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T _ycho B r_ahe ’ s Mur_al Q uad rant_, 8 T he S i_gns of the Zod iac _, 16 T he Co n stellatio ns of the N orthe rn S k _y , 19 T he Co nstellatio n_s of the S o uthe rn S k y_, 20 T he Fo u r T ri n_ocraci_es , 3 T he T welv e C o nstellatio ns o f the Zo d iac _, fro m _pa_ge 2 3 to 69 T he Planetar_y G lobes_, 7 6 T he T hro nes o f the Plane ts , 80 T he S o lar H o uses_, 94 1 T he As_pec ts , 124 T he Planets S een T hro u _gh _a T elesco_pe _, 134 F_igu re of Victo r H u_go ’ s H orosco_pe_, 153 Fi_gu re of H orosco _pe_, 160 T he Maj o r A rcanes_, fro m _pa_ge 186 to 228 T he Mino r Arcanes , 230 to 256 Ptole my_, 258 Dia_gram_, showi n_g a_pparen t e _qu al siz e o f su n and mo o n_, 268 C o_pernic_, 2 74 T _ycho B rahe _, 278 G ali leo G alilei _, 280 J o hn Ke_pler _, 2 84 Isa ac N ewton _, 286 W_illia m H ersc hel_, 290

P R E FA C E

Th i s volu m e i s int e n d e d to fill a w an t n ot

ye t cov e re d by works publ i sh e d o n t h e sub

j e ct. T he m e th ods usually e m ploye d in

volv e cal culations with t h e longi tud e s and

l atitud e s of t he moon _, t he d e clin ations o f t he

plan e ts _, e t c . _, o r th e y a re bas e d o n strange

th e ori e s _, oft e n discour a ging to t he r e ad e r .

I n th is book t he m at e r i al w ith wh i ch t he

astrologe r works _, i s m ad e fam ili ar to t he

stud e nt i n t he m ost syst e m at i c and e asy

m ann e r _, wh i l e t he art o f c asting h orosco p e s

is r e duc e d to a se t o f o p e rat i ons as s i m pl e

as th at o f consul t i ng a d i ction ary. This is

accom pl i sh e d by num e rous d i agrams and

tabl e s _, and by a full i nt e rpr e tat i on o f t he

“

Arcan e s _, ” thos e won d e rful o ld symbols .

Ther e a r e mo_{r e}

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re_gs i n kea v ere a m! ea r t/z_,

Team a r e d r ea m t of i n _y ou r philosop/z_{y ,} "

s ays H aml e t . Astrol ogy_, t o

- day d e nounc e d

by sci e ntists _, m ay be in un i v e rsal favo r t o

mo rrow . It c e rtai nly i s an instructive and

i nt e re sting study_, fro m wh i ch e v e n t h_e

sk e pt i c m a_y d e r i v e an amus i ng d i v e rsion .

Th at t h e book m ay prov e a w e lco m e h e lp

to a ll , wh e th e r th e y b e li e v e in t he strange

and fascin ating language o f t he stars _, o r

no t _, is t h_e sin c _e r _e wish of

T YC H O BRAH E

In h i s beau ti fu l Observato r_y U rani bor_g, bu ilt by him on the i sland of

H v _en

, Denmark, 1 580 . In th e foregrou nd i s seen th e famou s Mu ral

10 A S T R O L OGY

furn i sh e d us w i th t h e most pos i ti ve proofs

t h at t h e gr e at astrologe rs of t h os e days

w e re al most as d e e ply conv e rsant w i th t he

pr i nc i pl e s o f ou r solar syst e m as t he astron

o m e rs of t he p r e s e nt c e ntu ry _, allowanc e

b e i ng m ad e _, of cours e _, fo r t h e fact t h at th e y

h ad no t e l e scop e s to ass i st th e m i n th e i r

r e s e arc h e s i n t h e fi r m a m e n t .

N ow , t h e C h ald e an , E gypt i an and G re e k

A STRO NOM ERS w e r e _, also _, A STRO LO GE RS

, t h at

i s to say , wh i l e und e rstand i ng , i n t he m a i n ,

t h e pos i t i ons of t h e stars and pl an e ts as

corr e ctly as w e do s i n c e t h e r e d i scov e r i e s of

K

e pl e r _, C op e rn i cus and N e wton — t h e y also

b e l i e v e d th at t h e se h e a v e nly bod i e s e x e rt

ov e r e v e ry hum an b e i ng a pow e rful in fl u

e nc e fo r good o r e v i l _, fro m t h e day of b i rt h

to t h e hour of d e at h _, an i nflu e n c e _, w h i c h _, of

cours e _, p e rson al conduct w i ll str e ngth e n o r

d e cr e as e .

In our t i m e o f sk e pt i c i sm and agnost i c i s m

it i s not strange t h at t he cl a i ms of A S T R O L O G Y

ar e laugh e d at _, but i t i s c e rta i nly a study . 325

th at h as lost non e o f t h e pow e rful f asc ina~ $Qy

t i on wh i c h i t h as e x e rt e d ov er t h e gre at e st

m e n t h roug h out t h e o r ye ars of

w h i ch w e know anyt h i ng _, a n d t h e vast num

be r o f w e ll - auth e nt i cat e d

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F_{ro m among} t he thousands of cas e s o f

succ e ssful pr e d i ctions by astrolog e rs w_e

m e nt i on h e re two wh i ch ar e as r e m arkabl e

as th e y are tru e .

T h e fi rst i nstan c e we cit e fro m B _ac o n’Sx

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Fran c e _, I h e ard fro m o n e D r u Pe n a_, th at t he

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caus e d t he k i ng_, he r h usban d ’ s _, n a

t iv it_y to be calcul at e d _, und e r a fals e n a m e ;

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and t h e astrologe r gav e a j udgm e n t _, th at

h e S hould be kill e d i n a du e l _; at wh i ch t he

qu e e n l augh e d _, th i n k ing h e r h usban d to be

abov e ch all e nge s a n d du e ls ; bu t h e was sl a i

upon a cou rs e at t i lt _, t h e spl i nt e rs o f t he

lan c e of M ontgo m e ry p i e rc i ng h i s n e ck .

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j T he s e cond is a most s i ngul ar p roph e cy by

o n e o f t he most b r i ll i an t astron o m e rs o f t he

S i xt e e nth c e ntury_, Tych o B ra h e _, whos e p i c

tur e o rn am e nts th i s volu m e (se e pag _e

I n 1 57 7 th e re was a co m e t v i sibl e _, fro m t h e

obs e rvat i on o f whi ch B ra h e d e duc e d a cl e ar

proof th at t h e S k _y was not a sol i d vault _, and

fro m t he app e a ran c e and cou rs e of w h i ch

h e pr e d i ct e d _, th at i n t h e N o rth _, i n Finl and _,

t h e re sh ould be born a pr i nc e wh o sh ould

la_),r w ast _e G _e rm any and va n ish i n 1 6

12 A S T R O L OGY

G ust avus A dolphus , k i ng o f S w e d e n , was

bo rn in F i nl and , ov e rran G e rmany and

w h e n he was k i ll e d _, i n 1 63 2 _, l n t he battl e of

L _ue t z e n _, h i s d e ad body was n e v e r found .

W h o e v e r h as re ad M i lton

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s P a r ad ise L ost_,

w i ll re m e mb e r h i s innu m e rabl e r e fe re nc e s to

pl an e tary influ e nc e s _; Wall e nst e i n _, t he gr e at

capta i n and adv e rsary of G ustavus Adol

p hu s_, und e rtook no i m portant work w i t h out

fi rst consult i ng S e n i _, h i s astrologe r _, and it is

w e ll known th a t N apol e on I . fi rmly b e li e v e d

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lat io ns to e ach oth e r a nd th e ir various c o m

h ave r e - occurr e d i n r e gul ar i nt e rv a ls fro m

t i m e i m m e m o ri al

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e nc e o f e ach star _, o f e ach co nst e llation _, a nd

of e ach co mb i n atio n _, bas e d o n t he e x _p e ri

e nc e o f thousands o f y e ars ; w e sh all fi nd

e laborat _e tabl _e s

, wo rk e d o u t with i nfi ni t e

pati e nc e by t h e o ld astrolog e rs _, and e xc e e d

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ful to t h e stud e nt . T h e dir e ctio ns

fo r using th e m are S i mpl e and pl ai n and ca n

be und _e rstood an d follow _e d by a ch ild

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are _, also _, thos e fo r t he u se o f t h e

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arcan e s _, ”

a m arv e lous i nh e rit anc e fro m th e anci e nt

w i z ards i n t h e S h ap e o f s e v e nty- _{e i} gh t mys

t e rio u s “ tarots , ” wh i ch w e r e probably o rig in all_y d e vis e d by t he o ld m ast e rs as ai ds i n t e achi ng th _e i r art , a nd whi ch ar e an i nt e r e sti n g study by th _e m_{s e} lv _{e s.} 13

14 A S TRO L OGY

Astrono my t e ach e s us th at th e re ar e two

class e s o f h e a‘v e nly bodi e s :

“

Fi x e d S tars ”

and “ Pl an e ts ” T he fi rst are as m any S uns

at e normous d i stanc e s fro m t h e E arth ; o u r

o w n part i cular S un b e ing_, no t t he large st _,

but t he n e ar e st . T he oth e r class o f stars

are call e d

“

Plan e ts” o n account of th e i r

roam i ng h ab i ts , wh i ch are not , h ow e v e r_, i n

any way e rrat i c _, S i nc e t h e y follow r e gular

rout e s ov e r stat e d tracks _, call e d th e i r

“

O _rb i ts ” T he E arth i s a plan e t and tak e s

36 5 days and a fract i on to cov e r i ts o rb i t

around t h e S un _, i ts c e ntral rul e r. T h e

oth e r l arg e pl an e ts known to us a r e _, i n t h_e

o rd e r o f th e i r n e arn e ss to t h e S un _, ou r c o m ~

mon c e nt e r :

1 . M e rcury. 3 . T h e Moon . 5. J up i t e r.

2 . V e nus . 4 . M ars . 6 . S atu rn _.

(T he Moon

, wh i ch re volv e s

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around t he

E _{arth and w} i _th t h e E arth aroun d t he S u n _,

and o n account o f its n e arn e ss _, h as a st _{r o} n _g

i nflu e nc e )

I f we n ow add th at a l arge numb e r of

F i x e d S tars _, V i s i bl e w i th t he n ak e d e _y e _,

h av e b e e n group e d _, fro m t i

m

e i m m e mo r i al _,

i nto Tw e lv e C o m b i n at i ons call e d t h e

“ C on st e llat io ns of t he Zod i ac _, ” w e s h all _ h av e an e _x act id e a of t h e various c e l e st i al e l e m e nts t h at f_u rn i sh t he n e c e ssary data fo r co mpl e t e

P LA N E _{T S} A _{N D} Z O D I A _{C 15}

and accu r a t e Astrologic al r e adi n gs _, o r

“

H o roscop e s _, ” this b e ing o ne o f t he fi rst

t e rms you must b e co m e f a mil i ar with .

S o far we h av e no t us e d any wo rds o r stat e m e nts th at a r e n o t us e d in e v e ry p ri m e r o n Astrono my and t h e d e fin it i on o f t h e Z od ia c g w hic h also acc e pt e d by

mod er n sci e nc e _, alt h ough d at l n_g back to t he

v e ry dawn o f h u m an h i sto ry .

T h e

,

“

Z o d iac ” is t h e i m agin ary rout e

wh i ch t h e S u n trav e ls around t he E arth

dur i ng a p e r i od of o n e y e ar .

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e wr i t e

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i m ag i n ary” b e caus e i t i s r e cogni z e d n owa

days t h at i t i s t h e E arth th at is t rav e l i ng

around t h e S un _, and not t h e S un aroun d t h e

E _arth . But th i s m ann e r of e xpr e ssing t h e

id e a_, b e ing i n constan t u se _, h ad b e tt e r be adh e r e d to fo r t he p re s e nt . N o w , as t h e S u n /_t rav e ls aroun d t h e E a rth _, i t _ge

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— th i rty days

among a n e w se t o f stars _, o r “ C onst e ll a

tion ” wh i ch , e v e r sinc e m an b e gan to tak e

d e ligh t i n cont _e m pl atin g t h _{e S} ki _e s

, h av e

b e e n known to b_e t h _e succ _e ss i v _e mon th ly

dw e ll i ngs o f t h e S un _, call e d t h_e “ S igns o f th e Z od i ac . ” B e fo re p roc e _e ding fu rth e r i t is th e r e fo re -1_. pro p e r fo r us to ‘ giv e " you t h e acc e pt e d na m e s o f t h e “ S igns of t h e Z odi ac _, " an d the

1 6 A S T R O L OGY

e x a ct p e riod s - dur i ng wh i ch th e s e C o nst e l.

lat i _o ns e x e rt t h e i r i nflu e nc e ov e r t h_e E arth

and t h _e i nh abitan ts _o f i t _.

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T he astrolo_gi cal y e ar b e gins w i th t he

s p ri ng e qu i nox _, o n M arch 2 1 st ; th us :

T he fi rst Si gn o f t h e Zod i ac— A RI E S (t he

Ram) — re igns fro m M arch 2 l st to Apr i l

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days co mpos i ng t h e sol ar ye ar _; th e s e fi v e

e xtra “ d _e gr _{e e} s ” _o r days a re call e d

“ E _pago m e n e s . ”

W

e cannot , i n th i s S ho rt work , g i v e t h e

re as o ns fo r th e s e var i ous arrang e m e nts _, all

v e ry log i cal wh e n fully und e rstood ; i t would

tak e too much t i m e and spac e and o nly con

fus e t h e stud e n t wh o _, at p re s e n t _, i s sol e ly

look i ng fo r si mpl e rul e s t h at h e m ay apply

h i ms e lf

, succ e ssfully. T h i s s e cond c h apt e r ,

w i t h t h e i llustrat i on t h at acco mpan i e s i t _,

h as i nd i cat e d to h i m t h e fi rst Astrolog i cal

e l e m e nts w i th w h i c h h e must m ak e h i ms e lf

absolut e ly fam i l i ar i f h e wants to p roc e e d

smoot h ly i n h i s study of t h i s strange and

most cur i ous sc i e nc e .

T h e symbol

, o r wr i tt e n m ark , by wh i ch

e ac h s i gn o f t h e Z od i ac i s i nvar i ably i nd i

c a t e d i n astrolog i cal i llustrat i ons an d h o ro

scop e s _, i s g i v e n i n o u r i llustrat i on n e xt to

t h _e n am e o f t he S i _g n i t co rre sponds to and

aga i n , i n t h e n e xt ch apt e r, at t h e h e ad of

e ach of t h e tw e lv e d i v i s i ons d e vot e d to t he

Si gns of t h e Zod i ac an d t h e Typ e s th at

P I P L A N _{E T} S _{AN D Z}O D I A_C FHE _PRI NCI_PA L C O NSTELL_ATIO N S _OF TH E NO_RTH E_RN S K_Y. I ₉

2 0 A S T R O L OGY

T HE PRINCIPA L CON ST ELLATIONS OF

C _{H A PT} E R III

T HE S I G N S O F T HE Z _O D I AC

AS e xpl ain e d to you i n t he p re c e ding

ch a pt e r_, t he “ Z odi ac ” is t h e z on _e o f t h e h e a v e ns wh e re o n are x t o be f o u n d ‘ t h_e var i o u s o m e ns o r pr e di ctio n s wh i ch are to con st it u t e a pri m a ry “ H o ro sCo _p e . ”

T he gre at i mpo rtan c e ascr i b e d to t he

Zod i ac by all t he astrono m e rs of t he m ost

an_c i _{e n t t} i _m e s _, is p rov e d b_y t he e l abo r a t _e

and artisti c re p re s e ntations o f i t _, wh i ch are

still to , be fou n d i n E a st e rn countri e s , such

as C h i n a , I n di a an d E gypt . O u r front i s

pi e c e picture s o ne o f t h e mos t famous o f

th e s e _, h e wn i n sto n e .

T he tw e lv e e qu al div i s i ons of t he Z odi ac

are c all e d “ S igns ” ; e a ch o f th e m is i ts e lf

divid e d into th i rty “ D e gre e s ” o r d ays _, and

e v e ry o ne was bo rn i n o ne o f th e s e d e_g re e s .

T h_{e fi rst th i ng to know, th} e re fo re _, is t he

a n ci e nt m e an ing o f e ach of t he sig n s an d

t he typ e p e culi ar to t he h u m a n b e i n gs bo r n

und e r it . I S h al l giv e i n th is ch a pt e r a sum

m ary of t he l e a di ng fe atu re s be lo n ging to

t h e S igns . B e fo re doi ng so _, h owe v e r_, I will

st a t _e th at t he ' S ig n s h av e be e n cl ass e d i n t o

2 2 A S T R O L OGY fou r groups , o r “ T ri n o c r ac ie s_, ” acco rd i ng t _o t h e i r do m i n ant c h aract e r i st i cs . Ar i e s _, L e o _, S ag i ttar i us _, ar e “ F i e ry Si gns _. ” Taurus , Vi rgo , G a

O

Pi E Hi -fi s' f‘ are “ E _{arth y} Si gns . ”

G e min i _, L i bra _, Aquari us _, are

“

A i ry Si gns .

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Pisc e s _, C anc e r_, S co rpio _, are

“ Wat e ry Si gns . ” T he i llustrat i on on th i s p a_ge i nd i ca t e s k .

S I _{G N S} O F T H E Z O D I A C 2 3

t h i s division by m e ans of tri angl e s . L at e r

I sh all h av e o ccas i on to

m

o re fully e xpl ai n

t he i mpo rtanc e o f th i s cl ass i ficat i on . I

b e g i n n o w t h e e nu m e ratio n o f t h e p e culi

arit i e s and o m e ns sp e ci al to e ach o f t h e

s i gns . I t i s t he basis o f all fu rth e r study

and must , th e re fo re , be giv e n most s e rious

att e nt i on . I A R I E S . C_V9 T h e C onst e ll a t i o n “ Ari e s ” — t h e fi rst Si gn of t h e Z odi ac— e x e rts its i n fl u e n c e fro m M arch 2 1 to Ap r i l 1 _{9 ,} t he p e r i o d c o i n c id in_g w i th t h e fi rst month of t h e R o m an Ye ar . I t e u d o ws

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but n ot l a cki n g i n prud e n c e ; with religious

t e nd e n ci e s ; oft e n w i t h art i st i c tal e nts ; with

pl e nty of cl e v e r i nge nu i ty _; a natu ral gift fo r

bus i n e ss ; a rath e r combat i v e S p i r i t _, t e m

p e re d _, h ow e v e r _, by e cl e ctic i sm (t h e powe r

o f l e arn i ng fro m ot h e rs) . T h e w i ll _, alt h oug h

st e adfast _, m ay vary i n its obj e ct _, i n i ts pl ans .

H e w i ll h av e a tast e fo r outdoo r spo rts _,

e sp e c i ally hunt i ng .

H e w i ll asp i re to t h e h i g h e st hono rs _, and

w i ll not be daunt e d by t h e d i fficult i e s i n h i s

way . Sh ould h e choos e a m i l i tary car e e r _,

he would m ak e a succ e ss of i t and ga i n rap i d

pro mot i on .

T h is S i gn e ndows o n e w i t h apt i tud e s more

v ar i e d t h an profound _; i t r e nd e rs e loqu e nt .

T h e lov e a ffa i rs o f o n e born und e r t h i s S i gn

w i ll be sudd e n _, full o f fanc i e s and o f S hort

durat i on .

T h e sub j e cts o f A r ie S w i ll _ge t e as i ly into

p ass i ons of rage _, but t h e fi r e w i ll burn its e lf

qu i ckly out and l e av e b e h i nd n o rancor or

grudg e . T h e y w i ll forg e t _, i n an i nstant _, t he

i n j ury don e to t h e m .

T h e O p i n i ons of t he subj e ct _, be th e y of a

r e l i g i ous or pol i tical c h aract e r _, w i ll be v e ry

strong and ard e nt f o r a t i m e _, but th at ti m _e

w i ll be sh ort .

2 6 A S T R O L OGY

Ar i e s annou n c es m a ny co n j ugal d i sagre e ~

m e nts and oft e n brok e n partn e rs hi ps .

T h e r e w i ll be v e ry f e w c h i ldr en _, i f any.

T h e sub j e ct w i ll r i s e _, aft e r m any obstacl e s _,

to h i gh pos i t i ons of trust and h onor , but w i ll

not k e e p t h e m _, as he w i ll be t h e v i ct i m of

t h e b i tt e r e st e n vy.

T he subj e ct w i ll m arry too young ; t h e re

w i ll be d ang e r of i n constan cy i n t h e m ar

r i a_ge r e l at i ons .

T he profe ss i ons t h at w i ll p robably be

c h os e n _, by t h e p e rsons born und e r t h i s s i gn _,

a re t h e army_, t h e bar and m i n i ng e ng i n e e r

i ng .

Sh ould t h e b i rt h tak e plac e b e tw e e n t h e

h ours of noon and m i dn i g h t , t h e fr i e n ds of

t h e subj e ct w i ll gr e atly e x e rt t h e ms e lv e s

pus h i ng h i m to t h e front _, and h e w i ll r e ac h

h i gh pos i t i ons ; i f he i s i n t he Ch urc h _, a

b i s h opr i c m ay com e to h i m .

H e w i ll h av e m any and d e vot e d fr i e n d s

w i t h a dange rous tra i tor among t h e m _,

M any , also , w i ll be h i s e n e m i e s , all e nv i ous

o f h i s succ e ss

, but t h e s e e n m i t i e s w i ll not

l ast long .

T he p h ys i cal t e mp e ram e nt o f t he subj e ct

w i ll be n e rvous - sangu i n e

, i f he i s bo rn i n a

sout h e rn cl i mat e _, an d b i l i ous - sangu i n e i f he

S I _{G N S} O F T H E Z O D I A C 2 7 2 . T A U R U S . (T he B ull. ) 8 T he C onst e ll at i on “ Tau rus ” -t h e s e con d S i gn of t he Z od i ac— e x e rts i ts i nflu e nc e fro m Apr i l 2 0 to M ay 1 ₉ . I t e ndows t h e p _e rsons bo rn du r i ng th i s p e r i od wi th a it io n; i t m ak e s th e m , e x ag d i f_{ficul t} o f a_p p ro ac h _, a_p

g

m

d o f o t h e p o i n t o f st ar t i n_g w a w g g k f ii' Ov e rs_y k fl o r a figh t fo r t h e sol e M W purpos e o f co m i n fi g m n gtm y i ct o r i o u s. S l o w to ge t e xc i t e d and slo

w

to c a l m d _o

w

_{n ,} t h e sub Tvi ll w hv a_{r b o r a}

grudge fo r a lo ng t i m e and will h ard to

r e con c i l e .

O O 0

O _{f cou rs} e

, all th e s e i d i osync ras i e s m ay be

modi fi e d _, e v e n ov e rco m e by su rroundi n gs _,

28 A S T RO L OGY

h e re inbor n t e nd e n c i e s o r inst i ncts th at can

always be fough t aga i nst an d trium ph _e d ov e r .

A —T h i s S i gn g i v e s t he sub j e ct a m i nd

straigh tfo rward , j ust , in quis i t i v e and sh re wd ;

it m ak e s h i m h ard to fatho m and _e ndows

h i m w i t h t h e e ss e n t i al qual i ti e s of a d i plo m at .

T h’

e i m pre ss i ons _, wh e n re c e iv e d _, are

v i ol e n t but c h ange abl e ; t he pass i ons fi e ry_,

but not p e rs i st e nt .

M ’ T he subj e cts w h o m th i s _S ign influ _e nc _e s

are g e n e rally v e ry much attach e d to th e i r

s e nt i m e nts and t h e i r op i n i ons _; t h e y are

tac i tu rn and t e nac i ous _; th e i r w i ll is st e ady _,

p e rs e v e ri ng and d e t e rm i n e d t o . r e ach its

e nd at al most any cost .

Th e y ar e fi t to co m m and

, to gov e rn ;

th e r e is a gre at probab i l i ty t h at th e i r bra i n

pow e r w i ll prov e of so sup e r i or a k i n d th at

th e y w i ll be carr i e d u p to c e l e br i ty al most

unw i tt i ngly.

S o m e t i m e s t h e S i gn o f Tarus g i v e s t he

subj e ct a tast e for agr i cultur e ; i t i s c e rta i nly

conduc i v e to a l i k i ng for c h o i c e food _, wh i l e

i t re nd e rs t he subj e ct pat i e n t in all h i s

und e rtak i ngs and fond o f a w e ll -_e arn _e d

re pos e o f m i nd and body.

T h e subj e cts o f Taurus ar _e e ss e n t i ally

cons e rvat i v e i n th e i r i d e as _, th e i r act i ons _,

S I G N S O F T H E ZO D I A C 2 9

I n lov e m a tt e rs _, th e y are

(

with m any _ex

ce _pt io n s) o f a fickl e _{, y} e t j e alous _, d i spos i t i on .

This sign always brings about s e v e re

struggl e s _, also illn e ss e s caus e d e i th e r by

e xc e ss o f wo rk o r by a too gr e at i n dulg e n c e

in good l i v i ng .

Th e r e will be a gath e ri ng o f an i m po rtan t

a mount o f p e rson al pro p e rty ; but it w i ll be

i n so m e dan ge r o f b e i n _g fritt e re d aw ay

,

e ith e r by l awsu i ts _, o r by loss o f e m ploym e nt _,

o r th rough in trigu e s o u t o f w e dlock .

H owe v e r _, un e xp e ct e d gifts of v aluabl e

prop e rty are among t he poss i b i l i ti e s ; th e y

will be i nspi re d by so m e d e vot e d affe ction ;

ce rtainly_, t he fi n an ci _al affai rs _of t he sub j e ct

Wi ll be i m p rov e d by p e o pl e wh o lov e h i m ;

thus , an in h e r i t a nc e fro m a d e ar fri en d is

i ndi c a t e d as probabl e . I f t he subj e ct ’ s birth is “ no ctu rn al , ” i . e . _, h as tak e n pl ac e b e tw e e n t he h ou rs o f m id

nigh t and noon , t he sign o f T au rus fo re t e lls

th at h is fath e r will be a m an of so m e i m po r

t a n c e _, e ith e r by h i s rank _, by h is fo rtun e _, o r

by h is tal e nts i n art _, li t e ratu r e _, e t c .

B roth e rs a n d sist e rs will be t he c a us e s o f

much s e rious troubl e ; t he subj e ct will h av e

to tak e a v e ry long j ou rn e y

,

o n a ccoun t o f

o n e o f th e s e blood re l ations .

3O A S T R O L OGY

subj e ct is born b e tw e e n m i dnigh t and noon

,

o n e of th e s e j ourn e ys w i ll prove v e ry dan

ge ro n s _, p e rh aps fatal .

T h i s S i gn must induc e t he sub j e ct to tak e

gre at care o f h i s c h i ldre n _, e sp e c i ally hi_s.

fi rst - bo rn

; i f i t i s a boy , he runs gre at dan

ge rs in h is boyh ood . O th e rwis e

, t h e ch i l

dre n w i ll g i v e gre at sat i sfact i on and d i st i n

gu i sh t h e ms e lv e s _, in a sc i e nt i fi c care e r _, at

t he bar_, Or i n i ndustr i al pursu i ts _. S t i ll

, t h e

sub j e ct w i ll h av e p e ri ods o f sad d i sappo i nt

m e nt w i th th e m .

T he gre at e r part o f t he subj e ct ’ s l i fe w i ll

be p e ac e ful an d e v e ntl e ss ; h i s m a i n troubl e s

w i ll aris e fro m d i ffi cult i e s t he sub j e ct

’

s i _n

born stubborn e ss w i ll caus e h i m to cr e at e

h i ms e lf_, o r

, at any rat e , to m agn i fy gre atly .

T h i s S i gn announ c e s t he follow i ng d i s e as e s

as b e i ng i n store for t he sub j e ct : S p l_e n e t i c

and pl e thor i c troubl e s at I I _, 2 ₃

, 3 5 y e ars

o f a_ge . B e sid e s _, as t he w e ak organs o f

t he sub j e ct w i ll be t he kidn e ys and t he

l i v e r_, he must watch for t he in c i p i e nt

sympto ms o f t he ston e an d dis e as e s o f t he

spin e . L e t h i m b e war e o f wounds fro m

S h arp instru m e n ts o r fro m quadrup e ds .

Th e r e is a sorrow o r a d e at h pr e d i ct e d _, i n

r e lation w i th t he subj e ct ’ s m a rriage .

S I _GN S O F T H E Z O D I A C ₃ 1

h i s youth _, h e m ay r e ach gre at fortun e an d

c e l e brity d u e to h i s tal e n ts i n t he l i n e of t he

fi n e arts _, o r h is discove ri e s i n t he r e al m o f

p h ys i cs .

Th e r e Wi ll be m any fri e n ds to br i gh t e n

t he l i fe o f t he T aurus sub j e ct _, but non e of

t h e m o f t he s te adfast k i nd

, and m ost o f

th e m und e si rabl e . B oth t he so

- call e d

fr i e nds and t he subj e ct’ s r e l at i v e s will caus e

h i m m any d i sappo i ntm e nts . T he e n m i t i e s

he will e ncount e r w i ll be _, fortun at e ly _, of t h e

op e n k i nd _, no t o f t h e h i dd e n and tre ach e r

ous var i e ty.

T h e const e ll at i on T aurus always pro m i s e s

a long l i fe _, provi d e d e x _ce ss e s o f all k i nds be

avo i d e d . T h e m any p e r i ls th rough wh i ch

t h e subj e ct w i ll p ass _, h e m ay e scap e t he

worst cons e qu e nc e s of_, sinc e th e y w i ll be _, so

to sp e ak _, i n full s i gh t and known i n advanc _{e .}

T he p h ys i cal t e mp e ram e nt o f t h e T aurus

subj ect will be b i l i ous - s angu i n e i n a south

e r n l at i tud e an d lymph _atic - n e rvous in _a

32 A S T RO L OGY 3 . G E M I N I. (T he T wins_. ) II I T he C onst e llat i on “ G e m i n i ”— t h _e th i rd _o f t he Z od i ac— e x e rts i ts i nflu e nc e fro m M ay 2 0 to Jun e 1 8. I t e ndows t h e S ubj e ct born d u

m

w

is - m O- m ‘ l W ' 4 p e riod w i t h prob i ty_, a pl e as i ng , acco m modat e i ng d is_posit io n_k a t e

m

_p e_r , u i c k l_y irr i tat e d " W “ “ w w”

bii't _{j ust as qu i ckly cal m} e d down

, _ds_u hv owi ng v io l e nc e i n i t s o u t b u r S t S and a gr_LEI t M Q L M p t i tud e in m an i a ’n Ce .‘ T he S i gn o f G e

m

iiii w s t en pro m i s e s “ s om e ” . k i nd o f c e l e brity. It gi ve s t he sub j e c t n atural _, in

v e n t iv e ge n ius _, and _, with it _, a lov e of sc i e nc e

fo r its o wn sak e _; i t urge s h i m to follow sc ie n

ti fi c re s e arc h e s _, e sp e c i ally in t h e l i n e of m at h

e m at ic s_, and oft e n m ak e s h i m an orato r or

an aut h o r . It e ndows h i m _, also _, w i th som e

tal e nts for co mm e rc e _, w i t h a sav i ng d i spos i

tion and mod e ration i n t h e u se o f all th i ngs .

I t r e nd e rs h i m scrupulously hon e st _, fa i r

mind e d _, and nobl e - h e art e d

34 A S T R O L OGY

h av e t o be gon e th rough _o n a ccount of _, o r

c a_us e d by t h e subj e ct ’ s fath e r.

N um e rous w i ll be t he subj _e ct ’ s ch ildr e n ;

so m e e n mity w i ll unfortunat e ly be d e v e l

op e d among th e m _, an d against th e i r fath e r

o r moth e r_, o r both _.

T he d i s e as e s th a t will be most th re at e n i ng

a re bl add e r troubl e s _, e p i d e mic fe v e rs _,

m al ari a ; gre at p e rils w i ll be i ncu rr e d

th rough quadrup e ds _, also fro m v e no mous

b i t e s and fro m e n e mi e s b e nt o n s e r i ous m i s

ch i e f. T he sub j e ct

’

s family , h i s e m ploye s ,

o r s e rvants _, w i ll S h ow th e ms e lv e s pa i nfully

an d activ e ly unfri e ndly toward h i m .

G re at sorrows _, troubl e s and d i sappo i nt

m e nts w i ll be caus e d by lov e a ffa i rs . T h e re

w

_ill be s e v e ral m arriage s o r long attach

m e nts in t h e subj e ct ’ s l i fe .

H e w i ll h av e fri e n ds o f all so rts an d co n

d it io ns_, s e v e ral o f who m w i ll tu rn h i s b i tt e r

e n e m i e s .

Toward m i ddl e life _, he w i ll m e e t w i th

p e rs i st e nt obstacl e s to h is succ e ss and le _git i

m at e pro motion ; th e y will be brough t about

by e n miti e s to be found i n t he chu rc h o r i n

t he l aw profe ssion . H e will be to blam e fo r

t h e fact th at th e s e p e rso n s will be h i s e ne

mi e s .

S I G N S OF T H E Z O D IAC 35

co nstituting h is l ife work will oft e n be o f a

dual n atu re ; he will constan tly a tt e m pt t o

run t wo th ings a t onc e ; h e nc e _, m a ny co m

plications i n h is soc ial r e l ation s . A dis as

tro us b e tr ayal is to be fe ar _e d .

Th is S ign fo r e t e lls t he e x i st e nc e o f _{p e} r

sist e n t _, oft e n a rm e d e n e m i e s _; t he subj e ct

m ay e v e n be waylai d . H e will h av e c a us e

to susp e ct h is i m m e d i at e ass oci at e s _, h is

re l ativ e s by m arri age ; he will su ffe r cr u e lly

fro m ti r e l e ss calu mn i e s _, fro m low i nt rigu e s

re lating to s e cr e ts i n h is family o r th a t of

h is wife .

G e m i n i always ann o unc e s e v e nts o f a

viol e n t n ature _; but Provid e nc e m ay s av e t he

subj e ct fro m th e i r wo rst cons e _qu e n c e s .

T h e subj e ct will h av e a sangu i n e - b i l i ous

co n stitut i on i n a south e rn latitud e _, an d a

bil i ous - n e rvous t e m p e ra m e n t in a n o rth e rn

o ne .

4 CA N C E R . (T he C r ab . )

T he C o n st e llation “ C an c e r” — t he fou rth

of t he Z odi ac— e x e rts its i nflu e nc e fro m J un e

1 ₉ to J uly 2 ₃ (i ncludi ng t he “ 5 E _p a_go m e n e s_, ”

o r suppl e m e ntary d e gr e e s

)

. I t always g i v e s

to t he subj e ct a most a gi tat e d _, r e stl e ss e x

ist e nc e

, but a life o f powe r an d i nc e ssant

a ctiv i ty. M ang e r e n dows t he su b ' e cts ' u c e s

3 6 A S T R O L OGY

with a tac i tu rn d i sposit i on ,

w

i

t

h

a sear ohi n g

m i nd and good mo rals , pu re e v e n to aus

f e ri ty . T h e i r i m agin at i o n _, o a r _, cre at i v e

ch aract e r _, will b_e i n lov e with t h e fantast i c ;

add e d to i t w i ll b_e a gr_e at apt i tud _e fo r

ass i m i lat i on , so t h at t h e sub j e ct w i ll be e v e r

r e ady to act ‘

in re al l i fe t h e part of t he

part i cular h e ro fo r who m h i s i m agi nat i on _,

h i s d re ams _, o r h i s re ad i ngs will h av e g i v e n

h i m a t e m po rary fancy_.

T he mood w i ll b_e ch ang_e abl _e

, capr i c i ous ,

fi ckl e to a d e gre e _, and t h e i nt e rcou rs e w i th

oth e rs w i ll suffe r o n th at account _, alt h ough

t h e subj e ct h i ms e lf will no t gre atly care .

An un qu e nc h abl e th i rs t fo r sympathy w i ll m ak e h i m attac h h i ms e lf to a n e w fancy as fast as t h e pr e c e d i ng o ne w i ll los e i ts at t rac t i on . T h i s s i _gn r e nd e rs o ne d i scre e t _, ind _epe nd fl en_’ t_, op e n - m i nd e

d

and v e rsatil e .

S I _{GN S} O F T H E Z O D I A _{C 3 7}

T h e M oon

, wh o h as i ts th ron e i n th is

const e llat i on

, g i v e s t h e subj e ct so m e t i m e s

t h e app e aranc e of a most p h l e gm at i c i n d i

v i dual , and aga i n i t sh ows h i m up as a m ost

un re ason ably i rr i tabl e fe llow _; both stat _e s

of t h e m i nd ar e d u e to e xc e ss i v e i mpr _e s

S io n abilit_y and s e nsit i v e n e ss .

Thos e born und e r C anc e r ar _e quick i n

body and m i nd , cl e v e r i n bus i n e ss m att e rs

and fit to co m m and ; t h e y ar e ambit i ous to

obta i n w e alt h

, h onors and all t he good

t h i ngs of l i fe _, and C anc e r h e l ps th e m to _su e

c e e d _, w h i l e i t g i v e s th e m d e c i d e d r e l i gi ous

t e nd e nc i e s . Wo m e n born u nd e r th i s s i gn

are bot h h ard work e rs and i m p e r i ous .

E _cl e ct i c i s m and ge n e ral v e rsat i l i ty ar e

among t h e g i fts of C anc e r .

T h e co m pl e x i nflu e nc e s t h at proc _{e e} d

fro m t h i s S i gn _, an d wh i c h are m ore h e l pful

to thos e w h o ar e born b e tw e e n m idn i gh t

and

-noon , m ay re nd e r t he sub j e ct e i t h e r

brav e or cowardly according to ci rcu m

stanc e s and surround i ngs . T he s am e i nd i

v i du al m ay S h ow h i ms e lf o n e d ay suspic i ou s

or s i m pl_y pru d e nt to e xc e ss ; and _, t he n e xt

morn i ng , i nflu e n c e d by t h e p h as e s of t h e

moon , h e m ay prov e e xtravagantly though t

l e ss _, abs e nt - m i nd e d and fan c i ful

.

3 8 A S T R O L OGY

d e n but w e ak and S hort - l i v e d fits of ange r o f

t he subj e ct _; i n re al i ty _, i t i s only assum e d

ange r wh i c h w i ll van i sh l i k e s mok e .

W e alth w i ll be oft e n v e ry h ard to col

l e ct _, and t h e i nh e r i t e d patr i mony m ay b_e

re ckl e ssly squ and e re d _, e i th e r by r e l at i ve s o r

by c h ildr e n o f t he subj e ct .

L _oss e s at t he gam i ng tabl e _, o r i n sp e cul a

t i on , o r th rough th i e v e s are to be e xp e ct e d ;

bu t _, i n t h e l att e r p art o f l i fe _, t he Ch anc _e s to

be com e r i ch ar e e xc e ll e nt .

D ur i ng h i s youth , t h e subj e ct w i ll m e e t

wi th obstac l_e s to h i s c h os _e n vocat i on and

h av e troubl e s fro m n e ar re lat i ons _; he i s

th r e at e n e d

‘

w i th an e arly loss o f broth e rs

or w i t h quarr e ll i ng w i t h t h e m . H e m ay

h av e a s e cond (or adopt e d) fam i ly_, outs i d e

of h i s o wn . H i s c h i ldr e n w i ll c aus e h i m

much an x i e ty ; i t will be h ard for h i m to

s e ttl e th e m i n l i fe _, with the e xc ep tion o f t he

e ld e st o ne _, h ow e v e r _, who will r e ach a h i gh

pos i t i on .

T h e sub j e ct

’

s k i ndre d w i ll push h i m e n e r

ge t i c all_y in t he care e r h e w i ll fin ally s e l e ct .

M any will be t he v i c i ss i tud e s and worr i e s

o f t he subj e ct ; so m e o f t h e m o f a myst e r i o u s

n ature ; but at the hour o f most d e sp e ra te

cr i s i s , un e xp e ct e d ass i stanc e w i ll com e u p

S I _{G N S} O F T H E Z O D I A C 3 9

T h_is S ign giv e s o n e a r e pulsion against

m arri age and r e nd e rs i t _, i f e n t e re d i nto

,

qu i t e unsatisfactory ; t he sub j e ct m ay i nh e r i t

prop e rty fro m a fi rst w i fe _, but a l aw _su i t

w i ll be conn e ct e d w i th i t .

T rav e ls w i ll be long and p rofi tabl e . O ne

o f th e m will m ak e t h e subj e ct co m parativ _e ly

famous and he w i ll e m e rg e

“

all r i gh t ” o u t

o f t he p _e r i ls and struggl e s h e m ay e ncount e r

in th e s e j o u rn e ys .

S o m e ch ang e s o f re s i d e n c e w i ll prov e in

ju rio n s to t h e h e alth and to t he pock e t _, o n

account o f un d e s i rabl e acquaintan c e s o r h i d

d e n e n e m i e s ; e v e n ambus h e s are to b_e

fe ar e d _, e sp e c i ally at he a_ge o f 1 4 _, 2 6 _{o r 3} 8_.

Toward t h e 35t h ye ar t he sub j e ct ’ s pos i

tion will be c h ange d fro m good to bad _{o r}

v i c e - v e rsa

. Aft e r t h at age i t w i ll be much

mo re st e ady.

T h e sub j e ct w i ll h av e m any fr i e n ds a n d

p rote cto rs _, e sp e c i ally among p e rson s o f t h e

oth e r se x ; . o n e o f th e s e p a trons will run a

gre at dang e r o f total ru i n _, wh ich will h a v e

a d i sastrous e ff e ct upon t he sub j e ct .

At t he a_ge o f 2 0 _,

3

2 a n d _{4 4} th _e r_e will b_e

gre at p e r i l re sult i ng fro m s e c r e t i n trigu e s of

d e clar e d e n e m i e s o r trai to rs among t h e sub

v

j e c t ’ s t rust e d fri e nds .

4 O A S T R O L OGY

und e r i t e xc e ll e nt h e alth S hould th e y be

i ll , t h e parts of t he body to be a ffe ct e d

w i ll be t h e lungs and i n g e n e ral t h e bre ath

i ng o rgans .

Wounds i nfli ct e d by t h e h ands o f m an a re

fo re told .

T h i s sign giv e s t h e sub j e ct a lymph at i c

b i l i ous t e mp e ram e nt i n a sout h e rn cl i mat e

an d a . lymph atic - n _e rvous d i sposit i on in a no rt h e rn l atitud e . 5. LE O . (T he L ion. ) 5L 11 “ L e o ” —t h e fi fth o f t h e Zod i ac— e x e rts i ts i n fro m July 2 ₄ to August 2 2 _.

Ptol e my _, o f Pe lusa _, surn am e d t he

K

i ng o f

Astrolog e rs _, s a i d

t h at t he subj e cts

bo rn und e r th i s

be n e fi c e n t i n Hu

e nc e w i ll _r e a c h

pos i t i ons of h ono r

and trust .

L e o i v e S to

t h ose

its i nflu e n c e a loft m i nd asp i r i t of fa i r pla_y

, “ w _w ‘ w fl ” an unb e n d i ng d i gn i ty an

d

g

w

ar m and _ge n_e r T h ' 11

W

W

be fi rm _, e nt e rpr i s i ng and _pe rse v e rin _g' z it w i ll

4 2 A S T R O L OGY

luxury. Th os e bo rn u n d e r this sign h ave

not h i ng but d i sda i n fo r t he h onors th e y a re

d e st i n e d to r e ap al most w i thout e fforts .

T he subj e ct ’ s i ncl i nat i ons w i ll be stron_g

,

and y e t w e ll - r e ason _e d out

. H i s o p i n i ons

w i ll be fix e d _, pass i onat e _, so m e t i m e s e x a_g

ge rat e d _, and wh e n he d e c i d e s o n a c e rta i n

cours e o f act i on h e w i ll follow i t to t he e nd _,

at all r i sks .

T h os e bo rn und e r t h i s s i gn w i ll acqu i r_e

,

by t h e i r o wn m e r i t _, a good d e al of p rop e rty

,

b e s i d e s wh at w i ll co m e to t h e m th roug h

re lat i v e s o r i nflu e nt i al fr i e nds .

'

But t h e i r

loss e s w i ll be h e avy and sudd e n _, d u e to

e i t h e r gambl i ng_, o r sp e culat i on _, o r i m _{p ru}

d e nt . lo ans ; t h e y m ay su ff e r fro m cru e l

spol i at i on , fam i ly prop e rty b e i ng tak e n fro m

th e m qu i t e u nj ustly. T h e d e ath o f a n e ar

r e lat i v e w i ll gr e atly co mp ro m i s e th e i r

p e cun i ary i nt e re sts and th e i r pos i t i on ; th e y

will be S h abbily tr e at e d i n mon e y m att _e r_s

by broth e rs and S ist e rs _, o r oth e r clos e r _e la

t i ons . E v e n th e i r pare nts m ay ru i n th e i r

hop e s of br i lli ant pro mot i on .

D ur i ng a sh o rt j ou rn e y r e nd e re d n e ce s

sary by t he subj e ct

’

s pos i t i on , h e w i ll h av e

to fe ar so m e p e rson al dange r ; t he upp e r

part o f t he body _, t he h e ad and t he S hould e rs

S I _{G N S} O F T H E Z O D I A C 4 ₃

V _iol e nt q u a rre ls w i th re l ativ e s will be

caus e d by a div i s i on of prop e rty o r by family

s e cre ts _, o r by prolonge d abs e nc e o f t he sub

j e c t .

T he fath e r o f t he subj e ct w i ll be i n p e ril

o f h i s l i fe on a j ou rn e y.

Th e re w i ll be m any ch i ldre n co ming t o

t h_e subj e ct wh o will h av e t h e so rrow o f lo s

ing t he e ld e st o n e .

I f t he subj e ct is a wo m an S he w i ll p rob

ably be t he moth e r o f twins _, o r sh e m ay

h av e ch ildre n o f two succ e ssiv e husb a nds _;

wh e n th e s e ch i ldre n w i ll be grown u p

, th e y

w i ll giv e he r troubl e .

L _{o ng and co m plicat} e d d i s e as e s ar _e

th re at e ni ng ; t h e wo

m

an bo rn und e r L e o

will h av e gr e at troub le s i n _, an d r e sul t i ng

fro m , ch i ld

- bi rth

. S e rvants and e m ploye s

o f t he subj e ct will be t he caus e o f co n stant

worri e s .

L e o always announc e s family d i sagr_{e e}

m e nts .

S e v e ral unfor e s e e n l e gac i e s _, o r e v e n in

he r it anc e s_, will re nd e r e as i e r t he ci rcu m

stan c e s o f t he subj e ct a n d e sp e c i ally o f h i s

c h i ldr e n wh o oft e n will be t he b e n e fici ar i e s _;

th e re i s a prob abili ty _, howe v e r _, th a t re l ativ e s

m ay succ e e d i n div e rting th e s e win d - falls

4 4 A S T R O L OGY

T he subj e ct w i ll m ak e bu t f e w

l

se a voy

age s ; t he fi rst o n e w i ll be d e tr i m e ntal to h i s

int e re sts and a sourc e o f loss e s .

H i s pos i t i on w i ll d e mand fr e qu e nt voyage s

o n land _; o n e o f t h e s e w i ll prov e h i g h ly ad

v an t a_ge o u s and br i ng about a sudd e n ch ange

for t he b e tt e r.

T h_{e o} ffi _c e s co m i ng to t h e sub j e ct w i ll b_e

o f_fic e s o f gre at h onor but sm all e m o lu

m e nts _; he m ay _g r i e vously co m pro m i s e hi_s

c h anc e s i n t h a t d i r e ct i on _, o r e v e n forfe i t

th e s e valu e d pr i z e s _, i n an i nstant

, by so m e

most unfortunat e and t h oug h tl e ss mov _e s .

H e w i ll e n j oy so m e r e putat i on

, e v e n

m ark e d c e l e br i ty _, t h roug h h i s own m _e r i t

and w i t h out t he h e l p of any outs i d e _p ro t e c

t i on . -It m ay be i n t he S c i e nc e s _, o r t he fi ne

arts t h at h e w i ll find h i s tru e S p h e re and

m ak e a S h i n i ng succ e ss . As s a i d abov e

, t he

ru i n o f th e s e prom i s i ng prosp e cts w i ll b_e

d u e e i th e r to an unfortun at e voyage or to a

rash act o n t h e part of t he sub j e ct .

H i s fr i e nds w i ll be m any

, but , o f l i ttl e

ass i stanc e _, e v e n i f th e i r fortun e and pos i t i on

be such as to g i v e t h e m t h e

m

e ans to be of

gre at u se ; o n t h e co ntrary_, t h e y w i ll prob

ably caus e t h e subj e ct som e h e avy financ i al

loss e s .

H i s f e w e n e mi e s . w i ll be d e clare d on e s

S I _{G N S} O F T H E ZO D I A _C 45

l_ow and cowardly i ntr i gu e s aga i nst h i m

w i ll prov e so i n v ar i ably unsucc e ssful _, t h at

h e w i ll soon be fr e e fro m such attacks .

L e o g i v e s thos e born und e r i t a n e rvous

sangu i n e t e m p e ram e nt _, a r e m arkably fi n e

h e alt h and a long l i fe .

H ow e v e r

, t he sub j e ct m ay be attack e d by

i nflam m atory rh _e u m at i s m

, lo cat e d e sp e c i ally

i n t h e kn e e s . Pn e u mon i a _, an d in ge n e ral _,

troubl e s o f t he re sp i rato ry o rgans _, and

troubl e s o f t he S pl e e n and t h e bladd e r a re

also among t he poss i b i l i t i e s ; wounds _, i f

any , w i ll affe ct t h e fe e t and h ands .

A cco rd i ng to t he o ld astrologe rs _, L e o _,

conta i n i n g t h e t h ron e o f t he S un _, i s always

t h e prognost i c o f a fi ne fortun e and a lofty

pos i t i on . 6 V IRG O . (T h e Virgin _. ) T he C onst e ll at i on o f “ Vi rgo ” —_t h e S i xth o f t he S i gns of t he Z od i ac— e x e rts i ts in fl u e nc e fro m August 2 ₃ t o Se pt e mb e r 2 1 . Thos e w i ll r e ac h h onors _t h r o u _gh fi t fl hej 1: -. p e rs o nal -m e ri t_.

T h i s s i gn b e stows o n th e m a cool r e aso n

,

H O ! u . t

a sp i r i t _o f _e qu i ty

, a m e rciful d i spos i t i on and

W W " ' W w a tast e fo r e v e r_y t hin_g u t h at is h on e st and M » ~ M Y e s W an-M M " M s tra i ght f o rw ar d .

4 6 A S T RO L OGY

m

_i

_l

_{d; mod} e st _, am

i

_ab

l

e , “ c o n fi d ing , and _“ y e t no t e as i ly fat h om _e d _. H i s w i ll - pow_e r , althoug h comparat i v e ly firm m ay be i nfl u e n c e d t h rough _{se n} t im e n t al mot i v _e s _. H e w i ll b_e i n t _e lli ge nt , i nge n i ous _, but

abov e all _, mov e d by

h i s fe e l i ngs to w h i c h he w i ll re m a i n pas S io n at ' e l_y attac h _e d . H _{e w i l l b e} S low to ange r and slo w to q u i e t down , althoug h h i s w r a t h w i l l n e v e r h arm any o n e . H e w i ll be mov e d

t o re p e ntanc e qu i ckly and d e e ply. Vi rgo

g i v e s p e opl e born und e r i t ' a tast e for

C l o i st e r l i fe _, a love o f d i v i n e t h oughts ; o r _,

i n a lowe r plan e _, an i ncl i nat i on toward

t he lib e ral arts and t he g i ft of p e rsuas i v e

e lo qu e nc e .

To t he tast e f or art t he subj e c t w i ll add a

S I _G N _S O F T H E Z O D I A C 4 ₇

m ild m ani a for col le ct i ng th i ngs . H e will

sh ow a r e al apt i tud e fo r t he h i g h e r sc i e nc e s

and d ee p e r s tud i e s . All h i s tast e s w i ll be

und e r h i s control and h i s O p i n i ons e as i ly

ch ang e d .

T h os e born und e r V irgo run s e rious

p h ysical dange rs fro m th e i r e arli e st baby

hood and all th rough ch i ldh ood .

I t is al most an invar i abl e fact th at th e y

will h av e t he gre at e st d i ffic u lty to acqui r_e

e v e n mod e rat e m e ans _, and th i s s m all co m

pe t e n c e w i ll be c o nst an t l_y t h re at e ne d _, dur

i ng t he fi rst part o f th e i r l i v e s . . L at e r

, th e y

w i ll be luck i e r fi n anci ally and r e cov e r so m e

fam i ly pro p e rty.

Although th i s S i gn fo re t e lls we alth _, d u e to

t he h ard wo rk and i nt e ll i ge nc e o f t he sub

j e c t appl i e d i n t h e fi e ld o f sc i e nc e an d art _,

o r th rough succ e ssful i nv e ntions _, o r th an ks

to so m e h igh o ffic e conn e ct e d w i th t he

C hurch , st i ll , by t he faul t o f t he subj e ct

h i ms e lf_, th e r e i s a stro n g probab i lity o f h i s

los i ng sudd e nly th at

(

e ith e r mon e y o r pos i

tion) wh i ch he w i ll h ave ac _q u i re d t h rough

such lo n g an d l abo rious e fforts .

Tr a v e ls m ay b_e t he caus e of so m e l arge

addition t o t he subj e ct ’ s fo rtun e .

R e l at i v e s _, n e ar o r distant _, will prove

4 8 A S T R O L OGY

T he sub j e ct m ay h av e many broth e rs and

S i st e rs _, but t h e re w i ll be no h armony b e tw e e n

t h e m _, and he w i ll los e s e v e ral o f t h e m a t an

e arly a_ge

, probably i n a v i ol e nt m ann e r .

T h e re w i ll be sad and grav e fam i ly s e cr e ts

,

e i th e r o n account of i rre gular un i ons _, o r

th rough d i vorc e s o r s e parat i ons .

Th e re i s h e re a prognost i c of sudd _e n

loss e s of ch i ldre n _, e i th e r t h rou _gh a fall fro m

a h i gh pl ace _, o r th r ough drown i ng

, or

t h rough quadrup e ds .

Vi rgo always announc e s so m e v i ol e nt

h app e n i ngs _, gr e at obstacl e s i n lov e m att e rs _,

s e r i ous l aw su i ts

, d i ss e ns i ons b e twe e n fr i e nds

o r re lat i v e s _, b e tw e e n husband and w i fe _,

e v e n divorc e s . L e t u S say h e re th at

“

un i ons

an d m arri age s ” are e xpre ss e d by t h e sam e

i nd i cat i ons i n astrology, and must be und e r

stood ar i gh t by t he part i e s i nt e r e st e d .

T he stru _ggl e fo r l i fe will be part i cularly

h ard fo r t h os e born und e r th i s s i gn . But _,

aft e r pa i n ful e ffo rts _, an d m any d i sappo i nt

m e nts

, t he subj e cts o f Vi rgo ge n e rally

tr i u mp h . “ B e tt e r l at e t h an n e v e r _,” oug h t to be t h e i r motto . T h e _y w i ll h av e d e c i d e d r e l i g i ous t e nd e n c ie s.

T he Vi rgo sub j e ct w i ll h av e a c h anc e to

5O A S T R O L OGY

T he subj e ct w i ll h ave s e cre t e n e mi e s i n

t he world of art _, o r i n t he fi n anc i al m arts _,

o r among busin e ss l e ad e rs ; th e y w i ll caus e

h i m nu m _e rous

, h e avy loss e s , e sp e c i ally

t h rough bad inv e stm e n ts .

I n sout h e rn cl i m at e s _, Vi rgo _g i v e s thos e

bo rn und e r i t a lymph at i c -b i l i ous t e mp e ra

m e nt ; i n nort h e rn cl i m at e s _, th e i r c o nsit u t io n

w i ll be lymp h ati c - n e rvous

. T he w e ak e r

S pots w i ll be t he sto m ach _, t he li v e r and t he

l e gs .

7. L I B RA . (T he B alance . ) 2

Th i s C o nst e llat i on _, “ L i bra”— t he s e v e nth

o f t he s i gns o f t h e Zod i ac— also call e d

“ t h_e S _cal e s” —e x e rts i ts i n fl u e n c e fro m S e pt e mb e r 2 2 to i_, O ctob e r 2 1 . I t e ndows th os e ' 3‘ b o r n u n d e r i ts i n fl u e n c e w i t h g r e a t e n t le ne_ss_, S trai ght r d n es S a n d : _p i _g e m o r a 1 pri nc i _ple s _; it a ffe ct i on at e and constant . T he d i spos i t i on i s frank _, o p en _, co nfi d ing_,

S I _{G N} S O F T H E Z O D I A C 51

sl igh tly m e l a n ch oly ; o u se d

h i s S ign caus e s i n d e c i s i o n in op i n i o n s

a nd i n act i ons ; i t b e stows upo n o ne i nv e n

tiv e ge n i us _, a sp e c i al apt i tud e fo r m e ch an

ical arts and sci e n c e s an d fo r n avigat i o n _;

but all th e s e g i fts

, will not profi t

t h e subj e ct .

T he will - powe r

, although pl e nt i ful , kn ows

not h ow to bri ng about fi n al r e s u lts .

T he subj e cts o f L i br a are p ron e to study _,

h andy with tools as w e ll a s quick at figu r e s _,

but car e littl e for t he fi ne arts _, e xc e pt mus i c _,

b e i ng d e vot e d _, h e art and soul _, t o busi n e ss .

O _th e rwis e _, i n t he ch oic e o f th e i r pl e asur e s _,

th e y S how r e fin e m e n t .

Th e i r passions are d e e p a n d h o n e st .

Th e y are ch ange abl e i n th e i r O pi n i ons _,

.ltho u gh strongly attach e d

— fo r a ti m

e — to

t he i d e a o r th e o ry th a t rul e s ov e r th e m

t e m porarily.

Toward t h e middl e o f h is life _, t he subj e ct

bo rn u nd e r L i bra will m ak e a fortun e _, th anks

to so m e i ndustry conn _e ct _e d with n av i gat i on

,

o r at l e ast wi th wat e r as mot i v e - pow e r

. H e

will h av e to d e fe nd h i s w e alth i n court _; a

gr e a t l aw su i t wh i ch h _e will ulti m at _e ly w i n

,

will cr e a t e bitt e r e n miti e s _, p e rh aps e v e n a

s e rious dis agr _{e e} m _e nt b _e tw _{e e} n h i m and h i_s

52 A S T RO L OGY

H e will h av e m any broth e rs

. and sist e rs ,

so m e o f th e m by a s e cond w i fe of the fath e r

or by a s e cond husband of t h e m o t hé r ;

th e s e blood r e lat i ons w i ll be constantly at

odds b e tw ee n th e ms e lv e s and w i th t h e sub

j e ct .

H e m ay h av e som e tro ubl e with h i s par

e nts _, e sp e c i ally w i th h i s fath _e r

, who w i ll lack

t h e p at e rn al fib e r . I f t h e sub j e ct i s bo rn

b e twe e n noon and m i dn i gh t th e r e i s a r i sk

o f h i s losing h i s fath e r e arly in l i fe .

F e w ch i ldre n w i ll co m e to h i m _, and o ne

o f th e m will be t h e caus e o f gr e at anx i e t i e s .

Family r e lat i ons w i ll be fre qu e ntly d i s

tu rbe d ; th e re is a prognost i c of a s _e cond

fam i ly , p e rh aps a n adopt e d o n e ; o r t he sub

j e ct h i ms e lf m ay be t he obj e ct o f adopt i on .

D is e as e s ch aract e ri z e d by a flow of so m e

k i nd are to be e xp e ct e d _; t h e w e ak o rgans of

thos e born und e r L ibra are t h e bo we ls o and

t he bl add e r. T he h ands and fe e t ar e

th re at e n e d with wounds .

T h e S ign wh i ch pre s i d e s ove r marr i age _,

i n t h e arrange m e n t o f t h e Z odi acal C on

st e llat io ns_, i s

“

Ar i e s ” i n H ous e V II. It i s

fickl e _, v i ol e nt i n t e m p e r _, and barr e n ; i t i s

d i re ctly oppos e d to L i bra _, but unsat i sfactory

as t h i s oppos i t i on i s , t h e subj e ct w i ll gai n

S I G N S O F T H E Z O D I A _{C 53}

d e ath o f t he S pous e he will m a k e a large

inh e ritanc e totally u n e x p e ct e d .

T hos e born und e r th i s s i gn h ad b _e tt e r be

ware o f se a voyage s ; th e y w i ll p rov e dan

ge ro n s and n e v e r p rofi tabl e .

Toward m i ddl e a_ge _, th e r e is a th re a t o f

loss o f pos i t i o n _, a nd a w a rning th at t h e

moth e r o f t he subj e ct m ay be t he caus e

, d i re ct o r i nd i r e ct _, o f th i s dis astrous h a _p p e n i ng . T he subj e ct h a s i n p rosp e ct t he _p ro b abil i t i e s of re ac h i ng so

m

e h i gh and h o n o r e d position ; h i s re l at i v e s w i ll ass i st h i m in h is

amb i tions ; h e will poss e ss prot e ctors an d

f _{r i} e n ds amon g t he gr e at p e opl e o f th is

world ; th e y w i ll S h ow th e ms e lv e s st e adfast _,

ass i st h i m to a brill i an t m arr i age _, l e n d h i m

t h e i r mo ral an d m at e r i al su pport in m att e rs

o f bus i n e ss ; a nd _y e t _, i t

. w i ll co m e to p ass ,

t h at _, w ill i ngly _, o r no t _, t he subj e ct will do

gri e vous h arm to o ne o f th e s e pow _e rful

fri e nds .

H e w i ll m e e t with s e rious e n mi ty o n t h e

part o f c e rtai n cl e rgym e n on accoun t _o f

fam i ly m att e rs _; oth e r e n e mi e s w i ll co m e u p

among l awye rs a n d m e n o f l e arn ing.

An anci e n t traditio n s ays th at t h e p e rsons

bo rn _u nd _e r th is _S ign will b_e t h _e caus _{e - o} f

54 A S T R O L OGY

d e ath . I n south e rn l atitud e s t he subj e cts o f

L _ibra ar e n aturally s angu i n e - b i l i ous

; i n

n ort h e rn cli m at e s th e y are n e r v ous -bil i ous

. 8. S C OR P I O. (T he S corpi on. ) m , Th is C onst e ll ation _, “ S corp i o ”— t h_e -e ighth

o f t he Z od i ac— e x e rts its influ e nc e fro m

O _ctob e r 2 2 to N ov e mb e r 2 0 .

born durin th is

sh re wd _, p e rsuas i v e _, fi ckl e _,

ical and oft e n r e l i io u sl

, 2 . — g — _{_}Y_{_} " inclin e d . —’ H€ha s a fi rm h old u pon h i ms e lf and h i s w i ll - powe r i s st e adfast and p e rs e v e r i ng . T he t e m p e r is fi e ry _, b e l l i c o S e U d e a sil arous e d so m e w

h

_at ’ ro ‘ ugh a n d e v e n V i o l i e n t _, but " I. M M " ’ n e v _e r u ri

k

ind l_y so ; t h er e

is a love of dange r f o _r i ts o wn sak e . Th is

si

g

n r e nd e rs th ose born und e r i t ph l e gm atic _,

t ac i tu rn a nd clos e mou th e d ; th e y ar _e oft_e n

t i n ge d with misanth ropy.

S low to mov e to ang e r , t he ali

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