circle of its nodes the equinoctial p oints T h e swift
m ovm g M oon circles the Zodiac in 27 days and it s
nodes make a ful l revolution in 1 000 weeks o r 1 9
years ( T hese gures are onl y app roximate )
I n the case of the S un the place where it crosses
the earth s equator i n the east is always regarded as
the rst point i n A ries no matter where in the con
,
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M E S SAGE O F T HE S T AR S
st el l at i o n s
it falls because o f p recession T his p ro

ce du re i s pe rfectly j ustied because the life gi ving
qualities ascribed to the S un in A ries are observable
a s s oon as it h as crossed the equator ; then the seeds
S prout t h e mating season commence s and the whol e
c reation seems sti rred by the solar ray to b ring forth
T herefore astrologers say that the S un is exalted in
A ries and A ri es i s understood to b e the rst 3 0 de
grees from the e quinoctial p oint the eastern node o f
the S un where he crosses the e quator at the vernal
equinox
O n the same p rinciple the western node o f the
S u n the point where he l eaves the northern hemi
sphere for the winter months i s called the rst p oint
o f L ibra
and S aturn the planet of obstruction and
s up pre ssion is here exalt ed ; he is the reap er with his
scythe he mows down the fruits o f the solar ray he
; supp resses life and j o y
the gladsome voices of our
feathered friends are hushed in h i s p resence and the
earth goes down to its wintry grave under his wither
ing in uence
A s the M oon gathers and re ect s the solar light
u p on eart h this borrowed light is S imilar to the di
rect ray in cert ain rep e ct s n o matter where its east
nod e ( called the D ragon s H ead ) falls in the
e rn
the e ff ect upon a ff airs wherewith it is con
S i gns
n e ct e d by conj unction i s like that of the S u n in A ries
which makes nature sing wi th j o y ; it furthers and
accelerates p ersonal matters in a most benevolent
manner it so t o speak oils the wheels o f life in th e
.
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OF
T HE
S T AR S
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planets appea r serp enti n e when drawn upon a pla n e

surface
.
D i s ease
Th
th
E ars
House indicates the
T welfth
co n n m
1n
in life Mercury there in conj unction with

the S un limits the S pirit and deafness hampers its
search after knowl ed ge T h e same happ ens if S aturn
M ars U ranus and N eptune a f ict also when the mer
curial S igns Gemini and Virgo are o n the twelfth
cusp and M ercury i s a f icted ( no matter where in the
gure it is placed ) We append horoscop es o f p eople
who a re su ff ering from this mal ady ;N o 7 i s the horo
scop e o f a lady who is gradually losing her hearing
M ercury Venus and the S un are in close conj unction
i n Pisces the twelfth S ign which i s in the T welfth
H ouse
B lood lymph and the invisible vital uid
called nerve force by science are the builders of
our bodies ; e ach planet except U ranus and Neptune
has dominion over one o f their constituent p arts
u en ce s
E
?
M ercury rules the nerves p articularly the cerebro

,
spinal system and the invisibl e rose colored vi

tal uid which ows in the visible nerve S heath
,
D Th
M o o n also rules the nerves in a general way
but has special dominion over the nerve sheaths

the body the sympathetic system and the
of
lymph
,
u J u p i t er
governs the arterial c i rcul ati on
T H E M E S SAGE
6 00
OF
T HE
Ve n us rules the venous blood
M ars r ul es the iron in the bl ood
Th
S at ur n has dominion
S u n rules the oxygen
S T AR S
ove r the mineral deposits

carri ed by the blood which causes the arteries
and other parts of the body to harden
,
When a planet i s in very clo e con j unction t o the

S u n three degrees or less it is said to be co m bus t ;
its ray i s so t o sp eak burned up in the terric heat
o f the S u n a nd thus the a f icted planet is unable to
p rop e rly exercise i t s function in the life o f p ersons
born unde r that conguration
I t i s also evid ent
th at as the weakest link of a chain i s the rst t o give
so the disability woul d show itself in a p art O f the
body otherwise a fflicted
H o roscop e No 7 has both Venus and M ercu ry
c ombust in the T welfth House ; w e may therefore con
cl u de that the re is a lack of nerv e force o r vital uid
and that the venous ci rculation o f the ear is o b
structed T hus congestion i s inevitable and the hear
ing becomes less and less acute
O steopathy i s ex
ce l l e n t l y equipp ed to deal successfully w i th a case
like this ; were the congu ration in a xed sign we
mi ght n o t fe el optimistic but ex i bi l i ty is the s alient
s
characteristic o f t h e Common si g ns so we see no

l eason why with patience and p erseverance a cure
may n o t be cons ummated
,
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a p erson a f i cted as horoscope No 8 t o eliminate the

waste and e ffect a cure in time
.
D i se ase
th
Vo cal Org an
A mong the sub j ects germane t o thorough know

l ed ge o f A strology are the S imilar e ff ects o f i n t ri n
pposite factors ; S aturn is called evil and
si call y O
Jupiter good but when S aturn is well fortied in a
horoscope it has an exceedingly desir able e e ct and
an a f icted Jupiter is the very reverse o f benecial
T hus there i s a good side to each se called
evil
planet and every good planet has also an u n desi r
able phase T h e si g ns Of the Zodiac are said to rule
certain parts of the body but each S i gn has also sub
s i di ary dominion over the p art ruled by its opp osite
si gn ; a f iction o f Gemini may cause bronchitis o r
weaken the arms and shoulders but sciatica a S ag
i tt ari u s disease may also resul t
T aurus rul es the
throat it has great sympathy with S corpio the S ign
that rules the generati ve or g ans hence we no t e t h e
change of voice in boys at the time o f pub erty ; also
woman when she forsakes the p ath Of chasti t y and
li ves a life o f debauch acquires a coarser voice T au
rus rules the larynx but M ercury governs the air
which sti rs the vocal cords to vibration ; thus organic
a ffliction is indicated by a f iction o f T aurus and S eor
pio but functional disability by the position and as
p eet of M ercu ry T here is a S imilar relation between
T aurus ( r uling the vocal organs ) and M ercury ( rul
ing the air which passes through the larynx ) as b e
,
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HO R O S C O P E S
6 03
tween i nstrument and player I f T aurus ( and S eor

pio ) are una ffl icted the vocal organ is in good co n
dition but an af icted M ercury may n e vertheless
cause a functional disorder of the sp eech T h e re
verse may also happen namely that a well fortied
M ercury p artially overrides the eff ect of a T aurus
a f iction T his i s well exemplied in horoscope No
9 ; S at urn N eptune and the S un con j oined in T aurus
cause a t h re at a ff ection but M ercury i s in a S ign O f
voice
Gemini ( L ibra and A quarius are the other
S igns o f voice ) and in conj unction with Jupiter T h e
l ady s uff ers constantly from throat t roubl e but as a
good musician draws melody from a dilapidated i n
strument so by the aid of her well placed M ercury
this lady is able t o exp ress herself better than many
whose vocal organs are sound ; in fact she teaches
elocution
H oroscop e No 3 h as a singularly well fortied
M ercury there is no af iction to T aurus or S corpio
and the gentleman has a p owerful voice capable of
lling the lar gest halls without effort yet not t o o l oud
for the smallest but M ercury in L e e a b east i al S ign
and S aturn in L ibra a S ign o f voice are obstructive
o f p e rfect vocalization
therefore the gentleman has
at times a certain halt o r hesitancy o f speech
It follows as a matter o f course that disabilities
o f speech are more easily remedied than those that
a re o rganic ; pa t ience p ractice O f vocal and breath
ing exercises such as teachers o f voice culture give
( these a re entirely di ff erent from the dangerous
.
T HE
6 04
M E S SAG E
OF
H indu breathing exercises )
T HE
S T AR S
are almost sure to
re
store normal conditions

H oroscop es No s 9 1 0 and 1 1 have S atu rn and
Neptune conj oined in T aurus ; as a con sequenc e all
have throat trouble and also disorder o f the genital
organs NOS 1 0 and 1 1 have both unde r gone op era
tions for removal o f certain parts and M ercury in
S corpio cent ers the thoughts O f N O 1 0 up on sex caus
ing inten se torture as it is impossibl e t o gratify the
craving S aturn in a xed S ign is certainly a sore
af i ct o r the reap er o f fruits from a p ast life and i f
the i c i s to be any solace it must come through knowl
edge o f the cause p rayer and the p atience engen
dered thereby
.
D i s o rders
of
th
Mi n d
B efore closing discussion of maladies p eculia r t o

the head mention must be made o f insanity though
the underlying causes can only be hinted at in a work
o f this kind but the student i s referred to T h e R os i
cr uci an C o sm o C o n cep t i o n for a thorough explana
tion of the cosmic agencies concerned in building the
brain and a key to the astrological corresp ondences
H ere we only give the essential facts
T h e brain and larynx were rst built by th e
angelic host from the M oon ( L una ) who used part
O f the sex force f o r that purpose hence the intimat e
connection between these organs
L unacy i s O ften
induced by misuse Of the sex force and lunatics
frequently have a aw in the S p eech When boys
,
T HE
6 06
man and agencies which aim to keep him

dep endent as ex plained in Ro sicrucian Christianity
L ucifer T empter or Bene

S eries L ecture NO 1 4
factor ?
S uch are the teachings which explain the deep
reason back o f astrolo gical dicta and any qualied
seer may easily p erceive the various agencies at work
in the human body such are few however and the
student o f A strology h as reason t o t h ank Go d day by
day f or the blessed science which i s o f greater benet
than any measure of spiritual sight T hou gh the writ
ers are rm believers in the law of comp ensatio n
which gives to each exactly what he has earned nei
ther more nor less we cannot free ourselves from
the feeling that o u r measure O f spiritual faculties
has been heap ed and S haken down
We feel very
very grateful f o r th e p rivilege and added usefulness
i n service which thi s gives u s N evertheless were
the alternative placed before us involving choice b e
tween loss o f spiritual faculties and loss o f our know
l edge o f A strolo gy we S hould n o t hesitate one mo
m ent but decide at once in favor o f o u r beloved
science neither ought this surp rise anyone who will
give the matter a moment s thou ght It is true that
spiritual si ght even in its rudimentary form enables
u s to see the condition of the human body to the mi
n u t est detail and thus a ff ords a much easier means o f
diagnosis than A strology but thou gh it p enetrates t o
the innermost core o f the bone mere clairvoyance i s
supercial comp ared to A strolo gy for it shows onl y
p at i o n
of
T HI R T
Y-SI X E X A M PL E
HO R O S C O P E S
6 07
p resent conditions o f the body T O nd the causes

which led up to that state and j udge o f future ten
den ci es it is necessary to consult the memory o f na
ture We shoul d have t o do that p ersonally and this
time would not p ermit as we are handli ng hundreds
o f cases
but a S imple astrological g u re wh i ch we
may commission o n e o f o u r students to cast reveals
as much at a glance
T here are delineated the causes
o f mental moral and p hysical disorders it shows ac
cu rat el y the stages that have been passed and the cri
ses yet to come
It also indicates the direction in
which a remedy may b e looked for and the most f a
vo rab l e time f o r administering the same
It helps
p eople H ere and N o w and the astrologer who lives
up to h i s p rivilege h as a mission so hi gh and so holy
that the O fce o f p riest ( i n the esot eric sense o f the
term ) pales into i n si g n i can ce L et the aspirant to
this great kn owled ge remember that he stands up on
holier ground than M oses before the burning bush
when he looks at a horoscope T hrough t h at circle
symbol o f innity an immortal soul is laid bare and
woe to him who dares to look with p rofane eyes for
no matter how that soul may have been smirched in
it s p ilgrima ge through matter i t i s essentially divine
and as dear to the F ather yes p erhaps ev e n more
p recious than the righteou s wh o do not need mercy
and comp assion T hi s has been somewhat o f a di g res
sion but w e ha ve no apologies to O ffer f o r we p reach
A strology as a religion and feel the necessity o f em
p h asi z i n g this phase in season and o u t if by any
.
6 08
T H E M E S SAGE
T HE
OF
S T AR S
we may inculcate in others the reverence whi ch

w e ourselves feel for this divine science
R eturning t o the astrological consideration o f i n
s anity and in view of what has been said we may note
t hat the horoscop e S hows how in the spinal canal
rays of the various hierarchi es blend and A strology
tabulates the resultant mental conditions as follows :
People not congenitally a e ct ed with cardinal
rising particularly i f cardinal o r xed signs
S igns
also invest the M idheaven and N adir rarely become
i nsane
T h e active nature forbids morbid tendencies
an d blues disapp ointment i s quickly thrown o ff and
hope S p rings eternal in the cardinal breast urging to
renewed struggle with conditions I t i s said that the
and when Cap ricorn rises
e xception p roves the rule
the saturnine rulership gives a tendency t o melan
ch ol y which under certain aggravating circumstances
m ay p rovoke sui cide p articularly when the ruler is
coop ed up in the E ighth H ouse as we se e in horoscop e
N O 12
Virgo a common S i gn devoid of stamina
h olds the S un S aturn Venus and the M oon in this
t h e house O f death ; it robs the p erson of j oy in life
an d imp els him t o end it under stress o f sorrow
K nowledge on the p art of an astrologer friend has so
f ar forestalled the calamity and it is hop ed may save
t h e p oor man from committing so grave a crime
When a F ixed S ign rises at birth o f a normal
child chances o f insanity in later life are S O exceed
i n g l y remote as to b e almost negligible especially if
a F ixed o r Cardinal S ign is also o n the M idheaven
m eans
T H E M E S SAG E
6 10
OF
T HE
S T AR S
a whole : it i s the place occupied by the M oon at con

I n the B ible angels are often mentioned as
ce p t i o n
heralds of birth and their lunar home is the focus
whence the spirits enter o ur terrestrial sphere o n their
r eturn t o physical life
T hey fashion the ether i c
m ould f o r o u r present instrument an d di re ct the
growth o f the f azt us T herefore the A scendant and
the M oon S how the organic disabilities which lead to
mental disorder
T h e congenital idiocy resulting
from lack of proper adj ustment b etween the vital
body and the physical vehicle has been thoroughly
described in the R osi cru ci an C o sm o -Co n cep ti o n to
gether with causes p roducing the same during pre
natal life A strologically this condition is p roduced
by an a f iction O f the A scendant that i s to say the
M oon s place at conception which throws the angle
o f the stellar ray o u t Of parallax to the mother s body
an d the physical vehicle is built in such a manner
that the head o f the vital body is several inches above
the skull T hus the nerve centers are askew p revent
ing the ego from p roperly controlling i t s instrument
T his is one of the congurations which p roduce idiocy
and S t Vitus dance U ranus and N eptune are esp e
ci al l y concerned in p roducing this latter phenomenon
S aturn is the cause o f melancholy and dep res
si on M ars and Uranus p roduce the musc ul ar and
violent forms o f insanity H oroscopes 13 and 1 4 illus
trate these p eculiarities N o 1 3 also shows the con
n e ct i o n between puberty and the mental state
Ge m
ini i s rising with T aurus and M ars intercepted in the
.
'
T HI R T
Y SI X E X A M PL E
HO R O S C O P E S
6 11
and T welfth H ouses from whence come disease

and connement T h e M oon i s in T aurus which rules
the larynx sh e is in conj unction with N eptune
square to M ercury and M ars is i h S corpio whic h
rules the generative organs T here we have at once
the tendencies to a disease which is further accent
u at e d by the fact that Neptune in T aurus squares t h e
S un in L e e and L e o h as rule over the heart and i s the
p rime factor in circulation upon which the life of the
body dep ends ; thus the t h re at en ed i l l n e ss may be se t
down t o troubl e with the blood p roduced by a ner
vous a ffection Puberty occurs at the time when t h e
M oon i s in the opposite quarter from its place at
birth S h e entered S corpio the opposite of T aurus
which held her at birth at the time when the child
was nearly twelve years o f age Up to that time the
little girl had been bri ght but the conj unction with
M ars in S corpio p recip itated the period and robbed
the growing child O f vitality sorely needed at that
time T h e initial p eriods were few but left her de
p l et e d o f strength to withstand the S quare to M ercur y
an d the opp osition o f the M oon to i t s radical place
( T h e radical place o f a planet is i t s p osition at birth )
T his a f iction o f M ercury the ruler by the M oon at
birth was thus excited and insanity showed itself in
consequence A s the a ffliction comes from xed S i gns
we may j udge it will be impossible to o vercome and
the best that can be done f o r the p oor soul i s to pray
f o r the day o f its release that it may have a better
chance in a future embodiment
S ixth
T H E M E S SAGE
6 12
N o 1 4 i s the horoscop e
OF
T HE
S T AR S
a young man T h e common

S i gn Gemini i s ri sm g the ruler M ercury i s in the
E i ghth H ou se the house of death U ranus and t h e
M oon a re in opp osition T his conguration which i s
si mila r to that of horoscop e No 1 2 has the same S i g
n i can ce
it pre sages suicidal tendencies under ne r
vous strain and this augur i s all the more dangerous
a s it comes from xed signs M ars and Neptune in
T aurus give a desi re for d rink and the S un in a
wate ry S ign a ccentuat es the tendency U nde r such
circumstan ces the man h as several times tried to end
his life in a m ost ext raordinary manner Jupiter i n
S agittarius square to S aturn i n Pisces increases the
loosene ss o f his morals and makes him dishonest He
will forge and steal in order to satisfy his p assion and
craving for drink and questionabl e society L e e on
the S econd H ou se with U ranus and the M oon in close
conj unction shows that he S pends what he gets in
d issolute living
.
of
T here i s
redeeming feature in the horoscope

V enus in the M idheaven sextile to his ruler and trine
t o the M oon H e h as energy and artisti c ability
which it is hop ed may in time rouse the better qual
B ut again we reiterate
i tie s and make h i m a man
t hat with the a f i cti on from xed si gns t h e obstacl e
i s almost insurm ountable
on e
I n c onclusion the student s attention i s directed

t o the T hi rd and the Ninth H ouses which will also
have an in uence on the m i nd Planets therein act
,
T HE
6 14
M E S SAGE
OF
T HE
S T AR S
and troublesome T h e blood must have an outlet and

the square of N eptune t o Jupiter in Cancer which
rules the stomach caused h aemorrhages when the M oon
came into conj unction with the D ragon s T ail in S ag
i t t ari u s ( the opp osite S ign to Gemini ) and the radical
square o f the A scendant and the M oon were a gain
excited T hen also the lungs became a ff ected and the
crises enume rat ed i n the chapter o n Pro g ressi o n
ended the life
A S we feel that this cannot be reiterated too
often we rep eat o u r in j unction to students never to
let a patient know that there is any danger o r that
there is a crisi s ahead Particularly please reme m
ber p ar ti cu l arl y if it is a Vi rg o for they have no
chance at all if they know what i s coming
H oroscop e N o 1 6 S hows the natal conguration
o f an actress
S agittarius is risi ng Jup iter and the
M oon are in close con j unction i n Gemini a mercurial
Si gn they are sup ported by a trine of the S un ; thus
S he had a m ost healthy constitution at birth S O far as
the lung p ower is concerned M ars and M ercury are
also in an airy S ign giving energy t o respiration and
it thus seems as though this person were singularly
well fortied a gainst pulmonary trouble But S at
u rn N eptune and the D ra gon s T ail in T aurus in
the S ixth H ouse gives a tendency to colds and con
t raction o f the t hroat U ranus in Virgo p roduces co n
vul si ve movements of the diaphragm and abdominal
region ; he is square to S aturn in T aurus and thus we
s e e how
graphically the stellar script pictures the
.
T HI R T
Y SI X E X A M PL E
-
HO R O S C O P E S
6 15
tendency to convulsive coughing and h mm o rrh ag es

which nearly brought the young lady to an early
grave when M a rs by p rogre ssion came into co n j u n c
tion with the radical S un and vi vi e d the square to
S aturn
We rej oic e to say that the good aspects rst
mentioned enabled the young lady to weather the
storm ; but close attention to diet regular living and
above all absolute continence are required to regain
full physical strength f o r there is much evidence to
Sh ow that license played an important part in redue
ing the life forces and robbing her o f the needed
s t rength at the critical period
,
D i s eases
th
S to m ach
H oroscop e N O 1 7 p resents a number
of
diseases
but all have their root in an insatiable appetite f o s
t e re d by the fact that the p erson is a p rofessional
c h ef Venus in T aurus gives good taste in food and
the sextile to M ercury in Cancer causes the mind to
run in the direction o f p reparations wherewith t o
tickle the palate B ut the M oon being ruler of Can
c er the rising S ign which has dominion over the stom
ach shows that this over indul gence o f the appetite
will result disastrously
T h e distended stomach
p resses up on the heart o f which the S un o ur life
giver i s ruler T his planet is in Gemini the S ign
which has dominion over the lungs and square to
M ars in Pisces M ars rules the i ron in the blood and
t h e S un gives u s oxygen thus this square shows that
the blood will lack in that life giving element T h e
.
T H E M E S SAGE
6 16
OF
T HE
S T AR S
conj unction o f the S un with Ur anus in Gemini p ro

duces spasmodic motion of the lungs and labored i n
sp iration to obtain su fcient oxygen wherewith to
nourish the system thus we have the condition called
asthma S aturn and Jupiter are in Virgo which
rules the abdomen square to the S un and Uranus i n
Gemini showing lack o f circulation and a tendency
t o ulcerous growths and there i s a general lack o f nu
t ri t i on in the whole system because o f the great e n
e rg y required to eliminate waste from the enormous
quantiti es o f food which this person consumes S ad
to say however persons in that occup ation p rotest
that they cannot help tasting and that in spite o f all
ills they must eat t o excess It were wiser o f course
to seek another p rofession and train the system to
moderation
I n horoscope No 1 8 we have the natal con g u ra
tions of another chef they are similar to those de
lineated in N o 1 7 Cancer the sign of the stomach
is rising with Mars and the S un cl ose to the A seen
dant thus the forces o f this individual will be di
re ct e d p rincipally toward
the stomach and the
O pposition of the M oon shows disastrous results which
eventually resulted from gratifying his ravenous
T h e S un i s life and motion M ars is dy
app etite
n am i c energy
and the excessive activity c entered in
the stomach t o take care o f digestion causes this
organ to be in amed N ature i s not a j erry builder
sh e builds substantially and well o r o u r bodies could
never stand the abuse we give them as well as they do
,
T H E M E S SAGE
6 18
OF
T HE
S T AR S
it i s evident that the heart was a weak link in the con

st i t u t i o n
and would cause trouble in time unless
care was taken
U nfortunately o f course p arents
knew l eS S about A strology a ge neration ago than to
day when the science i s coming to the fore T h e e u
was allowed to
e rg y of which this horoscope is full
spend itself unrestrained with no thought given to
coming disaster
Venus and Jupiter the planets ruling the venous
and arterial circulation are in opp osition Venus is
in Gemini the S i gn o f the lungs and when the S un
p rogressed to the square o f Venus radical place and
U ranus transited the S ixth H ouse illness b egan
breathing became labored as indicated by the square
of the life giver t o the lungs U ranus in opposition
t o h i s natal place in Cancer p roduced the convulsive
movement known as the stomach cough and thus f o r
years this illness robbed the man of vital energy but
these a f ictions passed and because o f attention to
right living the system has been left none the worse
for the exp erience
M oreover the suff ering of the
soul has resulted in growth that he might n o t other
wise have obtained
H oroscop e No 1 9 S hows another case o f heart
disease T h e S un and N eptune are con j unct in the
A s this con
E ighth H ouse in opp osition to M ars
j unction is in the S ign Gemini and in the house o f
T h e dynami c
death it i s easy t o se e the p ortent
energy o f M ars which tea rs everything t o p i e ces ac
T h e S un
causes p alpitation etc
cel e rat es motion
,
T HI R T
an d
N eptune in Gemini
HO R O S C O P E S
6 19
S how a likelihood of a h aem
the lungs resulting from over activity o f

that vital organ T h e M oon and S aturn in L e o S ho w
the obstructed passage of the blood for the keynote of
S aturn i s O bstruction and retardation ; thus the valves
o f the heart become leaky and the backward o w o f
the blood called re gurgitation takes place
L e e also rules the spinal cord and m al e c co n g
u rat i o n s there may p roduce hunchbacks and kindred
disabilities
H oroscope N o 20 is the gure of a beautiful boy
well formed and healthy who became a f icted with
curvature o f the S pine H ere we nd the M oon in
conj unction with the D ra gon s T ail in the T welfth
House square t o S aturn and U ranus in S corpio A t
ve and one half years o f age the M oon had p ro
g re sse d t o the square of i t s own place this and the
conj unction with S aturn and U ranus in S corpio
brought o n his a ffl iction A fter enduring eight years
of torture he died h aving been taken from o n e f ree
dispensary to another and used by the doctors to p rac
tice on E ach doctor tried a n e w cure H e was in
plaster casts for years but to no purp ose T h e mother
i s rep resented by U ranus in conj unction with M ars
careless and of dissolute habits S he was glad of the
opportunity t o place the b o y anywhere in order t o
S hirk t h e responsibility o f caring for him T h e boy
died when the M oon had p rogressed to an opp osition
o f its own place it was also then in square to U ranus
and S aturn
o rrh ag e o f
T H E M E S SAGE
6 20
D i s eases
OF
th
T HE
S T AR S
Ki dn e ys
kidneys are ruled by L ibra and S corpio both

t is to say the functional activity o f secretion o f
Tha
urine comes from L ibra but the bladder and urethra
throu gh which elimination takes p l aC
e are ruled by
R enal stones and gravel would result from
S corpio
an a f iction t o L ibra for they are formed i n the p e
D iseases of the ureters are
du n cl e o f the kidneys
also under L ibra
H oroscopes NOS 3 and 21 are examples of how
the stars indicate diseases of the kidneys I n both
cases Saturn is in an angle and S quare to the S un
he i s i n h i s S ign o f exaltation L ibra which rules
the kidneys i s also elevated T his latter p oint may
3 and
n o t be ap parent to beginners who look at No
nd S aturn as they woul d say do wn in the F ourth
H ouse but the nadir of the birth place i s M idheaven
o r Zenith of an opp osite p oint on the earth and pl an
e t s in either o f these points are found to have a
greater p ower
I n the two examples mentioned S aturn the
planet o f obstruction p revents secretion of urine but
does n o t interfere with elimination o f t h at which h as
been secreted But in horoscop e N o 8 where he i s
p osi t ed in the sign S corpio square to M ercury we hav e
a case where th e formation Of gravel and renal stones
i s S hown at birth
A p erson with such a con g u ra
tion ou ght to be extremely careful n o t to drink hard
water for this may cause a p ainful ailment O nly
Th
T H E M E S SAGE
6 22
OF
T HE
S T AR S
urn is exalted i n the M idheaven exactly square to the

S u n and Neptune i s elevated at the nadir also s q u ar
ing the M oon ; thus both luminaries are a f icted A s
the S un i s lord of the house o f death these auguries
p resage an untimely end T h e only hop e lies in the
sextile of Jupiter to the S u n which gives hair breadth
escapes T his gentleman s life has been j eop ardized
many times in railroad wrecks automobile accidents
e t c b u t although he has thus been near th e gat e o f
death many times the b en e c ray o f Jupiter has so
far p re served his life and no bones have yet been
broken T h e lady described in horoscop e N O 22 has
n o t been S O fortunate her arms and limb s have been
accidentally broken several times for M ars and the
M oon are in S agittarius in the T welfth H ouse also
in O pposition to Jupiter T h e S un and M ercury are
in the E ighth H ouse in op position to N ep tune and
these planets are square the rst mentioned positions
S aturn her ruler is square t o Venus so that she at
tracts accidents and never escap es being hurt
,
D i s e as es
th
L i m bs
I n horoscop e N o 7 we nd M ars in A quarius

square to S aturn and from this a f iction it is e vident
that there i s an O bstruction of the bl ood in the lower
limbs usually known as varicose veins H oroscop e
NO 1 7 shows M ars in the S ign Pisces in opp osition to
S aturn and Jupiter
It i s the nature o f S aturn to
obstruct and his conj unction with Jupiter shows that
the circulation i s p oor M ars in Pisces p roduces heat
.
T HI R T
HO R O S C O P E S
6 23
in ammation and swelling o f the feet because o f the

stagnated blood W e have already seen that the per
son
there described is gluttonously inclined and
therefore it is no wonder that stagnation of the blood
produces such p ainful a f ictions as indicated by these
con g urations T h e remedy of cour se i s self -evident
it is moderation
,
6 24
T H E M E S SAGE
OF
T HE
S T AR S
626
T HE
T HI R T
Y-SI X E X A M P L E
HO R O S C O P E S
6 27
6 28
T HE
M E S SAGE O F T H E
S T AR S
6 30
T H E M E S SAGE
O F THE S T AR S
T HI R T
Y -SI X E XA M PL E
HO R O S C O P E S
631
6 32
T H E M E S SAGE
OF
T HE
S T AR S
6 34
T H E M E S SAGE
OF
T HE
S T AR S
T HI R T
Y-SI X E X A M PL E
HO R O S C O P E S
635
NO 23 I N S A N I TY A N D S P IRI T C O N T R OL
.
I n j ud ging this horoscop e we loo k rst to the

mentality as this is always the most important factor
in the treatment o f a p atient M ercury and the M oon
a re the two p rincipal factors in determining this
p oint though of course all the planets have their
b earing on that as well as o n any other subj ect H ere
we nd that M ercury i s combust and that it is with
the S un in the Common S i gn Pisces T hat in itself
is not a very good augur ; we further nd that the
M oon i s in conj unction with Neptune in A ries that
,
T H E M E S SAG E
6 36
T HE
OF
S T AR S
it is square t o both S aturn and Jupiter and that

therefore the mind must be o f a w
eak and un st a
bl e
nature M ars the M oon and N eptune in A ri e s we ul d
in itself make an erratic p erson
n d
as here that L una is sq uare to Ju pite r the plan et
O f religion also to S aturn the planet of O
b struction
and negation it naturally causes a very evil condi
tio n Th e op position o f Jupiter an d S aturn show that
whateve r desire for religion Jupiter mi ght engender
would always be opposed by the i n uenc e o f S atu rn
who would council D on t don t

causing the p er
so n to deride what he o r S h e i e a
ll y Wan t s to believe
It i s a common experience that that which we c an n o t
understand appears chaotic and e r
ratic to o u r minds
"
N eptune i s the planet o f fear an d ch ao s to us for the
human race has not learned t o l i ve up to MS high
vibrations and the M oon togeth er wi t h Uran u s makes
that chaotic mental state which w e n d in th is circl e
T O O ff set this in uence there i s the tf i n e o f Ju p i t erw
t h e planet of religion to both the S u n an d M e rcury ;
but even this p owerful in uence will not be able to
break the condition entirely though there is no doubt
this great redeemin g p ower h as had an effect in stav
ing o ff the evil day when the mind will break down
entirely A S usual the marching O rbs in their cir
clin g dance come to a p oint where the stri ng o f each
asp ect is touched which then p roduces the tone o f
either harmony or discord that imp els us to actions
which we call good o r evil ; so also in this case Th e
time marked o n the clock o f destiny by the hand of
,
'
T HE
6 38
M E S SAGE O F T HE S T AR S
diet With thes e there i s a p robab i lity that the evi l

conguration may be overcome and the p erson re
stored t o mental health though that will never b e
robust
.
N o 24 H E AR T T R O UBLE , I N SU FF I C IE N T O X Y G EN A T I ON ,
'
E Y E T R OUB LE , D E A T H
Go o d A sp e cts : M ars trine the M oon , sextile S at

; U ranus tr ine N eptune ; Jupiter sextile Neptun e
u rn
and U ranus
Bad A sp ects :
o pposition S at urn
Th
M oon conj unction A ntares
and Venus ; the S un conj unction
T HI R T
Y SI X E X A M P L E
-
HO R O S C O P E S
6 39
square Jupiter ; M ercury square Mars

T h e M oon on the A scendant in S agittarius
makes the patient restless and unstable but not shift
less because t h e M oon is also trine to M ars T his
gives her much more ener g y than usually poss essed
by S agitt a
rians
E ven the O pp osition o f the M oon
to S a tu rn and Ve nus which robs life o f its j oys and
m akes her melancholy is i n a certain s ense a help ;
i t g ives her a p ersistence and resistance that will n o t
allow her to give in to diseas e M ercury square Mars
shows t h at sh e has a very quick temp er and as M er
cury 1 S 1n T aurus t h e si g n o f voice the unf o rtunate
charact e ri sti c will nd ex p ressmn l n an unbridled
tongue
T his will hurt her most Seriou sly from a
ph ySi cal st an dp oi n t ( not to sp eak o f t h e even more
deplor a
bl e S piritual inj u ries ) for M a rs i s in L ee the
S ign of the heart an d t h at always p redisposes to pal
H e i s s ex t il e t o S aturn but e ven good as
p i t at i on
p eet s t o S aturn are p hysically inimical an d the S un
whi ch i s rul er o f the heart is in conj unction with the
saturnine D ragon s T ail
T h e nerves also are af
f e ct e d by the square o f M ars to M ercury hence the
heart i s f ar from nor m ally balanced and t h e out
bursts Of temp er which this p er son is ap t to indul g e
in on the slightest p rovocation may cause heart fail
u re at so me time b y putting an und ue strain on this
organ and interfering with the already slu g g ish cir
c ul ation whi ch i s shown b y the square o f Jupiter
to the S un and the
also the con j un c
tion o f Ve nus to S aturn and its Opp osition t o the
D ragon
T ail ,
'
'
'
'
"
'
'
'
T H E M E S SAG E
6 40
M oon
OF
T HE
S T AR S
Jup iter and Venus being go vernors resp ect

i vel y O f the arterial and venous circulation
T h e head is particularly congested because the
S u n conj unction the saturnine D ragon s T ail occurs
i n A ries the sign Of the head and S aturn the planet
of obstruction i s i n Gemini the sign O f the lungs in
conj unction with Venus
T his shows interference
with the circulation of the venous blood in the lungs
Th e M oon which go verns the tidal air is in opp o
showing that an insu f cient amount o f air is
si t i o n
i n spired into the lungs t o cleanse the blood o f its
p oisonous carbon dioxid e and the p resence o f S aturn
S hows a hardening of the tissues which is apt to
develop into tuberculosis Y o u will also notice that
Jupiter the rul er o f the A scendant is in the E ighth
H ouse square to the S un and the saturnine D ragon s
T ail in the F ourt h H ouse and all are in Cardinal
T his i s a strong testimony o f an accidental
signs
d eath and M ars in the E ighth H ouse in the S ign
L eo which rules the heart S hows that h aemorrhages
may be the cause which ends the physical life
I f thi s p ef so n had been taken hold of in tim e
and taught self -control this serious condition could
p robably have been avoided ; even now a frank state
ment co n ce rm n g the great danger that undue excite
ment may cause should help her to govern her tem
p er and t hus l e n g then life
T h e M oon conj u n ction A nta res and opposition
t o S aturn shows t hat the eyes are i n danger also and
S aturn in Gemini which is a mercurial S ign S hows
,
T H E M E S SAGE
6 42
T HE
OF
S T AR S
wavering and i g h t i n e ss o f her m i nd and S aturn

conj unction Venus and Jupiter in the T welfth H ouse
robs life o f i t s j oy making the p erson sub j ect to mel
an ch o l y and morbid fear
T his characteristic is some
what ameliorated by the sextile o f t h e S un to U ranus
which fosters altruism and the trine o f M ercury to
N eptune which gives spiritual p erception thus aid
ing to disp el gloom by directing the mind from so r
rows which are but eeting to the eternal verities
T o su m up S he i s
to
be
either
down
in
the
p rone
dump s
or up in the air
and it i s necessary to
strive t o cure her O f both dep ression and elation
which are alike harmful
E quip oise must be culti
v at e d to aid in attaining and maintaining health
Were F ixed si gns on the angles this would be next to
imp ossible but with Common si gns there sh e i s more
ada p table and reach able
R egarding the ailments to which this lady is sub
j ect we note rst U ranus in high elevation con j un c
tion the D ragon s T ail
hose in uence is saturnin e
that is to say obstructive and crystallizing harden
ing B oth are in the airy S ign Gemini which gov
e rns the lungs and square to S aturn in the T welfth
H ouse which denotes con n em en ti n p rison hos
T his gives us at once the
p i t al s or upon a S ickb ed
key to the trouble S ometimes the tidal air is almos t
stopped by the D ragon s T ail and the square o f S at
urn U ranus prevents asphyx iation by the convulsive
movement of the lungs known as cough which clears
,
T HI R T
Y SI X E X A M PL E
-
HO R O S C O P E S
6 43
away the O bstruction and enables the heart to agai n

circulate the blood
Th e blood is unabl e to throw Off i t s p oisonou s
carbonic acid b ecause O f the o bstructive p ower o f the
D ragon s T ail i n Gemini and t h e square o f S aturn
to U ranus in the S ign of the lungs T h e arterial and
venous circulation are also imp eded by the co n j un c
tion o f Jupiter and Venus with S aturn hence mal
nutrition and carbonic acid p o i soning are in evi
dence T h e hardening o f the lungs and consequent
cough label the case as tuberculosis
E limination O f urine -i s retarded by the square
o f M ercury to the M oon which is in the latter part
M ercury governs
o f L ibra the S ign o f the kidneys ;
the sensory nerves while M ars rules the motor nerve s
and muscles H e i s in good aspect showing that th e
mechanical apparatus is in good condition but tha t
the trouble is nervous
T his may be alleviated by
manipulation s and so may the sluggishness o f t h e
bowels indicated by S aturn in Virgo T h a M ars hou r
would be the best time the S un hour next O utsid e
this treatment dry rubs with coarse gloves will stim
ul at e the S kin and aid i n eliminating carbonic aci d
from the system Whole wheat bread toasted plenty
o f fresh m i lk given whil e stil l warm ( f o r then it con
tains the maximum quantity of the ether which is so
necessary to restore the vi tal body ) and as much
green uncooked food as the p atient can take shoul d
be g iven for that also contains a maximum of ether
O nions are p articul arl y valuable nerve -bui lders
.
6 44
T H E M E S SAGE
OF
T HE
S T AR S
A p erson with T aurus rising whose S aturn i s

n o t in the d egrees included within the patient s F irst
o r S ixth H ouse
Virgo o r Pisces will make the best
h ealer for this patient
N o 26
.
T UB ER CULOS I S
trine M ercury and Nep

t u ne ; M oon sext il e Venus ; S atu rn sextil e M ars
Go o d A sp e cts :
U ranus
M oon conj unction D ragon s T ail ;

S un square M a rs ; U ranus
M oon square Jupiter
square Venus
B ad A sp e cts :
T HE
6 46
M E S SA G E
OF T H E
S T AR S
scope and the four Common si gns S how that when

he becam e sub j ect to illness the Virgo nature was
too weak to throw it o f and he S imply made up his
mind that he was going to die from it hence there
I f he had been able to throw off the
was no help
feeling o f imp ending d eath and stru ggle against the
S ickness there i s no doubt that with this horoscop e he
could have overcome
B ut now let us see how this worked out with the
help o f the p ro gressed planets H e was born on the
24t h o f A p ril in 1 8 84 at
T h e adj usted
P M
calculation dat e S hows that the planets in the ep h em
eris corresp ond to D ecember 1 9 t h 1 883 S O we may
s ay that this i s p ractically the l st o f January 1 88 4
C ounting forward in th e ephemeris from that date
we nd that t h e S un by p rogression in June 1 9 1 8
h ad reached eight degrees of Gemini thus being in
o rb o f the r adical S aturn i n Gemini
the S ign ruling
the lungs T h e p revious N e w M oon fell o n June 8 th
also in Gemini and between the radical Venus and
the p rogressed S aturn
T hus it increased the sat
u rn i n e congesti on o f the lungs and excited the square
o f U ranus t o Venus which brought on a particularly
s evere cough and spasms ending the life o f the body
a few days later
,
N O 27
.
A D E N O ID S
AND
C O N S T I PA T I O N
In this gure the planets are grouped in four

groups : Neptune is in con j unction with M ars S at
urn in conj unction with U ranus M ercury in co n j u n c
,
T HI R T
Y SI X E XA M PL E
HO R O S C O P E S
6 47
tion with the S un and Jup iter in conj unction with

T h e last two groups are also squaring
the M oon
each other Venus is alone and forms a trine to J u
piter Note also that the S u n i s parallel to N eptune
and M ercury and Venus is p arallel to M ars
,
a horoscope of a young lady born Novem

ber 27 t h 1 8 9 6 2 : 1 5 P M T acoma Washington We
note rst that there are Cardinal signs on the angles
showing her t o be active in nature But she acts more
from impulse than from reason T his characteristic
i s shown by the fact that the M oon is square to M e r
T his i s
,
T H E M E S SAGE
6 48
T HE
OF
S T AR S
cury and the S un Naturally as both the M oon and

M ercury are S i g n i cat o rs of mind any inharmoniou s
aspects between them is detrimental A dd t o thi s the
further fact that Mercury is combust or burned up
by its close proximity to the S un and it is very evi
dent that we may exp ect to do very little with this
p erson by reason
T his does not mean that sh e i s
o f an evil mental disp osition ; S he i s quite the reverse
as S hown by the conj unction o f the M oon with the
planet o f benevolence Jupiter and the trine between
this last named planet and Venus the planet o f love
and pleasure
T h e trouble for which this young lady has con
sul t e d u s is adenoids
which cause extreme di fculty
in breathing T h e condition is very clearly shown in
the horoscope When we remember that a f ictions in
o n e S i gn always give a re ex action in the O pposite
we shall readily understa nd that S aturn the planet
o f O bstruction in conj unction with U ranus the planet
o f spasmodic action in the S ign S corpio is certain to
i n terfere with the rhythmic breath throu gh the T au
rus region comprising the throat and lower part o f
the head F urthermore S corp io also governs the
nose as yo u will realize when you remember that the
m ost prominent feature O f the true S corp io p erson
i s an aquiline nose o f generous dimensions
T hus an
a f icted S aturn located in S corpio which causes an
obstructed rectal region and constipation also at the
same time gives a tendency to throat trouble and o b
struction o f the nasal passages
.
T HE
6 50
foods such as p runes gs an d n o t fo rg et ti n g co arse

wh o l e wh eat bread
T here i s no doubt that this person has resorted
t o mouth breathing which has a ggravated the throat
t roubl e but by consistent continuance of the treat
ment here outlined sh e wi ll soon experience less dif
culty in breathing and it will then be an ea sy matter
to learn t o breathe through the p rop er channels the
nostrils
A healer having L eo o n the A scendant and whose
S aturn is not in Virgo would p robably b e the best o n e
to help this patient
,
N o 28
.
A C CID E N T S
Go o d A sp e cts :
M ars and U ranus
To
HE A D , P O O R O X Y G E N A T I O N
S aturn
sextil e Jupiter
trine
Jupiter op p osition M ars and U ra

nus ; M oon opp osition Venus ; S u n and M ercury
square U ranus M ars and Jupiter
B ad A sp e cts :
the horoscope of a man born o n M arch

1 6 1 8 6 5 at 3 P M in E ngland and it a ff ords a good
example of how accidents and also crises are shown
in the horoscope T h e main a f iction comes fro m the
fact that the S un and M ercury are in close co n j un c
tion in the E ighth H ouse occupied by Pisces T his
itself is unfortunate for the r easoning faculty T hey
are both square to Jupit er in S agittarius which also
h as a strong in uence upon the mind
But worst o f
all they are squa re to M ars the planet of dynam i c
T his i s
T HI R T
Y SI X E X A M PL E
-
HO R O S C O P E S
651
energy impulse etc and U ranus the planet of light

ning like action which p recludes forethought When
action i s dictated by this intuition generated under
good aspects all i s well and the p erson i s better o ff
than when he is forced to u se the comparatively slow
,
reason B ut when it is generated under the adverse

a sp ects of t h e square and opp osition it results in such
rattl e -brained foolhardiness and absolute lack of
thou g ht and intel l igence that the p erson is generally
mentally incompetent
S O we see at the very rst
glance that we have h ere before us a p erson who on
.
T H E ME S SAG E
65 2
accoun t of
weak m en tali ty is
i n co n se q ue n ce
to t h
h i s l ack
of
h ead an d as t h
T HE
OF
ST ARS
ap t to g et
mto
t roub l e
f oret h o ug h t were all
of
h o roeco p e does
n ot
sh o
an y
t h at Mars an d M e rcury which rule the t wo

hem i sp h eres of t h e ce reb rum a re square what then
caused t h ese acci dcn t s we m ay a k an d t h e ans wer i s
foun d i n t h e p ro g r i on of the S un which co rre
sp o nds wit h t h e tim e wh e n this p e rso n was i nj ured
t h e Moon al so ba rin g i t s part i n b ri ng i ng abou t t hes e
I n 1 8 7 6 wh e n h e was el even y ears o f ag e
acci den ts
t h e S un an d M oo n we re bot h i n con j un cti o n wi t h
ce pt
Ne p t un e in t h e
wi th
si g n
e s an d at
which caused t h e rst in j ury t o h i s

1 896 t h e p ro g resse d S un was in o p p osit i on
an accident
ha d
In
t o Sat urn f ro m A ri es ; yo u
will
no t i ce
t h at 8 at urn i s
t h at al t h ou g h
ret ro g rade so
of
t h at ti m e h c me t
h e is i n t h e las t de g rees
th ro wn backward i nto that
L ib ra h is
in uen ce i s
s i g n an d wo rks as an o p positi on bet ween L ib ra an d
A ri es a ect i n g t h e head
T h e S un was al so p a rall el
t o S atur n an d t hi s i s on e of t h e mo s t
in u
en ces i n t h e who le g amut f o r it des t roy s all vi tali t y
o f the pe rson wh o is un de r i t s s w ay f or a n um b er of
( On e Of t he write rs can test if y tb t h is from
y ears
p e rso nal e x p e rie nce havi n g fe lt i t f or te n or twel ve
y ears ) A t t h e sam e t i m e t h e M oo n was in op p o si t ion
t o Mars an d U ranus an d sq uare t o t h e S un an d Me r
cury at bi rt h thus the re were v ery se vere am
ict i on s
,
T HE
6 54
ME S SAGE O F
T HE
S TA R S
A healer with A ries rising , whose S aturn is
n ot
in A quari u s will be best abl e to l ook after this

pati ent
,
No 29 Go wn s
.
the p e rs on in
he re
scope i s not known we p lace A ries i n the F irst H ouse
Tau rus in the second etc
M ercury and the M oon are si g n i cat o rs o f the
mind and we nd them in opposition Thi s in itself
i s not a good sign o f mentality
We further nd that
Jupiter in the mercurial si gn Gemini is square t o
A s the hour of birth
of
TH I R T Y -S I X
EX
A M PLE H O RO S CO P E S
6 55
and M ars in the other mercurial sign

Vi rgo ; th u s all the si g n i cat o rs p oint to a weak and
even an erratic mentality I n the last few years Me r
c u ry h as moreover p rogressed p ast the natal places
o f U ran u s and M ars thus accentuating the troubl e
A p erson may however have a weak mind and
yet it may n o t become entirely unbalanced p rovided
there are no other m al e c asp ects in the natal planets
The p erson may b e co n
o r the p rogressed p ositions
st i t u t i o n al l y below the stature of the normal mind
and still retain unto the last s u fcient hold up on him
self o r herself so that it does n o t become an actual
disease
When we look f o r the si gns of disability in a
horoscop e like the p resent we t u rn to the aspects
for our information S aturn it app ears is in co n
j unction with the D ragon s Tail and this adds to his
m al e c in uence ; he i s further in con j unction with
N eptune in 1 8 degrees o f Taurus and also with the
xed star Aldebaran in 29 degrees o f Taurus A s S at
urn is the planet o f obstruction and Taurus rules the
throat we nat u rally l ook f o r som e obstruction in that
region and we nd that a concretion has taken place
a growth a crystallization known as Goitre a disease
which also f u rther bears o ut the indications in the
former asp ects whi ch we have discussed
Were it n o t for good asp ects which we have n o t
hitherto mentioned namely the sextile of S aturn
t o M ercury and its trine to the M oon this p erson
wo u ld certainly have become an inmate o f an ins ane
U ran u s 1 6 -20
656
T HE
M ES SAGE O F
T HE
S TA R S
but this is one o f the few cases where S aturn

really helps in a material sense for even his good
asp ects will obstruct when coming to the other plan
e t s but when this obstruction is applied to the M oon
the i g h t i e st planet of all and t o Mercury the one
next to her in swiftness and instability both o f them
s i g n i cat Ors of mind S aturn does really help t o hold
the i g h t y mind in check and such a weak mental
condition as the o n e found here will be vastly b ene
t e d by that asp ect whereas if there are no evil
aspects the sextile of M ercury and S aturn will
strengthen the mind in a wonderf u l de gree
As S at u rn in Taur u s always a ff ects the functions
o f the opposite sign S corpio
namely elimination it
is o f great imp ortance to see that both kidneys and
bowels act freely with a person like this N othing
but distilled water sho ul d be taken into the system
o n any account
A s the m u scles o f the neck are al
ways strained i n hill and stair climbing a p erson
with this disease sho ul d be housed on a level and on
the lower oor o f the house A vegetarian diet con
sisting o f uncooked food is p referable to any other
and it is particularly necessary t o get the vegetable
salts which may tone the body and bring the standard
o f general health as hi gh a s p ossible ; l ettuce is the
best single vegetable f o r this p urp ose
asylum ,
T HE
658
M E S SA GE O F
STA R S
T HE
A strologically we nd that this is due to several
ca u ses I n the rst place there are four Common

signs o n the angles the S ixth H o u se sign Virgo b e
ing on the A scendant which governs the condition of
the body It i s a vital p oint in that respect This in
itself shows his somewhat indolent nature and a tend
ency to give u p very easily We also nd M ercury
the ru ler of the A scendant in the Twelfth H o u se
denoting hospitals and chronic illness ; he is sq u are to
Jupiter and U ranus which are placed in S agittariu s
the sign which governs the hip s and the great sciatic
nerve The S un the gi ver o f life i s also square to
U r anus the pla n et of irregularity which is con j oined
with Jupiter in S agittarius An d nally S at u rn the
ruler o f the b ony structure and i ts articulations i s
placed in S agittarius in op position t o Neptune in
Al l the se congu rations naturally tend t o
Gemini
bring about the conditions complained of if nothing
is done to p revent and in this case with four Com
m o n e x i b l e si gns o n the angles with the life -giving
S un se x tile to M ars the planet o f dynamic ener gy
and with the M oon sextile to Jupiter t h e pla net gov
erning the arterial blood it is quite p ossible to obtain
relief by means of e x ercises which will remove the
sluggish conditions
But w e also n d o t h er w eaknesses o f a serious
nature latent i n this horoscop e U ranus is in con
j unction with the nebulous star A ntares in S agit
t ari u s
square to the S un and M ercury This i m
plies a grave danger to the si ght and also t o th e h ear
,
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EX
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in g because o f M ercury being in the Twelfth H ouse

These conditions can certai nl y be overcome if the
ounce o f p revention i s applied We take it that b e
cause the man i s n o t abl e to otherwise occ u py him self
he i s an inveterat e reader and this will bring tro u ble
if p ersisted in M assage o f the head in the regi on o f
the eyes and ears and exercise of the limbs and bod y
will aid in restoring this young man to health and a
healer w i th Ta u rus o n the A scendant whose S aturn
is n o t in the patient 8 S ixth H o u se will p robably h av e
the most p ersistenc e in the p erformance o f this work
NO 3 1
.
E YE A ND
EAR
T R OU B LE P OO R C I R CU L A T I O N
,
the si g n i cat o r o f mind rises b ef o re

the S u n and is in the Twelfth H ouse conj unction
N eptune its hi gher octave This shows that the mind
i s naturally inclined toward the higher and more spir
i t u al things o f life though Jupiter square M ercury
from the house o f mind indicates that under sever e
a ffl ictions sh e may at times feel inclined to follow t h e
exampl e o f Job and reason with Go d concerning the
hard fate she has t o bear The Moon which i s th e
other si g n i cat o r of mind square Ven u s shows us
that consider able sorrow may be e x p ected in this life ;
but the p arallel o f Venus the M oon and S un to Mars
gives her the energy and fortitude to bear up unde r
all a f ictions ; and though as said sh e may feel like
murmuring at times there is n o danger of a general
desp ondency S h e will always l ook up on life from a
'
M erc u ry
6 60
M E S SAGE O F
T HE
T HE
ST ARS
more hop eful angle than even people wh o are

n o t at all a fflicted ( in comparison with her
) and the
s tren gt h o f her hop e is bound to help her in a degree
beyond h u man measure ; f o r even as the p erson who
g ives way t o worry and melancholy i s thereby made
m uch
ore u nh ap p y o r un healthy so also the person who

c onstantl y kee p s a n o p t imistic spirit is bound to gain
t h ereby co rre sp ondingly in health and hap piness
T h e S un o n the As ce ndant even though it is a f icted
b y a squa re o f U ran u s i s nevertheless a valuable asset
i n recuperation T h e S un sextil e S aturn will give her
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
662
S TA R S
T HE
p arallel M ars a nd sextile S aturn is j ustied in quite

a large meas u re
The t rouble comes from S aturn
the planet o f obstruction in A ries the si gn which
governs the head and t he squa re o f Jup iter the
planet which governs circulation t o M ercury in Tau
ru s the sign which governs the throat
T h ere are also
signs of malnutrition indicated by the p resence o f
M ars in Cancer the si gn which governs the stomach
squa re Ven u s which governs circulation If the sys
t e m could be given the p roper amount and kind o f
food and the head and neck massa ged with special
attention to manipulation s of the ears and eyes co n
di t i o n s may b e considerably relieved and further p ro
gress o f deterioration stopp ed An A quarian whose
S at u rn i s not in L ib ra wo ul d h ave a most benecial
e ff ect in this c ase
,
No
3 2 H E M O RR H O I D S , BL I N D ,
L A T EN T S P I R I T U A L
SIG H T
I n the c ase before us we have n o t the h our of

bi rth and will therefore insert the signs in their re
s p e ct i ve H ouses commencing with A ries in the F i rst
Ta u ru s in the S econd etc
This person was born
N ovember 27 1 8 6 7
,
Go o d A sp e cts :
S un
and M ars
t rIn e N eptune
Bad A sp ects :
A ntares ; S aturn
The S un and Mars con j unction

square Jupiter ; M ars con unction
to
j
the M oon and Ven us ; S aturn conj unctio n M ercury
.
TH I R T Y-S I X
EX
A M P L E HO R O S CO P E S
Re garding the mentality
6 63
this person we nd
that the conj u nction o f S aturn and M ercury par
t i cul arl y in the E ighth H ouse si gn S corpio clo u ds
the mind with gloom The M oon which is the other
s i g n i cat o r o f mind con j u nction to M ars in the N inth
of
H ouse sign S agittari u s would have the tendency t o

,
make the patient rebellious against misfortune This

tendency is somewhat softened and toned down by
t h e p resenc e o f Venus in con j u nction with these plan
ets and we may therefore concl ude that this person
is apt to be very much depressed in mind whenever
.
T HE
664
M ES SAGE O F
S TA R S
T HE
misfortune overtakes him ; that he rebels at least i n

wardl y very strongly a gainst the blows of fate
though Venus may p revent him from ex p ressing his
disapp ointments
With regard t o the ailments to which this p erson
i s sub j ect we nd in the rst place that Jupiter
square to M erc u ry and S aturn the latter being in
S c orpio which rules the rectum gives a tendency to
constipation and h aemorrhoids
This conguration
also interferes with the C i rculation of the arterial
blood
H i s disability is further enhanced by the
sq u are of Jupiter to the S un the latter planet being
ruler of the o rgan which circ u lates the vital uid
Bu t there i s a great misfortune in this life co m
pared with which the tro u bles p reviously mentioned
p a l e into i n si g n i can ce The S un and M ars are in
con j unction with the xed star A ntares in ei ght de
grees of S agittarius and this conguration always
brings trouble to the eyes though it may not result in
blindness f rom birth I n the p resent case the crisis
came when the S un had p rogressed to the opposition
o f U ra nu s
at the same time striking the square to
Nept u ne In that year the M oon also was in con j un c
tion to N eptune in the sign A ries which rules the
head This kindled the do uble re o f Mars and the
S un at birth with the result that in ammation o f the
eyes made the man blind beyond hope o f recovery
It may seem strange that the writers selected this
horoscop e f o r analysis as the patient i s beyond help
but it O ffers certain p oints which it will be well for
,
6 66
T HE
M E S SAGE O F
T HE
S TA R S
ever you please the fact remains and h as been made

use o f by all successful healers e i ther consciously o r
unconscio u sly no matter to what school they belong
A n d there i s more healing in a cheery word from the
physician in whom the patient h as faith than in all
,
h is
medicines
Conver sely when he gives up hop e
and makes a lon g face the patient dies unless he
or
as once happ ened t o the
sp u n ky
g e t s m ad
writer when he was broken down from overwork
H e went to a hospital to get nursing and quiet and
had to en ga ge a regular doctor t o comply with the
,
TH I R T Y -S I X
EX
A M P L E H OR O S C O P E S
667
rules H e knew that his condition would not change

till the M oon did but lay patiently waiting tho u gh
the case was app roaching a crisis for h i s mind was
too lethargic to set to work ; h e ex p e ct ed t h e M o o n to
do i t al l at the p roper time
But o n the day of the
Ne w M oon h i s doct or came in with another and both
h ad faces a yard long
They did n o t think he had
another ho u r to live and he la u ghed but it mad e him
mad and he commenced to work on himself with
the result that the dropsical swelling which had al
m ost reached the heart was gone i n a few ho u rs and
he was out in the sunshine getting a dose o f new li f e
Before a month had elapsed he had not only left the
hospital behind b u t had written Th e Ro si cru ci an
Ph i l o so p h y
There i s no doubt that the u id co uld
not have been eliminated before the change o f the
Moon but the co -operation o f h i s mental attit ude was
necessary to help the lunar forces and combined with
p roper action it brought resul ts S imilarly in every
case the ri ght attit ude o f the mind must be c ultivated
o r cure is imp ossible
This gu re shows an unfortunate person for the
m ind is in a bad state
S at u rn i s sq u are t o the S un
Moon and Venus The M oon which si g nies the i n
st i n ct u al mind is in opposition to the S un and Venus
robbing life o f all j oy making her p essimistic and
p rone t o look only on the dark side M erc u ry the
planet o f reason is square t o N eptune the planet o f
spiritual perception all t estimonies which tell us that
nothing we may say is likely to make her cheer up
.
'
T HE
668
M ES SAGE O F
STA R S
T HE
S uch a p oor p erson is a burden t o herself and
her as sociates all thro u gh life so they shun her

while she is able to take care o f herself that is to say
while the body is i n comparative health but the af
i ct i o n s which make her mentally miserable also have
thei r e ff ect o n the body for as we mo uld the lines
o f o u r fac e to an exact exp ression o f ou r habitual
m ode of tho u ght so are also o u r other organs shaped
and built by this force and the evil e ffects show them
selves as disease Th e S u n Venus and M erc u ry in
t h e E ighth H ouse indicates that when sickness comes
sh e i s going to let it takes its course
sh e will make
n o e ff ort t o ght for life
The nat u re o f her sickness i s seen to be heart
troubl e from the fact that the S u n is on the cusp o f
L e o which governs the heart ; in conj unction with
Ven u s whic h governs the veno u s circulation and
opp osed by the M o on which rul es the liquids of the
body The S un Ven u s and the M oon are squared by
S aturn the planet o f obstruction and th u s we se e
that there was a natal tendency to p oor heart action
an d faulty elimination o f l iquids
In 19 1 3 the S u n progressed to the conj u nction
o f U ranus and M ars and the asp ects of the S un are
always e ffective for three years one and o n e half
years before the asp ect is exact and a like p eriod
after Therefore it was still active in 1 9 1 4 when the
M oon progressed to the con j unction o f S aturn and
thus enlivened this sq u are to the S un M oon and
Ven u s Neptune the watery planet also reached the
,
'
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
6 70
T HE
STA R S
will notice that this square occ u rs from the F i x ed

si gns L eo and S corpio and it i s t herefore a condition
which would be very di fc u lt t o overcome L eo gov
erns the heart and S corpio the gen erative organs
and th u s he r secret is told in the horoscop e in un m i s
,
takabl e terms \Nhen such secrets o f the soul are

revealed b y this sacred science it shows u s also the
hidden sp rings which are causes o f the a cts we are
onl y too prone t o condemn and it t eaches us that we
should p ity rather than cens u re a soul imp elled by
such an almost irresistible force a s h ere reveal ed
.
TH I R T Y -S I X
EX
A M P L E HO R O S CO P E S
6 71
The act itself sho u ld o f co u rse n ever be condoned

but the tenderest kindness and the greatest e ffort to
succor sho uld be given to the one who is thus a f icted
The horoscop e is as you know the clock o f des
tiny and the p osition taken by the planets at birth
give certain tendencies f o r life
F rom that natal
p osition t h e planets move on to di fferent positions
wi th every year that passes as the hands o f a clock
move aro u nd i t s face ; thus they bring to pass events
foreshown at birth No w you will notice that the S un
i s in eleven degrees o f L ibra i n this horoscop e so at
nineteen years o f age the S un entered the sign S co r
pio A t twenty -two it reached the conj unction with
the M oon and Venus and a coupl e o f years later the
square with U ranus was reached D uring this period
the unfortunate tendency spoken of developed and
the seeds o f disease were so wn which res u lted in a
n u mber o f operations both in the l ower regions and
i n the throat for y o u m u st remember that the oppo
site i s always a f icted
The generative organ can
never b e hurt withou t in some measure its counter
p art the larynx and throat also being a ffected D ur
ing the years which have intervened between that
time and 1 9 14 the S un had pursued its p ath through
S corpio and rea ched the a f i ction o f Jupiter which
occurs from the si gn L eo in 23 degrees This square
was also augmented by the fact that the M oon in its
ci rcl e around the horoscop e had been going through
Tau rus so that was an opp osition of the progressed
S un and M oon both of them squaring the planet
,
"
M ES SAGE O F
T HE
6 72
T HE
S TA R S
Jupiter at the same time

The S un s square t o
J u piter will for a few years be an a f iction t o this
p oor person U ran u s at bi rt h was also o n the A scelli
i n L eo the nebulous spot that is so dangerous to the
eyes and from there it squares the Moon This also
i s another danger which faces this p erson for as y o u
know eye tro u ble i s very often t h e accom p animent
o f indiscretion
No w com es the question what can b e done for
this p oor p erson and as we have often st ated the
rst e ff ort should be toward instilling hope int o the
mind P ersons suff ering with melancholy are always
c entering thei r thoughts u pon self always seeing
thei r own desperate p osition which appears to them
m ore hopeless than that o f any other If their i n
t e re st can b e divert ed from self then the battl e is
more than half wo n ; that should be the rst co n si d
c ration o f the heal er
A simple diet should be p rescribed and no highly
s easoned dishes permitted a p erson o f this nature
T he sextile o f U ranus to the S un and M ercury and
the t rine o f N ept u ne to Jup iter shows that an ap peal
along the hi gher lines an app eal t o the better and
nobler nature will n o t meet with a rebu ff and it is
p ossible o n acco u nt of these p ositio ns to elevate this
p e rson s ideas and ideals so that she may b ecome a
servant of h u manity instead of d riftwo od upon the
o cean o f life
Y o u will not e that all the planets are
i n Cardinal and F ixed si gns that the Common signs
a re void of planets therefore there i s a great deal o f
.
T HE
6 74
M ES SAGE O F
T HE
STA R S
is the horoscop e o f a lady born M ay 21

1 883 at 5 A M
L ongit u de 88 West L atitude 44
N orth and the student will at once note that ve o f
the nine planets are placed in the Twelfth H ouse
which governs sorrow tro u ble and self -undoing
This h as been a characteristic feature in the life W e
may also call attention in p assing to the placement
o f Jupiter in the S econd H ouse
Jupiter is the plane t
of opul ence and here he is strong in his exaltation
si gn Cancer b u t he is entirely u n asp e ct e d The lady
is a comp etent worker in her vocation stenography
and bookkeeping but has nevertheless found hersel f
unable to obtain employment at vario u s times and
h as been at those times on the verge o f starvation
With resp ect t o t h e mental qualities we nd tha t
M ercury is sq u are to U ranus an d the M oon in oppo
si t i o n to N eptune
This makes her skeptical critic a
l
very pec u liar and spasmodic in her mental p rocesses
with an e x trem ely morbid imagination
U ranus i s
placed in the F ifth H ouse governing courtship and
the relation among the sexes p rior to marr i age and
therefore squared t o Mercury it indicates an un co n
v e n t i o n al turn o f the mind with a ten d ency to p ro
m i scu ou s relations involving public criticism and
slan der That in itself i s an extremely unfortunate
conguration and condition in a life but it is only
on e o f a number o f a f ictions which p oint in the sam e
direction for in the Twelfth H ouse the house of
sorrow trouble and sel f -undoing we nd Mars the
p lanet of dynami c energy conj oined with Venus t h e
T his
TH I R T Y-S I X
EX
A M P L E HO R O S C O PE S
6 75
planet of l ove in the ery sign A ries another in

am m at o ry sex condition ; and last b u t not least we
note N eptune in Taurus opp osition to the M oon in
S corpio which governs the generative organs
Thi s
latter i s the worst o f all for it makes the mind almost
insane u pon this sub j ect con j uring up before the
imagination morbid pict u res and where the co n g
u rat i o n occ u rs from the S ixth and Twelfth H ouses
it i s a certain indication o f inveterate self -abuse
N aturally such p ractices in time undermine the healt h
and disease shows itself in the weakest parts o f t h e
body accordin g to the indications o f the horoscope
I n the p resent case we nd S atu rn o n t h e cusp of
Gemini in conj unction with the S un
Gemini i s t h e
si gn which rul es the lungs and the con j u nct ion as
we see i s almost exact wanting only 26 minutes Thu s
the cold crystalliz ing saturnine forces are ha rden
ing the l ungs and producing the dise a
se we know as
tubercul osis which is slowly sapping h er vitality and
carrying her toward an early grave It may be noted
in passin g that the lady s mother succumb ed to tuber
cul o s i s at the very moment when she gave birth to
this child and M ars by p rogression h as now arrived
close to the place of N eptune at birth This will un
fortun ately i n all p robability accentuate the morbid
cra ving indicated by N eptune op position to the M oon
so that if left to herself the end will n o t be very
far o ff
Tuberculosis though serious is n o t h owever n ee
essaril y fatal if she can be put under restraint so
!
'
'
T HE
6 76
M E S SA GE O F
T HE
S TA R S
hat it becomes imp ossible for her to gratify her p as

Thus the
;s ion that sap s her vitality by solitary vice
s pells o f gloom which are also resultant from the
con j u nction o f S aturn and the S u n in the Twelfth
H ouse can be overcome if she can be given a brighter
o utlook u p on life
Then the usual measures employed
a gainst t u berc u losis may p robably also save her
Sh e
has an inten se attraction for the occult indicated by
t h e exact trine of N eptune and U ran u s also by U ra
n u s sextile t o t he M oon
By playing upon those
s trings and giving her a new interest in life it may
b e p ossible t o win her away from her p resent morbid
channels o f thou ght
A t any rate salvation from the
e vil congurations shoul d always be so u ght through
the good aspe cts and substituting the higher for the
l ower may help this p oor soul out o f her condition
V ery littl e can be d one physically until the mental
c ondition i s changed
A healer with either L ibra or
A quarius rising and whose S aturn is not in S corpio
w ould be benecial but much rmness is needed here
and therefore p robably the F i x ed sign wo u ld be
p referabl e
t
NO
36
H OR N Y
Goo d A sp e cts :
Bad
A sp ect s :
V E N ERE A L GROW T H s
T R OU B LE
KI D N E Y
AN D
M ercury sextile Jupiter
The S un con j unction U ranus ;

M ars conj unction Venus ; N eptune square to S at
T HE
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M E S SA GE
OF T H E
'
S TA R S
removal of the growth and when that h as been com

the
suppuration
ceases
but
immediately
a
new
l
t
e
d
e
p
growth be gins t o form L ately the j aws have also
commenced to grow sti ff so that now the young man
can no longer eat with comfort
The very rst glance at the horoscop e shows us
U ranus the planet o f S p asmodic action in co n j u n c
tion with the S un and being in the sign L ibra which
rules the kidneys We also note that U ran u s is par
allel with M ars the planet Of dy nami c en ergy ; this
shows at once that the action o f the kidneys i s spas
m odic and irregula r so that instead o f the p oisons
being eliminated from the body by these organs they
a re retained and naturally contaminate the whole sys
tem Bu t we also nd that this p atient i s p oisoned
to a greater extent than ordinarily by a venereal di s
ease cont racted about seven or ei ght years a go ; this
i s shown as a tendency in the natal horoscope by the
conj unction o f M ars the planet o f dynamic energy
with Venus the planet of love i n the F ifth H ouse
which governs co u rtship and the relations O f the
sexes be f ore marria ge S at u rn is also there with h i s
obstructive hand and square to N eptune the planet
which governs strange and u nu su al conditions H e
is in the sign Gemini which r ules the hands and n
gers A bo u t seven years ag o when the M oon was in
P isces by p rogression the sign which governs the
toes it was in opp o sition to Venus M ars and S aturn
and square t o N eptune We base o u r j udgment that
the disease was contracted at that time on the fact
,
TH I R T Y -S I X
EX
A M P L E H O R O S CO P E S
6 79
that the a f icting planets are in Common o r exible

signs and it co uld have been avoided without much
e o rt
A s it is the most drastic measures for puri
cat i o n of the blood m u st be adopted ; the patient
should be bro u ght to California treated with daily
sunbaths to facilitate copious p erspiration and given
nothing but water and fr u it j uices until the system
has been cl eansed
.
P L A N E T A R Y H OU R S
M easures f o r the alleviation
pain and disease

cannot always be deferred to a p ropitious time but
where that is p ossible the student will nd that reme
dial treatments given under the p ropitious planetary
rays are much more e fcient and s uccessf ul than
when applied haphazard
Therefore the following
hints may be fo u nd valuable
S urgeon s who have watched and tab ulated these
matters inform us that the operations performed
while the M oon is i nc reasing in light ( see p 5 21 ) are
generally more s u ccessf ul less liable t o cause compli
cations and more q uickly healed than operations per
formed when the M oon is decreasing in light
When a s u rgical operation seems unavoidable
consult the ephemeris an d if the Moon is going
th ro u gh the sign which r ules that part of the body
where the op eration is to be p erformed defer it for a
day or two till the M oon gets well into the next sign
This will minimize the danger o f co mplicatio ns and
of
M E S SAGE O F
T HE
6 80
S TA R S
T HE
not infrequently the symptoms change so t h at opera

tion 1 s avoided
A lways look to the b en e cs and the good asp ects
in a horo scope for directions concerning h o w and
when to treat S uppose the S un the giver of life is
square to S aturn the planet o f stagnation and death
The tendency is to rob the p erson o f vitality and if he
i s taken ill recuperation will be very slow
Then to
give the most e ff ective and energizing treatment ap
ply the p rinciple Of the day and ho u r rul ers as given
i n o u r S i m p li ed S ci en t i c As tro l o g y choose the
S un s day ( S u nday ) and the ho u rs ruled by the S un
o n any day
T reatments o n M ars day ( Tuesday )
and the ho u rs ruled by M ars o n any day will also
b u ild up wonderfully S imilarly with the other plan
ets their virtue and power is greatest during the days
ruled by them
B ut the so called m al e cs also have their virtues
P oultices intended to draw suppuration from a
wound or bring a boil t o a head are most e fcacious
o n the hot and in ammatory M ars
day ( T u esday )
o r in the ho u rs o f M ars o n any day but applications
mad e to disperse a swelling are most successful when
applied o n the day o f S at u rn the planet o f sup p re s
sion or in his ho u rs on any day
Treatments received on the day and in the hours
o f the planets which are well asp ected in the patient s
horoscop e are always more p owerf ul and benecial
than they would be if given in the hours and on the
days ruled by planets a f icted when he was born
.
IN DEX
C HAP T ER
l u ti o as Sh o w i t h Z o d i ac
E ar l y Atl a t e a E p o ch ( 93
M i dd l e Atl a t a E p ch ( H 1
L at r Atl a t a E p ch ( 2
5
m)
A ry a E p ch ( T )
P i c a A g ( X np )
A qu ar i a A g e ( x
C HA P T ER I I
Th
M asu
f Am
ab ilit y t o P l a
t a y V ib r a
ti s
M y t r y f L igh t C l o r a d C o ci o u e s
C HA PT ER I II
Y u B r U d r a L u ck y S t ar "
W
A m ul t B i r th t e a d P l a e t ar y C l o r s
I th
Wh
B st T i m t B B or
C HA PT ER I V
R e ad i g t h H
c pe
I t d uct r y
Evo
14
15
16
25
25
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re o
ne
on
s e
ns
sn
30
52
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en
s on
s,
s
o ro s o
n ?
55
60
67
ro
M u n d an e H ou se s
S ig n s o f th e Z o d i ac
C ard i n al S ign s
F i xe d S ign s
C o m m on S ign s
C o m p arati v e E ff e ct o f Car d i n al F i xe d
m o n S ign s o n t h e A n gl e s
Tr i p li citi e s
S u n M o o n an d A s ce n d an t
T h e R i s i n g S ign
,
6 82
7O
72
79
80
83
an d
Co m
84
86
87
88
I ND EX
C HA P TER V
I n u e n ce
6 83
CHA PT
of
ER V I
V II
Ch il dre n
Sun i n
S un i n
C HA P T ER I X
of
th
P l an e t s
112
th
Tw e l ve S ign s
1 19
P l an e t
Lov e
of
140
144
150
1 56
169
Twe l ve H o u se s
t h e Twe l v e S ig n s
A sp ect w i th O th e r P l an e t s
in t h
in
in
17 1
17 7
1 85
th
C HA PT ER X I
in
in
in
in
in
in
P l an e t
R e as o n
t h e Tw e l v e H o u se s
t h e Twe l v e S ig n s
A s p e ct w ith O th e r P l an e t s
of
F e cun d ati o n
t h e T we l ve H o u s e s
t h e Tw e l ve S ig n s
A sp e ct w ith O th e r P l an e t s
e
P l an e t
of
ER X II
S atur t h P l a e t o f S rr ow
S at ur i t h e Tw e l v H o u e s
S at u r i t h Twe l ve S ig s
S at ur i A s p e ct w ith O th e r P l a e t s
CHA P T
192
195
201
207
th
M e rcu r y
M e rcur y
M e r cu ry
M e r cur y
Moon
M o on
M oo n
Moon
th
S un i n
ER X
of
92
G ive r o f L i f e
t h e Tw e l v e H o u s e s
t h e Tw e l v e S ig n s
A s p e ct w ith O th er P l an e t s
S un , t h
CH A PT
Tw e l ve S ign s
C HA P TER V III
Ven us
V en us
V e n us
Ven u s
N at ur e
In t r i n s 1c
CH APT CR
th
21 7
220
225
23 1
n,
244
249
25 5
26 1
M E S S A GE O F
T HE
6 84
S TA R S
T HE
ER X III
J u p it r t h e P l a e t o f B e n vo l e ce
J u p it r i t h e Tw e l ve H o u
J u p it r i t h Twe l ve S ig s
J up it r i A p ct t o Oth r P l an e t s
C HA PT ER X I V
M ar s t h P l a e t o f A cti o n
M ar s i t h e Tw l ve H o u s s
M ar s i t h Twe l ve S ig
M ar s i A p ect w ith O th r P l a e t
C HA PT ER X V
P l a tary O ct av s : ty 8 a d I3{ 9
C HA PT ER X V I
P l a e t o f Altru i sm
U ra u s th
Ur a u s i t h e T w l ve H u e s
U a u i
t h e Tw l ve S ig
Ur a u s i A p ct w ith O th e r P l a e t s
CHAP T ER X V I I
N p t u t h e P l a t o f D iv i it y
N p t u e i t h Tw l v H o u s
N p t u e i t h T w l v S ig
N p t u e i A sp e ct w ith O th r P l a e t s
C HAP TER X V II I
D ct r i
f D li
ati
i a N u t sh ll
T abl f P l a t ar y K yw r d s
E l v ati
E x alt ati o a d C iti cal D gr e e s
M r cu r y B f o r
A f t r th Su
A e Y u H e l p i g Y u r S t ar
CHA PT ER X I X
M i d a d t h R u li g P l a t
I u c f R uli g P l a t W ll A p e ct e d
I u e c o f R uli g P l a e t A ffl i cte d
M n t al Eff ect s f R i si g S ig
CHAP T
se s
27 4
278
28 5
29 2
3 08
ns
3 16
3 03
3 27
ne
3 41
3 49
ns
359
3 47
366
ne
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es
ns
3 80
3 83
389
3 96
ne o
on
on
ne
ne
or
s?
405
407
409
41 2
41 3
en
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ne
n e s,
n
s,
41 9
421
427
43 3
M E S SA GE
T HE
686
'
OF T H E
P A R T II
M ED I C AL
C HA PT ER X X V I II
S TA R S
A S T R O LO G Y
A stro D i ag o s i s f D i ase
I m p rta t Wa i g
A
P l a t ary P o l ar iti es
CHA P T ER XX I X
-
5 29
rn n
5 28
se
532
ne
C o rr e sp o n d e n ce s
S ign s
P ath o ge n i c Eff e ct s
P atho ge n i c E ff e ct s
Sun
M e r cu ry P ath o g e n i c Eff e ct s
M oo n
P ath o g en i c E ff ect s
S at u r n P atho g e n i c E ff e ct s
J u p it e r P atho ge n i c E ff e ct s
M ar s
P ath o ge n i c Eff e ct s
U r an u s P ath og e n i c Eff e ct s
N e p tun e P atho g e n i c E ff e ct s
Th e D u ctl e s s G l an d s
L aw
of
5 40
5 41
of
5 44
of
C HA P T ER XXX
.
No
No
E x am p
Co n ce p
l em e
H e ar t
l H
e
ti o i
t al P
n
an d
o r o s co
of
553
of
556
of
559
of
564
of
566
568
pes
5 79
d ru n k en
b au ch
De
5 82
E ye
Tr o u bl e
E ye Tr o u bl e
D r ag o n s H e ad
B r o k en F e m u r
Tr o u bl e S p i r it u al S igh t
,
E ar D
E ar
i ea e
D i s e ase
s
5 88
an d
5 93
T ail ( gj EB)
594
597
5 99
Ki d n ey
Tr o u b l e
Co n st
p at i o n
No
No
No
5 9 1 -5 9 4
E ye
579
o s se s s o n
No
No
No
551
Th i r ty-si x
No
No
No
5 49
of
6 01
10
11
Thr o at
an d
G e n i ta l s
6 02, 6 03 ,
6 04
i o r de rs
s
of
th
M in d
6 04
I ND EX
No
No
12
13
14
No
15
No
16
No
17
No
18
No
19
No
20
No
21
22
23
24
25
NO
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
6 87
M e l an cho l y S u i ci d al
S t V it u s D an ce an d A d o l e sce n ce
S u i ci d e an d Al coho li sm
S t V itu s D an ce an d T u b e r cu l o si s
T u b e r cu l o si s
D ig e stiv e D i so r d e r an d A s thm a
D ig e s tive D i so r d e r
H e ar t Tr o u bl e
C urv a t ur e o f t h e S p i n e
K i d n e y T r o u bl e A cci d e n t s
A cci d e n t al Fr acture s
I n s an it y an d S p i r it C on t r o l
H e ar t F ail ur e S p asm s
He ar t Lu n g an d Ki d n e y T r o ubl e
T u b e r cu l o s i s
A d e n o i d s an d C o n sti p ati o n
A cci d e n t s t o H e ad
G o itr e
E ye an d E ar T r o u bl e W e ak B ack
E y e an d E ar T r o u bl e P o o r C i r cu l ati o n
.
B li n d n e ss , Ha m orrh o i ds
H e ar t Tr o u bl e D r o p sy
34
D i se ase d Thro at an d G e n it al s
No 3 5
S o litar y V i ce Tu b e r cul o si s
No 36
H o rn y V e n e r e al G rowth s
P l an e t ar y H o u r s
Th
33
R o s i cr u ci an F e ll ow sh i p
6 08
6 10
6 11
6 13
6 14
6 15
6 16
6 18
6 19
6 20
6 22
635
638
6 41
6 44
6 47
6 54
6 57
660
663
66 6
6 70
6 73
6 77
6 79
6 88
Ellie
llofnahi}:
ma
There was a time even as late as Greece wh e i

R el i g i o n A rt and S ci en ce were taught u nitedly in t h
M ystery -temples B ut it was necessa ry to the be tter de
v el o p m en t of each that they sho u ld sep arate f o r a ti me
R e li g i o n held sole sway in the S o -called dark ages
D u ring that time it bo u nd S cience and A rt hand an
foot Then came the period of the Renaissance and A r
came t o the fore in all its branches Religion was stron
as yet however and A rt was only too often p rostitute
in the service o f Reli gion L ast came the wave of mod
ern S ci e n ce and with iron hand it has sub j ugate
Religion
It was a detriment to the world when Rel i g i OI
Ig n o ran ce and S u p erst i ti o n cau se c
shackled S cience
u ntold woe nevertheless man cherished a lofty sp i ri t u a
ideal then ; he hop ed f o r a hi ghe r and better life I t i
innitely more disastrous that S cience i s killing Reli
gion for now even H op e the only gift o f the gods lef
in P andora s b ox may vanish before M at eri al i sm an
,
A g n os ti ci sm
S u ch a state cannot continue
.
m u st S e
in I f it does not ana rchy will rend the cosmos To aver
a calamity R el i g i o n S ci e n ce and A r t must reunite in 2
higher exp ressi on of the Go o d the T ru e and the Be au
t i f u l than obtained before the separat i on
A spiritual religion however cannot blend with a
materialisti c science any m ore than o i l can mix wit h
water
Therefore steps were taken to spiritualiz e
S cience and make R eligion scientic
I n the thirteenth cent u ry a high spiritual teacher
.
R eaction
6 88
6 90
nia ninety mil es south of L os A ngel e s and forty mile

north of S an D iego the southwesternmost ci t y o f t h
U nited S tates
S out h ern California o ff ers e x ce p tio n al opp ortuni
ti es for sp iritual growth o n acc ount of the etheri c at
m osp h e re be ing dense r than in any other p art o f t h
world and M o u n t E ccl esi a as the Ro sicrucian F ellow
ship headquarters are called has been p articul arly fa
v o re d in this respect
The work was started in the end o f 1 9 1 1 S ine
then there has been built
A S an ctu ary where i n the Ro sicrucian tem ple ser
vices are held
A two-story A dm i n i s trati o n Bui l di n g , co n t ai n i n
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O fcers a large general o fce the p u blishing and edi
rst oor is a large
t o ri al d epartments
well
On the
_
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a linotyp e f o r setting ty p e cylinder and platen p resses
folding machine p ower cutter book sewing machines
etc
There is a mod ern rep roof D i n i n g H al l with
cap acity to accommodate one hund red and twenty a
o n e sitting
In it a wholesome and nutritious m e atl es
diet is served to workers and visitors
There is also a L adi es D o rm i to ry wit h a commo
di ou s Cl as s Roo m an d S o ci al H all a number of Co ttag e
and a T en t C i ty to take care of the over ow during t h
vacation season when a sp e ci al l y larg e number of mem
bers vi s1t M ount E ccles i a
T h e g ro un ds are growing mo re beautiful year b
year ; hund reds o f p alm s and a p ro f usion o f owers
such as are seen only in Calif o r n ia add to the inspira
tion and make this place a paradise in the truest sen s
o f the word
,
691
Wife
arg e s t
uh l is
o rib s
i
n
h g
l g ical
s trn n
0 11 5 2
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'
'
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g i ve can n o t
re ce i ve ,
e i t h er
6 92
A M O NTH L Y M A G A Z I N E OF M Y S T I C LI G HT
S u b scr i p ti o i n th e U it e d S t at s an d Ca ad a
a y e ar
B ack n u m b e r s 2oe e ach
S i gl e co p i e s l 5 c
E n gl an d 6 5 3 d a y ar
.
My s t i c L i g h
d evo t e d t o ar ti cl e s o n Oc
E s o t e r i c C hr i s ti an it y an d si m
t D e p ar t m e n t i s
lti sm M y s ti c M aso r y
i l ar S p i it u al S u bj ect s
cu
Ge n er al Co n t e n t s
Th
d e s ign e d t o give f urth e r ligh t

u p o n t h e v ar i o u s s u bj ect s d e alt w ith i n t h e d i ff e r e n t de
p art m e n t s wh e r e q u e r i e s f r o m s t u d e n t s an d o th e r s ub
s cr ib e r s m ak e t h i s n e ce ss ar y
Th
Q u e s ti on
is
D e p ar t m e n t
Th
giv es
A s t r al R ay D e p ar t m e n t
Pr o e m s S o f ar as s p ace
e
ig
Co sm c L h t o n L f e :
p e rm s ho ro sco p e s o f sub
bl
it
cr ib r s ch il d r e
Th se read i g s
a e r ad
ach m o th
S h o w t h e h i dd e
f au lt s a d t al e n t s t o h l p p ar t s b r i g
o u t t h e b s t i n th i r ch a g s
V o cati al R ad i g s f r y o u g m a d w m
a e
gi v t o sh w th em t h e sph er e i t h e w r l d wo rk f o r
wh i ch th y are b t tt d
S tu d n t s w ill d th s re ad i g s o f gr at val u a
p acti cal l so s i A st o l o gy
.
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6 94
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t wh o h av e b u gh t t h r st t wo e d i t i o
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L A TIT UD E S
T HIR D E DITION
ill s a l g f l t wa t o f b o th b gi er s a d adva c d st u
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sc p
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Th

T IS a matter o f common knowledge amon g

by passing o n what h as been found they put

when the beings upon a planet have evolve d

S u n , which i s the invisible source

O ur visible S un is but the mirror i n which are

the real S un is as invisible as the real man

Those unfortunates are gradually degenerating an d

the Zodiac and the planets are as a book

depicted as the reap er with his scythe and hour

and allied si gns fecundation and growt h are the

know that animal but part sh and p art goat Its

existence in which the weak p erish unless able t o

When the S un leaves Cap ricorn by p recession

human spirit o n i t s pilgrimage through matter is

I t is plain from this sym bol that the rst fac

Bu t when the S un enters the si gn L ibra ,

by p recess ion the balance of reason gives

Thus under the guidance of the spiritual hier

most mystic so fraught with hidden meaning that

Therefore by the p recessional passage o f the

has this i de al b ee n realized in such fullness during

A great future is in store for this O ffsp ring Of

F o r unto us a child is born unto

government and peace there shall be no end

from the time they were called out in the later

When we consider the Zodiac in its religious as

only six thousand and a few hundred years ; far

b ody which is the wedding garment that enfolds

The S un s passage by p recession through the

lung o r Children of the Mist

B ible that N imrod was a mi ghty hunter

that reason the two pai rs of opp osites com

A quarius are mentioned in the Bible and we shal l

I n the latter third

fullness at the beginning ; they are started and go

thus the L amb slain from the foundation o f the

( p resent ) World which we call th e A ryan E p o ch

attaining great p rominence and the ap os

On looking up the word

Nagas or S erp ents

the Christ H imself said :

the E g o with the invisibl e worlds by opening

feminine ending 0t h : Nai o th while those who are

and were called Nai m

afraid o f S aul and he went with S amuel to N aioth

that O rd er are call ed S ons o f the Widow

the reason why This we have given in the books on

and also in our

p riests o f E gypt were p h re e m essen

to the promised land

of esh ( T O o n certain days When the children

often said and rightly so that the boy is

celestial S ign A q uarius the water -bearer we shal l

lea rn to conform intelligently t o that design t h ereby

But coupled with this guidance there is

out having any W ill at all

f est at i o n s as app eal ed to infant humanity s mind

that disp ensation : for The fear o f the L ord is t h e

sary that evolution may be accomplished ; this mar

the A tlantean epoch the L ords of V enus and the

have not yet attained to that highest ideal I n an

ole o f p rotector on the plea that woman is not men