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 MAX HEINDEL 
 
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 AUGUSTA FOSS HEINDEL 
 
 AN ESOTERIC EXPOSITION OF 
 
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 CHAPTER I. 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 
 
 IT IS a matter of common knowledge among: 
 mystics that the evolutionary career of mankind is 1 
 indissolubly bound up with the divine hierarchies, 
 who rule the planets and the signs of the Zodiac, and 
 that the passage of the Sun and the planets through 
 the twelve signs of the Zodiac, marks man's progress 
 in time and in space. Therefore it is not to be won- 
 dered at, that in the course of their investigations into- 
 the spiritual development of mankind, the writers' 
 have also encountered much that deals with the Zodiac 
 which is the boundary of our evolutionary sphere at 
 the present time. So much has been perceived in 
 the memory -of nature that sheds light upon obscure 
 passages of the Bible, and notes have been made from 
 time to time of different points, but how to collect 
 and collate these dissociated writings into a united 
 whole, has been a great problem for a long time. 
 Even now, the writers know and feel that what they 
 have to bring forth is only a very, very weak attempt 
 to set before the students that great body of facts 
 which have come to them through the memory of 
 nature. They feel, however, that this will give a new 
 meaning and more profound to the old symbols, and 
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 4 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 that by passing on what has been found they put 
 themselves in line to perceive more light. 
 
 Concerning the future evolution of planets; the 
 Rosicrueian Cosmo Conception teaches, on page 256, 
 that "when the beings upon a planet have evolved 
 to a sufficient degree, the planet becomes a Sun, the 
 fixed center of a Solar System. When the beings 
 there have evolved to a still greater degree, and 
 consequently it has reached its maximum of bril- 
 liancy, it breaks up into a Zodiac and becomes, so to 
 speak, the womb of a new Solar System, thus the 
 Great hosts of Divine beings who, until then, were 
 confined upon that Sun gain freedom of action upon 
 a great number of stars whence they can affect, in 
 different ways, the system which grows up within 
 their sphere of influence. The planets or man-bear- 
 ing worlds within the Zodiac are constantly being 
 worked upon by these forces but in various ways ac- 
 cording to the stage they have reached in evolution. 
 Our Sun could not have become a sun until it sent 
 out from itself all the beings who were not sufficiently 
 evolved to endure the high rate of vibration and the 
 : great luminosity of the beings who were qualified 
 for that evolution. All the beings upon the different 
 planets would have been consumed had they re- 
 mained in the Sun. This visible Sun, however, 
 though it is a place of evolution for beings vastly 
 above man, is not by any means, the Father of the 
 other planets, as material science supposes. On the 
 contrary, it is itself an emanation from the central
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 5 
 
 Sun, which is the invisible source of all that IS in 
 our solar system. 
 
 "Our visible Sun is but the mirror in which are 
 reflected the Rays of energy from the Spiritual Sun, 
 the real Sun is as invisible as the real man." 
 
 From this teaching it is apparent that the great 
 spiritual hierarchies which are now guiding our evo- 
 lution, have had their training for this path in pre- 
 vious schemes of manifestation, also that what they 
 are now doing, we shall some day do for others. 
 Already the foremost among our race are treading 
 the path of initiation, and have thereby advanced 
 into other stages, far beyond the general status of 
 present humanity. It has been learned that those 
 who have gone through the Mercurial School of the 
 lesser Mysteries, and have graduated from the School 
 of the Greater Mysteries are now preparing human 
 evolution in the Jupiter Period. They have entered 
 the planet Jupiter, by way of one of the Moons, 
 which serves as a stepping stone. Others there are, 
 unfortunately, who have gone the other way. We 
 , read in the Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, that even 
 as the whole population of the earth were at one 
 time expelled from the present Sun because of their 
 inability to keep up with the vibrations of the beings 
 thereon, thus hindering them and being hindered 
 themselves, so also it became necessary in the Lemur- 
 ian Epoch, to expel a number of the stragglers upon 
 earth. Thus the Moon was cast out into space to 
 revolve as a Satelite around our present planet.
 
 6 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Those unfortunates are gradually degenerating ana 
 the time will come when they will all go to the planet 
 Saturn, which is the door to Chaos. Thence they 
 will be expelled to inter-planetary space to await the 
 time when, in a new system, there will be a favorable 
 condition for their further evolution. 
 
 The Gate of Life and Death 
 
 Thus the Zodiac and the planets are as a book 
 in which we may read the history of Humanity dur- 
 ing past ages, and it also gives a key to the future 
 which is in store for us. In the famous Zodiac in 
 the Temple of Denderah, Cancer is not pictured as 
 we have it in modern days. There it is a beetle, a 
 scarab. This was the emblem of the soul, and Can- 
 cer has always been known in ancient times, as well 
 as among modern mystics, to be the sphere of the 
 soul, the gate of Life in the Zodiac whence the spirits 
 coming into rebirth, enter our sub-lunary conditions. 
 It is therefore aptly ruled by the Moon which is the 
 planet 'of fecundation, and it is noteworthy that we 
 find Capricorn, which is its opposite, ruled by Saturn 
 the Planet of Death and Chaos, who is mystically 
 depicted as "the reaper with his scythe and hour 
 glass in hand." These two opposite signs are there- 
 fore turning points in the soul's career. Cancer and 
 Capricorn mark the highest ascent of the Sun into 
 the Northern Hemisphere, and its lowest descent 
 into the South. Observations show us that during 
 the summer when the Sun is in the sphere of Cancer
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 7 
 
 and allied signs, fecundation and growth are the 
 order of the day. But when the Sun is in the South, 
 in Capricorn, we have winter, when nature is dead. 
 The fruits of the summer are then consumed and 
 assimilated by us. As a circle dance of the Sun 
 among the twelve signs determines the seasons of 
 the year when direct, causing the germination of 
 myriads of seeds cast in the earth, also the mating 
 of the fauna, which then makes the world alive with 
 the sights and sounds of manifested life, and at an- 
 other time leaves the world dumb, dull and drear 
 in winter's gloom, under the sway of Saturn, so by 
 the slower backward movement, known as the Pre- 
 cession of the Equinox, does it produce the great 
 changes which we know as Evolution. In fact, this 
 processional measure of the sun marks the bii'th and 
 death of races, nations and their religions, for the 
 pictorial Zodiac is a symbolical presentation of our 
 past, present and future development. 
 
 Capricorn 
 
 Capricorn, the goat, is not a goat at all as we 
 know that animal, but part fish and part goat. Its 
 Saturnine rulership, and the fact that it receives 
 the Sun as the dawn of each New Year, naturally 
 by analogy associates it with the beginning of pre- 
 cessional epochs. It represents the stage in evolution 
 covering transition from fish, through amphibia to 
 the mammalian form. The belligerency of the goat 
 is well known, and an apt symbol of the struggle for
 
 8 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 existence, in which the weak perish unless able to 
 outdistance their foes. This phase of the matter is 
 sometime? expressed in the symbol, when drawn as 
 part fish and part antelope. Jacob, in the thirty- 
 third chapter of Deuteronomy, pronounces blessings 
 upon his children, which symbolize the twelve signs. 
 There he speaks of Naphtali as a 'Und' let loose; 
 this a very apt symbol of Capricorn, for when the 
 Sun is there at each winter solstice, it is starting a 
 race through the circle of twelve signs, which it must 
 complete in a given time a year. 
 
 Sagittarius 
 
 When the Sun leaves Capricorn, by precession, 
 it enters the sign Sagittarius, and this is pictured 
 in the symbolical Zodiac as a Centaur, part horse 
 and part man. Thus it shows aptly, the fact that 
 we have evolved through the animal stage into the 
 human. The centaur is in the act of drawing his 
 bow, showing that there is something for which the 
 human spirit, on its pilgrimage through matter, is 
 seeking, that it aspires to something that lies beyond 
 it, as a lofty ideal, for the bow points upward to the 
 stars. 
 
 Scorpio 
 
 The next step in human unfoldment is not so 
 much along the physical lines as along the mental, 
 its nature is shown by the Sun's passage through the 
 sign Scorpio, which is pictorially represented as a 
 serpent or scorpion, emblems of cunning and sub-
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 9 
 
 tility. It is plain from this symbol that the first fac- 
 ulty of the mind evolved by infant humanity was 
 cunning, and we still see that that is a characteristic 
 trait among the lower races, the lower classes and the 
 lower natures even among our present-day humanity. 
 
 Libra 
 
 But when the Sun enters the sign Libra, 'The 
 Scales" by precession, the balance of reason gives 
 him a new start upon the evolutionary path. Under 
 the care of divine instructors man had at that time 
 advanced to the point where because of this new 
 faculty, reason, he could be made fully responsible 
 to nature's laws, and thus reap what he sows, that 
 he may learn the lesson of life by actual experience, 
 be able to reason out the connection between cause 
 and effect and in time learn to govern him,self upon 
 the path of progress. 
 
 Virgo 
 
 Thus, under the guidance of the spiritual hier- 
 archies, focused through the signs of Capricorn, Sag- 
 ittarius, Scorpio, and Libra, were his physical, moral 
 and mental attributes acquired, and he was equipped 
 to commence the spiritual side of his evolution. The 
 germ of this progress is hidden in the celestial virgin, 
 the sign Virgo, which is the vehicle of the immacu- 
 late conception, the heavenly mother of Christ ; 
 not of one Christ only, but of many. This is one of 
 the most sublime signs of the Zodiac and one of the
 
 10 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 most mystic, so fraught with hidden meaning that 
 its full import cannot be fully understood save when 
 viewed by the internal light of spiritual illumina- 
 tion. Yearly, at the Winter solstice, the immaculate 
 Madonna is ascendant at midnight, when the new 
 born Sun commences to rise to the task of growing 
 the grain and grape, to save humanity from the cold 
 and famine, which would inevitably result were he 
 to remain in the southern declination. The Sun is 
 therefore an apt symbol of the Savior, born to feed 
 his flock on the spiritual bread of life. But, as we 
 must have eyes attuned to light to see the sun, so 
 must the Christ be born within. As Angelus Silesius 
 says : 
 
 "Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born 
 And not within thyself, thy soul will be forlorn. 
 The Cross on Golgotha thou lookest to in vain 
 Unless within thyself it be set up again." 
 
 Therefore, by the p recessional passage of the 
 Sun through the sign Virgo, the germinal impulse 
 was given towards the birth of Christ within. 'The 
 mystic marriage' of the lower self to the higher, 'the 
 immaculate conception,' and 'the divine motherhood' 
 which nourishes deep in its bosom, unseen by a scof- 
 fing world, 'the new born Christ,' is an actual expe- 
 rience of a growing number of people. And with- 
 out the celestial prototype, fructified by the solar 
 precession, this would be an impossibility; neither
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 11 
 
 has this ideal been realized in such fullness during 
 the past ages as today. The reason of this will ap- 
 pear when we take up the joint consideration of 
 opposite signs of the Zodiac. 
 
 Leo 
 
 A great future is in store for this offspring of 
 the celestial virgin. Listen to the wonderful pro- 
 phecy of Isaiah: "For unto us a child is born, unto 
 us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon 
 his shoulders and his name shall be called Wonder- 
 ful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting 
 Father, the Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His 
 government and peace there shall be no end." 
 
 Humanity is to rise to a wonderful spiritual 
 height and this is symbolized by the Sun's preces- 
 pional passage through the Royal sign Leo, pictor- 
 ially represented by the king of beasts, the lion. This 
 is an apt allusion to the King of Creation, who will 
 then embody the three great virtues of the Master 
 Man, Strength, Wisdom and Beauty. 
 
 It is wonderful to see how the various phases of 
 the religions given to the Great Aryo-Semitic Race 
 from the time they were "called out" in the later 
 third of the Atlantean Epoch, to the end of the 
 Aquarian Age, when a new race will have been defin- 
 itely born. This aspect of the Zodiac will form the 
 subject of our next article. It will shed light on 
 many of the most obscure passages of the Bible, as 
 only study of this Cosmic Science can.
 
 12 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 When we consider the Zodiac in its religious as 
 well as its evolutionary aspects, by means of the six 
 pairs of opposite signs into which the twelve may 
 be divided, we also commence with Cancer and Cap- 
 ricorn, for the reason given in the previous article, 
 namely: that these are the solstitial points where 
 the Sun reaches its highest and lowest declination. 
 
 Considered in this manner, we find that there 
 are two sets of three pairs of signs, namely, Cancer 
 and Capricorn, Gemini and Sagittarius, Taurus and 
 Scorpio. In these three pairs of signs we may read 
 the history of human evolution and religion, in the 
 early, the middle and the latter third of the Atlan- 
 tean Epoch. In the other three pairs of signs : Aries 
 and Libra, Pisces and Virgo, Aquarius and Leo; we 
 find the key to man's development during the Aryan 
 Epoch. This is also divisible into three distinct 
 periods, namely: the Aryan Age, from Moses to 
 Christ, which comes under Aries-Libra; the Piscean 
 Age, which takes in the last two thousand years un- 
 der Pisces- Virgo Catholicism, and the two thousand 
 years which are ahead of us, called the Aquarian 
 Age, where the signs Aquarius and Leo are illum- 
 inated and vivified by the solar precession, for the 
 upliftment of the Son of Man (Aquarius), by the 
 Christ within, the Lion of Judah (Leo), to the 
 estate of Superman. 
 
 It must not be thought, however, that the Atlan- 
 tean Epoch only lasted while the Sun by precession 
 went through Cancer, Gemini, and Taurus, a period
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 13 
 
 of only six thousand and a few hundred years; far 
 from it; but there are spirals within spirals and re- 
 capitulation takes place in the epochs and races, so 
 that we may know what is the general destiny by 
 looking at the Sun's passage through these signs and 
 therewith taking this import and symbolism into con- 
 sideration. It may also be said that the further we 
 advance the smaller do the spirals become, the shorter 
 the time in which a given improvement is made, be- 
 cause of the proficiency we attained in former ages, 
 and therefore it is extremely probable that this pres- 
 ent is the last lap, that the coming Aquarian Age is 
 the final preparatory school day which will fit us for 
 the new age, the Sixth Epoch, and that will begin 
 when the Sun by precession enters Capricorn. 
 
 This, of course, would mean that the Second 
 Advent must take place just before that time, ana 
 though it seems to us that so many signs point that 
 way, this is a mere surmise and may not have any 
 truth in it at all. Thousands of people have been 
 misled during all the ages that we know of, to think 
 that Christ would soon be here ; it is, however, better 
 that we are looking forward to it than if we should 
 say with some, that it will never take place. In that 
 case the Great Day will find us unprepared and we 
 should find ourselves among the stragglers who 
 are unfit to attend the wedding feast of the higher 
 Self to the lower because lacking the "soul- 
 body ' ' which is the ' ' wedding garment ' ' that enfolds 
 them.
 
 14 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Cancer-Capricorn (HE V3) 
 
 The Sun's passage by precession through the 
 sphere of Cancer with its opposite sign Capricorn, 
 designates the early third of the Atlantean period, 
 which was intensely watery, as the whole earth was 
 surrounded by a dense drenching fog, and the Niebe- 
 lung, or "Children of the Mist," lived then in the 
 basins of the Earth. Cancer was not then repre- 
 sented by the same symbol as today ; in ancient times, 
 it was pictorially figured as a beetle or scarab. This 
 was the signature of the soul, for then mankind 
 was much less body than soul. 
 
 The sign Cancer is watery in its nature, and the 
 fish part of Capricorn in the opposite also helps to 
 symbolize this state of life under water when the Sun 
 went through the watery sign Cancer by precession. 
 The Moon, the planet of fecundation, points mystic- 
 ally to this period of germination, when mankind 
 first commenced to exercise the Creative function at 
 the dictates of desire inculcated by the Lucifer Spir- 
 its. Thus they opened the Gate of physical Life 
 through Cancer, and strayed into the terrestrial 
 sphere, but opposite stood Saturn, the ruler of Cap- 
 ricorn, ready to slay them with his scythe, and usher 
 them through the Gate of Death back into the spir- 
 itual realms where they are at home. 
 
 Capricorn was the opposite of Cancer and em- 
 bodied the ideal that as the goat climbs the moun- 
 tains so man must leave the basin of Atlantis and 
 come up from the mist.
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 15 
 
 Gemini-Sagittarius ( U t ) 
 Our condition during the middle third of the 
 Atlantean Epoch is illustrated in the Sun's passage 
 through the sign Gemini, the twins, which aptly rep- 
 resent infant humanity. During this age the division 
 of soul from soul by the veil of flesh, which we call 
 the body, became more noticeable, for the atmosphere 
 had already cleared to a considerable extent, and the 
 faculties of the spirit had become more focused in 
 its physical instrument. With this delusion of the 
 personal self, there came at once the idea of 'me' 
 and 'thee', 'mine' and 'thine', our individual inter- 
 ests commenced to clash with those of others, so that 
 a tragedy such as that recorded between Cain and 
 Abel became possible. Nor was the shedding of blood 
 confined to human beings, for we learn from the 
 Bible that "Nimrod was a mighty hunter". This 
 savage ideal was expressed in the Celestial Centaur, 
 Sagittarius, with his bow and arrow. 
 
 But both of these pairs of opposites: Cancer- 
 Capricorn and Gemini-Sagittarius, may be consid- 
 ered pre-historic hieroglyphics of a development ac- 
 complished in Sidereal years, long past, though none 
 the less important on that account. Our own times, 
 with the development prescribed for them, are sym- 
 bolically represented in the four pairs of signs within 
 the fixed cross: the Bull, the Lion, the Serpent and 
 the Man. 
 
 For that reason the two pairjs of opposites com- 
 prising the fixed signs, Taurus-Scorpio, and Leo-
 
 16 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Aquarius, are mentioned in the Bible, and we shall 
 find that our modern systems of religion are full of 
 allusions to the signs which lie between them, namely, 
 the three pairs of opposites: Aries-Libra, Pisces- 
 Virgo, and Aquarius-Leo. These three pairs of oppo- 
 sites are, as already stated, emblematic of the devel- 
 opment in the early third of the Aryan Epoch, the 
 Sun by precession went through the sign Aries, the 
 middle third of the Aryan Epoch finds the Sun in 
 Pisces, by precession, and during the last third of 
 this Epoch the Sun will go through the sign Aqua- 
 rius. Then the solstitial point Capricorn will see the 
 inauguration of a new cycle or age. 
 
 The spiritual preparation for this development 
 commenced about thirteen thousand B. C. when the 
 Sun by precession, was in the sign Libra, the Bal- 
 ance, the last time, and different phases of this germ- 
 inal impregnation of the people then living were 
 carried on during the precessional travel of the Sun 
 through Virgo, Leo, and culminated in Cancer about 
 eight thousand B. C. when the last of Atlantis was 
 destroyed by water, substantially as related by the 
 Egyptian priests to Plato, and we shall see presently 
 how those germinal ideals, given to humanity in those 
 far, by-gone days have grown and flowered into fac- 
 tors of human development and spiritual Standards 
 of the greatest importance. 
 
 Taurus-Scorpio ( b Til ) 
 In the latter third of Atlantis, Egoism had df-
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 17 
 
 veloped to a far greater degree than before, the spir- 
 itual sight had been lost by the larger majority of 
 the people who then lived entirely on the material 
 plane and gloried particularly in their material pos- 
 sessions. 
 
 The Bull was very properly worshiped by them, 
 it was an emblem of strength necessary to conquer 
 the material world. It was, on account of its pro- 
 digious strength, an invaluable aid in all their work. 
 The proverb about "the flesh pots of Egypt" has 
 remained illustrative to the present day, to show 
 how abundantly that animal supplies their physical 
 need of food, and the milk of the female was also 
 an important article of diet. The possession of many 
 cattle was therefore ardently desired by the ancient 
 infant nations, and the worship of the Bull was in- 
 augurated under the solar precession through Tau- 
 rus during earlier, sidereal years, and was continued 
 to the comparatively modern times, when the Sun 
 by precession went through the sign of the Celestial 
 Bull for the last time. 
 
 At that point when the Sun entered the sign ot 
 the Lamb, Aries, the Aryan religions were inaugur- 
 ated. The Religion of the Lamb is to hold sway for 
 the next sidereal year, while the Sun by precession 
 passes around the twelve signs of the Zodiac, as the 
 religion of the Bull has held dominion during the 
 previous celestial year from the time the Sun entered 
 Taurus, until it left the same sign on its next passage. 
 
 New religions, however, are not revealed in their
 
 18 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 fullness at the beginning; they are started and go 
 through a period of gestation long before the religion 
 which they are to succeed comes into material exist- 
 ence, and similarly, an ancient religion about to be 
 abrogated survives long after the religion which suc- 
 ceeds it has become the official source for upliftment 
 of humanity. The original Semites, chosen to inaug- 
 urate the worship of the Lamb, Aries, during 
 the Aryan Epoch, were taken from 'Egypt,' 
 the home of the Bull 'Taurus.' Not our modern 
 'Egypt' however. The story of Pharaoh, who en- 
 deavored to prevent their emigration and was 
 drowned, has reference to Atlantis which was sub- 
 merged thousands of years before Moses is supposed 
 to have made his escape with the Israelites through 
 the 'Red Sea.' The facts underlying the story are 
 that a multitude of people left the land where the 
 bull 'Taurus' was worshiped, (Atlantis or Egypt) 
 whose inhabitants were drowned, to seek a 'prom- 
 ised land' beyond the water which then engulfed 
 an 'ungodly nation.' There they were dedicated to 
 worship the 'Lamb' Aries. This lamb had been slain 
 in 'Egypt' (Atlantis) ; through its blood these pio- 
 neers had been preserved from death, and- it was 
 thus "the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the 
 (present) World" which we call the Aryan Epocli. 
 Noah's escape presents another phase of the same 
 occurrence relating that the mists which had envel- 
 oped Atlantis condensed to rain, and flooded the 
 basins of the earth, leaving a clear atmosphere in
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC Ifr 
 
 which the Rainbow was seen for the first time at the 
 opening of the New Age, the Aryan Epoch, where 
 a new Covenant was made with the pioneers of the 
 polity then ushered in. 
 
 Atlantis was the home of the Bull, Taurus, and 
 when the Sun, by precession, was leaving that sign 
 the last time, the Religion of the Lamb Aries was 
 definitely ushered in. Thenceforth, the worship of 
 the Bull was abrogated and when any of the pioneer 
 race, brought out from the ancient Atlantean dis- 
 pensation by the blood of the Lamb, Aries, backslid 
 and worshiped the Taurean 'Calf, they acted con- 
 trary to the law of progress and were therefore 
 'Idolaters', and an abomination to the divine hier- 
 archs whose task it was to guide them during the 
 ages preceding the advent of Christ. On account, 
 of repeated transgressions many were 'lost', and 
 they are the Jews of today who still retain their 
 Atlantean traits (see 'Cosmo Conception). 
 
 Apart from the Astrological key, the Bible is: 
 truly a closed book, but with this key, the matter is 
 different. In the Old Testament reference is made 
 to two classes of animals: Bulls, which were Tau- 
 rean, and Sheep and Goats, which were Arian. These 
 alone were used as Sacrifices. ( Turtle doves were 
 permitted as a concession to poverty). All the prin- 
 cipal characters of the Old dispensation were shep- 
 herds (Arian) and Christ also announces Himself 
 as the Great Shepherd. 
 
 In the New Testament we find another animal,
 
 20 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the Fish, attaining great prominence, and the apos- 
 tles were called to be 'Fishers of Men,' for then the 
 sun by precession was nearing the cusp of Pisces, 
 the Fish, and Christ spoke of the time when the 
 Son of Man (Aquarius) shall come. Thus our evo- 
 lutionary journey is mapped out in the hidden astro- 
 logical allusions of the Bible. 
 
 The student now has a line on the march of 
 events, which it is well to keep in mind. 
 
 Jesus taught the multitudes in parables but ex- 
 plained the mysteries of the Kingdom to His disci- 
 ples. Paul gave meat to the strong, but the milk of 
 doctrine to the multitude, for there has always been 
 an exoteric and an esoteric side in every religion. 
 If we take Taurus, the sign of the Bull, to symbolize 
 the worship of that animal as practiced in Egypt, 
 Persia and other countries at that time, then we 
 shall find that the opposite sign, Scorpio, symbolizes 
 the esoteric doctrine of the priesthood, which were 
 the guardians of these ancient Atlantean Mysteries. 
 
 In this connection we will note first that the sign 
 Scorpio is represented in the pictorial Zodiac by a 
 ;Scorpion or Serpent, and we wish to impress par- 
 ticularly on the student's mind that the Scorpion 
 "has its sting in the tail, while the Serpent has the 
 venom in its teeth. This is very significant, as we 
 shall see presently. 
 
 On looking up the word "serpent" in the Bible, 
 we shall find that there are about seven words that 
 have thus been translated; but one of them, which
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 21 
 
 was borrowed from Egypt, is Naja. This word is 
 found on the old tablets in the ancient temples of 
 Egypt where Osiris, the Sun God, is hailed when 
 arising from the primordial deep. He was then 
 crowned with glory and has the Urasus Naja, an 
 emblem of cosmic wisdom. The Urasus was a part 
 of a serpent's body, with its head protruding from 
 a point in the forehead just above the nose, where 
 the human spirit has its seat; and Christ therefore 
 referred to the ancient Serpent-Initiates, when He 
 said: "Be ye wise as serpents." 
 
 In ancient Egypt the King wore a crown adorned 
 by a double serpent, Uraeus or Naja, which seems to 
 protrude from his forehead when the crown was 
 placed upon his head. This was to symbolize the fact 
 that he held the double office of King and Priest by 
 virtue of his sublime wisdom. In India, also, the 
 guardians of the Mystery Teachings were called 
 Nagas or Serpents. In the Icelandic 'Eddas", the 
 Northern Vedas, Siegfried, the truth seeker, slays 
 the serpent, tastes of its blood and then becomes 
 wise. Nor, to elaborate on the statement made above, 
 is it necessary to go outside our own religion for 
 proof that the serpent is the symbol of wisdom, for 
 the Christ Himself said: "Be ye wise as serpents." 
 The serpent is certainly not sufficiently sagacious to 
 warrant a literal meaning of this saying; but when 
 we understand that when the creative fire is drawn 
 upwards through the serpentine spinal cord it vi- 
 brates the pituitary body and the pineal gland, con-
 
 22 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 necting the Ego with the invisible worlds by opening 
 up a hidden sense, the allusion is perfectly clear. 
 
 There is, however, a lower phase of spiritual 
 development, symbolized in ancient times by placing 
 the Uraeus or serpent at the navel, to show that the 
 mediumistic faculties in the solar plexus had been 
 developed. Mediumship is a negative phase of spir- 
 itual sight or hearing possessed by a person con- 
 trolled by an outside intelligence who then prophe- 
 sies. This undesirable phase of seership was repre- 
 sented in the Zodiac by the symbol of the Scorpion, 
 which has the sting in its tail. In the Serpent 
 Initiate the Creative Cosmic Fire was drawn up- 
 ward through the head to serve a spiritual end; in 
 the Medium the creative energy is expressed for 
 selfish, sensual ends through the procreative organ 
 ruled by Scorpio. 
 
 The point between the eyebrows, whence the 
 serpent of wisdom protrudes, is the seat of life, 
 whereas all that opens the womb is subject to the 
 sting of death, contained in the Scorpion's tail. 
 
 If we now turn w r ith this information to our 
 Bible, we shall find that a great many things, pre- 
 viously obscure, will become clear. As said, the 
 Egyptian word for this Uragus or serpent is Naja 
 and it was borrowed by the Israelites who expressed 
 the negative faculty of mediumship by affixing the 
 feminine ending "oth": Naioth, while those who are 
 able to function consciously in the spiritual worlds 
 were given the positive, male plural ending "im,"
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 23 
 
 and were called Nairn. If we read the nineteenth 
 chapter of first Samuel with this understanding we 
 shall readily see that the incident there narrated 
 was of a mediumistic nature. David had become 
 afraid of Saul and he went with Samuel to "Naioth." 
 This is supposed by Bible translators to be a place, 
 and maybe a village was so named. But if that was 
 the case, it was because the people who lived in that 
 place were Naioth, or mediums. They were called 
 prophets in the chapter before us, and it is signifi- 
 cant that as soon as anyone came within their camp, 
 he commenced to prophesy or speak under control. 
 Even Saul, who came there, anxious to get David 
 away that he might slay him, was seized by the 
 spirits and prophesied, to the amazement of all 
 present. 
 
 In the New Testament we are told that the 
 Chirst went to the city of Nain and there raised the 
 Son of a Widow. In the Latin Testament, this city 
 was not called Nain, but Nairn. And it is very sig- 
 nificant that all three, Nairn, Naioth and Endor, 
 where the sorceress that assisted Saul is supposed 
 to have lived, are in the same locality by Mount 
 Tabor. 
 
 Every Free Mason knows that the brethren of 
 that Order are called "Sons of the Widow." And 
 it is stated in the Bdble that Hiram Abiff, the Master 
 Builder of Solomon's Temple, was the Son of a 
 Widow, a cunning craftsman. We cannot in the 
 present article repeat the Masonic Legend which tells
 
 24 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the reason why. This we have given in the books on 
 "Free-Masonry and Catholicism" and also in our 
 book on the Rosicrucian Philosophy. But suffice 
 it to say that in the Bible story to which reference 
 has been made, we have one of the Nairn, a Widow's 
 Son or initiate of the old Serpent School, for the 
 priests of Egypt were "pliree messen," children of 
 light. Each had within, the ancient Serpent Wis- 
 dom. But a new religion was being inaugurated, 
 and it was necessary to raise the ancient Initiates 
 to the Mysteries of the Coming Age. Therefore the 
 Christ, the Lion of Judah, Lord of the new Kingdom, 
 went to the Widow's Son of Nairn and raised him 
 up by the strong grip of the Lion's paw. And we 
 may here emphasize that the first Initiate under the 
 new system was Hiram Abiff, the highest Initiate of 
 the old system, who, by this new initiation given him 
 by the Christ, became a Christian, pledged to bear 
 the Rose and the Cross, which were the symbols of 
 the New Mystery Teachings of the Western World 
 and he was then given the symbolical name: Chris- 
 tian Rosenkreuz. 
 
 Thus from the time when the Sun enters the 
 sign Aries by precession, it became a crime for the 
 chosen people to worship the bull exoterically, or to 
 partake of the esoteric Serpent wisdom. And for 
 a similar reason it is Idolatry when people of the 
 West take up the Eastern religions, Hindooism, 
 Buddhism and kindred teachings. For in the Aryan 
 Epochs, only the Aryan Religions, the religions of
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 25 
 
 the Lamb, have the proper effect on the human evo- 
 lution. All previous systems are detrimental to the 
 Western people ; and in time those also who are 
 now in the East, the Orientals, will be forced to em- 
 brace this religion, or be left far behind in evolution. 
 
 THE ARYAN AGE 
 Aries Libra (T ^=) 
 
 The Aryan Age may be divided into three eras; 
 but they are all served by the religion of the Lamb. 
 The first division covers the time when the Sun, by 
 precession, goes through the sign Aries, the Lamb. 
 Jesus was born when the Vernal equinox was in 
 about seven degrees of Aries; so the twenty degrees 
 which lie on the other side belong to the Old Testa- 
 ment period, when, as we say, the chosen people 
 were in captivity and lost in the wilderness of the 
 w r orld ; the new religion had not then found its place. 
 Then the Christ came and inaugurated this new teach- 
 ing definitely. He came not to destroy the old pro- 
 phets and the law, but to give us something higher 
 when they shall have been fulfilled. The sign op- 
 posite Aries is Libra, the scales or balance of Jus- 
 tice; and therefore we are told in the new religion 
 that there will come a day of judgment (=a=), when 
 Christ shall appear to give to every man according 
 to the deeds done in the body. 
 
 Pisces Virgo (^ Tlfl) 
 Christ was the Great Shepherd (T), but He
 
 26 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 called His disciples to be "fishers of men," for the 
 Sun by precession was then leaving the sign of the 
 Lamb and entering Pisces, the sign of the fishes. 
 Therefore a new phase of the Aryan religion was 
 opening up. The Bishop's mitre is also in the form 
 of a fish's head. 
 
 The New Testament, therefore, does not mention 
 the Bull or the Lamb, but references to the fishes are 
 numerous. We also find the celestial virgin (n) 
 prominent and the wheat ear of Virgo is the Bread 
 of Life, resultant from the immaculate purity. Thus 
 Christ fed the multitude on fish (Pisces) and loaves 
 (Virgo). 
 
 Before the time of Christ, the new religion of 
 the Lamb (Aries), could get no foothold. Moses, the 
 erstwhile leader, could not bring the chosen people 
 to the "promised land." That was reserved for 
 Joshua, the son of Nun. Joshua is the Hebraic for 
 "Jesus" and the Hebrew word "Nun" means 
 "fish" (Pisces). It was thus foretold that -the re- 
 ligion of the Lamb ( T ) would attain prominence 
 during the precessional passage of the Sun through 
 the sign Pisces, the fishes. 
 
 This prophecy has been fulfilled, for during the 
 two thousand years which have elapsed since the 
 birth of Jesus, the Western religion has been taught 
 by a celibate priesthood, worshiping an immaculate 
 virgin, symbolized by the celestial sign Virgo, which 
 is the opposite of Pisces. This same priesthood has 
 also enjoined the eating of fish and forbidden the use
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 27 
 
 of flesh ( T 8 ) on certain days. When the children 
 of Israel left the flesh pots of Egypt, where the Bull 
 ( b ) was slain, they left it by the blood of the Lamb 
 ( T ) . But in the Piscean dispensation no shedding 
 of blood is enjoined and flesh eating is condemned 
 as a sin at certain times, for man is now taught to 
 forsake the lusts of the flesh and also lusting after 
 the flesh. 
 
 This ideal was tried under the Aryan dispensa- 
 tion, when the chosen people were yet in the Wilder, 
 ness, so called, but without success; they would not 
 have the heavenly manna. Now, however, man is 
 being weaned from the cannibalistic practice, and 
 in the seven hundred years which remain before the 
 Aquarian age is definitely ushered in, we will, in all 
 probability, have made great strides, both in over- 
 coming the lust of the flesh and the lust after the 
 flesh. For Virgo, the immaculate celestial virgin, 
 and the ears of wheat contained in the sign, show 
 both these ideals as profitable to soul growth at the 
 present time. Jupiter, the planet of benevolence and 
 philanthropy, which rules Pisces, has been a promi- 
 nent factor in promoting altruism during the past 
 two milleniums. 
 
 Aquarius Leo ( ? SI ) 
 
 It is often said, and rightly so, that the boy is 
 father of the man. And on the same principle we 
 may say that the Son of Man is the Super-Man; 
 therefore, when the Sun by precession enters the
 
 28 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 celestial sign Aquarius, the water-bearer, we shall 
 have a new phase of the religion of the Lamb, ex- 
 oterically ; and the ideal to be striven for is shown in 
 the opposite sign, Leo. 
 
 The Moon, which is the habitat of the autocratic 
 Race Ruler and Lawgiver, Jehovah, is exalted in 
 Taurus, the sign of the Bull, and all Race religions, 
 even the Mosaic phase of the Aryan religion of the 
 Lamb, demanded a sacrificial victim for every trans- 
 gression of that law. But the Sun is exalted in 
 Aries, and when the great Sun spirit, Christ, came 
 as High Priest of the Aryan religion, He abrogated 
 sacrifice of others by offering up Himself as a per- 
 petual sacrifice for sin. 
 
 By looking to the mother ideal of Virgo during 
 the Piscean Age, and following the Christ's example 
 of sacrificial service, the immaculate conception be- 
 comes an actual experience to each of us, and Christ, 
 the Son of Man, Aquarius, is born within us. Thus, 
 gradually, the third phase of the Aryan religion will 
 be ushered in and a new ideal will be found in the 
 Lion of Judah, Leo. Courage of conviction, strength 
 of character and kindred virtues make man truly the 
 King of Creation, worthy of the trust and the con- 
 fidence of the lower orders of life as well as of the 
 love of the Divine Hierarchs above. 
 
 This, the mystic message of Man's evolution, is 
 marked in naming characters upon the field of 
 heaven, where he who runs may read. And when we 
 study the revealed purpose of God, we shall in turn
 
 EVOLUTION AS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC 29 
 
 Icam to conform intelligently to that design, thereby 
 hastening the day of emancipation from our present 
 cramped environment to the perfect liberty of free 
 Spirits, risen superior to the law of Sin and Death, 
 through Christ, the Lord of Love and Life. 
 
 It is for us to decipher this message, and solve 
 the Riddle of the Universe.
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 THE MEASURE OF AMENABILITY TO PLANETARY 
 VIBRATIONS 
 
 WHEN judging a horoscope it is of prime im- 
 portance that we take into consideration the so- 
 cial and racial standing of the individual, for configu- 
 rations which are of great significance in the horo- 
 scope of an educated Caucasian, may mean little or 
 nothing in the figure of a Chinese Coolie and vice 
 versa. Neglect of this factor would inevitably lead 
 to false conclusions, as we shall now explain. 
 
 It is a mystic maxim that the lower in the scale 
 of evolution a being is placed the more certainly it 
 responds to the planetary rays, and conversely the 
 higher we ascend in the scale of attainment the 
 more the man conquers and rules his stars, freeing 
 himself from the leading strings of the Divine Hier- 
 archies. This yoke was not, however, placed upon 
 man in order to restrain him needlessly, but just as 
 we in our ordinary life restrain a child from doing 
 things in ignorance, which would hurt it, and maybe 
 cripple it for life, so also are we restrained by the 
 Divine Hierarchies through the planetary aspects 
 in such a manner that we do not hurt ourselves be- 
 yond recovery in the Great School of Life. 
 30
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 31 
 
 But coupled with this guidance there is of course 
 the measure of free Will, which grows as we evolve. 
 The child in our midst has really very little free 
 will, it is subjected not only to its parents but to 
 the servants, if such there be in the household, and 
 to everybody with whom it is associated, all exercise 
 control over it for its own good. As the child grows, 
 this measure of restraint is by degrees relaxed, in 
 the course of years the child will learn to exercise 
 its free will. This method has been followed by the 
 Divine Hierarchies in the case of man. Infant Hu- 
 manity was absolutely guided by Divine rules with- 
 out having any Will at all, "Thus shalt thou do, or 
 not do," were injunctions laid upon them which 
 must be implicitly obeyed, otherwise the Divine dis- 
 pleasure was at once shown by such strenuous mani- 
 festations as appealed to infant humanity's mind, 
 namely, lightning, thunder, earth-quakes and great 
 visitations of plagues. This was for their collective 
 guidance; for individual restraint there were strict 
 laws, commandments and ordinances. Tribute must 
 be paid continually to the Divine Leader and offered 
 up on the altar as sacrifices, and for every offense 
 against the law a certain sacrifice of material goods 
 must be made. Fear was the dominant keynote of 
 that dispensation: for "The fear of the Lord is the 
 beginning of righteousness." This regime was car- 
 ried on under the planetary conditions of Mars and 
 the Moon. Mars being the home of the dominant 
 Lucifer Spirits, gave to mankind the energy neces-
 
 32 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 sary that evolution may be accomplished; this mar- 
 tial energy was of the very greatest importance, par- 
 ticularly of course in the earlier stages. The Moon, 
 which is the home of the Angels, under their Divine 
 Leader Jehovah, gave to infant humanity that child- 
 like brain-mind which is amenable to rulership, and 
 bends itself readily before authority. 
 
 These with Saturn were the only planetary rays 
 which affected mankind as a whole during the Le- 
 murian epoch, and if a horoscope were erected for 
 any of the people who lived then, it would be un- 
 necessary to enter the places of the other planets, 
 because they could not respond to their rays. Even 
 today a great part of mankind has not evolved 
 very far beyond that point, a large class, particularly 
 among those we speak of as the lower races, and even 
 the lower classes of our western world are dominated 
 principally by these planetary rays. Under their 
 impulses they act with automatic certainty in a 
 specific manner, and it is possible to predict exactly 
 what they will do under a certain aspect of these 
 planets, because they live entirely in their emotions 
 and are scarcely, if at all, responsive to the intellec- 
 tual vibrations of Mercury. Neither can they ap- 
 preciate such emotions as signified by Venus or its 
 octave, Uranus; they respond solely to the lower na- 
 ture, the animal passions. They move under the im- 
 pulses of Mars and the Moon respecting sex and sus- 
 tenance. Their pleasures are of the lowest and most 
 sensual nature, they live like animals. Altogether
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 33 
 
 in the physical, their creed is eat, drink and be 
 merry. Their desires may be expressed as "wine and 
 women," for they have not yet awakened to the 
 charm of song, neither has beauty had a chance to 
 enchant the savage heart at this stage of development 
 for that comes from the Venus rays which are be- 
 yond such people. Woman is to the man of that 
 stage only a beast of burden and a convenience. 
 
 Meanwhile "Father Time" represented by the 
 planet Saturn, keeps the score, and wields over them 
 the whiplash of necessity to drive them forward on 
 the evolutionary path, meting out to each the fruits 
 of his labor at the harvest time between lives. When 
 the man has cultivated the savage virtues of bravery, 
 physical endurance, etc., he dreams in the post-mor- 
 tem existence of new fields to conquer, he sees 
 where he was lacking and why his desires were frus- 
 trated because of lack of implements. Gradually 
 the constructive martial ray and the Saturn cunning 
 fertilize the lunar brain which he is building, so that 
 in time he learns to make the crude implements nec- 
 essary for the attainment of his primitive ambitims. 
 Even today we see the same cunning traits of char- 
 acter, the same crude crafts displayed in and by the 
 lower races for the purpose of irrigating land, min- 
 ing ores or milling grain. All those earliest imple- 
 ments were the result of the planetary rays of Sat- 
 urn, Moon and Mars, impinging on the primitive 
 biuin of infant humanity. 
 
 A little further along the path of evolution, in
 
 34 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the Atlantean epoch, the Lords of Venus and the 
 Lords of Mercury came to the earth for the purpose 
 of giving a further impulse to the mental and emo- 
 tional development. It was the task of Venus to 
 combat the lower emotions and raise the brutish ani- 
 mal passion of Mars to the softer and more beautiful 
 Venus-love. She was to add beauty to strength, and 
 to attain that ideal the Lords of Venus fostered the 
 plastic arts, painting and sculpture, these were not 
 taught men of the general public at that time; the 
 ideals which are to be developed in a race are al- 
 ways first taught to the most advanced ones in a 
 mystery temple, and at that time initiation included 
 no spiritual instruction, but consisted of an educa- 
 tion in the liberal arts. Sculpture taught how the 
 beautiful may be incorporated in physical form. It 
 called attention to the body and idealized the softly 
 curved lines. The result is now incorporated in our 
 own race body, for it should be thoroughly under- 
 stood that in a mystery school an ideal is not taught 
 today simply to be forgotten tomorrow or the next 
 generation, but ideals are inculcated so that in time 
 they may become a part of the very life, soul and 
 body of the race. Compare the race body of the 
 Indian, the Bush-man, the Hottentots, etc., with 
 that of the modern civilized man, and you will find 
 that there is indeed beauty added to strength. 
 
 It may be objected that we are degenerating 
 compared with what is shown in the Hellenic Arts, 
 but that is positively not so, it is rather that we
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 35 
 
 have not yet attained to that highest ideal. In an- 
 cient Greece the mystery temples occupied a much 
 more prominent position than today, the beautiful 
 form was idolized to the detriment of the mind not- 
 withstanding the fact that she had a Plato and a 
 Socrates. The Lords of Mercury who had charge 
 of the development of mind, at the time when the 
 Lords of Venus exercised their great influence on 
 the emotions, had not then been able to make a uni- 
 versally strong impression on the early humanity. 
 We are well aware even today that it hurts to think, 
 but it is easy to follow the emotions. At the pres- 
 ent time the middle class of the west is much fur- 
 ther advanced than the ancient Greeks because of 
 the influence of these two planetary rays in our 
 lives. Woman naturally excels in the highly im- 
 aginative Venus faculty, because of her part in th& 
 creative function which aids in moulding the body 
 of the race. On that account her figure has the 1 
 graceful curves which naturally express beauty, 
 while man has the worldly-wise intellect fostered by 
 the Lords of Mercury, and is the exponent of reason, 
 the creative agency of physical progress in the 
 world's work. 
 
 We always long for, admire, and aspire to what 
 we lack. In days of savagery when kicks and cuffs 
 were her daily fare woman longed for a caress from 
 her lord. The Venus ray gave her beauty and made 
 her an adept in the feminine arts which have conquer- 
 ed the masculine heart, so that now he plays the
 
 36 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 role of protector on the plea that woman is not men- 
 tally competent ; meanwhile he is becoming that 
 which he admires in her; he is more gentle and 
 kind, Venus is conquering Mars, but the Mercury 
 delusion of intellectual superiority needs another in- 
 fluence to conquer it. And this woman is now at- 
 tracted by the aspiration. As she mastered martial 
 brutality by Venus beauty, so also, will she free her- 
 self from Mercurial bondage by Uraman intuition. 
 
 To primitive man, driven by the whip-lash of 
 Saturnine necessity, when not by the animal lust 
 and passions of Mars and the Moon the World looks 
 gloomy. Fear is the key-note of his extistence; fear 
 of animals ; fear of other men ; fear of the naturt 
 force.s; fear of everything around him. He must 
 ver be watchful and on the alert, vigilance is eter- 
 nally the price of safety. But when evolution makes 
 him amenable to the influence of Venus and Mer- 
 cury, they soften his emotions and brighten the men- 
 tality; he begins to feel love and reason as factors in 
 life. The Sun also begins to brighten his outlook 
 upon life, and sunshine in the nature of man dur- 
 ing this phase of his evolution partly dispels the 
 cloud of Saturn. Thus, by degrees, as he evolves and 
 becomes responsive to the music of the spheres, one 
 ; string after another in the celestial harp strikes the 
 kindred chord in the human soul and makes him 
 amenable to its vibrations, so that as a tuning fork 
 which is struck, awakens the music in other tuning 
 forks of even pitch within reasonable distance, the
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 37 
 
 planets in our solar system have in evolutionary suc- 
 cession struck various chords that have found an 
 echo in the human heart. 
 
 But the strings on the celestial Lyre of Apollo 
 are not all in harmony, some are in actual discord, 
 and while man responds to some he must necessarily 
 remain, at least partially, unresponsive to others. In 
 fact, before it is possible to respond perfectly to 
 the rays of Venus it is necessary for man to conquer 
 Mars to a considerable degree, and bring him under 
 control so that certain undesirable martial traits in 
 his nature will be kept in the background, while oth- 
 ers, which may be valuable, are retained. The Venus 
 love which is willing to give all for the loved ones 
 cannot dwell side by side in the heart with the Mars 
 ray which demands all for self. Therefore the sav- 
 age must learn to conquer himself in a certain 
 measure ere he may become the more civilized fam- 
 ily man of modern times. Under the unrestrained 
 passionate rays of Mars and the Moon, parents bring 
 children into the world and leave them to take care 
 of themselves almost as animals do, for they are pro- 
 ducts of animal passion. The females are bought and 
 sold as a horse or cow or else taken by force and car- 
 ried away. Even so late as the mediaeval dark ages, 
 the knight often carried away his bride by force of 
 arms, practically in the same manner that the male 
 animals battle for the possession of the female at 
 mating time. 
 
 Thus we see that the first step toward civiliza-
 
 38 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tion requires that a man conquer one or more of the 
 planets to a certain degree at least. Unbridled pas- 
 sion such as generated by the primitive Mars rays 
 is no more permissible under the regime of mod- 
 ern civilization, neither is the tenet that "might is 
 right" any longer admissible, save in wars when we 
 return to barbarism. The Mars quality of physical 
 prowess, that at one time made it a virtue to attack 
 others and take away property, is no longer admir- 
 ed in the individual. It is punished by various 
 means, according to law, though it is still effective 
 as far as nations are concerned, who go to war under 
 this primitive impulse in order to secure territorial 
 aggrandizement. However, as said, Mars has been 
 conquered to a great degree in civil and social life 
 in order that the Venus love might take the place 
 of the Mars passion. 
 
 As previously noted, the children of primitive 
 man Avere left to their own resources, as soon as they 
 had been taught to defend themselves in physical 
 warfare. With the advent of Mercury another 
 method is observable. The battle of life nowadays, 
 is no longer fought with physical weapons alone. 
 Brain, rather than brawn determines success. There- 
 fore the period of education has been lengthened as 
 mankind advanced, and it aims principally at men- 
 tal accomplishments because of the Mercurial rays 
 which accompany the Venus development of mod- 
 ern civilization. Thus man sees nature from a more 
 sunny side when he has learned to respond to the
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 39 
 
 Sun, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Moon and Saturn, even 
 if only in a very slight measure. 
 
 But although these various stages of evolution 
 have gradually brought man under the dominance 
 of a number of planetary rays, the development has 
 been one-sided, for it has aimed to foster interest 
 solely in things over which he has a proprietary 
 right: liis business, his house, Ms family, 7m cattle, 
 farm, etc., are all vitally important, and must be 
 taken care of. His possessions must be increased, 
 if possible, no matter what happens to the possess- 
 ions, family, etc., belonging to anyone else, that is 
 not his concern. But before he can reach to a high- 
 er stage of evolution it is necessary that this desire 
 to appropriate the earth, and retain it for himself 
 if possible, must give way to a desire to benefit his 
 fellowmen. In other words, Egoism must give way 
 to Altruism, and just as Saturn by wielding the 
 whip lash of necessity over him in his primitive days 
 brought him up to his present point of civilization, 
 so also Jupiter, the planet of altruism, is destined to 
 raise him from the state of man to superman where 
 he will come under the Uranian ray in respect to 
 his emotional nature, where passion generated by 
 Mars will be replaced by Compassion, and where the 
 childlike consciousness of Lunar origin is replaced 
 by a Cosmic consciousness of the Neptunian ray. 
 And therefore the advent into our lives of the Jupi- 
 terian ray marks a very distinct advance in the hu- 
 man development. As taught in the Rosicrucian
 
 40 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Cosmo-Conception, we are to advance from our pres- 
 ent Earth period into the Jupiter period, and there- 
 fore the Jupiterian ray marks that high stage of al- 
 truism which will then be a prominent factor in our 
 relations, one with the other, and it will be readily 
 understood that before we can really respond to the 
 rays of Jupiter we must in a measure cultivate al- 
 truism, and conquer the Egoism that comes through 
 the Mercurial reasoning power. We have learned to 
 conquer some of the phases of Mars and the Moon, 
 we may have also learned to conquer some of the 
 lower phases of Mercury and Venus; the more we 
 have overcome these the better we shall be able to 
 respond to the highest vibratory forces emanating 
 from these planets; yes, if we strive earnestly we 
 shall some day be able to overcome even the highest 
 stage of the Venus love, that always attaches itseli 
 to an object which is owned by us. We love our 
 children because they are ours ; we love our husbands 
 and wives because they belong to us; we take pride, 
 Venusian pride, in their moral characteristics or 
 Mercurial pride in their accomplishments, but Christ 
 set a higher standard: "Unless a man leave his fa- 
 ther and mother he can not be my disciple." The 
 idea that we should neglect our fathers and mothers 
 or that we must hate them in order to follow Him 
 was far from His mind, of course, but father and 
 mother are only bodies; the soul that inhabits this 
 body of the father and mother is to be loved, not 
 the mere physical garment. Our love should be the
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 41 
 
 same whether the person 'is old or young, ugly or 
 beautiful. We should look for the beauty of the 
 soul, for the universal relationship of all souls and 
 not mind so much the relationship of the bodies. Who 
 is my mother and my brothers, said the Christ, and 
 pointed to his disciple.s, those who were at one with 
 Him in that great work. They were closer to Him 
 than anyone else could be, because of the mere phys- 
 ical relationship. This attitude constitutes an up- 
 ward step from the Venus love which places the em- 
 phasis on the physical garments of the loved ones 
 and leaves out of consideration the soul that is with- 
 in. The Jupiterian love on the other hand takes cog- 
 nizance only of the soul, regardless of the body it 
 wears. The Mercurial or reasoning phase of men- 
 tality is also changed by response to the altruistic Ju- 
 piter. Cold calculation is out of the question. One 
 who feels the expansive ray of Jupiter is big heart- 
 ed, first, last and all the time, and in every respect ; 
 big hearted where his emotions are concerned, his 
 love; big hearted where all the things of the world 
 are concerned. "A jovial fellow," is an apt expres- 
 sion. He is welcomed and loved by everyone he 
 meets because he radiates not the common selfish- 
 ness, but a desire to benefit others that breeds in us 
 a feeling of trust, diametrically opposed to the 
 sense of distrust we instinctively feel when we come 
 in contact with a Saturn-Mercury man. 
 
 It is a matter of actual experience to astrolo- 
 gers endowed with spiritual sight that every man's
 
 42 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 planetary rays produce certain colors in his aura, 
 in addition to the basic color which is the stamp 
 of the race to which the man belongs. The man with 
 the thin, sickly blues of a commingled Saturn and 
 Mercury, is to be pitied rather than censured for the 
 avarice and gloom which are his constant attitude of 
 mind; he sees everything in the world through the 
 auric mirror which he has created around himself; 
 he feels that the world is cold, hard and selfish, that 
 therefore it is necessary for him to be more selfish 
 and more cold in order that he may protect himself. 
 On the other hand, when we see the divine blue ray 
 of Jupiter tinted with perhaps the fine gold of Uran- 
 ia n nature we realize how differently such an exalted 
 individual must view the world from that sordid 
 way of seeing and judging things. Even those who 
 have the faintest Jupiterian tinge are in a world 
 filled with sunshine, flowers blooming, everything in 
 nature is gay and glad. And by looking at the world 
 through such an atmosphere they call forth from 
 other sources a similar response, as the tuning fork 
 previously mentioned generates in another of an 
 even pitch. 
 
 After what has been said it will not be difficult 
 to understand that the Uranian characteristics, 
 where love becomes compassion, give wisdom that 
 is not dependent upon reasoning, a love that is not 
 fixed upon one object alone, but includes all that 
 lives and moves and has its being ; it is similar to the 
 characteristics that are to be evolved by humanity
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 43 
 
 during the Venus period when perfect love shall 
 have cast out all fear, when man shall have conquer- 
 ed all the lower phases of his nature and love shall be 
 as pure as it is universally inclusive. 
 
 When these Uranian vibrations are felt by ad- 
 vance in the higher life through aspiration, there is 
 great danger that we may throw away the fetter of 
 law and anticipation, before we are really ready to 
 govern ourselves by the law of Love divine, that we 
 may disregard the laws that are in the world, that 
 we may not render unto Caesar that which is 
 Ceasar's, whether in obedience or coin, that we may 
 not be careful of avoiding the appearance of evil, 
 that we may think that we have so far transcended 
 the ordinary stage of humanity that we can live as 
 super-humans, that the passion of Mars has in our 
 case been changed to Uranian compassion, which is 
 sexless, and under these misapprehensions, many 
 people who endeavor to tread the path disregard the 
 laws of marriage and enter into relationships as soul- 
 mate and affinity. They feel the Uranian ray, but 
 cannot quite respond to its sublime purity, there- 
 fore they experience a counterfeit Venusian sensa- 
 tion which usually ends in adultery and sex-perver- 
 sion, so that instead of the natural animal passion 
 of Mars having been transmuted to the compassion 
 of Uranus it has as a matter of fact, degenerated into 
 something that is far worse than the fullest sex ex- 
 pression of the martial rays committed in a frank and 
 proper manner. This is a danger that cannot be
 
 44 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 too strictly guarded against and it behooves every- 
 one who endeavors to live the higher life not to try 
 to aspire to the Uranian rays until he at first be- 
 come.s thoroughly imbued with the altruistic vibra- 
 tions of Jupiter, for more misery is brought into the 
 world by those who have aspired too high and 
 fallen low, than by those who are not .sufficiently as- 
 piring. Pride goes before a fall, is an ancient and 
 very true proverb, which it behooves every one of 
 us to take to heart. The Christ took part in the 
 marriage at Cana. Marriage is a regular Christian 
 institution, and must exist until abolished in the 
 kingdom to come, because the bodies we have will 
 not wear out and therefore there will be no need of 
 marriage to generate new ones. 
 
 Let it also be understood that although the min- 
 ister who marries cannot mate, the finding of the 
 mate should be done before the marriage ceremony 
 is undertaken and not after. 
 
 As we have seen in the foregoing; Mars, Venus 
 and Uranus mark three stages in the emotional de- 
 velopment of man. During the stage where he is 
 only amenable to Mars, animal passion reigns su- 
 preme and he seeks unrestricted gratification of all 
 his lower desires in the intercourse with his fellow- 
 man but particularly with the opposite sex; during 
 the stage where he becomes amenable to the rays of 
 Venus, love softens the brutality of his desires and 
 the animal passions are somewhat held in leash; he is 
 even, under the higher phases of this planet, ready
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 45 
 
 to sacrifice himself and his desires for the benefit and 
 comfort of the loved ones. When he has evolved to 
 the point where he can feel the rays of Uranus, the 
 passion of Mars gradually turns to compassion ; there 
 the love of Venus which is only for one particular 
 person, becomes all inclusive so that it embraces all 
 humankind regardless of sex or any other distinction, 
 for it is the divine love of soul for soul which is above 
 all material considerations of whatever nature. 
 
 The mentality also evolves through three stages 
 according to the amenability of the person to the 
 vibrations of the Moon, Mercury and Neptune. 
 While man is only amenable to the lunar influence, 
 he is childlike and easily guided by the higher pow- 
 ers, which have led him through the various stages 
 mentioned in our previous chapters. Under the 
 stellar ray of Mercury he gradually develops his in- 
 tellectual powers and becomes a reasoning being. As 
 such, he is placed under the law of cause and effect, 
 made responsible for his own actions, so that he may 
 reap what he has sown and learn thereby the ex- 
 perience.s that life has to teach him under the pres- 
 ent regime. Being inexperienced, he makes mistakes 
 in whatever direction indicated by the afflictions to 
 Mercury in his horoscope and consequently he suf- 
 fers a corresponding penalty of sorrow and trouble. 
 If he has not the mentality to reason on the connec- 
 tion between his mistakes and the sad experiences 
 growing from them, during his life time, the pano- 
 rama of life, which unfolds in the post-mortem
 
 46 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 state, makes this clear, and leaves with him an es- 
 sence of "right feeling" which we know as "con- 
 science. ' ' 
 
 This conscience keeps him from repeating past 
 mistakes, when the feeling generated has become suf- 
 ficiently strong to overbalance the tendency to yield 
 to the particular temptation which caused him suf- 
 fering. Thus he gradually develops a spiritual con- 
 sciousness which is above and beyond human reason, 
 but which nevertheless is also connected with reason 
 in such a manner that when the result has been 
 reached, the man who has this Cosmic Consciousness 
 knows the reason why such and such a thing is and 
 must be, or why he ought to take a certain action. 
 This Cosmic Consciousness is developed under the 
 ray of Neptune and differs from that intuitional 
 right feeling developed under the ray of Uranus in 
 the very important fact that while the person who 
 has developed the Uranian quality of intuition ar- 
 rives at the truth instantaneously without the ne- 
 cessity of thinking over the matter or reasoning, he 
 is unable to give anything but the result ; he cannot 
 connect the various steps of logical sequence where- 
 by the final result was reached. The man or woman, 
 however, who develops the Neptune faculty, also has 
 the result of any question immediately and is able 
 to tell the reason why that result is the proper and 
 right one. 
 
 The Faculty of intuition built up from the Mar- 
 tial base of passion, through the Venusian stage of
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 47 
 
 love, and the Uranian ray of compassion, depends 
 upon the ability of the person involved to feel very 
 intensely. By love and devotion, the heart is attuned 
 to every other heart in the universe and in this way 
 it knows and feels all that may be known and felt 
 by any other heart in the universe, thus it shares 
 the divine omniscience that binds Our Father in 
 Heaven to His children and through the direct 
 heart to heart touch with that omniscience the per- 
 son obtains the result of whatever problem is placed 
 before him. 
 
 The noblest men of all ages, Christian saints 
 of the most transcendent spirituality, have attained 
 their wonderful development through the spiritual 
 rays of this planet because of the intense feeling 
 of Oneness with the divine and with all that lives and 
 breathe.8 in the universe. 
 
 But there are others who are not thus consti- 
 tuted and they are not able to walk that path. These, 
 through the Moon, Mercury and Neptune have de- 
 veloped their intellect and attained the same re- 
 sults plus the Neptunian power of idealization. 
 
 This is a very important point and it is only 
 brought out in the Western Wisdom Teachings, for 
 while it was formerly taught that the spirit involves 
 itself in matter and thereby crystallizes itself into 
 form which then evolves, the Western Wisdom 
 Teachings tell us that there is in addition a third 
 factor in universal advancement, namely: Epigene- 
 sis; the faculty whereby the spirit may choose a
 
 48 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 course that is altogether new and independent of 
 what has gone before. We see the expression of 
 this in all kingdoms relative to form, but in the hu- 
 man kingdom, epigenesis expresses itself as genius, 
 a creative instinct, which makes man more akin to 
 the divine than any other of his accomplishments. 
 This is developed under the Neptune ray when that 
 planet is well placed in the horoscope. There is 
 of course also such a thing as an evil genius, a des- 
 tructive faculty developed under an afflicted Nep- 
 tune. 
 
 Only the most sensitive people in the world 
 feel the rays of Uranus and Neptune at the present 
 time. To feel these vibrations the connection be- 
 tween the dense physical body and the vital body, 
 which is made of ether, must be rather loose for where 
 these two vehicles are firmly 'interlocked the person 
 is always of a materialistic turn, and cannot respond 
 to the higher and more subtle vibrations from the 
 spiritual world. But when the stellar rays from 
 these two planets impinge upon a person whose vital 
 body is loosely connected with the physical, we have 
 what is called a sensitive. The direction and qual- 
 ity of this faculty depends upon the placement and 
 the aspect of the two planets mentioned however. 
 Those who are particularly under the domination of 
 an adverse aspect of the Uranian ray, usually de- 
 velop the more undesirable phases of clairvoyance 
 and mediumship. They easily become the prey of 
 entities from the invisible world who have no regard
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 49 
 
 for their victims' desire, even if in a weak manner 
 these should protest. Such mediums are generally 
 used in simple trance communications and in a few 
 cases known to the writer have lived very beautiful 
 and happy lives because of their implicit belief in 
 the spirits that dominated them. In these cases the 
 spirit-controls were of a better class than usually 
 met with. But as this Uranian faculty is built up 
 through Mars and Venus, passion is prominent in 
 such natures and under the influence of obsessing 
 spirits many of these people are driven into gross 
 immorality. Vampirism and kindred disreputable 
 practices are also engendered by the perverse use of 
 the Uranian ray in mediums. 
 
 Neptune may be said to represent the invisible 
 worlds in more positive aspects and those who come 
 under the evil rays of this planet are therefore 
 brought in touch with the most undesirable occu- 
 pants of the invisible w r orlds. Actual obsession 
 whereby the ow r ner of a body is deprived of his vehi- 
 cle takes place under the ray of Neptune and no 
 materializing seance could ever be held if it were 
 not for this stellar vibration. Magic, white or black, 
 can never be put to practical use save under and be- 
 cause of this Neptunian vibration. Apart from this 
 ray it will remain theory, speculation and book learn- 
 ing. Therefore the Initiates of every Mystery School. 
 Spiritual Seers who have full control of their faculty, 
 and Astrologers are amenable in varying degrees 
 to the ray of Neptune. The Black Magician and the 
 4
 
 50 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Hypnotist, who is a twin brother to him, are also de- 
 pendent upon the power of this stellar ray for use 
 in their nefarious practices. 
 
 The highest human development at the present 
 time, namely: the soul unfoldment which is under- 
 taken in the mystery temples through initiation, Is 
 directly the result of the Neptune ray, for just as 
 evil configurations lay men liable to assault by in- 
 visible entities, so the good configurations of Nep- 
 tune are particularly required to enable a man to 
 unfold by initiation his whole soul powers and be- 
 come a conscious agent in the invisible worlds. 
 Let us remember, however, that good or evil config- 
 urations are not the result of chance or luck, but the 
 horoscope shows the tendencies of the coming life; it 
 shows what we have earned by our past living and 
 therefore what we are entitled to in the present life. 
 
 Moreover it should always be kept in mind that 
 fhe stars impel but do not compel; because a man or 
 woman has an evil configuration of Neptune or Ura- 
 nus it is not unavoidable that they should go into ac- 
 tive evil Mediumship and Black Magic and thereby 
 make life harder for themselves in the future. Their 
 opportunity to do so and the temptation will come 
 at certain times when the heavenly time markers 
 point to the right hour on the clock of destiny. Then 
 it is time to stand firm for the good and for the 
 right; being forewarned through a knowledge of As- 
 trology one is also forearmed and may the easier 
 overcome when such an aspect culminates.
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 51 
 
 Thus we have seen that man is amenable to 
 the planetary rays in an increasing measure as he 
 advances through evolution, but the more highly he 
 becomes developed spiritually the less he will allow 
 the planets to dominate him, while the younger soul 
 is driven unresistingly along the tide of life in what- 
 ever direction the planetary vibrations propel him. 
 It is the mark of the advanced soul that it keeps 
 the true course regardless of the planetary vibra- 
 tions. Between these two extremes there are naturally 
 all gradations, some are amenable to the rays of one 
 planet, more to another, and the bark of life of such 
 men and women is driven upon the rocks of sorrow 
 and suffering, that they may learn to evolve within 
 themselves the will power that finally frees them 
 from all domination by the ruling stars, as Goethe,, 
 the great mystic said : 
 
 "From every power that holds the world in chains, 
 Man liberates himself when self-control he gains."' 
 
 And it may be asked, have we run the gamut 
 of vibrations when we have learned to respond to all 
 the seven planets which are mythically represented 
 as the seven strings on Apollo's Lyre? In other 
 words is Neptune the highest vibration to which we 
 shall yet respond? The Western Wisdom Teachings 
 tell us that there are two more planets in the uni- 
 verse which will be known in future ages and that 
 these will have an influence in developing qualities 
 of so transcendent a nature that we cannot now un-
 
 52 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 derstand. The number of Adam, man or humanity, 
 is nine, and there are nine rungs upon the stellar 
 ladder by which he is ascending to God; up to the 
 present time he has climbed only five of these rungs; 
 Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn, and not 
 even the vibrations of these he has by any means 
 learned ; Uranus and Neptune are slowly coming into 
 our lives; they will not become active in the same 
 manner and to the same degree that for instance, 
 the Moon and Mars are at the present time until 
 many ages have passed. But even when we have 
 learned to respond to them there are two more of 
 which we shall know something later on; it is the 
 opinion of the writers that these are probably not 
 felt by any except those who have graduated from 
 the Greater Mystery School and the Hierophants of 
 that sublime institution. 
 
 In conclusion of this article on the Amenability 
 of Man to Planetary Vibrations we quote from the 
 Eosicrucian Mysteries the article on Light, Color and 
 Consciousness : 
 
 ' ' Truly, God is One and Undivided. He enfolds 
 within His Being all that is, as the white light em- 
 braces all colors. But He appears three-fold in mani- 
 festation, as the white light is refracted in three pri- 
 :mary colors: Blue, Yellow and Red. Wherever we 
 ;jree these colors they are emblematical of the Father, 
 ;Son and Holy Spirit. These three primary rays of 
 Divine Life are diffused or radiated through the Sun 
 and produce Life, Consciousness and Form upon
 
 PLANETARY VIBRATIONS 53 
 
 each of the seven light bearers, the planets, which 
 are called the "Seven Spirits before the Throne." 
 Their names are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ju- 
 piter, Saturn and Uranus. Bode's law proves that 
 Neptune does not yet belong to our solar system and 
 the reader is referred to "Simplified, Scientific As- 
 trology" by the present writer, for mathematical 
 demonstration of this condition. 
 
 "Each of the seven planets receives the light of 
 the Sun in a different measure, according to its prox- 
 imity to the central orb and the constitution of its 
 atmosphere, and the beings on each, according to 
 their stage of development have affinity for some of 
 the solar rays. They absorb the color or colors con- 
 gruous to them, and reflect the remainder upon the 
 other planets. This reflected ray bears with it an 
 impulse of the nature of the beings with which it 
 has been in contact. 
 
 Thus the divine Light and Life comes to each 
 planet, either directly from the Sun, or reflected 
 from its six sister planets, and as the summer 
 breeze which has been wafted over blooming fields 
 carries upon its silent, invisible wings the blended 
 fragrance of a^multitude of flowers, so also the subtle 
 influences from Tlie Garden of God bring to us the 
 commingled impulses of all the Spirits and in that 
 vari-colored light we live and move and have our 
 being. 
 
 "The rays which come directly from the Sun are 
 productive of spiritual illumination ; the reflected
 
 54 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 rays from other planets make for added conscious- 
 ness and moral development and the rays reflected 
 by way of the Moon give physical growth. 
 
 "But as each planet can only absorb a certain 
 quantity of one or more colors according to the gene- 
 ral stage of evolution there, so each being upon 
 earth, mineral, plant, animal and man can only ab- 
 sorb and thrive upon a certain quantity of the vari- 
 ous rays projected upon the earth. The remainder 
 do not affect it or produce sensation any more than 
 the blind are conscious of light and color which ex- 
 ists everywhere around them. Therefore each be- 
 ing is differently affected by the stellar rays, and the 
 science of Astrology, a fundamental truth in nature, 
 is of enormous benefit in the attainment of spiritual 
 growth. ' '
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 WERE You BORN UNDER A LUCKY STAR? 
 
 HAVE you ever looked through a kaleidoscope 
 at the patterns formed there by the many 
 little pieces of varicolored glass, and noticed how 
 the slightest disturbance of the position changes the 
 pattern? Also, do you realize that it will be im- 
 possible, or almost so, to duplicate any pattern, no 
 matter how much you were to turn; there is such a 
 variety of effect. Similarly when you look into the 
 heavens night after night you will notice changes 
 among the planets, in fact such is the variety of 
 changes that occur among them that it would be im- 
 possible to duplicate the position which they hold 
 relatively to one another while you are reading, for 
 almost twenty-six thousand years. Thus in the 
 planetary kaleidoscope there is, we might say, an in- 
 finity of patterns. When we realize that human be- 
 ings are entering the world constantly and that each 
 being is stamped at the first complete breath with 
 the planetary pattern then in the sky, everyone must 
 necessarily be different from everybody else. Nor 
 should this statement of the stellar influence create 
 doubt when we consider that wireless waves of dif- 
 ferent lengths and different pitch sent out from a 
 55
 
 C6 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tiny man-made contrivance can make themselves felt 
 and register by mechanical operations involving ex- 
 penditure of energy many thousands of miles from 
 their source. The planetary vibrations from those 
 great orbs in the heavens make themselves felt mil- 
 lions of miles as surely, as easily, and with equal 
 certainty. We know that the angle of the solar ray 
 determines whether it is winter or summer. We also 
 know the effect of the Moon upon the waters, and it 
 is within the experience of all that we feel more 
 buoyant when the atmosphere is clear and dry than 
 when it is moist and murky. And what determines 
 these atmospheric conditions but the planets, the 
 circling stars? 
 
 When we look up at this planetary kaleidoscope 
 from time to time we see in the heavens various con- 
 figurations which are pronounced lucky or unlucky 
 according to whether they are formed between so- 
 called benefics alone, such as Venus, Jupiter and the 
 Sun, or planets said to be malefic such as Saturn, 
 Mars or Uranus. When Jupiter and Venus are 
 in close conjunction near the midheaven, it is a 
 foregone conclusion that those who come into the 
 world under this configuration will enjoy a measure 
 of good fortune far above the average, and such per- 
 sons would therefore be considered "lucky" in the 
 extreme. On the other hand there are times when 
 Saturn and Mars occupy the zenith position for 
 souls that are born to suffer. 
 
 But why should one suffer and another be born
 
 WERE YOU BORN UNDER A LUCKY STAR? 57 
 
 under a lucky star? Why do the stars give good 
 fortune to one and misfortune to others, and if we 
 are born to "luck," whether good or bad, what is 
 the use or where is the incentive to individual effort? 
 If there is a law of nature which is established be- 
 yond doubt it is surely the law of Cause and Effect. 
 Every cause must produce an adequate effect and 
 nothing which we see as an effect can be without 
 a pre-existent cause. Moreover, if this is a universal 
 law it must apply to the conditions of birth as well 
 as to subsequent life. Following up this idea the 
 next question is: If our birth under a lucky or un- 
 lucky star is the effect of some prior cause, what may 
 that be, or where and how was that cause generated? 
 To that there can be only one answer; that we must 
 have made the causes in some previous existence 
 which now result in our birth under a lucky or an 
 unlucky star. Thus by induction a belief hi As- 
 trology requires also a belief in a previous existence 
 as well as in future lives, for while we are now reap- 
 ing in our horoscopes the effects of our past lives 
 we are also by our acts laying the foundations for a 
 new horoscope which can only be worked out in a 
 future life.. 
 
 "How closely luck is linked to merit 
 Does never to the fool occur; 
 Had he the wise man's stone, I swear it, 
 The stone had no philosopher," 
 
 said Mephisto sarcastically in "Faust" and it is
 
 58 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 true. If we are born under a lucky star it shows that 
 we have earned the good fortune thereby Indicated, 
 by forethought, kindness, and our other virtues ex- 
 pressed in previous lives, for we cannot have friends 
 unless we are friendly ourselves. If we happen to 
 have Saturn and Mars instead of Yenus and Jupi- 
 ter near the zenith, it shows that in the past we 
 ourselves have not been kindly and friendly or we 
 could not now express the opposite traits. But this 
 is just the point where the study of Astrology should 
 help us. It shows our limitations for the present and 
 it points out the obvious remedies and how to 'build 
 for the future. Can the leopard change its skin 1 ? 
 No. Can the lion cease to prey? Absolutely impos- 
 sible. Can the flower cease to bloom or the mineral 
 to crystallize ? Certainly not ; because they are under 
 laws which are unchangeable as the laws of the 
 Medes and Persians. They have neither choice nor 
 prerogative but must obey the dictates of the group 
 spirit which guides them along their path of evolu- 
 tion. But in this respect we differ radically from 
 those lower kingdoms, we have both choice and pre- 
 rogative. We may do whatsoever we ivill and that 
 is a factor which is never shown in the horoscope, a 
 factor that may be made to play an all important 
 role in every life. It is not enough to be born under 
 a lucky star to have a lucky life, for the horoscope 
 shows only the tendencies and the person who is so 
 well endowed will without question have an abund- 
 ance of opportunities to make his life fortunate in
 
 WEEE YOU BORN UNDER A LUCKY STAR? 59 
 
 the very highest degree. But only insofar as he ex- 
 erts himself to grasp opportunity on the wing, will 
 that which is foreshadowed in his horoscope come to 
 pass. And similarily with the person who is af- 
 flicted by the conjunction of two malefics in the mid- 
 heaven or anywhere else in the horoscope. By his 
 will, and the exercise of choice, which are his divine 
 birthrights, he may rule his stars and make of the 
 unlucky horoscope a fruitful life from a far higher 
 standpoint than the other. The bark that has been 
 tossed by the tempest harbors a joy when the haven 
 of safety is reached that is not equaled on the ship 
 that has always sailed on smiling seas. 
 
 "Who never ate his bread in sorrow, 
 Who never passed the midnight hours 
 Weeping, waiting for the morrow, 
 He knows not yet ye heavenly powers." 
 
 From the higher standpoint those who are liv- 
 ing in the lap of luxury are to be pitied when their 
 lucky stars give them all the good things of this 
 world and cause them to forget that they are stew- 
 ards and that the day is coming when their souls 
 shall be required of them with an account of their 
 stewardship. They shall then be forced to confess 
 that they have failed to use the substance entrusted 
 to them in the proper manner; while others un- 
 der the strain and stress of life, expressed by the 
 horoscopical squares and oppositions, have wrung 
 from their unlucky stars a measure of victory.
 
 60 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 What wonder then if the king's messengers, the cir- 
 cling stars, take from the unfaithful steward that 
 which he had and give to the other, changing their 
 adversity to prosperity in later lives. Thus the 
 pendulum of luck and loss, success and failure 
 changes through many lives till we learn to make our 
 own "luck" by ruling our stars. 
 
 "A god can love without cessation, 
 But under laws of alteration 
 We mortals need, in changing measure, 
 Our share of pain as well as pleasure." 
 
 And it is this necessity for change that is ministered 
 unto us by the circling stars which form configura- 
 tions that we call good or evil, though they are 
 neither from a higher standpoint, for no matter how 
 good the horoscope ; by progression of the stars evil 
 configurations are sure to come and no matter how 
 evil, there are always new opportunities for good 
 given by aspects of the Sun, Venus and Jupiter to 
 our planets at birth. All that we have to do is to 
 grasp the opportunity, help our stars, that our stars 
 may help us. 
 
 AMULETS, BIRTH-STONES AND PLANETARY COLORS 
 
 In the windows of jewelers, and in the cheap, 
 ready made horoscopes one may often read that it 
 is 'lucky' for people born in a certain month to 
 wear a particular stone or color. It means business
 
 AMULETS, BIRTHSTONES, ETC. 6i 
 
 to the jeweler and the astrological prestidigitator 
 who produces "your horoscope" by a turn of the 
 wrist from a box when you tell him in what month 
 you were born. Both buy their instructive (?) liter- 
 ature at a nominal price per thousand, the principal 
 cost being paper and printers' ink; there are no fur- 
 rows in their foreheads from deep and earnest study 
 of the problem. 
 
 But as the counterfeit coin argues the existence 
 of the genuine, so also the fallacious information 
 flippantly dispensed by people who cater to the 
 sense of mystery and wonder which is deeply im- 
 bedded in human nature argues the existence of a 
 genuine science of mineralogical correspondences 
 with the stellar rays impinging upon all who inhab- 
 it our sub-lunar sphere, and when this is rightly un- 
 derstood and used, that which is loosely termed luck 
 results ; but then it is not really luck in the sense 
 understood by the majority of people, for then it is 
 the result of accurate knowledge scientifically used, 
 and therefore the outcome is as inevitable as that wa- 
 ter runs down hill. 
 
 The philosophy of planetary colors and miner- 
 alogy is that each of the Creative Hierarchies which 
 is active in evolution works with the various classes 
 of beings from mineral to man, and is responsible for 
 the progress made by all. In the course of this 
 work each Hierarchy naturally imparts to the be- 
 ings with whom it labors some of its own nature and 
 vibration. Thus each group of minerals, each spe-
 
 62 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 cies of plant and animal, vibrates to a certain key- 
 note which blends the vibration of the Group Spirit, 
 and the particular sign and planet with which he is 
 most nearly attuned. 
 
 It has been taught by the Elder Brothers in 
 the Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, that: 
 
 The Archangels, who were human in the Sun 
 Period when the present animals started their evo- 
 lution with a mineral-like existence, are now the 
 Group Spirits of the animals. 
 
 The Angels, who were human in the Moon Per- 
 iod when the present plants commenced their evo- 
 lution with a similar mineral constitution are now 
 the Group Spirits of the plants. Man, who reached 
 the human stage in the Earth Period, is now work- 
 ing with the new life-wave which started its evo- 
 lution on the Earth as minerals. He is not 
 far enough advanced to assume the role of 
 Group Spirit, that is reserved for the future. In 
 the Jupiter Period he will give them life as plants 
 have, in the Venus Period he will bring out their 
 desires and emotions as animals, and in the Vulcan 
 Period he will give them a mind and make them 
 human. That, however, is all in the future. At pres- 
 ent he is working with them to the best of his abil- 
 ity, smelting them into iron bridges, ships and skel- 
 eton skyscrapers; he is pulling them into wires which 
 wind around the world ; he is grinding from them 
 gems that glitter and grace the great in our social 
 structure, and thus he is gradually establishing an
 
 AMULETS, BIRTHSTONES, ETC. 63 
 
 intimate relationship with them and preparing to 
 take charge of their evolution as a Group Spirit at 
 some future time. 
 
 It is well known to students of Astrology that 
 an astrological reading based upon the month in 
 which an individual is born is worthless, for all the 
 people born in the same month do not have the same 
 experiences by any means, but if we consider the 
 day, the year and the place we get a horoscope that 
 is absolutely individual and totally different from 
 the horoscope of anyone else in detail and this 
 is the point which concerns us for the present argu- 
 ment the ruler is not the lord of the sign the Sun 
 is in, except for children born at Sunrise, when the 
 Sun is on the Ascendant. It is ike ruler of the 
 rising sign, THAT is the determinator with regard 
 to our mineralogical affinity, because at the moment 
 of conception when the seed-atom of our present 
 physical mineral body was deposited the Moon was 
 in that particular sign and degree, (or its opposite), 
 and acted then as a focus of forces which have since 
 crystallized into the vehicle we now wear. 
 
 The following table shows the affinity of each 
 of the twelve signs with certain gems, metals and 
 colors, and in that chart there are the elements for 
 making an effective talisman by any individual who 
 has the knowledge of how to cast a horoscope, and 
 blend the ingredients according to the requirements 
 of the case. We have no scruples about telling how 
 this is done, for it may help some to help themselves
 
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 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 and others. The only harm it can do is if some un- 
 scrupulous person starts to make them for coin, and 
 even then, if he is conscientious about the work, who- 
 ever obtains it will not be cheated, the re-action will 
 be upon the one who prostitutes the spiritual science 
 for material gain. 
 
 BIRTH-STONES AND COLORS. 
 
 Gems ruled by 
 the signs. 
 
 Sign 
 Rulers 
 
 Metals 
 
 Colors. 
 
 T 
 
 Amethyst, Diamond 
 
 o" 
 
 Iron 
 
 Red 
 
 
 
 Moss Agate, Emerald 
 
 9 
 
 Copper 
 
 Yellow 
 
 n 
 
 Crystal, Aqua Marine 
 
 9 
 
 Mercury 
 
 Violet 
 
 05 
 
 Emerald, Black Onyx 
 
 J 
 
 Silver 
 
 Green 
 
 oQ 
 
 Ruby, Diamond 
 
 o 
 
 Gold 
 
 Orange 
 
 rn? 
 
 Pink Jasper, Hyacinth 
 
 $ 
 
 Mercury 
 
 Violet 
 
 -n- 
 
 Diamond, Opal. 
 
 9 
 
 Copper 
 
 Yellow 
 
 m, 
 
 Topaz, Malachite. 
 
 a* 
 
 Iron 
 
 Red 
 
 x* 
 
 Carbuncle, Torquoise 
 
 V 
 
 Tin 
 
 Blue 
 
 vr 
 
 White Onyx, Moonstone 
 
 "? 
 
 Lead 
 
 Indigo 
 
 w/v 
 
 vw 
 
 Saphire, Opal. 
 
 5 
 
 Lead 
 
 Indigo 
 
 H 
 
 Chrysolite, Moonstone 
 
 H 
 
 Tin 
 
 Blue 
 
 To forestall a question we may say that ancient 
 astrologers who had studied this aspect of the science 
 have tabulated several hundred minerals of which
 
 AMULETS, BIRTHSTONES, ETC. 65 
 
 the planetary affinities had been noted, but these 
 works have been mutilated in the course of time, and 
 are now not available. Paracelsus also and Agrippa, 
 made considerable study of this subject, and with 
 very important results, but the wider view is outside 
 the scope of this work, so the authors confine their 
 remarks to the essentials, and indicating the way 
 which others may follow farther if they feel so 
 inclined. 
 
 To illustrate how the mineral elements may be 
 used to advantage let us take the following example. 
 Suppose that in a certain horoscope we find Sagit- 
 tarius rising with its lord Jupiter on the Ascendant. 
 Jupiter is then the ruling planet and so, according 
 to our chart turquoise is his birthstone, tin is the 
 metal with which he has affinity, and blue is his 
 color. That means that it will help him express him- 
 self if he wears a turquoise, an amulet of tin, and 
 dresses in blue whenever consistent with custom. 
 That is true to a certain extent, but it is only a small 
 part of the truth, and it is by no means the best use 
 that may be made of this knowledge. 
 
 To indicate the better way, let us suppose that 
 this person's figure shows severe afflictions by Mars 
 and Saturn. 
 
 Mars afflicts three planets; his metal is iron. 
 Venus is the opposite of Mars; her metal is copper, 
 and consequently copper is an antidote for the mar- 
 tial vibrations. 
 
 Saturn afflicts one planet ; his metal is lead.
 
 66 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Jupiter is his opposite and therefore the Jupiter 
 metal, tin, is an antidote for the saturnian vibrations. 
 
 With this in mind an amulet may be compound- 
 ed of tin and copper; not exactly in the ratio of 
 three to one, but with a mind on the bulk of the 
 various planets, their density and the strength of 
 the aspects it is desired to overcome, a matter which 
 involves further study. The work itself should be 
 done under auspicious planetary conditions. A 
 Mars' amulet, designed to give energy to one with a 
 weak figure would be most successful if made in a 
 Mars-hour on a Tuesday when both the Sun and 
 Moon are in martial signs as happens in April and 
 November. The same with amulets made for other 
 planets. (See the Tables of Planetary Hours, in our 
 Simplified Scientific Astrology.) 
 
 A gem or an amulet made on these principles 
 is a focus for the stellar rays of the planets they 
 represent, and infuses vibrations of their nature into 
 our auras all the while we are wearing it, just as 
 surely as the wireless receiver attuned to a cer- 
 tain pitch catches the waves within its range, and 
 we may blend the colors in the same manner to ob- 
 tain help from them. As a matter of fact, it is 
 the complimentary color which is seen in the desire 
 world that produces the effect of the physical colors. 
 If it is desired to restrain one whose Mars is too 
 prominent, the gems, colors and metals of Saturn 
 will help, and such a person should have as little to 
 do with iron (tools, machinery, etc.,) as possible,
 
 BEST TIME TO BE BORN 67 
 
 but if we want to help someone who is moody and 
 taciturn, we may use the gems, colors and metals of 
 Mars to advantage. In the final analysis the mat- 
 ter resolves itself into a question of judgment and 
 common sense. With these and the knowledge 'con- 
 cerning the essentials here given anyone may use it 
 to advantage. 
 
 WHEN is THE BEST TIME TO BE BORN? 
 
 In the light of occult investigation of some of 
 the modern methods it appears that Birth is an ad- 
 vent we are powerless to control, when we seem to 
 do so in a slight degree we are really the agents of 
 Destiny to accelerate or delay till the proper mo- 
 ment has arrived. This view is also justified by the 
 author's experience in Horary Astrology. The 
 philosophy of Horary Astrology is that at the time 
 one is impelled to ask a question concerning an im- 
 portant matter the heavens contain also the answer 
 and a figure set for that time will contain the so- 
 lution to the problem. But it should be particularly 
 noted that the time to set the figure is when the in- 
 quirer asks the question of the astrologer, when 
 this is done in person; when it is done by mail the 
 astrologer sets the figure for the time he reads the 
 question in the letter. 
 
 On a number of occasions we have received let- 
 ters containing questions which bore marks of hav- 
 ing been delayed by flood or fire, but the figure cast
 
 68 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 for the moment of reading gave the answer, showing 
 that the delay had a part in the plan, nor should it 
 surprise us that the great Intelligences which are the 
 ministers of Destiny foresee and make allowance for 
 contingencies beyond the grasp of the human mind, 
 and when the infinite mind bestow r s equal care when 
 designing the anatomy of a fly, mouse and lion, may 
 we not conclude that a similar attention to the min- 
 utiae prevails in all departments of life and that 
 when we seem to delay or accelerate birth we are 
 really aiding nature to take its predetermined course 
 as said in the opening sentence of this article. 
 
 Nevertheless people often ask the astrologer 
 when is the best time to be born ; young astrologers 
 also frequently want to know, not that they have any 
 idea of controlling birth but so that on seeing a 
 horoscope or being told a person's time of birth they 
 may make quick mental calculation to determine a 
 good or bad horoscope. Such a judgment would, of 
 course, be founded only on the position of the sun 
 .by sign and approximate house, hence general in 
 the extreme. It may be said however that other 
 planetary positions being equal, it is better to be 
 born when the Moon is increasing in light from the 
 new to the full than when she is decreasing from 
 the full to the new for the growing Moon always in- 
 creases vitality and furthers our affairs. 
 
 It is best to be born in April or August when 
 the life-giving Sun is in its exaltation sign Aries or 
 Leo, its home, for then we enter the sea of life on
 
 BEST TIME TO BE BORN 69 
 
 the crest-wave and are backed in the battle of ex- 
 istence by an abundant fund of vim and energy. 
 
 It is also good to be born in May and July when 
 the life-light of the Sun is focused through the ex- 
 altation sign and home of the Moon, Taurus and 
 Cancer, especially, as said, when the lesfser light is 
 increasing for those configurations, also furnish an 
 abundance of vitality which is such a great asset 
 in physical life. 
 
 With respect to the time of day most favorable 
 for birth it may be said that children born about 
 sunrise, or during the forenoon from 8 to 12 
 while the Sun is traversing the hou.ses of friends 
 and social prestige are the 'luckiest' for they are 
 helped on every hand. Children born between noon 
 and midnight are less 'lucky' the nearer the Sun 
 comes to Nadir, and then the 'luck' turns again for 
 the children born in the early morning while the 
 Daystar is ascending towards the eastern horizon. 
 They will have to carve their own way in the world, 
 but opportunities will be given them In abundance. 
 
 We may therefore sum up our conclusions by 
 saying that it is best to be born at Sunrise or in the 
 forenoon, preferably in April or August when the 
 Moon is increasing in light. 
 
 Finally it should always be borne in mind that 
 there is no 'luck,' in the commonly accepted sense, 
 but that what we have or lack in any respect is due 
 to our own actions in the past and that in the future 
 we may have what we now lack by proper application.
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 READING THE HOROSCOPE 
 
 Introductory 
 
 WHEN the student of Astrology has learned 
 to cast the horoscope correctly by the study 
 of our "Simplified Scientific Astrology," or another 
 reliable textbook, the next and most important part 
 is to read its message. Astrology means "Star Logic" 
 and we must seriously advise the student not to de- 
 pend too much on authorities but to try to under- 
 stand the basic nature of each planet, the influence 
 of signs, houses and aspect/3; then by a process of 
 reasoning to combine these and thus develop his own 
 intuition which will serve him far better than the 
 ability to quote like a poll parrot what some one else 
 has said. 
 
 We would also advise the younger astrologer 
 not to bother too much with the personal descrip- 
 tions indicated in the horoscope. It is foolish to 
 spend hours perhaps to find out what the one for 
 whom a horoscope is cast can see in a moment by 
 looking in a glass. We give descriptions of the dif- 
 ferent types, but do so for the purpose of aiding the 
 student to determine at sight the probable sign and 
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 READING THE HOROSCOPE 71 
 
 planet rising when a client comes who does not know 
 his birth hour. There are people for instance, who 
 have the face of a sheep just as perfect as possible. 
 If such a one is in doubt about the birth hour we 
 would at once look to Aries and experimentally try 
 how that would fit with the other characteristics of 
 that person, if we did so we should probably find our 
 guess correct in every case. Thus also the other signs 
 and planets in signs exhibit distinguishing charac- 
 teristics of valuable aid to the student in the direc- 
 tion mentioned. 
 
 The student should also endeavor to cultivate 
 perfect confidence in the science of Astrology. There 
 is nothing empirical about character reading and 
 diagnosis.. In those respects it is plain as A B C. 
 Predictions may fail because the Astrologer is un- 
 able to determine the strength of will of the person 
 for whom he predicts, but the latent tendencies are 
 always accurately foreshown. The writers have 
 found that where they do not personally know the 
 people whose characters they read, their delineations 
 are much deeper and more accurate because then 
 personal bias and impressions are absent and the 
 mystic scroll of the heavens more easily read. 
 
 There are three factors which bring to us the 
 mystic message of the stars ; the houses, the signs and 
 the planets. 
 
 The houses are divisions of the earth; each 
 house represents a department of life; the signs are 
 divisions of the heavens which by their placement
 
 72 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 relative to the houses indicate our basic temperament 
 and attitude towards life, and the planets are the 
 messengers of God which by their motion through 
 the houses and signs bring to us the opportunities 
 for soulgrowth which we need for our individual de- 
 velopment. It is therefore necessary for one who 
 wishes to learn to read a horoscope to become thor- 
 oughly acquainted with these three factors both 
 separately and in their various combinations. The 
 following descriptions may help to convey this 
 knowledge : 
 
 THE HOUSES 
 
 As said in the introductory remarks, "the 
 houses are divisions of the earth," and therefore 
 they are also called "Mundane Houses," to dif- 
 ferentiate between them and the "Celestial Houses" 
 composed of the twelve signs of the Zodiac ; but gen- 
 erally they are designated as "houses" only. 
 
 It is the angle of the stellar ray which de- 
 termines its effect in our lives, those which are in 
 the East affect our physical constitution, planets in 
 the South near the zenith are factors for good or ill' 
 where our social position is concerned. If a planet is 
 setting in the West at the time of our birth its angle 
 strikes us in such a manner as to draw us to a cer- 
 tain type of marriage partner, and the planets un- 
 der the earth, in the North, have an effect upon our 
 condition in the latter part of life. Let us suppose 
 for illustration of the point that someone is born
 
 BEADING THE HOROSCOPE 73 
 
 at sunrise on a day when the Sun and Jupiter are in 
 conjunction. Then they strike him from the east- 
 ern angle and give him a splendid vitality. Another 
 born on the same day at noon when Jupiter and the 
 Sun are in the zenith position may have a very poor 
 and weak body if other planets in the East are 
 adverse, but if the ray of the Sun and Jupiter falls 
 on his birth figure from the South he will certainly 
 attract attention in his social sphere and be the re- 
 cipient of public favor and honor. Another born on 
 the same day, when the Sun and Jupiter are setting 
 in the West may be an outcast if planets in the East 
 and South decree, but the benefic ray of the Sun and 
 Jupiter from the Western angle will make him be- 
 loved of his mate and successful in partnerships. 
 These facts have been ascertained by observation and 
 tabulation. Therefore the twelve sections of the cir- 
 cle of observation as seen from the birthplace are 
 truly said to rule or govern various departments of 
 life and thus people born on the same day may have 
 the most diverse experiences. 
 
 The houses may be variously grouped according 
 to the influence they exercise in our lives; there are 
 ''angular," ' ' succeedent " and "cadent" houses, 
 also personal, spiritual, material, social and mystical 
 houses. 
 
 Of the angles, the first house governs our per- 
 sonal self, and its opposite the seventh house, rules 
 the one who is nearest and dearest to us, namely, the 
 marriage partner. The fourth house determines
 
 74 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 conditions in our home and its opposite angle, the 
 tenth house, shows our social standing in the com- 
 munity where we live. Thus the angles show collect- 
 ively the sphere of our activities in life. 
 
 Of the succeedent houses the second shows our 
 financial status with regard to that which we ac- 
 quire by our own efforts and the opposite succeedent 
 house, the eighth, shows whatever we may receive 
 from others as legacies, etc. The other succeedent 
 houses, the fifth and eleventh, show how our income 
 may be spent, for the fifth house indicates the 
 children of our body who have a legitimate claim to 
 a share of our income, and the eleventh house shows 
 the children of our brain, our hopes, wishes and as- 
 pirations which also draw upon our resources. 
 
 Of the two pairs of cadent houses the sixth is 
 the house of voluntary service which we perform as 
 our share of the world's work for an equivalent 
 share in the world's wealth, and the twelfth house 
 shows how we may be compelled to labor without 
 remuneration under prison restraint if we do not 
 work willingly. The sixth house shows also the state 
 of our health and the twelfth tells if hospital treat- 
 ment is necessary. 
 
 The other pair of cadent houses, the third and 
 ninth, show whether our life and work will confine 
 us to one place or require travel and changes of 
 residence. In this respect the third house shows 
 short journeys and the ninth house long travels. 
 
 The personal houses comprise the first, fifth and
 
 READING THE HOROSCOPE 75 
 
 ninth. The first house rules the constitution and 
 peculiarities of the physical body. Planets and signs 
 in that house put their stamp on it to make or mar 
 according to the part of its self-generated destiny. 
 Our fifth house shows the quality of the love-nature 
 of the soul and the line of its expression if it follows 
 the line of least resistance ; and the ninth house 
 shows as much of the spirit as we can apprehend in 
 our present limited state 
 
 The material trinity of houses consists of the 
 second, sixth and tenth and shows the worldly pos- 
 sessions of man, his means of obtaining them and 
 the enjoyment they bring him. Wealth, or its re- 
 verse, is shown by the second house, health, without 
 which there can be no joy in any worldly possession, 
 is shown by the sixth house ; and the public prestige 
 which is the chief source of gratification to the aver- 
 age human being, is shown by the tenth house. 
 
 The social houses are the third, seventh and 
 eleventh houses and in them are shown the nature of 
 our relations with various classes of souls we meet 
 in life. Brothers and sisters to whom we are bound 
 by the tie of blood are shown by the third house, the 
 companion of our heart with whom our blood blends 
 in another way, is shown by the seventh house, and 
 the friends, more precious than pearls to whoever 
 has earned friendship, are designated by the eleventh 
 house. 
 
 The fourth and last trinity of houses is com- 
 posed of the fourth, eighth and twelfth. In them are
 
 76 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 hidden the mysteries of the antenatal life of the 
 spirit, with the post mortem experiences immediately 
 following the terminus vitae. On the material plane 
 the fourth house signifies our condition in the latter 
 part of life, the twelfth shows the sorrow which im- 
 presses us with the worthlessness of material things 
 and the eighth indicates the nature of our exit from 
 the world's stage. 
 
 An illustration may further help the student to 
 understand how the heavens influence our life 
 through the twelve houses. Suppose we are out 
 driving and our road follows the seacoast, but a mile 
 or so inland. A breeze is blowing from the ocean 
 and as it passes over the country separating us from 
 the sea, it brings upon invisible wings messages 
 from that land, which evoke pleasure or aversion ac- 
 cording to their nature. In one place, an aroma of 
 new mown hay fills us with delight; perhaps we arc 
 nauseated by the noxious smell of jasmine on the 
 next stretch of our journey; and later become really 
 ill from the stench of stagnant marsh-water. But 
 then we enter a forest, and soon its grateful pine 
 balm restores the normal health and spirits. 
 
 In our journey from the cradle to the grave we 
 carry the twelve houses with us in the auric atmos- 
 phere surrounding us, as the air envelops the flying 
 earth. Each house mirrors part of the life; each 
 holds some of our life lessons; each represents how 
 we have worked or shirked before in a given depart- 
 ment of life's task. At the appropriate time of life
 
 READING THE HOROSCOPE 77 
 
 we reap from each house what we have sown in past 
 lives. That is, unless we forestall the harvest in 
 time. Is our eleventh house afflicted, do friends be- 
 tray and forsake us, do they leave us heartsick, or 
 nauseate us like the scent of jasmine and stagnant 
 marsh- water? Then let us examine the horoscope, 
 for it reveals what is hidden in our auric atmos- 
 phere. The friends saw us, and we them, through 
 the eleventh angle, and something ill-smelling must 
 be there. It may be, we long to be befriended, 
 more than to befriend others. Let us cease to be like 
 the sickly, debilitating jasmine, and seek to emulate 
 the sturdy strength of the invigorating pine tree; 
 then we shall find friends flocking around, admiring 
 our strength. Not all have such sturdy natures, but 
 we can attract equally by kindliness, as soothing to 
 sorrowing hearts as perfume of new mown hay to 
 the sense, and thus we may rid the house of friends 
 of affliction. 
 
 After the foregoing explanations, the houses may 
 now be said to influence the affairs of life as follows : 
 
 First House rules the physical body and its consti- 
 tution and appearance ; it determines conditions 
 in the childhood home while the person is un- 
 der control of the parents. 
 
 Second House rules the money, financial fortunes; 
 it shows what the person acquires by individual 
 effort and to a certain extent what use he will 
 make of it.
 
 78 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Third House rules brothers and sisters, neighbors, 
 the instinctual mind, writings, short journeys 
 and conveyances of travel. 
 
 Fourth House That one of the parents who exer- 
 cises the least influence in the person's life, con- 
 ditions in the latter part of life, houses, lands, 
 mines; everything pertaining to the earth. 
 
 Fifth House Love, courtship and licentiousness, the 
 legitimate and illegitimate attraction and inter- 
 course between the sexes prior to wedlock, 
 children, educational institutions, books and 
 newspapers, sports and amusements, stocks and 
 speculations. 
 
 Sixth House Health, service to be rendered by the 
 person and also the condition and faithfulness 
 of those who serve him. 
 
 Seventh House The marriage partner, the public 
 in general, competitors, partners, opponents in 
 litigation, rivals. 
 
 Eigthth House Death, legacies, the marriage part- 
 ner's finances, occult abilities or faculties latent 
 but nearly ready for manifestation. 
 
 Ninth House Religion, spiritual experiences and 
 aspirations, dreams and visions, long travels, 
 law. 
 
 Tenth House The parent who exercises most in- 
 fluence in the person's life, the honor and social
 
 READING THE HOROSCOPE 79 
 
 standing of the person, the government, judge or 
 employer. 
 
 Eleventh House Friends, companions and well- 
 wishers, hopes, wishes and aspirations, generally 
 of a material nature, also stepchildren. 
 
 Twelfth House Confinement in hospitals or prison, 
 secret enemies and plots; sorrow and self undo- 
 ing. 
 
 THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC 
 
 On either side of the Sun's path there are a 
 number of fixed stars which are so grouped that they 
 may be conceived as forming twelve constellations, 
 and as they have certain characteristic influences 
 ancient sages named them for the animals which ex- 
 press similar traits. These constellations are called 
 the natural Zodiac and for all practical purposes 
 it may be said that they occupy permanent positions 
 relative to the other fixed stars of the firmament. 
 This circle is divided into twelve sections starting at 
 the first degree of Aries, which is occupied by -the 
 Sun at the vernal equinox. 
 
 On account of the precession of the equinox the 
 Sun does not cross the equator at the same point 
 each year, but it has been found that the first 30 de- 
 grees from the point where the Sun does cross the 
 equator at the equinox have a similar effect to that 
 ascribed to the constellation Aries; the next thirty 
 degrees radiate a Taurian influence and so with the
 
 80 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 other ten sections of thirty degrees each. Therefore 
 the twelve sections measured from the vernal equinox 
 are used exclusively in Astrology and called signs 
 of the Zodiac, to differentiate them from the con- 
 stellation. (For a thorough elucidation of the sub- 
 ject see "Simplified Scientific Astrology," under the 
 caption "Intellectual Zodiac.") 
 
 These twelve signs of the Zodiac are variously 
 divided according to their effect on humanity into 
 Cardinal, Fixed and Common signs, also into Fiery, 
 Earthy, Airy and Watery signs. What that influence 
 is we shall endeavor to elucidate in the following sec- 
 tions. 
 
 The Cardinal Signs 
 Keyword "Activity." 
 
 The Cardinal Signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra and 
 Capricorn. These signs are called Cardinal be- 
 cause when the Sun is in them he is in one of the 
 four corners of the heavens; at a turning-point, 
 where he is forced to take another direction. In 
 Aries he is as far East as he can go, Cancer is the 
 tropical point of the North where he gives the most 
 perpendicular ray at the Summer Solstice, and con- 
 sequently the greatest heat. Libra is the extreme 
 Western point of his path, where he turns awav 
 from the Northern Hemisphere, and in midwinter, at 
 Christmas, he is in Capricorn at the farthest point 
 South, where his horizontal ray leaves the people of 
 the North in winter's icy grip. The effect of the
 
 READING THE HOROSCOPE 81 
 
 angles, the first, fourth, seventh and tenth houses, is 
 similar to the effect of the cardinal signs because 
 these houses are at the East, North, West and South 
 points of the horoscope. The nature and effect of 
 cardinal signs and angles may be summed up in the 
 words "Action" and "Initiative" (though each acts 
 differently from the other), therefore planets placed 
 in cardinal signs and angles give zest to life accord- 
 ing to the nature of the particular planet, sign and 
 angle. 
 
 Zodiac means circle of animals and the symbols 
 of three of the cardinal signs are animalistic: Aries, 
 the Ram ; Cancer, the Crab ; and Capricorn, the Goat. 
 The fourth represents the ideal towards which this 
 class must strive : Libra, the Scales. None need poise 
 so much as those under the impulsive influence of the 
 cardinal ray; therefore the Balance was set in 
 heaven to direct their aspirations. 
 
 The Fixed Signs 
 Keyword "Stability" 
 
 The Fixed Signs are Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and 
 Aquarius. Three symbols of the fixed signs are also 
 bestial, violent and virulent; Taurus, the Bull; 
 Leo, the Lion; and Scorpio, the Scorpion. The 
 human figure of Aquarius, the Waterbearer, shows 
 us the ideal towards which this class must strive. In- 
 stead of fighting, preying upon, or poisoning others 
 in the struggle for existence they must learn to be- 
 come humane, to be friends instead of foes to all. 
 
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 82 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 The influence of the fixed signs rouses the de- 
 sire nature, giving stamina and persistence in action. 
 
 When fixed signs are on the angles (the first, 
 fourth, seventh and tenth houses), they exert a well 
 nigh irresistible force, impelling the individual along 
 a certain line. He may be slow and plodding, but is 
 sure to be persistent in whatever he undertakes, and 
 whatever talent he may possess in a certain direc- 
 tion will be exploited to its fullest extent. Setbacks 
 which would take the courage from a person with 
 cardinal signs do not daunt the man with fixed signs 
 on the angles, he knows no defeat, and therefore 
 he usually gains his goal in the end and achieves 
 success by Concentration upon one point, and Per- 
 sistence in following his chosen path. On the other 
 hand such people are conservative to the last de- 
 gree. They may see and desire improvements in vari- 
 ous lines, but are exceedingly slow to adopt measures 
 to accomplish the desirable end; they never do so 
 until thoroughly satisfied that a certain method will 
 meet the requirements. In other words, people with 
 fixed signs on the angles ' ' look before they leap ; ' ' 
 they look a long time and very, very carefully, but 
 on the other hand, when they have once been won 
 over to a certain cause they are faithful unto death, 
 and no more ardent advocates can be found; their 
 zeal is almost fanatical. On the whole, people with 
 fixed signs may be said to be the most reliable people 
 in the world, either for good or bad.
 
 READING THE HOROSCOPE 83 
 
 The Common Signs 
 Keyword ' ' Flexibility ' ' 
 
 Gemini, Sagittarius, Virgo and Pisces are called 
 common - signs, their intrinsic nature is best ex- 
 pressed by the keyword, Flexibility. 
 
 The forces working through the cardinal signs 
 impinge upon the dense body and stir it to action. 
 
 The power of the common signs is mental and 
 spiritual, it gives purpose to action and incentive to- 1 
 nobility of life. 
 
 Therefore people influenced by stellar forces 
 focused principally through cardinal signs are the 
 workers of the world, not the toilers, but executives 
 who accomplish things industrially, and who bring 
 into concrete existence great schemes, or small, of 
 value in the world's work. The common signs are 
 all double; two of them are human: Gemini, the 
 Twins, and Virgo, the Virgin; the third, Sagittarius, 
 the Centaur, is partly human; and only the fourth 
 symbol, Pisces, the Fishes, is taken from the lower 
 kingdom. None are violent, however, but intensely 
 moral, intellectual and spiritual symbols. 
 
 Unstable as reeds they are swayed hither and 
 thither; nothing appeals to them permanently, they 
 desire nothing as much as change. No matter how 
 well placed, they can seldom resist the lure of an 
 opening in another city, the farther away, the bet- 
 ter. Therefore the old maxim: "a rolling stone 
 gathers no moss," applies particularly to this class,
 
 84 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 for their roving habits usually keep them poor. They 
 spend as fast as they earn, or faster. Thus these 
 people drift upon the sea of life propelled by the 
 currents of circumstances. Outside conditions domi- 
 nate them as they lack stamina to assert their own 
 individuality. 
 
 The foregoing in true of the great majority who 
 are under the rule and influence of common signs, 
 they respond to the lower phase simply because the 
 higher side is too high for all but a very few at our 
 present stage of development. Those who make a 
 success in the world because prodded by the cardinal 
 and fixed influences, call them indolent and good-for- 
 nothing, but were they bereft of the cardinal or 
 fixed energy which goads them to action, and placed 
 under the common ray, they would soon realize the 
 lack of pow r er and learn compassion for those who 
 must so live all their life. What then is the lesson 
 these people have to learn? 
 
 ^Comparative Effect of Cardinal, Fixed and Common 
 Signs on the Angles 
 
 While the nature of the cardinal signs is such 
 that their rays stir our latent forces into Action, 
 and promote change, the most prominent quality of 
 the fixed signs is Stability. But the student must 
 beware of confounding stability and inertia. The 
 action impelled by the rays of cardinal signs may be 
 changed into other channels with considerable 
 facility, all they want is expression; the direction in
 
 READING THE HOROSCOPE 85 
 
 which they express themselves is a secondary con- 
 sideration. Not so with the fixed signs, when their 
 ray impels to action in a certain direction it is next 
 to impossible to stay the force or change it. On the 
 other hand, if they deny expression in certain lines, 
 the obstruction is almost insurmountable. 
 
 People of the fixed class lack ability to make 
 their inventions commercially useable, a task for 
 which the cardinal class is eminently fitted. Thus 
 these two classes work hand in hand and between 
 them they have transformed the wilderness of the 
 world to a condition of comparative comfort, their 
 efforts of improvement are continually carried on, 
 and in time the primitive desert will be made to 
 bloom like a rose. 
 
 As material success depends on ability to cope 
 with material conditions, the cardinal class is par- 
 ticularly fortunate, for it is the chief executive fac- 
 tor in the world's work, and reaps a ready reward 
 therefor. The fixed class is not so prominently be- 
 fore the public, labors in laboratories and works ex- 
 perimentally to complete the processes and perfect 
 the models which are later used in manufacture. 
 Therefore they also are potent powers in life, and 
 share the material and financial success of the car- 
 dinal class. 
 
 The common class is a sharp contrast. Forces 
 focused through common signs are mental, therefore 
 people ruled by them are averse to strenuous physi- 
 cal action which is the forte of the cardinal class;
 
 86 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 they labor only when lashed by the whip of neces- 
 sity. They are also incapable of the slow but sus- 
 tained effort put forth by the fixed class and are 
 easily discouraged by obstacles. Thus they are 
 leaners and not lifters. Toilers who do the bidding 
 of the inventive and executive classes are recruited 
 from people ruled by common signs. There is one 
 sphere, however, where they shine, according to their 
 ability to think. Being averse to work they have 
 created a vantage-ground whence they may reap the 
 benefits of the toil of others, of their inventive facul- 
 ties and executive skill. To do this they become pro- 
 moters who bring inventor and manufacturer to- 
 gether, agents who mediate between buyer and seller, 
 peddlers, venders and all other middlemen who go 
 between producer and consumer and live on a com- 
 mission, also literary men who devote their talent to 
 purposeless fiction belong to the class actuated by the 
 lower phases of the force in the common signs. 
 
 The cardinal class is active, the common is rest- 
 less, the fixed class is rigid, the common is flexible. 
 
 The Four Triplicities 
 
 The effect of the "Triplicities" is most marked 
 in the rising sign and when the majority of the 
 planets are grouped in one of them. 
 
 A fiery sign (Aries, Leo or Sagittarius), on the 
 ascendant, gives much vitality, but it also makes the 
 person prone to fevers and inflammatory disorders, 
 and when the majority of the planets are in fiery
 
 READING THE HOROSCOPE 87 
 
 signs they make it very difficult for the person to 
 "keep cool" physically and mentally. 
 
 A watery sign (Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces) ris- 
 ing, gives much less stamina and predisposes to 
 digestive, urinary and catarrhal troubles. If a per- 
 son has many planets in watery signs his problem is 
 to generate enough energy to keep warm, for this 
 grouping gives a listless, indigent disposition, ex- 
 cept Scorpio be rising or many planets are in that 
 sign. 
 
 Airy signs rising (Gemini, Libra and Aquar- 
 ius), gives a nervous temperament and makes the 
 person liable to disorders of the lungs, heart and 
 kidneys. Many planets in these signs give people 
 literary and artistic inclinations. 
 
 Earthy signs rising (Taurus, Virgo and Capri- 
 corn), give fair vitality but a secret fear of disease 
 arrests the vital processes in the body and poisons 
 these people so that they become victims of chronic 
 ailments oftener than any of the other groupings. 
 The throat, stomach and intestines are specially 
 threatened; rheumatism and gout are also frequent- 
 ly experienced. When a person has many planets in 
 earthy signs it favors the acquisition of material 
 wealth. 
 
 The Sun, The Moon and The Ascendant 
 
 We stated in our opening paragraph that there 
 are Three Great Factors which convey to us the 
 Mystic Message of the stars in general, namely, the
 
 88 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 "houses," the "signs" and the "planets." There 
 are also three factors which play a specially import- 
 ant part in the individual horoscope, namely the 
 Sun, the Moon and the Ascendant, which may be said 
 to represent the spirit, the soul and the body. 
 
 Properly viewed the Sun, Moon and Ascendant 
 are not really three separate horoscopical principles 
 but represent two composite parts which when united 
 constitute the human being. The "rising sign" and 
 the "first house" together form an avenue for the 
 fecundating influences of the Moon which there 
 crystallize and form the etheric matrix that moulds 
 the physical particles from the maternal body into 
 a new vehicle, hence the astrological maxim that the 
 ascendant at birth (or its opposite) is the Moon's 
 place at conception. This composite body is the part 
 of the human being which is born and dies after a 
 relatively evanescent period of existence. 
 
 The other and immortal part of composite man 
 which consists of the Ego and its finer vehicles is rep- 
 resented in the horoscope by the Sun and the Moon. 
 The specific influence of these planets will be de- 
 scribed when we have considered the rising sign. 
 
 Tke Rising Sign 
 
 As taught in "Simplified Scientific Astrology" 
 it is the angle of the stellar ray which determines in 
 what department of life it will be most prominently 
 active, and it has been found by observation that the 
 sign rising or ascending on the eastern horizon when
 
 READING THE HOROSCOPE 89 
 
 a child is born is the principal factor in determining 
 the basic constitution and form of the physical body. 
 Further investigations have shown that the reason 
 of this fact is that at the time of conception when the 
 seed-atom was planted in the ovum the Moon, which 
 is the Cosmic agent of fecundation, projected its fer- 
 tilizing ray through the sign and degree which later 
 rises at the moment of birth, (or its opposite). For 
 that reason the rising sign and degree continue to 
 be the avenue of ingress of the life-forces which 
 build the body of the babe until the severance of the 
 umbilical cord, and the nature of the rising sign is 
 thus indelibly stamped upon the new vehicle and re- 
 tained all through life. 
 
 In this connection it should be noted that con- 
 ception is not necessarily coincident with tho 
 physical union of the parents, sometimes two weeks 
 or even more elapse ere the auspicious moment 
 awaited by the Kecording Angels or their agents 
 strikes. At that time cosmic conditions are such that 
 they will form a body which will facilitate the ex- 
 pression of the Ego seeking re-embodiment and aid 
 it to work out its self-generated destiny. It should 
 also be remembered by students that the moment of 
 delivery is not the time of birth from the astrological 
 point of view. The inhalation of the first complete 
 breath usually accompanied by a cry, is the moment 
 when the incoming Ego receives its stellar baptism. 
 This renders it ever after susceptible to the influence 
 of the particular configurations of the stars at that
 
 90 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 moment, and therefore the stars affect each indi- 
 vidual differently from all others, not even the horo- 
 scopes of twins are alike. It is also strongly em- 
 phasized that according to this explanation we do 
 not have a certain "fate" because we were born at a 
 certain time, but we are born at a particular 
 time because we have a certain self -generated des- 
 tiny to work out. That is a very important distinc- 
 tion for it substitutes divine law for divine caprice, 
 it eliminates the element of "luck" and inspires 
 man to mastery of "fate" by working with the Law. 
 If we have made our present horoscope by our past 
 actions in a past life logically we are now preparing 
 for future embodiment and may make it what we 
 choose. If we strive to strengthen our body now; to 
 overcome our faults; to cultivate new virtues; the 
 Sun of our next life will rise under much more 
 auspicious conditions than those under which we 
 now live and thus we may truly rule our stars and 
 master our fate. 
 
 When the last three degrees of a sign are rising, 
 or when the first three degrees ascend at the time of 
 birth the person is said to be born ' ' on the cusp ' ' be- 
 tween two signs and then the basic nature of the 
 signs involved are blended in his or her body. Thus 
 a person born when the three last degrees of Aries 
 or the first degrees of Taurus were ascending would 
 be neither purely Aries nor Taurus but a mixture of 
 the qualities of the two signs. 
 
 The nature of the rising sign is also modified by
 
 READING THE HOROSCOPE 91 
 
 the presence of planets. The Sun and Mars increase 
 vitality if well aspected but if afflicted they incline 
 to fever and inflammatory disorders but they also 
 favor rapid recuperation, they make the nature alert 
 and energetic. A well-aspected Jupiter rising also 
 increases vitality but inclines to corpulence ; if the 
 planet is afflicted that makes the circulation sluggish 
 and thus gives a tendency to disorders of the blood. 
 The foregoing remarks about Jupiter apply to Venus 
 in a lesser degree. Saturn rising lowers the vitality 
 and favors chronic ill-health in later life, but at the 
 same time he gives such a tenacious hold on life that 
 though the person may pray to be released he can- 
 not die. Mercury, Moon, Uranus and Neptune make 
 the body more high-strung and nervous than the 
 average, usable specially to pioneers in music, litera- 
 ture, higher thought, science and the electrical arts. 
 Planets placed in the twelfth house are con- 
 sidered as being on the ascendant if within six de- 
 grees thereof, so are all planets in the first house no 
 matter how far from the rising degree, but if a sign 
 is intercepted in the first house planets placed there- 
 in will not have as strong an influence in the life as 
 where the sign occupies the cusp.
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 THE INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 
 Aries, the Ram 
 
 ARIES is mythologically represented as a ram and 
 the symbol describes most accurately those born 
 under its influence, a pointed and protruding sheep- 
 like nose, wide forehead, pointed chin and the re- 
 sultant triangular face noted in many people, are 
 unmistakable indications of their rising sign, light 
 brown or reddish tint of the hair is a pronounced 
 characteristic of the Arian, the body is slender and 
 well formed, if the first part of the sign is rising the 
 body is shorter, and the complexion darker than given 
 by the latter degrees. 
 
 Planets in the rising sign will modify the de- 
 scription, however, and the student must use his 
 knowledge of the character of the planets in con- 
 junction with the description of the Sign. The Sun 
 and Mars make the complexion more florid, the Moon 
 and Saturn make it paler and darker, Jupiter and 
 Venus make the body more portly. Saturn shortens, 
 Uranus and Mercury lengthen it. This applies to 
 all the signs, but is especially marked when a planet 
 rises in the sign it rules. Mars, in Aries rising would 
 92
 
 INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 93 
 
 give fiery red hair and a face full of freckles. The 
 Sun rising in Leo would give a florid complexion with 
 flaxen hair, but if Saturn were there, instead it would 
 shorten the body and darken the hair. 
 
 Aries people are bold, selfconfident and impuls- 
 ive; they aim to lead, dislike to follow, are always 
 ready to take the initiative in any movement that 
 appeals to them, but often lack persistence to carry 
 their projects to a conclusion over serious obstacles. 
 
 The Sun, and Mars the Ruler, rising in Aries 
 would intensify the above, but as a thorough explan- 
 ation has been given under the heading "The in- 
 trinsic natures of the Planets," the student is re- 
 ferred thereto. We may mention here however, as a 
 peculiarity that Aries people live through fevers 
 when others succumb. "We have known their hair 
 to fall out, and the temperature to remain four de- 
 grees above maximum for many hours, without fatal 
 result. 
 
 Taurus, the Bull 
 
 Taurus is represented by a Bull in the Zodiac, 
 and the bodies generated under this sign are usually 
 short and stocky. They have a strong neck with 
 the bump of amativeness well developed, large 
 lobe of the ear, heavy jaws, full face; nose short 
 and stubby. Dark eyes and wavy hair frequently 
 give them considerable beauty. The eye of the 
 Taurian may never dart bolts of fire such as those 
 wherewith the Arian would annihilate his enemies;
 
 94 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 it is softer, but under provocation it becomes sul- 
 lenly expressive of the passive resistance where- 
 with these people win their battles. It then marks 
 the difference between the impulsive Aries and the 
 stubborn Taurus. The inner phalange of the thumb 
 is large and heavy, the calves well developed and 
 the foot chubby. In walking the Taurian usually 
 plants his heel first, and heaviest. 
 
 Taurus people are pre-eminently "thorough and 
 steadfast ' ' in everything they do : In love, in hate, 
 in work or play, they persist in a given direction, 
 and neither reason nor argument will turn them. 
 They are verbose and argumentative in defense of 
 their actions or opinions; they grasp new ideas slow- 
 ly, with difficulty and conservatively, but once com- 
 prehended and espoused, they always remember 
 what they have learned and defend their opinion to 
 the last ditch. 
 
 The Sun rising in Taurus gives an unusually 
 firm physique, and accentuates the Taurus pride in 
 strength. The Moon, being the planet of fecundity, 
 is exalted in this exceedingly fruitful sign; hence 
 people with the Moon in Taurus have large families, 
 particularly if the configuration is in the fifth 
 house, for that designates children. 
 
 Venus, the ruler of Taurus, rising in that sign, 
 makes the form beautiful as well as strong, it also 
 gives artistic ability and musical inspiration.
 
 INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 95 
 
 Gemini, the Twins 
 
 When Gemini is rising the body generated is 
 tall and slender ; the arms and limbs are particularly 
 long, fingers slender, hair dark, eyes hazel. Gemini 
 people are quick, active and alert in all their move- 
 ments, habitual restlessness is noticeable in the ex- 
 pression of the eyes, which differs in that respect 
 from more fixed tendencies of the eyes of those born 
 under the two preceding signs, although of course 
 we do not mean that the Arian always looks angry 
 and the Taurian stubborn, nevertheless, there is a 
 settled tendency in those directions noticeable when 
 these people are not occupied in a certain direction, 
 but the Gemini person has an expression which Ls 
 much more vivid, changeable and past finding out. 
 They have acutely enquiring minds, always want to 
 know the reason why, but often lack persistence to 
 follow clews to the end, and thus meet disappoint- 
 ment. Being tactful they avoid giving offense even 
 under provocation, and are therefore generally 
 liked by all; though their own affections are not 
 deep. Two distinct classes are born under this sign, 
 one, too fond of reading, should cultivate indepen- 
 dent thought, instead of repeating other people's 
 ideas, or aping their manners; the other is scientific, 
 well balanced and reserved; a model for any person. 
 
 The Sun rising in Gemini brings out all the 
 noblest traits of the sign, it makes the nature more 
 settled and contented, gives more persistence and a 
 particularly healthy and active body.
 
 96 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Mercury, the ruler, rising in Gemini, sharpens 
 perception, gives ability as a writer, or speaker, but 
 makes the person born with that configuration ex- 
 tremely irritable, vacillating, fond of change of 
 scene and employment. They are best fitted for 
 traveling salesmen. 
 
 Cancer, the Crab 
 
 The chief peculiarities of the crab are a clumsy 
 body, slender limbs and powerful claws; people 
 born with Cancer rising express them all. They 
 have a large upper body, augmented in later years 
 by a prominence of the abdomen acquired by over- 
 eating. The mandible or lower jaw is powerfully 
 hinged to the cranium, the face is therefore widest 
 between the ears, the mouth is also large, and the 
 whole construction similar to the crab's claw. The 
 face is full, the hair brown, the eyes blue, com- 
 plexion pale and sickly, for the Cancer person has 
 the least vitality of any. The limbs are extremely 
 slender in proportion to the large upper body, so 
 the structure appears "top heavy," and they walk 
 with a "rolling" gait. 
 
 Cancer people are very fond of the home and 
 its comforts, they are quiet, reserved and adapt 
 themselves to conditions, hence they are easy to get 
 along with, their anger is shortlived, and they hold 
 no spite. Though lacking in physical prowess, they 
 are no hypocrites, but always have the courage of 
 their convictions; they voice and defend them too.
 
 INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 97 
 
 The Sun rising in Cancer brings out and accen- 
 tuates all the good qualities mentioned above, it 
 gives more ambition and pride; also increases the 
 vitality, and is a particular boon to people with 
 Cancer rising in that respect, on account of their 
 very low life force. Cancer, with its ruler, the 
 Moon, governs the stomach and hence alimentation ; 
 Leo and its ruler, the Sun, have charge of the heart 
 and circulation. If these signs and planets are well 
 placed in the horoscope, they counteract most other 
 afflictions and a long lease of life is assured, but if 
 they are afflicted, much sickness results unless intel- 
 ligent care is applied to modify the omen. 
 
 The Moon, the ruler, rising in Cancer, will give 
 much instability to the nature, and Jupiter being 
 exalted will bring fortune and fame. 
 
 Leo, the Lion 
 
 The lion is the king of beasts and even in cap- 
 tivity is an embodiment of stateliness and pride. 
 The typical Leos of the Zodiac also express pride in 
 every movement and a stateliness, which will not 
 escape attention of the keen observer, the expansive 
 chest, the massive shoulders, the strong arm and the 
 large head contrast considerably with the more 
 slender but still muscular under body, and as Aries 
 has the sheep face, so the typical Leo has certain 
 feline features. The complexion is florid, eyes large 
 and full, blue or grayish in color, they express 
 laughter, cheerfulness and content. The whole
 
 98 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 frame is well knit and strong, having great endur- 
 ance and recuperative power. 
 
 It is really wonderful how the symbology of the 
 signs is brought out in the different kinds of people 
 born under them. People who are born under Leo 
 always want to be noted; they are aggressive and 
 want to attract attention everywhere they go. They 
 aim to be leaders; never followers. 
 
 Leo rules the heart, and it is a marked character- 
 istic that people with Leo rising unafflicted, have 
 hearts bigger than their pocketbooks; they give gen- 
 erously of their time, money, or knowledge without 
 thought of self. If the Sun rises in Leo, this trait 
 becomes almost prodigality, but if Saturn is there to 
 afflict instead, he will counteract it so that they will 
 either circumscribe their gifts with conditions to such 
 an extent that they retain practical control, or they 
 will spend their means on themselves. 
 
 Leos are honest and faithful; being child ren- of 
 the day star, they -love light and truth, are above sub- 
 terfuge and aim straight at their object. Their will 
 is firm to attain by honorable means. They make 
 good orators and hold their audiences by personal 
 magnetism. They are very attractive to the opposite 
 sex, and the lower nature should be held firmly in 
 check, otherwise serious trouble and heartache may 
 ensue. The French, as a race, are ruled by Leo, and 
 afford ample illustration of this point. 
 
 The Sun rising in Leo, unafflicted, gives a body 
 of wonderful strength, vitality and recuperative
 
 INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 99 
 
 power ; superior in its wiryness to the body generated 
 by the Sun in Taurus ; but if Mars is afflicted, palpi- 
 tation of the heart will ensue. Saturn will cause re- 
 gurgitation unless care is taken in early years to 
 avoid strain. 
 
 Virgo, the Virgin 
 
 People born when Virgo is rising are above mid- 
 dle stature. The upper part of the head is much more 
 developed than the lower, the weak chin, showing 
 lack of will and the large brain indicating greatness 
 of intellect, are therefore earmarks of the Virgo. The 
 face is thin, the complexion sallow, the hair brown 
 and the eyes hazel or grey. The feet are small, the 
 toes turn inwards and give these people a peculiar 
 labored walk. 
 
 Virgo people are very quick and active in youth, 
 they learn with facility, but do not work hard for 
 knowledge ; they seem to breathe it in without an 
 effort. They acquire linguistic and elocutionary 
 powers most readily, are fluent writers but often 
 cynical, cold and unforgiving when they have been 
 injured. They are extreme in their food, and make 
 hygiene a fad ; they often fancy that they have every 
 imaginable disease, because Virgo is the sixth sign 
 and has a certain affinity with the sixth house, de- 
 noting health and disease. 
 
 Mercury, the ruler, is also exalted here and gives 
 pronouncement of all the good which otherwise 
 might be expected from the Sun. 
 
 Virgo people are slender in youth, but when the
 
 100 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Sun of Life passes the Meridian and begins to throw 
 its shadows toward the East, we find in them a ten- 
 dency toward corpulence of body, particularly of 
 that part ruled, by Virgo, namely, the abdomen. 
 They neglect to take exercise, and naturally on this 
 account a sluggish condition of the intestines may 
 set in which retains the poisons in the body and robs 
 life of its joys and makes one indifferent. In this 
 fact lies the greatest danger of the Virgo people. 
 Once they get into the rut of sickness, they actually 
 "enjoy" poor health. They love to talk over their 
 symptoms with other people, and they resent any 
 thought or suggestion given to them that they are 
 not sick, or that they can get well. The presence of 
 Saturn in Virgo, or the sixth house, accentuates 
 this tendency in the very highest degree, and there- 
 fore it is an almost infallible sign that the native will 
 have or be subject to chronic illness, the nature of 
 this disease being denoted by the aspect, and the af- 
 flicting planets. 
 
 Jn order to deal successfully with Virgo people 
 -w~hen they have once become subject to disease, and 
 get them out of it at all, it is necessary to be firm 
 almost to the verge of cruelty. But though one may 
 seem cruel in enforcing upon them the regime that is 
 necessary to bring them away from themselves, this 
 is really the greatest kindness that can be shown, for 
 once these people are in the grip of sickness they 
 stubbornly refuse to let go ; they will resort to the 
 most cunning, even childlike schemes to excite eym-
 
 INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 101 
 
 pathy, particularly from strangers, and they will re- 
 sent any effort to show them that they are not help- 
 less invalids. At the very slightest suggestion of a 
 hopeful nature, they sometimes lose their temper in 
 the most unwarranted manner. But when at last 
 they are given the deaf ear by everybody, when peo- 
 ple who are in their immediate environment can be 
 persuaded to show them no sympathy, then they may 
 come to themselves. They need a shock to bring 
 them out and away from their condition. And until 
 they get that they never can be cured. 
 
 The Virgos make splendid nurses, if they can 
 keep from taking on the conditions of the patient. 
 The Virgo people never can bear to see blood shed or 
 touch dead things. They feel bodily injury to others 
 more than harm done to themselves, and are in 
 fact splendidly described by the word chicken- 
 hearted. 
 
 Libra, the Scales 
 
 Elegance may be said to express in one word the 
 physical peculiarities of the Libran. The body is 
 slender and graceful in youth; it becomes more 
 plump as life advances, but even the portliness of 
 the Libra body is pleasing. The complexion is 
 smooth and clear, eyes are soft and blue with a kind 
 expression; the mouth is unusually well formed and 
 the teeth particularly fine and even. 
 
 Libra people have extremely strong conjugal 
 affection, so strong, in fact, that it overshadows all
 
 102 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 other considerations. The. Leos love their families, 
 but their hearts take in all the world besides ; not so 
 the Librans, they are ready for any sacrifice to give 
 comforts to those in their own immediate home circle, 
 but they are also prepared to sacrifice anyone else's 
 family for their own, if necessary. 
 
 In most other traits the Librans express aptly the 
 symbolism of their sign: a pair of scales, and their 
 characteristics might be expressed in the word: 
 "Changeability." They are people of "moods," be- 
 cause Saturn is exalted here and weighs upon the 
 mind ; the changes are sudden and extreme ; they may 
 follow a fad with as much zest as if their life de- 
 pended upon it, and then, without a moment's warn- 
 ing, drop it and take up something entirely opposite ; 
 there are no halfway measures in the swing of the 
 scales. Being naturally given to change, they are 
 most adaptable to circumstances, and do not fret 
 over reverses, but set about to restore their fortunes 
 with vim and vigor. 
 
 Aries aiid Libra may be said to be the battlefields 
 of the Sun and Saturn : Life and Death, Joy and 
 Sorrow. The Sun is exalted in Aries, and vanquishes 
 Saturn; hence the intrepidity of Aries people. In 
 Libra the scales tip the other way, there Saturn is 
 exalted, and conquers the Sun; this gives a softer 
 tone to the Libran, whose kindly politeness contrasts 
 markedly with the Arian's brusque address. Venus, 
 the ruler of Libra, is not alone responsible for this 
 trait, for Taurus people are blunt, though Venus
 
 INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 103 
 
 rules. Venus rising in Libra gives artistic ability, 
 Saturn turns the mind in scientific directions. 
 
 Librans usually have well shaped hands and 
 feet, and are very proud of them. 
 
 Scorpio, the Eagle 
 
 The nose is the most prominent feature of the 
 Scorpio ; it is large, heavy, and hooked, resembling 
 the bill of the eagle ; the brows are bushy, the eyes 
 sharp and piercing; the jaw is very heavy; the glint 
 of the eye, and the set of the jaw indicate the great 
 determination which is the most prominent charac- 
 teristic of the Scorpio. The face is angular, complex- 
 ion murky, and hair dark, with a peculiar ruddy 
 tinge noticeable when the sun shines on it. The 
 teeth are large and subject to early decay. The body 
 is short and thickset, with a short, thick neck re- 
 sembling that of the opposite sign : Taurus. 
 
 Scorpio people always stand up for their rights, 
 and never submit to imposition, though prone to ride 
 roughshod over others. They are full of worries 
 over things that may happen, but never do, and thus 
 make life a burden to those around them. Sarcasm 
 that stings like a scorpion is aye upon the tip of their 
 tongue, yet their love is strong, and their aspirations 
 lofty. Thus there are two natures struggling in the 
 Scorpio and they need much sympathy and forbear- 
 ance from their friends. In the hour of danger they 
 never flinch, but perform deeds of heroism with a dis- 
 regard of self that amounts to foolhardiness. The
 
 104 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 mind is sharp, cool and collected, therefore Scorpio 
 men make good army officers and excel in surgery. 
 The Scorpio woman has a large family. 
 
 The Sun in Scorpio accentuates the good traits ; 
 and gives a love of mysticism ; but Mars, the ruler, 
 brings out the worldly side of the sign, it makes scof- 
 fers and sceptics. 
 
 Sagittarius, the Centaur 
 
 People born with Sagittarius rising are even 
 taller than those born under the opposite sign, Gemi- 
 ni, the men in particular have large hands and feet. 
 The size and weight of the bony frame is often too 
 much for the ligaments of the spine to support, .and 
 so these people develop a decided stoop in later years 
 The face is long and well formed, the nose well pro- 
 portioned, dark kindly eyes, with dark chestnut hair. 
 The body is very active, but requires much rest, as 
 the recuperative powers are below the requisite. 
 
 The symbol of this sign shows that there are two 
 widely different classes born therein. One, desig- 
 nated by the animal body of the Centaur, is frankly 
 in f or " a good time, ' ' they are sporty, soldiers of for- 
 tune, of roving proclivities, fond of games of chance, 
 and ready to risk their all on the turn of a card, the 
 speed of a horse, or a game of ball, while Aries or 
 Scorpio people may become pugilists, and Taurus 
 people take up wrestling as a profession. The sports 
 of Sagittarius have no element of cruetly in them; 
 sometimes when afflicted they may be criminals, their
 
 INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 105 
 
 crimes are never violent, however, but rather results 
 of their indulgence of the animal nature. 
 
 The other class is the extreme opposite; symbol- 
 ized by the human part of the sign. Here is the man 
 rising above the animal nature, bending the bow of 
 aspiration and aiming at limitless space, signifying 
 the loftiest longings of that immortal spark of in- 
 cipient divinity we call the soul. Law abiding, of the 
 highest morals, honored pillars in the church, be- 
 loved rulers of state, famed for integrity, benevo- 
 lence and justice. 
 
 The Sun rising in this sign is sure to bring pre- 
 ferment even to those born in lowly and obscure cir- 
 cumstances, and accentuate all good shown in the 
 sign; so will Jupiter, the ruler. 
 
 Sagittarius rules the thighs and therefore, 
 naturally, configurations from this sign, if accidents 
 are indicated, may be placed in those regions. And 
 it is a notable fact that Sagittarians are very liable to 
 broken bones under circumstances where people with 
 other signs seldom meet injury. 
 
 In the eighth degree of Sagittarius we have the 
 fixed star Antares, which has a very evil effect upon 
 the sight. Two other nebulous spots in the Zodiac 
 have a similar influence. One is Ascelli in Leo 6, the 
 other Pleiades in Taurus 29. The Sun, or Moon, in 
 one of those places and adversely configurated with 
 one of the malefics, Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Nep- 
 tune gives trouble in the eyes, according to the na- 
 ture of the evil aspect. Or, vice versa, if Saturn,
 
 106 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Mars, Uranus and Neptune are in one of the nebu- 
 lous spots adversely configurated to the Sun or Moon 
 a similar trouble will be experienced. Should a 
 planet like one of the last named be in retrograde mo- 
 tion the aspect is much worse, for when the planet 
 has ceased to retrograde and goes direct in the 
 Zodiac again, it will pass over which ever one of 
 these nebulous spots it is close to a second time and 
 thereby cause an added damage. There may be, how- 
 ever, a compensating side to this aspect, for it some- 
 times happens that while an evil configuration to 
 one of these nebulous spots, and Antares is the 
 worst, deprives a person of his or her sight, a benevo- 
 lent configuration awakens in them a second-sight 
 which will mitigate the loss in a degree which only 
 those who have that sight can appreciate. 
 
 The Sagittarian must learn to realize his ideals 
 within instead of seeking them without. We are in 
 this school of experience for the purpose of overcom- 
 ing, and it is not by running away from one place to 
 another that we gain experience. By staying in one 
 place, by doing our very best to attain our ideals 
 where we are, we make our ideals come true. 
 
 Capricorn, the Goaf 
 
 Capricorn rising gives a short, slender, narrow- 
 chested body with a thin neck, thin silky dark hair, 
 a pale peaked face with small blinking weak eyes. 
 The chin pointed and turned upwards, the nose 
 pointed and turned downwards, an impediment in
 
 INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 107 
 
 the speech, ill formed lower limbs and an awkward 
 walk. The vitality is very low, and these children 
 are reared with great difficulty, but once infancy is 
 past, they exhibit a tenacity that is truly amazing, 
 and often become very, very old ; they seem to dry up 
 into a mass of wrinkled skin and bone that is all but 
 imperishable, this, on account of the Saturn ray 
 which rules Capricorn. It is noticeable also, that all 
 who have that planet prominent in the nativity show 
 the before mentioned wrinkling of the skin; even 
 though they may retain corpulence conferred by 
 other configurations. 
 
 Ambition and suspicion are ruling characteris- 
 tics, an inordinate desire for recognition of their 
 claims to superiority and advancement, also suspi- 
 cion that others are trying to subvert or withhold 
 the coveted prize, are ever with these people. It 
 causes them much unnecessary worry, and may re- 
 sult in habitual melancholy, particularly if Saturn 
 is afflicted. They ought to seek amusement outdoors, 
 read funny stories and otherwise try to cultivate a 
 sense of the humorous from childhood, for this is one 
 of the saddest signs, and needs all possible encour- 
 agement. 
 
 Capricorn people are successful in detective 
 work, where secret practices are used to trap others ; 
 and persistence is required to ferret out a mystery, 
 for they never give up. The afflicted Capricorn is 
 very revengeful, and if by Mars, may shed blood to 
 satisfy a grudge. The Sun rising brings out the Jus-
 
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 tice, Purity and Honor of the sign, makes Captains of 
 Construction such as forward the great enterprises 
 of the world. 
 
 Aquarius, the Water Bearer 
 
 The stateliness and pride of those born under 
 the sign of Leo are not missing in the typical 
 Aquarian, but while in the Leo these qualities are of 
 a lower, more beastly nature agreeable to the sign, 
 they are manly pride and stateliness in the true 
 Aquarian. Libra generates a beautiful body but 
 more effeminate as it were, whereas the Aquarian 
 beauty is truly manly or womanly, the fearless eye is 
 kindly and drooping eyelashes are peculiar to this 
 sign. The forehead is square, and the well developed 
 poise tells of intellect, the large domed head shows 
 the spiritual side of the nature and the chin is suf- 
 ficiently developed to give purpose to all actions. 
 Thus the typical Aquarian is the highest grade of 
 humanity; but therefore, also exceedingly rare, for 
 the variants produced in each sign from the typical, 
 by the interposition of one or more planets are so 
 different that the type is often unrecognizable in the 
 majority of its features. Aquarians are most loyal to 
 friends, therefore they attract manv, keep them 
 through life, and are much benefitted by them. Like 
 Capricorn, this sign is ruled by Saturn, and he gives 
 to the Aquarian the same retiring nature and tend- 
 ency to melancholy which marks the Capricornian, 
 but also the persistence in following a given course,
 
 INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 109 
 
 and whatever financial success comes to these people 
 is the result of continued and patient effort ; Aquar- 
 ians are very deliberate and longsuffering ; they 
 never act in a hurry, and therefore seldom have 
 cause to regret their actions, save when reason has 
 been stilled through play upon their sympathies, for 
 under such circumstances they are readily imposed 
 upon. The love nature is very strong, but they 
 are not as demonstrative as the Leo. It is note- 
 worthy that the qualities of opposite signs are always 
 reflected : Leo in Aquarians, reflects love ; Taurus 
 mirrors the passion of Scorpio, the Gemini body is a 
 reflex of the bony Sagittarius frame, etc. 
 
 The Sun and Saturn bring out more prominently 
 the good traits of Aquarius, for this sign where he 
 rules and Libra where he is exalted, are therefore 
 under his most benign influence. The Sun in Aqua- 
 rius adds much hope and life to the nature, and thus 
 counteracts the melancholy trait previously men- 
 tioned. 
 
 Pisces, the FisTies 
 
 The typical Piscean is short, flabby and fleshy 
 with a waddling gait not unlike those born under the 
 sign Cancer, but differs from them by having a 
 stouter body. The feet are often turned in, but 
 larger than those born under Virgo. The body is 
 weak and deficient in recuperative force. The com- 
 plexion is medium, the eyes blue, watery and expres- 
 sionless, the ncse is large and flat.
 
 110 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 There is a strong tendency to mediumship 
 among the Pisces people, and therein is a danger 
 greater than any other on earth. No one should "sit 
 for development" and degenerate into the tool of 
 low spirits, but a Pisces person in particular is 
 "lost" if taken control of. They cannot free them- 
 selves, neither in this life or the next, because gener- 
 ally inert and devoid of will power. They are timid, 
 and even the men are tearful on the slightest provo- 
 cation; they love leisure more than comfort, and do 
 no work when not absolutely necessary to keep body 
 and soul together. They love change of scene, rove 
 about considerably, generally in an aimless manner. 
 Being fond of good things to eat and drink, particu- 
 larly the latter, and lacking will to curb their appe- 
 tite when afflicted, they frequently indulge their 
 craving to such an extent that they become habitual 
 drunkards. 
 
 The Sun rising in Pisces gives more energy and 
 ambition, Jupiter, the ruler, strengthens the morals, 
 and Venus exalted in this sign, gives great musical 
 talent, but accentuates the tendency to alcoholic in- 
 dulgence, which mars the lives of so many splendid 
 musicians. 
 
 When many planets are in Pisces, the person 
 will have a hard life, because he or she will not want 
 to take up their life's burden, but love to dream, 
 they become recluses ; they seek to master the hidden 
 arts, occultism and mysticism ; are not guided by rea- 
 son, but rather by their likes and dislikes, and unless
 
 INFLUENCE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 111 
 
 they can find an occupation that is otherwise isolated 
 from the ordinary business and trend of life they 
 will feel out of place. They are prone to incur the 
 enmity of people with whom they come in contact in- 
 timately; nobody seems to get along with them, and 
 everybody, whether they show it or not, will take a 
 dislike. 
 
 There is, ho\vever, a higher side to Pisces, the 
 person who finds himself with Pisces on the ascend- 
 ant is at the end of one cycle of progress and at 
 the beginning of a new. He stands, as it were, upon 
 the threshhold of something higher. Therefore, he is 
 usually not able to live up to the possibilities of the 
 sign which requires self-sacrifice and non-resistance 
 in absolutely Christlike fashion. The tendency is 
 therefore to drift upon the sea of life and dream 
 dreams of future greatness. This tendency must be 
 counteracted by every effort of the will, for other- 
 wise life will be a failure, and later the stern whip 6f 
 necessity will be applied to goad him or her into ac- 
 tion.
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 THE INTRINSIC NATURE OF THE PLANETS 
 
 THE nature of gun powder which causes it to ex- 
 plode under certain circumstances is neither good 
 nor bad, the quality of its action is determined by the 
 way its power is used. When it furthers the welfare 
 of the community it is called good, and evil when 
 used in a manner derogatory to our well being; so 
 also with the planets, they are neither good nor evil, 
 each has its intrinsic nature and acts in a manner 
 consonant therewith save as modified by the circum- 
 stances under which its powers are exerted. When 
 we know the nature of a sign and the nature of a 
 planet, we may combine the two, and thus obtain the 
 correct reading of the stellar script by our own rea- 
 soning instead of depending upon authorities. For 
 instance, the Sun is hot, full of vital force, and 
 exercises an influence that buoys us up in body and 
 spirit. When its rays fall upon us with moderate 
 strength it makes us stronger and more cheerful, for 
 there is an atmosphere of generosity, out-going love 
 and kindliness in the Sun. Thus if the Sun at birth 
 is in the weak sign, Cancer, naturally the effect would 
 be to modify the weak constitution described in the 
 foregoing signature of the signs ; the heat of the Sun 
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 INTRINSIC NATURE OF THE PLANETS 113 
 
 would give a more florid complexion to the Cancer 
 person, the general health and recuperative powers 
 would be materially augmented, not to speak of the 
 changes that would be manifested in the disposition, 
 giving more ambition, hopefulness and buoyancy to 
 the temperament. Suppose, on the other hand, that 
 the Sun is in Aries when that sign is rising at the 
 birth of a person, then the fire of the Sun, added to 
 the fire of the sign Aries, will increase the boldness 
 and the intrepidity of the person to such a degree 
 that it may become foolhardiness, particularly, if 
 Mars, the ruler of Aries, is also there and increases 
 the warlike tendencies. Those are characteristics, 
 but the physical body will also suffer from this ex- 
 cessive heat, the blood will race through the veins of 
 such a person like a Niagara of liquid fire, and fevers 
 would be a frequent experience, as the superabund- 
 ance of vitality burns out the physical casement. 
 Were the cold, slow and sluggish Saturn there in- 
 stead of the Sun and Mars, he might squelch almost 
 all of the Aries characteristics both mental and 
 physical. If we consider Aries symbolized by a 
 stove in which a fire is burning, it would make the 
 same difference whether the hot Mars, or the cold 
 Saturn, were placed there, as it makes a difference 
 whether we pour oil or water into the stove. Simi- 
 larly, all the other planets produce various results, 
 according to their intrinsic natures and their various 
 combinations. For the sake of lucidity and ready 
 reference, let us first set down the word which de-
 
 114 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 scribes best the most salient characteristics of each 
 planet. 
 
 The Sun Life 
 
 Venus Coalition 
 
 Mercury Reason 
 
 The Moon Fecundation 
 
 Saturn Obstruction 
 
 Jupiter Idealism 
 
 Mars Dynamic Energy 
 
 Uranus Altruism 
 
 Neptune Divinity 
 
 In the foregoing, the essential natures of the 
 planets have been given ; where they are well aspected 
 by another planet these natural characteristics are 
 enhanced so far as the benefic planets are concerned, 
 but when evilly aspected, the nature of Venus, 
 which is love and rhythm, becomes folly, licentious- 
 ness and sloth; the philosophy, law-abidrag tenden- 
 cies, mercy and lofty aspirations of Jupiter turn into 
 lawlessness, disregard of others, a ad low pursuits; 
 the lofty spirituality of the Sun will express itself 
 as just animal spirits and physical health. In regard 
 to the planets of the lower nature, good aspects of 
 Mars turn the desires toward constructive objects, 
 and well regulated activities, while evil aspects are 
 responsible for the destructive expression of the de- 
 sire nature. Saturn, when well aspected, gives me- 
 chanical and executive ability capable of directing
 
 INTRINSIC NATURE OF THE PLANETS 115 
 
 the desire nature. It shows the brainy, persevering 
 man able to cope with, and conquer, material obsta- 
 cles; the organizer and the promoter; the scientific 
 investigator, who follows material lines. As Jupi- 
 ter, well aspected, denotes the high-minded philoso- 
 pher, the worthy law-giver, the sincere and ardent 
 priest, in fact, all who have high and lofty aspira- 
 tions, so Saturn, when evilly aspected, denotes the 
 evilly-minded, creed-bound sectarian, the material- 
 ist, and enemies of society, whether church or state. 
 As Jupiter gives the lofty, expansive and benevo- 
 lent mind, so Saturn, evilly aspected, gives a sarcas- 
 tic, concrete and narrow tendency. 
 
 It is wonderful to contemplate how the planet- 
 ary forces balance each other so perfectly that uni- 
 versal equilibrium is maintained despite the disturb- 
 ances of the 1500 millions which inhabit the earth 
 alone, not to speak of other spheres. Every moment 
 of time our actions, individually and collectively,, 
 interfere with terestrial equipoise, and were not this 
 instantly restored, the earth must leave its orbit, fly 
 off at a tangent and destroyed. Nor are physical 
 disturbances most potent in disturbing or restoring 
 balance, it is a fallacy to confound solidity and rig- 
 idity with strength, as most thoroughly explained in. 
 our lecture No. 19 : The Coming Force. A train has 
 no strength itself, but must be solid because it is 
 operated upon by an invisible gas called steam. 
 There is no force in a rigid hammer ; but when driven 
 by a column of flexible liquid, like water, backed by
 
 116 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 an clastic cushion of compressed air, the force stored 
 In the air drives the powerful hydraulic ram irresist- 
 ibly through whatever comes before it. Likewise 
 subtle invisible stellar rays are the factors which 
 maintain our ponderous planet in its path, and 
 spiritual disturbances generated by mankind are 
 naturally the most subtle force which interferes with 
 the earth's equipoise. 
 
 Therefore each planet has its opposite, and ev- 
 ery time we radiate the quality of one planet, we 
 call forth a counter current of corresponding force, 
 and by the action and reaction of those forces in and 
 upon us and our environment we learn the lessons of 
 life. Do we vibrate to the love ray of Venus, instantly 
 Mar.s comes to tempt, and tries to turn love to lust, 
 but it depends upon US whether we remain steadfast 
 in virtue or yield to vice. Do we court the ideal of 
 Jupiter; do we aim to elevate the standards of 
 -church or state, instantly the Saturnine forces invite 
 .to self-aggrandizement and appeal to the passion for 
 power. With us it lies to remain true to the ideal and 
 reap laurels that last through eternity, or yield to the 
 promise of present gain of worthless gold which we 
 repay in sorrow when Saturn turns and becomes the 
 chastiser. Each horoscope shows the tendencies in 
 even the humblest life, and opportunity continu- 
 ally knocks. May we all be prepared to meet it as 
 spiritual astrologers.
 
 HOW TO TEST THE HOROSCOPE 117 
 
 How to Test the Horoscope 
 
 It sometimes happens that a momentary mental 
 aberration causes even the best of mathematicians to 
 make a mistake in his figures and if an error occurs 
 when casting a horoscope an immense amount of 
 labor may be wasted before it is discovered. There 
 is an easy method of verifying the figure in the main 
 points by a glance at the position of the Sun which 
 the cautious astrologer never neglects to make use of, 
 and we would specially recommend it to beginners 
 who are naturally more prone to miscalculate than 
 those who have long experience. 
 
 When you have calculated the place of the Sun 
 and entered it in its proper house and sign, note at 
 once if its position coincides with its actual place in 
 the sky at the time of day when the child was born. 
 If the birth occurred about sunrise, the Sun must be 
 near the ascendant; if in the middle of the forenoon 
 the Sun should be somewhere in the eleventh house, 
 if near noon the Sun will be found near, the Mid- 
 heaven in a correctly cast horoscope, and in the 
 middle of the afternoon it is in the eighth house. A 
 child born near sunset has its sun close to the cusp 
 between the sixth and seventh houses, and if the 
 birth occurs about 9 p. m., the Sun will be in or near 
 the fifth house. When birth is at midnight the Sun 
 is near the nadir, and a child born about 3 o'clock 
 in the morning has the Sun in or near the second 
 house. 
 
 If you find that the Sun is in its proper position
 
 118 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 relative to the houses, you may confidently proceed 
 with your calculations and place the other planets. 
 If not, you have made a mistake which must be cor- 
 rected before you go further. 
 
 When someone hands you a horoscope calculated 
 by another astrologer and asks you to read it, look 
 first at the time of birth and then see if the Sun is in 
 its proper position relative to the houses, and the 
 light sign as determined by the month, for if you 
 start to read from an improperly cast horoscope you 
 lay yourself liable to ridicule. Suppose Saturn were 
 on the ascendant and you accuse that person of be- 
 ing melancholy; when he denies the indications and 
 you discover that Mars and Mercury should be there 
 in Scorpio, it is not probable that he will accept 
 your explanations; he will more likely sneer at as- 
 trology and astrologers; nor can we deny that from 
 his point of view such condemnation is justified. 
 Therefore be careful to look at the Sun. Other mis- 
 takes may occur, but that is the most serious and the 
 most easily detected.
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 THE CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 
 
 The Children of Aries 
 Born March 20th to April 21st. 
 
 ARIES is the home of Mars, the planet of dyna- 
 mic energy, and is also the exaltation sign of the 
 life-giving Sun, hence it is a very fountain of life 
 and vitality as manifest in the sprouting of the mil- 
 lions of seeds which break through the earth's crust 
 at that time and change the white winter garment 
 to a flower-embroidered carpet of green, and make 
 the forests a bridal bower for the mating beasts 
 and birds. 
 
 This great vital force also finds its expression 
 in the children of Aries, they bubble over with life 
 and energy to such an extent that it is often very 
 difficult to curb them sufficiently to hold them with- 
 in the bounds of safety and common sense. They 
 are self-assertive and aggresive to a degree, always 
 in the lead for they scorn to follow, turbulent and 
 radical in all their thoughts, ideas and actions. 
 They are venturesome to the verge of foolhardiness. 
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 120 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 We also find that they are greedy for the fruits of 
 their labor, they never can get enough, but no mat- 
 ter how much they earn they are generally poor 
 for they spend as lavishly and as thoughtlessly as 
 they earn. They make splendid foremen and over- 
 seers, for, being so full of vital energy and ambition 
 themselves, they have a faculty of infusing their en- 
 ergy into their subordinates or forcing them to work 
 when necessary. But being too impulsive and reck- 
 less they lack the ability to originate for themselves. 
 They are serious and ardent in all they undertake; 
 they cannot go into anything half-heartedly, and 
 therefore, if they once espouse a cause, social, poli- 
 tical or religious, they will work for that cause with 
 all the vim and vigor of their energetic nature. But 
 if on the other hand an Aries child becomes addicted 
 to a vice the whole intensity of its nature is turned 
 towards the gratification of that particular part 
 of its lower nature. Therefore parents with Aries 
 children have a great responsibility to set before 
 them by precept and example the noblest and best 
 form of conduct of which they are capable, for this 
 is probably the most impressive sign in the zodiac, 
 and the habits formed, the lessons learned in child- 
 hood and youth will generally cling to the person 
 through life and make him either very good or very 
 bad. Be particularly careful to inculcate abstinence 
 from alcoholic liquors, for if an Aries child becomes 
 addicted to that vice he is beyond saving and often 
 becomes subject to delirium.
 
 CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 121 
 
 Children of Taurus 
 Born April 21st to May 22nd. 
 
 On the 21st of April the Sun enters the zodiacal 
 sign of the Bull, Taurus, and remains in that sign un- 
 til the 20th of May and therefore children born be- 
 tween those dates partake in a great measure of the 
 characteristics of this sign. Taurus is ruled by Venus 
 the planet of love, and therefore the children of Tau- 
 rus have a basically amicable and kind disposition, 
 but when they once have conceived an idea they cling 
 to it with stubbornness, they are very resentful of 
 contradiction and very difficult to convince that they 
 have made a mistake, but when once one has suc- 
 ceeded in showing them that they are wrong their 
 inherent love of justice and truth will prompt them 
 to acknowledge their mistakes and try to rectify 
 them. They have a very strong and determined 
 will so that when they set up a goal for themselves 
 or have made up their minds to do anything they 
 keep on working with patience and persistence until 
 they usually make a success of whatever they under- 
 take. They also have good executive ability and are 
 able to take leading positions where they have oth- 
 ers under their command. Although they are ami- 
 cable and agreeable when in the company of others 
 they have a strong tendency to seek solitude and to 
 become very self-centered. They seem to set up un- 
 consciously a barrier between themselves and other 
 people so that it is difficult to become intimately
 
 122 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 acquainted with them. Taurus children are very 
 keen in their desires for material possessions and 
 they are usually very fortunate also in acquiring 
 them for besides having good earning power them- 
 selves they are often the recipients of inheritance. 
 But they do not want wealth for the sake of hav- 
 ing it as much as for the pleasure and comfort which 
 they can get out of it ; they are mainly very fond of 
 comforts and luxuries, art, music, drama and other 
 refining influences of life. 
 
 The children of Taurus have an abundance of 
 vitality to start with, but they are very apt to go 
 to excess in work or play, waste their energy and 
 become ill as a consequence. They are particularly 
 attracted to the pleasure^ of the table. They revel 
 in rich foods which later give them a tendency to 
 digestive troubles, enlargement of the liver, heart 
 disease and congestion of the kidneys. These dis- 
 eases are very apt to make them uncomfortable in 
 later life, therefore parents should inculcate in them 
 above all things the virtue of frugality, not only by 
 precept, but by example, for these Taurus children 
 are very quick and they will readily see that ''mo- 
 ther and father tell me to eat little but they eat all 
 they want themselves." They should also be taught 
 to take plenty of exercise as a means to promote 
 health, for the children of Taurus are rather indo- 
 lent in their manner. However, as said before, they 
 have a most wonderful vitality particularly if they 
 are born at sunrise and although they may become
 
 CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 12b 
 
 subject to the diseases mentioned they will have a 
 long life and a fair measure of general good health, 
 wealth and happiness. 
 
 Children of Gemini 
 4 Born May 22nd to June 22nd. 
 
 The children of Gemini are wonderfully quick- 
 witted and bright; they also have the ability to ex- 
 press themselves clearly and to the point, therefore 
 they are always good company. Conversation never 
 lags when they are present, in fact they are some- 
 times given to monopolizing it entirely, but then 
 they are often so interesting that other people 
 are glad to listen. They acquire learning very 
 rapidly and are very well informed on most sub- 
 jects. They have a good memory so that what they 
 have won is not lost, that is of course, provided the 
 horqscope is otherwise well-aspected and configur- 
 ated. Where it is seriously afflicted we find the 
 faults of the Gemini pointing in the opposite direc- 
 tion; then they may be inveterate chatterboxes, 
 shunned by everybody who can possibly get out of 
 their way. The great point to remember with these 
 children is that they have the ability of expression 
 and a great deal may be done during the days of 
 childhood to mould the character in such a way that 
 it expresses itself in a manner that is congenial and 
 to the general benefit of the child and its surround- 
 ings, and will be of help to it later in life. 
 
 The children of Gemini are, generally speaking,
 
 124 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 of a very kind and affable disposition, easy to get 
 along with. They are able to adapt themselves to 
 other people and to circumstances so that they be- 
 come all things to all men and in that way they usu- 
 ally make many friends and few enemies. They are 
 of a roving disposition and love to travel about from 
 one place to another and they excel in scientific or 
 clerical activities, as agents or representatives of 
 others where their Mercurial talents find an avenue 
 of expression. 
 
 From the moral point of view it is not good to 
 have a flexible nature. The children of Gemini are 
 only too easily made victims of flattery and there- 
 fore apt to be led unconsciously into paths of wrong- 
 doing. It should be the aim of the parents of these 
 children to hold before them very seriously the 
 straight and narrow path and emphasize the idea in 
 their minds that that is never to be swerved from 
 under any consideration. 
 
 The children of Gemini are very high-strung and 
 nervous and therefore they are easily worried and 
 irritated, which reflects upon their actions and upon 
 their bodily health. On that account parents with 
 children born in this month ought to be lenient with 
 them in their flashes of temper for they are very 
 quick-spoken under wrath; they need a soothing an- 
 swer rather than reproof, in order that they may be 
 helped to overcome while they are young and to 
 strengthen their moral constitution in that respect 
 When the horoscope of a Gemini child is afflicted
 
 CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 125 
 
 there is very apt to be some disorder of the lungs 
 and Gemini children will be much helped if they are 
 taught proper breathing exercises and calisthenics. 
 It will at least minimize the tendencies and may 
 entirely overcome them. Gemini children usually 
 grow very tall and straight. They are fine-looking 
 people with a quick walk and brisk movements, but 
 they may be either light or dark complexioned ac- 
 cording to the placement and configuration of the 
 other planets. 
 
 The Children of Cancer 
 Born June 22nd to July 23rd. 
 
 The watery sign Cancer is one of the weakest 
 in the zodiac so far as vitality goes and when that 
 is upon the eastern horizon of a person's horoscope 
 it always gives a rather weak body, but usually this 
 does not apply to the children born during the time 
 when the Sun is in Cancer, for the Sun is the giver 
 of life, and these children are therefore more for- 
 tunate with respect to vitality than those, children 
 who have Cancer rising. 
 
 The children of Cancer are usually very timid 
 and retiring, yet they want and need friendship and 
 sympathy; though they are very sensitive about 
 seeking it, yet when they get well acquainted they 
 can at times be very exacting with their friends, 
 even autocratic in their ways of ordering them about. 
 At the same time, it must be said they are very con- 
 scientious in all things entrusted to them, and use
 
 126 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 considerable discretion in whatever they do, so that 
 one may safely trust them to keep a secret or exe- 
 cute a commission. The sign Cancer is ruled by the 
 restless Moon, and therefore changes of residence, po- 
 sition, vocation, and of all matters, are quite frequent 
 in the lives of these children. At the same time they 
 cannot be called fickle and flippant for they are very 
 tenacious whenever they have undertaken to do a 
 certain work or undertaken a certain obligation; 
 then they stay by it until it is finished. Neither do 
 they run haphazard into anything; in fact, there are 
 times when they are inclined to be too cautious. Es- 
 pecially where there is danger of injury they are al- 
 most cowards, and they are often given to anxiety 
 and worry. 
 
 The Children of Leo 
 Born July 23rd to August 24th. 
 
 The sign Leo is ruled by the life-giving Sun, and 
 it is called the royal sign of the Zodiac; therefore it 
 confers upon the children which are born under its 
 influence a noble, ambitious and aspiring nature. 
 They are of the Master breed and make good leaders 
 but poor followers. Being of a noble and lofty char- 
 acter themselves they scorn mean and sordid things, 
 nor will they stoop to do a low act even under great 
 provocation or the strong urge of self-interest. The 
 love nature is very strong and ardent. No inconven- 
 ience or sacrifice is too great to serve those they love. 
 They are loyal and true friends through thick and
 
 CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 127 
 
 thin. Leo is a fixed sign and gives its children 
 considerable will power, so that they are usually 
 able to win their way to the top despite all 
 handicaps and obstacles. They are very fixed in their 
 opinions and if they espouse any cause they will usu- 
 ally stay by it and work for it in a most enthusiastic 
 manner. They never do anything half-heartedly, for 
 Leo being a fiery sign endows them with power, vi- 
 tality and enthusiasm. Leo also gives its children a 
 good memory. The foregoing tendencies are indi- 
 cated when the Sun is fairly well aspected in the 
 horoscope ; but if it is afflicted by Mars, or any of 
 the malefics, the nature is changed, so that the per- 
 son becomes bombastic, blustering and domineering, 
 one not to be trusted in any department of life, and 
 an unfaithful, amorous husband or wife, a disloyal 
 friend^ one who will not hesitate to stoop to any 
 meanness. He is then just as bad as the Leo with 
 the well aspected Sun is good, this on the principle 
 that the brightest light always casts the deepest 
 shadow. The principal fault of the Leos is a quick 
 temper, but they do not hold spite, and when shown 
 to have been in the wrong they are always ready to 
 apologize and make amends. They are magnanimous, 
 even to their bitterest enemies. 
 
 The 'Children of Virgo 
 Born August 24th to September 23rd. 
 Virgo, the Sixth sign of the zodiac, is ruled by 
 Mercury, the planet of reason, expression and dex-
 
 128 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 terity. It is said, and with considerable truth, that 
 love is blind, for were one to see faults in the beloved 
 one the master passion never would find expression. 
 Therefore the children of Virgo who are governed 
 so much by intellect are not sympathetic, but in- 
 clined to be cynical, critical and skeptical of any- 
 thing that is not scientifically demonstrable to the 
 reason and senses. They are very quick mentally, 
 though only too often inclined to "strain at a gnat," 
 and though they seldom "swallow the camel," they 
 get into a rut where they become narrow-minded and 
 bigoted. They are rather lazy themselves and fond 
 of taking things easy, but they like to drive others, 
 and can be very masterful with subordinates. On 
 that account they often cause enmities of a lasting 
 nature, but whenever they become friendly with any 
 one they also make very good friends and treat their 
 friends well. The Mercurial disposition infused by 
 this sign brings many changes of environment and 
 therefore new associations and friendships are con- 
 stantly being formed. They are very acquisitive and 
 always looking out for ways and means of bettering 
 themselves financially, socially and economically. 
 It may also be said that they deserve promotion for 
 they are industrious to a degree where they see that 
 a reward may be gained thereby. They are also very 
 ingenious and versatile, fond of the study of science, 
 particularly chemistry, diet and hygiene, and many 
 among them become extreme food faddists. As Virgo 
 Is the Sixth sign these people take on Sixth house
 
 CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 129 
 
 characteristics and are therefore very sensitive to 
 suggestions of ill health, so that if they ever become 
 enmeshed in the tentacles of disease they frequently 
 lack the necessary will power to extricate themselves ; 
 with the result that they then usually become chronic 
 invalids or perhaps rather they think themselves so, 
 for it may be said that these people seem to resent 
 any effort to cheer them up and get them out of the 
 clutches of their particular illness, real or fancied. 
 They seem in fact to enjoy bad health, and they are 
 always looking for sympathy, though as we noted 
 in the beginning of this reading, they are very slow 
 to grant the same to others. If they can keep out of 
 the clutches of disease, they often become excellent 
 nurses and have a splendid influence upon the sick, 
 
 The Children of Libra 
 Born September 23rd to October 24th. 
 Libra is the Seventh sign of the zodiac and the 
 children which are born under that sign are ruled 
 by the planet of love, Venus. The symbol of Libra 
 in the pictorial zodiac is a pair of scales and this 
 instrument describes graphically their principal 
 characteristic. The children of Libra are very ardent 
 in anything they do; they take up a vocation or an 
 avocation with a zeal and enthusiasm which for the 
 time being excludes all other things from their con- 
 sideration, but after a while they may drop it just 
 as suddenly, take up something else as a trade, a 
 fad or a hobby, and pursue that with an equal en- 
 
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 130 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ergy and absorbing interest. This is in fact one of 
 their principal faults, as they find it very difficult 
 to settle down to anything definite, and continue it 
 with patience and persistence until they have 
 achieved success. 
 
 Libra is the sign when the Sun changes from 
 the northern to the southern hemisphere; it crosses 
 the equator there, and consequently the Sun is 
 very weak at that point. It is the great life-giver 
 going down into the dark winter months, and there- 
 fore Saturn, the planet of darkness, is exalted in 
 Libra. Thus we find two natures very markedly ex- 
 pressed in children that are born under this sign ; one 
 is of the Sun, which is cheerful and optimistic, 
 the other is that of Saturn, which is morose and 
 melancholy. And this expresses itself in the 
 changeable nature of the Libra children; sometimes 
 they are up in the seventh heaven, optimistic and 
 enthusiastic, cheerful and happy, then as suddenly 
 and without any seeming cause the scale swings and 
 they seem to be down in the dumps of worry and 
 melancholy just as if they had not a friend in the 
 world. As a matter of fact they make many friends, 
 for they have a basically kind disposition en- 
 gendered by the Lady of Libra, Venus, but they al- 
 so have a quick temper, though fortunately they do 
 not hold spite. They are exceedingly fond of pleas- 
 ures in general and particularly lean toward art 
 and music.
 
 CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 131 
 
 The Children of Scorpio 
 Born October 24th to November 23rd. 
 Scorpio is ruled by Mars, the planet of dynamic- 
 energy, and therefore the children born during that 
 month when the Sun is passing through this sign are 
 filled with a force that must have an outlet some- 
 where or somehow. They partake of all the Martial 
 qualities, either good or bad, according to the way 
 the Sun is placed and aspected, and they are always 
 ready to take up an argument or a fight, either on 
 their own behalf or for someone else ; they are never 
 content with half measures, either they go to one- 
 extreme or the other, good or bad. Those who show 
 the good side of Scorpio have splendid constructive 
 and executive abilities. They are brusque but honest 
 and just, indefatigable workers, and always ready 
 to sacrifice themeslves for the good of others by re- 
 belling against oppression or in other Ways unself- 
 ishly working for the cause they have espoused. But 
 those who show the bad side of Scorpio not only re- 
 fuse to work themselves but become demagogues 
 who incite others to anarchy and lawlessness and de- 
 struction. These people are social fire-brands and 
 very dangerous to the community. But there is one 
 redeeming feature about them and that is that they 
 are not underhanded, whatever they do is open and 
 aboveboard. The children of Scorpio usually hare 
 a very uncertain temper and a sarcastic tongue that 
 bites like the sting of the scorpion, when they turn 
 that side of their nature. Therefore the parents of
 
 132 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 these children should take them in hand as early 
 as possible and teach them self-control by every 
 means within their power; also strive to soften the 
 Mars ray and instill into them a more kindly spirit. 
 This may be very difficult because the sign Scorpio 
 gives a very determined nature, still, in childhood's 
 years it is plastic to a certain extent and can be best 
 worked upon then. They have a very strong and 
 vivid imagination, with a clear, sharp and pene- 
 trating mind, also a personal magnetism that makes 
 them very attractive to those with whom they come 
 in contact. They seem to be most contented in mili- 
 tary life where there is sharp and strict discipline. 
 Particular care should be taken to teach these child- 
 ren sex hygiene, for the sign Scorpio rules the gene- 
 rative and eliminatory organs, whose functions are 
 stimulated by the presence of the Sun in Scorpio, 
 so that if the person is not morally and physically 
 clean, much trouble may be expected. These child- 
 ren also make excellent surgeons and if they are 
 taught to use surgery only for constructive purposes 
 they can do a great deal of good in the world. All 
 this depends in a considerable measure upon the early 
 training, for there is a destructive side to the Scorpio 
 nature which would make it very dangerous from 
 the spiritual viewpoint for such a person to take 
 up a vocation that offers scope for malpractice; he 
 would then contract a very heavy debt under the 
 law of consequence, which must be paid back in sor- 
 row and suffering either in this or later lives.
 
 CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 133 
 
 The Children of Sagittarius 
 Born November 23rd to December 22nd. 
 
 Sagittarius is ruled by Jupiter, the great bene- 
 fic planet, and it may be said generally that those 
 who are born while the Sun is in this sign from No- 
 vember 23rd to December 22nd are well liked 
 in the society where they move. They are of a 
 hearty and jovial disposition, princes among men, 
 hail-fellows-well-met, and their acquaintances are 
 generally glad to see them. There are two very dis- 
 tinct classes born under this sign. In the pictorial 
 zodiac, Sagittarius is represented as a centaur, half 
 horse and half man, and one class of those who come 
 to birth under its influence are well described by 
 the animal part thereof, for they are of a sporty na- 
 ture, ready to gamble on the speed of a horse at long 
 odds or to stake their last dollar on a game of cards. 
 They are fond of a "good time right straight 
 through" and their moral nature is of low grade, 
 aptly described by the animal part of the symbol, 
 so that they have no scruples with respect to the 
 indulgence of their appetites, passions and desires. 
 They are lacking in respect for both the law and or- 
 dinary morals, hence they are often found among 
 the criminal class. But those children of Sagittarius 
 who are symbolized by the human part of the cen- 
 taur, aiming the bow of aspiration at the stars, are 
 as different as day is from night, for they are ex- 
 tremely idealistic, moral and law-abiding, noble
 
 134 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 characters who win the respect of society in general 
 and particularly all with whom they come into in- 
 timate contact. Therefore they become in time the 
 pillars of society and receive positions of honor and 
 preferment in the State or Church as judges or di- 
 vines. They are very orthodox and conservative 
 in their opinions and punctilious to a fault in their 
 observance of all customs and traditions of the times 
 wherein they live, but they are not progressive, for 
 they value the opinions of their contemporaries very 
 highly and are seldom induced to espouse any pro- 
 gressive ideas which might jeopardize the respect of 
 the community enjoyed by them. They are firm be- 
 lievers in the necessity of red tape. Withal, how- 
 ever, they are charitable and benevolent, tender and 
 sympathetic; they can always be relied upon to aid 
 any altruistic movement, and though they are of 
 a kindly nature and endeavor to avoid quarrels 
 in their own behalf, they sometimes fight with 
 great zeal and courage for others who have been in- 
 jured and in whose behalf their sympathies have 
 been enlisted, hence they make admirable lawyers. 
 
 The Sagittarians are usually excellent conver- 
 sationalists and they have a quick and ready wit and 
 are fond of indulging in oratory. Their memory and 
 interesting way of relating experiences always hold 
 the audience. They are very proud and have great 
 confidence in themselves.
 
 CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 135 
 
 The Children of Capricorn 
 Born December 22nd to January 20th. 
 
 .. , Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, the planet of ob- 
 struction, therefore the vitality of these children is 
 very low and they are difficult to raise, but once in- 
 fancy is passed the Saturnine persistence makes it- 
 self felt and they cling to life with an amazing ten- 
 acity so that they often become very old. They are 
 very much subject to colds and their principal 
 source of danger is falls and bruises. The children of 
 Capricorn are usually bashful and timid in the pres- 
 ence of strangers but when they have become used 
 to people they show their domineering nature and en- 
 deavor to make everybody around them conform to 
 their will. The Saturnine quality of the sign makes 
 them jealous and suspicious of the motives of others. 
 Therefore they are very fond of detective work. 
 They will follow a trail with unerring instinct and 
 unwavering perseverance that never gives up as long 
 as there is the remotest chance of success. It is good 
 to be friends with Capricornians and bad to make 
 enemies of them, for they find it very hard to for- 
 give a real or fancied offense or injury and always 
 brood over any wrong done to them. On the other 
 hand, if they once give their confidence or friendship 
 they are also consistent in that direction. They are 
 very ambitious and anxious to have their services 
 recognized by other people and they have a splendid 
 executive ability because of the unusual qualities of
 
 136 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 forethought and concentration conferred by Saturn. 
 They are born leaders and organizers but chafe un- 
 der restrictions and dislike particularly to take or- 
 der^ from others. When they are placed in such a 
 subordinate position and cannot have their own way 
 they become gloomy, taciturn, moody, pessimistic, 
 irritable, and given to worry. The children of Cap- 
 ricorn usually have a disinclination for marriage and 
 are seldom at ease if they enter into that state. The 
 union is usually childless or children are few. 
 
 The Children of Aquarius 
 Born January 20th to February 19th. 
 
 The children of Aquarius are of a rather shy, 
 retiring nature. They like to keep their own com- 
 pany and counsel more than is good for them, for 
 if this bent in their nature is allowed full swing it 
 has a tendency to breed melancholy and make them 
 recluses. They have a quiet, unassuming manner 
 which gains many friends for them and their home 
 life is usually ideal. They are generally affectionate 
 and of a very sweet and kind disposition, and are al- 
 ways ready to defer to the opinion of a loved one 
 and ready to yield a point for the sake of harmony. 
 Besides, Aquarius being a fixed sign they are very 
 constant in their affection as well as in other things. 
 
 Aquarius is an intellectual sign and its children 
 usually have a good mentality, because the Saturnine 
 rulership gives depth to the mind, and the Uranian 
 ray gives them intuition and an inclination towards
 
 CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 137 
 
 science, literature and philosophy. They are re- 
 markably persistent in whatever they undertake, and 
 therefore usually succeed in the long run. As 
 Aquarius is the llth sign it partakes also of the 
 qualities ruled by the llth House; therefore the 
 children of Aquarius are usually well liked among 
 their associates and have many friends. The child- 
 ren of Aquarius are very proud and jealous of the 
 esteem of others. Their principal fault is that on 
 account of Saturnine traits they are somewhat giv- 
 en to worry. Like the Leos they are strong in their 
 likes and dislikes ; they will do anything for those 
 who have won their affection, but resent any attempt 
 to drive them, and under such conditions are ex- 
 tremely stubborn; in fact they are very set in their 
 mental attitude, once an opinion has been formed it 
 is not easily changed. They are so very sensitive to 
 the mental condition around them that it affects their 
 physical well being perhaps more than they are 
 aware for this is one of the most sensitive signs. 
 
 The Children of Pisces 
 Born February 20th to March 20th. 
 The children of Pisces are of a marked negative 
 disposition, subject to varying moods, and are, like 
 the children of Aquarius, very sensitive to the men- 
 tal atmosphere in their environment. For that rea- 
 son it is of the greatest importance that parents of 
 these children should guard them during childhood 
 against the influences of bad companions, for the old
 
 138 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 proverb about "bad company corrupting good man- 
 ners" applies with ten-fold strength to. these child- 
 ren, and they will absorb good or evil with equal fa- 
 cility. So until they have learned to choose for 
 themselves the good things, it is especially necessary 
 for their natural guardians to shield them. They 
 also have a strong tendency to mediumship and if 
 they are taken into seances there is a great danger 
 that they may become controlled. Moreover, having 
 such an extremely flexible nature they can never ex- 
 ert sufficient will power to free themselves from the 
 influence when once they have been subjected to it. 
 and it may ruin their whole life. 
 
 These children are very peaceable in disposition 
 and suffer injury rather than fight for their rights, 
 not because they do not care, for they are very jealous 
 especially when born in the latter part of the sign, 
 but the Piscean nature is always averse to exertion, 
 and generally they do not want to take the trouble 
 to fight for their rights. In plain English they are 
 lazy. Therefore the parents should see that a cer- 
 tain amount of work is allotted to them during the 
 earliest years, for it is then that the habits are formed 
 and the nature is the most plastic. They can learn 
 to be diligent with much less effort at that time than 
 during the later stages of life. But once the children 
 of Pisces have commenced doing a piece of work it 
 will probably be a surprise to others to watch them 
 and see the methodical way they go at it, making ev- 
 ery move count until the task has been completed
 
 CHILDREN OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 139 
 
 with seemingly very little effort on their part. Hon- 
 esty is another of the virtues of the Pisces children; 
 they are usually dependable and close-mouthed, so 
 that they may be trusted with secrets in full confi- 
 dence that they will not betray the trust. 
 
 The children of Pisces are generally kind and 
 sympathetic, cordial and suave in manner, qualities 
 which will of course bring them many friends. They 
 are notoriously fond of good things to eat, they re- 
 vel in rich foods, but are also prone to be fond of 
 drink. If these tendencies are allowed to work 
 themselves out they will of course ruin the life, and 
 besides bring on a train of disease. Therefore the 
 parents of these children should endeavor by pre- 
 cept and example to teach them the simple life, fru- 
 gality and control of the appetite during the years 
 when habits are formed, besides guarding them 
 against too strenuous exercise which even the child- 
 ren of Pisces will not shun in childhood when the 
 abundance of life force impels them. Then later in 
 life these lessons will not be without their fruit. The 
 chances are that the child which by the help of the 
 parent has learned in childhood to rule its stars will 
 be both healthy and hearty, respected and loved be- 
 cause of good habits, and in full enjoyment of life. In 
 short, these children need a very careful bringing up 
 to save them from the evil tendencies and bring out 
 the good, but that is just what such souls come to 
 parents for. Their necessity is the parents' oppor- 
 tunity to make a great and wonderful soul growth.
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 
 
 THE Sun, being the center of the solar system, 
 is recognized by all as the physical life-giver, 
 even when they do not believe in anything superphy- 
 sical ; it is patent to everyone from personal observa- 
 tion that the horizontal ray of the morning sun affects 
 us differently from the perpendicular noon ray, and 
 that in summer the rays carry a life-force which 
 not only brings forth the verdure upon the fields, 
 but also affects the human temperament, and en- 
 dows us with vital energy, courage and a hopeful 
 spirit foreign to the dark and gloomy winter months. 
 This gloom is permanently noticeable in the tem- 
 perament of people living in the far north, where 
 the absence of sunlight makes life a struggle that 
 saps the spirit of frolic, while in countries where 
 abundance of sunlight lessens the care of existence 
 the temperament is correspondingly vivacious 
 and hopeful and sunny. 
 
 In the horoscope, the angle of each planetary 
 ray at birth determines the department of life it 
 will affect. If the child is born at the noon hour 
 when the sun is at Zenith the daystar will appear 
 in the 10th house of the horoscope and bring pre- 
 ferment professionally. If the child were born at 
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 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 141 
 
 midnight when the sun is directly under the place 
 of birth its influence would be through the Fourth 
 House, and it would brighten the old age of the 
 child then born. 
 
 There are three unfortunate angles for the sun: 
 Children born shortly after sunset have it in the 
 Sixth House, which indicates sickness, and as the 
 Sun is life-giver this position lessens the vitality 
 and recuperative power. Birth in the middle part 
 of the afternoon places the Sun in the Eighth House. 
 This is the house through which the death-deal- 
 ing forces act, and logically, the Lord of Life is out 
 of place in the House of Death. The Second House 
 shows what income we obtain by our own efforts, 
 and as the Eighth House is opposite the Second it 
 reveals the sources of revenue for which we do not 
 personally exert ourselves, that is to say, legacies, 
 pensions or grants of a public nature. We have 
 known people with the Sun in the Eighth House 
 to acquire vast sums, millions in one case, by specu- 
 lation in municipal necessities. Such persons are 
 often threatened by death and sometimes have 
 many hairbreadth escapes, but even with the best 
 of aspects to the Sun, a ripe age is seldom attained. 
 
 When a child is born shortly after sunrise the 
 Sun is in the Twelfth House, which is the avenue 
 whence we reap our sorrows, and it has been our 
 experience that the early life of such a person is 
 encompassed by trouble of one kind or another. 
 
 When the ascendant of a person is in doubt and
 
 142 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the place in the Zodiac which seems to fit neares^ 
 brings the Sun into the Twelfth House, the writer 
 has often found that the exact ascendant may be 
 ascertained by asking the person if his child- 
 hood's life was clouded by poverty of the parent and 
 consequent limitation for a number of years just 
 after birth. This in all cases where it has been 
 found that all other events fitted in the horoscope 
 proved a successful method of determining the true 
 ascendant, so that the number of degrees from the 
 ascendant to the Sun, the latter located in the Twelfth 
 House, would indicate the years of poverty, for the 
 Twelfth House makes for limitation in that respect, 
 especially when the Sun is there at birth. When the 
 Sun by progression has passed through the Twelfth 
 House and comes into the ascendant, things begin 
 to brighten for the person involved, and when in 
 time it passes through the Second House he will 
 have a period of financial success; but as stated 
 the Sun in the Twelfth House, just above the as- 
 cendant, usually makes a very poor home for the 
 child during the early days of life. If Pisces is there 
 the cause will generally be found in slothfulness and 
 a desire for drink on the part of the parents, which 
 makes them thus neglect their offspring. 
 
 The qualities imparted by a well placed Sun 
 are dignity, strength of will and courage, both phys- 
 ical and moral, a lofty pride and a keen sense of 
 honor and responsibility which makes a person emi- 
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 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 143 
 
 anything small, underhanded or tricky. It makes 
 him steadfast in love, staunch in friendship and gen- 
 erous even to enemies. A dignified, exalted or well 
 placed Sun brings friendship from people in a posi- 
 tion to bestow substantial favors and aids the person 
 materially in his endeavors to advance in life. 
 
 When the Sun is afflicted and weak by sign and 
 position the opposite qualities are manifested ; bom- 
 bastic self-assurance and bluster, love of adulation 
 and a desire to rule or ruin, but no courage to face 
 opposition ; indulgence of the lower nature and a 
 waste of the vital force with a consequent loss of 
 health and strength. When the Sun is weak the 
 person is not to be depended on; he regards his 
 promises as pie-crusts, made to be broken, and be- 
 cause of these traits such people always remain in 
 obscurity. 
 
 In the world at large the Sun signifies employ- 
 ers and those in immediate authority over the per- 
 son such as judges, and other government officers, 
 and when the exigencies of life bring a person in 
 contact with them he will receive at their hands 
 Whatever treatment is merited by his Sun. 
 
 The Sun being masculine is significator of the 
 marriage partner in a woman's horoscope (and the 
 feminine Moon serves a similar purpose in a man's 
 figure), hence a well placed Sun is one of the indi- 
 cations that a man will make a good husband, and 
 an unaspected, weak or afflicted Sun gives him a 
 tendency to neglect his hearth and home.
 
 144 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 As general significator of health the Sun rules 
 principally in masculine figures, (and the Moon in 
 feminine horoscopes), but both lights and import- 
 ant. It may be said however, that the health of a 
 man is not so much endangered by afflictions of the 
 Moon as by a weak Sun, and vice versa, a woman suf- 
 fers more if her Moon is afflicted than if her Sun 
 is evilly aspected. 
 
 THE SUN IN THE TWELVE HOUSES. 
 Ol The Sun in the First House 
 
 The Sun is the source of vitality and the First 
 House signifies our constitutional condition 
 and the home of our childhood, hence the Sun 
 well aspected in the First House adds to the 
 vitality of the rising sign and augments the 
 recuperative powers. It brightens life during 
 the days of childhood and stabilizes the nature, 
 making the person more cheerful and compan- 
 ionable, ambitious to succeed in life, courageous 
 in overcoming obstacles. The outlook on life 
 is joyful and optimistic, hence the chances of 
 success are increased. People with the Sun in 
 this position love to lead and exercise authority 
 over others; they are very jealous of the e.st eem 
 of the community, upright and honest in their 
 dealings. 
 
 When the Sun is afflicted in the First House 
 it lowers the vitality, makes the person timid
 
 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 145 
 
 and vacillating, lacking in courage and ambi- 
 tion; hence the chances of a successful life are 
 slim unless many other good aspects modify 
 this condition. 
 
 2 The Sun in the Second House 
 
 This shows the person will find favor with peo- 
 ple in a position to further his material pros- 
 perity and will by their help gain a comfortable 
 living, but it also gives a tendency to squander 
 money on the principle that ''what comes easy 
 goe.s easy." Unless this trait is curbed it may 
 bring about financial stringency, for it is not 
 so much what we earn that counts as what we 
 spend. We shall be poor with an income of a 
 million if we spend two. 
 
 03 The Sun in the Third House 
 
 This favors travel and makes the person bright 
 and observing, eager to investigate conditions 
 and things, for it imparts a scientific turn to the 
 mind. It is a good position for writers as it 
 helps to bring them to public notice and favor. 
 
 04 The Sun in the Fourth House 
 
 In one sense this is a very unfortunate position 
 because it deprives the person of the help of 
 the solar influence during the major portion of 
 life, which is on that account a constant uphill 
 struggle, but as the Fourth House rules the lat- 
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 146 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ter part of life it is always a consolation to see 
 that the declining years will be brightened by 
 the Sun of success. That should make the bur- 
 dens lighter to bear. 
 
 O5 The Sun in the Fifth House 
 
 The Fifth House rules courtship, children, pleas- 
 ure, education and publications; when the Sun 
 is there it favors all these except children. It 
 makes the person a favorite with the opposite 
 sex, gives him much enjoyment of life, also suc- 
 cess as a teacher, publisher or editor, but 
 strangely enough, though the Sun rules the 
 heart whence spring our children, his position- 
 in the Fifth House is distinctly unfavorable for 
 their begetting. This is especially so if the fiery 
 Fifth sign Leo is on the cusp. Then the fervent 
 heat of passion seems to scorch the human plant 
 ere it has time to grow. This tendency is modi- 
 fied to some extent when a watery sign is on 
 the cusp, but when one of the partners has the 
 Sun in the Fifth House the offspring is never 
 prolific. 
 
 6 The Sun in the Sixth House 
 
 Seeing that the Sun is the Giver of Life it is 
 evident that when it is confined in the Sixth 
 House it is debilitated and the vital flow is ob- 
 structed; therefore people who have the Sun in 
 that position are particularly liable to disease
 
 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE UT 
 
 and slow to recuperate. On that account their 
 diseases are frequent and long-drawn-out to an 
 extent which often amounts to chronic inval- 
 idism. 
 
 If the person is an employee of someone else 
 he will be efficient in his work; he will have nc 
 difficulty in obtaining well-paid positions but 
 he will be very touchy towards his employers 
 and make frequent changes under the pretext 
 that his abilities are not sufficiently appreciated. 
 If he is an employer, this position of the Sun 
 is good for sucess in business, but indicates trou- 
 ble with servants who will be domineering. 
 
 If other configurations in the horoscope en- 
 able the person to shake off the grip of sickness 
 the Sun in the Sixth House gives great ability 
 in chemistry, preparation of health-food, and 
 makes the person a capable nurse or healer. 
 
 07 The Sun in the Seventh House 
 
 Partnerships are often unsuccessful because of 
 the selfishness of the participants but he who has 
 the Sun in the Seventh House will have no rea- 
 son to complain in that respect for he will al- 
 ways attract someone with a high sense of honor 
 when in need of a partner, and as marriage 
 is the most intimate of all partnerships, the Sun- 
 in the Seventh House is a particularly fortunate 
 configuration in that respect, for it will 
 bring the person a mate who is absolutely
 
 148 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 steadfast and true, one who may indeed be de- 
 pended upon as a helpmeet in all the exigen- 
 eie,s and vicissitudes of life till death do part. 
 As there is no earthly treasure equal to such an 
 enduring love this is perhaps the best of all so- 
 lar positions. 
 
 Should the person be unfortunate enough 
 to become involved in litigation the Sun in the 
 Seventh House insures the favor of the judge 
 and a successful outcome. 
 
 O8 The Sun in the Eighth House 
 
 The Eighth House is the angle of incidence 
 through which the death dealing forces act, and 
 as the Sun is the giver of life it is evident that 
 this position is extremely detrimental as far as 
 vitality is concerned, and it often brings a 
 promising life to an early termination. It al- 
 so often happens that when genius has gone 
 begging all through life and passed the portal 
 of death in obscurity it gains belated recogni- 
 tion, fame and immortality through this posi- 
 tion of the Sun. 
 
 As the Second House signifies the financial 
 condition of the person and shows what he does 
 with the money he earns, so the Eighth shows 
 what comes to him apart from his own efforts, 
 that is to say, inheritances, the wealth of the 
 marriage partner, etc. Therefore the Sun in 
 the Eighth House shows an increase of wealth
 
 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 149 
 
 after marriage but also a tendency of the mate 
 to be over-generous and squander the means. 
 
 O 9 The Sun in the Ninth House 
 
 This position brightens the mind and fills the 
 person with high ideal/3 and lofty ambitions. 
 It makes him generously tolerant of other peo- 
 ple's opinions noble and kind-hearted. There 
 is an inner urge to solve the problems of life 
 and learn the 'whys' and 'wherefores,' hence the 
 mind turns naturally toward philosophy, reli- 
 gion and law. And as we always excel in the 
 things we love, people with the Sun in the Ninth 
 House make excellent statesmen, lawyers and 
 ministers of God. They shine in all intellectual 
 and scientific pursuits. Their mission often 
 takes them into foreign lands. 
 
 10 The Sun in the Tenth House 
 
 This is one of the surest signs of general suc- 
 cess in life. The person rises by the favor of 
 those above him in the social scale and obtains 
 positions of responsibility and trust. He is much 
 respected in the community and often honored 
 by election to public office, and he may always 
 be depended upon to justify the trust reposed 
 in him. 
 
 Gil The Sun in the Eleventh House 
 
 This is a good sign that the hopes, wishes and
 
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 aspirations of the person will be realized; it at- 
 tracts people in a position to befriend him and 
 with an inclination to do so. 
 
 G12 The Sun in tJie Twelfth House 
 
 This is the signature of the lonely soul who as a 
 recluse shuts himself off from his fellows. It 
 brings with it a danger of conflict with the au- 
 thorities or an inability to fit in with the family 
 conditions and on account of the ensuing 
 trouble the person goes into voluntary or en- 
 forced exile, living his life henceforth a stranger 
 among strangers. Even when such drastic con- 
 ditions do not prevail, the first third of the life 
 is usually wasted in vain efforts to find a bal- 
 ance and settle down to some life work. 
 
 Like the Sixth House position of the Sun. 
 this also favors work with the sick in hospitals, 
 chemistry and laboratory work, or work with 
 prisoners ; it gives a love of the occult and leads 
 to curious lines of research. 
 
 THE SUN IN THE TWELVE SIGNS. 
 G T The Sun in Aries 
 
 Aries is the exaltation-sign of the Sun and hence 
 this is the most powerful position of the central 
 orb. There it radiates a vital force of unex- 
 ampled strength which gives to the person a 
 wonderful fund of energy wherewith to with-
 
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 stand the onslaughts of disease and should he 
 be taken ill his powers of recuperation will 
 quickly free him from the clutches of sickness. 
 People with this configuration are principally 
 liable to fevers on account of the fervent heat 
 of the Sun in Aries. As Aries rules the head 
 the excessive heat often dries up the scalp so 
 that the hair cannot grow and the person be- 
 comes bald. 
 
 8 The Sun in Taurus 
 
 A favorable position for the financial fortunes 
 but it also gives a tendency to extravagance, es- 
 pecially in dress, and makes the person ex- 
 tremely fond of the opposite sex, sometimes with 
 detrimental results. It gives great physical 
 strength and the person loves to show off that 
 people may admire his prowess. Taurus rules 
 the larynx and therefore the Sun in Taurus adds 
 strength to the vocal organ and gives the person 
 a strong, pleasant voice. 
 
 O IE The Sun in Gemini 
 
 Gemini is a Mercurial sign and third in the ga- 
 mut, hence this position gives a blended influence 
 of the Sun, Mercury and the Third House. This 
 favors expression for Mercury as it is the planet 
 which stirs the vocal chords and produces 
 sound in the Taurian larynx; it also favors 
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 the Sun in Gemini and when it is necessary or 
 expedient to travel the person gains thereby 
 physically and mentally. It gives a pleasant, af- 
 fable disposition which makes him generally 
 liked among his associates. 
 
 O ED The Sun in Cancer 
 
 Cancer is the fourth sign and is ruled ny the 
 Moon, innce the Sun in Cancer Is a mixture of 
 the Sun. Moon and fourth House influence. In 
 the radical horoscope (where Aries is in the 
 Ascendant) this is the nadir, and vitality is at 
 , its lowest ebb, therefore the person with the Sun 
 in Cancer is apt to be indolent even when not 
 sickly at all. He is harmless and avoids quarrels, 
 hence harmonious and agreeable in the home so 
 long as he is not asked to work too hard. This 
 position of the Sun makes the first part of the 
 life barren of fruits but brings success in the 
 later years. Cancer is a psychic sign and there- 
 fore the Sun in Cancer gives a tendency toward 
 the occult, often with psychic experiences. 
 
 O5V The Sun in Leo 
 
 The Sun in Leo gives a masterful nature with a 
 large measure of self-control, a keen sense of 
 honor and a never-failing integrity. The per- 
 son aspires to rule others but would scorn to 
 take a mean advantage or to do anything to 
 others that would not be in strict accord with the
 
 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 153 
 
 golden rule; the affections are deep and lasting. 
 People with the Sun in Leo are staunch defend- 
 ers of those they love, but equally strong in their 
 aversions. Leo is the sign which rules the heart 
 and whatever people with the Sun in Leo do is 
 done with a concentration of purpose which 
 compels success. They make fine friends and if 
 one must have an enemy, a Leo will prove more 
 honorable and magnanimous than any other. 
 
 The Sun in Virgo 
 
 This is a combination of the solar, mercurial and 
 Sixth House influence. It shows the successful 
 middleman between the producer and consumer, 
 subtle, extremely quick to see what will work 
 to his advantage in the promotion of business, 
 pleasant and sociable, agreeable to all from 
 whom he expects to gain, but domineering to 
 employees and fellow workers; a smooth talker 
 but not necesarily insincere; he merely looks out 
 for number one. 
 
 The Sun in Virgo makes good chemists, 
 nurses and doctors, not surgeons but drug-doc- 
 tors; they are firm believers in medicine and lots 
 of it. 
 
 O === The Sun in Libra 
 
 Libra is ruled by Venus and it is the seventh sign 
 hence the Sun in Libra combines the influence 
 of Venus with that of the Sun and the Seventh
 
 154 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 house, with the result that the person loves tre 
 marriage partner so devotedly that he ex- 
 cludes everyone else; for of a person with that 
 configuration it may truly be said that "the 
 Sun rises and sets" in the marriage partner. 
 
 Libra is also the exaltation sign of Saturn, 
 and his influence is there at its best, giving a 
 tint of construction to the art of Venus. This 
 is brought about as ability for the architecture 
 and the finer branches of decorative construction 
 when the Sun is in Libra. This configuration 
 also gives a fine, sonorous voice and vocal talent. 
 
 T~he Sun in Scorpio 
 
 This gives the person a very blunt and brusque 
 manner with a tendency to ride rough shod over 
 anybody or anything that stands in the way of 
 his desires; an overweening egoism and a feel- 
 ing that he knows better than anybody else; ex- 
 tremely cruel and indifferent to the sufferings 
 of other people or creatures. It is the sign of 
 the vivisectionist, the surgeon, the soldier and 
 the butcher, also sea-captains. 
 
 This configuration is good for gain by mar- 
 riage but gives a tendency to extravagant ex- 
 penditure. 
 
 The Sun in Sagittarius 
 
 This gives lofty ideals and a noble aspiring dis- 
 position aiming to rise by raising others. It
 
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 makes the person benevolent, philanthropic and 
 therefore beloved among his associates. He is 
 often the recipient of honors and appointments 
 to positions of trust, and missions of a delicate 
 nature, nor could a better selection be made, for 
 such people are the souls of honor. This config- 
 uration also brings success in religion, law and 
 statesmanship for it gives an expansive mind 
 fitted to grapple with the greater problems of 
 life. 
 
 OV3 Tlie Sun in Capricorn 
 
 This is a good sign that the person will rise in 
 life by the aid of the good-will of people in a 
 higher position than he; it also shows that he 
 will merit their trust and acquit himself well in 
 a position of responsibility and trust; it makes 
 him careful, prudent, faithful and honest. 
 Judges with that configuration cannot be bought 
 but will administer justice as they see it, to all 
 comers, and it gives an all-round love of fair 
 play and wins for those who have it the respect 
 and esteem of all in their circle of environment. 
 
 O^ The Sun in Aquarius 
 
 This is a combination of the Sun, Uranus and 
 the Eleventh House influences. It gives the per- 
 son an intuitive perception of the inner nature 
 of things and a 'touch with the forces and ideas 
 of the spiritual realms which leads him to take
 
 156 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 up when possible, new and advanced cults, or 
 methods of healing such as Naturopathy, Elec- 
 tro-therapy, Astro-therapy, Magnetic Healing, 
 etc. He is also drawn to scientific research and 
 ultra-intellectual or strange religions. This con- 
 figuration gives popularity and firm friends 
 among people who are in a position to bestow 
 favors and further the person's attainment of 
 his ambitions. 
 
 X. The Sun in Pisces 
 
 Gives a retiring disposition and favors success 
 in occupations removed from the public gaze 
 such as prisons, hospitals, institutions for the 
 poor, etc. If the person incurs enmity of oth- 
 ers he will be vindicated in whatever they may 
 do to hurt his reputation. People with the Sun 
 in Pisces have a strong tendency towards psy- 
 chism, mediumship and the occult in general. 
 
 THE SUN IN ASPECT WITH OTHER PLANETS 
 
 9 P 6 O Venus parallel or conjunction to t~he Sun 
 calls out the artistic side of the nature, making 
 the person fond of music, art and poetry ; it 
 strengthens the love nature and if the config- 
 uration occurs in the Seventh House it is a posi 
 tive testimony of unalloyed marital bliss. In 
 the Second or Eighth Houses it leads to ex- 
 travagance of the person or his mate ; in Scorpio
 
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 it is not good for the morals and in Pisces it 
 leads to intemperance. This aspect strengthens 
 the constitution, increases the popularity and 
 makes smooth in social intercourse so that the 
 person has many friends and keeps them. 
 
 As the orbit of Venus is so small she never 
 forms the sextile, trine, square or opposition to 
 the Sun. 
 
 P 6 O Mercury parallel or conjunction to the Sun. 
 These are the only aspects ever formed and are 
 good for the memory and mentality provided 
 Mercury is not closer to the Sun than three 
 degrees, for then he is 'combust' and his good 
 qualities are burned up in the Sun's rays. It is 
 most fortunate to have Mercury rise before the 
 Sun at birth for he is the Lightbearer who holds 
 the torch of reason before the Spirit which in 
 the horoscope is symbolized by the Sun. When 
 he rises after the Sun the mentality is not nearly 
 so keen (unless other good aspects favor). 
 
 D P 6 O The Moon parallel or conjunction to Sun. 
 No matter in what sign or house the conjunc- 
 tion of the Lights occurs the person will be so 
 .strongly marked with the characteristics of that 
 sign that lacking knowledge of his true Ascena- 
 ant even the most competent astrologer is likely 
 to be misled and judge him to be born with the 
 sign rising in which the conjunction took place, 
 and whatever matters are ruled by the House in
 
 158 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 which the conjunction occurs will play a very 
 important part in the life. In the First House 
 he is an out and out egotist with very little love 
 for others save in so 'far as they serve his ends;, 
 in the Seventh, his world pivots on the mate; in 
 the Tenth House or sign he will sacrifice all 
 other considerations to rise in public life ; in the 
 Twelfth House or sign it will give a strong tend- 
 ency to intemperance which will bring trouble; 
 in the Third and Ninth Houses it will brighten 
 the mind and induce travel from which he will 
 benefit ; in the Second House it will bring wealth,, 
 especially if in good aspect with Jupiter. 
 
 But if the conjunction of the Sun and Moon 
 is closer than three degrees it has a tendency to- 
 deplete the vitality and if the conjunction is also- 
 a solar eclipse, and the child survives, this will 
 be particularly noticeable, all through life. Peo- 
 ple who have such close conjunction or eclipses 
 become listless, disspirited and out of sorts every 
 time there is a new Moon. It does not seem to- 
 interfere with the good effects in other depart- 
 ments of life. 
 
 D * A O The Moon sextile or trine to the Sun. The- 
 good aspects of the Sun and Moon make for gen- 
 eral success in life, health, fair financial condi- 
 tions, good home surroundings with faithful 
 friends, and esteem in the community; they fa- 
 vor a rise in life because of the person's innate
 
 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 159 
 
 ability, which either gains for him the recogni- 
 tion of people in a position to help him rise, or 
 impels him to carve his own way. 
 
 D n <9 O Tine Moon square or opposition to Sun makes 
 the person vascillating and unsettled in dispo- 
 sition, changeable and unable to pursue a settled 
 course in life, rash to plunge into something but 
 lacking the persistence or continuity of purpose 
 to carry anything to a successful conclusion. For 
 that reason such people become failures in life, 
 especially in their dealing.s with women and peo- 
 ple higher in the social scale such as employers, 
 the authorities, judges, etc. They always have 
 difficulty in obtaining employment and keeping 
 their positions when they obtain one, for they 
 are hyper-sensitive and ready to take offense, 
 with or without provocation. These configura- 
 tions also affect the health, rendering the body 
 liable to cold and making recuperation slow when 
 sickness has overtaken the person. 
 
 V * A O Saturn sextile or trine to Sun endows the 
 person who is fortunate enough to have it with 
 some of the finest faculties in the gamut, for it 
 brings out the best qualities in the two planets. 
 It gives foresight, method and organizing, ex- 
 ecutive and diplomatic ability with the moral 
 stamina to carry any project determined on to 
 a successful conclusion despite delays and ob- 
 stacles. Yet the person makes no enemies in so
 
 160 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 doing, for this configuration also makes him the 
 soul of honor, kind and considerate; he would 
 never stoop to do anything mean for he is so 
 sincere and just in his dealings with all men, 
 but on the other hand, when he believes a certain 
 course of action to be right, he will never swerve 
 therefrom though heaven and earth be moved 
 against him. These aspects bring success in po- 
 litical or judicial positions also in connection 
 with mining or agriculture. The person often 
 benefits by legacy, but recognition and success 
 is generally delayed till middle life. 
 
 J? P 6 D <? O Saturn parallel, conjunction-, square or 
 opposition to the Sun has a very detrimental 
 effect where the resistance is fundamentally low ; 
 in Gemini and Sagittarius it gives a tendency to 
 tuberculosis. It does least damage in the fixed 
 signs where the resistance is greatest, but when 
 sickness does get a grip on the person it hangs 
 on like grim death, for it lessens the power of 
 the body to throw off disease quickly, hence re- 
 cuperation is very slow, 
 
 These aspects are extremely adverse to that 
 which is generally termed success, but they give 
 an abundance of experience, so they are excel- 
 lent from the standpoint of the soul. It may be 
 truly said of the person who has them that "the 
 best-laid plans of men and mice gang aft agley, ' ' 
 for no matter how carefully he may plan his af-
 
 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 161 
 
 fairs he will be subjected to delays and meet ob- 
 stacles which will thwart his desires. His mar- 
 riage is unhappy and usually ends in divorce 
 or early death of the partner. He has difficulty 
 in finding and keeping employment, trouble with 
 employers and authorities, a feeling as if he is 
 held in leash all his life and denied expression in 
 any direction. These are the outward experiences 
 but they are generated by the inner nature, and 
 until that changes he must suffer the whiplash 
 of necessity. In the first place he has a tenden- 
 cy to crawl into a shell and shut himself in and 
 others out. He is a pessimist and a kill-joy, has 
 little or no regard for the feelings of others and 
 is very obstinate. In the horoscope of a woman 
 it signifies marriage to one much older who will 
 hold her with a very tight rein, it augers death 
 of the husband and often several marriages 
 which are terminated by death or divorce. 
 
 These configurations often bring legacies, 
 but either there is trouble and litigation over 
 the bequests, or the person squanders the estate 
 after he receives it. If Saturn is in his exalta- 
 tion sign, Libra, the latter part of the life may 
 be better because the person has taken the les- 
 sons of life to heart and mended his ways. 
 
 If <5P*Ao Jupiter conjunction, parallel, sextile or 
 trine to Sun. The conjunction gives a tendency 
 to apoplexy, especially if it occurs in Aries, but 
 
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 162 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 with that exception we may say that these config- 
 urations are sure indications of health, wealth 
 and happiness. They give the person an abund- 
 ance of vitality which is proof against very se- 
 vere onslaughts of disease, and even when partic- 
 ularly favorable planetary influences succeed in 
 breaking down his resistance, recovery will be so 
 rapid as to seem miraculous. This nearly im- 
 pregnable condition of health is all the more un- 
 assailable because it is backed by a disposition 
 at once sunny and jovial and that latter charac- 
 teristic also makes the fortunate possessors of 
 these aspects beloved by all with whom they come 
 in contact. Everybody is glad to .see the person 
 with the perpetual smile, but they do more than 
 "smile" they earn the friendship universally 
 bestowed upon them by deeds of kindness, by 
 words of sympathy, cheer or hope as the occasion 
 may demand. They are trusted by everybody 
 because they never betray a trust and they have 
 clear heads, good judgment and executive abil- 
 ity so that they are well fitted to help others. 
 These characteristics also favor their own finan- 
 cial fortunes, so they accumulate wealth, but 
 theirs is never ' ' tainted money ; ' ' they never 
 benefit by the loss of others. They are relig- 
 iously conservative and may be aptly described 
 as "pillars of society." They shine particularly 
 in governmental offices.
 
 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 163- 
 
 U D 8 O Jupiter square or opposition to the Sun is 
 bad for the health because it gives a tendency 
 to indulge in bad habits. The person is far 
 too fond of the so-called "good things of" 
 life," and very selfish in satisfying his own. 
 comforts, he never exercises himself or denies 
 himself so the circulation becomes sluggish and. 
 as these people have a superabundance of blood 
 it is productive of various noxious growths and 
 kindred disorders, sometimes a fit of anger raises 
 the bloodpressure to such a point that a vessel 
 bursts and ends the life or leaves the person 
 henceforth a useless wreck. 
 
 These aspects give a bombastic haughty dis- 
 position with an inordinate love of display and 
 thus induce to extravagance both in social and. 
 business affairs with the result that the person, 
 sometimes finds himself involved in debt which 
 he cannot pay and then it is but a step to the 
 bankruptcy court. A false pride often prevents 
 these people from working honestly for others,, 
 they would rather prey upon the public as gam- 
 blers, followers of races and other so-called 
 sports where there is an opportunity to swindle 
 people and get what they call an "easy" living 
 until they land in the meshes of the law. Child- 
 ren with these aspects should be given special 
 training in self-restraint, thrift and honesty; 
 they will have a tendency to scorn and scoff at
 
 164 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 religion, but perhaps the memory of a devout 
 mother may help to keep them straight. 
 
 < P 6 * A O Mars parallel, conjunction, sextile or 
 trine to Sun. The conjunction gives a tendency 
 to fever, especially if it occurs in Aries, the sign 
 which governs the head, but it is curious that 
 people with that configuration seem also to be 
 able to endure a much higher temperature than 
 others, and come unscathed through such a siege 
 of sickness as would have ordinarily proved fa- 
 tal. With that exception these aspects all pro- 
 duce a super-abundance of vital energy which 
 assures their possessor of the most radiant health 
 all through life, it strengthens the constitution 
 and makes the person able to endure the harder 
 tasks, it gives him a dauntless determination and 
 courage to face the greatest odds. Given a plan 
 to follow he may be trusted to overcome all phy- 
 sical obstacles for he has both executive and con- 
 structive ability together with an indomitable 
 will which refuses to recognize defeat. The dis- 
 position is frank and open but blunt and often 
 brusque, they are too intensely bent on what- 
 ever they want to do to waste time in politeness 
 and suavity, they brush the conventionalities 
 aside without compunction and are therefore not 
 liked by people of too fine sensibilities ; they are, 
 however, men and women of action and the fore- 
 most factors in the world's work; but for their
 
 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 165 
 
 enterprise and energy the world would move 
 much more slowly. 
 
 Aspects to the Sun and Mars are absolutely 
 necessary to give zest to life, even adverse as- 
 pects are better than none, for where these plan- 
 ets are unaspected the person is listless, vapid 
 and he will never amount to anything no matter 
 how good the figure may be in other respects. 
 
 D S O Mars square or opposition to the Sun also 
 endows the person with an abundance of en- 
 ergy and the faculty of leadership, but it 
 is turned to purposes of deviltry and de- 
 struction. The courage implanted by the good 
 aspects becomes foolhardiness, the person has a 
 loud, overbearing, swaggering manner and is 
 ready to fight at the drop of a hat, he is always 
 in opposition to constituted authority and ready 
 to rebel wherever he sees a chance. He has an 
 extremely fiery temper but holds no resentment. 
 On account of these qualities he is universally 
 disliked both by employers and his fellow-work- 
 ers, always in hot water and never stays long 
 in any place for he is an agitator and trouble- 
 maker. These aspects also dispose to accidents 
 in which the person may be maimed, also to gun- 
 .shot and knife-wounds, to scalding-burns and to 
 fevers, inflammatory complaints, boils and erup- 
 tions.
 
 166 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 J? * A O Uranus sextile or trine to the Sun makes 
 the person intuitive, original, inventive and inde- 
 pendent in his manner of conduct and per- 
 sonal appearance, with respect to food and 
 certain mannerisms; he is what people call 
 eccentric and conspicuous, yet not offensively 
 so, given to pursuits and studies which people 
 consider "queer" such as occultism and astrol- 
 ogy, but also delving into the unknown realms 
 after nature's secrets concerning electricity. 
 He often becomes a successful inventor if other 
 aspects give the mechanical ability to work out 
 his schemes. Uranus rules the ether and now 
 that we are nearing the Aquarian age his vibra- 
 tions will in increasing measure bring to our ken 
 methods of using nature's finer forces and the 
 people with the Sun sextile or trine Uranus will 
 be the media who attract and interpret them for 
 us as the aerials and receivers in a wireless sta- 
 tion collect and transcribe the messages carried 
 by the ether waves to which they are attuned. 
 The person often rises in life through the friend- 
 ship of people above him in the social scale. He 
 is of a very high-strung temperament but has 
 himself well under control, and rarely shows 
 temper or anger. He is an out and out idealist. 
 
 V P 6 D 8 O Uranus parallel, conjunction, square 
 or opposition to Sun makes the person very high- 
 strung, nervous and of uncontrolled emotions,
 
 THE SUN, GIVER OF LIFE 167 
 
 ready to fly into hysteria on any or no provoca- 
 tion. It predisposes to all nervous disorders 
 such as St. Vitus dance, epilepsy and lack of co- 
 ordination. It makes him impulsive and unre- 
 liable, without regard for the conventionalities, 
 highly impatient of any human restraint upon 
 his liberty and committed to the theory of affini- 
 ties, soulmates and free-love, hence an undesir- 
 able marriage partner and likely to figure in 
 divorce proceedings or scandals of an even worse 
 nature. 
 
 There is also danger of trouble on account 
 of connection with anarchistic plots where the 
 inventive faculty may find scope in the con- 
 struction of explosives and infernal machines. 
 Unless these aspects are modified by other eon< 
 figurations tncse people are among the most dan- 
 gerous to society. They are liable to accidents 
 from lightning and electricity, and all through 
 life they meet disappointment in every direction. 
 
 * A O Neptune sextile or trine to the Sun fa- 
 vors the possibility of developing the spir- 
 itual faculties, for he intensifies the spirit- 
 ual vibrations in the aura. Many people with 
 these configurations hear the harmony of the 
 spheres and if Mercury, the lower octave of Nep- 
 tune gives the requisite dexterity they become 
 musicians of high inspirational nature. In oth- 
 ers is breeds a love of the occult which leads
 
 168 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 them into the higher life but they usually ap- 
 proach it from the intellectual standpoint of 
 psychic investigators, a few live the life and ob- 
 tain first-hand knowledge. 
 
 tp 6 P[H 6" O Neptune conjunction, parallel, square 
 or opposition to the Sun also brings the person in 
 touch with the denizens of the invisible world by 
 raising the vibrations in his aura, but these con- 
 figurations attract the undesirable element such 
 as met at the ordinary spiritualistic seance. In a 
 watery sign Neptune induces the person to drink 
 to excess and then the added acceleration of the 
 vibratory rate frequently causes him to perceive 
 the ugly, gruesome forms abounding in the low- 
 er realms of the invisible world, which are real 
 elemental entities and not figments as believed 
 by people who hear him tell what he sees dur- 
 ing delirium tremens. 
 
 These aspects also make the person liable to 
 be swindled by sharpers and confidence men, too 
 easily hoodwinked.
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 VENUS THE PLANET OF LOVE 
 
 IN THE 13th Chapter of Paul's First Epistle to the 
 Corinthians we find a eulogy of 'love.' The word 
 used in the authorized version is 'charity,' but it 
 ought to be read as ' love. ' ' ' Love suff ereth long and 
 is kind, love vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up, 
 believeth all things, endureth all things . . . Whether 
 there be prophecies they shall fail, whether there be 
 knowledge it shall vanish away." He concludes that 
 in time faith and hope will pass away because we 
 shall know the things in which we now have faith 
 and our hopes will have been realized, but love, he 
 contends, remains forever. The keynote of Venus is 
 'love,' 'harmony,' and 'rhythm,' and if we want to 
 know her nature we may profitably read that chapter 
 and substitute 'Venus' for 'Love'. Venus vaunteth 
 not herself, is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, re- 
 joices not in iniquity but in the truth, beareth all 
 things, believeth all things, endureth all things. 
 These sayings are all true when applied to Venus for 
 she furnishes the unifying bond between all members 
 of the human family in whatever relationship they 
 may be placed. It is the love-ray of Venus piercing 
 deeply the heart of the mother which breeds in her 
 the tender care wherewith she nourishes her offspring 
 169
 
 170 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 through helpless infancy. Venus sounds the love 
 call of the youth and the maiden, gives and takes, 
 smoothing out all the difficulties in the conjugal ca- 
 reer. She is ever burning incense upon the altar of 
 affection and from her garden of love come the 
 flowers which scent even the most sordid souls with 
 celestial perfume and raise them for the time being 
 to the stature of gods. 
 
 But when Venus is afflicted, all these sublime 
 qualities become tainted and take a hideous aspect 
 according to the nature of their affliction. Squares 
 and oppositions turn to lust which makes the per- 
 son revel in sensual gratification, the perception of 
 beauty which expresses itself as art becomes sloven- 
 liness, the tendency to self-sacrifice, the giving of 
 oneself for others is turned to selfishness and the per- 
 son will then seem to use others to escape any task 
 or effort not to his or her liking, laziness is one of 
 the most prominent characteristics of an afflicted 
 Venus. 
 
 Being feminine, Venus never reaches out toward 
 others, but exerts a magnetic energy which draws 
 them to her. Therefore she represents in the male 
 horoscope those of the opposite sex to whom the per- 
 son is drawn, but in a female horoscope Venus de- 
 scribes the person's own attraction for the opposite 
 sex and Mars the male planet shows who will be at- 
 tracted by her charms. 
 
 Venus is essentially dignified in Taurus and Li-
 
 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 171 
 
 bra. She is exalted in Pisces and therefore her in- 
 fluence is most powerfully felt when she is placed in 
 those signs. She is weak and afflicted when placed 
 in either of the martial signs Aries or Scorpio where 
 she is in her fall, or when she is in the mercurial 
 sign, Virgo. The best House position i,s in the Sev- 
 enth where her influence will make the marriage se- 
 rene and blissful. 
 
 VENUS IN THE TWELVE HOUSES 
 
 9 1 Venus in the First House has a tendency to 
 spread sunshine over the child's home and make 
 the early life happy. It gives an amiable char- 
 acter so that the person is well liked because of 
 his social nature and friendly disposition. It 
 brings out the love of music, art and a desire 
 for pleasure. That is what may be called "a 
 lucky position" for it makes the person very at- 
 tractive to all with whom he or she comes in 
 contact and in that way it tends to give general 
 succes.8 in life. It is also very good for the 
 general health. 
 
 $ 2 Venus in the Second House is an indication of 
 financial success in life. People with Venus in 
 this position are usually very popular and are 
 thus helped by their friends to lucrative posi- 
 tions. At the same time this position makes the 
 person very wasteful and prodigal so that it 
 tends to make him spend more than he earns.
 
 172 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 The money is usually squandered on pleasure, 
 dress and ornaments for self by a woman and 
 for an amour by a man, and not infrequently 
 leads to abuses which undermine the health. 
 This position also shows gain by dealing in 
 things ruled by Venus, such as dress goods, 
 jewelry, music, etc. 
 
 $ 3 Venus in the Third House has a particularly 
 beneficial effect upon the mind, making the per- 
 son cheerful, optimistic and inclined to look at 
 everything from the bright side of life. It 
 gives a love of music, art, literature and every- 
 thing that has a refining influence, an unusual 
 facility to express oneself in a happy and appro- 
 priate manner, either in speech or writing. It 
 gives love of travel ; the person will enjoy him- 
 self on his journeys and benefit by them. It 
 also makes relations with brothers and sisters 
 and neighbors and the people in one's immediate 
 environment congenial. 
 
 $ 4 Venus in the Fourth House shows happy con- 
 ditions in the home, particularly in the latter 
 part of life. It also indicates that an inherit- 
 ance will be left to the person and that if he 
 owns houses or lands he will gain much by 
 them. 
 
 $ 5 Venus in the Fifth House makes the person un- 
 usually affectionate and as a result he or she
 
 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 173 
 
 usually experiences a number of love affairs all 
 of which run their courses smoothly. It indi- 
 cates that the marriage will be fruitful and pro- 
 ductive of lovely and loving children. It is a 
 fortunate position for teachers and people con- 
 nected with educational institutions, also for 
 those engaged in publication of literature and 
 for gain by speculation in stocks or similar se- 
 curities. 
 
 9 6 Venus in the Sixth House gives the person 
 faithful servants who will work for his interest 
 if he is an employer. If he is an employee, it 
 will make him well liked by his employers and 
 fellow- workers. It is a fairly good position for 
 health provided the person does not abuse it. 
 That is to say, the constitution is harmonious, 
 but not very strong. If the health is guarded 
 with care it will remain in this condition for 
 life, but a very little abuse may turn the scales 
 the other way and make the person an invalid. 
 
 9 7 Venus in the Seventh House is one of the surest 
 signs of domestic felicity. It signifies an early 
 marriage and an increase of prosperity after 
 that event. If the person finds it expedient to 
 enter into partnership on a business basis the 
 presence of Venus tends to make this relation- 
 ship harmonious and beneficial. It is also a 
 good sign that if litigation seems necessary some
 
 174 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 way will be found to settle the matter without 
 actual rupture. This position is good for actors, 
 singers, and others whose calling brings them 
 before the public in a vocal capacity for it en- 
 sures a kind and sympathetic reception on the 
 part of their audience. 
 
 $ 8 Venus in the Eighth House will bring gain by 
 marriage, partnership or legacy if it is well 
 aspected, but if it is afflicted it brings loss and 
 disappointment in love, or an extravagant mar- 
 riage partner, and legal trouble over a will. 
 
 9 9 Venus in the Ninth House is a very fortunate 
 position if Venus is well aspected, for being so 
 highly elevated here it exercises considerable in- 
 fluence on the life and makes the disposition ex- 
 ceedingly kind, sympathetic and helpful so that 
 by these qualities the person becomes much es- 
 teemed and sought after, particularly in chari- 
 table or religious work, for this position also 
 brings out the devotional side of the nature. 
 It gives a love of music, art and drama as well 
 as everything that has an influence for soul up- 
 liftment. Whenever the person journeys from 
 one place to another for gain or for pleasure, 
 Venus in the Ninth House will smooth the path 
 before him and make his trip thoroughly enjoy- 
 able. If Venus is afflicted in the Ninth House 
 the person will long to do or to be all the fore-
 
 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 175 
 
 going things, but will find it exceedingly diffi- 
 cult, if not impossible to accomplish his de- 
 sire. 
 
 $ 10 Venus in the Tenth House is one of the best 
 signs of general success in the life when well- 
 aspected. The person who has this position be- 
 comes very popular, particularly with the oppo- 
 site sex, and will rise in the social scale through 
 marriage. It gives an ability to avoid trouble 
 in life and extract from it all the pleasure there 
 is in every situation. Comfortable financial cir- 
 cumstances attend upon the person all through 
 life and foster a general attitude of optimism. 
 When Venus is afflicted in the Tenth House the 
 person is looked down on by those in his social' 
 environment and though he tries to ingratiate 
 himself with those who are in the charmed circles, 
 he will find himself left with snubs and insults. 
 A hasty or ill-considered marriage is apt to 
 make matters worse and bring him farther into 
 disrepute, as a scapegrace. 
 
 $ 11 Venus in tlie Eleventh House if well-appected 
 brings to the person hosts of friends who are 
 willing and anxious to aid him in the realization 
 of his hopes, wishes and desires, but it depends 
 upon the nature and character of the sign where- 
 in Venus is placed as well as on the strength of 
 the aspects whether they will be able to do so
 
 176 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 or not. For instance, if Venus is in the Eleventh 
 House in Aries or Scorpio, one of the martial 
 signs where she is weak, and aspected only by 
 sextiles from Mercury and the Moon, very little 
 help can be expected of her compared to what 
 she will give if she is in her own signs Taurus 
 or Libra and aspected by trines from the Sun 
 and Jupiter. In the case first cited, the friends 
 drawn to the person may be ever so sincere in 
 their wish to help but will not have the ability. 
 In the last case they will exert a powerful in- 
 fluence and will accomplish wonders. If Venus 
 is afflicted in the Eleventh House it is very 
 often found that the person attracts friends who 
 impose upon him and work him or her for all 
 he is worth and when they have used him to the 
 fullest extent and he cannot serve their purpose 
 any longer they throw him aside. 
 
 $ 12 Venus in the Twelfth House if well-aspected in- 
 dicates that the person will benefit from the 
 things signified by this House, viz., occupations 
 connected with prisons, hospitals or charitable 
 institutions, or by work in a chemical labora- 
 tory or some such secluded occupation where ho 
 does not come in touch with the public. It also 
 favors study and practice of the occult and 
 gives a tendency to secret, clandestine love af- 
 fairs which will probaby run smoothly if Venus 
 is well-aspected, but if she is weak by sign, or
 
 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 177 
 
 afflicted in the Twelfth House she will cause 
 trouble through jealousy, divorce and scandal, or 
 sickness in confinement on account of over-in- 
 dulgence of the passions, particularly if Venus is 
 in Scorpio which govern the generative organs 
 or Taurus which gives the same effect by reflex 
 action, then it signifies self -abuse. 
 
 VENUS IN THE TWELVE SIGNS 
 
 5 T Venus in Aries lends ardor to the affections of 
 Venus by blending them with the fire of Mars 
 who is ruler of Aries and for that reason it 
 makes the person very ardent in the expression 
 of affection. This usually leads to a popularity 
 especially among the opposite sex and often re- 
 sults in a hasty marriage, but that kind of love 
 is not and cannot be lasting. Eventually the 
 fire of passion burns out the love and marriages 
 brought about by this position are then fruit- 
 ful sources of domestic unhappiness. This po- 
 sition also inclines the person to be rash and im- 
 pulsive whenever his sympathies are appealed 
 to, so that he often helps an unworthy cause. 
 Venus in Aries also inclines the person to general 
 extravagance in his expenditures. 
 
 9 8 Venus in Taurus is a splendid position for 
 there she is essentially dignified and much 
 stronger than in the other signs with the ex- 
 
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 178 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ception of Libra and Pisces where she is also 
 essentially dignified and exalted. It is a very 
 favorable position for financial affairs, especially 
 gains derived through the person's own efforts 
 in whatever vocation in life he may have chosen. 
 It gives a friendly and sociable disposition with 
 the ability to inspire reciprocal feelings in oth- 
 ers. People with Venus in Taurus are very set 
 in their opinions concerning correct form and 
 decorum, correct in speech and once they have 
 formed an opinion they hold to it very tenacious- 
 ly. They are generous but not extravagant. 
 
 $ n Venus in Gemini blends the beauty of Venus 
 with the mercurial ability to express so that 
 people who have this configuration are able to 
 choose their words with singular facility and in- 
 fuse in them a rhythm which is like music to the 
 ears of a listener. Therefore this is one of the 
 configurations which make poets, provided of 
 course that other indications in the horoscope 
 support, for it should always be remembered 
 by the student that no single aspect or position 
 is in itself sufficient to mark a prominent charac- 
 teristic. To do this the whole horoscope must be 
 blended. This position has a very refining in- 
 fluence on the mind, inclining to a literary or 
 artistic career. It makes the person beloved of 
 his brothers and sisters, neighbors and other 
 people in his immediate environment. This po-
 
 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 17fr 
 
 sition also inclines to marriage and frequently 
 to more than one union. It favors traveling both 
 for gain and pleasure, especially short journeys. 
 
 Venus in Cancer blends the characteristics of 
 Venus with those of the Moon and the psychic 
 watery nature of Cancer. Therefore this posi- 
 tion gives the person a very fruitful imagina- 
 tion and he or she is very apt to come in touch 
 with the inhabitants of the unseen world or at 
 least take up some very devotional phase of re- 
 ligion, but this is dangerous because Venus is 
 negative, attracting without selecting or discrim- 
 inating, hence liable to domination by spirit con- 
 trols and the dangers of mediumship. 
 
 Venus in Leo is compounding love, for Leo 
 rules the heart and whoever has this position will 
 be tender-hearted to a degree. Contrary to the 
 commonly accepted ideas there is a cruel streak 
 in Leo, but when Venus is there there is no more 
 loving and tender sign in the zodiac, besides be- 
 ing that Leo is a fixed sign Venus in this posi- 
 tion makes for an unparalleled ability for the 
 affections when once they have been placed and 
 an unswerving loyalty to the object thereof. 
 Being that Leo is the fifth sign Venus in Leo- 
 also gives success in entertainment or education- 
 al enterprises and the blending of the Venus
 
 180 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ray with the solar brings favor from those above 
 the person in the social scale. 
 
 $ tlB Venus in Virgo, the Sixth House sign gives the 
 person a deep and tender sympathy for the sick 
 and people with this position make good nurses. 
 This position also favors occupation as a chem- 
 ist, a dietician who is concerned with the pre- 
 paration of foods for the maintenance or attain- 
 ment of health. If the person has employees or 
 subordinates under his management his relations 
 with those people will always be very pleasant, 
 and they will serve him well. 
 
 $ =~= Venus in Libra, the Seventh House sign is es- 
 sentially dignified and strong. This is one of 
 the configurations which testify to a fruitful 
 and congenial marriage or successful partner- 
 ship. It gives musical and artistic ability and 
 makes the person popular in public life. If en 
 gaged as a speaker or singer it ensures an ap- 
 preciative audience whenever he appears in 
 public. 
 
 9 n\, Venus in Scorpio is the worst position of all 
 in which she may be placed, for here again the 
 love-ray of Venus blends with the martial fire 
 of passion in the sign governing the genitals so 
 that if there are no other redeeming and re- 
 straining influences in the horoscope love turns 
 to lust and an unbridled gratification of an ex-
 
 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 181 
 
 aggerated sexual desire, especially if the Moon 
 or Mars are there. This is apt to undermine the 
 constitution and though that may not be appar- 
 ent for a long time the effect of such a sap- 
 ping of the vitality will some time be felt and 
 cause a general breakdown, but that, of course, 
 is nothing compared with the moral effect of the 
 practices indicated by this passion. It should be 
 said furthermore for the benefit of those who have 
 this configuration that it does not matter whether 
 such abuses take place in wedlock or not ; Nature 
 does not care whether they have been legalized 
 by man-made law or not. From her standpohr: 
 they are a violation of the law of life and will 
 be punished whether sanctioned by society or 
 not. This position also gives a love of luxury 
 and anything that stirs the emotions or wherein 
 the senses may revel. Curiously enough it also 
 sometimes gives a sense of deep religious devo- 
 tion which then serves as an outlet for the over- 
 charged feelings of the native. This position also 
 create/5 jealousy and trouble in marriage and the 
 reputation of the person is apt to be smirched. 
 A well-aspected Venus in Scorpio is liable to 
 bring a legacy. 
 
 t Venus in Sagittarius. This is another of her 
 strongest positions for there her qualities blend 
 with those of Jupiter the planet of benevo- 
 lence to foster love and good-will among men.
 
 182 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Therefore also this position indicates a genial 
 and optimistic disposition, a sympathetic, kind 
 and generous heart, a love of God expressed in 
 religious devotion, or love of man shown by phil- 
 anthropy and charity. It indicates a refined 
 mind, cultured, and fond of drama, art and 
 music. It fosters the imagination and intuition 
 and like the other double-bodied signs Gemini 
 and Pisces, it inclines to plurality of marriages. 
 
 $ V3 Venus in Capricorn, the Tenth House sign, 
 gives social success and popularity, but Venus 
 does not blend well with Saturn, the ruler of 
 Capricorn. There is therefore a slight tendency 
 to melancholy in people who have Venus in that 
 position. Nor are they ever secure in the favors 
 which they receive from other people or in their 
 popularity, for Saturn has a tendency to throw 
 them down when they have reached the highest 
 pinnacle. Therefore, though this position may 
 help them to climb the ladder of advancement 
 in social circles or in business they are never 
 safe in their position. This position makes a 
 person very jealous of honor and he takes it to 
 heart when sometimes Saturn throws him down. 
 Venus in Saturn's sign often causes the person 
 to disregard the fact that disparity of age is so 
 fatal to happiness in marriage and either if he 
 marries young he takes someone who is much 
 older than himself for a -partner or if married
 
 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 183 
 
 in later years he selects someone who is still in 
 the bloom of youth with the almost inevitable 
 result that disagreement and dissolution of the 
 marriage tie take place in the course of a few 
 ysars. Frequently also people with this position 
 oi Venus marry for business or as a matter of 
 coavenience. In short Venus never reaches hei 
 legitimate expression of love in Saturn's House 
 ano therefore such unions are always a source 
 of sorrow and disappointment to the contract- 
 ing parties. 
 
 $ ? Veins in Aquarius indicates a blending of the 
 Urgnian qualities, independence, impatience of 
 restraint, disregard of convention, desire for 
 originality, uncompromising sincerity and in- 
 tuitxm, with those of Venus and as a result we 
 find that people with this configuration refuse to 
 be lound by the usual restrictive rules of so- 
 ciet; in their love affairs and follow their 
 heart's inclination regardless of what others 
 may say or think. They are firm believers in 
 the theory of soul-mates, affinities, et cetera, 
 and liable to act in the most unexpected man- 
 ner tvith such startling suddenness that neither 
 they nor anyone else are able to foresee what 
 they may say or do next. But at the same 
 time they are so loving and sincere in their 
 convctions that friends never fail them and
 
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 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 whatever success they attain in life is usually 
 due to the effort of friends to help them to 
 realize their hopes, wishes and aspirations. 
 
 Venus in Pisces is in her own exaltion sign 
 where she again blends with the benefic ray of 
 Jupiter and as Pisces is a watery sign this posi- 
 tion signifies a powerful emotional nature, sub- 
 dued and toned down by the element of sorrow 
 inherent in the twelfth house sign. 'Ihis po- 
 sition therefore, indicates someone capable of 
 feeling a sentiment such as that felt by our 
 Savior when He said: "Come unto Me all ye 
 that are weak and heavy laden and I \till give 
 you rest. ' ' Thus Venus in Pisces indicates a na- 
 ture yearning and aching to assist thlse who 
 are afflicted by bodily ills or sufferi g from 
 sorrow. Moved by compassion such p<bple of- 
 
 ten take up work in a prison or char 
 stitution where they find an outlet 
 compassion. This position also gives a 
 love of music and when other testimo 
 cur considerable ability to express e 
 cally or instrument ally, for music is 
 wonderful outlet for the deepest em< 
 
 which the human soul is capable. Pe<ple with 
 
 Venus in Pisces are especially liable 
 cial imposition on the part of others an 
 through an illegal marriage. 
 
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 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 185 
 
 VENUS IN ASPECT WITH OTHER PLANETS 
 
 O P d $ The Sun parallel or conjunction Venus 
 calls out the artistic side of the nature, making 
 the person fond of music, art and poetry. It 
 also strengthens the love-nature and if the con- 
 figuration occurs in the seventh house it is a pos- 
 itive testimony of unalloyed marital bliss. In 
 the second or eighth houses it leads to extrav- 
 agance of the person or his mate, in Scorpio it 
 is not good for the morals and in Pisces it leads 
 to intemperance, but generally speaking, this 
 aspect strengthens the constitution, increases the 
 popularity and makes social intercourse smooth 
 so that the person finds many friends and keeps 
 them. 
 
 As the orbit of Venus is so small she never 
 forms the sextile, trine, square or opposition 
 to the Sun. 
 
 $ 6 P* 9 Mercury conjunction, parallel or sextile 
 to Venus. (Note. Venus and Mercury are never 
 more than 76 degrees apart, therefore they can 
 only form the conjunctions, parallels and sextiles, 
 but neither the trine, square nor opposition.) 
 
 This aspect makes the person cheerful and 
 companionable with a good-natured disposition 
 and a desire for society. It also gives ability 
 for music and poetry, especially if in the Ascend- 
 ent and it is a general indication of success in
 
 186 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 salesmanship, for such people are suave, affable 
 and persuasive. 
 
 ,D 6 P * A 9 The Moon conjunction, parallel, sextile 
 or trine to Venus. The Moon is a significator 
 or marriage for a man and therefore the 
 good aspects between Venus, the planet of love, 
 and the Moon are good indications of a happy 
 marriage when it occurs in a man's horoscope. 
 But in a woman's horoscope these aspects ope- 
 rate upon the health, for the Moon is the planet 
 of fecundity and has rule over the female func- 
 tions in particular which are so large a factor in 
 the health of a woman this is much strengthened 
 by the good aspects of the Moon and Venus. 
 These aspects make the person an orator with 
 a fruitful imagination; give love of pleasure, 
 music and art, an engaging personality, very 
 attractive to the opposite sex, because kindly, 
 affectionate and sympathetic. This tends to gen- 
 eral success in life and the person usually has 
 sufficient for the day and the way. 
 
 D Q 8 $ The Moon square or opposition to Ve- 
 nus is an indication of trouble in marriage for a 
 man, because the wife described by an afflicted 
 Venus will then be slovenly and of dissolute hab- 
 its which will destroy domestic happiness. In 
 a woman's horoscope it indicates disturbance 
 of the female functions and it also gives a ten- 
 dency to digestive troubles and poor circulation
 
 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 187 
 
 when in the horoscope of either sex. These as- 
 pects also give a liability to trouble through slan- 
 der and public scandal. 
 
 T ? * A 9 Venus sextile or trine to Saturn. The 
 good qualities of Venus are love and affection 
 and the good qualities of Saturn are tact, diplo- 
 macy,method, system, justice, thrift and econ- 
 omy. We may therefore judge that when these 
 two planets are configurated in good aspect 
 they make the person faithful and true, just 
 and methodical, qualities which make for success 
 in all departments of life. Therefore a person 
 with these aspects will be much sought as a 
 friend and adviser, or as a person to be trusted 
 with any commission requiring sterling honesty 
 and ability. It makes the person simple in his 
 tastes and of unimpeachable morality, and gives 
 honor, esteem, health and easy circumstances. 
 
 T? P 6 D $ ? Saturn parallel, conjunction, square 
 or opposition to Venus brings out the evil 
 qualities of the two planets and troubles which 
 are thus generated usually come through the per- 
 son 's relations with the opposite sex. It makes 
 him underhanded and scheming to gratify his 
 passions often in an unusual manner and his per- 
 verted desires are usually directed against 
 some one who is much younger than himself. If 
 regular marriage relations are entered into such 
 a person is usually a demon in jealousy who
 
 188 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 makes life a burden for the marriage partner on 
 account of his suspicious nature. People with 
 these afflictions are also stingy in all money mat- 
 ters and exceedingly avaricious. They have poor 
 business judgment and are therefore liable to 
 losses, failure and bankruptcy. 
 
 yPd*A? Jupiter parallel, conjunction, sex- 
 tile or trine to Venus is one of the best signs 
 of success and general good fortune. It favors 
 the accumulation of wealth and the enjoyment 
 of all the luxuries of life. It is a good indication 
 of a successful and happy marriage, social pres- 
 tige and the respect of all with whom the person 
 come.s in contact. It gives the person a jovial, 
 optimistic, generous and large-hearted disposi- 
 tion, one who is hospitable to a degree, interested 
 and active in philanthropic measures, a liberal 
 mind tolerant of the views of others even where 
 he differs radically, fond of pleasure, traveling, 
 parties, and capable of enjoying life to the full- 
 est extent. These aspects also give a talent for 
 music, especially if either or both are in Pisces. 
 
 H D <? 5 Jupiter square or opposition to Venus 
 gives the same luxurious likings as the good 
 aspects, but limits the ability to satisfy them, 
 although such people make the most frantic ef- 
 forts to present a fine front to the world and 
 they are generally found out to be shams. Their 
 lack of business ability is often responsible for
 
 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 189 
 
 failure and bankruptcy and they are very liable 
 to suffer losses through the treachery of others. 
 Love and marriage also are sources of sorrow 
 for those whom Venus and Jupiter are afflicting. 
 They are apt to be jilted before marriage or the 
 marriage partner will prove faithless and may 
 abscond. These aspects also produce an amorous 
 nature likely to take liberties regardless of the 
 laws of decency and faithless to marriage vows. 
 They make people extremely self-indulgent and 
 in Pisces they predispose to drink. 
 
 $ * A $ Mars sextile or trine to Venus will give an 
 ambitious, aspiring and adventurous nature, 
 amorous and extremely demonstrative in its af- 
 fection, very fond of sports and pleasures. It 
 gives the person an abundance of energy and 
 business acumen, consequently he has a splendid 
 earning capacity but he wastes money for he 
 loves above all things to make a great outward 
 show and display. Being a free spender he is 
 also very popular among his associates, and be- 
 ing, as already said, of an amorous nature he 
 marries either very early or the marriage is a 
 very hasty one. 
 
 $ 6 P 9 Mars conjunction or parallel to Venus does 
 not always operate in the same manner, but is 
 to be classed as a good or bad aspect according 
 to circumstances and the matter to be judged. 
 For instance, Mars conjunction Venus makes
 
 190 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the person less blunt and domineering, more kind 
 and polite; it is therefore good in that respect, 
 but the conjunction also strengthens the pas- 
 sional nature; especially if it occurs in Scorpio 
 and in the Twelfth House it leads to self-abuse 
 so that in those cases it is decidedly bad. 
 
 $ n 8 $ Mars square or opposition Venus. See 
 page 329. 
 
 W * A $ Uranus sextile or trine to Venus makes the 
 person mentally alert, of quick intuitive percep- 
 tion and exceedingly magnetic, especially to the 
 opposite sex ; but he also attracts hosts of friends 
 who will be a benefit and assistance to him. 
 These aspects give love of art, music and poetry 
 and are favorable indications of a happy mar- 
 riage often at a very early age, or it is suddenly 
 consummated. They also sometimes bring the 
 subject love of a platonic nature. 
 
 1$ 6 P 9 Uranus conjunction or parallel to Venus. 
 There is a doubt as to whether this aspect should 
 be classed as good or evil, which must be settled 
 in the individual horoscope where it occurs for 
 it may work either way, depending upon the 
 other planetary configurations. If Venus is 
 otherwise afflicted in the horoscope, for instance, 
 the conjunction or parallel will further accen- 
 tuate her evil qualities, but if she is well placed 
 or aspected Uranus will bring out the nobler side.
 
 VENUS, THE PLANET OF LOVE 191 
 
 [H 8 9 Uranus square or opposition to Venus. 
 The square or opposition always brings trouble 
 through the sex relation: a hasty, ill-consid- 
 ered union, quarrels, divorces, public scandals 
 through clandestine intercourse and kindred ir- 
 regularities, with loss of friends, prestige and 
 popularity, exile from home and family and sud- 
 den financial losses through unexpected or un- 
 foreseen happenings. There is a general lack 
 of balance, an erratic personality. 
 
 * A 5 Neptune sextile or trine to Venus makes 
 an inspirational musician. It gives a fertile 
 imagination and deep emotions, a nature that is 
 pure and chaste, hence occasionally it leads to 
 platonic unions and companionship of the most 
 esthetic nature. 
 
 6 P 9 Neptune conjunction or parallel to Venus 
 is to be judged on the same line as indicated in 
 the case of Mars and Uranus. 
 
 Q] 8 $ Neptune square or opposition to Venus 
 makes the person liable to sorrow, loss and trou- 
 ble, especially through the marriage partner or 
 anyone else in whom he trusts. People with this 
 aspect should be particularly careful to avoid 
 anything which has in it an element of chance 
 or speculation, for they are sure to lose, espe- 
 cially in dealing with large companies or cor- 
 porations.
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET or REASON 
 
 MYTHOLOGICALLY Mercury is represented as 
 a "Messenger of the Gods" and this is in line 
 with the occult facts, for when infant humanity had 
 been led astray by the martial Lucifer spirits and 
 fallen into generation' it became necessary for the 
 other divine hierarchies to take steps looking to a fu- 
 ture regeneration and to further that object the Lords 
 of Venus were brought to the earth to educate hu- 
 manity in such a manner that love might be substi- 
 tuted for lust and men might thus be induced to 
 aspire to something higher. While the Lords of 
 Venus dealt with mankind in general the most pre- 
 cocious among them were taken in hand by the Lords 
 of Mercury, whose wisdom-teaching is symbolically 
 embodied in the caduceus or 'staff' of Mercury, con- 
 sisting of two serpents twining around a rod and 
 representing the solution of the riddle of life: 
 "Whence we have come, Why we are here and 
 Whither we are bound, ' ' showing the pupil the spiral 
 path of involution by which the divine spark has 
 buried itself in matter, also the spiral path of evolu- 
 tion by which humanity will eventually again reach 
 the Father's bosom, and the short road of Initiation 
 192
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 193 
 
 represented by the central rod around which the 
 serpents twine. But to understand these Mysteries 
 requires mind and reason. Mercury then is the men- 
 tal educator of men and its place and position in the 
 horoscope shows the status of the person's mind for 
 whom it is cast. 
 
 Being the Messenger of the Gods to the other 
 planets Mercury has no voice of its own and is even 
 more dependent for expression upon the aspects of 
 other planets than the Moon which rules the in- 
 stinctual mind. So Mercury is really a focus through 
 which the faculty of reason finds expression in the 
 human being to act as a brake upon the lower nature 
 and assist in lifting us from the human to the divine. 
 Many may and do feel deeply, they may also have 
 valuable knowledge, but they will be unable to give 
 expression or share it with others if Mercury is lack- 
 ing in aspects. Even a so-called evil aspect of Mer- 
 cury helps to bring out what is within and is there- 
 fore better than none. 
 
 When Mercury is so placed in relation to the 
 Sun that it goes before the luminary it has the effect 
 of materially brightening the mind, for the Sun rep- 
 resents the Ego and it may therefore be said that 
 then its path is illuminated by the lamp of reason. 
 On the other hand if Mercury is so placed that it 
 rises later than the Sun and thus follows behind the 
 luminary the Ego learns more by afterthought than 
 by forethought for it walks comparatively speaking 
 
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 194 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 in the dark and must learn a great deal of its lessons 
 by experience. 
 
 As we have found that it is difficult for a number 
 of young students to determine when Mercury goes 
 before or behind the Sun we may say in farther elu- 
 cidation of that subject: 
 
 When Mercury is in a lower degree of the same 
 sign as the Sun or in any degree of the previous sign 
 then as a matter of course he rises before the Sun. To 
 illustrate : If the Sun is in twenty degrees of Cancer 
 and Mercury is in five, ten or fifteen degrees of that 
 sign or if he is in any degree of Gemini, then he rises 
 before the Sun. 
 
 But if he is in twenty-five degrees of Cancer 
 which is a higher degree of the same sign, or if he is 
 in any degree in Leo which is the succeeding sign to 
 Cancer, then he rises behind the Sun and loses part 
 of his good influence. 
 
 A retrograde Mercury is also a detriment to the 
 faculty of reason. But in the year of life when Mer- 
 cury by progression again turns direct, the reasoning 
 faculties will improve correspondingly. Mercury is 
 strongest in the airy signs, Gemini, Libra and Aquar- 
 ius, but he is exalted and therefore most powerful in 
 Virgo. Mercury has special rule over agents and mes- 
 sengers, salesmen, postmen and other common car- 
 riers, people engaged in advertising or printing, liter- 
 ary men, writers, reporters, secretaries, clerks, stenog- 
 raphers and typewriters, commission men and other 
 middle men, demagogues, confidence-men and thieves.
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 195- 
 MERCURY IN THE TWELVE HOUSES. 
 
 $ 1 Mercury in the Ascendant, or First House makes 
 the person quick-witted and sharp according to 
 the nature of the sign rising and the aspects 
 of the planets which he receives. The fiery signs 
 and the airy signs have the strongest influence 
 in that respect. In Aries and Leo he is more im- 
 pulsive than when rising in Sagittarius, but 
 Gemini, Libra and Aquarius are best. When 
 Mercury is rising in the watery signs Cancer and 
 Pisces the intellect is dull, but rising in Scorpio 
 where it is fired by the martial energy and armed 
 with the venomous sting of the scorpion it has 
 a somewhat similar influence to that of Mars in 
 Scorpio though not quite so pronounced. 
 
 2 Mercury in the Second House is good for gain 
 through mercurial occupations especially where 
 the person is employed by someone else so that 
 he appears in a true mercurial capacity as agent,, 
 messenger, clerk, writer or whatever else. 
 
 $ 3 Mercury in the Third House and well-aspected 
 has wonderful influence on the mental qualities 
 of the native. It makes the mind serene and op- 
 timistic, inclined to study and research work. 
 It gives fluency as a speaker and success by short 
 journeys or travel and makes the relations of 
 the person harmonious with his brothers. When 
 Mercury is afflicted in the Third House it in-
 
 196 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 dines to worry and pessimism, trouble and an- 
 noyance with sisters and brothers and when on 
 short journeys. 
 
 3 4 Mercury in the Fourth House gives instability 
 to home conditions. It signifies the homeless 
 wanderer who is always moving from place to 
 place unless a good aspect to Saturn comes in to 
 steady him down. This is, however, a good as- 
 pect for people engaged in mercurial positions 
 which require a stationary residence, such as li- 
 brarian, or literary men engaged in newspaper 
 work, employees in printing establishments, com- 
 mission houses, agencies and kindred occupa- 
 tions. If Mercury is afflicted by Saturn the home 
 conditions of the person will cause him a great 
 deal of worry. 
 
 % 5 Mercury in the Fifth House centers the mind 
 upon education, amusements, courtships and 
 children. If Mercury is well-aspected by Saturn 
 or Jupiter it gives depth to the mind and makes 
 the person successful in enterprises connected 
 with education, publishing or public amuse- 
 ments. Good aspects from Mars or Venus give 
 success in courtship but the adverse aspects of 
 the planets make the nature cruel; he is incon- 
 stant in affection toward those he professes to 
 love, inclined to worry over affairs of his 
 children, and superficial as a teacher. A good 
 aspect from the Sun is an excellent indication
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 197 
 
 of success in a government position, in an educa- 
 tional capacity. 
 
 6 Mercury in the Sixth House makes the mentality 
 too active for the person's own good, for he is 
 extremely ambitious and therefore liable to over- 
 tax himself to the detriment of his health, and 
 the disability of the nervous system is most likely 
 to express itself by a digestive disorder in the 
 region governed by Virgo, the sixth sign, viz: 
 the intestines. Such people are supersensitive 
 to the conditions of others which affects their 
 health, it brings much trouble and worry in 
 dealing with servants or subordinates. They are 
 fond of the study of hygiene and diet and meet 
 with considerable success in the practice of the 
 chemistry of foods, particularly if Mercury is 
 well-aspected. Adverse aspects of Saturn to a 
 Sixth House Mercury make a chronic invalid of 
 a most melancholy mind. The adverse aspects 
 of Mars and Uranus are fruitful sources of sui- 
 cide through brooding over disease. 
 
 $ 7 Mercury in the Seventh House and well-aspected 
 makes the person popular in literary and scien- 
 tific circles. It is a good position for public 
 speakers and all who are engaged in mercurial 
 activities of a public nature. But if Mercury is 
 afflicted the Seventh House position brings a 
 great deal of hostile criticism of a public nature 
 and is liable to involve the person in litigation
 
 198 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 either to defend himself against libel from others 
 or on account of libel committed by himself. A 
 well-aspected Mercury in the Seventh House also 
 indicates a successful marriage to a relative or 
 an employee, but when Mercury is afflicted either 
 the person or the marriage partner is of a nag- 
 ging nature so that the married life is spoiled 
 by constant quarrels and disputes on account of 
 fickleness and faithlessness. 
 
 8 Mercury in the Eighth House when well-aspected 
 gives gain through literary or scientific occu- 
 pation, agencies or other mercurial positions pro- 
 vided they are carried on in partnership with 
 someone else. This position also indicates that 
 the person will receive a legacy and it is a good 
 indication of the financial success of the mar- 
 riage, but if Mercury is afflicted its position in 
 the Eighth House indicates financial troubles 
 of the marriage partner and litigation probably 
 in connection with a legacy left to the person. 
 
 $ 9 Mercury in the Ninth House and well-aspected 
 gives love of religion, science, letters and law, 
 a studious mind capable of delving deeply into 
 profound problems of life and being, philosophic 
 and philanthropic, desire to travel if need be to 
 the ends of the earth in pursuit of knowledge. 
 This position gives facility of speech and writ- 
 ing and success in religion, philosophy, law and 
 science. The mind is broad, flexible and adapt-
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 199 
 
 able, therefore the person is liable to change his 
 views on the various subjects which he has stud- 
 ied several times in his life, but there will always 
 be a good reason for adopting another viewpoint. 
 If Mercury is afflicted in the Ninth House 
 he makes the person exceedingly unstable oi 
 mind, changeable as a weather vane in all his 
 pursuits and activities. Such a person will never 
 stay by anything long enough to try it out and 
 therefore he will meet with a series of disasters 
 all through life. Probably he may journey from 
 one place to another in search of success but he 
 will never find it until he learns to concentrate 
 his energies upon one thing. This position is 
 also a fruitful source of trouble with the law or 
 legal affairs. 
 
 g 10 Mercury in the Tenth House, well-aspected, 
 shows adaptability and resourcefulness such as 
 enables the person to cope with all the contin- 
 gencies of life. It makes a successful lecturer, 
 publisher or writer and is also favorable to suc- 
 cess in one of the occult occupations. If Mer- 
 cury is placed in one of the airy signs the power 
 of expression is much enhanced. Frequently 
 people with Mercury in this position have sev- 
 eral occupations, but usually they succeed best 
 in a subordinate capacity. 
 
 $ 11 Mercury in the Eleventh House brings a great 
 many acquaintances among literary, scientific or
 
 200 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 other mercurial people, but none of them are 
 sufficiently steadfast to be relied upon unless 
 Mercury is very well aspected. This position has 
 a tendency to make a person critical and cynical. 
 It sharpens his intellect, however, and gives him 
 a good flow of language. 
 
 g 12 Mercury in the Twelfth House, if well as- 
 pected gives a mind peculiarly fitted to delve 
 into the mysterious, occult or secret things. This 
 is especially the case if Mercury is between the 
 Sun and Midheaven, that is to say if Mercury 
 goes before the Sun or rises earlier than that 
 luminary, for then all the light that is in the 
 spirit seems to shine forth and make the person 
 intellectually keen and bright. Therefore this 
 is a good position for detective work as well as 
 scientific or occult research work. Chemists of 
 great ability have been produced under this as- 
 pect for such people have the faculty of going 
 into the most minute details in things which 
 seem microscopic and unimportant to others. 
 When Mercury is in the Twelfth House and 
 afflicted, especially by Saturn or Mars, also when 
 combust or behind the Sun there is danger that 
 the mind may become clouded and insanity may 
 result. It may also be noted that the affliction 
 will differ according to the way Mercury is as- 
 pected. If by Mars or Uranus the subject may 
 be exceedingly violent, if by Saturn he will be-
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 201 
 
 come melancholy, but whatever the nature, if 
 Mercury is afflicted in the Twelfth House some 
 form of limitation will restrain the spirit, for the 
 Twelfth House is the house of limitation and 
 confinement. 
 
 Deafness is also the result of this position 
 of Mercury when severely afflicted by Saturn. 
 
 MERCURY IN THE TWELVE SIGNS 
 
 T Mercury in Aries makes the person very ar- 
 gumentative, fond of disputes, quick at repartee, 
 with a tendency to exaggerate though not neces- 
 sarily by design. If well-aspected he is broad- 
 minded and tolerant of the opinions of others, 
 of a studious nature and quick to grasp things 
 and ideas, neat and orderly. When afflicted Mer- 
 cury in Aries makes people leap before they 
 look, the mind is vacillating and there is a gen- 
 eral recklessness over the person who is then very 
 unreliable and devoid of all sense of responsi- 
 bility. 
 
 b Mercury in Taurus gives a mind that is not 
 very soon made up but when it has once arrived 
 at a conclusion it is almost as difficult to change 
 as the laws of the Medes and Persians. However, 
 being based upon thought and reason the judg- 
 ment of these people is also extremely reliable. 
 They believe thoroughly in the ancient adage 
 ,that "Silence is golden" and are therefore close-
 
 202 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 mouthed. They are good counsellors and can 
 be depended upon to keep a secret. At the same 
 time they are not recluses, but have a pleasant, 
 sociable disposition. They are fond of fun and 
 recreation, they love music, art and literature, 
 so they are thoroughly likable people if Mercury 
 is well-aspected. But if Mercury is afflicted they 
 become what the Scotch call "dour," also ob- 
 stinate, stubborn, secretive and avaricious. 
 
 % n Mercury in Gemini makes a person fond of 
 change and travel. He is always ready to inves- 
 tigate some new thing, or go to some other place 
 for a change; in short, almost anything that is 
 new appeals to him. At the same time if Mer- 
 cury is well-fortified they will gain greatly by 
 this fluidic state of the mind for they are shrewd 
 and penetrating in their judgment so that they 
 know a good thing when they see it and are not 
 prejudiced by preconceived, set opinions. There- 
 fore they are good business men and their ability 
 to see a point makes them particularly good law- 
 yers. They also succeed well as traveling sales- 
 men. 
 
 $ IB Mercury in Cancer gives a clear intellect, a 
 good memory and superlative adaptability, so 
 that they can fit into any place or occupation 
 they may find and also adapt themselves to the 
 opinions and ideas of others. They love praise 
 and flattery, therefore they are careful not to do
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 203 
 
 anything whereby they may forfeit the good 
 opinion of others. 
 
 $ SI Mercury in Leo gives a positive, strong and 
 persevering intellect with high ideals and aspir- 
 ations which scorns to stoop to low and mean 
 acts, despises equivocation, blunt and outspoken, 
 quick-tempered, but kind-hearted and sympa- 
 thetic. People with Mercury in Leo well-fortified 
 have good organizing ability and make capable 
 leaders. They love children and are also fond 
 of pleasure. When Mercury is afflicted in Leo 
 it makes the person fickle and inconstant in his 
 affections, an unsuccessful gambler and specu- 
 lator, a low and sensual nature. 
 
 $ TIE Mercury in Virgo is at the zenith of his power 
 for there he is exalted, consequently when well- 
 aspected it gives a clear, logical, scientific mind, 
 eloquence and the ability to express oneself 
 fluently in a number of languages. It gives the 
 person a comprehensive, discriminating outlook 
 upon life, his conclusions are usually practical 
 and to the point because he also, like the Tau- 
 rian Mercury, looks before he leaps. In short 
 this characteristic is in a degree true of all the 
 earthy signs. When Mercury is afflicted in Virgo 
 it makes the man irritable, petulant and selfish, 
 always looking for flaws in everything he comes 
 across. People with Mercury in Virgo make ex-
 
 204 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 cellent dieticians and chemists. They also have 
 an unusual dexterity. 
 
 $ =^= Mercury in Libra, when well-aspected gives 
 a broad, well-balanced mind with a love of art 
 and music and an uncommon ability of expres- 
 sion. It brings success as a public speaker and 
 sometimes as a singer. When Mercury is afflicted 
 in Libra it indicates trouble by lawsuits through 
 partnerships and an unfaithful marriage part- 
 
 TTL Mercury in Scorpio gives a shrewd mind, a 
 keen aspiration, a quick wit and a sharp tongue 
 with biting sarcasm that can sting like the scor- 
 pion. The disposition is bold and stubborn, 
 headstrong and difficult to get along with. But 
 these people are extremely re.sourceful, daunt- 
 less and able to overcome difficulties which would 
 crush others. They are attracted to the occult, 
 as a needle is drawn to a magnet. When Mer- 
 cury is afflicted they are subject to disappoint- 
 ment in everything they undertake, quarrelsome, 
 skeptical and cynical, always holding opposite 
 views to others. 
 
 t Mercury in Sagittarius. This is one of the 
 strongest positions of Mercury and if he is well- 
 aspected it gives an exceedingly noble mind of 
 a religious and philosophical turn, a mind which 
 scorns the shackles of conventions where they
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 205 
 
 interfere with freedom of thought and speech 
 yet does not fly into paths that are contrary to 
 the commonly accepted standards of moral usage 
 and conduct. It always confines itself within 
 the boundaries of law and order and people with 
 Mercury in this position are therefore greatly 
 respected in the community. Mercury in Sagit- 
 tarius makes the person fond of travel to see the 
 sights and scenery of nature and to investigate 
 the customs of strange people. They are also 
 fond of animals and pets. When afflicted it in- 
 clines to lawlessness, dishonesty, sophism and a 
 twisted character. 
 
 V3 Mercury in Capricorn gives a critical and pen- 
 etrating but somewhat suspicious mind with a 
 thoughtful and diplomatic disposition. These 
 people make splendid spies and detectives, hav- 
 ing the ability to ferret out secrets in the most 
 uncanny manner. They also have the persist- 
 ence of Saturnians derived from the sign Capri- 
 corn so that they never give up until their object 
 has been attained. This position also gives a 
 love of science, particularly chemistry, and they 
 are much attracted to the occult, yet practical 
 and very thrifty. They hold on to what they get 
 and always have something on a rainy day. 
 When afflicted Mercury in Capricorn makes the 
 person miserly, cruel, hard, malicious, vindictive 
 and spiteful.
 
 206 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 $ ? Mercury in Aquarius gives the Uranian quali- 
 ties of originality and independence and an un- 
 conquerable love of liberty to the mind so that 
 people with Mercury in this position are apt to 
 repudiate all the social conventions and live ac- 
 cording to their highly idealistic conceptions. 
 They often take no heed of fashion and dress 
 in a style entirely their own. They advocate 
 ideas on social subjects which are a thousand 
 years ahead of the world's development, among 
 them the theory of soul-mates and affinities 
 which is causing so much trouble in the world 
 today because its advocates have not yet grown 
 to the spiritual stature where they can separate 
 it from sex and live the true Uranian love-life 
 which is altogether spiritual. The foregoing de- 
 lineations apply particularly where Mercury is 
 aspected by Uranus and the people described by 
 them are the extreme product of Mercury in 
 Aquarius. All who have this position, however, 
 are very intellectual, they have high ideals and 
 aspirations, a love of popular science and mathe- 
 matics and are usually attracted to the occult 
 sciences also, especially to astrology, for they 
 have a fine faculty of reading the horoscope. 
 They are kind, sociable and fond of friends with 
 the result that they usually attract large num- 
 bers of intellectual people to their circle of ac- 
 quaintances. When afflicted this position makes
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 207 
 
 the person disloyal and ready to prey upon his 
 friends, or criticise and slander them. 
 
 M Mercury in Pisces the occult watery sign, 
 seems to endow the mind with a certain psychic 
 faculty which is not so much intuition as imag- 
 ination. They think or imagine that something 
 must be so and so and it is a startling fact that 
 they are usually correct, but this ability brings 
 them dangerously near to mediumship if Mer- 
 cury is afflicted or when Neptune the higher oc- 
 tave of Mercury is in the Twelfth House. There- 
 fore this is rather a dangerous position. If Mer- 
 cury is afflicted by Saturn this position in Pisces 
 makes the person liable to gloom and the mind 
 will be subject to constant worry with a turn 
 toward melancholy. Usually, people with Mer- 
 cury in Pisces are of a kindly and benevolent dis- 
 position. This also is a good indication that suc- 
 cess may be attained in chemistry and as a diet- 
 ician by preparation of health foods. 
 
 MERCURY IN ASPECT WITH THE OTHER PLANETS 
 
 O P 6 $ Tlie Sun in parallel or conjunction to 
 Mercury. These are the only aspects ever formed 
 and are good for the memory and mentality pro- 
 vided Mercury is not closer to the Sun than three 
 degrees, for then he is "combust" and his good 
 qualities are burned up in the Sun's rays. It 
 is most fortunate to have Mercury rise before
 
 208 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the Sun at Birth for he is then the Lightbearer 
 who holds the torch of reason before the Spirit 
 which in the horoscope is symbolized by the 
 Sun. When he rises after the Sun the mentality 
 is not nearly so keen (unless other good aspects 
 favor). 
 
 $ P 6 * $ Venus parallel, conjunction or sextile to 
 Mercury. Venus and Mercury are never more 
 than 76 degrees apart, therefore they can only 
 form the conjunctions, parallels and sextiles, but 
 neither the trine, square nor opposition. 
 
 These aspects make the person cheerful and 
 companionable with a good-natured disposition 
 and a desire for society. They also give ability 
 for music and poetry, especially if in the As- 
 cendant, and are a general indication of success 
 in salesmanship for such people are very suave, 
 affable and persuasive. 
 
 J P 6 * A $ The Moon in parallel, conjunction, 
 sextile or trine to Mercury gives a receptive 
 mind and a retentive memory, two very rare 
 qualities and therefore these aspects, particu- 
 larly the sextile and trine, are good indications 
 of success in life, especially in one of the mer- 
 curial occupations, literary, clerical or traveling. 
 People with these configurations are usually very 
 verbose, particularly if the conjunction or trine 
 occurs in airy signs or a sign of voice, for then 
 the power of expression reaches a superlative
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 209 
 
 degree and such people become able linguists and 
 elocutionists, but unless there is some steadying 
 influence people with configurations of Mercury 
 and the Moon are not reliable because of their 
 tendency to change their minds repeatedly in 
 the most unexpected manner. They are inclined 
 to look upon the bright side of life and are fond 
 of pleasure, particularly travel. 
 
 n # $ The Moon square or opposition to Mer- 
 cury gives a poor memory and lack of mental 
 stability with a tendency to indecision and 
 worry, liability to brain storms and hysterics. 
 These characteristics make the person unpopu- 
 lar and as the saying is, ' ' unlucky. ' ' 
 
 # A s> Saturn sextile or trine with Mercury 
 acts as a brake upon the flighty mind and gives 
 it a seriousness, depth and concentration which 
 is of inestimable value in life. The forethought 
 and profound reasoning ability indicated by 
 these aspects insure success in whatever voca- 
 tion the person may pursue. The patient per- 
 sistence which permits no temporary failure to 
 stand in the way of ultimate success, the caution 
 and diplomacy make such people invincible in 
 the long run. Therefore they generally become 
 prominent in connection with some serious en- 
 terprise such as secret societies, the church or 
 even in politics or government affairs. They are 
 in demand for high positions in great undertak- 
 
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 210 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ings where a steady hand is required on the 
 helm. But they do not usually shine publicly 
 for they are very quiet, subdued and serious in 
 their manner and demeanor; besides they are 
 absolutely honest and fairminded, hence they 
 make the very finest judges obtainable. 
 
 f? 6 P $ Saturn conjunction or parallel to Mer- 
 cury gives depth to the mind, and forethought, 
 together with all the other good qualities enu- 
 merated as resulting from the sextile and the 
 trine if Mercury is otherwise well aspected, but 
 not in so full a measure, or at any rate the 
 person does not seem to be able to externalize 
 them as readily, hence does not meet the same 
 assured success as given by the good aspects. 
 He also suffers from the tendency to melancholy 
 denoted by the square or opposition, especially 
 if the aspect occurs in one of the common signs 
 or in Capricorn, and if in Gemini it interferes 
 sadly with the dexterity. Such people drop 
 everything they take into their hands. These 
 aspects also give an embarrassing timidity and 
 if Mercury is afflicted the undesirable qualities 
 enumerated as resulting from the square or op- 
 position may be looked for. 
 
 T? n <9 % Saturn square or opposition to Mercury 
 makes the person subject to trouble and delays 
 all through life. He is thwarted on every hand 
 by slander and secret enemies and this condition
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 211- 
 
 in time makes him bitter and sarcastic with the 
 additional result that he is shunned by all who 
 can possibly get away from him and that in time 
 leads him to become a recluse who shuts himself 
 away to brood over his troubles. Such a person 
 sometimes becomes subject to melancholia of a 
 most piteous character. These aspects also make 
 the person cunning and untruthful. They give 
 the same desire to study the occult conferred by 
 the good aspects, but there is the great differ- 
 ence that while the good aspects of Saturn and 
 Mercury incline him to the study of occultism 
 from unselfish motives, the bad aspects impel 
 him to ferret out nature's secrets for personal 
 power or gain. 
 
 6 P * A $ Jupiter conjunction, parallel, sextile 
 or trine to Mercury is one of the finest assets in 
 life, for it gives a cheerful, optimistic disposi- 
 tion with the ability to always look upon the 
 bright side of things and keep up the spirits in 
 hours of adversity. The mind is broad, versatile 
 and able to reason correctly and to form a re- 
 liable judgment by careful deliberation. These 
 people never give a hasty decision ; they require 
 time to think over whatever is presented to them, 
 but once they have reached a conclusion that 
 will be found incontrovertible. They are suc- 
 cessful in law or literature and much respected 
 for their honesty and sincerity. These aspects
 
 212 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 are particularly fortunate for people who travel 
 for business or pleasure, for they will reap both 
 benefit and enjoyment from a migratory mode 
 of life; it will make them "healthy, wealthy and 
 wise" beyond the average, and loved by every- 
 body for the vital vibrations they radiate upon 
 whoever they meet. 
 
 Jupiter square or opposition to Mercury 
 gives a vacillating and wavering disposition so 
 that the person cannot make up his mind when 
 more than one course of action is open, hence 
 people with these aspects often lose their oppor- 
 tunities through procrastination and lack of 
 judgment, and they must therefore be classed 
 as failures in life. They are liable to scandal 
 and slander because of treacherous associates. 
 They should not travel, for it will bring them 
 loss and trouble. They should also be extremely 
 careful in making contracts or agreements to do 
 or deliver certain things at a specified time, for 
 they will probably be unable to fulfill the re- 
 quirements and thus trouble and loss will result. 
 
 * A $ Mars sextile or trine to Mercury gives 
 a keen, sharp, ingenious and resourceful men- 
 tality. It makes the person enthusiastic over 
 any proposition which appeals to him and he 
 has also the ability to enthuse others and impress 
 them with his views ; an indefatigable worker 
 in any cause which arouses his sympathies, but
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 213 
 
 he is no visionary, he is interested only in con- 
 crete matters. These people love argument or 
 debate, and they have an inexhaustible fund of 
 wit and good humor, sometimes blended with a 
 vein of sarcasm which always strikes its mark, 
 yet never viciously or maliciously. They also 
 have remarkable dexterity and are able to turn 
 their hands to whatever task is required and 
 do it with a speed, facility and expedition that 
 is astonishing, to say the least. They cannot do 
 anything slowly or by halves; whatever they 
 undertake must be done with a rush, and they 
 put their whole energy into it so that they may 
 accomplish the task and do it well, hence these 
 aspects give success in life, in almost any line 
 of endeavor these people may select, but prob- 
 ably most in literature or the mechanical arts. 
 
 ' $ 6 P $ Mars conjunction or parallel to Mercury 
 gives the same mental energy, enthusiasm and 
 dexterity as the definitely good aspects, but 
 whether they are used for constructive and good 
 purposes or for destructive and evil ends de- 
 pends upon the aspects, house position and sign 
 which they occupy. If the configuration occurs 
 in a sign where either or both are strong and 
 well-placed, as Mars in Aries or Capricorn or 
 Mercury in Gemini or Virgo, or if they are for- 
 tified by good aspects from the Sun, Venus and 
 Jupiter, Mars conjunction or parallel Mercury
 
 214 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 will operate similarly to the sextile or trine, at> 
 stated in the foregoing paragraph, which see. 
 But if Mars and Mercury are in one of the 
 watery signs (Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces), or if 
 either or both are afflicted by Saturn, Uranus 
 or Neptune, the conjunction or parallel of Mars 
 and Mercury will give the same evil tendencies 
 as the square or opposition which are defined in 
 the next paragraph. 
 
 O 8 % Mars square or opposition to Mercury 
 makes people quickwitted, sharp and alert, quick 
 tempered, impulsive and excitable, liable to jump 
 at conclusions and act before they think with 
 the inevitable result that they are always getting 
 themselves or other people into trouble, hence 
 they are dangerous associates. They are born 
 prevaricators and utterly incapable of making a 
 straight statement. It is just as natural for them 
 to color or exaggerate their statements as it is 
 to breathe. They are vitriolic in their wrath 
 and their tongues are more poisonous than the 
 bite of a rattlesnake, hence they are either feared 
 or hated by those who are unfortunate enough 
 to be bound to them by environment; all who 
 can shun them. They are bullies who are bound 
 either to rule or ruin wherever they are, and 
 they allow no obstacle to stand in their way 
 which can be removed either by force or slander. 
 They are the acme of selfishness, swagger and
 
 MERCURY, THE PLANET OF REASON 215 
 
 consummate egotism. The foregoing tendencies 
 may of course be modified by other aspects, but 
 if they are not, such people are a menace to 
 society. If either Mars or Mercury are placed 
 in the Sixth or Twelfth Houses or in any other 
 position so that the bad aspect acts upon the 
 health, there is a liability to nervous prostration, 
 brain fever or insanity. 
 
 # A $ Uranus sextile or trine to Mercury gives 
 an original, independent and eccentric mind im- 
 patient of the fetters of fashion, tradition and 
 convention. Such a person is strenuous in his 
 efforts to hew a path for himself in complete 
 liberty. Therefore this is the hall-mark of the 
 pioneer in thought and invention, the sign of 
 genius. Their ideas and ideals are exceedingly 
 lofty, progressive and inspiring, in fact too much 
 so in the opinion of the average man or woman 
 who looks upon their actions as vagaries, the out- 
 come of a diseased mind. Nevertheless they have 
 plenty of friends on account of their kindly and 
 sympathetic nature and these aspects are good 
 for a literary or scientific pursuit, also for in- 
 vention, particularly those which have to do 
 with air or electricity. 
 
 : d P $ Uranus conjunction or parallel Mercury. 
 If Mercury is otherwise afflicted the conjunction 
 and parallel are to be judged as bad aspects and 
 read accordingly, but if Mercury is otherwise
 
 216 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 well placed and aspected the delineation given 
 for the sextile and trine will apply. 
 
 1$ G 8 $ Uranus square or opposition to Mercury 
 is the hall-mark of the true crank or anarchist 
 who has extreme ideas to tear down the social 
 structure and undertake radical reforms. People 
 with these configurations are given to ranting 
 and raving in public and their language is usu- 
 ally as cruel as the measures they advocate. 
 Whatever ability they possess is usually turned 
 to an erratic purpose and they are often forced 
 to make sudden changes on that account. 
 
 V? 6P# A S Neptune conjunction, parallel, sextile 
 or trine to Mercury gives a mind peculiarly 
 adapted to the occult art, particularly if the 
 conjunction occurs in the Third or Ninth Houses 
 or the trines are from the watery signs Cancer 
 and Pisces. Such people usually succeed in oc- 
 cult science and often develop a supernormal fac- 
 ulty. They are particularly good as magnetic 
 healers. 
 
 tp D <? S Neptune square or opposition to Mercury 
 gives a chaotic mind, liability to lack of memory, 
 indolence and a disposition to dream the time 
 away. There is a restless desire for fame and 
 an inability to fit in anywhere. Such people are 
 liable to fraud, deception and slander, also to 
 suicide.
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 THE MOON, THE PLANET OF FECUNDATION. 
 
 FROM the Bible we learn that Jehovah made man 
 in His image. We are also told that angels vis- 
 ited Sarah and proclaimed the birth of Isaac. They 
 also foretold the birth of Samson and Samuel and the 
 angel (not archangel) Gabriel came to Mary of Beth- 
 lehem to announce the birth of Jesus. According to 
 occult science also, Jehovah and His angels are the 
 guardians of the seed atoms which are the basic fac- 
 tors in fertilization, and their activities are directed 
 to the maintenance of plant, animal and human 
 life upon our earth. To this end their forces are fo- 
 cused by the wandering Moon through the twelve 
 signs of the zodiac ; they impinge upon the foetus in 
 a creative manner during the period of gestation from 
 the time of conception to birth. 
 
 Thus as the Moon measures the tides of the earth 
 so also does she measure the soul's passage from the 
 shores of eternity through the waters of the womb to 
 the world of time. According to astrology Cancer is 
 the home of the Moon and the ancient Egyptians pic- 
 tured this sign as a scarab or beetle which was their 
 emblem of the soul and they called Cancer the sphere 
 of the soul, for it is said that through this moist 
 217
 
 218 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 watery sign fertilized by the lunar ray the seed atoms 
 are projected into the womb of the prospective parent 
 who is thus prepared for the period of gestation and 
 occult science adds to this that the seed atoms of the 
 animal kingdom, which is still mindless and therefore 
 not amenable to lunar influences in that direction, are 
 projected through the watery martial sign Scorpio 
 while the seed atom of the inert plant are poured in 
 through the Jupiterian sign Pisces just before the 
 Sun enters Aries at the vernal equinox to awaken the 
 millions of plant seeds thus fertilized which have been 
 sleeping in Mother Earth. Thus the human family 
 has the longest period of gestation, the animal a some- 
 what shorter and the plant the shortest of all. 
 
 The Moon also measures the period of postnatal 
 growth so that the period of childhood, measured by 
 the change of teeth is complete at about seven years 
 of age when the Moon is square to her place at birth. 
 The period of puberty is ushered in at about fourteen 
 years of age when the Moon is in opposition to her 
 /)lace at birth and is marked by the cnange of voice 
 in the boy and the commencement of the menses in the 
 girl. At twenty-one years of age the Moon by pro- 
 gression has traveled three quarters of the circle of 
 the horoscope from its place at birth. This finishes 
 the period of incubation and the human being is con- 
 sidered to be full-grown, capable of exercising a fran- 
 chise and taking care of his own affairs. Thus the 
 distance traveled by the New Moon during the prena- 
 tal period of gestation in the mother's womb and the
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 219 
 
 distance traveled by the progressed Moon during the 
 twenty-one years of post-natal development in the 
 womb of Mother Nature correspond exactly. 
 
 The Moon, like Mercury has no basic nature of 
 its own but serves to focus the qualities of the other 
 planets and signs upon the human mind. She governs 
 the tidal air in the lungs and the colorless lymph in 
 the body, also the digestive activity and the sympa- 
 thetic nervous system which automatically takes care 
 of the process of digestion. She also governs the cere- 
 bellum, the mammae, the feminine functions and par- 
 turition as already explained. 
 
 People who are strongly under the influence of 
 the lunar rays are of an easy-going, dreamy, indolent 
 nature, adepts as architects of air castles which never 
 materialize or assume concrete shape, Otherwise they 
 are very sociable and easy to get along with. They 
 succeed best as cooks, housekeepers or in some domes- 
 tic occupation or in one which has to do w r ith liquids 
 or a seafaring life, 
 
 The Moon being female indicates the marriage 
 partner for a man so that in a male horoscope afflic- 
 tion of the Moon would not be so apt to cause trouble 
 in health as in married life and the horoscopes of the 
 two sexes should therefore be read differently with 
 respect to the Sun and Moon. If Saturn afflicts the 
 Moon in a woman 's horoscope it will affect her health, 
 but the same aspects occurring in a man's horoscope 
 will cause him trouble in married life. If the Sun is 
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 220 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 but in a woman's horoscope it would indicate trouble 
 with her husband. At the same time however it 
 should not be forgotten that both the Sun and Moon 
 are vital factors in the health of both sexes but one 
 sex is more affected by the Sun, the other by the 
 Moon. 
 
 The Moon is the great time-marker of the uni- 
 verse. Without her our lives would be barren of 
 events for although the Sun and the planets by their 
 travel through the signs and houses indicate the years 
 when certain tendencies shown in the horoscope may 
 culminate in action, it invariably requires an aspect 
 of the Moon to fertilize the aspect and make it bloom 
 into physical manifestation. The Sun and the planets 
 may therefore be likened to the hour-hand on the 
 clock of destiny which shows the year when each phase 
 of our destiny is ripe for- the harvest and the Moon 
 may be likened to the minute-hand which shows the 
 month when the influences are due to culminate into 
 action. In order to become fully conversant with the 
 influences of the Moon we would advise students to 
 read carefully the article on eclipses and new Moon 
 in our Simplified Scientific Astrology. 
 
 THE MOON IN THE TWELVE HOUSES. 
 
 }) I The Moon in the First House. When the Moon 
 is rising in the First House at birth and partic- 
 ularly in a common or cardinal sign she gives the 
 person then born a very restless nature ; he is 
 constantly endeavoring to change his position,
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 221 
 
 environment and occupation, ensouled by an in- 
 insatiable wanderlust and always ready to roam. 
 When the Moon is rising in a fixed sign there is 
 a little more stability to the nature but even then 
 the person will probably spend at least part of his 
 life in a roving existence. People with the Moon 
 in the First House are usually sensitives, espec- 
 ially if the Moon is in the psychic signs Cancer 
 or Pisces. They have a very vivid imagination 
 and are quite intuitive. This position of the 
 Moon has a powerful influence upon health ^spe- 
 cially in the female horoscope and the aspects 
 which the Moon receives determine the strength 
 of the constitution. It is also a sign of success in 
 such occupations as bring the person in close 
 touch with the public. 
 
 D 2 The Moon in fhe Second House signifies fluctu- 
 ating finances unless fortified by good aspects 
 from Jupiter the planet of opulence or Venus 
 the planet of attraction. The Sun also helps to 
 make matters more settled in that respect. 
 
 D 3 Tlie Moon in fhe Third House makes the mina 
 extremely fertile in imagination with a strong 
 liking for mental occupations, especially such as 
 do not require continuity but are subject to con- 
 stant change, like editors and reporters on news- 
 papers who must always be on the alert for news 
 and roam hither and thither for the purpose of 
 gathering it. These people love the lime-light of
 
 222 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 publicity and if the Moon is strengthened by 
 good aspects to Mercury they may reach a posi- 
 tion of prominence. 
 
 D 4 The Moon in the Fourth House well-aspected 
 indicates fortunate home conditions, especially, 
 toward the close of life but if the Moon is afflicted 
 we may judge the reverse. This position also 
 gives a tendency toward psychic experiences 
 especially if the Moon is in its own sign Cancer 
 or the other watery sign Pisces. It also shows 
 many changes of residence which will be fortu- 
 nate or otherwise according to the other aspects 
 of the Moon. 
 
 D 5 The Moon in the Fifth House in cardinal or 
 common signs indicates a person of very change- 
 able affections, fond of pleasure and gambling. 
 It is a sign of a fruitful marriage particularly 
 when in Scorpio. Even in a barren sign like Leo 
 the Moon will give children when she is placed 
 in the Fifth House. This question however, 
 should always be judged from both horoscopes 
 of the prospective parents, for should one be en- 
 tirely barren, the Moon in the Fifth House in 
 Leo or Virgo in the other horoscope, would not 
 be sufficient help to mend the matter. 
 
 D 6 The Moon in the Sixth House is a poor position 
 particularly in a woman's horoscope and any 
 person with the Moon in that position will do
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 223 
 
 better in a subordinate position employed by 
 someone else than in a business venture of his 
 own. Should he be placed in the position of em- 
 ployer he will find it difficult to keep servants or 
 employees. They will change constantly. 
 
 D 7 Tlie Moon in the Seventh House if well-aspected 
 is fortunate for success in marriage, partnership 
 and other dealings with the public for it makes 
 the person popular. But if seriously afflicted it 
 indicates a fickle, changeable marriage partner, 
 loss through litigation, partnership and the gen- 
 eral public who will then hold the person in 
 disfavor. 
 
 D 8 The Moon in the Eighth House gives gain by 
 marriage and legacy if it is well-aspected and it 
 also increases the number of children though 
 there is a chance that some of them may die. 
 But if the Moon is afflicted the financial fortunes 
 will change for the worse after marriage and if 
 legacies do come they will bring lawsuits with 
 them whereby the person will lose. 
 
 D 9 The Moon in the Ninth House when well-aspect- 
 ed gives a clean clear mind of a serious, religious, 
 legal or philosophic turn according to the nature 
 of the aspect. The person will travel far with 
 both pleasure and profit for himself and some- 
 time he will come into the lime-light of publicity. 
 This position also gives a tendency to dreams
 
 224 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 and visions especially if the Moon is aspected by 
 Neptune. If the Moon is afflicted the person will 
 be too impulsive and jump to conclusions which 
 are to his detriment. If he undertakes to travel 
 he is liable to meet much trouble in consequence. 
 He is also apt to make an ill-considered change 
 in religion and be subjected to much censure 
 on that account. 
 
 D 10 The Moon in the Tenth House is a sign of good 
 fortune, popularity and prosperity if well-as- 
 pected. It brings the person prominently before 
 the public and ensures favor especially from 
 women, also the accumulation of property, it 
 makes the mind deep and diplomatic, curious 
 and inquisitive. When the Moon is afflicted the 
 person is liable to incur hostility on the part of 
 the public and reversals of fortune. Sometimes 
 he becomes involved in public scandal and sub- 
 ject to censure. 
 
 D 11 The Moon in the Eleventh House if well-aspect- 
 ed gives many friends epecially among women, 
 but if she is afflicted those who come to the per- 
 son under the guise of friendship do so in the 
 hope that he may be of benefit to them. 
 
 D 12 The Moon in the Twelfth House if well-aspected 
 gives success in such work as is performed in /se- 
 clusion away from the public gaze, in prisons, 
 hospitals or charitable institntions. There is
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 225 
 
 also a liability to become involved in clandestine 
 love-affairs but if the Moon is well-aspected the 
 person will be able to keep this a secret. If the 
 Moon is afflicted there is danger of secret ene- 
 mies, trouble and persecution. 
 
 THE MOON IN THE TWELVE SIGNS 
 
 }) T The Moon in Aries gives a very independent 
 type of mind which aims to hew out its own 
 path in life whether right or wrong and is ex- 
 tremely quick to resent any interference from 
 others. The person is ambitious and aggressive 
 but lacks forethought, so that he is liable to 
 meet with numerous setbacks. However, this 
 position gives a dauntless courage and such peo- 
 ple are not easily defeated. When they have 
 failed in one direction they immediately try 
 another venture and in the end their very persis- 
 tence usually brings them into prominence in 1 , 
 their line and gives them ultimate success, unless; 
 the Moon is afflicted, then they are prone to take 
 up one occupation after another without giving 
 themselves time to try honestly to make a suc- 
 cess of one. 
 
 8 D The Moon in Taurus. This is the Moon's ex- 
 altation sign and her effect is therefore very pow- 
 erful for good if she is free from affliction and 
 well-aspected. Then the fixed nature of Taurus 
 tones down the changeability of the Moon which 
 
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 226 THE MESSAGE OF THE STABS 
 
 also blends with the Venus ray. Hence it makes 
 the disposition gentle, self-reliant and deter- 
 mined. It gives continuity, forethought and 
 kindness, therefore the person attracts all the 
 good things of life, health and wealth, friends 
 and family, houses and lands with the ability to 
 enjoy all these things for it makes him fond of 
 pleasure, sociable and hospitable, a lover of art 
 and music and all other things which make for 
 the enjoyment of life. 
 
 D IT The Moon in Gemini gives a wide-awake intel- 
 lect, fond of literature and science, resourceful 
 and able to cope with emergencies, broad, liberal 
 and alert for progressive ideas which he takes 
 up with avidity. Hence such people are much 
 attracted to literary occupations, particularly in 
 the newspaper field where they may flit from 
 one subject to another as required by their ex- 
 tremely restless mind. This position also gives 
 an inordinate love of traveling, especially in po- 
 sitions where one meets many people. Hence it 
 favors such occupations as traveling salesmen, 
 canvassers and the like. 
 
 D <5> TJi,e Moon in Cancer gives a disposition which 
 is kind, sociable and sympathetic, but indolent 
 and averse to effort whether physical, moral or 
 mental. These people love to drift with the tide 
 and only bestir themselves when under the whip- 
 lash of necessity. They are often sensitive to
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 227 
 
 psychic conditions, especially if the Moon is 
 aspected by Neptune or Uranus and the nature 
 of the aspect determines whether the influence is 
 favorable or unfavorable. This position also 
 gives a love of home and the comforts to be ob- 
 tained there. It promotes the digestion and con- 
 sequently the health if the Moon is well-aspected. 
 
 If afflicted it has a tendency to give digestive 
 troubles. 
 
 I> SI The Moon in Leo. has an illuminating influence 
 on the mind. It gives a strong, self-reliant ana 
 aggressive disposition with ability of organiza- 
 tion therefore people with the Moon in this posi- 
 tion usually attain to leadership in their imme- 
 diate circle. They are honorable in financial 
 and social matters, fair and magnanimous in 
 their dealings with others, and very popular 
 with other people. 
 
 D TTR The Moon in Virgo increases the mental qual- 
 ities if she is well-aspected ; she gives a retentive 
 memory and a love of study along scientific or 
 occult lines and an ambition to excel. Chemis- 
 try seems to be their favorite among the sciences 
 and they excel as dieticians. They are rather 
 reserved and of quiet demeanor, disliking flat- 
 tery or ostentation, but unless they devote them- 
 selves to dietetics they are more successful as the 
 servants or employees of others than in business 
 for themselves.
 
 228 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 D =^ The Moon in Libra is a fortunate position for 
 the acquisition of friends and public popularity 
 for it makes the person kind, sympathetic and 
 agreeable, optimistic and fond of social pleas- 
 ures. This position also gives good reasoning pow- 
 ers and the ability to form a correct judgment, 
 love of art and music, sometimes considerable 
 ability as a performer if assisted by other aspects. 
 
 D TTt The Moon in Scorpio gives a courageous, in- 
 dependent and energetic disposition. The per- 
 son who has this configuration will not tolerate 
 interference with his plans or submit to imposi- 
 tion. He is often very abrupt in his manners 
 and blunt in speech, quick-tempered and not to 
 be coerced by threats, but singularly amenable 
 to kindness. He has a strong and stubborn will 
 and determination to carry out whatever he 
 undertakes. This position also gives a consid- 
 erable attraction toward the occult sciences but 
 if afflicted may lead to excess in gratification of 
 the senses, trouble with women or difficulties 
 in parturition. 
 
 D / The Moon in Sagittarius gives an alert and 
 active personality, a love of walking, riding or 
 any other form of physical exercise, a roving 
 disposition and love of travel in foreign coun- 
 tries, a fondness of animals, especially horses 
 and dogs and an inclination for the tudy of 
 religion, law, philosophy or the science of oc-
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 229 
 
 cultism. These people are very optimistic, good 
 humored, jovial, and ideal companions unless 
 the Moon is afflicted, then her position in Sagit- 
 tarius is conducive of indolence and self-in- 
 dulgence. 
 
 D V3 The Moon in Capricorn, if well-aspected, give* 
 abundance of help from people who are higher 
 in the social scale so that whatever success there 
 may be will come through others, the person 
 being too timid to push himself forward, besides 
 being of a melancholy turn of mind which makes 
 him exceedingly sensitive to real or fancied 
 slights. If the Moon is afflicted it gives a lia- 
 bility to slander whether that is merited or not. 
 This position also has a detrimental effect upon 
 the digestion. People with the Moon in this 
 position often have an insane fear of coming to 
 want and therefore they become avaricious and 
 miserly, denying themselves all comforts at the 
 present time that they may have something for 
 a rainy day. They have very little feeling for 
 themselves and none at all for others. 
 
 3) ? The Moon in Aquarius if well-aspected gives 
 the person a very vivid imagination and the 
 power of calling images up before the mind's 
 eye in such a manner that they almost seem 
 tangible ; besides these people are not dependent 
 upon the faculty of reason, for their intuition 
 is also exceedingly well-developed. In disposi-
 
 230 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tion they are sociable, kindly and courteous with 
 the result that they attract many friends and 
 are very popular in their environment, and they 
 are helped by their friends according to the as- 
 pects of the Moon. On the other hand if the 
 Moon is afflicted this position shows one of an 
 exceedingly erratic mind. 
 
 D ^ The Moon in Pisces gives a receptive mind 
 and a fertile imagination with a disposition to 
 indolence and self-pity, vacillating and faint- 
 heartedness, fond of dreaming rather than act- 
 ing, therefore sorrow, trouble and self-undoing 
 beset their path in life. This position not in- 
 frequently leads to mediumship, especially if 
 Neptune is in adverse aspect, for these people 
 are peculiarly sensitive to the flattery of spirit- 
 controls and love anything that will stir their 
 emotions. They are also very wordy in their 
 expressions and if a good aspect from Venus 
 and Mercury enables them to take up music 
 they play with extraordinary inspiration and 
 feeling. If the Moon is afflicted in Pisces love- 
 affairs are apt to bring the person into trouble. 
 If Pisces be in the Twelfth House and the Moon 
 there at birth this will give a liability on the 
 part of the parents to drink and thus neglect 
 their children who may then become the wards 
 of charitable institutions until they reach ma- 
 turity.
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 231 
 ASPECTS OF THE MOON TO THE OTHER PLANETS 
 
 O P 6 J) The Sun parallel or conjunction to the 
 Moon. No matter in what sign or hou.sc the con- 
 junction of the Lights occurs the person will be 
 so strongly marked with the characteristics of 
 that sign that, lacking knowledge of his true 
 ascendant, even the most competent astrologer 
 is likely to be misled and judge him to be born 
 with the sign rising in which the conjunction 
 took place, and whatever matters are ruled by 
 the house in which the conjunction occurs will 
 play a very important part in the life. In the 
 First he is an out and out egotist with very 
 little love for others save in so far as they serve 
 his ends, in the Seventh his world pivots on the 
 mate, in the Tenth House or sign he will 
 sacrifice all other considerations to rise in public 
 life, in the Twelfth House or sign it will give 
 a strong tendency to intemperance which will 
 bring trouble in the life, in the Third and Ninth 
 Houses it will brighten the mind and induce 
 travel from which he will benefit, in the Second 
 House it will bring wealth, especially if in good 
 aspect with Jupiter. 
 
 O#AD The Sun sextile or trine to the Moon. 
 If the conjunction of the Sun and Moon is closer 
 than three degrees it has a tendency to deplete 
 the vitality and if it is also a solar eclipse and 
 the child survives, this will be particularly no-
 
 232 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ticeable all through life. People who have such 
 close conjunctions or eclipses become listless, dis- 
 spirited and out of sorts every time there is a 
 new Moon. It does not seem to interfere with 
 the good effects in other departments of life. 
 The good aspects of the Sun and Moon make for 
 general success in life, health, fair financial for- 
 tunes, good home conditions with faithful friends 
 and esteem in the community; they favor a rise 
 in life because of the person's innate ability, 
 which either gains for him the recognition of 
 people in a position to help him rise, or impels 
 him to carve his own way. 
 
 O D 8 5 The Sun square or opposition to the Moon 
 makes the person vacillating and unsettled in 
 disposition, changeable and unable to pursue a, 
 settled course in life, rash to plunge into untried 
 ventures but lacking the persistence or contin- 
 uity of purpose to carry anything to a successful 
 conclusion. For that reason such people become 
 failures in life ; their dealings with women and 
 people higher in the social scale such as employ- 
 ers, the authorities, judges, etc., are especially 
 unsuccessful, they always have difficulty in ob- 
 taining and keeping employment and keeping 
 their positions when obtained, for they are 
 hyper-sensitive and ready to take offense, with 
 or without provocation. These configurations 
 also affect the health ; the body is liable to colds
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 233 
 
 and recuperation is slow when sickness has over- 
 taken the person. 
 
 9 P 6 * A D Venus parallel, conjunction, sextile 
 or trine to the Moon. The Moon is significator 
 of marriage for a man and therefore the good 
 aspects between Venus the planet of love and 
 the Moon are good indications of a happy mar- 
 riage when it occurs in a man's horoscope. But 
 in a woman's horoscope these aspects operate 
 upon the health, for the Moon is the planet of 
 fecundity and has rule over the female functions 
 in particular, w r hich are so large a factor in the 
 woman's health, and this is much strengthened 
 by them. These aspects give oratorical ability 
 with a fruitful imagination, a love of pleasure, 
 music and art. They give an engaging person- 
 ality, very attractive to the opposite sex be- 
 cause kindly, affectionate and sympathetic, and 
 they tend to general success in life; though the 
 finances may be fluctuating the person usually 
 has sufficient for the day and the way. 
 
 9 n <? 5 Venus square or opposition to the Moon 
 are indications of trouble in marriage for a man, 
 because the wife described by an afflicted Venus 
 will then be slovenly and of dissolute habits 
 which will destroy domestic happiness. In a 
 woman's horoscope they indicate a disturbance 
 of the female functions and also give a tendency 
 to digestive troubles and poor circulation in the
 
 234 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 horoscope of either sex. These aspects also give 
 a liability to slander and public scandal as the 
 person so afflicted is fickle and inconstant in his 
 affections, of a sensual nature who loves to 
 flit from flower to flower regardless of the sor- 
 rows caused by playing with the hearts of others. 
 
 $ P 6 * A D Mercury parallel, conjunction, sextile 
 or trine to the Moon gives a receptive mind and 
 a retentive memory, two very rare qualities and 
 therefore these aspects; particularly the sextile 
 and trine a.re good indications of success in life, 
 especially in one of the mercurial occupations, 
 literary, clerical or traveling. People with these 
 configurations are usually very verbose, particu- 
 larly if the conjunction or trine occurs in airy 
 signs or a sign of voice, for then the power of 
 expression reaches a superlative degree and such 
 people become able linguists and elocutionists, 
 but unless there is some steadying influence peo- 
 ple with aspects of Mercury and the Moon are 
 not reliable because of their tendency to change 
 their minds repeatedly in the most unexpected 
 manner. They are inclined to look upon the 
 bright side of life and are fond of pleasure, par- 
 ticularly travel. 
 
 V D ? 5 Mercury square or opposition to the Moon 
 gives a poor memory and lack of mental stability 
 with a tendency to indecision and worry, liability 
 to brain storms and hysterics. These character-
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 235 
 
 istics make the person unpopular and as the say- 
 ing is "unlucky." 
 
 * A D Saturn sextile or trine to the Moon im- 
 parts all the best saturnine qualities to the mind 
 and makes the person self-reliant, serious, sober 
 and systematic, careful and thrifty in business 
 affairs and gives success in life through tactful 
 and diplomatic dealings with others. Such peo- 
 ple are eminently responsible and trustworthy 
 in all matters of honor and justice and gain great 
 esteem in the community on that account. Their 
 patience and persistence are inexhaustible. 
 
 P d D Saturn parallel or conjunction to the 
 Moon is not always to be classed as a bad aspect 
 so far as the mental qualities go for in any cast 
 it deepens the mind and gives greater power of 
 concentration, but if Saturn is strong by sign, 
 in Libra or Capricorn, and the Moon is other- 
 wise well-aspected, this position will also impart 
 the virtues of Saturn though under all conditions 
 it makes the mind gloomy and the person is sub- 
 ject to periodical spells of melancholy, but if 
 Saturn is weak by sign, especially if he is in 
 Aries and if the Moon is otherwise afflicted then 
 his conjunction is to be judged and read the same 
 as the square and opposition. 
 
 The effect of the conjunction also depends 
 upon the department of life we are considering, 
 for instance, as already said, the conjunction of
 
 236 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the Moon and Saturn is good for concentration 
 of the mind, but bad for the digestion, particu- 
 larly in a woman's horoscope; it has also the 
 tendency to obstruct the menses with all that 
 that implies, and in a man's horoscope it indi- 
 cates the death of the marriage partner. Similar 
 distinctions should be made when reading the 
 conjunctions of the other so-called malefics. 
 
 D 8 D Saturn square or opposition to the Moon 
 is one of the signatures of sorrow in life for it 
 makes the mind melancholy and full of worries 
 so that the person is constantly carrying an 
 atmosphere of gloom with him, and as thoughts 
 are things this attitude of mind brings about 
 delays and disappointments in every department 
 of life. Such a person will experience difficul- 
 ties from people and things signified by Saturn, 
 probably parents, and if he has money he will 
 lose it and have difficulty in getting more; thus 
 he will be in poverty all his life. He will make 
 more enemies than friends and become subject 
 to slander and scandal, but the disfavor he meets 
 is undoubtedly merited for these aspects make 
 the mind bitter and selfish; such people are 
 unscrupulous, avaricious and entirely unfeeling 
 with respect to others, hence they are under the 
 whiplash of Saturn that the sorrow and troubles 
 which they themselves are constantly feeling may 
 make them more mellow. If the aspect is six,
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 237 
 
 five or even four degrees from being exact a/id 
 if Saturn is in the exaltation sign Libra these 
 aspects are not quite so evil in the latter part 
 of life. They may then imply that the person 
 has learned his lesson and as a consequence 
 he may find himself in easier circumstances. 
 The adverse aspects of Saturn to the Moon are 
 very bad for the health, particularly in a 
 woman's horoscope. There they indicate ob- 
 structions of the female functions. In the man's 
 horoscope they either deny marriage or indicate 
 the death of the marriage partner and their gen- 
 eral tendency is to obstruct everything connected 
 with the houses and signs wherein they are 
 placed in the horoscope. 
 
 P 6 * A D Jupiter parallel, conjunction, sextile 
 or trine to the Moon gives an optimistic, noble 
 and generous disposition. The open-hearted hon- 
 esty, fairness and friendliness of such people 
 makes them universally popular. The.se aspects 
 strengthen both the reasoning faculties and con- 
 stitution ; they give a strong mind in a strong 
 body and hence a powerful personal magnetism 
 which may be used to great advantage in healing 
 the sick. They have lofty ideals and a fruitful 
 imagination with the power of acquiring wealth 
 which will grow greater if used in philanthropic 
 enterprises of which these people are prone to 
 dream. These are some of the best aspects in
 
 238 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the gamut and make for general success in life 
 both physically and spiritually. 
 
 U n 8 D Jupiter square or opposition to the Moon 
 impairs the reasoning faculties and brings the 
 person trouble through litigation, lack of fore- 
 thought and indecision or dishonesty. People 
 with these aspects are too fond of ostentation 
 and display, extravagant beyond their means and 
 expenditures, prone to take desperate chances 
 in gambling or speculation to rehabilitate their 
 fortunes and doomed to loss, slander and some- 
 times bankruptcy on that account. 
 
 These aspects are also bad for health in a 
 woman's horoscope especially, indicating digest- 
 ive and liver troubles. 
 
 $ * A D Mars sextile or trine to the Moon gives a 
 wonderful vitality and a strong physique so that 
 the person is able to withstand almost any other 
 testimonies of ill-health which are over-ruled by 
 these aspects. The power of endurance is in- 
 creased to a maximum and the person can sur- 
 vive hardships to which people ordinarily suc- 
 cumb. They give a resolute, courageous, ener- 
 getic and ambitious mind of a resourceful and 
 eminently constructive turn, and they make the 
 person quick but not precipitate in his decisions. 
 Thus he gains the confidence and esteem of others 
 and earns considerable money but the nature is 
 extremely free and generous so that money does
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 239 
 
 not stay by these people. They spend it almost 
 as fast as they get it. 
 
 $ 6 Pi) Mars conjunction or parallel to the Moon 
 may be either good or bad according to the sex 
 of the person and the department of life we are 
 considering. It strengthens the health and the 
 vitality, particularly in the horoscope of a 
 woman. In the horoscope of a man it would 
 indicate a robust marriage partner of a domi- 
 neering nature and . with respect to the mind it 
 would make the person very impulsive, particu- 
 larly if placed in one of the common signs or 
 in the Third or Ninth Houses. It also gives a 
 very bad temper but not so bad as the square 
 or opposition. If Mars is in conjunction or 
 parallel to the Moon in Scorpio there is an ab- 
 normal sexual desire which will not be denied 
 particularly if Venus is there also. It makes 
 the nature very restless and unsettled for it is 
 like mixing fire and water. In watery signs it 
 inclines to drink. 
 
 $ D 8 D Mars square or opposition to the Moon 
 gives a very quick temper with a tendency to 
 hasty or impulsive expression and acts that may 
 cause the person a great deal of sorrow and 
 trouble. These people resent rules or regula- 
 tions or any other measures that tend to curb 
 their desires or the gratification of their appe- 
 tites in whatever direction, but if they are in
 
 240 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 authority they are very domineering and exact- 
 ing in their demands for instant obedience upon 
 the part of others, nor do they hesitate to use 
 whatever physical force may be necessary to 
 compel obedience if they think they can do so 
 without too great danger to themselves. Some- 
 times they will even take desperate chances to 
 satisfy their spite and having an improperly bal- 
 anced mind they are foolhardy in their venture- 
 someness so that upon occasion they will attempt 
 to do things which no one with a sane mind 
 would try. On account of the foregoing charac- 
 teristics such people make many enemies and 
 cause a great deal of suffering to others, par- 
 ticularly among members of their immediate 
 family who cannot very well get away from 
 them. If these aspects occur in watery signs, 
 particularly with Mars or the Moon in Pisces 
 the person is also an inveterate drunkard. From 
 the standpoint of health they give a tendency 
 to fever and accidents, trouble with the gen- 
 erative organs and operations which are usually 
 unnecessary. These people are exceedingly 
 prodigal with their money and are habitual pre- 
 varicators. 
 
 V * A D Uranus sextile or trine to the Moon gives 
 great originality and independence to the mind 
 which is quick, intuitive and very vivid in its- 
 imagination, hence the person has inventive abil- 
 ity and is attracted to the occult art and en-
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF' FECUNDATION &jt 
 
 dowed with hypnotic or magnetic 1 'powers,'' also 
 the intuitional ability to study ! and ' practise 
 astrology. If the life is devoted to electricity 
 as a vocation the person will make a success of it. 
 These aspects also give a peculiar fascination for 
 the opposite sex and are likely to lead to a' clan- 
 destine love affair or an unconventional union. 
 
 . . -I.; ;- i .-;-li : ' 
 
 6 P ]) Uranus conjunction or parallel to the 
 Moon gives similar mental and psychic , penden- 
 cies and also the liability to irregular love-affairs 
 as the good aspects but these tendencies are not 
 so pronounced and a clandestine love-affair gen- 
 erated under the conjunction of Uranus and the 
 Moon may have distinctly disastrous results sim- 
 ilar to those mentioned under the bad aspects- 
 If the conjunction occurs in Cancer 4 favors 
 nervous indigestion; in Leo it inclines to palpi- 
 tation of the heart, interferes with the rhythm. 
 of the heart-beat and gives a spasmodic action. 
 which will probably prove fatal when it has run. 
 its course. In Scorpio it inclines to perverse; 
 practices; in Sagittarius the reflex action would 
 be felt in the lungs and similarly with -the other 
 signs. 
 
 Uranus square or opposition to the Moon, 
 makes the person erratic and touchy to a de- 
 gree, a walking powder magazine ready to ex- 
 plode at any moment, overbearing, conceited, in- 
 tolerant and shunned by all who can possibly 
 
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 242 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 get out of his way. If such people are employers 
 nobody can work for them and if they are em- 
 ployees nobody will have them. They never 
 remain very long in any place, but are either 
 discharged or gave up their position on the 
 slightest provocation. People with these aspects 
 are attracted to the occult arts but they never 
 make a success at it because of their erratic men- 
 tality. Like the other aspects of Uranus and the 
 Moon the square and opposition also indicates 
 a clandestine attachment either on the part of 
 the person or the marriage partner. If it occurs 
 in the Seventh House of a man's horoscope it 
 proves the wife untrue so that public scandal and 
 divorce will eventually ensue. The bad aspects 
 of the Sun and Uranus give similar indications 
 in the horoscope of a woman. 
 
 W * A D Neptune sextile or trine to the Moon in- 
 creases the faculty of imagination to a superla- 
 tive point, especially if either of the planets are 
 in the Ninth House. Then it favors prophetic 
 dreams and visions which bring the person in 
 contact with the invisible worlds. It indicates 
 ability in the occult arts and success in their 
 practice for it makes the nature exceedingly in- 
 spirational and it also gives a kind and sympa- 
 thetic disposition. The spiritual qualities men- 
 tioned may not be apparent even to the person 
 himself but then they are latent and capable of
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 243 
 
 development. It is also safe to say that at some 
 time or other during the life people with these 
 aspects will come in contact with and be very 
 much attracted to the occult whether the quali- 
 ties of the soul are subsequently developed or not. 
 
 tp 6 P D Neptune conjunction or parallel Moon in- 
 dicates the same strong psychic faculties as the 
 good aspects, particularly if Neptune is placed 
 in the psychic signs Cancer or Pisces. Those 
 who have been born with the good configurations 
 of Neptune during the fourteen years when it 
 was in the airy scientific sign Gemini are now 
 conquering the air and perfecting scientific in- 
 vention^ which will make us marvel, but the 
 children who have been born under favorable 
 configurations during the fourteen years Nep- 
 tune has been going through the psychic sign 
 Cancer are now growing up around us as a band 
 of mystics and when they have reached mature 
 years they will astonish us with their spiritual 
 insight and power. Among other things they 
 will develop the soul of music. 
 
 W D & t> Neptune square or opposition to the Moon 
 are also indications of soul qualities similar to 
 those given by the good aspects, but under those 
 configurations the person will be of a negative 
 nature and is apt to become the prey of spirit- 
 controls and subjected to mediumship, therefore 
 they should not attend seances.
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 SATURN THE PLANET OF SORROW 
 Keynote: Obstruction 
 
 A FRUITFUL method of acquiring knowledge is 
 by comparison of similars and contrasts of oppo- 
 sites; thus lights and sidelights are brought out, 
 which otherwise may escape attention. 
 
 Applying this method to the Sun and Saturn, 
 we remember that the keyword of the Sun is ' ' Life, ' ' 
 and at the vernal equinox when the Sun is in Aries, 
 the sign of its exaltation, we may readily note the 
 powerful effect of the crestwave of vital fluid then 
 poured over the earth, Nature is vibrant with life, 
 which races through the forms of all kingdoms and 
 endues them with such abundance of vitality that 
 they are compelled to generate in order to take care 
 of the overflow; Life manifests a,s motion; but the 
 keynote of Saturn is Obstruction, therefore that is 
 the planet of decrepitude and decay, and conse- 
 quently when the Sun is in Libra, the sign of Sat- 
 urn's exaltation,, at the fall equinox, Nature is tired 
 and ready for its wintry sleep. The human frame 
 also is energized by the solar life contained in our 
 food, which enters our system through the head and 
 throat, governed by the exaltation signs of the Build- 
 244
 
 THE MOON, PLANET OF FECUNDATION 245 
 
 ers, the Sun and Moon, and is eliminated by the 
 activity of the liver and kidneys ruled by Saturn 
 and his exaltation sign, Libra. 
 
 In youth, when the Sun forces surge through the 
 frame, assimilation and excretion balance, but as 
 time goes on, "Chronos" or Saturn accumulates ob- 
 structions in the organs of excretion, and elimina- 
 tion is gradually restricted, the avenues of life are 
 dammed up, and decrepitude and decay turn the 
 scales of life (Libra) towards the realm of death. 
 
 Similarly in other departments of life; where 
 the Sun makes the social favorite, by imbuing us 
 with optimism and a bright sunny smile, Saturn 
 makes recluses and sours existence with frowns and 
 pessimism; where the Sun furthers our worldly af- 
 fairs and makes things run smooth, Saturn causes 
 provoking delays of the most inexplicable nature; 
 all the world seems to conspire to frustrate our plans. 
 
 In the Kingdom of God all things are balanced 
 to produce the highest ultimate good to all, and so 
 the influence of Saturn is used to offset the exuberant 
 life of Mars. The intrinsic nature of Saturn is 
 obstruction; he is slow and persistent as Mars is 
 impulsive and quick to change ; he takes no chances, 
 but looks before he leaps, and his cold, calculating 
 reason misses no flaws in any scheme. 
 
 In the horoscope of a young soul Mars is dom- 
 inant and the man grows along physical lines much 
 as animals do under the law of the survival of the 
 fittest, but gradually the thumbscrews of Saturn are
 
 246 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 put on, squares and oppositions bring sorrow and 
 suffering; Saturn is placed above Mars in the horo- 
 scope, to frustrate and check him, till it seems as if 
 every effort is futile because of the Saturnian ob- 
 struction. 
 
 Elijah could not hear the voice of guidance in 
 the fire, the storm nor the earthquake, but when the 
 tumult was over he heard "the still small voice" to 
 cheer him, and likewise with us, while we yield to 
 the unchecked Mars impulses our lives are too tur- 
 bulent to admit of communion with the Higher Self, 
 but when the sorrows of Saturn have chastened the 
 unruly Mars spirit, when the night seems darkest, 
 as in Elijah's cave, then we also may hear the voice 
 that shall speak peace after the storm. 
 
 The lash of Saturn is not pleasant ; we sometimes 
 chafe, fret and fume while being thus held in leash, 
 but meanwhile we ripen and are more fitted, when 
 the obstruction is removed, to have or use that which 
 Saturn delayed, for as we develop physical muscle 
 by overcoming physical obstacles, so we cultivate soul 
 power by the resistance spiritually engendered by 
 Saturn. The teaching which he gives may be summed 
 up in the motto: "Patient persistence in well doing." 
 
 Most of us when considering Saturn in the horo- 
 scope are inclined to look upon him as evil on ac- 
 count of the afflictions he brings, but that is only a 
 one-sided view, for there is nothing evil in God's 
 Kingdom. What appears so is merely good in the 
 making. When we remember that the destiny shown
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF SORROW 247 
 
 by our horoscope is of our own making in past ex- 
 istences then we shall understand that Saturn only 
 marks the weak spots in our horoscope, where we 
 are vulnerable and liable to go wrong. When the 
 weak points have been brought out through tempta- 
 tion, and we have yielded, the punishment follows 
 automatically as a natural and logical sequence, for 
 every wrong act carries in itself the seed of the pun- 
 ishment which brings home to our consciousness the 
 mistakes we have made. We must hold clearly before 
 our mind's eye that though the planets incline to 
 a certain line of action we, as evolving Egos, are 
 supposed to discriminate between good and evil and 
 choose only that which is good. If we fail in this 
 respect and yield to the temptation the transgression 
 merits a just recompense under the laws of nature 
 and these are the things signified by Saturn. We 
 are not punished because we are tempted but we are 
 punished because we yielded. Supposing for instance 
 that Saturn is in Cancer, then it is plain that in the 
 past we have yielded to an inordinate desire for food, 
 that in consequence our digestive organs have become 
 impaired and that if we do not learn frugality and 
 discrimination in the choice of our food we shall be 
 punished by digestive disorders. We will then be 
 tempted to indulge in dainties and perhaps we will 
 have an aversion for the simple foods which are best 
 for us. The temptation, however, will cause no trou- 
 ble to the stomach except we yield and satisfy our 
 appetite. Then the food, and not an avenging Deity,
 
 248 Vv"J>HE MESSAGE *OF THE STARS 
 
 automatically punishes us until we learn to curb our 
 appetites Similarly in other departments of life; if 
 Saturn 'is on* the Ascendant, in the Third or Ninth 
 Houses" a'nd 'adversely aspected to Mercury or the 
 Moon it causes' us to brood over our troubles ana 
 fills our lives with gloom. It gives an obstruction 
 there to warn Us that We should be more sociable and 
 not turn our faces away from the sunshine of life. 
 God is at the helm of the universe, His ministers are 
 continually working with Us for good, there is really 
 no reason for blues and if we cannot see it today 
 Saturn is going to tighten his grip tomorrow and 
 crush harder and harder until with the sheer courage 
 of desperation we burst his bonds and jump out into 
 the joy and sunshine of life. 
 
 If it were not for the chastening, subduing in- 
 fluence of Saturn we should be liable to run amuck 
 and burn out the lamp of life quickly in the exuber- 
 ance of spirits, but Saturn is well symbolized as 
 Father Time with his hour-glass and scythe. He does 
 not permit us to leave the school of life until the time 
 has been run and the harvest is ripened. Further- 
 more he gives to humanity many of its noblest quali- 
 ties. When he lays a restraining hand upon the 
 flighty Moon or Mercury the swift ''messenger of 
 the gods," he deepens the mind and makes it more 
 serious and better able to concentrate upon the prob- 
 lems of life. He makes the mind resourceful and 
 better able to cope with the difficulties of our exist- 
 ence. Tact and diplomacy, method and system, pa-
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF' SORROW 249 
 
 tiencfe and perseverance, honor and chastity, indus- 
 try and mechanical ability, justice and fair-minded- 
 ness all come from Saturn when he is well-aspected 
 and it is only when we transgress the principles for 
 which he stands under the influences generated by 
 his adverse aspects that he punishes us until he has 
 brought us to our knees to pray to our Father in 
 Heaven for forgiveness and strength to overcome 
 our lower nature. 
 
 SATURN IN THE TWELVE HOUSES 
 
 T? 1 Saturn in the First House and well-aspected is 
 a fortunate sign for no matter how a person may 
 be handicapped in the start of life the ultimate 
 success is assured through the patience, persist- 
 ence, self-control and restraint of the person 
 through a well-placed Saturn. Such people have 
 a wonderful capacity for work. They seem never 
 to tire and never to give up no matter what the 
 obstacles. They have infinite confidence in them- 
 selves and their ability to accomplish that which 
 they undertake and therefore they eventually 
 win. On the other hand when Saturn is weak 
 and afflicted it makes the person timid and averse 
 to undertake responsibility, subtile, secretive and 
 distrustful of other people, of a gloomy dispo- 
 sition and inclined to seek isolation. Such people 
 are usually shunned by others and doomed to 
 sorrow, disappointment, delay and general trou- 
 ble through life. This is also a bad sign for
 
 250 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 health, particularly in the earlier years. Bruises 
 to the head, colds, and if Scorpio is rising con- 
 stipation; in Leo poor circulation, in Cancer 
 poor digestion, in Libra obstruction of the kid- 
 neys, renal calculi and other urinary difficulties 
 and so on with the other signs. 
 
 T? 2 Saturn in the Second House when well-aspected 
 and particularly in its exaltation sign Libra, 
 brings money by inheritance and ability to in- 
 crease it by present economy, careful, conserva- 
 tive investments and similar methods. Some of 
 the very wealthiest of the world 's financiers have 
 had Saturn in this position. They obtain the 
 money wherewith to start from ancestors indi- 
 cated by Saturn and from the saturnine ray in 
 this house they derive the business acumen and 
 far-sighted methods that enable them not only 
 to hold their own as so many do whose wealth 
 comes through Saturn but also to increase the 
 inherited estate. If Saturn is weak or afflicted, 
 however, the life is sure to be passed in poverty. 
 
 f? 3 Saturn in the Third House when well-aspected 
 gives a serious, sober and thoughtful mind, 
 capable of concentration and well able to grapple 
 with the most profound sciences and other seri- 
 ous subjects in life. It gives tact, diplomacy, 
 justice, honesty and all the other saturnine vir- 
 tues of the mind. 
 
 When Saturn is afflicted in the Third House
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF SORROW 251 
 
 it indicates trouble with brethren, danger when 
 traveling, delays and disappointments in obtain- 
 ing an education. It also fills the mind with 
 gloomy forebodings, worry and general despond- 
 ency. 
 
 V 4 Saturn in the Fourth House, well-aspected, shows 
 gain from inheritance, also success from invest- 
 ments and administration of houses and land.s, 
 agriculture or mining property under careful 
 and economical management. The success grows 
 better as life advances. When Saturn is afflicted 
 in the Fourth House it signifies the early death 
 of one of the parents, inharmony and trouble 
 in the home, loss of property and consequent 
 poverty. This position whether well or ill as- 
 pected makes the person a recluse in the latter 
 years of life. 
 
 T? 5 Saturn in the Fifth House when well-aspected 
 by the Sun and Jupiter would be good for specu- 
 lation in the things that are ruled by Saturn: 
 houses, lands and mines. This position and its 
 aspects would also give the person a chance of 
 appointment to public office, especially in mat- 
 ters connected with education, but if Saturn is 
 afflicted in the Fifth House it indicates trouble, 
 disappointment and delay in courtship, particu- 
 larly during the earlier years, or else the affec- 
 tions are centered upon someone who is much 
 older than the person whose horoscope is being
 
 252 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 7 
 
 judged. It decreases the number of children 
 and predicts death of those who are born, also 
 that they will bring a great deal of trouble to 
 the person. 
 
 i?6 Saturn in the Sixth House, well-aspected, gives 
 the person ability to handle employees and work- 
 men in general in a most efficient manner, for 
 though such a person is quiet and subdued he 
 is at the same time firm and serious. He has 
 a way about him which employees respect and 
 which calls for instant obedience to his com- 
 mands without causing the resentment called 
 forth by a blustering, bellowing Mars. 
 
 When Saturn is afflicted in the Sixth House 
 it means a great deal of sickness in the life and 
 if in a weak sign like Virgo the person is in 
 danger of becoming a chronic invalid, for once 
 he is in the grip of sickness the recuperative 
 powers are so poor it is almost impossible for 
 him to recover. The nature of the principal ill- 
 ness will depend upon the sign that is on the 
 cusp of the Sixth House or of the Twelfth, but 
 usually with such people many complications set 
 in after this. Thus a person with an afflicted 
 Saturn in the Sixth House finds it almost im- 
 possible to secure employment and it is evident 
 that such a person has indeed a hard life, being 
 unable to earn a living when able to be about.
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF SORROW 253 
 
 J? 7 Saturn in the Seventh House when well-aspected 
 denotes a marriage partner endowed with the 
 saturnine virtues, chastity and discretion, tact 
 and discrimination, prudence and economy, 
 which will be of great help to the person in build- 
 ing up his fortunes socially as well as financially 
 and this is a very fortunate position save for the 
 fact that Saturn in the Seventh House, whether 
 well-aspected or afflicted, indicates the early 
 death of the partner. An afflicted Saturn in the 
 Seventh House designates a glum, gloomy, cold 
 and disagreeable companion who is always re- 
 straining and obstructing the person. "Don't" 
 is the word most frequently on the tongue. It 
 also gives trouble and loss through litigation and 
 people with this aspect should never go to law 
 or enter into partnerships for they will always 
 be subject to underhanded treachery. 
 
 T? 8 Saturn in the Eighth House when well-aspected 
 or placed in its own signs, Capricorn or Libra, 
 gives gain by marriage or inheritance with the 
 ability to properly care for whatever wealth is 
 acquired in that manner. It is also a sign of 
 long life and death from natural causes, but if 
 Saturn is afflicted in the Eighth House or weak 
 by sign, especially in Aries or Cancer, the finan- 
 cial prospects of the person will be decidedly 
 worse after marriage and chronic debility may 
 be expected.
 
 254 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 V 9 Saturn in the Ninth House when well-aspected 
 gives a deep, serious and thoughtful mind with 
 ability and inclination to the study of law, 
 science and philosophy, physics or metaphysics. 
 It is a splendid position for a president of a cor- 
 poration or college, a judge or a divine. Such 
 people always make their mark in the world, the 
 scope being naturally dependent upon the na- 
 ture of the aspect and the line of endeavor se- 
 lected by the person. 
 
 When Saturn is afflicted in the Ninth House 
 he makes a narrow-minded bigot, critical and 
 sarcastic; he also gives liability to trouble and 
 loss through law, danger on voyages and trouble 
 in foreign lands. 
 
 f? 10 Saturn in the Tenth House shows a strong 
 self-reliant and ambitions spirit with the pa- 
 tience and perseverance which mark a person 
 destined to rise in life. It is the signature of 
 the self-made man, self-made by all the sterling 
 saturnine virtues, tact, foresight, honesty and 
 systematic application to business. Such people 
 are destined to become captains of industry, pres- 
 idents of banks or hold other high positions in- 
 volving great responsibility. 
 
 When Saturn is afflicted or weak by sign 
 he nevertheless gives the person who has him 
 in the Tenth House ability to rise, but when he 
 does rise it is by underhanded trickery and ques-
 
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 tionable business methods which in the end bring 
 exposure, downfall and dishonor. It is said that 
 Napoleon had Saturn in the Tenth House. 
 
 11 Saturn in the Eleventh House when well- 
 aspected gives friends among the aged and 
 wealthy who will be of benefit to the person in 
 helping him to realize his hopes, wishes and am- 
 bitions, but when Saturn is afflicted he should 
 beware of seeking friends older than himself, for 
 they will always endeavor to make use of him 
 for personal ends and desert him when he is no 
 longer of use to them. 
 
 12 Saturn in the Twelfth House gives a secluded 
 life in a position or occupation where the person 
 does not come into contact with the general pub- 
 lic. When well-aspected it is good for success 
 in an official capacity in public institutions, 
 asylums, hospitals or prisons. When afflicted 
 there is danger of being bed-ridden for many 
 years, imprisoned, or employed in obscure posi- 
 tions. 
 
 SATURN IN THE TWELVE SIGNS. 
 
 T Saturn in Aries is weak and therefore unable 
 to express his best qualities to their full and le- 
 gitimate extent even if well-aspected. Neverthe- 
 less he gives a minor measure of poise, self- 
 reliance, discretion and tact, industry, patience
 
 256 < THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 and perseverance. But when Saturn is afflicted 
 in Aries the person is quickly angered and apt to 
 hold spite, of a jealous, malicious and vindictive 
 disposition. 
 
 T? 8 Saturn in Taurus when well-aspected makes a 
 person slow of speech but what he says will have 
 weight and be well worth hearing. -It .gives a 
 quiet disposition, slow to decide, but stubborn in 
 maintaining a position once taken. These people 
 are close-mouthed, and may be trusted to keep 
 their own and other people 's secrets well. When 
 Saturn is afflicted in Taurus, particularly by 
 Mercury he always causes trouble with the speech 
 and gives a quick temper, especially if Mars is 
 also an afflicting planet. This position makes 
 financial difficulties. 
 
 T? n Saturn in Gemini when well-aspected gives a 
 deep, one-pointed, orderly and scientific mind, 
 adaptable to circumstances and able to cope with 
 all the exigencies of life. Love of mathematics 
 is usually pronounced and when literature is 
 taken up as a vocation the more serious branches 
 devoted to industrial and mechanical subjects 
 are preferred. When Saturn is afflicted in Gem- 
 ini, it gives trouble through brothers and sisters, 
 literature and law, danger on short journeys. 
 An afflicted Saturn in Gemini also gives trouble 
 with the lungs. Such people should therefore be 
 particularly careful not to catch cold.
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF SORROW 257 
 
 Saturn in Cancer is always weak and his vir- 
 tues therefore find it difficult to express them- 
 selves when he is in this position. Nevertheless 
 he gives reliable judgment concerning houses 
 lands, mines etc., and gains by investing in these 
 things when well aspected, he favors thrift, eco- 
 nomy and solid comfort in the home with quiet, 
 peaceful and comfortable conditions in the latter 
 part of life. He makes the person frugal and 
 gives a good control of the appetite. But when 
 afflicted he indicates domestic infelicity, the per- 
 son being held back in life by a gloomy kill- joy 
 partner who is always restraining every ambi- 
 tious thought. Trouble, sorrow and disappoint- 
 ment increase as the life advances and to this is 
 added ill-health, for Saturn in Cancer indicates 
 that the stomach is weak and the gums subject to 
 pyorrho?a, hence there is inability to properly 
 digest the food, so that unless such people have 
 sufficient will to curb their appetite.s they be- 
 come the victims of chronic indigestion. Saturn 
 in Cancer also indicates a religious tendency 
 and an inclination toward study of the deeper' 
 sciences. 
 
 Saturn in Leo when well-aspected gives favor 
 from people higher in the social scale and success 
 in obtaining public appointments where the 
 Saturnine virtues, tact, diplomacy, discretion 
 and system, honor and executive ability are re-
 
 258 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 quired. The constitution of these people is not 
 overly strong but they may maintain perfect 
 health by the conservation of energy as indicated 
 by Saturn. When Saturn is afflicted in Leo how- 
 ever, they are cruel and quick-tempered, jealous, 
 and do not scruple to stoop to underhanded meth- 
 ods to satisfy an ambition. This position also 
 indicates heart trouble. 
 
 T?TTE Saturn in Virgo gives a studious, deep, scien- 
 tific mind fond of studying the deeper problems 
 of life. It indicates an innate ability to manage 
 others. It gives a thrifty, economical and frugal 
 nature, but when Saturn is afflicted in Virgo the 
 mind usually centers upon disease and the person 
 becomes a confirmed hypochondriac. These peo- 
 ple are the best customers of the patent medicine 
 vendors for most of their ills are usually imag- 
 inary. This position does however, carry with it 
 a liability to intestinal diseases. 
 
 T? =2= Saturn in Libra is exalted and very strong and 
 therefore his good aspects bring out all the fine 
 saturnine qualities and on that account secures 
 for the person public esteem and recognition. 
 The marriage partner is chaste and pure as 
 gold. This position also brings good health ana 
 long life, but when Saturn is afflicted in Libra 
 the marriage partner is either treacherous or re- 
 moved by an early death. If the person goes to 
 law he will lose, become the object of public dis-
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF SORROW 259 
 
 favor and he will also be subject to urinary 
 troubles. 
 
 T? 7T\. Saturn in Scorpio when well-aspected gives a 
 rare mechanical turn to the mind, a resourceful- 
 ness under the most difficult conditions, an indom- 
 itable courage and a patient persistence before 
 which even the most difficult construction prob- 
 lems must give way. Hence such people make 
 exceedingly able engineers and are invaluable 
 in all pioneer undertakings, they blend the fire 
 of Mars with the forethought of Saturn and are 
 therefore invincible. They gain by legacy, econ- 
 omy and thrift and their financial fortunes are 
 much improved after marriage. Good health 
 and a long life are also indicated, but when Sat- 
 urn is afflicted in Scorpio the marriage partner 
 is poor, dull, egotistical and exacting and the 
 person is liable to worry and ill-health ; constipa- 
 tion and piles are the basic causes which then 
 affect the nerves and the whole system. 
 
 J? J. Saturn in Sagittarius when well-aspected gives 
 a charitable and philanthropic disposition with 
 a desire to elevate humanity by self-help under 
 just laws and true religious impulse. It couples 
 all the saturnine virtues with the benevolent 
 Jupiterian spirit of aspiration so that such peo- 
 ple always aim to work for the public good 
 according to their ability and station in life. 
 Therefore they are trusted, honored, respected
 
 260 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 and in much demand for positions where these 
 qualities are of value, in social, industrious or 
 religious circles. When Saturn is afflicted in 
 Sagittarius he makes the person insincere, cyn- 
 ical and sarcastic, ambitious to fill positions of 
 trust and honor but for selfish purposes, liable 
 to become involved in law and lose thereby. This 
 position also affects the lungs and the person 
 should be very careful not to catch cold. 
 
 T? VS Saturn in Capricorn when well-aspected is 
 strong and therefore his virtues are also pro- 
 nounced. Honesty and integrity as staunch as 
 the Rock of Gibraltar and the determination to 
 work toward the desired goal no matter how long 
 it may take. Hence in spite of all handicaps and 
 obstacles people with a well-aspected Saturn in 
 Capricorn ultimately achieve a large measure of 
 success and are generally esteemed by their con- 
 temporaries. But when Saturn is afflicted in 
 Capricorn the mind is gloomy and the person 
 sees life from a biased point of view. There is a 
 general sense of dissatisfaction which sometimes 
 develops into a diseased mind. These people are 
 cunning, underhanded and not to be trusted. 
 
 T? ? Saturn in Aquarius when well-aspected gives 
 a humane outlook upon life, a sympathetic and 
 friendly disposition, very distinct and deliberate 
 speech and a seriousness in all affairs of life. 
 These people therefore make friends among the
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF SORROW 261 
 
 aged, the wealthy and the intellectual who are 
 able to help them rise in life. But when Saturn 
 is afflicted in Aquarius it makes the disposition 
 shrewd, cunning and alert to prey upon others 
 by gaining their confidence and friendship and 
 such people therefore sink to the lower levels 
 of society. This position also carries with it a 
 tendency to heart trouble and varicose veins. 
 
 T? X Saturn in Pisces when well-aspected gives a 
 tendency to success in some quiet peaceful line of 
 life where the person does not come into contact 
 with the public, such as laboratory or research 
 work or in connection with institutions for the 
 care of wards of the community, they are reg- 
 ular "home-bodies" but when Saturn is afflicted 
 in Pisces it gives danger of confinement by a 
 chronic disease or liability to imprisonment. The 
 person makes many enemies who will be persis- 
 tent in their persecution of him. 
 
 THE ASPECTS OF SATURN. 
 
 O * A i? The Sun sextile or trine Saturn endows 
 the person who is fortunate enough to have it 
 with some of the finest faculties in the gamut, 
 for it brings out the best qualities in the two 
 planets. It gives foresight, method and organ- 
 izing ability with the moral stamina to carry 
 any project determined on to a successful con- 
 clusion despite delays and obstacles. Yet the
 
 262 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 person makes no enemies in so doing, for this 
 configuration also makes him the soul of honor, 
 kind and considerate; he would never stoop to 
 do anything mean for he is sincere and just in 
 his dealings with all men, but on the other hand, 
 when he believes a certain course of action to 
 be right he will never swerve therefrom though 
 heaven and earth be moved against him. These 
 aspects bring success in political or judicial po- 
 sitions, also in connection with mining or agri- 
 culture. The person often benefits by legacy, 
 but recognition and success is generally delayed 
 till middle life. 
 
 O 6 P J? The Sun conjunction or parallel Saturn. 
 This aspect has a very detrimental effect upon 
 health, especially in the common signs where the 
 resistance is fundamentally low; in Gemini, Sag- 
 ittarius and Pisces it gives a tendency to tuber- 
 culosis. It does least damage in the fixed signs 
 where the resistance is greatest, but when sick- 
 ness does get a grip on the person it hangs on 
 like grim death, for this configuration lessens 
 the power of the body to throw off disease 
 quickly, hence recuperation is very slow. This is 
 especially true in a man 's horoscope ; in a 
 woman's figure it affects her husband's health. 
 
 OG<? *? The Sun square or opposition to Saturn. 
 These aspects are adverse to that which is gen- 
 erally termed success, but they give an abund-
 
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 ance of experience, so they are excellent from 
 the standpoint of the soul. It may truly be said 
 of the person who has them that "the best-laid 
 plans of mice and men gang aft agley, " for no 
 matter how carefully he may plan his affairs 
 he will be subjected to delays and meet obstacles 
 which will thwart his desires; his marriage often 
 is unhappy and usually ends in divorce or early 
 death of the partner ; there is difficulty in finding 
 and keeping employment, trouble with employ- 
 ers and authorities, a feeling as if he is held in 
 leash all his life and denied expression in any 
 direction. These are the outward experiences 
 but they are generated by the inner nature, and 
 until that changes he must suffer the whiplash 
 of necessity. In the first place such a person 
 has a tendency to crawl into a shell and shut 
 himself in and others out. He is pessimistic and 
 a kill- joy, has little or no regard for the feelings 
 of others and is very obstinate. In the horo- 
 scope of a woman it signifies marriage to one 
 much older, a person who will hold her in a 
 very tight rein; it augurs death of the husband 
 and often several marriages which are terminated 
 by death or divorce. 
 
 These configurations often bring legacies, 
 but either there is trouble and litigation over the 
 bequests, or the person squanders the estate after 
 he receives it. If Saturn is in Libra, his exalta- 
 tion-sign, the latter part of the life may be better
 
 264 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 because the person has taken the lessons of life 
 to heart and mended his ways. 
 
 9 * A T? Venus sextile or trine to Saturn. The 
 good qualities of Venus are love and affection 
 and the good qualities of Saturn are tact, di- 
 plomacy, method and system, justice, thrift and 
 economy, and we may therefore judge that when 
 these two planets are configurated in good as- 
 pect they make the person faithful and true, just 
 and honorable, diplomatic and tactful, system- 
 atic and methodical, qualities which make for 
 success in all departments of life. Therefore a 
 person with these aspects will be much sought 
 as a friend and adviser, or a person to be trusted 
 with any commission requiring sterling honesty 
 and ability. It makes him simple in his tastes 
 and of unimpeachable morality. Hence it is 
 what one may call one of the luckiest aspects in 
 the gamut. 
 
 $ P 6 D <5" ^ Venus parallel, conjunction, square 
 or opposition to Saturn brings out the evil quali- 
 ties of the two planets and troubles which are 
 thus generated usually come through the per- 
 son's relations with the opposite sex. It makes 
 him underhanded and scheming to gratify his 
 passions, often in an unusual manner, and his 
 perverted desires are usually directed against 
 someone who is much younger than himself. If 
 regular marriage relations are entered into such
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF SORROW 265 
 
 a person is often a demon in jealousy which 
 makers life a burden for the marriage partner on 
 account of his suspicious nature. People with 
 these afflictions are also stingy in all money mat- 
 ters and exceedingly avaricious. They have 
 very poor business judgment and are therefore 
 liable to losses, failure and bankruptcy. During 
 the earlier years people with these configura- 
 tions should beware of dealings with older people 
 who will be prone to take advantage of them, but 
 later on it will be their turn to prey upon nu. 
 young. 
 
 A !? Mercury sextile or trine to Saturn acts 
 as a brake upon the flighty mind and gives it 
 a seriousness, depth and concentration which is 
 of inestimable value in life. The forethought 
 and profound reasoning ability indicated by 
 these aspects insure success in whatever voca- 
 tion the person may pursue. The patient per- 
 pistence which permits no temporary failure to 
 stand in the way of ultimate success, the caution 
 and diplomacy make such people invincible in 
 the long run. Therefore they generally become 
 prominent in connection with some serious en- 
 terprise such as secret societies, the church or 
 even in politics. They are in demand for high 
 positions where a steady hand is required on the 
 helm. But they do not usually shine for they are 
 very quiet, subdued and serious in their manner
 
 266 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 and demeanor. They are absolutely honest, 
 hence they make the very finest judges obtain- 
 able. 
 
 $ 6 P ^ Mercury conjunction or parallel to Saturn. 
 These aspects also give depth to the mind and 
 forethought, together with all the other good 
 qualities enumerated as resulting from the sex- 
 tile and the trine, if Mercury is otherwise well- 
 aspected ; but not in so full a measure, or at any 
 rate the person does not seem to be able to ex- 
 ternalize them as readily, hence does not meet 
 the same assured success as given by the defin- 
 itely good aspects; he also suffers from the tend- 
 ency to melancholy denoted by the square or 
 opposition, especially if the aspect occurs in one 
 of the common signs or in Capricorn, and if in 
 Gemini it interferes sadly with the dexterity; 
 srch people drop everything they take into their 
 hands. These aspects also give an embarrassing 
 timidity and if Mercury is afflicted the unde- 
 sirable qualities enumerated as resulting from 
 the square or opposition may be looked for. 
 
 % G 8 *? Mercury square or opposition to Saturn 
 makes the person subject to trouble and delays 
 all through life. He is thwarted on every hand 
 by slander and secret enemies and this condi- 
 tion in time makes him bitter and sarcastic witn 
 the additional consequence that he is shunned 
 by all who can possibly get away from him, and
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF SORROW 267 
 
 that in time leads him to become a recluse who 
 shuts himself away to brood over his troubles. 
 Such a person sometimes becomes a subject of 
 melancholia of a most piteous character. These 
 aspects also make the person cunning and un- 
 truthful. They give the same desire to study 
 the occult conferred by the good aspects, but 
 there is the great difference that while the good 
 aspects of Saturn and Mercury incline to the 
 study of occultism from unselfish motives the 
 bad aspects impel him to ferret out nature's 
 secrets for personal power or gain. 
 
 * A *? The Moon sextile or trine to Saturn im- 
 parts all the best saturnine qualities to the mind ; 
 it makes the person self-reliant, serious, sober 
 and systematic, careful and thrifty in business 
 affairs and gives success in life through tactful 
 and diplomatic dealings with others. Such peo- 
 ple are eminently reasonable and trustworthy in 
 all matters of honor and justice and gain great 
 esteem in the community on that account. Their 
 patience and persistence are inexhaustible. 
 
 6 P T? The Moon conjunction or parallel to Sat- 
 urn is not always to be classed as a bad aspect 
 so far as the mental qualities go, for in any case 
 it deepens the mind and gives greater power of 
 concentration, but if Saturn is strong by sign, 
 in Libra or Capricorn, and the Moon is otherwise 
 well-aspected this position also will impart the
 
 268 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 virtues of Saturn, though under all conditions 
 it makes the mind gloomy and the person is sub- 
 ject to periodical spells of melancholy; but if 
 Saturn is weak by sign, especially if he is in 
 Aries and if the Moon is otherwise afflicted, then 
 his conjunction is to be judged and read the 
 same as the square and opposition. The effect 
 of the conjunction also depends upon the de- 
 partment of life we are considering ; for instance, 
 the conjunction of the Moon and Saturn is good 
 for concentration of the mind, but bad for the 
 digestion, particularly in a woman's horoscope, 
 where it has also the tendency to obstruct the 
 menses with all that that implies, and in a man's 
 horoscope it indicates the death of the marriage 
 partner. Similar distinctions should be made 
 when reading the conjunctions of the other so- 
 called malefics. 
 
 D [] 8 *> The Moon square or opposition to Saturn 
 is one of the signatures of sorrow in life, for it 
 makes the mind melancholy and full of worries 
 so that the person is constantly carrying an at- 
 mosphere of gloom with him and as thoughts are 
 things this attitude of mind brings about delays 
 and disappointments in every department of life. 
 Such people will experience difficulties from per- 
 sons and things signified by Saturn, probably 
 parents, and if he has money he will lose it and 
 have difficulty in getting more. Thus he will be
 
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 in poverty all his life. He will make more ene- 
 mies than friends and become subject to slander 
 and scandal, but the disfavor he meets is un- 
 doubtedly merited for these aspects make the 
 mind bitter and selfish and such people are un- 
 scrupulous, avaricious and entirely unfeeling 
 with respect to others, hence they are under the 
 whiplash of Saturn that the sorrow and troubles 
 which they themselves are constantly feeling may 
 make them more mellow. If the aspect is six, 
 five or even four degrees from being exact and 
 if Saturn is in his exaltation sign Libra these 
 aspects are not quite so evil in the latter part 
 of life. They may then imply that the person 
 has learned his lesson and as a consequence he 
 may find himself in easier circumstances. The 
 adverse aspects of Saturn to the Moon are very 
 bad for the health, particularly in the woman's 
 horoscope. There they indicate obstructions of 
 the female functions. In the man's horoscope 
 they either deny marriage or indicate the death 
 of the marriage partner and their general tend- 
 ency is to obstruct everything connected with 
 the houses and signs wherein they are placed 
 in the horoscope. 
 
 * A ^ Jupiter sextile or trine to Saturn gives 
 a strong character with a deep and profoundly 
 philosophical mind, a benevolent disposition with 
 a strong sense of justice and fair play. All the
 
 270 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 virtues of Saturn and Jupiter are combined by 
 these aspects and people in whose horoscope they 
 are found will consequently gain honor and es- 
 teem in the community where they are. They 
 will be looked upon as the pillars of society and 
 gain prosperity commensurate with the environ- 
 ment in which they are placed, for these aspects 
 give sound ^financial judgment, the ability to 
 grasp opportunity when it is met, benevolence, 
 devotion to duty, religion and all good objects 
 in life. 
 
 U P 6 fy Jupiter parallel or conjunction to Saturn 
 has the same beneficent influence as the sextile 
 or trine, though not in as great a measure and 
 if Jupiter is weak by sign or otherwise afflicted 
 the aspects will probably count for very little, 
 but in that case its effect upon the arterial circu- 
 lation will be obstructive, giving a tendency to 
 schlerosis of the arteries the same as the oppo- 
 sition and square. 
 
 U D <9 ^ Jupiter square or opposition to Saturn 
 gives a diffident, vacillating mind unable to form 
 decisions, always distrustful of others, indolent 
 and inclined to drift with the tide, often a ward 
 of society either in the poor-house or the prison, 
 for the character is basically dishonest. The.se 
 aspects also give a tendency to arterio-schlerosis.
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF SORROW 271 
 
 $ * A J? Mars sextile or trine to Saturn gives a 
 capable, determined and energetic nature capa- 
 ble of intense and sustained action and 
 obtaining unusual results thereby. The execu- 
 tive ability, dominant forcefulness and endur- 
 ance of these people is remarkable and conse- 
 quently they are constantly accomplishing what 
 others cannot achieve. On account of these qual- 
 ities they always rise to prominent positions and 
 are much esteemed on account of their ability 
 but seldom liked for these aspects also make the 
 character cruel and hard. They give a strong 
 physique and general good health. 
 
 $ 6 PCU 8 V Mars conjunction, parallel, square or 
 opposition to Saturn. These are thoroughly bad 
 aspects indicating a selfish, violent, harsh and 
 cruel nature, quick-tempered and vindictive, ab- 
 solutely dishonest and untruthful, unscrupulous 
 and liable to public disgrace and imprisonment, 
 also to accident and a violent death, but if one 
 of the planets is essentially dignified or exalted 
 the evil influence is not so strong. It should 
 also be remembered that such serious defects 
 do not result from one aspect alone and if the 
 other configurations in the horoscope are good 
 the foregoing delineation will only apply in a 
 very mild measure. 
 
 # * A T? Uranus sextile or trine to Saturn is for- 
 tunate for a public career in an official capacity
 
 272 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 for it gives ambition and determination with 
 ability to concentrate upon large problems and 
 exercise authority, plan and systematize. It 
 strengthens the intuition so that such people are 
 guided by an interior insight when new and im- 
 portant steps have to be taken, therefore they 
 are in demand and find positions with large cor- 
 porations where they win their way through 
 sheer ability. The mind is both mechanical and 
 ingenious, hence this position often denotes the 
 successful inventor, particularly along the lines 
 of electricity. 
 
 J? 6 P T? Uranus conjunction or parallel to Saturn 
 has an influence like the good aspects if the plan- 
 ets are elevated, in angles, essentially dignified 
 or exalted, as Saturn in Libra and Capricorn or 
 Uranus in Aquarius or Scorpio, but if the con- 
 junction occurs in signs where either of the plan- 
 ets are weak, like Aries, Taurus, Cancer or Leo 
 then the influence will be detrimental and should 
 be judged the same as the square or opposition. 
 
 t Uranus square or opposition to Saturn 
 gives an unscrupulous, dishonest nature with an 
 extremely violent temper. The outbursts are as 
 sudden as a bolt from the blue and exhaust the 
 person completely. These people are very ec- 
 centric and look at everything from a peculiar 
 angle; they are treacherous, idle, indolent and 
 altogether dangerous to the community. These
 
 SATURN, THE PLANET OF SORROW 273 
 
 aspects also indicate chronic or incurable diseases 
 according to the signs wherein they are placed, 
 but as said, if the other indications in the horo- 
 scope are good the influence of a single aspect 
 will not bring out such evil characteristics and 
 therefore the whole horoscope is to be carefully 
 considered before judging the influences enu- 
 merated for they may be materially minimized 
 by favorable indications in the horoscope. 
 
 W * A !? Neptune sextile or trine to Saturn is good 
 for success in worldly affairs for it brings out 
 the saturnine virtues honor, self-reliance, de- 
 termination, etc., by which the person gains the 
 confidence and esteem of others, but the prin- 
 cipal effect is spiritual and therefore only 
 felt by those who are able to re.spond because of 
 other aspects in the horoscope. To them it gives 
 the ability to delve deeply into occult and mys- 
 tical subjects, also to become proficient in the 
 art and practice of them. 
 
 ^ 6 P *? Neptune conjunction or parallel to Saturn 
 has the same effect as the good aspects when it 
 occurs in a sign where either of the planets are 
 strong as Neptune is in Cancer and Pisces and 
 Saturn in Libra and Capricorn. 
 
 W D <? ^ Neptune square or opposition to Saturn 
 lays the person liable to loss by deception, treach- 
 ery or fraud. 
 
 18
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 JUPITER THE PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 
 
 FROM each of the divine Hierarchies which have 
 ministered at the birth and evolution of humanity 
 we have received certain qualities and faculties upon 
 which we are being nursed from nescience to om- 
 niscience and from impotence to omnipotence in life's 
 great school. From the Lords of Venus we received 
 the priceless gift of love which links humanity in the 
 tenderest affection of varying degrees and makes life 
 beautiful. From the Lords of Mercury we received 
 the no less valuable gift of mind which enables us to 
 conquer the material world and provide ourselves 
 with the comforts of life, but something more is 
 needed. The divine spark within us is ever seeking 
 an outlet and the greater the two qualities of love 
 and intellect grow the stronger the upward urge, but 
 this cannot be fully satisfied either if the Spirit 
 seeks to raise itself to its divine Source through the 
 love nature expressed by Venus and culminating in 
 its higher octave Uranus. The religious fervor then 
 expresses itself as devotion of the most sublime na- 
 ture but there is still a lack. Feeling without knowl- 
 edge is incomplete. Nor can the inner urge be sat- 
 isfied if through the mercurial channel of intellect 
 it attempts to raise itself to the spiritual perception 
 274
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 275 
 
 of Neptune the higher octave of Mercury, for though 
 the intellect be sharp as a razor it is of no account 
 when it is devoid of love. It therefore follows that 
 only by ihe wedding of love and intellect can wisdom 
 be born. The mercurial knowledge in itself, thougn 
 neither good nor evil, may be used for one puprose 
 or the other. Even genius shows only the bent of 
 this knowledge. We speak of a military genius, one 
 who has a wonderful knowledge of the tactics of war, 
 but a man of war, whether he be a Napoleon or a 
 common soldier, is not to be classed a.s wise because 
 he deliberately crushes the finer feelings of whicn we 
 take the heart as symbol. Only when the mercurial 
 faculty of mind is tempered, blended and balanced 
 by the heart-born faculty of love generated by the 
 Venus ray, is wisdom born of the union. And this 
 is the quality which the planetary spirit of Jupiter 
 is seeking to infuse into mankind to aid them in their 
 spiritual evolution that they may rise above the 
 material plane and soar to higher spheres. Therefore 
 the Jupiterian ray makes people humane, honorable, 
 courteous, refined and generous, law-abiding and re- 
 ligious, cheerful and optimistic. The true Jupiterian 
 is aptly described as a jovial fellow, and he is usually 
 large but his heart is almost too big to find room 
 even within his capacious chest. The corners of his 
 mouth are always turned upward with a broad smile 
 that can only be described as radiant and in his 
 hearty good-feeling he is so demonstrative that when 
 he shakes your hand the ligaments of your arm are
 
 276 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 almost sprained. He is "hail fellow well met" with 
 everybody, always ready to give anything or anybody 
 a boost. He seems actually grateful to you when you 
 ask him to do you a favor and is never so happy 
 as when working hard to help others. He would not 
 harm a child and never gets angry on his own ac- 
 count but when moved to righteous indignation on 
 account of the wrongs of others then he may be ter- 
 rible in his wrath, yet he will never be cruel to the 
 aggressor or the oppressor, but show mercy and kind- 
 ne.ss even to them as soon as they have been van- 
 quished. Such is the pure Jupiterian, but of course 
 he is very seldom found at the present time. Never- 
 theless, an increasing number of people are begin- 
 ning to walk the way of wisdom and show the Jupi- 
 terian traits. 
 
 It is said that "Opportunity knocks at every 
 man's door," yet we often hear people bewail their 
 fate because they "never had a chance." Saturn 
 is blamed for our misfortunes when we have learned 
 to study Astrology; we are so intently on the look- 
 out for evil that we usually, forget to look for the 
 good, and thus miss our opportunity. It takes Saturn 
 thirty years to go around the horoscope, by transit, 
 and form aspects to all planets, but Jupiter, the most 
 beneficent influence in the solar system, goes around 
 once in eleven years and thus the good fortunes which 
 he may bring are at least three times as numerous as 
 the misfortunes brought by Saturn's evil aspects. 
 
 As a matter of fact, we get from others just
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 277 
 
 what we give, each is surrounded by a subtle auric 
 atmosphere which colors our views of others, and the 
 thoughts, ideas and actions of others towards us. If 
 we harbor meanness in our hearts, that colors this 
 atmosphere so that we see meanness in others and in 
 their actions towards us, we awaken this trait in 
 them, as vibrations from a tuning-fork start another 
 of the same pitch to sing. On the other hand, if we 
 cultivate the Jupiterian qualities of benevolence, his 
 expansive smile, his cordial attitude of mind, etc., we 
 shall soon feel the response in our circle of acquaint- 
 ances and the beneficent aspect of Jupiter will then 
 have greater effect in making our life and work 
 pleasant. 
 
 Jupiter is essentially dignified when found in 
 Pisces or in Sagittarius the sign of aspiration. He 
 is exalted in Cancer the house of the Moon for the 
 seed-atom which furnishes the body of the incoming 
 Ego is projected by the Moon in the sphere of Cancer, 
 but Jupiter represents the spiritual part and there- 
 fore he presides at the ingress of the Ego itself into 
 the body. He also rules the blood in which the in- 
 dwelling spirit finds expression, though his activities 
 are confined principally to the arterial circulation. 
 He furthers assimilation and growth, and therefore 
 he also rules the liver. (Saturn rules the gall 
 bladder.) Jupiterians are very fond of show and 
 display. In their religious observances they love 
 ceremonial and they are rather partial to the estab- 
 lished church, but often dislike any i,sm not sane-
 
 278 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tioned by society or correct form. 
 
 When Jupiter is afflicted his influence makes the 
 person lawless, sensuous, self-indulgent, gluttonous, 
 extravagant and careless in the payment of his obli- 
 gations, hence liable to loss of health, trouble with 
 the law and consequent social disgrace. An afflicted 
 Jupiter makes people sporty, fond of horse-racing 
 and gambling. 
 
 JUPITER IN THE TWELVE HOUSES 
 
 Hi Jupiter in the First House when well-aspected 
 is a good sign of health and general fortune in 
 life. It gives a good-natured, kindly disposition, 
 a nature which breathes cordiality, honor and 
 uprightness. These people love pleasure, par- 
 ticularly out-of-doors, and are fond of traveling. 
 They have considerable executive ability and are 
 therefore sought for positions of importance and 
 responsibility. There is an inclination to stout- 
 ness in later years. 
 
 Jupiter afflicted on the Ascendant gives a 
 tendency to self-indulgence, according to the 
 sign wherein he is placed. If in Cancer the per- 
 son becomes an inveterate glutton and literally 
 makes a god of his stomach with the inevitable 
 result that in the course of years he becomes 
 excessively stout, the liver being particularly en- 
 larged and as a consequence he is subjected to 
 sickness of a serious nature. In Sagittarius it 
 makes him an inveterate gambler who would
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 279 
 
 stake his soul on the toss of a coin. In Pisces 
 he becomes an incurable drunkard, in Scorpio 
 a sensualist of the worst nature and so on with 
 the other signs. It may also be said that when- 
 ever Jupiter is afflicted on the Ascendant the 
 health suffers through some corruption of the 
 blood. 
 
 2| 2 Jupiter in the Second House when well-aspected, 
 particularly by the Sun or Moon, gives great 
 financial prosperity in life and this is a fortunate 
 position in that respect even when Jupiter is 
 afflicted, but then the perosn is liable to loss 
 under bad directions. When Jupiter is unas- 
 pected he gives no help ; the person may then 
 be poor and starve. 
 
 248 Jupiter in the Third House when well-aspected 
 gives a mind of a highly optimistic nature so 
 that no matter what other obstacles there may 
 be in life the person who has this position will 
 always look at the silver lining of the cloud and 
 in so doing forget the cloud itself. He will have 
 exceptional educational advantages and what is 
 more the education which he receives will be of 
 great benefit to him. He will be popular among 
 his brothers, sisters and neighbors and they will 
 help to benefit him. Success is indicated by 
 traveling, writing and publications. When Ju- 
 piter is afflicted in the Third House the person 
 is liable to be in wrecks and accidents while 
 traveling, but he will not be injured though he
 
 280 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 escapes only by a hair-breadth. If Saturn af- 
 flicts he will become careless and indolent, thus 
 forfeiting the respect and esteem of his imme- 
 diate family, but if Mars is adverse they will 
 mistrust him because of rash and imprudent acts. 
 
 y4 Jupiter in the Fourth House when well-aspected 
 is most fortunate for the home conditions, espe- 
 cially in the latter part of life. People with 
 Jupiter in this position will do better in their 
 place of birth than anywhere else. They will 
 receive considerable help from the parents and 
 probably an inheritance afterwards. Their busi- 
 ness affairs will be on a solid basis and run 
 smoothly so that at the close of life there will 
 be a considerable accumulation according to 
 their station and the opportunities of their en- 
 vironment. They pass their days in peace and 
 end them amid health, wealth and prosperity. 
 But when Jupiter is afflicted in the Fourth 
 House the person should leave his native town 
 as soon as possible for then conditions there will 
 be detrimental to his success. Lavish and ex- 
 travagant expenditure, love of display and kin- 
 dred costly tendencies will sap his resources and 
 bring him into bankruptcy ; besides a false pride 
 will keep him from undertaking a radical re- 
 form even when he has awakened to the fact that 
 he ought to do so if he would save himself and
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 281 
 
 the only way out of it to make a new start will 
 be removal to another city. 
 
 K5 Jupiter in tlie Fifth House and well-aspected 
 increases the number of children and they will 
 bring much profit and pleasure to the parents; 
 it gives popularity and good friends who will 
 be a help to the person, also a sociable and 
 pleasure loving disposition. Gain by speculation 
 is foreshown, high intelligence and success in ed- 
 ucational work or the publishing or newspaper 
 business. These people make fine teachers and 
 have a very convincing way of putting things. 
 If Jupiter is afflicted in the Fifth Hou/se, espe- 
 cially in Sagittarius, it gives a tendency towards 
 gambling and loss thereby, a love of sports, dis- 
 inclination for work, and trouble with children. 
 
 U 6 Jupiter in the Sixth House gives good health and 
 success in the care and cure of the sick, faith- 
 ful servants, and the respect and esteem of all 
 with whom the person comes in contact in the 
 course of his occupation. But when Jupiter is 
 afflicted in the Sixth House it gives a tendency 
 toward liver troubles, enlargement of the liver, 
 obesity and general disorders produced by over- 
 indulgence of the appetite. 
 
 ill Jupiter in the Seventh House gives a noble, 
 great-hearted and sympathetic marriage partner 
 who will bring the person favor, fortune and
 
 282 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 social prestige. It is an ideal indication for mar- 
 riage, also for a person seeking to take a partnei 
 or enter into partnership. He may also be as- 
 sured that the partner will be noble, sincere, hon- 
 est and trustworthy, then success will come by 
 co-operation. It is an ideal position for a lawyer 
 for it indicates success in law and the ability to 
 reconcile opponents. But if Jupiter \s weak 
 or afflicted the person will lose his lawsuits or 
 suffer by misplaced confidence in his partner; 
 marriage will be delayed or denied and when 
 consummated trouble will arise through the in- 
 dolence and self-indulgent habits of the marriage 
 partner. Therefore wisdom would dictate that 
 the person avoid such relationships. 
 
 21 8 Jupiter in the Eighth House when well-aspected 
 indicates financial gain by marriage, partner- 
 ships or legacy, but when weak or afflicted it 
 designates lawsuits and losses in connection with 
 these matters. A well-aspected Jupiter in the 
 Eighth House is also a sign of an easy and peace- 
 ful termination of the life when the full course 
 has been run. 
 
 K9 Jupiter in the Ninth House gives a peaceful, 
 noble, optimistic and kind-hearted disposition, 
 with religious tendencies, broad-minded and tol- 
 erant of the opinions of others, but favoring the 
 more orthodox and established lines of thought. 
 The person is much esteemed in society and apt
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 283 
 
 to occupy prominent positions in church, state 
 or in institutions of learning or philanthropic 
 associations. This position also gives a love of 
 travel with pleasure and gain thereby. But when 
 weak or afflicted by sign or aspect it gives arro- 
 gance and a love of display which is out of pro- 
 portion with the person's pocketbook, conse- 
 quently there are lawsuits anl liability to social 
 discredit. It also shows danger when traveling. 
 
 U 10 Jupiter in the Tenth House when well-aspected 
 is one of the best indications of an eminently 
 successful and virtuous life, especially if he is 
 supported by Saturn, Sun and Moon, for then 
 the person will rise to a high position in the 
 church, state or law and gain great wealth, honor 
 and social esteem. Furthermore he will deserve 
 all he gets for the character will be of superlative 
 nobility. But if Jupiter be weak or afflicted in 
 the Tenth House, particularly by Saturn or the 
 luminaries, it shows that the character is not 
 reliable. The person may rise but his evil deeds 
 will find him out and therefore he will experi- 
 ence reversals of fortune and loss of prestige. 
 
 Jupiter in the Eleventh House and well- 
 aspected gives wealthy and influential friends 
 who may be relied upon to help the person to 
 realize his hopes, wishes and ambitions. It also 
 gives a sociable disposition and fondness of 
 pleasure. In a man's horoscope it signifies that
 
 284 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the marriage will be fruitful and that his child- 
 ren will be a credit and a help to him, but before 
 judgment is rendered in this respect the wife's 
 horoscope should also be examined to see whether 
 it concurs, for if not then the judgment must be 
 modified. When Jupiter is afflicted in the Elev- 
 enth House either the person meets friends who 
 are good and sincere in their desire to help him 
 but lack the ability or else the friends whom he 
 attracts come to him to be benefitted. In either 
 case he will not be helped much by friends but 
 must depend upon his own resources to attain his 
 desires. 
 
 Jupiter in the Twelfth House when well- 
 aspected brings gain and success through occupa- 
 tions carried on in comparative seclusion such as 
 laboratory work, work in hospitals or asylums, in 
 an executive capacity or a position in one of the 
 fraternal orders which have to do with sick bene- 
 fits or in the study and practice of the mystical 
 or occult arts. If people with Jupiter in this 
 position are personally indigent they receive 
 much bounty from people or institutions of a 
 fraternal or charitable nature, but if they are 
 well-to-do they give lavishly to these purposes. 
 If they have enemies they also have a way of 
 turning them to friends. If Jupiter is afflicted 
 it makes the person indolent and improvident so 
 that in time he usually becomes the ward of one
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 285 
 
 of the charitable institutions where he lives till 
 the end of life without either trouble or worry. 
 
 JUPITER IN THE TWELVE SIGNS. 
 
 U T Jupiter in Aries gives a high-spirited, ener- 
 getic and ambitious mind, always on the lookout 
 and alert for new and progressive methods usable 
 for advancement in the world's work, a true 
 pioneer, neither too conservative nor too impul- 
 sive, a thoughtful, but sympathetic disposition, 
 sincere, honest and trustworthy, somewhat relig- 
 iously inclined, some legal or literary ability and 
 a love of out-door games and sports with general 
 popularity in social and business circles. But if 
 Jupiter is afflicted the mind is not so conservative 
 and well-balanced. There is a tendency to rash 
 and impulsive acts, impatience and temper are 
 shown under adverse circumstances with a con- 
 sequent loss of esteem and popularity. 
 
 24 8 Jupiter in Taurus when well-aspected gives 
 an eminently kind and sympathetic nature to all 
 people but a deep-seated, tender and warm love 
 for those towards whom the relationship war- 
 rants such expression. This position also attracts 
 wealth and gives a generous disposition to aid 
 in philanthropic enterprises ; yet Jupiter in the 
 Second House or second sign is never lavish or 
 extravagantly generous but rather conservative 
 and inclined to investigate the merits of any
 
 286 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 proposition before he extends a helping hand. 
 On the other hand he is absolutely open-handed 
 to those who are near and dear to him. His home 
 and his family are all in all. When Jupiter is 
 afflicted in Taurus it inclines to extravagant ex- 
 penditures for show, display and the gratifica- 
 tion of the lower nature. Such people are great 
 gourmandizers, fond of rich and savory foods 
 that tickle the palate. As a result they often ex- 
 perience financial difficulties and trouble with 
 creditors, also such sickness as may result from 
 the over indulgence of their appetites according 
 to other indications of the stars. 
 
 n II Jupiter in Gemini when well-aspected gives 
 literary ability of a high class and if that is 
 backed by the necessary education success in this 
 line is certain. This position also gives an inven- 
 tive turn to the mind, a love of mathematics and 
 an attraction towards the occult. Jupiter in 
 Gemini shows that travel will bring both pleas- 
 ure and profit and it gives an honorable, court- 
 eous and friendly disposition. But if Jupiter is 
 afflicted the person is liable to meet with losses 
 and trouble when traveling. He will have a 
 number of hair-breadth escapes from accidents, 
 legal and religious trouble, also difficulties with 
 brothers sisters and close relatives. 
 
 U EE Jupiter in Cancer. The full effect of Jupiter 
 for good or ill is never felt until the middle life
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 287 
 
 and this is especially the case when he is placed 
 in the Fourth House or fourth sign, Cancer. 
 When well-placed there he gives an exceedingly 
 kindly and courteous disposition, one who is at 
 peace with all the world, endowed with a most 
 vivid and fruitful imagination, a dreamer of 
 Utopian dreams and a lover of the occult and 
 mystical. There is also however, a practical 
 side to the nature which makes him ambitious to 
 attain worldly success and fortunate in his in- 
 vestments in houses, lands or mines, so that he 
 will accumulate property and be well-to-do espe- 
 cially after middle life. This position also indi- 
 cates that the person may receive much help 
 from his parents during life and an inheritance 
 after their death. Jupiter in Cancer makes the 
 person very fond of the pleasures of the table but 
 if well-aspected he will probably keep himself 
 within such bounds that his health does not sul- 
 fer. If however, Jupiter is afflicted it inclines to 
 inordinate gluttony which will eventually cor- 
 rupt the blood and cause such disease and nox- 
 ious growths as result from that condition. 
 
 U SI Jupiter in Leo gives a truly noble nature, 
 blending kindness and courage, self-reliance and 
 loyalty, self-restraint and compassion, mercy and 
 justice. It indicates, in short, a paragon of vir- 
 tues nowhere excelled. It gives an abundance 
 of vitality and a strong constitution so that it
 
 288 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 marks a leader physically, morally and spirit- 
 ually, nor will such a person ever be content to 
 follow. He craves positions of trust and respon- 
 sibility, the greater the better. He will always be 
 equal to the occasion and never abu^se the confi- 
 dence of those who have placed him there. Such 
 people have an innate culture and refinement, 
 they are fond of everything that tends to the up- 
 lift of humanity, religious, sincere, sure to win 
 recognition and success dealing in speculative 
 investments. When Jupiter is afflicted in Leo 
 the person becomes cruel and sensuous, abnor- 
 mally fond of pleasure and subject to loss by 
 investments, speculation and gambling. 
 
 HW Jupiter in Virgo gives a cautious, analytical 
 and practical nature with an almost unerring 
 faculty for discriminating between the seeming 
 and the real, to sift truth from error and arrive 
 at facts. They cannot ferret out secrets by under- 
 handed methods as Saturn in Capricorn which 
 makes an ideal detective, but if Jupiter in \irgo 
 is the judge no one is clever enough to hide the 
 truth from him. A well-aspected Jupiter in 
 Virgo indicates succes with servants who will be 
 found faithful and loyal, ready to do their mas- 
 ter's bidding. It also indicates prosperity 
 through business or professionl vocations, but 
 if Jupiter is afflicted in Virgo it gives a cynical, 
 carping and critical disposition, mistrustful of
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 2S9 
 
 others and therefore liable to loss through ser- 
 vants or employees. Such people cannot succeed 
 in business and they will find it extremely diffi- 
 cult to obtain or keep a position. At any rate 
 they will serve in a very inferior capacity. 
 
 i^= Jupiter in Libra when well-aspected gives a. 
 kind, sympathetic and loving disposition, a con- 
 scientious, sociable and benevolent nature and 
 an interest in all that makes for the uplift of 
 humanity, music, art, literature, social inter- 
 course, et cetera. On that account the person is 
 popular, particularly with the opposite sex from 
 whence gain and benefit may be expected. Suc- 
 cess in the busines and public life are shown. 
 But if Jupiter is afflicted in Libra undue indul- 
 gence of the lower nature will bring trouble and 
 public scandal with a consequent loss of popu- 
 larity and prestige. 
 
 U Til Jupiter in Scorpio gives an ardent, aggressive 
 and self-reliant nature, an enthusiastic, construc- 
 tive and resourceful mind with the ability to 
 meet all the exigencies of life in an efficient man- 
 ner and it ensures success in practical everyday 
 occupations, gives a large family and plenty of 
 means to provide for them. This position also 
 shows a tendency towards occult investigations. 
 But if tfupiter is afflicted in Scorpio it will bring 
 loss and trouble through the indulgence of the 
 lower nature in an inordinate measure, love of 
 
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 290 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 rich and expensive food and sickness on that 
 account. 
 
 11 / Jupiter in Sagittarius when well-aspected 
 gives good fortune and general success in life, a 
 humane, broad and philosophical mind, a rever- 
 ent and religious disposition. Hence people 
 with this position rise to the top and become 
 leaders in their various spheres of life, finding 
 places of prominence in church or state, scien- 
 tific ' or philosophic enterprises or institutions. 
 If Jupiter is afflicted in Sagittarius it makes 
 the person sporty, fond of cheap and gaudy dis- 
 play, extravagant and ready to take a chance on 
 any gamble, loss of social standing if born in a 
 better environment, trouble through law, finan- 
 cial difficulties, narrow-minded sectarian views 
 if inclined to be religious. 
 
 U VS Jupiter in Capricorn gives an ambitious 
 nature, self-reliant and self -controlled with a 
 desire to rise to a position of authority over others 
 also the ability to dictate wisely and well. It 
 gives a careful, economical disposition, and an 
 .abhorrence of waste; ingenuity, resourcefulness 
 and some mechanical ability. These people are 
 trust-worthy to a degree, sincere and honest in 
 all their undertakings and hold every promise 
 inviolate, therefore they usually rise to honor, 
 esteem and general popularity. As already said 
 their aim is to attain independence at the head of
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 291 
 
 some business, but if they do not succeed in that 
 and have to work for others they are best suited 
 to be in the employ of the government, either 
 municipal or national. On account of the im- 
 plicit trust generated by their sterling charac- 
 teristics of honesty, sincerity and faithfulness 
 these people are often made the recipients of 
 confidence from friends who feel the need of 
 sharing their troubles with someone who can be 
 depended upon either to give honest, disinter- 
 ested advice or else to keep the secrets told them 
 inviolate. If Jupiter is afflicted in Capricorn it 
 makes a miser who will hoard all he can scrape 
 together and deny himself all except the barest 
 necessities and is consequently despised by all 
 who know him. 
 
 * Jupiter in Aquarius when well-aspected gives 
 a humane, optimistic, original and philosophic 
 mind, fond of friends and the society of others 
 particularly those who are interested in science 
 or mysticism, literature and music, consequently 
 he attracts people of that nature and they will be 
 a benefit to him in helping him to realize his 
 hopes, wishes and ambitions. He may possibly 
 obtain a position of importance in some official 
 capacity with secret or occult societies. This is 
 a good indication of general success in life, but 
 if Jupiter is afflicted it makes the nature restless, 
 nervous and erratic with revolutionary or anarch-
 
 292 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 istic ideas with disinclination for serious work 
 and such people are generally disliked and dis- 
 trusted. 
 
 U } Jupiter in Pisces gives a charitable, sympa- 
 thetic and hospitable nature which loves to min- 
 ister to the outcasts of society. These people are 
 veritable angels of mercy to all who suffer in 
 body, soul or spirit. They are well known to 
 those who are "sick or in prison." Being of a 
 sensitive nature and subject to the influences 
 from the invisible world they not infrequently 
 have psychic experiences and become .students of 
 the occult. They love music, art and literature 
 and if well-aspected by Venus, Jupiter in Pisces 
 will give considerable ability as a performer, but 
 if Jupiter is afflicted in Pisces it gives a vacil- 
 lating mind, a nerveless, cowardly nature indulg- 
 ing in all the vices in the calendar and a gener- 
 ally despicable disposition a social parasite. 
 
 THE ASPECTS OF JUPITER 
 
 O 6 P * A U The Sun conjunction, sextile or trine 
 to Jupiter. The conjunction gives a tendency to 
 apoplexy, especially" if it occurs in Aries, but 
 with that exception we may say that those con- 
 figurations are -sure indications of health, wealth 
 and happiness; they give the person an abund- 
 ance of vitality which is proof even against very 
 severe onslaughts of disease, and should a par-
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 293 
 
 ticularly unfavorable planetary influence suc- 
 ceed in breaking down the constitutional resist- 
 ance recovery will be so rapid as to seem miracu- 
 lous. This nearly impregnable condition of 
 health is all the more unassailable because it is 
 backed by a disposition at once "sunny" and 
 "jovial" and that latter characteristic al.so 
 makes the fortunate possessors of these aspects 
 beloved by all with whom they come in contact; 
 everybody is glad to see the person with the 
 perpetual smile, but they do more than "smile" 
 they earn the friendship universally bestowed 
 upon them by deeds of kindness, by words of 
 sympathy, cheer or hope as the occasion may de- 
 mand. They are trusted by everybody for they 
 never betray a trust ; they have good clear heads, 
 good judgment and executive ability so that they 
 are well fitted to help others. These character- 
 istics also favor their own financial fortunes so 
 that they accumulate wealth, but theirs is never 
 "tainted money," they never benefit by the los.s 
 of others. They are conservatively religious and 
 may be aptly described as "pillars of society." 
 They shine particularly in governmental offices. 
 
 O D 8 n Tlie Sun square or opposition to Jupiter 
 gives a tendency to indulge in habits which are 
 bad for the health ; the person is far too fond of 
 the ' ' good things of life ' ' and very selfish in sat- 
 isfying his own comforts; he exercises little and
 
 294 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 never denies himself, with the result that the cir- 
 culation becomes sluggish and as these people 
 have a superabundance of blood their lassitude 
 and indulgence is productive of various noxious 
 growths and kindred disorders; sometimes a fit 
 of anger raises the blood pressure to such a point 
 that a vessel bursts and ends the life or leaves 
 the person thenceforth a useless wreck. These 
 aspects give a bombastic, haughty disposition 
 with an inordinate love of display and thus in- 
 duce to extravagance both in social and business 
 affairs with the result that the person sometimes 
 finds himself involved in debt which he cannot 
 pay and then there is but a step to the bank- 
 ruptcy court. A false pride often prevents these 
 people from working honestly for others so they 
 would rather prey upon the public a,s gamblers 
 and followers of races and other so-called sports 
 where there is an opportunity to swindle other 
 people and get what they call an "easy" living 
 until they land in the meshes of the law. Chil- 
 dren with these aspects should be given special 
 training in self-restraint, thrift and honesty, 
 above all religion, for they will have a tendency 
 to scorn and scoff at religion, but perhapp a mem- 
 ory of a devout mother may help to keep them 
 straight. 
 
 9 6 P*'Ait Venus conjunction, parallel, sextile 
 or trine to Jupiter is one of the best signs of
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 295 
 
 success and general good fortune in life. It 
 favors the accumulation of wealth and the en- 
 joyment of all the luxuries of life. It is a good 
 indication of a successful and happy marriage, 
 social prestige and the respect of all with whom 
 the person comes in contact. It endows him with 
 a jovial, optimistic, generous and large-hearted 
 disposition, one who is honorable to a degree, 
 interested and active in philanthropic measures, 
 a liberal mind tolerant of the views of others 
 even where he differs radically, fond of pleas- 
 ure, traveling, parties, and capable of enjoying 
 life to the fullest extent; he loves expensive and 
 ultra-comfortable things, a fine Tiouse, valuable 
 books, pictures and other rich appointments. 
 
 ] 8 U Venus square or opposition to Jupiter 
 gives the same luxurious likings as the good as- 
 pects but limits the ability to satisfy them; al- 
 though such people make the mo.st frantic efforts 
 to present a fine front to the world they are gen- 
 erally found out to be shams. Their lack of busi- 
 ness ability is often responsible for failure and 
 bankruptcy and they are very liable to suffer 
 losses through the treachery of others. Love and 
 marriage also are sources of sorrow for those 
 whom Venus and Jupiter are afflicting. They 
 are apt to be jilted before marriage or the mar- 
 riage partner will prove faithless and may de- 
 sert them. These aspects also produce an amor-
 
 296 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ous nature likely to take liberties regardless of 
 tlie laws of decency and make the person faith- 
 less to marriage vows, 
 
 $ 6 P* A if Mercury conjunction, parallel, sextile 
 or trine to Jupiter is one of the finest assets in 
 life for it gives a cheerful, optimistic disposition 
 with the ability to always look upon the bright 
 side of things and keep up the spirits in the 
 hours of adversity; the mind is broad, versatile 
 and able to reason correctly and to form a relia- 
 ble judgment by careful deliberation; they never 
 give a hasty decision; they require time to think 
 over whatever is presented to them, but once they 
 have reached a conclusion, that will be found in- 
 controvertible. They are successful in law or 
 literature and much respected for their honesty 
 and sincerity. These aspects are particularly 
 fortunate for people who travel for business or 
 pleasure, for they will reap both benefit and en- 
 joyment from a migratory mode of life; it will 
 make them ''healthy, wealthy and wise" beyond 
 the average, loved by everybody for the vital 
 vibration they radiate upon whoever they meet. 
 
 $ Q] <? n Mercury square or opposition to Jupiter 
 gives a vacillating and wavering disposition so 
 that the person cannot make up his mind when 
 more than one course of action i open, hence 
 people with these aspects often lose their oppor- 
 tunities through procrastination and lack of
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 297 
 
 judgment; they must therefore be classed as fail- 
 ures in life. They are liable to scandal and slan- 
 der because of treacherous associates, and should 
 not travel for it will bring them loss and trouble ; 
 they should also be extremely careful in making 
 contracts or agreements to do or deliver certain 
 things at a specified time for they will probably 
 be unable to fulfill the requirements and thus 
 trouble and loss will result. 
 
 P 6 * A U The Moon parallel, conjunction, sex- 
 tile or trine to Jupiter gives an optimistic, noble 
 and generous disposition. The open-hearted 
 honesty, fairness and f riendilness of people with 
 these aspects makes them universally popular. 
 These aspects strengthen both the reasoning fac- 
 ulties and constitution, so that such people 
 usually have a strong mind in a strong body and 
 hence a powerful personal magnetism which may 
 be used to great advantage in healing the sick. 
 They have lofty ideals and a fruitful imagination 
 with the power of acquiring wealth which will 
 grow greater if used in philanthropic enterprises 
 of which these people are prone to dream. This 
 is one of the best aspects in the gamut and makes 
 for general success in life both physically and 
 spiritually. 
 
 Q] 8 H The Moon square or opposition to Jupiter 
 impairs the reasoning faculties and brings the 
 person trouble through litigation, lack of fore-
 
 298 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 thought and indecision or dishonesty. People 
 with these aspects are too fond of ostentation 
 and display, extravagant beyond their means, 
 lavish in their expenditures, prone to take des- 
 perate chances in gambling or speculation to re- 
 habilitate their fortunes and doomed to loss, slan- 
 der and sometimes bankruptcy on that account. 
 These aspects are also bad for health in a 
 woman's horoscope especially; they indicate di- 
 gestive and liver troubles. 
 
 !? * A U Saturn sextile or trine to Jupiter gives a 
 strong character with a deep and profoundly 
 philosophical mind, a benevolent disposition with 
 a strong sense of justice and fair play. All the 
 virtues of Saturn and Jupiter are combined by 
 these aspects and people in whose horoscope they 
 are found will consequently gain the honor and 
 esteem of the community where they are. Thus 
 they will be looked upon as the pillars of society 
 and gain prosperity commensurate with the en- 
 vironment in which they are placed, for these 
 aspects give sound financial judgment and the 
 ability to grasp opportunity when, it is met. 
 
 i? 6 PU Saturn conjunction or parallel to Jupiter 
 has the same beneficent influence as the sextile 
 or trine though not in as great a measure and 
 if Jupiter is weak by sign or otherwise afflicted 
 the aspects will probably count for very little, 
 but in that case its effect upon the arterial cir-
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 299 
 
 culation will be obstructive, giving a tendency 
 to schlerosis of the arteries the same as the oppo- 
 sition and square. 
 
 ^> Q3 & U Saturn square or opposition to Jupiter 
 gives a diffident, vacillating mind unable to form 
 decisions, always distrustful of others, indolent 
 and inclined to drift with the tide, often a ward 
 of society either in the poor-house or the prison, 
 for the character is basically dishonest. These 
 aspects also give a tendency to arterio-schlerosis. 
 
 $ * A U Mars sextile or trine to Jupiter. It is the 
 nature of Jupiter to be somewhat conservative 
 and dignified, but when blended with the fire of 
 Mars it gives enthusiasm and an ability to in- 
 fluence others and imbue them with the same 
 feelings. It makes the nature noble, sincere, 
 honest and straightforward. This aspect is also 
 good for the financial prosperity of the person, 
 for both Mars and Jupiter when well-aspectea 
 give good earning ability and favor accumula- 
 tion. Jupiter is somewhat conservative in re- 
 spect of expenditures, Mars is too free, but where 
 the Martial and Jupiterian tendencies are 
 blended by a good aspect the result is an ideal, 
 generous nature, neither too lavish nor too con- 
 servative, able to strike a happy medium. These 
 people have much ingenuity and constructive 
 ability and whatever they do they put their 
 whole heart in it. Hence they are successful in
 
 300 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 business, popular in society, fond of out-of-door 
 sports and games. They love to travel and gain 
 much pleasure by so doing. Mars rules the 
 haemoglobin in the blood which is so important 
 a factor in health and vitality, therefore the good 
 aspects of Jupiter and Mars increase the red 
 blood corpuscles with the result that people with 
 these aspects have an abundance of health, vi- 
 tality, power and endurance. 
 
 $ P 6 U Mars parallel or conjunction to Jupiter 
 strengthens the constitution and increases the 
 vitality the same as the good aspects. It also 
 indicates that the person is able to earn much 
 money and uses it freely and generously, but the 
 mental qualities are similar to those conferred 
 by the bad aspects: sporty, swaggering, tricky, 
 deceitful and untruthful, impulsive in judgment, 
 not to be depended upon, and if the conjunction 
 occurs in one of the watery signs, especially in 
 Pisces, the person will probably be a drunkard, 
 though this is not as certain as with the square 
 and opposition. 
 
 $ Q] 8 U Mars square or opposition to Jupiter is 
 the signature of the gambler and if one of the 
 planets is in a watery sign, especially in Pisces, 
 he will be a drunkard also, a tricky, dishonest 
 and disreputable character who always acts 
 through impulse. With respect to health we find 
 that these people suffer principally from blood
 
 JUPITER, PLANET OF BENEVOLENCE 301 
 
 and liver complaints, the circulation is poor and 
 the blood is so rich that there is danger of apo- 
 plexy. 
 
 * A U Uranus sextUe or trine to Jupiter gives 
 a broad, humane disposition and a tendency to 
 delve into the occult arts and sciences. It favors 
 an association with secret orders and gives prom- 
 ise of prosperity in life. Such a person is hon- 
 est and sincere, sociable, hospitable and likely to 
 benefit a great deal from influential friends in 
 an official position. This position also gives ex- 
 ecutive ability and success in connection with 
 institutions of learning. 
 
 P 6 U Uranus parallel or conjunction to Jupiter 
 gives similar indications to the good aspects but 
 the influence is not quite so decided, particularly 
 if either of the planets is weak by sign or other- 
 wise afflicted. In that case it will be found that 
 the tendencies conferred are more like those of 
 the bad aspects. 
 
 Uranus square or opposition to Jupiter 
 gives an impulsive nature liable to act in a sud- 
 den or unexpected manner to his own undoing; 
 loss by speculation, lawsuits and impulsive ex- 
 travagance are also indicated, many changes 
 both of occupation and residence, loss of friends 
 and reputation.
 
 302 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 W * A H Neptune sextile or trine Jupiter gives an 
 inspirational, mystical nature and success in an 
 occupation connected with occult orders, that is 
 to say where the character is sufficiently devel- 
 oped so that Neptune can make his influence felt, 
 for then this position brings out all the noblest 
 and most spiritual strength of both planets, and 
 occult experiences are not infrequently the re- 
 sult. During the sleeping hours these people are 
 quite conscious in the invisible worlds. 
 
 tp P 6 U Neptune parallel or conjunction to Ju- 
 piter gives an influence similar to that of the 
 good aspects when Neptune and Jupiter are not 
 afflicted, but if they are in a weak sign and as- 
 pecting the other planets by square or opposition 
 then the influence is similar to that of the bad 
 < aspects of Jupiter and Neptune. 
 
 Wn# ^ Neptune square or opposition to Jupiter 
 indicates lack of control of the emotions. The 
 person is sensitive to the low psychic influences 
 of the borderland between the seen and the un- 
 seen worlds but they are of an awe-inspiring and 
 disgusting type, hence apt to cause hysterical 
 conditions, such as involuntary trance and kin- 
 dred disorders attendant upon negative psy- 
 chism. From a material standpoint it gives dan- 
 ger of fraud through speculation or large com- 
 panies and dealing with such predatory interests 
 should therefore be avoided.
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 MARS THE PLANET OF ACTION 
 
 FROM the Bible we learn that Jehovah was the 
 Creator of mankind for we find His angels an- 
 nouncing the birth of various notable personages. Thus 
 the conclusion is inevitable that He and they preside 
 over the generative function and impart the quality 
 of fertility which at that time was looked upon as a 
 token of the favor of God while barrenness was indi- 
 cated as a sign of His displeasure. This is in ac- 
 cordance with the Western Wisdom Teaching which 
 tells us that in the earliest days when mankind was 
 still in the making Jehovah and His angels guided 
 them to great temples at the times of year when" 
 planetary conditions were propitious to generation, 
 and men born under those harmonious conditions 
 lived for hundreds of years without sickness or dis- 
 ease. It is noticeable that wild animals which are 
 still entirely under the guidance of their group-spirits 
 and mate only at certain seasons are also immune 
 from sickness. Jehovah still retains control over the 
 fertilization of the animals which are attuned to His 
 lunar vibrations through their twenty-eight pairs of 
 spinal nerves that correspond to the twenty-eight 
 days of the lunar revolution and His vehicle the 
 303
 
 304 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Moon still measures the period of gestation for men 
 and beasts. 
 
 But the Bible also tells us of Lucifer and his 
 fallen angels who taught humanity to take the pre- 
 rogative of creation into their own hands and in- 
 stilled into them the passion that has caused sorrow, 
 sin and death, because the holy function of genera- 
 tion which was intended only for temporary purposes 
 of propagation and which works so well under pro- 
 pitious planetary conditions has been desecrated and 
 made subservient to the lusts of humanity at all 
 times regardless of the stellar rays. Yet it is a mis- 
 take to think of the Lucifer spirits as evil, for under 
 the sway of the angels humanity was a mass of mind- 
 less automatons knowing neither good nor evil and 
 having no choice or prerogative, but since through 
 the martial Lucifer spirits we have learned to know 
 "good and evil we are also able by the exercise of 
 will power to shun the evil and choose the good, to 
 flee from vice and cultivate virtue, thereby placing 
 ourselves in harmonious co-worker-ship with God and 
 nature and unfolding our divine possibilities so that 
 we may become like our Father in Heaven. 
 
 While Jehovah and His angels are thus working 
 upon humanity from the Moon the Lucifer spirits 
 who rebelled against His regime are located OR the 
 planet Mars and from them also we have received 
 and are receiving many valuable gifts, chief among 
 them fire and iron. It is well known that every 
 living body is warm, for the Ego cannot manifest in
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 305 
 
 the physical world save through heat, or perhaps it 
 should be said that heat is generated in the mani- 
 festation of the Ego. But without iron, which exists 
 in the blood in the form of hsemoglobin, there could 
 be no oxidation and consequently no heat. That was 
 the condition previous to the fall, so-called, when 
 man-in-the-making was mindless. But then the Lu- 
 cifer spirits came and infused iron into the blood, 
 which made it possible for the Ego to draw into its 
 vehicles and from that time the Ego became an in- 
 dwelling spirit capable of evolving individuality. 
 Thus had it not been for the Lucifer spirits man 
 could not have become man. It is their fire and their 
 iron that has made the world what it is today, good 
 and bad according to the use man has made of it. 
 The solar force focused through the Moon imparts 
 vitality and the faculty of growth but the rays of the 
 Sun focused upon us by the martial Lucifer spirits 
 give us dynamic power and are the source of all 
 activity in the world. 
 
 Power may be latent for milleniums, as exempli- 
 fied in coalbeds, which are reservoirs of solar force ; 
 a furnace and engine are required to transmute and 
 make it available as dynamic energy, but, once the 
 sleeping giant has been roused from latency to po- 
 tency it knows no rest or peace till it has expended 
 the last ounce of its prodigious strength. Under 
 strict control, and carefully guided into channels of 
 useful activity, this fiery force is the most valuable 
 servant of mankind; the most powerful agent in the 
 
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 306 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 world's work, an incomparable boon to humanity. 
 But if it escapes control the servant quickly takes 
 mastery, its inimical power of destruction and de- 
 vastation is then as terrible a scourge as its bene- 
 ficent use under guidance is an inestimable blessing. 
 It is as precious as it is dangerous; eternal vigilance 
 is the price of safety from its ravages, but without it 
 the world would be a wilderness. 
 
 Mars, as a focus for the latent solar life, trans- 
 mutes it into desire, passion and what we may call 
 animal spirits. It is a consuming fire, more danger- 
 ous than all the nitroglycerine ever manufactured, 
 but also more precious than any other blessing we 
 can have or enjoy. 
 
 The Hindoo preacher, nurtured in a land gov- 
 erned by Saturn, the planet of obstruction, says: 
 "Kill out desire." He dreams away his days in des- 
 titution, but as "temper" conserves the edge of the 
 steel that carves its way through all obstructions, 
 so the well-directed energetic desires of the martial 
 Anglo-Saxon have wrought a marvelous transforma- 
 tion in the earth; they have reared a civilization be- 
 yond all which preceded it, and though perhaps brutal 
 in many respects, there is promise in that also, accord- 
 ing to the proverb : ' ' The greater the sinner, the 
 greater the saint." Parents should take a lesson 
 from the book of nations and refrain from applying 
 the Saturnine wet blanket to the fiery Mars spirit 
 of children. Saturn always says don't, don't, his 
 aim is to repress and obstruct. A clear fire under
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 307 
 
 proper control is useful, Uut death lurks in the smoke 
 and noxious gases of a smothered fire; too many 
 dont's smother legitimate ambition and frustrate ac- 
 complishment ; they may drive the hapless victim into 
 ways of evil, for the dynamic energy of Mars must 
 and will have an outlet, so beware. The worst faults 
 of Mars are impulsiveness and lack of persistence, but 
 he breeds no hypocrites like an afflicted Saturn. 
 
 From Mars we receive a number of our highly- 
 prized virtues as well as some of our worst faults. 
 When well-aspected he gives a strong constitution 
 and physical endurance, a positive, independent and 
 self-reliant nature, determined and proud, generous 
 and energetic, resourceful and quick to learn, espe- 
 cially when in Aries, Leo, Scorpio or Capricorn, but 
 when he is weak by sign as in Taurus, Cancer, Libra 
 or aspected by squares or oppositions he makes the 
 person quick-tempered, obstinate and spiteful, in- 
 clined to drunkenness and criminal acts, cruel and 
 hard, a bully and braggart. 
 
 People who have Mars prominent in their horo- 
 scopes are eminently practical and play an important 
 part in the world's work. They are especially pro- 
 ficient in occupations where iron and fire are used in 
 constructive purposes or where sharp instruments are 
 handled. Soldiers, surgeons and butchers, machine 
 workers and iron founders, engineers and men in kin- 
 dred occupations are of the martial nature. They 
 also excel in other positions where courage and intre- 
 pidity are necessary qualities.
 
 308 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 MARS IN THE TWELVE HOUSES 
 
 $ 1 Mars in the Ascendant, or First House, when 
 well-aspected has a most beneficial influence 
 upon the constitution, particularly if he is in one 
 of the fiery signs, Aries, Leo or Sagittarius, or 
 in the sign of his exaltation Capricorn, but some- 
 times when a weak sign like Cancer is rising and 
 the other planets are much afflicted Mars in the 
 Ascendant may infuse sufficient energy into the 
 body to tide it over the critical period of infancy. 
 This position also gives energy, ambition, cour- 
 age, self-reliance and determination which are 
 exceedingly helpful characteristics to win the 
 battle of life. It indicates an enterprising and 
 practical person who will shun no effort in order 
 to succeed. When Mars is afflicted in the First 
 House he nevertheless strengthens the constitu- 
 tion and gives muscular power and endurance, 
 but he makes the person rash, impulsive, head- 
 strong and foolhardy. Thus they neglect the 
 ordinary precautions to guard their health and 
 become subject to fevers and other inflammatory 
 diseases, alsa liable to accidents and loss of blood 
 by lesions of varying magnitude, danger from 
 fire such as burns or scalds, according to the na- 
 ture of the afflicting planet. In this respect the 
 Sun is usually productive of fevers and inflam- 
 mations. Jupiter gives liability to broken bones 
 or accident by railroad or rolling stock, Uranus
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 309 
 
 and Saturn falls and bruise.s and Venus dis- 
 eases caused by indulgence of the passional 
 nature. 
 
 $ 2 Mars in the Second House when well-aspected 
 makes the nature free and generous in finan- 
 cial dealings with others. The person has a 
 splendid earning capacity and will make a finan- 
 cial success in any business of a martial nature 
 involving the use of fire, iron tools or machinery. 
 It is also an indication of money by marriage 
 or legacy, but although the money comes fast 
 and easy the person will not accumulate wealth 
 as he is very generous and fond of comfort and 
 pleasure. When Mars is afflicted in the Seconu 
 House money will come just as fast as under the 
 good aspects at times, but at other times the bad 
 aspects makes the person outrageously extrava- 
 gant and inclined to be reckless in financial ven- 
 tures, with the inevitable result that heavy losses 
 are incurred and the person may find himself 
 without a cent in the world. A competence may 
 be made and spent several times during life. 
 These people never give up, however, and .when 
 they have met financial disaster they immediately 
 start to build up anew on the ruins of the old. 
 They are then usually successful for a time 
 again, but they can never learn to be more care- 
 ful and less extravagant, hence they are always 
 liable to repeated financial shipwreck.
 
 310 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 $3 Mars in the Third House when well-aspected 
 makes the mind keen, bright and alert, fond of 
 argument, quick at repartee, ingenious, inventive 
 and resourceful, with plenty of initiative and 
 constructive ability. But when Mars is afflicted 
 in the Third House it gives liability to accidents 
 on short journeys, a quarrelsome nature spe- 
 cially liable to get into trouble with brothers, 
 sisters and neighbors. These people are very 
 critical towards everybody with whom they come 
 in contact and therefore generally feared and 
 avoided when possible. 
 
 $ 4 Mars in the Fourth House when well-aspected 
 gives a strong constitution which is maintained 
 unimpaired even in old age ; the digestive faculty 
 is particularly good and consequently the health 
 and strength are rugged. It makes the native 
 exceedingly aggressive in his efforts to ''feather 
 his nest" and accumulate property for old age 
 and a rainy day. There is also likelihood of a 
 legacy from the parents. This is a very for- 
 tunate position, especially if Mars is in Aries, 
 Leo or Capricorn, but if Mars is weak in Cancer 
 or Pisces and afflicted by square or opposition, 
 digestive troubles or dissipation will undermine 
 the vitality and the person will become more 
 quarrelsome and disagreeable every day he lives. 
 He will be liable to accident by fire in the home, 
 also to fevers and inflammatory diseases. People
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 311 
 
 with Mars in this position should leave their 
 native place as quickly as possible. This may in 
 some measure relieve the trouble. 
 
 $ 5 Mars in the Fifth House when well-aspected 
 gives an ardent, demonstrative love-nature. It 
 makes the person fond of athletic exercises, sports 
 and muscular effort, a clean, masterful man 
 much admired by the opposite sex or a woman 
 who is a real "pal" to her male companion. 
 These people make excellent disciplinarians and 
 are much beloved by their pupils if placed lu 
 positions as teachers, or better still as principals 
 for they make much better leaders than follow- 
 ers. But when Mars is afflicted in the Fifth 
 House it makes the person very fickle in his af- 
 fections. It is on with the new love even before 
 he is through with the old, an all-around flirt 
 and therefore likely to get into a great deal of 
 trouble. Over-indulgence of the amorous nature 
 is liable to sap the vitality and create dangerous 
 physical conditions. In a woman's horoscope 
 there is grave danger of difficulty in parturition. 
 It also threatens danger of death to a child in 
 the horoscope of either sex. People with Mars 
 afflicted in the Fifth House are also liable to 
 loss through gambling and speculation in stocks, 
 bonds and securities. 
 
 $ 6 Mars in the Sixth House when well-aspected 
 makes a quick, energetic worker who is likely
 
 312 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 to rise to a prominent position in the employ of 
 someone else, therefore the larger the firm in 
 which he seeks employment the better. But he 
 should not attempt to start in business for him- 
 self, for people with Mars in the Sixth House 
 always succeed better when in the employment 
 of someone else. This position also increases the 
 vitality and should the person on account of 
 other planetary configurations in the horoscope 
 become subject to disease the dynamic energy 
 and recuperative power of Mars will soon burn 
 out and eliminate the poisons from the body 
 and leave it in better health than before. But 
 if Mars is afflicted in the Sixth House there is 
 a liability to trouble and quarrels with other 
 employees or employer. Should the person be 
 in the position of employer himself he will al- 
 ways be at variance with his employees and sub- 
 ject to loss by theft and dishonesty through 
 them. They will waste his goods and have no 
 regard for his interests. An afflicted Mars in 
 the Sixth House also gives a liability to fevers 
 and inflammatory diseases, danger of burns, 
 scalds and gun-shots and accidents sustained in 
 the course of employment. 
 
 $ 1 Mars in the Seventh House when well-aspected 
 gives a capable, industrious and aggressive mar- 
 riage partner, untiring in the promotion of the 
 welfare of the family, a strong personality who
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 313 
 
 is bound to rule but will do so in a kindly man- 
 ner. This applies to both sexes, for when in a 
 man's horoscope the marriage partner is indi- 
 cated by Mars in the Seventh House she also 
 will be masculine and will want to take the reins 
 of government in her own hands. However, as 
 Mars in the Seventh House gives a tendency to 
 an early union when the parties are both plastic 
 they accommodate themselves to these conditions 
 more easily than if the marriage were consum- 
 mated at a more mature age. But if Mars is 
 afflicted in the Seventh House it indicates an 
 accident or sudden death to the marriage part- 
 ner who will be of a domineering, quarrelsome 
 nature and if one of the watery signs, Cancer, 
 Scorpio or Pisces is on the cusp he will also be 
 a drunkard and a sex fiend. This latter applies 
 particularly if Mars is afflicted in Scorpio. Then 
 he also brings on inflammatory diseases of the 
 genitals or rectum. 
 
 $ 8 Mars in tlie Eighth House and well-aspected 
 brings financial benefit through the marriage 
 partner or by legacy. In business it is also good 
 for gain by partnerships, lawsuits or similar 
 Eighth House matters. But when Mars is af- 
 flicted in the Eighth House the financial condi- 
 tions grow worse after marriage through the ex- 
 travagance of the marriage partner. Business 
 partnerships and litigation should also be
 
 314 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 avoided for they are sure to bring loss. People 
 with Mars in this position should not delay mak- 
 ing their will for the end usually comes very sud- 
 denly and unexpectedly. 
 
 $ 9 Mars in the Ninth House well-aspected gives 
 a liberal, broad and progressive view upon all 
 problems of life. People with Mars in this posi- 
 tion are likely to take up some cause having for 
 its object the social or spiritual upliftment of 
 mankind in general and become very enthusiastic 
 workers in the particular cult which has aroused 
 their sympathies. They are fond of a roving 
 life and benefit by changing from one place to 
 another, especially by travel in foreign lands. 
 They have a clean, clear and alert mentality and 
 a taking way of presenting their views to others. 
 Therefore they make good missionaries in what- 
 ever line of propaganda they take up. But if 
 Mars is afflicted in the Ninth House he makes 
 people bigoted and fanatical in their views, reg- 
 ular ranters who disgust all whom they try to 
 afflict with their ideas, whether they are religious 
 or atheistic. People with Mars in this position 
 should never travel, but remain in their native 
 place for they will always be in danger of acci- 
 dents on journeys and however much they may 
 be disliked in their native place they will find a 
 still worse reception in foreign parts.
 
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 $ 10 Mars in the Tenth House and well-aspected is 
 one of the best signs of success in life for it gives 
 an ambitious, enthusiastic nature with an inex- 
 haustible fund of energy, so that no matter what 
 obstacles are placed in his way the person is 
 bound to rise to the top. It gives a masterful 
 nature and good executive ability so that the per- 
 son is well-qualified to conduct business and com- 
 mand others. These people succeed best in mar- 
 tial occupations where fire, iron or sharp tools 
 are used in a skilled manner, such as engineers 
 or machinists, tailors or surgeons, et cetera. 
 When Mars is afflicted in the Tenth House it 
 gives the same energy and ambition as the good 
 aspects but the person will then lack discrimina- 
 tion and overreach himself with the result that 
 he will incur the enmity of other people who will 
 accomplish his downfall and bring him into dis- 
 repute in the community. Thus the life will be 
 filled with strife, struggle and unhappiness until 
 the person has learned to hold himself in leash, 
 regard the rights of others and abandon his auto- 
 cratic attitude and self-assertion. This position 
 also gives liability to accident and slander. 
 
 11 Mars in the Eleventh House makes people 
 leaders in their particular social set, enthusiastic 
 in the pursuit of pleasure, brings friends among 
 martial and athletic persons, energy and enthu- 
 siasm in realizing their hopes, wishes and aspira-
 
 316 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tions. But if Mars in the Eleventh House is 
 afflicted it makes the person touchy and sensitive 
 towards friends with consequent unpopularity 
 and he is liable to overreach himself in his keen 
 desire to realize his ambitions in life. 
 
 $ 12 Mars in the Twelfth House when well-aspected 
 may bring the person benefit from the things de- 
 noted by this house, prisons, hospitals and chari- 
 table institutions if employed in an official cap- 
 acity as warden, surgeon or administrator of an 
 estate or in detective work. But if Mars is afflicted 
 in the Twelfth House the person is liable to 
 trouble, sorrow and self -undoing all through life. 
 He will incur the enemity of other people and 
 may be confined in prison or an insane asylum. 
 If Cancer or Pisces are on the cusp of the Twelfth 
 House Mars will lead him to drunkenness and 
 dissipation. If Scorpio is on the cusp the vitality 
 will be sapped through sex or self-abuse. In any 
 case Mars afflicted in the Twelfth House makes 
 a social outcast unless there are other redeeming 
 features in the figure. 
 
 MARS IN THE TWELVE SIGNS. 
 
 $ T Mars in Aries gives an energetic, enthusiastic 
 nature, impulsive, aggressive and impatient of re- 
 straint. No matter what the obstacles in his path 
 he will attempt the seemingly impossible and 
 often these people succeed through sheer au-
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 317 
 
 dacity. They are original, resourceful, have con- 
 siderable mechanical ability and the more ven- 
 turesome an undertaking appears the more it 
 appeals to them. This position gives an abun- 
 dance of vitality and a love of sport and muscu- 
 lar exercise. The person is just as enthusiastic 
 in his enjoyment of recreation and pleasure as he 
 is in his work and on that account he gets a great 
 deal out of life. But if Mars is afflicted in Aries 
 it gives a violent temper and a liability to acci- 
 dents, burns, scaldings, fevers and inflammatory 
 complaints. The mind is also threatened. 
 
 Mars in Taurus and well-aspected is a good 
 indication of an early marriage. It shows 
 good earning power and a free, generous dispo- 
 sition with regard to finances, it gives an inte- 
 rior strength of an unconquerable nature so that 
 the person w T ill always gain his ends by unflag- 
 ging determination and a quiet persistence that 
 recognizes no defeat, but presses on towards the 
 goal that he has set for himself despite all ob- 
 stacles. It is also indication of money by legacy. 
 But if Mars is afflicted in Taurus it gives an ex- 
 ceedingly stubborn, violent and vindictive nature. 
 Such people will pursue their own way despite 
 reason, argument or entreaty and if anyone 
 attempts to thwart them in their purposes they 
 never forgive. They also have good earning 
 power but squander the money foolishly so that
 
 318 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 they are very often in financial difficulties and 
 if a legacy comes to them they are more likely to 
 lose it through legal trouble than not and they 
 are sure also to have domestic trouble. 
 
 $ n Mars in Gemini when well-aspected gives a 
 keen, active and alert mentality. People with 
 Mars in this position never beat about the bush. 
 They are honest and outspoken and say just what 
 they mean perhaps at times a little too bluntly, 
 but at any rate they are no hypocrites. They 
 love to measure their wits against others in de- 
 bate and therefore this position makes for success 
 in law or literature. They also succeed in the en- 
 gineering professions for they are resourceful, 
 ingenious and mechanical, apt at learning and 
 quick to grasp a problem or proposition. But 
 if Mars is afflicted in Gemini it gives a cynical, 
 sneering, caustic and critical disposition and 
 makes these people feared and shunned on ac- 
 count of their disagreeable nature. These people 
 are also vacillating and unable to make a decision. 
 Thus they cannot be depended on to stand by 
 their word or their promises and if they keep 
 an appointment once in awhile it happens by 
 accident. They are always in trouble with broth- 
 ers, sisters and neighbors and liable to accidents 
 when traveling. It also gives a predisposition to 
 bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, pleurisy 
 and pneumonia.
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 319 
 
 $ <5> Mars in Cancer and well-asp ected gives a bold, 
 independent and fearless nature with a tendency 
 to rebel against restraint, a home-loving dispo- 
 sition, very industrious and ambitious to gather 
 and protect all things which make for comfort 
 and luxury, so that he is a good provider for the 
 home in every respect. But at the same time 
 people with this aspect aim to exercise unre- 
 stricted authority over everything and everybody 
 within the home. They tolerate no other author- 
 ity there. This position makes the temper rather 
 uncertain and gives a tendency and a desire for 
 change of occupation, so that the person never 
 really settles down to one line of endeavor but 
 takes up a number of vocations and drops them 
 as suddenly. If Mars is afflicted in Cancer it 
 brings domestic troubles, frequent and violent 
 scenes and quarrels in the home with a tend- 
 ency to move frequently from one place to 
 another, inflammatory diseases of the stomach, 
 and digestive ailments, also accidents by fire in 
 the home through recklessness or carelessness. 
 
 $ SI Mars in Leo and well-aspected gives an active, 
 industrious and honest nature, fearless and inde- 
 pendent in all dealings with others, a keen sense 
 of honor and personal responsibility, hence emi- 
 nently fitted to occupy a position of trust either 
 in a public or private concern. These people are 
 enthusiastic and energetic either in work or play,
 
 320 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 lovers of sport and a good time generally. They 
 are very ardent in their admiration of the oppo- 
 site sex and woo the object of their affections 
 with an intensity that carries all before it, over- 
 rides all obstacles and brings the matter to a 
 speedy consummation. These people never beat 
 about the bush but say what they mean in a man- 
 ner that is often extremely embarrassing in its 
 directness. They are strong and forceful in their 
 arguments either for or against that which they 
 believe or disbelieve and therefore they not infre- 
 quently arouse opposition on the part of those 
 who differ with them. They are very venture- 
 some and often take a pride in risk either in the 
 pursuit of pleasure or business. When Mars ip 
 afflicted in Leo it gives a fiery, violent temper 
 and a liability to fever and inflammatory dis- 
 eases, palpitation of the heart and hallucinations, 
 biliousness, fever and there is also danger of in- 
 ordinate affection, trouble in courtship, loss of 
 children and loss through speculations. An af- 
 flicted Mars in Leo gives the same daring as when 
 well-aspected but the danger of accident is 
 greater because the person with the afflicted plan- 
 ets becomes foolhardy and reckless. 
 
 $ TT# Mars in Virgo when well-aspected gives an am- 
 bitious nature and a quick intellect, able to gra.sp 
 an idea and elaborate upon it. It strengthens the 
 mental qualities and gives a scientific turn to the
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 321 
 
 mind with an ability to apply this faculty either 
 in research work or in business. The people with 
 this aspect are therefore energetic and enterpris- 
 ing in many of the world's industrial affairs. 
 There their shrewdness and quick-wittedness 
 bring them success and preferment. This is a 
 good position for people who are engaged in any 
 of the industries connected with the sick, such as 
 nurses, doctors, chemists, the science of sanita- 
 tion and hygiene, preparation of health-foods 
 and kindred occupations. If people with Mars 
 in Virgo are themselves overtaken by disease 
 this position gives them the ability to recuperate 
 quickly and makes them less liable to become 
 chronic invalids as so many other Virgo people 
 are. 
 
 When Mars is afflicted in Virgo it subjects 
 the mind to worry and irritability, with a tend- 
 ency to brood over troubles in life which are 
 mostly illusory. No matter how or where such 
 people are employed they are always critical to- 
 ward their fellow-employees and the employer 
 and dissatisfied with everything connected with 
 their work. They are also of a dishonest nature 
 and cannot be trusted in a position of responsi- 
 bility. This position also makes people over- 
 indulgent of their appetites and subject to in- 
 testinal disorders. 
 
 $ =?= Mars in Libra and well-aspected gives an ar- 
 dent, demonstrative and loving nature which is 
 
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 322 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 very greatly attracted to the opposite sex and 
 therefore it inclines to an early marriage. It 
 also gives an enthusiastic love of art and beauty 
 in all its phases and it makes the person very 
 popular with the public or in societies of a social 
 or religious nature. This is an excellent position 
 for a lawyer, as it will bring much activity in 
 this line and it is a good indication of general 
 health. But when Mars is afflicted in Libra it 
 makes the person very unpopular and subject 
 to the opposition and criticism of the community, 
 danger of public scandal on account of unfaith- 
 fulness in this relation, for Mars in Libra always 
 produces a strong attraction toward the opposite 
 sex and if he is afflicted there the nature is amor- 
 ous and fickle with the natural result that trouble 
 arises by playing with the affections of others. 
 
 $ TTt Mars in Scorpio when well-aspected gives a 
 keen, sharp and forceful mentality, a rather 
 blunt manner and an imperviousness to the finer 
 sensibilities of others, consequently they often 
 make themselves disliked at first until people get 
 used to them and realize that they are not such 
 ogres as they seem. They are very ingenious 
 and mechanical, with indomitable courage and 
 inexhaustible energy which carries them over 
 all obstacles to whatever goal they set themselves. 
 In this respect they are very selfish and ready 
 to sacrifice whatever stands in their way. They 
 make good police officers, soldiers and surgeons
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 323 
 
 and are able to fill any other position where a 
 dominant authority is required, or skill with 
 sharp tools. In a woman's horoscope it shows 
 that the husband has good earning capacity, but 
 is rather too free and generous with his means. 
 It also indicates the possibility of a legacy. 
 
 When Mars is afflicted in Scorpio it brings 
 out the worst side of the passional nature and 
 makes the person an inveterate sex-fiend or ad- 
 dicted to solitary vice that saps the vitality, and 
 unless corrected it is liable to bring the person 
 to an early grave. In a woman's horoscope it 
 indicates that the husband will squander his 
 money on gratification of self, also that parturi- 
 tion will be a dangerous event. In either sex 
 Mars in Scorpio indicates a quarrelsome nature 
 and a biting tongue. 
 
 / Mars in Sagittarius and well-aspected gives 
 an argumentative disposition and fondness of 
 debating on subjects of a serious nature such as 
 law, philosophy and religion. It makes the per- 
 son candid and open in all his dealings with 
 others, full of enthusiasm and ambition, anx- 
 ious to appear well in the eyes of the community, 
 although he would scorn to cater to the ideas of 
 others where they do not coincide with his ideas 
 of probity and justice. These people make in- 
 teresting and ideal entertainers, especially in 
 later life for they are fond of traveling and are 
 keen observers, hence they always have a fund
 
 324 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 of interesting and instructive information which 
 they are both willing and anxious to impart to 
 their hearers. These people are also fond of 
 sports and out-door exercise, in which they usu- 
 ally excel and a well-aspected Mars in Sagittarius 
 is an ideal position for a lawyer. It makes for 
 much success in that direction by sharpening and 
 quickening the mental and oratorical faculties. 
 When Mars is afflicted in Sagittarius he 
 gives a sharp tongue and a quarrelsome dispo- 
 sition and there is a dishonest streak in the na- 
 ture, therefore such people are often found gen- 
 erally disliked in the community and particu- 
 larly in social circles, for they seem to be always 
 at variance with the ideas and opinions of others 
 and adopt a most supercilious attitude toward 
 those with whom they disagree. These people 
 are also liable to meet with accidents when they 
 travel and to sustain a number of broken bones. 
 
 ,$ V3 Mars in Capricorn when well-aspected adds 
 much strength to the character for it gives an 
 ambitious and enthusiastic disposition backed 
 
 j by an indomitable courage and a well-nigh inex- 
 haustible energy together with a patient per- 
 sistence and perseverance that is bound to over- 
 come all obstacles and in the end achieve the 
 desired goal. Therefore people with Mars in this 
 position are bound to rise in life, particularly 
 if Capricorn be placed in the Tenth House. It 
 invites the respect and esteem of the community
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 325 
 
 so that people with this configuration are often 
 offered public appointments in addition to their 
 private enterprises and they serve well in posts 
 of honor for they are naturally fitted to take 
 great responsibilities and carry on great enter- 
 prises. The wider their scope of action the bet- 
 ter they like it, for they are superlatively effi- 
 cient. 
 
 When Mars is afflicted in Capricorn there 
 will be a similar ambition to do great things but 
 the person will be rash, impulsive and head- 
 strong so that he overreaches himself and takes 
 upon himself more than he can carry through. 
 He will also lack the persistence and persever- 
 ance necessary to overcome obstacles and as the 
 disposition will be basically dishonest, though 
 he may rise on account of his enthusiasm and 
 pretentious nature to some prominence he is cer- 
 tain to be shorn of his authority before very 
 long and become an object of scorn and derision 
 in the community. There is nothing worse than 
 an afflicted Mars in Capricorn. It also gives a 
 liability to accidents affecting the limbs and its 
 reflex action on the part of the body ruled by 
 the opposite sign, viz., the stomach, gives a tend- 
 ency to gastric troubles. People with this afflic- 
 tion also have a hasty temper and a vindictive 
 disposition. 
 
 7 Mars in Aquarius when well-aspected makes 
 the person quick-witted and intuitive, ingenious
 
 326 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 and original, enterprising and ambitious, a hard 
 worker for success in whatever line he chooses 
 in life. Hence he will gain friendship from oth- 
 ers who are able to help him realize his hopes 
 and wishes. These people are also very mechan- 
 ical and ingenious, particularly in things con- 
 nected with the electrical science. They also suc- 
 ceed well as managers, officials or workers in 
 and for a philanthropic society or public utility 
 corporation. 
 
 When Mars is afflicted in Aquarius it makes 
 the person too independent, bombastic and re- 
 sentful of authority, blunt of speech and manner 
 toward others, but resentful in the highest de- 
 gree if he is not treated with what he considers 
 proper respect and consideration. Hence such 
 people are very difficult to get along with and 
 often quarrel with everybody around them. 
 There is a tendency to loss through gambling 
 and speculation. An afflicted Mars in Aquarius 
 also gives a tendency to trouble with the eyes 
 because Aquarius governs the ethers and by re- 
 flex action the opposite sign Leo may cause pal- 
 pitation of the heart. 
 
 $ ^ Mars in Pisces when well-aspected gives abil- 
 ity as a detective, warden of a prison or surgeon 
 in a hospital and kindred positions where the 
 person does not come in direct contact with the 
 public, but exercises authority in an obscure
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 327 
 
 manner. It also gives a tendency toward secret 
 love affairs which the person is able to hide from 
 the public eye. But when Mars is afflicted in 
 Pisces the indulgence of clandestine intercourse 
 will bring trouble into the life. There is also 
 liability to suffer from the attacks of secret ene- 
 mies and to become enmeshed in the net of the 
 law and suffer imprisonment, or it may manifest 
 as an inordinate love of strong drink which will 
 then cause imprisonment and make the person 
 a ward of the community. Much trouble and 
 many misfortunes are indicated because the na- 
 ture is untruthful. 
 
 MARS IN ASPECT WITH THE OTHER PLANETS 
 
 O P 6 * A $ The Sun parallel, conjunction, sex- 
 tile or trine to Mars. The conjunction gives a 
 tendency to fever, especially if it occurs in 
 Aries, the sign which governs the head, but it 
 is curious that people with that configuration 
 seem also to be able to endure a much higher 
 temperature than others, and come unscathed 
 through such a siege of sickness as would have 
 ordinarily proved fatal. With that exception 
 these aspects all produce a superabundance of 
 vital energy which assures their possessor of the 
 most radiant health all through life. It strength- 
 ens the constitution and makes the person able 
 to endure the hardest tasks, and it gives him a
 
 328 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 dauntless determination and courage to face 
 the greatest odds. Given a plan to follow he 
 may be trusted to overcome all physical obsta- 
 cles for he has both executive and constructive 
 ability together with an indomitable will which 
 refuses to recognize defeat. The disposition is 
 frank and open but blunt and often brusque; 
 they are too intensely bent on whatever they 
 want to do to waste time in politeness and 
 suavity, therefore they brush the convention 
 alities aside without compunction and are con- 
 sequently not liked by people of too fine sensi- 
 bilities, but they are men and women of action 
 and the foremost factors in the world's work; 
 but for their energy and enterprise the world 
 would move much more slowly. 
 
 O D $ The Sun square or opposition to Mars 
 endows the person with an abundance of en- 
 - ergy, and the faculty of leadership, but it is 
 turned to purposes of deviltry and destruction; 
 the courage implanted by the good aspects be- 
 comes foolhardiness and the person has a loud, 
 overbearing, swaggering manner and is ready to 
 fight at the drop of a hat ; he is always in oppo- 
 sition to the constituted authority and ready to 
 rebel wherever he sees a chance; he has an 
 extremely fiery temper but holds no resentment. 
 On account of these qualities he is universally 
 disliked by both employers and his fellow work-
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 329 
 
 ers, always in hot water and never stays long 
 in any place for he is an agitator and trouble 
 maker. These aspects also dispose to accidents 
 in which the person may be maimed, to gunshot 
 and knife-wounds, also to scalding, fevers, 
 and inflammatory complaints, boils and erup- 
 tions. 
 
 Aspects to the Sun and Mars are" absolutely 
 necessary to give zest to life; even adverse as- 
 pects are better than none, for where these 
 planets are unaspected the person is usually 
 listless, vapid and will never amount to any- 
 thing no matter how good the figure may be in 
 other respects. 
 
 A $ Venus sextile or trine to Mars will give 
 an ambitious, aspiring and adventurous nature, 
 amorous and extremely demonstrative in its af- 
 fection, and very fond of sports and pleasures. 
 It gives the person an abundance of energy and 
 business acumen, consequently he has a splen- 
 did earning capacity, but no matter how much 
 money he makes it just filters through his fin- 
 gers, for he loves above all things to make a great 
 outward show and display. Being a free spender 
 he is also very popular among his associates, and 
 being as already said of an amorous nature he 
 marries either very early or his marriage is a 
 very sudden and hasty one. These aspects are 
 also indications of money by marriage or legacy.
 
 330 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 9 6 P $ Venus conjunction or parallel Mars does 
 not always operate in the same manner, but they 
 are to be classed as good or bad aspects accord- 
 ing to circumstances and the matter to be 
 judged. For instance, Mars conjunction Venus 
 makes the person less blunt and domineering, 
 more kind and polite, and is therefore good in 
 that respect, but the conjunction also strength- 
 ens the passional nature ; especially if it occurs 
 in Scorpio, and in the Twelfth House it often 
 leads to self-abuse so that in those cases it is 
 decidedly bad. Therefore students must exercise 
 judgment before classing these aspects. 
 
 9 D 8 $ Venus square or opposition to Mars gives 
 a very voluptuous and sensuous disposition liable 
 to gross exceses in the gratification of the pas- 
 sions which will sap the vitality. It is likely to 
 break down the health and constitution, leaving 
 the person a wreck on the sea of life if it is al- 
 lowed a free rein. These people are altogether 
 too generous, especially where the opposite sex 
 is concerned. They are very extravagant and on 
 that account spend more than they can afford 
 on themselves, besides what they squander on 
 their many amours, so that no matter how much 
 money they make, they are generally in financial 
 difficulty, and not infrequently they figure as 
 defendants in the debtor's court. If Mars or 
 Venus are in Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces there is
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 331 
 
 a tendency to such a dissolute and dissipated 
 living; such a craving for low pleasures that, if 
 indulged, it will drag the human being down 
 below the level of animals. 
 
 * A $ Mercury sextile or trine to Mars gives a 
 keen, sharp, ingenious and resourceful mental- 
 ity. It makes the person enthusiastic over any 
 proposition which appeals to him and he has 
 also the ability to enthuse others and impress 
 them with his views. He is an indefatigable 
 worker in any cause which arouses his sympa- 
 thies, but he is no visionary, he is interested only 
 in concrete matters. These people love argument 
 or debate, and they have an inexhaustible fund 
 of wit and good humor, sometimes blended with 
 a vein of sarcasm which always strikes its mark, 
 yet never viciously or malicously. They also 
 have remarkable dexterity and are able to turn 
 their hands to whatever task is required and do 
 it with a speed, facility and expedition that is 
 astonishing to say the least. They cannot do 
 anything slowly or by halves ; whatever they un- 
 dertake must be done with a rush, and they put 
 their whole energy into it so that they may ac- 
 complish the task and do it well, hence tlaese 
 aspects give success in life, in almost any line 
 of endeavor these people may select, but prob- 
 ably most in literature or the mechanical arts.
 
 332 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 5 6 P $ Mercury conjunction or parallel to Mars 
 gives the same mental energy, enthusiasm and 
 dexterity as the definitely good aspects but 
 whether they are used for constructive and good 
 purposes or for destructive and evil depends 
 upon the aspects, house position and sign which 
 they occupy. If the configuration occurs in a 
 sign where either or both are strong and well 
 placed, as Mars in Aries or Capricorn, or Mer- 
 cury in Gemini or Virgo, or if they are fortified 
 by good aspects from the Sun, Venus and Ju- 
 piter, Mars conjunction or parallel to Mercury 
 will operate similarly to the sextile or trine as 
 stated in the foregoing paragraph, wilich see; 
 but if Mars and Mercury are in one of the watery 
 signs, Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces, or if either or 
 both are afflicted by Saturn, Uranus or Neptune, 
 the conjunction or parallel of Mars and Mercury 
 will give the same evil tendencies as the square 
 or opposition which are defined in the next para- 
 graph. 
 
 3 n 8 $ Mercury square or opposition to Mars 
 makes people quick-witted, sharp and alert, 
 quick-tempered, impulsive and excitable, liable 
 to jump at conclusions and act before they think 
 with the inevitable result that they are always 
 getting themselves or other people into trouble, 
 hence they are dangerous associates. They are 
 born prevaricators and utterly incapable of mak- 
 ing an exact statement. It is just as natural for
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 333 
 
 them to color or exaggerate their statements as 
 it is to breathe. They are vitriolic in their 
 wrath and their tongues are more poisonous than 
 the bite of a rattlesnake, hence they are either 
 feared or hated by those who are unfortunate 
 enough to be bound to them by environment; 
 all who can, shun them. They are bullies who 
 are bound either to rule or ruin wherever they 
 are and they allow no obstacle to stand in their 
 way which can be removed either by force or 
 slander. They are the acme of selfishness, swag- 
 ger and consummate egotism. The foregoing 
 tendencies may of course be modified by other 
 aspects, but if they are not, such people are a 
 menace to society. If either Mars or Mercury 
 are placed in the Sixth or Twelfth Houses or 
 in any other position so that the bad aspect acts 
 upon the health, there is a liability to nervous 
 prostration, brain fever or insanity. 
 
 D * A $ The Moon sextile or trine to Mars gives 
 a wonderful vitality and a strong physique so 
 that the person is able to withstand almost any 
 other testimonies of ill-health which are over- 
 ruled by it. The power of endurance is increased 
 and the person can survive hardships to which 
 people ordinarily succumb. It gives a resolute, 
 courageous, energetic and ambitious mind of a 
 resourceful and eminently constructive turn. 
 It makes the person quick but not precipitate in
 
 334 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 his decisions. Thus he gains the confidence and 
 esteem of others and earns considerable money, 
 but the nature is extremely free and generous 
 so that money does not stay by these people 
 they spend it almost as fast as they get it. 
 
 }) 6 P $ The Moon conjunction or parallel to Mars 
 may be either good or bad according to the sex 
 of the person and the department of life we are 
 considering. It strengthens the health and the 
 vitality, particularly in the horoscope of a 
 woman. In the horoscope of a man it would 
 indicate a robust marriage partner of a domi- 
 neering nature and with respect to the mind it 
 would make the person very impulsive, particu- 
 larly if placed in one of the common signs or 
 in the Third or Ninth Houses. It also gives a 
 very bad temper but not so bad as the square 
 or opposition. If Mars is in conjunction or par- 
 allel to the Moon in Scorpio it gives an abnor- 
 mal sexual desire which will not be denied, par- 
 ticularly if Venus is there also. In watery signs 
 it inclines to drink, and in any place it makes 
 the person restless and unsettled, for it is like 
 mixing fire and water. 
 
 3) D 8 $ The Moon square or opposition to Mar* 
 gives a very quick temper and a tendency to 
 hasty or impulsive expressions and acts that may 
 cause the person a great deal of sorrow and 
 trouble. They resent rules or regulations or
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 335 
 
 any other measures that tend to curb their de- 
 sires or the gratification of their appetites in 
 whatever direction. But if they are in authority 
 they are very domineering and exacting in their 
 demands for instant obedience upon the part of 
 others, nor do they hesitate to use whatever phy- 
 sical force may be necessary to compel obedience 
 if they think they can do so without too great 
 danger to themselves. Sometimes they will take 
 desperate chances to satisfy their spite. Having 
 an improperly balanced mind they are foolhardy 
 in their venturesomeness and upon occasion they 
 will attempt to do things which no one in his 
 sane mind would try. On account of the fore- 
 going characteristics such people make many 
 enemies and cause a great deal of suffering to 
 others, particularly among members of their im- 
 mediate family who cannot very well get away 
 from them. If these aspects occur in watery 
 signs, particularly with Mars or the Moon in 
 Pisces the person is also an inveterate drunkard. 
 From the standpoint of health they give a tend- 
 ency to accidents by fire and water, fevers and 
 acute inflammatory diseases, wounds and gun- 
 shot, diseases of the genitals, too copious menses, 
 danger in parturition, and indigestion. 
 
 * A $ Saturn sexttte or trine to Mars gives a 
 determined and energetic nature capable of in- 
 tense and sustained action and obtaining unusual
 
 336 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 results thereby. The executive ability, dominant 
 forcefulness and endurance of these people is 
 remarkable and consequently they are constantly 
 accomplishing what others cannot achieve. 
 Hence they always rise to prominent positions 
 and are much esteemed on account of their abil- 
 ity, but they are seldom liked, for these aspects 
 also make the character cruel and hard. They 
 give a strong physique and general good health. 
 
 6 PD 8 $ Saturn conjunction, parallel, square 
 or opposition to Mars are thoroughly bad aspects 
 indicating a selfish, violent, harsh and cruel na- 
 ture, quick tempered and vindictive, absolutely 
 dishonest and untruthful, unscrupulous and li- 
 able to public disgrace and imprisonment, also to 
 accident and a violent death, and if one of the 
 planets is essentially dignified or exalted the evil 
 influence is much enhanced. It should also be re- 
 membered that such serious defects do not result 
 from one aspect alone and if the other configu- 
 rations in the horoscope are good the foregoing 
 delineation will only apply in a mild measure. 
 
 24 * A $ Jupiter sextile or trine to Mars. It is the 
 nature of Jupiter to be somewhat conservative 
 and dignified, but when blended with the fire of 
 Mars it gives an enthusiasm and an ability to 
 influence others and imbue them with the same 
 feelings. It makes the nature noble, sincere, hon- 
 est and straightforward. This aspect is also
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 337 
 
 good for the financial prosperity of the person 
 for both Mars and Jupiter when well-a.spected 
 attract money, but they differ in regard to dis- 
 bursement. Jupiter is somewhat conservative in 
 that respect, but where the Martian and Jupi- 
 terian aspects are blended by a good aspect the 
 result is an ideal, generous nature, neither too 
 lavish nor too conservative, but able to strike 
 the happy medium. These people have much in- 
 genuity and constructive ability and whatever 
 they do they put their whole heart into it. Hence 
 they are successful in business and popular in so- 
 ciety. They are fond of out-door sports and 
 games. They love to travel and gain much pleas- 
 ure by so doing. Mars rules the haemoglobin in 
 the blood which is so important a factor in health 
 and vitality therefore the good aspects of Jupiter 
 and Mars increase the red blood corpuscles with 
 the result that these people have an abundance 
 of health, vitality, power and endurance. 
 
 U P 6 $ Jupiter parallel or conjunction to Mars 
 strengthens the constitution and increases the 
 vitality the same as the good aspects. It also 
 indicates that the person is able to earn much 
 money and uses it freely and generously, but the 
 mental qualities are similar to those conferred by 
 the bad aspects. The person is tricky, deceit- 
 ful, untruthful, impulsive in judgment and not 
 to be depended upon. If the conjunction occurs 
 
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 338 . THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 in one of the watery signs, especially in Pisces 
 he will probably be a drunkard though this is 
 not as certain as with the square and opposition. 
 These people are generally too plethoric and 
 liable to apoplexy. 
 
 U D S $ Jupiter square or opposition to Mars is 
 the signature of the gambler and if one of the 
 planets is in a watery sign, especially in Pisces 
 he will be a drunkard also, a tricky, dishonest 
 and disreputable character who always acts 
 through impulse. With respect to health we find 
 that these people suffer principally from blood 
 and liver complaints, the circulation is poor and 
 the blood is so rich that there is danger of apo- 
 plexy. 
 
 * A $ Uranus sextile or trine to Mars gives an 
 energetic and ambitious disposition, an original, 
 ingenious, alert, intuitive mind which is re- 
 sourceful in the highest degree and able to cope 
 with great difficulties under trying circum- 
 stances. Therefore people with this configuration 
 are naturally of an inventive turn of mind and 
 successful in bringing their ideas to realization. 
 Their inventive genius expresses itself usually 
 along electrical lines, aviation or other unusual 
 directions for this aspect is one of the marks oi 
 the pioneer of the Aquarian age, where science 
 and invention will reach out in directions that 
 are now entirely undreamed-of even as possibil-
 
 MARS, THE PLANET OF ACTION 339 
 
 ties. But while these people are dreamers of 
 dreams they are also practical, energetic and en- 
 terprising in a sufficient degree to make their 
 dreams come true in the world. They have a 
 wjde vision and a noble nature which rises over 
 all petty distinctions of race, creed or color and 
 recognizes in all human beings the divine spark 
 which is the basis of universal brotherhood. 
 They may not be exactly religious in the ortho- 
 dox sense of the word, but their ideas are truly 
 cosmic, hence they are often mistaken for vision- 
 aries by those who do not understand them. 
 
 6 PHH 8 $ Uranus conjunction, parallel, sauare 
 or opposition to Mars gives an erratic and eccen- 
 tric disposition, a violent temper of the worst 
 nature, an unusual resentment of even the slight- 
 est restraint and gives the person a stubborn,, 
 headstrong and dogged determination t go 1 
 ahead in any line of action upon which he has 
 decided no matter what the outcome. He will 
 listen to neither reason nor entreaty but follows 
 his own course in defiance of all. People with 
 this configuration often become anarchists of the 
 reddest type for they do not even stop at the 
 shedding of blood if other testimonies in the fig- 
 ure concur. They are cruel, hard and cold with- 
 out a spark of true love though they may be in- 
 flamed with passion of the most burning inten- 
 sity. This is particularly the case when Mars is
 
 34.0 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 square Uranus and either planet is placed in 
 Taurus or Scorpio. In a woman's horoscope 
 Mars square Uranus usually leads to seduction 
 no matter where placed, but if in Taurus or 
 Scorpio escape is almost impossible. The other 
 characteristics of these planets in either config- 
 uration work themselves out according to the 
 signs wherein they are placed so that their place- 
 ment in Taurus or Scorpio work upon the sex 
 which is governed by these signs. When one of 
 these planets is in Scorpio if the person takes up 
 the profession of surgery he will become very 
 cruel and unfeeling, ready to operate for the 
 mere pleasure of causing pain and in conse- 
 quence or in pursuit of this passion he will prob- 
 ably take up vivisection and develop an unusual 
 ingenuity in torturing his victims. With Mars 
 or Uranus in Scorpio or Pisces he will be under- 
 handed or tricky though he may show a very 
 different front to the pubilc. In Aries it will 
 make a rattlebrain, in Gemini and Virgo an un- 
 usually quick mentality but quick in seeing only 
 how to trick others, in Sagittarius it will make 
 the person very materialistic, atheistic or fanat- 
 ical against the established religion or society, 
 thus the planets blend their nature with each 
 individual sign. 
 
 ^ P 6 O 8 $ Neptune parallel, conjunction, square 
 or opposition to Mars, see page 402. 
 
 tj? * A $ Neptune sextile or trine Mars, see page 402.
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 PLANETARY OCTAVES 
 
 BEFORE considering the effect of Uranus and 
 Neptune in the various signs and houses it may 
 be expedient and illuminating to study their relations 
 to Venus and Mercury which are their lower octaves. 
 That such a relationship exists has been .sensed by 
 various astrological authors who by speculation and 
 observation have learned a great deal about these 
 two planets and what they have brought out does 
 great credit to their sagacity, but not having had the 
 benefit of esoteric training it is not to be wondered at 
 that they have become confused on certain points 
 which we shall now explain so that students of the 
 esoteric philosophy may see how these explanations 
 dovetail into the general philosophy of the Western 
 Wisdom School, and thus bear out the statement that 
 Uranus is the higher octave of Venus and Neptune 
 the higher octave of Mercury. 
 
 The Western Wisdom teaching of the Rosieru- 
 cians states that man-in-the-making was plant-like 
 and bi-sexual during the Hypoborean Epoch and 
 thus able to create from himself without the necessity 
 of having co-operation from anyone else. But at 
 that time he was without a brain and unable to think, 
 
 341
 
 342 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 therefore in the Lemurian Epoch the angels directed 
 one-half of the sex force upward to the part which is 
 now the head and used it for the formation of the brain 
 and larynx. The process is plainly traceable in the 
 antenatal development of the foetus which accounts 
 for the intimate relation between the sex organs, the 
 larynx and the brain, observable in the change of 
 voice which takes place when the boy reaches puberty 
 and the mental disability which follows the unre- 
 strained abuse of the generative function. Thus 
 it may be said that the sex function whereby new 
 bodies are created in the physical world, and become 
 our physical children, is closely connected with the 
 brain and larynx which man uses to conceive the chil- 
 dren of his brain and mind and give them vocal ex- 
 pression by the larynx. It is a matter of common 
 knowledge to astrologers that man is incited to per- 
 form the generative function of the begetting of phy- 
 sical children by the love-ray of Venus ; likewise that 
 the ray of reason emanating from Mercury is respon- 
 sible for the begetting of the children of mind and 
 their vocal expression by the larynx, so that both 
 Mercury and Venus are creative in their functions, 
 one upon the physical plane, the other upon the men- 
 tal plane. 
 
 Mercury is usually associated with reason and 
 intelligence ; to him is ascribed rule over the cerebro- 
 spinal nervous system, w r hich is the medium of trans- 
 mission between the embodied spirit and the world 
 without. Thus as Neptune signifies the sub- and
 
 PLANETARY OCTAVES 343 
 
 superhuman intelligences who live and move in the 
 spiritual realms of the universe, but who work with 
 and upon us, so Mercury indicates the human intelli- 
 gence focused upon the terrestrial, physical world 
 wherein we live from birth to death. Therefore it may 
 be said that Neptune is the octave of Mercury, but 
 there is a deeper sense. 
 
 Reference to a textbook of anatomy or physi- 
 ology will show that lengthwise fissures in the spinal 
 cord divide it into three parts which enclose a hollow 
 tube. Each of these columns is ruled by one of the 
 Hierarchies in closest touch with us: the lunar, mar- 
 tial and mercurial; one or the other predominating, 
 according to the stage in evolution of the individual. 
 In the spinal canal the rays of Neptune kindle the 
 spinal spirit fire whereby the human spirit is enabled 
 to pierce the veil of flesh and contact the worlds be- 
 yond; this vision is colored according to the column 
 of the cord most actively excited. In the childhood 
 days of mankind the creative force which is now 
 turned outwards to build ships, houses, railways, 
 telephones, etc., was used inwardly to build the organs 
 of our body, and as the surrounding physical world 
 is photographed upon the table of a camera obscura, 
 so the spiritual world was reflected in the spinal canal. 
 There man beheld the first lunar God Jehovah, whose 
 Angels were his first tutors. Later a part of the 
 Angels who, under the leadership of Lucifer had re- 
 belled against Jehovah and who are now exiled on 
 the planet Mars forced entrance to the spinal cord
 
 344 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 of man and incited him to abuse of the generative 
 function. The spiritual inner vision of mankind 
 faded when "their eyes were opened and they saw 
 they were naked," then they lost touch with the 
 higher self; they saw only the person, and the docile 
 creature of Jehovah was soon transformed to a sav- 
 age and a brute under the impulses of the Lucifer 
 Spirits, the hierarchy of Mars, but by their prompt- 
 ings man has also learned to conquer material obsta- 
 cles, to build outwardly and become architect of the 
 world. 
 
 To counteract the unmitigated selfishness bred 
 by the Martian Angels, and to make mankind humane, 
 our Elder Brothers from Mercury, human like our- 
 selves, whose high state of evolution required the 
 high vibration generated and prevailing in close prox- 
 imity to the Sun, were required to invest the spinal 
 cord of man also, and through their labors civiliza- 
 tion has taken on a different form, mankind is again 
 beginning to look inwards. 
 
 At the present time the left cerebral hemisphere 
 is governed by Mercury, and the pineal gland, its 
 higher octave, is ruled by Neptune who also has do- 
 minion over the spinal canal which is the avenue 
 whereby one pole of the creative energy was origin- 
 ally turned upward for the building of the brain. 
 
 , The ray of Neptune carries what occultists know 
 as the Father fire, the light and life of the Divine 
 Spirit, which expresses itself as will. This it focuses 
 in the voluntary nervous system of the physical body
 
 PLANETARY OCTAVES 345 
 
 governed by its lower octave Mercury which acting 
 through the left brain galvanizes the body into speech 
 and action, expressing the will of the indwelling 
 spirit. 
 
 By this diversion of the creative energy the hu- 
 man being ceased, as already said, to be a physical 
 hermaphrodite, a complete creative unit, and was 
 then compelled to seek a mate in order to propagate 
 the species. Therefore the Son, the Cosmic Christ, 
 focused the love-ray of the Life Spirit upon Uranus, 
 (ruling the pituitary body), who transmits it to the 
 vital body where Venus, the lower octave of Uranus 
 gives it expression in propagation and growth. 
 
 Between the Divine Spirit and Life Spirit on 
 the one hand and their counterparts, the physical and 
 vital bodies, on the other hand, is the Human Spirit 
 ruled by the Sun, and its counterpart, the desire 
 body, ruled by the lesser light, the Moon. But this is 
 debatable ground contested by Jupiter and Mercury 
 on the one side, Saturn and Mars being on the other. 
 
 The ray of Uranus is gradually forging a second 
 spinal cord by drawing the lower love-ray of Venus 
 upward and transmuting it to altruism, conquering 
 for it the dominion over the sympathetic segment 
 of the present spinal cord and the right cerebral hem- 
 isphere now ruled by the passionate hierarchy of 
 Mars, the Lucifer Spirits. This work has been com- 
 pletely accomplished by the Adepts, therefore they 
 have no need to marry for each is now a complete 
 creative unit on both the spiritual and physical
 
 346 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 planes, having turned the bi-polar creative force, 
 masculine and feminine, upward through the double 
 spinal cord, illuminated and raised in potential en- 
 ergy by the spinal spirit fires of Neptune (Will) and 
 Uranus (Love and Imagination). This creative en- 
 ergy conceives in the twin hemispheres of the cere- 
 brum, ruled by Mars and Mercury, a vehicle fit for 
 the expression of the spirit, which is then sent out 
 and objectified in the world by the spoken creative 
 word. 
 
 This is the secret of how the Adepts form a new 
 body without going through the womb, and some day 
 all humanity will attain to this standard of perfection 
 as spiritual hermaphrodites, then we shall no longer 
 be " a little lower than the angels ' ' who create by sim- 
 ilar methods but we shall be higher than they are now 
 for we shall then have the reason and intellect which 
 they lack, in addition to the complete creative power.
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 
 
 THE love ray of Venus goes out to the mate and 
 blood relations but by a good aspect of Uranus it 
 is raised beyond the realm of sex love to cosmic pro- 
 portions, a love such as that which Christ must have 
 felt when he wept over Jerusalem and said that, as 
 a hen gathers its brood under its wing, so would he 
 have loved to gather them to his bosom. The people 
 who have this Uranian love therefore become build- 
 ers of society associated with every good and up- 
 lifting movement. An adverse aspect of Uranus to 
 Venus on the other hand, has the most degrading 
 effect on the Venus function, for it leads to disre- 
 gard of the laws and conventions of society and to 
 perversion of the most sacred creative function. 
 Love, is a much abused word, and the emotion thus 
 miscalled is usually so tainted with desire that it is 
 Martian passion rather than Venusian love. Coali- 
 tion, the keyword of Venus, suggests a most intimate 
 union, a blending of the very souls of two or more 
 people who compose a family. But Altruism, the 
 keyword of Uranus, hints at such an all-embracing 
 love as our Saviour felt. Thus Uranus is the octave 
 347
 
 348 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 of Venus and anyone ready to enter the path of prep- 
 aration which leads to initiation must gradually learn 
 to outgrow the Venus love which makes the imme- 
 diate family all in all and begin to cutilvate the all- 
 embracing Uranian altruism. 
 
 This goal is high and those who aim so high 
 often fall very low. When we essay to transcend the 
 Venus love and cultivate the Uranian altruism we 
 are thus in great danger, and the most promising 
 lives are sometimes wrecked by the pernicious theory 
 of soul-mates, which leads to clandestine love affairs 
 and perversion of the creative function. But remem- 
 ber this altruism does not require return of the 
 love bestowed upon others, it has absolutely no con- 
 cern with sex ; it will not lessen the love for our fam- 
 ily, but they being nearest to us will feel the increase 
 of our love to a greater degree than those further 
 away, and unless our love brings forth such fruit it 
 is not Uranian and will not further us upon the path 
 of attainment. 
 
 Seeing that that is so, we may readily understand 
 the great majority of humanity cannot yet respond 
 to the higher side of Uranus, and its effect upon the 
 morals is therefore principally perversion of sex, 
 clandestine love affairs, free love, and disregard ot 
 conventionality. That is, of course, when aspected 
 by squares and oppositions. Under such conditions 
 it makes the person unconventional and erratic, re- 
 bellious at the least restraint, very independent and 
 brusque in manner, fond of pioneer work, and inves-
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 349 
 
 tigation of unusual things. They take to the higher 
 mechanics, electricity, aviation, and the like, as a 
 duck to water, and are rather proud of their attain- 
 ments. They find prominence in literature, science, 
 philosophy, and especially in the occult arts. It 
 also gives a high grade of musical genius when con- 
 figurated with Venus, and if Uranus is well fortified 
 by position and aspects it qualifies the person for 
 leadership in an unusual way. It may also be said 
 that the effects of the Uranian ray are very sudden 
 and unexpected, whether for good or ill ; it comes 
 like a bolt out of the blue, and as we respond most 
 easily to its evil side, these effects are generally dis- 
 astrous in nature. When Uranus is on the Acsendant 
 it adds length to the body, so that the true Uranians 
 are usually very tall. 
 
 URANUS IN THE TWELVE HOUSES 
 
 J# 1 Uranus in the First House, even when well- 
 aspected, makes the person very odd and eccen- 
 tric in his habits, so that he seems to delight 
 in doing exactly the things that are against the 
 conventions and customs, just so that he may 
 appear odd. He always finds an original way 
 of doing things, different from that of all other 
 people, and is very self-satisfied in his opinion 
 that his methods and ideas are better than any 
 one else's. If opposed he will defend his ideas 
 to the last ditch, if Uranus is in any way afflicted. 
 But when Uranus is well-aspected in the First
 
 350 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 House there is usually a tolerance for the opin- 
 ions of others, a spirit of give-and-take which 
 avoids the hard feelings generated by an afflicted 
 Uranus. Uranus on the Ascendant also makes 
 the person very restless; there are many sudden 
 changes in the life and it will, of course, depend 
 upon the aspects prevailing at the time whether 
 the changes are for good or ill, but at any rate, 
 the call of the far fields that look so green, are 
 constantly before the mind's eye, so that the 
 Uranians are always ready to be the pioneers 
 in new undertakings or a new cause, just so that 
 it is something that has not been tried before, 
 and so offers a chance of risk and adventure. 
 
 2 Uranus in the Second House, which governs 
 finance, naturally indicates a restless and unset- 
 tled state of the finances of the person. There 
 will be many ups and downs, and even though 
 such a person may have other good aspects that 
 qualify him to reason accurately concerning 
 other matters, it will be found that in the finan- 
 cial department he is unable to protect himself 
 against these sudden and unforeseen losses, or 
 gains. For him there is no such thing as a staid 
 and solid investment, for the most unlooked-for 
 conditions are likely to turn up and either net 
 him an altogether unlooked-for increase or else 
 bring about an equally unaccountable loss, all 
 with such suddenness that there is no way of
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 351 
 
 changing the matter. Therefore it is absolutely 
 impossible to give financial advice to such people, 
 for even if they invested in a proposition as solid 
 as the proverbial rock of Gibraltar, it is doubt- 
 ful if an earthquake would not unsettle it. 
 
 W 3 Uranus in the Third House. The Third House 
 governs brothers and sisters, neighbors, educa- 
 tion, and the mental or intellectual faculties. 
 Therefore this position strengthens the intui- 
 tional abilities of the person, and gives a certain 
 predisposition towards what is commonly called 
 psychic faculties. Uranus rules the ether, hence 
 the Third House position should make it easy for 
 the person to cultivate spiritual sight, especially 
 if Uranus is well-aspected with the Sun, Moon, 
 Venus or Mercury. If Uranus is afflicted in the 
 Third House it indicates quarrels with neighbors, 
 brothers and sisters, probably a breaking up of 
 the family ties, also that the education will be 
 interfered with through the erratic, self-willed 
 conduct of the person, and the mind will be 
 more or less unsettled, and changeable as a 
 weather-vane. An afflicted Uranus in the Third 
 House also predisposes to accidents according to 
 the nature of the afflicting planet, and particu- 
 larly when on short journeys. These people, it 
 may also be said, are subject to adventures and 
 strange happenings on their journeys such as do 
 not usually befall other people.
 
 352 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 J#4 Uranus in the Fourth House. People who 
 have Uranus in the Fourth House ought to leave 
 their place of birth as soon as possible for they 
 cannot succeed there. Both the parents and 
 their whole neighborhood and environment will 
 be antagonistic to them. If it so happens that 
 the parents are wealthy they will try to disin- 
 herit a child with Uranus in the Fourth House. 
 Even if his Seventh and Eighth Houses be well 
 fortified, it is very doubtful if he would win in 
 a contest for his share of the patrimony, 
 as the public sentiment in his birthplace, where 
 such a suit would probably be tried, would be 
 so much against him that he would lose in the 
 end. It would also be disastrous for such a per- 
 son to marry and establish a home of his own, 
 for peace, harmony and contentment cannot 
 exist where the spasmodic and erratic Uranus 
 is ; that is to say, if it is afflicted. If it is well- 
 aspected it is also doubtful if such a person 
 would ever attempt to establish a home, for his 
 sympathies would be too large and he would 
 probably be identified with wider activities a 
 home or homes on a larger and more universal 
 scale. This position also gives a very strong at- 
 traction towards the occult science. 
 
 V 5 Uranus in the Fifth House. The Fifth House 
 rules educational activities, publications, pleas- 
 ures, courtship, and childbirth. The erratic
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 353 
 
 Uranus in this House will in the first place give 
 some very unconventional ideas concerning the 
 intercourse and relation of the sexes and usually 
 leads to a clandestine relationship contrary to 
 the laws of the land. A woman with this con- 
 figuration in her horoscope is particularly prone 
 to be taken advantage of even though she may 
 not consciously be guilty of inviting undue ad- 
 vances. It also makes parturition very difficult 
 and if a child is brought to birth there is danger 
 of loss by some sudden accident or unusual dis- 
 ease. If other configurations in the horoscope 
 give a leaning toward literature, a person who 
 has Uranus in the Fifth House will be found 
 to espouse some unconventional cause, like so- 
 cialism, anarchism, or kindred movements, and 
 if Uranus be afflicted by Saturn, Mars, or Nep- 
 tune, the articles written by him, or the paper 
 published by him or with which he is connected, 
 will probably incite to bloodshed, conspiracy, 
 and treachery, which will bring the person into 
 trouble with the authorities. If on the other 
 hand, Uranus be well-aspected from the Fifth 
 House in a horoscope indicating literary ten- 
 dencies, the ideas advocated on account of this 
 Uranian influence will probably be so Utopian, 
 idealistic, and altruistic that they are beyond 
 the contemporaries of the person. The love na- 
 ture will also be of such a high idealistic strain 
 that few if any will be able to respond, and this 
 
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 354 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 may also mitigate in a large measure the physical 
 trouble indicated in parturition. A person with 
 a well-aspected Uranus in the Fifth House would 
 not gamble, and if one who has an afflicted 
 Uranus there attempted it, he would naturally 
 meet with loss, no matter how careful he might 
 seem to be. With respect to the pursuit of 
 pleasure indulged in by these people, we shall 
 find them attracted to all new and strange things. 
 At the present time the most of them are prob- 
 ably longing for the day when it will be possible 
 for them to race in the clouds and drive aero- 
 planes more recklessly than they are now driving 
 automobiles. 
 
 6 Uranus in the Sixth House. The Sixth House 
 governs the employment and service, also health 
 and disease, therefore the erratic, spasmodic 
 Uranus in the Sixth House predisposes to oc- 
 cupational diseases of a strange nature, asphyx- 
 iation, mental and nervous disorders, such as 
 epilepsy, and St. Vitus dance. Even if Uranus 
 is well-aspected, these tendencies are not en-, 
 tirely abrogated, at least, a person with Uranus 
 in this position will be very nervous and high- 
 strung under all conditions. With respect to 
 employers and fellow-employees this position 
 makes the person very irritable; he is brusque 
 and abrupt to all connected with his work and 
 therefore liable to trouble in employment or with
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM ^355 
 
 employees. This position gives a tendency to- 
 wards mediumship and undesirable phases of 
 psychic experiences. If Uranus is much afflicted 
 there is also danger of obsession and insanity. 
 
 Uranus in the Seventh House, indicates a. 
 romantic, sudden, or ill-considered marriage. 
 Sometimes a common-law or other irregular form 
 of union is consummated under this configura- 
 tion. Often the marriage partner is a person 
 never thought of as a mate until the Uranian 
 ray impels to marriage on the spur of the mo- 
 ment. 
 
 People with Uranus in the Seventh House 
 are usually unfortunate in their marriage rela- 
 tions, because the marriage partner has the spas- 
 modic, inconstant, independent Uranian nature,, 
 chafes under the limitation and cannot remain 
 true to any one person, but becomes inveigled 
 into clandestine relations with the result that 
 the marriage is often dissolved in the divorce 
 court and separation and estrangement follows; 
 there is quite often a public scandal in connec- 
 tion with these affairs, or it may indicate the 
 death of the marriage partner, all according to 
 aspects. 
 
 People with Uranus in the Seventh House 
 should never go to law, for no matter how just 
 their cause may be they are most likely to be 
 thwarted or checkmated by some strange, un-
 
 356 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 foreseen or sudden circumstances whereby they 
 are apt to lose their case. They should also 
 avoid public office or position, for no matter how 
 honest they may be themselves they are likely 
 to become involved in scandal and trouble on 
 that account. In short, this Seventh House po- 
 sition of Uranus is bad for dealings of any kind 
 with the public or with law or partners. 
 
 J#8 Uranus in the Eighth House is a good omen, 
 for it indicates that when life has been lived to 
 its fullness the end will come suddenly and thus 
 the person will be spared the long and pitiful 
 suffering so often incident to the transition from 
 the physical to the spiritual worlds. But know- 
 ing this it also behooves such people to have their 
 house in readiness and order, so that when the 
 end comes at 30 or 90 they have their affairs in 
 shape. 
 
 This position often brings an unexpected 
 legacy through the marriage partner when well- 
 aspected ; but if Uranus is afflicted the person 
 may become involved in litigation on account of 
 or in connection with the estate of someone de- 
 ceased. 
 
 People with Uranus in the Eighth House 
 often show great interest in occult subjects and 
 become well versed in mystic lore. It also gives 
 a predisposition to dreams and p.sychic experi- 
 ence.
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 357 
 
 J# 9 Uranus in tlie Ninth House gives a progressive 
 and independent mind, of an original and in- 
 ventive turn, sometimes amounting to genius; 
 the intuition is highly developed and these peo- 
 ple indulge in constructive dreams of such a 
 nature as transform the world in the course of 
 time that is, provided Uranus is well-aspected. 
 Nevertheless they are generally looked upon as 
 cranks because their ideas are so Utopian and 
 far in advance of our present stage that the or- 
 dinary human beings cannot grasp them. On the 
 other hand, if Uranus is afflicted in the Ninth 
 House, particularly if by Mars, these people be- 
 come red anarchists and are not even averse to 
 shedding blood in order to attain what they be- 
 lieve is the ideal; they become fanatical in what- 
 ever cause they espouse. 
 
 This position of Uranus also indicates trouble 
 in travel, particularly on voyages, and danger of 
 accidents. It is one of the signs which make the 
 explorer and pioneer in the discovery and devel- 
 opment of new countries. 
 
 Uranus in the Tenth House indicates an orig- 
 inal, eccentric character, with a contempt for 
 conventions, who follows his own ideas regard- 
 less of what other people say or think, hence 
 these people are often looked upon as black sheep 
 and estranged from their kindred, but this they 
 do not seem to regard as a misfortune; they are
 
 358 THE MESSAGE OF THE STABS 
 
 ready to offer up all, even life itself, for absolute 
 freedom. These characteristics also bring them 
 into public discredit and disfavor. The life is 
 full of sudden changes for better or worse ac- 
 cording to the other planetary aspects prevail- 
 ing. If Uranus is much afflicted these people 
 never, make a success in life, but meet with con- 
 tinual sorrow, trouble, disappointment and re- 
 verses. When Uranus is well-aspected genius 
 will come to the fore and is likely to find recogni- 
 tion in some measure at least, probably by pio- 
 neer work of some kind. 
 
 Wll Uranus in the Eleventh House. Uranus being 
 lord of the Eleventh Sign, Aquarius, is more 
 at home in the Eleventh House than in any of 
 the others, therefore he exerts a strong influence 
 in bringing about strange and eccentric friend- 
 ships with people of an original, creative, or in- 
 ventive turn of mind who will be a benefit to 
 the person if Uranus is well-aspected. This also 
 indicates that through such friendships the 
 wishes, hopes and aspirations will be promoted 
 and reach a succesful culmination. If on the 
 other hand, Uranus is afflicted in this house, 
 friends are apt to turn traitors or at least use 
 the person for their own selfish ends as far as 
 possible. 
 
 *$ 12 Uranus in the Twelfth House indicates loss of 
 reputation, exile, and estrangement from one's
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 359 
 
 kin and country, much sickness at various times 
 of life and confinement in hospitals, if Uranus is 
 well-aspected or without configuration with any 
 other planet. But if serious afflictions are found 
 it indicates confinement in prison at some period 
 of the life, or restraint in a sanitarium on ac- 
 count of mental trouble, also much annoyance 
 by the underhanded action of others. When 
 well-aspected it brings success in connection with 
 the occult arts or occult institutions, also by the 
 invention of chemical processes which remain 
 secret with their discoverer instead of being pro- 
 tected by patent. These people are haunted all 
 through life by a vague fear of impending dis- 
 aster. 
 
 URANUS IN THE TWELVE SIGNS 
 
 T Uranus in Aries gives an original, independ- 
 ent nature, full of energy and ambition, ingen- 
 ious, resourceful and capable of coping with dif- 
 ficulties, especially those of a mechanical or elec- 
 trical nature. These people have a very im- 
 pulsive, abrupt and brusque manner which often 
 arouses resentment and opposition in others eveii 
 though no offense may have been intended. They 
 are seldom satisfied to remain in one place, but 
 are fond of changes and rove about a great deal. 
 Changes of place and position are often forced 
 upon them because of the before-mentioned blunt 
 way of speaking.
 
 360 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 J# b Uranus in Taurus gives a very intuitive na- 
 ture but stuborn and self-willed, so that when 
 these people have made up their minds notnmg 
 in the world will turn them, but they cling to 
 their purpose or idea with the quiet determina- 
 tion and persistence which neither persuasion 
 nor threats can alter. If Uranus is afflicted they 
 are suspicious and jealous, also subject to very 
 sudden and unexpected reverses in financial af- 
 fairs. But if Uranus is well-aspected the oppo- 
 site may be judged, and comfortable financial 
 circumstances may be looked for. 
 
 IE Uranus in Gemini gives a highly original, in- 
 tuitive and versatile nature, fond of scientific pur- 
 suits in general, but particularly those studies 
 which have to do with electricity, aviation, or 
 other similar out-of-the-way subjects. These 
 people are broad-minded and thoroughly pro- 
 gressive, pioneers in all things new and modern. 
 Among other things they generally have an in- 
 clination for the study of occultism and astrol- 
 ogy. They are well liked among brothers, sisters, 
 and neighbors. All this providing Uranus is 
 well-aspected ; but if Uranus is afflicted the mind 
 becomes eccentric and full of vagaries which 
 make the person a nuisance and a crank, disliked 
 by everybody, particularly brothers, sisters and 
 neighbors. This also brings trouble and liability 
 to accident in the course of short journeys.
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 361 
 
 HE Uranus in Cancer. Cancer is a psychic sign 
 and when Uranus is there it indicates that the 
 person is a sensitive,, attuned to the psychic vi- 
 brations and capable of cultivating these pow- 
 ers, but whether for good or ill depends upon the 
 aspects. If Uranus is afflicted there is a tend- 
 ency to nervous indigestion for Cancer rules the 
 stomach, and if this is not attended to serious 
 stomach trouble may be expected. These people 
 are liable to separation from their families, 
 though usually much against their will, but as 
 they are generally of a very uncertain temper, 
 irritable and impatient, they are usually to 
 blame for this condition and are only getting 
 their just deserts. 
 
 Uranus in Leo gives a very determined nature, 
 rebellious and impatient of restraint or contra- 
 diction, with strong likes and dislikes, and an 
 utter disregard of the conventions where the 
 passional nature is involved. The personality 
 is strong, forceful and self-assertive, therefore 
 these people often incur the displeasure of others 
 and create much opposition. They are very in- 
 constant in affairs of the heart ''on with the 
 new love" before it is "off with the old." In 
 a woman's horoscope an afflicted Uranus shows 
 difficulty in childbirth, perhaps the death of a 
 child by accident or in a sudden, unexpected 
 manner, also a strong tendency towards palpi-
 
 362 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tation of the heart. When Uranus is well- 
 aspected in Leo both courtship and domestic af- 
 fairs run much more smoothly and it indicates 
 original and inventive genius, particularly along 
 educational or journalistic lines, also for enter- 
 tainment and amusement of the public and gain 
 thereby. 
 
 Uranus in Virgo, when well-aspected gives & 
 keen, original, scientific and mechanical mind, 
 a strong and well developed intuitional faculty 
 and a keen business bent which will make for 
 success in life, financial gain by the employ- 
 ment of others. 
 
 But if Uranus is afflicted in Virgo, the per- 
 son is apt to become subject to strange ailments, 
 a hypochondriac of a fractious and irritable turn 
 of mind, a burden to himself and those who have 
 to be around him. This position is also full of 
 disappointment in the aims and ambitions of 
 life, especially because of limitations in the em- 
 ployment or in dealing with employees, which 
 the person seems unable to overcome. 
 
 = Uranus in Libra, when well-aspected gives lit- 
 erary and artistic ability of an unusual and orig- 
 inal nature where the person follows independ- 
 ent lines of endeavor and expression, often in 
 connection with occultism. This position also 
 gives a keen intuition and an attractive person- 
 ality, a vivid imagination. It signifies partner-
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 363 
 
 ship, union, or marriage to someone who will 
 be of a Uranian character and of much benefit 
 to the person. 
 
 But when ill-placed or afflicted, Uranus in 
 Libra brings sorrow, trouble, domestic difficulty 
 and death of the marriage partner by a sudden 
 or strange ailment or accident. Or perhaps the 
 union may be dissolved in the divorce court, for 
 people with the temperament described by an 
 afflicted Uranus in Libra simply cannot remain 
 true to one person. This position al,so indicates 
 trouble with the public or the authorities on 
 account of eccentric, anarchistic, or socialistic 
 activity. 
 
 \. Uranus in Scorpio, when well-aspected gives 
 the person a forceful and determined will, bound 
 to overcome all obstacles and achieve that which 
 he sets out to accomplish by persistence, persever- 
 ance and dogged determination; the mind is 
 sharp, shrewd and secretive, capable of grasp- 
 ing details and concentrating deeply upon what- 
 ever problem may be in hand. There is an orig- 
 inality and mechanical ability amounting to 
 genius and a love for science, both occult and 
 physical. 
 
 But when ill-aspected, Uranus in Scorpio 
 lays the person liable to accidents and even as- 
 sassination or sudden death by explosions, elec- 
 tricity, aeroplanes and kindred unusual methods.
 
 364 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 It also gives a tendency to trouble with the gen- 
 itals on account of unbridled abuse of the sacred 
 creative function, self-abuse or perversion. 
 
 *? } Uranus in Sagittarius gives a very strong in- 
 tuitive faculty with a tendency to dreams, vis- 
 ions, and a very vivid imagination. This posi- 
 tion also gives a strong inclination towards an 
 out-of-the-ordinary belief, including the theory 
 and practice of the occult arts. When weii-as- 
 pected this position gives a strong grasp of the 
 religious and educational problems of the day, 
 with a philanthropic desire to work for the up- 
 liftment of humanity, a desire to travel for the 
 educational advantages thereby to be obtained, 
 and success in gaining these points under favor- 
 able aspects. 
 
 When afflicted, Uranus in Sagittarius gives 
 a very eccentric and erratic mentality, particu- 
 larly with respect to law and religion. There 
 is a rebellion against the social condition which 
 often brings trouble with the authorities, also a 
 de.sire to force one-sided views upon the world 
 despite all protests and at all risk, characteristics 
 which eventually bring discredit and disfavor. 
 
 J V3 Uranus in Capricorn, when well-aspected gives 
 an ambitious and enterprising disposition, a se- 
 rious, persevering nature, and an acute sense of 
 responsibility ,with original ideas of business 
 that bring success, especially if some line is se-
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 365 
 
 lected that is connected with the electrical or 
 aerial arts. 
 
 If Uranus is afflicted it gives an erratic and 
 eccentric mind, self-willed and stubborn, bound 
 to either rule or ruin, quarrelsome and at odds 
 with society in general and relatives in particu- 
 lar. Hence this position gives a great deal of 
 sorrow and trouble in life, frequently involving 
 sudden changes of employment and environ- 
 ment. 
 
 " Uranus in Aquarius, when well-aspected is at 
 its very best, for he is ruler of this sign and 
 therefore in harmony with its vibrations. Hence 
 this position strengthens the intuition and orig- 
 inality, and directs the energies into humani- 
 tarian lines of endeavor, unselfish devotion to 
 the cause of friendship, and a sincere desire to 
 help all who are in trouble. These people make 
 many friends and generally realize their hopes, 
 wishes, and ambitions because they are of such 
 an unselfish nature that they desire what is good 
 for humanity at large rather than that which 
 is for personal gain. This position also gives 
 considerable mechanical ability, originality and 
 inventive genius. 
 
 But if Uranus is afflicted in the sign Aqua- 
 rius, though the ambitions may be as strong and 
 sometimes as good, and as pure as with a well- 
 aspected Uranus, they will be of such an erratic
 
 366 THE MESSAGE OF THE STAES 
 
 nature that it is impossible to realize the desire, 
 and it will bring trouble with friends, or pre- 
 tended friends, who will seek to use the person 
 for their own selfish ends, causing much sorrow 
 and disappointment. 
 
 Jtf X: Uranus in Pisces, when well-aspected indi- 
 dicates a love of the occult arts and ability of 
 development along these lines. It brings friends 
 and associations which favor these studies. But 
 when illaspected it leads to mediumship, obses- 
 sion, and even insanity, if this tendency to in- 
 tercourse with spirits is followed to its conclu- 
 sion. This position makes the mind nighty, er- 
 ratic, and the person will be subject to unex- 
 pected misfortune, scandal, or suicide. All 
 through life, even when fortune smiles and the 
 skies are clear to all outward appearance these 
 people are haunted by a vague fear of impending 
 disaster. 
 
 ASPECTS OF URANUS TO THE OTHER PLANETS 
 
 O * A *& The Sun sextile or trine to Uranus makes 
 the person original, inventive and independent 
 in his manner of conduct and personal appear- 
 ance. With respect to food and certain man- 
 nerisms, he is what people call eccentric and con- 
 spicuous, yet not offensively so, given to pur- 
 suits and studies which people consider ''queer" 
 such as occultism and astrology. But he also
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 367 
 
 loves delving into the unknown realms after 
 nature's secrets concerning electricity and often 
 becomes a successful inventor if other aspects 
 give the mechanical ability to work his schemes 
 out. Uranus rules the ether and now that we 
 are nearing the Aquarian Age his vibrations 
 will be felt in increasing measure to bring to 
 our ken methods of using nature's finer forces 
 and the people with Sun sextile or trine Uranus 
 will be the media who attract and interpret them 
 for us as the aerials and receivers in a wireless 
 station collect and transcribe the messages car- 
 ried by the ether waves to which they are at- 
 tuned. These people often rise in life through 
 the friendship of someone above them in the 
 social scale. They are of a very high-strung 
 temperament but have themselves well under 
 control, and rarely show temper or anger. They 
 are also out-and-out idealists. 
 
 O P 6 D 8 W The Sun parallel, conjunction, square 
 or opposition to Uranus makes the person very 
 high-strung, nervous, of uncontrolled emotions 
 and ready to fly into hysteria on any or no provo- 
 cation. It predisposes to nervous disorders such 
 as St. Vitus dance, epilep.sy and lack of co- 
 ordination. It makes people impulsive, unrelia- 
 ble, and lacking in regard for the convention- 
 alities, highly impatient of any restraint upon 
 their liberty and committed to the theory of
 
 368 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 affinities, soul-mates and free love, hence these 
 people are undesirable marriage partners and 
 likely to figure in divorce proceedings or scan- 
 dals of an even worse nature. There is also 
 danger of trouble on account of connection with 
 anarchistic plots where the inventive faculty 
 may find scope in the construction of explosives 
 and infernal machines. Unless these aspects are 
 modified by other configurations such people are 
 among the most dangerous to society. They are 
 liable to accidents from lightning, electricity and 
 all through life they meet disappointment from 
 the most unexpected quarters. 
 
 $ * A Venus sextile or trine to Uranus makes 
 the person mentally alert, of quick intuitive per- 
 ception and exceedingly magnetic, especially to 
 the opposite sex ; but it also attracts hosts of 
 friends who will be of benefit and assistance to 
 him. These aspects give love of art, music and 
 poetry and are a favorable indication of a happy 
 marriage, often at a very early age or suddenly 
 consummated. The good aspects between Venus 
 and Uranus also sometimes bring to the subject 
 love of a platonic nature which then acts as an 
 inspiration in the life. 
 
 $ 6 P 1 ? Venus .conjunction or parallel to Uranus. 
 As in the case of Mars conjunction to Venus, so 
 also in the case of Uranus conjunction to Venus, 
 there is a doubt as to whether this aspect should
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 369 
 
 be classed as good or evil. This must be settled 
 in the individual horoscope where it occurs, for 
 it may work either way, depending upon the 
 other planetary configurations and the student 
 will therefore have to use his judgment as to 
 how he classes them. If Venus is otherwise af- 
 flicted in the horoscope, for instance, the con- 
 junction or parallel will further accentuate her 
 evil qualities and act like the square and oppo- 
 sition, but if she is well placed or aspected 
 Uranus will bring out the nobler side, like the 
 sextile or trine. 
 
 9 D 8 W Venus square or opposition . to Uranus. 
 The square or opposition always brings trouble 
 through the sex relation quarrels, divorces, 
 public scandals through clandestine intercourse 
 and kindred irregularities, with loss of friends, 
 prestige and popularity, exile from home and 
 family and sudden financial losses through unex- 
 pected or unforeseen happenings. There is a 
 general lack of balance, an erratic personality. 
 
 Mercury sextile or trine to Uranus gives 
 an original, independent and eccentric mind im- 
 patient of the fetters of fashion, tradition ana 
 convention. Such a person is strenuous in his 
 efforts to hew a path for himself in complete lib- 
 erty. Therefore this is the hall-mark of the pio- 
 neer in thought and invention, the sign of genius. 
 Their ideas and ideals are exceedingly lofty, 
 
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 370 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 progressive and inspiring, in fact too much so 
 in the opinion of the average man or woman who 
 look upon their actions and vagaries as the out- 
 come of a diseased mind. Nevertheless they have 
 plenty of friends on account of their kindly and 
 sympathetic nature and these aspects are good 
 for a literary or scientific pursuit, also for in- 
 vention, particularly those which have to do 
 with air or electricity. 
 
 $ P 6 W Mercury parallel or conjunction to 
 Uranus. If Mercury is otherwise afflicted the 
 conjunction and parallel are to be judged as bad 
 aspects and read accordingly, but if Mercury is 
 otherwise well placed and aspected the delinea- 
 tion given for the sextile and trine will apply. 
 
 V D 8 # Mercury square or opposition to Uranus. 
 Mercury in square or opposition to Uranus is the 
 hall-mark of the true crank or anarchist with ex- 
 treme ideas to tear down the social structure and 
 undertake a radical reform without the ability 
 to build up something better. People with these 
 configurations are given to ranting and raving 
 in public and their language is usually as cruel 
 as the measures they advocate. Whatever ability 
 they possess is usually turned to an erratic pur- 
 pose and therefore they are ostracised and dis- 
 liked wherever they go. They are often forced 
 to make sudden changes to escape the conse- 
 quences of their erratic conduct.
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 371 
 
 * A The Moon sextile or trine to Uranus gives 
 great originality and independence to the mind 
 which is quick, intuitive and very vivid in its 
 imagination, hence the person has inventive 
 ability; he is attracted to the occult art and 
 is endowed with hypnotic or magnetic powers, 
 also the intuitional ability to study and practice 
 astrology. If electricity is adopted as a vocation 
 the person will make a success of it. These as- 
 pects also give the person a peculiar fascination 
 for the opposite sex and are likely to 'lead to a 
 clandestine love affair or an unconventional 
 union. 
 
 6 P 1 ? The Moon conjunction or parallel to^ 
 Uranus gives similar mental and psychic tend- 
 encies as the good aspects and also the liability 
 to irregular love-affairs as the good aspects, but 
 these tendencies are not so pronounced and a 
 clandestine love-affair generated under the con- 
 junction of Uranus and the Moon may have dis- 
 tinctly disastrous results similar to those men- 
 tioned under the bad aspects. If the conjunc- 
 tion occurs in Cancer it favors nervous indiges- 
 tion; in Leo it inclines to palpitation of the 
 heart, interferes with the rhythm of the heart- 
 beat and gives a spasmodic action which will 
 probably prove fatal when it has run its course; 
 in Scorpio it inclines to perverse practices; in 
 Sagittarius th reflex action would be felt in 
 the lungs and similarly with the other signs.
 
 372 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 D D 8 ^ The Moon square or opposition to Uranus 
 makes the person erratic and touchy to a de- 
 gree, a walking powder magazine ready to explode 
 at any moment, overbearing, conceited and in- 
 tolerant, shunned by all who can possibly 
 get out of his way. If such people are employers 
 nobody can work for them and if they are em- 
 ployees nobody will have them. They never re- 
 main very long in any place, but are either dis- 
 charged or give up their position on the slightest 
 provocation. People with these aspects are also 
 attracted to the occult art but they never make 
 a success at it because of their erratic mentality. 
 Like the other aspects of Uranus and the Moon 
 the square and opposition also indicate a clan- 
 destine attachment either on the part of the 
 person or the marriage partner. If it occurs in 
 the Seventh House of a man 's horoscope it proves 
 the wife untrue and a public scandal and divorce 
 will eventually ensue. The bad aspects of the 
 Sun and Uranus give similar indications in the 
 horoscope of a woman. 
 
 T? * A W Saturn sextile or trine Uranus is for- 
 tunate for a public career in an official ca- 
 pacity for it gives ambition and determination 
 with ability to concentrate upon the work in 
 hand and to exercise authority, plan and sys- 
 tematize. It strengthens the intuition so that 
 such people are guided by keen interior insight
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 373 
 
 when new and important steps have to be taken, 
 therefore such people are in demand and find 
 positions with large corporations where they win 
 their way through sheer ability. The mind is 
 both mechanical and ingenious, hence this posi- 
 tion often denotes the successful inventor, par- 
 ticularly along the lines of electricity, aerial 
 navigation and kindred pioneer lines. 
 
 T? 6 PV Saturn conjunction or parallel to Uranus 
 has an influence like the good aspects if the 
 planets are unafflicted, elevated, in angles, essen- 
 tially dignified or exalted, as Saturn in Libra 
 and Capricorn or Uranus in Aquarius or Scor- 
 pio, but if the conjunction occurs in signs where 
 either of the planets are weak or afflicted, like 
 Saturn in Aries, Cancer or Leo, then the influ- 
 ence will be detrimental and should be judged 
 the same as the square or opposition. 
 
 !? D ? * Saturn square or opposition to Uranus 
 gives an unscrupulous nature with an extremely 
 violent temper. The outbursts are as sudden as 
 a bolt from the blue and exhaust the. person 
 completely. These people are very eccentric 
 and look at everything from a peculiar angle 
 treacherous, idle and indolent, malicious and al- 
 together dangerous to the community. These 
 aspects also indicate chronic or incurable diseases 
 according to the signs wherein they are placed, 
 but as often said, if the other indications in the
 
 374 .THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 horoscope are good the influence of a single as- 
 pect will not bring out such evil characteristics 
 and therefore the whole horoscope is to be care- 
 fully considered before judging the influences 
 enumerated, for they may be materially minim- 
 ized by other favorable indications in the horo- 
 scope. 
 
 "U * A V Jupiter sextile or trine to Uranus gives < 
 strong, independent and positive personality 
 with an ingenious, inventive and original turn 
 of mind. Whatever he undertakes he will carry 
 to a conclusion or die in the attempt. This posi- 
 tion also gives a broad, humane and benevolent 
 disposition and a tendency to delve into the oc- 
 cult arts and sciences. It favors association with 
 secret orders and gives promise of prosperity in 
 life. Such a person is honest and sincere, so- 
 ciable, hospitable and friendly to all, hence likely 
 to benefit a great deal from influential friends 
 in an official position. This position also gives 
 executive ability and success in connection with 
 institutions of learning. 
 
 1i 6 P 1 ? Jupiter conjunction or parallel to Uranus 
 gives similar indications to the good aspects but 
 the influence is not quite so decided, particu- 
 larly if either of the planets is weak by sign or 
 otherwise afflicted. In that case it will be found 
 that the tendencies conferred are more like those 
 of the bad aspects.
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 375 
 
 U D 8 # Jupiter square or opposition to Uranus 
 gives an impulsive nature liable to act in a sud- 
 den impulsive, erratic or unexpected manner to 
 his own undoing. Loss by speculation, lawsuits 
 and impulsive extravagance are also indicated, 
 many changes both of occupation and residence, 
 loss of friends and reputation. It signifies one 
 of an ostentatious nature given to sham and cam- 
 ouflage and subterfuge, generally disliked for his 
 insincerity and double dealings; a confidence 
 man, bunko man or cheap gambler. 
 
 $ * A # Mars sextile or trine to Uranus gives an 
 energetic and ambitious disposition, an original, 
 ingenious, alert, intuitive mind which is resource- 
 ful in the highest degree and able to cope with 
 great difficulties under trying circumstances. 
 Therefore people with this configuration are nat- 
 urally of an inventive turn of mind and success- 
 ful in bringing their ideas to realization. Their 
 inventive genius usually expresses itself along 
 electrical lines, aviation, or in other unusual di- 
 rections, for this aspect is one of the marks of 
 the pioneer of the Aquarian Age, where science 
 and inventions will reach out in directions that 
 are now entirely undreamed of even as possibili- 
 ties. But while these people are dreamers of 
 dreams they are also practical, energetic and en- 
 terprising in a sufficient degree to make their 
 dreams come true in the world. They have a
 
 376 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 wide vision and a noble nature which rises over 
 all petty distinctions of race, creed or color and 
 recognizes in all human beings the divine spark 
 which is the basis of universal brotherhood. They 
 may not be exactly religious in the orthodox 
 sense of the word but their ideas are truly cos- 
 mic, hence they are often mistaken for vision- 
 aries by those who do not understand them. 
 
 $ 6 PD 8 V Mars conjunction, parallel, square or 
 opposition to Uranus gives an erratic and eccen- 
 tric disposition, a violent temper of the worst 
 nature, an unusual resentment of even the slight- 
 est restraint and gives the person a stubborn, 
 headstrong and dogged determination to go ahead 
 in any line of action upon which he has decided 
 no matter what the outcome. He will listen to 
 neither reason nor entreaty but follows his own 
 course in defiance of all. People with this con- 
 figuration very often become anarchists of the 
 reddest type for they do not even stop at the 
 shedding of blood, if other testimonies in the 
 figure concur. They are cruel, hard and cold, 
 without a spark of true love though they may 
 be inflamed with passion of the most burning in- 
 tensity. This is particularly the case when Mars 
 is square Uranus and either planet is placed in 
 Taurus or Scorpio. In a woman's horoscope 
 Uranus square Mars usually leads to seduction 
 no matter where they are placed, but if in Tau-
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 377 
 
 rus or Scorpio escape is almost impossible. The 
 other characteristics of these planets in either 
 configuration work themselves out according to 
 the signs wherein they are placed so that their 
 placement in Taurus or Scorpio work upon the 
 sex which is governed by these signs. When 
 one of these planets is in Scorpio, if the person 
 takes up the profession of surgery he will become 
 very cruel and unfeeling, ready to operate for 
 the mere pleasure of causing pain and in conse- 
 quence or in pursuit of this passion he will prob- 
 ably take up vivisection and develop an unusual 
 ingenuity in torturing his victims. With Uranus 
 or Mars in Scorpio or Pisces he will be under- 
 handed or tricky though he may show a very 
 different front to the public. In Aries it will 
 make a rattlebrain, in Gemini and Virgo an 
 unusually quick mentality but quick in seeing 
 only how to trick others. In Sagittarius it will 
 make the person very materialistic, atheistic, or 
 fanatical against the established religion or so- 
 ciety. Thus the planets blend their individ- 
 ual natures with the sign. 
 
 * A J? Neptune sextile or trine to Uranus gives 
 inclination towards the occult or mystical side 
 of life, and if either is placed in the Tenth 
 House the person usually becomes a leader or 
 authority in these lines, he wins at least local 
 recognition and if other testimonies concur his
 
 378 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 fame will be national or international. This 
 position will bring direct touch with the spirit- 
 ual world and success in dealing with inhab- 
 itants of that place. It i,s also productive 01 
 dreams and visions of a prophetic and inspira- 
 tional nature. It strengthens the healing powers 
 and will consequently enable the person to do 
 a great deal of good for his suffering fellow-men. 
 These aspects give a highly developed intuition 
 which amounts almost to mind-reading. There 
 is a love of travel and exploration of the phy- 
 sical world as well as of nature's finer realms. 
 Nor are such people altogether dreamers, they 
 have a strong will with excellent executive and 
 organizing powers which will aid them in real- 
 izing their hopes, wishes and ambitions to rise 
 in life and be at the forefront of whatever pro- 
 fession they select. 
 
 ty 6 P 1 ? Neptune conjunction or parallel to Uranus 
 are convertible aspects, if the planets are well 
 placed by sign and otherwise well-aspected, 
 their effect will be similar to the sextile or trine, 
 though not so pronounced, but if they are cadent, 
 weak by sign, and afflicted they are only a little 
 less evil than when aspected by square or oppo- 
 sition. 
 
 W D & *& Neptune square or opposition to Uranus 
 brings underhanded, deceptive influences into 
 the life which aim to undermine the reputation
 
 URANUS, THE PLANET OF ALTRUISM 379 
 
 and make the person suffer scandal and public 
 disfavor, sudden and unaccountable reverses in 
 business are met with, or trouble in social affairs. 
 There is the same love of travel and exploration 
 as given by the good aspects but the person can- 
 not accomplish his aims with the same facility, or 
 if he does it is to his disadvantage and brings 
 added trouble. He is also drawn towards the 
 occult or mystic side of life, but his path is beset 
 by dangers of mediumship and obsession and all 
 through life he is filled with premonitions of 
 danger and a vague dread of impending disaster 
 which he can neither account for nor dispel by 
 will or reason, hence uncertainty overshadows 
 the life as a cloud and robs him of peace and 
 contentment.
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 
 
 AS URANUS is the octave of Venus and acts 
 principally upon the love nature, aiming to 
 elevate mankind in matters personal and social, so 
 Neptune is the octave of Mercury, and altogether 
 spiritual in its aims. As Mercury is Lightbearer of 
 the physical Sun, so Neptune is Lightbearer for the 
 spiritual Sun, (called Vulcan by the Western Mys- 
 tics). Intellectuality, ruled by Mercury lifted us 
 above the animal and made man man, the Spiritual- 
 ity ruled by Neptune will in time raise us beyond 
 the state of the human and make us divine. 
 
 Neptune really signifies what we may call "the 
 gods" commencing with the supernormal beings we 
 know as Elder Brothers, and compassing the innum- 
 erable hosts of spiritual entities, good, bad, and indiff- 
 erent, which influence our evolution. Its position 
 and aspects denote our relation to them; mal- 
 efic aspects attract agencies of a nature inimical to 
 our welfare, benefic configurations draw upon the 
 good forces. Thus, if Neptune is placed in the Tenth 
 House, trine to the ascendant, the person involved will 
 have the opportunity to become a leader or promi- 
 nent in a movement along mystical lines as denoted 
 380
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 381 
 
 by the exalted position of Neptune. His body will 
 be capable of receiving the finer vibrations, and of 
 coming in touch with the spiritual world, as denoted 
 by the trine of the ascendant. On the other hand, 
 when Neptune is placed in the Twelfth House, whose 
 nature is passive and productive of suffering, that 
 position indicates that at some time, perhaps under 
 a square from the midheaven, the evil forces, among 
 whom are spirit-controls, will be drawn to that person 
 and endeavor to obtain possession of the body. The 
 conjunction of Neptune with the ascendant will make 
 the body sensitive and useable for spiritual purposes, 
 as well as the trine. Given the opportunity afforded 
 by the first aspect mentioned, the man may become 
 a pupil of a mystery school and a factor for great 
 good in the uplift of mankind; placed under the 
 affliction of the second aspect, he may become a help- 
 less tool of spirit-controls: an irresponsible medium. 
 But there is one factor which is never shown 
 in the horoscope, and that is the will of man. He 
 is bound at some time in life to meet with the experi- 
 ences denoted by his horoscope, and the opportunities 
 there indicated will be placed before him one by one 
 in orderly succession, as the clock of destiny marks 
 the appropriate time ; but how he, the free and inde- 
 pendent spirit, meets that fated experience, no one 
 can determine beforehand, and the man in whose 
 horoscope the first mentioned benefic configuration 
 occurs may not be sufficiently awake to the great op- 
 portunity before him to catch it on the wing, it may
 
 382 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 have flown before he realizes it was there. Yes, he 
 may never become aware of the fact. On the other 
 hand, the person in whose life the square* indicates 
 the assault by spiritual forces mentioned, may develop 
 his spiritual muscle by resisting the onslaught and 
 become a victor instead of being vanquished. Fore- 
 warned is forearmed. 
 
 Neptune was not discovered until 1846, but we 
 should err greatly if .we supposed the influence as- 
 cribed to it fictitious on that account, for as the per- 
 son born blind lacks the organs to see the sunlight 
 and colors, so most of humanity is still lacking the 
 sensibility which makes them amenable to the vibra- 
 tions of Neptune. (See Chapter on that subject, also 
 on Planetary Octaves). But we are gradually devel- 
 oping finer feelings and becoming more able to re- 
 spond to his influence. At first these influences are 
 mostly felt by sensitives who become occultists when 
 of a positive nature and mediums when negative, 
 others gain from it the cunning common alike to the 
 criminal and the detective, or it impels the weak- 
 ling to take drugs which in another manner pro- 
 duces dreams and visions similar to those obtained 
 by the mediumistic process. 
 
 Neptune strong in the figure gives a very vivid 
 imagination and an artistic nature, poetic, musical, 
 or literary, a fondness of ease, comfort and beautiful 
 surroundings. The person is easily swayed by the 
 emotions, and when Neptune is afflicted may become 
 subject to trances, fainting, hysteria, or psychic
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 383 
 
 storms. There is a love of travel, preferably by 
 water. 
 
 When Neptune is weak by sign or afflicted it also 
 inclines to drink or drugs, it robs the person of ambi- 
 tion and makes him an indolent loafer or cheat, thor- 
 oughly dishonest, or if the horoscope is otherwise 
 good he may become the prey of other people who 
 will rob or defraud him. People with an afflicted 
 Neptune should particularly avoid dealings with 
 large corporations or they may be subjected to swin- 
 dles of the most fantastic nature. 
 
 NEPTUNE IN THE TWELVE HOUSES 
 
 t^l Neptune in tlie Ascendant, or First House 
 Neptune is by nature occult, prophetic and spir- 
 itual. The Ascendant signifies the body wherein 
 we function and thus by combination of these 
 ideas we find that Neptune on the Ascendant 
 will give a particularly sensitive body capable 
 of feeling the finer vibrations in nature, and ac- 
 cording to the aspects which the planet receives, 
 these will be either good, bad or indifferent. If 
 Neptune is strong and well aspected to the Sun, 
 Jupiter or Uranus, we may judge that there is 
 an intensely mystical nature latent in the per- 
 son. Whether or not it will be developed is, ol 
 course, another question depending upon oppor- 
 tunity and environment. On the other hand, if 
 Neptune is afflicted, it indicates a very low men-
 
 384 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tality, perhaps even insanity. In any case the 
 nature is visionary, romantic and generally im- 
 practical, at least from the worldly standard. 
 The prophetic, inspirational and visionary facul- 
 ties are usually highly developed when Neptune 
 is unafflicted in the First House. There is a love 
 of art and music, a desire for luxury and what- 
 ever gives power and tone to life. But when 
 Neptune is afflicted in the First House the na- 
 ture is indolent, procrastinating and changeable ; 
 perverted tastes and desires come to the front 
 and impel to acts of indiscretion which may 
 bring grave consequences. There is indication 
 of prostitution of the spiritual faculties ; a de- 
 ceptive, dishonest disposition, also a tendency 
 to mediumship and spirit obsession. 
 
 ty2 Neptune in the Second House and well as- 
 pected brings gain through all things in which 
 water plays a prominent part ; also through mys- 
 tic and occult matters and societies. But if Nep- 
 tune is afflicted the financial affairs of the person 
 will always be in an uncertain, chaotic state. 
 
 ^3 Neptune in the Third House, when well- 
 aspected enhances the mental faculties to a con- 
 siderable degree. It gives ability in the direc- 
 tion of inspirational writing and speaking, high 
 ideals, a devotional mind. But when Neptune 
 is afflicted in the Third House the mind is of a 
 low order, cunning, sometimes imbecile and
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 385 
 
 idiotic, subject to weird and uncanny feelings 
 and perverted appetites. Neptune in the Third 
 House also gives a tendency to many journeys, 
 frequently by water, but whether or not they 
 are successful depends upon the other aspects. 
 
 Neptune in the Fourth House, when well- 
 aspected, gives a spiritual atmosphere to the 
 home with unusual conditions for soul-growth 
 through the relationships there formed, but when 
 afflicted it brings fraud and deception, unhap- 
 piness and distrust, peculiar problems and many 
 changes of residence. There is also a liability to 
 extreme poverty at the close of life, even con- 
 finement in a public institution of charity. 
 
 Neptune in the Fifth House, strong and well- 
 aspected, indicates a successful courtship of one 
 of a highly advanced spiritual nature, success as 
 a teacher of mystic matters, and gain by invest- 
 ment in things ruled by Neptune, aquatic sports 
 and any other business in which the watery ele- 
 ment is strong. 
 
 Neptune in the Sixth House, well-aspected, is 
 a favorable indication of latent psychic facul- 
 ties which may be developed with profit from the 
 spiritual point of view . But when afflicted it 
 predisposes to the prostitution of spiritual fac- 
 ulties by mediumship, etc. Thus the person may 
 become subject to spirit control and run grave 
 
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 386 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 danger of obsession. It also indicates trouble 
 and loss through employees and a liability to 
 chronic wasting diseases and deformity. Usually 
 these tendencies are then accentuated by a sen- 
 suous nature and a self-indulgent manner of 
 living. 
 
 ^7 Neptune in the Seventh House and well- 
 aspected indicates a marriage to one of an oc- 
 cult, inspirational nature, generally a platonic 
 union of the most soul-satisfying nature, a true 
 companionship of two who are really mates. It 
 also shows success as a public speaker on occult 
 or mystical subjects. But when afflicted, Nep- 
 tune in the Seventh House shows an emotional, 
 mediumistic, unreliable marriage partner, or 
 there may be fraud or deception in connection 
 with the marriage, perhaps one of the partners 
 committing bigamy. This position also indi- 
 cates one of the parasites that prey upon the 
 public in general, or of those who become victims 
 of public disfavor, all according to the nature of 
 the aspects. They show whether or not this is 
 merited. 
 
 tj?8 Neptune in the Eighth House, when well- 
 aspected, gives gain through the marriage part- 
 ner, but not through the ordinary channels of 
 business; it comes in a peculiar manner. This 
 position is also favorable for occult investiga- 
 tion and often enables the person who has it to
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 387 
 
 obtain information at first hand. But when Nep- 
 tune is afflicted in the Eighth House it brings 
 loss by fraud or deception of the marriage part- 
 ner, financial troubles with estates or corpora- 
 tions and a strange, unusual ending to the life. 
 
 Neptune in the Ninth House is very favorable 
 for the cultivation of spiritual faculties; when, 
 well-aspected, it brings strange visions and un- 
 usual intuitional forebodings and presentiments, 
 also profit and pleasure in connection with long 
 journeys or voyages. 
 
 When Neptune is afflicted in the Ninth . 
 House it makes the mind fearful and anxious,, 
 always on the qui vive with vague forebodings; 
 it inclines to travel but brings trouble in that 
 connection, also danger of legal complication and 
 loss on that account. 
 
 Neptune in the Tenth House, when well- 
 aspected indicates one of high aspirations and 
 inspirations, spiritually inclined, who has the 
 ability to rise to leadership, fame and honor, in. 
 connection with some mystical society or in scien- 
 tific research. This position of Neptune also in- 
 dicates an accident to one of the parents, prob- 
 ably by water, while the person is still a child, 
 but when the planet is well-aspected a legacy 
 often accrues. 
 
 Neptune in the Tenth House and trine to 
 the Sun or Moon are sure signs of the ability to
 
 S88 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 cultivate the spiritual sight in' this life. A num- 
 ber of well-known seers have this aspect. 
 
 When Neptune is afflicted in the Tenth 
 House it indicates fraud, deception and dishon- 
 esty which in time will bring their reward of 
 sorrow, trouble and scandal. 
 
 tpll Neptune in the Eleventh House and well- 
 aspected shows a person of high spiritual as- 
 pirations and the ability to attract others of a 
 similar nature who will be of help to him in 
 realizing his desires, hopes and wishes. When 
 Neptune is afflicted in the Eleventh House it 
 indicates deception and treachery on the part 
 of people who pose as friends ; this will bring 
 loss and trouble. Therefore people with this 
 configuration should be particularly careful who 
 they cultivate and admit to their friendship. 
 
 tpl2 Neptune in the Twelfth House, well-aspected, 
 brings success in research work of a scientific or 
 occult nature which is carried on in secret or far 
 from the haunts of men. It also indicates a secret 
 soul-satisfying or clandestine but honorable 
 relationship with someone which will bring bene- 
 fit to both and it not infrequently happens that 
 this friend is in the spirit world, but the relation 
 is much more close in such cases than it can 
 ver be between friends who are both in the phy- 
 sical body. When Neptune is afflicted in the 
 Twelfth House it gives a liability to confinement
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 389 
 NEPTUNE IN THE TWELVE SIGNS 
 
 and restraint in a public institution such as a 
 hospital, asylum, or prison, on account of secret 
 but powerful enemies, a chronic and noisome dis- 
 ease or insanity due to perverted practices. 
 
 T Neptune in Aries, when well-aspected fills a 
 person with religious enthusiasm, though not al- 
 ways of the orthodox kind, and gives him the 
 energy and ambition to push forward to the front 
 rank in whatever line of thought and belief he 
 espouses. There is a desire to elevate humanity 
 to a higher and more noble plane of life and on 
 that account this configuration or position usu- 
 ally brings the person forward as a public char- 
 acter of more or less importance, according to 
 the general aspects and tenor of the horoscope. 
 But when afflicted, Neptune in Aries brings 
 out the destructive tendencies. There is a sim- 
 ilar desire to raise humanity to realms of hap- 
 piness, but the methods are anarchistic and it 
 incites to murder of those whom the person con- 
 ceives to be the enemies of society, by bomb plot 
 or assassination, and lays the person liable to 
 imprisonment on account of conspiracy against 
 the government or others in authority. 
 
 b Neptune in Taurus gives a kindly, companion- 
 able disposition and an inclination towards the 
 beautiful and artistic in nature. He is fond of
 
 S90 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 music and the pleasures of life. This is also a 
 good omen for the acquisition of land or prop- 
 erty. But when Neptune is afflicted in Taurus 
 it gives a sensuous and passionate nature ana 
 a strong tendency to gourmandize which in time 
 is bound to bring trouble and sorrow in its wake. 
 
 * n Neptune in Gemini, well-aspected, is one of 
 the best indications of unusual mental faculties, 
 for Neptune is the octave of Mercury the planet 
 of mind, logic and reason. Hence this position 
 develops the occult, prophetic and inspirational 
 faculties. It makes the person sensitive to the 
 finer intuitional and inspirational vibration^ in 
 nature. It is the signature of genius in one di- 
 rection or another according to the other aspects 
 in the horoscope. It gives the gift of oratory 
 and unusual literary ability, and makes the per- 
 son a fine mechanician or mathematician; in 
 short, there is no field of endeavor where mental 
 ingenuity is required, that the person with Nep- 
 tune in Gemini, well-aspected, does not excel. 
 But when Neptune is afflicted in Gemini it 
 indicates inability to concentrate to any good 
 purpose. The mind is restless, chaotic and wa- 
 vering, inclined to cunning, fraud and deception, 
 or at best it makes the person a visionary and 
 a dreamer who is apt to become the dupe of oth- 
 ers. There is generally trouble with brothers,
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 391 
 
 sisters and neighbors who cordially dislike the 
 person in whose horoscope this aspect is found. 
 
 ty 2E> Neptune in Cancer, when well-aspected, gives 
 an intuitive, sympathetic and lovable nature 
 quick to understand the sorrows and joys of 
 others and ready to feel for them or with them. 
 Hence these people are generally very much 
 liked, both in the home and in their immediate 
 circle of acquaintances. This position also brings 
 them in touch with the finer forces of nature and 
 enables them to cultivate such spiritual facul- 
 ties as psychometry and a species of intuition 
 whereby they can get in touch with whomsoever 
 or whatsoever they wish for the help and benefit 
 of others. They are very versatile in the spir- 
 itual direction and may reach great heights by 
 devotion, which is strongly expressed in them. 
 But when Neptune is afflicted in Cancer it gives 
 a very self-indulgent disposition which generally 
 exerts a baneful influence in the home, perhaps 
 more by inuendo than by direct malicious ex- 
 pression. This position also gives peculiar tastes 
 and appetites which are apt to cause great trou- 
 ble to the alimentative system and there is a 
 strong inclination for drugs or drink. 
 
 ^ Si Neptune in Leo, when well-aspected, gives a 
 generous, sympathetic and warm-hearted dispo- 
 sition, a sociable nature, fond of pleasures and 
 artistic pursuits. These people have consider-
 
 392 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 able ability and success in educational pursuits 
 because of an intimate understanding of the 
 nature of others and the faculty of imparting 
 to them whatever knowledge they possess them- 
 selves. They are very conscientious in their deal- 
 ing^ with others and successful in affairs of the 
 heart. 
 
 But when Neptune is afflicted in Leo it 
 makes the nature super-sensual and therefore lia- 
 ble to disappointments in love. These people are 
 governed by impulse rather than by reason; 
 they lack the stamina to face an issue, are cow- 
 ardly, fickle and not to be depended upon; they 
 incur a general dislike among their acquaint- 
 ances. 
 
 Neptune in Virgo. Mercury, the planet of 
 mind, reason and logic is exalted in Virgo, and 
 the occult, prophetic, inspirational, spiritual, de- 
 votional and musical Neptune is the octave of 
 Mercury, hence the blending of the Mercurial 
 and Neptunian qualities produced by Neptune 
 in Virgo give exceptionally fine mental faculties 
 with the addition of inspiration, prophecy and 
 devotion to the highest ideals when Neptune is 
 well aspected, for Neptune adds gentleness and 
 sympathy to the cold Mercury, though such peo- 
 ple are rather odd in their ideas and inclina- 
 tions, especially with respect to marriage, which 
 they usually regard from the platonic standpoint.
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 393 
 
 If Neptune is afflicted in Virgo it gives hypo- 
 chondriac tendencies and an imagination of hav- 
 ing all the ills and ailments in the universe which 
 makes the person's life miserable. There is also 
 a tendency to become the plaything of spirit 
 controls, not only with respect to mediumship 
 but such people are liable to direct obsession and 
 when this calamity has once occurred it is very 
 difficult to free the body from the obsessing en- 
 tity. 
 
 = Neptune in Libra, when well-aspected, gives a 
 musical, poetic and artistic temperament and in- 
 dicates a union of a highly spiritual nature 
 which will be of great comfort and satisfaction 
 to the person. When Neptune is afflicted in 
 Libra, there is a tendency to clandestine, uncon- 
 ventional and illegitimate relations, either of the 
 person himself or of the marriage partner, ac- 
 cording to the nature of the aspects to Neptune. 
 It indicates a weak and over-emotional nature 
 which incurs and merits the dislike of those in 
 its immediate environment. 
 
 Neptune in Scorpio, well-aspected, gives a de- 
 sire to delve into the secrets of nature and thus 
 it is a good position for those who work in scien- 
 tific or occult research work. It gives energy, 
 enthusiasm and inspirational perception beyond 
 the realm of reason and augurs successful ac- 
 complishment of whatever is undertaken. But
 
 394 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 when afflicted it gives a terrible temper, a sen- 
 suous and passionate nature, an inordinate de- 
 sire for drink or drugs and a tendency to drown- 
 ing either by accident or design. 
 
 ^ t Neptune in Sagittarius, when well-aspected 
 favors the inspirational, devotional and religious 
 tendencies in the horoscope. It brings dreams 
 and visions, also occult experiences. There is a 
 love of travel and a great enjoyment of the plea^s- 
 ures thus obtained. When Neptune is afflicted 
 in Sagittarius the subject becomes liable to tears 
 and forebodings; dreams of danger and visions 
 of distress prey upon the mind, making life mis- 
 erable. Sometimes they have great desires to 
 travel but are unable to gratify them, or if they 
 do they have trouble or accidents to contend 
 with. 
 
 Neptune in Capricorn, when well-aspected 
 gives a serious and contemplative nature, able to 
 concentrate upon whatever matters come before 
 it, hence such people are successful, keen and 
 far-sighted business men, usually on a large 
 scale, or if the nature of the other aspects in 
 the horoscope draws them toward secret work 
 they make excellent detectives capable of solving 
 the most intricate problems, or researchers along 
 psychic lines; in fact they excel in any occupa- 
 tion where deep thought and concentration are 
 the keys to success.
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 395 
 
 But when Neptune is afflicted in Capricorn 
 it makes the nature melancholy, secretive and 
 very often deceitful. These people are generally 
 recluses and shun the society of their fellow-men. 
 
 ? Neptune in Aquarius, when well-aspected, 
 gives an altruistic or Utopian disposition with a 
 desire to emancipate the whole world from what- 
 soever social, mental, moral or physical ills the 
 person may be able to perceive. Hence these 
 people are usually too far in advance of their 
 time and age to be understood. They are re- 
 garded as dreamers and visionaries, idealists and, 
 in a sense, dangerous to society because of their 
 originality and independence of conventions. 
 At the same time these people are very popular 
 with the most progressive people in society. They 
 easily apprehend Nature's finer forces and are 
 therefore the pioneers in exploration of hitherto 
 undreamed-of fields. 
 
 When Neptune is afflicted in Aquarius it 
 gives similar ideas and ideals in regard to con- 
 ventions. But it is only too liable to bring such 
 people and their ideas into discredit and dis- 
 grace. 
 
 Neptune in Pisces, when well-aspected gives a 
 love of mysticism and as an investigator of the 
 occult. Sometimes these people develop their 
 spiritual faculties and obtain first-hand knowl- 
 edge. They are compassionate towards others,
 
 396 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 unobtrusive, retiring in their manner, well liked 
 also often the recipients of aid from others, cheer- 
 fully and willingly given. 
 
 When Neptune is afflicted in Pisces the per- 
 son is liable to suffer through mediumship, ob- 
 session and deception of secret enemies. There 
 is danger of imprisonment and a tendency to 
 indulge in drink or drugs which will end in sor- 
 row and self-undoing. 
 
 NEPTUNE IN ASPECT WITH OTHER PLANETS 
 
 O * A W The Sun sextile or trine to Neptune favors 
 the possibility of developing spiritual faculties, 
 for Neptune intensifies the higher vibrations in 
 the aura and as some express themselves best 
 through music these aspects make them unusu- 
 ally sensitive to echoes from the heavenworld, 
 which is the realm of tone. Many people with 
 these configurations hear the harmony of the 
 spheres and if Mercury, the lower octave of Nep- 
 tune, gives the requisite dexterity they become 
 musicians of a high inspirational nature. In 
 others it breeds a love of the occult which leads 
 them into the higher life, but they usually ap- 
 proach it from the intellectual standpoint as 
 psychic investigators. A few live the life and 
 obtain first-hand knowledge. 
 
 O P 6 D 8 '$ T~he Sun parallel, conjunction, square 
 or opposition to Neptune also brings the person
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 397 
 
 in touch with the denizens of the invisible world 
 by raising the vibrations in his aura, but these 
 configurations attract the undesirable element 
 such as are seen at the ordinary spiritualistic 
 seance. In a watery sign Neptune induces the 
 person to drink to excess and then the added 
 acceleration of the vibratory rate frequently 
 causes such people to perceive the ugly and 
 gruesome forms abounding in the lower realms 
 of the invisible world, which are real elemental 
 entities and not figments of his fancy as believed 
 by people who hear him tell what he sees during 
 delirium tremens. 
 
 9 * A W Venus sextile or trine to Neptune makes 
 an inspirational musician. It gives a fertile 
 imagination and deep emotions, a nature that is 
 pure and chaste, hence occasionally it leads to 
 platonic unions and companionship of the most 
 ecstatic nature. 
 
 $ 6 PW Verius conjunction or parallel to Neptune 
 is to be judged on the same line as indicated in 
 the cases of Mars and Uranus. 
 
 $ n 8 W Venus square or opposition to Neptune 
 makes the person liable to sorrow, loss and trou- 
 ble, especially through the marriage partner or 
 anyone else in whom he trusts. People with this 
 aspect should be particularly careful to avoid 
 anything which has in it an element of chance
 
 398 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 or speculation for they are sure to lose, especially 
 in dealing with large companies or corporations. 
 
 $ 6 P * A W Mercury in conjunction, parallel, sex- 
 tile or trine to Neptune makes a man peculiarly 
 adapted to the occult art, particularly if the con- 
 junction occurs in the Third or Ninth Houses or 
 the trines are from watery signs Cancer, Scor- 
 pio or Pisces. Such people usually succeed in 
 occult science and often develop a supernormal 
 faculty. They are particularly good as magnetic 
 healers. 
 
 $ n & ^ Mercury square or opposition to Neptune 
 gives a chaotic mind, liability to lack of memory, 
 indolence and a disposition to dream the time 
 away. There is a restless desire for fame frus- 
 trated by inability to fit in anywhere. Such peo- 
 ple are liable to fraud, deception and slander, 
 also to suicide. 
 
 D * A ^ The Moon sextile or trine to Neptune in- 
 creases the faculty of imagination to a superla- 
 tive point, especially if either of the planets is 
 in the Ninth House. Then it favors prophetic 
 dreams and visions which brings the person in 
 contact with the invisible worlds. It indicates 
 ability in the occult arts and success in their 
 practice. It makes the nature exceedingly in- 
 spirational and it also gives a kind and sympa- 
 thetic disposition. The spiritual qualities men-
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 399 
 
 tioned may not be apparent even to the person 
 himself, but then they are latent and capable 
 of development. It is also safe to say that at 
 some time or other during the life persons with 
 these aspects will come in contact with the occult 
 and be very much attracted, whether the quali- 
 ties of the soul are developed or not. 
 
 D 6 PW The Moon conjunction or parallel to Nep- 
 tune indicates the same strong psychic faculties 
 as the good aspects, particularly if Neptune is 
 placed in the psychic sign Cancer. Those who 
 have been born with the good configurations of 
 Neptune during the fourteen years when it was 
 in the airy scientific sign Gemini are now con- 
 quering the air and perfecting scientific inven- 
 tions which will make us marvel, but the children 
 who have been born under favorable configura- 
 tions during the fourteen years Neptune has 
 been going through the psychic sign Cancer art* 
 growing up around us as a band of mystics ana 
 when they have reached mature years they will 
 astonish us with their spiritual insight and 
 power. Among other things they will develop 
 the soul of music in a hitherto unprecedented 
 manner. 
 
 3) G 8 ty The Moon square or opposition to Nep- 
 tune is also an indication of the soul qualities 
 similar to those given by the good aspects, but 
 under those configurations the person will be 01
 
 400 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 a negative nature and is apt to become the prey 
 of spirit-controls and subjected to mediumship, 
 therefore people with those aspects should be 
 very careful not to attend spiritualistic seances, 
 sitting in the silence or other methods of occult 
 development. 
 
 T? * A W Saturn sextile or trine to Neptune is good 
 for success in worldly affairs for it brings out the 
 saturnine virtues, forethought, honor, self-reli- 
 ance, determination, system et cetera, by which 
 the person gains the confidence and esteem of 
 others, but the principal effect is spiritual and 
 therefore only felt by those who are able to re- 
 spond because of other aspects in the horoscope. 
 To them it gives the ability to delve deeply into 
 occult and mystical subjects, also to become pro- 
 ficient in the art and practise thereof. 
 
 ^ 6 P W Saturn conjunction or parallel to Neptune 
 has the same effect as the good aspects when it 
 occurs in a sign where either of the planets are 
 strong as Neptune is in Cancer and Pisces and 
 Saturn in Libra and Capricorn. 
 
 T? D 8 W Saturn square or opposition to Neptune 
 lays the person liable to loss by deception, treach- 
 ery or fraud in worldly matters and if he should 
 undertake to investigate or practise the occult 
 art he is liable to become the prey of spirit-con- 
 trols and be led into mediumship with conse-
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 401 
 
 quent danger to the health, and liability to 
 suicide. 
 
 H * A W Jupiter sextile or trine to Neptune gives 
 an inspirational mystical nature and ability to 
 fill a position connected with occult orders, that 
 is to say, where the character is sufficiently de- 
 veloped so that Neptune can make his influence 
 felt for then this position brings out all the 
 noblest and most spiritual strength of both plan- 
 ets, and occult experiences are not infrequently 
 the result. At any rate, during the sleeping 
 hours these people are quite active and conscious 
 in the invisible worlds and often bring exper- 
 iences back with them as dreams or visions. 
 
 11 6 P W Jupiter conjunction or parallel to Nep- 
 tune gives an influence similar to that of the 
 good aspects when Neptune and Jupiter are not 
 afflicted, but if they are in a weak sign and 
 aspecting the other planets by square or oppo- 
 sition then the influence is similar to that of 
 the bad aspects of Jupiter and Neptune. 
 
 y D 8 ^ Jupiter square or opposition to Neptune 
 indicates lack of control of the emotions. The 
 person is sensitive to the influences of the bor- 
 derland between the seen and the unseen worlds 
 but they are often of an awe-inspiring and dis- 
 gusting type, hence apt to cause hysterical con- 
 ditions, involuntary trance and kindred disor- 
 
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 402 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ders attendant upon negative psychism, but 
 from a material standpoint it gives danger of 
 fraud through speculation or large companies 
 and dealing with such predatory interests 
 should therefore be avoided. 
 
 $ * A W Mars sextile or trine to Neptune inten- 
 sifies the emotional nature and gives a leaning 
 toward the study and practice of occultism and 
 mysticism. When other testimonies in the horo- 
 scope concur, the martial energy directed toward 
 the psychic subjects denoted by Neptune often 
 helps the person very materially in his aim to 
 penetrate into the invisible worlds in a conscious 
 manner. 
 
 $ 6 D P <* ^ Mars conjunction, square, parallel or 
 opposition to Neptune makes the nature coarse 
 and sensual, impulsive and irascible, militant 
 and extravagant in speech and action, self-indul- 
 gent to a degree in whatever direction his pas- 
 sions may lead him and unable to exercise re- 
 straint over himself in any direction. It gives a 
 fanatical spirit which may express itself in either 
 religion or atheism and under favorable condi- 
 tions such people are liable to become victims of 
 discarnate spirits who may either use them as 
 a medium or by obsessing them. It gives a ten- 
 dency to lawlessness and participation in anar- 
 chistic schemes or plots.
 
 NEPTUNE, THE PLANET OF DIVINITY 403 
 
 * A W Uranus sextile or trine to Neptune gives 
 inclination towards the occult or mystical side 
 of life, and if either is placed in the Tenth House 
 the person usually becomes a leader or authority 
 in these lines, he wins at least local recognition 
 and if other testimonies concur his fame will be 
 national or international. This position will 
 bring direct touch with the spiritual world and 
 success in dealing with inhabitants of that plane. 
 It produces dreams and visions of a prophetic 
 and inspirational nature, strengthens the healing: 
 powers and will consequently enable the person 
 to do a great deal of good for his suffering: 
 fellow-men. These aspects give a highly devel- 
 oped intuition which amounts almost to mind- 
 reading. There is a love of travel and explora- 
 tion of the physical world as well as of nature's 1 
 finer realms. Nor are such people altogether' 
 dreamers, they have a strong will with excellent 
 executive and organizing powers which will aid 
 them tn realizing their hopes, wishes and ambi- 
 tions to rise in life and be at the forefront of 
 whatever profession they select. 
 
 6 P W Uranus conjunction or parallel to Neptune 
 are convertible aspects if the planets are well 
 placed by sign and otherwise well aspected, their 
 effect will be similar to the sextile or trine, 
 though not so pronounced, but if they are cadent, 
 weak by sign, and afflicted they are only a little
 
 404 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 less evil than when aspected by square or oppo- 
 sition. 
 
 J# H3 8 ^ Uranus square or opposition to Neptune 
 brings underhanded, deceptive influences into 
 the life which aim to undermine the reputation 
 and make the person suffer scandal and public 
 disfavor, sudden and unaccountable reverses in 
 business are met with, or trouble in social affairs. 
 There is the same love of travel and exploration 
 as given by the good aspects but the person can- 
 not accomplish his aims with the same facility, or 
 if he does ,it is to his disadvantage and brings 
 .added trouble He is also drawn towards the oc- 
 cult or mystic side of life, but his path is beset 
 l>y dangers of mediumship and obsession and all 
 through life he is filled with a vague dread of 
 impending disaster which he can neither account 
 for nor dispel by will or reason, hence uncer- 
 tainty overshadows the life as a cloud and robs 
 Jiim of peace and contentment.
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 THE DOCTRINE OF DELINEATION IN A NUTSHELL, 
 
 STUDENTS of the Stellar Science will find the fol- 
 lowing Table very useful in delineating horoscopes 
 for though the planets confer many more character- 
 istics than there given, as shown in the general read- 
 ing which opens the chapter wherein the places and 
 aspects of each planet is given, the following key- 
 words give in a succinct manner the quintessence of 
 the characteristics conferred by each planet accord- 
 ing to whether it is well or ill aspected. 
 
 When the student has mastered the meaning of 
 the positions and aspects of the various planets as 
 given in the preceding chapters he may with the 
 greatest of ease give a good delineation of the effect 
 of each aspect by combining the key-words in this 
 Table and elaborating upon them. For instance, if 
 reading a horoscope where the Sun is trine Saturn, 
 put down the description given in the Table as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 "The vital, venturesome and authoritative Sun 
 trine the deliberative, persevering, tactful, cautious, 
 methodical and thoughtful Saturn" (then elaborate) 
 will give John a tenacious hold on life and endow him 
 with both courage and caution, so that while .he may 
 405
 
 406 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 seem venturesome at times he will always carefully 
 calculate the obstacles to be overcome and not attempt 
 anything foolhardy, but accomplish his object once 
 he has decided to go ahead. He will be systematic, 
 orderly and methodical, also persevering in whatever 
 he undertakes after due deliberation and forethought, 
 hence his efforts will generally be brought to a suc- 
 cessful issue. In dealing with others he will be" 
 thoughtful and tactful, hence usually able to obtain 
 his desires by diplomacy. On account of these quali- 
 ties he will be generally successful in life and he will 
 lay up a fair fortune, for Saturn is also the planet of 
 acquisitiveness. 
 
 In a similar manner students may combine the 
 key-words of all the other planets and aspects from 
 this Table and elaborate on them as they can. This 
 will enable them to give a good reading of any horo- 
 scope with a little practice. For further practical 
 demonstration of this method students are advised to 
 study the children's horoscopes in Rays From the 
 Rose Cross, where the writer makes use of it every 
 month. These horoscopes are a mine of instruction 
 which no student desiring to perfect himself in the 
 stellar science can afford to be without. The key- 
 words will bring to his mind what has been said about 
 the general nature of the planets under considera- 
 tion ; this he may combine with the nature of the signs 
 and houses where the planets are placed if a very 
 full reading is desired.
 
 THE DOCTRINE OF DELINEATION 407 
 
 TABLE OF PLANETARY KEY- WORDS 
 
 O * A The vital, venturesome, dignified and author- 
 itative Sun. 
 
 O D 8 The lazy, ambitionless, despotic and cowardly 
 Sun. 
 
 9 * A The harmonious, artistic, beautiful, lovely, 
 cheerful and suave Venus. 
 
 $ n 8 The dissolute, sensual, vulgar, slothful, loud 
 and lazy Venus. 
 
 5 * A The quick-witted, versatile, eloquent, literary, 
 adroit and dexterous Mercury. 
 
 $ n 8 The restless, shiftless, profane, gossipy, dem- 
 agogic, dishonest, untruthful, forgetful, and 
 clumsy Mercury. 
 
 D * A The magnetic, imaginative, plastic and 
 changeable Moon. 
 
 D n 8 The negative, procrastinating, dreamy, vacil- 
 lating, visionary, frivolous, childish and wor- 
 risome Moon. 
 
 J? * A The cautious, deliberate, methodical, perse- 
 vering, tactful, thoughtful and thrifty Saturn.
 
 408 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 T? n 8 The malicious, materialistic, melancholy, pes- 
 simistic, avaricious, obstructive, secretive and 
 worrisome Saturn. 
 
 U * A The law-abiding, charitable, conservative, 
 reverent, optimistic, opulent and benevolent 
 Jupiter. 
 
 2f D 8 The indolent, procrastinating, bombastic, os- 
 tentatious, prodigal, dissipated and lawless 
 Jupiter. 
 
 $ * A The gallant, enterprising, energetic, enthus- 
 iastic and constructive Mars. 
 
 $ O (9 The coarse, combative, egotistic, discordant, 
 destructive, passionate, audacious, impulsive 
 and hot-tempered Mars. 
 
 J? * A The advanced, romantic, original, independ- 
 ent, liberty-loving and inventive Uranus. 
 
 D <? The licentious, unconventional, fanatical and 
 irresponsible Uranus. 
 
 * A The occult, prophetic, inspirational, spiritual, 
 devotional and musical Neptune. 
 
 W D S The fraudulent, vague, deceptive, dishonest 
 and mediumistie Neptune.
 
 THE DOCTRINE OF DELINEATION 409 
 
 THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF THE PLANETS 
 
 Sliown by Elevation, Exaltation, Critical Degrees, 
 Etc. 
 
 The foregoing delineation of the effects and in- 
 fluences of the planets in the various houses and 
 signs, also by aspect and position puch as parallel 
 and conjunction, sextile, square, trine and opposi- 
 tion, are subject to wide modification according to 
 the other configurations of the horoscope, and ac- 
 cording to whether the planets are essentially dig- 
 nified or in their detriment, exalted or in fall, or 
 placed in, critical degrees. The following table of. 
 planetary powers will show at a glance the signs in 
 which the various planets are strong or weak; and 
 when the student knows in what sign a planet rules 
 or is exalted it is only necessary to remember that 
 it has its fall or detriment in the opposite sign. Thus 
 the Sun rules Leo and is exalted in Aries. Hence 
 it is very powerful in those signs, and as the oppo- 
 site signs are Aquarius and Libra it is at once appar- 
 ent that when placed in these signs the Sun is com- 
 paratively weak. Another important factor which 
 it is necessary to take into consideration is elevation. 
 The closer a planet is to the Midheaven, the more 
 highly it is elevated and the more powerful it is. 
 Consulting the table of planetary powers we find that 
 Mars rules Aries and is exalted in Capricorn. Let 
 us suppose that in a horoscope, Mars is found placed 
 close to the Midheaven in Aries or Capricorn and
 
 410 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 square to the Sun which is near the Ascendant. Then 
 the evil will be very much greater than if Mars were 
 in Libra or Cancer, the signs of his fall and detri- 
 ment, and the Sun placed in the Midheaven ele- 
 vated above Mars. Similarly, if the Sun were placed 
 in Aries, its exaltation sign, close to the Midheaven 
 in high elevation and trine to Jupiter in its own sign, 
 Sagittarius, then both planets are very strong and 
 their effect would be much more marked than if they 
 were placed in the signs of their fall and debility 
 By memorizing this table and bearing in mind the 
 matter of elevation, the student will be able to form 
 a much more accurate judgment of the effect of plan- 
 ets in any particular horoscope than if this is not 
 taken into consideration. 
 
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 THE DOCTRINE OF DELINEATION 411 
 
 CRITICAL DEGREES 
 
 Another division of the Zodiac which it is easy 
 to remember and important to take into consideration 
 is based upon the passage of the Moon from the first 
 degree of Aries through the twelve signs. It takes 
 the Moon about 28 days to go around the Zodiac and 
 she moves with an average velocity of 13 degrees. 
 Thus if we start with the first point of Aries and 
 measure one day's travel, the second day will com- 
 mence at the 13th degree and the third at the 26th; 
 the fourth commences at 9 degrees of Taurus and 
 the fifth day she starts at 21 degrees of the same sign ; 
 on the sixth day she reaches 4 degrees of Gemini ; 
 on the seventh day she starts at 17 degrees of Gemini 
 and completes the first quarter by reaching the cusp 
 of Cancer on the morning of the eighth day. It is 
 evident that she will strike the same degrees of the 
 .signs composing the other three quarters during the 
 three weeks it takes her to complete the circuit, and 
 thus we may easily memorize the critical degrees in 
 the folowing manner: 
 
 In the Cardinal Signs Aries, Cancer, Libra and 
 Capricorn, the first, thirteenth, and twenty-sixth de- 
 grees are critical. 
 
 In tlie Fixed Signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and 
 Aquarius, the ninth and twenty-first degrees are 
 critical. 
 
 In the Common Signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagit- 
 tarius and Pisces, the fourth and seventeenth degrees 
 are critical.
 
 412 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 It has been found that when a planet is within 
 orb of three degrees of one of these critical points it 
 exercises a much stronger influence in the life than 
 it, would otherwise. Therefore students will also do 
 well to remember this and should a planet be in a 
 sign of fall or detriment, but in a critical degree, 
 it is thereby strengthened and will do more good or 
 bad according to its nature and the aspect it has. 
 On the other hand, if a planet is in its exaltation 
 sign, highly elevated and in a critical degree, its 
 aspects will be exceedingly powerful and make them- 
 selves felt much mere in the life than would other- 
 wise be the case. 
 
 Mercury Before and After the Sun 
 
 Another important point which is only too often 
 overlooked is the position of Mercury with regard to 
 the Sun. When Mercury is in a lower degree of the 
 same sign as occupied by the Sun, or in any degree 
 of a preceding sign, he rises before the Sun and, so 
 to speak, carries the rays of the Day Star forward. 
 But when he is placed in a higher degree of the same 
 sign as the Sun or in the sign following that occu- 
 pied by the Sun, then he rises after the Orb of Day 
 and is, so to speak, overshadowed. Therefore it has 
 been found that when Mercury, the planet of mind, 
 logic and reason, rises before the Sun, it gives a 
 keener, better intellect than when he follows the lu- 
 minary.
 
 THE DOCTRINE OF DELINEATION 413 
 
 ARE You HELPING YOUR STARS? 
 
 One not infrequently hears ^tudents of Astrol- 
 ogy express their annoyance at the way the stars 
 work. They complain that the evil directions are 
 always on time and marked in their effect, while very 
 often the good directions seem to have little or no 
 influence and they wonder why. Have you ever real- 
 ized that you cannot possibly get something for 
 nothing, any more than you can create something out 
 of nothing. This holds good whether you want a loaf 
 of bread, a position, favors, or anything else. If at 
 any time you seem to get something without paying 
 for it, you will have to settle later, and settle with 
 interest, for it is nature's law of Justice that nothing 
 is given for nothing. There must be an equivalent 
 in one way or another; the scales may.be tipped in 
 one direction for a long time, but as surely as the 
 pendulum swing.s equally to each side of the neutral 
 point, so surely will the scales of justice swing, anu 
 swing until the balance is reached. 
 
 This holds good in Astrology; it is said that 
 "God helps the man who helps himself," you may 
 also say that the stars help the man who helps him- 
 self, for they are God's ministers and it should always 
 be remembered that the stars show tendencies, they 
 mark times when opportunities are ripe, but they 
 never under any circumstances compel anyone to act 
 in this, that or the other manner. But neither are the 
 directions haphazard events, they are lessons and ex-
 
 414 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 periences for us, of which we may avail ourselves, or 
 not, as we choose within certain limits. For instance, 
 the Moon comes to a square of Mars, and it will bring 
 to us an opportunity to lose our temper,and get into 
 trouble thereby, then when the trouble is over and 
 we sit down to reflect on the occurrence we will most 
 likely say to ourselves, well what fools we are to allow 
 a little thing like that to play havoc with our happi- 
 ness. On the other hand if the Astrological student 
 uses his knowledge in the proper manner, then he 
 should know what the effect of the Moon square Mars 
 will be, he should resolve to be calm beforehand and 
 say: Here is an opportunity for me to rule my stars, 
 I am going to keep my temper well under control 
 so that no matter what happens, I am going to main- 
 tain my equilibrium. Then, when the opportunity 
 comes along to lose his temper he may stand firm. 
 Although he may feel the passions surging within, he 
 may stand outwardly quiet, keep a cool head and 
 when the danger is past he will have gained a victory 
 and learned the lesson which it was intended he 
 should learn. Or suppose it is a square of the Moon 
 to Saturn, this will cause people to worry and look 
 upon the dark side of life,but the astrological student 
 may say to himself when such a configuration is ap- 
 proaching: No, I am not going to worry, worry will 
 not help matters, it hinders, because it takes from 
 me all my strength, wherewith otherwise I could over- 
 come conditions, I am going to look at the bright
 
 THE DOCTRINE OF DELINEATION 415 
 
 side of the matter and see what I can do to remedy 
 this trouble. 
 
 As a matter of fact most of the things we worry 
 about never come to pass, and if the student can learn 
 under this planetary direction, to keep his equilib- 
 rium, to stop worrying, then he has ruled his stars 
 and learned an important lesson. Thus, if he helps 
 his stars by learning the lessons which they are en- 
 deavoring to teach him, the evil directions will not 
 have the same power over him as if he simply sits 
 down and folds his hands saying: "Well I cannot 
 help it, I am under the evil directions and naturally 
 things are bound to go wrong in every particular." 
 There is in the horoscope a dominant factor, namely : 
 the Individual will, bear in mind, that the horoscope 
 shoivs only tendencies and it has no power whatever 
 to compel you, compulsion is from within yourself. 
 You, in the final analysis, are the dominant factor 
 in that horoscope, and can by an exercise of sufficient 
 will power rule your stars. It is admitted that we 
 are all weak, and therefore not able to exercise the 
 necessary will power at all times, but that is exactly 
 what these evil directions are sent to us to cultivate, 
 a stronger and a firmer will to do the right thing at 
 the right time and it depends upon ourselves whether 
 we shall be compelled by circumstances from without 
 or by our own will from within. Surely that is the 
 proper way, and astrological students above all other 
 people ought to be able to guide their lives safely 
 amid the rocks and shoals of existence, because they
 
 416 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 have proper warning, they know what is coming, and 
 they should prepare for it. 
 
 On the other hand it is asked : Why do the good 
 directions not bring a corrsponding measure of 
 benefit? And the answer to that question is, for the 
 same lack of co-operation, it is as absolutely necessary 
 to help our stars in the one direction as to hinder 
 them in the other. Are you out of a position with 
 perhaps the family exchequer running low and no 
 means in sight wherewith to replenish it, but your 
 hopes are centered upon a strong favorable direction 
 such as perhaps a trine of the progressed Moon to the 
 ruler of the Sixth House or the Sun! Under these 
 conditions you feel sure, from an astrological stand- 
 point, that you are going to obtain a good position 
 which will put you on easy street ? Very well, you may 
 be sure that the opportunity will come, but do not ex- 
 pect it to be laid in your lap without a single effort on 
 your part, if a thing is worth having it is worth going 
 after, it is worth making the very best efforts to get 
 it, do not neglect any detail, dress yourself carefully, 
 but not showily when you go to see the person who 
 has it in his power to bestow the favor, remember, 
 fir.st impressions are important ; have all your ammu- 
 nition ready in the shape of recommendations and 
 everything else that you would have were you not 
 depending upon an astrological aspect to help you 
 get the position. Use every proper means of impress- 
 ing the prospective employer with your ability and 
 you may depend that your effort will be successful,
 
 THE DOCTRINE OF DELINEATION 417 
 
 for you have helped your stars, you have grasped 
 your opportunity. Or, are you about to embark in 
 a business venture with some one else and you feel 
 very confident because the Moon is trine to the Sun 
 and Venus in the Seventh House? Be careful that 
 you do not lay aside your caution on that account, 
 thinking that under such a direction no one can come 
 into your partnership who is not all right. If you 
 do, you neglect your part and you will have no reason 
 whatever to blame the stars if later on it is shown that 
 the person is not all you expected him to be. Nothing 
 is needed in the world today in the same degree that 
 we need common sense, and this applies to the depart- 
 ment of astrology, as well as to every other depart- 
 ment of life. Opportunity may be likened to a tobog- 
 gan slide between ourselves and our desires, it is 
 necessary for us to make an adequate initial effort 
 in order to launch our sled upon this incline, but 
 once we have done our part, then everything will go 
 along swimmingly under favorable directions, for 
 then the stars are .with us to impress others in our 
 behalf, or to strengthen our penetrative power so 
 that we may know what is best for us. 
 
 If you want to know positively the power of 
 directions, even transits, as we call the actual posi- 
 tion of the stars in the sky, take an ephemeris and 
 note moon's aspects for the current month. When 
 the Moon is in opposition to Mars you will find in 
 people a general lack of energy and ambition, they 
 would rather tear down than build. When we have 
 
 27
 
 418 THE MESSAGE OF THE STAKS 
 
 a conjunction of Mars and the Moon, people will 
 be active and energetic, but impulse rather than 
 common sense will govern, hence they will accomplish 
 little good, and may do harm without intention. But 
 when the Moon and Mars are trine, there will be a 
 general desire among people to do something of a 
 constructive nature, and they will meet with success 
 in such efforts. And last, but not least, when the 
 Moon is square to Mars it will make people irritable, 
 quarrelsome, destructive, ready to fly at each other, 
 unreasonable and unmanageable.
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 MIND AND THE RULING PLANET 
 
 WHEN we wish to study the character, disposi- 
 tion and temperament of anyone we must first 
 realize that the mind is the keystone of the arch of the 
 human personality. But character, disposition and 
 temperament do not depend so much upon the quality 
 of mind, whether it is keen, sharp and alert or slow 
 and plodding, as upon what channels it takes for its 
 expression. Intellects of the first magnitude are 
 sometimes put to perverted use to the detriment of 
 the community and the individual who thus misuses, 
 his divine heritage, while a slow and very inferior 
 mind may minister to many in lowly but loving 
 meekness and reap sheaves of soul-growth thereby. 
 Thus it is not sufficient to determine the quality of 
 the mentality; we must also ascertain what is the 
 channel of its expression. To judge that or any other 
 matter thoroughly really involves consideration of 
 the horoscope as a whole, separately and apart from 
 its bearing upon all other matters. But in a general 
 way the character and disposition may be learned 
 from the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Ascendant and the 
 ruling planets. 
 
 It has become the custom of many astrologers 
 419
 
 420 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 to take the lord of the rising sign as the ruler of 
 the horoscope. That is correct in Medical Astrology 
 because the Ascendant represents the body, but when 
 we want to judge the character which is the com- 
 bination of all the forces focussed through the horo- 
 scopical wheel of life the matter is different. Then 
 >ve must find what planet has the most dominant in- 
 fluence in the life and that is then the life ruler 
 regardless of whether or not it is the ruler of the 
 Ascendant. To find that planet, look first to the lord 
 of the Ascendant. If he is elevated, essentially dig- 
 nified or angular and strongly aspected, remember, it 
 matters not whether the aspects are good or bad as long 
 as they are close and plentiful (for if it were only 
 the good aspects that made the ruler then there would 
 be only good people in the world. But we know that 
 there are people of all shades of character and there- 
 fore it is necessary to select the ruler according to 
 the aspects, regardless of whether they are good or 
 bad). But above all, be sure to see that the aspects 
 are close; if they are good the lord of the Ascendant 
 is also the ruling planet, for he will exercise the most 
 potent influence in the life. 
 
 On the other hand if another planet is more 
 highly elevated than the ruler of the Ascendant, if 
 it is exalted, essentially dignified or placed in an 
 angle and its aspects are more plentiful or closer than 
 the aspects of the lord of the Ascendant, then judge 
 that that planet will be the ruler of the horoscope and 
 exercise a dominant influence in the life regardless
 
 MIND AND THE RULING PLANET 421 
 
 of the fact that it is not the ruler of the rising sign. 
 But if there are two planets running neck-and- 
 neck in the race for rulership, so to speak, with no 
 strongly marked difference in favor of one or the 
 other so that it is difficult to make a choice, do not 
 utterly discard one and choose the other, for then 
 they will both be very active in the life and must be 
 classed as co-rulers. 
 
 THE INFLUENCE OF RULING PLANETS 
 Well Aspected 
 
 O The Sun as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the vital, courageous and ambitious 
 well-aspected Sun is ruler, it gives dignity to the 
 whole nature, a lofty pride that would not stoop 
 to do anything small, mean or degrading, a fine 
 and noble courage that may show itself on oc- 
 casion as much by disdainfully ignoring the at- 
 tacks of an adversary whom he considers too far 
 beneath his notice as by a fight to the death for 
 a principle. There is an intense craving for 
 recognition and leadership which will make it 
 very difficult for him to occupy a subordinate 
 position; also an intense warm-hearted, affec- 
 tionate and demonstrative nature. 
 
 $ Venus as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the refined, luxurious and musical 
 well-aspected Venus is ruler of the horoscope
 
 422 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 it gives a tender, loving, even amorous nature 
 which craves love as we all desire air, for love 
 is the very life breath of such people. They are 
 extremely fond of children and usually have 
 many pets which serve as avenues of their ex- 
 pression of love. They are also pleasure-loving 
 and fond of social intercourse, neat and artistic 
 in their ideas and in the decoration of their 
 home.s. They love jewelry and anything else that 
 adds beauty to the life, but they are luxurious 
 in all their tastes, very amiable and much be- 
 loved by all ; their greatest fault is an inordinate 
 love of ease and an aversion to soil their hands. 
 
 % Mercury as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When Mercury the planet of reason, expres- 
 sion and dexterity is the well-aspected life ruler 
 it gives a keen, quick-witted mind which craves 
 knowledge as a thirsty man craves water and 
 absorbs it as readily, a mind that solves, appar- 
 ently without effort, the most intricate problems. 
 Thus there is ability in the various branches of 
 mental endeavor, science and literature, but these 
 people are also very apt and forceful orators and 
 have an extraordinary dexterity so that they can 
 usually turn their hands to anything. They are 
 fond of traveling and very successful as sales- 
 men and agents.
 
 INFLUENCE OF RULING PLANETS 423 
 
 The Moon as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the romantic, imaginative and restless 
 well-aspected Moon is the life ruler, the people 
 born under its influence are indeed rolling stone^ 
 and far fields always look greenest to them. 
 Therefore they have an overwhelming desire for 
 travel and change which generally does not per- . 
 mit them to stay in one place longer than neces- 
 sary to earn the money which will enable them 
 to go to the next. They have a most vivid and 
 fanciful imagination and a romantic nature en- 
 tirely foreign to any practical endeavor ; listless, 
 restles.8 and unstable as the tide that comes and 
 goes, flotsam and jetsam upon the sea of life. 
 They are generally mediumistic, though usually 
 unconsciously so, but are otherwise quite harm- 
 less though utterly irresponsible and untrust- 
 worthy where anything requiring an effort is 
 concerned. 
 
 Saturn as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the serious, sagacious and profound 
 well-aspected Saturn is life ruler, the people 
 born under its influence are of a profoundly 
 thoughtful, serious nature. They have a keen 
 sense of responsibility and are full of fore- 
 thought, hence trustworthy and reliable advisers ; 
 they are systematic, orderly and have good ex- 
 ecutive ability, frugal in their tastes, thrifty and 
 saving; just to a degree, but their justice is
 
 424 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 cruel, hard and untempered by the slightest de- 
 gree of mercy. They are chaste, sober and ex- 
 emplary in their lives but they have neither 
 mercy nor pity for those who are unable to over- 
 come faults or habits or who otherwise become 
 delinquent to the laws of society. They care lit- 
 tle or nothing for pleasure or the society of oth- 
 ers and generally keep their own counsel and 
 company; they are highly respected, esteemed 
 and trusted in the community but neither care 
 for nor merit the love of their fellow men. 
 
 It Jupiter as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the jovial, genial and generous well- 
 aspected Jupiter is life ruler, the people born 
 under his influence are ensouled by a great de- 
 sire for honor, respect and esteem in their com- 
 munity. Therefore they aspire to be pillars in 
 the church, legal lights, or to fill an honored po- 
 sition in the pulpit ; failing this they enter by 
 preference one of the professions as lawyer or 
 doctor. They are cordial, genial people with a 
 jovial smile and a hearty handshake that makes 
 one glad to meet them wherever they go, so they 
 are always welcome. They are law-abiding and 
 just but inclined to temper their justice with 
 mercy; and while they themselves live lives be- 
 yond reproach they are kind, forgiving and 
 lenient to those of a weaker morality whose lives 
 are smirched by sin and crime, hence they are
 
 INFLUENCE OF RULING PLANETS 425 
 
 philanthropic and always ready to give to char- 
 ity and benevolent work. They are not only re- 
 spected and esteemed but beloved in the com- 
 munity where they reside. 
 
 Mars as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the enthusiastic, energetic, construct- 
 ive and militant Mars is the well-aspected life 
 ruler, the people born under the influence of his 
 dynamic rays are eager for the fray and battle of 
 life. They are ensouled with an ardent desire 
 to conquer the world. To them it does not so 
 much matter what they do so long as it affords an 
 adequate outlet for the constructive energy 
 which, figuratively speaking, threatens to burst 
 them unless released. The bigger and more dif- 
 ficult the undertaking, the more they exult; 
 hence they become the pioneers and pathfinders 
 of civilization, the engineers and contractors who 
 build our cities and the highways and byways 
 that connect them, who develop the resources of 
 the world and turn them over to others to use. 
 They are extremely impatient of restraint and 
 will brook no interference with their plans or 
 methods. These people govern other^ and bend 
 them to their will by the whiplash of sheer force 
 for they have neither tact nor diplomacy but 
 win by the merit of might. They 'earn money 
 easily and spend it as lavishly and foolishly. 
 They are extremely extravagant and when re-
 
 426 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 verses come they are down and out for the time 
 being but they never stay down ; the indomitable 
 inner force soon accomplishes rehabilitation and 
 with it the old reckless ways of living reassert 
 themselves. They are generally foolhardy to a 
 degree, hence liable to accidents and a violent 
 end. 
 
 J? Uranus as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the original, romantic and eccentric 
 well-aspected Uranus is life ruler the character 
 is idealistic, unconventional and Utopian. These 
 people are generally out of patience with the con- 
 ventional ways of living and determined in their 
 efforts and endeavors to break the shackles of 
 society and live a bohemian life. They are full 
 of fads and given to unusual beliefs, too ad- 
 vanced for the majority. At the same time they 
 are pioneers of a new age in which many of the 
 ideas we now consider Utopian will be modified 
 so that they will be held by all. These people 
 are also the inventors of the world, in touch with 
 the higher worlds where ideas merge from the 
 Divine Mind to impinge upon the minds of those 
 who^are sufficiently sensitive to grasp them and 
 bring them to birth for the use of humanity. The 
 Uranians are very headstrong and always ready 
 with an argument to defend their ideas and se- 
 cure a convert to their cults; odd in dress, in 
 food, in ideas, they are a class apart.
 
 INFLUENCE OF RULING PLANETS 427 
 
 tp Neptune as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the occult and mystical well-aspected 
 Neptune is life ruler we have a person of a most 
 peculiar power whose chief mark is a strange 
 expression of the eye which must be seen to be 
 appreciated. It is as if he looked right through 
 and through whatever is before him, but it is 
 not necessary to discuss this type for there are 
 so few that they are very seldom encountered by 
 the average astrologer and only an occultist can 
 know and judge another occultist. 
 
 THE INFLUENCE OF AFFLICTED RULING PLANETS 
 
 When the life rulers are afflicted by the conjunc- 
 tion, parallel, square and opposition from the other 
 planets, especially from the malefics Saturn, Mars, 
 Uranus and Neptune they affect the life in an inim- 
 ical manner which may be outlined as follows: 
 
 O The Sun as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the cowardly, arrogant and ego- 
 tistical Sun is life ruler, people born under his 
 debilitating influence are egotistical in the ex- 
 treme, full of swagger, self-importance and ar- 
 rogance. If they obtain authority over anyone 
 whom they think they can overawe they will 
 rule such dependents with a rod of iron, tram- 
 ple upon their tenderest feelings without a 
 twinge of conscience or compunction, but if they
 
 428 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 themselves come under the authority of another 
 these spineless weaklings will then cringe, creep 
 and cater to the slightest whim of their master 
 though they hate him with an intense hatred that 
 is only kept in check by their fear. They whine 
 and wheedle at the faintest frown though ready 
 to spring and devour him if only they dared. It 
 is the signature of one of the most despicable 
 characters in the gamut. 
 
 $ Venus as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the slovenly, slothful and lazy af- 
 flicted Venus is ruler of the horoscope the 
 persons are sensual and profligate, untidy and 
 slatternly, of depraved, perverted tastes and ut- 
 terly disreputable in their conduct; they are 
 social parasites. They use loud and obscene lan- 
 guage and are fond of music of a clanging, jar- 
 ring nature. They love revelry and debauch, 
 their affection expresses itself in coarse lusts, un- 
 bridled passion, free love and moral perversion. 
 They revel in spangles and tinsel, loud, clashing 
 colors and cheap imitations of beauty and worth. 
 
 % Mercury as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the untruthful, dishonest and clumsy 
 afflicted Mercury is life ruler the people un- 
 der his influence are either entirely mentally 
 unsound so that they must be confined for their 
 own good in proper institutions, or they are so 
 cunning that they are able to hide their mental
 
 INFLUENCE OF RULING PLANETS 429 
 
 bias and prey upon society as thieves, pick- 
 pockets, defaulters and criminals of similar na- 
 ture. They are notoriously untruthful and pre- 
 fer misleading others to telling the truth, even 
 where it is of no benefit to them. They are either 
 dull of comprehension or of such consummate 
 cunning that they seem to be driven by a resi.st- 
 less force to get the best of some unsuspecting 
 person. They excel as confidence men, badgers 
 and in similar unsavory occupations. They are 
 thoroughly unreliable and dishonest in all their 
 dealings; neurotic and perverted, scabs on so- 
 ciety. These people are also inveterate talkers 
 and always ready to criticise, slander or ruin the 
 reputation of others. They are a menace to so- 
 ciety in all their activities. 
 
 The Moon as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the changeable and visionary af- 
 flicted Moon is life ruler it makes the persons 
 extremely restless and averse to labor of any 
 kind, fidgety and always on the move ; if they 
 cannot travel from one city to another, they 
 move from one house to another and from one 
 situation to another as often as possible and they 
 infuse the same restlessness into whomsoever they 
 come in contact with. If the afflictions are very 
 severe the mind suffers and their mental phases 
 coincide with the changes of the orb of night.
 
 430 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 i? Saturn as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the morbid, melancholy and mali- 
 cious afflicted Saturn is life ruler he robs life 
 of all joy and brightness so that the people be- 
 come recluses and melancholy misanthropes; so 
 miserly and avaricious that they will starve 
 themselves and forego the comforts of life even 
 when they have ample means to satisfy them. 
 They are cruel, hard and suspicious of the acts 
 and motives of others and if they take up work 
 as a detective they become human ferrets, blood- 
 hounds who will hound their prey to death and 
 gloat over the misery. If any one frustrates 
 such people they will hold spite forever and aim 
 to get even, if it takes a lifetime. But the end 
 of these people is always bad ; sometime or other 
 they overreach and fall into the trap they have 
 set for others. They usually die an ignoble death 
 and the world gives a sigh of relief when they 
 pass out. 
 
 H Jupiter as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the indolent, bombastic and ego- 
 tistical afflicted Jupiter is the life ruler the per- 
 son is often a parasite on the social tree, a gam- 
 bler, confidence man and speculator, sporty, fond 
 of display and ostentation ; he wears loud cloth- 
 ing, paste diamonds and cheap jewelry. He is 
 usually met with in pool rooms, on race tracks 
 and in similar places; playing poker or playing
 
 INFLUENCE OF RULING PLANETS 431 
 
 the ponies are among his favorite means of earn- 
 ing a living; he is very loud and egotistical, 
 anxious to attract attention no matter how; he 
 often figures in court proceedings on account of 
 shady transactions or immoral conduct or unpaid 
 bills, for he is an adept at obtaining credit for 
 everything he wants and never pays the price of 
 his expensive tastes if there is any way of avoid- 
 ing a settlement of his debts. Among the labor- 
 ing class he usually figures as a demagogue and 
 agitator, inciting to strikes and riots, but he is 
 always ready to sell out a striking union to the 
 employers. We find them among the typical 
 Italian padrones, as keepers of sweat-shops, and 
 in similar occupations. 
 
 Mars as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the arrogant, egotistical and fool- 
 hardy afflicted Mars is life ruler the person is an 
 egotist of the first water, bound to attain to his 
 wishes by force or destruction if other means 
 fail; in fact he prefers to bulldoze others to do 
 his will rather than to have them submit without 
 a struggle. He is a first-rate slave driver, section 
 boss on the railway, in a construction camp and 
 similar places, a liar, braggart, bouncer, or pugil- 
 ist, a daredevil willing to risk his life and the 
 lives of others at any moment and in any under- 
 taking.
 
 432 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 1$ Uranus as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the stubborn, erratic and independ- 
 ent afflicted Uranus is life ruler the men- 
 tality is usually so obsessed in one direction or 
 another that the person becomes a fanatic and 
 generally also there is an excessive sensuality 
 and perverted taste. They are always ready 
 and anxious for an argument as a means of air- 
 ing their ideas but they are so hypnotized by 
 their own particular fad that they are never con- 
 vinced and can never see when the argument 
 goes against them. They always espouse the 
 most radical and unconventional ideas. 
 
 tp Neptune as Ruling Planet. 
 
 When the mediumistic, neurotic and self- 
 indulgent afflicted Neptune is life ruler, the 
 person is of a dreamy, neurotic and negative 
 nature, apt to become the medium of disem- 
 bodied spirits or even obsessed by them. They 
 are likely to evolve psychic powers of a low grade 
 such as involuntary clairvoyance, crystal gazing, 
 etc., and if they are unable to develop these fac- 
 ulties they often stimulate mediumship and other 
 psychic gifts for the purpose of duping or de- 
 frauding others. They have a strong faculty of 
 imitation and easily become adepts at deception.
 
 INFLUENCE OF RULING PLANETS 433 
 THE SIGNS AS MENTAL SIGNIFICATORS 
 
 When the Cardinal Signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra 
 and Capricorn, are on the angles, that is to say, the 
 Ascendant, Midheaven, Fourth and Seventh Houses, 
 it is a general indication that the person is mentally 
 alert, quick to grasp an idea, active and enthusiastic 
 in whatever work he undertakes; one who has organ- 
 izing and executive ability and is capable of carrying 
 whatever enterprise he may start to success; a bold, 
 brave, indomitable spirit. This is especially true 
 when many planets are in Cardinal Signs and these 
 people may be classed as the business men of the 
 world. 
 
 When the Fixed Signs, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and 
 Aquarius are on the angles it indicates a thoughtful 
 but slow and plodding type of mind which requires 
 time to come to a decision. They always look before 
 they leap but when they have made up their minds 
 they adhere to the course mapped out with a remark- 
 able patience and perseverance which in the end in- 
 sures success. They are very reliable and can be de- 
 pended upon to keep their word and meet their obli- 
 gations. Their principal fault is that they are too 
 apt to get into a rut and become narrow-minded. 
 They are very original and may be classed as the in- 
 ventors of the world. These delineations are espe 
 cially true when many planets are in Fixed Signs. 
 
 When the Common Signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagit- 
 tarius and Pisces, are on the angles the mind is flighty 
 
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 434 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 and superficial, wavering and versatile. These people 
 are often very quick to grasp a point and form a 
 decision, but just as ready to forget and change their 
 minds. They are adepts at imitation and often pre- 
 tend to virtues or abilities entirely foreign to their 
 nature. They are easily swayed by the winds of 
 emotion ; one moment they may be highly elated over 
 some small matter and the next a trifling trouble 
 bows them down to earth. They are inconstant and 
 unreliable in all their dealings with others because 
 they do not know their minds two minutes in suc- 
 cession. They constitute the agents and middlemen 
 of the world, where they occupy a subordinate or 
 serving position. These delineations are particularly 
 apt when many planets are in Common Signs. 
 
 MENTAL EFFECT OF THE RISING SIGN 
 
 When there are no planets on the Ascendant the 
 rising sign has considerable influence on the type of 
 mind. 
 
 T Aries rising gives an energetic, enthusiastic and 
 ambitious type of mind, but inclined to rash and 
 impulsive acts and a quick temper. 
 
 b Taurus rising gives a stubborn, headstrong and 
 selfish nature, envious, covetous and malicious 
 when angered. 
 
 n Gemini rising gives a quick, alert and versatile 
 mind, easily adaptable to conditions but so fluidic
 
 MENTAL EFFECT OF RISING SIGN 435 
 
 that it lacks the ability absolutely essential to 
 sustained effort and lasting success. 
 
 S-> Cancer rising gives a negative, imaginative and 
 receptive type of mind, sometimes of a rather 
 morbid nature, reserved and mistrustful ; but 
 when such a person has made up his mind to 
 do something he is usually very tenacious in his 
 adherence to his ideas; sympathetic, hospitable, 
 and kind. 
 
 SI Leo rising gives a frank, open, ambitious mind ; a 
 powerful will and a proud, honorable and kind 
 disposition but inclined to be hasty, quick-tem- 
 pered, sensual and apt to go to extremes. 
 
 TO? Virgo gives a critical, scheming and ingenious 
 mind, able to evolve ideas galore but usually lack- 
 ing the initiative to carry them out unless prod- 
 ded by others. These people are very selfish,, 
 self-centered and reserved. They do not take 
 other people into their confidence and they sel- 
 dom become really familiar with anyone. 
 
 =2= Libra rising gives an easy-going but kindly and 
 sympathetic type of mind which is unable to- 
 grasp or cope with the exigencies of existence. 
 Therefore these people drift along the stream of 
 life, taking as much of the sweet as they can get 
 and using every effort to avoid the bitter. They 
 crave approbation but in return adore their 
 friends and are usually bound up in them.
 
 436 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 1TL Scorpio rising gives a dual type of mind. This is 
 one of the most mystical of the twelve. Some- 
 times it is symbolized as an eagle representing 
 the lofty, aspiring type soaring as does the eagle 
 into the ether. At other times it is typified as 
 a serpent which crawls in the dust,- and again as 
 a scorpion. There is also considerable occult 
 significance in the fact that the serpent has the 
 sting in its head and the scorpion has it in its 
 tail. B'ut for the present purpose we will judge 
 the two latter as one. 
 
 The Scorpio type of mind denoted by the 
 eagle is thoughtful, reserved and inclined to 
 lofty ideals; dignified in demeanor, proud and 
 with perfect control of the temper. These peo- 
 ple are very reserved and generally keep their 
 own counsel. 
 
 The other type when Scorpio is represented 
 by the serpent is entirely different; deceitful, 
 shrewd and secretive; past finding out; sensual 
 and unforgiving; jealous and passionate, with a 
 very ,sharp tongue and fiery temper. 
 
 J Sagittarius rising gives an energetic, aspiring, 
 benevolent mind but rather lacking in ambition. 
 These people are usually of an ardent, affection- 
 ate disposition and sometimes very demonstra- 
 tive. 
 
 V3 Capricorn rising gives a tactful, diplomatic, deep 
 and thoughtful type of mind but selfish, envious
 
 MENTAL EFFECT OF RISING SIGN 437 
 
 and covetous. These people are apt to get into 
 a rut and become very narrow, and when they 
 are crossed they hold spite and plan revenge. 
 They are self-reliant and persistent in whatever 
 they undertake. 
 
 Aquarius rising gives a good intellect, a friendly, 
 sympathetic and humane disposition, but these 
 people are very original and independent; they 
 will brook no interference with their vagaries 
 and pursue their own course regardless of what 
 others say or think, sometimes even against their 
 own reason but just to assert their independence. 
 
 Pisces rising gives a sentimental and romantic 
 type of mind, inclined to worry and restlessness, 
 apt to turn to the occult, and mystical ideas. 
 The mind is very sensitive and often takes on the 
 conditions of others with the effect of unsettling 
 and troubling the person.
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 YOUR LUCK IN LIFE 
 
 HEALTH, wealth and happiness are to most peo- 
 ple the prime objects of life, and whoever has 
 them is rightly considered lucky, though, as we have 
 endeavored to show, luck is very closely linked to 
 merit, and we have earned what we have either in 
 this or former lives and what we lack in fortune or 
 ability we may acquire in this or later lives by good 
 use of our opportunities. 
 
 Thus health and disease, vocational ability, so- 
 cial and financial fortunes, marriage, etc., are shown 
 in the horoscope as outlined in the following pages. 
 
 HEALTH AND DISEASE 
 
 The subject of health and disease is thoroughly 
 elucidated in that part of the book which deals 
 with medical astrology, but those who do not care to 
 go into the depths of the subject will find the follow- 
 ing general hints helpful in determining the matter 
 for ordinary purposes: 
 
 The main indicators of health and disease are 
 the Sun, Moon and Ascendant, together with the 
 planets in the First House or just above the Ascend- 
 ant. The twelve signs of the Zodiac confer a vitality 
 438
 
 YOUR LUCK IN LIFE 439 
 
 of differing degrees and when there are no planets 
 near the rising sign it is of much greater importance 
 than otherwise. The signs may be classed as follows: 
 
 Aries, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Sagittarius are 
 strongly vital signs. 
 
 Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Aquarius are moder- 
 ately vital. 
 
 Cancer, Capricorn and Pisces are signs of weak 
 vitality. 
 
 Both the Sun and the Moon affect health in all 
 horoscopes, but the Sun is the particular significator 
 of health for men and the Moon has the same func- 
 tion in a woman's horoscope. Thus, if a boy is born 
 at a New Moon which is a total eclipse, he will have 
 very poor chances of surviving. The same may be 
 said of a girl born at the Full Moon when that is 
 eclipsed. 
 
 If the Sun is strong by sign, well aspected by 
 Mars or by the benefics, if he is in essential dignity, 
 exaltation or elevation in a male horoscope, it indi- 
 cates the possession of a strong vitality and presages 
 a life blessed by good health. If the Moon is simi- 
 larly placed in a woman's horoscope the same effect 
 follows. 
 
 On the other hand if the luminaries are in weak 
 signs in the Sixth or Twelfth Houses or afflicted by 
 Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune, the vitality is 
 weak and much sickness will result unless, from child- 
 hood, care is taken to follow the laws of health and 
 hygiene. It must be borne in mind that tike lioro-
 
 440 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 scope shows only tendencies which work out infallibly 
 if we drift with the tide of life. But on the other 
 hand, it does not show the factor of the human will, 
 which being divine may enter in and by proper ef- 
 forts in the right direction correct, at least in a large 
 measure, the limitations. 
 
 It is a good indication of health when a strong 
 sign rises with Jupiter or Venus close to the Ascend- 
 ant and well aspected. But if a weak sign is on the 
 Eastern horizon, and the life forces are further 
 sapped by Saturn, Uranus or Neptune in the rising 
 sign, a life of suffering is foreshown. 
 
 With respect to Mars it has been found that his 
 presence on the Ascendant strengthens the constitu- 
 tion when he is well aspected but predisposes to 
 feverish or inflammatory complaints when he is af- 
 flicted. 
 
 It should be understood that the Sun, Venus, 
 Mercury, the Moon and Jupiter do not afflict save by 
 square or opposition, whereas the conjunction and 
 parallel of Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Neptune are 
 considered inimical as well as the square and oppo- 
 sition. 
 
 The afflictions from Cardinal Signs: Aries, Can- 
 cer, Libra and Capricorn, indicate acute ailments 
 which usually run their course and leave no particu- 
 lar trace. 
 
 The afflictions from Fixed signs: Taurus, Leo, 
 Scorpio and Aquarius, indicate organic or hereditary
 
 YOUR LUCK IN LIFE 441 
 
 tendencies which are difficult to conquer and usually 
 become chronic. 
 
 The diseases indicated by Common Signs: Gem- 
 ini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, are convertible. 
 They may be entirely overcome or run their course 
 until they become chronic, according to the mental 
 temperament of the person in whose figure these are 
 found. 
 
 The places of the malefics: Saturn, Mars, 
 Uranus and Neptune always indicate weak points in 
 the anatomy and the place of Saturn is particularly 
 sensitive, no matter whether he is afflicted or not 
 it is always a danger point. By knowing the parts 
 of the body which are ruled by the different signs 
 it is easy to see where the weak links in the chain of 
 human health are located : 
 
 Aries rules the head and face. 
 
 Taurus rules the neck and throat. 
 
 Gemini rules the lungs, arms and shoulders. 
 
 Cancer rules the breast and stomach. 
 
 Leo rules the heart and dorsal region of the back. 
 
 Virgo rules the abdominal parts. 
 
 Libra rules the kidneys and loins. 
 
 Scorpio rules the genitals and rectum. 
 
 Sagittarius rules the hips and thighs. 
 
 Capricorn rules the knees. 
 
 Aquarius rules the ankles. 
 
 Pisce^ rules the feet.
 
 442 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Thus if Saturn is placed in Leo it will indicate 
 that the person is subject to heart trouble. If it is 
 in Pisces it will indicate cold feet. The hot and in- 
 flammatory Mars afflicted in Aries, the sign which 
 rules the head, would indicate a tendency to fevers, 
 and so on with the other planets. 
 
 There are three nebular spots located in the zo- 
 diac, namely: the Pleiades in 29 degrees of Tau- 
 rus; the Ascelli in 6 degrees of Leo, and Antares 
 in 8 degrees of Sagittarius. If the Sun or Moon 
 are found in these places and afflicted by a malefic, 
 be careful of the eyes, or if one of the malefics are 
 in one of these places afflicting the Sun and Moon 
 the same judgment holds good. 
 
 With these general indications the ordinary stu- 
 dent should be able to judge a horoscope with respect 
 to health and disease and should a more thorough ex- 
 amination be desired, a study of the matter in the 
 part dealing with Medical Astrology will give the 
 necessary information. 
 
 THE SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL FORTUNES 
 
 The vocation, financial fortune and social stand- 
 ing, like all other matters, should be judged from 
 the whole horoscope, but the Second, the Sixth, the 
 Eighth and the Tenth Houses with their lords are 
 the chief significators. 
 
 Tine Second House indicates what the person 
 earns by his own efforts. When Jupiter, Venus, the
 
 YOUR LUCK IN LIFE 443 
 
 Sun, the Moon and Mars are well-aspected and placed 
 in the Second House or lord thereof they attract 
 wealth commensurate with the number and closeness 
 of their aspects and whether they are dignified, ex- 
 alted or elevated. But if Saturn, Mars, Uranus and 
 Neptune are elevated and afflict the Sun and Moon 
 it is a sure sign of financial misfortune. 
 
 Jupiter in the Second House i,s moderately gen- 
 erous but Mars makes a free spender and conse- 
 quently the money he brings goes about as fast as it 
 comes. Saturn in the Second House, or ruler, makes 
 the person thrifty and saving but he will find it diffi- 
 cult to make ends meet unless Saturn is in his ex- 
 altation sign Libra and well-aspected with Jupiter; 
 then fortune comes by legacy or in the latter part of 
 life. Uranus in the Second House and in good aspect 
 to Jupiter or the Sun and Moon is also a good indi- 
 cation of financial fortune. 
 
 The Eighth House: The planetary influences 
 which bring financial fortune through the person's 
 own efforts when operating through the Second House 
 bring money through the marriage partnership or 
 legacy when operating through the Eighth House. 
 Thu ; s Jupiter in the Eighth House indicates money 
 by marriage or partnership if well-aspected by the 
 Sun, Moon, Venus or the lord of the Seventh House. 
 But if aspected by Saturn and Uranus it shows a 
 legacy. Mars in the Eighth House well-aspected 
 shows a husband, wife or partner with good earning 
 capacity but too free a spender. The other indica-
 
 444 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tions enumerated as acting through the Second House 
 may be similarly applied to the Eighth. 
 
 VOCATION 
 
 When the majority of the planets are well- 
 aspected and above the Earth or when the Sun is 
 in good aspect to the Moon and Mars it is generally 
 easy for the person to obtain a situation and when 
 the Sun is in good aspect to Jupiter it gives promise 
 of a lucrative occupation. But when the majority 
 of the planets are below the Earth, weak and afflicted, 
 or when the Sun is in bad aspect to the Moon, Mars 
 or Jupiter, it is usually difficult for the person to find 
 employment. 
 
 To find the employment in which the person will 
 be most likely to succeed consider the nature and 
 significance of the Houses and Signs which hold the 
 majority of the planets. 
 
 When the majority of the planets are in the 
 Fiery Signs, Aries, Leo and Sagittarius, it indicates 
 as profitable the occupations in which the metals and 
 fire play a prominent part, such as machinists, en- 
 gineers, chauffeurs, smiths, cutlers, barbers, surgeons, 
 soldiers and hazardous and dangerous vocations. 
 
 If the majority of the planets are found in the 
 Eartliy Signs, Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, it indi- 
 cates success in agriculture, horticulture, gardening, 
 land, mines, timber, building materials and as con- 
 tractor for buildings; houses, dealers in foodstuffs
 
 YOUR LUCK IN LIFE 445 
 
 both in the raw and cooked states, such as the grocery 
 buisiiess, in restaurants or as grain dealers, chem- 
 istry, etc., also dress goods and clothing; in short 
 everything that comes out of the Earth to nourish, 
 clothe and shelter the physical body. 
 
 If the majority of the planets are in the Airy 
 Signs, Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, it indicates suc- 
 cess in clerical, literary, or artistic pursuits; occupa- 
 tions principally involving brains or travel, such as 
 accountants, bookkeepers, agents, messengers, ex- 
 pressmen, architects, civil engineers, mechanical 
 draughtsmen and designers, lecturers, scientists, elec- 
 tricians, aviators, inventors, and all similar occupa- 
 tions in which mind is a principal factor. 
 
 If the majority of the planets are in the Watery 
 Signs, Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces, the person should 
 seek occupations in which fluids are prominent, .such 
 as sailors and fishermen, ship builders and ship own- 
 ers, marine engineers and other occupations on ship- 
 board ; manufacturers and dealers in liquid refresh- 
 ments, etc. 
 
 The ruling planet also has an important bearing 
 on the life-work, and the occupations signified by the 
 different planets may be stated as follows: 
 
 G The Sun as life ruler indicates a leader it may 
 be of a state as king or president, or of a pro- 
 vince or city as governor or mayor, or as head 
 of a corporation, whether large or small. Thus 
 when the Sun is life ruler, especially if it is in
 
 446 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the Tenth House, it indicates a government posi- 
 tion or employment in an executive capacity. 
 
 9 Venus as life ruler indicates employment in an 
 artistic capacity as a musician, singer, actor, 
 theatrical agent, manufacturer or dealer in milli- 
 nery or fancy goods, laces, embroidery and 
 women's clothing; candy and confections, flow- 
 ers or ornaments, etc. 
 
 $ Mercury as life ruler indicates success in litera- 
 ture or on a lecture platform; as printers, pub- 
 lishers, or bookkeepers; as school teachers, ex- 
 press agents, mail carriers, commercial travelers, 
 stenographers, secretaries, office workers and all 
 other clerical and traveling occupations. 
 
 D The Moon as life ruler signifies success as travel- 
 ing salesmen, railroad employees, ticket agents 
 and other positions concerned with the trans- 
 portation of the public ; car builders, hotel keep- 
 ers, dealers in fluidic commodities, nurses, obstet- 
 ricians, fishermen, sailors and others employed 
 on shipboard and in the shipping trades. 
 
 >> Saturn as life ruler signifies all employments con- 
 nected with the earth such as agriculture, gar- 
 dening, mines, building and building materials; 
 diplomats, judges, politicians, police, jailers, de- 
 tectives, secret service agents and all whose work 
 is accomplished by stealth and strategy ; night
 
 YOUR LUCK IN LIFE 447 
 
 workers and those engaged in slow, plodding, la- 
 borious work. 
 
 Jupiter as life ruler signifies success in the profes- 
 sions, as lawyers, judges, clergymen, ambassa- 
 dors, cabinet officers, senators, congressmen or 
 other positions of public trust; bankers, finan- 
 cial agents, physicians, benevolent or social 
 workers. 
 
 Mars as life ruler signifies employments in which 
 iron and sharp instruments are prominent, such 
 as soldiers and surgeons, smiths, machinists, bar- 
 bers, structural iron workers, founders, molders, 
 engineers and all dangerous employments. 
 
 Uranus as life ruler signifies employments in 
 which air, electricity, thought power and genius 
 are chief factors, such as inventors, electricians, 
 aviators and those interested in supernormal 
 or super-physical subjects such as psychology, 
 phrenology, magnetic, divine or mental healing; 
 cooperative colonies, socialism, and advanced 
 ideas of life and living. 
 
 Neptune as life ruler indicates occupations involv- 
 ing the occult, watery and psychic elements; also 
 those in which fraud and deception are rampant 
 because the genuine article is so rare. These in- 
 clude astrologers, mediums and clairvoyants. 
 Neptune also produces some highly inspirational 
 musicians.
 
 CHAPTER XXL 
 
 MARRIAGE AND OFFSPRING 
 
 THEEE was a time when man in the making was 
 male-female and able to beget children without 
 the assistance of another, but when one pole of the 
 creative force was directed upward to build the 
 brain and the larynx mankind ceased to be bisexual 
 and thenceforth each male or female had to seek its 
 complement to accomplish the begetting of children. 
 Therefore marriage was instituted by the angels as a 
 sacrament and the sacred rite of generation was per- 
 formed under their supervision in great temples at 
 certain times of the year when the interplanetary lines 
 of force were propitious for propagation. The rest 
 of the time all lived together in the paradisiacal bliss 
 of chaste companionship. Therefore parturition was 
 also painless and sickness and sorrow were unknown. 
 But when, under the guidance of the fallen an- 
 gels, the Lucifer spirits, mankind commenced to exer- 
 cise the creative function for pleasure regardless of 
 the stellar ray, death entered and the woman began 
 to bring forth her children in sorrow and suffering. 
 For though a minister may legally marry people, he, 
 being ignorant of the stellar script, cannot see if the 
 basic harmony necessary to truly mate two souls is 
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 MARRIAGE AND OFFSPRING 449 
 
 present. Therefore, alas, most marriages fail to bring 
 the happiness and satisfaction of soul which mark the 
 companionship of true mates. Besides there is the 
 pain of parturition incidental to mismating and the 
 increased suffering of the ego which is building its 
 body under inharmonious prenatal conditions. 
 Surely, a heavy toll to pay for ignorance of the stellar 
 science! Worse still, in the great majority of cases, 
 where people do know astrology or where they are in- 
 formed of its pronouncement in their case, they re- 
 fuse to heed its warning voice when it is contrary to 
 their desires. They often even hate the astrologer 
 who has the temerity to tell them that sorrow is in 
 store if they wed. Therefore it is at best a thank- 
 less task. 
 
 But this matter is so important at our present 
 stage of evolution, it has such far-reaching conse- 
 quences both for the individual and for society, that 
 it is really criminal to leave to chance the choice of a 
 mate. Fortunately we are nearing the Aquarian Age 
 and there is no doubt that people will then study the 
 stellar script, perhaps they will institute matrimonial 
 bureaus maintained by the church or state, with a 
 view to guiding the growing generation in the right 
 direction. If children whose nativities are harmon- 
 ious could visit at each others' homes and become 
 playmates the attachment would undoubtedly ripen 
 into love with the years. Then marriage would not 
 end the romance as it unfortunately does in the ma- 
 jority of unions consummated at the present time, but 
 
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 450 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 it would intensify love and happiness year by year. 
 The bond of affection would grow stronger and aid 
 the soul growth of those under its magic spell as no 
 other relation can. 
 
 Children would not be accidents then. They 
 would be loved into life and they would scarcely miss 
 the heaven they had left for they would find in their 
 homes a heaven on earth. Therefore we pray that 
 the time may soon come when earch community will 
 have its matrimonial bureau conducted upon the 
 astrological basis where parents may send their 
 child's birth data and receive in return the name and 
 address of another child who will be harmonious as a 
 mate. If the parents of both feel satisfied with re- 
 speet to family connections, etc., the children could 
 be made acquainted ; if not, other names could be sub- 
 mitted by the bureau until one suitable according to 
 both the social and astrological standards were found. 
 The children could then become playmates, and there 
 is no doubt that in time their affection would grow 
 into a love that would satisfy the youthful sentiments 
 of romance. Later an ideal marriage would crown 
 their happiness. 
 
 Nor should we wait for the church or state to take 
 the initiative. If parents who believe in astrology 
 would form associations, maintaining a central bu- 
 reau where the horoscopes of their children could be 
 kept on file, grouped and classified with a view to 
 finding true mates for them, it would give such a 
 practical demonstration of the worth of astrology
 
 MARRIAGE AND OFFSPRING 451 
 
 that in twenty five years enough cases could be 
 pointed out to arrest the attention of conservative 
 people. 
 
 Harmony and Discord 
 
 Man is, as Paul says, spirit, soul and body. There- 
 fore the blending of two beings in perfect harmony- 
 requires that they be in accord on the spiritual,, 
 moral and physical planes, symbolized in the horo- 
 scope by the Sun and Moon (Spirit or Ego), Mars 
 and Venus (soul or sex) and the Ascendant govern- 
 ing the physical body. These significators taken to- 
 gether with the sign on the Seventh House and the 
 planet therein show the innate agreement or discord 
 between people so far as the matrimonial relationship* 
 is concerned. 
 
 The physical harmony is judged by comparison^ 
 of the rising sign of the two persons involved. Fiery 
 signs agree, so do earthy, airy or watery signs. But 
 a person with a watery sign rising cannot success- 
 fully mate with one who has a fiery or earthy sign 
 on the Ascendant. It is like mixing fire and water, 
 or heaping earth upon it. Fire will only combine 
 with fire and air. People having a watery sign on 
 the Ascendant may harmonize with a person having 
 an earthy sign rising, or vice versa. But neither the 
 earthy nor watery signs will mix with the airy trip- 
 licity. 
 
 On the moral plane the relationship is governed 
 by Mars and Venus. If Venus in the horoscope of
 
 452 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 one person is in the same sign and degree as Mars in 
 the horoscope of another person, there will be love 
 at first sight when they meet, but the attraction will 
 l>e sexual and unless there are other powerful signs 
 of harmony, Mars will dominate Venus, especially if 
 Mars is situated in the Seventh House or highly ele- 
 vated above Venus in the other person's horoscope. 
 
 When the Sun in one person's horoscope is on 
 the place of the Moon in the other person's chart 
 liarmony is shown on the spiritual plane. 
 
 The ideal marriage requires the blending of the 
 two charts in all these particulars and the happiness 
 will depend upon the measure of agreement as indi- 
 cated. There are unions where people are sexually 
 mated but have entirely different characteristics in 
 other respects and vice versa. Therefore the two 
 charts must be examined in their entirety to give a 
 reliable judgment. 
 
 The following will explain the indications for 
 marriage in the individual horoscope of both sexes. 
 
 Men's Marriages 
 
 An early marriage is indicated in a man's horo- 
 scope : 
 
 (1) When he is born in the light of the Moon, 
 at the time she is progressing from the new to the 
 full, provided she is placed in the Fourth, Fifth, 
 Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh or Twelfth House.
 
 MARRIAGE AND OFFSPRING 453 
 
 (2) When the Moon and Venus are strong and 
 well aspected with a number of the other planets in 
 the fruitful signs, Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces. 
 
 (3) When the Moon and Venus are in the Fifth 
 or Seventh Houses which rule courtship and mar- 
 riage. 
 
 (4) When a fruitful sign is rising with Cancer, 
 Scorpio, or Pisces in the Fifth or Seventh Houses. 
 
 (5) When Venus and Mars are dignified, ele- 
 vated, strong and well aspected. 
 
 (6) When Jupiter or Venus, or both, are in the 
 Seventh House well aspected. 
 
 A late marriage is shown in a man's horoscope: 
 
 (1) When he is born in the dark of the Moon; 
 that is to say, when the Moon is going from the full 
 to the new and she is placed in the First, Second, 
 Third, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Houses. 
 
 (2) When the Moon or Venus are afflicted by 
 Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune, especially if 
 either of these planets is placed in the Fifth or Sev- 
 enth Houses. 
 
 (3) When Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Neptune 
 are in the Fifth or Seventh Houses. 
 
 (4) When the Moon is square or opposition to 
 Venus or Jupiter they bring trouble in courtship and 
 consequent delays of the marriage.
 
 454 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Marriage is denied or accomplished with great 
 difficulty : 
 
 (1) When Saturn is in Scorpio which rules the 
 genitals, or if the Moon is there parallel, conjunction, 
 square, or opposition to Saturn the planet of obstruc- 
 tion, for then there is little or no desire for sexual 
 intercourse, hence such people generally remain bach- 
 elors. 
 
 (2) When the Moon, or Venus, the planet of 
 love, is afflicted in the Saturnine sign Capricorn, 
 especially if the affliction comes from Saturn, the 
 planet of obstruction, many obstacles to marriage pre- 
 sent themselves and it is doubtful if they can be over- 
 come, hence it is unlikely that the person will marry. 
 
 (3) When the Moon is square or opposition to 
 the Sun it is difficult for the person to make up his 
 mind on any subject, and if the Moon is placed in the 
 'First, Second, Third, Seventh, Eighth or Ninth 
 Houses, this will make it particularly difficult to 
 come to a decision regarding marriage. If at the 
 same time there is an affliction from Saturn he will 
 mever make up his mind, hence marriage will not be 
 consummated. 
 
 (4) When the Moon is in the last degrees of a 
 sign she is said to be void of course, and if at the same 
 time she makes no aspect to other planets, it shows 
 a lack of attraction to the opposite sex, which will 
 probably prevent the person entering the marriage 
 relation.
 
 MARRIAGE AND OFFSPRING 455 
 
 Women's Marriages 
 
 An early marriage is indicated in a woman's 
 horoscope : 
 
 (1) When she is born in the light of the Moon, 
 that is to say, when the orb of night is going from 
 the new to the full, and the Sun is placed in the 
 Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh, or Twelfth 
 Houses. 
 
 (2) When the Sun and Venus are in one of the 
 fruitful signs, Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces, and well 
 aspected. 
 
 (3) When the Sun, Venus, and Mars are well 
 aspected, especially if in the Fifth or Seventh Houses, 
 which govern courtship and marriage. 
 
 (4) When a fruitful sign is rising, with Cancer, 
 Scorpio, or Pisces in the Fifth or Seventh Houses. 
 
 (5) When the Sun, Mars, and Venus are digni- 
 fied, elevated, well and strongly aspected. 
 
 (6) When Jupiter or Venus is in the Seventh 
 House well aspected. 
 
 A late marriage is shown in a woman's horo- 
 scope : 
 
 (1) When she is born in the dark of the Moon, 
 that is to say, when the Moon is going from the full 
 to the new, and the Sun is in the First, Second, 
 Third, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Houses.
 
 456 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 (2) When the Sun and Venus are afflicted by 
 Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune, especially if 
 placed in the Fifth or Seventh Houses, which govern 
 marriage and courtship. 
 
 (3) When Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune 
 are in the Fifth or Seventh Houses. 
 
 (4) When the Moon is square or opposition to 
 Venus or Jupiter, delays and trouble in courtship 
 and marriage may be looked for. 
 
 (5) When the Moon is parellel, square or oppo- 
 sition to Uranus, the octave of Venus, that also will 
 bring delays. 
 
 Marriage is denied or accomplished only with 
 great difficulty: 
 
 (1) When Saturn is in Scorpio, the sign which 
 rules the genitals, or when the Sun is there parallel, 
 conjunction, square, or opposition to Saturn, the 
 planet of obstruction, there is little or no desire for 
 sexual intercourse, hence when this sign is found in a 
 woman's horoscope it is safe to judge that she will 
 remain a spinster. 
 
 (2) When the Sun, or Venus the planet of love, 
 is afflicted in the Saturnine sign Capricorn, partic- 
 ularly if the affliction comes from Saturn, the planet 
 of obstruction, there will be many obstacles to mar- 
 riage and it is very doubtful if under the circum- 
 stances a marriage will result.
 
 MARRIAGE AND OFFSPRING 457 
 
 (3) When the Sun and Moon are afflicting each 
 other by square or opposition it makes the person va- 
 cillating on any subject, and if the Sun, which is 
 significator of marriage for a woman, is placed in the 
 First, Second, Third, Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth 
 Houses, this will make it particularly difficult to 
 come to a decision regarding marriage. Should there 
 be at the same time an affliction between the Sun and 
 Saturn it will effectually prevent the person from 
 making up her mind, hence marriage will not be con- 
 summated. 
 
 (4) When the Sun by progression makes no 
 aspect to the other planets it indicates a lack of 
 attraction to the opposite sex, which will probably 
 prevent her from entering the marriage relation. 
 
 Happiness, Sorrow and Bereavement 
 
 The masculine Sun is the particular significator 
 of the marriage partner in a woman's horoscope, and 
 the feminine Moon signifies the spouse in a man's 
 chart. Hence when the Sun or Moon are in good 
 aspect to one another, or to Venus, the planet of love, 
 and Jupiter, the planet of benevolence, happiness and 
 joy are assured in the married relationship, particu- 
 larly if these planets are placed in the Seventh House. 
 
 On the other hand, Saturn, Mars, Uranus and 
 Neptune, afflicting the Sun in a female figure, or the 
 Moon in a man's chart, indicate sorrow and trouble 
 through the marriage relation. If they are placed
 
 458 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 in the Seventh House the testimony is all the more 
 potent, and it is also foreshown that the marriage 
 will be dissolved. 
 
 In this respect, Saturn and Mars indicate death 
 of the marriage partner; Uranus may also bring 
 about this ending if afflicted by Saturn or Mars, but 
 otherwi.se it points rather to a clandestine relation- 
 ship which will probably bring about the dissolution 
 of marriage by desertion or divorce. 
 
 Second Marriages 
 
 If one or more of the malefics, Saturn, Mars, 
 Uranus, and Neptune, are found in the Seventh 
 House, and the Sun or Moon are in a fruitful sign, 
 Cancer, Scorpio, or Pisces, or in the double-bodied 
 signs, Gemini or Sagittarius, it is likely that the 
 person will marry several times, and probably to his 
 sorrow. 
 
 If the Sun or Moon are aspected to a number of 
 planets placed in double-bodied signs, Gemini, Sag- 
 ittarius, or Pisces, especially if these signs are on the 
 Seventh House, two or more marriages are likely to 
 occur. When the ruler of the Ascendant is placed in 
 the Seventh House well aspected to other planets and 
 in a double-bodied sign, Gemini, Sagittarius, and 
 Pisces, it indicates a plurality of marriages. 
 
 Description of the Husband or Wife 
 
 In a man's horoscope the planets to which the 
 Moon makes an aspect by progression after birth,
 
 MARRIAGE AND OFFSPRING 459 
 
 indicate the women to whom he will be attracted, 
 together with their character and disposition, which 
 is determined by the sign that the planet is in and 
 the aspects which it makes. For illustration, let us 
 suppose that the Moon in a certain person's horo- 
 scope comes first to a sextile of the Sun in Leo, and 
 that the Sun is aspected by a trine to Jupiter, then 
 we shall find the description of the wife by looking 
 up the disposition and character in the chapter of 
 the Sun under the Sun in Leo and the Sun trine 
 Jupiter. This would indicate a lady of ambitious 
 disposition, a noble character, blonde and of florid 
 complexion. If on the other hand, we find that the 
 Moon after birth makes a square to Mars in Scorpio, 
 and Mars in turn square to Venus, then it would 
 show a woman of a very lewd, slothful and slovenly 
 nature who would be domineering, quarrelsome, and 
 extremely difficult to get along with. Similarly for 
 the other planets. 
 
 In a woman's horoscope the husband is described 
 by the planets to which the Sun makes an aspect by 
 progression, these planets to be taken in connection 
 with the sign where they are found and the planets 
 with which they in turn form configurations, and 
 the method is the same as indicated in the case of 
 the Moon in a man's horoscope. It should be re- 
 marked, however, that when the significator of the 
 marriage partner, aspected by the Sun or Moon, is 
 retrograde or weak by sign, as Saturn in Aries or 
 Jupiter in Gemini, the attraction is not strong enough
 
 460 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 to culminate into a marriage but will probably indi- 
 cate only a passing attraction. Therefore the stu- 
 dent must use his judgment in these respects. 
 
 Children 
 
 Whether a person will have children or not can- 
 not be judged from his or her individual horoscope 
 with any degree of accuracy for this matter is not 
 dependent on one only, therefore the horoscope of 
 the prospective parents should be compared and the 
 individual indications blended, then if both horo- 
 scopes show a fruitful nature many children will be 
 born, but if both are only moderately fertile, or if 
 one is very fruitful and the other barren, the forecast 
 must be made accordingly. 
 
 The indications shown in the individual horo- 
 scope may be interpreted as follows: 
 
 The Moon is the planet of fecundation and there- 
 fore the most important significator; next comes 
 Venus, the planet of love and attraction ; and last, 
 Jupiter, the planet of benevolence. If either of these 
 planets is in the Fifth House, which indicates chil- 
 dren, and in one of the fruitful or double-bodied 
 signs, Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, Gemini, or Sagittarius, 
 it is an indication that the person has a fruitful na- 
 ture and will have a number of children who will be 
 of a good and pleasant disposition. A similar judg- 
 ment may be formed if the Eleventh House is thus 
 invested. For if we turn the horoscope upside down 
 so that the Seventh House becomes the First, then it
 
 MARRIAGE AND OFFSPRING 461 
 
 will show the marriage partner's figure, and the 
 Eleventh House is then his Fifth House indicating 
 children, therefore both the Fifth and Eleventh 
 Houses should be considered in this matter. But as 
 already said, the true state of conditions cannot be 
 forecasted save by blending the actual figures of both 
 parents. 
 
 When the violent, turbulent Mars, or Saturn, 
 famed in ancient mythology as a destroyer of chil- 
 dren, or the Sun or Uranus, are in the Fifth or Elev- 
 enth Houses, they either prevent the birth of children 
 or destroy them during childhood. This is particu- 
 larly true if Aries, Leo or Capricorn are on the cusps 
 of either of these Houses. 
 
 When the Moon is in Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces, 
 Gemini, or Sagittarius, in good aspect to Jupiter or 
 Venus, a large family is indicated. 
 
 But when the Moon is in Aries, Leo, or Capri- 
 corn, and afflicted by one of the malefics or by the 
 Sun, the marriage is usually barren. Saturn and 
 Venus in the Seventh House is also a sign of a mar- 
 riage without issue. 
 
 If there is a difference in the testimonies of the 
 Fifth and Eleventh Houses the judgment must be 
 modified accordingly.
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 PROGRESSION OF THE HOROSCOPE 
 Fate or Freewill 
 
 WHEN a chain is subjected to strain, imperfec- 
 tions in any of its links become manifest, and 
 the weakest link will break first. Similarly, in the 
 case of the body, there are certain inherent weak 
 points and these are indicated in the horoscope. Frem 
 the moment of birth we subject the body to a constant 
 strain, and in time the weakness of the various points 
 become manifest as disease. The movement of the 
 planets after birth measures the time when any par- 
 ticular link is liable to break. This motion of the 
 planets in the horoscope is called "Progression." 
 Study and practice of medical Astrology requires 
 knowledge of how to progress the planets in the horo- 
 scope, and we shall therefore take up that subject in 
 connection with the message of the stars relative to 
 disease. 
 
 When the Sun rises in the East the day is young 
 and the labors allotted to each are still before 
 us. Gradually the Sun progresses across the arched 
 vault of the heavens, and marks the time set for the 
 performance of our various duties, for keeping our 
 appointments, for taking nourishment, rest and recre- 
 462
 
 PROGRESSION OF THE HOROSCOPE 463 
 
 ation ; and when it has run its course through the day 
 and has ceased to illuminate our sphere of action, its 
 absence invites sleep until the dawn of a new day 
 shall present opportunities for continuation of the 
 activities left in abeyance from the previous day. If 
 the Sun remained stationary in any certain point of 
 the sky it would not serve as a time marker but as it 
 is, all events of our lives are fixed by its progression. 
 
 The horoscope is a chart of the heavens for the 
 time when the mystic Sun and Life rises and awakes 
 us from the long sleep between two lives ; then we are 
 born in the physical world, to continue the labors of 
 a previous life, to keep the appointment there made 
 with friend or foe ; to reap the joy or bear the sorrow 
 which is the fruitage of our former existence on earth, 
 and as the progression of the Sun marks the changing 
 time of day and year, as it ushers in season after 
 season in orderly sequence and changes the appear- 
 ance of the Great World, the Macrocosm, so progres- 
 sion of the horoscope, a veritable ' Clock of Destiny, ' 
 registers accurately when the tendencies, shown by 
 the natal horoscope will culminate in events; it 
 measures the periods of prosperity and adversity; it 
 warns of impending temptation and tells from what 
 quarter it will come, thus aiding us to escape if we 
 will but listen to its warning. The natal horoscope 
 shows unerringly weak points in our character or con- 
 stitution, but the progressed horoscope indicates 
 when previous indulgence of harmful habits is sched- 
 uled to bring sorrow or sickness; it tells truthfully
 
 464 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 when crises culminate ; thus it warns us to be on the 
 alert at critical moments, and fortifies us in the dark- 
 est hour of calamity, with hope of surcease of sorrow 
 and sickness at a definite time, hence the importance 
 of knowing how to progress the horoscope. 
 
 But, some may say, if all is thus foreshown, it 
 argues an inexorable destiny decreed by divine ca- 
 price, what use is there then of striving, or knowing ; 
 let us eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die. 
 If we were born into this life on earth for the first and 
 only time, to live here for a while and then pass away 
 from this sphere never to return, fate and favoritism, 
 independent of justice would seem to rule. Such can- 
 not be the case, in a world where everything else is 
 governed by law, human existence must also be reduc- 
 ible to a system, and we hold that a reasonable solu- 
 tion of the mystery of life is given by the Twin Laws 
 of Being: the Law of Rebirth and the Law of Caus- 
 ation. 
 
 That which has a beginning must have an end, 
 and conversely, that which is without ending can 
 never have had a beginning. If the human spirit is 
 immortal and cannot die, neither can it be born; if 
 it will live to all eternity, it must have lived from 
 eternity, there is no escape from this truth ; p re-exist- 
 ence 'must be accepted if immortality is a fact in 
 nature. 
 
 In this world there is no law more plainly observ- 
 able than the law of alternating cycles, which decrees 
 succession of > ebb and flow, day and night, summer
 
 PROGRESSION OF THE HOROSCOPE 465 
 
 and winter, waking and sleeping. Under the same law 
 man's life is lived alternately in the physical world 
 where he sows seeds of action and gains experiences 
 according to his horoscope. These, the fruits of ex- 
 istence here, are later assimilated as soul powers in 
 the spiritual world, birth and death are thus nothing 
 more than gateways from one phase of man's life to 
 another, and the life we now live is but one of a series. 
 The differences of character, nobility or brutality, 
 moral strength or weakness, possession of high ideals 
 or low instincts, etc., are certain signatures of soul 
 power or soul poverty. Finer faculties are the glo- 
 rious garments of gentle souls wrought through many 
 lives in the crucible of concrete existence by trial 
 and temptation. They shine with a luster which illu- 
 minates the way and makes it easier for others to 
 follow. Coarseness of calibre proclaims the young 
 in Life's School, but repeated existences here will in 
 due time smoothe the rough corners, mellow and 
 make them soulful also. 
 
 The horoscope shows this difference in the texture 
 of the soul and the aspects indicate how the soul is 
 ripened by the kaleidoscopic configurations of planets 
 in progression, which fan the fires in the furnace of 
 affliction to cleanse and purify the soul of blemish, 
 or brighten the crown of virtue when victory is won, 
 but though the planets show the tendencies most ac- 
 curately there is one indeterminable factor which is 
 not shown, a veritable astrological "x," the will- 
 power of the man, and upon that rock astrological
 
 466 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 predictions are ever liable to founder; that, at times, 
 is the Waterloo of even the most careful and compe- 
 tent astrologer, yet the very failure of wellfounded 
 predictions is the blessed assurance that we are not 
 fated to do thus and so because our horoscope shows 
 that at a certain time the stellar rays impel us in a 
 given direction. In the final analysis we are the arbi- 
 ters of our destiny, and it is significant, that while it 
 is possible to predict for the great majority of man- 
 kind with absolute certainty that the prediction will 
 be vindicated, because they drift along the, sea of life 
 directed by the current of circumstance, predictions 
 for the striving idealist fail in proportion to his spir- 
 itual attainment of will power which rouses him to 
 self assertion and resistance of wrong. 
 
 A beautiful little poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox 
 gives the idea in a most pleasing form : 
 
 "One ship sails East and another sails West, 
 With the selfsame winds that blow; 
 
 'Tis the set of the sail 
 
 And not the gale 
 That determines the way they go. 
 
 "Like the winds of the sea are the ways of fate, 
 As we voyage along through Life; 
 
 'Tis the act of the soul 
 
 That determines the goal, 
 And not the calm or the strife."
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 
 AND THE REASON FOR THEM 
 
 BESIDES the physical world in which we live, 
 move and have our being at the present time, 
 where sunshine and rain, storm and snow, heat and 
 cold affect our physical being in various ways, a world 
 of finer substance permeates the denser matter, and. 
 the forces indigenous to that realm impinge upon 
 our souls, as feelings, desires and emotions, because 
 the soul is clothed in substance from that world. Mys- 
 tics therefore call this realm in nature the Desire? 
 World. A still more subtle substance, an ocean of 
 Thought, pervades both the Desire World and the 
 Physical World, and as the mind is composed of 
 substance from that region, it senses the waves of 
 thought generated by other spirits endowed with. 
 mind. 
 
 Here in the physical world, Time and Space are 
 prime factors of existence, but in the Desire World 
 distance is practically eliminated because spirits hav- 
 ing dropped the mortal coil travel with the speed of 
 lightning, and as spiritual sight pierces the densest 
 substance, light there is never obscured, so there is no 
 night, neither does heat and cold affect the squly 
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 468 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 hence there is no seasonal division either, to mark 
 time as definitely as in the physical world. But nev- 
 ertheless, there is a certain sequence of events, and 
 in soulflights from place to place on the globe, we 
 .sense the nature of intervening country in spite of 
 speed, but in the World of Thought, to think of a 
 place, is to be there instanter, neither is there past or 
 future, events are not separated by time, or places by 
 space, but all is one eternal here and now. 
 
 As the science of Astrology is founded in cosmic 
 fact, there are also three stages in progression from 
 incipient events in the World of Thought, to accom- 
 plished facts in the Physical World, and there are 
 two methods of horoscopic progressions pertaining to 
 the finer realms besides the actual movement obser- 
 vable in the Heavens. 
 
 Suppose a pole billions of miles long stuck into 
 the earth at the Equator, and at right angles to the 
 poles, then, as the earth turns upon its axis, the end 
 of the pole would describe a circle in the heavens ; 
 this the Astronomers call the "Celestial Equator," 
 and the position of a heavenly body on this line is 
 measured in degrees and minutes of "Right Ascen- 
 sion, ' ' from the point where the sun crosses the equa- 
 tor at the vernal equinox. This axial rotation of the 
 arth brings a new degree to the zenith, or Meridian 
 about every four minutes, and by the rules of one sys- 
 tem of progression we may calculate how many de- 
 grees of Right Ascension come to the Meridian posi- 
 tion from birth to the formation of a certain aspect.
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 469 
 
 The intervening degrees are then converted to time at 
 the rate of 1 degree equals 1 year. 
 
 The other system of progression is founded upon 
 the orbital revolution of the earth, but in this system, 
 the positions of the planets are expressed in degrees 
 of Longitude and measured on the ecliptic or Sun 'si 
 path, from Aries degrees to Pisces 29. The measure 
 of time is the same as in the system first mentioned : 
 1 degree equals 1 year, but there is this important 
 difference, that while the earth takes only 4 minutes 
 to turn 1 degree upon its axis, it requires 24 hours 
 to move 1 degree in its orbit. 
 
 Thus, by one system of progression all the as- 
 pects that govern events in a life of 60 years would 
 be formed in 60 times 4 minutes, which equals 4 hours 
 or one-sixth part of a day. 
 
 By the other system, formation of aspects for the 
 same period of life would require 60 days, or 2 
 months, or one-sixth part of a year. 
 
 Thus coming events cast their shadows before, 
 but the shadow varies in length according to the ex- 
 altation of the sphere of life whence it is cast. 
 
 From the sublime height of the World of 
 Thought, w r here all things have their inception in 
 the eternal, the progression of events in a life are 
 silhouetted upon the screen of Time while the infant 
 is still upon the threshold of birth, but the shadow 
 is so short : 1-360 part of a day being equivalent to a 
 year, that an error of 4 minutes in the given time of 
 birth would throw predictions out a whole year. Few
 
 470 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 people know their birth hour to the second, therefore 
 this system of progression is of little use and little 
 used. 
 
 Shadows of events projected from the denser 
 Desire World are longer and more definite ; it does 
 not require great delicacy or precision to calculate 
 progression at the rate of 1-360 part of a year equals 
 1 year. By this method an error of 2 hours in the 
 given time of birth would only cause an error of 1 
 month in predictions; this system therefore gives 
 universal satisfaction, and is most commonly used. 
 In the following pages we shall explain a simplified 
 method of this system of prediction, whereby mathe- 
 matical calculation of events for a whole life may 
 l>e performed in a few minutes by any intelligent 
 child who can add and subtract. 
 
 THE ADJUSTED CALCULATION DATE 
 
 When a child is born at 7 A. M., in New York, 
 and another at 6 A. M., in Chicago, a third at 1 P. M., 
 in Berlin, a fourth at 2 P. M., in St. Petersburg, and 
 a fifth at 12 noon in London, the Observatory clock 
 at Greenwich would point to noon, at the exact mo- 
 ment when all these children were born, hence though 
 the clocks in their several birthplaces pointed to dif- 
 ferent hours, the Greenwich Mean Time of their 
 births would be identical : noon. And as the planets ' 
 places in the ephemeris are calculated for Greenwich, 
 noon, it would be unnecessary to make corrections;
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 471 
 
 we should simply place each planet in the natal 
 horoscopes as tabulated in the ephemeris. This 
 would be most convenient, but the saving of calcu- 
 lation in a natal horoscope where the G. M. T. is 
 noon, fades into insignificance before the facility this 
 gives in progressing the planets for years subsequent 
 to birth, as required to predict events, for in natal 
 horoscopes where the G. M. T. is before or after 
 noon, the places of the planets must be calculated for 
 each year just the same as at birth. We have evolved 
 the following simple method of saving this calcula- 
 tion and copying the progressed planets direct from 
 the ephemeris into any horoscope. 
 
 Theorem I. 
 
 If the Greenwich Mean Time of birth was before 
 noon, it is evident that the planets' places in the 
 ephemeris are calculated for a later time and also 
 that, as they progress at the rate of a day (of 24 
 hours) for a year, they will reach the Longitude 
 given in the ephemeris some day within a year after 
 birth. 
 
 Theorem II. 
 
 If the G. M. T. of birth was after noon, it is 
 plainly to be seen that the planets' places in the 
 ephemeris for the year of birth are calculated for an 
 earlier time than birth, and that the position there 
 given corresponds to a certain day in the twelve- 
 month before birth.
 
 472 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Furthermore, if we can find the date in the 
 twelve-month before birth, or after as the case may 
 be, when the planets were in the degree and minute 
 of longitude registered in the ephemeris, we may use 
 that date as a starting point of calculation instead of 
 the birthday, and as aspects formed during the travel 
 of the planets from the position given on any noon 
 to the noon next following, indicate events in the cor- 
 responding year of life, the same starting date may 
 be used for any year. Therefore, once that adjusted 
 calculation date has been found, no further calcu- 
 lation is required to progress the planets in that horo- 
 scope ; they may be simply copied from the ephemeris. 
 It is only necessary to bear in mind that the horo- 
 scope thus erected does not apply to the year from 
 birthday to birthday, but from the adjusted calcu- 
 lation date of one year to the same date of the next. 
 There are two methods of finding this date ; the first 
 is the most difficult and not so accurate, but it shows 
 the philosophy of the correction better than the sec- 
 ond method, and we therefore give examples of both. 
 
 We will use the figure No. 15 (Medical Astrology 
 Section), which is the horoscope of a lady who 
 died of hemorrhages April, 1909, to illustrate how the 
 adjusted calculation date is found, but defer descrip- 
 tion of the case and its crises. The lady was born 
 April 25th, 1872, Lat. 40 N., 80 W. Long., at 1:30 
 P. M. We first find the G. M. T. by adding to the 
 local time of birth 4 minutes for each degree the 
 birthplace is west of Greenwich.
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 473 
 
 Local time of birth, April 25 1 :30 P. M. 
 
 Correction for 80 degrees W. Long 5 :20 
 
 Greenwich Mean Time of birth Apr. 25 . . 6 :50 P. M. 
 
 In compliance with Theorem II, we subtract 
 from the birthdate, April 25, a correction for 6 hours 
 and 50 minutes which the G. M. T. is after noon. 
 The measure of time used in this system is as follows : 
 
 24 hours correspond to 12 months. 
 2 hours correspond to 1 month. 
 1 hour corresponds to 15 days. 
 4 minutes correspond to 1 day. 
 
 According to this scale we subtract 
 
 from April 25, 1872 
 
 Correction for 6 hours 3 months 
 Correction for 50 minutes 13 days 
 
 3 months, 13 days 
 
 Adjusted Calculation Date January 12th, 1872 
 
 We may, however, find the Adjusted Calculation 
 date much more accurately and with less labor by 
 the following fourfold rule : 
 
 Rule 
 
 (1) Find the interval from G. M. T. to the fol- 
 lowing noon.
 
 474 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 (2) To this interval add the Sidereal Time for 
 Greenwich noon on the birthday, as given in the 
 ephemeris. The sum of these is the Sidereal Time 
 of the Adjusted Calculation Date. 
 
 (3) When the G. M. T. at birth is A. M. count 
 forwards in the ephemeris till you find a day having 
 the required S. T. that is the Adjusted Calculation 
 Date. 
 
 (4) When the G. M. T. at birth is P. M. read 
 backwards in the ephemeris till you find the day 
 having the required S. T. which designates it as the 
 Adjusted Calculation Date. 
 
 We shall use the same example as before to dem- 
 onstrate this method. 
 
 Section 1 directs us to find the interval between 
 G. M. T. and the following noon. Please observe this, 
 the following noon, for all depends upon this being 
 accurately understood. 
 
 From April 26, 12 :00 Noon 
 
 Subtract G. M. T April 25, 6 :50 P. M. 
 
 Interval from G. M. T. to next Noon, 17 hrs. 10 min. 
 By Section 2 of Rule : 
 
 Add S. T. of birthday 
 
 as given in ephemeris 2 hrs. 15 min. 
 
 S. T. of Adjusted Calculation Date. . .19 hrs. 25 min.
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 475 
 
 By Section 4 of Rule: 
 
 As G. M. T. is P. M. we read backwards in the 
 column of the ephemeris giving S. T., until we come 
 to Jan. 12, 1872. On that day the S. T. is 19 hrs., 26 
 min., and the A. C. D. is therefore Jan. 12th, 1872. 
 
 Thus, by both methods we have arrived at iden- 
 tical results, but slight discrepancies may appear in 
 using the proportional method because that makes no 
 allowances for long and short months, hence the 
 method last demonstrated is more accurate as well 
 as easier. If this lady had been born two hours later, 
 the Adjusted Calculation Date would have been De- 
 cember 12, 1871, and where children are born late 
 in the year and early in the morning, the Adjusted 
 Calculation Date may run into January or February 
 of the next year. It is therefore very important to 
 state the Adjusted Calculation Date by year also, in 
 this case January 12, 1872. 
 
 Now, that we have arrived at the point where 
 we are to make use of our A.C. D. to progress the 
 lady's horoscope and show how accurately it marks 
 the crises, the first application of the date to the horo- 
 scope is a crucial point, and the student is earnestly 
 warned to overlook no word in our description so 
 that he may acquire understanding of the principle. 
 Once having grasped the point, an immense amount 
 of labor will be saved, so it will pay to follow our 
 instructions to the letter. 
 
 Write in the margin of your ephemeris for 1872 
 opposite the birthday (April 25), January 12, 1872.
 
 476 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Opposite April 26 write January 12, 1873. Oppo- 
 site April 27, write January 12, 1874, and so on, as 
 shown below. Every day after birth corresponds to 
 a certain year of life which starts on the day written 
 in the margin, and the planets in line with any 
 A, C. D. indicate the events for twelve months from 
 that date. 
 
 Jan. 12, 1872. . . .Apr. 25 Jan. 12, 1888. . . .May 11 
 
 Jan. 12, 1873 .... Apr. 26 Jan. 12, 1898 .... May 21 
 
 Jan. 12, 1874 .... Apr. 27 Jan. 12, 1908 .... May 31 
 
 Jan. 12, 1877 Apr. 30 Jan. 12, 1909 June 1 
 
 Jan. 12, 1878 May 1 Jan. 12, 1910 June 2 
 
 The motion of the Sun and planets from day to 
 day is slow, and as we count a day for a year, we may 
 liken their progression to the short hand on the clock 
 of destiny : they indicate the year when a certain con- 
 dition shown in the natal horoscope has ripened, and 
 is ready to manifest as an event. The swift moving 
 Moon is the long hand; it marks the months when 
 aspects culminate in events. Therefore we divide its 
 motion during the year commencing with any ad- 
 justed calculation date, by 12, but for rough figur- 
 ing we may consider the Moon's travel in the pro- 
 gressed horoscope one degree a month. 
 
 Planetary aspects alone do not operate, however; 
 an aspect of the progressed Moon or a New Moon 
 is required to focus the hidden forces. Therefore 
 crises shown by the planets are sometimes retarded 
 beyond the time when the aspect culminated and we
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 477 
 
 may think we have safely escaped, but the first aspect 
 of the Moon which excites it will prove that ' ' though 
 the mills of the gods grind /slowly, they grind exceed- 
 ing fine." The finer forces lose none of their in- 
 tensity by lying latent in Nature 's lock-box of events. 
 
 Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter were in 21-22 de- 
 grees of Declination at birth ; but the effect remained 
 latent until the year 1902, when the Sun reached the 
 same degree. (See ephemeris for 1872, May 25th, 
 which corresponds to Jan. 12, 1902.) 
 
 The progressed Sun was then in Gemini 4 de- 
 grees, 31 minutes ; 31 minutes short of an exact oppo- 
 sition to the Moon 's place at birth : Sagittarius 5 
 degrees, 2 minutes. 
 
 But the progressed Moon on the A. C. D., Jan. 
 12, 1902, was in Capricorn 9 degrees, 27 minutes (see 
 ephemeris for 1872, May 25), and traveling at the 
 rate of one degree per month it reached the place 
 of Saturn at birth: Capricorn 11 degrees, 15 min- 
 utes, in March, 1902. There it excited the parallels 
 of the Sun, Saturn, Uranus and Jupiter, also the 
 opposition of the Sun and Moon, so that the lady was 
 taken seriously ill with the disease which ended her 
 life seven years later. 
 
 We shall next see what brought about the lady's 
 final illness in the latter part of July, 1908, and ter- 
 minated life in April, 1909. We copy the planets' 
 places from the ephemeris for 1872, June 1st, into 
 the outer ring of the natal horoscope, for the planets 
 on that day correspond to the adjusted calculation
 
 478 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 date, Jan. 12, 1909, but progress the Moon from the 
 A. C. D., Jan. 12, 1908, and Jan. 12, 1909 (May 31 
 and June 1 in the 1872 ephemeris), to show the crisis 
 thus marked. 
 
 If we subtract the Moon's longitude on a given 
 day from its place on the following day, the differ- 
 ence is its motion during the 24 hours intervening, 
 which corresponds to a year of life in progression, and 
 division by 12 gives us its rate of monthly travel. 
 
 Moon's place on A. C.D. Jan. 12, 1909. 
 
 (June 1 in ephemeris for 1872) Aries 17.34 
 
 Moon's place on A. C. D. Jan. 12, 1908. 
 
 (May 31 in ephemeris for 1872) Aries 4.23 
 
 Moon's travel from Jan. 1908, to Jan. 1909 18.11 
 
 Moon's monthly travel is l-12th of the above: 
 1 degree, 6 minutes. This we add to its place for each 
 month as shown in the following table : 
 
 1908 
 Jan 12 
 
 Aries 
 
 / 
 
 423 
 
 1908 
 Oct 12 
 
 Aries 
 
 o r 
 
 14 17 
 
 Feb 12 
 
 . 5.29 
 
 Nov 12 
 
 1523 
 
 Mar 12 . . 
 
 6.35 
 
 Dec 12 
 
 1629 
 
 Apr. 12 
 
 7.41 
 
 
 
 May 12 
 
 8.47 
 
 1909 
 
 
 June 12 
 
 9 53 
 
 Jan. 12 
 
 . . 17.35 
 
 July 12 
 
 1059 
 
 Feb. 12 
 
 18.41 
 
 Aug 12 
 
 1205 
 
 Mar. 12 
 
 19.47 
 
 Sept. 12.. 
 
 ..13.11 
 
 Apr. 12.. 
 
 ..20.53
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 479 
 
 By comparing this table with the horoscope, we 
 note three aspects in 1908 and one in 1909, all from 
 the House of death. 
 
 (1) The Moon in Sagittarius at birth gives the 
 "Wanderlust," but if means are lacking and health 
 none too good (the lady also had St. Vitus dance as 
 a child, when the Moon progressed to conjunction of 
 Neptune and squared Uranus) and the Moon, at 
 birth, is cooped up in the Fourth House (the home), 
 such desires cannot easily be realized. "When the 
 Moon progressed into the Eighth House which 
 brings gifts and legacies also and cast a trine to its 
 place at birth in February, 1908, it improved the 
 health, brought a gift from a brother, and caused the 
 lady to travel. 
 
 (2) In July, 1908, the Moon squared Saturn at 
 birth and excited his natal parallel to Uranus and 
 Jupiter. This brought an illness as violent as it was 
 sudden, which forced the lady to abandon further 
 travel and return home. Had it not been for the sex- 
 tile of the progressed Sun results must have been fatal. 
 
 (3) In October, 1908, the Moon progressed to 
 conjunction of Venus in the natal chart. This, for 
 a time, alleviated suffering to some extent, but you 
 will note that from the time of the first violent at- 
 tack in July, 1908, to the end of life, April, '09, the 
 progressed Moon squared the degrees between Sat- 
 urn's place at birth and his progressed position for 
 1909, as shown in the outer ring of the horoscope. 
 This made the beneficent action of Venus less potent.
 
 480 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 (4) In April, 1909, the progressed Moon squared 
 the natal positions of Jupiter and Uranus, also the 
 progressed position of Saturn. This inimical force 
 from the house of death, the Eighth, ended life. 
 
 PROGRESSION OF THE ANGLES 
 
 Besides the progression of planets which we 
 trust has been sufficiently elucidated, we must also 
 note a similar forward movement of the houses, but 
 these must be calculated by the same method as when 
 casting a natal figure, save that we use the Sidereal 
 Time for the. day which corresponds to the year for 
 which we wish to progress the horoscope. In relation 
 to the lady's horoscope we have studied, the critical 
 year is 1909, and June 1st in the ephemeris for 1872 
 corresponds. We bear in mind that birth occurred 
 at 1:30 P. M., in Lat. 40 N., Long. 80 W., for these 
 factors are used in placing the degrees on the houses 
 just as in the natal chart, the only change is using 
 the S. T. of the progressed birth day. 
 
 S. T. at noon previous to progressed birth- H. M. S. 
 day, 1909 (see ephemeris for 1872, 
 
 June 1) 4 41 6 
 
 Correction of 10 seconds for each 15 deg. 
 
 birthplace is West of Greenwich 55 
 
 Interval from previous noon to birth. ... 1 30 
 
 Correction of 10 sees, per hr. of interval . . 015 
 
 Sidereal Time of progressed birth 6 12 16
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 481 
 
 With this S. T. we turn to the Tables of Houses 
 for the Latitude of birth, and may erect a horoscope 
 with twelve Houses in the usual manner, we may fur- 
 ther insert the planets' places on the A. C. D. for 
 .1909, then we shall have a complete separate horo- 
 scope for the year, which we may compare with the 
 natal chart. Some Astrologers use that method, but 
 we advise another, which we think facilitates com- 
 parison and judgment of aspects between the natal 
 and progressed position of the planets in a degree 
 unattainable by any other system; it is illustrated 
 in the various figures used in this book. 
 
 We write the natal chart in ink, as that is un- 
 changed during life, we also draw a large circle out- 
 side it, to contain the progressed position of the plan- 
 ets. These, and the houses we write in their proper 
 places, but lightly, and with pencil, so that they may 
 be easily erased and the horoscope erected for an- 
 other year without the necessity of rewriting the na- 
 tal chart. 
 
 But no matter how placed, two full horoscopes 
 with 24 houses, 18 planets, a couple of dragons' heads, 
 each with its respective 'tail,' and two parts of for- 
 tunes, make quite a 'maze, 'and if the full galaxy of 
 aspects, including biquintiles, sesquiquadrates and 
 other highsounding nonsensicals are to be figured out 
 the astrologer will surely so lose himself in the math- 
 ematical labyrinth that he will be unable to read a 
 syllable of the message of the stars. During the first 
 year of his astrological study, one of the writers being 
 
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 482 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 originally of a mathematical turn, had the habit of 
 constructing figures, and tables of aspects, so fear- 
 fully and wonderfully made that they beat the pro- 
 verbial 'Chinese puzzle,' they were veritable 'Gor- 
 dian Knots,' and the destiny of a human being was 
 so tangled in each, that neither the writer who had 
 concocted the abomination, nor anyone else could ever 
 hope to disentangle the poor soul involved. May he 
 be forgiven; he has mended his ways, and is now 
 just as zealous to eliminate all nonessentials from the 
 horoscope, but having been enmeshed in the maze of 
 mathematics, his experience should serve as a warn- 
 ing. Our minds, at best, are but feeble instruments 
 to fathom fate and surely we shall have the greatest 
 chance of success by applying our science to the most 
 important factors, and these are usually the simplest. 
 
 If this be granted, the question presents itself: 
 What are the essentials and what may be eliminated 
 with advantage to clear the progressed horoscope of 
 u.seless, befogging elements? 
 
 First, with regard to the progressed houses, only 
 two vital points produce results when aspected: the 
 Midheaven, which is spiritual in nature, and the 
 Ascendant, which is a significator in material mat- 
 ters. We shall treat that subject later; for the pres- 
 ent we confine ourselves to the argument that it will 
 facilitate judgment of the progressed horoscope if 
 we leave the ten unessential cusps out, and draw two 
 dotted lines with pencil to mark the progressed Mid- 
 heaven and Ascendant.
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 485 
 
 In the second place, the student may readily 
 convince himself by looking through the columns of 
 any ephemeris, that the motion of Neptune, Uranus r 
 Saturn and Jupiter, during the two months which 
 represent progression for a life of 60 years, is so slow 
 that they seldom form an aspect not registered in. 
 the natal chart. In rare cases where an important 
 aspect is formed, the fact is easily seen, and the 
 planet should then be entered in the outer ring' of: 
 the progressed horoscope, but in the great majority 
 of cases it is better to leave these planets out, and 
 enter only the progressed positions of the Sun, Moon, 
 Mars, Venus and Mercury. 
 
 In conclusion of our treatment of the method of 
 Progression, two important points must be men- 
 tioned: The Midheaven at a given Sidereal Time is 
 the same for all Latitudes, so that two children born 
 at the same S. T. would have the same sign and de- 
 gree on the M. C., but if one were born in Alaska and 
 the other in Mexico, the Asc. would vary much and 
 change the grouping of planets in the houses very 
 considerably, with the further result that planets 
 which influence the First House affairs in one horo- 
 scope affect Twelfth House matters in the other, etc.. 
 Thus the lives of these people would be very different.. 
 
 The same argument applies to the progressed 
 horoscope of a person traveling North or South from, 
 his birthplace. His progressed M. C. remains 'un- 
 changed, but he receives the forces from a different 
 ascending figure, according to the Latitude where he
 
 484 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 lesides, and the grouping of planets relative to the 
 progressed Ascendant varies accordingly. As exam- 
 ples we may state that both writers have left their 
 birthplace ; one traveled 2,000 miles West, but is close 
 to the same Latitude as her birthplace, hence both 
 her M. C. and Asc. are the same as if she had re- 
 mained in her native city. 
 
 The other writer was born in Latitude 56 N., 
 .and now lives in Latitude 32. Had he remained in 
 the far North, his progressed Ascendant would in 
 v(1912) be Virgo 6, exactly conjunction to Mars' place 
 at birth, but the Ascendant of his new home is Virgo 
 degrees, and in this latitude he will not feel the 
 effect of the Mars ray for a number of years. 
 
 The other important point we had in mind is 
 the necessity of being definite in regard to the year 
 for which we progress. Perhaps a client tells us that 
 a certain event occurred when he was 26, and another 
 in his 50th year. Such statements are ambiguous, 
 and give no safe working basis. The Astrologer may 
 go home and do an immense amount of work to no 
 use, because he thought the client meant that one 
 event occurred when he, the client, was between 26 
 .and 27 years of age, and a later consultation reveals 
 that he meant the year between his 25th and 26th 
 birthdays. Pin them down to the year, 1850, 1900, 
 or whatever it may be, but never accept a person's 
 age as a starting point. 
 
 On the same principle, never predict that an 
 event will happen when a person is so and so old,
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 485 
 
 that also is ambiguous and gives them no satisfaction ; 
 give the year and month ; never hedge ; never predict 
 anything of which you are in doubt; when you are 
 satisfied a prediction is justified, speak fearlessly, but 
 tactfully; believe in the stars, and the stars will fully 
 justify your faith. 
 
 SOME IMPORTANT POINTS 
 
 When judging the effects of directions it is of 
 the greatest importance to bear in mind the tenor 
 of the nativity, for even weak aspects which are in 
 harmony with the tendencies foreshown in the natal 
 figure will be much more active than a strong aspect 
 which is contrary to the radical indications. Sup- 
 posing, for instance, that there are strong testimonies 
 of sickness and accident, as Mars in Sagittarius in 
 the Midheaven square the Sun in Pisces in the 
 Twelfth House and square Saturn in Virgo in the 
 Sixth House, then the progression of Mars to square 
 of the radical Ascendant would undoubtedly precipi- 
 tate an accident or a fever of a serious nature, but if 
 the Sun were trine Mars and Jupiter the effect of 
 Mars square Ascendant would produce little if any 
 discomfort. Similarly with all the other directions, 
 and if the student neglects to take into consideration 
 this all-important point, he is likely sometime to make 
 a great mistake and wonder why a seemingly pow- 
 erful direction produced no result in one case, while 
 in another a very weak aspect had such a far-reaching
 
 486 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 effect. Aspects between two .progressed planets are 
 unimportant. 
 
 Another important point to remember is that 
 aspects of the progressed to the radical planets op- 
 erate in proportion to the power of the radical planet 
 in the nativity. Let us suppose, for illustration, that 
 in a certain figure the Sun is elevated in Leo and 
 aspected to a number of the other planets it matters 
 not whether the aspects are good or bad so long as 
 they are close then even a weak aspect from a pro- 
 gressed planet to the Sun will have a marked result. 
 On the other hand, if the Sun in that horoscope re- 
 eeived no aspect, or only one or two weak ones, then 
 even a; strong aspect of a progressed planet would 
 liave little effect. 
 
 It should also be noted that a good aspect from 
 a progressed planet to a planet that is much afflicted 
 in the nativity would produce small if any benefit. 
 In short, and to sum up, progressed aspects operate 
 only in the measure that they are in harmony with 
 the trend of the nativity and the planet wherewith 
 they are blending. 
 
 The third important point to remember when 
 judging the effects of directions is that an aspect from 
 A progressed to a radical planet is never in itself suf- 
 iicient to produce results; a harmonious aspect from 
 the progressed Moon or lunation is absolutely essen- 
 tial to bring the tendency to fruition. That is to say, 
 if the progressed Sun comes to square of radical Sat- 
 urn, a sextile or trine aspect of the progressed Moon
 
 DIFFERENT METHODS OF PROGRESSION 487 
 
 or a lunation will pass unnoticed; no effect will be 
 felt until either the progressed Moon or a lunation 
 comes into conjunction, square, or opposition to Sun 
 or Saturn, and vice- versa, if the progressed Sun 
 comes to a trine of the radical Jupiter a square or 
 opposition of the Moon will not affect it, it must wait 
 for a sextile or trine. For this reason directions are 
 sometimes delayed in their action beyond the time of 
 their culmination, and at other times they are some- 
 what hastened because a lunar aspect of the requisite 
 nature occurs slightly in advance of the time when 
 the aspects of the planets is complete. 
 
 It also happens that in cases where the event in- 
 dicated by an aspect involves two people the aspects 
 of the planets by progression may be complete in one 
 person's horoscope and fertilized by a harmonious 
 aspect without producing a result, because the aspect 
 in the other person's horoscope has not yet matured. 
 In this connection we remember the horoscope of a 
 lady whose Venus was placed in the Eighth House 
 showing a late marriage. In her 45th year the pro- 
 gressed Sun reached conjunction Venus but neither 
 engagement nor marriage resulted ; then the Sun and 
 Venus came into conjunction in the horoscope of a 
 gentleman of her acquaintance bringing an engage- 
 ment quickly followed by marriage. Thus one had 
 waited for the other, and unless such a contingency is 
 taken into consideration the astrologer is most liable 
 to meet his Waterloo when forecasting events.
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 PROGRESSED SOLAR DIRECTIONS 
 
 WHEN the Sun forms a conjunction, sextile, 
 square, trine or opposition to one of the planets 
 by progression the influence begins to manifest when 
 the Sun is l 1 /^ degrees from the exact aspect, and it is 
 felt until the Sun is iy 2 degrees past the point of 
 culmination. And as the Sun moves about one de- 
 gree a day, and the time measure of directions is that 
 one day equals a year, we may say that the influence 
 of the solar aspects are felt for a period of three 
 years. Their effects are particularly strong at times 
 during this period when aspects of the progressed 
 Moon or lunations vivify them. 
 
 The parallel is different from the other aspects. 
 In the case of the slow-moving planets it lasts for a 
 considerable number of years so that a parallel of 
 the Sun and Saturn may operate for ten or more 
 years, and a parallel of the Sun and Jupiter nearly 
 as long. 
 
 It may also be noted that the conjunction and 
 
 parallel act principally upon the health, while the 
 
 other aspects also affect the business, social standing, 
 
 etc. Thus under the parallel of the Sun and Saturn 
 
 488
 
 PROGRESSED SOLAR DIRECTIONS 489 
 
 there would be a very protracted state of ill-health, 
 while the parallel of the Sun and Jupiter would 
 strengthen the constitution materially. 
 
 O P 6 * A 9 The Sun progressed parallel, conjunc- 
 tion, sextUe or trine to radical Venus. 
 
 If the radical Venus was well aspected this 
 direction will bring a three-year period of un- 
 usual pleasure and enjoyment into the life. If 
 the person is not already married an attachment 
 will be formed and ripen into marriage of an 
 ideal nature. If the horoscope shows artistic 
 ability, this will receive a great impetus during 
 the activity of this direction, and it will bring 
 honor and social preferment. 
 
 O D 6> $ The Sun progressed square or opposition 
 to radical Venus. 
 
 If the radical Venus was afflicted, this direc- 
 tion will bring a period of petty annoyances, so- 
 cial disgrace, trouble and sorrow, with a tend- 
 ency to be slovenly and to look upon the dark 
 side of life, but it can be overcome if the person 
 will strive to be careful of his morals and per- 
 sonal appearance. "Where there's a will there's 
 a way. ' ' 
 
 O P 6 * % The Sun progressed parallel, conjunc- 
 tion or sextile radical Mercury. 
 
 If Mercury was well aspected at birth this 
 will mark a period of unusual mental activity,
 
 490 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 so that the person will be able to further his am- 
 bitions and succeed in business by new ventures, 
 If the natal figure shows literary ability this is 
 the time to make all efforts to produce something 
 worth while. It is a good and profitable time to 
 travel either for pleasure, in search of inspira- 
 tion, or for the good of whatever business he may 
 follow. Advertising will be found a most effect- 
 ive way of promoting business success under this 
 direction. 
 
 O D ^ The Sun progressed square to radical Mer- 
 cury. 
 
 The Sun cannot reach the square of Mercury 
 until late in life, and comparatively few lives at 
 that, therefore its effects can only be conjectured 
 and it has no importance. 
 
 O P 6 # A D The Sun progressed parallel, conjunc- 
 tion, sextile, or trine to radical Moon. 
 
 If the Moon was well aspected at birth this 
 direction brings a period of success and popu- 
 larity. It increases the honor and esteem which 
 the person enjoys in his environment, it brings 
 favors from influential persons, employers, or 
 the authorities, and if marriage has not already 
 been contracted, this direction will most likely 
 bring about a successful union. It is also an 
 excellent time to form partnerships.
 
 PROGRESSED SOLAR DIRECTIONS 491 
 
 O D <? 2> ^ e $ ?m progressed square or opposition 
 to radical Moon. 
 
 If the Moon was afflicted at birth this marks 
 a very evil period, replete with domestic unhap- 
 piness if the person is married ; discredit among 
 the people with whom he is associated in busi- 
 ness or socially, perhap.s imprisonment; loss by 
 dishonesty of the partner, financial stricture or 
 even bankruptcy. He is also likely to suffer 
 severely from ill health, and if either the Sun 
 or Moon are in Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces he may 
 become a chronic drunkard. 
 
 O * A ^> The Sun progressed sextile or trine to rad- 
 ical Saturn. 
 
 If Saturn is well aspected in the nativity 
 this direction will bring a steadying and consoli- 
 dating influence into the life so that the person 
 will be able to discharge his duties in a most 
 effective, systematic and tactful manner. He 
 will have greater opportunities for advancement 
 than before, and will be able to assume the added 
 responsibilities with credit. Much benefit may 
 be expected from older people who will be drawn 
 to him with full confidence. Investments in 
 land, mines, houses, and similar things will prove 
 profitable when made under this direction, and 
 in general it gives a very deep insight into all 
 problems of life.
 
 492 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 O P 6 D 8 ^ The Sun progressed parallel, conjunc- 
 tion, square or opposition to radical Saturn. 
 
 If Saturn was afflicted in the natal chart 
 these directions mark a period of very evil influ- 
 ence. This is especially true of the parallel, 
 which lasts about ten years ; the other aspects are 
 only active during the usual three years. Under 
 these directions the person suffers disappoint- 
 ments and delays in everything he undertakes. 
 No matter how carefully he may plan, something 
 is sure to crop up to thwart him, and this is apt 
 to breed a spirit of worry and pessimism which 
 makes life seem a hopeless battle, with everyone 
 conspiring to checkmate him. Financial difficul- 
 ties make matters harder, and he is liable to incur 
 the opposition of employers or the authorities. 
 To crown it all, the health suffers, especially un- 
 der the parallel; his vitality will be very low, 
 and the recuperative power almost nil. All will 
 depend on whether he can look for the silver lin- 
 ing to the cloud, and strive to learn the intended 
 lessons, or whether he simply sinks down under 
 the load and gives up. Forewarned is fore- 
 armed and students of Astrology have at 
 least the knowledge that these trials are only 
 passing. They know when brighter days will
 
 PROGRESSED SOLAR DIRECTIONS 493 
 
 O P 6 * A U The Sun progressed parallel, conjunc- 
 tion, sextile or trine Jupiter. 
 
 If Jupiter is well aspected at birth these as- 
 pects are among the most fortunate in the whole 
 gamut of directions, for they indicate a period 
 of financial prosperity, where every undertaking 
 succeeds, hence speculation, investments, and 
 new ventures in business will bring success and 
 gain, the person will rise in popularity and es^ 
 teem in the community or his immediate sphere 
 of associations; he may gain much credit in con- 
 nection with philanthropic or charitable under- 
 takings, and he will enjoy much social success 
 and domestic happiness. There is a tendency to 
 travel or changes which will bring both pleasure 
 and profit, and ambitions that for years seemed 
 impossible of realization are likely to be grati- 
 fied. Under these directions lasting friendships 
 of benefit to the person are often formed. They 
 also strengthen the constitution and bring ra- 
 diant health, but the exuberance of animal 
 spirits may later, under evil directions, bring dis- 
 ease. If this is guarded against the increased 
 flow of vital fluid given by these directions will 
 have a lasting beneficial effect on the health. 
 
 ^^ Tlie Sun progressed square or opposition 
 to radical Jupiter. 
 
 If Jupiter is afflicted at birth these direc- 
 tions denote a period of trouble and trials. Some-
 
 494 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 one near and dear will pass out of the person's 
 life, either by estrangement or death; lawsuits, 
 financial losses and social disaster are threatened, 
 with much opposition from other people. If he 
 invests money or speculates each venture will 
 prove a failure because of deception and misrep- 
 resentation of those with whom he deals. If he 
 makes a change of business or travels to another 
 city he will meet with worse conditions, the health 
 will suffer and domestic infelicity will result. 
 
 O P 6 D 8 $ The Sun progressed parallel, conjunc- 
 tion, square or opposition to radical Mars. 
 
 If Mars is afflicted at birth these aspects 
 mark an extended period of a very evil nature. 
 There is a state of rash and reckless excitement 
 which is apt to lead the person to do the most 
 foolhardy things, hence a liability to squander 
 his money, wreck his prospects in life, become 
 crippled by an accident, or indulge in excesses 
 which bring on fevers, boils, or inflammatory 
 complaints. He should be particularly careful 
 not to handle fire, hot water, explosives or fire- 
 arms, and be guarded by insurance against loss 
 by fire, sickness or accident. The reputation is 
 also likely to suffer by scandal, therefore he 
 should exert all his energy and will power to act 
 with all the discretion possible to him and so en- 
 deavor to rule his stars.
 
 PROGRESSED SOLAR DIRECTIONS 495 
 
 O * A $ The Sun progressed sextile or trine to rad- 
 ical Mars. 
 
 If Mars is well aspected at birth these direc- 
 tions indicate a period of adventure when the 
 person will be imbued with a powerful spirit of 
 activity, enterprise and industry; he will become 
 acquainted with people of a pioneering instinct 
 or in some way receive an impulse that will start 
 him upon a new venture in life which will bring 
 him success, friends, and prosperity. He is 
 likely to travel in search of new fields and to be 
 very restless in seeking an outlet for the energy 
 which threatens to burst him, but he is also too 
 prone to squander the money which seems to 
 come so easily. If he were wise he would be a 
 little less generous, for when this aspect passes 
 off, it is likely that the golden days are over. 
 
 G P 6 D <$> W Tlie Sun progressed parallel, conjunc- 
 tion, square or opposition to radical Uranus. 
 
 If Uranus is afflicted at birth these aspects 
 mark a very critical period in the life. The per- 
 son becomes very irritable and short-tempered. 
 He is liable to tax the patience of friends and 
 relatives to the breaking point so that a separa- 
 tion or estrangement occurs. He will be repel- 
 lant to others, rash, erratic, liable to do the most 
 strange and unexpected things. He may rush 
 into litigation when he has not the shadow of a 
 case or cause, just for the mere insane love of
 
 496 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 quarreling. Thus he is likely to disgrace himself 
 permanently in the eyes of all who know him, or. 
 depending upon what other aspects are in force 
 at the time, it may be someone close to him who 
 causes the disgrace which then reflects upon him 
 on account of the friendship or relationship. 
 
 O * A # The Sun progressed sextile or trine to rad- 
 ical Uranus. 
 
 If Uranus is well aspected at birth and the 
 person is of a sufficiently advanced type to re- 
 spond to this influence, these aspects mark a 
 period of great spiritual and mental accelera- 
 tion; the originating, organizing, and inventive 
 faculties become greatly enhanced, so that he is 
 able to formulate ideas, perfect inventions, and 
 organize enterprises in a most surprisingly effi- 
 cient manner, with little or no effort. There may 
 be sudden and unexpected gains through inven- 
 tions, investment or speculation, and if he is not 
 already interested in advanced thought or occult- 
 ism he will most likely be attracted during this 
 period and obtain a good start before the aspect 
 wears off. 
 
 O P 6 n W The Sun progressed parallel, conjunc- 
 tion, square or opposition to radical Neptune. 
 If Neptune is afflicted at birth these aspects mark 
 a critical time for those who can respond to the 
 spiritual influence. They are then hypersensi-
 
 PROGRESSED SOLAR DIRECTIONS 497 
 
 tive and likely to develop an undesirable phase 
 of involuntary spiritual sight or apt to become 
 entranced or obsessed by spirits from the invisi- 
 bel world who seek a medium to gratify their 
 desires, which are usually bad. The person may 
 also most easily become the victim of a hypnotist 
 and get into trouble through fraud, deception 
 and disadvantageous changes, or loss by specu- 
 lation in large companies where the stock is' 
 watered. 
 
 O * A W The Sun progressed sextile or trine to rad- 
 ical Neptune. 
 
 If Neptune is well aspected at birth these 
 aspects mark a period of spiritual awakening, 
 when the person may receive an initiation which 
 will develop his spiritual powers and open the 
 invisible worlds to him, if he is sufficiently de- 
 veloped. For others it may develop the faculty 
 of inspirational music, and yet other people may 
 experience a period of unexampled love and bliss, 
 but the majority cannot respond to this influ- 
 ence. 
 
 O P 6 * A M.C. Tlie Sun progressed parallel, con- 
 junction, sextile or trine to radical Midheaven. 
 These aspects bring a period of profit, pre- 
 ferment, honor and recognition, favors from the 
 authorities or employers, added social prestige, 
 and a general advancement of the worldly affairs. 
 
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 498 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 This is a good time to make special effort for 
 obtaining an increase of income for all endeav- 
 ors in that direction will have a favorable stellar 
 influence behind them and are therefore more 
 likely to succeed than at other times. 
 
 n <9 M.C. The Sun progressed square or opposition 
 to radical Midheaven. 
 
 These aspects mark a period of discredit 
 when slander and enmity threaten the honor and 
 social standing. It is therefore best for the per- 
 son to be very circumspect in all he does or says, 
 for trouble with the authorities may result in 
 imprisonment, or if with employers it may bring 
 loss of position. Financial fortunes are also 
 threatened. 
 
 P 6 * A Asc. The Sun progressed, parallel, con- 
 junction, sextile or trine radical Ascendant. 
 
 These aspects mark a period of general good 
 fortune, radiant health and happiness. What- 
 ever the person undertakes seems to prosper. 
 
 OD<? Asc. The Sun progressed square or opposi- 
 tion to radical Ascendant. 
 
 These aspects mark a period of ill-health, 
 especially in a woman's horoscope. There is also 
 a great deal of trouble and general so-called 
 "bad luck."
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 PROGRESSED LUNAR DIRECTIONS 
 
 THE Moon travels through the Zodiac at an aver- 
 age rate of between twelve and thirteen degrees a 
 day, and as the day in the art of progression is taken 
 as a time measure equivalent to a year, we may say 
 that the Moon by progression from birth to death 
 travels at the rate of between twelve and thirteen 
 degrees a year, or about one degree per month. Thus 
 in the course of about twenty-eight years she circles 
 the whole horoscope and forms all the aspects that 
 can be formed to all the planets in the radical figure,, 
 and she may thus travel two or three times around 
 the horoscope in the life of the average man or 
 woman. It is her passage around the horoscope that 
 makes the life fruitful of events for the aspects of 
 the planets themselves which indicate the year, 
 when a certain influence is ready to be reaped- 
 as ripe destiny and produce events in the life, do 
 not of themselves cause either good or ill effects un- 
 less an aspect of the progressed Moon or a lunation 
 brings the matter to a focus and marks the month 
 when the occurrence will take place. Therefore 
 sometimes even strong aspects between the Sun and 
 planets, or between the planets themselves, are bar- 
 499
 
 500 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ren in effect when not fortified by a progressed lunar 
 aspect or a lunation of the same nature. 
 
 Neither do the lunar aspects have an influence 
 of their own, or at least if they have, it is not very 
 marked unless the lunar aspect agrees in nature with 
 the primary direction then in force. 
 
 These are important points which the student 
 should always bear in mind. It should also be noted 
 that the aspects of the progressed Moon to progressed 
 planets produce little or no effect and the influences 
 ;eet down below are with respect to the radical planets. 
 
 D P 6 * A O The Moon progressed parallel, con- 
 junction, sextile or trine to radical Sun. 
 
 This aspect marks a rather prosperous 
 period in life, bringing important changes for 
 the better. Not infrequently marriage results 
 which is both successful and happy. An increase 
 of business if the person is an employer, or a 
 raise in salary if he is an employee, may be 
 looked for at this time, for superiors and those 
 in a position to bestow favors are in a generous 
 mood and ready to give the person credit for all 
 that is good in him. 
 
 ".D D 8 O The Moon progressed square or opposition 
 to radical Sun. 
 
 This aspect indicates a time of trouble and 
 loss. There is a tendency to difficulty with em- 
 ployers or customers which will bring loss of
 
 PROGRESSED LUNAR DIRECTIONS 501 
 
 employment or business; the mind is vacillating 
 so that the person cannot make up his mind what 
 to do, and thus he is apt to lose opportunities 
 which might bring gain and instead they bring 
 loss. He will experience trouble with the oppo- 
 site sex, particularly the marriage partner if he 
 is in the state of matrimony. The health will 
 suffer and there is a change for the worse in all 
 the affairs of life. 
 
 D P 6 * A 9 The Moon progressed parallel, con- 
 junction, sextile, or trine to radical Venus. 
 
 If Venus is strong and well aspected in the 
 natal chart this period will be one of pleasure 
 and profit both, for the person will make new 
 friends and have opportunities to advance him- 
 self both socially and financially. These aspects 
 also frequently indicate the commencement of 
 courtship or the culmination, of courtship in 
 marriage, in a man's horoscope. It brings good 
 health and a happy, cheerful frame of mind, so 
 that the whole world seems bathed in sunshine. 
 This is, in short, a period of general success and 
 happiness. 
 
 3) D <? 9 The Moon progressed square or opposition 
 to radical Venus. 
 
 If Venus was afflicted at birth this marks 
 a period of considerable trouble and disappoint- 
 ment. A courtship may be broken off or a mar-
 
 502 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 riage dissolved by separation. The financial for- 
 tunes are likely to suffer and the health is apt 
 to be poor. Snubs and ostracism may be ex- 
 pected in the social relation and the person 
 should be particularly careful with the opposite 
 sex, for while this direction is operative there is 
 considerable liability to trouble from that source. 
 Knowing what is doing and the nature and dura- 
 tion of the influence, he should try to rule his 
 stars by keeping as cheerful a frame of mind 
 as possible, schooling himself to act wisely in 
 the matters which are particularly shown as 
 danger points. 
 
 3) P 6 * A The Moon progressed parallel, con- 
 junction, sextile or trine to radical Mercury. 
 
 If Mercury was well aspected at birth, these 
 directions will bring out the mental powers and 
 it is therefore a favorable time to take up any 
 study which the person may feel attracted to. If 
 any important changes have been in contempla- 
 tion this is the time to make the move, for under 
 these directions success is sure to attend in a 
 much larger measure than under less favorable 
 influences, and if he has any important matters 
 to settle with brothers, sisters or neighbors, he 
 will reach a favorable conclusion with them much 
 more quickly than at any other time.
 
 PROGRESSED LUNAR DIRECTIONS 503 
 
 3) n 8 V The Moon progressed square or opposition 
 to radical Mercury. 
 
 If Mercury was afflicted at birth the person 
 will need to exercise a great deal of care during 
 the operation of these planetary influences, for 
 there will be a tendency to rash and indiscreet 
 speech; thereby the person may lay himself lia- 
 ble to libel or slander. It is also likely that if 
 any deeds or legal papers are signed during this 
 time it will be to the person's detriment and he 
 will later regret it. He should also be very care- 
 ful of his expressions in correspondence and if 
 he is a literary man he should be doubly careful 
 or his writings will be more than likely to cause 
 trouble for himself or others. The mind will be 
 much disturbed and he should neither travel nor 
 make changes but endeavor to keep himself as 
 quiet as possible during this time. 
 
 3) P 6 T? The Moon progressed parallel or conjunc- 
 tion radical Saturn. 
 
 If Saturn was afflicted in the natal chart 
 this is a very critical period. In a woman's 
 horoscope it indicates ill-health, worry and trou- 
 ble. In the horoscope of a man, if he is married, 
 it indicates domestic difficulties or ill-health of 
 the wife. There is trouble, delay and disappoint- 
 ment in all the affairs of life and a tendency to 
 worry over things and become morbid and mel- 
 ancholy.
 
 504 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ]) G 8 T? The Moon progressed square or opposition 
 to radical Saturn. 
 
 If Saturn is afflicted at birth, these aspects 
 mark a very evil time, particularly with respect 
 to health and the conditions in the home. They 
 produce a disturbed frame of mind with irrita- 
 bility and a tendency to worry, a pessimistic 
 outlook on life, gloom and despondency seems 
 to be the rule, the financial affairs also suffer 
 and care should be taken to make no changes or 
 investments at this time. The only remedy is to 
 try to keep as philosophical an attitude as pos- 
 sible, looking for the silver lining of the cloud 
 and endeavoring to learn the le.ssons that are to 
 be taught during this period. 
 
 D * A ^ The Moon progressed sextile or trine to 
 radical Saturn. 
 
 If Saturn was well aspected in the natal 
 chart these aspects mark a successful and pros- 
 perous period when he will gain recognition of 
 a lasting nature in his sphere of life. He will 
 be able to take on added responsibilities and 
 acquit himself of the trust with credit. If any 
 investments in houses, lands or mines are con- 
 templated this will be a very favorable period to 
 undertake such matters. This time will be epoch- 
 making in the life when a new, solid and stable 
 foundation for success will be laid, upon which 
 the edifice of a successful life may be reared.
 
 PROGRESSED LUNAR DIRECTIONS 505 
 
 D P 6 * A U Moon progressed parallel, conjunction, 
 sextile or trine to radical Jupiter. 
 
 If Jupiter was well aspected at birth, these 
 aspects mark a period of success and general 
 good fortune. The health is excellent, or if the 
 person has been sick improvement may be looked 
 for .at this time. The frame of mind will be 
 happy and he will enjoy all the pleasures of life. 
 It is a particularly good time to travel for he 
 will meet a friendly and cordial reception every- 
 where. The financial fortunes will be benefited 
 if investments are made under these directions, 
 or the business may be pushed to the best of his 
 ability. This is an epoch when things take a 
 decided turn for the better, and if the person 
 takes proper advantage of the opportunities then 
 presented to him this time will be long felt in 
 the life. 
 
 D D 8 U The Moon progressed square or opposition 
 to radical Jupiter. 
 
 If Jupiter was afflicted at birth the person 
 should be very careful of his diet during the 
 time when these aspects last, for there is a tend- 
 ency to excesses which will cause disease by mak- 
 ing the blood impure. He should also be very 
 careful not to lose his temper because if there 
 is any danger of apoplexy shown in the natal 
 figure it is more likely to manifest under these 
 stellar influences than at any other time. Keep
 
 506 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 as cool as possible and avoid eating stimulating 
 food and liquors. Do not under any circum- 
 stances undertake to speculate while these direc- 
 tions last for loss is certain and there is a lia- 
 bility to be deceived or defrauded by others. 
 There is also a danger of domestic troubles and 
 loss by lawsuits or similar matters. The social 
 prestige is likely to suffer on account of haughty, 
 bombastic and overbearing manners, therefore 
 the person should be careful and moderate in 
 everything and also hold himself well in check. 
 
 D P 6 n # $ The Moon progressed parallel, con- 
 junction, square or opposition radical Mars. 
 
 If the radical Mars was afflicted these as- 
 pects mark a very evil period. In a woman's 
 horoscope they indicate, for one thing, bad 
 health, and in a man's, violent quarrels in the 
 home. There is a tendency to be quarrelsome, 
 foolhardy and reckless, with the result that the 
 person may sustain bodily injuries or accidents, 
 also a tendency to the over-indulgence of the 
 lower passional nature which may bring trouble 
 in its train, therefore he should be very careful 
 in his dealings with those of the opposite sex. 
 Unless great care is taken slander and social dis- 
 credit are sure to result. These directions also 
 make the person very reckless and extravagant 
 in financial matters, liable to form hasty and 
 erroneous judgment, therefore if papers are
 
 PROGRESSED LUNAR DIRECTIONS 507 
 
 signed at this time disaster is very likely to fol- 
 low. These directions are among the most re- 
 liable in operation and the person rarely escapes 
 without suffering loss or injury in some manner, 
 therefore the greatest care should be taken dur- 
 ing this period. 
 
 D * A $ The Moon progressed sextile or trine rad- 
 ical Mars. 
 
 If Mars was well aspected at birth these as- 
 pects mark a period of considerable activity in 
 the life which will be to the benefit of the person 
 involved. A great deal of vital energy is accu- 
 mulated and this dynamic force naturally must 
 have an outlet in some way, hence this is a good 
 time for the expansion of business or undertak- 
 ing new enterprises; they are sure to succeed if 
 the person is not too precipitate in his efforts 
 but uses a grain of caution in the expenditure 
 of this great energy. These aspects are particu- 
 larly active among those who work with or deal 
 in the martial elements of iron and fire, such 
 as soldiers, surgeons and engineers; to them it 
 brings honor and promotion. 
 
 5 P 6 D <? * The Moon progressed parallel, con- 
 junction, square or opposition radical Uranus. 
 If Uranus was afflicted at birth these aspects 
 mark a very critical period, when the person is 
 apt to make a sudden and unexpected change
 
 508 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 which will have a disadvantageous effect upon 
 the life, therefore he should guard carefully 
 against such a contingency. There is also a lia- 
 bility to the formation of a clandestine relation- 
 ship which will bring sorrow and trouble to the 
 person, hence he should avoid association with 
 the opposite sex and when this is unavoidable 
 he should be very circumspect in his manner and 
 behavior, for under these directions people are 
 very likely to judge him severely for the slight- 
 est semblance of wrong-doing. There is a tend- 
 ency to irritability and cruelty of speech which 
 is likely to cause domestic unhappiness and the 
 loss of friends that will later be regretted very 
 much, therefore the person should endeavor to 
 curb himself; in fact it would be better to avoid 
 his friends as much as possible during this time. 
 
 D * A W The Moon progressed sextile or trine to 
 radical Uranus. 
 
 This is an excellent aspect for those who are 
 sufficiently advanced to respond to it. If Uranus 
 was well aspected at birth, the original, intuitive 
 and inventive faculties will find an outlet at this 
 time which may be very advantageous to the 
 person. If he is interested in the study of ad- 
 vanced thought or occultism this is a particularly 
 good time to pursue such subjects, for an ex- 
 pansion of consciousness may most easily result 
 under these directions, friendships are formed
 
 PROGRESSED LUNAR DIRECTIONS 509 
 
 with advanced people who will be of benefit to 
 the person, and advantageous changes or re- 
 movals may be made, hence it marks an epoch 
 in the life which is likely to leave a permanent 
 mark for good. 
 
 P 6 G <? W The Moon progressed parallel, con- 
 junction, square or opposition to radical Nep- 
 tune. 
 
 If Neptune was afflicted in the natal chart 
 these directions mark a period of weird and un- 
 canny experiences, when the person is likely to 
 come under the spell of hypnotism or medium- 
 ship or have visions or begin to hear voices, but 
 all these experiences are of an undesirable char- 
 acter and should therefore be guarded against 
 as much as possible. It would be very unwise 
 under these directions to enter the seance room 
 of a spiritualistic meeting where the conditions 
 favor such manifestations, and if the aspects 
 occur from watery signs Cancer, Scorpio, or 
 Pisces there is a strong tendency to form a 
 drink or drug habit which may operate to the 
 sorrow and trouble of the person for all the rest 
 of his life. As these aspects produce a mental 
 and physical lassitude, when the vital forces are 
 low and the person negative, such undesirable 
 influences are particularly apt to gain a foot- 
 hold. There is also a danger from plots by 
 .secret enemies which tend to bring the person
 
 510 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 into discredit and trouble. He may even suffer 
 imprisonment or be confined in a hospital through 
 ill-health, for Neptune rules prisons, hospitals, 
 insane asylums, and similar places. Great care 
 should be taken in all dealings with others. 
 
 D # A ^ The Moon progressed sextile or trine to 
 radical Neptune. 
 
 If Neptune was well aspected at birth these 
 directions may bring a slight extension of con- 
 sciousness and if the solar aspects to Neptune 
 are also in force at the same time an initiation 
 may be looked for by those who are sufficiently 
 advanced to respond to this influence. But to 
 the majority of people it will probably mean only 
 a pleasant time, a feast of music or some similar 
 experience. 
 
 D P 6 Asc. M. C. The Moon progressed parallel or 
 conjunction radical Ascendant or Midheaven. 
 
 This aspect brings changes in the life, but 
 whether these are good or bad depends upon the 
 other influences operating in the horoscope at the 
 time. 
 
 D *AM. C. The Moon progressed sextile or trine 
 to radical Midheaven. 
 
 If other influences agree this is a time of 
 beneficial changes, preferment and honor, and 
 general success in the various departments of 
 life.
 
 PROGRESSED LUNAR DIRECTIONS 511 
 
 D n 8 M. C. The Moon progressed square or oppo- 
 sition to radical Midheaven. 
 
 These aspects indicate loss of prestige, trou- 
 ble and anxiety, financial loss, especially if deal- 
 ing with women. It is a bad time to travel or 
 make changes. 
 
 D * A Asc. Tine Moon progressed sextfte or trine to 
 radical Ascendant. 
 
 These aspects bring beneficial changes, finan- 
 cial prosperity, and general good fortune. 
 
 D D (9 Asc. TJie Moon progressed square or oppo- 
 sition to radical Ascendant. 
 
 These aspects mark a period of trouble. Ill- 
 health may be looked for, and if any changes or 
 removals are made they will be to the person's 
 disadvantage.
 
 CHAPTER XXYI. 
 
 MUTUAL PLANETARY DIRECTIONS 
 
 ASPECTS between two progressed planets have 
 little or no potency, but when a planet by pro- 
 gression comes into aspect with a radical planet it op. 
 erates for good or ill, according to its nature and the 
 power of the radical planet in the horoscope. 
 
 In the following paragraphs we have set down 
 these tendencies, and it matters not whether Venus 
 progresses to a good aspect with radical Saturn, or 
 Saturn progresses to a good aspect with radical Ve- 
 nus, the effects are as noted in the first paragraph, 
 and similarly with the other aspects following. 
 
 9 ^ * A Venus and Saturn in good aspect by pro- 
 gression indicates a period of financial success, 
 gain in social prestige and emotional exaltation. 
 The religious and devotional nature is likely to 
 receive an awakening. 
 
 9 T? P 6 D 8 Venus and Saturn in evil aspect by 
 progression indicates a period of sorrow and trou- 
 ble. Both the health and reputation suffer; de- 
 lays, disappointment and losses are frequent and 
 annoying. Others will seek to impose upon the 
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 MUTUAL PLANETARY DIRECTIONS 513 
 
 person; death or separation from loved ones, 
 and other disagreeable experiences are met. The 
 mind is gloomy and inclined to worry. 
 
 * A Mercury and Saturn in good aspect by 
 progression marks a good time to undertake new 
 responsibilities, make investments in houses, 
 mines, lands, or similar property, undertake 
 study or research work of a deeper nature, and 
 make important contracts which will prove of 
 lasting benefit to the person. It is a good time 
 to deal with agents and elderly persons, or to 
 undertake journeys for a serious purpose. 
 
 P 6 D 8 Mercury and Saturn afflicted by pro- 
 gression indicates a time of delays and disap- 
 pointments with a tendency to look upon the dark 
 side of things. It is a bad time to undertake 
 new responsibilities, deal with elderly people or 
 sign legal papers. The person is liable to slander 
 and loss of reputation. 
 
 * A Mars and Saturn in good aspect by pro- 
 gression marks a period when the person will be 
 very enterprising yet tactful and diplomatic, 
 courageous but not foolhardy, strong and digni- 
 fied, better able to shoulder the responsibilities 
 of life than at any other time. If he makes 
 proper use of these qualities he will gain finan- 
 cially, also in honor and respect among his asso- 
 ciates. 
 
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 514 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 $ ^ P 6 D 8 Mars and Saturn in bad aspect by 
 progression makes the person very foolhardy and 
 impulsive, hence there is a liability to accident 
 under these directions. Occasionally when the 
 horoscope shows violence there is a tendency to 
 crime and bloodshed which may result in impris- 
 onment. All the vices of the character seem to 
 come to the fore at this time, and loss of temper 
 is the least among them. The greatest care 
 should be taken to keep the animal nature down 
 and hold a firm check upon all the undesirable 
 traits in the character. 
 
 The progressed aspects between Saturn, Ju- 
 piter, Uranus and Neptune are not made because 
 of their slow motion. 
 
 $ U P d * A Venus and Jupiter in good aspect by 
 progression bring financial benefits, rise in the 
 social position and esteem. They make the per- 
 son more kindly, sympathetic and considerate, 
 hence increase his popularity. It is a good time 
 to travel and enjoy life. Investments made un- 
 der this influence are generally successful, and 
 the health is excellent, or if the person has been 
 ill this marks the period of convalescence and 
 recuperation, when life takes on a rosier hue. 
 
 $ U Q 8 Venus and Jupiter afflicting each other 
 by progression indicates a period of mild domes- 
 tic trouble, small financial losses and a tendency 
 to extravagance and wastefulness, pecuniary dif-
 
 MUTUAL PLANETARY DIRECTIONS 515- 
 
 faculties on that account, and possibly lawsuits. 
 There is also some loss of prestige in the social 
 circle or the person's environment. 
 
 H P 6 * A Mercury and Jupiter in good aspect 
 by progression indicates a very successful period 
 in the life. The person will probably travel with. 
 both pleasure and profit to himself. He will 
 have good health and be in the best of spirits, 
 so that life in general will take on a very rosy 
 hue. There are indications of gain by invest- 
 ments and in the general course of his business, 
 and it is a good time to enter into contracts and 
 agreements, but especially for literary work. 
 
 H Q] <9 Mercury and Jupiter afflicted by progres- 
 sion marks a troublesome time, when the person 
 is liable to become involved in lawsuits and lose, 
 thereby. He should be very careful not to sign 
 papers or enter into agreements, for there will 
 be trouble and misunderstanding, involving 
 financial loss; also if he lends money to other 
 people they will endeavor to impose upon him 
 and defraud him, and dealings with agents and 
 commission men should be particularly avoided. 
 
 U * A Mars and Jupiter in good aspect by pro- 
 gression marks a period in life when the usual 
 conservatism of Jupiter is blended with the mar- 
 tian enthusiasm, hence the person will become 
 more enthusiastic and enterprising so that he is
 
 516 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 likely to extend his business and be successful in 
 gaining an added income thereby. He should be 
 careful, however, not to overreach himself at 
 this time. These aspects also work upon the 
 devotional nature and may sometimes express 
 themeslves as religious enthusiasm when the per- 
 son turns over a new leaf and becomes a better 
 man or woman than before. 
 
 S U P 6 D # Mars and Jupiter in evil aspect by 
 progression marks a danger point in the life when 
 the person is liable to wreck his whole career by 
 acts which are definitely criminal, or by losses 
 due to ostentatious display and extravagance, or 
 lie may become interested in some wildcat min- 
 ing scheme or speculate upon the stock exchange 
 in such a reckless manner that he loses all he has 
 and becomes a pauper. The health is also likely 
 to suffer under this direction; impurities of the 
 blood may cause growths, tumors, boils, and kin- 
 dred afflictions. Altogether it is a very evil time 
 and the person should guard himself very care- 
 fully against yielding to any of these influences. 
 Mutual aspects between Saturn, Jupiter, 
 TJranus and Neptune are seldom formed because 
 of their slow motion. 
 
 9 3 * A Venus and Mars in good aspect by pro- 
 gression marks a period of pleasure and enjoy- 
 ment when an attachment of a lasting nature 
 may be formed with someone through an en-
 
 MUTUAL PLANETARY DIRECTIONS 517 
 
 thusiastic courtship. There are also indications 
 of financial gain and an increase of popularity. 
 
 $ P 6 D # Venus and Mars in evil aspect by 
 progression marks a period of impulse and reck- 
 lessness when the person is likely to act in a 
 most indiscreet manner that may cause great 
 trouble in life. If married there will be some 
 domestic unhappiness. Financial losses and dis- 
 credit are also shown, therefore the person should 
 endeavor to hold himself in check and avoid any 
 temptations that may come in his path. 
 
 $ * A Mercury and Mars in good aspect by pro- 
 gression marks a time when the person is gener- 
 ally successful in all affairs of life, especially 
 where the mental qualities are called into action, 
 for this will make him keen, shrewd and sharp, 
 quick to see a point and grasp an advantage, 
 hence financial gain is also indicated. This is a 
 good time for advertising and extending the per- 
 son's business, entering contracts and agree- 
 ments, and dealing with agents and middlemen. 
 It is good for literary work of a lighter nature, 
 and an excellent time to travel. The health is 
 good and there is a feeling of cheerfulness, joy 
 and optimism. 
 
 $ P 6 D 8 Mercury and Mars in evil aspect by 
 progression. This is a critical time when the 
 person is liable to act on impulse, to speak and
 
 518 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 act impulsively without due deliberation and 
 forethought, hence he is likely to get into trou- 
 ble or suffer loss through the sharp practices of 
 other people. He should therefore be very care- 
 ful not to sign papers or enter into agreements, 
 and there is danger of accident and trouble if 
 the person travels. It is a bad time for changes 
 or extensions of business. 
 
 ' W * A Mars and Uranus in good aspect by pro- 
 gression indicates a good period lor perfecting 
 inventions or starting new and original enter- 
 prises. Friendships of a beneficial nature are 
 often made under these directions, and not in- 
 frequently a psychic awakening takes place 
 through associations with people, or groups of 
 people, of a Uranian nature. 
 
 'c? J? P 6 D 8 Mars and Uranus in evil aspect by 
 progression marks a very dangerous time in the 
 person's life. There is a liability to accidents 
 of an unusual nature, a breaking up of condi- 
 tions, estrangement from friends, and the person 
 is liable to find himself suddenly alone in the 
 world. Sometimes there is a psychic awakening 
 but always of an undesirable nature. 
 
 "# ^ * A Mars and Neptune in good aspect by pro- 
 gression marks a time of good health and high 
 spirits for advanced people, but the majority 
 do not feel its influence.
 
 MUTUAL PLANETARY DIRECTIONS 519 
 
 P 6 n <9 Mars and Neptune in evil aspect by 
 progression produces a neurotic condition in 
 those who can respond to its influence. There is 
 also a tendency to be defrauded or victimized in 
 some unaccountable manner. 
 
 * A Venus and Uranus in good aspect by pro- 
 gression gives a tendency to some financial gain 
 and it is likely that the person will have what he 
 considers a good time, involving probably a ro- 
 mantic love affair, but it is likely to leave a 
 sting behind. It insures the aid of friends and 
 increases the popularity of the person for the 
 time being. 
 
 P 6 D 8 Venus and Uranus in evil aspect by 
 progression is a fruitful cause of domestic un- 
 happiness and divorce. It is likely to bring 
 about a scandal on account of immoral conduct. 
 Lawsuits and financial loss are also threatened, 
 and the person is likely to act in a most erratic 
 manner. 
 
 * A Venus and Neptune in good aspect by pro- 
 gression indicates a period of success in social 
 matters, happiness and enjoyment of life for 
 those who can respond to it. The person is par- 
 ticularly apt to indulge in the building of air 
 castles and the concoction of roseate day-dreams 
 which are of no particular avail but serve to 
 make the period thoroughly enjoyable.
 
 520 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 $ tj? P 6 n <9 Venus and Neptune in evil aspect by 
 progression is likely to bring some psychic ex- 
 perience of a disagreeable nature connected with 
 mediumship or hypnotism. There is a tendency 
 to sensuality and immorality, occasionally the 
 indulgence in drinks or drugs which will cause 
 sorrow and trouble to come to the person.
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 TRANSITS 
 
 THE progressed positions of planets are the prin- 
 cipal significators of events, but the transitory po- 
 sitions of the planets in space at the actual time of 
 events strengthen or weaken effects of aspects in the 
 progressed horoscope, according to whether they are 
 akin in nature or not. The New Moons are particu- 
 larly potent. These co-called Transits are seen in the 
 ephemeris for the actual year of events. 
 
 The Increasing or Decreasing Moon 
 
 Among the points in Astrology which bother 
 the new beginner, is when the Moon is increasing in 
 light or decreasing. Astrological works frequently 
 use these expressions when tabulating the effects of 
 various configurations. Biit so far as we know, no 
 explanation has been given elsewhere, and we trust 
 the following may make the subject clear to students. 
 
 Each month the Moon comes into conjunction 
 with the Sun, and this conjunction of the luminaries 
 is called a lunation or new Moon. .After the conjunc- 
 tion or new Moon, she may be seen in the western sky 
 close to the horizon as a tiny crescent, day by day 
 the lighted surface grows larger, at the time of the 
 521
 
 522 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 opposition to the Sun she has increased her light to 
 the fullest capacity, and at that time we speak of her 
 as a full Moon ; she then rises in the eastern sky at the 
 same time as the Sun sets in the west. From that 
 time for another fortnight it will be observed that she 
 rises later and later in the night ; at the same time 
 the illuminated part of her disc decreases until just 
 bofore the next conjunction or new Moon, early risers 
 may observe her in the eastern sky just before sunrise 
 as a tiny crescent upon the vault of heaven. Thus 
 the Moon is increasing in light from the time of its 
 conjunction or new Moon to the opposition, or full 
 Moon, and from the full Moon to the next new Moon 
 it is decreasing in light. The times of the New Moon, 
 Full Moon and eclipses are given each month in our 
 Simplified Scientific Ephemeris, which see. 
 
 In the lady's horoscope which we used to show 
 the method of progression, the powerful effect of 
 lunations when operating with other influences of a 
 similar nature is also vividly illustrated. In her horo- 
 scope the New Moon, April 1, 1909, was in 11 de- 
 grees of Aries exactly square to Saturn's place at 
 birth, and Uranus was conjunct the progressed Sat- 
 urn and square the progressed Moon. Thus all stel- 
 lar influences bearing upon this lady united to ter- 
 minate life in the body. 
 
 Transits of Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jup- 
 iter are important,and when the student has become 
 familiar with the mysteries of the progressed horo-
 
 TRANSITS 523 
 
 scope but not before, he may profitably write the 
 ephemeral position of these planets outside the pro- 
 gressed horoscope and watch their effect, also the as- 
 pects of the New Moons. But be sure, at first, to keep 
 the progressed horoscope down to first principles, for 
 fancy aspects are 'the stuff dreams are made of,' the 
 the warp and woof of astrological romances which 
 fade away into moonshine and leave the astrologer 
 discomfitted. It is comparatively easy to wield the 
 shuttle of imagination with natal, progressed and 
 transiting planets, each set with its corresponding 
 houses, arid a multitude of aspects to choose from, but 
 simple judgment based upon the prime essentials of 
 a horoscope is almost invariably justified by events. 
 
 If the student has ephemerides for 1908 and 
 1909, he may see that in July, 1908, when the lady 
 was taken ill Saturn was in Aries 10, within 1 degree 
 of a conjunction of the progresed Moon and also 
 within 1 degree of a square to his place at birth in 
 this chart. Thus he aggravated conditions. 
 
 *? 6 O D 9 U Saturn transiting the radical Sun, 
 Moon, Venus and Jupiter. 
 
 These transits lower the vitality and act as 
 a damper on the spirits of the person, there is a 
 tendency to colds, gloom and melancholy, delays 
 and disappointments, and if Saturn should turn 
 retrograde passing and repassing these points, 
 quite a long time of trouble and anxiety results.
 
 524 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 T? D <? O D 9 U Saturn transiting square or oppo- 
 sition radical Sun, Moon, Venus and Jupiter. 
 
 These aspects will produce similar effect to 
 the conjunction but more intense, and falls, 
 bruises, or broken bones are often additional 
 results. 
 
 ^ *Ao D $ 24 Saturn transiting sextile or trine the 
 radical Sun, Moon, Venus and Jupiter. 
 
 These aspects do not produce any benefit so 
 far as has been observed. 
 
 T? * A $T Saturn transiting sextile or trine the rad- 
 ical Mercury. 
 
 These aspects steady the mind and make it 
 more capable of concentration when he is direct, 
 but when he is retrograde or aspecting Mercury 
 by square or opposition fear, worry, melancholy, 
 gloom and trouble result, then it is also danger- 
 ous to travel. 
 
 ^ 6 $ # tp Saturn transiting radical Mars, Uranus 
 or Neptune. 
 
 These transits always mark a time of trou- 
 ble, no matter what the aspect, but the nature of 
 the trouble is best determined by the house and 
 sign where the afflicted planet is located. 
 
 T? 6 M. C. Saturn transiting the radical Midheaven. 
 This aspect always produces slander, dis- 
 credit and loss of prestige.
 
 TRANSITS 525 
 
 T? 6-12 Saturn transiting the Sixth or Twelfth 
 Houses and the Ascendant. 
 
 These positions have an inimical effect on 
 the health, according to the signs which are on 
 the cusps of these houses. 
 
 U * A O 9 S D Jupiter transiting sextile or trine 
 the radical Sun, Venus, Mercury or Moon. 
 
 These aspects bring health, happiness and 
 financial benefit in accordance with the radical 
 indications. If he retrogrades he is not so active 
 but the period of good is protracted by his re- 
 peated direct passage over the good aspects. 
 
 O 9 $ D Jupiter transiting square or oppo- 
 sition radical Sun, Venus, Mercury or Moon. 
 
 These aspects are not very evil because evil 
 is out of harmony with the basic nature of Ju- 
 piter. 
 
 6 ^ $ V W Jupiter transiting or aspecting rad- 
 ical Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Neptune. 
 
 These aspects produce no appreciable re- 
 sults because the basic natures of these planets 
 are entirely different. This is on the same prin- 
 ciple that tuning forks of different pitch do not 
 respond to one another. 
 
 6 O 9 Uranus transiting radical Sun or Venus. 
 These transits produce romantic attach- 
 ments, Bohemian pleasures, unconventional ex- 
 periences ; when he ' is retrograde this may last
 
 526 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 for a long time, but when he is in evil aspect 
 immorality, scandal and divorce may result. 
 
 # 6 $ D Uranus transiting radical Mars, Moon 
 and Mercury. 
 
 These aspects of Uranus to the radical Mars. 
 Moon and Mercury have a tendency to make the 
 person rash, reckless, foolhardy and erratic, 
 sometimes to the point of insanity if other test- 
 imonies in the horoscope concur, the phase of 
 the mental disturbance varying from violence 
 when induced by Mars, to mild idiocy when pro- 
 duced by the Moon. 
 
 6 ^? 3 W Uranus transiting or in evil aspect to 
 radical Saturn, Mars and Neptune. 
 
 These transits cause trouble according to 
 the house and sign where Saturn is located. 
 Good aspects produce no benefit as far as we 
 have observed. 
 
 W 6 $ D Neptune transiting radical Mercury and 
 Moon. 
 
 These aspects bring a spiritual awakening 
 accompanied by dreams and visions of an eleva- 
 ting nature. These aspects are also good for 
 travel, but the bad aspects make the mind un- 
 clean, polluted and criminal if the radical horo- 
 scope allows, so that the person may commit a 
 crime and suffer imprisonment. Mediumship is 
 also often the result of these transits.
 
 PART II. 
 
 Medical Astrology 
 
 AFTER AN EXTENSIVE PRACTICE OF MANY YEARS, THE 
 FOLLOWING TREATISE IS SUBMITTED AS EMBODYING 
 THE AUTHORS' EXPERIENCE, GAINED BY SUC- 
 CESSFUL DIAGNOSIS OF MANY THOUSANDS 
 OF HOROSCOPES 
 
 [But we want to make it clearly understood that we 
 do not cast horoscopes for money, or tell fortunes. Our 
 work is a strictly humanitarian undertaking. To us, 
 Astrology is a phase of religion.]
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE 
 
 PARENTS have an exceptional opportunity and 
 may lay up much treasure in heaven by judicious 
 care of growing children based upon knowledge of 
 tendencies to disease revealed by the horoscope. The 
 writers rely implicitly upon the horoscope 's testimony 
 and though in a few cases doubts have been expressed 
 as to the correctness of our diagnosis, because it var- 
 ied from that of practitioners in personal touch with 
 the patient, subsequent developments have invariably 
 vindicated our judgment and proved the far-reaching 
 penetration of Astrology which is as much in advance 
 of the X-Ray as that is superior to a candle, for even 
 though the X-Ray were capable of illuminating the 
 entire body to such an extent that we could see each 
 individual cell in activity, it could only show the 
 conditions of the body at a given moment. But the 
 horoscope shows incipient disease from the cradle to 
 the grave, thus it gives us ample time to apply the 
 ounce of prevention, and maybe escape an illness, or, 
 at least, ameliorate its severity when disease has over- 
 taken us. It indicates to the day when crises are due, 
 thus forewarned we may take extra precautionary 
 measures to tide over the critical point. It indicates 
 528
 
 ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE 529 
 
 when the inimical influences are waning and fortifies 
 us to bear present suffering with strength born of 
 the knowledge that recovery at a specific time is cer- 
 tain. Thus Astrology offers help and hope in a man- 
 ner obtainable by no other method ; for its scope is 
 wider than all other systems, and it penetrates to the 
 very soul of Being. 
 
 An Important Warning 
 
 If letters of fire that would burn themselves into 
 the consciousness of the reader were obtainable, we 
 would spare no effort to procure them for the pur- 
 pose of warning students on one particular point in 
 connection with the practice of medical Astrology; 
 it is this: 
 
 Never tell a patient a discouraging fact. 
 Never tell them when impending crises are due. 
 Never predict sickness at a certain time. 
 Never, never predict death. 
 
 It is a grave mistake, almost a crime, to tell sick 
 persons anything discouraging, for it robs them of 
 strength that should be husbanded with the utmost 
 care to facilitate recovery. It is also wrong to sug- 
 gest sickness to a well person, for it focuses the mind 
 on a specific disease at a certain time, and such a' 
 suggestion is liable to cause sickness. It is 'a welt 
 known fact that many students in medical colleges 
 feel the symptoms of every disease they study, and 
 suffer greatly in consequence of auto-suggestion, but 
 
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 530 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 the idea of impending disease implanted by one in 
 whom the victim has f aitb is much more dangerous ; 
 therefore it behooves the medical astrologer to be 
 very cautious. If you cannot say anything encour- 
 aging, be silent. 
 
 This warning applies with particular force when 
 treating patients having Taurus or Virgo rising or 
 the Sun or Moon in those signs. These configurations 
 predispose the mind to center on disease, often in a 
 most unwarranted manner. The Taurean fears sick- 
 ness to an almost insane degree, and prediction of 
 disease is fatal to this nature. The Virgo courts dis- 
 ease, in order to gain sympathy, and though profes- 
 sing to long for recovery, they actually delight in 
 nursing disease. They beg to know their symptoms, 
 the crises, and delight in probing the matter to the 
 depths; they will plead ability to stand full knowl- 
 edge and profess that it will help them; but if the 
 practitioner allows himself to be enticed by their pro- 
 testations, and does tell them, they wilt like a flower. 
 They are the most difficult people to help in any case, 
 and extra care should be taken not to aggravate their 
 chances by admissions of the nature indicated. 
 
 Besides, though the writers ha^ve practiced medi- 
 cal Astrology for many years and with astonishing 
 success, and though Astrology, as a science, is abso- 
 lutely exact and infallible, it must not be forgotten 
 that there remains nevertheless the chance of mis- 
 taken judgment on the part of the practitioner and 
 the chance that the person whose horoscope he is
 
 ASTRO-DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE 53L 
 
 judging may assert his will to such an extent that it 
 overrules the indication in the horoscope. He may 
 change his mode of life without knowing what would 
 have happened if he had gone on as before, and thus 
 he may be in no danger at the time when the tendency 
 to sickness shown by the horoscope arrives ; it is cruel 
 to unsettle his mind in any case. Naturally, the 
 young student would be most liable to make a mis- 
 take in judgment, but no one is immune. We re- 
 member a case that came to our notice recently. 
 One of the most prominent European astrologers 
 predicted for a client in South Africa that on a cer- 
 tain date he would have a severe haemorrhage of the 
 lungs. The poor man wrote to us for help, but 
 though liability to colds in the lungs was shown, we 
 saw no serious trouble at the time predicted, nor has 
 haemorrhage been experienced in the year elapsed be- 
 tween that time and the present writing. 
 
 Some students have a morbid desire to know the 
 time of their own death, and probe into this matter 
 in a most unwarranted manner, for no matter how 
 they may seek to deceive themselves there are very 
 few who have the mental and moral stamina to live 
 life in the same manner, if they knew with absolute 
 certainty that on a certain date their earthly exist- 
 ence would be terminated. That is one of the points 
 most wisely hidden until we are to see on both sides 
 of the veil, and we do wrong, no matter what our 
 ground, to seek to wrest that knowledge from the 
 horoscope.
 
 532 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Moreover, it has been well said that "the doctor 
 who prescribes for himself has a fool for a patient," 
 and this applies to diagnosis of one's own horoscope 
 with tenfold force, for there we are all biased; either 
 we make too light of conditions, or we take them too 
 seriously, particularly if we investigate the time and 
 mode of death. We remember a case where an intel- 
 lectual woman, principal of a private school in New 
 York, wrote asking for admission to our correspond- 
 ence class, "if we thought it worth while, as she 
 was going to die the first week in March. ' ' She gave 
 us all the aspects upon which she based her judgment, 
 and as one of the writers had just emerged hale and 
 hearty from similar configurations, she gave the lady 
 in question a good talking to that straightened her 
 out; she told the lady she (the writer) expected to 
 live to a ripe age. Now that lady is thinking of a 
 useful life, she has learned to forget death. Astrol- 
 ogy is too sacred to be thus misused. Let the student 
 forget about his own horoscope and devote his knowl- 
 edge to help others, then it will aid in accumulating 
 treasure in heaven as no other line of spiritual en- 
 deavor. 
 
 PLANETARY POLARITIES 
 
 When we study magnetism we are dealing with 
 an invisible force; and ordinarily we can at best 
 state the way it manifests in the physical world, as 
 is the case whenever we deal .with any force. The 
 physical world is the world of effects ; the causes are
 
 PLANETARY POLARITIES 533 
 
 hidden from our sight, though they are nearer than 
 hands or feet. Force is all about us, invisible and 
 only seen by the effects it produces. 
 
 If we take a dish of water, for illustration, and 
 allow it to freeze, we shall see a myriad of ice crys- 
 tals, beautiful geometrical figures. These show the 
 lines along which the water congealed and these lines 
 are lines of force which were present before the water 
 congealed; but they were invisible until the proper 
 conditions w r ere furnished them and they became 
 manifest. 
 
 In the same way there are lines of force going; 
 between the two poles of a magnet; they are neither 
 seen nor felt until we bring iron or iron filings into 
 the place where they are, when they will manifest 
 by arranging the filings in an orderly pattern. By 
 making the proper conditions we may cause any of 
 the nature forces to show its effects moving our 
 street cars, carrying messages with lightning speed 
 over thousands of miles, etc., etc. ; but the force itself 
 is ever invisible. We know that magnetism travels 
 always at right angles to the electric current with, 
 which it manifests; we know the difference between, 
 the manifestations of the electric and the magnetic 
 current, so dependent upon one another, but we have 
 never seen either; though they are about the most 
 valuable servants we have today. 
 
 Magnetism may be divided into 'mineral' and 
 'animal' magnetism, though in reality they are one, 
 but the former has very little influence upon animal
 
 534 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tissue, while the latter is generally impotent in work- 
 ing with minerals. 
 
 The mineral magnetism is derived directly from 
 * lodestones ' which are used to magnetise iron and this 
 process gives to the metal thus treated the property 
 of attracting iron. This kind of magnet is very little 
 used, however, as its magnetism becomes depleted, 
 is too weak in proportion to its bulk, and principally 
 because the magnetic force cannot be controlled in- 
 such a so-called 'permanent' magnet. 
 
 The ' electro '-magnet is also a 'mineral' magnet. 
 It is simply a piece of iron wound around with many 
 turns of electric wire; the strength of the magnet 
 varies as. the number of turns of wire, and the 
 strength of the electric current that is passed 
 through it. 
 
 Electricity is all about us in a diffused state, of 
 no use for industrial purposes until it is compressed 
 and forced through the electric wires by the powerful 
 electro-magnets. We must have magnetism in the 
 first place before we can get any electricity. Before 
 a new electric generator is started the 'fields, ' which 
 are nothing but electro-magnets, must be magnetized. 
 If that is not done they may turn it till the crack of 
 doom, at any rate of speed they please, and it will 
 never light a single lamp or move a grain of weight ; 
 all depends upon the magnetism being there first. 
 After this magnetism is once started it will leave a 
 little behind when the generator is shut down, and 
 this so-called ' residual magnetism ' will be the nucleus
 
 PLANETARY POLARITIES 535 
 
 of force to be built up each time the generator is 
 started afresh. 
 
 All bodies of plant, animal and man are but 
 transformed 'mineral.' They have all come from the 
 mineral kingdom in the first place, and chemical 
 analysis of the plant, animal and human bodies 
 brings out the fact beyond cavil. Moreover, we know 
 that the plants get their sustenance from the mineral 
 soil, and both animal and man are eating 'mineral' 
 when they consume the plants as food; even when 
 man eats the animals he is nevertheless eating min- 
 eral compounds, and therefore he gets with his food 
 both the mineral substances and the magnetic force 
 which they contain. 
 
 This j: orce we see manifesting as ' Haemoglobin, ' 
 or the red coloring matter in the blood, which attracts 
 the life-giving oxygen when it comes into contact with 
 it in the millions of minute capillaries of the lungs, 
 parting with it as readily when it passes through the 
 capillaries which all over the body connect the ar- 
 teries with the veins. Why is this? 
 
 To understand this, we must acquaint ourselves 
 a little closer with the way magnetism manifests as 
 seen in industrial uses. 
 
 There are always two fields or a multiple of 
 two fields in a generator or motor, every alternate 
 'field' or magnet being 'north-pole' and every other 
 alternate 'south-pole.' If we wish to run two or 
 more generators 'in multiple' and force electricity 
 into the same wire, the first requisite is that the mag-
 
 536 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 netic current in the field-magnets should run in ilne 
 same direction. 
 
 If that were not the case, they would not run 
 together ;they would generate currents going in op- 
 posite directions, blowing their fuses. That would 
 be because the poles in one generator, which should 
 have attracted, repelled, and vice-versa. The remedy 
 is to change the ends of the wire which magnetises 
 the fields ; then the magnetic current in one generator 
 will become like the current of the other, and both 
 will run smoothly together. 
 
 Similar conditions prevail in magnetic healing; 
 a certain vibratory pitch and magnetic polarity was 
 infused into each of us when the stellar forces surged 
 through our bodies and gave us our planetary bap- 
 tism at the moment when we drew our first complete 
 breath. This is modified during our pilgrimage of 
 life, but in the main its initial impulse remains un- 
 disturbed and therefore the horoscope at birth retains 
 the most vital power in life to determine our sympa- 
 thies and antipathies as well as all other matters. 
 Nay more, its pronouncements are more reliable than 
 our conscious likes and dislikes. 
 
 Sometimes we may meet and learn to like a per- 
 son, although we have a feeling that he has an in- 
 imical influence on us for which we cannot account, 
 and therefore strive to put aside, but a comparison 
 of his horoscope with our own will reveal the reason 
 and if we are wise we heed its warning, or as surely 
 as the circling stars move in their orbits around the
 
 PLANETARY POLARITIES 537 
 
 Sun we will live to regret our disregard of this hand- 
 writing on the wall. 
 
 But there are also many cases when we do not 
 sense the antipathy between ourselves and a certain 
 person, though the horoscope reveals it, and if we 
 see the signs when comparing the two horoscopes we 
 may feel inclined to trust our feelings rather than 
 the stellar script of the horoscopes. That also will 
 in time lead to trouble, for the planetary polarity is 
 certain to manifest in time unless both parties are 
 sufficiently evolved to rule their stars in a large meas- 
 ure. Such people are few and far between at our 
 present stage of evolution. Therefore we shall do 
 well if we use our knowledge of the stellar script to 
 compare our horoscopes with those at least who come 
 intimately into our lives. This may save both them 
 and us much misery and heartache. We would ad- 
 vise this course particularly with regard to a healer 
 and his patients, and with reference to a prospective 
 marriage partner. 
 
 When anyone is ill, resistance is at the lowest 
 ebb, and on that account he is then least able to with- 
 stand outside influences. So the vibrations of the 
 healer have practically unrestrained effect, and even 
 though he may be ensouled by the noblest of altru- 
 istic motives, desiring to pour out his very life for 
 the benefit of the patient, if their stars were adverse 
 at birth, his vibratory pitch and magnetism are bound 
 to have an inimical effect upon the patient. There- 
 fore it is of prime necessity that any healer should
 
 538 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 have a knowledge of Astrology and the law of com- 
 patibility, whether he belongs to those who admit- 
 tedly heal by magnetism and the laying on of hands 
 or to the regular schools of physicians, for they also 
 infuse their vibrations into the patient's aura and 
 help or hinder according to the agreement of their 
 planetary polarity with that of the patient. 
 
 What has been said with regard to the healer 
 applies with tenfold force to the nurse, for he or 
 she is with the patient practically all the time and 
 their contact is so much more intimate. 
 
 For healer, nurse and patient, compatibility is 
 determined by the rising sign, Saturn, and the Sixth 
 House. If their rising signs agree in nature so that 
 all have fiery signs rising, or all have earthy, airy, 
 or watery signs rising, they are harmonious, but if 
 the patient has a watery sign rising, a nurse or a doc- 
 ter with fiery signs will have a very detrimental 
 effect. 
 
 It is also necessary to see that Saturn in the 
 horoscope of the nurse or healer is not placed in any 
 of the degrees of the zodiac within the patient's Sixth 
 House. 
 
 With respect to marriage the planetary polarity 
 is shown principally by a consideration of the fem- 
 inine Moon and Venus in a man's horoscope, for they 
 describe his attractions towards the opposite sex, and 
 in a woman's horoscope the masculine Sun and Mars 
 have a similar significance. If these planets are har- 
 moniously configurated and the signs on the cusps
 
 PLANETARY POLARITIES 539 
 
 of the Seventh Houses of the prospective partners 
 agree, harmony will prevail, especially if the Sun, 
 Venus or Jupiter of one person is placed in the Sev- 
 enth House of the other. But if the planets men- 
 tioned afflict one another, or the Seventh Houses of 
 the parties are out of harmony, or if Saturn, Mars ; 
 Uranus or Neptune of one is in a degree included in 
 the Seventh House of the other, it is the handwriting 
 on the wall which indicates that the planetary polar- 
 ity is inharmonious and that sorrow is in store for 
 them if they allow their evanescent emotions to draw 
 them together in a bond of unhappiness, for it is 
 easy to change the field wires on two electric gen- 
 erators so that their polarities will agree, but it is 
 extremely difficult to reverse the planetary polarity 
 of one person to make it agree with that received by 
 another at his planetary baptism.
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 THE LAW OF CORRESPONDENCES 
 
 IT IS said in the Bible that God made man in His 
 likeness, and from hoary antiquity seers and sages 
 have noted a correspondence between the macrocosm, 
 the great world, and the microcosm, the little world, 
 or man. This is again expressed in the hermetic 
 axion which is the master-key to all mysteries: "As 
 above, so below." Therefore we may note that the 
 various parts of the human body are correlated to 
 different divisions of the vaulted arch of heaven with 
 the marching orbs that move through it. As the 
 creative forces within the womb act upon the ovum 
 and gradually build the fostus, so also the stellar 
 rays from the macrocosmic body of mother nature are 
 active upon man. It is their activity which we note 
 in the process of evolution whereby that which is 
 now man has come up through the lower kingdoms 
 to his present stage of completion, and it is by the 
 same rays that he will gradually evolve to the divine 
 stature where he will indeed be like the Father in 
 Heaven, consequently we may note the correspond- 
 ences between the signs and planets and the different 
 divisions of the human body as follows : 
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 THE LAW OF CORRESPONDENCES 541 
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE TWELVE SIGNS 
 
 Aries rules the head, the cerebral hemispheres, 
 the various organs within the head, and the eyes, 
 but the nose is under the rulership of Scorpio. 
 Thus any affliction in Aries will react upon 
 the head, producing headaches, neuralgia, coma 
 and trance conditions, diseases of the brain and 
 cerebral hemispheres. 
 
 Taurus rules the neck, throat, palate, larynx and 
 tonsils, lower jaw, ears, and occipital region. 
 The cerebellum is also under the rule of Taurus, 
 so are the atlas and cervical vertebrae, the car- 
 otid arteries, jugular veins, and other minor 
 blood vessels. 
 
 The diseases to which this region is subject 
 are goitre, diphtheria, croup and apoplexy. As 
 each sign always reacts upon the opposite, af- 
 fliction,s in Taurus may also produce venereal 
 diseases, constipation, or irregular menses. 
 
 Gemini rules the arms and hands, shoulders, 
 lungs, and the thymus gland, also the upper ribs, 
 therefore afflictions in Gemini cause pulmonary 
 diseases, pneumonia, pleurisy, bronchitis, asthma 
 and inflammation of the pericardium. 
 
 Cancer rules the oesophagus, stomach, diaphragm, 
 and lower lobes of the lungs, the mammae, lac- 
 teals, upper lobes of liver, and thoracic duct.
 
 542 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 hence afflictions in Cancer produce indigestion, 
 gas on the stomach, cough, hiccough, dropsy, 
 gloom, hypochondria, hysteria, gall stones, and 
 jaundice. 
 
 SI Leo rules the heart, the dorsal region of the spine, 
 the spinal cord, and the aorta, therefore the af- 
 flictions in Leo cause regurgitation, palpitation, 
 faintings, aneurism, spinal meningitis, and curv- 
 ature of the spine, also arterio-sclerosis and an- 
 gina pectoris, hyperaemia, anaemia and hydrsemia. 
 
 TTg Virgo rules the abdominal region, the large and 
 small intestines, the lower lobes of the liver, the 
 pancreas and spleen, therefore afflictions in 
 Virgo produce peritonitis, tapeworm, malnutri- 
 tion, interference with the absorption of the 
 chyle, typhoid fever, cholera, and appendicitis. 
 
 =^= Libra rules the kidneys, the suprarenals, the lum- 
 bar region of the spine, the vasomotor system 
 and the skin, hence afflictions in Libra produce 
 polyuria, or suppression of the urine, inflamma- 
 tion of the ureters which connect the kidneys 
 with the bladder, Bright 's disease, malnutrition, 
 lumbago, eczema and other skin diseases. 
 
 TH, Scorpio rules the bladder, urethra, and genital 
 organs in general. Also the rectum and the de- 
 scending colon, the sigmoid flexure, the prostate 
 gland, and also the nasal bones, hence afflictions
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE SIGNS 543 
 
 in Scorpio produce nasal catarrh, adenoids, and 
 polypi, diseases of the womb and ovaries, various 
 venereal diseases, stricture, and enlargement of 
 the prostate gland, irregularities of the menses, 
 leucorrhoea, rupture, renal stones and gravel. 
 
 / Sagittarius rules the hips and thighs, the femur, 
 ilium, the coccygeal and sacral regions of the 
 spine, the iliac arteries and veins, sciatic nerves, 
 hence afflictions to Sagittarius produce locomotor 
 ataxia, sciatica, rheumatism, and hip diseases. 
 Furthermore, as each sign has an influence upon 
 its opposite, afflictions in Sagittarius may also 
 cause pulmonary troubles. It is also noteworthy 
 that broken bones are caused by this sign. 
 
 Itf Capricorn governs the skin and the knees, but it 
 has also a reflex action on the stomach, which is 
 governed by the opposite sign Cancer. Hence 
 afflictions in Capricorn produce eczema and other 
 skin diseases, erysipelas, leprosy, and digestive 
 disturbances. 
 
 ? Aquarius rules the ankles, the limbs from the 
 knees to the ankles, and has also a reflex action 
 on its opposite sign Leo, hence afflictions in 
 Aquarius produce varicose veins, sprained an- 
 kles, irregularities of the heart action and 
 dropsy.
 
 544 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ^ Pisces rules the feet and toes. It also has a reflex 
 effect on the abdominal region governed by the 
 opposite sign, Virgo, hence afflictions in this sign 
 indicate trouble and deformities of the feet, in- 
 testinal diseases and dropsy. It also produces a 
 desire for drink and drugs which may bring 
 about delirium tremens. Consumption is some- 
 times found to be a secondary result of cold in 
 the feet contracted by an afflicted Pisces. 
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE SUN 
 
 The Sun rules in the very first place the vital 
 fluid which is specialized through the spleen, trans- 
 ferred to the solar plexus, and thence distributed over 
 the whole body. This vital fluid is invisible to ordi- 
 nary humanity, but to those gifted with the spiritual 
 sight it appears as a rose-colored fluid which is like 
 the electricity in the wires of a telephone or telegraph 
 system. When the wires designed to carry electricity 
 are minus the electric fluid they are dead and the 
 telephone or telegraph instruments do not respond. 
 Similarly, when for some reason the invisible vital 
 fluid ceases to flow through any part of the human 
 organism in sufficient quantity, that part of the body 
 will not perform its proper function, and therefore 
 disease results, continuing until the obstruction has 
 been removed and the path cleared for the vital fluid 
 On that account an afflicted Sun always causes disease, 
 particularly in a male horoscope, and in a female
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE SUN 545 
 
 nativity the Moon, which is the collector of solar 
 forces, takes the same office or function. The heart 
 and the pons varolii, or vital knot, situated in the 
 brain, are the principal parts of the body ruled by 
 the Sun. When the Sun is well aspected in Leo or 
 Aries radiant health may be looked for. But on the 
 other hand, when he is afflicted he produces the vari- 
 ous ailments according to the sign wherein he is 
 placed at the time. These disabilities may be set 
 down as follows: 
 
 O T The Sun afflicted in Aries, the sign which rules 
 the head, gives a tendency to aphasia or loss of 
 identity, brain fever, cerebral haemorrhage, and 
 meningitis, cerebral anaemia or congestion of the 
 blood, faintings and headaches. 
 
 8 The Sun afflicted in Taurus gives a tendency 
 to quinsy, diphtheria, and polypus of the nose. 
 In the Pleiades (Taurus 29), eye trouble. 
 
 O n The Sun in Gemini gives a tendency to pleurisy, 
 bronchitis, and hyperemia of the lungs. 
 
 55 The Sun afflicted in Cancer gives a tendency to 
 anemia, dropsy, dyspepsia, and gastric fever. 
 
 QSl The Sun afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to 
 palpitation of the heart, backache, and spinal 
 afflictions. In the Ascelli (Leo 6), eye trouble. 
 
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 546 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 OTH2 The Sun afflicted in Virgo gives a tendency to 
 interference with the assimilation and peritonitis,, 
 typhoid fever, and dysentery. 
 
 0=2= The Sun afflicted in Libra gives a tendency to 
 Bright 's disease and eruptions of the skin 
 through overheated blood, for Saturn rules the 
 skin and Libra is his exaltation sign. 
 
 O fll The Sun afflicted in Scorpio gives a tendency to 
 renal calculus, genito-urinary and menstrual dis- 
 turbances, uterine and ovarian affections. 
 
 O J The Sun afflicted in Sagittarius gives a tend- 
 ency to sciatica, paralysis of the limb.s and pul- 
 monary diseases. If the Sun is in Antares 
 (Sagittarius 8) and afflicted by one or more 
 of the malefics there is danger of disease of the 
 eyes. 
 
 QV3 The Sun afflicted in Capricorn gives a tendency 
 to rheumatism, skin diseases, and digestive trou- 
 bles. 
 
 O^r The Sun afflicted in Aquarius gives a tendency 
 to varicose veins, dropsy, palpitation of the 
 heart, and poor circulation. 
 
 O X. The Sun afflicted in Pisces gives a tendency to 
 perspiration of the feet, also intestinal troubles,, 
 typhoid fever, et cetera.
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF VENUS 547 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF VENUS 
 
 On account of her rulership of Taurus and Libra,. 
 Venus is responsible for a number of affections of 
 the throat and kidneys, also maladies due to gas- 
 tronomical indiscretions, lack of exercise, sedentary 
 habits, poor circulation of the venous blood, excess 
 of amorous indulgence and dissolute living, hence she 
 brings obesity, tumors, cysts, poor circulation, vene- 
 real diseases, tonsilitis, and various other disorders. 
 Her general effect when placed in the twelve signs 
 may be classed as follows : 
 
 9 T Venus afflicted in Aries gives a tendency to 
 catarrh in the head, mucus, and, by reflex ac- 
 tion in Libra congestion of the kidneys. 
 
 $ 8 Venus afflicted in Taurus gives a tendency to- 
 mumps, headaches affecting the occipital region, 
 goitre, tonsilitis, and glandular swellings of the 
 throat. By reflex action in Scorpio this also' 
 brings venereal diseases or other troubles p&- 
 culiar to the genitals. 
 
 $ n Venus afflicted in Gemini gives a tendency to 
 corrupt blood, pulmonary inefficiency, whitlows., 
 warts, and dropsy. 
 
 $ 55 Venus afflicted in Cancer gives a tendency to' 
 distended stomach, gastric tumor, and nausea. 
 
 $ <<rt Venus afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to spinal 
 affections, backache and enlarged heart.
 
 548 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 $ 1TE Venus afflicted in Virgo gives a tendency to 
 weakened peristaltic action of the intestines, tu- 
 mors and tapeworm, worms in children. 
 
 $ === Venus afflicted in Libra gives a tendency to 
 uremia and polyuria; by reflex action in Aries, 
 headaches. 
 
 9 TT], Venus afflicted in Scorpio gives a tendency to 
 varicocele, venereal diseases, uterine prolapsis or 
 tumors, painful menstruation and other female 
 complaints, and by reflex action in Taurus, throat 
 affections. 
 
 $ / Venus afflicted in Sagittarius gives a tendency 
 to tumors and kindred diseases in the hips, and, 
 by reflex action in Gemini, bronchial and pul- 
 monary affections. 
 
 3 VS Venus afflicted in Capricorn gives a tendency 
 to gout in the limbs, and, by reflex action in 
 Cancer, digestive troubles, nausea and vomiting. 
 
 5 ? Venus afflicted in Aquarius gives a tendency to 
 varicose veins, and, by reflex action in Leo, heart 
 trouble. 
 
 t ^ Venus afflicted in Pisces gives a tendency to 
 tender feet, bunions, chilblains, gout, and, by 
 reflex action in Virgo, abdominal tumors and 
 intestinal disorders.
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MERCURY 549 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MERCURY 
 
 Mercury rules Gemini and Virgo, therefore his 
 afflictions manifest in diseases related to these signs, 
 as bronchitis, pulmonary and respiratory troubles. 
 He also rules the right cerebral hemisphere, the mo- 
 tor segment of the spinal cord, and the vocal cords, 
 hence locomotor, nervous and vocal disorders are also 
 among his manifestations; so is deafness. The fol- 
 lowing effects may be noted when he is afflicted in 
 the twelve signs : 
 
 S T Mercury afflicted in Aries gives a tendency to 
 brain fever, nervous headache, vertigo, neural- 
 gia, and, by reflex action in Libra, nervous dis- 
 orders of the kidneys, and lumbago. 
 
 5 b Mercury afflicted in Taurus gives a tendency to 
 stuttering, hoarseness and deafness, and by re- 
 flex action in Scorpio, nervous affections of the 
 genito-urinary system. 
 
 . n Mercury afflicted in Gemini gives a tendency to 
 gout in head, arms, and shoulders, bronchitis 
 asthma, asphyxiation, pleurisy, and, by reflex 
 action in Sagittarius, nervous pains in the hips. 
 
 S 25 Mercury afflicted in Cancer gives a tendency to 
 nervous indigestion, phlegm, flatulence, and 
 drunkenness. 
 
 9 SI Mercury afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to pain 
 in the back, fainting, and palpitation of the heart.
 
 550 s THE MESSAGE OF' THE STARS 
 
 $ TlR Mercury afflicted in Virgo gives a tendency to 
 flatulence, wind colic, short breath, and nervous 
 debility. 
 
 ,3 ^ Mercury afflicted in Libra gives a tendency to 
 suppression of urine, renal paroxysms, lumbago, 
 and, by reflex action in Aries, vertigo, nervous 
 headaches and eye trouble. 
 
 !$ TT\, Mercury afflicted in Scorpio gives a tendency to 
 pains in bladder and genitals, menstrual trouble, 
 and, by reflex action in Taurus, stuttering or 
 hoarseness and deafness. 
 
 ! . 
 
 !?2 j? Mercury afflicted in Sagittarius gives a tendency 
 .' to pain in the hips and thighs. By reflex action 
 in Gemini, cough, asthma and pleurisy. 
 
 !$ Itf Mercury afflicted in Capricorn gives a tendency 
 to rheumatism, especially in the knees; pains in 
 the back, skin diseases, melancholy; by reflex ac- 
 tion in Cancer, nervous indigestion, flatulence. 
 
 i$ ? Mercury afflicted in Aquarius gives a tendency 
 to shooting or gnawing pains in the whole body, 
 varicose veins, corrupt blood and, by reflex action 
 in Leo, palpitation, and neuralgia of the heart. 
 
 !3 X. Mercury afflicted in Pisces gives a tendency to 
 gout in the feet, or they are tender and subject 
 to cramp, or, by reflex action in Virgo, a gen- 
 eral weakness, lassitude, worry, and sometimes 
 tuberculosis, deafness.
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MERCURY 551 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF THE MOON 
 
 The Moon rules the oesophagus and stomach, the 
 uterus and ovaries, the lymphatics and the sympa- 
 thetic nervous system, the synovial fluid. When af- 
 flicted she produces dropsical and menstrual trou- 
 bles, uterine and ovarian afflictions, dyspepsia, eye 
 trouble, and lunacy, according to the sign, house 
 and nature of the afflicting planet. She has particu- 
 lar rule over the mother during pregnancy. 
 
 D T The Moon afflicted in Aries gives a tendency to 
 insomnia, headache, lethargy, and weak eyes. 
 
 D 8 The Moon afflicted in Taurus gives a tendency 
 to sore throat, and if in Taurus 29 with the 
 Pleiades and afflicted by Saturn, Mars, Uranus, 
 or Neptune, eye trouble results; by reflex action 
 in Scorpio, menstrual or other trouble with the 
 genitals. 
 
 D n The Moon afflicted in Gemini gives a tendency 
 to catarrh of the lungs, asthma, bronchitis and 
 pneumonia, rheumatism in the arms and shoul- 
 ders. 
 
 D z The Moon afflicted in Cancer gives a tendency 
 to cancer of the stomach, dropsy, obesity, bloat- 
 ing, digestive troubles, and epilepsy. 
 
 J> SI The Moon afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to 
 backache, disturbed circulation, convulsions, and 
 heart trouble ; if in Leo 6, eye trouble.
 
 552 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 D l\% The Moon afflicted in Virgo gives a tendency to 
 disorders in the bowels, abdominal tumors, dysen- 
 tery, and peritonitis. 
 
 5 =2= The Moon afflicted in Libra gives a tendency to 
 Bright 's diseai>e, abcess of the kidneys, uraemia; 
 by reflex action in Aries, headache or insomnia. 
 
 D nx The Moon afflicted in Scorpio gives a tendency 
 to disturbed menses, bladder troubles, hydrocele, 
 and other genito-urinary disturbances; by reflex 
 action in Taurus, throat troubles. 
 
 D t The Moon afflicted in Sagittarius gives a tend- 
 ency to blood affections, hip disease, and, some- 
 times, a broken femur; by reflex action in Gem- 
 ini, asthma. 
 
 D VS The Moon afflicted in Capricorn gives a tend- 
 ency to articular rheumatism, lack of synovial 
 fluid, eruptions of the skin, and, by reflex action 
 in Cancer, digestive troubles. 
 
 D ? The Moon afflicted in Aquarius gives a tend- 
 ency to varicose veins, ulcers of the leg, dropsy, 
 and, by reflex action in Leo, hysteria, fainting, 
 and heart trouble. 
 
 D ^ The Moon afflicted in Pisces gives a tendency to 
 drink, drug habits, tender feet, and, by reflex 
 action in Virgo, abdominal disorders of various 
 kinds.
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF SATURN 553 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF SATURN 
 
 Saturn is the planet of obstruction, crystalliza- 
 tion and atrophy. By his action the circulation or 
 passage of bodily fluids, such as the blood, lymph, or 
 urine, are impeded, and by this stagnation waste ma- 
 terials are retained instead of being eliminated. Thus 
 they form various deposits in the body, building the 
 skeleton, which is constructive, hardening the ar- 
 teries and articulations, which is destructive. Saturn 
 rules the gall bladder, where he forms the painful 
 gallstones, and by virtue of his exaltation power in 
 Libra he crystallizes the renal stones and gravel 
 which cause such suffering to those who have these 
 concretions. By retention of the urea he causes the 
 painful rheumatism and gout which often manifest 
 in deformity of the joints that so often disfigure 
 and disable the sufferers therefrom. He rules the 
 pneumogastric nerve, and by his restrictive action 
 through that medium he may at any moment slow 
 down the heart action, stop digestion, suppress the 
 urine and stool under the emotions of fear and worry 
 generated by him. Thus he has the power to bring 
 every bodily function to a standstill. 
 
 Saturn also rules the teeth and the skin. By his 
 action the teeth decay and cause malnutrition, 
 the synovial membranes are hardened, making the 
 spine and limbs rigid ; he makes the skin tough as the 
 years go by. Saturn is at home in Capricorn, and 
 by his reflex action in Cancer he interferes with the
 
 554 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 peristaltic action which is necessary to supply the 
 body with food ; he then causes antiperistalsis, or 
 vomiting. His general activities in the body are de- 
 structive and tend to end, he life, of the, organism. 
 
 Saturn generally hurts by falls, bruises, and 
 colds. He predisposes to chronic and deep-seated ail- 
 ments, and his victims are difficult to reach because 
 he imbues them with fear, worry, and pessimism, so 
 that they refuse to believe in the possibility of a cure 
 and cannot be induced to take a cheerful look on life. 
 
 The presence of Saturn in any part of the horo- 
 scope constitutes an affliction in itself, therefore we 
 may note the following effects in the twelve signs, 
 whether he is aspected by squares, oppositions, trines 
 or sextiles, but naturally his effects are somewhat 
 more inimical when in evil aspect. 
 
 
 
 T? T Saturn in Aries gives a tendency to headache, 
 colds, catarrh, deafness, and chills, cerebral 
 anaemia, dental decay, tartar, faintings, and, by 
 reflex action in Libra, renal disorders. 
 
 T? b Saturn in Taurus gives a tendency to phlegm, 
 diphtheria, quinsy, mumps, croup, decay of the 
 lower teeth, choking, and by reflex action in Scor- 
 pio, stricture, constipation and similar disorders. 
 
 T? n Saturn in Gemini gives a tendency to rheum- 
 atic pains in shoulders and arms, bronchitis, pul- 
 monary consumption, asthma, and, by reflex ac- 
 tion in Sagittarius, sciatica and hip diseases.
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF SATURN 555 
 
 i? z Saturn in Cancer gives a tendency to pyorrhoea, 
 dyspepsia, gastric ulcer and cancer, nausea and 
 belching, scurvy > jaundice, gallstones, anaemia, 
 and stricture of the oesophagus. 
 
 T? SI Saturn in Leo gives a tendency to curvature of 
 the spine, muscular inefficiency of the heart, 
 weak back, arterio-sclerosis, and sclerosis of the 
 spinal cord. 
 
 T ? TT# Saturn in Virgo gives a tendency to weakened 
 peristalsis of the intestines, abated absorption of 
 chyle, obstruction of the ileum caecum and trans- 
 verse colon, appendicitis. 
 
 T? == Saturn in Libra gives a tendency to locomotor 
 ataxia, renal stones, gravel and sand, Bright 's 
 disease, suppression of urine, malnutrition, and, 
 by reflex action in Aries, headache, toothache, 
 and other disorders of the head. 
 
 T? TTL Saturn in Scorpio gives a tendency to sterility, 
 suppression of the menses, stricture, constipa- 
 tion, haemorrhoids and, by reflex action in Tau- 
 rus, nasal catarrh, hoarseness, phlegm, and other 
 throat affections. 
 
 T? t Saturn in Sagittarius gives a tendency to con- 
 tusions of the hips and thighs, sciatica, gout, and 
 hip disease; by reflex action in Gemini, bron- 
 chitis, tuberculosis, and other Gemini affections.
 
 556 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 !? VS Saturn in Capricorn gives a tendency to articu- 
 lar rheumatism, eczema, erysipelas, and other 
 diseases of the skin; by reflex action in Cancer, 
 jaundice, gallstones, and dyspepsia. 
 
 > ? Saturn in Aquarius gives a tendency to weak 
 ankles, easily sprained, and, by reflex action in 
 Leo, curvature of the spine, sclerosis and other 
 affections of the heart, back and arteries. 
 
 T ? X. Saturn in Pisces gives a tendency to cold feet, 
 rheumatism and bunions, also tuberculosis due 
 to cold and wet feet, and, by reflex action in 
 Virgo, dropsy. 
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF JUPITER 
 
 The liver is the great center of the Jupiterian 
 activity ; there he forms glycogen from the waste 
 products of the portal blood-stream. The great cen- 
 tral vortex of the desire body is also in the liver, and 
 when an extra effort is to be made, Mars draws upon 
 the glycogen storehouse of Jupiter for fuel. Saturn 
 too is active in the liver, forming the gall, urea, and 
 uric acid. 
 
 It is somewhat difficult for the average student 
 to segregate and combine the varied functions of this 
 organ, but if we bear in mind that Cancer is the ex- 
 altation sign of Jupiter and the opposite sign Cap- 
 ricorn is the home of Saturn and the exaltation sign 
 of Mars, we shall more readily understand that the
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF JUPITER 557 
 
 great benefic, Jupiter, endeavors to store in the liver 
 the glycogen so necessary to the bodily activity. This, 
 Mars, the opposing exaltation ruler, recklessly scat- 
 ters by expenditure of muscular energy, and he is 
 aided and abetted in his destructive activities by Sat- 
 urn, who produces gall and urea which he deposits 
 during the muscular work as uric acid in the various 
 parts of the body where it manifests as gout and 
 rheumatism. Saturn also makes the liver torpid and 
 causes constipation. 
 
 Jupiter rules the adrenals and arterial circula- 
 tion, hence his afflictions cause formation of adipose 
 tissue, fatty degeneration of muscles, tumors, and 
 morbid growths, enlargement of organs, waste of 
 sugar and albumen as in diabetes and kindred dis- 
 eases. Blood-poisoning, hyperaemia and apoplexy are 
 due to afflictions of Jupiter. 
 
 The following effects may be noted when Jupiter 
 is afflicted in the twelve signs: 
 
 U T Jupiter afflicted in Aries gives a tendency to 
 dizziness, cerebral congestion, sleepiness, throm- 
 bus, fainting, ulcerated gums of upper jaw, and, 
 by reflex action in Libra, diabetes and depres- 
 sion due to lack of adrenal secretion. 
 
 11 b Jupiter afflicted in Taurus gives a tendency to 
 gourmandize, hence plethora and apoplexy, ring- 
 worm and carbuncles follow ; also ulcerated gums 
 of mandible ; by reflex action in Scorpio, catarrh 
 of the nose and nose-bleed.
 
 558 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 If n Jupiter afflicted in Gemini gives a tendency to 
 pleurisy, blood affections, congestion of the 
 lungs, pulmonary apoplexy; by reflex action in 
 Sagittarius, broken bones, gout and rheumatism 
 in hips and thighs. 
 
 H o Jupiter afflicted in Cancer gives a tendency to 
 gourmandize, causing dilation of the stomach, 
 dyspepsia, liver complaints, jaundice, and 
 drop.sy ; by reflex action in Capricorn, which 
 rules the skin, pimples and similar eruptions. 
 
 if Si Jupiter afflicted in Leo gives a tendency to apo- 
 plexy and fatty degeneration of the heart, the 
 valve action is weakened, the circulation sluggish 
 at times and at other times there is palpitation 
 and feverish conditions; by reflex action in 
 Aquarius, swollen ankles. 
 
 UTf% Jupiter afflicted in Virgo gives a tendency to 
 enlarged liver, often ulcerated, jaundice. 
 
 if === Jupiter afflicted in Libra gives a tendency to 
 melancholy due to diminished adrenal secretion, 
 renal abcess, diabetes, skin eruptions due to slug- 
 gish action of kidneys; by reflex action in Aries* 
 congestion of brain, coma and vertigo. 
 
 ifl\ Jupiter afflicted in Scorpio gives a tendency to 
 enlarged prostate gland, uterine tumors, urethral 
 abcess, dropsy, hydrgemia, excess of urates and 
 strangury; by reflex action in Taurus, apoplexy 
 and nose-bleed.
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF JUPITER 559 
 
 U J: Jupiter afflicted in Sagittarius gives a tend- 
 ency to rheumatism and gout ; by reflex action in 
 Gemini, pulmonary apoplexy and corrupt blood 
 
 UV3 Jupiter afflicted in Capricorn gives a tendency 
 to various skin diseases, and, by reflex action in 
 Cancer > digestive ailments, dropsy, jaundice, and 
 fatty degeneration of the liver. 
 
 U? Jupiter afflicted in Aquarius gives a tendency 
 to milk-leg, swollen ankles, and, by reflex action 
 in Leo, apoplexy and palpitation. 
 
 U X. Jupiter afflicted in Pisces gives a tendency to 
 swollen, perspiring feet, and, by reflex action in 
 Virgo, enlarged liver, abdominal tumors, jaun- 
 dice, and diseased intestines. 
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MARS 
 
 The ancient Egyptian sages called Cancer the 
 sphere of the soul, and when the mystic Sun of life 
 goes through this moist, fruitful lunar sign the seed- 
 atom of the ego.'s physical body is planted. While 
 the embryonic body grows unconsciously as a plant 
 grows, the mystic Sun of life passes through Leo, 
 Virgo, and Libra. In the fourth month of gestation 
 it passes through the second of the watery signs, 
 Scorpio. Then the spirit dies to its heavenly home 
 and is immured in its earthly prisonhouse by Mars, 
 who chains it with the silver cord and thus brings
 
 560 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 about the quickening. Then the Sun of life proceeds 
 through Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and when 
 after the nine months have been completed it has 
 passed through the last of the watery signs, Pisces, 
 the floodgates of the womb are opened and the ego 
 launched upon the sea of life under the auspices of 
 the martial sign Aries, where the giver of life, the 
 Sun, is exalted. 
 
 During the gestatory period Mars has given to 
 the body iron, especially in the form of haemoglobin, 
 and with the first breath oxidation of this substance 
 commences to produce the heat so necessary to life 
 and consciousness. This operation is continued all 
 through life, and thus to the Martian ray falls the 
 important task of supplementing the Sun in the 
 maintenance of the vital spark until the mystic Sun 
 of life has completed its circle and reached the sign 
 where the quickening took place. Then Scorpio gives 
 the body its death-sting, Mars and his friend Saturn 
 cut the silver cord, and the freed soul soars as an 
 eagle into the empyrean seeking the celestial spheres 
 which are its true home. Therefore Scorpio is sym- 
 bolized both by a scorpion and an eagle. 
 
 On account of his mission as aide to the Sun in 
 the maintenance of life, Mars ever aims to cleanse 
 the body of filth and waste accumulation so that the 
 fire's of life may burn brightly, hence, when the gour- 
 mandizing habits of Jupiter and Venus have clogged 
 the system, or the obstructive tendencies of Saturn 
 have poisoned the body by stoppage of elimination,
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MARS 561 
 
 Mars lights the fire of fever and inflammation to 
 burn out the refuse and give the system a new lease 
 of life and energy. Thus many of the pathogenic 
 effects of Mars aim at a constructive end. 
 
 But Mars not only aids the vital process of the 
 life-giving Sun, who is exaltation ruler of Aries; he 
 is himself exaltation ruler of Capricorn, where Sat- 
 urn, the planet of death, holds sway, and between 
 those two thieves the Sun, the Lord of Life, is cru- 
 cified, suffers and dies, while they part his physical 
 garment. The role of Saturn in this process has been 
 described in the appropriate chapter, and of Mars 
 it may be said that by his recklessness he predisposes 
 to accidents by burning, scalding, wounds, or gun- 
 shot. He rules the genitals through Scorpio, and de- 
 pletes the vitality and causes genital disorders by 
 passional excesses, haemorrhage, rupture of blood ves- 
 sels. Excessive menses and haemorrhoids show his 
 activities in the blood ; hernia and contagious diseases 
 are also manifestations of the martian ray. As Mars 
 is a malefic, his presence in any sign or house con- 
 stitutes an affliction in itself, regardless of his aspects, 
 but naturally his pathogenic effects are worse when 
 he is aspected by square or opposition than when he 
 is fortified by sextile or trine. 
 
 His effects in the twelve signs may be more spe- 
 cifically stated as follows: 
 
 $ T Mars in Aries gives a tendency to sunstroke, 
 cerebral haemorrhages or congestion, inflamma- 
 
 36
 
 562 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tion of the brain, brain fever and delirium, shoot- 
 ing pains in the head, insomnia, and wounds in 
 the head ; by reflex action in Libra, inflammation 
 of the kidneys, renal haemorrhage and renal cal- 
 culi. 
 
 $ 8 Mars in Taurus gives a tendency to mumps, en- 
 larged or inflamed tonsils, suffocation, adenoids, 
 diphtheria, polypus and nose-bleed, goitre, in- 
 flammation of the larynx; by reflex action in 
 Scorpio, excessive menstrual flow, scalding urine, 
 venereal ulcers, enlargement of the prostate 
 gland and strangury. 
 
 $ n Mars in Gemini gives a tendency to haemorrhage 
 of the lungs, pneumonia, bronchitis, cough, 
 wounds or fractures of hands, arms, and collar- 
 bone; by reflex action in Sagittarius, fractured 
 femur, and sciatica. 
 
 $ E Mars in Cancer gives a tendency to milk-fever, 
 inflammation, ulceratlon and haemorrhage of the 
 stomach, dyspepsia. 
 
 $ Si Mars in Leo gives a tendency to muscular 
 rheumatism in the back, overheating of the blood, 
 enlargement of the heart and palpitation, pain 
 in the heart, suffocation and fainting (angina 
 pectoris), inflammation of the pericardium. 
 
 $ irg Mars in Virgo gives a tendency to typhoid, in- 
 flammation of the bowels, peritonitis, worms,
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF MARS 565- 
 
 diarrhoea, cholera, and ventral hernia, appen- 
 dicitis. 
 
 $ =0= Mars in Libra gives a tendency to inflammation 
 of the kidneys, excess of urine, hasmorrhage of 
 the kidneys and renal stones; by reflex action in 
 Aries, brain-fever, sunstroke, pains in the head. 
 
 $ n\. Mars in Scorpio gives a tendency to excessive 
 menses, scalding urine, gravel, pand, and renal 
 stones, inflammation and ulceration of the 
 ovaries and uterus, also of the vagina and ure- 
 thra, varicocele, enlargement of the prostate 
 gland, stricture and strangury, venereal ulcers 
 and haemorrhoids ; by reflex action in Taurus, 
 inflamed tonsils or larynx and nose-bleed. 
 
 $ t Mars in Sagittarius gives a tendency to fracture 
 or dislocation of the femur, sciatica, and ulcers 
 of the thighs; by reflex action in Gemini, pneu- 
 monia, bronchitis and cough. 
 
 $ V3 Mars in Capricorn gives a tendency to carbun- 
 cles, erysipelas, smallpox, chickenpox, measles, 
 pimples, itch and other eruptive or inflammatory 
 skin diseases; by reflex action in Cancer, dys- 
 pepsia and ulcerated stomach. 
 
 $ ? Mars in Aquarius gives a tendency to varicose 
 veins, fracture of the leg and blood-poisoning; 
 by reflex action in Leo, heartstroke, overheated 
 blood, fainting and palpitation.
 
 564 THE MESSAGE OF THE STABS 
 
 X Mars in Pisces gives a tendency to deformities 
 of the feet, or accidents to them, corns, bunions 
 and perspiring feet; by reflex action in Virgo, 
 ventral hernia, inflammation of the bowels and 
 diarrhoea. 
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF URANUS 
 
 Uranus rules the ether which is the medium by 
 \vhieh the light rays are transmitted, hence he has 
 considerable influence over the eyes and is responsi- 
 ble, when afflicting the Sun or Moon, for various 
 diseases of the eyes, or even blindness. This is es- 
 pecially the case when the Sun or Moon is placed in 
 the Pleiades (Taurus 29), or the Ascelli (Leo 6) 
 or Antares (Sagittarius 8). 
 
 Modern astrologers have not yet had time to tab- 
 ulate the full effects of Uranus in all the signs, 
 and as for the pathogenic effects still less is known, 
 Lut he is said to be exalted in Scorpio and our own 
 experience seems to indicate that Uranus has a very 
 marked evil influence on the sex which is ruled by 
 this sign, producing most deep-seated venereal dis- 
 eases. By reflex action or affliction to planets in 
 Taurus (ruled by Venus) where the organ of co- 
 ordinated action is located, he produces erratic move- 
 ments, as seen in St. Vitus dance, contortions, spasms, 
 tetanus, cramps, hiccough and hysteria. 
 
 As ruler of the ether and gases he is responsible 
 for injury and shock by electricity which travels
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF URANUS 565 
 
 through the ether. Nitrogen, a gas, is the base of 
 a number of compounds whose characteristic Uranian. 
 instability makes them highly explosive, and Uranus 
 is thus responsible for such deaths and injuries as 
 occur on that account, especially if placed in the 
 Eighth House. 
 
 J# 8 Uranus in Taurus gives a tendency to dimin- 
 ished pituitary secretion and consequent abnor- 
 mal growth. 
 
 *& n Uranus in Gemini gives a tendency to spas- 
 modic asthma, colds, and a dry, hard cough. 
 
 J# 5> Uranus in Cancer gives a tendency to hiccough, 
 produced by the erratic action of the diaphragm, 
 also a hard, dry stomach cough and cramp of 
 the stomach, gas and flatulence. 
 
 V SI Uranus in Leo gives a tendency to palpitation, 
 spasmodic heart action, spinal meningitis and 
 infantile paralysis ; by reflex action from Aqua- 
 rius similar effects are now observable. 
 
 Uranus in Virgo gives a tendency to flatulence, 
 and abdominal cramps. 
 
 Uranus in Libra gives a tendency to intermit- 
 tent action of the kidneys and venereal eruptions, 
 of the skin ; by reflex action in Aries, sudden and 
 violent headaches, shooting pains in the head, and 
 hallucinations.
 
 566 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 J# n\ Uranus in Scorpio gives a tendency to miscar- 
 riages, abortions, and venereal diseases, and in 
 the Fifth House he causes painful and difficult 
 parturition, generally involving the use of in- 
 struments and often the infant is severely or 
 fatally injured or stillborn. 
 
 ^ V3 Uranus in Capricorn usually works by reflex 
 action in Cancer, but as the children with this 
 configuration are still young (this is written in 
 1918) the full effects are as yet unknown. 
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF NEPTUNE 
 
 Neptune, the octave of Mercury, works princi- 
 pally upon the nervous system (ruled by Mercury) 
 and at times produces frenzy where the person is 
 beside himself on account of religious or other ex- 
 citement. At other times he produces lethargy, coma, 
 catalepsy, trance or mediumship, where the bodily 
 energies are in abeyance while the psychic powers 
 .are in a state of hyperactivity. He rules the spinal 
 canal, which is filled with ether during life. (It is 
 true that surgeons tap it and draw out a fluid, but 
 they may also draw water from a steam boiler be- 
 cause the steam condenses to water). This luminous 
 gas is called tlie spinal spirit fire by occultists, and 
 t>y vibrating the pineal gland, also ruled by Neptune, 
 spiritual sight is produced, but it depends upon the 
 rate and pitch of these vibrations what the person 
 sees. By prayer, concentration and meditation, a
 
 PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF NEPTUNE 567 
 
 state of religious ecstacy may be produced where he 
 sees the celestial hosts, or if a lower rate of super- 
 normal vibration is produced by drink or drugs he 
 sees demoniac shapes as related by sufferers of de- 
 lirium, which is due to Neptune, especially in the 
 watery sign Pisces. The pathogenic influence of Nep- 
 tune is most evil in the Sixth House (or the sixth 
 sign, Virgo) indicating disease, or in the Twelfth 
 House (or the twelfth sign, Pisces) which governs 
 sorrow, trouble and self-undoing. If these two 
 houses are occupied by Taurus and Scorpio, the signs 
 ruling the throat and genitals, there is an abnormal 
 and perverted passional desire which gives a tend- 
 ency to self-abuse and perversion of a still worse 
 nature. The mind, ruled by Mercury, the lower oc- 
 tave of Neptune, is morbid in its brooding upon un- 
 savory subjects, and parents with children having 
 Neptune in the Sixth or Twelfth Houses will do 
 well to watch them carefully, especially if Neptune 
 is in opposition to Uranus and Saturn in orb: that 
 covers a number of those who are now, in 1918, 
 reaching puberty, for Neptune has been going 
 through the psychic sign Cancer while Uranus was 
 in the opposite sign Capricorn. 
 
 We have found that Neptune square Saturn and 
 Jupiter brought incurable insanity; Neptune con- 
 junction Mars in Aries, square Uranus and the Moon 
 in Cancer caused temporary insanity of a periodic 
 nature; Neptune conjunction Moon square Uranus 
 caused spirit control. We have also seen many other
 
 568 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 indications, but the full effects of Neptune have not 
 yet been systematically observed. We are working 
 to that end, however, and hope in future years to 
 be able to present a fairly full tabulation. 
 
 THF DUCTLESS GLANDS 
 Their Role and Riders 
 
 It is well known to the esoteric astrologer that 
 the human body has an immense period of evolu- 
 tion behind it and that this splendid organism is the 
 result of a slow process of gradual upbuilding which 
 is still continuing and will make each generation bet- 
 ter than the previous until in some far distant future 
 it shall have reached a stage of completion of which 
 we cannot even dream. It is also understood by the 
 deeper students that in addition to the physical body 
 man has finer vehicles which are not yet seen by the 
 great majority of human beings, though all have 
 within them latent a sixth sense whereby they will 
 in time cognize these finer sheaths of the soul. The 
 occultist speaks of these finer vehicles as the vital 
 body, made of ether, and the desire body, made of 
 desire stuff, the material whence we draw our feel- 
 ings and emotions, and with the addition of the 
 sheath of mind and the physical body these complete 
 what may be termed the personality which is the 
 evanescent part distinct from the immortal spirt that 
 uses these vehicles for its expression. These finer 
 vehicles interpenetrate the dense physical body as air
 
 THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 569 
 
 permeates water and have particular dominion over 
 certain parts thereof, because the physical body itself 
 is a crystallization of these finer vehicles in the same 
 manner and upon the same principle that the soft 
 fluids of a snail's body gradually crystallize into the 
 hard and flinty shell which it carries upon iljs back. 
 For the purpose of this dissertation we may say 
 broadly that the softer parts of our bodies which we 
 commonly call flesh may be divided into two kinds, 
 glands and muscles. The vital body was statted in 
 the Sun Period. Crystallization from this time on in 
 that vehicle has developed what we now call glands 
 and to this day they and the blood are the special 
 manifestations of the vital body within the physical 
 vehicle, and therefore the glands as a whole may be 
 said to be under the rule of the life-giving Sun and 
 the great benefic, Jupiter. For it is the function of 
 the vital body to build and restore the tone of the 
 muscles when tense and tired by the work imposed 
 upon them by the restless desire body which was 
 started in the Moon Period, and the muscles are there- 
 fore ruled by the wandering Moon, which is the pres- 
 ent vantage point of the angels, the humanity of the 
 Moon Period, and the impulsive and turbulent Mars, 
 where the so-called 'Fallen Angels,' the Lucifer spir- 
 its, dwell. That is to say as a whole, for the student 
 must carefully note that individual glands and par- 
 ticular groups of muscles are under the rulership of 
 other planets as well. It is as r when we say that all 
 who live within the United States of America are
 
 570 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 citizens of that country, but some are subject to the 
 laws of California, others to those of Maine. 
 
 We know the Hermetic axiom, "As above, so 
 below," which gives the master key to all mysteries, 
 and as there are upon the earth, the maerocosm, a 
 great many undiscovered places, so also in the micro- 
 cosm of the body do we find unknown countries that 
 are a closed book to the scientific explorers. Chief 
 among them has been a small group of the so-called 
 "ductless glands/ seven in number, namely: 
 
 The Pituitary Body, ruled by Uranus. 
 Q The Pineal Gland, ruled by Neptune. 
 The Thyroid Gland, ruled by Mercury. 
 The Thymus Gland, ruled by Venus. 
 The Spleen, ruled by the Sun. 
 The two Adrenals, ruled by Jupiter. 
 
 They have a great and particular interest for 
 occultists, and they may be termed in a certain sense 
 'the seven roses' upon the Cross of the body, for 
 they are intimately connected with the occult devel- 
 opment of humanity. Four of them, the Thymus 
 Gland, the Spleen and the two Adrenals, are con- 
 nected with the personality. The Pituitary Body and 
 the Pineal Gland are particularly correlated with the 
 spiritual side of our nature and the Thyroid Gland 
 forms the link between. The astrological rule over 
 these seven glands is as follows: 
 
 The Spleen is the entrance gate of the solar 
 forces specialized by each human being and circu-
 
 THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 571 
 
 lated through the body as the vital fluid, without 
 which no being can live. This organ is therefore gov- 
 erned by the Sun. The two Adrenals are under the 
 rulership of Jupiter, the great benefic, and exert a 
 calming, quieting and soothing effect when the emo- 
 tional activities of the Moon and Mars or Saturn has 
 destroyed the poise. When the obstructive hand of 
 Saturn has awakened the melancholy emotions and 
 laid its restraint upon the heart, the Adrenals' secre- 
 tions are carried by the blood to the heart and acts 
 as a powerful stimulant in its effort to keep up the 
 circulation, while the Jovial optimism struggles 
 against the Saturnine worries or against the impulse 
 of Mars, which stir the desire body into turbulent 
 emotions of anger, rendering the muscles tense and 
 trembling with rage, dissipating the energy of the 
 system ; then the secretion of the Adrenals comes to 
 the rescue, releasing the glycogen of the liver in a 
 more abundant measure than usual to cope with the 
 emergency until the equipoise has been again at- 
 tained, and similarly during whatever other stress 
 or strain. It was the knowledge of this occult fact 
 that prompted the ancient astrologers to place the 
 kidneys under the rulership of Libra, the Balance, 
 and in order to avoid confusion of ideas we may say 
 the kidneys themselves play an important part in the 
 nutrition of the body, which is under the rulership 
 of Venus, the Lady of Libra, but Jupiter governs the 
 Adrenals, with which we are now particularly en- 
 gaged.
 
 572 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Both Venus and her higher octave, Uranus, gov- 
 ern the functions of nutrition and growth, but in dif- 
 ferent ways and for different purposes. Therefore 
 Venus rules the Thymus Gland, which is the link 
 between the parents and the child until the latter has 
 reached puberty. This gland is located immediately 
 behind the sternum or breast bone ; it is largest in 
 ante-natal life and through childhood while growth 
 is excessive and rapid. During that time the vital 
 body of the child does its most effective work, for the 
 child is not then subject to the passions and emotions 
 generated by the desire body after that comes to birth 
 at or about the fourteenth year. But during the years 
 of growth the child cannot manufacture the red blood 
 corpuscles as does the adult, for the unborn, unor- 
 ganized desire body does not then act as an avenue 
 for the martian forces which assimilate the iron from 
 the food and transmute it into haemoglobin. To com- 
 pensate for this lack there is stored in the Thymus 
 Gland a spiritual esence drawn from the parents, 
 who are symbolized by Venus, the ruler, and with 
 this essence provided by the love of the parents the 
 child is able to accomplish the alchemistry of blood 
 temporarily until its desire body becomes dynamic- 
 ally active. Then the Thymus Gland atrophies and 
 it draws from its own desire body the necessary mar- 
 tian force. From that time, under normal conditions, 
 Uranus, the octave of Venus, and ruler of the Pitui- 
 tary Body, takes charge of the function of growth 
 and assimilation in the following manner :
 
 THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 573 
 
 It i,s well known that all things, our food included, 
 radiate from themselves continuously small particles 
 which give an index of the thing whence they eman- 
 ate, its quality included. Thus when we lift the food 
 to our mouth a number of these invisible particles 
 enter the nose and by excitation of the olfactory tract 
 convey to us a knowledge of whether the food we are 
 about to take is suitable for this purpose or not, the 
 sense of smell warning us to discard such foods as 
 have a noxious odor, etc. But besides those particles 
 which attract or repel us from food by their action 
 up*on the alfactory tract through the sense of smell, 
 there are others which penetrate the sphenoid bone, 
 impinge upon the Pituitary Body and start the Ura- 
 nian alchemistry by which a secretion is formed and 
 injected into the blood. It also furthers assimilation 
 through the chemical ether, thus affecting the normal 
 growth and well-being of the body through life. Some- 
 times this Uranian influence of the Pituitary Body 
 is eccentric and therefore responsible for strange and 
 abnormal growths which produce the unfortunate 
 freaks of nature we occasionally meet. 
 
 But besides being responsible for the spiritual 
 impulses which generate the before-mentioned phy- 
 sical manifestations of growth, Uranus, working 
 through the Pituitary Body, is also responsible for 
 the spiritual phases of growth which aid awakened 
 man in his efforts to penetrate the veil into the 
 Invisible Worlds. In this work it is, however, asso- 
 ciated with Neptune, the ruler of the Pineal Gland.
 
 574 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 and it will therefore be necessary, in order to properly 
 elucidate, that we study the functions of the Thyroid 
 Gland, ruled by Mercury, and of the Pineal Gland 
 which is under the domination of his higher octave, 
 Neptune, simultaneously. 
 
 That the Thyroid Gland is under the rule of Mer- 
 cury, the planet of reason, is readily realized when 
 we understand the effect which the degeneration of 
 this gland has upon the mind, as shown in the dis- 
 eases of Cretinism and Myxedema. The secretions 
 of this gland are as necessary to the proper function 
 of mental activity as ether is to the transmission of 
 electricity, that is to say, upon the physical plane of 
 existence where the brain transmutes thought into 
 action. Contact with and expression in the invisible 
 worlds depends upon the functional ability of the 
 Pineal Gland, which is altogether spiritual, and is 
 therefore ruled by the octave of Mercury, Neptune, 
 the planet of spirituality. But Neptune operates in 
 conjunction with the Pituitary Body ruled by 
 Uranus, the planet of wisdom, as has already been 
 stated. 
 
 Scientists have wasted much time in speculation 
 upon the nature and function of these two little 
 bodies, the Pituitary Body and the Pineal Gland, but 
 without avail, and principally because, as Mephisto- 
 pheles says so sarcasticaly to the young man who 
 wants to study science under Faust :
 
 THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 575 
 
 "Who e'er would know and treat of aught alive 
 Seeks first the living spirit thence to drive; 
 Then are the lifeless fragments in his hand; 
 He lacks, alas! the vital spirit band." 
 
 No one can really and truly observe the physio- 
 logical functions of any organ under such conditions 
 as exist in the laboratory on the operating table, in 
 the dissestion or vivisection chamber. To arrive at 
 an adequate understanding one must necessarily see 
 these organs exercising their physiological functions 
 in the living body, and that can only be done by means 
 of the spiritual sight. There are a number of organs 
 which are either atrophying or developing; the for- 
 mer show the path we have already traveled during 
 our past evolution, the latter are finger-posts, indi- 
 cating our future development .But there is still an- 
 other class of organs which are neither degenerating 
 nor evolving ; they are simply dormant at the present 
 time. Physiologists believe that the Pituitary Body 
 and the Pineal Gland are atrophying because they 
 find these organs more developed in some of the low- 
 est classes of life, such as worms, but as a matter of 
 fact they are wrong in their ideas; these organs are 
 only dormant. Some have also suspected that the 
 Pineal Gland is in some way connected with the 
 mind, because it contains certain crystals after 
 death, and the quantity was much less in those 
 who were mentally defective than in people of 
 normal mentality. This conclusion is right, but 
 the Seer knows that the spinal canal of the living is
 
 576 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 not filled with fluid; that the blood is not liquid, and 
 that these organs have no crystals in them when the 
 body is alive; these assertions are made with full 
 knowledge of the fact that the blood and the spinal 
 essence are liquid when drawn out of the physical 
 body, living or dead, and the contents of the Pitui- 
 tary Gland and the Pineal Gland appear crystalline 
 when the brain is dissected, but the reason is similar 
 to that which causes steam drawn from a steam boiler 
 to condense immediately upon contact with the at- 
 mosphere, and molten metal drawn from a smelter's 
 furnace to crystallize immediately upon withdrawal 
 therefrom. 
 
 All these substances are purely spiritual essences 
 when inside the body ; they are then ethereal and the 
 substance in the Pineal Gland, when seen by the spir- 
 itual sight, appears as light. Furthermore, when one 
 Seer looks upon the Pineal Gland of another who 
 is then also exercising his spiritual faculties, this light 
 is of a most intense brilliancy and of an irridescence 
 similar to but transcending in beauty the most won- 
 derful play of the Northern Lights, the Aurora 
 Borealis, ever witnessed by the writer, and he has 
 seen .them many times. It may also be said that the 
 function of this organ seems to have changed in the 
 course of human evolution. During the earlier epochs 
 of our present stay upon the earth, when man's body 
 was a large, baggy thing into which the spirit had 
 not yet entered, but was there only as an overshadow- 
 ing presence, there was an opening in the top and
 
 THE DUCTLESS GLANDS 577 
 
 the Pineal Gland was within it ; it was then an organ 
 of orientation, giving a sense of direction. As the 
 human body condensed, it became less and less able 
 to endure the intense heat which prevailed during 
 that time and the Pineal Gland gave warning when 
 the body was brought too near one of the many cra- 
 ters and active volcanoes which were then erupting 
 the thin earth crust, thus enabling the spirit to guide 
 it away from these dangerous places. It was an 
 organ of direction which operated by feeling, but 
 feeling has since been distributed over the whole skin 
 of the body and this is an indication to the occultist 
 that some day the senses of hearing and sight will 
 also be similarly distributed so that we shall both see 
 and hear with our whole body and thus become still 
 more sensitive in those respects than we are now. 
 
 Since then the Pineal Gland and the Pituitary. 
 Body have become temporarily dormant to make man 
 oblivious to the invisible world while he learns the 
 lessons afforded by the material world, but the Pitui- 
 tary Body has manifested the Uranian influence 
 sporadically in abnormal physical growth, producing 
 freaks and monstrosities of various kinds, while Nep- 
 tune, working also abnormally through the Pineal 
 Gland, has been responsible for the abnormal spir- 
 itual growth of medicine men, witches and mediums 
 of spirit controls. When they are awakened to nor- 
 mal activities these two ductless glands will open the 
 door to the inner worlds in a sane and safe manner, 
 but in the meantime the Thyroid Gland, ruled by
 
 578 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Mercury, the planet of reason, holds the secretion 
 necessary to give the brain balance. 
 
 In the future the ductless glands are destined to 
 play a prominent role, their development will accel- 
 erate evolution greatly, for their effects are mainly 
 mental and spiritual. We are now nearing the Aqua- 
 rian Age, the Sun is therefore beginning to transmit 
 the highly intellectual vibrations of this sign which 
 accounts for the intuitions, premonitions and tele- 
 pathic transmission now so prevalent. In the final 
 analysis these phenomena are due to the awakening of 
 the pituitary body, ruled by Uranus, the lord of 
 Aquarius, and every passing year will make them 
 more manifest.
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 
 
 IN ORDER to further aid the student of the stellar 
 science we present a number of horoscopes of peo- 
 ple who have come to us for help in their trouble. We 
 therefore know these cases to be authentic and trust 
 that our delineation of their various ailments by 
 means of astro-diagnosis may prove a true guide. 
 
 We have made an attempt at classification of 
 these horoscopes, but as there are generally symp- 
 toms of several diseases in each horoscope it has been 
 impossible to draw hard and fast lines in the group- 
 ing, and the student will therefore have to rely 
 mainly on the headlines for indications of what the 
 figure shows. 
 
 The first 22 horoscopes are found on pp. 624-634, 
 The last 14 figures are attached to their respect- 
 ive readings. 
 
 SEX AS A FACTOR IN DISEASE 
 
 It is our earnest conviction, that the less we 
 dwell upon sex, the less we read about it and think 
 about it, the purer we shall be mentally, and also 
 less liable to danger of morbid habits, for these 
 are often formed by overstudy of the sex question, 
 579
 
 580 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 and persons having a tendency in that direction 
 should be discouraged in attempts to discuss the 
 matter at all. In planning this chapter we had at 
 one time thought it possible to escape mention of 
 the subject, but more mature thought based upon 
 much study of health and disease from the mystical 
 standpoint has convinced us that we must go back 
 to the allegorical Garden of Eden for the starting- 
 point of pain and sorrow, as fully explained in our 
 literature. The effects of continued transgression 
 are with us today as a matter of actual fact, abuse 
 of sex is in the most literal sense the primal source 
 of sorrow, disease and degeneracy under which the 
 world is groaning, and in a work of this nature it is 
 obligatory to show the causes so that the remedy 
 may be found and applied. Therefore we shall 
 -attempt to show the prenatal influences revealed 
 by the horoscope as a warning to parents that mar- 
 riage is a sacrament, and not a license to sex abuse, 
 and that "the sins of the fathers are indeed visited 
 upon the children." At the same time, of course, an 
 innocent child is not born with the tendency to a 
 certain disease, its former living has made it liable 
 to a specific weakness, and for that reason it is drawn 
 by the Law of Association to parents from whom it 
 may obtain a body subject to that particular ailment, 
 Thus parents are only instruments in fulfilling the 
 selfmade destiny of the child. If we thoroughly real- 
 ize that fact, and can be persuaded to live pure and 
 wholesome lives, so that we may draw to ourselves
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 581 
 
 souls of a kindred virtuous nature, how much better 
 for all the world. To drive this point home, the 
 writers undertake to paint the loathsome picture of 
 degeneracy, that the picture of purity may be the 
 more attractive by contrast. 
 
 In this connection we present first figure No. 1, 
 which is that of a boy, in 1912 about 16 years of 
 age. The Fourth and Tenth Houses, the planets in 
 them and their rulers show the parents. The parent 
 who most influences the life is shown by the Tenth 
 House configurations, and the Fourth House indi- 
 cates the one least concerned in the child's destiny. 
 
 In this figure Gemini is on the Midheaven, and 
 Mercury, its ruler, is square the Moon from cardinal 
 signs. Neptune is conjunction Mars in the Tenth 
 Houes and square the Sun in the mercurial sign 
 Virgo. This establishes well the morbid, neurotic na- 
 ture of the father, his instrumentality in depriving 
 the boy of the faculty of speech and of coordination 
 of muscular movements ; the boy cannot walk, but 
 staggers. 
 
 The mother's part is described by Sagittarius on 
 the Fourth House. Jupiter, the ruler is in Leo in 
 conjunction with the Dragon's Tail, (the Moon's 
 Western Node), which has an influence similar to 
 Saturn. It is also square to Saturn and Uranus ; the 
 latter being in conjunction in Scorpio. This describes 
 her as being a lewd woman ; degenerate, committed to 
 the dreadful theory of soulmates, affinities, free love 
 and all kindred abuses. These lew r d tendencies she
 
 582 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 imparted to the boy. The affliction to Leo affects 
 the heart, and as Saturn is the embodiment of ob- 
 struction, restraint and suppression, we may know 
 that the heart action is very weak, (had the affliction 
 come from Mars his dynamic energy would have 
 caused palpitation). Scorpio has rule over the sex 
 organ, Uranus and Saturn there give tendency to 
 self abuse, and on the well known principle that mu- 
 tilation of that organ affects the voice, we have in 
 this configuration an added reason of the poor boy's 
 inability to speak. The affliction coming from fixed 
 signs shows the deep rooted constitutional nature of 
 the evil, and what may come of conception during a 
 drunken debauch. 
 
 The Guardian of the Threshold 
 
 Horoscope No. 2 shows one of the most remark- 
 able psychic conditions we have ever come across. 
 Its portents in some respects are plain to any astrol- 
 oger, but investigation by one of the writers into 
 this person's past life adds sidelights and gives depth 
 to the meaning of configurations not otherwise ob- 
 tainable, also to the writer, who made the spiritual in- 
 vestigation two years before the horoscope was cast, 
 it was a revelation to note how the mystic facts he 
 remembered so well, were inscribed in this little wheel 
 of life. To enable the student to properly appreciate 
 the remarkable case we relate the story of how we 
 came into connection with the person, what we at- 
 tempted to do, and what actually happened.
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 583 
 
 In the fall of 1910, a friend told us the sad case 
 of a young boy confined to his bed, lying upon his 
 stomach and elbows, persistently gazing at a certain 
 spot in a corner of the room, as if fascinated, his 
 whole frame continually shaking with sobs and 
 moans. At request of the friend we visited the un- 
 fortunate boy, and found that the object which drew 
 his gaze, with a power similar to that whereby the 
 snake charms a bird into its fangs, was an elemental 
 of the most horrible type we have ever seen. Stand- 
 ing by the bedside we directed a stream of force to- 
 wards the base of the poor victim's brain, and thus 
 drew him towards us in an endeavor to break the 
 spell, but -the fiend held the consciousness charmed to 
 such a degree that there was evident danger of rup- 
 ture of body and soul. We therefore desisted, and, 
 with the fearlessness born of inexperience, decided 
 to fight the elemental upon his own plane of being. 
 But the Elder Brother who is our Mentor sought us 
 that evening, he advised caution, and investigation 
 of the genesis of the monster before we took action. 
 
 Kesearch of the memory of nature developed 
 the fact that in its last life the spirit embodied in 
 the youth had been an initiate of the Order or Jesus, 
 a Jesuit, and a zealot of the most ardent type, cruel 
 and unfeeling in the highest degree, yet perfectly im- 
 personal, with no other aim in life save to further the 
 interests of his Holy Order. The health, wealth, 
 reputation or life of others he sacrificed without 
 qualm of conscience, so that the order was benentted ;
 
 584 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 he would have offered himself up as freely, for he 
 was sincere to the core. Love was as foreign to his 
 nature as hate, but sex was rampant, it tore his strong 
 soul to shreds; yet it never mastered him, he was too 
 proud to show his passion even to one who could have 
 gratified it, and so he developed the secret habit. It 
 must not be supposed that he became an abject slave 
 in that respect; he, the immortal spirit, fought his 
 lower nature by prayer, castigations, fastings and 
 every other conceivable means, sometimes he thought 
 he had conquered, but when he least expected it the 
 beast in him rallied, and the war waged as fiercely as 
 ever. Many times he was tempted to mutilate himself, 
 but he scorned such a course as unworthy a man, es- 
 pecially when that man had taken the vows of priest- 
 hood. At last he succumbed to the strain; vigorous 
 manhood was succeeded by a middle age of delicate 
 health, constant pain increased his mental anguish 
 and sympathy was born of suffering, he was no longer 
 indifferent to the tortures of victims of the Holy 
 Office. Being by nature a zealot and enthusiast in 
 whatever direction his energies were exerted, the pen- 
 dulum soon swung to the other extreme, Paul-like, he 
 fought to protect whom he had previously persecuted, 
 he incurred the enmity of the Holy Office, and finally, 
 broken in body, but dauntless of spirit he fell a vic- 
 tim to the torture to which he had subjected so many. 
 By the sincerity of his nature, and his later life, 
 he earned the right of admission to a Mystery School 
 and prepared for the privilege of working as an In-
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 585 
 
 visible Helper in future lives. The Law of Associa- 
 tion drew him to birth in an American family who 
 were former friends, and from them he received a 
 nervous organization tuned to the high pitch re- 
 quired for his experience. 
 
 Saturn opposes the lifegiving Sun, suppresses 
 the nervous energy of Mercury, and obstructs the 
 Venus (venous) circulation, by hindering secretion 
 of urine and elimination of poisonous matter through 
 the kidneys which are ruled by Libra, the sign of Sat- 
 urn 's exaltation where he is placed in this natal fig- 
 ure. As the planets which he opposes are placed in 
 Aries, ruler of the head, his disordering influence 
 manifests through the brain and mind, as well as the 
 genito-urinary system. The morbid condition of 
 these parts caused by Saturn's repressive influence 
 on the kidneys is further accentuated by Uranus con- 
 junction the Moon in the Sixth House which indi- 
 cates the health, under the sign ruling the generative 
 organs, Scorpio. As the horoscope shows tendencies 
 resulting from our actions in past lives, it is evident 
 that the self abuse of this person must bring him to 
 birth under a stellar ray affecting the health in that 
 particular manner, for when the soul has been over- 
 come by any particular besetting sin in any life, 
 death does not pay all any more than removal to 
 another city pays our debts in our present abode. 
 When we return, temptation will again confront us 
 until we conquer our weakness. It is the task of this 
 poor soul to extract the phoenix of virtue and chas-
 
 586 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 tity from the burning embers of passion and secret 
 vice. May God help him and strengthen his arm in 
 the terrible combat. Only Astrology, the Master Key 
 of Compassion, can adequately reveal to us the strug- 
 gle and anguish of the soul, and save us from the 
 crime of despising one in conditions of depravity. 
 
 The before-mentioned aspects were from Cardinal 
 and Fixed signs, which indicate that which is almost 
 unalterable destiny. But Neptune on the Ascendant, 
 in a Common sign, Gemini, points to a condition in 
 the making. He is trine to Saturn, the afflictor of 
 the mind, and supported by the dynamic energy of 
 Mars. 
 
 Neptune indicates the invisible spiritual hier- 
 archies which work with and upon us, and when 
 placed in the Twelfth House it is evident that sorrow 
 and distress may be expected from them. This posi- 
 tion renders the person liable to be preyed upon by 
 spirit controls, but the trine to Saturn and the sextile 
 to the Sun, Venus and Mercury protect him against 
 influence from outside sources. Thus he became a 
 prey to the demoniac embodiment of his former ac- 
 tions, the terrible creature known to mystics as 
 "Guardian of the Threshold," which the neophyte 
 must pass ere he can enter conscionsly into the Invis- 
 ible World. This dreadful shape had drawn its be- 
 ing from acts of cruelty committed by the man in 
 his bygone life ; it had fed upon the curses of his tor- 
 tured victims, and gorged itself upon the odor of 
 their blood and perspiration, as is the wont of elemen-
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 587 
 
 tals; it was a monster in every sense of the word. 
 Death of its progenitor rendered it latent, but in the 
 new birth figure time was marked for retribution up- 
 on the clock of destiny. When the Moon by progres- 
 sion reached Mars' natal place in the Twelfth House, 
 his dynamic energy galvanized the monster into new 
 life, and the troubles of the poor lad had commenced. 
 The hate, anger and malice stored in the monster 
 radiated back upon him pang for pang and his nega- 
 tive Gemini nature crumpled under the onslaughts 
 of the demon. When we saw the thing it appeared 
 as a shapeless jellylike mass with many large green- 
 ish eyes imbedded at different parts of its body. 
 Every few seconds a sharp pointed, swordlike pro- 
 jection shot out from the most unexpected places in 
 its body and pierced the poor lad who lay cringing 
 upon his bed. Then, although the monster had no 
 mouth, wherewith to laugh, it seemed convulsed with 
 fiendish glee at the fear and pain it had given. At 
 other times, one or another of the eyes seemed to dart 
 from the monster,projected upon what resembled an 
 elephant's trunk and it would halt within an inch of 
 the victim 's eyes ; gazing into them with a compelling 
 power of awesome intensity. 
 
 There being so many good aspects to help him, 
 it is not likely that he will succumb, and when the 
 Sun reaches conjunction of Jupiter's place in the na- 
 tal figure and the Moon has passed the square to the 
 Sun's natal place, a distinct turn for the better may 
 be looked for. In the meanwhile the poor soul must
 
 588 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 struggle alone with its self made demon. Had not the 
 secret habit sapped vitality in the former life, birth 
 under a stronger sign would have given greater power 
 of physical endurance and rendered victory more 
 certain. 
 
 Disease of the Eyes 
 
 This malady is due to rays from certain nebu- 
 lous parts of the Zodiac; the Pleiades in Taurus 29, 
 the Ascelli in Leo 6, and Antares in Sagittarius 8. 
 When the Sun or Moon is in orb of one of these places, 
 and afflicted by Saturn, Mars or Uranus, or vice 
 versa, when Saturn, Uranus or Mars are in these neb- 
 ulous parts afflicting the Sun or Moon, trouble is in- 
 dicated, but if care is taken in the case of children 
 having this tendency to disease it may be greatly 
 modified or entirely avoided. The light in school- 
 rooms calls for attention on general principles, but 
 where a child has incipient eye trouble the parent 
 ought to request proper placement of the child in a 
 modified light, reading by lamplight or in the dusk 
 should not be permitted, and windowshades in the 
 home ought to be of a soothing color, With civiliza- 
 tion and life in cities the eyes have become habituated 
 to short focus and cannot quickly adjust themselves 
 to variation of range as the sailors and plainsmen. 
 When a child's horoscope indicates tendency to weak 
 eyes, residence in a rural district, if possible, may be 
 of immense value in preserving the vision, for exer- 
 cise of the eye muscles by frequent adjustment of
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 589 
 
 focus from short to long range, and vice versa, will 
 materially aid to strengthen the eyes. It is a fact, 
 that much eye strain is due to congestion of the cili- 
 ary muscle, which adjusts the lens to range of objects, 
 and the sphincter muscle which contracts the iris. 
 Each time that fails to act quickly too much light is 
 admitted and the retina is hurt. Life in the open 
 while the child 's muscles are still limber will do won- 
 ders towards correcting such defects, and even grown 
 persons may derive vast benefit from outdoor life pro- 
 vided the eyes are properly shaded at first. Careful 
 osteopathic treatment of the eyes has also a most ben- 
 eficial effect of stimulating circulation and limbering 
 the muscles. 
 
 Subtile Indications of Spiritual Sight 
 
 It is a well known scientific fact, that sensation 
 depends on ability to feel and interpret vibration in 
 air and ether, according to the sense involved 
 Ancient seers devised the Staff of Mercury as a sym- 
 bol of its effects, and among other spiritual secrets 
 embodied in the undulating forms of the twin ser- 
 pents, is also this, that Mercury is the originator of 
 all vibratory movement. Hence he is a prime fac- 
 tor in production of sensation and mental processes 
 arising in the consciousness as a result. An elevated, 
 well aspected Mercury therefore makes our senses 
 acute and the mind keen; an afflicted Mercury either 
 dulls the senses, or makes the person hypersensitive, 
 in either case an abnormal state of the brain mind is
 
 590 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 produced which causes suffering according to house, 
 sign and affliction ; even the good aspects of a so-called 
 evil planet, though it brings out the virtue of that 
 planet, also carries with it a touch of the darker side 
 because even the best of us have something in our 
 inner natures which vibrates to that phase of the 
 planet's nature. 
 
 But, besides this roundabout way of acquiring 
 knowledge through vibrations in the air and ether 
 inaugurated by Mercury and interpreted by slow 
 processes in the brain mind where spirit and matter 
 meet, there is a direct path to knowledge symbolized 
 by the staff around which the serpents twine. This 
 is the ray of Neptune, the octave of Mercury, which 
 puts us in touch with the spiritual worlds. But, ob- 
 serve this, the staff and the serpents are not separate, 
 the staff goes through the winding forms of the ser- 
 pents, and thus we learn that in our present condition 
 spiritual knowledge is dependent on the brain mind 
 for concrete expression, and through the brain mind 
 the latter is colored according to the aspects of Nep- 
 tune. 
 
 Experience has proved that the afflicted stellar 
 ray from certain parts of the Zodiac already men- 
 tioned, interferes with the etheric vibration sensed by 
 the retina of the eye, and thus impairs the physical 
 sight. If, in the same figure, Neptune is focused 
 through one of these places, the so-called 'yellow 
 spot,' which is blind because unresponsive to the 
 etheric mercurial vibrations is sensitized by the spir-
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 591 
 
 itual ray of Neptune, and thus it may be that a per- 
 son physically near sighted, or even blind, may view 
 the spiritual worlds hidden from people whose sight 
 is focused by mercurial vibrations. The aspect of 
 Neptune determines the grade and nature of the spir- 
 itual sight evolved, as illustrated in various horo- 
 scopes herewith. These were picked to demonstrate 
 other points, but it occurred to us that the phase just 
 mentioned is worthy of notice. It may be well, how- 
 ever, to warn students against absurd conclusions, 
 we do not say that everyone afflicted with eye trouble 
 by Antares, Ascelli or the Pleiades is gifted in 
 return with spiritual sight. The lady in horoscope 
 No. 5 is much afflicted physically, but Neptune is out 
 of orb, and she derives no vision from his ray. Spir- 
 itual vision may also be undeveloped in many who 
 have the aspect well defined, but in those cases it is 
 in process of unfoldment, and will yield easily to 
 proper exercises. Where this aspect is a square or 
 opposition it is wise, however, to refrain from any 
 attempt to seek illumination, for in those aspects lurk 
 great danger from spirit controls, elementals, etc., 
 which is amply illustrated in horoscope No. 2, 
 where the opposition of Neptune to Antares is re- 
 sponsible for the awful vision of the Guardian of the 
 Threshold. There the physical sight is not impaired, 
 but in horoscope No. 3, defective eyesight is shown 
 by affliction from the Ascelli and like trouble comes 
 from Antares in No. 4. In one the trine from Nep- 
 tune produces voluntary vision of the super physical
 
 592 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 realms, and in the other his focus is square, hence the 
 spiritual sight obtained is intermittent and not under 
 control. 
 
 We have spoken of Mercury as originator of all 
 sense vibrations, auditory, olfactory, visual, etc., and 
 of Neptune as its octave ; to forestall questions we 
 may say that in the spiritual world separateness 
 ceases, sensations merge, so that sound and sight, 
 voice and vision are one. The Neptune ray carries 
 both, but undeveloped seers suffering from the in- 
 voluntary faculty, 'see' or 'hear' as it suits the 
 entities which obtain admission to them through the 
 ray of Neptune. 
 
 Horoscope No. 3 shows the inimical influence of 
 the nebulous spot in Leo 6, the Ascelli, on the sight. 
 This dangerous degree was rising at birth with the 
 Moon in close conjunction, and the Sun also in orb. 
 Saturn in 24 degrees of Libra is just within orb of a 
 square to the Sun in Leo degrees, and as a result of 
 these various afflictions the person is compelled to 
 use bifocal glasses. There is a compensating advan- 
 tage however, Neptune in elevation and trine to the 
 Ascelli (with Sun, Moon and Ascendant in orb), has 
 endowed him with spiritual sight over which he has 
 perfect control, as the student may readily see by 
 examination of Mercury, the best fortified planet in 
 the horoscope. Saturn, by sextile, from the sign of 
 his exaltation,gives steadiness, persistence and con- 
 centration ;' Jupiter by trine from the house he rules, 
 expands the mind, makes it religiously inclined and
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 593 
 
 benevolent ; Venus, by sextile, adds kindliness and 
 love of beauty. Thus it is evident that in this horo- 
 scope the relation of Mercury and its octave, Nep- 
 tune, to physical and spiritual expression of mind, 
 is well illustrated. Neptune is most highly elevated 
 and Mercury is most strongly aspectel. Neither is 
 afflicted, therefore he is not liable to hallucinations, 
 but weighs his experiences in the scale of logic. Com- 
 pare this horoscope with that of the poor young man 
 afflicted by the Guardian of the Threshold (No. 2), 
 where Neptune is in the Twelfth House in conjunc- 
 tion with Mars, and where Mercury is afflicted by the 
 opposition of Saturn, all from Cardinal signs; con- 
 trast of the two figures will bring out some fine points. 
 In horoscope No. 5 we see the Moon in the Sixth 
 House, about three degrees from Antares, and Saturn 
 is in the Twelfth House within 4 degrees of an oppo- 
 sition to Antares, about 7 degrees from exact opposi- 
 tion to the Moon ; thus his natal influence was mini- 
 mized. Had the opposition been close or exact, blind- 
 ness from birth would have been inevitable, but for- 
 tunately it was a weak aspect and the vision was not 
 seriously affected until the Sun by progression en- 
 tered the Twelfth House, passed the opposition to 
 the Moon, then opposition to Antares and arrived at 
 conjunction with Saturn. These points of contact 
 in the horoscope marked crises in the disease of her 
 eyes. Saturn being the afflictor, and Mercury also 
 squaring the ascendant, the nerves and muscles 
 crystallized until sight of one eye was lost and the
 
 594 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 other eye is almost blind. In November, 1912, the 
 Moon had progressed to the square of the Sun's 
 place at birth. That was the final crisis which viv- 
 ified the before-mentioned aspects. Neptune makes no 
 aspect to the points of the Zodiac mentioned, hence 
 the spiritual sight is deeply dormant. 
 
 Horoscope No. 4 is the most afflicted of all, the 
 Dragon's Tail, the Sun and Antares are in conjunc- 
 tion. That alone is sufficiently severe; the condition 
 is further aggravated, however, by a close square of 
 Neptune and Mars,and then the mea.sure of affliction 
 to the eyes is helped by a conjunction of Saturn to 
 the Pleiades which occurs in the Twelfth House. 
 Thus this horoscope shows the person then born to 
 have very weak eyes, and as a matter of fact she can 
 scarcely read even when holding book or paper a few 
 inches from the eyes and using a magnifying glass; 
 but the square of Neptune to Antares has opened her 
 spiritual senses to a certain extent so that she hears 
 spirit voices and at times has visions. These mani- 
 festations, being uncontrolled by her, are very un- 
 satisfactory of course, but prove the effect of Neptune 
 aspecting these points in the Zodiac. 
 
 The Dragon's 'Head' and 'Tail' (& U) 
 
 As it has often been a sore puzzle to students 
 what are the 'Dragon's Head' and 'Tail' (called 
 the Moon's nodes in the ephemeris), and why one is 
 supposed to be good and to further all that comes 
 under its benefic ray, while the other is considered
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 595 
 
 extremely evil, it may be well to show the reasonable- 
 ness of the philosophy. 
 
 First, let us say for the information of students 
 not versed in astronomical terms, that 'nodes' are 
 points where a planet, traveling in its orbit, crosses 
 the Sun's path; as for instance, the earth does at the 
 equinoxes. This is explained from both the astro- 
 nomical and mystic sides in our Simplified Scientific 
 Astrology, and also the revolution of the Moon's 
 Nodes. 
 
 Speaking from the convenient geocentric view- 
 point,the Sun crosses its eastern node each year at 
 the vernal equinox, 50 seconds of space in advance 
 of the point where it crossed the previous year; as 
 the Sun travels 15 degrees per hour, 50 seconds of 
 space are traversed in about 3 seconds of time. 
 
 The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each 
 night, applying the same measure, 50 minutes of 
 time correspond to about 3 minutes of space, and 
 the Moon's nodes recede just that much every day. 
 
 Thus the Sun travels around the circle of the 
 Zodiac in one year, but requires 27 times as many 
 thousands (27,000 years), to complete the precessional 
 circle of its nodes, the equinoctial points. The swift 
 moving Moon circles the Zodiac in 27 days and its 
 nodes make a full revolution in 1000 weeks or 19 
 years. (These figures are only approximate.) 
 
 In the case of the Sun the place where it crosses 
 the earth's equator in the east is always regarded as 
 the first point in Aries, no matter where in the con-
 
 596 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 stellations it falls because of precession. This pro- 
 cedure is perfectly justified because the life giving 
 qualities ascribed to the Sun in Aries are observable 
 as soon as it has crossed the equator; then the seeds 
 sprout, the mating season commences and the whole 
 creation seems stirred by the solar ray to bring forth. 
 Therefore astrologers say that the Sun is exalted in 
 Aries, and Aries is understood to be the first 30 de- 
 grees from the equinoctial point, the eastern node of 
 the Sun, where he crosses the equator at the vernal 
 equinox. 
 
 On the same principle the western node of the 
 Sun, the point where he leaves the northern hemi- 
 sphere for the winter months, is called the first point 
 of Libra, and Saturn, the planet of obstruction and 
 suppression is here exalted ; he is the reaper with his 
 .scythe, he mows down the fruits of the solar ray, he 
 suppresses life and joy, the gladsome voices of our 
 feathered friends are hushed in his presence, and the 
 .earth goes down to its wintry grave under his wither- 
 jng influence. 
 
 As the Moon gathers and reflects the solar light 
 upon earth, this borrowed light is similar to the di- 
 rect ray in certain repects, no matter where its east- 
 ern node (called the Dragon's Head), falls in the 
 signs, the effect upon affairs wherewith it is con- 
 nected by conjunction is like that of the Sun in Aries, 
 which makes nature sing with joy; it furthers and 
 accelerates personal matters in a most benevolent 
 manner, it so to speak, oils the wheels of life in the
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 597 
 
 particular department where it is conjoined with a 
 planet. On the other hand, the Moon's western node, 
 (called the Dragon's Tail), corresponds to Libra 
 where Saturn is exalted and if in conjunction with a 
 planet it exerts an influence of suppression 'and ob- 
 struction similar in effect to the chill blasts of winter 
 ushered in by the saturnine exaltation. 
 
 Horoscope No. 6 shows its part in breaking the 
 femur (hipbone) of a lady. Its position in the 
 Twelfth House indicates confinement, the square of 
 the Sun from the Midheaven is a further natal afflic- 
 tion. In December, 1908, the full Moon was in exact 
 conjunction, and Jupiter, ruler of the Sixth House 
 (which shows sickness), was in exact square to the 
 Dragon's Tail, also in exact opposition to her Sun. 
 Thus indications of trouble were many. Sagittarius, 
 which has dominion over the hips and thighs, occu- 
 pies the Sixth House, so the femur was broken when 
 the lady slipped on an icy pavement just outside her 
 house. No. 4 shows the Dragon's Tail in conjunction 
 with the Sun near the fixed star Antares which has 
 an inimical influence on the sight, and the poor lady 
 who is thus afflicted is in great danger of blindness. 
 
 The Moan's nodes are tabulated in our Simpli- 
 fied Scientific Ephemeris, the position being given 
 for every day; its place at birth is 'found by simple 
 proportion, and the diagram herewith w-ill explain 
 that these points- are called the 'Dragon^s Head' and 
 the 'Dragon's Tail' because therpaths of Sun and
 
 598 
 
 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 599 
 
 planets appear serpentine when drawn upon a plane 
 surface. 
 
 Disease of the Ears 
 
 The Twelfth House indicates the confining in- 
 fluences in life. Mercury there in conjunction with 
 the Sun limits the spirit, and deafness hampers its 
 search after knowledge. The same happens if Saturn, 
 Mars, Uranus and Neptune afflict, also when the mer- 
 curial signs, Gemini and Virgo, are on the twelfth 
 cusp and Mercury is afflicted, (no matter where in the 
 figure it is placed). We append horoscopes of people 
 who are suffering from this malady ;No. 7 is the horo- 
 scope of a lady who is gradually losing her hearing. 
 Mercury, Venus and the Sun are in close conjunction 
 in Pisces, the twelfth sign, which is in the Twelfth 
 House. Blood, lymph, and the invisible vital fluid, 
 called 'nerve force' by science, are the builders of 
 our bodies; each planet, except Uranus and Neptune, 
 has dominion over one of their constituent parts. 
 
 Mercury rules the nerves, particularly the cerebro- 
 spinal system, and the invisible rose colored vi- 
 tal fluid which flows in the visible nerve sheath. 
 
 D The Moon also rules the nerves in a general way, 
 but has special dominion over the nerve sheaths 
 of the body, the sympathetic system and the 
 lymph. 
 
 U Jupiter governs the arterial circulation.
 
 600 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 9 Venus rules the venous blood. 
 $ Mars rules the iron in the blood. 
 O The Sun rules the oxygen. 
 
 T? Saturn has dominion over the mineral deposits 
 carried by the blood, which causes the arteries 
 and other parts of the body to harden. 
 
 When a planet is in very close conjunction to the 
 Sun, three degrees or less, it is said to be combust; 
 its ray is, so to speak, burned up in the terrific heat 
 of the Sun, and thus the afflicted planet is unable to 
 properly exercise its function in the life of persons 
 barn under that configuration. It is also evident 
 that as the weakest link of a chain is the first to give, 
 so the disability would show itself in a part of the 
 body otherwise afflicted. 
 
 Horoscope No. 7 has both Venus and Mercury 
 combust in the Twelfth House; we may therefore con- 
 clude that there is a lack of nerve force or vital fluid, 
 and that the venous circulation of the ear is ob- 
 structed. Thus congestion is inevitable, and the hear- 
 ing becomes less and less acute. Osteopathy is ex- 
 cellently equipped to deal successfully with a case 
 like this; were the configuration in a fixed sign we 
 might not feel optimistic, but flexibility is the salient 
 characteristic of the Common signs, so we see no 
 leason why with patience and perseverance a cure 
 may not be consummated.
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 601 
 
 As said, Saturn rules the earthly mineral matter 
 carried by our blood; from this concretions are 
 formed in the softer tissues, also the bony structure. 
 Therefore the skeleton is also under the dominion of 
 Saturn. 
 
 In horoscope No. 8, the auditory disability comes 
 through the fixed signs Leo and Scorpio, this makes 
 it more difficult to remedy, particularly as Saturn is 
 the afflictor and throws his malefic ray upon Mercury 
 from an angle. Science thought at one time that the 
 tympanum was the only, or at least the main factor 
 in hearing, but realizes now that as much or more, 
 depends upon the bony structure. It is the nature 
 of Saturn to obstruct and as Scorpio rules the organs 
 of excretion, we may easily see that this important 
 function is impaired, and that waste products have 
 difficulty in passing kidneys and colon. The whole 
 system becomes clogged in consequence, and as Mer- 
 cury in the Twelfth House marks the ears as weak, 
 it is only natural that the auditory nerve becomes 
 clogged and the bony parts of the ear grow denser 
 in the course of time. 
 
 Sour milk or buttermilk has a particularly whole- 
 some influence in clearing up a clogged system. 
 Many people rebel against the use of milk in quantity 
 because of an idea that it aggravate.s constipation ; 
 that is true in the beginning, but after a short time 
 the system will accommodate itself to the diet, which 
 will be then found superlatively cleansing, whole- 
 some and nutritious. Greens and fruits will also aid
 
 602 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 a person afflicted as horoscope No. 8 to eliminate the 
 waste and effect a cure in time. 
 
 Disease of the Vocal Organ 
 
 Among the subjects germane ^o thorough know- 
 ledge of Astrology are the similar effects of intrin- 
 sically opposite factors; Saturn is called evil, and 
 Jupiter good, but when Saturn is well fortified in a 
 horoscope it has an exceedingly desirable effect, and 
 an afflicted Jupiter is the very reverse of beneficial. 
 Thus there is a good side to each so-called ,'evil 1 
 planet, and every 'good' planet has also an undesir- 
 able phase. The signs of the Zodiac are said to rule 
 certain parts of the body, but each sign has also sub- 
 sidiary dominion over the part ruled by its opposite 
 sign; affliction of Gemini may cause bronchitis, or 
 weaken the arms and shoulders, but sciatica, a Sag- 
 ittarius disease, may also result. Taurus rules the 
 throat, it has great sympathy with Scorpio, the sign 
 that rules the generative organs, hence we note the 
 change of voice in boys at the time of puberty; also 
 woman, when she forsakes the path of chastity and 
 lives a life of debauch acquires a coarser voice. Tau- 
 rus rules the larynx, but Mercury governs the air 
 which stirs the vocal cords to vibration; thus organic 
 affliction is indicated by affliction of Taurus and Scor- 
 pio, but functional disability by the position and as- 
 pect of Mercury. There is a similar relation between 
 Taurus (ruling the vocal organs) and Mercury (rul- 
 ing the air which passes through the larynx) as be-
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 603 
 
 tween instrument and player. If Taurus (and Scor- 
 pio) are unafflicted the vocal organ is in good con- 
 dition, but an afflicted Mercury may nevertheless 
 cause a functional disorder of the speech. The re- 
 verse may also happen, namely, that a well fortified 
 Mercury partially overrides the effect of a Taurus 
 affliction. This is well exemplified in horoscope No. 
 9 ; Saturn, Neptune and the Sun conjoined in Taurus 
 cause a throat affection, but Mercury is in a sign of 
 voice, Gemini, (Libra and Aquarius are the other 
 signs of voice) and in conjunction with Jupiter. The 
 lady suffers constantly from throat trouble, but as a 
 good musician draws melody from a dilapidated in- 
 strument, so, by the aid of her well placed Mercury, 
 this lady is able to express herself better than many 
 whose vocal organs are sound; in fact, she teaches 
 elocution. 
 
 Horoscope No. 3 has a singularly well fortified 
 Mercury, there is no affliction to Taurus or Scorpio, 
 and the gentleman has a powerful voice capable' of 
 filling the largest halls without effort, yet not too loud 
 for the smallest, but Mercury in Leo, a beastial sign, 
 and Saturn in Libra, a sign of voice, are obstructive 
 of perfect vocalization, therefore the gentleman has 
 at times a certain halt or hesitancy of speech. 
 
 It follows as a matter of course that disabilities 
 of speech are more easily remedied than those that 
 are organic; patience, practice of vocal and breath- 
 ing exercises such as teachers of voice culture give, 
 (these are entirely different from the dangerous
 
 604 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Hindu breathing exercises) are almost sure to re- 
 store normal conditions. 
 
 Horoscopes Nos. 9, 10 and 11 have Saturn and 
 Neptune conjoined in Taurus ; as a consequence all 
 have throat trouble, and also disorder of the genital 
 organs. Nos. 10 and 11 have both undergone opera- 
 tions for removal of certain parts, and Mercury in 
 Scorpio centers the thoughts of No. 10 upon sex, caus- 
 ing intense torture, as it is impossible to gratify the 
 craving. Saturn in a fixed sign is certainly a sore 
 afflictor, the reaper of fruits from a past life, and if 
 there is to be any solace it must come through knowl- 
 edge of the cause, prayer, and the patience engen- 
 dered thereby. 
 
 Disorders of tlie Mind 
 
 Before closing discussion of maladies peculiar to 
 the head, mention must be made of insanity, though 
 the underlying causes can only be hinted at in a work 
 of this kind, but the student is referred to The Rosi- 
 crucian Cosmo-Conception for a thorough explana- 
 tion of the cosmic agencies concerned in building the 
 brain, and a key to the astrological correspondences. 
 Here we only give the essential facts. 
 
 The brain and larynx were first built by the 
 angelic host from the Moon (Luna), who used part 
 of the sex force for that purpose, hence the intimate 
 connection between these organs. 'Lunacy' is often 
 induced by misuse of the sex force, and 'lunatics' 
 frequently have a flaw in the speech. When boys
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 605 
 
 reach puberty the voice changes, the speech of a fast 
 woman becomes coarse, and degenerate men acquire 
 effeminate voices. In Italy 'singers anxious to culti- 
 vate a high tenor voice have become eunuchs to achieve 
 their purpose. 
 
 Into the system thus built by the lunar host un- 
 der Jehovah, rebel Angels led by Lucifer, the Spirit 
 of Mars, insinuated themselves, they inculcated pas- 
 sion, sex abuse and rebellion against the rulership of 
 the Angels of Jehovah. To offset their influence our 
 Elder Brothers from Mercury were commissioned to 
 foster reason that man may in time learn to guide 
 himself. All the great Hierarchies work in our bodies 
 constantly, but the three mentioned have particular 
 dominion over sex and sense, each invests one of the 
 three segments of the spinal cord. The sublimely 
 spiritual hierarchy of Neptune works in the spinal 
 canal and cerebral ventricles to awaken spiritual 
 senses which, when evolved, enable the imprisoned 
 spirit to pierce the veil of flesh and contact superphy- 
 sical realms. The Lucifer Spirits dominate the left 
 cerebral hemisphere which now is our principal organ 
 of thought. The Mercurians have dominion over the 
 right hemisphere, which will come into activity in the 
 future and elevate mankind to a higher, nobler plane 
 of life, give us the power over the lower nature and 
 make us Christlike. The lunar Angels hold sway in 
 the cerebellum which is the instrument of coordina- 
 tion. In this veritable 'Tree of Knowledge' the fight 
 is fought between forces which make for the emanci-
 
 606 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 pation of man and agencies which aim to keep him 
 dependent, as explained in Rosicrucian Christianity 
 Series, Lecture No. 14, "Lucifer, Tempter or Bene- 
 factor ? ' ' 
 
 Such are the teachings which explain the deep 
 reason back of astrological dicta, and any qualified 
 seer may easily perceive the various agencies at work 
 in the human body, such are few, however, and the 
 student of Astrology has reason to thank God day by 
 day for the blessed science which is of greater benefit 
 than any measure of spiritual sight. Though the writ- 
 ers are firm believers in the law of compensation 
 which gives to each exactly what he has earned, nei- 
 ther more nor less, we cannot free ourselves from 
 the feeling that our measure of spiritual faculties 
 has been heaped and shaken down. We feel very, 
 very grateful for the privilege and added usefulness 
 in service which this gives us. Nevertheless, were 
 the alternative placed before us involving choice be- 
 tween loss of spiritual faculties and loss of our know- 
 ledge of Astrology, we should not hesitate one mo- 
 ment, but decide at once in favor of our beloved 
 science, neither ought this surprise anyone who will 
 give the matter a moment's thought. It is true that 
 spiritual sight, even in its rudimentary form enables 
 us to see the condition of the human body to the mi- 
 nutest detail, and thus affords a much easier means of 
 diagnosis than Astrology, but though it penetrates to 
 the innermost core of the bone, mere clairvoyance is 
 superficial compared to Astrology for it shows only
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 607 
 
 present conditions of the body. To find the causes 
 which led up to that state and judge of future ten- 
 dencies, it is necessary to consult the memory of na- 
 ture. We should have to do that personally, and this 
 time would not permit, as we are handling hundreds 
 of cases, but a simple astrological figure,which we 
 may commission one of our students to cast, reveals 
 as much at a glance. There are delineated the causes 
 of mental, moral and physical disorders, it shows ac- 
 curately the stages that have been passed and the cri- 
 ses yet to come. It also indicates the direction in 
 which a remedy may be looked for and the most fa- 
 vorable time for administering the same. It helps 
 people Here and Now, and the astrologer who lives 
 up to his privilege has a mission so high and so holy 
 that the office of priest, (in the esoteric sense of the 
 term), pales into insignificance. Let the aspirant to 
 this great knowledge remember that he stands upon 
 holier ground than Moses before the burning bush, 
 when he looks at a horoscope. Through that circle- 
 .symbol of infinity an immortal soul is laid bare, and 
 woe to him who dares to look with profane eyes, for 
 no matter how that soul may have been smirched in 
 its pilgrimage through matter, it is essentially divine 
 and as dear to the Father, yes, perhaps even more 
 precious, than the righteous who do not need mercy 
 and compassion. This has been somewhat of a digres- 
 sion, but we have no apologies to offer, for we preach 
 Astrology as a religion and feel the necessity of em- 
 phasizing this phase in season and out, if by any
 
 608 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 means we may inculcate in others the reverence which 
 we ourselves feel for this divine science. 
 
 Returning to the astrological consideration of in- 
 sanity, and in view of what has been said we may note, 
 that the horoscope shows how, in the spinal canal, 
 rays of the various hierarchies blend, and Astrology 
 tabulates the resultant mental conditions as follows: 
 
 People not congenitally affected, with cardinal 
 signs rising, particularly if cardinal or fixed signs 
 also invest the Midheaven and Nadir, rarely become 
 insane. The active nature forbids morbid tendencies 
 and blues, disappointment is quickly thrown off and 
 hope springs eternal in the cardinal breast urging to 
 renewed struggle with conditions. It is said that the 
 exception proves the rule, and when Capricorn rises 
 the saturnine rulership gives a tendency to melan- 
 choly which under certain aggravating circumstances 
 may provoke suicide, particularly when the ruler is 
 cooped up in the Eighth House, as we see in horoscope 
 No. 12. Virgo, a common sign, devoid of stamina, 
 holds the Sun, Saturn, Venus and the Moon in this, 
 the house of death; it robs the person of joy in life 
 and impels him to end it under stress of sorrow. 
 Knowledge on the part of an astrologer friend has so 
 far forestalled the calamity, and it is hoped, may save 
 the poor man from committing so grave a crime. 
 
 When a Fixed sign rises at birth of a normal 
 child, chances of insanity in later life are so exceed 
 ingly remote as to be almost negligible, especially if 
 a Fixed or Cardinal sign is also on the Midheaven.
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 609 
 
 In our extended practice, we know of no exception, 
 the rigid, set and inflexible nature of the Fixed signs 
 seems to protect the mind under all exigencies of 
 stress. 
 
 It therefore follows, that the mentally unbal- 
 anced come principally from those born with Com- 
 mon signs on the angles. The intrinsic nature of these 
 signs is Flexibility; as a reed in the wind they are 
 swayed hither and thither under stress of circum- 
 stances; they have no stamina or stability, and take 
 reverses much to heart, while they last. Sorrow 
 seems to overwhelm them and balance is easily lost. 
 
 It is a distinctive feature of the Rosicrucian 
 teachings that pupils in the Western world must be 
 given a reason for every dictum, so as to forestall 
 criticism, as much as possible, for it retards develop- 
 ment every time it is indulged. The Rosicrucian 
 teachings therefore aim to forestall questions at every 
 point by giving reasons for every dictum, so that the 
 critical mind may be weaned away from this attitude. 
 We are ardently looking for the day and reign of 
 Christ, the Friend of man, we do not know when He 
 will come, no man knows, but Paul said that when He 
 comes we shall be like Him. Adverse criticism and 
 skepticism were not traits of His character and any- 
 thing that will aid to eradicate these undesirable 
 characteristics hastens the glad day of Universal 
 Friendship. 
 
 The reason has been given in Simplified Scien- 
 tific Astrology, why the Ascendant rules the body as 
 
 39
 
 610 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 a whole : it is the place occupied by the Moon at con- 
 ception. In the Bible angels are often mentioned as 
 heralds of birth and their lunar home is the focus 
 whence the spirits enter our terrestrial sphere on their 
 return to physical life. They fashion the etheric 
 mould for our present instrument, and direct the 
 growth of the foetus. Therefore the Ascendant and 
 the Moon show the organic disabilities which lead to 
 mental disorder. The congenital idiocy resulting 
 from lack of proper adjustment between the vital 
 body and the physical vehicle has been thoroughly 
 described in the Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, to- 
 gether with causes producing the same during pre- 
 natal life. Astrologically this condition is produced 
 by an affliction of the Ascendant, that is to say, the 
 Moon's place at conception, which throws the angle 
 of the stellar ray out of parallax to the mother 's body, 
 and the physical vehicle is built in such a manner 
 that the head of the vital body is several inches above 
 the skull. Thus the nerve centers are askew, prevent- 
 ing the ego from properly controlling its instrument. 
 This is one of the configurations which produce idiocy 
 and St. Vitus' dance. Uranus and Neptune are espe- 
 cially concerned in producing this latter phenomenon. 
 Saturn is the cause of melancholy and depres- 
 sion. Mars and Uranus produce the muscular and 
 violent forms of insanity. Horoscopes 13 and 14 illus- 
 trate these peculiarities. No. 13 also shows the con- 
 nection between puberty and the mental state. Gem- 
 ini is rising, with Taurus and Mars intercepted in the
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 611 
 
 Sixth and Twelfth Houses, from whence come disease 
 and confinement. The Moon is in Taurus, which rules 
 the larynx, she is in conjunction with Neptune, 
 square to Mercury, and Mars is in Scorpio, which 
 rules the generative organs. There we have at once 
 the tendencies to a disease, which is further accent- 
 uated by the fact that Neptune in Taurus squares the 
 Sun in Leo, and Leo has rule over the heart, and is the 
 prime factor in circulation upon which the life of the 
 body depends; thus the threatened illness may be set 
 down to trouble with the blood, produced by a ner- 
 vous affection. Puberty occurs at the time when the 
 Moon is in the opposite quarter from its place at 
 birth. She entered Scorpio, the opposite of Taurus 
 which held her at birth, at the time when the child 
 was nearly twelve years of age. Up to that time the 
 little girl had been bright, but the conjunction with 
 Mars in Scorpio precipitated the period and robbed 
 the growing child of vitality sorely needed at that 
 time. The initial periods were few, but left her de- 
 pleted of strength to withstand the square to Mercury 
 and the opposition of the Moon to its radical place. 
 (The radical place of a planet is its position at birth.) 
 This affliction of Mercury, the ruler, by the Moon at 
 birth, was thus excited and insanity showed itself in 
 consequence. As the affliction comes from fixed signs, 
 we may judge it will be impossible to overcome, and 
 the best that can be done for the poor soul is to pray 
 for the day of its release, that it may have a better 
 chance in a future embodiment.
 
 612 THE MESSAGE OF THE STAKS 
 
 No. 14 is the horoscope of a young man. The common 
 sign, Gemini is rising, the ruler, Mercury, is in the 
 Eighth House, the house of death, Uranus and the 
 Moon are in opposition. This configuration, which is 
 similar to that of horoscope No. 12, has the same sig- 
 nificance, it presages suicidal tendencies under ner- 
 vous strain, and this augur is all the more dangerous 
 as it comes from fixed signs. Mars and Neptune in 
 Taurus give a desire for drink and the Sun in a 
 watery sign accentuates the tendency. Under such 
 circumstances the man has several times tried to end 
 his life in a most extraordinary manner. Jupiter in 
 Sagittarius, square to Saturn in Pisces, increases the 
 looseness of his morals and makes him dishonest, He 
 will forge and steal in order to satisfy his passion and 
 craving for drink and questionable society. Leo on 
 the Second Hou?e with Uranus and the Moon in close 
 conjunction, shows that he spends what he gets in 
 dissolute living. 
 
 There is one redeeming feature in the horoscope ; 
 Tenus in the Midheaven sextile to his ruler, and trine 
 to the Moon. He has energy and artistic ability 
 which, it is hoped, may in time rouse the better qual- 
 ities and make him a man. But again we reiterate 
 that with the affliction from fixed signs the obstacle 
 is almost insurmountable. 
 
 In conclusion the student's attention is directed 
 to the Third and the Ninth Houses, which will also 
 have an influence on the mind. Planets therein act
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 613 
 
 according to the intrinsic nature expressed in the key 
 word of each. 
 
 Pulmonary Diseases 
 
 When we studied progression, horoscope No. 15 
 was used as an illustration to show the various crises 
 which eventually led up to the death of the native. 
 But in order to keep the student's mind closely cen- 
 tered upon the mathematical side, we refrained from 
 delineating the nature of the disease which caused her 
 demise, promising to elucidate that point in the 
 proper place. 
 
 Virgo is rising and Mercury, the ruler, is trine at 
 birth, but unfortunately he is combust, a term which 
 has been previously explained as meaning that the 
 heat of the Sun burns up the ray of any planet placed 
 too close thereto. The disease was not congenital 
 however, although the Moon was square to the Ascen- 
 dant. But Virgo people, we have seen, are extremely 
 fond of being sick. When once they have had a little 
 pain, they magnify and nuree it and are loath to let 
 it go. The square of Neptune in Aries to Uranus 
 caused St. Vitus' dance at about the age of five years, 
 when the Moon passed the opposition to Uranus. This 
 was the beginning of her illness. She afterwards re- 
 garded herself as an invalid and nursed sickness. At 
 the time of puberty the Moon was in Gemini in oppo- 
 sition to its place at birth. This excited the above 
 mentioned square between the radical Moon and the 
 Ascendant, it also caused the periods to be irregular
 
 614 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 and troublesome. The blood must have an outlet and 
 the square of Neptune to Jupiter in Cancer, which 
 rules the stomach, caused haemorrhages when the Moon 
 came into conjunction with the Dragon's Tail in Sag- 
 ittarius (the opposite sign to Gemini), and the radical 
 square of the Ascendant and the Moon were again 
 excited. Then also the lungs became affected and the 
 crises enumerated in the chapter on Progression 
 ended the life. 
 
 As we feel that this cannot be reiterated too 
 often, we repeat our injunction to students never to 
 let a patient know that there is any danger or that 
 there is a crisis ahead. Particularly, please remem- 
 ber particularly, if it is a Virgo, for they have no 
 chance at all if they know what is coming. 
 
 Horoscope No. 16 shows the natal configuration 
 of an actress. Sagittarius is rising, Jupiter and the 
 Moon are in close conjunction in Gemini, a mercurial 
 sign, they are supported by a trine of the Sun; thus 
 she had a most healthy constitution at birth, so far as 
 the lung power is concerned. Mars and Mercury are 
 also in an airy sign, giving energy to respiration and 
 it thus seems as though this person were singularly 
 well fortified against pulmonary trouble. But Sat- 
 urn, Neptune and the Dragon's Tail in Taurus in 
 the Sixth House, gives a tendency to colds and con- 
 traction of the throat. Uranus in Virgo produces con- 
 vulsive movements of the diaphragm and abdominal 
 region ; he is square to Saturn in Taurus, and thus we 
 see how graphically the stellar script pictures the
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 615 
 
 tendency to convulsive coughing and haemorrhages 
 which nearly brought the young lady to an early 
 grave, when Mars by progression, came into conjunc- 
 tion with the radical Sun and vivified the square to 
 Saturn. \Ve rejoice to say that the good aspects first 
 mentioned enabled the young lady to w r eather the 
 storm; but close attention to diet, regular living and 
 above all absolute continence are required to regain 
 full physical strength, for there is much evidence to 
 show that license played an important part in reduc- 
 ing the life forces and robbing her of the needed 
 strength at the critical period. 
 
 Diseases of the Stomach 
 
 Horoscope No. 17 presents a number of diseases, 
 but all have their root in an insatiable appetite fos- 
 tered by the fact that the person is a professional 
 chef. Venus in Taurus gives good taste in food, and 
 the sextile to Mercury in Cancer causes the mind to 
 run in the direction of preparations wherewith to 
 tickle the palate. But the Moon being ruler of Can- 
 cer, the rising sign which has dominion over the stom- 
 ach, shows that this over indulgence of the appetite 
 will result disastrously. The distended stomach 
 presses upon the heart, of which the Sun, our life 
 giver, is ruler. This planet is in Gemini, the sign 
 which has dominion over the lungs, and square to 
 Mars in Pisces. Mars rules the iron in the blood and 
 the Sun gives us oxygen, thus this square shows that 
 the blood will lack in that life giving element. The
 
 616 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 conjunction of the Sun with Uranus in Gemini pro- 
 duces spasmodic motion of the lungs and labored in- 
 spiration to obtain sufficient oxygen wherewith to 
 nourish the system, thus we have the condition called 
 asthma. Saturn and Jupiter are in Virgo which 
 rules the abdomen, square to the Sun and Uranus in 
 Gemini, showing lack of circulation and a tendency 
 to ulcerous growths, and there is a general lack of nu- 
 trition in the whole system because of the great en- 
 ergy required to eliminate waste from the enormous 
 quantities of food which this person consumes. Sad 
 to say, however, persons in that occupation protest 
 that they cannot help tasting, and that in spite of all 
 ills they must eat to excess. It were wiser of course, 
 to seek another profession and train the system to 
 moderation. 
 
 In horoscope No. 18 we have the natal configura- 
 tions of another chef, they are similar to those de- 
 lineated in No. 17. Cancer, the sign of the stomach, 
 is rising, with Mars and the Sun close to the Ascen- 
 dant, thus the forces of this individual will be di- 
 rected principally toward the stomach, and the 
 opposition of the Moon shows disastrous results which 
 eventually resulted from gratifying his ravenous 
 appetite. The Sun is life and motion, Mars is dy- 
 namic energy, and the excessive activity centered in 
 the stomach to take care of digestion causes this 
 organ to be inflamed. Nature is not a jerry builder, 
 she builds substantially and well, or our bodies could 
 never stand the abuse we give them as well as they do,
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 617 
 
 but even the healthiest organism must give way in 
 time under such dreadful strain. As indicated by 
 the Sun and Mars, an ulcer developed from the heat, 
 it ate through the stomach and relieved the poor soul 
 from its misused body. Neptune in Taurus, the sign 
 of the palate, was of course also a contributing factor. 
 It is not to be supposed however, that anyone who 
 has Cancer rising or many planets in Cancer, is nec- 
 essarily going to die of the disease to which that name 
 has been given, but it would be the part of wisdom to 
 train children with such afflictions to abstain from 
 over eating, for it is a truism that more people die 
 from over eating than from starvation. 
 
 Diseases of the Heart 
 
 As the heart is the seat of physical life, its nat- 
 ural ruler is the Sun and the solar sign is Leo. But 
 it is a mistake to think that palpitation of the heart is 
 necessarily shown by an affliction to the sign Leo. 
 Indeed, there are many cases where over indulgence 
 of the appetite indicated by the sign Cancer distends 
 the stomach, which presses upon the heart producing 
 what the person then believes to be heart trouble. 
 This was the case in horoscopes Nos. 17 and 18, both 
 believed their heart trouble to be the primal cause 
 of the illness under which they were suffering, while 
 in reality it was only one of the effects. 
 
 But No. 3 shows a case of organic weakness of 
 the heart. The Sun is at home in the fixed sign Leo 
 and receives a square from Saturn the reaper; thus
 
 618 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 it is evident that the heart was a weak link in the con- 
 stitution and would cause trouble in time, unless 
 care was taken. Unfortunately of course, parents 
 knew less about Astrology a generation ago than to- 
 day, when the science is coming to the fore. The en- 
 ergy of which this horoscope is full, was allowed to 
 spend itself unrestrained with no thought given to 
 coming disaster. 
 
 Venus and Jupiter, the planets ruling the venous 
 and arterial circulation, are in opposition. Venus is 
 in Gemini the sign of the lungs, and when the Sun 
 progressed to the square of Venus' radical place, and 
 Uranus transited the Sixth House illness began, 
 breathing became labored as indicated by the square 
 of the life giver to the lungs. Uranus in opposition 
 to his natal place in Cancer produced the convulsive 
 movement known as the stomach cough, and thus for 
 years this illness robbed the man of vital energy, but 
 these afflictions passed and because of attention to 
 right living the system has been left none the worse 
 for the experience. Moreover, the suffering of the 
 soul has resulted in growth that he might not other- 
 wise have obtained. 
 
 Horoscope No. 19 shows another case of heart 
 disease. The Sun and Neptune are conjunct in the 
 Eighth House, in opposition to Mars. As this con- 
 junction is in the sign Gemini and in the house of 
 death, it is easy to see the portent. The dynamic 
 energy of Mars which tears everything to pieces, ac- 
 celerates motion, causes palpitation etc. The Sun
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 619 
 
 and Neptune in Gemini show a likelihood of a haem- 
 orrhage of the lungs, resulting from over activity of 
 that vital organ. The Moon and Saturn in Leo show 
 the obstructed passage of the blood, for the keynote of 
 Saturn is obstruction and retardation ; thus the valves 
 of the heart become leaky and the backward flow of 
 the blood called regurgitation takes place. 
 
 Leo also rules the spinal cord and malefic config- 
 urations there may produce hunchbacks and kindred 
 disabilities. 
 
 Horoscope No. 20 is the figure of a beautiful boy, 
 well formed and healthy who became afflicted with 
 curvature of the spine. Here we find the Moon in 
 conjunction with the Dragon's Tail in the Twelfth 
 House, square to Saturn and Uranus in Scorpio. At 
 five and one half years of age the Moon had pro- 
 gressed to the square of its own place, this and the 
 conjunction with Saturn and Uranus in Scorpio, 
 brought on his affliction. After enduring eight years 
 of torture he died, having been taken from one free 
 dispensary to another and used by the doctors to prac. 
 tice on. Each doctor tried a new cure. He was in 
 plaster casts for years but to no purpose. The mother 
 is represented by Uranus in conjunction with Mars, 
 careless and of dissolute habits, she was glad of the 
 opportunity to place the boy anywhere in order to 
 shirk the responsibility of caring for him. The boy 
 died when the Moon had progressed to an opposition 
 of its own place, it was also then in square to Uranus 
 and Saturn.
 
 620 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Diseases of the Kidneys 
 
 The kidneys are ruled by Libra and Scorpio both. 
 That is to say, the functional activity of secretion of 
 urine comes from Libra, but the bladder and urethra 
 through which elimination takes place are ruled by 
 Scorpio. Renal stones and gravel would result from 
 an affliction to Libra, for they are formed in the pe- 
 duncle of the kidneys. Diseases of the ureters are 
 also under Libra. 
 
 Horoscopes Nos. 3 and 21 are examples of how 
 the stars indicate diseases of the kidneys. In both 
 cases Saturn is in an angle and square to the Sun, 
 he is in his sign of exaltation. Libra which rules 
 the kidneys, is also elevated. This latter point may 
 not be apparent to beginners who look at No. 3 and 
 find Saturn, as they would say, down in the Fourth 
 House, but the nadir of the birth place is Midheaven 
 or Zenith of an opposite point on the earth, and plan- 
 ets in either of these points are found to have a 
 greater power. 
 
 In the two examples mentioned, Saturn, the 
 planet of obstruction, prevents secretion of urine but 
 does not interfere with elimination ol that which has 
 been secreted. But in horoscope No. 8 where he is 
 posited in the sign Scorpio square to Mercury, we have 
 a case where the formation of gravel and renal stones 
 is shown at birth. A person with such a configura- 
 tion ought to be extremely careful not to drink hard 
 water, for this may cause a painful ailment. Only
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 621 
 
 filtered water should be used for purposes of cooking 
 and drinking. Sour milk, buttermilk and grape juice 
 are great solvents. We may further say that boiling 
 water will not soften it, and the fur which gathers in 
 a tea kettle, where hard water has been boiled is no 
 evidence to the contrary, for that scaly formation 
 was obtained from the water which evaporated, what 
 remains in the kettle for use is as hard as ever. 
 
 In horoscope No. 7 we find Saturn in Scorpio 
 square to Mars. Saturn produces the obstruction of 
 the blood known as haemorrhoids, and the dynamic 
 energy of Mars causes rupture of the congested 
 places ; thus we have the painful bleeding well known 
 to so many sufferers. As a secondary result consti- 
 pation adds to the malady, because persons afflicted 
 with the first named disease shrink from the added 
 pain of the stool, and do not respond to nature's call. 
 A prolonged rest seems to be the only physical means 
 which is really effective. Nature however, will be 
 very much aided by proper osteopathic manipula- 
 tions, and a diet consisting principally of milk. 
 
 Hip Disease 
 
 Sagittarius rising, or in the Sixth or Twelfth 
 Houses, is responsible for broken bones and accidents. 
 Under the chapter on the Dragon's Tail we saw how 
 the person described in horoscope No. 6 fell upon the 
 ice and broke her hip. No. 21 has even stronger in- 
 dications of accidents and probably the life will end 
 in an untoward manner. Sagittarius is rising, Sat-
 
 622 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 urn is exalted in the Midheaven exactly square to the 
 Sun, and Neptune is elevated at the nadir also squar- 
 ing the Moon ; thus both luminaries are afflicted. As 
 the Sun is lord of the house of death these auguries 
 presage an untimely end. The only hope lies in the 
 sextile of Jupiter to the Sun which gives hair breadth 
 escapes. This gentleman's life has been jeopardized 
 many times in railroad wrecks, automobile accidents 
 etc.,but although he has thus been near the gate of 
 death many times, the benefic ray of Jupiter has so 
 far preserved his life and no bones have yet been 
 broken. The lady described in horoscope No. 22 has 
 not been so fortunate, her arms and limbs have been 
 accidentally broken several times, for Mars and the 
 Moon are in Sagittarius in the Twelfth House, also 
 in opposition to Jupiter. The Sun and Mercury are 
 in the Eighth House in opposition to Neptune and 
 these planets are square the first mentioned positions. 
 Saturn, her ruler, is square to Venus so that she at- 
 tracts accidents and never escapes being hurt. 
 
 Diseases of tine Limbs 
 
 In horoscope No. 7 we find Mars in Aquarius 
 square to Saturn, and from this affliction it is evident 
 that there is an obstruction of the blood in the lower 
 limbs, usually known as varicose veins. Horoscope 
 No. 17 shows Mars in the sign Pisces in opposition to 
 Saturn and Jupiter. It is the nature of Saturn to 
 obstruct, and his conjunction with Jupiter shows that 
 the circulation is poor. Mars in Pisces produces heat,
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 623 
 
 inflammation and swelling of the feet, because of the 
 stagnated blood. We have already seen that the per- 
 son there described is gluttonously inclined, and 
 therefore it is no wonder that stagnation of the blood 
 produces such painful afflictions as indicated by these 
 configurations. The remedy of course, is self-evident, 
 it is moderation.
 
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 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 625 
 
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 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 627
 
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 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 629
 
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 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 631
 
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 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 635 
 No. 23. INSANITY AND SPIRIT CONTROL 
 
 In judging this horoscope we look first to the 
 mentality, as this is always the most important factor 
 in the treatment of a patient. Mercury and the Moon 
 are the two principal factors in determining this 
 point, though, of course, all the planets have their 
 bearing on that as well as on any other subject. Here 
 we find that Mercury is combust and that it is with 
 the Sun in the Common sign, Pisces. That in itself 
 is not a very good augur; we further find that the 
 Moon is in conjunction with Neptune in Aries, that
 
 636 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 it is square to both Saturn and Jupiter, and that 
 therefore the mind must be of a weak and unstable 
 nature. Mars, the Moon and Neptune in Aries would-- 
 in itself make an erratic person, but when we find, 
 as here, that Luna is square to Jupiter, the planet 
 of religion, also to Saturn, the planet of obstruction 
 and negation, it naturally causes a very evil condi- 
 tion. The opposition of Jupiter arid Saturn show that 
 whatever desire for religion Jupiter might engender, 
 would always be opposed by the influence of Saturn, 
 who would council "Don't, don't," causing the per- 
 son to deride what he or she really wants to believe. 
 It is a common experience that that which we cannot 
 understand, appears chaotic and erratic to our minds. 
 Neptune is the planet of fear and chaos to us, for the 
 human race has not learned to live up to its high 
 vibrations, and the Moon together with Uranus makes 
 that chaotic mental state which we find in this circle. 
 To offset this influence there is the trine of Jupiter, 
 the planet of religion, to both the Sun and Mercury; 
 but even this powerful influence will not be able to 
 break the condition entirely, though there is no doubt 
 this great redeeming power has had an effect in stav- 
 ing off the evil day when the mind \vill break down 
 entirely. As usual, the marching orbs in their cir- 
 cling dance come to a point where the string of each 
 aspect is touched which then produces the tone of 
 either harmony or discord that impels us to actions 
 which we call good or evil ; so also in this case. The 
 time marked on the clock of destiny by the hand of
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 637 
 
 God was April, 1913 ; then the lunation fell into con- 
 junction with the Moon in Aries. This naturally 
 excited the radical square to Saturn and Jupiter, also 
 their opposition, and thus the climax was precipi- 
 tated ; the person became violently insane. 
 
 We may look for the immediate cause that pre- 
 cipitated that calamity to the radical position of Nep- 
 tune and Uranus. These, the octaves of Mercury and 
 Venus, in a square position will always bring the 
 person in contact with spirits who have left the body, 
 or who have never inhabited a body such as we have 
 at the present time. 
 
 During aspects like the above, they would have 
 a powerful chance to use this poor person a.s a tool 
 for their nefarious practices, for naturally those spir- 
 its which come under a square are not what we would 
 call good in any respect ; they have no benevolent 
 designs of helping their victim, no matter what they 
 may profess in that direction. 
 
 The question then comes: What can we do for 
 a person in that condition? We have a good aspect 
 to the Moon and Neptune, which is the sextile of 
 Venus. Neptune rules music classical string music 
 in particular and Venus in Aquarius gives the per- 
 son a love of just that kind of music, which will 
 soothe the mind. This configuration also gives a love 
 of bright colors and sunshine which will help to tone 
 the system. She should not be allowed books, but 
 should have a complete rest from all mental effort, 
 the brightest conversation possible, and a vegetarian
 
 638 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 diet. With these there is a probability that the evil 
 configuration may be overcome and the person re- 
 stored to mental health, though that will never be 
 robust, 
 
 No. 24. HEART TROUBLE, INSUFFICIENT OXYGENATION, 
 EYE TROUBLE, DEATH 
 
 Good Aspects: Mars trine the Moon, sextile Sat- 
 urn; Uranus trine Neptune; Jupiter sextile Neptune 
 and Uranus. 
 
 Bad Aspects: The Moon conjunction Antares. 
 opposition Saturn and Venus; the Sun conjunction
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 639 
 
 Dragon's Tail, square Jupiter; Mercury square Mars. 
 The Moon on the Ascendant in Sagittarius 
 makes the patient restless and unstable, but not shift- 
 less, because the Moon is also trine to Mars. This 
 gives her much more energy than usually possessed 
 by Sagittarians. Even the opposition of the Moon 
 to Saturn and Venus, which robs life of its joys and 
 makes her melancholy, is, in a certain sense, a help ; 
 it gives her a persistence and resistance that will not 
 allow her to give in to disease. Mercury square Mars 
 shows that she has a very quick temper, and as Mer- 
 cury is in Taurus, the sign of voice, the unfortunate 
 characteristic will find expression in an unbridled 
 tongue. This will hurt her most seriously from a 
 physical standpoint (not to speak of the even more 
 deplorable spiritual injuries) , for Mars is in Leo, the 
 sigh of the heart, and that always predisposes to pal- 
 pitation. He is sextile to Saturn, but even good as- 
 pects to Saturn are physically inimical, and the Sun, 
 which is ruler of the heart, is in conjunction with the 
 saturnine Dragon's Tail. The nerves also are af- 
 fected by the square of Mars to Mercury, hence the 
 heart is far from normally balanced, and -the out- 
 bursts of 'temper which this person is apt to indulge 
 in on the slightest provocation may cause heart fail- 
 ure at some time, by putting an undue strain on this 
 organ and interfering with the already sluggish cir- 
 culation, which is shown by the square of Jupiter 
 to the Sun and the Dragon's 'Tail, also the conjunc- 
 tion of Venus to Saturn, and its opposition to the
 
 640 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Moon, Jupiter and Venus being governors respect- 
 ively of the arterial and venous circulation. 
 
 The head is particularly congested because the 
 Sun conjunction the saturnine Dragon's Tail occurs 
 in Aries, the sign of the head, and Saturn, the planet 
 of obstruction, is in Gemini, the sign of the lungs, in 
 conjunction with Venus. This shows interference 
 with the circulation of the venous blood in the lungs. 
 The Moon, which governs the tidal air, is in oppo- 
 sition, showing that an insufficient amount of air is 
 inspired into the lungs to cleanse the blood of its 
 poisonous carbon dioxide, and the presence of Saturn 
 shows a hardening of the tissues, which is apt to 
 develop into tuberculosis. You will also notice that 
 Jupiter, the ruler of the Ascendant, is in the Eighth 
 House square to the Sun and the saturnine Dragon's 
 Tail in the Fourth House, and all are in Cardinal 
 signs. This is a strong testimony of an accidental 
 death, and Mars in the Eighth House, in the sign 
 Leo, which rules the heart, shows that hemorrhages 
 may be the cause which ends the physical life. 
 
 If this person had been taken hold of in time 
 and taught self-control, this serious condition could 
 probably have been avoided; even now a frank state- 
 ment concerning the great danger that undue excite- 
 ment may cause, should help her to govern her tem- 
 per, and thus lengthen life. 
 
 The Moon conjunction Antares, and opposition 
 to Saturn shows that the eyes are in danger also, and 
 Saturn in Gemini, which is a mercurial sign, shows
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 641 
 
 nervous affection, and the conjunction of Venus 
 would suggest a congestion of the muscles of the eyes, 
 which may be greatly relieved by osteopathic treat- 
 ment. 
 
 A healer with Leo rising, and Saturn not in 
 Gemini, would be best able to handle the case. 
 
 No. 25. HEART TROUBLE, TUBERCULOSIS, KIDNEYS 
 
 We judge first the mental calibre of our patient. 
 Four Common signs are on the angles, and this at 
 once describes the nature as weak and vacillating. 
 Mercury square the Moon further accentuates this 
 
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 642 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 wavering and flightiness of her mind, and Saturn 
 conjunction Venus and Jupiter in the Twelfth House 
 robs life of its joy, making the person subject to mel- 
 ancholy and morbid fear. This characteristic is some- 
 what ameliorated by the sextile of the Sun to Uranus, 
 which fosters altruism, and the trine of Mercury to 
 Neptune, which gives spiritual perception, thus aid- 
 ing to dispel gloom by directing the mind from sor- 
 rows which are but fleeting, to the eternal verities. 
 To sum up, she is prone to be either "down in the 
 dumps," or "up in the air," and it is necessary to 
 strive to cure her of both depression and elation, 
 which are alike harmful. Equipoise must be culti- 
 vated to aid in attaining and maintaining health. 
 Were Fixed signs on the angles this would be next to 
 impossible, but with Common signs there she is more 
 adaptable and reachable. 
 
 Regarding the ailments to which this lady is sub 
 ject, we note first Uranus in high elevation, conjunc- 
 tion the Dragon's Tail, whose influence is saturnine, 
 that is to say, obstructive and crystallizing, harden 
 ing. . Both are in the airy sign Gemini, which gov- 
 erns the lungs, and square to Saturn in the Twelfth 
 House, which denotes confinement in prison, hos- 
 pitals or upon a sickbed. This gives us at once the 
 key to the trouble. Sometimes the tidal air is almost 
 stopped by the Dragon's Tail, and the square of Sat- 
 urn, Uranus prevents asphyxiation by the convulsive 
 movement of the lungs known as cough, which clears
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 643 
 
 away the obstruction and enables the heart to again, 
 circulate the blood. 
 
 The blood is unable to throw off its poisonous" 
 carbonic acid because of the obstructive power of the 
 Dragon's Tail in Gemini, and the square of Saturn 
 to Uranus in the sign of the lungs. The arterial and 
 venous circulation are also impeded by the conjunc- 
 tion of Jupiter and Venus with Saturn, hence, mal- 
 nutrition and carbonic acid poisoning are in evi- 
 dence. The hardening of the lungs and consequent 
 cough, label the case as tuberculosis. 
 
 Elimination of urine is retarded by the square 
 of Mercury to the Moon, which is in the latter part 
 of Libra, the sign of the kidneys. Mercury governs 
 the sensory nerves, while Mars rules the motor nerves 
 and muscles. He is in good aspect, showing that the 
 mechanical apparatus is in good condition, but that 
 the trouble is nervous. This may be alleviated by 
 manipulations, and so may the sluggishness of the 
 bowels indicated by Saturn in Virgo. The Mars hour 
 would be the best time, the Sun hour next. Outside 
 this treatment dry rubs with coarse gloves will stim- 
 ulate the skin and aid in eliminating carbonic acid 
 from the system. Whole wheat bread toasted, plenty 
 of fresh milk given while still warm (for then it con- 
 tains the maximum quantity of the ether which is so 
 necessary to restore the vital body), and as much 
 green uncooked food as the patient can take should 
 be given, for that also contains a maximum of ether. 
 Onions are particularly valuable nerve-builders.
 
 644 
 
 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 A person with Taurus rising, whose Saturn is 
 not in the degrees included within the patient's First 
 or Sixth House, Virgo or Pisces, will make the best 
 healer for this patient. 
 
 No. 26. TUBERCULOSIS 
 
 Good Aspects: Uranus trine Mercury and Nep- 
 tune; Moon sextile Venus; Saturn sextile Mars. 
 
 Bad Aspects: Moon conjunction Dragon's Tail; 
 Moon square Jupiter; Sun square Mars; Uranus 
 square Venus.
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 645 
 
 This is the horoscope of our friend, James Casey, 
 who wrote such helpful articles in the 'Rays.' 
 He passed into the invisible worlds in June, 1918, 
 and as he has no relatives connected with our 
 society who might read this diagnosis and feel bad 
 on that account, he gave us permission to use it for 
 the benefit of his fellows. He was born on April 24, 
 1884, 2:00 P.M., in Harlem, Iowa, and became af- 
 flicted with tuberculosis while living in Denver, Colo., 
 the Mecca for all who are afflicted with this disease. 
 
 You will notice that Saturn, the planet of crys- 
 tallization and obstruction, is placed in Gemini, the 
 sign which rules the lungs, and although Saturn is 
 the highest elevated planet in the horoscope, besides 
 being unafflicted, there is always a weak spot in the 
 anatomy where he is found. The hot, inflammatory 
 and disruptive Mars is in Leo, the sign which governs 
 the heart; square to the Sun, which is ruler of Leo, 
 in the sign Taurus, which governs the throat and all 
 the passages there. This is a configuration which 
 usually produces fevers, inflammation, wounds and 
 haemorrhages. Thus there was a tendency in the sys- 
 tem toward tuberculosis, and you will furthermore 
 notice that there are four Common, flexible signs on 
 the angles, the Sixth House sign, Virgo, being on the 
 Ascendant with the spasmodic Uranus afflicting 
 Venus, the ruler of the venous circulation, which is 
 placed in Gemini, the sign ruling the lungs. Uranus 
 gives a tendency to coughs and spasms, so you see 
 that the condition is very well outlined in the horo-
 
 646 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 scope, and the four Common signs show that when 
 he became subject to illness the Virgo nature was 
 too weak to throw it off and he simply made up his 
 mind that he was going to die from it, hence there 
 was no help. If he had been able to throw off the 
 feeling of impending death and struggle against the 
 sickness there is no doubt that with this horoscope he 
 could have overcome. 
 
 But now let us see how this worked out with the 
 help of the progressed planets. He was born on the 
 -24th of April in 1884 at 2:00 P.M. The adjusted 
 calculation date shows that the planets in the ephem- 
 eris correspond to December 19th, 1883, so we may 
 say that this is practically the 1st of January, 1884. 
 Counting forward in the ephemeris from that date, 
 we find that the Sun by progression in June, 1918, 
 had reached eight degrees of Gemini, thus being in 
 orb of the radical Saturn in Gemini, the sign ruling 
 the lungs. The previous New Moon fell on June 8th, 
 also in Gemini and between the radical Venus and 
 the progressed Saturn. Thus it increased the sat- 
 urnine congestion of the lungs and excited the square 
 of Uranus to Venus, which brought on a particularly 
 severe cough and spasms ending the life of the body 
 a few days later. 
 
 No. 27. ADENOIDS AND CONSTIPATION 
 
 In this figure the planets are grouped in four 
 groups: Neptune is in conjunction with Mars, Sat- 
 urn in conjunction with Uranus, Mercury in conjunc-
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 647 
 
 tion with the Sun, and Jupiter in conjunction with 
 the Moon. The last two groups are also squaring 
 each other. Venus is alone and forms a trine to Ju- 
 piter. Note also that the Sun is parallel to Neptune 
 and Mercury, and Venus is parallel to Mars. 
 
 This is a horoscope of a young lady born Novem- 
 ber 27th, 1896, 2 :15 P. M., Tacoma, Washington. We 
 note first that there are Cardinal signs on the angles, 
 showing her to be active in nature. But she acts more 
 from impulse than from reason. This characteristic 
 is shown by the fact that the Moon is square to Mer-
 
 648 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 cury and the Sun. Naturally as both the Moon and 
 Mercury are significators of mind, any inharmonious 
 aspects between them is detrimental. Add to this the 
 further fact that Mercury is combust or burned up 
 by its close proximity to the Sun, and it is very evi- 
 dent that we may expect to do very little with this 
 person by reason. This does not mean that she is 
 of an evil mental disposition ; she is quite the reverse, 
 as shown by the conjunction of the Moon with the 
 planet of benevolence, Jupiter, and the trine between 
 this last named planet and Venus, the planet of love 
 and pleasure. 
 
 The trouble for which this young lady has con- 
 sulted us is adenoids, which cause extreme difficulty 
 in breathing. The condition is very clearly shown in 
 the horoscope. When we remember that afflictions in 
 one sign always give a reflex action in the opposite, 
 we shall readily understand that Saturn, the planet 
 of obstruction, in conjunction with Uranus, the planet 
 of spasmodic action in the sign Scorpio, is certain to 
 interfere with the rhythmic breath through the Tau- 
 rus region comprising the throat and lower part of 
 the head. Furthermore, Scorpio also governs the 
 nose, as you will realize when you remember that the 
 most prominent feature of the true Scorpio person 
 is an aquiline nose of generou/s dimensions. Thus an 
 afflicted Saturn located in Scorpio, which causes an 
 obstructed rectal region and constipation, also at the 
 same time gives a tendency to throat trouble and ob- 
 struction of the nasal passages.
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 649 
 
 In the case of this patient we find the condition 
 aggravated by the square of the Sun and Mercury 
 with the Moon and Jupiter. The Sun and Mercury 
 being placed in Sagittarius are therefore active in the 
 opposite sign Gemini, which governs the lungs, and 
 as the Moon governs the tidal air in the lungs the 
 square of these planets will naturally affect the 
 breathing. 
 
 Now for the remedy ; it seems far-fetched to at- 
 tempt to rectify an obstruction in the throat by work- 
 ing on the anus. Nevertheless, Saturn, the planet of 
 obstruction, conjoined with Uranus, the planet of 
 spasmodic action in Scorpio, shows that at certain 
 times the sphincter muscles of the anus are so tightly 
 closed that it is impossible for the diaphragm to 
 move. Under ordinary conditions there is an in- 
 breathing through the anus which regulates the air 
 pressure in the bowels, a fact that is not generally 
 known, but when the sphincter muscles are congested 
 by a configuration of so severe a nature as this one, 
 this automatic regulation stops and the diaphragm 
 is then unable to work with the necessary freedom; 
 therefore the lungs are deprived of the necessary 
 tidal flow of air. So, to relieve this condition an ad- 
 justable mechanical dilator should be used. It should 
 be noted that there are two sphincter muscles to oper- 
 ate upon, the inside one being located just a little way 
 inside the anus. 
 
 After a few treatments of this kind the bowels 
 ; should be kept open by the use of the proper laxative
 
 650 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 foods such as prunes, figs and not forgetting coarse 
 whole wheat bread. 
 
 There is no doubt that this person has resorted 
 to mouth breathing, which has aggravated the throat 
 trouble, but by consistent continuance of the treat- 
 ment here outlined she will soon experience less diffi- 
 culty in breathing and it will then be an easy matter 
 to learn to breathe through the proper channels, the 
 nostrils. 
 
 A healer having Leo on the Ascendant and whose 
 Saturn is not in Virgo would probably be the best one 
 to help this patient. 
 
 No. 28. ACCIDENTS TO HEAD, POOR OXYGENATION 
 
 Good Aspects: Saturn sextile Jupiter, trine 
 Mars and Uranus. 
 
 Bad Aspects: Jupiter opposition Mars and Ura- 
 nus; Moon opposition Venus; Sun and Mercury 
 square Uranus, Mars and Jupiter. 
 
 This is the horoscope of a man born on March 
 16, 1865, at 3 P. M., in England, and it affords a good 
 example of how accidents and also crises are shown 
 in the horoscope. The main affliction comes from the 
 fact that the Sun and Mercury are in close conjunc- 
 tion in the Eighth House, occupied by Pisces. This 
 itself is unfortunate for the reasoning faculty. They 
 are both square to Jupiter in Sagittarius, which also 
 has a strong influence upon the mind. But worst of 
 all, they are square to Mars, the planet of dynamic
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 651 
 
 energy, impulse, etc., and Uranus, the planet of light- 
 ning-like action, which precludes forethought. When 
 action is dictated by this intuition generated under 
 good aspects, all is well and the person is better off 
 than when he is forced to use the comparatively slow 
 
 reason. But when it is generated under the adverse 
 aspects of the square and opposition, it results in such 
 rattle-brained foolhardiness and absolute lack of 
 thought and intelligence that the person is generally 
 mentally incompetent. So we see at the very first 
 glance that we have here before us a person who on
 
 652 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 account of weak mentality is apt to get into trouble 
 and accident*. But the injuries which he has received 
 in consequence of his lack of forethought were all 
 to the head and as the horoscope does not show any 
 serious affliction to Aries, which rules the head, ex- 
 cept that Mars and Mercury, which rule the two 
 hemispheres of the cerebrum, are square, what then 
 caused these accidents, we may ask. and the answer is 
 found in the progression of the Sun, which corre- 
 sponds with the time when this person was injured, 
 the Moon also bearing its part in bringing about these 
 accidents. In 1876. when he was eleven years of age, 
 the Sun and Moon were both in conjunction with 
 Neptune in the sign Aries and at that time he met 
 with an accident which caused the first injury to his 
 head. In 1896 the progressed Sun was in opposition 
 to Saturn from Aries; you will notice that Saturn is 
 retrograde so that although he is in the last degrees 
 of Libra his influence is thrown backward into that 
 sign and works as an opposition between Libra and 
 Aries, affecting the head. The Sun was also parallel 
 to Saturn and this is one of the most inimical influ- 
 ences in the whele gamut, for it destroys all vitality 
 of the person who is under its sway for a number of 
 years. (One of the writers can testify to this from 
 personal experience, having felt it for ten or twelve 
 yean.) At the same time the Moon was in opposition 
 to Mars and Uranus and square to the Sun and Mer- 
 cury at birth, thus there were very severe afflictions
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 653 
 
 at that time and the poor man suffered a considerable 
 injury. 
 
 The third accident came in 1908. at the age of 
 forty-three. At that time the Sun was in opposition 
 to the Moon's radical place and the progressed Moon 
 was in conjunction with Uranus and Mai?s, square to 
 the Sun and Mercury, radix. The opposition of the 
 Sun and Moon occurred from Taurus, which governs 
 the lower part of the head, where he was hurt. 
 
 In consequence of these various accidents the 
 man is now suffering from chronic headaches and he 
 is on the verge of insanity. Various doctors have 
 been called on for advice but no one is able to put his 
 finger on the seat of the trouble. Consulting our 
 ephemeris we find that during the man's lifetime Sat- 
 urn will continue to retrograde further back into 
 Libra, and that his influence in Aries is becoming 
 stronger with every year. Saturn always causes 
 bruises and depression ; we are therefore satisfied that 
 there must be a depression of the skull and an exam- 
 ination should be made to find this and have it re- 
 moved. But the square of the Sun and Mercury to 
 Mars and Uranus in Gemini, which rules the lungs, 
 shows also that there is something the matter with the 
 oxygenation of the system, and Saturn in Libra in- 
 dicates that there is a scarcity of urine. These defects 
 can be remedied by breathing exercises and through 
 regulating the diet. When that is done there will be 
 at least a large measure of relief.
 
 654 
 
 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 A healer with Aries rising, whose Saturn is not 
 in Aquarius, will be best able to look after this 
 patient. 
 
 No. 29. GOITRE 
 
 As the hour of birth of the person in this horo- 
 scope is not known, we place Aries in the First House, 
 Taurus in the second, etc. 
 
 Mercury and the Moon are significators of the 
 mind, and we find them in opposition. This in itself 
 is not a good sign of mentality. We further find that 
 Jupiter in the mercurial sign Gemini is square to
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 655 
 
 Uranus 16-20 and Mars in the other mercurial sign 
 Virgo ; thus all the significators point to a weak, and 
 even an erratic mentality. In the last few years Mer- 
 cury has, moreover, progressed past the natal places 
 of Uranus and Mars, thus accentuating the trouble. 
 
 A person may, however, have a weak mind and 
 yet it may not become entirely unbalanced, provided 
 there are no other malefic aspects in the natal planets 
 or the progressed positions. The person may be con- 
 stitutionally below the stature of the normal mind, 
 and still retain unto the last sufficient hold upon him- 
 self or herself so that it does not become an actual 
 disease . 
 
 When we look for the signs of disability in a 
 horoscope like the present, we turn to the aspects 
 for our information. Saturn, it appears, is in con- 
 junction with the Dragon's Tail, and this adds to his 
 malefic influence ; he is further in conjunction with 
 Neptune in 18 degrees of Taurus, and also with the 
 fixed star Aldebaran in 29 degrees of Taurus. As Sat- 
 urn is the planet of obstruction and Taurus rules the 
 throat we naturally look for some obstruction in that 
 region, and we find that a concretion has taken place, 
 a growth, a crystallization known as Goitre, a disease 
 which also further bears out the indications in the 
 former aspects which we have discussed. 
 
 Were it not for good aspects which we have not 
 hitherto mentioned, namely, the sextile of Saturn 
 to Mercury and its trine to the Moon, this person 
 would certainly have become an inmate of an insane
 
 656 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 asylum, but this is one of the few cases where Saturn 
 really helps, in a material sense, for even his good 
 aspects will obstruct when coming to the other plan- 
 ets, but when this obstruction is applied to the Moon, 
 the flightiest planet of all, and to Mercury, the one 
 next to her in swiftness and instability, both of them 
 significators of mind, Saturn does really help to hold 
 the flighty mind in check, and such a weak mental 
 condition as the one found here will be vastly bene- 
 fited by that aspect, whereas if there are no evil 
 aspects the sextile of Mercury and Saturn will 
 strengthen the mind in a wonderful degree. 
 
 As Saturn in Taurus always affects the functions 
 of the opposite sign Scorpio, namely elimination, it 
 is of great importance to see that both kidneys and 
 bowels act freely with a person like this. Nothing 
 but distilled water should be taken into the system 
 on any account. As the muscles of the neck are al- 
 ways strained in hill and stair climbing, a person 
 with this disease should be housed on a level and on 
 the lower floor of the house. A vegetarian diet con- 
 sisting of uncooked food is preferable to any other, 
 and it is particularly necessary to get the vegetable 
 salts which may tone the body and bring the standard 
 of general health as high as possible; lettuce is the 
 best single vegetable for this purpose.
 
 THIETY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 657 
 
 No. 30. WEAK BACK AND LIMBS, EYE TROUBLE, 
 DEAFNESS 
 
 Good Aspects: The Moon sextile to Uranus and 
 Jupiter; the Sun sextile to Mars. 
 
 Bad Aspects: Saturn opposition to Neptune; 
 the Sun and Mercury square to Jupiter and Uranus. 
 
 This is the horoscope of a young man born on 
 September 6, 1900, at 6 :00 A M., and the disability 
 complained of is a weakness in the back and limbs, 
 which prevents him from moving about normally. 
 
 42
 
 658 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Astrologically we find that this is due to several 
 causes. In the first place, there are four Common 
 signs on the angles, the Sixth House sign, Virgo, be- 
 ing on the Ascendant which governs the condition of 
 the body. It is a vital point in that respect. This in 
 itself shows his somewhat indolent nature and a tend- 
 ency to give up very easily. We also find Mercury, 
 the ruler of the Ascendant, in the Twelfth House, 
 denoting hospitals and chronic illness ; he is square to 
 Jupiter and Uranus, which are placed in Sagittarius, 
 the sign which governs the hips and the great sciatic 
 nerve. The Sun, the giver of life, is also square to 
 Uranus, the planet of irregularity, which is conjoined 
 with Jupiter in Sagittarius. And finally, Saturn, the 
 ruler of the bony structure and its articulations, is 
 placed in Sagittarius in opposition to Neptune, in 
 Gemini. All these configurations naturally tend to 
 bring about the conditions complained of if nothing 
 is done to prevent, and in this case, with four Com- 
 mon, flexible signs on the angles, with the life-giving 
 Sun sextile to Mars, the planet of dynamic energy, 
 and with the Moon' sextile to Jupiter, the planet gov- 
 erning the arterial blood, it is quite possible to obtain 
 relief by means of exercises which will remove the 
 sluggish conditions. 
 
 But we also find other weaknesses of a serious 
 nature latent in this horoscope. Uranus is in con- 
 junction with the nebulous star Antares in Sagit- 
 tarius 8, square to the Sun and Mercury. This im- 
 plies a grave danger to the sight and also to the hear-
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 659 
 
 ing because of Mercury being in the Twelfth House. 
 These conditions can certainly be overcome if the 
 ounce of prevention is applied. We take it that be- 
 cause the man is not able to otherwise occupy himself 
 he is an inveterate reader and this will bring trouble 
 if persisted in. Massage of the head in the region of 
 the eyes and ears, and exercise of the limbs and body 
 will aid in restoring this young man to health, and a 
 healer with Taurus on the Ascendant whose Saturn 
 is not in the patient's Sixth House will probably have 
 the most persistence in the performance of this work. 
 
 No. 31. EYE AND EAR TROUBLE, POOR CIRCULATION 
 
 *Mercury, the significator of mind, rises before 
 the Sun and is in the Twelfth House, conjunction 
 Neptune, its higher octave. This shows that the mind 
 is naturally inclined toward the higher and more spir- 
 itual things of life, though Jupiter square Mercury 
 from the house of mind indicates that under severe 
 afflictions she may at times feel inclined to follow the 
 example of Job and reason with God concerning the 
 hard fate she has to bear. The Moon, which is the 
 other significator of mind, square Venus, shows us 
 that considerable sorrow may be expected in this life ; 
 but the parallel of Venus, the Moon and Sun to Mars 
 gives her the energy and fortitude to bear up under 
 all afflictions; and though, as said, she may feel like 
 murmuring at times, there is no danger of a general 
 despondency. She will always look upon life from a
 
 660 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 much more hopeful angle than even people who are 
 not at all afflicted (in comparison with her), and the 
 strength of her hope is bound to help her in a degree 
 beyond human measure; for even as the person who 
 gives way to worry and melancholy is thereby made 
 
 more unhappy OT unhealthy, so also the per.son who 
 constantly keeps an optimistic spirit is bound to gain 
 thereby correspondingly in health and happiness. 
 The Sun on the Ascendant, even though it is afflicted 
 by a square of Uranus, is nevertheless a valuable asset 
 in recuperation. The Sun sextile Saturn will give her
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 661 
 
 a persistence, a tenacity of life, that will not let go 
 despite all discouragements. 
 
 This lady has been deaf since she was five 
 years of age and this disability is indicated by the 
 position of Mercury in the Twelfth House, by his 
 conjunction to Neptune and his square to Jupiter. 
 This latter aspect indicates that it is sluggish circu- 
 lation of the blood which is responsible for the dis- 
 ability. These aspects of Mercury also make her 
 dumb, particularly because Mercury is in Taurus, 
 which governs the vocal organs. She has nevertheless 
 learned to talk, showing that there is no organic dis- 
 ability but only a functional weakness. 
 
 But these are not all of the poor lady's afflictions. 
 You will notice that the Sun is in Taurus 29. In 
 other words, it is in conjunction with the Pleiades, 
 a nebular spot in the Zodiac. It is also square to 
 Uranus and parallel to Mars. Therefore the eyes are 
 sorely afflicted; one is almost blind, the other not 
 much better, so that there is danger that she may lose 
 her sight entirely. 
 
 On account of her afflictions and the position in 
 which she has been placed, this lady has been unable 
 to get an education. Nevertheless, by persistence, in- 
 dicated by Saturn sextile the Sun, she has accom- 
 plished much. She writes a really beautiful letter 
 which tells how she was in comfortable circumstances 
 up to 1906, when the earthquake in San Francisco 
 deprived her of her all, and still she has not given 
 up hope. Her mental attitude, inspired by her Sun
 
 662 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 parallel Mars and sextile Saturn, is justified in quite 
 a large measure. The trouble comes from Saturn, 
 the planet of obstruction, in Aries, the sign which 
 governs the head, and the squar.e of Jupiter, the 
 planet which governs circulation, to Mercury in Tau- 
 rus, the sign which governs the throat, There are also 
 signs of malnutrition, indicated by the presence of 
 Mars in Cancer, the sign which governs the stomach, 
 square Venus, which governs circulation. If the sys- 
 tem could be given the proper amount and kind of 
 food and the head and neck massaged with special 
 attention to manipulations of the ears and eyes, con- 
 ditions may be considerably relieved and further pro- 
 gress of deterioration stopped. An Aquarian whose 
 Saturn is not in Libra would have a most beneficial 
 effect in this case. 
 
 NO. 32. H/EMORRHOIDS, BLIND, LATENT SPIRITUAL 
 SIGHT 
 
 In the case before us we have not the hour of 
 birth, and will therefore insert the signs in their re- 
 spective Houses, commencing with Aries in the First, 
 Taurus in the Second, etc. This person was born 
 November 27, 1867. 
 
 Good Aspects: Sun and Mars trine Neptune. 
 
 Bad Aspects: The Sun and Mars conjunction 
 to Antares ; Saturn square Jupiter ; Mars conjunction 
 the Moon and Venus; Saturn conjunction Mercury.
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 663 
 
 Regarding the mentality of this person, we find 
 that the con junction of Saturn and Mercury, par- 
 ticularly in the Eighth House sign, Scorpio, clouds 
 the mind with gloom. The Moon, which is the other 
 significator of mind, conjunction to Mars in the Ninth 
 
 House sign, Sagittarius, would have the tendency to 
 make the patient rebellious against misfortune. This 
 tendency is somewhat softened and toned down by 
 the presence of Venus in conjunction with these plan- 
 ets, and we may therefore conclude that this person 
 is apt to be very much depressed in mind whenever
 
 664 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 misfortune overtakes him ; that he rebels, at least in- 
 wardly, very strongly against the blows of fate, 
 though Venus may prevent him from expressing his 
 disappointments. 
 
 With regard to the ailments to which this person 
 is subject, we find in the first place that Jupiter 
 square to Mercury and Saturn, the latter being in 
 Scorpio, which rules the rectum, gives a tendency to 
 constipation and haemorrhoids. This configuration 
 also interferes with the circulation of the arterial 
 blood. His disability is further enhanced by the 
 square of Jupiter to the Sun, the latter planet being 
 ruler of the organ which circulates the vital fluid. 
 
 But there is a great misfortune in this life, com- 
 pared with which the troubles previously mentioned 
 pale into insignificance. The Sun and Mars are in 
 conjunction with the fixed star Antares in eight de- 
 grees of Sagittarius, and this configuration always 
 brings trouble to the eyes, though it may not result in 
 blindness from birth. In the present case the crisis 
 came when the Sun had progressed to the opposition 
 of Uranus, at the same time striking the square to 
 Neptune. In that year the Moon also was in conjunc- 
 tion to Neptune in the sign Aries, which rules the 
 head. This kindled the double fire of Mars and the 
 Sun at birth, with the result that inflammation of the 
 eyes made the man blind beyond hope of recovery. 
 
 It may seem strange that the writers selected this 
 horoscope for analysis, as the patient is beyond help, 
 but it offers certain points which it will be well for
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 665 
 
 the student to impress upon his mind. You will no- 
 tice that Mars is trine to Neptune, and that the Sun 
 is only seven degrees from the exact trine to the same 
 planet. The culmination will be reached before even 
 the vital body is brought to birth. This is a very 
 favorable indication that the spiritual sight may be 
 awakened in this person and that it will compensate, 
 or more than compensate, for the loss of the physical 
 faculty. There is, however, as you will also note, 
 the square of Neptune and Uranus which makes 
 for mediumship ; on that account it would be advis- 
 able for this person to be very closely on his guard 
 during the time when the spiritual faculty is being 
 developed, and until he is perfectly safe and balanced 
 in the other world, and it would be a great privilege 
 for a healer receiving such a case to aid a person 
 stricken by the misfortune of blindness to cultivate 
 the latent faculty shown by the horoscope. 
 
 No. 33. HEART TROUBLE, DROPSY 
 
 Good Aspects: Jupiter trine Mercury; Saturn 
 trine Mars. 
 
 Bad Aspects: Saturn square the Sun, Moon and 
 Venus ; the Moon opposition to the Sun and Venus ; 
 Mercury square Neptune; Mars conjunction Uranus. 
 
 We consider first the mind of this lady, to obtain 
 the key to her condition, for the mind is the most 
 important factor in bringing about disease and cur- 
 ing it. You may call that Christian Science or what-
 
 666 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 ever you please, the fact remains and has been made 
 use of by all successful healers, either consciously or 
 unconsciously, no matter to what school they belong. 
 And there is more healing in a cheery word from the 
 physician in whom the patient has faith, than in all 
 
 his medicines. Conversely, when he gives up hope 
 and makes a long face, the patient dies, unless he 
 'gets mad,' or 'spunky,' as once happened to the 
 writer when he was broken down from overwork. 
 He went to a hospital to get nursing and quiet, and 
 had to engage a regular doctor to comply with the
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 667 
 
 rules. He knew that his condition would not change 
 till the Moon did, but lay patiently waiting, though 
 the case was approaching a crisis, for his mind was 
 too lethargic to set to work; he expected the Moon to 
 do it all at the proper time. But on the day of the 
 New Moon his doctor came in with another, and both 
 had faces a yard long. They did not think he had 
 another hour to live, and he laughed, but it made him 
 'mad,' and he commenced to work on himself with 
 the result that the dropsical swelling which had al- 
 most reached the heart, was gone in a few hours and 
 he was out in the sunshine getting a dose of new life. 
 Before a month had elapsed he had not only left the 
 hospital behind, but had written The Rosicrucian 
 Philosoplnj. There is no doubt that the fluid could 
 not have been eliminated before the change of the 
 Moon, but the co-operation of his mental attitude was 
 necessary to help the lunar forces, and combined with 
 proper action it brought results. Similarly in every 
 case, the right attitude of the mind must be cultivated 
 or cure is impossible. 
 
 This figure shows an unfortunate person, for the 
 mind is in a bad state. Saturn is square to the Sun, 
 Moon and Venus. The Moon, which signifies the in- 
 stinctual mind, is in opposition to the Sun and Venus, 
 robbing life of all joy, making her pessimistic and 
 prone to look only on the dark side. Mercury, the 
 planet of reason, is square to Neptune, the planet of 
 spiritual perception, all testimonies which tell us that 
 nothing we may say is likely to make her cheer up.
 
 668 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Such a poor person is a burden to herself and 
 her associates all through life, so they shun her 
 while she is able to take care of herself, that is to say, 
 while the body is in comparative health, but the af- 
 flictions which make her mentally miserable also have 
 their effect on the body, for as we mould the lines 
 of our face to an exact expression of our habitual 
 mode of thought, so are also our other organs shaped 
 and built by this force, and the evil effects show them- 
 selves as disease. The Sun, Venus and Mercury in 
 the Eighth House indicates that when sickness comes 
 she is going to let it takes its course, she will make 
 no effort to fight for life. 
 
 The nature of her sickness is seen to be heart 
 trouble, from the fact that the Sun is on the cusp of 
 Leo, which governs the heart; in conjunction with 
 Venus, which., governs the venous circulation, and 
 opposed by the Moon, which rules the liquids of the 
 body. The Sun, Venus and the Moon are squared by 
 Saturn, the planet of obstruction, and thus we see 
 that there was a natal tendency to poor heart action 
 and faulty elimination of liquids. 
 
 In 1913 the Sun progressed to the conjunction 
 of Uranus and Mars, and the aspects of the Sun are 
 always effective for three years, one and one-half 
 years before the aspect is exact, and a like period 
 after. Therefore it was still active in 1914, when the 
 Moon progressed to the conjunction of Saturn and 
 thus enlivened this square to the Sun, Moon and 
 Venus. Neptune, the watery planet, also reached the
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 669 
 
 natal Sun by transit, and the poor soul was released 
 by the total obstruction of the liquids ; in other words, 
 the dropsical condition stopped the heart. 
 
 The main effort in .such cases should be to get 
 the person to fight. If she could have been made to 
 see that it was her gloomy outlook on life that was 
 responsible for her sickness and that if she does not 
 fight here and now, she will have a harder fate to 
 face next time, it might have helped. No person who 
 is naturally pessimistic can change over night, but 
 they can do a whole lot to cultivate optimism if given 
 years, and we should strive to inculcate this attitude 
 of mind in all, besides trying to be cheerful ourselves, 
 for that is a healer's greatest asset. 
 
 No. 34. SEX, EYE AND THROAT TROUBLE 
 
 The type of mind is denoted particularly here 
 by the square of Saturn to the Sun. This occurs 
 from Cardinal signs, Saturn being essentially digni- 
 fied and therefore very powerful, while the Sun is in 
 Libra, the sign of its debility and greatest weakness. 
 Life and joy come from the Sun, while Saturn gives 
 gloom and death. Therefore we readily see that this 
 person must be subject to gloom and melancholy. 
 The sextile of Uranus to Mercury, the significator 
 of mind, tells that the person is endowed with an 
 almost uncanny lightning-like intuition, and the 
 square of Uranus to the Moon and Venus shows that 
 she is indiscreet and too weak for her own good. You
 
 670 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 will notice that this square occurs from the Fixed 
 signs, Leo and Scorpio, and it is therefore a condition 
 which would be very difficult to overcome. Leo gov- 
 erns the heart, and Scorpio the generative organs, 
 and thus her secret is told in the horoscope in unmis- 
 
 takable terms. When such secrets of the soul are 
 revealed by this sacred science, it shows us also the 
 hidden springs which are causes of the acts we are 
 only too prone to condemn, and it teaches us that we 
 should pity rather than censure a soul impelled by 
 such an almost irresistible force as here revealed.
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 671 
 
 The act itself should, of course, never be condoned, 
 but the tenderest kindness and the greatest effort to 
 succor should be given to the one who is thus afflicted. 
 The horoscope is, as you know, the clock of des- 
 tiny, and the position taken by the planets at birth 
 give certain tendencies for life. From that natal 
 position the planets move on to different positions 
 with every year that passes, as the hands of a clock 
 move around its face; thus they bring to pass events 
 foreshown at birth. Now you will notice that the Sun 
 is in eleven degrees of Libra in this horoscope, so at 
 nineteen years of age the Sun entered the sign Scor- 
 pio. At twenty-two it reached the conjunction with 
 the Moon and Venus and a couple of years later the 
 square with Uranus was reached. During this period 
 the unfortunate tendency spoken of developed and 
 the seeds of disease w r ere sown which resulted in a 
 number of operations, both in the lower regions and 
 in the throat, for you must remember that the oppo- 
 site is always afflicted. The generative organ can 
 never be hurt without in some measure its counter- 
 part, the larynx and throat, also being affected. Dur- 
 ing the years which have intervened between that 
 time and 1914 the Sun had pursued its path through 
 Scorpio, and reached the affliction of Jupiter, which 
 occurs from the sign Leo in 23 degrees. This square 
 was also augmented by the fact that the Moon in its 
 circle around the horoscope had been going through 
 Taurus, so that was an opposition of the progressed 
 Sun and Moon, both of them squaring the planet
 
 672 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 Jupiter at the same time. The Sun's square to 
 Jupiter will for a few years be an affliction to this 
 poor person. Uranus at birth was also on the Aseelli 
 in Leo, the nebulous spot that is so dangerous to the 
 eyes, and from there it squares the Moon. This, also, 
 is another danger which faces this person, for, as you 
 know, eye trouble is very often the accompaniment 
 of indiscretion. 
 
 Now comes the question, what can be done for 
 thi^ poor person, and, as we have often stated, the 
 first effort should be toward instilling hope into the 
 mind. Persons suffering with melancholy are always 
 centering their thoughts upon self, always seeing 
 their own desperate position which appears to them 
 more hopeless than that of any other. If their in- 
 terest can be diverted from self then the battle is 
 more than half won; that should be the first consid- 
 eration of the healer. 
 
 A simple diet should be prescribed and no highly 
 seasoned dishes permitted a person of this nature. 
 The sextile of Uranus to the Sun and Mercury and 
 the trine of Neptune to Jupiter shows that an appeal 
 along the higher lines, an appeal to the better and 
 nobler nature will not meet with a rebuff and it is 
 possible on account of these positions to elevate this 
 person's ideas and ideals so that she may become a 
 servant of humanity instead of driftwood upon the 
 ocean of life. You will note that all the planets are 
 in Cardinal and Fixed signs, that the Common signs 
 are void of planets, therefore there is a great deal of
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 673 
 
 hope. There is energy in this person, and when this 
 energy has been turned in the right direction, when 
 she has become thoroughly aroused, then the great 
 sinner may become the great saint, and a blessing to 
 humanity. 
 
 No. 35. SOLITARY VICE, TUBERCULOSIS 
 
 Good Aspects: Neptune trine Uranus; Uranus 
 sextile the Moon. 
 
 Bad Aspects: Mars conjunction Venus; Sun 
 conjunction Saturn; Uranus square Mercury; Nep- 
 tune opposition the Moon.
 
 674 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 This is the horoscope of a lady born May 21, 
 1883, at 5 A.M., Longitude 88 West, Latitude 44 
 North, and the student will at once note that five of 
 the nine planets are placed in the Twelfth House, 
 which governs sorrow, trouble, and self-undoing. 
 This has been a characteristic feature in the life. We 
 may also call attention in passing to the placement 
 of Jupiter in the Second House. Jupiter is the planet 
 of opulence and here he is strong in his exaltation 
 sign Cancer, but he is entirely unaspected. The lady 
 is a competent worker in her vocation, stenography 
 and bookkeeping, but has, nevertheless, found herself 
 unable to obtain employment at various times and 
 has been at those times on the verge of starvation. 
 
 With respect to the mental qualities we find that 
 Mercury is square to Uranus, and the Moon in oppo- 
 sition to Neptune. This makes her skeptical, critical, 
 very peculiar and spasmodic in her mental processes, 
 with an extremely morbid imagination. Uranus is 
 placed in the Fifth House, governing courtship and 
 the relation among the sexes prior to marriage, and 
 therefore, squared to Mercury, it indicates an uncon- 
 ventional turn of the mind, with a tendency to pro- 
 miscuous relations, involving public criticism and 
 slancfer. That in itself is an extremely unfortunate 
 configuration and condition in a life, but it is only 
 one of a number of afflictions which point in the same 
 direction, for in the Twelfth House, the house of 
 sorrow, trouble, and self-undoing, we find Mars, the 
 planet of dynamic energy, conjoined with Venus, the
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 675 
 
 planet of love, in the fiery sign Aries, another in- 
 flammatory sex condition; and last, but not least, we 
 note Neptune in Taurus, opposition to the Moon in 
 Scorpio, which governs the generative organs. This 
 latter is the worst of all for it makes the mind almost 
 insane upon this subject, conjuring up before the 
 imagination morbid pictures, and where the config- 
 uration occurs from the Sixth and Twelfth Houses 
 it is a certain indication of inveterate self-abuse. 
 Naturally such practices in time undermine the health 
 and disease shows itself in the weakest parts of the 
 body according to the indications of the horoscope. 
 In the present case we find Saturn on the cusp of 
 Gemini in conjunction with the Sun. Gemini is the 
 sign which rules the lungs, and the conjunction as. 
 we see is almost exact, wanting only 26 minutes. Thus 
 the cold, crystallizing saturnine forces are harden- 
 ing the lungs and producing the disease we know as 
 tuberculosis, which is slowly sapping her vitality and 
 carrying her toward an early grave. It may be noted 
 in passing that the lady 's mother succumbed to tuber- 
 culosis at the very moment when she gave birth to 
 this child and Mars by progression has now arrived 
 close to the place of Neptune at birth. This will un- 
 fortunately in all probability accentuate the morbid 
 craving indicated by Neptune opposition to the Moon, 
 so that if left to herself the end will not be very 
 far off. 
 
 Tuberculosis though serious is not, however, nec- 
 essarily fatal if she can be put under restraint so
 
 76 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 that it becomes impossible for her to gratify her pas- 
 sion that saps her vitality by solitary vice. Thus the 
 spells of gloom which are also resultant from the 
 conjunction of Saturn and the Sun in the Twelfth 
 House can be overcome if she can be given a brighter 
 outlook upon life. Then the usual measures employed 
 against tuberculosis may probably also save her. She 
 has an intense attraction for the occult, indicated by 
 the exact trine of Neptune and Uranus, also by Ura- 
 nus sextile to the Moon. By playing upon those 
 strings and giving her a new interest in life it may 
 be possible to win her away from her present morbid 
 channels of thought. At any rate salvation from the 
 evil configurations should always be sought through 
 the good aspects and substituting the higher for the 
 lower may help this poor soul out of her condition. 
 Very little can be done physically until the mental 
 condition is changed. A healer with either Libra or 
 Aquarius rising and whose Saturn is not in Scorpio 
 would be beneficial, but much firmness is needed here 
 and therefore probably the Fixed sign would be 
 preferable. 
 
 No. 36. HORNY, VENEREAL GROWTHS AND KIDNEY 
 TROUBLE 
 
 Good Aspects: Mercury sextile Jupiter. 
 
 Bad Aspects: The Sun conjunction Uranus; 
 Mars conjunction Venus; Neptune square to Sat-
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 677 
 
 The Moon is unaspected. 
 
 This is the horoscope of a young man born in 
 Boynton, Missouri, October 11, 1889, at 6:00 P.M. 
 It is a strange case which has puzzled all the doctors 
 who have been consulted. About five years ago all 
 
 the joints in arms, limbs and neck commenced to 
 grow stiff, so that by degrees he became unable to 
 move. At the same time there appeared, instead of 
 the nails, a strange horny growth on fingers and toes ; 
 this grows to a certain length or stage of development 
 and then it begins to suppurate. This facilitates the
 
 678 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 removal of the growth and when that has been com- 
 pleted the suppuration ceases, but immediately a new 
 growth begins to form. Lately the jaws have also 
 commenced to grow stiff, so that now the young man 
 can no longer eat with comfort. 
 
 The very first glance at the horoscope shows us 
 Uranus, the planet of spasmodic action, in conjunc- 
 tion with the Sun, and being in the sign Libra, which 
 rules the kidneys. We also note that Uranus is par- 
 allel with Mars, the planet of dynamic energy; this 
 shows at once that the action of the kidneys is spas- 
 modic and irregular so that instead of the poisons 
 being eliminated from the body by these organs they 
 are retained and naturally contaminate the whole sys- 
 tem. B.ut we also find that this patient is poisoned 
 to a greater extent than ordinarily by a venereal dis- 
 ease contracted about seven or eight years ago ; this 
 is shown as a tendency in the natal horoscope by the 
 conjunction of Mars, the planet of dynamic energy, 
 with Venus, the planet of love, in the Fifth House, 
 which governs courtship and the relations of the 
 sexes before marriage. Saturn is also there with his 
 obstructive hand and square to Neptune, the planet 
 which governs strange and unusual conditions. He 
 is in the sign Gemini, which rules the hands and fin- 
 gers. About seven years ago, when the Moon was in 
 Pisces by progression, the sign which governs the 
 toes, it was in opposition to Venus, Mars and Saturn 
 and square to Neptune. We base our judgment that 
 the disease was contracted at that time 011 the fact
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 679 
 
 that the afflicting planets are in Common or flexible 
 signs and it could have been avoided without much 
 effort. As it is, the most drastic measures for puri- 
 fication of the blood must be adopted; the patient 
 should be brought to California, treated with daily 
 sunbaths to facilitate copious perspiration, and given 
 nothing but water and fruit juices until the system 
 has been cleansed. 
 
 PLANETARY HOURS 
 
 Measures for the alleviation of pain and disease 
 cannot always be deferred to a propitious time, but 
 where that is possible the student will find that reme- 
 dial treatments given under the propitious planetary 
 rays are much more efficient and successful than 
 when applied haphazard. Therefore the following 
 hints may be found valuable. 
 
 Surgeons who have watched and tabulated these 
 matters inform us that the operations performed 
 while the Moon is increasing in light (see p. 521) are 
 generally more successful, less liable to cause compli- 
 cations and more quickly healed than operations per- 
 formed when the Moon is decreasing in light. 
 
 When a surgical operation seems unavoidable 
 consult the ephemeris and if the Moon is going 
 through the sign which rules that part of the body 
 where the operation is to be performed defer it for a 
 day or two till the Moon gets well into the next sign. 
 This will minimize the danger of complications, and
 
 680 THE MESSAGE OF THE STARS 
 
 not infrequently the symptoms change so that opera- 
 tion is avoided. 
 
 Always look to the benefics and the good aspects 
 in a horoscope for directions concerning how, and 
 when to treat. Suppose the Sun, the giver of life, is 
 square to Saturn, the planet of stagnation and death. 
 The tendency is to rob the person of vitality and if he 
 is taken ill recuperation will be very slow. Then, to 
 give the most effective and energizing treatment ap- 
 ply the principle of the day and hour rulers as given 
 in our Simplified Scientific Astrology, choose the 
 Sun's day (Sunday) and the hours ruled by the Sun 
 on any day. Treatments on Mars' day (Tuesday) 
 and the hours ruled by Mars on any day, will also 
 build up wonderfully. Similarly with the other plan- 
 ets, their virtue and power is greatest during the days 
 ruled by them. 
 
 But the so-called malefics also have their virtues. 
 Poultices intended to draw suppuration from a 
 wound, or bring a boil to a head are most efficacious 
 on the hot and inflammatory Mars' day (Tuesday), 
 or in the hours of Mars on any day, but applications 
 made to disperse a swelling are most successful when 
 applied on the day of Saturn, the planet of suppres- 
 sion, or in his hours on any day. 
 
 Treatments received on the day and in the hours 
 of the planets which are well aspected in the patient's 
 horoscope are always more powerful and beneficial 
 than they would be if given in the hours and on the 
 days ruled by planets afflicted when he was born.
 
 THIRTY-SIX EXAMPLE HOROSCOPES 681 
 
 Six tables of Planetary Hours covering the twelve 
 months, usable for both North and South Latitude, 
 will be found in Simplified Scientific Astrology. 
 
 CONCLUSION 
 
 We have now given an exposition of the methods 
 we use in diagnosis of disease. This we trust will 
 enable the student to work out the subject for himself 
 or herself in greater detail. And as he or she uses 
 it unselfishly to aid suffering human beings, the spir- 
 itual qualities will be developed in each so that The 
 Message of the Stars revealed in each horo.scope will 
 be as an open book. Thus used, this wonderful 
 science will aid him or her to lay up treasures in 
 heaven, as nothing else in the world can do. And we 
 pray God that this book may be the means of foster- 
 ing soul growth in all who aspire to follow the dual 
 commandment of Christ: 
 
 "Preacli the Gospel and heal the sick." 
 
 IMPORTANT NOTICE 
 
 Despite all we can say, many people write en- 
 closing money for horoscopes, forcing us to spend 
 valuable time writing letters of refusal and giving us 
 the trouble of returning their money. Please do not 
 thus annoy us, it will avail you nothing. We use 
 Astrology only for healing purposes and if you are 
 sick we will gladly help you, but we do not advise 
 people in worldly affairs either gratis or for pay.
 
 INDEX 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Evolution as Shown in the Zodiac 3 
 
 Early Atlantean Epoch ( f V5) 14 
 
 Middle Atlantean Epoch ( n / ) 15 
 
 Later Atlantean Epoch ( y -m_ ) 16 
 
 Aryan Epoch ( T =^= ) 25 
 
 Piscean Age ( ^ rrg) 25 
 
 Aquarian Age (?$l) * 27 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 The Measure of Amenability to Planetary Vibra- 
 tions 30 
 
 Mystery of Light, Color and Consciousness 52 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 Were You Born Under a Lucky Star? 55 
 
 Amulets, Birthstones and Planetary Colors 60 
 
 When Is the Best Time to Be Born? 67 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 Reading the Horoscope. Introductory 70 
 
 Mundane Houses 72 
 
 Signs of the Zodiac 79 
 
 Cardinal Signs 80 
 
 Fixed Signs 81 
 
 Common Signs 83 
 
 Comparative Effect of Cardinal, Fixed and Com- 
 mon Signs on the Angles 84 
 
 Triplicities 86 
 
 Sun, Moon and Ascendant 87 
 
 The Rising Sign 88 
 
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 INDEX 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 Influence of the Twelve Signs. 92 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 Intrinsic Nature of the Planets. . 112 
 
 CHAPTCR VII. 
 
 Children, of the Twelve Signs 119 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 Sun, the Giver of Life 140 
 
 Sun in the Twelve Houses 144 
 
 Sun in the Twelve Signs 150 
 
 Sun in Aspect with Other Planets 156 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 Venus, the Planet of Love 169 
 
 Venus in the Twelve Houses 171 
 
 Venus in the Twelve Signs 177 
 
 Venus in Aspect with Other Planets 185 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 Mercury, the Planet of Reason 192 
 
 Mercury in the Twelve Houses 195 
 
 Mercury in the Twelve Signs 201 
 
 Mercury in Aspect with Other Planets 207 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 Moon, the Planet of Fecundation 217 
 
 Moon in the Twelve Houses 220 
 
 Moon in the Twelve Signs 225 
 
 Moon in Aspect with Other Planets 231 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 Saturn, the Planet of Sorrow 244 
 
 Saturn in the Twelve Houses 249 
 
 Saturn in the Twelve Signs 255 
 
 Saturn in Aspect with Other Planets 261
 
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 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 Jupiter, the Planet of Benevolence 274 
 
 Jupiter in the Twelve Houses 278 
 
 Jupiter in the Twelve Signs 285 
 
 Jupiter in Aspect to Other Planets 292 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 Mars, the Planet of Action 303 
 
 Mars in the Twelve Houses 308 
 
 Mars in the Twelve Signs 316 
 
 Mars in Aspect with Other Planets 327 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 Planetary Octaves : tjr - $ and J# - $ 341 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 Uranus, the Planet of Altruism 347 
 
 Uranus in the Twelve Houses 349 
 
 Uranus in the Twelve Signs 359 
 
 Uranus in Aspect with Other Planets 366 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 Neptune, the Planet of Divinity 380 
 
 Neptune in the Twelve Houses 383 
 
 Neptune in the Twelve Signs 389 
 
 Neptune in Aspect with Other Planets 396 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 Doctrine of Delineation in a Nutshell 405 
 
 Table of Planetary Keywords 407 
 
 Elevation, Exaltation and Critical Degrees 409 
 
 Mercury Before or After the Sun 412 
 
 Are You Helping Your Stars? 413 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 Mind and the Ruling Planet 419 
 
 Influence of Ruling Planets, Well Aspected 421 
 
 Influence of Ruling Planets, Afflicted 427 
 
 Mental Effects of Rising Sign 433
 
 INDEX 685 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 Your Luck in Life 438 
 
 Health and Disease 438 
 
 Social and Financial Fortunes 442 
 
 Vocation 444 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 Marriage and Offspring 448 
 
 Harmony and Discord 451 
 
 Men's Marriages 452 
 
 Women's Marriages 455 
 
 Happiness, Sorrow and Bereavement 457 
 
 Second Marriages 458 
 
 Description of the Husband or Wife 458 
 
 Children 460 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 Progression of the Horoscope Fate and Freewill 462 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 Different Methods of Progression 467 
 
 Adjusted Calculation Date 470 
 
 Progression of the Angles 480 
 
 Some Important Points 485 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 Progressed Solar Directions 488 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 Progressed Lunar Directions 499 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 Mutual Aspects of the Planets 512 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 Transits 521 
 
 The Moon Increasing or Decreasing 521
 
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 PART II. 
 MEDICAL ASTROLOGY 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 Astro-Diagnosis of Disease 528 
 
 An Important Warning 52 j) 
 
 Planetary Polarities 532 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 
 Law of Correspondences 540 
 
 Signs, Pathogenic Effects of 541 
 
 Sun, Pathogenic Effects of 544 
 
 Mercury, Pathogenic Effects of 549 
 
 Moon, Pathogenic Effects of. 551 
 
 Saturn, Pathogenic Effects of 553 
 
 Jupiter, Pathogenic Effects of 556 
 
 Mars, Pathogenic Effects of 559 
 
 Uranus, Pathogenic Effects of 564 
 
 Neptune, Pathogenic Effects of 566 
 
 The Ductless Glands 568 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 
 Thirty-six Example Horoscopes 579 
 
 No. 1. Conception in a drunken Debauch 579 
 
 No. 2. Elemental Possession 582 
 
 No. 3. Heart and Eye Trouble, Spiritual Sight 588 
 
 No. 4. Eye Trouble 591-594 
 
 No. 5. Eye Trouble 593 
 
 Dragon's Head and Tail ( gj y ) 594 
 
 No. 6. Broken Femur 597 
 
 No. 7. Ear Disease 599 
 
 No. 8. Ear Disease, Kidney Trouble, Consti- 
 pation 601 
 
 No. 9. i 
 
 No. 10. [ Throat and Genitals 602, 603, 604 
 
 No. 11. ' 
 
 Disorders of the Mind.. ,.604
 
 INDEX 687 
 
 No. 12. Melancholy Suicidal Tendency 608 
 
 No. 13. St. Vitus Dance and Adolescence 610 
 
 No. 14. Suicide and Alcoholism 611 
 
 No. 15. St. Vitus Dance and Tuberculosis 613 
 
 No. 16. Tuberculosis 614 
 
 No. 17. Digestive Disorder and Asthma 615 
 
 No. 18. Digestive Disorder 616 
 
 No. 19. Heart Trouble 618 
 
 No. 20. Curvature of the Spine 619 
 
 No. 21. Kidney Trouble, Accidents 620 
 
 No. 22. Accidental Fractures 622 
 
 No. 23. Insanity and Spirit Control 635 
 
 No. 24. Heart Failure, Spasms 638 
 
 No. 25. Heart, Lung and Kidney Trouble 641 
 
 No. 26. Tuberculosis 644 
 
 No. 27. Adenoids and Constipation 647 
 
 No. 28. Accidents to Head 651 
 
 No. 29. Goitre 654 
 
 No. 30. Eye and Ear Trouble, Weak Back 657 
 
 No. 31. Eye and Ear Trouble, Poor Circulation 660 
 
 No. 32. Blindness, Haemorrhoids 663 
 
 No. 33. Heart Trouble, Dropsy 666 
 
 No. 34. Diseased Throat and Genitals 670 
 
 No. 35. Solitary Vice, Tuberculosis 673 
 
 No. 36. Horny Venereal Growths 677 
 
 Planetary Hours 679 
 
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