ASTROLOGY

Were

You

Born

Under

a

_Lucky

Star?

A

COMPLETE

EXPOSITION

OF

THE

SCIENCE

OF ASTROLOGY

Adapted from the Four Books of

Ptolemy, the Astronomer, on the

Artof Readingthe-Stars : : :

BY

A.

ALPHEUS

"

_We

boldthereismore_{truth in astrology}

. thanin astrologers,"^

SIRTHOMAS BROWNE

PUBLISHERS

CUPPLES

&

LEON

BYTHE

HENNEBERRY

CONTENTS

CHAP. , PAGE

INTRODUCTION

HUMAN

CRYSTALLIZATION . . 5

I. PTOLEMYAND

MODERN

SCIENCE . . ₁₉ II.

THE

NECESSARY

KNOWLEDGE

OFASTRONOMY 23

III.

THE

SUN AND THEZODIAC . .

.39

IV.

THE

MOON

AND THE PLANETS . . ₄₄ V. HOUSES AND ANGLES 52

VI. ASPECTS 62

VII. PREDICTION 70

VIII. EXEMPLIFICATION 84 IX.

THE

USESAND DIFFICULTIESOFASTROLOGY ₉₉

X. PTOLEMY'S RULES FOR JUDGING FORTUNES 106

Appendix

A

132 Appendix

B

134 Appendix

C

135 Appendix

D

.163

Appendix

E

167 Tables . . .

.179

WERE YOU BORN UNDER A

LUCKY

STAR?

HUMAN

CRYSTALLIZATION.

So

_many

eminent

men,

eminent both in science

and

literature, havebeen secretly interested in astrology of

late_{years, that}

_{we may}

_{not unreasonably expect before}

longa public

movement

towardascientificinvestigation ofthe observed facts in connection with it.

And

then

we may

hope

that theordinary

man

will not burst into peals oflaughter atthe very

mention

of the

word

"as-trology"as he does_today.

There

are severalelements

which

_{militate against the}

seriousstudyof astrology.

The

first

and

_greatestisthe almostutter lackin this_dayofanything approachinga

scientific

_knowledge

of

mind and

emotion. _Astrology

presumes

to _point out

how

mind and

emotion

are

molded.

But

we

must

understand

mind

before

we

can reasonably

go on

toaninvestigation of thecauses

which

made

it so.

What

do

the scientists

know

oflove, the

most

powerfulof

human

emotions!

How

_verysmall is

our

knowledge

of the natural _processes of

human

ob-,

servation

and

deduction!

What

little

we

do know, came

down

to us chiefly

from

the Greeks. Indeed,

we may

say thatour

knowledge

oftheintellectual _processes

and

INTRODUCTION.

the

commonest

emotions of a

human

_being are of the

most

elementary kind.

And

thisconfusion of

_knowledge

hasintroduced into astrology vitalmistakes. Personally I have never seen a scintilla of evidenceto _suppose that the positions of the planets in

_any

_way

determine

human

events except

in _determining the crystallization of

human

character atbirth.

But

in _attemptingto account for events in a

life,

no

distinction has

been

made

between

those events

which

are the result ofcharacter

and

those

which

come

from

quite different causes.

For

instance,anastrologer

foretellsthat a childshoulddieof

_drowning

in hissixth year.

But

it is not the event that he really can say anything about, only the _disposition of the child to

meddle

withwaterat_{that age.}

The

childwillverylikely

fall into the water, as in a case I have in mind, but astrology

had no

possible

means

of

knowing

that

some

one

would

fish

him

out before he

was

drowned.

A

cer-tain_horoscopeindicated the character for a lawyer,

who

at acertain_period ofhis life

would

have aninclination

toward

female clients. If at that time he

had

such a

distinguished client, it

was by no means

the stars that brought that client to him. His _disposition naturally led

him

to associate himself with whatever eminent femalecriminalclient_{might then have need} of_{a lawyer.} Again,

many

people have died violentdeaths forwhich there

seems no

reason in the horoscope. It simply

illustrates thefact, as I _{personally believe}itto be, that there are

two

kinds of fate the

one

in a man's

own

character, the other in circumstances outside.

With

INTROD

UCTION.

do,

though

indeed itoften

seems

tohave

much

because

we

do

not understand, with ourlimited_.psychology, the differencebetweentheevents

which

result

from

aman's

own

nature

and

those

which

come

from

_wholly exterior circumstances.

The

second_{great obstacle} in thepath ofa scientific

investigation of _astrology is the fact that it is almost entirely in the hands of _{those mystics}

who

either call

themselves "artists," or else apply to themselves the adjective "esoteric,"whateverthat

may

mean. Itis of course impossibleforthescientist toconsider_seriously that ethereal fluid

which

emanates

from

the stars

and

penetrates man'sbeing,orto_indulgeinrhapsodies over the_spiritual

_harmony

ofthe universe.

These

terms

and

theories

no

doubt

foreshadow

and

_correspond with actual discoveries

and

facts; but they

mean

nothingto

thescientists. In short, a scientifictheoryof_astrology

is necessary before the scientist will _{be tempted even}

to investigate thefactsobserved.

But

we

willpass to anotherobstacle in the pathof astrology,

though

to our

mind

really the slightest of

all, thecharlatan fortune-telling for so

many

ages asso-ciated with it.

Even

if the

whole

claim of astrology

were

fully admitted, foretelling a man's future

would

bean_{impossibility}becauseof the multiplicity of

known

elements(letalonethe

unknown) which go

to

make

that

future. In

_astronomy

_{allowance always has}tobe

made

for

comets

and

world-explosions. Infinitely greater

allowance

would

havetobe

made

intherealmof

astrol-ogy, so infinitely complicated is it in

_comparison

with astronomy. It isnot_{for fortune-telling that}

we

wishto

INTRODUCTION.

investigateastrology;but ifit isa true scienceeven in

possibility,

how

greatly

would

thatfactserve to revolu-tionizeour viewof erring fellow-beings,

and

ofa thou-sand other things!

But

we

do

notbelieve that the

known

charlatanism associatedwith astrology

would

_operatetoprevent

hon-est scientific

men

from

investigating the

meaning

of observedfacts. Charlatanism characterized

mesmerism

and

_{hypnotism, but} scientific

men

have

redeemed

this latter_subject

from

theregionof fancy

and

made

it sci-entific.

Another

reasonfor

much

ofthe_absurdityinancient

astrology

was

the small

knowledge

of

_astronomy

then possible.

For

instance, the discoveryof

Uranus

has in

a

moment

accounted for _{grave discrepancies}

which

the ancientsfound in

_many

horoscopes.

We

statedabovethat

one

greatobstaclein the_path of ascientificfuture for_astrology

was

ourlack of knowl-edge ofthe

human

mind.

There

is

one

branch of the study not

open

to that _objection,

however

the effect

of the heavenly bodies

on

health.

We

have a

whole

learned profession devoted to the study of physiology

and

thewelfare of the

human

body.

The

medical pro-fession should therefore be preparedto investigate the

factsofastrologyas affecting the

human

body

inhealth or illness. It is

from

the _{physiological point} of view

chiefly that our investigation can at present be con-ducted.

Here

we

have an infinite possibilityof obtain-ingfacts,

and

when

itis stated that a

man

_{has typhoid} fever or measles, there is

no

doubt about it. Facts

INTRODUCTION.

there are in _{plenty to prove} that

human

disease has a directconnection with variouscombinationsof stars

and

planetsincertain positions. If

_{any one}

doubtthe

exist-enceofthe facts_{he has only}to lookintothe cases that

lie_easily beforehim.

There

are not a score,but thou-sands,

and

out of a thousand cases

one

can

come

to a_fairlyaccurate_{conclusion concerning}facts,after

mak-ing

ample

allowanceforcoincidences.

But

granting certain facts as patent,

what

explana-tion can

_you

_{give? asks} the scientist.

The

penetrating influence of

Karma

is nota satisfactoryanswer.

Taking

thefactsbeforeus,let _{us proceed} todeduce

an

hypothesis,ifnota_theory. First,let usstate afew

facts

and

then

make

anaturaldeduction.

Facts: Certainstarsor planets

on

the point of rising atthetimeof birthhave been observedtobe connected with _{certain types ofphysique.}

Certain effects have

been

observed to beassociated withcombinationsof planets in certain positions of the zodiac

when

their _lightreached the earth soas to

form

an angle of sixty or

one

hundred

and

_{twenty degrees}

(the favorable aspects of thesextile

and

trine); certain results quite the reversehave appearedto followangles of light ofninety degrees

and

one

hundred

and

eighty (square"andopposition aspects).

All these influences are ascribed to the

moment

of birth

and

the _{time immediately following.}

The

angle

which

thelightofanysingleplanet

formed

to the earth in the latitude

and

longitude of birth is

said to affect the _being of the child in certain definite

INTRODUCTION.

enemies of its

own

_{nature, thirty} to _{sixty degrees,}

friends, etc.).

We

assume

these statements to be facts.

_Having

satisfiedourselves that thereisa certain

amount

oftruth

inthem, forlack oftime

we

leavethe_proofofthefacts

to others.

Deductions: It is

known

that minerals crystallize

on

these angles. Itis

known

thatanimallife_originates

in _microscopic cells, at first _{formless, which gradually}

go

througha_processsimilar to crystallization,

and

that in

some

way

in these invisible cells all

human

_qualities

of

mind

or

_body

are latent. Let us therefore

assume

thatatthe

moment

of birththeseelemental

human

cells

begintocrystallize,

and

that the

form

of their

crystalliza-tionisdetermined

by

theconditions of light, heat, elec-tricity, or gravitation

produced

by

heavenly bodies at

the

moment.

The

crystallizationis_probablya_{progressiveprocess};

the first crystals determine the _shape of thebody, the

ones

formed

later _{being connected with qualities}

more

subtle,whichlielatent _duringcertain_years until

matur-itybrings

them

intoplay.

Thus

some

hours afterbirth

may

be

sown

theseedsofbrain fever to occurinmiddle

life.

But

is it _light, heat, or electricity, or gravitation

which

determinesthe

mode

of_{crystallization,}ora

com-bination ofone or

more

orall ?

It

may

be the condition of the

_magnetism

of the earth caused

by

the angle

which

that _portion of the earth forms to the sun. _{This theory} is supported

by

influ-INTRODUCTION.

ences

when

_posited in _{certain signs of the zodiac.} In thecourseofcenturies the stars inAries

and

the other signs have

moved

back

thirty degrees, but the sign

which

begins at the vernal _equinox

and

the others in

succession,have not been observedto

_change

their

influ-ence. It

would

therefore

seem

that the light of the stars,

which

had

changed,

was

not the fundamental cause,butthe_{angle which} thesun

formed

tothe

mag-netic poles of theearth,

which had

not changed.

It

may

be the varying density of the

_atmosphere

caused

by

the attraction of the _{heavenly bodies}forthe

airaboutthe earth. Thus,the

moon

asit_{passes about}

the earth raises tides. It doubtless also raises a tide

of air,

and

the planets

may

raise smaller tides, thus

affecting the density of theair. Also it is

known

that the point at

which

minerals_crystallizeis determined

by

the pressure,

among

otherelements. This

_might

pos-siblyaccountforthe influence of thesun

and

moon

when

placed in varyingsigns of the zodiac; butthis

and

the

preceding theory leave

many

things unaccounted for.

The

irregular effect of_humidity in_{varying the density}

of the

_{atmosphere would seem}

_{almost wholly} to

dis-countenancethetheoryof_{varied pressure.} Gravitation

may

actin a

more

directway, however,

though

thereis

far lessreasonto _supposethat gravitationhas anything to

do

with

human

crystallizationthanthereisfor believ-inglightor

magnetism

tobethe controllingforce.

Light

and

heat are _{merely varying}lengths of

ethe-real vibration,

and

even the chemical _rays are

essen-tially the

same

in character as both heat

and

light.

INTRODUCTION.

pressure

and

temperature; that is, the balance of the

expansive

and

repressiveforces.

We

naturallylook for corresponding elementsin

human

crystallization. Either

gravitation, atmospheric density, or the magnetic con-dition ofthe earth (which ofthese.it

would

be hard to say)correspondsto pressure,

and

we may

easilysuppose thatthe chemical

and

otherrays correspond to heat, a coarser_varietyof the

same

thing.

It iswell

known

that light has a powerful influence,

over life the

two

are often _spoken of asalmost syno-nyms.

The

healthy child

must

be reared out of doors

in the sunlight.

Darkness

_{invariably produces} disease, even

when

there is _{plenty of heat.}

In recent _experiments with the cathode, or so-called _X-rays, the _stimulating effect

on

animal life of

these rays

was

noticedinseveral cases.

A

mouse which

had

been kept under water an

hour

was

resuscitated while being photographed. Edison's

_young

men

assist-ants

were

able to

work

in these rays for forty-eight hours at a time without weariness. Similar observa-tions

were

reported elsewhere.

But

this only goes to

show

the

tremendous

influence oflight

on

life _{light in}

all itsvarieties,

from

heat to theinvisible chemicalrays.

The

processofmineralcrystallizationisthis:

When

the liquid or supersaturated solution reaches a certain temperature

and

condition of pressure,

and

theimpulse to_crystallize has_{been given} in

some

_{way, geometrical}

crystals are formed, not at

one

_spontaneous burst,but

in

more

orless _{rapid degrees,}

and

theprocess

may

be arrested

by

the

change

in _{temperature caused}

_by

heat arisingfromtheprocessitself.

INTRODUCTION.

The

childinthe

womb

may

be regardedasamineral held in solution; at birththe impulse of crystallization

is _given

and

the process takes place during the hours

and

_{days immediately ensuing;} the beginning of the process determines the general direction or _tendency oftheresult,

and

later effectstakea_secondaryplace,or

one

thatmanifestsitself_only

when

thefirstcrystals

have

served their _day

and

given place to

maturing

elements heldincheckwhiletheyexisted.

We

may

suppose that the

form

or nature of these crystalsis_verylargelydetermined

by

thestateof vibra-tion ofthe etherinits_{higher forms.}

Chemical

orother

rays

coming

at a certain angle

might harmonize

with

each other easily

and

produce

a favorable ethereal

atmosphere

; while rays

coming

atother angles

would

interferewith eachother, either neutralizingeach other or producingirregular vibrations of the ether.

Ptolemy

said that Saturn

was

cold

_{and Mars. was}

hot. It

may

be

assumed

thatthe rays

coming from them

have inthe

one

case alower

and

intheother_{a greater} rate of vibration _{(or the reverse)} than the

mean

most

favorable to

human

_development, while the benefic aspects of Jupiter

may

bethe result of thefactthat the rays

from

him

have a

medium

rateofvibration

most

in

harmony

with the

_development

of the

human

crysial. Itiswell

known

thatthe character of the_light

com-ing

from

the various_{planets varies greatly, the}light of

the _{sun being}

most

_{comprehensive.}

Most

of the light

coming from

the planets isreflected;but

what

rays are

reflected

and what

are _{absorbed depends wholly}

on

the character of the planet

and

its_atmosphere.

INTRODUCTION.

Planets in _{conjunction with} the sun are observed to lend to thelightofthesuntheir

own

character,

which

isin accord withthegeneral laws ofethereal vibration.

There

is_just

one

graveobjection to thelighttheory.

The

position of the signs of the zodiac

and

ofthe sun

in relation to

them

should

mean

the

combined

effect

of the _light of the fixed stars above the earth at

_any

given

moment.

But

if

_by

_{the precession of the} ecliptic

the position of the _signs in the

heaven

has

_changed

thirty degrees,

and

no

corresponding

change

of effect

of the signs so alteredhas

been

observed, it is obvious that the light of the stars _originally in the _sign

had

nothingto

do

withtheeffectof_{the sign}

on

human

life.

This strongly suggeststhat thesecond elementin

human

crystallization, correspondingtopressurein thecase of minerals,isthe _{magnetic condition}of the earth accord-ingtoitspositioninreference tothe sun. Also

we

know

that the light of

most

ofthe fixed stars islike that of the sun,

and

_being direct

and

_{comprehensive} is not so productiveofvariationas the irregularly reflectedlight

from

_{the planets, including the}

moon.

Still, the light

ofthe stars atvarious_{angles, taking}intoconsideration that

we

_{are dealing}withthetotal effectofallstarsabove thehorizon,

may

havea

combined

effectwhich has been onlyslightlyvaried

by

the accident of the

_change

ofthe signs of the zodiac,

an

effect which has therefore not

been

duly observed.

But

undoubtedly

we

have here

a

strong

argument

for the existence of

some

other

INTRODUCTION.

As

farasI

am

aware, thetheoryof

human

crystalli-zationhas never before beendefinitelypresented.

Pto-lemy

spoke of the various _planets

and

luminaries as being associated with different degrees of heat

and

humidity. Thus, Saturn

was

dry

and

cold,

Mars

dry

and

hot, thesundry, the

moon

moist,etc.;

and

likewise

he connected the winds

coming from

various quarters with different _planets

_by

a _very far-fetched analogy.

And

heclearly statesthatthe

moment

of_{generation or} copulation

must

befar

more

important thanthe

moment

of birth;butsincethefirst isalmost impossibleto

deter-mine, thelatterhas tobe taken forconvenienceas the starting point. Evidently

human

crystallization

had

never enteredhis mind.

Heredity has been so

much

talked ofinrecentyears

that

one

ofthebest

modern

writers,

Mr.

Hiram

Butler,

author of _{"Solar Biology,"} tries to account for _every characteristic

by

thecondition of the

minds

of _the par-ents at the _{time immediately preceding} birth. In the

first_place,itissafetosaythathe never

had

theslightest

opportunity to observe

how

the

minds

of the parents

were

directed at the time of birth.

And

besides that,

what

we

know

of heredity

would

leadus to believe that

the

molding

forces _begin to operate long before the

time of birth,

and

at times

sa

very various

and from

causesso diverse that

one

could

_{by no}

stretch of imagi-nation connect

them

with the _merely

_momentary

posi-tions of planetsatthe instant ofbirth.

If

we

_adopt the theory of _{crystallization,} it will

scarcelybepossible to

go

fartherin definite_knowledge.

analo-INTRODUCTION.

gies to give vrai-semblance to the theory as a

good

working

hypothesis.

And

while looking for analogies,

it

would

be well to consider the very interesting

phe-nomena

of the interference

and

_polarization of _light.

Two

reflected rays

coming

to a single point

from

mir-rors a little less than _{180 degrees apart produce}

on

a screen bands of darkness _alternating with bands of

light;thatis,atcertain points the

two

raysdestroy each other. Doubtless the light

from

planets in _opposition

or conjunction

would

exhibitthe

_{same phenomena.}

It

iswell

known

thattheprocessof crystallization thatis,

the

_arrangement

of themoleculesofa substancein

cer-tain _{regular orders} is _easily interfered with.

For

in-stance, ifwateris _{violently agitated} it

_may

be reduced several degrees

below

the freezing point beforeit con-geals.

The

same

istrueif itis leftabsolutelyquiet.

The

interference of _polarized light is even

more

interesting than that of ordinary light, for

by

its aid beautiful

and

_varying bands of color are _produced.

Moreover,

when

lightis reflected

from

a polarized

sur-face,polarizationis_{complete only}

when

the

beam

comes

from

a fixed angle, theangle of polarization.

What

subtlequalitiesthe particlesina

human

crystal

may

receive

from

light

coming

toit

from

two

sourcesat

an angle of sixty degrees or

one hundred and

twenty,

human

ingenuitywill _{never penetrate}in all_probability;

and

_yet

we

have quite as

much

chance of confirming

our

theory as

we

had

for _confirming the theory that

light is a transversal vibration of an invisible ether.

Etherisbutatheory;

and

human

crystallization

may

be quite as

good

atheoryfor_{purposesof investigating the}

INTRODUCTION.

strange effects _produced

on

human

character

by

posi-tions

and

combinationsof_heavenlybodies.

Ifthis _theory is_adopted it will be observed that it

makes no

place for horary astrology; that it does not

accountforthe

_happening

of events, but clearly recog-nizes that thereisanoutside series of influences_wholly disconnected withthestars or

no

more

connectedthan everythingin life is_{connected with everything}else,for thereis

no

forcebutis_{directly or indirectly convertible}

into

any

other.

Thus

the_theoryofevolution

and

hered-ityis not in the least interfered with, while

we

havea wonderful explanation forthe

_acknowledged

differences of individualsborn under the

same

external influences.

We

thus have in _{astrology an explanation} of

human

individuality; at least

we

get a glimpse of the individ-ualizing forces, while our studiesin the pasthave been

chieflyof unifyingforces.

Note. Dr.J. Heber Smith, writingin theArena, calls

at-tention to the factthat ifa metal discis _supportedat thecen-ter andis madeto vibrate bya violin bow,itvibratesin

PTOLEMY

AND MODERN

SCIENCE.

Astrology

seems

tohave

made

no

_progresssince the days of Claudius Ptolemaeus,

who

wrote nearly

two

thousand years ago,

and

his "Tetrabiblos" is undoubt-edly the best text-book

on

the _{subject existing today.}

Modern

astrologers, notably Kepler, have introduced

some

changes,

and

made

large claims,

which Ptolemy

did not venture to do.

He

said specifically that the

science ofastrology does not enable

any

man

to predict particular events,

and

there are certain things

which

no

rational

man

would

think offoretelling.

His

method

of

prediction

was

precisely that of the

modern

doctor,

who

says that a diseasewillruna certain_lengthof time, that a certain constitution

must

have care or it will break

down,

that

from

external _appearances

one

man

should

make

a

_good

blacksmith, another a

_good

orator,

and

so forth.

The

_{positions of the stars help} usto _analyze

more

subtle physical conditions,not_{subject to external} observation.

But

the

_{whole ground}

of _prediction is

simplya

_knowledge

of the physical, mental

and

moral condition of a

human

_being

from

birth. If

we know

that the

_germs

of hereditary

consumption

exist in a

child

from

birth,

we

can predict that he willdie ofthe disease,

and

may

judgethetime with_{tolerable accuracy.}

And

if

we know

the

mode

ofcrystallization,

we

haveas

Ptolemy seems

to have beenkiterestedin astrology

first of all and chiefly as a

means

of predicting.the

weather.

What

truth there

_may

be in that branch of the subjectI have never

had

time _{to investigate};but I judgethat

Ptolemy

hitit aboutas often as the

govern-ment

meteorological

bureau

today.

His

next source of

interest

came

from

thefactthatastrology

was

generally used

by

physicians;

and

indeed ithasbeen used

by

this professionuntil veryrecently.

From

this _{he proceeded}

to character,

and

theinferences that

_may

be

drawn from

a

_knowledge

of character as to future conditions of

health, wealth, successinbusiness, marriage,etc.

Ptolemy

explained everything

by

temperature

and

humidity.

He

had

a

mass

of observation before him.

From

this _{he developed} his _{rational theory,} which

was

to explain everything

by

temperature

and

moisture in

analogy withthe

_change

ofthe seasons,

and

he admitted nothing that did _{not square with} his theory,

and

no

doubt he

drew

inferences

from

the theory as to

what

thefacts

_ought

to be.

But

every branchof science has

made

such

tremen-dous

progress since Ptolemy's day, that I

assume

that

ifhe

were

living

now

he

would

entirely recasthis_theory,

correct his

methods

of procedure, discard certain

ele-ments, adoptothers,

and

_{so bring} the"Tetrabiblos"

_up

to date.

As

(forcertainapparent reasons) heis unable to

do

this work, I have

presumed

to _attempt thetask.

I

know

_something

of

modern

scientific facts

and

theo-ries,

and

I take it for _granted that

Ptolemy was an

authority

on

ancient astrology.

So

between

Ptolemy

It

may

be objectedthat the _{microscope has not} yet revealed

_any

minute crystals in _protoplasm, but that primarycells

seem

tobe constructed

on

a basis of their own.

_My

replyisthat

no one

has seenmolecules,

much

less atoms.

But

thetheory that _they exist is the best explanation, of the facts before us.

So

I _say that the assumption that

human

beingscrystallize atbirth

much

asminerals_crystallize,accountsforthe actuallyobserved

facts ofastrology better than

any

other theory

we

are able to evolve.

No

doubt

in

two

thousand years this

theorywillbeasantiquatedasPtolemy'softemperature

and

humidity.

But

inthe

meantime

Itrustit willhave served its_purpose.

For

the_purposesof_{our theory}I

assume

that before birth the child islike a saturated solution,

and

that its

first _gasp after birth sets the process of crystallization

to _going,

and

this_{process continues} for several weeks".

A

multitudeof minute crystals areformed,

one

on

_top

of _{the other, of} course

most

_rapidly at the

moment

of birth

and

_during the minutes

and

hours immediately succeeding,

and

thenlessslowlyduringthe three

months

following.

These

crystals are perhaps arranged in

cylindrical groups,

and

in the course of time

become

flattened out.

The

baby,

we

know,

is

round

in every limb

and

feature, while the old

man

finds that eyeballs, bone, muscle, are flattened. This _{flattening process,}

may

bring the successive sets of crystals into play, so that the crystals

formed

an hour, a week, ora

month

afterbirth

would

come

into playat _{corresponding}

peri-ods later in life. It

seems

probable that all the chief crystals are

formed

on

thefirst_day,

and

these are

modi-fied or remodified

on

the succeeding days.

Or

still

more

likely, the chief crystals are

formed

within a few

minutes ofbirth,

and

receivetheir _{corresponding} modi-ficationsastheearthturns

on

itsaxis,or(asit_appeared

to the ancient) as theheavenly bodies rise

and

set.

Furthermore, I conceivethat crystallizationis

most

rapid while thesun is _shining,

and

also that the

moon

helps very materially in the _process.

So

if a child is

bornat_{midnightthe crystallizationproceeds very slowly}

until_dawn,

and

he developshis

_powers

_{correspondingly} late inlife.

The

besttime to be

born

would

therefore be in the _morning,

and

it is remarkable that a very large proportionof eminent

men

were born

during the forenoon,as for instance,Napoleon, Gladstone,

Dumas,

Frederick the Great, Sir _{Joshua Reynolds,}

_George

Washington,

S.T.Coleridge totakea variety of

char-acters at

random, whose

horoscopes I

_happen

to have beforeme.

THE

NECESSARY

KNOWLEDGE

OF

ASTRONOMY.

Only

an

_elementary

_knowledge

of

_astronomy

is

necessaryin order to cast a horoscope.

As

every

one

knows, the sun is the center of the solar system,

and

aboutit revolve seven

_major

_{planets (Mercury, Venus,} Mars, Jupiter, Saturn,

Uranus and

_Neptune), besides the earth.

There

are

some

unimportant smaller ones

also.

_They

all

move

round

the sun at different rates of _speed,

_Mercury

_getting

around

most

_quickly,

and

Neptune

least.

_They

all

move

inthe

same

direction,

and

in _{a tolerably fixed plane} called the _ecliptic, the circle

of

which

is divided into_{twelve equal spaces} called the

Signs of the Zodiac.

The

point in the heavens

where

the _{sun appears} to be

when

it crosses the equator

on

its _journey

northward

(in

March)

is taken as a fixed point to count from,

and

is called Aries. It changes

slightly

from

yearto year, but onlya _verylittle.

And

itwillbe observedthatitisboth

on

theequator

and on

theecliptic.

The

planepassing

through

the _equator is

afixed_planeintheheavens (thatis,verynearly fixed),

and

theplaneofthe_ecliptic,that isofthe zodiac,

which

isanotherfixedplane intheheavens, forms an angleto

itof_{23 27',} orthereabout,

and

they both passthrough the center of the earth,

and

cuteach other

on

a straight

line,at

one end

of

which

isthefirst_{point of Aries,}

and

attheother

end

thefirst_{point of Libra.} Inthe_skyas

we

see it at

_any

_point

on

the earth, the equator is a.

curve _{parallel to} that whichthe sun appears to take in passing

from

sunrise to sunset. In winter the sun is

south of it,

and

the

number

of degrees northor south

iscalled thedeclination.

On

thedaysofthe_equinoxes, twice a year, the sun passes directly along the line of.

the equator in the _sky as it_appears to us.

Of

course the daily

movement

ofthe

moon

and

_planetsislikethat of the sun,

and

their distance north or south of the equatoristheir declination.

But

the

movement

ofthe sun

and

_planets

_{from day}

to day,

week

to_week,

month

to

month,

is_alongtheline

of the ecliptic,

and

the curve of the ecliptic as

we

see

it in the _{heavens appears} to _{be very} erratic.

On

the

two

equinoctial days the sun rises at the first _{point of}

Aries

and

thefirst_{point of Libra, exactly}

on

the equator^

and

_exactlyinthemiddleofthe easternhorizon

and

sets

exactlyinthe west,

and

on

such daysatsunrise or sunset the _ecliptic forms an archlike _{the equator,} only higher or lower.

At

the spring equinoxit will curveover the equator at sunrise

and below

at sunset.

But

in the

summer

the sun rises farther

around

to the north,

and

also sets fartherto the north, so travelingconsiderably

more

than half

_way

round

the horizon; but as the

fartherithasto travelthelongerittakes, so thedaysare longer

when

it rises north of the eastern point

and

sets north of the _{western than they} are

when

it rises

and

sets south.

The

differences in the lengths of the arcs which the sun describes at various seasons ofthe year are called the ascensional differences,

and depend

ASTROLOGY.

Now

every point in the zodiac _{corresponding} to the position of the sun in the zodiac at various times

in the year, will rise

and

setall the year

round

just as

the sun rises

and

sets

on

_{the different days.}

So

some

signs of the zodiac in these north latitudes _(and the reverse istrue in the southern) are

above

the horizon

no

longer thanthesun isin _mid-winter,

and

others are

above

the horizon as _long as the sun in

mid-summer,

and

if_planets

_happen

tobeinCancer,for instance,they tooriseearly

and

setlate.

We

are

now

prepared to erecta _horoscope.

There

are

_{two ways}

in

which

_{we may}

do

it, first

by

taking

the sun as a center,

and

second

by

taking the earth as a center.

The

first is called heliocentric (from the

Greek meaning

sun-center),

and

the second geocentric

(fromthe

Greek meaning

earth-center).

Ptolemy

supposed the heavenly bodies all revolved

around

the earth,

and

ofcourse he

knew

nothing about

a heliocentric astrology. As, however,

most

of our

light

and

heat

comes from

the sun, it is clear that the condition of the light

coming from

the sun

must

be very important.

No

doubtthe positions of the planets about the sun

do

much

to determine this condition.

We

shall

do

well,therefore, toconsider the heliocentric horoscope first. This is

more

_easily calculated than the _geocentric,

and

furnishes us a convenient

method

of _calculating the _geocentric afterward.

Most

books

on

_{astrology require} references to

an

_astrological

al-manac

forthe geocentricpositions of the planets; but

such an

almanac

is _{very expensive,}

and

the chart pub-lishedin this

book

furnishes an easy

way

of calculating

SQUARE

CIRCLE OF

THE

ECLIPTIC

the _positions for ourselves within a _degree,

which

is

sufficientlyaccurate.

The

astronomicalcalculations required

by

astrology

are

by no means

easy. It

would

bea

boon

tothe

aver-age reader if

some

learned astronomer, with all his tables

and

books

athand,

would

make

themathematical

and

astronomical calculations for us.

Such

a _person

might

establish a bureau that

would

furnish these

cal-culations,

made

with _{perfect accuracy,}

and

at

an

ex-pense of but a few cents,

and

thereby save us

much

time

and

study.

But

until such a bureauis established

we

must

_patiently

work

out the calculations as best

we

can.

To

cast a_horoscope

we

must

know

the year,

month,

day,

and hour

of birth,

and

the latitude

and

longitude

of the place of birth.

The

latitude

and

_longitude

_may

befound

by

lookingina

_map,

in

which

thelongitudewill

be found atthe_top of the

page and

the latitude at the

side.

Take

the longitude west

from

Greenwich, not

from Washington.

Ifthe

hour

isnot

known,

take

some

convenient

hour

in the _part of the _day in

which

the birth occurred. If _nothing is

known

_beyond

the

day

of birth, allcalculations based

on

the houses will have tobe omitted.

First, let us see

how

to erect a heliocentric horo-scope.

We

will

draw

acircle

and

_{place the}suninthe

cen-ter.

The

circumference

we

will divide intotwelve equal parts,

and

mark

each partwith

one

of the signs of the zodiac, asin _Fig. I.

oppo-site the date of birth in the table (No. i) giving the longitude of the sun for

_any

_{year. This longitude} is

the

same

within a degree

on

a given

day

each year.

The

position of the earthwill be 180 degrees

from

that of _{the sun,}

and

_may

therefore be found

by

adding 180 degreestothe longitude ofthesun ifthatlongitude is

lessthan 180_{degrees, or subtracting 180 degrees}ifthe longitude ofthe sun is

more

than 180 degrees.

Write

thisposition of the earthin the chart,usingthe sign of the zodiac

and

the

number

of _degrees in that sign. This

may

readilybe seen

by

looking for the _longitude ofthe earthinTable8,

and

takingthedegreesof the zo-diacal signintheadjoining column.

To

find the _positions of the planets, look first for the longitude of the _{given planet}

on

the first of Janu-ary nextpreceding or next followingthe date of birth,

whichever is nearest (see Table 7).

Then

count the

exact

number

of _days

from

the_day of birth to Jan. i.

In the table giving the longitude of

_Mercury

for

one

cycle of its orbit _(Table 4), find the longitude given for Jan.i.

Then

count

backward

_{or forward, according}

as the Jan.i selectedisbefore orafterthedate ofbirth,

as

_many

_days as

_you

have found to intervene between Jan. i

and

the date of birth.

When

_you

have counted totheend without exhausting yourdays,

go

backtothe beginning

and

keep

on

countinguntil

_you

have reached the day required.

The

longitude in the table _opposite

this_daywillbethelongitude of

_Mercury

_required. In case the

hour

ofbirthisnotnear

Greenwich

noon,aslight

correctionshouldbe

made

to the longitudegiveninthe

United States) several hours earlier _{than your noon.}

Just

how many may

be found

by

dividing thelongitude of the place of birth

by

15,since thesunrises just fifteen

degreesin the_{sky each hour. Thus,}

noon

in_longitude

75

willbefivehourslaterthan

noon

at Greenwich, for which all calculations are made. Therefore

noon

at.

Greenwich

will beatseven o'clock in the_morning. If

you

were born

at or near seven o'clock,

no

correction

willbe needed.

But

ifthe

hour

of birth is, say, seven o'clock in _{the evening,} anadditionalhalf

_day

will have passed,

and you

should take a _longitude half

_way

be-tween

thelongitudeforthe_day

you

havefound

and

the

nextday.

So

ifthetimeis

_any

other

number

of hours, take the_{proper proportion} ofthe

_change

for 24 hours

and add

orsubtract, as the case

may

be.

The

position of

Venus

may

be found in the

same

way, but

an

additional _{difficulty appears.} It takes

Venus

224 days

and

nearly 17hoursto

make

one

revo-lution

around

the sun.

So

if

_you

havetocountpast the

end

of_{a cycle}backto the_{beginning again}

_you

willhave about

two

thirds of a _day over.

So

to the _longitude givenin the tablein a case likethat

you must add

the correctiongiven atthe

end

(see Table5).

The

positions of the other _planets will be found

more

easily.

No

corrections for hours need be

made

with

any

ofthem, since their

motion

is soslowthat the

change

in a fewhours does not

amount

to

much.

As

before, find the _longitude in the table of longi-tudes for the nearestfirst of_{January (Table7).}

Count

the

number

ofdaysto the dateofbirth.

the daily

motion

of_{the planet for the}

same

day.

You

will see thatitis either

more

or lessthan thenext

fol-lowing year. It _usually varies in _{regular proportion}

from

year to year,

and

the daily

motion

at the date of birth

_may

be found

by

addingto or subtracting

from

the

motion

on

Jan. i that proportionof the

change

in

the daily

motion which your

number

of_days

from

_Jan.

j bears to_{365 days.}

The

average daily

motion

forthe period

you

are calculating

may

be found

by

addingthe daily

motion

for Jan. i

and

that found for the date of

birth,

and

dividing

by

2. _Thus, if _{the daily}

motion

of

Mars

isfound tobe _38'

on

_Jan. I, 1887,

and

26'

on

_Jan.

I, 1888,

and you

wishto find the daily motionfor

Nov.

I,

you

subtract 26

from

38, leaving 12; then as ten

months

intervene between_Jan. i

and Nov.

i,

you

take

ten twelfths of 12, or 10. Subtract 10

from

38, leaving

28,

and you

havethe daily

motion

on Nov.

i.

The

aver-age

dailymotionfor the_periodoftime

between

Jan. i,

1888 (the nearestJan. i)

and Nov.

i,willbe26plus 28 divided

by

2 _{equals 27. Multiply} 61 days, the

number

between Nov.

i

and

_Jan.i,

by

27

and you

havethe

num-ber of minutes _{the planet}

had

moved

in thistime.

As

there are60 minutes in_{a degree,}

_you

find the

number

of degrees

by

dividing your total

_by

60. In this case

you

havea very small fractionover 28 degrees. Sub-tract_{28 degrees}

from

the_longitude of

Mars on

Jan. i,

1888,

and you

have the truelongitudefor

Nov.

i, 1887.

(The

position of

Mars

may

be calculated

more

accu-rately, however,

by means

ofTable6.)

ASTROLOGY.

in _{exactly the}

same

_way.

As

a _{generalthing, the} aver-agedaily

motion

may

be

_computed

_mentally.

We

now

have our heliocentrichoroscope complete,

and

may

proceedto

draw

deductions

from

the various angles

which

the planets

make

witheach other

and

with the earth.

We

will _{next proceed} to erect thegeocentric horo-scope. This

may

be

done

_{approximately}

by means

of the

two

charts.*

The

chart

_showing

the orbits of the earth, Mars, Venus,

and

Mercury

givefe the correct eccentricities

oftheseorbits.

_By

the_precedingcalculations

you

have^ determined the _{exact longitude} of each of the planets with regard to the sun. Pass a ruler or straight edge

from

the center to the _{requireddegree}in theouter

cir-cle,

and

mark

the orbit of the given planet

where

the edgeofthe ruler intersectsit.

Then

put a long needle

through

the center of the Geocentric Circle,

and

stick _{the point of the pin into}

the point

you

have

marked

as the position of the earth. See that the cross line of the _geocentric circle is

exactlyparallel with

any

ofthe cross lines in the chart. This

_may

betested

by

noting

whether

the

gauge shows

the

same

distance

between

the

two

lines at either

end

as

it does in the middle.

Now

stick anotherpin into the geocentric circle so as to _keep it _firmly in place,

and

pass a ruler

from

_{the earth center to the point}

where

any

givenplanetislocated.

Read

the_geocentric longi-*Beforeusing-thesechartsitwouldbe wellto

mount them

carefully on cardboard.

The

Geocentric Circle

_may

alsobe mounted on light cardboard, and the small space near the middleguageshouldbe neatlycut out.

tude

on

the circumference of_{the geocentric} circle. If

the_geocentriccirclecovers

_up

_{the position of}

_any

_planet so that it cannot be seen, take it off

and

_{pass a ruler}

from

the_{earth center to the position of the planet,}

and

make

another

mark

_alongthe _edge ofthe rulerat _any

convenient_{point that} can be seen

when

thegeocentric

circle is laid

on

the chart. This

new

point will

do

as well in _determining the _{geocentric longitude} as the position of the planet itself,

and

the longitude

may

be found

by

passinga ruler

from

the earth center to this

point,

and

reading the degrees at the _point the ruler crosses the geocentric circle.

The

chart for Jupiter, Saturn,

Uranus and Neptune

may

be used in the

same

_{way, except} that the earth

circleis

made

tovaryin size,while the orbit of the

dif-ferent planetsremainsthe

same and

isidenticalwiththe

circle_{of degrees.} Locate each planetin its_proper de-gree in this outer circle.

Then

find the _longitude of the earth,

and

pass a ruler

from

it to the sun center.

Make

a _light

mark

at each place the ruler crosses the small inner circles.

To

find the _{geocentric position of} Jupiter,place the geocentriccircle

on

the earth center

marked on

_{the larger of the inner}circles,

and

proceedas

withtheotherchart.

To

findSaturn, place the

geocen-tric circle

on

theearthcenter

marked

inthenext_largest

circle, etc.

We

now

have the geocentric longitude of all the planets.

The

longitude of the sun

may

be found ap-proximately

by

lookingin the table ofthe sun's longi-tude opposite the_day ofthe

month

ofbirth.

We

may

find the geocentric position of the

moon

in

much

the

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_way

that

we

foundthe heliocentric positions of the planets.

The

nioon revolves

around

the earth once in

27 days, 7 hours

and

43 minutes. In Table 3

we

_may

find the longitude of the

moon

for

two

different dates in each _year. Find the

number

of_days

between

the date of birth

and

the nearest given

longi-tude.

Then

enter the table of the_longitudeofthe

moon

forone_cycle(Table2),

and

findthelongitude given for the nearest date,

and

count forwardif the date ofbirth follows the selected date, or

backward

if the date of birth precedes the selecteddate, till

_you

have counted

as

many

days as intervene.

You

will

remember

that each time

_you

_pass the

end

of _{the cycle}

_{and go}

back to the_beginning

and

vice versa,

you must add

the cor-rection.

Then

find the proportion of the

_change

in longitude for

one day

that _corresponds to the

number

of hours before or afteractual

noon

at

Greenwich

and

add

or subtractthat.

As

the

moon

changesso rapidly, the calculationshouldbe

made

totheexact hour.

Before entering our longitudes in a circle or chart,

we

must

determinethehouses.

Draw

acircle with the earth at the center. Divide

thisinto_{twelve equalparts of30 degrees each by} draw-inglines

from

the center to thecircumference (see Fig.

2).

We

are

now

ready to _place the longitude of the point of the zodiac ascending at the

moment

of birtli,

and

it should be written

on

the line _{that points to the}

middle ofthe left

hand

side.

From

this

we

pass

down

and around

totheright,then overto theleft_again,

ex-actlyin the opposite direction to the handsof a watch.

The

sun

and

planets

by

the daily motion of the earth

appearto

move

_throughtheheavensin theopposite

di-rection, or the

same

as the hands of a watch. Their yearly

motion

isthe

same

as _{the signs of the zodiac.}

Under

the head "sidereal time" in Table I,

you

will find the sidereal time (or star time) for each

day

in

one

_year.

_Owing

to the variationsin the lengths of the different _years caused

by

leap year, the sidereal time each yearisslightlydifferent; but giventhe right starting point,it proceeds each year in the

same

ratio,

as

_may

be seenin the table. In another table (No. 7)

you

will find the sidereal time for Jan. I of each _year. Findthe nearest siderealtime giveninthe table of

side-realtime_{to that for Jan.} I, notingtheexact

amount

of the difference,

whether

more

or less.

Then

count the

number

of _days

between

_Jan. I

and

the date of birth.

Opposite the last

_{day you}

will find the sidereal time required.

To

this

add

(orsubtract) the differencenoted

atthebeginning.

You

may

also

make

a correction for the difference

between

siderealtime

and

mean

time cor-responding to the hours before or after

Greenwich

noon. After that slight correction has been

made

(always

amounting

to less than four _minutes)

add

toorsubtract

from

thetotal siderealtimethehours

and

minutesofthe

moment

of birthbeforeorafter

noon

at the _place of,

_your

birth. _(Be careful not to take

Greenwich

noon

in this case.

The

sidereal time given

is for

noon

atthe_pointof

your

birth.)

The

result will

bethe true siderealtimefor the

hour

of

_your

birth.

The

tables(No.12) ofhousesforthree different

lati-tudes intheUnitedStates are_givenatthe backofthis

latitude. Find the sidereal time of the

hour

of

_your

birth,

and

opposite

you

will find the longitude of the cusps (orbeginnings)of six of the twelvehouses.

The

longitude of the _cusps of theother six

_may

be found

by

takingthe

same

number

ofdegrees in the sign op-positeeachofthefirstsix,

and

placing

on

thecuspthat

comes

directly opposite.

The

signs that are opposite

may

be seenin _Fig. I.

You

will note, also,that

some-times_{signs are intercepted.}

Thus

in _{Fig. 5 the sign of}

SI is_intercepted

between

the sign of 25

and

_{the sign of}

1%. This

means

that the intercepted sign iswholly

in-cludedin thehouse in

which

it occurs, while thehouse also takesin _{parts of}

two

other signs.

The

circle before us represents the circle of the heavens passing directly over our heads through the zenith,

and

directly under the earth.

The

ascendant represents the point rising in the east at the

moment

of birth,

and

the _{cusp opposite} the ascendant, or the beginning of the seventh house, represents the point settinginthewestat the

moment

ofbirth.

We

stillhave

one

more

mattertodetermine,

and

that

isthe declination ofthe sun

and

variousplanets.

The

sunis_supposedtohave

no

latitude. Its declina-tionis_{practically the}

same

each_year,

and

may

befound

in the

column

adjoining the longitude given for each

dayofthe_year(Table4).

The

declination ofthe

moon

and

planets differ

from

that of the sun for

_any

given longitude (geocentric longitude alone,is to be consid-ered)onlyto the

amount

of theirlatitude.

The

latitude of the

moon

and

planets isthe

number

of degrees

by

ASTROLOGY.

which

theplane of their orbitdiffers

from

theplane of

theecliptic.

To

find the declination of

_any

_planet or the

moon,

take the degrees of geocentric longitude

and

look for the nearest _{corresponding longitude} ofthe sun.

Note

the declination of the_{sun given opposite} this_longitude,

and

whetheritis_{plus or}minus.

Add

(in'the algebraic

sense) this declination

and

abouthalf* the latitude for the date ofbirth.

_By

_{algebraic sense,}

we mean

that

you

must

notice the

marks

_{of plus}

and

minus. If both are plus or both are minus,

you add

the

two numbers

to-gether

and

give the

sum

the

same

mark

of plus or

minus

that the

two added

had. If

one

is_plus

and one

isminus,the algebraic

sum

is equalto the difference of the

two

numbers,to

_{which you must}

give the plus or

minus

mark

of _{the larger of the}two.

The

latitudeof_{the planets}isgivenfor Jan. i,

and

to

find the latitude for the date of birth

you must add

or subtract the proportion of the difference representing

the

change

for

one

yearinordertofindthe true latitude

The

latitude of the

moon

and

_{the planets}

Mercury

and

Venus

may

befound

more

accurately

by

takingthe

latitude _given in the table with the _longitudes for the nearest Jan. i orotherdate,

and

enteringthe table giv-ingthe longitude

and

latitudefor _{a single cycle.} Find the givenlatitude

and

count the

number

of days

inter-vening betweenJan. i or_{other given} date

and

the date

*Itisdifficult_{to get the declination}veryexactlyinthisway,

becausetheapparent declination as seenfromtheearthis

vari-ously affectedbythelatitude. Iftheexact declinationisdesired, itisadvisable to refer to the NauticalAlmanac ofthe date of

of birth.

The

latitude_opposite thelast

_day

willbe the correct latitude.

You

would

think that the latitude should bethe

same

for _{each succeeding}revolufion of a given planet; but

we

find that it varies slightly

from

year to _year.

So

the true latitude is _{not always} that oppositethe true longitudeas givenin thetable.

The

above

directionswillbefully illustrated in

Chap-terVIII.

We

now

have all theastronomical datathat will be required.

We

therefore _proceed to the interpretation ofour horoscope.

THE

SUN

AND THE

ZODIAC.

Having

perfected thecelestialchartdescribedinthe

preceding chapter

we

have

done

with

astronomy and

turn to astrology,

which

is _{the science of interpreting}

what

we

have before us. First

we

will consider the sun,

and

see

what

it

may mean

alone

and

ofitself

when

situatedin the various signs of the zodiac.

The

sun gives all kinds of light,

from

the actinic

rays

down, and

especially a large

amount

of heat. It

may

be

_presumed

that the process of crystallization is

most

_rapidwhile the sunis

above

the earth. If ithas

not _yet risen, crystallization is _{probably retarded} until

itdoesrise.

So

we may

_regardthesunas thegreat

in-tensifier of whatever star or _planet it

_may

be situated with.

And

first of ajlit intensifies the influence of the special signs of the zodiac.

The

influence of these signs isdoubtless

due

_partly

to the fixed stars in _{each, partly to the situation in}

re-gard

to the equator, affecting gravitation

and

the mole-cular

_arrangement

_dependent

on

_gravity,

and

_{partly to}

the situation in _regardto the_magneticpoles. Thislast

supposition is the only explanation I can

make

of the

fact that certain signs

seem

associated with certain countries not in the order of their latitude.

The

fixed starshave

moved

back

some

thirtydegrees since thetime of_Ptolemy,

and

asfar as theyaffect the

natureof the sign,the sign has probably

changed

since

his time.

So

I take thenature ofthe signs as a

whole

from

a

modern

writer instead of _Ptolemy.

Mr.

Hiram

Butler, author of _{"Solar Biology," has}

made

a special studyof the significance of the signs

by

direct

observa-tion,

and

ineachcase I _{have myself}verified his

conclu-sions.

The

_{signs* are} divided into four groups, of three signs each, one

hundred and

twenty degrees apart, or the_{space of four signs.}

_Beginning

withAries

and

tak-ing everyfourth sign

we

have

THE

FIRE

TRIPLICITY

_{Aries (r),}

Leo

(SI),

and

_Sagittarius (_/). Persons

born

when

thesun isin

either of _{these are invariably} active, impetuous, gener-ous, energetic,

and

notliableto infectious diseases.

Beginning

with

Taurus

and

takingeveryfourth sign

we

have

THE EARTH

TRIPLICITY

Taurus

(8),

Virgo

(njj),

and

Capricorn (vj). Persons

born

when

thesun

isineither of these are reserved,fondofthe

good

things of earth, often musical,

and

observers of the

conven-tionalitiesoflife,

though

notat all_{timid of public}

opin-ion.

_They

are usually a stiff-necked race.

Beginning

with

Gemini and

taking everyfourth sign

we

have

THE

AIR

TRIPLICITY

Gemini

_{(n), Libra}(=&),

and

_Aquarius (zz). Persons

born

when

the sun is in either of these arementally quick

and

versatile, change-able and unsteady,

and

forthe

most

_part

good

writers,

lecturers,

and

teachers, affable

and

adaptable. *SeeAppendix

A

andAppendixB.