Modcrp Astrology

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(ESTABLISHED 1890)

A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO OCCULT

THOUGHT AND THE STUDY OF HUMANITY

BE WISE—" Knowledge puts an end to pain"

VOLUME VIII. NEW SERIES

[O/d Series, XXII.]

Containins: all the numbers for the year 1911

Editor—ALAN LEO
(Sub-Editor—Alfred H. Barley)

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 CONTENTS.—VOL. VUi.

(H.B.—FOU DETAILED INDEX SEE END OF VOLUME)

Angel and the Scientist, The ; a Fable

An Historic Event r
Astrology as an Aid in the Education of Children ; by
Oliver Lowe 406
Astrological Connndrnm, An 400
Astrology—A Dialogue : by Arthur Mee 295
Astrology in relation to Children 6
Astrological Society, The 302
Birthplace and Genius : by " Euodao " 448
Calendar for July 277
Calendar for August 325
Calendar for September 356
Calendar for October 401
Calendar for November 442
Childhood : by Alan Leo 443
Dragon's Head and Tail, The 25G
Fate wm/s Freewill: a Layman's view - 363
FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY,
THE: by G. E. Sutcliffe, Membey of the Leeds Astro-
nomical Society. Art. IV. PRACTICAL ASTRO-
LOGY : The Exact Measurement of Planetary
Influences.
Part. XXII. Summary and Recapitulation, 124
Fourth Cycle of the Moon, The 258
German Agency, Our 96
Heavenly Man, The ; by Bessie Leo
Hindu Astrology: Two Reviews by H. S. Green
Horary Astrology ; A Question of Health
Horoscopes of Remarkable People ;—
I. The late E. Dawson Rogers, Editor of Lfg/t/.• by " Sarastro,"
106; II. The Author of The Gospel of Life: by the Editor, 152;
III, A Human Document, 196; IV. A Strong Twelfth HQUSQ.ItU
fluence, 228 ; V. Changeling or Count
 CONTENTS

Human Aura made Visible, The

Imporiaiice of Angular Positions, The
Important Notice
Indivitlnal Horoscope vtrsus National or Communal Disa-
bilities, The
Individual Horoscopes and National Destiny; by the Editor
Kepi.i;k's IIoroscope of Wai.lenstf.in : v.-ith notes on
that great General's career
King Solomon, A Nativity for
Lellt rs to the Editor ;—
How to (iml an unltnown Asceiulant: ttic " Noon-l'oint " Method,
A suggestion and a Theory with an Kxample, 84 ; ISorn to Die, 88 ;
To Wed or not to Wed ? 132: The Cardinal Type. 176 : "To Wed
or not to Wed ? " 21C: Prize Competition No. 17, 217 ; Dreams the
Profit of Sleep, 218; The Sixth House and its Helalion to Health,
218; Preferential Marketing, 219; Damaged in Transit, 220; A
Prize Winner's Suggestion, 220; Dogmatism. 2O3: The Real Self
and the Horoscope, 307; Specialisation needed in Mundane Astro-
logy, 308 ; The Daylight Saving Hill, 308; Post Office Difficulties.
347; Sun'sEntry into Birth Sign, Lucky Number, 347; The Planet
Isis, 348; '' Vibrations, Waves and Reincarnation Cyles," 350; In.
dian Astrology in relation to Palmistry, 351; "Individual Horos-
copes aud National Destiny," 395; Astrology and Theosophy,
396; Aries or Leo? 438; Individual Horoscopes and National
Destiny, 438; Neptune in Dreams, 440 ; Astrology and Theosophy,
473; The Ruling Sign of Great Britain, 474 ; Does Death End All
Influence? 475.
Mundane Astrology : The January Lunation, 44 ; A Fore-
cast for the Year, ign : by H. S. Green, 48
Observatory, The Editor's :—
1.45; Our Journey to the East; Adventures and Misadventures,
89 : The Diary of a Busy Day—" Rents in the veil of time," 133 ;
Burmese and other so-called " Astrology "—Pertinent Criticism,
177 ; From East to West, 221; " Wake up England " ! Theosophists
and Astrology. 265; Modern Astrology s Coming of Age, 309 ; The
Real Self and the Horoscope, 353; The Order of the Star in the
East; " The Riddle of Life "—A Recommendation, 397.
Practical Suggestion, A: by Arthur Mee
Prayer of Beaten Men, The {poem)
Prize Competitions, Particulars of:—No. 18, 175; No. 19,
430-
Prize Competitions, Results of:—No. 17, Statement by the
Sub-Editor, no; No. 18, The Nativity of Mr. Felix
H. White, with Delineation and Comments, 364.
Progressed Aspects. The Effect of
Reference Index to Vol. VIII.
IV CONTliNTS

Reviews :—
Ths Seven Rays of Development. 129 ; Vibralioni, Waves and Re-
incarnation Cycles, 130; Hindu Astrology, two reviews by H. S.
Green, 260; The Apocalypse Unsealed, by James M. Pryse, 304 :
From Pioneer to Poet, by Isabelle M. Pagan. 305: Pibliotheca
Astrologica, 343; The Judgment of Paris, 345; Rosicrucian
Teachings, 431 ; The Co-Mason, 434 ; Astronomy lor Boy Scouts
and others, 435.
Royal Directions. A Study of the Current Directions
operating in the Nativities of Reigning Sovereigns:
hy IT. S. Green - 11
Self-Sacrifice, or Revolution ? by Alan Leo 357
Solar System, Our : by Annie Besant 172
Some Thoughts on the Watery Triplicity ; by Gertrude
de Bielski
Stars and Human Destiny, The: by Bessie Leo
Strikes and Planetary Cycles: by Alan Leo
Theosophy in the Light of Astrology ; by Alan Leo
"Thought Waves": Items gleaned from All Sources hy
Correspondents Everywhere, 126, 341 ; Musicians'
Months, A week end of remarkable Tragedies, 392;
The Lord's Prayer, 470.
True Value of Aristocracy and Democracy: from the
standpoint of a Student of Astrology 97
Twentieth Century, First Decade of the: The Fulfilment
of a Prophecy - - 269
Uranus in Mundane Astrology : by II. S. Green 313
VALUE OF ASTROLOGY TO THE WORLD,
THE : A Symposium
Zodiacal Types in Literature ; by Agnes Cook -
Zodiacal and Planetary Temperaments, The (SrWcj) ;—
Chap. XI. The Sign Cancek ;—Part I., The Meaning of Home.
30; PnW II.. The Fourth Commandment. 64. 113. Chap. XI. The
Sign Cancer :—Part III., Various Essays, 157 ; Part IV., Summary
and Conclusion, 208; CAa^. XII., The Sign Leo :—Part I.. The
Fifth Commandment. 231. CAa/1. XI1 , The Sign Leo Pad II.,
Some Criticisms and a Reply, 285, 326 ; Parllll., Other Essays,
376. Chap. XIII., The Soli-Lunar Temperament, 418, 458.

Corrigenda : —P. 88, line 12, 1909 should be 3910; 228, see p. 284 ; 268,
273, see p. 332.
Modern Itetrologi?

A Journal Devoted to the Search for Truth Concekking Astrologv

Vol. VIII. JANUARY, ign. No. i.

New Series.

®&itor'a (©bfierbatorij
Once more I find myself writing a New Year's "Observatory "
while eit route for the Far East. The year that has passed has been
an eventful one, and much work of a satisfactory character has been
accomplished during the year igio.
A long voyage gives a splendid opportunity to reflect upon the
past, especially when that past has been fully occupied with many
and varied activities. On looking over the past year and surveying
the present outlook, I cannot help realising that a very rapid spread
of astrological thought is actually taking place. My review of the
past twelve months recalls many interesting and amusing stories that
have been told to me by my numerous well-wishers, all going to
prove how very seriously Astrology is being studied by those who
would not have considered this possible only a few years ago.
I will relate the latest of these stories, which I heard on the day I
left England. It was told me by the manager of oneof the Banks with
which I have business dealings. He told me that a lady customer of
the bank, to his great surprise, while speaking of the recent "cellar
murder" in London, remarked that the murderer Dr. Crippen must
have been born under very unfavourable stellar influences, and
expressed her firm belief that some men were born to become
murderers, whilst others could not bear to injure a fly, and that much
of our weal or woe in life depended upon the aspects of the star under
which we were born. The Bank Manager added that she was a veiy
2 MODERN ASTROLOGY
practical business woman, and appeared to be quite earnest in her '
belief in Astrology.
* ♦*
The knowledge of my going to India again has brought several
encouraging letters, and I feel a pleasurable pride in publishing one of
them, owing to the genuine expression of good feeling that it contains,
but it is only one of many I have received from those whose lives have
been made happier through coming into touch with astrologic
thought by my indirect agency.
I have long since outgrown the desire foi appreciation or personal
encouragement, but there are many who read this magazine who
are apt to think that I am holding extreme views where Astrology
is concerned, and that I stand alone in this respect; to those who
so think, I commend the following letter, with the assurance that
1 could produce quite a number of a similar character.
Dear Mr. Leo,
I have been informed that you are likely soon to be leaving
England again, and I do not wish this time to lose the opportunity
of expressing the wish that you may have many happy experiences
during your absence, and a safe and pleasant return. What I have
said I would apply also to Mrs. Leo, who is to accompany you.
For my own part I have come to look upon you as in some sense
my physical plane Guru, my planets in Sagittarius appearing to bring
me benefit through the contact with your Leo and Aries magnetism;
It is scarcely too much to say that no writings of modern times
have impressed me so much or influenced me so deeply as yours.
Your extraordinary faculty of going to the point, and of clinching a
question, especially appeals to me. I remember having an instance
of this 'clinching' quality pointed out to me by Mr. Barley, and I
have learnt to perceive it myself. You appear to me to have the con-
sciousness of great power attained, and put into your hands, and with
this consciousness the knowledge that love of power for its own sake
is really a weakness, or becomes such sooner or later—though it may
be the weakness of a strong character.
Again, there is one point which you teach far more clearly than
any other astrologer of whom I am aware, and that is the enormous
potentiality of even the obscurest natal figure for the native who can
learn to interpret it, and to act in harmony with his higher intuition
of it. You are well aware, I think, that Astrology is still a secret to
most, though it is now—and this largely through your own instru-
mentality—more or less an open secret.
It is not always so easy for me to express gratitude so sincerely
and unreservedly as I feel able to do for the help which has come to
me through the influence which you have been enabled, directly or
 THE EDITOR'S OHSERVATORY 3
indirectly, to bring to bear upon my life. Others may doubtless
express similar impressions of your work, but for the moment I am
frankly only concerned to give my own, and to ask you to accept for
Mrs. Leo as well as for yourself kind remembrances and good wishes
from
Yours faithfully,
October 2yd, igio. A T .
P.S.—I have examined with great interest your latest book, and
find there new touches of the penetrating quality of which I have
spoken; for instance—in connection with reading—the peculiar
influence of the mind on the body in the case of people who have
Mercury in the fourth.
❖ v- *
During my daily reviews I have pondered over the extraordinary
expansions of consciousness that take place when one visits the East.
I have many times heard it said that one is never the same after
travelling over Indian soil. I cannot understand why this should
be, but with me it certainly is not fancy, for quite two months after
my return to London I found my mind wider and bigger, in a manner
that is difficult to explain, and I know that it is equally difficult for
others to understand : one sees more, and in some way understands
more, and comes into closer touch with the consciousness of others.
I make no pretence to having awakened any psychic faculties,
therefore the following illustration is as inexplicable to myself as it
will be to the majority who read this. I was walking in a meditative
mood over Hampstead Heath on a Sunday morning, and on meeting
three young ladies (whom I had never seen before), of them seemed
for a few brief moments to be myself; or, to be more accurate, I
seemed to have entered into her consciousness, and to have felt and
thought as she did, and this lasted for a few minutes. I related the
experience to my wife, who is naturally psychic, and she at once
replied : " It is a recollection of a former reincarnation, when you
had a similar consciousness."
This may or may not be a correct explanation, nevertheless I
certainly have '* sensed " or understood people better than I did before;
and if another dip into an Eastern atmosphere expands my conscious-
ness at the same rate, I shall expect to return a little wiser than I
was before.
* s
In the spacious saloon of the s.s. " Morea," where I am penning
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these notes, there is a ceiling picture representing Mercury, with winged
cap and shoes, and holding the Caduceus, treading the waves of a tur-
bulent sea—and below the picture are the words " And now good Hermes
leads the way over these gentle rising waves." His right hand he is holding
out to Aphrodite, who is seated in a conch surrounded by an abundance
of white foam.
This beautiful picture suggests to my mind a good story that
could be written for children out of our astrological symbology.
The plan should be a great field, or rather country, representing
the zodiacal signs, and the planets should be symbolised by human
figures personifying the Vices and the Virtues.
Mars, the God of Courage and of War, should beplottingto gain
temporal power by attempting to seize all the cities—which should be
named after the signs of the Zodiac. Venus as a lovely maiden comes
upon the scene when the four quarters of the earth have been taken
(the physical body), and Mars who is just about to plan
an attack upon y-Sb-NT™ (t^16 Soul) meets Venus at the gate
of the fixed signs—the heart. Her grace and beauty overcome
him, and she throws a spell over the warrior which he cannot see.
Finally, when he is captive in the city of the heart, Mercury, as the
spirit of mischief, teases him with a memory of his past conquests
and arouses within him the passion for destruction and violence,
causing him to arise and put on his armour; he is just girding on
his sword when an old hermit—Jupiter —enters, and informs him that
while he has been gossiping with the spirit of ceaseless mischief the
old and wicked priest of the Temple—Saturn—has made Venus cap-
tive and is using her as a decoy to ensnare the youths of the city, and
in consequence they are plunged into endless disputation and hair-
splitting mental subtleties. On hearing this the temper of Mars
instantly changes from passion to heroism, and he sets forth upon a
righteous battle, and finally he leads his army to the city of peace
(ii-i>E-^ - 9{) where the spirit of mischief turns out to have been an
angel in disguise, and the Hermit to be Zeus himself—the Father of
the Gods.
* 4= «
There is no author's copyright in this skeleton plot of a story for
children. It may perhaps commend itself to the plucky and self-
sacrificing Editors of the Lotus Journal (a journal, by the way, that
 THE EDITOK'S OBSERVATORy 5
all our subscribers who have children should help to support); but if
not, then some one of our many literary co-workers might work it up
for this magazine. At least it may supply a bent or a stimulus to
some astrological student who has the poetic gift, so that the deep
laws of life which underlie astrological teachings may receive a
presentment which will commend them to the imagination of children
as well as to the intellect of men.
❖ * *
From all parts of the world I am now receiving questions regard-
ing Astrology which shew how deep an interest intelligent persons are
taking in our studies. The publication during recent years of over a
score of books dealing with Natal Astrology alone, appears to be
mainly responsible for the idea which is spreading that Astrology may
yet solve many of our serious social problems.
The last American mail brought the following question : Do yon
think Astrology should bt taught in our public schools ? If so, can you say
if you think a general knowledge of Astrology would he of benefit to the world ?
Now it is obvious that I do think that Astrology would be of
benefit to the world, or I should not be engaged in such an extensive
propaganda work as is now occupying my attention; but to this, as
to all other serious questions, there are reservations, and I will
endeavour to answer these questions more fully in next month's
" Observatory."

We are again reluctantly obliged to bold over Kepler's Horoscope of

Walleustein, owing to want of space.
Special attention is directed to Mr. H. S. Green's monumental article
on " Royal Directions," in which the current directions of those Reigning
Sovereigns given in our 'Royal Number' for July, jgio, are successively
dealt with. The introductory remarks on p. n are most instructive and
should be read by every student.
Next issue will have as its special feature Mundane Astrology, the
influences for the whole of the year 1911 being examined sequentially by
Mr. H. S. Green, whose work in this branch of Astrology is so widely
known. The article mentioned above may also be looked for, as well
as the continuation of the "Zodiacal and Planetary Temperaments"
Series.

Owing to unforeseen circumstances the Result of Prize Competition

No. 17 cannot be announced just yet.
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JUtrologg in delation to Cljilbrcn

Among tlie manifold needs of humanity to which one can apply a

knowledge of Astrology, perhaps the one in which its value can most
easily he demonstrated is in regard to the training and education of
children ; for the fundamental teachings of Astrology so alter our
views of the child and his demands upon motherhood and fatherhood,
that where Astrology is studied a revolution is brought about
concerning the relation of children to their parents.
Astrologers know how vital are the first years of the ego's life in
its new vehicle. They understand that the Moon, plastic and sensitive,
rules the first period after birth, and on this plastic matter of the
infant's brain is stamped and registered every condition brought
about by birth, by training, and by environment, which will either
hinder or aid the soul in its new pilgrimage ; and therefore is the
young child in great need of wise and careful training by his elders.
Consider. A living soul, an immortal ego, has been born once again
in a new body of flesh, has just come to dwell amongst us—with
all the experiences gathered through many lives, and bringing with
him such a character as is shown by the nativity, which is the
incarnate memory and Karma of its past. Truly, the body is young,
but the soul itself may be very ancient, needing most careful study
and understanding to be effectually helped.
To the astrologer the child's horoscope is a sacred thing, for there-
in he reads just the good and the evil, the kind and type of soul that
has come to birth, his strength, and his weaknesses ; he also realises
that this nativity, while it represents the net result of his embodied
past, may be immensely altered and modified by present-day influ-
ences; that all the good in that nativity can be drawn forth, and the
evil in great measure starved, if only parents or guardians could
understand the capacities and conditions of the child placed in their
care. If it were only possible for them to realise what a great
privilege is theirs, to train and guard a child !
Of course Astrologers realise this, and necessarily so, being
students of human nature; for who can see as the Astrologer does,
 ASTROLOGY IN RELATION TO CHILDREN 7
whether the Ego has brought over violent temper or patience, honesty
or deceit, what kind and type of mind and emotions have to be dealt
with ? The astrologer understands that there are such and such
qualities lying latent—to be called out in due time, by the influences
surrounding the new life. The child's whole future in his current
birth is so utterly dependent on the conditions, influences and environ-
ment he finds; and though, as I said, astrologers realise this more
than any other body of people, in our present age there are very few
astrologers, though many bear the name !
And so, for the most part, children to-day, or the majority of
them, are brought up anyhow, parents shirking their responsibility in
the matter, and even in some cases surrounding the little victim with
sights and sounds that can only call out all the evil and starve the
good ; until as time passes on it is too late to do much, and again the
new birth only proves a failure—as regards the highest standpoint of
development—, for the young and plastic body has now formed habits
that cannot be readily changed.
The fact is, few among us are ready to be fathers and mothers in
the real sense of the word, for we do not understand or care to
understand what that high vocation means. The father and mother
have so much power during the infancy and childhood of their little
ones, in every possible fashion. Most respectable parents take due
care of the physical health of their child, or children, but its mental
requirements and its mental food are not considered except in very
rare cases. The child grows up, somehow, and as soon as possible is
tumbled off to school to be out of the way of its elders! Many look
at a child as simply a nuisance, and when its expanding brain demands
an answer to some question—to the child a question of vital importance
—it is customarily silenced with " Don't talk so much, dear," or
" Don't ask so many questions," or " Don't bother me just now."
That is done in ignorance, you may say ? Oh, yes, but it is just
such ignorance that Astrology would abolish, for among its teachings
are many which would show us how children should be trained and
taught, which would bring home to us the fact that the most vital
work for any parent worthy the name is to apply this science in the
education and training up of the young. No mother with a knowledge
of Astrology would ever think of giving over her child to the care of
any careless, ignorant nurse; she would get the horoscope of the
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prospective nurse ami see that it blended with the horoscope of the
child, see that the nurse was a proper person in most respects to bring
it up.
And indeed, parents cannot be careful enough concerning the
magnetic conditions surrounding their children, while the character
(from the mental and moral standpoint) of a nurse is a most
important factor in the wellbeing of a young child ; for her words,
expressions and gestures tend to be reproduced in the child. A good,
healthy, pure woman with patience and good temper should be
assiduously sought; no money is too much to pay to ensure a
desirable person to be in the nursery. Parents who are wealthy
should consider this; for those whose means are limited it would he
better not to have a nurse, but to train the children themselves. How
great the responsibility of the mother ! For all her feelings and
emotions and thoughts are embodied and reproduced by the little
child at this early period of life; how esseiuial, then, that only good
and lofty thoughts and pure emotions should surround him ; for this
is the formative period, when all vibrations are built into the warp
and woof of the new being, and all coarse and vulgar influences must
and will react inimically on the child.
Always try to nullify the evil shown in a child's nativity. Does
his nativity show impatience ? then be very patient with him yourself;
if he be hasty and passionate in temper, try yourself to be calm ; if
he be selfish and deceitful, show him in yourself unselfishness and
frankness.
If only parents would take a little trouble either to cast their
young children's horoscopes themselves—and with our new books and
literature it should not be a difficult task for anyone of ordinary
ability—or failing this get it done by a competent astrologer, they
might help the soul inside its new casketindescribably. Butalas! the
elders are selfish and prefer a knowledge of themselves to that of
their little children ; for comparatively few parents procure their
babies' horoscopes. And yet this is just where Astrology has so
much power to help the world in its application to young children.
These poor little ones clothed with their new small bodies, whom we
say we love. . . and prove it by giving up our best rooms to
strangers, declaring that anything will do for the children, the room
at the top of the house, whether sunny or otherwise, a beautiful view
 ASTROLOGY IN RELATION TO CHILDREN 9
does not matter for the children, anything is good enough for them.
Instead of beautiful toys and inspiring pictures, nowadays we give
them golliwogs and teddy bears, and picture-books full of laboured
ugliness for their young minds to dwell upon ; indeed, we think any
shabby old print is good enough for the nursery.
A Catholic priest expressed a great truth when he said, " Give
me the first seven years of a child's life, and you can do what you
choose with that child afterwards." Astrology could practically save
the children of the future, were it applied in this way to their training,
and a nobler race of men and women might be brought up, to become
nobler parents in their turn. There is a book I read years ago,
called "Mothers of Great Men," and it is there proven that these
men were great because they were educated and trained by greatness.
One mother educated her son herself, told him stories every evening
of noble deeds and great sacrifices wrought out by certain heroes;
she spoke in inspiring words, and showed him pictures, thus imprinting
on the young brain memories that could never pass away; and so the
man was great because he had a great mother. All these great men
were surrounded as children by conditions that called out the best in
their natures and starved the evil.
Let us remember that the children born to us to-day come to us
because of ties forged with them in the past. We owe them a debt—
how do we pay it ?
There is a vast field of Astrology yet untilled, in which its wisdom
could be applied to conception and prenatal life, to birth, and the
training of children. Theastrologer of the future will have to give forth
these teachings with no uncertain voice ; for if children were properly
begotten, and the mother kept in harmonious surroundings previous
to the birth of the babe, not only should we draw down mighty souls
into our families, because we had made the conditions in which these
souls could function, but we should have enough wisdom to train them
when they had come—during the time that their vehicles were young.
Even as it is, souls belonging to the sixth sub-race are coming into
incarnation day by day, with highly-strung nervous systems, with keen
mentality, together with a large amount of intuition and sympathy—
which is the keynote of the sixth sub-race. Is it not fitting, then,
that we should bestir ourselves and realise what it means to become
mothers and fathers of the New Race ?
10 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Only the great-hearted can hope to rear these young souls in a
fitting manner; for all good influences grow and evil ones wither in
an atmosphere of love. " Love is the soil in which character is
perfected ; like sunshine to the flowers, so is love to the human soul."
And indeed the children of the New Race should have a different
training to what children have had in the past. We must bring
knowledge and love to the training of the New Race, for only love is
fit to educate; a wise love not to spoil the child, but to always
remember that it has come for its training to us. For us to win its
love and trust, to seek to understand its character and disposition.
Astrology proclaims that every child needs a different training,
according to its nativity, but all training should be loving. Never
punish, but explain. All children born under Cardinal signs should
be allowed to be as active as possible,—a wise activity. Understand
the strength and weakness of the Fixed signs; do not rule them by
force, explain your reasons. Understand the hesitancy and indecision
of the Mutable signs, try and get them to decide promptly on a
course of action and then stick to it. To understand is to help;
understanding is love in activity.
Let us hope that as the race grows wiser, better home life
training and conditions will await the children of the future. Mean-
while let each of us by means of pen and tongue teach those
unacquainted with occult knowledge, the immense amount of help or
hindrance they can give their children. For in the near future the
Master of Wisdom who loves little children is coming amongst us.
Some are now being born among us who once ran by His side in
Galilee ; some of those served Him then and will come to serve Him
once again. Let us, then, who are students of the stars, become ready
for parentage, fit ourselves to bring up these children, using the
knowledge of Astrology, understanding to some extent the laws
guiding conception, reproduction and training of the young, thus
becoming co-workers with the Law and helpers in the Evolution of
the Race.
Bessie Leo.

Ekvironment counts for little unless you help to make it.

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Hogal Smctions

The horoscopes of many of the most prominent Monarchs and

Princes were published in Modbrk Astrology for July, igio, and
the following lists of directions are calculated for the horoscopes as
there given, except where otherwise indicated.
Most readers will be aware of the meaning of " directions," and
the purpose for which they are used ; but for those who have paid no
attention to this department of Astrology a word or two of explana-
tion may serve to introduce the subject.
A horoscope is a map of the heavens showing the positions of
Sun, Moon, planets, and zodiacal signs at the moment of birth,
and it is interpreted according to the known rules of Astrology. It
indicates the character and fortunes, the events and tendencies that
will be revealed during the course of the life from birth to death. It
applies to the life as a whole and not to one portion of it more than to
another. On the other hand, directions are calculated for definite and
limited periods, years and months, when certain tendencies will come
into play and may be expected to produce results according to the
type of influence and the planet from which it proceeds.
These directions are brought about by the movements of the
heavenly bodies after birth, whereby changes are introduced into the
horoscope, accentuating some tendencies and modifying or lessening
others, working sometimes for good and at other times for evil, and
so revealing possibilities that were not evident in the horoscope as it
existed at the moment of birth only. The changes are compounded
partly of the earth's axial rotation, partly of its orbital revolution, and
partly of the revolutions of the Moon and planets as viewed from the
earth upon which their influence operates. Each heavenly body
therefore moves slowly away from the position it first occupied and
forms new aspects with the rest, and these aspects constitute the
directions.
Because the planets all move with different velocities, the direc-
tions they form vary greatly, not only in nature but also in time, and
they are spread out at irregular intervals over the whole of the life
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history. Sometimes a good direction is formed, and then for a
shorter or longer period all goes well; at other times an evil direction
occurs and misfortune follows according to its nature ; while occasion-
ally the good and evil are so closely concurrent as to render the
discrimination and prognostication of their cITects very difficult. A
properly tabulated and classified list of directions, therefore, is useful
and important with every horoscope because it shows how and when
the changes that arise out of the positions at birth are brought to
completion in subsequent years and months of life, and what
influences are to be expected to operate during any given year'of life.
The directions that follow are calculated aecording to the rules
contained in the manual entitled Directions and Directing. The usual
method of interpreting them, in their application to the ordinary
personal affairs and events, is also given in that book, but will be
found much more fully in the larger work, TV;Progressed Horoscope.
Here, however, they are chiefly regarded as indications of national
and political events, and less in their personal and private aspect;
for if the horoscope of a monarch is also that of the nation while he
reigns, his directions will be of national importance; and although
they may not include every event of the year within their sphere of
operations, past experience shows that they foreshadow distinctly
many of the more important occurrences. It is known that each
great nation has its own ruling sign, as England, Aries; France,
Leo; Spain, Sagittarius; and so on; although the ruling signs of
some modern countries are unascertained or uncertain ; and these
signs remain the permanent rulers of the countries, in spite of the
many mutations in political, religious and social affairs. Leo was
the ruler of ancient Rome before Christianity arose, and it remains
the sign of the same modern city in spite of the many changes that
have taken place in the interval. The idea is entertained by some
students that if we were completely acquainted with this department
of Astrology each country would be found to possess not merely a
rising sign but also certain typical planetary positions, which, when
taken together, would constitute the horoscope of the coimtry,
answering exactly to the horoscope of a man. In such a national
chart, the rising sign would probably depend upon the quality of
elemental essencjt flowing through the mineral, vegetable and other
relatively permanent features of the country; while the planetary
 ROYAL DIRECTIONS 13
positions woulJ answer more to the mutable humanity occupying
it. It is unlikely that such a national horoscope would answer
precisely to the planetary positions on a definite day, month and
year of its history in the past; for a naiion can hardly be said to
have a day of birth in the human sense; and its chart might be
compounded of many activities illustrated at various periods in its
career, the effects of which have accumulated and are influencing its
inhabitants at the present day. Also through every man living in a
country are flowing currents of life from the great invisible spiritual
Intelligence who presides over its destinies and carries out the decrees
of fate.
* *
Thete are various classes of directions formed by the progression
of planets and cusps after birth, and a word or two of warning and
explanation may be given concerning each.
I. Progressed Luuar Directions are those formed to the Moon as
it advances through the signs and houses. They generally act fairly
promptly to time, but they do not last as do many of the other direc-
tions, and their influence seldom extends over more than about a
month before and after the date at which they are technically exact.
The major directions, conjunctions, oppositions, etc., always produce
effect; but the minor directions, such as semi-sextiles, quintiles, etc.,
are so slight here that, although they are included in some of the
following lists, their effects are very feeble and they are hardly worth
the trouble of calculating.
II. Mutual or Interplanetary Directions are those formed between
two planets. They are often very slow in their formation and dissolu-
tion ; they usually extend their influence over a considerable period
and are not confined to the precise month at which they are exact.
III. Basic Directions is a term used to cover all other directions
that are not included in either of the two preceding classes. This
embraces such directions as those to the radical and progressed Sun,
Ascendant, and Mid-heaven, and also those to the radical Moon. In
the lists that follow, these are all calculated to the nearest month ;
but the student is particularly requested to remember that, although
so calculated, these, like the corresponding directions in class II.,
do not confine their effects to that month. Their influence, especi-
ally iu the case of major aspects, is often extended over considerable
14 MODERN ASTROLOGV
periods of time, and they may produce effects a long lime before or
after they are technically exact, if stimulated to do so by the con-
currence of Lunar Directions, transits, lunations, etc., similar in
nature to themselves. It is especially necessary to urge this point
because it is found that beginners, seeing one of these directions cal-
culated to a given month, often fancy that as soon as that month has
gone by they are free from the effects of the direction ; whereas
experience shows that this is not the case.
Another caution needs to be given with regard to directions to
angles, i.e., to the ascendant and mid-heaven both radical and pro-
gressed ; and that is that a very trifling error in the estimate time of
birth may affect these so greatly as to throw them out altogether and
render them practically valueless for purposes of prediction. The
same amount of error will scarcely affect other directions at all. Ex-
perience shows that they certainly have effect and that they fill up
gaps which would be difficult to account for without them. They
are included here for the sake of completeness, but the difficulty they
present should be borne in mind.
In the followinglists of directions, a planet with the letter r. after
it refers to the planet as it was in the radix or horoscope of birth ; one
followed by no letter indicates a progressed planet.
Progressed lunar directions are included in full here for the
benefit of students, but considerations of space make it impossible to
comment upon them at length ; for that would double the length of
this article.
Transits refer to radical positions only, except when a planet
is followed by p., when the progressed position is indicated.
King George's Directions
Basic JnllfplnniUlry
? * Gr. June, 1910 S / iy r. March, 1911
M.C. S S IJan., 1911 ? * <il May, 1911
M.C. Qy r. May, 1911
G L Gr. Aug., 1912
Progressed Lunar
I) at 40 □ 43' Jan. ijtb, 1911 D^G July. 1911
D * <f r. Feb.
pp. S March „ ■■
ii jp. S Sept.
Oct.
 ROYAL DIRECTIONS 15
Freertssed Cusis as at June xri, 1911
X. XI. XII I. II III.
= 13-44 T27 n 19-26 «B7 024
Progressed Planets as at Nov. 13th, 1911
0526.45 n 16.10 ii 14.52 nn.8 193.36 720.2015. ^23.58 obi.25 rio.3415.
Transits. Malefic : ip 0p. Feb. 1st. Aug. 12th, Dec. 3rd, d ? April 30th ;
d 8 July 19th. Oct. x8th. J 0 Jan. 7th; d M.C. Feb. 1st; f O p. March 8th ;
S 3 March 21st; 9 J) June 4th ; d Asc. June 5th; 9 July 6th; d 8 Aug.
14th; stat. near 0r. Oct. 18th. Solar eclipse Oct. 22nd ^ <f.
There are no solar directions during 1911. A good deal of
political trouble and instability is indicated, especially in the spring ;
also strkes, and some troublesome questions- affecting army or
navy. About May some difficulty affecting foreign relations may
arise, and the influences are slightly unfavourable for the Government
and for health. Towards midsummer the directions are extremely
favourable for the coronation and for national goodwill and prosperity.
In July and August the Moon meets aspects to the Sun that indicate
many changes in national life, and new enterprises and projects
begun by the King. These will tend to bring into force the solar
direction that is not technically due until August, 1912. At the same
time the Moon will enter the third house, remaining therein until the
end of 1912, during which time His Majesty is likely to travel a good
deal; and other affairs governed by the third house will come into
prominence. Honours will be conferred upon representatives of
literature and science; and both these departments of national life
will advance, as well as the art of flying (for the Sun is in an airy
sign on the cusp of the third house), inventions connected with means
of transit and possibly changes affecting the post office. The solar
direction is slightly unfavourable for health, but not seriously so ;
and indicates possible trouble connected with sisters, cousins, and
travelling.
The conjunction of Saturn and Mars on August 16th, at b I9059'
close to the place of Mercury is unfortunate for money matters and
will be followed by much excitement concerning politics and finance.
Queen Mary's Directions
Basis InUrplanetary
Asc. * Ut. July, None
M.C. diy Sept.
Asc. * ijt r. Oct.
Asc. t? U Feb., 1911
M.C. 7^1} r. March ,,
Asc.1* J r. Sept.
OA ; Oct.
i6 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Progressed Lunar
5 P- Dr' Jan, 19" ion
PT^gr. March DP-3/ / c,•■ 'S11
D) P. J Mav May ..„ h]) A 3/ 1IN
D # ? rr. July ])P. g/r. J
D A© -1 cgut Inge
5 A 33 r, j ^ P * D A J) r. j
Progressed Cusps as at May 26tk, 1911
OC. XI. XII. I. II. Ill
H 15.39 ~7 K8 «7.45 D9 naS
Progressed planets as at Nov. 26th, 1911
©Dg? <31 •? ijIV
®I7.42 niS.j 1113.26 II27.O inio.38 X7.15 11117.34^ 09.12 T15.4
Transits. Malefic : I? rf 7 March 9th ; 3 •? Aug. 9th, Sept. 27th. <f rf A«c.
March 21st; rf ]) May 4th; 8 Dp. July 21st; 8 'i Aug. 16th; rf g Sept. 4th.
Dec. 2nd ; rf© Sept. 18th, Nov. 16th. Benefic : 31 stat. near DP' July 2nd.
The Queen's directions are decidedly fortunate. The progressed
ascendant has separated from the conjunction of the radical Venus
(the exact conjunction measured to 1909) and then met the sextiles of
Jupiter and Uranus at birth. Jupiter was strong in Piscesand lord of
the mid-heaven, the house of honour and dignity, so that a good direc-
tion to this planet is fitting to measure to such a year of change as 1910.
During 1911 the ascendant will meet the sextiles of the progressed
Jupiter and of the radical Moon, while the Sun will reach the trine of
Saturn, all very auspicious influences, showing prosperity in health
and affairs. The Sun's direction to Saturn will be prolonged for a
considerable period, for it meets the trine of the radical place of the
same planet in 1914 with no other solar direction intervening. As
Saturn was in the ninth house in the horoscope there will be a good
deal of travelling; and the Queen may exercise some beneficial in-
fluence not merely upon social but also upon national affairs, such as
harmonising political and religious discords. The lunar directions
during the latter months of 1911 agree in nature with those to the
ascendant. There is a parallel to Mars in May, and an opposition to
Venus in the summer ; but the Moon was in good aspect to Venus at
birth ; and these two falling among so many good directions are not
important.
The Moon has been passing through the eighth house, significant
of a death among relatives; and it will reach the cusp of the ninth
house early in 1912.
The conjunction of Mars and Saturn on August 16th at S I9059'
 ROYAL DIRECTIONS 17
falls on the King's Mercury and in opposition to the Queen's Saturn ;
and is an unfortunate period. In the former horoscope it is bad for
finance and trade, nationally, and will be liable to bring the King
many worries and annoyances personally. In the latter horoscope it
afflicts the third and ninth houses and is bad for travelling. The
lunar eclipse of May 13th falls at iri2i022', near the Queen's Saturn ;
it is bad for travelling, and slightly so for health.
Queen Alexandra's Directions
The time of birth is not so well authenticated in this case as
might be desired ; but, taking the published horoscope for what itmay
be worth, the following directions have some significance in connection
with the death of King Edward on May 6th, 191 o.
i A 0r. July. 1909 DM©r March, 1910
07\M.C.r. July. 1910 DAD - May
© ,? ]) r. Feb., igi2 DP-l? June
Mars conjunction Sun is the most significant of these, although
it measures ten months before the event. This is by no means an
impossibly long interval ; for, as stated elsewhere, some directions
are formed and dissolved so slowly that they seldom act promptly at
the precise month when they are technically exact; and by May, 1910,
the conjunction was only separated by half a degree of arc. The
ihirddirection is also of interest, although it is no less than a year and
three-quarters distant in time from the event. For while the Sun
was applying to the opposition of the radical Moon, the progressed
Moon was passing between both, and was forming an aspect to each,
from March to May, 1910, and so brought the main direction into
operation long before its time. On May 6th, 1910, the Moon by
direction was at Iryiy0!1, and Neptune was exactly in opposition to
this Moon by transit about two days before King Edward's death.
The following directions measure to 1911.
s * Asc. r. April ? P . <r Aur.
O * S r. Oct. <t * I; Oct-
O Z Ijr. Dec. II * Ij r. Nov.
D □ <f r. Jan. jP-Wr.
,. O ? r. March ,, cusp 3rd July
.. * IJr. May p.f Sept.
Z Sr. ,, * Or. Nov.
.. * V ,. Z 2lr.
.1 rf 'ir. June .. A 'l 1 Dec.
M * <? I
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Cnsj-i as at Dec. 1st, 1910
XI. XII. I. II. III.
^ 11 / 26 112.54 H14 H0
Pinuts as at March 6th, 1911
0 D 8 ? V '2 HI f
w 16.37 vj 29.17 VJ2I.0 ►121.39 t 10.15 T3-9 :10.31 T3.39 =23.9
Transits. Uranus near the d p. all the early part of the year. Mars over d p..
March 15th; over ©p., April 5th; over Ijl June6ih. The <f d i; of August 16th
falls near cusp 7th, and is unfavourable if birth time is correct but not otherwise.
<f 9 Or.. October 2nd and November 2nd. The solar eclipse of October 22nd falls
on jr. and is unfortunate. The lunar eclipse of May I3lh at 14 21.22 falls exactly
on ascendant if time is correct and is unfortunate. Transit of Jupiter over
ascendant October 3tst is benefic.
The main directions here are all fortunate, with the exception of
Sun semi-square Uranus at the close of the year ; and this, if the
map is approximately correct, may bring unexpected trouble con-
nected with the third and fourth houses, i.e., the dwelling-place,
travelling, a brother or sister, etc. ; and it is slightly unfavourable for
health. The lunar directions show social or domestic troubles in the
early part of the year; after which the Moou enters the third house
and meets the conjunction of Saturn in June and December. This is
an unfavourable influence, tending to produce cold, rheumatism, and
a feeling of depression, and some liability to an accident ; but its
malice is lessened by the fact that Saturn receives good aspects from
Jupiter and Mars this year.

The Prince of Wales's Directions

Asc. ss 3.7. M.C. ; 3.46. Lat. of birthplace 510 27' N. ; Long. im. tas. W.
Time of birth 10 p.m., assumed asG.M.T.
IQIl
8 A M.C. r. Jan. ? ^ Sr. March
Go 1? r. April
G^ftr. June
Go H July Asc. 7^8 July
GQ-M-C. r. Sept. rf D r- Sept.
GO Dr. Nov.
D Q 8 r. 1 D oAsc. r.
April, 1911 ., P. Mr.p. ■ Sept.
1 ..gvr.
.. Q 'I'r.p. May ., O 8
„ A <f r. Tune >. A D r. Oct.
.. A Or. Aug. ..P. 8 Nov.
Cusps as at June 2ird, 1911
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
X 19.27 (77 VJ28 H3.31 «i B 30
 ROYAL DIRECTIONS
Planets as at Jan. 23rd, igi 1
opiv ^ b V S f S
miS.io iS-25.3 0'4-34 lan iSI^ ^18.41 022.4 T10.36 012.35 ^13.46!^
Transits. IJI # S March 2nd, July nth, Dec. 23rd. Mars # Q Feb. 4th; 4
Asc. March 18th; << j April 28th; <s i June 3rd; S *1 June 28th: D p.
July 17th. Solar eclipse April 281h 9 tjl - Lunar eclipse Nov. 6th at « 13.7 # ^ .
All malefic dates.
The chief directions here are decidedly unfortunate, the square
of the Sun to Saturn being the most important, showing bereavement;
but there is some reason for thinking that this may have produced
part of its effect already in the death of King Edward. For the Moon
reached the conjunction of b r. and p. and the square of ©p. in the
summer of igio, and so brought the solar direction into force eleven
months before its time. The conjunction of Mars and Saturn in
January, 1910, was by transit g bf-i O ©P- The influences are not
good for health or for work connected with the sea. August and
October will bring good lunar directions.
The Directions of the German Emperor, Wilhblm II.
Asc.as1g.55 M.C.k 18.55
The events of the last few years have not justified some of the
predictions based upon this horoscope and directions calculated from
it. The following list will show that although Mars has been very
prominent, it has been accompanied by some extremely fortunate
inflaences from other planets.
Asc. A ? r. Jan., 1908 S A 'j July. 1908
GaBt. May 2 a Er. Aug.
G <( (f r. June „ t 4 i r. Sept.
5 * Gr, March, 1909
Up to the present, the continued increase in the German navy
has been the chief event accompanying the conjunction of Mars and
the Sun. The red planet has some very strong good aspects here,
which have apparently averted the evil that was feared.
The under-mentioned directions measure to igu.
Gxyir. Feb. 9 A 31 Feb.
Asc.ips May 5 * 2Ir. June
©49 June <? O Dec.
S Q T) r. Aur.
G •* Ijl Dec. Genters T Aug.
AVr March SA© 1
..AV April . Alfr-p. jSept.
,, * fr. .. tu
..cusp 5th
..iiBr. June
,, A<f r.
•. Q 2Ir,
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Cusps as Jan. 27/A, 1911
X. XI. XII. I. II III.
«l3.3t n 23 3126.6 Bt 16 -a 10
Planets as Die. 27/A, 1910
05 S tin >? iji IT
K29.22 ^20.9 Tlo.37 " [4.19 «4.56 O14.27 3I5.4lIi. no.16 X24.46
Transits. Malefic : V d Asc. Jan. 20th, June 5th. h d d p. March, d S Asc.
Feb. 28th: d© March 23rd; d d May 29th: d 0p. June 2nd; 8 5 Aug. 29th,
Dec. 10th. Solar eclipse April 2Sth near dp. Benefic : n d D Nov. 25th.
The solar sextile to U ranus will increase the Emperor's power
and prestige, politically and nationally. The affliction of Venus and
the Sun may bring some slight social or domestic trouble and possibly
a death in the environment if this has not been already fulfilled suffi-
ciently in the death in igio of King Edward, the Emperor's uncle,
and also the death of the Emperor's sister. The sesqui-quadrates to
Mercury show some passing political trouble; but this planet and
Venus are so well aspected by Jupiter that little is to be feared from
them. The square of Mars to Saturn looks more serious, threaten-
ing trouble through financial matters, socialistic discontent, and the
increase of crime. The lunar directions are comparatively unim-
portant ; but from June to September the Moon translates light from
the progressed Sun to Mars, and therefore may do something to
revive the force of the separating conjunction.

The Emperor of Austria's Directions

O * It Dec.. 1910
M.C.Qijl June, igti
jcusp nth Feb, i9I( DP-Iir- June. 1911
.. 8 Ijl March .. ..AH Sept.
.. <P fjlr. 1 .. □ Asc
O r Oct.
.. A Hr. [April A - 'I Dec
.. Qd ' ..g^r, |Dec-
Cusps as Aug. iSih, rgt 1
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
1521.52 <5:21 11113 /o.ig 173 =13
Plantls as Oct. aSth, igti
O 5 5 S d V h Ijl V
11114.35 3115.9 <5.29.24 "13.55 x 23-14 H13-53 ">0.41 =6.43 M 20.23
Transits. Malefic: (JitfU'r. June 23rd. d d W March 24th; d d June 5th.
d and i? in d in Aug. near 3 Op. 3 0p. June, Dec. Solar eclipse April 28th
near d Op. Lunar eclipse Nov. 6th d Op. Benefic: H d Op. Feb.. March. Sept.
The sextile of the Sun and Jupiter measures to the end of igio,
and will extend over the greater part of ign ; it is very fortunate for
 ROYAL DIRECTIONS 21
national trade, financial affairs, and the land, and is propitious
generally. The Moon is entering the eleventh house, bringing some
political and parliamentary unrest and trouble, also ill-feeling from
other nations.
The progressed Sun receives several afflictions by transit, but
fortunately Jupiter is close to it also by transit for a considerable
part of the year.

The Czar's Directions

Born nh. 56m. 14s. a m., May 18th, 1868, St. Petersburg.
Asc.1iE8.32. M.C. a 27.42. 0 at a 27.41. Xlat T9.15.
OP.Ijl Sept., 1910 ? P. Nov. 1910
0*Asc. r. Peb., 1911 J March 1912
p'nLC, r.|May
©opr. Oct
p^ltl Jan.. 1911 P0O )„
..A^r. April ., 0 p r. fNov-
May ,.0)tlr. Dec. ,,
.. 0 2ir. Aug. ,,
Cusfs as al May 18th, 1911
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
my.io JI15 11514 ^4-52 ===2? lazS
Planets as at June iglh, 1911
©PS ? J 2/ "? El U>
018.54 "118,56 2527.59 it 2.2 IJ. 829.20 T12.26 ia29.54 2512.54 T17.15
Transits. Benefic: 11 near 8 pp. Feb., Nov. Malefic: <f # Op Peb t2 ;
S El Feb. 15th ; 6 p June 15th ; 8 8 July I2lh ; 8 O Aug. 31st, Dec. 7th ; S E
Sep. 12th. Nov. 22nd. Solar eclipse 8 8 October 22nd, very unfortunate. Lunar
eclipse May I3lh near 8 O- The conjunction of Mars and Saturn on August 16th
at 8 19.59 is only i" from p p. and is very unfortunate.
The Czar is coming under a rather long series of complicated and
unfavourable directions. The conjunction of Mars with the Sun and
mid-heaven measured to February, 1909, and has spent itself hitherto
on internal politics ; it has not caused war any more than has the
somewhat similar direction in the German Emperor's nativity ; the
Sun and Mars both being strongly dignifietl in this position. It will
be seen that Mars is still prominent by direction. The influence of
Uranus, which receives the conjunction of the Sun in February, 1913,
is coming forward, and will influence parliamentary affairs and
strengthen the Duma; but the combination of Mars, Uranus, and
Saturn in these directions is stormy and very inauspicious; much
22 MODERN ASTROLOGY
national and political turmoil is probable, discontent and outrages.
The direction Sun square Moon is strengthened by the lunar directions
to Sun and Moon in November, 1911; it signifies the death of
someone related to the Czar or in close association with him ; prob-
ably the death of a female relative ; illness in his family ; discontent
among the people; and it is not fortunate for his own health.

King Alfonso's Directions

©□ j Tan. S □ <T Sept.
? aAsc. r. Feb. ? * '? Oct.
5 7v 1r- May
Asc. P. (jjr. May
Asc. P. IJJ Sept.
O 5 Dec,
B QM.C, r. 5 zAsc. r. Sept.
..T^r.p. 1
May | Nov.
..AO „ ^ <fr.
.. ..Vtt j Dec.
.. A 5 ..7\Or
Cusps as at May ijlh, 1911
X. XI. XII. I. III.
1127.32 A2 njj 2 m24
Planets as at May 6tk, 1911
OSSSJV1?^ ^
D 20.26 A 18.36 D 19.41 B8.40 11820.17 11826.36 ©9.5 A3.35I?. «26.14
Transits. Male6c : # E Aug. toth, Sept. 26tb, i cusp 7th, May 4th ; S
<f May 8 ; # <r p. May 20th : #5 Aug. 16th ; rf O Aug. 29th, Dec. nth. 13ene6c ".
V 4 $ Oct. 24th.
The square of the Sun to Mars, both progressed, is the most
prominent influence in the King of Spain's horoscope at present.
Some of its effects have already been seen in the religious troubles
and threatened disturbances that have occurred. The Ambassador
from the Vatican to Spain was withdrawn in August, 1910, in conse-
quence of disagreement with the Spanish Premier's policy in certain
matters affecting religion. The direction falls from the ninth to the
twelfth houses in the progressed horoscope, and therefore in volves the
Church. It is likely to cause further excitement before its effects
pass off; it tends to produce a militant feeling that might cause dis-
putes, riots, and even bloodshed. As Mars rules the eighth house,
the death of someone related to or nearly associated with the King
may occur. It is to be hcped that His Majesty will not bein danger,
as the Sun was strong and well aspected at his birth ; but the direc-
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tion is rather critical. There will be a good deal of crime in the land,
and, politically, danger of baste, rashness, and precipitous action.
The aspect of the Moon to the Sun and Mars in May renews this
direction then, and it may be that some pacific influence will be mani-
fested at the same time as the result of the trine. The square of
Mercury to Mars follows in the autumn, and then its conjunction
with the Sun at the close of the year, showing much political and
religious excitement, changes, and a distinct element of danger.
The conjunction of Mars and Saturn on August 16th, at b
is exactly opposite King Alphonso's Moon from the ninth to the third
house. It is a very unfortunate influence, being bad for religious
affairs and the Church, for relatives, and for travelling. The lunar
eclipse of May 13th at \r[2i°2-z' fallsclose tothe Moon, and is similarly
unfortunaie.

The Queen of Holland's Directions

iqii
? *M.C. r. April 1 sn Feb.
0V©r. May ? P. •? Dec.
Asc. & tjl Sept.
Asc.Q 8 r. Oct.
8 QAsc. r. Dec.
HOH DP. July
..8 8 Jan. .. 8 jr.
..P. « ,, P. Asc.r. Aug.
..cusp ylh Feb. ..P. » r.
.. Ql/r. • April ,, 8 ©r.
..P* 8 ,, V© Sept
..8 ? May .. 8 Ijjr.
..P.I/r. .. 8 Nov.
.. Q '2
Cusfs as Aug. 31st, 1911
XI. XII. I. II. III.
=f8 N10 Bic.g nn 1129
Planets as May 28(4, 1911
©DSfJV "(I! V
^8.40 iijJ 13 ^ 19.12 ITI0.4 4S1G.28 T15.18I?. T2G.49l^. nBH.13 « 13.481}.
Transits. V 8 J) Sept. 7th, Dec. 18th. I; rfAsc. p. May. 8 8 M.C. Jan. iGlh ;
tf J) March 4th; 8 Asc. April 25 th: 8 J) p. April 30th: SO May 4th; S 8
May 29th : 8 Asc. p. Aug. 2nd. Solar eclipse near Asc. p. April 28th; near tf ^
Oct. 22nd. All more or less maleGc dates.
The basic directions here are nearly all to angles, and as these
are liable to vary if there is any error i:i the time of birth, the task of
prediction is rendered uncertain. All are fortunate except the two
24 MODERN ASTROLOGY
to Mars in the latter part of the year, which indicate trouble con-
nected with financial affairs and foreign questions. The forthcoming
approach of the mysterious Neptune to the progressed ascendant will
be noticed ; and as it was in the second house at birth this also may
bring financial problems before the nation. The Moon is entering
the seventh house, forming a number of directions daring the year,
some of them similar in nature to the basic directions, and all likely
to bring matters ruled by this house, both personal and public, into
prominence. The lunar directions to Mars and the ascendant at the
beginning of the year may rouse into action the direction of Mars to
the ascendant that is not due until December ; whilethose to the Sun
and Uranus, September-November, are not altogether good for the
Queen's health, bring many changes, and probably some anxiety
concerning foreign policy.

The King of Denmark's Directions

xoir
©Qljlr.p. Sept.. 1910 ! d'f Jan.
? d B r. Feb., 1911 ? A'' April
SQAsc. r. April ., ? jXfr. Aug.
0 oM.C. r. Oct.
1 8 Qt. Dec.
D # Dr. D rf 1/ March
,, L Asc. r. Jan. May
rf «r.
8! .. A S r.
rfipr. Feb. ..cusp and Dec
Cusfs as at Jmn jrrf, 1911
XI. XII, I. II.
er 11 H 16 U 25-.J5 U 19
Planits as at Jan. 12th, 1911.
OD!»<fX/ liiiiV
XI 17.9 8:20.37 xtao.14 xi 2.52 X 12.17 =123.131^ 1120.421}. Ti.ja srao.iolj
1
Transits. Malefic: tp X b P- June 28th; tp d h Jan. 14th; bcusp 4th
July 12th, Oct. 26th: X <f 0 Jan. 7th; <s x Jan. 12th; x Asc. Feb. 8th ; d b P-
March 1st; d V April nth; <s U April 19th: d w June 3th; d cusp 4th
Aug. 13th: x stat. near 0 Oct. 18th. Benefic; 2/ d M.C. Oct. 16th.
In addition to the above directions, the progressed mid-heaven
reaches the conjunction of the progressed Saturn this year, and the
progressed ascendant the trine of the radical Saturn. Financial affairs
and foreign relations are likely to cause anxiety during the year; death
is likely to remove a relative and one or more friends; and directions
 ROYAL DIRECTIONS 25
are forming that are not favourable for the King's health, although
the worst effect of these may not be felt yet. Mars will progress to
the opposition of the Sun in December, affecting the eleventh and
fifth houses adversely but this may very likely not be felt until the
latter part of 1912, when the Moon will square both from the second
house; affecting adversely politics, finance, domestic and social
matters, and health. Changes and a rather unsettled condition of
affairs are indicated by the lunar directions at the beginning of 1911,
but better influences prevail about March, July, and November, so
far as these directions are concerned.

The King of Italy's Directions

The official bulletin time ol birth was 10.45 P-m'. rectified to 10.39. The Asc.
is A 13.28: M.C. 83.2; OitU9.35; 5=28.16,
1911.
Asc. n 1/ c April ? * <t r. Jan.
? P. Asc. r July
7 * Or. Dec.
DP-QO D 0 ?r | April
.. a Ifr. Jan. P. 2
,. P.Or. .. O Or. May
,, AV Feb. .. A June
.. A '? r. •■gs July
., A Vr. .1 P. 2/r. Oct
>. A <r r. • March J 5 r- Dec.
..St
Cusps as at Nov. 151/1, 1911
X. XI XII. I. II. III.
1113.36 018 Siig tSis-SS nut
I'laHits as at Die. 151/1, 1911
05««<f I/'jIJI V
W1.46 <127-53 V5 7.21 =18.43 U11. i6I^ <20,59 m20.46l?. ri6.47
Transits. Malefic: tj) rf in Aug. 1st; k rfM.C. March 5th: rfa June 16th,
Nov. 26th: gQ Aug. 6th, Sept. 30th: g <1 ^ Jan. 12th; rf i Jan. 14th; rf 5
April 20th : rf M.C. July 20th ; rfl/Aug.gth: ff O Aug. 16th. Solar eclipse near
cusp 4th, April 28th. I.unar eclipse at 11121.22 May t3th 6 O. Benefic; WdO
Oct. 24th.
The basic and interplanetary directions are decidedly favourable,
and the country should prosper at home and abroad. The only source
of trouble is the possibility that 0 g ^r., which measured to August,
1910, may produce religious or political difficulty about August this
year under the rather serious transit of both Saturn and Mars through
Taurus. At birth the Sun was in Scorpio in opposition to Jupiter in
26 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Taurus, both earthquake signs, and very serious efTects have followed
during the King's reign. Saturn and Mars will be in conjunction on
August 16th, ign, at y ig^g'exactly in opposition to the place of
the Sun at birth ; and if the directions were not good, serious conse-
quences to the country and the King personally might be feared; but
in any case this date and September 30th are distinctly unfortunate
both for politics and the King. The Moon is passing through the
ascendant, forming a number of directions, of which the squares to the
radical Jupiter in January and the Sun in May should be borne in
mind in connection with what has just been staled.

The Mikado's Directions

These are based upon the estimate horoscope published by

"Kymry" in Modern Astrology, Vol. XI., 212, and republished
with other royal horoscopes last July.
©*f Aug., 1910 S P. f Sept., 1911
Asc.iiS r. july, 1911
© » ©r. an., 1912
DAI? Feb., 1911 [July
.,P. "jr. March „ P.Asc r
A l?r. April ,, * ©r. | Aug.
May „ >. A V
..P.l?r. ^ Sept.
.. S fr., P. A 'jr. Nov.
.. P- June * J)r. Dec.
..P.l?
„ cusp nth
Cusps as at Nov. yd, 1911
X, XI. XII. I. II. III.
A=7 29 10,6 11129 } 20.20 V324 K2
Planets as at June 22!td, ign
© D s 2 <f V h V V
n 10.3 120.34 / 7.40 W16.17 t II.46 8 II.10 84.36 xg.ir
Transits. % d I? April 3rd; S © May 8th; a 'j June 10th, Dec. 6th; S 5
Aug. 20th, Sept 16th. AH the preceding are unfavourable for foreign affairs, j 8
t? May 5th; a 1? July 25th ; 8 © Aug. 1st: <5 <) Aug. 7th; 8 S Aug. 17th; these
are evil transits of Mars. U d CD Jan. 8th, April 23rd, Sept. 7th ; d 5 Oct. 26th ;
d U Dec. 9th ; benefic transits of Jupiter. The lunar eclipses of May t3th at
1121.22. and Nov. 6th at 8 13.7 are both unfortunate.
The basic directions in this horoscope are fortunate, and they
remain so with oue or two exceptions until 0Zlir. in 1915 and
0 S D r. 1916. The growth of the navy will continue, foreign trade is
 ROYAL DIRECTIONS
likely to expand, and beneficial reforms will be made in internal
politics. The lunar directions are good in the main, for the parallels
to Uranus and Saturn will not do much harm as they accompany
trines to those bodies. The squares to Venus and Jupiter will bring
passing trouble through finance and taxation.

Tun Directions of the King of Greece

© * « r, Oct. April
June
DADr- Jan 5 /l V May
<< llir, July
L Vr. March r.
.. rf ip A Asc. r. Oct
i h ,, * ? r. Dec.
„ □ S r. April .. t i
Cusps as at Dec. 14th, 1911
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
00.39 il8 vjiS ito.28 — 24 'a24
Planets as at Sept. 14th, ign
O D 5 <r IJl «I)
X9.34 T16.5 X4-44 K1327IJ B13-43 B 7-10 -23-34 T8.32 5=26.8
Transits. Malefic : •j # p April 5th : <? rf © Feb. 4th ; rf ^ April 4'.h ; d <t r.
June 5th: d ij) June nth; p July 25th. Solar eclipses p April 28th; d
cusp 4th Oct. 22nd. Bensfic: 3/ rf p May 28th, Aug. 7th.
The directions are mostly fortunate; the sextile of the Sun to
Mercury shows general prosperity in politics and trade, and although
it measures to the autumn it will influence the whole year more or less
because the Moon aspects both bodies in the spring. The sextile of
Venus to Mars in the summer is also brought into effect in July by
similar lunar directions, when benefit to business, workers in general,
traders by sea, and to the army is shown. The affliction of Uranus
by Saturn is also supported by lunar influences in the spring and
threatens some disturbance of foreign relations, and trouble through
religion and foreign trade. The Moon is passing through the ninth
house, and its directions may develop some sudden troubles in the
earlier months of the year, but these are likely to pass over, for the
influences are more good than evil for the country as a whole.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

The Directions of the King of Norway

igi i
G Z Dr. June, 1910
June t « Ijl March, ign
G Z ip Oct., 1911
Oct. ? Z 1/ May
G * <f r. July, ign
D QGr. I
i.QlIr. [Feb.
a Vr.p.J ..0 2/
»i,, I^J
0 Jo iikaj
May ..7\V Sept.
,, o ?
Ij-*
Cusps as at Aug. 3rd, ign
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
1n.23.z1 Z 10 /is Vj 11.37 2<i3 Tag
Planets as at June 16/A, ign
G D S « <f 2/ /?¥ T
njiig.i >50.52 1152.32 i4.3g ^115.0 Jlig.32 V3i4.3gl^ ZI4.22 T25.5il^
Transits. Male6c : y </<f Jan. 14th, June nth; J <1 Asc. Jan. 1st; </ D P
Jan. 26th ; tfj March 18th ; tf G March 2gth ; <{ cusp 7th. Sept. 2gth, Nov. 5th.
Solar eclipse S y Oct. 22nd.

The direction of Sun semi-square Moon measured to the death

of King Haakon's father-in-law, King Edward VH.; and the Sun
meets the semi-square of Uranus in October, 1911. This will be
liable to cause troubles affecting trade, foreign relations, religious
questions, and possibly a death in the King's environment. As the
Sun goes to a fortunate aspect of Mars in 1912 nothing very serious
need be feared. The Moon is passing through the ascendant, from
25 I to 8lrf during the year, a position that often brings a changeful,
unsettled time ; and it meets minor afflictions from the eighth house
chiefly.

The Directions of the King of Sweden

? □ Gr. March f sy March

G q. S May

Q » 2/ Nov.
G □ (J r. June, igi2
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D << Jan. 1912 5* Ijr. July

A4 „ P. h r. Sept.
.,P.0r. Feb. .. P. tl r. I Oct.
« Ijtr. ..P-19
itl March ,, 1. 1 Or.
,, P. S r. P Uir. p. Nov
.. *19 May ..P.ljtr.
.. d ■? .. 4 S
» Sr. June „ P.Asc. r. Dec.
>, P- 4 P. h
..P.*
Cuipi as at Jum 16th, ign
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
8615.17 S122 afio 10.26 in.4 75
Planets as at Aug. iri, 1911
G 3) 5 ? J If •9 'V
& 15-35 A5-54 tip 10,52 tip 25.20 1112749 1115.48 ^3-47 D3.7 K 24.29l{.
Transits. Malefic ; tjl 4 » Aug. 12th ; m <? t? Feb. 17th, July 27th. Dec. 10th ;
S i June 26th,- ■ Nov. 14th; ■ 4 4 March ivia 10th: 4iii May 26th; Sir.
Aug. 10. Lunar eclipses May 13th at 1421.22. and Nov. 6th at « 13,7, are near
conjunction and opposition Mars respectively.
In King Gustav's horoscope Venus has progressed to the cusp
of the second house, in square to the Sun and opposition to Neptune
in March, and the Moon afflicts all three at the end of the year from
near the cusp of the twelfth house. Financial affairs will cause
trouble under these influences, increased expenditure will be called
for, and the King may meet with trouble through social or family
affairs. The sextile of the Sun to Jupiter is much more fortunate in
the autumn, showing good trade and national prosperity. There is
a long list of lunar directions during the year, while the Moon is
passing through the eleventh house, which rules the legislature at
home and friendly nations abroad ; and these departments of the
national life will suffer under the conjunction with Saturn in January
and June. The square of the Sun to Mars will probably operate in
the spring of 1912, when the Moon will aspect both of them, but it is
included in this year's list because its influence may possibly be felt
under the malefic transits of Saturn ; it is a dangerous militant martial
direction.

It pound him!—"Alan Leo, Esq., Astrologer (Editor of 'Modern

Astrology actually in India, Benares City, India." A letter thus addressed,
posted by a Frenchman from Alexandria, Egypt, was duly delivered. This
speaks well for the fame of Modern Astrology.
 3°

®b< Zohiacal anil ^lanetarg temperaments

{S(ri<s)

XI. THE SIGN CANCER

Part I.—The Meaning of "Home"

It may perhaps be advisable to remind the reader of the scheme
outlined when this Series was commenced, namely the examination
of first the signs Aries and Scorpio, leading to the Martial Tempera-
ment, next Taurus and Libra and the Venusian, followed by Gemini
and Virgo and the Mecurial Temperament; else he might excusably
wonder how it comes about that Cancer should form the subject of
the present Article.
Cancer, the fourth sign, is pre-eminently associated with the idea
of birth, and quite suitably therefore in our discussion on this sign a
new voice was heard in our assembly, the voice of one who though he
had rendered yeoman service in other ways, had hitherto contented
himself witii but a casual remark here and there, or, at most, a few
words of criticism.
It may be that personal interest in the sign to bediscussedovercame
diffidence, for naturally every student takes chief interest in his own
sign, but however that may be, the fact that the writer referred to is
born under Cancer lends interest, and indeed to a certain extent
cogency to his views, so that not only circumstance—it was the first
paper to be read—but value, entitles it to the foremost place.
Following previous custom we shall refer to papers and their
writers by letters of the Greek alphabet, it being understood that
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc., are not necessarily identical with the Alpha,
Beta and Gamma of a previous Article.
It may be premised that the first two papers, Alpha and Beta, fit
together remarkably well, although the writers approach their subject
from quite different points of view, and it will furnish an interesting
mental exercise to speculate how far either of these points of view—
or rather the basic conception upon which each is founded—is
 THE .ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 31
implicitly contained in the other. Owing to their length, each of
these papers must engage an instalment to itself, and the consideration
of Beta's paper consequently deferred till next month.
Alpha
Everyone agrees, I think, that the key-note of Cancer as an
expression of the human personality, is—Home. So pronounced is
this to my mind, that you might well write every character of that
word in drop-letter capitals. No street hoarding would be large
enough to proclaim this fact in its appropriate type. If you want the
Cancer man in his own leisure time, he is at home. No need to
look elsewhere for him ; he is surely there. Theatres and Places of
Amusement ? Oh no, he is not there—and these, by the way, become
real nuisances to him if they interfere to any serious extent with his
presence at home.
Nor is it that the Cancer loves his home. It is not consciously
external enough to him for that. He literally is home. Not some-
thing apart from him is it. His centre of consciousness is there; the
point from which he acts and thinks and proceeds is there, and as part
of himself he ever seeks to re-join it.
Homely in his ways, homely in his speech, homely in his manner
and homely in his bearing is the true native of Cancer. Every
thought of his has for its conscious or unconscious objective (or
genesis, I don't know which at this stage) home, whether it be home
in the smallest or in the largest sense of the term. Reference to home
arouses a thrill of ready response in the heart of Cancer. The
colloquial phrase " Make yourself at home," and the poet's line
" From God who is our home," mean sotnething to this type.
But this is extravagant! some will say perhaps; a much too
extravagant application of the recognised feature of the sign. Not so,
no application of the feature at all, extravagant or otherwise. I am
speaking all through from knowledge of the instincts of the sign first
and not from a stretching of its traditional features, only pointing out
on the way where they happen to agree or lend mutual support.
Consider for a moment, however, if you do question this, the
known character, life and work of the popular statesman Joseph
Chamberlain, a native of this sign. Recall, if you were ever acquainted
with them, his speeches. No attempts at rhetoric so far as I can
32 MODERN ASTROLOGY
remember : plain homely language with all the clarity and lucidity
that that is capable of conveying. And nowhere did he ever shine
more than at home, his adopted city ; which makes me begin to doubt
the application of the sacred utterance " a prophet is not without
honour save in his own country" to natives of this sign. Indeed,
further considering it, I really believe it is in their homes and adopted
homes, such as their spheres of work, that Cancer people are really
thought most of; perhaps thought anything at all of in many cases.
Birmingham did not only honour Chamberlain after he had made his
name as a statesman, they honoured him from the first. It was at
home he made his dibut in public life, not at Westminster. It was
the administration of his home, the City of Birmingham, that first
engaged his attention and proved his sure stepping-stone to larger
home interests. For, secure and strong in the esteem and confidence
of his home, and its people, what more natural than that he should
be its political representative and inevitably the object of their choice ?
And with their confidence to support him, what again more natural
than that he should succeed, bearing the very atmosphere of success
with him ? It is another temperament that leaves its home for
success : Cancer finds it there and stops there with it.*
Chamberlain's work for Birmingham necessarily of course all
centred and revolved around the home. Yet for all that it was
peculiarly Cancerian in its character; never revolutionary or
destructive, for instance, as that.of other signs in connection with
municipal affairs might have been. It had distinctly homt, as also
something else which we shall later see to be included within the root
meaning of that term, for its keynote. In Birmingham, his labours
are represented by the re-organisation of its administration, the
fostering of its industries, and the introduction of municipal trading—
of which latter, by the way, he was the originator. His work for his
country includes the administration of its Household, of its family
affairs—of its nurseries, if you like, over the seas—as Colonial

° The following cutting from a daily paper forms an interesting and significant
as well as amusing commentary upon this remark; " Investigation goes to show
that, unlike most other fish, crabs and lobsters do not migrate, and it is proposed
to make a scientific test by catching a thousand crabs, attaching a metal label to
their claws and liberating them. A hundred lobsters were labelled in this way. and
when thirty-six were retaken it was found that they bad not travelled from the
place at which they were returned to the sea."—Trans. Sec.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 33
Secretary (observe, not Foreign Secretary, but Colonial Secretary ;
essentially Home affairs, though home in the large sense): this office
being his undisputed success. To this must be added his Family
Conferences (called Imperial Conferences) for the discussion of the
nation's family affairs and their better administration and mutual
working; in connection with which remember his ever recurring
phrases " The Home Country," and particularly " The Mother
Country," also his view of regarding the colonies as the grown up
and growing up British family and his endeavour to obtain their
recognition of such in name and in fact. And later his dream of, and
almost titanic efforts to secure, protection of the Home trading whilst
at the same time extending special preference to the Children of the
Empire as outlined in his schemes for Tariff Reform and Colonial
Preference.—The whole, whether at Birmingham or at Westminster,
resounding the one dominant key-note Home.
Another case, that of a more remarkable individual by far
than the foregoing statesman, one who was chosen to give birth
to the great doctrine regarding the human family and its Parents
—comes naturally to mind ; which revered personality, by the
way, is known to have remained for unusually long periods at a
time in her home, a fact which natives of certain other zodiacal
signs would find it hard to imitate either when in health or out of
health. I allude to Helena Petrovna Blavatsky ; and though perhaps
not the wisest choice for a second example, it is still one that it is
well to bear in mind. A soul so lofty must have had the power to
express its attributes to the full, one may conclude ; yet notice that
her centre was at home, not on the platform (the latter, I suggest,
belonging to Aries), and that the wonders she performed were largely
done in a homely way, at the supper table and so forth, and that her
real missionary work was done from the home, not from the public
platform. Her personal instruction was given to the interested in
quite a homely way at the evening circle, by questions and answers,
and not by formal lectures.
And now let us ask : What does " Home " mean ? Many have
been asking themselves the question since the birth of observation
began, and have not found it easy of answer.
For the moment, contenting ourselves with what it means to
Cancer without diving into etymologies or strict definitions, Home for
34 MODKRN astroi.ogv
the Cancerian as I know him means a place where he can enter into
relative seclusion and be at peace—in which connection note that the
planet signifying peace, Jupiter, is exalted in this sign. (Never, I
would disclaim by the way, does it mean a place where he can vie
with his neighbour in the vulgar display of homely objects nor in the
collection of them ; how can his home if it means peace be a place of
competition or a collecting box ? The two are not compatible.
Cancer does not feed on the pride of home. He flourishes in the
knowledge of the peace it holds for him. Display has nothing to do
with it, nor the wealth of it either, because, as I shall hope to show
later, neither have anything to do with the root meaning of the sign.
But peace has everything to do with it, because peace, I think it will
become evident, is the essential atmosphere of home.)
The sign expressing itself in the mundane sphere as the Fourth
House is held to imply the End of all Things ; the end of the matter ;
to signify what the end will be ; the nature of the end conditions, and
so forth. This in itself declares against competition and pronounces
for peace. The end of life means peace, and indifference to worldly
place. It also possibly includes thoughts on the future one. And
this I fancy is also a characteristic of Cancer—the future. He lives
for the future, builds for the future, his day-dreams are of the future,
his work is always performed for the future,—to last and stand the
tests, the assaults of time and posterity : not for the present as does
another cardinal sign, Aries. His worries and apprehensions about
the future are well known to all his associates.
If Home, then, is the pronounced characteristic of Cancer—its
key-note—within the meaning of Home will surely lie the meaning of
Cancer. Home, we have seen, for Cancer, connotes "seclusion"
and " peace." This, however, obviously does not exhaust its mean-
ing, even for him, nor does it supply us with more than a mere fringe
of its definition. For seclusion and peace are but the atmosphere of
Home, not its elements.
Home in its most primitive meaning is first a place of shelter, a
place of refuge—of shelter from the weather, of refuge from our
enemies. Where we shelter our heads at night, where we boast
corporeal security from our enemies, that in a general sense is our
home. And thus it becomes a place of peace, a place where the guard
may be relaxed ; where vigilance may be suspended for ease; where
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARy TEMPERAMENTS 35
'the mail shirt may safely be exchanged for the silken vest; where
sleep may be allowed its sway, and tiredness resolved in oblivion.
As a place of security, as a place of shelter—a place that will
hold, it becomes the treasure house : the place where both primitive
and civilised man store their food and supplies, as no less the dog his
bone.
Hence it is a place--of refreshment also: a place where both
nerve and muscle may be refreshed, where equilibrium maybe re-
gained. It is the Holiday Resort ; the Sea, (And remember in this
connection that the Sun in Cancer marks the commencement of the
holiday season, and that also the sea—that element from which we
are told we all came—is largely the holiday resort.) It is the place of
re-creation.
Home is thus also the place of transformation, of transmutation,
the place of Change. Further, or more strictly perhaps, it is the
place between two states, the node as it were, the bulwark, the
ciiange-over junction : the place between two planes, between two
worlds; the place between unrest and rest, between hell and heaven,
between action and thought.
Properly, as we first saw, the very essence, the very vitals of
home to the savage consisted in the tfiiciency of the shelter, in the
protection it afforded from the sun and weather, in the strength of the
barricade ; indeed, in a sense the very essence for him lay in the
barricade itself; in the entanglemeut that is to say, in that which
arrests, in that which resists in order to hold. Still, it is only in a
very limited and symbolic sense that it means the barricade itself,
the entanglement, the four walls. Strictly it is not the interspatia)
matter, but rather that principle which controls the matter, that
which weaves it into entanglement, that which demarks the axes of
the crystal, that which produces shape. Outside the barrier, the
man primitive or civilised assumes quite another attitude to that
within the barrier, and, by the way, has to. Thus it controls shape.
It is the shaper.
Within, yon shape yourself for the without—generally called re-
shape—and without you re-shape yourself for the within. It is
concerned, however, only negatively, indirectly, with the without.
Vitally its concern is within. Offering assured protection, it is
indeed the place of Transformations. Here, as we have seen, is
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
where the Warrior lays down his arms, where watchfulness is ex-
changed for repose, vigilance for ease and sleep, war for peace,
activity for inactivity, work for pleasure, life for death ; where want
is supplanted by luxury, discontentment by contentment. Here it is
that the angry man becomes affable and lovable ; where strength
becomes weakness, man becomes woman, Mars becomes Venus, the
beast becomes human (though alas, often the human becomes the
beast) : where the unreal becomes the real, where the pose is ex-
changed for the natural and finery for the native attire. It is essen-
tially a place of Realities is this Home, a place where men and women
become what they are : a place whither they proceed from the world
of unreality to that of naked reality. It is the cross-over, the en-
tanglement—to use the words of an original thinker—,the meeting of
" two ways of strength " : meaning Protection, one side, and Defence,
the other.
It is the Great Mother through whose womb wc issue in our
passage from one world to another, from one life to the next, the
Cross on which the man or seed of Life is stretched; the Cross !
that Mother through which the pilgrim Life reaches the Kingdom
of Heaven, is reborn. For equally there is this other side to the
picture : From one life to the next. As the shore-house, as the
treasure-house, as the place of re-creation it is equally and most
vitally the place also where weakness becomes strength, and woman
becomes man, where weariness becomes freshness, death life,
irresolution resolution, experience faculty, knowledge wisdom, Time
Eternity.
It is the Night—the Spouse of Day—whose issue is either the
twins Dawn and Sunset or the hermaphrodite Eternity. It is Reflec-
tion—the Spouse of Experience—whose offspring is Possibility. It is
Sleep—the Spouse of Activity—whose offspring is Capacity, hence
Perpetuity, Eternity. It is Death—the Spouse of Life—whose off-
spring is either the twins Re-birth and Subsequent Death or the
hermaphrodite Nirvana. It is the fruitful Spouse of Winter whose
offspring is the twins Autumn and Spring. It is Charity, the Spouse
of Faith, whose offspring is the twins Hope and Hopelessness. It is
Feeling, the Spouse of Thought, whose offspring isthehermaphrodite
Emotion or the twins Love and Hate, Courage and Fear, Reality
and Fancy.
 TH1-: ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 37

It is the Sea from the foam of whicli Venus is horn.

It is Darkness, the Silence, whose offspring is Wonder;
Materialisation. Is it not the phenomenon Light and Darkness which
produces for us visual matter ? A photograph is such visual matter,
is such a wonder, such a materialisation. Itself the combination of
Light and Shade—the father and mother principles —it is produced by
the action of light upon a seed which is held and developed within a
womb of darkness.
Answering Nicodemus, who came to Him by Night, the Teacher
is reported to have said in effect; " The nature of the new birth, the
nature of the mystic birth is as follows—Conceived of the Silence, the
true Good the seed, the Sower the Will of God." Strange that our
sages of to-day should insist on broad daylight as their test for materi-
alisations. As though, to borrow the famous illustration of the
sceptical Chinese, photographs could be developed in the sunshine !
And see, by the way, how inferior Night is to Day, Silence to
Speech, Ignorance to Knowledge, Preparation to Execution; (for
Home is also the Place of Preparation, where you are prepared for
life's struggle—and Cancer's preparations are elaborate in the
extreme); the infra-red rays to the ultra-violet rays! the red and
presumably infra-red rays which are the only known rays that do not
destroy conception.
As preparation, Cancer is the foundation of the whole character :
the Foundation Stone on which the structure is built; from which
every subsequent activity in life depends: from which each one
proceeds ; by which each one is shaped and thus controlled.
The man with a radically bad home, I would venture to suggest,
is the man who is ill-prepared for life's struggle—who issues forth
every day ill-prepared. And the value of the Home influence in the
shaping and preparing of man for his life's battle is testified to by
every man of important success.
But further; it is meditation, the Spouse of Concentration, whose
offspring is Inspiration.
It is that which perpetuates Life and makes things real for us
—Feeling.
Home is the place to go to at the end of the day, when day
relaxes into night: the place where we go to at the end of our life,
at the end of our ' day of manifestation.'
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Fundamentally it is virtually synonymous with Night. In the
grand general sense the animal creation as a whole seeks its home at
night, or at the night of its activities—which is the same thing ; and
only does so at night, and is not there during the day. Hence is it
virtually synonymous with Night. Home in the world of tangible
things is thus the expression of what Night is in the world of pheno-
mena. Home, again, is the place where you are to be found, and
for the matter of that to be ' found out' also.

What does all this mean in Man's Consciousness ? What is its

principle in Man ?
Home, we have said, is the protective barrier, the defence, the
entanglement: the place where we relax the outer activities: the
place where we put off the unreal for what we in reality are, the
place where all masks are dropped and man in his nakedness stands.
Home we have said is the nourisher, the re-creator, the mother, the
place of transformations.
Feeling is such a principle, is such a place in Man's Consciousness
and Bodies. Man's Feelings arc his final entanglement, his secure
refuge. It is in these he shows himself in his nakedness. This his
defence. You cannot secure his co-operation, his activity unless you
appeal to his feelings—higher or lower, as the case may be. It is in
this he eludes you.
But if he receives you there, it is indeed the place of Transfor-
mations, the place where he will nourish the thought you cast into
him and transform it into action : the place in which the espousal
of your cause is bred : the place where the success or failure of your
cause is engendered. The clever Advocate's final appeal is always to
the feelings, to the humanity, to the likes, of the Jury. In the feelings
it is that the revulsion which alters and transforms a man's life takes
place. In (he feelings it is that man re-creates, perpetuates himself
by his offspring Emotion—the emotions love and hate making him
eternal whether in the world of form, according to the laws of Karma,
or of life.
Arouse his feelings and he will materialise wonders for you.
Appeal to his feelings, to his likes, and you will find him immediately
'at home,' and he will, relax and open out wonderfully to yon.—
Conversely, offend his feelings and he becomes impregnable.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS i 39
We relax in our feelings both from inner thought and outer
action,—and our very physical homes are places tuned to our feelings,
where likes and comforts are studied. Soft draperies that have no
place in the world of employment, the easy chair, the tasty home
dishes and what not! Feelings are the Night of Action, the Spouse
of the Not-Self, the Womb in which Thought is conceived.
Again, Home virtually is co-extensive with family life. Where
the family is, and hence where the defences are, is virtually home.
Home is the fetter, as it were, of the parents, though that fetter be
forged of love. It connotes stability and constraint. Protection, we
are told, is the basis of family life—mutual protection of course being
meant. The family is culled a unit, and each member is bound, is
tied thereto by the desire for protection, whether it be in the crudest
form thereof, namely protection of his own skin, or in the higher aspect
of the same protection of his own cherished hopes and ideals;—the
offspring. And it is of this—mutual protection of the family and
especially of the weaker units thereof—that psychologists explain to
us (he higher emotion love is born.
This home, the family, thus constitutes the first tie between one
member thereof and another. And it is the instinct of the protection
of offspring in particular that 1 should imagine forms the unbreakable
tie—a tie which according to the Church is sacred and should never
be sundered—between one parent and the other. The nature of pro-
tection, of the Family, of Home is encircling, as the arms of the
Universal Mother. And in this connection I would beg your attention
to the glyph of our zodiacal sign Cancer (20), which to me seems
strangely suggestive of this very Protection ; of these very Encircling
Arms.
In another world of symbols, namely mathematics, this same
glyph is in common usage to denote this very function, and to
constitute unities. Its function is to hold, to bind, to tie; and in one
of its varied forms this name is even preserved to it in the somewhat
cryptic title ' vinculum '—a Latin word which means simply to bind.
The which again reminds me of the 'tie' in music, an identical
character both in form and purpose with either of the single members
•of this Cancer glyph, used to group and bind notes together.
Cancer's world we have seen is the world of Feelings: the world
of sensation, the world of translation, of interpretation, the world of
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impacts, the world in which the knower knows himself, realises

himself, and hence realises others. It is the buffer state, the link
which connects the outer with the inner; is the world betwixt the
not-self and the self, between the knowable and the knower.
This world of Feelings, occultists tell us, is the knower's looking-
glass, the lake of reflection in which he sees himself and his fellows ;
and thus it is that in which he sees both the past and the future. As
the link between the divine self and the not-self it is the world of
Psyche, the beloved of Cupid ; the world of the Human Soul ;* and it is
appropriately ruled over by the Moon as such. This world moreover
is that in which the sensitive or psychic lives. Necessarily, as the
realm of psychic activity, its subjects will be physically inactive.
Excessive physical activity or violent impacts from the without only
serving to destroy their mirror for them as ripples break up reflections
on a still lake. Nor do they need it, for they are already awake. Is
it not the sign of the soul's activity, of the soul's awakening ? The
whole of the life will be lived internally and they will have little to do
with the outer life and its objectives. Hence they will he slack in
physical movement and in temporal ambitions. Their ambitions lie
in the psychic world and they will represent in that sphere all, I
suggest, that Ariesdoes in the world of affairs, namely Force, Strength,
Power. One can stc promise of this Power, this Strength and
Activity when through stress of feeling a native of this sign is moved
to outer activity and his forcefulness is particularly noticeable in the
insistent way in which he iterates, reiterates and hammers home that
which he seeks to convey.

I will close this part of my paper with the enumeration of certain

Cancer characteristics, some of which may perhaps be incidental, but
the majority of which are, I am assured, essential and fundamental.
Orderliness. Continuity. Precision. Imaginativeness.
Day Dreaming, consequently happy alone; external amusements
not essential to them, which probably results in and thus accounts
for a self-containedness and sense of independence which makes them
desire to rely on others for nothing ; self-reliance, in other words.

° Notb.—This suggestion seems somewhat to conflict with that on p. of

June Issue, lines 4 and 8.—Trans. Sec.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 41
Powerful will—possibly the negative will, power to deny themselves
and do without. Cautious in the extreme. Amazing power of
clinging and holding on, change being absolutely abhorrent to them.
Mothering instinct. Easy to lead but hopeless to drive. Instinc-
tively on the defensive, but not aggressive. Patient. Very earnest.
Thorough to the finish. Mouldable. Diffident. Apprehensive and
somewhat timid. Far-seeing.
Victims of moods, like the tides of the sea, their reputation ebbing
and flowing i n consonance therewith. Power to digest and extract the
gist of things. Power of application and to apply knowledge and turn
things to use and account. Slack in powers of external observation
owing to dreaminess.
Terribly difficult people to drag out of or away from their homes :
even holidays are a nuisance to them if it necessitates leaving home.
Dislike of being tied down by plans, probably through being
creatures of mood, preferring always to be free to indulge the mood
of the hour. Real fighters as defenders when driven to it. Virtuous
largely through what they don't do, rather than what they do do.
Comprehensive methods : liking to tour all round a subject or a
project and to see the end well before embarking on it. Work and
think in circles, planning all round as it were before making that final
effort often mistakenly called ' doing the thing.' Asamatterof fact
they reckon that the thing does itself from their elaborate planning.
Very slow at the first, owing to their elaborate preparations, but rapid at
finish. Appropriate conditions—really reflection of their moods—
absolutely vital to them. They are willing enough to perform, but
they loathe having to do so until they feel that suitable time and
conditions are ruling. Thus season is everything to them. They
don't like doing things out of season.
Deliberate. Painstaking. Very patient, earnest, very determined
and—strange to say—amazingly confident in themselves when they
have at last got light on a thing : this in spite of native diffidence.
Law and order a passion with them. Preoccupied, self-absorbed
people, their world being within themselves; and thus largely
unobservant, except through feelings where things affect or knock
up against them and then they see details vividly.
Cancer wants plenty of time to consider, reflect and think things
over before he acts. Remember, he is like the stomach which takes
42 MODERN ASTROLOGY
perhaps five hours to simulate actions which the teeth and tongue do
in as many seconds.*
Cancer can always wait: possibly because lie has supreme
confidence in his powers to achieve in the end. The end is always
near to Cancer, unlike Aries for whom the end is ever hazily far
distant. Consequently Cancer worries about the end just as Aries
about the present. Believers in modest start but fine finish.
Cancer's secret ideal is to rule himself, to be Icing of his own
body; consequently he is indifferent as to ruling others and will not
trouble you unless you interfere with him. Slack in ambition of
temporal place and power, but fiercely desirous of power and kingship
over self and his own body and desires—hence self-controlled.
Rights, I fancy, he is rather particular about, and injustices he feels
keenly.
Never interfere in Cancer's home affairs or with the confidences
that subsist between himself and his family : they are sacred to him.
His family represent so many expressions of a unity to him, not a
number of united units.
The vice of Cancer is Apathy.

What do these considerations teach us ?

In the first place, their object has been to discover what is con-
tained in the ideas—not in the word—associated with Home; and
proceeding thence, to define by the application of these discoveries the
instincts, nature and principle of the Cancer temperament.
In the second place, however, another very material puipose
happens to have been subserved, namely, the disclosing of the con-
nections and relationships between those few marked characteristics
or attributes observed and attributed to the sign's temperament,
particularly in regard to those of Home, Feelings, the Family Pro-
tection, Preservation, Tenacity, Will, Cautiousness, Physical In-
action, Shyness or Reserve, Darkness, Night, Summer, Fertility,
Ignorance, The Mother, Old Womanliness, The End, Abhorrence of
Change though yet intimately associated with Change, Pcacefulness,
Amiability, Imaginativeness, Day Dreaming, Reflection, Silence,

° 1 venture to draw attention to this as a particularly valuable point.

Tkans. Sec.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 43
Diffidence, Slackness of Faith, Economy—using the term in its
strictest sense, namely, " the wise management of a household," not
in its misapplied sense of parsimony, which has nothing whatever to
do either with the sign or word at all, economy implying equally
spending and reserving, it being summed up in the two words
nourishing and fertility.
Many of these characteristics you will have observed appear now
as identities, identities in different departments or phases of the
phenomena of life, such for instance as Home, Feeling, Preservation,
Tenacity, Darkness, Summer, the Mother Function of Perpetuation,
etc. In a sense, if it be preferred, many of them are synonyms,
though to my mind they are more than synonyms, they are identities.
And this is what I suggest they should be if one has chosen the chief
characteristic truly. For the final and most material representation
of any symbol (so long as it be in all respects a symbol) is like the
inverted apex of an acute angle, that point common to the whole of
the space covered in the rotation. Thus, if Home be the true and
most material expression of the nature of Cancer, all the other
catalogue of characteristics would also be expressed—though neces-
sarily more crudely—in that one outermost symbol (V ): Home would
be the sort of common expression of the whole series. In other
words, the ideaexpressed in the word Home would open out into each
and all of the other characteristics as the containing arms of the angle
do likewise, the angle itself symbolising all the vast and limitless
meanings which are precipitated into that one final hinge or point of
materialisation.
Assuming them to be well founded, a close relationship amount-
ing in some, if not in all, instances to identity has become visible, and
meanings—however vague—have appeared for otherwise meaningless
and unexplained instincts.
There is some meaning to me now, for instance, in the Cancer
instinct of Protection, of Tenacity, of Reflection, of his powerful
negative will—his power to do without and to resist : of his caution
and careful provision for contingencies and possibilities: of the
Fertility associated with the sign and with its mundane representative,
the fourth house; of his physical inertness though he be a cardinal
sign man ; of his connection with family affairs, of his equally-
balanced storing and spending instinct—economy in a word; of his
44 MODERN ASTROLOGY
relative indifference to worldly events, pursuits and pleasures, and
strange interest and association with Home.
And even if these so-called meanings, otherwise deductions,
prove ultimately to be but Fancy—the degenerate offspring of Cancer
—perhaps it may still be possible for them to point the way back to
that pathway of truth and fact which inthe native darkness of Cancer
lay obscured to sight. For Fancy, we are told, is etymologicaliy akin
to the act of " making visible and plain."
The original intention of this essay was to conclude with an
application of the principle obtained to the personal characteristics of
the two subjects of illustration chosen at the commencement of the
enquiry, and of those attributed in general to the sign, but lack of
opportunity at the moment makes the following out of that intention
impossible. It is however sufficient, perhaps, to suggest it to the
reader.
[The next instalment of this Series will include the paper of " Beta,"
which in many respects tends to corroborate the ideas adumbrated here.}

Mundane Astrology: January.—New Moon; Dec. 3isf, 1910,

4.21 p.m., London
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The New Moon occurs on the cusp of the seventh house at
London, with Neptune rising; and the map is similar to that for the
Sun's entry into Capricorn. A good deal of attention will be turned
upon our foreign relations, which should be harmonious and profitable
on the whole in spite of a good deal of diplomatic activity beneath
the surface. The Government will be fairly strong and fortunate for
a time, although some difficult questions await parliamentary atten-
tion in the near future. Some eminent writer or speaker will die, and
some statesman. An accident or explosion will take place on board a
naval vessel. The marriage-rate will increase, and also the birth-
rate, but some divorce court or similar scandal will be heard of.
Trade and finance will improve. Theatres and places of amusement
will prosper and new enterprises will begin here. The weather will
be mild for the time.
[Several interesting Letters, already in type, are unavoidably held over
till next month.]
A Journal Devoted to the Search for Truth Concerning Astrology

Vol. VIII. FEBRUARY, 1911. No. 2.

I^sw Series.

(SMtur's
I have promised to deal with the question as to whether
Astrology should be taught in our public schools.
In the first place I may say that I see no reason why Astrology
should not be taught to children, provided it is presented in a moral
form, and as simply as possible. As a child I believed the stars to be
angels, and even then possessed a faith in spiritual things that has
never for one single moment been shaken. I both heard of and
believed in re-incarnation long before I came into touch with Theo-
sophy, in 1887, and 1 can honestly say that a knowledge of Astrology
in my youth has been of the greatest blessing to me, and to all those
who have been connected with me. It did not prevent my working
off a terrible karma during the first thirty years of my life, but it did
have the effect of warning me as to the kind of karma it would be
advisable for me to make for the future.
As to the question of giving instruction in public schools, if con-
fined to the general principles of Astrology and its relation to
character, much good would undoubtedly follow ; but before we begin
to teach children it seems to me necessary that an Institute or College
should first be founded where suitable teachers could be trained.
Therefore all those who wish to see Astrology taught inschoolsshould
first confine their attention to the establishment of a genuine School
of Instruction for teachers, who should not be allowed to teacli until
awarded a diploma or Certificate of Merit shewing their qualifications
to impart instruction to others.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
A few months ago an advertisement was inserted in this magazine
offering a guaranteed interest of 4% to those who desired to invest in
a scheme with that object in view. This plan, however, is not as yet
a satisfactory one, and those who desire to see such an establishment
founded must be prepared to give all they can afford towards its foun-
dation, and until a substantial sum is definitely guaranteed nothing
further can be done in the matter. Directly one thousand pounds is
obtained towards this end Twill undertake to find another thousand
pounds, and give my services freely in the endeavour to found an
Institution that shall be of permanent value to Astrology.
* «
I have also promised to deal with the question as to whether a
general knowledge of Astrology would be advisable, or beneficial to
the world. Probably this question would be best dealt with in an
article devoted to the subject. My own opinion is, that the moment
the time is ripe for its presentation to the world we shall have no
option in the matter; for then Urania will be too strong for those
who think otherwise. As the majority of my readers are aware, I
have eternal faith in Those Who are behind the scenes, for They
KNOW.
Mr. F. C. Marchand, the gentleman who sent me the above
questions, also asks ; " Can the average individual overcome the
planetary influences working against him, if they are pointed out to
him ? Or has everyone to pay the price ? "
Certainly, I think everyone has to pay the price, and to mc the
whole secret lies in how it is paid. An ordinary debt may be
paid cheerfully or grudgingly, and once a debt is recognised it should
be paid, and close account taken of the value received.
The average individual does not appear to be able to overcome
planetary influences, but the man or woman who discovers that law
rules everywhere, can obtain good from evil, by way of valuable
experience. Behind every law there is a force driving it to its
appointed end; given the knowledge of its direction a wise man may
turn and use that force. His use, or abuse, of it decides the direction
of another set of forces in connection with it. 1 am hungry; there
is a law in my members causing that hunger. I eat indiscriminately,
to gratify my desire for food ; my digestive organs are then concerned
with the results. If, however, 1 remember past sufferings in this
 THE EDITOR'S OBSERVATORY 47
direction, and use discrimination with regard to the food I take, I
satisfy my hunger with content. This simple illustration will apply
throughout and resolves itself into my attitude of mind and its
consequent results.

The problem as to how far a knowledge of Astrology will help

one to overcome planetary influences is one that can only appeal to
those who have not been individualised too soon. Those who would
solve these problems must have a sure faith that a Wise Intelligence
is behind every manifestation, and that nothing happens by chance,
all happenings being the result of laws set in motion by Nature—
laws whose actions we either hasten or retard. Those who have
no such faith can only fall back upon the simple proverb, " What can-
not be cured must be endured." It is always better to accept troubles
unfci the cause of them is found ; then the lesson Nature is trying to
teach may be discovered, and the fitting remedies applied. We often
break Nature's laws, and rarely seek to work with Her, but until we
do learn how to work with Her we shall not obtain the knowledge
that will help us to overcome.
It all comes back to the old saying : The wise man roles his stars,
the fool obeys them. Substitute " works with " for rules, and "is in
blind ignorance of" for obeys, and it may sound clearer. It is the
law of our members to feel hunger, thirst, the impulse of the
generative forces, etc. It is also the law of our minds that gives
temperance, patience, endurance and reason to control the forces of
Nature working through us; and the solution of the problem is in
Astrology and ourselves—the reason of the stars.
* jK
The story of our journey to the East must be deferred till next
month.

A Parliamentary Forecast.—J. W. writes, under date of ig/ra/'io :

" The new session is announced to begin on 6th February. There are no
signs of any catastrophe. The Government significator (2^) is supported
by $ and ?. The former is apparently the Labour Party as it is in the
house of service. Finance is the weak point of the horoscope (see J □ 0)-
There is some probability of a sudden end to the Parliament in the summer
of 1913 on some financial question. The opposition amendment will
probably be defeated by a large majority on 14th February. Troublesome
questions arise about the 9th March and 20th and 21st March."
 lEunbanfi Jlstrolotjit

By H, S. Green

Amongst those who have no practical acquaintance with the

science of the stars, it is probable that astrology is believed to begin
and end with the calculation and interpretation of the horoscope of
birth. Important as Genethliacal or Natal astrology is, however, it
might easily be argued that there is another branch surpassing it in
value and interest, namely that which gives its title to this article.
Mundane Astrology is the study of the effects of Equinoses,
Solstices, New Moons, Eclipses, and similar celestial phenomena, as
applied not to separate individuals but to nations and large communi-
ties of people. The youngest student will readily appreciate one
great advantage which this branch of the subject possesses; namely,
certainty of data. For the mathematical side of astronomy has been
carried to such perfection that the time of occurrence of any ordinary
celestial phenomenon can be ascertained to the minute, or, if necessary,
to the second ; so that here we are free from that perpetual plague of
every astrologer, uncertainty of the time of birth.
The most important data in mundane astrology are those given
in the maps of the heavens for the time of the Sun's entry into the four
cardinal signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, which mark the
four quarters of the year ; and of these the first is usually the most
significant. After these, eclipses are usually found to produce very
decided effects ; and then comes the New Moon, the results of which
are limited to the month. Maps of the heavens for each of these are
calculated for the time of their occurrenceat the latitude and longitude
of the capital city of whatever country it is desired to study.
One practical illustration of the importance of the cardinal sign
maps just mentioned may be given. At the time of the Sun's entry
into Libra on September 23rd, 1910, at London, the malefic Saturn
was in the sixth degree of Taurus in the eleventh house, which governs
Parliament. An eclipse of the Sun on November 2nd fell in opposition
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY 49
to this Saturn from the ninth degree of Scorpio; and Parliament was
dissolved within the month.
This interaction of the effects of the various celestial phenomena
complicates considerably the task of the student of the subject, and
is frequently liable to be overlooked.
Examples of the various branches of Mundane Astrology now
follow, showing the celestial influences in operation during the present
year, first in a general, and then in a more detailed and particular
manner : first the planetary influences during the whole year, as
shown by their sign-position; then the solar ingresses at the Four
Quarters of the year ; and lastly, the Monthly Forecasts.
GENERAL PLANETARY INFLUENCES DURING
THE YEAR
Neptune continues in the sign Cancer during the whole of the
year, its position varying from 2oi8046' on March 30th to 2o23048' on
October 27th. It afflicts by conjunction the solar places of all persons
born between July 12th and 17th; and by opposition those born
between January 10th and 14th. Its long series of oppositions with
Uranus is at last at an end, the nearest approach to that aspect being
in the middle of October, when the two planets will be i042' short of
an opposition. After this they will continue slowly to separate, but
it will be some years before they will be quite beyond the orbs of this
aspect. Psychic and occult matters will benefit by this separation,
and both planets are beneficially aspected by Jupiter during rgir.
They were in trine to each other first in 1879, and they will not reach
this fortunate aspect again until 1939. Their relative motion is so
slow that they remain within orbs of each major aspect for several
years; and doubtless the wave of activity in psychic and occult
thought that characterised the years just preceding and following
1879 will be repeated in a different cycle about 1939, the same two
signs being involved, Taurus and Virgo. During this sixty year cycle
Neptune and Uranus will have moved from a sinister to a dexter
trine (counting from Neptune, the slower of the two); and this relative
motion is equivalent to an absolute movement through about one-
third of the zodiac. The interval that elapses between any two suc-
cessive conjunctions is about 170 years ; for they were in conjunction
in Capricorn in 1821 and will again meet in the same sign in 1991.
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During this penoa their conjunctions and trines involve the earthy
triplicity, starting from Capricorn, the ruling sign of India.
Uranus, during 1911, will be moving through the latter part of
Capricorn, covering an arc from ys2^°2^' to 2902i'; and therefore in-
volving in malefic transit birthdays from January 15th to 20th and
July 18th to 23rd. It will not actually enter Aquarius until 1912 ;
but, according to the usual rule, when a planet has entered the last
two degrees of a sign it begins to act as if in the next sign. Russia,
Prussia, Sweden, and other parts ruled by Aquarius will therefore
soon begin to feel the disturbing influence of Uranus, causing political
and especially parliamentary changes. It has been in Capricorn since
1905, and has been more or less in opposition to Neptune all the time,
the first exact opposition occurring on February 28th, 1906. There
have been unrest, rebellious movements, and outrages in India, ruled
by Capricorn, during this period ; at home three Prime Ministers
have held office, and we have seen three General Elections, the death
of King Edward, and a struggle for power between the two Houses
of Parliament. Capricorn is the tenth sign from Aries, the ruling
sign of England, and therefore signifies the Monarch and Govern-
ment; while the seven years' passage of Uranus through Aquarius
will see important parliamentary changes and reforms. Whether any
change will take place at all comparable with the great Reform Bill
agitation and victory that characterised its last transit through this
sign, 1828-1836, remains to be seen ; at present the chief questions of
this sort confronting the nation are those of the balance of power
between the two houses at times of disagreement, the rise and status
of the labour party, and the demand for votes for women.
Saturn will be passing through Taurus during the year, meeting
the opposition of Jupiter on April 30th and October 18th, and the
conjunction with Mars at 8 i9059' on August 16th. The latter seems
to be very evil, for it afflicts either by conjunction or opposition several
important points in the horoscopes of various reigning monarchs. The
King and Queen, the Queen Mother, and the rulers of Austria,
Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, and Sweden all receive more or less
affliction through this transit, as noted elsewhere under their direc-
tions. Taurus governs Ireland, Asia Minor, Poland, the Caucasus,
Persia, and the Grecian Archipelago; and such a malefic conjunction
as this is sure to make itself felt, for it is evil for the Monarch and
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY 51
Government of any country ruled by the sign in which it falls. When
the conjunction fell in Aquarius, the ruling sign of Russia, it was suc-
ceeded by the war with Japan ; when it fell in Pisces, December 30th,
1907, it was followed only a month later by the assasination of the
King and Crown Prince of Portugal, the country ruled by that sign ;
and its occurrence in Aries on December 29th, 1909, preceded King
Edward's death by four months, for Aries rules England. Taurus
has now to feel the effects of it, and Gemini will follow in 1913. The
presence of Mars and Saturn in the midheaven at the New Moon of
August 24th, tgn, is very ominousof discontent and criminal violence
directed against those in high places, as well as of ill-feeling between
employers and employed.
Jupiter will be passing through Scorpio during 1911, benefiting
Norway, Morocco, and other countries ruled by that sign. It forms
good aspects to Neptune and Uranus but will be more or less in op-
position to Saturn for a large part of the year. The presence of Mars,
Jupiter, and Saturn in fixed signs is sure to be followed by earthquakes
at places where those planets are near the Meridian when in close
aspect or when strongly aspecting the luminaries. Money matters and
political questions turning upon money are likely to trouble statesmen
seriously, the churches will be under unfortunate influences, and
persons eminent in the religious world will die.
There are four eclipses during 1911, two of the Sun and two of
the Moon.
(1) A total eclipse of the Sun, April 28th, at s 703o' on the cusp
of the fifth house at the moment of New Moon at London. It will
be visible in the United States, Central America, and the Pacific
Ocean, but invisible in England and Europe.
(2) A penumbral eclipse of the Moon, May 13th, at 7ri,2i022' in
the sixth house at Full Moon, London. It will be visible in England
for a few minutes just before sunrise.
(3) An annular eclipse of the Sun, October 22nd, at ^27038', in
the second house at New Moon, London. It will be visible in India,
Persia, Siberia, China, Japan, and part of Australia, but invisible in
Europe.
(4) A penumbral eclipse of the Moon, November 6th, at 8 i307',
in the ascendant at Full Moon, London. It will be visible in England
for a short time after the Moon rises.
52 MODERN ASTROLOGY

These are given in full elsewhere under Mundane Astrology.

They all fall in the well-known earthquake producing signs Taurus
and Scorpio, and will therefore be followed by seismic disturbances,
chiefly where they fall near the lower meridian.

THE SPRING QUARTER

When the Sun enters Aries on March 21st, igu, 5.55 p.m., the
end of the sign Virgo will be rising at London (st'ag' N. Lat.),
Neptune will be in the mid-heaven in trine to Jupiter in the second
house ; the Sun and Mercury will be in conjunction in Aries in sextile
to Mars and Uranus near the cusp of the fifth house ; the two latter
planets being in square to Venus and Saturn in the eighth house.
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
027.8 sis 15+ 1527.47 mzi
OJ)S2<f¥ ^
To o 7i6.il TI.13 T27.17 =5 44 "U3.54li a 4.46 ^28.33 018.481},
The mutable Neptune in the mid-heaven is found in most cases
to imply weakness of the Government and likelihood of change. In
this map, however, the planet has separated ten degrees from the
opposition of Uranus and is in trine to Jupiter ; therefore, if it cannot
achieve anything good for the monarch and the ruling party, its best
friends will need to write it down an even worse malefic than they
suspect. The bad aspects in the map are mostly centred on the fifth
and eighth houses; the Government will probably hold its own
in spite of the uncertain Neptune. The Sun is strong, is well
aspected, and rules the eleventh house. Trade should be good and
financial affairs prosperous ; death duties will increase in value, and
the exchequer will benefit by the deaths of wealthy people. Land-
owners and aged people will also die as well as some eminent woman,
and the death-rate among children is likely to be high. Some useful
legislation should pass through Parliament. Foreign affairs will be
satisfactory and should attract a good deal of attention; this country
will have friends abroad, amicable understandings with foreign
countries will benefit us, and possibly some commercial or other form
of treaty will be accomplished to the advantage of the nation. The
affliction of the fifth house from the eighth is severe, and cases of murder
and violence directed against women and children will be heard of; some
new ventures in theatres or public entertainments will be made, but one
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY 53
or more of such will fail disastrously. Increase in the navy will be
found necessary and further expenditure incurred. The weather is
likely to be mild but damp. Psychics and mystics will be under
better influences than those that have prevailed for some time past,
as Uranus and Neptune are slowly separating, and Jupiter is in trine
to the latter.
In the East of Europe, Neptune and Uranus will be close to the
meridian and Venus will set, Saturn also being in the seventh house.
A very changeful and uncertain influence will weigh upon rulers and
governments, and although peace will be kept for the most part, a
very restless and discontented spirit will be abroad between the
nations, for the square of Saturn in the seventh angle to Mars is very
ominous. Jupiter on the second cusp is good for money matters.
At Calcutta, the Moon will rise in Sagittarius. As Uranus and
Mars are both in the second house, there will be heavy expenditure,
difficulties with regard to taxation, financial affairs generally will be
unsatisfactory, and some heavy failures will be heard of.
At New York, the end of Cancer will rise ; Venus and Saturn
will be in the mid-heaven, the Sun and Mercury in the ninth house,
and Mars and Uranus will set. Questions relating to foreign affairs
will arise and will prove difficult of solution, and there will be some-
thing nearly approaching a rupture with some other nation. Foreign
trade will increase. The President and Government have some
heavy afRictions to contend against. Some person very eminent in
the country will die, also wealthy people and some statesman. The
weather will be wet, with some very cold and stormy spells.

THE SUMMER QUARTER

The Sun enters the first point of Cancer on June 22nd, 1911, at
London (510 N.2g'), at ih. 36in. p.m., when the positions of signs and
planets will be as follows ;
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
2121,51 J127 1525 i16.39 11113 715
r
D ? s 0 ? y
T14.8 b 4*22 a 16.3 1116.42 aso.o 2220.29 ili4.46 >328.2811.
Jupiter is rising in trine to the Sun in the ninth house, and in
opposition to the Moon. Mars is setting in square to Neptune
54 MODERN ASTROLOGY

culminating but in good aspect to Mercury in the ninth and Venus in

the mid-heaven.
The country will be prosperous and trade good; railways and
shipping companies will benefit and new inventions will be heard of
concerning aerial and other means of transit ; science and literature
will be under good influences. Venus in the mid-heaven in trine to
Mars in the King's ascendant shows national good-will and rejoicings
in connection with the monarch. There will be some amount of
friction over foreign aifairs; but the aspects received by Mars, which
is strong in Aries on the cusp of the seventh house, are more good
than evil, so that it is not likely that serious trouble will befall, and
the country should be able to hold its own. The square of Mars to
Neptune, however, shows trouble for our rulers, perhaps coming from
Africa or some country ruled by Cancer. The army and Navy will
entail increasing expenditure, and the growth of the navy will
continue. Legislation will pass through Parliament, probably of a
reforming or democratic type, and the government attempts much,
although its position will be rather insecure. There will be danger
of accidents in mines and the fall of buildings; and the strong aspects
from cardinal signs will be followed by earthquakes near the longitude
of Greenwich or within a very few degrees.
At Constantinople, iti 11.21 will rise ; Jupiter will have just risen,
and the Moon and Saturn will be setting and Venus culminating.
This indicates friction and dissentions both at home and abroad, but
peace and progress will be maintained. There will be religious
discord, and discontent among the people, probably riots and outrages ;
shipwrecks at sea and accidents by road and rail.
At Calcutta Vyio^' will rise with Uranus in the ascendant and
Neptune setting. This indicates some amount of unrest and dis-
content as well as unsettled relations on the frontier and with other
nations; but, as Jupiter will culminate, the hands of the ruling
authorities will be strengthened and the country will prosper.
At New York, SL20oi7' will rise with Venus just above the
cusp, and y i204' will culminate with Saturn close by. The President
and the ruling powers will be unfortunate and will have to face many
difficulties and some unpopularity. Political excitement will run
high and some legislative reforms and beneficial changes will be
brought about. Railways will be under good influences but there are.
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY 55
likely to be storms and loss of life on the coasts. Strikes will occur
and perhaps trouble relating to army and navy. There will be secret
crime and a good deal of religious discord.

THE AUTUMN QUARTER

X. XI. XII. I. 11. III.

07.54 tin ntrs-io ^5 1H3
» 19.50!^ 07.5 0223.29 11)112.16 11)116.33 iO.O £119.17 11113-33 V325.28rt
When the Sun enters Libra at London on September 24th, ign,
at 4.17 a.m., Mercury and Venus will be rising and Mars exactly
culminating in trine to the Sun but lord of the eighth house. The
martial influence will be very evident in the events of the Quarter,
the national spirit will be roused and political excitement will be
great. Some very highly placed person will die, perhaps someone
near to the King, and death will be very busy in high places. Ques-
tions relating to money matters and foreign trade will be prominent
and neither of these departments of the national life will be fortunate.
The Government should be strong but not fortunate or popular.
There will be storms and loss of life round the coast and accidents
by rail, aeroplane, and motor car. Our foreign relations will not be
satisfactory ; changes in the Cabinet or in Parliament may take place
and political parties on both sides be unfortunate. The opposition of
Jupiter to Saturn is bad for the churches and for religious questions
not only in England but elsewhere.
At Constantinople, the Sun will rise in trine to Mars in the ninth
house. The ruling powers in western Europe will be strong, and
international relations satisfactory, but the democracy will be dissatis-
fied. Armies and navies will increase and the expenditure of the
nations also.
At Calcutta, Mercury and Venus will culminate. The state of
the country should be fairly prosperous; legislative reforms will be
enacted; foreign relations will give rise to some anxiety ; and financial
affairs will be unsatisfactory.
At New York, Neptune will rise and Uranus set, causing trouble
in foreign affairs; the Government will not be fortunate; Saturn in the
ninth house brings trouble upon politics and money matters, which
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will not prosper. Some fraud connected with railways will occur
and there will be accidents by rail.

THE WINTER QUARTER

X. xi. xn. I. ii. in.
1114.55 0622 J123 1518.26 ill III lo
h pft1
B13.50IJ 824.37 «B23.oIi 11115.10 72.40 170.0 B6.t8R. 1724.58 1727.46
When the Sun enters Capricorn on December 22Ddt ign, at
IO
-53 p.m., at London, the Sun and Mercury will be in the fourth
house, the Moon and Uranus in the fifth in opposition to Neptune,
and Saturn and Mars both retrograde in the ninth house; Saturn
being in opposition to Venus, and Mars just separating from the opposi-
tion of Jupiter. There will be heavy storms, many shipwrecks, and
much loss of life at sea. The churches will be unfortunate, and much
contention and bitterness will be introduced into religious questions.
Someone eminent in the religious world will die. The Government
is not likely to be either strong or fortunate, and Parliament will not
accomplish much. Trade and the exchequer for the time will not be
under good influences, and some heavy failures will occur ; theatres
and public entertainments will not prosper; heavy fluctuations will
occur on the Stock Exchange, women and children will suffer, and
some serious scandals will occur.
At Constantinople and the east of Europe Neptune will be in the
mid-heaven in opposition to Uranus and the Moon. Monarchs and
statesmen will be very unfortunate, much discontent will be abroad
among the peoples ; international relations will be very unsettled;
cases of murder and serious crime will occur. Earthquakes are likely
still further east where Neptune and Uranus are nearer the meridian.
Jupiter will rise at Calcutta, rendering the condition of the
country more prosperous than in some ether parts, but there is likely
to be a good deal of discontent among workers and the people;
troublesome questions connected with the army will arise. The
national health will be unsatisfactory.
At New York Neptune will rise; Mars and Saturn being in the
eleventh house. Foreign relations will be disturbed, and the atten-
tion of statesmen will be very much oecupied thereby. Political
 MUNDANE ASTEOLOGY 57
affairs will be very troubled, and members of the legislature will die.
The country is not under favourable influences for the time being.

BRIEF MONTHLY FORECASTS

February.—New Moon; Jan. ^oth, 1911, g.4.5 a.m., London, $i°2<j'N.

X. XI. XU, I. II. III.
>34.22 >323 zsig rii.24 w 24 n 16
GB S ? <f « '? V V
5:9.24 V514.24 =24.53 /28.55 11U3 11 ao.24 >326.7 aaigsglt.
The lunation in the eleventh house shows political activity in
Parliament, but many difficulties in the path of the Government, and
neither party very successful. There will be friendly feeling between
this country and nations abroad, and some commercial or other treaty
may be talked of. Something in the nature of parliamentary reform
or new regulations aflfecting legislation may be seriously discussed.
The influences are favourable for Army and Navy, and also for the
working classes, for trade, and the settlement of strikes. Hospitals and
charitable institutions will benefit and the marriage-rate increase.
There will be storms and loss of life at sea. Someone eminent in the
religious world will die, and disputes will be carried on over religious
questions.
March.—New Moon; March 1st, ign, 0.31 a.m., London
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
14114.12 ^14 1116 11122.59 / 24 =4
oj) 5 ? a v b w w
Kg.ig =23.36 T1.46 >320.27 11114-33 «2.36 >327.42 ratg.ol^
A very high rate of expenditure is indicated in this map, new
financial and trade enterprises undertaken, some notable failure that
will involve many people, and some exciting speculations and fluctua-
tions on the Stock Exchange. Cases of fraud and swindling will
occur. The influences are good for the farming, mining and landed
interests, and the crops will benefit. The literary and publishing
trades will prosper ; and some new magazine or newspaper will be
started ; inventions dealing with modes of transit, motors and aviation,
will succeed: but some sudden and fatal accidents will occur by road
or rail. Hospitals and charitable institutions will benefit. Some
strike will threaten railway interests, but may be averted with care.
The map is good for the country and Government on the whole.
58 MODERN ASTROLOGY

April.—New Moon; March ^oth, igt i, 0.38 p.m., London

K. XI. XII. I. II. III.
T 17.39 826 06 JI8.14 25 >ni 17
01)«« J V V
T8.42 T 18.57 W7-59 -J2.J5 "113. J6H 8 5-47 VJ 28.50 018.46
The planetary positions indicate that some troublesome questions
will arise involving foreign affairs, and a dispute turning upon
financial matters and taxation between this country and abroad.
Foreign trade will be brisk and increasing, but some heavy bankruptcy
will occur at home, and financial affairs will cause trouble and
embarrass the Government in Parliament. Some bank or large
company will be in difficulties, and although trade will expand,
expenses will increase with it, and money questions will be surrounded
with difficulties. There will be scandals and divorces in high life.
The crops and land will benefit; there will be heavy rains at times
but a fair amount of fine weather. Some strike is threatened. The
lunation is fortunate for the King, and to a less extent for the
Government. Some fraud connected with a hospital or prison will
come to light, and cases of fraud or libel will £11 the law courts.
May.—Eclipse of the Sun; April iftlh, igu, 10.25 p.m., London
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
^13.4 iri8 11127 712.28 V32i H6
oD « ten 'i itf "f
87.30 817.3811. D 13.16 )(4.io mg.sSlJ. B9.27 1129.20 oig.o
The eclipse is conjunction Saturn in Taurus on the cusp of the
fifth house at London, opposition Jupiter. Finance will occupy the
attention of parliament and the country, and will give much trouble,
for trade and money matters will be temporarily under a cloud ; some
heavy bankruptcies will occur, questions of taxation will cause
trouble to the Government, heavy fluctuations will cause losses on the
Stock Exchange, and some wealthy and aged people will die.
Theatres and places of entertainment will be unfortunate, and meet
with losses necessitating the closing of one. Foreign relations will
be peaceful. Engagements and marriages will increase. Friendly
visits between different countries will take place. New enterprises
will be heard of connected with locomotion and means of transit.
Earthquakes will follow the eclipse near 25°£. Deaths from apoplexy
and heart failure will occur.
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY 59
May.—Eclipse of the Moon ; May 13th, 1911, 6.10 a.m., London
X. XI. XII. I. 11. III.
XS 20 K 20 B7 1126 OUZ 0129
qdssctj/'? mu)
B 21 22 11121.22 89.56!}. aB0.2 K14.49 11x8.10R. B 11.17 V729.19I). 0819.17
The eclipse is only partly visible in England, the Moon being in
the sixth house at the time of Full Moon ; and the map is not very
important for this country. Questions will arise connected with the
navy and its expense, and will cause trouble; some strike will be
threatened connected with shipping, and accidents, with loss of life on
ships and the water. Workhouses, prisons, hospitals, and charitable
institutions will be under unfortunate influences, fraud and accidents
may happen in connection with them, and trouble arise through
questions of management and money matters. A gale is likely to
affect our coasts and cause loss of life. There will be a good deal of
crime, some of it remaining undiscovered, and oneor more mysterious
deaths.

June.—New Moon ; May 28th, 1911, 6.24 a.m., London

X, XI. XII. 1. 11. III.
K9.5 T14 m 011.47 "27 jii5
ods ? s y 'i $
IT5.48 B12.11 017.12 5<25.53 1116.301^ B 13.10 VJ29.8 019.40
The New Moon is in the twelfth house in trine to Uranus ;
Mercury and Saturn in conjunction in the eleventh in opposition to
Jupiter. Parliament will not prosper under these influences; there
will be delay, hindrances, much obstruction, many disputes, and not
much credit to be gained by the Government, who will lake some
false step and find progress very difficult, and will be fortunate if they
avert defeat. Labour members and democracy generally will be
discontented, and Ireland unfortunate. Deaths will occur among
Members of Parliament. Money matters will not prosper for the
time, and all financial affairs drag heavily. There will be a militant,
quarrelsome spirit abroad beneficial to no party or nation. Foreign
affairs will not prosper. Reforms will be introduced in prisons or
workhouses, and old age pensions occupy attention now and prove a
heavy burden. Votes for women may advance another step but will
not gain final success yet.
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July. New Moan; June 26th, 1911, 1.20 p.m., London

X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
SB2I.47 fl26 <V25 ^16.36 111 12 / 14
oD s ? i v k v <y
03.48 (124.49 A18.52 TI6.56 "1444 B 1627 V328.igl^ 020.37
The lunation is in the ninth house in trine to Jupiter in the
ascendant. This is fortunate for the country, and there will be a
period of prosperity, with holiday making and public rejoicing. Money
matters and trade will be fortunate ; and the Monarch and the Govern-
ment are under good influences for the time. A death will occur in
very high circles, it is to be hoped not among royalty; some famous
or titled woman will die, as well as someone who is or has been a state
official. There will be much travelling at home and from abroad ; rail-
ways and shipping will prosper. The Churches benefit; there will be
much literary and social activity ; and friendly enterprise and recep-
tion between this country and abroad, although the Government may
have some difficult problem to face in India or Africa. There will be
accidents in mines and the fall of buildings.

August. New Moon; July 2$ih, ign, 8.12 p.m., London

x, xi. xn. r. 11. in.
/7.14 225 vi 13 =8.42 mg B 15
OD? ? e n ijt v
ftl.44 JI22.31 >1)115.43 B6.38 1115-26 B 18.55 V327.il 021.42
The New Moon falls on the cusp of the seventh house, in square
to Mars in the second and Jupiter in the eighth. Money matters will
be very unsatisfactory ; new trade and other ventures will be started,
especially in connection with shipping, the merchant service, and
foreign trade; but expenses will be high, and failures will occur
through rash and extravagant expectations not being fulfilled. The
question of financial relations between this country, the colonies, and
other nations will become very prominent just now. Someone
eminent in the religious world will die, and money matters trouble
the churches. Foreign relations are complicated and involved, but
very friendly feeling will be shown and visits exchanged with some
other country; we shall have good friends abroad, and yet in some
direction we shall nearly come to a rupture. There will be much
restlessness, excitement, and dissatisfaction in the country; and the
Government gain no credit unless through foreign or colonial affairs.
 MUNDANE ASTROLOGY 6r

September. Ntw Mean; August 24/A, 1911, 4.14 a.m., LondoH

X. XI. XII. 1. 11. in.
W7-11 n 16 ®22 Jl2r.i6 niio ^4
on? « i n ^ ig v
.1129.53 1IS29.27 ><23.53 1^8.28 820.9 '<126.7 2522.42
The luminaries are rising in square to Mars, which planet is in
conjunction with Saturn in the mid-heaven. Those in high places are
likely to suffer seriously from this conjunction, which fosters a spirit
of rebellion and antagonism, leading to quarrels and disasters. The
way of the Monarch and Government will be difficult, as some grave
danger threatens. In other directions affairs will prosper; money
matters and business are under good influences, also the crops; and
labour will be etrong and united and will make its power felt. Rail-
ways and means of transit generally will benefit financially ; science,
literature, and publishing will flourish; and the national health will
be good. But foreign affairs will share somewhat in the wave of
disturbance ; also religion and the churches; and the malefic conjunc-
tion is extremely unfortunate for Ireland. Riots and outrages are to
be feared.

October. New Moon; September 22nd, tgn, 2.37 p.m., London

X. XI. XII. I. II. HI.
Ill 12,2 22 7 20 1^6.II SS26 T13
Q8 S ? s V- '2 V V
11828.28 njiII.II 11817,2113. 116.3 1111315 8 19.531}. VI25.29I3 023.27
Th® luminaries are in the eighth house iu trine to Uranus rising ;
Jupiter is in the mid-heaven. The country will be prosperous; the
Monarch and the Government are under good influences. The death-
rate will be rather high ; the deaths of one or two eminent people will
occur, and many women and children will die. Some fire, accident,
or crime will take place in connection with a school or place of enter-
tainment; and the subject of education may cause wordy war. Trade
and money matters will prosper, although Saturn afflicts land and
property owners, and there may be accidents and financial losses con-
nected with mines and buildings. Neptune in the seventh afflicted
by both Mars and Mercury may disturb foreign affairs in some
direction ; but the other influences make on the whole for friendly
relations and peace.
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November. Eclipse of the Sun; October 22nd, 1911, 4.9 a.m., London
X. XI. XII. I. II. ill.
® 1-35 A7 157 it,14 i25 11125
ODS ? if V h Ijf V
^27.38 ^26.30 njiy-SS nio.silj. mig.ii « 18.14!!. W25.31 023.48
The eclipse falls in the second house in conjunction with Mercury,
square Neptune in the mid-heaven and Uranus in the fourth. Trade
both at home and abroad will be very much disturbed by these
influences; financial questions will be very prominent politically, and
will cause much contention ; while money matters and business will
be upset. Taxation and finance will embarrass the Government;
land and property will suffer : and our financial relations with the
Colonies and other countries will cause trouble. Hospitals and
charitable funds will benefit, and the poor generally. There will be
accidents in mines and buildings, and an earthquake will follow the
eclipse. There will be storms and loss of life at sea ; some eminent
writer or publisher will die, and there will be deatii of members of
both Houses of Parliament. The rich and great will suffer more than
the poor.

November. Eclipse of the Moon; November bth, xgi r, 3.48/>.«/.,

London
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
Kj 11 =1 ti 'r27 na 023
Ops? J 21 HIV
itii3-7 «13-7 huizq >1128.2 118.1415, 11122.32 H17.1I5. 1725.49 023.4715.
The eclipse occurs in Taurus in the ascendant in conjunction
with Saturn. It will produce some privation and suffering among the
poor, and trouble arising from unemployment. Money matters are
unfortunate at home for the time, and cases of failure, fraud, forgery,
and theft will occur, and some heavy fluctuations on the Stock
Exchange; but our trade abroad will flourish. Foreign relations
cause anxiety in some direction, depending partly upon financial
matters, and we shall incur coldness, envy, and jealousy, and suffer
from false friends. Irish affairs will suffer from this eclipse and
become very involved and unsatisfactory. Earthquakes will follow
between 60° and 70° \V.
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December. New Moon; November 20ih, zgzi, p.m., London

X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
Tii.58 «2o asi ^14.29 il2I TIJII3
OPS « i V 'J ¥
1427.26 ; 12.59 ^10.48 11328^. in.25.41 815.53^ W26.17 1123.391?.
The New Moon falls in the fifth house in conjunction with
Jupiter. This is fortunate for theatres, concert halls, and all places
of amusement; new enterprises in this direction will be started and
a wave of prosperity will be shared in by all. The positions are good
for money matters and trade, which will expand and flourish ; but not
quite so fortunate for Parliamentary affairs, which are under the
influence of Mars and Saturn, causing disorganisation and disagree-
ment. The death of some member of Parliament will occur ; the
murder of a woman or child will be reported ; there will be an ex-
plosion entailing loss of life and one or two accidents connected with
machinery. Labour will benefit; social and charitable organisations
will be active ; and land, property, and schools are under favourable
influences.

January. New Moon ; December 2otk, 1911, 3.40/>.«<., London

X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
=:20.42 K2I 87 1126.23 «»I2 «»29
op 8 ? if V >? ti? v
/ 27.39 VJ8.40I5. 1412.32 824.521^ 7 2.11 « 13.5715. W27.38 ® 23.4!^
The New Moon is on the cusp of the seventh house in sesqui-
quadrate to Saturn in the twelfth house; Mars also being in the
twelfth. As the luminaries fall on the place of Jupiter in the King's
horoscope, the influence of the combination should be towards peace
and goodwill both abroad and at home ; and yet it will be necessary
to guard against political enmity from abroad, for some case of
treachery and underhand working will come to light. Complaints of
extravagant expenditure on prisons or charitable institutions will be
made, and there will be some case of fraud or heavy loss; the Army
and Navy also will show a high outlay, and some scandal will be
reported ; but employment in these directions will be brisk, and some
advance or invention connected with the national services will be
adopted. Some mysterious crimes and murders will occur.
 Zodiacal and ^lanetarg ®emp«rament«

XI. THE SIGN CANCER

Part II.—The Fourth Commandment

It will without doubt be conceded by all that the paper of Alpha

is a masterly exposition of the main characteristics of the Cancer
nature, of what may be termed in the strict etymological sense of the
word its peculiar attributes.
The next paper approaches the sign from quite a different point
of view, and yet, as stated last month, in many respects it reaches
identical conclusions {e.g., meditation, pralaya, etc.), although it may
perhaps be worth while to mention that it was written before Alpha's
paper was read. Hence it is clear that any similarity, identity or
parallelism of conclusion may fairly be regarded as due, not to a same-
ness of starting-point, but rather to a plumbing of the same depths of
the ocean (appropriate metaphor!) of truth. It is mainly for this
reason, namely that these two papers furnish such strong mutual
corroboration, that they have been chosen to stand first. But a further
and equally cogent reason is the fact that both seek to set forth a
central idea, round which all Cancer attributes may be grouped, and it
is only following our previous custom to place such papers first,
allowing what may be termed the more descriptive papers to follow
and thus to furnish material by which their theses may be either
established or disproved.
Without further preamble, therefore, the paper of
Beta
may be presented.

The sign Cancer has always been to me a peculiarly elusive one ;

I have never, until quite recently, been able to get any definite idea
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 65

corcerning it. The single clue I had was that its ruler was the Moon ;
and that seemed only to make confusion worse confounded, since the
Moon was an entity even more vague and shadowy to me than my
early conception of the sign Cancer.
The first really useful hint that I got in this study, was Miss
Pagan's entitlement of this sign as " The Prophet," the appropriate-
ness of which title (about which I shall have more to say later) was at
first by no means clear to me.—And that set me thinking.
It was about this time, too, that I began to associate the Ten
Commandments with the first ten signs ; and the two lines of thought
thus evoked finally blended and seemed to promise to settle down into
a coherent whole. A mixed metaphor, I am aware, but sufficiently
explicit, I think, to serve my purpose.
The Fourth Commandment enjoins us on the sanctity of the
Sabbath, and is observed with proverbial piety in the " land o' cakes,"
—Scotland—associated by general tradition with the sign Cancer.
This is certainly a coincidence connecting the two, the Fourth
Commandment and the fourth sign; yet the Commandment promises
little assistance, at a first glance, in the way of penetrating to the core
of the Cancerian ideal. Nevertheless, I propose to attempt the feat of
extracting astrological sustenance from this mess of scriptural pottage ;
and I have faith that I shall succeed.
The Fourth Commandment, as given in Exodus, Chapter XX.,
runs thus:—
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall
thou labour, and do all thy icork: But the seventh day is the
sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou,
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant,
nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates : For in six
days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them
is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the
seventh day, and hallowed if.
Now this, as I have remarked, does not seem at all promising
from an astrological point of view. Yet fallow land often proves the
best reward for careful tillage. It is the ugly duckling that becomes
the swan; and perhaps we may find more help here than we are at
first inclined to anticipate.
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First I would dTaw attention to the fact that the seventh day is
the sabbath of " the Lord thy God," whom in a lecture on these
Commandments I have ventured to identify with the Spirit of
Progress, represented by Aries; activity, creation, doing. Hence we
see that this commandment may be read as referring to an analogue of
that " Pralaya " which succeeds the construction and evolution of a
universe; in short, it is the Night of Time.—And is not Cancer
associated in our horoscopes with midnight?
Next, I wish to point out that the rest ordained is sevenfold; " in
it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that
is within thy gates." This sevenfold classification I do not take to be
arbitrary, but symbolical; thou, the Monad ; thy son, the Individuality ;
thy daughter, the Personality; thy manservant, the Mental-elemental;
thy maidservant, the Kamic nature; thy cattle, the Physical Ele-
mental ; thy stranger that is within thy gates—the subtler possibilities
that inhere in physical matter.
This is one way of regarding it, namely in relation to the human
being ; but it may also apply to a universe or Solar System—as indeed
the words suggest—" for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : wherefore
the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it "—the Great Day
Be-with-Us.
These are two ways of regarding it, individually and universally.
From these we can, I think, get home to the essential idea which I
take to be UNITY, as distinguished from harmony.—It is not the Tonic
Chord, but the Ground Tone.
Indeed, I am not sure that even this carries us far enough and that
I ought not to have said silence; nullity ; that No-Number into which
all number finally resolves itself, the " zero point through which all
curves and their reflexions pass."
Let us hold fast to this central idea: seven planes, or vehicles, of
being in a state of mutual quiescence or rest. This seems to me to be
the key to the interpretation of the passage,—and hence also of the
sign Cancer, And the essence of the idea, so far as I can see, is the
drawing together of these people, or planes, or vehicles, for contmunion ;
in other words, for a common or communal life. Have we not here
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 67

the secret of the Cancer (and also the Scotch) love of family, its
" clannishness " ?
I will go into the application of these ideas later on. For the
moment let us think them out a little more, and in order to do so let
us study the common phenomenon of sleep, the working man's daily
rest: I mean now purely from the " physical plane " point of view,
that is, regarding the matter from below and not from above; the
reason for this being in order to preserve our analogy intact, in-as-
much as we are not able to look at the cosmic planes from above but
only from below.
We know that in sleep the consciousness is withdrawn to the
astral plane. What, then, happens on the physical ? Why, that the
various bodily processes go on in perfect harmony, undisturbed by
the sudden, violent, and intermittent impulses received through the
astral sheath during the day. Thus the tissues of the body are
recuperated. Natural healthy sleep is the Sabbath Day of the body,
in which no work {i.e., no external work) is done, but the various
organs, and the seven states of matter, are enabled to pursue their
communal life in untroubled serenity. From this, and only from this,
results the recuperative power of normal sleep.
Note that word " serene," by the way ; it is a word most plenti-
fully in use amongst the Chinese, which race is said to be ruled by the
sign Cancer.
All this may seem to some to be rather wide of the mark, but I
trust to show the relation of these ideas to Miss Pagan's ascription of
the rd/e of " prophet" to the sign Cancer. And since this idea was
arrived at by her from an entirely different point of view, and by quite
other means of study, it seems to me that such a corroboration
is of great importance. Bear with me, then, while I pursue the
subject of sleep a little further. This perfect harmonisation of the
functional activities of the body, breathing, circulation, digestion, etc.,
is necessary before the consciousness can be set free to ascend to the
astral world—in other words, sleep is the precursor of dream, and
sleep presupposes the repose of the body as a whole, and the orderly
communal working of its several organs.
Now let us apply this train of thought to higher planes, and we
shall see that, reasoning by analogy, it is necessary to have all seven
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vehicles co-ordinated and working in perfect communal harmony, yet

collectively withdrawn from external activities, before it is possible
for the consciousness to free itself and range the still higher realms
of being.

And now I come to the crux of my paper, the central thought

which is its excuse for being. The Cancer person, or individual, or
nation, or race, is one who or which has within him or it as a dim
instinct, and yet as an impelling force, the inherent perception of this
truth. The truth, namely, that orderly communal life must he
established, with freedom from external activities, before any personal,
individual, national or racial expansion of consciousness and hence
possibility of increased and healthy growth as a whole can take place.
The question at once arises: Is this true? Two instances
immediately fly to the mind. The Scotch are famous for their
insistence on family life, subordinate only to that of the clan.* The
Chinese have for ages been proverbial for going quietly on with their
own affairs and not seeking to mix in international politics; and
this not from any lack of wiliness, either!
But what has this to do with prophecy ? some may ask. Wait,
I did not say prophecy, I said "the prophet." In this subtle
distinction there is matter for a whole lecture. To prophesy is merely
to foresee the future, it is to look through a mental telescope. To be
a prophet, is to be born before one's time, is to live ahead of one's age,
is to be in this world yet not of it. Now this advance in consciousness
can only be gained in one way. The first man who "dreamed true"
must have been the first man with a sufficiently harmonised physical
body to set the astral sheath completely free of it. And similarly
with higher stages of prevision. The first philosopher who saw ahead
of issues like fighting and plundering must have been one in whom the
astral vehicle had been reduced to a state of quiescence or repose—
sleep, in short. And later, in our own day, the prophet must be one in
whom Kama-Manas (in other words personal ambition or selfish
imagining) has been put to sleep, quieted by will, and left to recoup its
o'erstrained heart and brain after its long day's work !

° The fact, too, that ' clannishness' is an unlranslalablt word is itself of

significance.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 6g

I trust I have made clear the connection between these two lines of
thought, Sabbath rest and the prophet. I will mention two latter-day
prophets, both known to have been born under Cancer: Thomas
Carlyle, and H. P. Blavatsky. Ruskin, also somewhat of a prophet,
had the Moon in Cancer : so also has Mrs. Besant. Having mentioned
Madame Blavatsky, I will draw attention to the well-known portrait
of her. I invite anyone to stand in front of it quietly for five minutes,
and contemplate it: he will then, I think, gather what I mean by the
CENTRAL IDEA of " Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy."

Probably I shall raise a laugh if I say that the Scotch people are
more concerned with making a profit, than with listening to one ! But
I hope no one will sneer if I claim that a distinctrelation can be traced
between the two words, profit and prophet. Let me try to make it
clear.
From what has been said, I think my readers will follow me if I
define the dream as the " profit " of sleep. The astral consciousness,
which is an advance on the physical consciousness, may not inaptly be
termed the " profit " that is the result of the " trading " of the physical
energies, A hard day's labour is followed by dreamless sleep. Don't
catch me up here, please, because I said " dreamless." We should
remember that dreamless sleep is sleep in which most has been
accomplished, in which the astral consciousness has been most vivid:
it is only dream-less because the brain is not yet attuned to record
the vibrations the returning astral vehicle may desire to impress upon
it. Surely, then, it is not straining the idea to call this dreamless
sleep, or active astral consciousness, the " profit" upon hard labour
coupled with physical health. In sound health sleep only comes after
labour.
Now it seems to me that the prophet may similarly be regarded
as a man whose consciousness, by reason of being in advance of the
consciousness of his fellows, may be looked upon as a " profit." A
profit on any transaction is the amount gained over and above all
expenses incurred, and which can hence be applied to the extension
of the business. And so a prophet is one who has not only the
normal consciousness of his fellows but something in addition: it is
this something in addition that constitutes him a prophet, and but for
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which he would be no prophet. Further, the prophet may be regarded

from two points of view—either from that of his own, or his nation's,
Karma: from his own, his qualities as prophet may be looked upon as
the " profit" on his activities in previous lives ; from the national
standpoint, he is a " profit" that goes to the building up of the future
of the nation and not merely in liquidating its present liabilities. In
this sense the philosopher and the musician are prophets. Huxley,
Liszt and Wagner are three great men who might be claimed as natives
of Cancer, the first named, at any rate, is known to have been born
under Cancer."" Zola, the French author and a real prophet in his
own way, depressing though that way was, is another native of Cancer, i

In the earlier part of this paper I bring forward a question as to

whether I ought to say unity, or nullity, as the central idea of this
sign. This raises a very important point, namely that nullity on one
plane is the result of unity, or rather it is the condition of unity, on
the plane above. The negation of consciousness on the physical plane
conditions the functioning of consciousness, as a unit, on the astral
plane ; and so on as regards the higher planes.
This is a very suggestive thought, as it gives us immediately the
association of Cancer with naught. The psalmist prays that the
enemies of the Lord may be brought to naught; that is, to a finish,
to an end. The " end of things " is denoted by the fourth house, and
Cancer.
A curious sidelight is thrown upon this idea by the meanings
attached to the word cipher, one meaning of which is the symbol for
nothing, or naught, and another meaning of which—a technical
meaning amongst organ-builders—is "to stick"; if an organ or
harmonium key sticks so as to continue sounding when you want it to
stop, it is said to " cipher." We have all of us, I am sure, known
people who are apt to " cipher " in this way. The faculty of " sticking"
to a point is a marked characteristic of Cancer people.

(To be concluded)

" Modern Astrology, Vol. I., Old Series, p. 45.

t Modern Astrology, Vol. II., Old Series, p. 481.
 7i

Hcplcr's horoscope of MaUcnsfccin

Editorial Note.—For the following Horoscope of Wallenstein,

calculated and delineated by the great astronomer Johann Kepler, we
are indebted to Mr. W. Becker, who has kindly translated it for us
from the Beiirag zitr Festsiellnng des Verhaeltnisses von Keppler zu
Wallenstein by Professor Otto Struve, Direktor der Sternwatte zu
Pulkowa—one of the Transactions of the St. Petersburg Uni-
versity, where Kepler's originals are treasured, amongst them being
Wallenstein's horoscope.
We have italicised the words " and delineated " in the foregoing
paragraph in order to draw attention to the fact that Kepler not only
calculated the horoscope, but also interpreted it, thus showing that
he was not only an astronomer, but also an astrologer. It has been
the general custom of "scientific" writers to slur over the attention
paid to astrology by the great astronomers—the deservedly named
great astronomers—in the past and to apologise for it on the ground of
their poverty, leaving it to be inferred that their calculation of horos-
copes was a piece of astronomical " pot-boiling" indulged in to keep
the wolf from the door. How specious a plea this is, in the case of
Kepler at any rate, may be seen trom the internal evidence furnished
by the accompanying delineation. It is patently the work of a man
who however much or little he may have studied the subject has a
firm and honest faith in its integrity and trustworthiness—a man, too,
who has not merely politely accepted traditional teachings as true and
worked out a logical application of them, but has brought his own
powers of observation and judgment to bear upon them and has
modified or extended the customary usage accordingly. Le
Coutourier in his Musie des Sciences (p. 230) states that " Kepler
was an astrologer by profession, and became an astronomer in
consequence." (Quoted in the Secret Doctrine III., 333.)
After reading the accompanying horoscope by perhaps the
greatest astronomer of modern times—whose three magnificent
generalisations known as Kepler's Laws are the basis of nearly
all modern speculation,—the customary attitude of official Astronomy,
72 MODEKN ASTROLOGY

with its tacit implication that a belief in Astrology can only rest on
the basis of an imperfect knowledge of Astronomy, leaves one
altogether unimpressed.
But at least the contrary can with confidence be affirmed—
namely that a disbelief in Astrology can only rest on an imperfect
acquaintance with its theory and its practice. Those who have
undertaken its study, wholeheartedly, with a view to its refutation,
have ended by becoming its champions.

KEPLER'S DELINEATION
The Horoscope of Albrecht von Wallenstein, Duke of
Friedlano : by Johann Kepler, with Delineation
Zer.Hk Point.

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N.B.—Approximate positions of Uranus and Neptune, ^ ^23°, ^ 5518°.

Calculated for September \^tk (O.5.), 1583, 4.30 p.m., Prague,

Bohemia, 50.5N., See Footnote on next page.
 KEPLER'S HOROSCOPE OF WALLENSTEIN 73

The General Signification of this Figure of the Heavens*

If the native is born at the stated time, it maybe said with truth
that this is not a bad nativity, but shows remarkable signs and
aspects, viz.
r. Conjunction Saturn and Jupiter in First House. 2. Mercury
and Sun in the Seventh House, angular. 3. Sun in puncto aquinodii
Aiitunmalis. 4. Mars high in heaven and following the Sun. 5. Four
planets bound together by aspects of Conjunction, Opposition, Sextile
and Trine [viz., Saturn, Jupiter, Mercury, Venus). 6. Locus coiiJhhc-
iionis Magnae A° 1603, quac fuit 8° Sagitlarii, in Media Coeli: Locus
venturae Conjundionis Magnae A0 1623 in Ocassu.
There is however one great drawback, the Moon in the Twelfth
House, of which other astrologers would say, that she is in Capricorn
in her detriment and in an unfavourable house.

The Different Significations

Astrologers have made the division into Twelve Houses in order
to answer the various questions concerning which man desires know-
ledge ; but I do not think it to be possible in this way, which seems to
me to be rather superstitious, a sort of fortune telling (wdkvsageyisch)
and a kind of Arabian sortilege, where one can get an answer " Yes"
or " No" to any question that may occur to anyone at a given time
[b.^., Horary Astrology] without knowing the person's hour of birth,
thereby making of Astrology an oracle, and consequently depending
on the inspiration of heavenly (or rather devilish) spirits.
And as I make it a rule not to deal separately with the various
houses and to ventilate special questions, this omission on my part, I
hope, will not be taken amiss.
Now if in the following explanations it may seem as if I
depended on a certain feeling of luck or lucky guesses {Jortuita, or
coiitingentia), it may be as well for me to say at once, that these
explanations are according to the rules by which Astrologers predict
these things solely from the heavens, without being based upou the

" The map given is Kepler's, quoted in tbebook referred to, and probably only
intended as a rough approximation. As calculated by modern tables, for the stated
time the houses would stand thus : fit, / 29, VJ18: seiS, T17. « 19. This places
the Moon in the eleventh bouse instead of the twelfth.—Ed. M.A.
74 MODERN ASTROLOGY
mind, soul, reason, strength or body of the person to whom they are
to happen. But without the taking of these things also into
consideration, there is no sound foundation ; since for everything that
man may expect from heaven, heaven is only the father, but his own
soul is the mother to it. And as no child can be conceived outside
the mother's womb—even if there be ten fathers—so one cannot
expect favours from above if there is not the germ and inclination in
the man's soul and mind. And as there is a certain correspondence
between the ovum and the sperm, so an even greater connection
exists between the hidden powers of our own souls, and the heavenly
configurations; which latter stimulate the former.
I may therefore say in truth of the Native, that he has a wide-
awake mind, alert, diligent, impatient, eager for new ideas ; that he
is one to whom the common human life does not appeal, and who
always tries new and strange means, in whose thoughts there is far
more than he lets appear to the outside world. For Saturn in the
Ascendant gives deep and melancholy, but ever active thought,
coupled with an inclination to Alchemy, Magic, Spiritualism, a con-
tempt of and lack of veneration for human morals and institutions,
also of religions, and looks with suspicion on all human and divine
activities, as if all were false, with something different behind their
seeming fairness.
The Moon, standing in its detriment, has a considerable and not
favourable influence upon his nature, inducing a low opinion of him
in those with whom he comes in contact. He will be considered as a
lonely, obscure unhuman being. He will show little compassion, no
brotherly or conjugal affection, will revere no one, live only for
himself and his desires, will be hard on his inferiors, greedy, miserly,
and inclined even to sharp practices. In behaviour variable, mostly
reserved, but often also impetuous, combative, courageous (because-
Mars and Sun near together) yet sometimes afraid, Saturn disturbing
the imagination.
The best in this horoscope is Jupiter following, giving hope that
with riper years these evil characteristics will be worn off and that
his uncommon nature will be used for high and important objects.
There is also indicated great ambition, desire for dignities and
power, by which he will make for himself great and powerfulenemies,
both open and secret, whom however he will either overcome or bring
 KEPLER'S HOROSCOPE OF WALLENSTEIN 75
into line with himself, as this nativity has much in common with
those of the late Chancellor of Poland, the Queen of England (Queen
Elizabeth), and others, who bad many planets at and near its
Ascendant and Descendant, and there is no doubt that if he watches
the march of world-affairs, he will attain to high dignities, wealth,
and (if he will condescend to some politeness) to a rich marriage.
Mercury being in exact opposition to Jupiter, it would seem as if
there was a special superstition about him, which will draw towards
him great numbers of people, malcontents who make him their leader,
Conjunctio magna Saiurni et Jo vis in Ascendenie, loco Conjnnctionum vi
Anguhs, et Sol in loco Oppositionis magnae A" 1613, show for this year
and the following (if he lives at that time), enormous and cruel
ravages connected with his person as follows later on.

Op Particular Times
The doctrinam directionis I calculate according to my own method,
which is the resultant of all others in use and is as follows (the bad
directions for the 3rd, 7th and gth years I ignore);
Marginal During the nth, rath, and t3th years of life very restless
notes by and not easy ; for Ascendant in A indicates travels, Moon
WaUenstein •K- Saturn external suffering, but the favour of old people,
kim self M.C. □ b an accident, and perhaps maltreatment.
From age 15 to 20 are mostly favourable indications,
DA $ , ■fr'K- M.C. ad □ ? and 11 (somewhat unfavourable,
disputes with doctors and professors). Ascend. A 2.
At age 22 At 2t a very dangerous direction is Ascend, ad Corpus
(Jany.. 1605), Saturni, and also JO d*, where he just escapes death. At the
I suffered same time conjunctio magna Saturni et Jovis in M.C. Itujus
from the genesis, inclines to and stirs up bad business connected with
Hungarian common things.
sickness and At 2j, 24, the directions were Ascend, ad corpus Jovis and
plague.
opposition Mercury, Moon ad A Sun, M.C. ffrj, which
recuperates the health, but unsettles the mind and inclines to
travels: also to disputes, and at last gives amatory feelings.
A fine opportunity for a rich and stately marriage.
This and the following year are not particularly favour-
able, for the hot planet Mars goes this summer three times
through the gradtnn Ascend., giving rise to many restless,
angry thoughts.
Saturn in the following year would not alter this, especi-
ally in March, July, December, as one direction is M.C. ad
□ 0, Asc. ad 8 0. This will make the native obstinate,
combative, assertive, proud and venturesome, he will get into
trouble with authorities and high dignitaries.
A0 t5i 11 was At age 28, A0 161 r, there is a direction Sun and Mars
not ill, nor and the strong opposition of Saturn and Jupiter is passing.
did I receive He will probably receive a military command or political
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a military dignity, but be must not be too obstinate, if be is not to pay
command, with bis skin; otherwise, a feverish disease is indicated.
but I was As already said, the year 1613 shows a very bad revolu-
kept very tion, conforming to the original nativity, and great disorder;
busy. proper directions Moon □ ad Asc.
Sept. 1613 I At age 33 is direction A/.C. tid Luncs Corpus, which gives
was very ill opportunity for a stately marriage, and if prevailed upon,
and barely
escaped death Astrologers would say, that it would be a widow, not beautiful,
A few months but very rich in money, estates, etc. 1 am of opinion that it
before I re- would suit him before all else, whether with heaven's consent
ceived a mili- or not, for bis own nature and inclination count most.
tary promo- The 37th year brings again the favour of women;
tion direction © k-J).
In May, 1609 At age 39, 40 a very dangerous direction is Ascend. 11,1
I married a opposition. Martis, together with Conjunctio magna Salurni et
widow as Jovis upon the cusp of the 7th bouse. Astrologers seeing
described this direction would no doubt vote it indicated death (Mars
herein. being in the bouse of death, the 8th]; but I read it to mean
She died 23rd that at this time the native will be gay and reckless, and will
March, 1614. easily get into danger either through a fall, jumping, fighting
and I married or excess in eating and drinking (or lust), and be in danger of
again 9th dysentery or venereal disease.
June, 1623 If he takes no care the worse will be the outcome; and
In July. 1620 even though he takes care, yet he will suffer.
I was near At 42, 44, 46 will be a good time as regards feminine
death's door, influence; the directions are favourable and mild, Asc. ad
caused by AD, Af.C. ad & 2 < Sun ad Venus.
drinking From age 47 to 52 we see increase in estates, authority
bouts, I
should have and dignity, because Ascend. Af.C. Sol adfaustos radios Salurni
also Jovis et Mercurii, and added to these the Moon ad A J. He
suffered from will also suffer from [a venereal disease], being otherwise of
other dis- strong constitution and not subject to many diseases.
eases but the At 57 fortune does not favour, direction A/.C. ad □ J, hut
skill of the also direction Asc. ad A0 which induces regal state and
doctor pre- dissipation.
vented it At 59, 60 there are again very favourabledirections, Af.C.
I contracted ad AO. B «/ O ad suos sextiles.
[a venereal At 67, Cauda Draconis in Ortum brings seizures, and
disease] in although at 6g DA 2 recuperates nature, yet at 70 the
April. 1620, direction is Asc. ad O I? and with D near I7 I take it that he
but in a mild
form, suffer- will either get Malaria or a seizure, which at that age be will
scarcely prevail against if be has not already succumbed at 28
ing not much or 40, as stated before.
pain
Vidit Dhus Omnia, quae fecit, et ecce brant valde bona

This judgment of his horoscope, annotated with the appended

marginal notes, Wallenstein returned to Kepler in 1624, with a request
to rectify same in view of some of the predicted events not coming
true to time but one or two years later. At the same time he
asked a number of questions relating to bis horoscope—whether he
would die of apoplexy, under what signs hisenemies were to be found.
 KEPLER'S HOROSCOPE OF WALLENSTEIN 77
—also (having regard to military policy) into which countries to
carry the war,* etc., thus showing that in his dealings and policy he
was largely guided by astrological advice. In fact, besides employing
Kepler at times, (whom he instructed to draw for him the horoscopes
of various kings, princes and other influential persons of his time),
he had an astrologer, one Seni, constantly in attendance at bis own
almost palatial court, in whose company he spent many hours in
calculations and watching the course of the stars in the heavens at
his own well-equipped observatory. Complying with Wallenstein's
request, Kepler made fresh calculations, and from the dates of actual
events fixed the exact time of birth at 4.36^ p.m., and in January,
1625, sent a lengthy reply explaining some discrepancies between
directions and events, and at the same time pointingout that directions
only incline towards a particular way, and do not necessarily portend
certain events ; and stating that he rather considered man's own free
will to be the determining factor. In the same letter he deprecates
the tendency of his time to use astrological predictions as a kind of
plaything, and says that to him philosophy and true astrology are
proofs ol God's handiwork and therefore sacred.
Comparing the Emperor's horoscope with that of Wallenstein,
Kepler mentions these aspects as important:
in the Emperor's map is □ to ^ and 3/ in Wallenstein's
0 » 9 <S
* ..'1
"J ..
which indicate that between them there was little affection, and this
divergence of feeling was no doubt the seed of the violent rupture
which came about later on.
For the ensuing years Kepler then gives the directions as follows,
and it is noticeable here, that whereas in the first horoscope he gives
directions up to the seventieth year, now he does not go further than
March, 1634, which he considers the most critical time.
1625
January 3olh <J in M.C.
February 24th □ 3/ J prope □ O
April 2nd A 3/ <f in 8 Radicis
about May yth j in Asc.
,, June 16th 8 in Q M.C.
July 15th sV9
August 2nd j in 9 0
15th y per locum 0
^ [The Thirty Years' War. then in lull blaze on the Continent.]
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During this month is stationary in g O ; there will be need to

beware of change of decisions. War will be in full swing.
Revolt/tio in September, 1625.— b and If in Satellitio ©, but Mars in
opposito inque loco 2f Radicis, J) in stiae Radicis opposito, ? in Occasti Radicis.
Inclines to important transactions, but there will also be annoying
obstacles, as if illness prevented one. October; »«□ M .C. Radicis.
December : $ in g Q.
1626
January S y and J in 8 i Radicis
February 20th J in □ Asc.et ? inAsc.
March lj in □ M.C.
April 4th i in I.C. if in loco J Radicis
June a if f
"July rylh i? o M.C. J. ? in Occam
Revolutio in September, 1626. The good directions begin with
the forty-fourth year; this revolution agrees with it. All the planets
are near the Sun ; if 2 and ]) close together ; b near © exact d © •
If agreeing with the nature of the native, he will rise in authority,
power and wealth ; but no doubt at other people's expense, whereby
he will make enemies, suffer resistance, obstacles and annoyances,
and possibly suffer with an illness. September 5th: d b <? *" 8 b
Radicis. September 14th ; d Q £ in loco Q Radicis. December 3rd : |
d 2f (? »« □ Asc. Radicis.
1627
January ■? fit Stationarius prope locum O
8lh J in M.C. Radicis
3rd February J in o Q
March If in « O ,, in □ © Stationarius
ylh April j in Asc.
nth May J in □ M.C. ,,
5th June S in S O ,,
14th August J in o Asc.
nth „ Ecclipsis Solis in Occasu Radicis
XRevolutio, September, 1627:—Again the © is in conjitncliene b, *
Jf platico (?) A (?, at g platica 2f <?, B iti loco b Radicis. This revo-
lution is more bad than good. Even if everything went favourably,
the native would not derive much pleasure, but still be angry with
his opponents. But in spite of this he will make progress. September
16th : b in loco © Radicis, in A S ■ October nth : if in © Radicis.
December: 3f in M.C. Radicis.^

" Marginal Note by Wallmstein : in August beat Denmark,

f Marginal Note by Wullenstein : Autumn in Hungary.
J Marginal Note : Drove the Danes out of Holstein, Jutland and Mecklenburg.
§ Marginal Note : received Sagan, Mecklenburg taken, siege of Stralsund.
 KEPLER'S HOROSCOPE OF WALLENSTEIN 79
1628
T2lh March 1/ in o O Radicis
5lh ,, J in I.C. ,,
gth April J in □ O in S If
isl June y. in a Q i n Q Radicis
Eo nttnse Ij fit Stalionarius circa O Radicent
27th June i in Occasu Radicis
4lh September <f in loco O „
Revolutio, September 28th:—The good direction M.C. (id * 1; is
near, yet this Revolution does not seem altogether good, for although
the two malefics (7 and £ are in Satellitio, they make a harmful
conjunction, and are occidental sub radiis separati a 2J. Accidentarimn it
would be half and half, Jupiter in Ortu, all other planets and Moon
in Octava et Nona. October 30th ; if in a 0 Radicis. November
12th : ^ in a Asc. Radicis. December 2nd ; if in loco 0 Radicis.
December 17th : ^ in M.C, Radicis.
1629*
12th January i in oO Radicis
i2lh February y i 6 tn a
14th March s in Asc. Radicis
21 St „ y in IsQ
15th April <r in □ M.C. Radicis
tolh May J in S O Radicis
nth July J in o Asc. ,,
1st August A y d in AO Radicis
17th d in l.C. Radicis
This Revolutio is middling; 0 in □ 3 continues illness, in A
platico brings honours, also ]) in * if o b 2f leads to disputes.
Accidentanum is favourable. 2f in M.C. Asc. quod Directionis circa
fanstos radios 2f ? Radicis. November 9th; if in a 0 Radicis,
especially b in loco 3 Radicis in □ if.

1630
29th January y in Ortu Radicis
5th June S in Occasu „
14th y in □ M.C. ,.
20th July S y i and j; D , all four in
configuralione cum M.C. Radicis and
? circa Occasum Radicis Stalionarius
16th August <? in loco 0 Radicis
Calculating the Revolutionibus for the following years I find no
particular evidence, as the directionsaccording to the rectified scheme

0
Marginal Note : Siege of Magdeburg, troops in Prussia, Italy.
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are good. I expect that the influences from heaven (leave aside the
terrestrial) will remain until there commence the five oppositions of I?
and if in 1632, 1633, 1634, which begin ah loco Directionum in ij, 8 ttli
but are in 1634 ad □ loca b If ? Radicis, making a strange cross in
March, 3 in utviusque □ inque §025, indicating fearful havoc in
the country and also disaster to the Native's fortune.

A FEW NOTES ON WALLENSTEIN'S CAREER

As regards Wallenstein's appearance a contemporary at the close

of his life describes him as follows ;
" He was tall and lean, the colour of his face tending to gteenish-
yellow, so that as a rule he covered his face; his eyes were much
alive and glittering, rather light than dark; the hair, somewhat
reddish, he wore very closely cropped. His manners were rough and
in contact with his friends he showed a certain amount of rudeness
which made it difficult to explain how they could love him. In con-
versation he always showed great reserve and earnestness (whether
adopted from pride or inborn appears doubtful); he did not speak
much and laughed seldom."
A short sketch of his career may be of interest.
Wallenstein (or Waldstein as the family was called) came of an
old Bohemian stock of noble blood. His parents, Protestants, died
early in his youth. He was brought up in the faith of his parents,
but as at school and college he showed such an ungovernable temper
that he was generally called " The Madman," on the death of his
parents his uncle took charge of him and put him into a Jesuit
college, where the fathers knew how to deal with such intractable
characters and mellowed him somewhat. Here he embraced the
Catholic faith, in which he remained for the rest of his life; but we
believe that in his mind he really did not care much for the narrow
and rigorous bounds of any particular religion. After leaving this
Jesuit college he travelled much in Germany, France, Spain, Italy
and England, observing very closely everywhere the conditions of the
people, the political institutions, methods of government, etc., and
enquiring into many details. Once when a page at the court he fell
asleep, while sitting high upon the window-ledge of one of the rooms in
a castle, and on waking up fell a considerable height, without however
 KEPLER'S HOROSCOPE OF WALLEHSTEIN 8l
sustaining any injury; and thenceforward he considered himself
destined for higli honours.
In 1609, as mentioned in Kepler's delineation, he married a very
rich widow, ivho died a few years afterwards, leaving him all her
immense wealth and estates. He now became influential at the
Emperor's court at Vienna, and his opportunities soon came. In
1617 he rendered considerable service to the Emperor in the
war against Venice by equipping entirely at his own expense a
regiment of cavalry, and also by distinguishing himself in the war.
In the following year the friction between the Catholics and Protes-
tants in Bohemia led to an open revolt against the Emperor, which
marks the beginning of the thirty years' war so disastrous for Ger-
many, in which revolt the nobles took the lead at the head of the
Protestants. Wallenstein, whose large estates were all situated in
Boliemia, was expected to join in this insurrection, but contrary to
these expectations remained on the Emperor's side, and when the
revolt was subdued and the estates of the nobles confiscated, he took
full advantage of the opportunity, acquiring many and large estates
at merely nominal prices; for in those hard times he almost alone
among the nobles was always able to pay cash. These estates he
developed to the fullest extent, deriving from them an enormous
revenue.
He lived peacefully for several years during the war between
Protestants and Catholics, but when the Protestants were achieving
success after success and the Emperor was hard pressed, Wallenstein
volunteered to raise a whole army at his own expense on condition
that lie received the command as Field Marshal. This offer was
accepted by the Emperor, and Wallenstein quickly raised an army.
From every quarter soldiers streamed to his banners, his name having
an almost magical influence, and on taking the field he soon changed
the fortune of war in the Emperor's favour. He carried the war all
over Germany, levying tributes wherever he went, thus arousing the
hatred of the ordinary citizens as well as of all the various petty
princes.
His military achievements are known to history. He was a most
remarkable organiser, and a brilliant leader in battle. His successes
were numerous, but in 1630 he was deprived of his command in con-
sequence of the many complaints against him and the jealousy of
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rivals. But directly afterwards the Protestants gained again the
upper hand, chiefly through the intervention of the King of Sweden,
Gustavus Adolphus, who in person led an invading army to the
assistance of his religious confederates. Sorely pressed, the Emperor
had again to send for Wallenstein, who alone seemed able to uphold
a cause and raise it to success, asking him to resume the chief commniul.
He was invested with almost absolute power, and received many
exceptional privileges and advantages. He first tried to open negotia-
tions with Gustavus Adolphus, but his overtures being declined he
joined battle with the Swedish King at Liitzen, on November 16th,
1632. At this battle the Swedes claimed the victory, as Wallenstein
was forced through lack of provision to retire the following day, but
as Gustavus Adolphus lost his life on the field Wallenstein was
justified in proclaiming a success for himself, as he was thereby rid
of a most brilliant and dangerous opponent.
After this battle Wallenstein showed remarkable military in-
activity, due no doubt to his apprehension of the bad astrological
"directions" under which he found himself—he wanted to tide over
this period ; on the other hand he reopened negotiations with the
Swedes and their Protestant allies, in which he attempted (as he was
the most powerful prince and person at the time) to put himself at
the head of Germany, perhaps even to replace the Emperor. With
the boundless ambition he possessed, and the power and the means at
his disposal, this was a stake worth playing for. These negotiations
were protracted for a long time, as the Swedes did not trust him.
Meantime the Court of Vienna got information about his proceedings,
but the Emperor being powerless could do nothing openly against
Wallenstein, as he was at the head of a strong army many of whose
generals, officers and soldiers were only pledged to Wallenstein
personally. The court, therefore, had recourse to secret means and
gradually won over some of the more influential generals and those not
entirely dependent on Wallenstein, together with the larger part of the
army, and secretly on January 24th, openly on February 22nd, 1634,
Wallenstein was deprived of bis command, Count Gallas being in-
structed to arrest him. Wallenstein now came to terms with the
Swedes and tried to join the rest of his forces with the Swedes, for
which purpose he went to the fortress of Eger, where he arrived on
February 24th to await the arrival of his new allies.
 KEPLER'S HOROSCOPE OF WALLENSTEIN
On the evening of the following day, February 25th, 1634,
Wallenstein was assassinated by some of his followers, no doubt at
the instigation, at least with the approval, of the Court of Vienna—
since the Emperor afterwards openly rewarded the murderers. Thus
Kepler's prediction was very closely verified.

A New Method of Directing.—A correspondent, G. B., in a com-

munication for which we unfortunately cannot lind space, strongly recom-
mends a method of direction founded upon the principle (a) that the circle
of 360° should represent the whole life, and (fr) that the normal human life
should extend, according to a Hindu legend, in the case of a healthy man to
ISO years. As we understand it, therefore, the practical effect of this new
system will be to make the measure of time 5°= 1 year, instead of i<,= iyear,
as in the ordinary method of calculating Primary Directions, and similarly
0 days for a year instead of 1 day as by the ordinary Secondary Direc-
tions or the " Progressed Horoscope." We shall be glad if those who
experiment with this method will let us have their conclusions.

Proposal for Reform of the Calendar :—Herr Fritz Reininghans, of

Bergstrasse 20, Zurich V, Switzerland, proposes the following reform of the
calendar:
The division of the year into twelve entire and two half-months;
all entire months to consist of 28 days, and the half-months of 14 days.
The first of the two half-months to be placed at the end of the first half year,
and to be knowu as the " Summer half-month " ; the second half-month to
follow the last month of the year, and to be known as the "Winter half-
month." The 365th and the leap-year's day to be placed at the end of the
year, and to be quite independent of the week or month, so that these days
will neither have the name nor the date of a week-day.
He says : " I had at first expressed the idea (which I thought quite new)
of dividing the year into 13 months of 28 days each ; but it has come to my
knowledge that this proposal had already been advocated by Auguste Comte,
the philosopher, who died in 1857. After consideration, I would advise the
above mentioned division as being more practical.
"The advantages of such a calendar would be as follows: Each day
of the week would be in its fixed and unchangeable place in the future.
Each month would begin on the same week-day, this also applying to each
year, each half-year and each quarter of the year.
" This division would make the week and month measures of time,
because the units ' year'and ' month ' would, by this means, become, with
an insignificant difference, complete multiples, always equal, of the time-
unit ' week,' which is not the case at present."
Those in sympathy with this idea may communicate with the author at
the address given.
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Letters are inserted at the earliest possible opportunity, but are sometimes
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HOW TO FIND AN UNKNOWN ASCENDANT: THE "NoON-PoiNT"

Method. A Suggestion and a Theory, with an example

Dear Sir,
I shall be grateful if you can find space for the following
suggestion-—a suggestion for whicli 1 ask a sympathetic hearing,
(fantastic though it may perhaps seem at first blush), in order ihat it
may be tested and not merely scouted untried.
First perhaps it will be best to explain how I came by the idea,
as it did not originate in theory at all but was the result of a chance
obsarvation, subsequently confirmed too frequently (it would appear)
for mere coincidence.
Some time ago I was working out a number of horoscopes, using
for the purpose the ordinary Map Forms supplied by your office, on
which as your readers will probably know there is a space marked
"progress for 19x0 . . . asat . . ," the space being left vacant
for the insertion of that Date of the Year to which theNooN-PosmoN
of planets, as given in the Ephemeris, will measure. Thus, suppose
a man born in London on January 1st, at midnight (0.0. a.m.): his
progressed horoscope will be calculated for 0.0 a.m. of successive
days, and will measure from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st. Hence the noon-
position of planets will measure to July 1st: and similarly with other
dates and places and times, making due reduction to Greenwich
Time.
I see this is all quite fully explained on pp. 34 to 36 of The
Progms«i where this " Noon-Date " (as I will term t) is
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
given for the Editor's nativity as November gih ;* and it will be quite
clear, I think, without going into any further detail, that this " Noon-
Date " depends upon the date and G.M.T. of birth only, local time not
being a factor in the result. So that in a batch of horoscopes it
might chance that several of them would measure to the same Noon-
Date, although cast for altogether different dates and times.
A Possible Law .
Pardon this necessary preamble. The curious thing was that I
found in a number of instances that the " Noon-Date " was the very day
I was at work upon the horoscope. At first I took no more notice of this
than to regard it as a singular coincidence, but when I found it happen
repeatedly that the Noon-Date was very near the day I was at
working upon some horoscope as to the time of which I could not
be quite certain, I began to ask myself if there might not be some
definite law concerned. For the sake of those of your readers interested
in speculative astrological thought the hypothesis I formed may first
be stated ; and then I will proceed to give an example of the practical
application of the idea.
The Theory
That London is the chief centre of civilised human life no one will
deny, and it can hardly be for nothing, seeing the importance of Time,
that Greenwich should set the clock of the world. Then, I argued, might
it not be that at certain set periods a " wave " of occult force is loosed
upon the earth, flowing forth as a stream of influence somewhat like
the flood of Prana launched at sunrise ? The entry of the Sun into
Aries, that is its reaching the slowly-shifting point where Ecliptic and
Equator meet, marks the commencement of the Astrological Year, for
the whole world. Might not the culmination of the Sun at Greenwich
Noon similarly mark the commencement, for the whole world, of the
Astrological Day ?
Granting this then, it would follow that the Noon-Date, which as
has been shewn depends upon this moment of noon, should in some way
show a spurt of Iresh life of some kind ; perhaps a spurt of occult life.
If so, might not this little breath of "super-life"—this Uranian ray,
so to speak—perhaps bring it about that the native should have his
horoscope cast, or his ascendant decided (a weighty matter when you
come to think of it) at that time ? It seemed to me that it might.
I fear my meaning has been but poorly expressed, but if one or
two intuitive minds can seize the thought I shall be very glad of
criticism or suggestions.!
° Birth Data: 5 49 a.m.. 7/8/'6o, London, It may perhaps save confusion to
point out that what our correspondent terms the Noon-Date is re/erred to on p. 36
of the work quoted, as the " limiting date."—En.
f "Why use mean noon, instead of true noon ?" asks a friend. I do not
know. I have used M.T. in my experiments, but it may be that T.T. should be
used. I do not think the point can be decided off-hand. In any event the difference
is never more than about 16 minutes, 4°.
86 MODERN ASTROLOGY

An Example
The Example I have to give is the nativity of Mr. W. W. Jacobs,
concerning whose horoscope 1 have been considerably puzzled, as I
am not quite able to accept unreservedly the conclusions of your
contributor " F. Z. L." that Aquarius is the Ascendant. I do not wish
to challenge his arguments in any way, but I cannot altogether get
over the fact that an early portrait given in the Strand Magazine is
quite remarkably like a man I have known from boyhood, and who is
born under Sagittarius, his ruler Jupiter being in Libra. Now
Mr. Jacobs was born S/g/'S^ and the planets at noon on that date
were;
one «
11JI5 5023 erll ^I3St. ^27 ^6 025 TS^
from which it will be seen that Jupiter is here in Libra also. Upon
this, therefore, I founded a presumption of Sagittarius as his
ascendant. However, the fact remained that I had never seen the
native, and though his name William is one which I think belongs to
Sagittarius and oddly enough is the name of the man just alluded to,
I did not consider Sagittarius properly established. One day—it
was August 4th—I was particularly exercised in my mind about
the matter, and it suddenly occurred to me to use this method, which
for convenience I will refer to as the "Noon-Point Method." Let
me give the whole calculation :
y. til. if.
The moment of birth measures to (1863) 9 8
Noon, G.M.T. (by hypothesis) measures to (1910) S 4
Difference t 4

Now iwt. 4<i. at the rate of a year for a day = 2/1. i6»«., and hence
if August 4th corresponds to noon G.M.T., and September 8th to
the actual moment of birth, this latter must be 2.16 p.m. G.M.T.
Mr. Jacobs was born in London, and therefore the Greenwich
time in his case is also the local time, so that 2.16 p.m. is the
local time of birth. Consequently, S.T. noon S/gl'S^ being 11.8.13
we have for the S.T. at birth 13.24.36, which makes the ascendant
? 19.40.
Assuming this to be the correct birth time, let us test it by the
Pre-Natal Epoch. The regular Pre-Natal Epoch would fall on
6/i2/'62, on which date the Moon is in Gemini and the ascendant
according to rule should be Vy24, giving for epoch-Moon birth-
Ascendaut n-f 17—which does not corroborate our hypothetical
ascendant. But it is a curious thing that if we assume the Epoch to
be irregular, to the extent of making $24 ascend instead of V5,24, we
arrive at a birth ascendant of J 19.30. This may be only a coincidence
but if so is certainly—having regard to all the circumstances—a
startling one, I think.
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
In two instances I can call to mind, the birthtime as thus
deduced is confirmed by a perfectly regular epoch, and as the two
persons are twins the case seems remarkably significant.
Epitome of Theory
Perhaps it will help if I briefly recapitulate the main points
of the theory, enumerating them for clearness ;
1. The moment of Greenwich Noon is associated with a wave of
spiritual energy which seems in some way associated with Uranus or
at least with Astrology.
2. When during the steady ticking round of any person's
Progressed Horoscope, year by year, this instant is reached, at that
time a thrill of astrological interest is manifested as regards that
person", either by himself, or by some student interested in his
nativity.
3. There will therefore be in each year of every life one particular
date of " maximum astrological intensity."* This date I have termed
the " Noon-Date."
4. If at any time a student finds himself for no very obvious
reason intensely interested in any person's horoscope, that occasion is
most probably the " Noon-Date''of the said person, and from this
starting point the G.M.T. of his birth may be presumed ; from which,
knowing his birth-place, the horoscope is a mere matter of
computation.

Addendum
To this I should like to add an Addendum relating to a possible
extension of the hypothesis. The year has four cardinal signs, and
the day four quarters. It may be that 6 a.m., 6 p.m. and midnight
should be included in the theory along with noon. If so, it will have
the effect of making/oier "Noon-Dates" in the year, three months
apart. From this it would follow that as a given Noon-Date might
be any one of these four, the birth-time based on it should have added
to it respectively 6, 12, and 18 hours, and examination made 01 all
four resulting horoscopes to see which most nearly fits the native.f

° It might be interesting for each student to calculate it in his own case and
see if this " Noon-Date " is associated with any significant incident in his life. In
the Editor's case the date of his first leaving England for India was November 1 nh
(Modekn Astrologv, February 1910, p. 45) and this is near enough to November
Oth, the Noon-Date, to be of some significance. Facts like this, it seems to me,
lend colour to the hypothesis.
f As an illustration it may lie mentioned that I was anxious about King
George's birthtime on the night of May 18th, 1910. This is just 15 days before the
birthday, and assuming it to be the midnight " Noon-Date," it will give as the time
of birth 1 a.m.. making X 24 the ascendant. This does not accord with the bulletin
time i.iE a.m. it is true, but it is at least in harmony with the persuasion of many
students that the King is a Pisces and not an Aries man, and even if only a
coincidence is a rather strange one.
88 MODERN ASTROLOGY
The necessary calculations involved in what I have termed the
Noon-Point Method are so simple, when once the principle isgrasped,
that every student will I think be able to test the matter for himself.
But if the way of going to work has not been made clear enough, I
shall be glad to formulate a set of rules if any of your readers desire
it. For the present I feel I have sufficiently encroached on your
space.
Maffra.

Born to Die
Dear Sir,
Here are some strange cases, resembling the one given on
p. 87, February, 1909.
X. XI. XII. I, 11. III.
I. K 7.27 T 12 D 1 0212.42 0827 #114
2. n 19.30 ID 25 #127 "Hits? £ 14 in. l14
3, 8 16 D 5 2S28 JI284 11121 - 3
4- =£13 HI 7 ill 22 # 3 H 12 * 5
5 S i <r n ■t
1. #26.39 026.13 #12.29 <620.28 X14.13 #113.3 Ij. X21.13 >311.52 013.57
2. m. 1.49 #112.42 ^2036 ^=23.58 *£.22.22 £*26.36 « 3.12II. >321,32 021.3511,
3. 11111.42 #13.20 ia 7.3 1116.21 £-28.58 £,28.34 f 9.24!^ >321.46 021.33^,
4. #1 I £=21 O t8 JI24 K I IIRI3 T23 >319 2217
The " life" in the first, certainly, and probably also in the second
case was pre-natal only, yet the severe afflictions shown in the map
for the time of delivery might well tempt the student to judge by the
ordinary rules though they obviously cannot apply:—(1) Male; born
without posterior cranial development or brains, with merely a frontal
mask in fact. Data supplied by the doctor, 5 p.m., ip/ia/'oy, Liver-
pool. (2) Sex not stated : strangled by its unhappy mother, a girl of
23, presumably immediately after delivery. Data given at the
inquest by the poor girl herself; 3 a.m., 25/io/'io, Croydon. (3)
Another case, of a similar nature: male child, born if/n/'io, at
Southport, " shortly afier midnight " (from the mother's own state-
ment) ; said by the doctor to have had a separate existence and to
have died from suffocation: birth taken as 0.15 a.m. midnight G.M.T.
(4) The positions in the case on p. 87, referred to above, are added
for comparison. It will be seen that $ and are the principal
afflictors.
Geminia.

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A Journal Devoted to the Search for Truth Concerning Astrology

Vol. VIII. MARCH, ign. No. 3.

New Series.

Slje (Rirxtor's (Bbaerbatorp

This month I am able to resume the story of our journey to the

East.
The "spirit of mischief" was unusually busy soon after wo
arrived at Port Said, noon 1/11/10. We had been stationary there
about three hours, and the coaling of the " Morea" was in full
swing when Mrs. Leo, whose health had been very indifferent both
before and after leaving England, brought one of her evil " direc-
tions " to a painful culmination by falling down the stairs leading
from the Promenade Deck to the Music Saloon, severely spraining
her ankle. The noise and dirt on deck being too much even for her
passionate love of air, the "spirit of mischief "had tempted her to
find a cool spot below, and so led her into the darkness, where she
missed her footing, and succumbed to Saturn's restrictions by being
confined to her cabin for several days.
♦ #*
Between Port Said and Aden this accident was the main excite-
ment in an exceptionally crowded boat carrying a heavy mail of four
thousand six hundred ordinary mail bags. At Aden we parted with
about two hundred passengers, and over two thousand mail bags,
bound for Bombay. Between Aden and Colombo I read a very good
astrological story, " Agatha, the Shrimp," by Horace Templeton, in
the October (mid-month) number of the Red Magazine.
It is by no means an easy task to write an astrological story and
go MODERN ASTROLOGY
I congratulate Horace Templetou upon his skilful handling of a
difficult subject. He evidently knows something of Astrology, or at
least is one who realises the importance of knowing one's birth-time.
*
We arrived in Colombo, Ceylon, November 12th, where we
were destined to spend many eventful days. Owing to Mrs. Leo's
sprained ankle Mr. de Abrew secured rooms for us at the Galle Face
Hotel, one of the best hotels we have visited in the East. The
Ceylon papers had announced the " arrival of the well-known
Astrologer, Alan Leo," and soon after came the reporters and in
consequence the Colombo papers gave a full account of Alan Leo's
views on Astrology. A lecture having been arranged on November
16th, I spoke to a crowded hall of Singhalese, a great number being
seated outside. This lecture was much appreciated and widely
reported. I must say that I was surprised at the intelligence displayed
by the Singhalese reporters—especially one whom I did not see and
whose report in the Ceylon Morning Leader would do credit to any of
our best London dailies.* In this respect I may mention that a
European reporter came to me from The Times of Ceylon, hnt he had
great difficulty in understanding my ideas, while the Singhalese
reporters were able to follow my astrological statements with complete
understanding.
We spent a very pleasant time at the Galle Face Hotel, visited
Mount Lavina, had several rickshaw rides and came into touch with
some very nice people. Mr. Pestonjee Dinshawjee Khan kindly lent
us his carriage for drives, so that our enforced stay passed much more
pleasantly than it would otherwise have done.
* *
On Sunday, November 20th, the Crown Prince of Germany
arrived with his suite at the Galle Face Hotel, and our rooms happened
to be next to those which he and the Princess occupied. I had
several opportunities of seeing him, and sometimes be appeared in
his shirt sleeves just outside our window on the verandah, and a more
unassuming and happy-looking Prince I have never seen. Apparently
he thoroughly enjoys his first visit to the East, for he mingles freely
with the people and has a smile and a bow for all who notice him.
* Hear, hear! The press cuttings forwarded by Mr. Leo (unfortunately too
long for publication] show this abundantly.—Sub-Euiior.
 THE EDITOR'S OBSERVATORY 91
I was able on several occasions to attentively study his face, and
although he is in his twenty-ninth year, it appears boyish and full of
life and interest. He has a good head and seems to have the capacity
for enjoyment, and from his manner toward his wife he is, I judge,
very fond of her. They should make good rulers should they ever
come to the throne.
♦ s!< *
I may here relate an amusing incident that occurred in connec-
tion with the Prince's visit. Two days before his arrival I was
politely informed that we should have to leave the hotel, as the major
portion had been taken for the Royal suite. Seeing that our room
was next door to the one the Prince was to occupy we of course made
no demur, but a lady who had been staying for some months in the
hotel, and had attended my lecture, and in various ways taken a deep
interest in us, on hearingthat we intended to leave immediately urged
that " the Professor " should stay; so that we were allowed to retain
our room and remain in the hotel. Another interesting fact may be
mentioned, and that is that although the hotel was an expensive one
1 was enabled to pay my bills out of the handsome fees which were
paid to me by several learned Singhalese who attended my lecture.
* ^*
During my enforced residence in Colombo I derived much
pleasure from reading that wonderful book, Thru Years in Thibet,
written by the Shramana Ekai Kawaguchi, whose horoscope I gave
last year (p. 396, September). The hardships this man experienced
as the outcome of his religious zeal during those three years are
incredible and I am glad I came into personal touch with him while in
Benares a year ago. He gave me a very favourable impression of the
Japanese character.
On page 267 of his book he mentions the Thibetan Astrologer.
" The Thibetans use neither the Indian Calendar nor the Chinese, but
the Turkestan, which resembles the Chinese in that it has one leap
year in every four, but it is always one year behind the latter. We
find many strange things in its way of counting days. There are
often given, say, two seventh days, or we sometimes find the eleventh
day after the ninth but without the tenth. I could not quite make
out what all this meant, until, upon enquiring from an astrologer, I
was told that it was sometimes necessary to add one day, or to leave
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
one out because they were lucky or unlucky, and a lucky day was
duplicated, while an unlucky one must be omitted."
After this it is unnecessary to remark upon the superstition of the
Thibetans, nor need we wonder that the astrologers have been replaced
by oracle-workers who usually work the oracle accordingto the bribes
they receive.
*
This is the one drawback to Eastern Astrology, no reliance can
be placed upon any of the calendars in use, and I have yet to see
anything like scientific method adopted by Eastern astrologers. I
am quite prepared to admit they understand their own methods, but
they are useless for verification by those who do not understand
them. They probably take sufficient care to find correct horoscopes
for their clients : their systems, however, so far as I have been able to
judge, are useless to those who have not been initiated into them. I
have been shown horoscopes drawn up by Singhalese astrologers,
both in Tamil and on the European system, and so far opinion is in
favour of the latter. I had about twenty minutes' talk with a
Singhalese astrologer on the night of my lecture here, and he told
me that from his own experience he did not require any better
methods than those explained in my books, and he had been a close
student of them since their publication. I may here remark that
prejudice does not appear to bind the Singhalese mind to the same
extent as I found in India. What seems to surprise the Eastern
astrologer most is my admission that I am a follower of no particular
" system," and that all my work is best described as founded upon
an intuitive interpretation of the planetary symbols—which it seems to
me are universal, and not peculiar to any nation.
* ' *
And now, after five weeks' enforced stay in Ceylon, we have
arrived once more in Southern India, and are settled in Damador
House, Adyar, Madras. It is a magnificent house surrounded by
thirty-three acres of cultivated land, forming part of the 280 acres of
the Adyar estate. The house is large, and has a wide verandah around
it, supported by massive and commanding pillars. The size of the rooms
may be guessed when I state that my study, which faces the East and
looks over a great blue sea, is thirty feet long by twenty feet wide and
 THE EDITOR'S OBSERVATORY 93
over fifteen feet in height. Not only are our outer surroundings grand
and lovely, however, but the inner teachings to be had here are such
as cannot be obtained elsewhere under similar conditions, so that we
are well repaid for all the trials and tribulations we have passed through
in our endeavour to reach this unique spot.
** *
It may be interesting to set down the aspects operating at the
time of undertaking our journey to the Far East, and it speaks well
for my companion's conviction that " effort is stronger than destiny "
when it is considered that she was fully conscious of the evil nature of
the planetary influences.
In Mrs. Leo's progressed horoscope the Primary Directions were,
October D Q 0 ; December I) o g1 ; Secondary Directions, Solar,
September 0 ; October 0 Par. '? : the Mutual Direction for
the year was U Par. <?.
The main influence in my own progressed horoscope was D Par.
and 8 operating from October, 1910, till February, 1911. The
progressed Moon was passing to the opposition of the radical Ascendant.
This produced a high nervous tension and neuralgia in the head; but
no depression. The opposition of Mercury and Neptune was very
evident.
Mrs. Leo came into much trouble, through her adverse influences,
leaving England with bronchial affection and a disturbed mental state,
due to important changes taking place in her system. The voyage up
to Port Said had dissipated some of these conditions, but her fall down
the companion stairs and the sprained ankle resulting therefrom were
but the prelude to a fresh series of troubles, for after five weeks'
inability to move without being carried or the support of crutches, no
sooner had she recovered sufficiently to walk with the aid of a stick
than she contracted a severe cold, producing a repetition of the old
bronchial trouble. This was all the more trying as we had booked
for Madras by the City of York leaving Colombo on December 14th.

On embarking, a new series of difficulties began. An error in the

ship's telegram from Port Said to the agents had concealed the fact
that there were no fresh berths to be had, the ship being crowded, and
Mrs. Leo was informed that she would have to occupy a berth in the
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second class in a cabin already occupied by three ladies and a child,

while I was to share mine with a gentleman who however took pity
upon us, gave up his berth and slept on deck. This did not end our
discomfort, however, for the food was unsatisfactory and the stewards
disobliging. Our second class fellow-passengers consisted chiefly of
Baptist Missionaries, who exercised themselves to bring about our
conversion, with emphatic statements concerning the unhappy fate of
the unbeliever.

We arrived at the Port of Madras on December 16th, hoping that

our troubles were ended, but our hope was not realised for they only
took a different turn. The principal meetings, the most remarkable
gatherings in the world, are held at 7.15 p.m. and to attend them it
was essential Mrs. Leo should have a 'rickshaw, as our house is situated
a mile from the Temple and Central Hall; and to obtain one on hire our
" boy " had to go three miles. On some evenings the 'rickshaw coolie
would arrive early, on others late, and sometimes not at all. It is pitch
dark at that hour when the moon is below the earth, and we would
have to trudge along dusty roads with lanterns to show up the snakes
and other strange creatures. On the fourth evening the " boy " brought
a bullock cart, into which Mrs. Leo climbed with some difficulty, and
when half way on our journey the trappings broke and she had a
narrow escape of being thrown to the ground, after which she had to
limp along the dark road with only the glimmering light obtained from
the crude lamp of the bullock cart. The mode of conveyance is now
settled, for I have bought a new 'rickshaw and employ our own coolie.
Thus do we feel the power of " Directions."

Our first visitors to Damador House consisted of a deputation of

four Hindus who came to see the " European Astrologer," seeking his
opinion on the problem as to how a fatalistic Astrology could be
reconciled with the idea of free will. The argument commences—and
all these gatherings take the form of argument—by one of the gentle-
men wishing to know why all Eastern Astrologers were fatalists whereas
Alan Leo, the Editor of Modern ASTROLOGY, was a believer in free
will.—" How can that be ! " he exclaims. I give my opinion and an
explanation, and then another gentleman takes it up, and soon we are
 THE EDITOR'S OBSERVATORY 95
plunged into a great discussion. Once more I obtain the admission
that "new blood" must be let into Hindu Astrology, which in its
present stage is only fit for coolies and domestic servants.
* *
I note a correspondence on the subject of "Directions" in the
December issue of the Occult Reviexv. It will be interesting to see
how the Editor, Mr. Ralph Shirley, who is an able student of Astrology,
deals with the subject.
The problem of "Directions" was satisfactorily solved for me
many years ago, and I am quite convinced that until the fatalistic
notions that are usually associated with the science are completely
broken up, and the theory of Reincarnation universally accepted by
astrologers there will continue to be confused ideas with regard to
" Directions." No weapon could be more successfully used in the
destruction of astrological study than the fatalistic notions of material-
istic astrologers, who ignore the true value of the radix and spend most
of their time in working " Primary Arcs " from which rigid predictions
are made, based on rules now obsolete. The most mischievous
predictions are often made by professors who pander to the fortune-
telling element, to the detriment of true Astrology. Only a few seem
to have the courage to honestly state that Character is Destiny
and adhere to the principle that the stars incline, they do not compel,
or as the time-honoured maxim has it : " The wise man rules his
stars, the fool obeys them."

None, other than a student of Esoteric Astrology, can tell why

" Directions " are calamitous in some cases and transmutative in others ;
and it is rare to find allowance made for the various planes on which
" Directions " may operate. Sooner or later we must admit that an
astrologer, to be worthy of the name, must know a great deal more
than is generally known about psychology, and that he must be
something more than an ordinary student of human nature.

I have now an important announcement to make. For some

time I have been mentally preparing a work on Esoteric Astrology,
but in view of the degrading uses to which our divine science has been
put by unscrupulous professors I have hesitated to publish the vital
96 MODERN ASTROLOGY

truths I have received relating to the Inner Side of Astrology.

Although unable to convince myself that a work of this nature should
become common property at present, I consider the time to be ripe for
the limited publication of these ideas for the benefit of a few earnest
students who are now ready for them.
After much careful thought I have therefore decided to publish
" Some Notes on Esoteric Astrology "—to be circulated privately
amongst subscribers to Modern Astrology No extra charge
will be made for these notes, they will be distributed free; but under
no circumstances will these notes be sold, or given to any who are not
direct subscribers; so that i may know into whose hands they will go
when published. I must also reserve the right to refuse to supply
these notes even to subscribers.
Subscribers desiring to receive these notes, and willing to treat
them as private property until notified to the contrary, may apply for
them in due course, giving time, date and place of birth.

OUR GERMAN AGENCY

Readers abroad will be interested to know that an agency for Modern

Astrology publications has now been established at the Astrologisckes Biiro
W. Becker, Oranienborg (Mark) Kolonie Eden, where German translations
of Alan Leo's works will be issued from time to time.
Mr. Becker, who will be remembered in connection with the translation
of Kepler's horoscope of Wallenstein, published in our last issue, has already
printed " Exoterische and Esoterische Astrologie; 4 Vortrage von Alan
Leo" at the price of One Mark post free, and is energetically pushing
forward the publication of the Series of Manuals—"Jedermanns Astrologie
(Everybody's Astrology) being naturally the first to appear. The price is in
each case One Mark.
Those of our readers who have German frieuds will doubtless bring this
enterprise to their notice. Everybody's Astrology is, as its name implies, a
book for everybody, and everybody will prefer to read it in his native
tongue; Mr. Becker having resided for many years in England, and having
been associated personally with the Editor of Modern Astrology, his
translations may be relied upon to convey the spirit as well as the literal
meaning of the original.
 97

CEbe ®rne Ualne of ^.rtslorracg an5 Semocracg

From the Standpoint of a Student of Astrology*

The student of Astrology when presented with a problem of this

kind naturally turns to his Kabbala, the Zodiac, in order to arrive
at a solution.
The Zodiac is a circle of Twelve Signs, like the hours on a
clock-face; but these twelve signs are grouped into "pairs,"
"triangles," and "crosses."
Thus there are six " pairs" of positive and negative. For
instance, Leo and Cancer are positive and negative and governed
respectively by the Sun and the Moon ; Gemini and Virgo are the
positive and negative ' houses ' of Mercury ; Libra and Taurus the
positive and negative ' houses ' of Venus ; Aries and Scorpio of Mars ;
Sagittarius and Pisces of Jupiter; Aquarius and Capricorn of Saturn.
The next grouping is of four " triangles," each triangle corre-
sponding to one of the four alchemical ' elements '; thus Aries, Leo
and Sagittarius belong to the fiery element, Taurus, Virgo and
Capricorn to the earthy ; and so on.
But the grouping to which 1 wish especially to direct your atten-
tion this evening is the third, namely the three "crosses" of Cardinal,
Fixed, and Mutable or "common" signs, which respectively corre-
spond to the three Gunas, rajas, tamas, and satlva. Thus Aries,
Cancer, Libra and Capricorn compose the cardinal cross, corre-
sponding to the rajasic guna—or as we should say in English, to the
quality of activity. Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, on the
other hand, are fixed and correspond to the tamasic guna or inertia ;
while Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces are mutable and related
to the sattvic guna or the quality of harmony or rhythm.
These three crosses correspond to the three fundamental
temperaments in man, and of these three temperaments Mrs. Besant
has told you something in A Study in Consciousness, using non-
9
A paper read at Lodge " Human Duty " at one of a series of discussions
under the general title of " Masonry and the Changing World."
98 MODERN ASTROLOGY
astrological language it is true, but absolutely astrological thought.
Now astrologers have studied these temperaments, and their know-
ledge of these basic temperaments is the foundation of the reading of
a nativity. These basic temperaments are also the foundations of all
social polity, even though learned writers on social science may not
be aware of the fact. For any social system will reflect the
predominant temperament of the units which comprise it.
These temperamental polities may perhaps best be illustrated by
the two perennial political parties known as Whig and Tory; the
cardinal or rajasic temperament inclines to the Whig, the fixed or
tamasic to the Tory Party. And hence these parties are for the most
part built up out of individuals whose temperament—a multiplex
temperament as it must be, in this age, and in this Fifth Race—is on
the whole Cardinal or Fixed as the case may be. The co-existence
of these two parties in one nation must be dealt with later.
I should be sorry if any brother thought I was wandering from
the point. I have the point very clearly in sight the whole time, and
need only stretch out my arm, so to speak, to put my finger upon it
at once. For the Cardinal sign person is a natural democrat, and
the Fixed sign person a natural aristocrat; that is, they respectively
incline by their instincts to those two diverse social polities—the
democratic and the aristocratic. Typical instances, the United States
and Great Britain.
As I have said, astrologers interested in human nature have
studied these two temperaments, the Cardinal andthe Fixed, and they
have discovered good in each and weaknesses in both. Any remarks
I have to make are based, it must be understood, on my study of
these temperaments, and the characteristics referred to must be
understood as applying alike to the temperament and to the polity
that is the expression of that temperament.
The Fixed or autocratic (aristocratic) temperament is one which
has the instinct of harmony, preservation, order, regularity, obedience
(or command as the case may be), smoothness, solidity, constructive-
ness, nutrition, monarchy, strongly to the fore. John Bull is a good
example of this temperament.
The Cardinal or democratic temperament is one which has the
seething desire for change, for independence, individuality; it is
marked by self-assertiveness, combativeness, inveteracy, ebullience.
 THE TRUE VALUE OF ARISTOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY gg
rebellion, disobedience, disorder (or reform in the " pulling down "
sense); in a word, it is what doctors call katabolic, as opposed to
anabolic, destructive or reconstructive as opposed to constructive or
preservative.
To put the whole into a phrase, the Fixed may be said to represent
the feminine and the Cardinal masculine.
Now the moment we recognise this, we as Co-Masons must at
once see that both Aristocratic and Democratic elements are necessary
in any ideal polity. And we at once see, also, why there is this
perpetual two-party strife in the political world—it is necessary and
inevitable; doubly necessary in countries where woman, politically
speaking, does not exist. For the Conservative political party is, in
its essentials, representative of the aristocratic spirit and the Radical
of the democratic. Both parties are necessary, alike necessary,
though possibly not equally necessary.
It behoves us therefore to examine each, and to see wherein Its
peculiar merit consists, so that we may spare the liquor and reject
the scum, save the metal and refuse the dross. The analogy I have
given of female and male is perhaps the most useful, and any
thoughtful member who pursues it will not need any further hints
from me to help him to a conclusion. In the first chapter of Frances
Swiney's Awakening of Womenthere are given a number of physiological
facts which will prove most illuminative in this connection.
But it will perhaps be well for me to point out that the Aristo-
cratic Element makes for organisation, order, solidity, depth ; its
virtue is the sense of responsibility to those beneath and of loyalty to
those above. The attitude of the perfect mother to her children and
to her husband may be pointed to as an illustration of the same
element at work in another field. The vice of this element is its too
great fixity, what may be termed in a word its insularity, its
parochialness. The typical old-established British firm furnishes an
excellent example both of the strength and the weakness of this
element in human nature, and in social polities, which I have called
the Aristocratic. It is noble, but exclusive; and as its exclusiveness
in course of time commences to exceed its nobility, so the type
degenerates from the distinguished gentleman to the 'Varsity snob.
" Such are the falls and rises of the karmic law in nature."*
'' Voice oj the Silence.
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The Democratic Element, on the other hand, makes for variation
as opposed to conformity, for differentiation as against unity, for de-
centralisation and Suburbia as against unification and the West End.
It is an element represented in the London County Council under
the name of " Progressive," and this term may very well be used to
describe it. It makes as certainly for progress, steers as certainly
towards chaos, as the contrary element makes for consistency and
steers towards petrifaction. They are the centrifugal and centripetal
forces in Nature, as represented in collective human nature, and no
polity will remain unimpoverished which does not make provision,
and ample provision, for the expression of the virtues and the elimina-
tion so far as may be of the vices, of both elements.
In comment upon this last remark, it is a striking fact that
Masonry, that institution which has existed from time immemorial,
and which still shows a virility, a stability, which astounds those
unacquainted with its secrets and rejoices those who are participators
of them,—Masonry, I say, strikingly embodies these two principles,
Aristocratic and Democratic; and it has long been the Mason's
boast that within the Temple the highest and the lowest in the land
may meet on an equality, an equality which is degrading to neither
but ennobling to both.
I need cite but one or two instances of Masonic organisation to
show what I mean. The institution of Masonry, as a polity, is hier-
archical {aristocratic principle). Each Lodge is bound in absolute
fealty to the Constitution {aristocratic principle), but within its own
jurisdiction is autonomous {democratic principle). The R.W.M. of the
year is selected by the Lodge {democratic principle) out of the pre-
viously elected officers. Here we see a limitation of the democratic
principle, and a step in the direction of preventing so important an
office from being filled at the dictation of a wave of ephemeral
enthusiasm or by a person as yet untried—as in the ordinary elec-
tioneering practice of our times. But note how exquisitely the two
principles are blended in the nomination of his officers by the newly
installed R.W.M. He nominates, the Lodge (who presumably have
confidence in his judgment) thereupon elect, usually by acclamation ;
but the provision of election ensures that the Lodge shall not have
forced upon it an officer under whom they would rather not serve or
whom they, as a body, coosider unsuitable to the office.
 THE TRUE VALUE OF ARISTOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY IOI
These are but one or two out of the many instances of the
delicate blending of these two principles, Aristocratic or centripetal
and unifying, and Democratic or centrifugal and expansive, which
have struck me in studying the provisions of our Book of Constitu-
tions and in trying to penetiate to the meaning of certain passages of
our strange and spirit-stirring Ritual.

In the foregoing pages I have endeavoured to lay before you a

few ideas which strike a student of Astrology—this particular student
of Astrology at any rate—in reflecting upon the Aristocratic and
Democratic elements in human polity and endeavouring to deter-
mine the true value of each. I have likened them, you will remember,
to the Fixed and the Cardinal signs, to the Conservative and Radical
political parties, tothe female and the male aitiibutes in the human
and animal physical economy, and to the centripetal and centrifugal
forces in the Cosmos. And therefore I trust I have made you feel
how deeply both these elements are rooted in our common human
nature, and how impossible it would be to found an enduring polity
upon either alone. And I have instanced Masonry as a polity
founded upon a happy interplay of both these tendencies, and I have
pointed to its antiquity and to its present-day virility in proof of my
postulate.
But some of you may have remembered that I spoke of three
"crosses" in the signs, three crosses of four signs each, each cross
representing a synthesis of the four elements, each cross representing
a guna, each cross representing indeed a Person of the Trinity. We
have considered two of these crosses. What of the third ?
The two crosses we have considered, Fixed and Cardinal, cor-
respond to the First and Third Logoi—the Father and the Holy
Spirit. We naturally expect, then, our third cross, of the four Mutable
or so-called Common signs, to represent the Son.
Now it is not at all unfitting that I should direct your attention
for awhile to this third cross, and to the polity to which it is related,
in connection with the general title 01 our symposium: "Masonry
and the Changing World." For our Very Illustrious Sister, Annie
Besant, in her lectures at St. James's Hall has plainly told us that
the Fifth Sub-race is now segregating the elements that shall com-
prise the Sixth Sub-race, and that from that Sixth Sub-race
102 MODERN ASTROLOGY
shall be selected the seed for the Sixth Root-race and that the dis-
tinctive Keynote of the Sixth Root-race (and therefore in a minor
degree of the Sixth Sub-race) is the development of the buddhic
vehicle ; in short, that as the Fifth race stands for manas and intel-
lect, so does the Sixth stand for buddhi and understanding. And
in the great triad of Atma-Buddhi-Manas you know that Buddhi
corresponds to the Second person of the Trinity, the Second Logos,
the Son. And, as I have hinted, the Mutable or so-called Common
cross of signs is representative of the Second Person of the Trinity,
the Son or Child.
Hence it is not unnatural for us to look for a new polity in the
Sixth Sub-race that is now beginning to be born, a polity which may
be termed in a manner of speaking a blend of the old, the Aristocratic
and the Democratic,*—even as a child may be remarked to blend the
salient features of his parents,—and yet which will have something
novel, something individual, something unexpected, something
strange, even as the child is not merely the algebraical sum of its
parents but embodies something new, something startling, something
inspiring.
What, then, may be the nature of this new polity ? Can we
forecast it in any way ? Yes, I think we can.
I have tried to show how the two fundamental polities known to
us, the aristocratic and the democratic, arise from the predominating
influence, in such polity, of the Fixed or the Cardinal temperament
as the case may be. We have, then, only to take the Mutable or
so-called Common temperament, better perhaps the rhythmic or
sattvic or harmonious temperament, and by focussing our attention

* A statement made by Lord Rosebery when addressing University Students

at Liverpool, and reported in the Daily Chronicle of 15/1 i/'to, seems to bear upon
this suggestion. Lord Rosebery said " There is no necessity for
anybody, however deeply interested they may be in politics, to take the badge of
either political party, because if you ask me on my honour and my conscience my
faith in that matter, it is that the welfare, the stability, nay, the salvation of Great
Britain does uot rest on either political party, but on that great, impartial mass
which belongs to neither and which gives a judical decision at every election."
Lord Morley, on the same occasion, made a remark which may appropriately
be quoted in this connection: he said "that we were now approaching a time,
which might be very near, when all the faculties and habits of mind necessary to
test arguments would be called into great request—a time when not »i«rr/y/orms 0/
government, but probably even the structure of society, was going to be examined. He did not
know that there was ever a time before when the thinking power of the nation had
been subjected to a more exacting and stringent test " (italicsours).—Ed. M.A.
 TH1C TRUE VALUE OF ARISTOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY IO3
upon its essential characteristics and elaborating them we shall be
able to foresee to a great extent the type and the general features of
the New Polity. It will be not a little significant, if we should find
this to be much of the same kind as has been described by Mr.
Leadbeatcr as clairvoyantly seen by hirn.
What, then, is this Mutable temperament, as I must call it for
want of a better word ? Allied on the one hand to the aristocratic
and on the other to the democratic, yet not merely a mechanical
mixture of both, neither Conservative nor Radical, nor Radical-
Conservative, what is it ? In one word, it may be termed the
Artistic.
The artist, the writer, the poet, has ever been on terms of
intimacy, with the most exclusive of the aristocratic, while yet he has
ever been allied, by sympathy, with the most uncompromising of the
democratic ; he is free of both parties yet bound to neither, nor does
he belong to either or both. He is, as it were, the child.
Kingsley has sung that " men must work, and women must
weap," and without givingthe sentiment full endorsement as a literal
truth we all feel the truth in it; it is the dharma of man to work and
of woman to suffer and to long; of the child, it may be said that his
dharma is to play. Of the artist it may truly be said that he " plays."
There is the element of play, that is, of spontaneity in his work.
Man is urged by duty, woman by desire, to the performance of labour ;
the child alone is free. He plays with a spontaneity, a freshness, an
ever-during delight which has provided an endless theme for wistfully
envious comment on the part of bis elders—who fondly imagine their
own stage albeit duller, superior to, more honourable than, bis,
because posterior in time. And yet it is written in the book of Mang
the learner, whom we are taught to call .Meucius, that "the great
man is he who has kept his child's heart."
Then the great man is the Artist! For he is the Peter Pan of
the world, the boy who will not grow up, who will keep his senses
clean, his fancy free, and his ideality fresh. The Artist is the man
or woman of the present time looked down upon, scouted as nn-
practical and of no account, because he is sufficiently far sighted to
see farther than yonder Bank !; but who while yet regarded (actually)
as a cumberer of the ground, is the one who makes life tolerable to
the rest of the world. He is the child of humanity !
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Is it not ever the child that reconciles man and woman to life ?
Do we not usually think of a childless marriage as a loveless one ?
" I'm sure if it wasn't for the children," says the wan and haggard
East-Ender, " I never could go on with it all! "
And so, too, with the Artist and humanity. The Artist—I use
the word in its generic sense—gilds with the halo of romance the most
commonplace surroundings. Yonder slut o' the kitchen is not living
in it ! She is living in the marble-terraced palaces where move the
stilted puppets of the " Home Reader's " weekly story.—What a
tribute this, to the reality of the Artist's power in the world.
The new polity, then, I venture to suggest, will be a certain
Utopian (if I may use the word) Bohemia, a Bohemia without the
irregularity or vice that to-day characterises Bohemia, but with all
the spontaneity, the liveliness, the gaiety, the freshness of the best
Bohemia preserved to the full. There ii a freemasonry in Art, it has
been said, a spirit of camaraderie, a spirit of understanding in short.
One artist understands another immediately, though their nearest
relatives neither do nor will do iu a lifetime.
This, then, is what I am led to expect of the New Polity, by my
consideration of the Mutable temperament. And I find nothing
contrary thereto, but strongly confirmatory of it, in Mr. Leadbeater's
picture of the beginnings of the Sixth Root-race. There we find, as
we might expect, the child life a leading feature. The schools are
glorified kindergartens, and the common life rather recalls the
strenuous yet joyous excitement of boys at their games, than men at
their work. All learning there is accompanied by explanations or
illustrations that make the subject acceptable to the understanding as
well as to the intellect, and ample opportunity is provided of exercis-
ing and developing those artistic faculties now so largely latent in
most people,—faculties which at present find vague outlets only
through dancing, singing, impromptu sketching and musical impro-
visation, in those with sufficient artistic genius, or which in others less
highlyendowedseek a vicarious satisfaction in the theatre or vaudeville.
Poetry then, mathematics, philosophy, music—these "abstract"
and " useless " things will be the central objects of attention in the
Coming Race ; even as wealth, commerce, politics and finance occupy
men's minds to-day. " Such are the falls and rises of the karmic law
to Nature."
 THE TRUE VALUE OF ARtSVOCRACY AND DEMOCRACY 105
It remains briefly to indicate the part which Masonry may play
in preparing our Fifth Race minds and hearts for the approaching
change. The sattvic guna is related to rhythm; that is, regulated
motion. Now Masonry, which is founded as all can see on Astronomy
(and also, as some can see, on Astrology), must surely be the prime
canon of true rhythm; for one cannot antedate the stars. Its pro-
cedure is founded upon order, an order that is not arbitrary or
vexatious, but related to the order of our great mother Nature. It is
the great instructor in the Art of Architecture, but it may be said to
be the great patron of all arts. Is not its Head himself an Artist ?
In the grave and fitting performance of its ceremonial we shall
find an incentive and an inspiration to a more orderly and dignified,
in a word, to a more harmonious, bearing in our daily life ; and, much
better than this, as the meaning of its symbolism gradually dawns
upon our understanding, as actions hitherto performed as duty begin
to take on a meaning, and their performance to acquire a certain
spontaneity, we shall be preparing ourselves (if in other respects our
conduct is that which should characterise Masons)—preparing our-
selves inwardly to take that higher place in human life that can only
he conferred as the mark of the further progress we have made in the
Science.
Repi inUd from " The Co-Mason

THE SPECTRUM

The Word was spoken; out of age long night

There burst the splendour of the Kosmic Day,
Whose glorious colour-bearers in their play
Speed through awakening space in joylul flight.
Princes of Eiemcnts, of most exalted might,
Rulers of legions, great ami strong are They
Who give to every star its parent ray
And All the flrmament with pulsing light.
Lords of the Spectrum, They to man have lent
A master-key to nature's chemic art,
Whose ray in multi-banded beauty bent
Reveals the secrets deep in matter's heart,
And by its mastery has science won
The strange life-story of a distant sun.
HJ-len M. Staiik,
 ^arosropw af ilrmarhable ^taplr

I. The Late E. Dawson Rogeks, Editor of LIGHT

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The subject of the above horoscope, the late Mr. E. Dawson

Rogers, the well-known spiritualist, will hardly need any introduction
to the majority of our readers, to whom the pages of Light are probably
hardly less familiar than those of this magazine. But a peculiar
interest attaches to this brief sketch of his career from the fact that its
author, "Sarastro," known in private life as Mr. John B. Shipley, was
for some years associated with Mr. Wallis, the assistant editor of
Light, who himself succeeded to the editorial chair on Mr. Rogers'
 HOROSCOPES OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE 107

not altogether unexpected death on September 28th last. Barely

a fortnight had passed, however, before another chair was empty,
for on the morning of October I4th Mr. Shipley was found dead
in his bed, having passed away in the night in consequence of
some unsuspected heart trouble accentuated by continued over-work.
Thus in one month, Light and the Spiritualist cause sustained a double
loss.
" Sarastro" will be remembered as an occasional but always
interesting and agreeable contributor to the pages of this magazine.
He had for many years beeu a keen student of Astrology, and
frequently deplored the small amount of leisure his many activities
afforded him for its study. His nativity will be found on p. 68 of
Vol. IV. of Modern Astrology, New Series, "where it formed the
subject of our third Prize Competition ; and it will well repay any
attention the student may bestow upon it.

The main features of Mr. Dawson Rogers' horoscope are, I think,

highly significant of his career. He was born of poor parents, and
through some influence obtained a good classical education at the
grammar school of his native town. His favourite pursuits were
botany, or rather the study of ferns and the habitats of rare specimens,
andshorthand. Having become acquainted with Pitman'sphonography,
and recognising its superiority to other systems which he had previously
studied, he entered into correspondence with the inventor, and ulti-
mately became a member of the consultative council of expert writers.
His connection with Mr. (afterwards Sir Isaac) Pitman is interesting
to readers of Modern Astrology, because the horoscope of this
pioneer of shorthand and spelling reform has already been presented to
them (see MODERN* ASTROLOGY, Vol. VI., New Series, p. 117).
In this connection a curious incident is related, which had a close
bearing on Mr. Rogers' future modes of thought. Having been
brought up a strict Wesleyan, he had his doubts on the subject of the
Atonement, and one day said to his wife, " I wonder what Mr. Pitman
thinks about this." The next morning he received a letter from Bath,
with the intimation that Mr. Pitman had felt strongly impressed to
send him his views on the very subject as to which he was troubled.
In reply to a question, Mr. Pitman referred him to a work dealing with
 io8 MODERN ASTROLOGY

the doctrines of Swedenborg, and from the study of this seer's writings
Mr. Rogers obtained his first introduction to the subject of Spiritualism.
He afterwards studied mesmerism and magnetic healing, and had a
lady patient who gave him remarkable demonstrations of hypnotic
clairvoyance. Later, Mr. Rogers studied most of the celebrated
mediums of the time, and became acquainted with all the most promi-
nent psychical researchers—in fact the establishment of the Society for
Psychical Research was due to a suggestion made by him to Professor
Barrett.
If 1 might summarise Mr. Davvson Rogers' career in one word, he
was a.jot<tider. Hel'took up journalism as a career, and after estab-
lishing various newspapers in Norwich he came to London to found
the National Press Agency, which he managed for twenty years. He
founded a central Spiritualist Association and ultimately the London
Spiritualist Alliance. In connection with the latter he started the
weekly paper Light, which has ever since been the leading organ of
Spiritualism in England, and he was associated with friends in other
journalistic ventures.
The influence of Mercury is strong in his horoscope, not only as
ruler of the rising sign, Gemini, but by virtue of being in conjunction
with the Sun and sextile with the ascendant. Mercury is also part
ruler of the second house, wherein are posited Mars and Jupiter, in
parallel, and balanced by the psychic and spiritual planets Uranus and
Neptune ; these being in conjunction, and in opposition with Mars and
Jupiter respectively, the effect is to strengthen the rather wide con-
junction of the two latter planets. I read this as signifying the balance
of the psychic and spiritual forces on the one side, and the powers of
will and intellect on the other. The Part of Fortune is not far from
Jupiter, and the Moon's node is close to the M.C. The Sun and
Venus are both in their own signs, and so is Uranus if we count him
as co-ruler of Capricorn. Jupiter is also in his exaltation.
Though only the M.C., Ascendant, and one planet are in airy signs,
there are no less than'five planets in cardinal signs; the Sun and
Mercury in a fiery sign seem to make up for the earthy element which
holds four of the planets. Among the significant aspects should be
noted the Moon in sextile with Jupiter and trine with Neptune.
The position of Aquarius ruling the M.C. and extending to the eleventh
 HOROSCOPES OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE log

house, and containing the Moon's node, is also significant of a success-

ful intellectual career and friendships with men of like qualities.
Saturn in the twelfth house is significant of the long illness which for
over three years kept him confined to his bed before the Gate of Life
opened to him (September 28th, 1910).
Progressed Directions at Death—About the time of death there
will be found a number of adverse progressed directions ; Saturn is
transiting very near to the progressed M.C.; the Moon is approaching
(li0) the square of the radical Sun ; the progressed M.C. has just
passed the square of the radical M.C., and the progressed ascendant is
about two degrees from the square of the progressed Saturn.*
Sarastro.
[The next Horoscope in this series will be that of the Author of
The Gospel of Life, and will he contributed by the Editor.
Occasionally items in this series may take the form of " A Human
Document,'" as in Vol. V., New Series, p. 488.]

"The Eternal 'Whv?'—The present age, one may suppose, is notable

not least for revealing the wonder of obvious things. How does a tree
grow, and why ? A thousand and one difficult mathematical and mechanical
problems, not to mention a chemistry that promises new worlds for thought,
fie behind the obvious fact—it grows. Someone has compared the muscular
mechanism of vertebrates to a complex system of power-bands in a factory,
and remarks, as one who knows, that the latter in its most elaborate form ic
but a simple toy compared to Nature's work.
" And the mechanics of a tree are the more remarkable because of its
obvious disadvantages in comparison with animals. If you go through an
avenue of Spanish chestnuts, you will notice that characteristic twist in the
parallel cracks of the bark, which makes them form a spiral round the trunk.
In every case the twist is rigbt-handed, clockwise from the ground, like the
thread of an ordinary screw. Why is this ? Why, too, do the great
majority of twining plants (notable exceptions the hop and the honeysuckle)
take this direction round their supports ? Why is the twist of the honey-
suckle stem round its own axis right-handed, whereas its twining is the other
way ? Why have most shells a right banded spiral ?
" The problem has its magnificent aspect, for do not (he earth and
other planets rotate round their axes against the clock, and revolve also
counter-clockwise round the sun? Do, then, plants, ' parasites of 1earth,'
balance their host ? And • if so, why ? There is sometimes an awful
tummat' in coincidence."—Morning Leader, iq/s/'io.

^ Note also J p. o m p., « p-A't P- Further, J is close to M.C. p. (conv.),

while Asc, p. (conv.) is almost << M.C. r.
 no

Eesuli of {ffiompetition Mo. 17

Statement bv the Sub-Editor

A SERIES of unfortunate circumstances in connection with this

Competition has occasioned first delay, then misunderstanding, and
has finally prevented the announcement of the Result in anything like
customary fashion. A short explanation will make clear how this has
come about.
The particulars of the horoscope, given on p. 434 of MODERN
Astrology for last October, were supplied to me by a friend who is
now unfortunately abroad and cannot be readily communicated with.
In reply to questions he stated that:
(i) He bad the native's full permission for the use of his nativity in
this way.
(a) There were special reasons for knowing the birth time to be accurate.
(3) The birth-data bad not, he was given to understand, been com-
municated to anyone previously.
The native's name and address were given me in a sealed enve-
lope a short time before my friend left the country, and when, after
all the delineations had been received, 1 finally broke the seal I found
that—as I had been informed—the native was indeed a man well-known
(almost sensationally well known) by repute to a certain section of the
public and probably to many of our readers. On writing repeatedly
to the address given I obtained no reply and on personal enquiry found
the premises vacant, and their late occupant's address unknown to the
caretaker.
Strangely enough, just about this time, an acquaintance said to
me : " Oh, by the way, Mr. So-and-so told me the other night he had
Mr. Blank's birth-data, and I thought you might like to have it."
"Certainly," I answered, "I should be very pleased;" for naturally
enough I was curious to see if the data tallied with what had been
supplied to me. It turned out to be quite correct as regards date and
place, but was twenty minutes earlier. And when, shortly after this,
 RESULT OF PRI2E COMPETITION NO. 17 III

an answer to my first letter was received from Mr. Blank, I wrote

acquainting him with these facts.
In his reply, which reached me a month later, Mr. Blank informed
me that:
(1) My friend had promised him that his name should not be given in
the magazine and that nobody ever would know whose the horoscope was.
(2) He felt certain the time given me was correct. [He did not say on
what grounds.]
(3) He had told my friend quite plainly that Mr. "So-and-So" had
previously been given the hirth-data.
These statements, it will be seen, are in Hat contradiction to those
given above. One cannot be certain, therefore, that the horoscope
published is entirely reliable, since the difference in time would
make the ascendant Scorpio instead of Sagittarius. Of course it is
quite possible that a few minutes' chat with either Mr. Blank or
my friend would clear up the whole misunderstanding, but unfortunately
that is impossible, for both are out of the country, Mr. Blank travelling
about with no settled address to which correspondence may be
addressed.
Under these circumstances, to save further disappointment and
delay, it seemed to me the best thing to do was to forego the usual
method of adjudication entirely, and, placing the delineations in what
I considered their order of merit, as judgments of the horoscope sub-
mitted for competition, award the prizes accordingly. It is possible
that later on the Editor may publish a delineation of the horoscope—
which, as all can see, is an exceedingly interesting one; but this I
cannot promise definitely. The following, then, is the order of merit:
1. O.D.V. fi. Vegn
z. Knnsjcnr 7. Aquarian
3. Amazon 8. Julias Casnr
4. A riaditf 9. Totem
5. Heather 10. Scapegrace
Of these three are disqualified by anonymity and the prizes therefore
fall respectively to Ariadne (Miss M. Matthews of 25, St. Ann's
Terrace, St. John's Wood, NAV.) and Heather (Miss Emily
Isherwood, of 21, Oakdale Road, Waterloo, near Liverpool).
Of the delineations as a whole, it may be said that they fall rather
below the usual standard of those received in previous Competitions.
This is perhaps not to be wondered at when one reflects that as time
112 MODERN ASTROLOCV

goes on the most able competitors become disqualified by continued

success, for this generally, though by no means invariably—as will be
seen below—means that they cease to compete. Still it is reasonable
to expect that successors can be found for them among those that
remain, more especially as several delineations sent-anonymously show
distinct originality.
That the value of these Competitions is clearly recognised by those
who take part in them, is proved by a letter received from a prize-
winner in Competition No. 16, Miss Charlotte Ward, of Queen's Road,
Hastings, who writes:—" Having now received two prizes I am
according to the regulations disqualified from further award, yet I hope
at future dates to send delineations, as I consider these competitions a
most excellent means of: FIRST, helping to prove to the sceptic and
others the Truth and Utility of Astrology, and SECOND of helping to
expand and improve one's own judgment and knowledge of this
sublime subject." This is gratifying, as it has sometimes seemed to
me that far too few of our students take advantage of the opportunity
thus afforded. Will those who have hitherto held aloof through
either indolence or diffidence take the hint ?
It will be known to most readers that the arrangement of these
Competitions has from the first been left entirely in my hands, and
therefore I should like to take this opportunity of expressing my regret
at the delay which has occurred in the publication of the Result on
more than one occasion ; I realise quite well the tendency there is for
interest to " evaporate " wherever unnecessary delay occurs, and it was
for this reason that in Competition 17 the last day for receiving
delineations was made October 31st, instead of a later date—for I
had hoped to publish the Result in the January issue at latest.
In all cases where delay in publication has occurred it has been
from some unforeseen cause, and not through any want of interest or
attention on the part of any of the persons concerned. Indeed, the
uniform promptitude and enthusiasm of the adjudicators has been not
only helpful, but very encouraging.

PARTICULARS OF PRIZE COMPETITION No. 18 WILL BE

PUBLISHED NEXT MONTH.
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®lje ^obincnl nn& IJlauetarjj temperaments

(5«rt>s)

XI. THE SIGN CANCER

Part II.—The Fourth Commandment.

{Concluded from p. 70.)

In this paper I have not attempted to enumerate the character-

istics of Cancer natives, for I am sure others will do that more
efficiently than I could. I have tried to pierce to the heart of the sign,
to find out its essential " dharma," to see if I could understand
as it were the fundamental keynote of the sign, to which all its natives
must more or less unconsciously respond.
That keynote, I take it, is SEVENFOLu-NESS. It might be termed
an intuitive apprehension of the " seven-dimensionalness" of the
world, an unconscious sense that all our present perspective is wrong,
that our thoughts, actions, nay our very motives are out-of-truth,
askew, distorted, and that we need a regularly recurring Sabbath Day
of seven-in-one meditation to restore our sense of this lost perspective.
Does this not perhaps account for the peevishness of Cancer, this
instinctive sense of something wrong with the world ? Carlyle was a
dyspeptic sage, Ruskin a scolding critic; Huxley is one of the
professors referred to in the New Word, on p. 107, where we read :—
"There is a consensus of opinion that the universe is ill-behaved. On
this hand the words of Huxley are as the words of Newman. They
only differ as to what the well-behaved man had better do under the
circumstances. The cardinal advises him to go to sleep and dream of
a universe more to his liking. The professor advises him to stand
no nonsense from the universe, but to correct it."—I think the last
sentence puts the Cancer nature in a nutshell. Surely that is the
inborn instinct of every prophet, from Jonah to John the Baptist!
Does not this same intuitive " 7-dimensional" sense account
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also for the so-called changeableness of Cancer ? I understand that

one of our members has taken up this point of changeableness or
" moodiness," and therefore I will not enlarge on it, but only point out
how a REAL stability or oneness, accompanied by an APPARENT
changeableness, follows naturally from the hypothesis I have advanced.
Let me give a simple illustration. Take a Cube, which is a simple,
symmetrical, 3-dimensional figure, and pass it vertically downwards
through a flat horizontal film of soap-bubble, which we will imagine to
represent a 2-dimensional consciousness. The image perceived by
this film will be, if all points of the lower face of the cube touch it
simultaneously, a Square; and this square will (u) appear suddenly,
(6) persist apparently unchanged for a time, and then (c) disappear as
suddenly as it came, i.e. when the cube has passed right through the
film.
Next imagine the Cube to be presented edgewise to the film. In
this case first {a) a line appears, then {b) a very long and narrow
rectangle which gradually widens to a square (or rather nearly a
square)" then diminishes to a rectangle, to a narrower rectangle, a
line, and (c) vanishes.
Again imagine the Cube to be suspended by two of its opposite
points, and slowly rotated in such a manner that a considerable
portion of the cube is allowed to dip into, and gradually pass through
and out of, the film. Consider the multitude and variety of the plane
figures which would successively appear to the consciousness of
the film!
Now my point is this. If so many different appearances can be
produced on a two-dimensional plane, by the simple process of mere
rotation (which is the simplest motion we can conceive) of the most
elementary figure in the next higher dimension, what an absolutely
INFINITE number of appearances might we not expect to note in our
three-dimensional world by the successive presentations of different
phases, or faces, or facets, of [not a four-, five- or six- but] a seven-
dimensional being ; that is, a being which might be as simple, as
uniform, as uncomplicated and as symmetrical on its own plane as a
cube is on ours, but which by reason of being observed from a plane
" To be precise, it would be a rectangle whose sides were respectively
proportional to I and ^/2
 THE ZODIACAE AND PLANETAUY TEMPERAMENTS II5

FOUR stages—not merely one stage—below its own, shows out an

infinitude of changing aspects ?
To illustrate this point in a slightly different and perhaps a
simpler way, imagine you have before you one of those child's toys
called a kaleidoscope, across the end of which, where the mirrors
meet, passes the edge of a large circular plaque of mosaic, which we
will suppose to be slowly rotated. What endless patterns will the
kaleidoscope show, before the first pattern is repeated ! Would any
observer, seeing that endless phantasmagoria of changing devices, be
easily persuaded that they were merely looking at a. part of one single
solid object ? I trow not.

I regard this conception of the " 7-dimensionalness " of Cancer as

exceedingly important, because the conception of a being or a " solid"
—to speak figuratively—having seven dimensions, enables us to get a
clearer idea of the relation—the mutual relation—of our seven vehicles
of consciousness, the Self in its seven sheaths. We can readily see
that a cube is not a cube unless it extends equally in each one of the
three directions of space known to us. Similarly Cancer, the Stone
Cube of the fourth card of the major arcana of the Tarot Trumps, the
masonic Perfect Ashlar, must extend equally in all seven dimensions
—in other words consciousness must be simultaneously equally active
in all seven sheaths or vehicles—before the stature of the perfect man
is reached.
Moreover I find that this 7-dimensional conception of the sign
Cancer offers us an explanation, by means of a scientific analogy, of
the power of suction which is one of the most prominent characteristics
of this sign : the word absorption may be used if preferred, but suction
seems to me to be a truer description.
There is a natural phenomenon which is termed by scientists
"surface tension." If you let fall a drop of paraffin oil upon a pool of
water, it will immediately spread itself out into a film of almost
inconceivable tenuity over the whole surface of the water, giving rise
at the same time to beautiful iridescent colours due to the so-called
"interference" of light rays. Now, reverting to my cube and soap-
film illustration, suppose we bring one surface of the cube in contact
with paraffin oil. For the sake of fixing our ideas, let us suppose it to
ii6 MODERN ASTROLOGY

be a metal cube, one inch each way; then, as it has six sides, its total
surface will be six square inches. And let us suppose we allow one
side of this cube, i.e. one square inch, to touch the surface of another
similar cube whch has been allowed to rest in contact with paraffin oil
until its six surfaces have become equally" coated with a fine stratum
of the liquid. In short, we stand our dry cube upon the wet one.
What happens? The paraffin oil, by reason of "surface tension,"
spreads itself equally over the surfaces of the two cubes. In other
words, the oiliness of each surface of the oily cube has been diminished
by one half.
Now what would this phenomenon appear like to a creature
possessed of consciousness only in two dimensions {i.e. length and
breadth), and residing on one of the oily surfaces of the first cube ?
Why, his impression would be that somebody had come along and sucked
up half his oil! He could not trace where it went to, because all the
other sides of each cube, both of his own cube and of the other one,
are quite outside the domain of his consciousness, and he cannot
conceive of them in any way (except as "abstract ideas "). If this
illustration has been made quite clear, I think we shall have found it
to explain the suctional propensities of Cancer, on the basis of the
idea I have set forth. For in a similar way a 7-dimensional cube
presented in a three-dimensional world would cause the apparent
disappearance—or reappearance as the case might be—of three-
dimensional matter. Here, then, we have the explanation of materiali-
sations and dematerialisations and their relation to the sign Cancer
alluded to by a former writer." And also, an explanation of the
well-known, "drawing" effect of certain types of Cancer people,
whereby they seem to deplete others of energy. It is equally obvious
of course that the converse will apply, and that the higher types of
Cancer will show the phenomenon of bestowing energy upon others, of
inspiring them.
The cat, a Cancer animal, well known for its love for its own
home, and its extraordinary sense of locality, is popularly supposed to
suck the breath of children by sleeping on their breasts. Reverse,
then, this idea: picture the opposite, and suppose a Great Being
0
Such phenomena were among the remarkable manifestations that distin-
guished the earlier part of H. P. Blavatsky's career, by the way.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 117

pouring his breath into all creatures lower in the scale than himself—
and you have at once the conception of an Avatar.
In connection with this association of the Avatar with Cancer
it may be mentioned that a good deal has been written in the Secret
Doctrine and elsewhere about the Kalki Avatar who is said to come
at the end of the Sixth Race to usher in the new Root Race, the
Seventh. The name Katki suggests at once the Latin Calx, calcis
limestone or chalk, associated wiih the sea, and forming the substance
of the shell of the Crab. Under calx in my Latin Dictionary I find
the following, all showing something related to the Cancer idea:—
1. Stone, especially lime-stone; 2. Lime whether slaked or not;
3. The goal or boundary in the Roman Circus ; the end of the course.
Is not the Seventh Root Race the " last lap " of Humanity, leading to
the ' End of the Course ' of its long race ?
Rivers end their course in the Sea, which is itself a symbol of
Cancer, showing its sympathy with the Moon by its daily tidal ebb
and flow. The characteristic constituent of sea-water is salt, which
crystallises under favourable conditions in cubes—the Stone Cube
again ! Christ said to his disciples, the future prophets, "Ye are the
salt of the earth." Certainly one Cancer nation views itself in the
same light; while the Chinese, with amiable arrogance, prescribe
themselves " Celestials."

In the foregoing part of my paper I have endeavoured to account

for certain of the Cancer characteristics, namely changeableness and
power of absorption. It remains to account for two more, maternity
and love of home. For these, I think, are the outstanding features of
the sign, since adhesiveness, or " sticking to a thing " comes really
under the heading of suction. A limpet sticks by reason of suction.
A leech adheres by the same power and does not fall off until gorged.
It seems to me that the 7-fold conception of Cancer makes very
clear to us why it should be pre-eminently the " mother sign " of the
Zodiac. Only the complete, the 7-fold-in-one, can bring forth—not
beget, mark, but bear—and nurture, another unit.
The concept of home is seen at once to. be cognate with the
maternal tendency. As this point, namely " home," has been elabor-
ated so fully and so capably by another writer I need not do more than
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touch upon it. But the home is the mother of the personal man, just
as the womb is the home of the foetus. Only in the peaceful seclusion
of the home can be given the emotional and spiritual nourishment that
go to the building up of the Larger Man in just the same way as the
amniotic fluid alike bathes and nourishes the growing foetus. And
what are we, humanity in general, at present but celestial foetuses,
waiting for the time when we may be bom into the land which is our
true home ?

Each sign has a special virtue, and a special vice—which is to

say that each sign has a special power or potency, and that this potency
reveals itself in two ways, as virtue or vice according as its manifesta-
tion is for the benefit of the world at large, or not. What, then, is the
virtue of Cancer ? The virtue of Cancer is solidarity. " United we
stand, divided we fall " may be called a Cancerian watch-word.
The highest expression of this ideal is seen in the form of com-
passion or sympathy. Compassion for the weak is seen to be the
necessary corollary of any real sense of the solidarity of the human
race ; for the weakest parts of the body are its most sensitive spots,
and its most sensitive spots are its most valuable sense-organs! Is
any part of the body more sensitive than the eye ? And yet is any
organ more valuable to the consciousness ?
This sense of solidarity will of course express itself in many
directions, according as it pertains to the Human Race, to a nation, a
tribe, a family, a personality. (Is not this the secret of the Cancer
personal sensitiveness ? A criticism launched against a bodily
peculiarity*1 is felt to apply tpso facto to the whole personality. And
we ought to remember that there is a certain element of truth in this.)
This sense of solidarity will therefore actively resent all incursions
from without, will be ever on the alert, on the defensive, standing with
drawn sword to keep off all intruders, all eavesdroppers even, lest the
unit, of whose solidarity the Cancerian has so vivid a sense, should
suffer the smallest injury.
I must not enlarge upon this point, but will proceed at once to its
antithesis, merely premising that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain—cited by

* E.g. Byron and his club-foot (<? rising in m): Wilhelm II. and his
withered arm (<e rising).
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS Ilg

a previous writer—furnishes a good instance both of a prophet, and of

one ever on the alert to repel the invader, to anticipate (if possible) the
attack before even the enemy himself has completely formulated his
plans. William 11. of Germany is another.
Now to the vice of Cancer. It will be the inversion of this sense
of solidarity—its denial. The importance of the small will be exalted
above the importance of the great, the interests of the scattered units
will be studied before the needs of the national unity. In short, the
influence will be, not digestion, but fermentation; not increase but
distension, not nutrition but flatulency, not growth but degeneration,
not prosperity but land-hunger.
There is one disease that especially illustrates this peculiarity,
in which one or two cells, or a group of cells distend and gorge
themselves in a manner totally at variance with the interests alike of
the neighbouring cells and of the body as a whole. This disease is
called, appropriately enough, Cancer; and not a few millionaires have
died of it!
There is a national analogue of Cancer. The yellow peril of our
times is the peril of the Yellow Press! The yellow press inverts the
ideas of the populace, exaggerating the significance of items unimpor-
tant, and ignoring issues that are all-important. With them, prince
is written with a capital P, principle with a small one ; the empiric is
exalted above the Empire; and the user disappears behind the usurer.
Cats are invited to look at Kings—at id. per head !*
A further illustration of the inversion of the sense of solidarity
to which I have alluded, is seen in the " cornering" of necessities
carried on by certain American millionaires. Such people have been
likened, by certain writers, to the Octopus, a creature easily seen to be
related to the sign Cancer.

* Let me give an instance of this tendency—one instance only, but as signifi-

cant as the single flash of the lightship which serves to indicate the direction of
the quicksands. The Daily Mirror of March roth, 1909, devoted the whole of its
front page to a single picture,—a "snap-shot" of Lord This and bis fiancee Miss
That at a race meeting—well calculated to show bow singularly commonplace the
highest born may appear at unguarded moments. I cannot conceive any object in
this, except a deliberate appeal to the most utter snobbery.
That such an appeal to one of the most soul-killing of vices known to mankind
(I mean snobbery of this abject description) should now-a-days be found to pay, is a
matter that does indeed call for a prophet to arise and reawaken within us the
divine ideal!
120 MODERN ASTROLOGY

The vice of Cancer, then, in a word is parasitism.

I will conclude this rather long paper with one or two extracts
from Sir Robert Hart's address on " China " to the Authors' Club,
reported in the Daily Telegraph of March 23rd, 1909. It will be
seen that the statements quoted throw interesting sidelights on the
Cancer temperament and fully corroborate the old tradition that Cancer
rules the Chinese nation; coming from one whose ' long official
connection with the Chinese Empire enables him to speak with
greater authority on this subject than any other Englishman,' as the
Telegraph puts it, they are of value. Sir Robert H art speaks of China
as:—
A country which covers some five million square miles of the
earth's surface, divided into some two dozen provinces, which are each
large enough to be kingdoms themselves, the smallest having a
population of six or seven millions and the largest of sixty or seventy ;
a people whose numbers comprise some four hundred millions, and
whose history goes back some five thousand years ; a literature which
has been growing through two dozen centuries ; a Government which
subsists on the moral support of its subjects rather than on the physical
force of its armed men.
The Chinese may be said, in a general way, to be a homogeneous
people, but, of course, spread over so large a superficies, while there is
general similitude, there are infinite differences, the outcome of climate,
environment, occupation, etc. The Chinaman of to-day may be
considered the product of heredity, education, and custom. Ask him
why he does so-and-so, he replies, " Berry old custom," and that old
custom has come down through perhaps a hundred or more generations,
and is now as much part of his nature as acquired habit could possibly
be. Possibly heredity has had more weight in China than elsewhere,
its influence coming down from a far-away past into the life of to-day
in a continuous stream, and with so little disturbance from without
among that exclusive and self-centred people. Education in China
has been of its own kind, and has had for object rather the formation
of character and the performance of duty than the spread of what
our Western world considers knowledge. The great teacher to whom
all China has long looked up was, of course, Confucius, who lived
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 121

some five hundred years before Christ, and he did not claim inspiration
or originality ; he simply " transmitted " the wisdom of the past, and
that wisdom contemplated man in his position in the world of men,
and taught him his duty in that environment. ' You have husbands
and wives—you have parents and children—you have brothers and
sisters—you have friends and relations—you have neighbours and
acquaintances—you have your Emperor and his representatives the
officials. Each of these relations has its duties : fulfil them and you
will be right—fail to fulfil them and ill will follow !' There is
nothing controversial—nothing that requires proof—in such teachings,
and so sensible men—and Chinese are very sensible people—accepted
the Confucian teaching, revered it, and lived the life.
The result is a singularly law-abiding people, intelligent, frugal,
industrious, and contented. They have during their long life had experi-
ences of possibly every kind, and the outcome is a common-sense view
of life and its surroundings. The teaching has, however, the defects of
its qualities; it has been excellent for domestic use, but, for foreign
intercourse, it does not supply what the times call for—the strength
which enables a people to hold its own against assailants.

The italics throughout are mine. One remark is especially

significant in view of the connection I have traced between Cancer and
sleep or pralaya.—"Years ago," says Sir Robert, " the Prime Minister,
Wen Hsiang, said to me:—'You had better/cf us sleep on; if you
will awaken us, we'll go further and faster than you'll like!' "
Elsewhere he says:—"The fact that in the Boxer troubles ten
years ago thousands of Chinese laid down their lives and submitted to
cruel torture and death rather than abandon their Christianity, showed
the reality of their faith and its power to support them in the face of
the most terrible treatment."
This is surely an illustration of what a previous writer has drawn
attention to, namely the reluctance of Cancer to relinquish even a new
idea when once it has been fully grasped.

I feel that the somewhat straggling and discursive style of this

essay makes it rather appropriate to the sign Cancer, for I have
observed that in all writers in whom the Cancer influence is very
pronounced this discursive or fragmentary treatment is noticeable—
122 MODERN ASTROLOGY

witness the writings of Carlyle and Ruskin in contradistinction to the

neatness and limpidity of The New Word whose author has the Libra
element strong.""
In fact the Cancerian style seems to be luxuriant, overflowing—
weedy at times—like the vegetation of Nature, out-cropping from the
most unlikely spots, surprisingly vigorous in unexpected places, and
owning to no laws of symmetry that other signs are capable of
perceiving. Indeed, over-persuading by sheer vividness of description
or delightfulness of fancy, rather than by weight of proof, indefeasibility
of argument, or clarity of insight. Here again we see the ever-present
instinct of Cancer, to nourish rather than to subdue, to promote rather
than to direct, to encourage rather than to lead. Always the Mother,
never the Father, supporting rather than guiding.
POSTSCRIPT.—There are two things further which I would like
to add to this paper, lengthy though it is.
The first word of the Fourth Commandment is " Remember."
The surprising memory of Cancerians is proverbial.! But, furthei,
there is a possible pun upon the word which expresses that outstanding
characteristic of tenacity which has always been the theme of writers
on the subject. Says Miss Pagan 4 " Cancer, the crab, when once he
has seized an object, and means to have it, will rather lose his claw
than let go, and having lost it will grow another to take hold again,
(italics mine)." The claw is the member, and to grow another claw
is to re-member. The foolish will laugh at this, perhaps; not so the
discerning. For we thus trace the connection between the command-
ment, and the life history of the creature that is our symbol; Remember
the Sabbath Day to keep it holy—re-member the body to keep it

• In Mrs. Besant (o J) im) the two tendencies war with one another. Another
point may be adduced in which the three writers mentioned are alike, and that is
in the occasional extreme length of their sentences. Note, in this connection, the
last sentence on p. 114. in which there are 131 words. Here the idea in
itself seems simple enough, it is only the expression of it which appears
complicated, though it manifests the earnest desire of the writer to screw (as it
were) the full meaningof his idea into the reader's consciousness. The elaboration
of sentences in this way seems always to be due to anxiety on the part of the writer
lest any aspect of his meaning should fail to be presented with due force.
Trans. Sec.
f Modern Astrologv, Vol. V. (New Series), p. 323.
{ Ibid., p. 321.
 THE ZODIACAL AND i'LANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 123

whole. It is the Cancerian power of life-organisation that enables a

mutilated body to be re-membered.
The other thing I wish to add is a verse from The Voice of the
Silence; "Be like the ocean, which receives all streams and rivers.
The ocean's mighty calm remains unmoved ; it feels them not." Does
not this present graphically to us the Cancer ideal of compassion
supreme? To gather into oneself the many streams and currents of
diverse and conflicting thought and feeling and to unify them, oneself
unmoved yet not undisturbed, receiving and comprehending all! The
primitive Cancerian, we all know, is apprehensive—timorous; will not
the advanced Cancerian prove to be comprehensive—enfolding all, as
does the Avatar, within his sympathetic embrace ?

[Part III. will consist of " Various Essays," presenting the

characteristics of Cancer as they appear to sundry observers.]

THE BURDEN

Bknd not thy shoulders, brave one, to the past,

III fits the burden, heavier day by day;
Yet hath it treasures thou must never cast
Away.

Go not forth limping ; 'tis a weary tramp,

But wearier far the march without the load ;
Thy past is chart and guide-book, oil and lamp,
And code.

Carry thy past, a hero, not a slave ;

Who flings the " marshal's baton " from his sack
Storms not the present, which the brave
Attack.
Time works great alchemies, as they have learned
Who, in the bearing of experience bold,
Have seen their leaden care and sorrow turned
To gold.
A. W. in the Daily Chronicle.
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IFmniiiatiotis of ^atrolo^y

By G. E. Sutcliffe, Member of the Leah Astronomical Society

ARTICLE IV. Part XXIl.—Summary and Recapitulation

§(208) (1) The Astronomical masses of the heavenly bodies de-

pends upon the product of three factors; an acceleration y4, a distance
d, and a mass of matter of Gt grammes, which on the earth's surface
exerts the force of one dyne. The acceleration A, and the distance d,
can be measured for each body, but the mass of matter exerting unit
force can only be measured on the earth's surface, The Astronomical
masses, therefore, are based upon two ascertained facts and one
assumption. The assumption being that the mass of matter that
attracts with unit force on the earth's surface will also attract with
unit force everywhere throughout the universe.
(2) We have found that the factor G bears a definite relationship
to the etheric pressure k which differs for each planet, so that the
assumption that G is constant is not true. It follows from this that
the Astronomical masses of the heavenly bodies are fictitious. When
the masses are recalculated from the correct value of G for each body
their values are much more nearly of the same order of magnitude.
These corrected masses we have named the electrical masses, and
their substitution for the astronomical masses does not in any way
affect the accelerations between bodies.
(3) The astrological influences of the heavenly bodies is propor-
tionate to the electrical masses, and not to the astronomical; hence
astrological influences are in consequence of the same order of
magnitude from all the heavenly bodies,
(4) The accelerative forces of bodies upon each other are pro-
portionate to the product of the electrical masses, and the geometrical
mean of the specific inductive capacities of the etheric media through
which the forces are exerted.
(5) By combining our equations with that of J. J. Thomson we
obtain an expression for the magnetic force of the planets on the
 THE FOUNDATtOHS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 125
earth which, when tested in the case of the Sun, is in good agreement
with observation.
(6) A further development of the equations enables us to obtain
a simple expression for the electromotive force of the heavenly bodies,
which when tested in the case of the Sun agrees with observation.
(7) We thus obtain the two fundamental equations of Astrology,
equation (191) for the magnetic forces exerted by the heavenly bodies
on the earth, namely
f=Dla
and equation (199) for the difference of potential per metre produced
by these bodies, namely
E = D(a b)
(8) The above equations when properly applied will enable the
astrologer to test his results by actual physical measurements, and the
unknown causes of atmospheric electricity will he thereby disclosed.
(9) When the current induced by a heavenly body is positive it
is acting with the greatest force in the rising sign, and when negative
in tiie seiiiug sign ; for other signs the force must be multiplied by the
cosine of the angle between the rising or setting sign, and that in which
the body is situated.
(10) Each of the heavenly bodies goes through a regular cycle
of positive and negative values, which repeats itself continually. In
the case of the planets this cycle corresponds to the synodical period
of the body, whilst in the case of the Sun and Moon, it corresponds to
their revolutions relative to the apses of the orbit.
(11) The changing values of the bodies are definitely related to
the aspects which the bodies make either with the Sun, or the apses
of the orbit; so that by means of tables of aspects the values of the
bodies positive or negative can be approximately determined.
(12) Each of the aspects which determine the values of the
electrical effects has a positive and negative form. The maximum
values for the planets positive and negative being at the stationary
points, and the minimum or zero values at conjunction or opposition
with the Sun.
(13) The mutual aspects of the heavenly bodies with each other
govern the mode of co-operation of the bodies, whilst their aspects with
the Sun, or the apses of the orbit, determine the strength of the forces.
[This concludes the present Article of this Series, further instalments of
which may perhaps be published later on. Meanwhile, other articles from Mr.
Suiclijje s pen will duly appear.)
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" Qtljougljt Mab£S "

Items Gleaned from All Sources bv Correspondents

Everywhere

Astrology in our Parish Registers.—Anyone who has pored over

the old church registers of our land, as the writer has often before now, kno w»
that occasionally in the case of people of position above the average the date
and time of birth are given in the baptismal register as well as the date of
baptism—the latter of course only being required. The Rev. Dr. Cox, one
of the most eminent of living antiquaries, refers to this in his lately published
charming volume, The Parish Registers of England [Methuen & Co.]. Dr.
Co* says (p. 41):
A belief in the follies of astrology caused certain registers to be disfigured by
the occasional exact entry as to birth, in order to give facilities for " casting the
nativity" or telling the fortune of the child. It is a wonder that the profanity
of associating holy baptism with such an unscriptural attempt to fathom the future
did not check such entries.
Dr. Cox then gives four examples, of which one runs as follows, from the
register book of Hawsted, Suffolk :
Mr. Robert Drury, the first sonne of Mr. William Dniry, Esquire, was born
30 fan., betwixt 4 and 3 of the clock in the morning, the Sunne in Libra, anno
1574, at Durham House within the Parish of Westminster.
The learned doctor evidently knows but little of Astrology, except that
it is a species of fortune-telling i If he had a better and more correct know-
ledge as to what it really is he would not misjudge an accurate statement
of fact by calling it " profanity." If he knew as much of Astrology as the
readers of this magazine he would rejoice at the presence of such details.
All too few are the accurately recorded birth-timesofgreat men, though these
data areas precious if not far more so than their autographs. We trust
the day may once again come when here, as (I believe) in France, the birth-
time of each and every child shall be accurately noted in the official register.
Arthur Mee.
"Astrea" writes:—From Aries to Libra we have seven signs; does
the fully developed Libran signify the man nearing the Adept stage? The
next sign is Scorpio, and I note that Scorpio people have a strong sense of
justice, which often oftfigzs them to " speak out," and to take a standpoint
others think dangerous ; to right a wrong they have to do unpleasant work,
set everyone "by the ears," "stir up the mud," etc. A remark from a
fellow student that Judas represented Scorpio set me thinking, and I applied
this to the above that I had mentally noted in Scorpio folk for some time
past Also, at a study class, the suggestion that Judas was symbolical of
Karma gave one food for much thought in this direction. One wonders if
people of this type are useful Karinic agents first unconsciously and then
with (perhaps) partial knowledge hut courageous to go on with the seeming
wrong, knowing that forceful effort only will "clear the air" and move
obstruction from the path of good.
 "THOUGHT WAVES" 127
Is God the Creator of evil as well as of good ?—Yes. God wills
to manifest, and manifestation is limitation, which involves imperfection.
The more complete the manifestation the greater the multiplicity of
imperfect forms. In this multiplicity of imperfect forms lies the
root of what we call evil. All the forces in the world can be
resolved into the two primary forces, it matters not what names we choose
for them. There is the separating force, centrifugal, destructive, katabolic ;
and the synthesising force, centripetal, constructive, anabolic. Id the region
of the emotions the first is hate and its derivatives, the second love; in
general the first seems evil, the second good, to our imperfect vision. They
are the two forces through which the Creator works, and both are essential
to manifestation. Probably in the earlier manifestation the disruptive force
preponderated and was "good." It is now the turn of the constructive
force to be deemed so. In the Eternal NOW alone is there perfect balance.—
(From TUeosophy in Scotia ml.)
Notes on Horoscopes of Six Patients at Robbin Island Leper
Asylum.—Aries marked in each one. Sun in Aries in three out of the six ;
Taurus also accentuated in all six. Pisces accentuated in four: iu two
cases two afflicted planets therein (one patient lost her foot), and in two
cases one afflicted planet therein. In view of the tact that the disease
attacks head and face, throat and feet principally, the above data are
interesting.
In all six Uranus and Mars were in strong aspect, and iu three of them
the two planets were in close conjunction. Another interesting point is that
the horoscopes of four friends, and myself, who constantly visit the
Settlement and are deeply interested, show all five the Sun in Aries !—A. C.
A Dream.—"About one week before Ex-President McKinley was shot at
Buffalo I had a dream which seemed to me prophetic of that event. I
was at a summer resort in Maine, and I dreamed that I was in a room with
my mother and sister, and as I looked out of the window the buildings on
either side of the street were high and I knew I was in a city, and as I
looked 1 saw hung across the street from these buildings a very large flag,
such as is used at the time of u presidential election, with this exception, the
flag was black, and I said to my relatives, ' why, what does that mean ?'
and then the stars and stripes, the United States flag, were flashed on the
black one and taken away again, and a voice said to me, a national death.
I heard mnsic, and the piece called 'The Lost Chord' was being played,
and then I woke up."—The writer has Venus in conjunction with Mercury
in Taurus in the ninth house in sextile to the Moon.
A Correspondent writes:—" I think it would he interesting to get the
views of fellow-readers on strong planetary positions, and events connected
therewith. Thus, in my own horoscope I have the three malefics in trine,
tjj n, I? =^, but J) S ^ within one degree. To these strong bad positions
I attribute the following incidents ..." {gives instances). If other
readers will help, a symposium might perhaps elicit useful evidence.
Letters should be marked " hf.A., p. 127," and addressed to the Magazine
Department, 42, Imperial Buildings. Ludgate Circus, E.C.
Prize winners please comment.— A Prize-Winner makes the
following suggestion;
1 have been thinking that when we have won two prizes, we might
qualify for a certificate by writing something that would add to the usefulness
of the magazine—such a paper as " Sarastro's " in the October number for
instance. I would have the certificate a small affair, about the size of a post-
card that could be put in a note-book, and it should be signed by the Editor.
We think the idea a good one. What have those chiefly concerned to say ?
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
THE ALMIGHTY COINCIDENCE!
Greai Events coincident with appearances of Halley's Comet
B.C. A.D.
2616—Death of Methuselah. (Tradition.) 989—War between the Roman Emperor
2349—The Deluge. (Tradition.) and the Saracens in Germany
1900—Destruction of Sodom and and Italy.
Gomorrah. (Tradition.) 1066—Norman conquest of England—
394—War between Greece and Persia. Egypt taken by the Turks—Alps
Battles of Cnidos and Coronea. Arslan conquering Armenia and
317—Empire of Alexander the Great Georgia.
being torn to pieces by his 1142—|\Var between the Guelfs and
successors. Ghibellines begins—Civil war in
240—War between Rome and Carthage England — Darkest period of
—Carthage almost destroyed by English history—Fiance under a
revolt of her mercenaries. papal interdict—Crusades lead
163—Antiochus Epiphanes ravages the chivalry of Europe to re-
Asia Minor. conquer Jerusalem from the
87—Civil War in Rome between Saracens.
Mariusand Sylla. Rome besieged 1222—Wars of Guelfs and Ghibellines
by four armies. ravage Europe—Ghengis Khan
9—Hermann (Arminius) defeats the conquering Asia.
Romans under Varus in the great 1299—Foundation of the Ottoman
battle of Teutoberg. Empire.
1377—Return of the Popes from Avignon
A.D. to Rome—Venice and Genoa at
war.
70—Sack of Jerusalem by Titus. 1456—Comet exorcised by Pope Calixtus
147—Greece conquered by Rome. HI.—Wars of the Roses in
218—Death of Emperor Macrinus and England—Belgrade saved from
accession of Heliogabalus. the Turks by Hunyadi—Civil
296 —Persecution of Christians under war in Austria.
Diocletian. 1531—Turks advance in Europe—Perse-
374—Great rebellion of Africa begins cution of Protestants at its
the break up of the Roman height—Pizzaroconquering Peru.
Empire. 1607—Holland defeating Spain in war
451—Attila's defeat by Actius at for independence—Moors driven
Chalona. The last great battle from Spain—People believe the
that Rome ever won. end of tne world is coming.
530—Belisarius re-conquering Rome— 1682—Monmouth's rebellion in England
Death of King Arthur. —Aurungzebe conquering India
607—Mahomet in his cave has visions —Halley discovers comet is
and prepares to establish Ma- periodic.
hometamsm. 1759—Clive conquering India for Eng-
684—Saracens conquering North Africa. land—Capture of Quebec by
760—Charlemagne about to become Wolfe—War between England
king. and France.
837—Danes ravaging England 1835—Reform Bill passes in England—
Saracens conquering Sicily. Pitt at the height of his fame
912—Normans conquering Northern —Carlist rebellion in Spaia.
France. 1910- Death ot H.M. King Edward VII.
\in heavy type!!]
Mr. Armour's recent article on "The Changed Attitude towards Astro-
logy " lends additional interest to the list given above, which has been
forwarded to us by a subscriber, who states that this list was sent out with
the circulars of Sir Robert Ball's lectures on the Comet. " During the lecture."
adds our correspondent, " he was careful to urge upon the audience that all
these events were purely coincidences!"
But wasn't the crowd at the lecture a coincidence too ?
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Jlctmlna

[The space available being exceedingly Untiled a long time has often to
elapse before Reviews can appear and we must ask authors and publishers to
forgive this unavoidable delay; they are reminded that books not dealing with
Astrology or allied subjects but with psychisin, etc., are rather outside our sphere,
and that we cannot, consequently, always undertake to review them.—Ed.]

THE SEVEN RAYS OF DEVELOPMENT

The Seven Rays of Develoi-ment. By Arthur H. Ward. (The
Theosophical Publishing Society, 161, New Bond Street, London. Price is.)
This interesting little book is the first attempt to describe the
seven different classes of souls who are evolving on our earth, and the
path that each one is travelling. I say the first attempt, because
while readers will be thoroughly familiar with the idea of the seven
planets and the type of character formed by each, this is, so far as L
know, the first book that deals with the subject not from the astro-
logical but from the mystico-psychological point of view. The idea
is that the Divine Trinity has its correspondence in the three aspects
of human consciousness, which, in the personality, Mr. A. H. Ward
describes as Thought in the mental world, Desire in the astral world,
and Vitality or self-existence in the physical. These three, by com-
bination, then produce the seven, which are assimilated to the author's
well-known and highly ingenious ladder of consciousness.
The seven Rays are named as follows in this book. The Ray of
Power, which works in the dense physical body and evolves the
Ruler; the Ray of Healing, which works in the physical etheric
double and the lower astral, where these two overlap, and which gives
us the Doctor; the Ray of Action, which works in the dense astral
body and the first astral ether, and gives the Man of Affairs; the Ray
of Devotion, which works in the overlapping of the higher astral and
lower mental, and which evolves the Priest; the Ray of Knowledge,
which works in the first mental ether and the lower mental body, and
gives the Philosopher; the Ray of Art, or of Imagination, which
works in the overlapping of Buddhi and Manas, and which gives the
Poet or Artist ; and lastly the seventh, into which all the others
merge, the Ray of Initiation, where—" The Master of Wisdom attains
the power of his own Ray and those of all the others as well."
The book deserves careful consideration, and is worth not merely
borrowing but purchasing. Nevertheless readers will probably not
agree with Mr. A. H. Ward on all points, and I have found myself at
issue with him more than once. In particular he does not seem to
be justified in identifying desire and action, and relegating both to
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astral consciousness. The reason given for this is that—"The root
cause of all action is the astral impulse of love, instinct, or desire,
which plays on the body and makes it move and act. Hence the
true vehicle of action is the astral body. . .
It is quite true that desire is the motive for action, but it does
not follow from this that the two are the same. The wind is the
cause of waves on the sea, but the wind is not the waves ; and to
class desire and action together is equivalent to identifying cause and
effect. Of course the two can never be separated any more than can
cause and effect ; but this again does not make them one. From my
point of view, feeling and action are a pair of opposites, like negative and
positive electricity ; when the one comes into being the other comes
with it, and the one cannot be disturbed without affecting the other,
but they are unlike and have different work to do. Feeling compares
with negative electricity and the astral plane, and action with positive
electricity and the physical plane. They are relatively centripetal
and centrifugal respectively ; and Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe has argued
that negative electricity pertains to the astral plane and returns
thither, while the positive belongs to the physical.
This classing together of feeling and action as both astral compels
Mr. A. fl. Ward to discover something different to correspond to the
physical body, and he finds this in vitality. He writes: "The
physical body is often spoken of as the vehicle of activity, but a little
consideration will show that lift is the characteristic of the body. .
The reply to this is twofold. Firstly, while it is quite true that the
physical body shows vitality, the same is equally true of any vehicle
on any plane; unless it is animated by the prana of that plane it is
useless. Secondly, this septenary classification is an attempt to state
the seven rays in terms of consciousness; but vitality is not an
aspect of consciousness, for it belongs to body ; and to employ the
term vitality to describe one or more of the seven is equivalent to
abandoning the classification in terms of consciousness and to adopting
another in terms of body. It is body that lives or dies.
The author seems to see these objections in part when he
describes the dense physical body as corresponding to the Ray of
Power. One obvious comment on this is that the only test of power
is what can be done with it, and that power is only another name for
will in action. This brings action down on to the physical plane
again.
The account given of the genesis of the seventh Ray, also, does
not seem to be quite logical. It is here regarded as the synthesis of
the six, a sublime condition to which all the six alike attain. " The
seventh Ray is the same for all men. As the six colours blend
into white, so the powers of the six Rays blend into that of spiritual
perfection."
It is true that spiritual perfection is reached by all souls, no
matter which path they may tread ; but it is incorrect to represent
white light as being formed by the blending of six colours only.
White light, when passed through a prism, is analysed into seven
 REVIEWS
colours, not six, and it requires the recombination of all the seven,
and not of six only, to reconstitute the white. The path of the perfect
man, therefore, compares with the Sun, the eighth cast out, of the
Stanzas of Dzyan ; and the Sun, as Mme. Blavatsky told us, is not
one of the seven. The problem seems to be to discover seven types
of souls, all existing among ordinary men and women, and all capable
of becoming candidates for the great Initiation. The spiritually
perfected man, if compared with white light, will be beyond all the
seven alike, but in touch with each of them. Either this or, if it is
still insisted that there are only six ordinary rays, it would seem that
the analogy with light will have to be dropped.
While our information remains incomplete it is inevitable that
differences of opinion should arise, and the above criticisms are not
meant to detract from the value of this suggestive little work, which
can be heartily recommended; and astrological readers will look
forward to the time when planetary influences will be correlated with
these seven Rays.
H. S. Green.

Vibrations, Waves and Reincarnation Cycles. By S. Stuart,

3, Swift Avenue, Ponsouby, Auckland, New Zealand; ay. 6d.
This essay is an attempt to correlate the known phenomena of
vibrations and waves as illustrated in sound, electricity, light, Rontgen
rays, and thought waves. These are all classified in accordance with
Sir William Crookes' Table of Vibrations, which ranges from the
simple two beats per second, through sound which starts at about 32
vibrations per second, electricity varying from sixty-five thousand to
thirty-four thousand million vibrations per second, Rontgen rays of
288 thousand billion per second, up to brain waves supposed to con-
tain four trillion vibrations per second.
The most interesting part of the essay is an attempt to apply the
theory of waves to cycles in human history. Tables of periods of
commercial depression, war cycles, and various historic epochs are
given, and it is claimed that these have common factors by means of
which they can be reduced to rule and order.
The astrologer will, of course, look forward to the time when,
epochs in history can be correlated with planetary and zodiacal cycles,
by means of which only can they be explained.
We can commend this essay heartily to our readers as being well
worth careful consideration. It can be procured direct from the
author.
H. S. G.

RegotsiTEs for a strong character: Bold design, constant practice, frequent

mistakes.
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lettfr to tlje (EDitoc

Letters of general interest only arc inserted. Writers of signed articles are
alone responsible for the opinions contained therein. Correspondents desiring
reply must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith. Where any topic of a controversial
nature is the subject of comment, it is expected that differences of opinion will be
expressed courteously, and all offensive personal references avoided.
Note.—Will Correspondents please remember (r) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only; fa] that planetary positions, as
well as birth data, should always be given where possible: and (3} that information
should be put as concisely as is compatible with clearness? Neglect of these
considerations causes many otherwise valuable letters to be excluded from these
pages.
Letters are inserted at the earliest possible opportunity, but are sometimes
unavoidably held over through lack of space.

To Wed or Not to Wed?—that is the Question

Dear Sir,
I shall be obliged if you can find space for the following
question, as your different readers' experience and ideas on this point
would be useful and of general interest, each reader having more or
less Karma of some kind.
Question ; How is out to know what is exactly Karma which should le
faced and worked off in this life, or what would be unnecessary for one to go
through with, the planetary aspects and positions being unfavourable for the
matter under consideration; and knowing which, one might avoid bringing
upon oneself unnecessary difficulties ?
I am afraid I have not made the question very clear, but what I
mean is supposing (for example) in a question of marriage it is shewn
in the horoscope that it would not be for the peace of mind and
happiness of the native, should it be gone through with for the sake
of the "soul benefit," if I may so term it, which might accrue from
the suffering and experience thus obtained ? For in a case like
marriage it could otherwise be avoided. I give a sample map 10
shew what I mean.
X. XI. XII. I. , II. in.
11114.8
J V b l'l ? 8 rf O
T17.12 E20,39 niy.iS HRO.seli, ^2.81}. sir.43 sx 12.22 a28.55 Ko.34
What should be done with regard to this matter, in this horoscope
would it be better to marry or not ?
Yours truly,
"Uranus."
MBhitn Egtrulogg

A Journal. Devoted to the Search for Truth Concerning Astrolog*

Vol. VIII. APRIL, 1911. No. 4.

Mew Series.

Sire (EDitor's (©bserbator^

It is worth noting that many students of Astrology have been

interested in my journey to India, and one friend has even asked me
to keep a diary of each day's events. I think it would puzzle anyone
to keep a written diary in this busy place, where the day begins before
the sun has risen and closes some time after it has set.
Let me take Christmas Day, for instance, one of the quietest days
here. Rose at 5.30 a.m. Bath and Meditation, till 6.45. Preparation
for breakfast at 7. At 7.30 morning study; 8 to 9 Inner School
meeting. At 9.15 there is a lecture in the Lecture Hall on " The
Star in the East" ; I would like to hear it, but learn that the motor-
car requires my attention ; I therefore give that hour to mechanics
instead. From 10.30 to 11.30, tiffin time at Blavatsky Gardens.
From 11.30 to 12.30 give audience to astrological enquirers. At
12.30 cycle to Damodar House and take up letters, correspondence,
and writing, etc., until 3—tea time. At 3.30 p.m. cycle to headquarters,
where there is a grand Christmas tree display, and spend a few hours
witnessing a never-to-be-forgotten sight. Four hundred of the poor
" outcast " children are brought into the great Hall, where the gifted
orator Mrs. Besant becomes the silent dispenser of toys and sweet-
meats, separately serving each child herself, and I feel a wave of
peace and goodwill as I see her face filled with joy and pleasure as
she gives each child its portion of the treasures. At dusk (5.30 p.m.)
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34 MODERN ASTROLOGY

the 300 candles are lighted on the gigantic Christmas tree, and I
witness a sight fit for the Gods to see, as children who have never
heard of a Christmas tree before, little naked mites, gaze upon the
sight with inarticulate wonder and delight. At 6.30, the usual meeting
on the roof being suspended, I leave Mrs. Besant still hard at it, and
I think as I cycle to my quarters : What a wonderful spirit must be
behind that 63-year-old body, to make it work so assiduously from
early morning until late at night day after day without break! If the
society had a few more Mrs. Besants it would shake the world. Even
as it is she is stirring it enough to make the society a body such as the
world has hardly seen before.
On the following day she addressed two thousand three hundred
people within the Great Hall, and one thousand outside who could not
gain admittance, and she moved that audience, composed of people
from various parts of the world, with an oratory that was marvellous;
and what is more remarkable still, that same evening she addressed
over a thousand occult students in occult language concerning the
coming of the new spiritual Teacher with a power as profound as it
was unmistakable.

Without keeping a diary, however, I can relate some of the most

important events taking place that I think will be of interest to astro-
logical students. For instance it is an open secret here that some of
the past incarnations of Julius Caesar can be traced in the lives of
Corona told in the Theosophist under the title of " Rents in the Veil
of Time," and his coming incarnation is in the immediate future.
It has also been said that the method of incarnation of these great
ones is a question of choice to them. They may either take the
ordinary child birth, (which is usually a waste of energy for them), or
overshadow someone who is playing a prominent part in the world's
history, or take possession of a youth's body which has been especially
prepared for that purpose, the occupant being ready to yield it up
when the Great Ego requires it. This, of course, means sacrifice on
the part of the youth—which it is needless to say is a willing one.
Another interesting statement which has been made that will
interest astrologers, though it has been suggested before, is that the
 THE EDITOK'S OBSERVATORY 135

Ego takes possession of a baby body at a time approximate to that of

" quickening."

With regard to " Alcyone," who is the hero of the stories above
mentioned, I received the time of his birth from his father when last in
India and may publish the horoscope at some future date. This youth
is now a disciple of the Master, and a remarkable event occurred to
him at the New Moon of January 11th, 1910. It is probable that this
New Moon will mark an epoch in the world's history, and it may
eventually cause us to reconstruct our angular points of the Zodiac.
Alcyone has just written a book, in which his photograph appears ; it
is entitled At the Feet of the Master and it can be procured at the
small sum of Is. 6d. by all who are interested in the following verse,
which appears at the end of the book.
" Waiting the word of the Master,
Watching the Hidden Light;
Listening to catch His orders
In the very midst of the fight;

" Seeing His slightest signal

Across the heads of the throng ;
Hearing His faintest whisper
Above earth's loudest song."

Re Prise Competition No. 17.—The Editor writes : "The facts about

the subject of this Competition are as follows. He is in possession of a
foreign title, but has for many years been a man of adventure travelling in
the East and on the continent of Europe, and has been engaged in several
ventures,—so far unsuccessful owing to extravagance, and the lack of real
executive ability. He is married, but has left his wife in the East to
provide for herself. He possesses very strong desires and has a love of
organising and dabbling in great schemes, and has the power to draw many
friends around him ; he lacks wealth however, and does not appear to know
the value of money. It is admittedby himself that he is an exile from his
own country for political reasons, but there is a great deal of mystery about
his life prior to bis marriage, which took place in China under special
license, and it has been stated that he was a spy in a recent war between
two nations. He is a man of mystery though apparently very frank, well
bearing out the characteristics 01 Jupiter in Scorpio with Mars rising on the
Sagittarius ascendant, and probably nothing further will be known about
him until Venus in Capricorn brings the notoriety he cannot escape."—For
particulars of Competition No. iS, see p. 175.
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ffilje ^tars anb Ifttntan Besting

For many years MODERN ASTROLOGY has been persistently

and constantly sounding forth one melody—Character is Destiny.
When we consider this statement from the individual or occult
standpoint its accuracy is remarkable, and in considering character
from the highest standpoint we must first note the colouring or
character which the " Lords of the Flame " bestowed on man at the
early beginnings of things. These great Sons of the Father, perfect on
all planes, Masters of Wisdom, were perfect while as yet we the
majority of humanity were only emerging from the different animal
kingdoms, having become individualised in one or the other of them
and thus breaking away from the Group Soul as a separate entity,
having a filmy envelope surrounding it called the Causal Body or
body of causation. This body, ovoid or egg-shaped, which can
endure throughout the whole of the manvantara, is only superseded
when the human evolution is eventually perfected and the individual
soul becomes a Master of Wisdom, in which case the ego is clothed in
a finer vesture—a star-like body of light, made like a star, touching
and unifying at all points, not egg-shaped as is the [body of manas,
which encloses and surrounds and so separates.
This Causal Body is at first colourless and opalescent, and thus
when one of the "Lords of Mind " colours it for the first time (giving
it its first touch of mind), it is coloured according to the ray of the
Planetary Logos that zvas itself most potent in the colouring ef that
Mighty Being.
The colour given might be yellow or blue or green or red, but
whichever colour it was it would constitute for the individual his first
colouring or character ; in other words that would be the individual's
dominant note for the manvantara, the nucleus around which all his
human experience and manasic education would converge—his note,
Sound and colour, the most potent force the individual can express
through his prototype the personal man—his particular line of
evolution.
 TMK STAUS AND HUMAN DHSTINY T
37
During repeated incarnations the Ego draws into his causal body
the essence and aroma of each earth life, and as only the good of each
life can be so handed up, nothing that is evil can ever be built into it.
With each earth life some fresh experience gained through that life
spent in matter is able to be handed on, and so little by little other
colourings become added to the primary or dominant one; but these
are only sub-influences, for the dominant colour, keynote and sound
forms the centre round which the other influences group themselves.
The mighty Being on any particular ray colouring the causal
body with His own dominant colour may be looked upon as the
"Parent Star" or the Father of the individual man; for any one
•colouring belonging to one of the seven planets causes one of the
seven principles to be accentuated; it also gives its own particular
Tattva'and Tanmatra, which is another word for the wave-length or
vibratory power that the individual can use. And thus we see that
Astrology is very true when it declares that from the very beginning
of things, character is destiny; for whether the individual is evolving
on the Will, Wisdom or Activity line, or any of the four others, his
experiences and knowledge will be gained through his work in life in
this connection, and all experiences will naturally be on widely
different lines. To take four typical cases; a man on the line of the
ruler, another on the line of the priest, a great scientist, a great artist,
—how widely different will be the training, education and experiences
that each will receive on these different lines ! In the course of its
evolution humanity has eventually to build in all seven colours, to
unite all experiences; but that is regarding man as a finished product,
God-man, whereas the majority of us to-day are more or less animal
men and women. Some are 'trying very hard to subjugate the
passional and sensuous nature, are gradually overcoming the forces of
the animal and becoming human—which after all, only'means humane,
for it necessarily follows that after repeated incarnations the thinker
in'man becomes satiated with the coarser vibrations of life, and finally
substitutes the life of the mind for the life of the senses, so purifying
tbe.temple of the body that the voice of the inner God may be heard
in the sanctuary.
Let us now consider a little more definitely this colourless causal
body as it emerges from the animal kingdom. Can we picture our
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causal bodies as they must have appeared in the dim past, ere the
Lords of Mind came forward to help humanity ? What will the
personal Self have looked like then ? Weil, the perfectly formed
body of an idiot would be a fair analogy, I think ; for the link of mind
was absent. Manas, or mind, was given from outside as it were, and
this mental colouring is our back-ground and the bed-rock of our self-
consciousness, which is rejected more or less vividly in the personality ;
it is the type to which we belong, the path of our unfoldment.
The individual man seeks expression in the lower planes of matter
which we call the physical, astral and mental worlds, by selecting a
mental, astral and physical atom, by means of which the vehicles can
be formed for his expression and manifestation on these more concrete
planes ; these permanent atoms also forming the material basis which
gathers up the results of evolution, being the links between the reincar-
nating Ego and the personality. These permanent atoms in fact form
the bases or nuclei for the building of the lower bodies. When the
time arrives for reincarnation, the mental atom acts as the vibrating or
attracting centre for the new mental body, drawing the appropriate
mental matter round it. The astral atom plays a similar part in the
forming of the astral body, and the physical atom is the basis on which
the physical body is built up.
These atoms have nothing to do with the centres of consciousness;
they are the nuclei of the bodies,—the bodies that express the life of the
mind, the life of the feelings, and the life of action. According to the
vibratory power of these atoms, so will be the type and kind of mental,
astral and physical vehicles we wear ; for according to their vibration
under the different planets so is the type and kind of matter built.
For we must ever remember the expression of the I is not seen as it is
in itself, but only as it appears in relation to the forces of the planes
and the type of matter built in, and as expression can only take place
through appropriate matter we see that the vibratory note the
personal man has struck in the past, or may be striking in the present,
may be either in harmony or in opposition with his real self. For
very many incarnations the Ego has but little power over the bodies
the man wears, for the lives will be in the early beginning colourless
or animalised, and thus the resultant atoms will ^have scant "power of
vibration, there will be little that is profitable passed up [to the real
 THE STARS AND HUMAN DESTINY 139

man ; but as soon as balance is reached, in other words as soon as the

lower mind has grown strong enough to dominate the senses, then each
earth life begins to tell more and more as a factor in the soul's
evolution. For each permanent atom is now beginning to vibrate
more and more in unison with the life and force of the Ego, instead of
being deflected by the personality and desires of the lower man, and
is thus gradually becoming an increasingly valuable asset for the
Ego in the field of evolution.
These permanent atoms are in truth the ' cells ' or minute bodies
that never die. For the physical permanent atom is the physical cell
which preserves for each of us the continuity of all our physical
evolution together with the memory thereof, and similarly too with the
astral and mental permanent atoms, and thus when the personal is
finally merged in the individual, and the individual in the God, these
atoms preserve for us the memory of our earthly pilgrimage through
matter with unbroken continuity. So we can now understand that
when fusion and unity with all the other divine fragments finally takes
place, recollection (or re-collection) will still be possible, so that in
returning to the bosom of the Father we shall retain the memory and
the experience of each human evolution. Thus in the expansion of
the Godhead we shall retain the memory of the man, and shall not lose
our particular vibration in vibrating with the whole; the centre will
yet be retained though expansion takes place in the circumference.
". . . . The dewdrop slips
Into the shining sea."
Bessie Leo.

All students of Astrology will find the article on "Our Solar System,"
by Mrs. Besant, on p. 172, of extreme interest. Even those already well
acquainted with the theosophical teaching, as given in the three volumes of
the Secret Doctrine, will be grateful for this concise summary of the salient
facts. It contains an immense amount of information in a small space, and
will bear reading over and over again.
 ®lje Value of Astrology to tl;e tHEorlb: ^ ^mpoatnm

SOME time since, at a meeting of the Astrological Society, the

above subject was taken for discussion and papers were read or
speeches made expressing the opinions of various members present.
To the listener, the most striking feature of this evening's discussion
was the wonderful diversity in point of view exhibited by the speakers,
and the difference of the methods by which they sought to show the
utility of Astrology.
This is illustrated in the following more or less haphazard selection
from the papers which were read. The heading given to each paper is
merely intended to be indicative of what seems the point of view of
its author, who must not be supposed to have laid claim to the title—
or even challenged attention to it—with which he is here furnished
and for which the present writer is solely accountable.
Surely, it may be argued, a study which arouses the zealous
espousal of those whose outlook on life is so various, must merit the
attention of all thoughtful people ?
The Recluse
I intend in the few words I have to say regarding the value of
Astrology to the world to consider this value only from the time point
of view. Obvious is it to all that no idea is so inseparably bound up
with Astrology as that of time. The science itself is one of " times
and seasons," and for that reason I suppose it and its votaries have in
the past been always associated with Saturn. Now from the Saturnian
standpoint waste is a sin, and waste of time perhaps one of the deadly
sins. Herein lies the reason of Astrology's appealing only to those
■who have some share of mental development, who have attained some
degree of maturity through having profited by the lessons time has to
teach.
Now the idea of making the best use of one's life would un-
doubtedly make a strong appeal to any member of the class I have just
mentioned. This, of course, can be accomplished not only by the non-
 THE VALUE OF ASTROLOGY TO THE WORLD 141

waste of, but by the most economical use of one's time. But this
ambition, although a marked characteristic of Saturnian natives, is
certainly not confined to them. Speaking broadly, this desire is
universal and is to be found in a greater or lesser degree in all men.
Allowing this, I maintain there is yet to be found a study that
will so effectually aid man in achieving this end as Astrology. For
Astrology can define for every man his limitations, can give him sure
and certain knowledge of the ways in which he is already developed,
as well as point out the times that will best repay an expenditure
of effort in any given direction.
Presuming veneration for Astrology to be universal, the science
would confer in the first place an enormous benefit upon all those
natural guardians of our children—their parents. With the knowledge
of his child's tendencies and distastes, every parent would have it in
his power to train him in such a way that not only during the period
of childhood but in manhood also his life could be of the highest utility.
No comment need be made upon the value of this knowledge to
the individual himself. It would be a boon inestimable.
Having seen, then, how the native himself and those most
intimately connected with him can receive the greatest possible benefit
from Astrology, it follows as a matter of course that all with whom
the native has any dealings must also be helped in the best way
possible by him ; and this not only by what I will call his negative
influence—that resulting from merely coming into his environment—
but very positively. For inasmuch as a man is making a good use of
his life, using his time economically, so will he positively endeavour to
make it possible for all men with whom he comes in contact to emulate
him.
Here some may object,—because they have considered my
phrase " best use of one's life " to mean that which brings immediate
and personal benefit, apart from the consideration of that which is due to
others,—and say that the most economical use of one's time would be
(if Astrology be all that we claim it is) to use our knowledge of the
science in gaining the best possible results for ourselves at the expense
of others not similarly equipped. This however from the most
utilitarian point of view would be anything but making an economical
use of one's time. For each man who has made a profound study of
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the science has discovered that that which makes the Solar System a
i7«»verse, a cosmos and not a chaos, is not only the existence therein
of law and order, of a series of developments which have been planned,
—the real knowledge of which plan it is the aim of Astrology to
teach,— but mainly that there is but One Life which binds and
harmonises all those varying expressions or manifestations with which
Astrology deals. Thus he has learned that as each man is only part
of this One Great Life or Self, the best possible use of a given period
of time will be to benefit not only one but many of these parts.
So we see that Astrology is valuable from the time point of view
because it not only enables the individual to use his time economically
but gives him the chance of aiding his brothers to do likewise, thus
not only forwarding his own development but aiding in the evolution
of the race.
The Philosopher
The value of Astrology to the world is as the value of Astronomy.
In the same way that Astronomy serves the world by accurately
computing years in advance the varying states of the ocean tides on
which the material welfare of a people so intimately depends, in the
same way that it measures the " flow of time," the length of the year
and the duration of the Seasons; so can, and indeed so does, Astrology
enter into the Service of Man. For the fate and fortune of a man
and of a people—the life tides as one might call them—are but in
principle the course of the Moon in the Nativity ; and to gauge such
for years ahead is to disclose the conditions on which the fortune will
be borne. For the Moon is ever the Great Promittor ruling the tides
of Fate, and the Ship of Fortune may not enter the harbour of
prosperity where the tides are contrary. " There is a tide in the
affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to fortune." The ebb
tide in a people's affairs cannot admit a lasting or material fortune;
and just as a ship must wait the condition of the tide before crossing
the bar, so must a man's affairs wait on the tides of Fate. And to
know the moment of change in the tide is as important, nay as
imperative, to the commander in Life's barque as to the captain in the
Ship of Commerce, The loss of a tide is the loss of a fortune, the
loss of an opportunity.
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Astrology thus essentially belongs to the man who is assuming

control of his own destiny, who is seeking to navigate his own ship of
fortune in contradistinction to those who are relying on the Pilot of
Providence and are content by prayer and supplication to have their
barques navigated for them. It essentially belongs to the man who is
seeking to steer his own course by working in intelligent co-operation
with Nature instead of by fumbling a confused way in ignorance of Her
Laws, or impotently relinquishing the lead to Another. " Help
nature and work on with her; and nature will regard thee as one of
her creators and make obeisance. And she will open wide before
thee the portals of her secret chambers, lay bare before thy gaze the
treasures hidden in the very depths of her pure virgin bosom." {Voice
0} the Silence.)
To such, Astrology is as the compass to the mariner, the inestim-
able values of which priceless instrument do not in any wise outrival
in measure or importance the value of Astrology to the world.

The Student

It seems to me that every one is born into this world for a certain
definite purpose, to strengthen or develope a special line of character,
to gain some particular experience or to master some special failing;
these are matters directly appertaining to the native and probably of
the first importance. The effect one individual may have upon the
community in which he is placed, and the evolution of that part of
Nature's work which constitutes his environment, is of course yet
another aspect.
The primary use of Astrology to the world would therefore appear
to me to be the enlightenment and insight it is undoubtedly capable of
affording to the native of a horoscope, upon these fundamental and
all-important questions. Without it he only has his ordinary sense
perceptions, his reason and intuitions, all of which in the ordinary way
are probably (in the majority of cases) very deceptive—owing to the
bias of personal colouring and the influence of the ever-present desire
nature. He may get help by example or by advice from others, but
all this is necessarily working more or less in the dark, and often
proves to be a case of " the blind leading the blind "—his conclusions
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being necessarily based chiefly upon effects and externals instead of

causes and internal observations.
A very good analogy may be drawn from the evolution of the
modern steam engine, which may now be said to have attained its
maximum of efficiency or its nearest approach to the theoretically
possible perfection. I think it is safe to say that this perfection could
never have been attained without the aid supplied by the invention of
the Indicator Diagram. This piece of mechanism was capable of
producing on a roll of paper a diagram representing the exact condi-
tion, in action, of all the invisible causes inside the cylinder of the
engine which enabled it to work—it was in fact a picture of the very
life forces and their condition as they flow through the body of the
engine. All the faults in the engine were thus discovered and brought
to light and their correction dealt with accordingly.
Now the horoscope of a person is just such an " Indicator Dia-
gram " of his forces and his working mechanism (though possibly a
good deal more besides), and with it the world may surely improve
itself in the most direct way—as it has already done with its steam
engines—by studying its " Indicator Diagram," or in other words the
horoscope.
The Scientist
" Delusive ideas are the motives of the greatest part of mankind,
and a heated imagination the power by which their actions are incited:
the World in the eye of the Philosopher may be said to be a large
madhouse." If we accept the view of the world taken by Mackenzie
the value it will place upon Astrology, or even whether it places any
value at all upon the teachings of our science, is a matter of but little
importance. I purpose however to take the word " world " with a
different signification—that of " Man as a microcosm."
As Emerson says, " Build therefore your own world; as fast as
you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold
in its great proportions." Now in proportion to the light thrown by
Astrology on the path, so is its value to the world; and it is a personal
equation how much of this light each individual is able to perceive on
his way along the path.
The human mind when enlightened may be likened to a crystal
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cut in the form of a prism and polished, by which some of the varied
components of the single ray of Divine Wisdom cast upon it are made
visible in their separate beauty like the colours of the spectrum ; and
clearness of definition will depend upon the purity of the crystal and
the fineness of the polish. In our present mode of manifestation it is
given to few to see the pure white light, the majority must rest content
to remain in the darkened room and see only the component colours
cast in a band upon the screen. Is it not then the sacred duty of those
advanced minds who are designed to act as it were as prisms for man-
kind ever to keep the material within them pure, and its surface
polished, so that no distorted image of Eternal Truth may be presented
through them whereby their less favoured fellow beings may be
deceived ?
Even as a ray of sunlight may be refracted into many colours the
comparative beauty of which is a matter of taste, so the ray of Wisdom
coming to us through astrology manifests under different aspects, the
relative utility of each being similarly a matter of opinion.
Many arguments might be brought forward in favour of the
utility of natal, pre-natal, horary, and medical astrology, and the claims
of that branch which is engaged in the investigation of the Physical
Foundations of our science will not be without its supporters; but in
the limited time at my disposal I feel I must endeavour to emphasise
the utility, and I would almost say the indispensabIeness,of the teachings
which have been so ably expounded in the Western World by our
esteemed President and his gifted helpmate under the title of Esoteric
Astrology.
To man in his present stage of evolution, chained like Ixion to
the wheel, Esoteric Astrology gives a clue which may assist him to
guess the riddle of the Sphinx, and it will surely aid him in following
that portentous precept " Know thyself."
Those who have made some little progress along the path will
appreciate the difficulty of expressing in terms of the physical glimpses
of what lies beyond the veil, but I venture to suggest a simile :—an
amceba is an example of primitive life, a mere living plasm, a tiny and
apparently quite unorganised mass of protoplasm, which moves about
and seizes particles of nutriment by protruding self-made tentacles
called pseudopodia. I am not aware whether it has been observed
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that these tentacles can be protruded by the animalcule at every point

■on its surface, or only at definite places, but it is probable that only
certain spots are designed for this purpose, while if this protoplasm is
endowed with any sense of awareness, however rudimentary, of the
external world, other parts of its surface will be adapted for receiving
stimuli in the nature of sensations however vague. Now in the
present stage of evolution, man is endowed with vehicles other than
his physical body, but at present those intended to enable him to
manifest on the higher planes of being are more or less rudimentary
and await development, while any stimuli affecting them from these
planes produce little more than merely faint adumbrations of reality ;
in fact any of the vehicles of the average man for manifestation on a
higher plane will appear to the intelligent beings dwelling therein to
be as rudimentary as that of the amoeba appears to us.
Now is it not possible that the horoscope gives us a picture—a
radiograph as it were,—of our vehicles with all their pseudopods and
sensitive points, which will show us in what directions we are best
able to develope, and from whence dangers are most likely to assail
us ? If so, there is a great lesson to be learned from astrology, and
" He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."

The Palmist

It is not yet two years since I first saw a map of the heavens
and began to investigate the science of Astrology, and when I had
mastered the rudiments I halted; I thought was it fortune telling, and
asked myself had I any right to continue ? But I felt there was some-
thing of much more value than that in this science, and one night it
was shown to me, so plainly, what I now feel to be the true mission of
Astrology ; and I realised how by its aid could be seen the weakness
and strength of the self, and how all manner of difficulties, trouble and
even criminal acts could be avoided or overcome, if only the right
suggestion could be given at the right time, so as to aid the spirit to
understand how to control its weakness and to follow its highest
promptings. Surely, I felt, a science that can do this is of the greatest
good to the world, and to be an Astrologer or an Evangelist to help
others up the hill of difficulty or out of the slough of despond, to help
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the weak and guide the faltering—to show the weary not how to bear
the burden but how to lose it, to point out the straight path, the way
of Truth, Love and Duty—this seems to me to be the duty and
privilege of the astrologer. I therefore look upon Astrology as a
religion, showing us all that is highest and best, making us tolerant of
others, teaching how to control that which is harmful, and how to
benefit by that which is good.
The other day a person said to me: " I was told I should
die at 43, do you think I shall ? " I said ; " No, but you had a very
serious illness then. But see, there is a small faint line which shows
that you would recover." The answer was, " I am now some years
past 43, but I did have a serious illness at that time."
You will be thinking ; What has this to do with Astrology ? But
I think you will understand my point; if our own vibrations are not
refined and pure then we may miss those small faint lines (or vibrations)
and that may make a lot of difference, for we cannot tell when once
such vibrations are set going what may be the final result.

The Wayfarer

The value of Astrology to the world can only be truly assessed by

men and women who have made a diligent study of it. All real and
zealous students are fully convinced of its value to them, and hence
they feel a desire to give that knowledge to others. All true know-
ledge can be divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. Now
Astrology has its practical side as well as the theoretical, and it is its
practical side which would be sought by most people. The know-
ledge of ourselves which we can get from a study of our horoscopes
may be turned to a very useful account, for we must not forget that
" practical Astrology" has a reference not only to mere physical
affairs and events—which is about all that some would-be astrologers
can see!—but that it has a bearing upon one's development of
character. In short it has a practical teaching for the unfoldment of
spirituality, and MODERN ASTROLOGY has often rightly emphasised
the idea that Character is Destiny.
We can easily see that a knowledge of anatomy and physiology
has been useful, and therefore practical, in laying a sure and strong
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foundation upon which to build a system of hygienic science. So in

like manner can the teachings of Astrology be utilised to form the
foundations of a spiritual science.
As far as we can judge, what is it that the world needs? It
seems to me that it still needs emancipating from its crass materialism,
the thraldom of the senses, and leading to a point where it can catch
glimpses of a life that is higher, fuller and richer than what it has
hitherto known.
It is knowledge that is required—Self-Knowledge. It has been
said that " Knowledge is power" and that " Knowledge puts an end
to pain." Where can this knowledge be obtained? There has been,
and is now, plenty of knowledge of a kind, and many systems have
been tried and found wanting—Science, Politics, Keligion, and so on.
Science in the past has largely emphasised the material side of things;
the so-called religious teaching has for the most part been mere
emotionalism and divorced from real knowledge. What is wanted
is a harmonious combination of knowledge and devotion.
A new spiritual wave is sweeping over humanity and is manifest-
ing itself in various ways. I take it that the chief vehicle for its
expression is modern Theosophy, and I feel with others that to fully
complete it Astrology is required. The two are helpers or handmaids ;
strictly speaking they cannot be divorced. It is the spiritual and
higher aspect of Astrology that I am pleading for and not merely the
material side, for although of course we cannot do without that side,
yet it has in the past been pursued to the neglect of the other.
Astrology, in my opinion, stands or falls with Theosophy. And
in what way, it may be asked, can Astrology help Theosophy ? In
Theosophy we have the gist of the Teachings of Spiritual Science,
the principles that govern the Real Man, and the Spiritual Universe
and the Laws of the Kingdom of Heaven. Theosophy teaches that
the Egos in manifestation are at different stages of evolution or
at different spiritual levels; and hence if the teachings of Theosophy
are to be of any real practical value they need to be adapted to the
varying stages of evolution of the Egos who are to be taught. Now
1 think that in Astrology we may be able to find the clue to this and
so adapt spiritual sustenance to the particular needs of the individual.
If Astrology is to be of real use in the world we, as a Society,
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should always seek to place it on as high a platform as we can, seek

to ennoble it and purify it. We are the astrological pioneers. We are
trying to bring it before the world. Its value, too, as regards its
service to the world will be determined by the kind of people into
whose hands it falls. It would, no doubt, be beneficial to the world
at large if scientific men, governments and rulers espoused it. For
we read that amongst the early races of the world the kings who were
deputed to rule over them were Initiates and probably were real
astrologers ; and so at the present day why should not kings and
rulers who preside over the destinies of nations have the counsel of
astrologers as of old ? The study of the true Astrology fosters tolerance,
sympathy and forbearance with the faults and weaknesses of others
with whom we may be connected, and no doubt this tolerant feeling
might be secured between nations and countries if kings and rulers
were to utilise Astrology as a national guide.

The Practical Man

It is, I believe, impossible at the present moment to estimate the

value of Astrology to the world, for the reason that that value is at
present undeveloped. By " value to the world " I understand the
value to that great corporation of common, yet often apparently
conflicting, interests known as " mankind " ; and by " value " I mean
the sum and extent of its possible utility.
The value of a new invention or discovery, like that of a newly
born child or a freshly-struck deposit of gold, is a problematical
quantity which can only be estimated after time and experience have
shown its true worth. As long as the invention remains a mere labora-
tory or lecture-table experiment, as in the case of the electric telegraph,
its value may appear to be nil; but once brought out into the field of
action, it soon proves its worth. At first it may even excite ridicule,
as did Galvani's experiments with the frog's legs: he was dubbed " the
frogs' dancing-master" for his pains; but the man who is confident
in the truth of the science he upholds cares little for the ridicule of
the unthinking. Few things have been more derided than Astrology,
unless it be Spiritualism, yet the despised table-rappings have led to
the formation of two powerful societies, the S.P.R. and the T.S., both
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of which now substantially confirm the truth of the main contentions

of Spiritualism, and have secured for their pronouncements a respectful
hearing before the whole world.
If we would prove to mankind the value of a new idea, we must
in the first place develop its capacities. This can only be done by
giving it a chance to show its value—by putting it to the test of use
and leaving it free to develop and reveal its powers. Radium might
have remained a laboratory curiosity, but that it was observed that
it had an effect on the skin and tissues; each succeeding application
of its qualities revealed its value more plainly, until scientific men
could form an estimate of its worth. So with Astrology: the first
thing to be done to estimate its value is to bring it into practical and
general application, and then its true position as an instrument of
human progress will be made more and more manifest.
It is true that I have been comparing Astrology with new
discoveries; whereas in reality it is of unknown antiquity. So is the
idea of constructing a flying machine ; but in practical matters we
often have to admit that the real discoverer of a new aid to human
progress is the man who harnesses it, puts it to work, and develops its
practical value. Has the practical value of Astrology in human affairs
ever yet been brought out, tested, and demonstrated ? For individuals,
this has often been done; but the very fact that this question is now
being discussed is sufficient to prove that its full value to the world is
still in question—not perhaps in our minds so much as in the opinion
of the world at large. If we can demonstrate its value to the world in
any one respect, we shall no doubt find other values, which will reveal
themselves as it comes more into use—values which perhaps we
ourselves do not altogether foresee.
And how are we to bring out its value to the world ? I have
referred to the work of two societies in placing before the world the
value of two distinct yet connected ideas; the finer faculties of the
human soul and its survival of bodily death. I feel assured that there
is no more effectual way of vindicating before the world the claims of
Astrology than by the efforts of an organisation like the Astrological
Society, which not only gives to Astrology a standing among the
subjects of scientific knowledge and investigation, but can contribute
powerfully to bring it forward as a matter for general acceptance, by
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systematically setting to work to demonstrate its value, not only to

individuals, but to the world at large.

The Onlooker

The value of Astrology to the world is its value to the individual,

plus something more. It supplies impersonal criteria of virtues and
of weaknesses, and these are of use to the individual in aiding
him to regulate and improve his conduct. In this respect the gain of
the individual is the gain of the world. But the value of Astrology to
the world is something more than the collective gain of individuals;
for the world as a whole gains, and gains enormously, from the adoption
of a universal standard. We have an object lesson in the gain of
science since the introduction of the Metric System. And Astrology
will prove the Metric System of anthropology and philosophy.
Students who have approached the ancient myths know that
Astrology is the master-key to unlock them all. Like a solved crypto-
gram the foolish-seeming sentences suddenly become luminous with
meaning when the clue is found. Just such a clue lies behind the
seeming-foolish trivialities and tragi-comedies of everyday life, and
Astrology provides it.
At present, humanity is like an orchestra each instrument of
which plays its best perhaps, but without being in tune with the rest.
The difference in pitch may be trifling, but it is cacophonous in the
aggregate. Astrology furnishes the diapason normal to which if all
those warring sounds were tuned, sweet music might at once ensue.
This is a dream of the future, perchance ; but as we even now take
our Time from the stars, why should we not eventually take our Tune
also ?

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whom died in 1881 of epilepsy, the other now tS suffering from the same
disease—are these points in common :
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also the clear manner in which " M. A." presents the salient points ?
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Of all systems of thought and study, there'are none more tolerant

with regard to personal idiosyncrasies than Astrology. For in this
science we learn that all the world is indeed a stage, whereon each
man plays his part, great or small; and although its students may
often err in judgment, the science itself, as a revealer of character, stands
unequalled.
The question for all students of human nature to answer is this :
if I had been born at the same time, of the same parents, and tinder
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the same conditions as this or that man, should / live and act as he
does ?
Offhand, we may think that we should act quite differently.
But a careful examination of human nature shews that these external
influences—the influence, that is to say, of heredity and of environ-
ment, the latter including the environment of zodiacal and planetary
forces into which the ego enters at the moment of birth—have much to
say in the moulding of human character; and this seems to be becom-
ing more and more generally recognised, for we now find many
authors of biographical sketches giving the horoscope of birth, even
though they cannot understand all that it implies.*
In a biographical notice to his recent work" The Gospel of Life,"t
Mr. F. T. Brooks, the author, states that he was bom in Paris,
April 5th, 1873 (time 10.30 a.m.) as the seventh and youngest son of
an English father, and a French mother, both Roman Catholics by
faith. And he goes on to say : " I am altogether innocent of Astrology,
but append my birth chart for the delectation of amateurs. Those
who find worldly prosperity in it had better give it up—I mean
Astrology."
The native of this horoscope is a somewhat strange individual,
■who roams through southern India in Yogi garb, presenting a remark-
able appearance very puzzling to those who, meeting him for the first
time, discover that he is not of eastern birth. He wears a yellow
turban, has a white Sari thrown around his body, and goes about bare-
footed, or rather, walking on wooden sandals, [without straps, but
having a large nail at the head which he clutches by his toes),
and so elevated a few inches above the ground, by this means
escaping injuries that would otherwise affect his feet. Above the
average height and with a large head, he has a pale face, dark
bearded, and in talking with him one cannot fail to be impressed by his
earnestness in the great work he has undertaken of lecturing on the
" Instances may be mentioned ; Annit Besaut, an Auiahiography {Fisher Unwin) ;
Lift of Sir Isaac Pitman, hy Baker (Pitman); The Go if (I of Life, by F. T.
Brooks,—and also many books in which the time of birth is given as well as the
date, t g., Lady Isobel Burton's autobiography, \V, G. Collingwood's Life of Ruskiti
(one-volume edition), autobiographical sketch of Harry Lauder in the Strand
Magatint, etc.. etc.
1 Vol. I., pp. ^oo, price Rs. 1-8.0. (2s.), VydsSshrama Press, Adyar, Madras,
India.
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Bhagavad-Gita in Indian towns from Jaffna in Ceylon to Rawalpindi

in the Punjab, and Habiganj in Eastern Bengal.
A few details of his life will be of interest to students of " direct-
ing." His father died in 1908. His chief link with the world was
broken at the age of 10 by his mother's death in July, 1883.
From 1884- to 1893 he was a boarding student at the College
Stanislas, Paris. Passed Baccalaureat eu Lett res first and second
parts in 1890 and 1891 respectively; and added Baccalaurcat en
Sciences in 1892. In 1893 he joined the Ecole Centralc des Arts et
Manufactures, the chief Civil-Engineering College in France. Upon
coming of age he had to go through certain legal formalities in order
to assert his British nationality—formalities which all foreigners born
and residing in France have to submit to, otherwise they become
subjects of the Republic, "in 1894," he states," my health altogether
broke down ; and my worldly studies (which I cared little about) were
interrupted, never to be really resumed again." In 1896 he became a
broken down neurasthenic wreck, and in that year for the first time
came into touch with the 'occult."
In his biographical notice he says that, " in 1904 I wandered
between Naini Tal and Madras, never fixed anywhere, even for a
month; then settled down from February, 1905, to May, 1906, as
Honorary Teacher in a Hindu school called The Chinstirah Training
Academy, twenty miles north of Calcutta. Apart from school work,
I led the life of a recluse."

The opposition of Uranus and Saturn is sufficient to account for

the eccentricities of this character, more especially as both are angular
and afflicted by the square of Mars. The ' occult' tendencies are
shown by the sign rising, while the Moon so close to the ascendant
accounts for his many wanderings.
The position of Jupiter on the cusp of the third house, and in
trine to Mercury, has caused him to publish his several books. It has
also brought him into touch with the Higher Thought, and operating
in conjunction with Sun trine Jupiter gave him the response to the
call of the inner life. In his book he states that; "I left home at
twenty-one a broken down nervous wreck already, for lack of vital
interest in life ; lived a study-less student in a foreign land till twenty-
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three, the breakdown continuing until nothing was left but a serviceable
pair of lungs; came across Occultism, Theosophy, Vegetarianism,
New Thought and the rest, found myself able to help instructing others
on those lines, and began to revive, having apparently found
my 'dhanna.' Now, at thirty-seven, I have been able to continue on
tour for twenty-eight months on, end without a single hitch, holding
over fifteen hundred meetings during that period. Health steadily
improving and no sign of a likely halt being called for years to come."
Those interested in the progressed horoscope will note the series
of severe afflictings leading up to this time and culminating in Sun
opposition Mars. They began with Sun square Uranus, Sun
square Saturn, Venus square Jupiter and Sun parallel Mars. The light
came with the progressed M.C. conjunction Sun ; this was followed by
Sun parallel Jupiter illuminating the trine at birth, and setting him
upon the track of the spiritual life.
In the preface to his books he informs us that he looks upon
India as the land of his adoption. " I may fairly consider myself entitled
to speak as an Indian," he writes, "since I have neither home nor
interests outside this Land of my adoption, and am devoting my whole
life to it—and to Humanity through it—according to my lights. I may
not be a Hindu (in the sectarian sense), nor would I care to be. But
I am certainly more of a Hindu than ' Hindus' who know and honour
their Scriptures less than I do, and occasionally disgrace ' Hinduism 1
in their own lives."
The shattering of all orthodox views is clearly shown by Uranus
opposition Saturn, and the broadening of his religious ideas by Jupiter
in the Aries decanate of Leo trine Mercury and Neptune.
He does not object to be called ' Swami,' for he says: " Friends
who want to swamify me may call me Swami Brooks if they like—a
coupling of East and West which I shall not object to."

Passing from comments on Mr. Brooks connected with his book,

which is very instructive and useful to all who are fond of the Gita, I
will pass to a few remarks on the man himself. In a very pleasant
conversation he told me of some of his visions and dreams, adding his
own interpretation of them, and I gathered that his life had turned
upon a weariness of mind and a weakness of body when, just at the
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time when the culmination of evil forces had been expended, a change
was effected by a reassertion of Jupiter's influence and the Ego
responding to a new set of vibrations awoke to a new realisation of life
and its importance.
As in so many other cases where the physical consciousness has
been changed for a spiritual one, the Moon is in square aspect with
the Sun at birth accentuated by Mercury and Neptune joining in the
affliction, and the afflictions in the nativity form a cross from fixed
signs. I have seen many cases where the cross of material life has
been lifted when the squares have been formed by ponderous planets,
and in no case has the benefic influence of Jupiter been absent at the
time of its lifting.
Those who study Esoteric Astrology will realise that a series of
very severe trials is about to put the spiritual side of his nature through
a serious test, under the recent Mars square Saturn, and Mars square
Uranus, to be followed by Sun square Jupiter, Mercury opposition
Mars and Mercury square Uranus.
Personally I think it will be the means of breaking up a person-
ality that has been seeking isolation for the purpose of giving more
stability to the Individuality, and this we may judge by his own words
in the preface to The Gospel of Life, where he says in speaking of the
Philosophy which gave him light: " While thoroughly at one
as regards the Principles and Ideals of Theosophy, I have for
years maintained an attitude of complete and deliberate personal
independence . . as regards my own special line of work
and the whole of my inner life."
I think we have all to learn that the greatest strength and the
truest independence lies in UNITY, and co-operation with others;
humanity as a whole is ONE and none can be truly saved until all have
reached liberation, therefore it becomes the duty of the saved to
help in the salvation of others, when independence is changed to
interdependence.

[No. 3 of this Series will be " A Human Docinueitl."]

No man regrets the Right of time excepting the oue who fails to improve it.
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Ue ^obiaral an5 planetary ^ftnperaments

XI. THE SIGN CANCER

Part ///.—Various Essays

It must be admitted that the contributions of Alpha and Bete

undoubtedly do furnish certain root-ideas regarding the temperament
given by the sign Cancer ; and, as has been pointed out, they in some
respects corroborate each other. It will be no less interesting than
instructive, therefore, to see how far these two root-ideas of ' home '
and ' 7-dimensionalness' serve as clues, or explanations, when studying
the essays of other writers now to be set forth. These papers are for
the most part written from the standpoint of the observer rather than
that of the speculative student, and the more the suggestions of Alpha
and Beta help us, provoke comment or discussion, or stimulate reflec-
tion, during their perusal—the greater must their value prove.
It is worthy of remark, that in previous Articles the charac-
teristics of Nations or Countries ruled by the sign under discussion
have seldom or never been referred to by way of illustration or adduced
as evidence; whereas in the following, as in the two preceding,
papers the Scotch, Dutch, Chinese and other Cancer peoples are
constantly cited. And it may be of interest to state here, in anticipa-
tion, that in the subsequent discussion on the sign Leo great use was
made, by one student in particular, of racial characteristics.
These facts seem to suggest that the racial characteristics are
more deep-rooted in nations coming under Cancer and Leo, than in
those governed by other signs—a significant suggestion which may
perhaps be worth pondering.
The ensuing papers are given in what seems the most suitable
sequence and, so far as may be, without comment.
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Gamma
As a practical way of showing my gratitude to those writers who
have so ably opened up for us the country of the Lunar temperament,
I shall, in my endeavour to mark out some of the Cancerian by-paths
therein, make use of the excellent roads they have laid down. This
at first, for when I have added what I can to the discussion of the
temperament proper, I shall afterwards try to show how, even if we
had not observed in the natives of Cancer the qualities enumerated,
we could have deduced them from the knowledge of the sign that is
now available.
This temperament, it seems to me, has four main attributes
which may be treated as the sources of all other Cancerian charac-
teristics. These main attributes are:—love of home ; attachment to
family and race ; sensitiveness: and tenacity.
With regard to the attachment felt by every Cancerian native to
his home, I should like to add to what has been already said, that
although I believe Cancer alone has the faculty for making any
residence not merely a place of habitation but a home, I am convinced
that with Cancer the love of home is primarily an idealisation of, and
a fondness for, one special spot, frequently that in which the birth
took place and childhood's days were passed. To the native of
Cancer this one place is the loadstone of his existence, that to which
his heart turns ever with increasing fondness. Its happenings are his
imperishable recollections. If Fortune so far favours him as to allow
him to re-visit it after long absence, he will instinctively desire either
to bare his head or uncover his feet.
Noting next the attachment to the family, which is as pro-
nouncedly Cancerian as the fondness for the one place hallowed by
early associations, we see here an affection whose source is blood-
relationship. With Cancer blood is veritably thicker than water and
is an indissoluble bond, the Cancerian native feeling even with those
of alien temperament the binding power of the blood-tie. Each of
the following is one of the many ways in which this quality is dis-
played by him :—In conversation a proneness to revert constantly to
the prodigious attainments or mighty merits of his own people ; a
frequent and grateful acknowledgment of his indebtedness to his
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.parents and to his forebears generally; a delight in the purity of his

lineage, the untainted quality of his blood.
In relation to this last-named characteristic, Cancer may be
described as ungrafted stock : and may be distinguished from Taurus,
a sign in which pride of birth is strong, in the following way. From
the Taurean point of view a marriage contracted by a prince of one
country with a princess of another is not derogatory ; for although he
has made an alliance with one of foreign birth, he has yet united
himself to one whose blood is, presumably, as royal as his own. To
Cancer a marriage of this kind would not appeal. A union with one
of inferior birth, who was nevertheless of the same race, would be far
more likely to meet with his approval. In short Cancer spells race ;
Taurus breed. The family, the race, loom large on the horizon of
the Cancerian individual ; and they are always his own. Consequently
he is never cosmopolitan and often provincial.
This last is one of the minor reasons, I believe, of his colonising
capacity. He knows when settling in a new country that he must hew
his own wood, and draw his own water, and delve as did his father Adam.
If this simple way of living causes him to lose much of the polish
resulting from the friction of town-life, there is one thing he will not lose
and that is the religion of his forefathers ; neither will he forget the
traditions of his race, nor cease to speak in his native tongue of all that
is dear and vital to him. In short, in the country of his adoption he
will be essentially all that he was in that of his birth. Although the
change in climatic conditions, nature of soil, distance from water, etc.,
may modify somewhat his way of expressing himself, yet will he
retain his racial peculiarities rather than assimilate those of the people
amongst whom he has settled.1'"
Cancerian qualities flourish in any people whose habits are simple
or even primitive, because of their close contact with Nature ; this
very contact resulting either from a stern struggle with, or a close
dependence upon, her. A wild stretch of misty moorland, a marshy
soil, a land of mud, a seaboard country, will either of them furnish
excellent specimens of Cancerian humanity. About ten years ago, for
six consecutive months I lived among a simple fishing people in a then
' [An interesting commentary on this observation is the well-known fact that
the Chinese (o) will "absorb" any other stock, even Jewish (VJ).—Trans. Sec.]
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unfrequented part of East Anglia. Here 1 had not only a community

engaged in what I regard as the most Cancerian of all callings—fishing,
which must ever be primitive in its methods; as man does not seem
to be able to invent anything that can compete with the old-fashioned
sailing-craft's noiselessness; but I had also the mist, the moorland
and the marsh. That these people were God-fearing and honest did
not surprise me ; neither was I altogether amazed when I found that
although most of them possessed great physical strength and perfect
health there were few who had not at some time or other seen
apparitions, had strange premonitions, or received superphysical
warnings. That which did give me pause, though, was their attitude
to all who though natives of the same county and even of the same
district had not been bred and born in the particular village in which
they had first seen the light. The wife of the skipper in whose house
I lived, in trying to explain to me one day why her husband's relatives
had never treated her cordially said, quite gravely, " Well, you see.
my husband's people have never been able to get over his having
married a foreigner ! " Not only had these two aliens received their
birth and upbringing in villages which were but one mile and a half
distant from each other; but in these same villages their respective
forefathers had been bred, born and buried for generations! On
another occasion my hostess informed me that but a few years
previously the local authorities had put an end to the favourite
Sabbath afternoon recreation of the district. This pastime had
consisted in the throwing of stone missiles from the piers on both
sides of the narrow entrance to the small and disused harbour which
separated one village from the other. This sport was indulged in
regularly by the youths of either village; who, as regularly, attended
divine service both morning and evening. The waters of the tiny
inlet might remind them of their -alienation ; but to impress this upon
the memory indelibly, it was necessary to so wound an opponent that
the scar should be lifelong.
In two hostile countries the antipathy of one race for the other is
invariably most pronounced in the immediate vicinity of their line of
demarcation; so that the longest-lived expression of racial dislike is
what is known as the " border-feud," which is easily seen to be of
Cancerian origin. In order that the racial type should not become
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blurred and lose its distinguishing characteristics, it would be of para-

mount importance to guard against intermarriage; to which there
would be little temptation, comparatively speaking, except in a border-
country. Hence in such a district the value of keeping such a blood-
feud alive. The emotion engendered by this racial antagonism is
very deep-seated. I once received a strong proof of this from a
woman who was a native of the English part of the Border Country,
and who had a special grievance against fate for having made her a
member of a family, and also of a community, whose views were from
her standpoint very restricted; she considering herself to have wide
sympathies and progressive notions. She was an intelligent physiog-
nomist and much interested in the study of human types. When
talking to me once about her own face she remarked that it was
certainly Scotch and not English in type. In reply I ventured to say
that that was probably due to the marriages that would, of course,
have been contracted by her ancestors with natives of the Scottish
Border Country. The look that accompanied her ejaculation, " Not
for the last four hundred years ! "—was a sure indication to me that
even she was not yet free from the clannishness she so contemned in
those around her!
Although it would not be fair to make this border-antipathy wholly
responsible for the WALL-MAKING faculty of Cancer, it is obvious that
the two are closely related. In saying that Cancer people are the great
wall-builders of the world I shall not, I think, arouse any controversy.
Looking at the Cancer nations we note the Egyptians, who not only
walled-in their dead, but expended an infinitude of care in preserving
intact the walls of the human tenement; the Chinese, whose Great
Wall excites our wonder to-day, carried as it is over the highest hills,
through the deepest valleys, and across rivers, for a distance of 1,259
miles; and the Dutch, whose success in walling out the sea, not only in
their own country, but elsewhere, has been phenomenal. An interesting
instance of how this desire to live within walls they themselves have
erected has become with the Dutch second nature, was related to me
recently by a friend. He told me that in Demerara, in which place he
had lived, was a morass which had been drained and walled in by the
Dutch, who contentedly lived there, although the country just beyond
was one of the finest in the world, with a climate that could not be
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excelled! In the Scotch, this wall-building tendency has shown itself

in the raising of the clan-barrier.
In no section of the Christian Church has the walling in of those
who have promised it life-long and absolute devotion been so effectual
as in that which has been aptly described as " a great nursery for
human souls," and which is known as Mother Church.
Coming now to a consideration of the other two Cancer qualities—
sensitiveness and tenaciousness—we see that it is Cancer's association
with the child which accounts for its possession of them. If the child
were not both sensitive and tenacious, then would all the care its
elders lavish upon it be wasted. Its receptiveness is propor-
tionate to its sensitiveness; and its being able to make any use at all
of the instruction given to it, to its tenaciousness. That phenomenon,
the Cancer memory, is the off-shoot of the combination of these two
qualities.
Finally, taking Leo and Cancer as the signs in which the luminaries
can best function, we see why so many poets—illuminated ones—are
born under one or other of these signs. But Cancer invariably deals
with the poetry of common things, as does Leo with that of grand.
Cancer the hearth, the kitchen, Leo the palace, the state-room.
Cancer the silvern, Leo the golden things of life. See how persistently
the old Dutch painters chose as subjects for their pictures housewives
in their interiors, the red-bricked' floors and bright copper vessels
serving to give the necessary colour to the performance of some
everyday duty. Or take that marvellous genius, Robert Burns,
Scotland's sublime product, and you see him always dealing with the
poetry of simple things. To astrologers, the expression " kail-yard
poets," as applied to the minor, modern poets who hail from the " land
o' cakes," is a peculiarly apt description.
Quite appropriately follows here the contribution of

Delta
The Moon seems so completely identified with the sign she rules
that it is almost impossible to come to a true understanding of
Cancer without due consideration of the nature and particular work of
0ur lesser luminary. She reflects the light of the Sun and distributes
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the influence of the planets, not only to Humanity but to everything

that lives and grows in the vast animal and vegetable kingdoms. The
sea and tides are entirely controlled by her, the Earth responds to her
power though in a smaller degree, she acts as messenger from the Sun
and all the great planetary spirits, in fact her influence is Universal.
We are dependent on her for every manifestation of life on this Earth.
As the Universal Mother she gives birth to all and protects her
children until the last hour of their mortal lives, for she also presides
at our passing from the physical body. Her power is limited or
increased as she waxes and wanes, thus moderating her influence to
suit every earthly need.
Adequately to perform this gigantic task her sign must be one of
infinite variety, and we find Cancer intensely receptive, sympathetic,
sensitive and responsive, and yet with the tenacious quality equally
developed, so as to preserve the rapid vibrations of thought and feeling
that would otherwise be lost unless received by this quiet persistent
part of the Cancer nature.
Those bom under the sign are great lovers of Home, they seem to
live nearer the astral plane than others do, and with their vivid imagi-
nations to build up invisible surroundings peopled with many thought
forms. These astral associations are necessary to them for work or rest,
and though credited with a love of the physical abode it is the unseen
one that is really dear to many of this type. They have the
reputation for being changeable, to constantly desire change and to be
mixed up in public affairs. I have not found them more changeable
than those born under the other cardinal signs, but their receptive
nature may receive some of the qualities of other signs and thus they
possibly reflect characteristics not necessarily their own. It is, I
believe, rather a desire to be all things to all men and to adapt them-
selves to every condition of life. New ideas, fresh interests they do
require, but loyal and true they ever are to old friends and old
associations—so much so that this virtue is usually exaggerated into
what has been termed clannishness. Some do seem limited to the
personal side of life, but just as the Moon has a dark as well as a
bright side, so there appear to be two distinct types of Cancer people
and the apparent contradictions are more pronounced in those who
fail to understand the higher meaning of their sign.
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Jupiter's exaltation here seems to explain this meaning, for to the

Cancer nature (already rich in its power of expression) is added the
expanding force of Jupiter; this combined influence naturally brings
out the very highest qualities of sympathy and compassion, so to the
more progressive of the type it means a gradual expansion of their
sympathies and knowledge from the few to the many, so that without
lessening their devotion in the home it will extend its sphere of
influence to the whole of the Human Race. Their mission will be to
spread and distribute the spiritual message of the Sun and planets to
all they come in contact with, and to lay the foundation of Universal
Brotherhood.
This is illustrated in the life and work of Madame Blavatsky born
under this sign, and also by Mrs. Annie Besant in whom the higher
Cancer influence is very strongly marked. It can be justly said in
these two cases that they have ever given their sympathy and
distributed their light and knowledge to all mankind.
This sign was one of much importance in ancient Egypt and this
great Nation was famous in spreading light and knowledge. It is
•worthy of remark that, in a Masonic Lodge, Cancer as the North is
the only cardinal point that does not mark a position of authority in
the Lodge; but being the sign symbolical of night and darkness this
meaning may represent the candidate who symbolically enters the
Temple in a state of darkness.

The four papers that follow are founded on observation pure and
simple. A certain amount of repetition has been permitted for the
sake of corroborative effect.

Zeta
Some years ago there appeared an advertisement for a certain
" Popular Educator " entitled The Boy ; What will he become ?
One part of the picture illustrated the progress of the Boy through
different stages of day-scholar, clerk, manager, etc., concluding with
the portrait of an intelligent-looking elderly gentleman who had evidently
attained an assured and honourable position in life ; the other portion of
the picture pourtrayed the different steps in the downward grade of life
of the same Boy, who ultimately appears as a miserable gin-soddened
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old man more like a tramp than anything else,—a fit candidate for the
Casual Ward. This picture seems to me applicable to persons born
under the sign Cancer,—there is a possibility for progress and becom-
ing of great use in this world, or on the other hand by shutting one's
self out from the world, neglecting opportunities, and giving way to
bad influences, the end is not at all a desirable one.
It might be argued that the foregoing would apply to persons born
in any of the other signs, which is to a certain extent true, but Can-
cerians are very changeable and sensitive to their environment; it is
necessary for them to know that this is not always to their advantage,
that they must not allow themselves to be swayed by every current,
but "hold fast to that which is good and eschew the evil." It is this
changeableness that makes it difficult to fix the Cancerian's real
character—sometimes happy, then despondent—sometimes interesting,
then dumb; so I will confine myself to what I consider to be the main
characteristics of the Cancer person.
The typical Cancerian is of a very sensitive, retiring disposition,
has a great desire to be at peace with everyone, disliking quarrels of
any sort. Usually rather independent in spirit, a kindness received
or a service rendered is considered as a debt to be repaid some time
or other; but there is a great dislike for lofty patronage. May forgive
an injury, slight, or injustice, but can never forget. May have a
number of acquaintances, but very few friends. Generally more or
less mediumistic, at least in early life, and very subject to outside
influences and the environment of the moment, which makes them act
in a manner not understood by those associated with them. Have a
peculiar quiet round-about way of acquiring knowledge and information
.about different subjects, which is stored up in the mind and never
completely forgotten. There is a great inclination for collecting and
storing up curiosities and antiquities, also a great reluctance to part
with or throw anything away "in case it might come in useful the
consequence is, that when an elderly Cancerian shuffles off this mortal
coil a quantity of treasure (?) is generally discovered, though I am afraid
it is not appreciated by the people who find it—they mostly consider
it old rubbish.
Being of a very sympathetic nature the Cancerian is capable
of getting into touch with all kinds of people, doing a great deal
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of good in a quiet way for those in trouble or not very fortunate

in life. Before being able to do this, however, they must go out in
the world, and learn to " come out of their shell," as the saying is;
but only a Cancerian knows what that means. They are painfully
aware of their own shortcomings, and they fancy everyone else notices
them also; they lack conversational powers, have a difficulty in
finding words to express their feelings, and in fact feel as helpless as
the Crab when it slips off its old shell—they seem to want to creep
somewhere out of sight. When this feeling has been overcome the
Cancerian has a chance of being useful, and is generally successful at
social gatherings, friendly societies, etc., if placed in any position
where it is their duty to study the welfare of, or minister to the wants
of, other people ; there is a kindly word for the stranger, and a happy
knack of smoothing down any little difficulty or disagreement that may
arise. There is also a strong maternal instinct—a sympathy which
impels them to look after the interest and welfare of helpless children,
not always their own; for the Cancerian as a rule perhaps over-
estimates the responsibility of married life and rather prefers to live
single and be independent.
Astrology would be of little use if it did not point out the weak
points in the native's character, but this is not a pleasant task. If we
imagine that the man on the downward grade mentioned at the com-
mencement of this paper is a Cancerian " gone wrong," we will bold
him up as a Dreadful Example, and this is how we might describe
him: Dull, stupid, unsociable, unforgiving, obstinate, devoid of pluck,
crabby and miserly; not a very happy individual unless occasionally
there is an extra indulgence in some kind of intoxicating drink, which
seems to give " Dutch courage," and then he becomes garrulous, noisy
and boastful, fond of trotting out his stock of anecdotes (always stale)
and sundry uninteresting experiences which have taken place years
previously; there is also a pronounced disregard for personal
appearance.
Eta
Very retentive memory, letting them view past and present almost
simultaneously. This seems to give the great ability often found in
Cancer novelists, dramatists, etc., whose writings have a strong
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personal hold over their readers, appealing so vividly to the imagina-

tion, and being generally of a remarkably picturesque description. The
same remark applies to their public speaking, as they can easily reach
varied types of mind, adapting themselves in a peculiar manner to
their audience, preserving the essence of the subject whilst altering its
form." This retentive and insistent memory sometimes causes trouble,
as Cancer persons are given to look backward too much, which is
frequently harmful as it leads to sighing over lost opportunities, and
painful memories, instead of using present strength to conquer the
future. Custom and etiquette play a large part in their lives, including
much that is senseless and cumbersome, and in no way calculated to
advance the interests of those who observe it. They love to collect
old books, curiosities, old paintings, and study to preserve every kind
of ancient usage.
These people, in contrast to Gemini, fear to tread where Mrs.
Grundy does not lead the way, and although being highly sensitive
they seent progressive, when in societies or families which are
so, yet in reality they are much more inclined of themselves to
follow in their grandfather's footsteps. Even this seems to have its
useful influence, however, in preventing rashness amongst their more
impetuous brethren, who would often break links with the past, regard-
less of consequences; so that the Cancer person makes a good
"brakeman." There is great tenacity found in this sign; and when
once an idea is held, it is very difficult for them to get rid of it.
Cancer people generally possess a full share of approbativeness,
which is greater than their self-esteem, as they seldom appear to show
fearless self-assertion ; so that Cancer is not so likely to champion a
new cause, however unpopular it may continue to be, as the other
cardinal signs.
Their approbativeness often seems to accompany a somewhat timid
shrinking, and some vanity. (A religious minded Cancerian, for
instance, would be fond of ritual, incense, candles, vestments, etc., and
everything pertaining to display.) On the other hand, they seem in
their element amongst old relics, ancient ruins, second-hand bookshops,

• [This idiosyncrasy can almost invariably be observed in Cancer writers, in

the way they repeat the thought with varied wording, of which many examples can
be found in the papers of Alpha and Beta already printed.—Trxns. Sbc.]
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etc., and we are probably indebted to them for the collection of

much useful and out-of-the-way information. Housekeepers of the
Cancer type are rather parsimonious ; they save little scraps, candle-
ends, waste paper, and all sorts of little things which represent money,
and are apt to be "cheeseparing" in their household economy. Kind
and sympathetic where distress and suffering are concerned, they
cannot bear to see others in pain, which they appear to feel themselves-
They can, at times be very despondent and peevish, seeing a mountain
in a mole hill, and magnetically affecting all those in contact with them.
The more sympathy they find, the more will they dilate upon their
troubles.
The third paragraph of this last paper contains an excellent point, one
that has apparently escaped the attention of other observers. Yet
was it not Peter, patron saint of the Romish Church—elsewhere
ascribed to Cancer—who denied his Master, though that very night
when in the presence of the other disciples he had been loudest in
his protestations of fidelity ?
Theta
As the second of the cardinal signs Cancer gives a love of power
and responsibility, which all the cardinal signs do. Power manifests
through this sign however in a very different way from that shown in
Aries, Libra or Capricorn. Dividing the twelve signs into four groups
this is the first sign of the maternal group, just as Aries is the first
of the intellectual group, and Libra the first of the reproductive group.
Therefore the natives of Cancer seem to have special power and
ability to watch over, plan and care for others, particularly their own
family group or clan." They are specially fond of banding together
into sects or communities ; they will toil and suffer much in order to
make their community a success and their work in this respect often
becomes of world-wide reputation. This is when they are working
along the higher levels of the sign. They have many peculiar traits
of their own. They have good memories and can rake up things of
the past long forgotten by their companions and friends. This is due
perhaps to the magnetic power they possess of drawing whatever is

* I do not think anyone who cannot feel the vibration of Cancer can tell what
Cancer person suffers at the loss of or separation from a friend or relative.
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around them into themselves much in the same way as a sponge takes
up water. Those born under this sign are generally more or less
delicate in childhood ; indeed there is often some difficulty in getting
new-born infants to breathe properly.
As children they are nearly always awkward, shy and clumsy,
seem to be always in the "wrong place" and are very seldom
understood.
There are two qualities of this sign which seem to me more
important than all the others. One is the wonderful tenacity displayed
by the natives of this sign which has been referred to by previous
writers, and the other is the very opposite to this quality of
tenacity, a kind of broad tolerance which for the want of a better word
I should call broadmindedness.* I know this quality is not attributed
to Cancer in the astrological books, but I really think these two very
opposite qualities do manifest through Cancer and that this is the
cause of the peculiar moods of this sign. The reason why I consider
this quality to belong to Cancer is because the planet Jupiter is exalted
therein. Now Cancer is said by some to rule large rivers and the
broad expansive ocean, and when one considers the way in which the
ocean and large rivers of water join one country to another and also
provide the means of transit from one to the other, this seems to me
to agree in a striking manner with the harmonising social side of
J upiter.
I look upon the signs of the Zodiac as standing in very much the
same relation to the planets as the body of man does to the soul, as a
vehicle or instrument through which the planets express themselves;
therefore if Jupiter be exalted in Cancer, and as some writers say
' delights' and ' joys' in this sign, there must be something akin to
Jupiter in it, just as we see this exhibited in the exaltations of the
other planets. How well the quiet calculating Saturn fits the reasoning
balancing sign Libra, or the energetic Mars the pushful dominating
Capricorn !
Kappa
Their sensitiveness to slights is marked, also the manner in which
they secretly brood over such, often for a very long time. All show a
• This quality was referred to by Beta as " compassion " (p. 123).—Trsks. Sec,
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strong attachment to home, loving to work for it, to be in it,—and all

have the power to recuperate by merely being about the home rather
than needing to go farther afield for refreshment, in fact, in their strong
attachment to place and home, Cancer people remind one of the cat.
The Cancer housewife is splendid in many ways, but the Cancer type
of mother is often too fearful and over anxious to be a model guide for
boys overflowing with eagerness to express their fulness of life.
One of the strongest traits of Cancer people appears to be their
apprehensiveness, which seems marked in all, but in some cases (and
especially when the health is lowered) reaches very sad proportions.
The attention of these people seems often so centred on the imaginary
lion in the way of some new undertaking, as to be wholly oblivious of
the expansion and happiness to the life which would accrue after the
first initial difficulties had been bravely faced.
It seems to me that very many of the obstacles which a Cancer
person sees in the way of new ventures are wholly imaginary, and
vanish into thin air when boldly faced.
Apprehensiveness shows also in fear of physical suffering and, as
it were, expectancy of it. When ill, these people are fearful of their
condition, and often studious of their symptoms. And yet in spite of
their apprehensiveness these people have a decided bravery of their
own, for they will often—by sheer force of determination—compel
themselves to actions which men of less fearful types will shirk.
My experience is, that if enthusiastic to do something at all out
of the ordinary run it is better not to tell one's Cancer friend until
the action is successfully accomplished. Otherwise, one is not likely
to be inspired with confidence by them but, unless very positive, will
probably be depleted of both power and courage ; for it takes a Cancer
person a very long time to have faith in persons of a more daring
temperament.
The Cancer person, however, can be a splendid disciplinarian to
himself, even to the risk of mutilating his nature, his apprehensiveness
appearing to go to the extent of fearing to allow the Life forces their
fullest outlet.

The last essay here to be presented is brief but important, dealing with
the symbology of the sign as revealed by archseological research.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 171

Lambda
The sign Cancer is associated by tradition with the Moon, the
symbol of the Personality, the mask which hides the bright countenance
of the real Man behind. In the evolution of humanity we have here
the stage where the Ego builds its lunar vehicle, takes on "name and
form," is indicated by the nidana Nama-RUPA. The Buddhist
pictured this nidana as a man in a boat upon the water; the man
representing the Ego, the boat the personality, and the water the
" Great Deep."
The Platonists also had a similar idea, for one finds Porphyry
stating that Cancer is the northern gate by which souls descend into
manifestation. And this again is expressed in the Hebrew Paths of
Wisdom, where the seventeenth Path (corresponding to Cancer) is
called the " House of Inflowing." The Hebrew letter Heth or Cheth
is said to mean a fence or to encircle with a cord, and also nourishment.
Both the fence and the cord suggest the limiting of the Ego by the
lunar or animal soul. Many years ago the familiar symbol of Cancer
was shown to me during meditation as two lily leaves, giving the
interpretation of nutrition and elaboration. It is in the leaf that the
food substances of the plant are built, by the agency of the Sun's rays.
Similarly in Cancer there are the nutritive processes forming the
vehicle through which the Ego will manifest. In other words the
maternal side of Cancer is here shown. It is also interesting to notice
that the Egyptians substituted for the Crab the Scarabams beetle,
whose name Kheper signifies ' becoming and re-becoming,' creation
and re-creation.
The earliest Euphratean symbol was a tortoise, whose hard
carapace may well symbolise the covering of the spirit within.

[T/te next instalment will be "Part IV.—Summary and Conclusion."]

"The disciplined Self, moving among sense objects with senses free
from attraction and repulsion, mastered by the Self, goeth to Peace."
Bhfgavad Glti.
 ©ur ^gstem

A Solar System is a group of worlds circling round a central

Sun from which they draw light, life and energy. On this, all
Theosophists and non-Theosophists are agreed. But the Theosophist
sees much more than this in a Solar System. It is to him a vast Field
of Evolution, presided over by a divine LORD, who has created its
matter out of the sether of Space, permeating this matter with His
Life, organising it into His Body, and from His Heart, the Sun,
pouring out the energy which circulates through the System as its
life-blood—life-blood which returns to the Heart when its nutrient
properties are exhausted, to be recharged and sent forth again on its
life-sustaining work.
Hence a Solar System is, to the Theosophist, not merely a
splendid mechanism of physical matter, but the expression of a Life
and the nursery of Lives derived therefrom, instinct in every part with
latent or active intelligence, desire, and activity. It " exists for the
sake of the Self," in order that the germs of Divinity, the embryonic
Selves emanated from the supreme Self, may unfold into the likeness
of the Parent-God, whose nature they share, being truly " partakers of
the divine Nature." Its globes are ' man-bearing,' and not men alone,
with sub-human beings, are its inhabitants. In worlds subtler than
the physical dwell beings more highly evolved than men, as also beings
less evolved ; beings clothed in bodies of matter finer than the physical,
and therefore invisible to physical eyes, but none the less active and
intelligent; beings among whose hosts myriads of men are found, men
who have, for the time, discarded their fleshly raiment, but who, none
the less, are thinking, loving, active men. And even during life on
our physical earth, encased in the garment of the flesh, men are in
touch with these other worlds and other-world beings, and may be in
conscious relation with them, as the Founders, Prophets, Mystics and
Seers of all the faiths have witnessed.
The divine Lord manifests Himself in His System in three
Aspects, or ' Persons,' the Creator, the Preserver, the Regenerator;
 OUR SOLAR SYSTEM 173
these are the Holy Spirit, Son and Father of the Christian ; the
Brahma, Vi§hnu, and Shiva of the Hindu ; the Chochmah, Binah and
Kepher of the Hebrew Kabbalist; the Third, Second and First Logos
of the Theosophist, who uses the old Greek term, " the Word," for
the manifested God.
The matter of the System is built up by the Third Logos, seven
types of atoms being formed by Him ; aggregations composed of these
yield the seven fundamental kinds of matter found in the System, each
denser than its predecessor, each kind being correlated with a distinct
stage of Consciousness. We call the matter composed of a particular
type of atom a plane, or world, and hence recognise seven such planes
in the Solar System : the two highest are the divine, or super-spiritual
planes, the planes of the Logoi, and the lower of these two is the
birth-place and habitat of the human Self, the Monad, the God in man ;
the two succeeding are the spiritual planes, reaching which man
realises himself as divine ; the fifth, still densifying, is the intellectual
plane; the sixth, the emotional and passional, the seat of sensations
and desires, is generally called the astral plane; the seventh, the
physical plane. The matter of the spiritual planes is correlated with
the spiritual stage of Consciousness, and is so subtle and so plastic
that it yields to every impulse of the Spirit, and the sense of separate-
ness is lost in that of unity. The matter of the intellectual plane is
correlated with the intellectual stage of Consciousness, with Thought —
Cognition—and every change in Thought is accompanied with a
vibration of its matter ; the late W. K. Clifford seems to have recog-
nised 'mind-stuff' as a constituent of the cosmos, for, as every force
needed its medium, thought, regarded as a force, needed a special kind
of matter for its working. The matter of the astral plane is correlated
with the desire stage of Consciousness, every change of emotion,
passion, desire, sensation being accompanied with a vibration of its
matter. The matter of the physical plane is the coarsest or densest,
and is the first to be organised for the active expression of human
Consciousness.
These seven kinds of matter, interpenetrating each other—as
physical solids, liquids, gases and ethers interpenetrate each other in
the objects round us—are not all spread evenly over the whole area
occupied by a Solar System, but are partly aggregated into planets
174 MODEUN ASTROLOGY

worlds, or globes ; the three finest kinds of matter do spread over the
whole and are thus common to the system, but the four denser kinds
compose and surround the globes, and the fields occupied by these are
not in mutual touch.
We read in various Scriptures of ' Seven Spirits'; Christianity
and Muhammadanism have seven Archangels; Zoroastrianism, seven
Amshaspends ; Hebraism has seven Sephiroth ; Theosophy calls them
the seven Planetary Logoi; and they are the Rulers of the Planets
Yulcan, Venus, Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Each of these seven Planets is the turning-point in a chain of
interlinked worlds, presided over by the Planetary Logos, and each
chain is a separate Field of Evolution from its earliest beginnings up
to man. There are thus seven such subsidiary Fields of Evolution in
a Solar System, and they are, naturally, at different stages of progress.
The chain consists of seven globes, of which generally one is physical
and six of finer matter; in our own chain, however, our earth has two
sister globes visible to physical sight—Mars and Mercury—and four
invisible companions. The wave of evolutionary life, bearing the
evolving beings, occupies one globe at a time—with certain special
exceptions which need not be mentioned here—passing on to the next
in order when the lessons on the earlier have been learned. Thus our
humanity has travelled from globe 1 on the mental plane to globe 2 on
the astral; from that to globe 3, Mars, and to globe 4, our Earth; it
will pass on to globe 5, Mercury, and from that to globe 5, again on
the astral, and thence to globe 7 on the mental. This completes a
great evolutionary Round—as it is aptly called.
This huge scheme of evolution cannot be readily grasped by the
ignorant, any more than can the corresponding scheme of the astrono-
mer, which deals only with the physical plane. Nor is it necessary
that it should be understood by those of small intelligence, since it has
no immediate bearing on life. It is interesting only to the man who
desiring to understand, is ready to grapple with the deeper problems
of nature, and does not grudge strenuous intellectual exertion.
Annie Besant.
{Reprinted from the Thcosophist, Adyar, Madras, S.)
 175

particulars of prt^e Qtompctitiou J&o. 18

The following is the horoscope of the subject of our next Competition.

The native is a man, unmarried, and though at present comparatively
unknown to the general public is one of whom great things are expected by
those who have watched his career and are competent to judge.
X. XI. XII, 1 II. III.
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There are two prizes given, each consisting of Modern Astroloov
publications to the value of 105. &/. An Extra Prize may be awarded in case
of special merit.
Those who have already won two prizes, exclusive of the Extra Prize,
are debarred from either First or Second Prize; but the Extra Prize is
always open to them in the case of exceptional commendation by the
adjudicator (usually the native), or if in the opinion of the Editor the value
of the delineation from an astrological point of view merits such a distinction.
Competitors are asked to observe strictly the following conditions
(which are framed alike in their own interest and in that of the adjudicator),
since neglect of them may disqualify their work for award.
(1) Delineations to be typed; or else clearly written in an ordinary penny
exercise book; five or six pages being ample as to length.
(2) A broad margin to be ruled and all aspects, etc., explanatory of the
characteristics described, to be written within that margin.
(3) The delineations to be signed by a now it flame (not a motto), this to be
one not previously used. The name of the competitor must not appear.
(4I A brief note giving name and address should accompany delineation : also
15J A stamped addressed post-card for acknowledgment of receipt.
(6) It is well to keep a copy of Delineation, as under no circumstances can it
be returned.
(7) Delineations to be forwarded to the Office of Modbrn Astrology,
Imperial Buildings, Ludgate Circus, London, E.C., and marked "Prite Comfetitton
.Vo. 18," in top left corner of envelope.
The last clay for receiving delineations is APRIL 30th. " Delays have
dangerous ends," and intending competitors will do well to make a start at
once. Those who have not hitherto taken part in these Competitions are
invited to take this opportunity of joining in them.
A paragraph relating to the last Competition (No. 17) will be found on
P-135'
 Setter to tlje ®2>itor

Letters of general interest only are inserted. Writers of signed articles are
alone responsible for the opinions contained therein. Correspondents desiring
reply must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith. Where any topic of a controversial
nature is the subject of comment, it is expected that differences of opinion will be
expressed courteously, and all oSiensive personal references avoided.
Note.—Wiil Correspondents please remember (i) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only; (2) that planetary positions, as
tivll as birth data, should always be given where possible; and (3] that information
should be put as concisely as is compatible with clearness? Neglect of these
considerations causes many otherwise valuable letters to be excluded from these
pages.
Letters are inserted at the earliest possible opportunity, but are sometimes
unavoidably held over through lack of space.

The Cardinal Type

Dear Sir,
In reference to the article in your November issue on
"The Cardinal Type," two babies that have crossed my amateur
path lately supply 'points ' in a marked degree. Unless I miscalculate
N. M. goes 14, and F. M. 16. I give names and dates in case this is
considered of interest.
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
N. M. (»<) a a >lt
Oct. 20, 1909, 4.35 a.m. , 6 12 12 4.30 29 29
Derby, Eng.
F. M. (/) "i / VJ K
July 6. 1908, 5.30 p.m., 2 8 16 19 9
Brisbane, Q.
CD J) « ? V W V
N. M. ^26 MI /9 *±2 n 17 ® 19
F. M. zsi4 atC US 12 2213 (B29 SI15 TIO VJI5?- <zs 14
I erected maps for two other infants lately, sisters (but not twins)
having five and six planets in cardinal signs respectively, each
totalling ten points by your rules of calculation.
It would seem that young Australia maintains ' active ' prospects.
Southern Cross.

[Several other letters held over.]

iHoUrrn Eeitrologg

A Journal Devoted to the Search for Truth Concerning Artrolooe

Vol. VIII. MAY, 1911. No. 5.

New Series.

dirt ©bttar's Obstrbatcr^

It was in the plan of the " Director of Ceremonies" that we

should accompany the party to Burma, and more than one urgent
invitation was received, but the fates decreed otherwise. Instead, we
were interviewed by several Burmese gentlemen, who, however, were
noi Burmese astrologers but students of our European methods, so
that from them we could not gain much information.
Burmese " Astrology " appears to be a mere fatalistic system of
divination and fixed seasons. The following notes by Shway Yoe may
be taken as a correct description of Burmese methods:
"The infant having survived, and the mother recovered, the next
thing to be done is to name the child. This usually happens a fort-
night after birth. A fortunate day and hour is sought out by some
Brahmin astrologer, or a sayah of lesser note, if there is no such
dignitary in the neighbourhood.
"A careful note is made of the exact hour of birth with the object
of drawing up the za-dah, or certificate of birth which every Burman
has, and carefully consults with the help of the astrologer, for the
fixing of fortunate days and hours throughout his life. Sometimes the
za-dah is drawn up very shortly after birth, but ordinarily not until the
child is five or six years old. Then an old Pohn-na, a Brahmin, or an
ordinary astrologer is called in. He records on doubled-up strips of
palm leaf the year, the month, the day and hour at which the child was
born; the name given to it; the planet in the ascendant at the moment
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

of birth, and the house in which it was at the time. This is scratched
neatly on the palm leaf in the usual way with a metal style. On the
other side are a number of cabalistic squares and numbers from which
the future calculations may be made. There are said to be eight
Ghoh, or planets, and from these the days of the week are named,
Wednesday having a second Yahu, which rules from midday to mid-
night. Each of the planets has its own point of the compass as
follows:
N

YAHU 12 TliOUK-KYA 21 Taoingasoav 6

Symbol—Tuskless Symbol—Guinea-Pig Symbol—Kalohn
Elephant
Wedtiesday, izp.m. to Friday Sunday
12 a.m.
{Un-named) Venus The Sun

Kvathabadav ig Tannila 15
Symbol—Rat Symbol—Tiger
\V E
Thursday Monday
Jupiter The Moon

Sanay 10 Bohddahu 17 Ainga 8

Symbol—Nagah Symbol—T usked Symbol—Lion
Elephant
Saturday Wednesday, 12 a.m. to T uesday
12 p.m.
Saturn Mercury Mars

The stations, numbers, and symbols of the planets are recorded

 THE EDITOR'S OBSERVATORY 179

in a jingling rhyme, which is one of the first things boys learn in the
monastic schools, e.g. :
" Tannila Kyah
Ta senh Gua
Nay Nya
Shayyat ga,
which may be translated:
" Monday's number, I ween
Is always fifteen.
The tiger's the beast
And its place is the East."

It took me some time to sense the drift of all this, but after a
very little attention and concentration on the matter the whole of it
becomes the simplest, and the most foolish, thing I have ever known
of in astrological practice.
There are various ways of calculating a Burmese horoscope, most
of them not to be understood of the people, but the most popular
because the preliminaries are evident to everybody, is from the
numbers given above.
A person born on Monday remains under the influence of the
Moon for fifteen years (note the No. 15 in the eastern square in the
table). Then he passes into the house of Mars and sojourns there for
eight years. At the age of 23 Mercury presides over him and con-
tinues to do so for the next seventeen years, and so on to the end,
which mounts up to 108 years. Should the native outlive that ha
would begin the cycle over again.
Another way is to divide the enquirer's age by eight. If there is
no remainder the horoscope is made up from the Ghoh under which he
is born. If there is a remainder the Baydin Sayah counts it round
the figure, in the direction of the hands of a watch, commencing with
the birth planet. Thus, a man born on Thursday and now 29 years
of age would be under the influence of the Moon. The Ghoh at the
four Cardinal points, East, South, West and North are happy in their
influences, those on the diagonal rhumbs not so good. Yahu, and
especially Saturday, have a particularly sinister influence. A man
does most of the stupid and vicious things in his life while he is in
Saturn's house.
i8o MODERN ASTROLOGY

A young man born on Wednesday will need a lot of ballast to

tide him through the ten years of Saturn, seeing that he enters on the
dangers at the age of 17.
The za-dah is carefully kept by the parents until the child is old
enough to take care of it himself, and thenceforward it is guarded as
the most valuable possession the person has.

I will not weary my readers with any continuation of Burmese

" Astrology." The Burmeseare a simple people, and they have plenty
of faith, and had it not been for my investigations into Eastern
Astrology I should probably have missed a great deal of the rubbish
I have waded through in connection with it.
Needless to say this is NOT Astrology, but a grotesque caricature
of the science. And yet this thing goes on to-day and passes as
Astrology. It is, however, only on a par with a great deal of the non-
sense that is still going on in some parts of India, as the following
cutting from a Calcutta newspaper will show :
A few years ago an astrologer came to Calcutta from Southern India on
private business of his own. A friend took hiin to see the heads of a large
mercantile house, and introduced hiin as one who could tell their past and their
future, if they would show him the palms of their hands. The first to do so
put the question, " Can you tell me the year when I was born ? " The man
consulted his books, made his calculations, and named the correct year.
" Can you tell me the month ? " The month was correctly named. " Now
canyon tell me the date? " After making calculations he'named the 23rd.
" You are wrong there." The astrologer went over his calculations again,
and could find nothing wrong with them, but remarked, " it depends on the
longitude of your birth place, and so the date may either be the day before
or the day after the 23rd." He was right.
The other sahib, who was a bachelor, thought he would try the astrologer,
by assuming the rile of a married man. So presenting his palm he said;
" Can you tell me how many children I have ?" You have not got any.
You are not married." " O, but I am," said the sahib. "Then your hand
tells a lie," said the astrologer. After this the sahib got such a true and
correct delineation of the events in bis past life, until he suddenly stopped
the astrologer, saying " I don't wish to hear any more."
This may be palmistry, but it is certainly not Astrology. Just
think of an astrologer going "over his calculations " without knowing
the longitude of the man's birth place ! !
* ♦
There are times when a feeling of hopeless despair comes over
 THE editor's observatory 181

me regarding the professors of Astrology who are responsible for its

interpretation, and I am forced to admit, sometimes against my will,
that the percentage of genuine astrologers is exceedingly small. We
are still surrounded by charlatans and pretenders who, having but a
smattering of the truth, distort the little they know out of all proportion
by pandering to the "fortune-telling" element, and instead of knowing
what they predict, prognosticate that which they do not know.
There are times when I feel ashamed for anyone to know that I
am in any way associated with Astrology; not on account of Astrology,
which is as real as the stars with which it is connected, but because
of the sad misinterpretations that are still given by responsible, and
irresponsible, professors.
Now more than ever am I inclined to believe my friends are right
who assert that nearly all the mischief is to be found in the cheap
almanacs that are published as " astrological." Some astrological
students have gone so far as to state that all their efforts to purify and
raise the standard of the true Astrology are destroyed by these mislead-
ing almanacs which year after year prophesy events and happenings
that are never fulfilled, and 'contradict each other to such an extent
that anything astrological is made to appear ridiculous.
One must admit the truth of this statement, which is considerably
strengthened by a cutting from the Evening Neivs, published on the
30th December last year, that has been sent to me in India. To show
that I endorse the remarks of the writer 1 give them further publicity
by a quotation :—

FALLIBILITY OF THE MODERN PROPHET

" Misses" of Old Moore, Raphael, and Zadkiel
Misleading Stars
I have been glancing through ancient Babylon and Egypt believed
three famous prophetic almanacs in the reality of it; I know that vast
for the past year, 1910: and I must races of the East still believe in it;
coniess myself fairly astonished with still I am not urged by these facts to
the results which I have obtained say that astrology must be all non-
(writes an Evening News represen- sense. If the time when there were
tative). kings in Babylon is long ago, that
In the first place I may as well is no reason for supposing that the
state that I believe myself to be a Babylonians were fools; and the
person devoid of prejudice so far as modem native of India may have a
astrology is concerned. 1 know that grasp of many truths which have
 182 MODERN ASTROLOGY
not been revealed to the children of
the seventh standard.
And, on the other hand, modern
disbelief has as little influence with
me.
The eighteenth century laughed
at astrology; but the eighteenth
century laughed at many things
which we hold to be both true and
beautiful. So much on the oneside;
hut then, on the other, it might fairly
be pointed out, I thought, that astro-
logy was " not proven." And the
presumption seemed to be that a
science which had been known so
long ago and was still a matter of
doubt and question was, at least,
a science of a questionable
kind.
A Disturded Balance
This was my attitude towards as-
trology; but I confess that Messrs
Zadkiel, Raphael, and Old Moore
have disturbed this even balance.
I will not say that they have con-
vinced mo that the whole theory of
prediction by and from the stars is
an utter falsity, without the merest
shadow of a foundation for its pre-
tences. Such a conclusion could
not fairly be drawn from the
premises before me. What I do
conclude is that for any practical
purpose astrology is absolutely
worthless; that he who is influenced
in his slightest actions by its pro-
phecies is not far from complete
folly.

[And after a citation of unfulfilled predictions and unfore-

seen happenings too long to quote he concludes]:
Frankly, what is the use of such a "science" as this? To use the
phrase of Tennyson, it is " a sad astrology " indeed. But I fail to see traces
of a "boundless plan " about it. There doesn't seem to be a plan of any
kind ; it is chaotic.

The remarks of this writer are just, and apparently unbiassed,

from what he says under the heading "A Disturbed Balance." His
criticism is one that any genuine astrologer would make, for no
astrologer who believed in his science would make such rash and
senseless predictions.
It would be far better if our astrological almanac makers confined
their attention to those branches of Astrology of which they have had
practical experience and concerning which their judgment may be
of value, such as agricultural matters, natal Astrology, etc., instead of
venturing upon predictions in the wholesale and reckless fashion now
unfortunately so common. Above all, it is desirable that crystal-
gazing, " clairvoyance," and so forth, should not be mixed up with
Astrology.
*

Friends, we want an Astrological College, or at least an

Institute.
 ©lit IjcaiicnlLii iitsu

" Adam Kadmon"

Astrologers—those, at any rate, who study the religious and

philosophical aspect of this heavenly science as it deals with human
nature—never, for one moment, separate man from the universal
whole, or look at Him in a single aspect apart from the Heavenly
Man, the universe, symbolised by Adam Kadmon.
For astrologers know in a very real sense of an indissoluble union
between man and the universe, and understand the full application of
the statement that man was made in God's image, and how very truly
it has been said: " in Him we live and move and have our being."
Therefore the astrologer's creed might be summed up in the words :
" Become like Adam Kadmon, become the God that thou art!"
When one meditates in the silence of the heart over Adam Kadmon,
a marvellous picture flashes forth, a gigantic figure suspended in space,
luminous beyond all description; and in that glorious body the
humanities of this globe and others, compose the cells of His great
and wondrous form. The seven Planetary Logoi might be thought of
as the chakrams in Adam Kadmon ; the first Logos as the head, the
second Logos as the heart and the third as the body of the Grand
Man of the Heavens;—The first Logos as representing the Will
aspect; the second, or the heart of the Divine Man, that Love
which is life, sustaining the whole of humanity; and the third
Logos as the Holy Ghost or Activity, motion everywhere. Around
the head, we might image the great Manu, and all the great
ruling prototypes belonging to the head of the Grand Man of the
Heavens; the Avataras and Bhodisattvas functioning in the heart of
the Grand Man of the Heavens; while the arms outstretched in space
might be considered as the Activity aspect.
Now the little man is made in the image of the Heavenly Man, but
veiled seven times in matter of the seven different planes, and hence
his expression can only be of a very limited nature. The light of the
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Heavenly Man may be compared to the thought of the earthly one;

thus Aries, the first zodiacal sign, rules the head and brain, which is
the organ of the mind, and the highest expression of man, is Manas the
thinker. The sign Taurus rules the throat and speech, and in the
Heavenly Man is the great Vach, the creative sound. In the little
man speech can be very potent, for man can become the sounding
board of God, and use this Vach for sound or speech ; speech that is
true, harmonious and powerful. The potency of speech is the little
man's vach, becoming as the man unfolds in matter the prototype of
the Heavenly Man, ultimately using sounds in magical mantrams and
words of power, sounds that create.
The next zodiacal sign, Gemini, rules the lungs and the breath, the
inbreathing and the outbreathing, synonymous with the Great Breath
in Adam Kadmon, and I may remind you that in all yoga practices
the breath plays a very important part when brought under the control
of the will. The breathing of the Solar Breath by will, has a great
deal to do with the man's power to leave the body when he chooses.
The next sign, Cancer, rules the stomach and breasts. In the
former the great churning of food goes on. In the great Cosmic pro-
cesses of Adam Kadmon the churning process is seen where worlds,
continents and nations are broken up ; it may remind you of the great
churning processes between the Suras and Asuras, as it is symbolical
of two powers ; the breasts are symbolical of sustenance, nutrition ; in
other words, the milk of human kindness.
The next sign is a very potent one, as it rules the most important
factor in the body, the heart, and is the symbol of power and love, and
the faith born of love. The most potent forces of the body reside in this
sign, and the life-forces through it are very strong and powerful.
Virgo, the next sign, is also a very important one, for it is
connected with the astral or instinctual consciousness. It is sometimes
called the brain of the stomach ; at any rate, it rules the sympathetic
and involuntary system. It is a great magnetic centre. The late
Subba Row declared it contained six potent forces, which he called
Shaktis. We know of two, assimilation and circulation. It is just
possible in the Heavenly Man Virgo may be synonymous with the
lines of force, or Buddhic web radiating through Hia system and
circulating His forces.
 THE HEAVENLY MAN

The sign Scorpio is a most powerful centre in which three forces

play a great part, generation, regeneration and disintegration. Looked
at from one aspect, this sign may be considered as symbolical of
the disintegrating forces of the Heavenly Man, or the eighth sphere,
into which the waste products are directed. The lesson for the little
man to learn in Scorpio is to conserve his generative forces and turn
them upwards to creation or regeneration.
Sagittarius, the archer; sometimes considered as the Centaur, or
Pegasus, the winged horse of mythical fame : In this sign of the
zodiac you have man represented as half human and half divine, the
archer shooting at a mark, aiming at a bull's-eye, trying to hit the
centre. The arrows may be described as aspiration and devotion. In
the centre of the bull's-eye is the mark, or the first initiation which he
tries to find. The sign Sagittarius being the sign of the ninth house,
the house of the guru or teacher, is very significant.
Capricorn, sometimes represented as a goat, sometimes as a sea-
dolphin, denotes the steady upward climb of the man, straight up the
mountain, striving with goaf-like persistency to reach the summit,
Capricorn also rules the knees, symbolical of that humility which
kneels at the feet of that which is greater than itself. Capricorn is
part of the serving triplicity, its^ key-note being service to mankind.
The next sign of the zodiac, Aquarius, is usually represented as a
man holding a pitcher of water in his hand, pouring out the water of
life, that living water from which, when a man drinketh, he knoweth
thirst no more. It is the sign of the Master. It is sometimes figured
as two wavy lines, symbolising the human will and the divine will in
accord—" I and my Father are one." It is the sign in which the
planet Uranus finds its greatest scope as an instrument through which
the will can act.
The last sign, Pisces, is indeed a paradox, having probably more
to do with the Deva, or God evolution, than with ourselves. It is not
a good sign for maiii/csfation, and may possibly, in the Cosmic
processes, have to do with the rolling up of the world like a screen, the
drawing of the Selves into the Self. Some astrologers give this sign
to the mystical planet Neptune.
It seems to me that astrologers, as students of the wisdom of the
stars, must realise most forcibly unity in diversity, and diversity in
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unity ; for each man or woman is a circle or zodiac in him or herself,

obeying the divine impetus and the divine will. Supposing for a
moment that the cells in the heart wish to do the work of the cells in
the brain, or the cells of the lungs wish to perform the work of the-
liver or spleen, the body would fall to pieces, because disharmony
would arise in the members, but where all the cells work together in
harmony, each doing its part, a perfect vehicle is the result. Now if
we could only realise it, we are all polarised in the body of Adam
Kadmon in different ways; those polarised to the head of the Grand
Man of the heavens cannot possibly perform the same functions in life
as those polarised to the heart or the feet; and we can see, therefore,,
as a little epitome of a universe in ourselves, that we belong to different
orders and types of humanity. But we can also see that all are needed,
and that unity cannot be, without diversity, nor diversity without unity.
And in trying to understand in some dim way down here, something
about the cosmic processes of the Heavenly Man, let us never forget
that we are all His agents in the physical world, to manifest Him,
each in a different fashion. Thus one man may be the pen of God,
another man may be His speech; another may be a powerful force
used in this lower world for ruling or teaching. Whatever our powers
may be, let us always remember that it is Adam Kadmon that works
through us, and let us each seek to become like unto our Father in
Heaven, and seek to do His will on earth.
Bessie Leo.

Signs of thf. Times.—The Seoul Press forS/g/'io says under the title
of ' Forecast of Coming Events': "A Japanese gentleman resident in town,
who is deeply interested in astrology and has made a careful study of the
subject for many years, has supplied us with a forecast of events, which,
judging from positions occupied by stars on September 24th, he thinks will
occur to Japan during the autumn. We confess we are not great believers-
in astrology, but the gentleman who has prepared the forecast in question t'j a
scientist 0) no mean repute. His forecast therefore, can by no means be dismissed as
a silly and worthless example of superstition. It will be interesting to see
whether or not his prediction, which we publish below, will turn out to be
true."
The point of this quotation lies- in the sentence we have ventured to
italicise, and in the tone of respect in which the whole paragraph is couched,
rather than in the accuracy or otherwise of the forecast which followed,
which being local we are unable to criticise.
 ^crMacsl ®np£s tu ^iUrature

In tracing out astrological types in every department of life and

art, the student has a never-failing source of interest, and in litera-
ture especially are many fascinating bye-paths of this delightful
occupation. And I venture to think that the supreme test of a well-
drawn character is that it shall apply approximately to one of the
zodiacal classes, and show forth in action the line of life such a type
usually follows with consistency.
And herein we must premise that such types and characters are
of necessity not at the topmost rung of the ladder of development,
for at the highest point all paths meet, as the rays of colour shown
forth in the aura of persons who are still climbing melt into the glorious
white light of the Arhat or " one who has attained " ; for as Maeterlinck
has truly said no drama can be drawn round the sage, his very
development precludes the storm and stress which rage round the
lives of less developed persons.
One of the finest Aries characters I know is John Halifax,
■Gentleman ; essentially a man of action, we find him constantly con-
tacting new experiences and ideas, with adaptability and more than
the usual executive capacity. Look at his prompt action in the
matter of the bank, and the splendid manner in which he carried through
the trouble of his son Guy, in Paris. An essential pioneer and
reformer in the world of politics. He dies of heart trouble, too, a
complaint associated with the fiery signs. A quaint specimen of the
temperament is Barlasch of the Guard, full of resource, with an
unfailing promptness of action and quixotism, ever ready to fight for
bis friends.
Another delightful Arietian is " The Virginian," a type beloved of
women, with a quiet masterfulness and all the fascination of one with
whom the unexpected happens, who always gets his own way.
For a very low and undeveloped specimen Rochester's lunatic
wife in,/aue fsyre will serve. We are told that "no servant would
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bear the continual outbreaks of her violent and unreasonable temper,

or the vexations of her absurd, contradictory, exacting orders." Her
excesses led to a particularly degrading form of insanity, an Aries,
disease.
In Miss Pagan's book, I see under the heading of Taurus failings,
" obstinacy, delight in obstruction, self-indulgence, stolidity." Does
not this call up a picture of the Fat Boy in Pickwick Pcipers ? A
still more unpleasant type is the odious Degree in Uncle Tom's Cabin,
who must have been a Taurean of very low type. His brute strength
and obstinacy, and shrinking cowardice in face of what he believed to
be supernatural visitations are evidence. A Scorpio man, however
low, would have shown no fear, and here we have Gassy, a Scorpio
woman, with her serpent-like beauty and glittering eyes, putting the
fear of the unknown into him.
Far higher types of Taurus are the Doll's Dressmaker with her
optimism, sense of humour, industry, and practical outlook on life.
The responsibility she feels, and the thorough way in which such
obligations are discharged points to the influence of Taurus at its best.
She evidently loves colour, loo, and her choice of a profession, needle-
work, is also Taurean. Another good example is David Harum—a
man of business and good financial integrity, with a similar quaint
view of philosophy and knowledge of men and their manners to Jenny
Wren. They are both so lovable, yet dogmatic and authoritative in
manner.
A detestable Geminian is Harold Skimpole, the irresponsible,
selfish dilletante. His airy nothings and superficial culture, with some
unmistakable wit and humour plainly show the temperament. A more
advanced specimen is Micawber, with his fondness for writing ornate
letters and utter lack of responsibility in regard to loans. His change-
ful fortunes, and luck in emerging from the most embarrassing positions,
and the loyal way in which his friends come to the rescue mark him
as a typical Geminian.
I have noticed repeatedly how very fortunate Gemini persons
are in regard to friends, who will put themselves out tremendously to
relieve their embarrassments, apparently earning little gratitude thereby.
But the sign furnishes some very lovable and charming personalities,
among whom are " Barty " of the Martian, who has all the winning
 ZODIACAL TYPES IN UTERA'l URE l8g

ways, love of a joke, and personal attractions of Gemini; not tomentioa

the travel, changeful life, and intellectual gifts of the zodiacal position.
His irresponsibility takes a charming guise, as he is ministered to
and looked after first by his aunt, and later by his wife, Leah, who
manages home, purse, and correspondence. Note, too, the eye-trouble
which as being under the rule of Mercury we should expect.
The Sultana Scheherazade of Arabian Nights fame is a splendid
example of the highly-evolved Geminian. Her versatility, quick and
ready wit, and companionship so charming as to prolong her life in
face of dreadful odds, not to speak of a literary gift which would be
considered exquisite even in these days of highly cultivated women,,
show the best qualities conferred by the sign.
Cancer, for some reason, probably because it is the maternal sign
of the twelve, suggests many female characters.
Thus, Mrs. Nickleby, with her constant dwelling on past family
glories, her tiresome emotional speeches, is a trying specimen of the
type. More highly evolved are Mrs. Boffin with her motherly ways, her
liking for show and dress (black feathers and velvet robe), Peggotty of
the warm heart, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, Agnes Wickfield, and
lastly Dinah Morris—who of them all has the vocation of prophet and
teacher in addition to that of wife and mother, and suggests an almost
perfect specimen of Cancerian influence. These characters possess
the kind, motherly, protecting heart and show the loyal friend to whom
we go in our troubles sure of receiving comfort and sympathy and,,
perhaps, good advice.
Among men I notice " the Laird," to whom Trilby went in her
sore trouble to sob out her grief. Being a Scotchman he would also
have affinity with the sign by birth.
The sign Leo suggests Malvolio as an undeveloped specimen of
the temperament. The swagger, swollen head, love of display, and
gullibility, affording so much amusement to his tormentors, are typical
Leonian failings. Note, too, the yellow stockings, for yellow is a Leo
colour. SirJohnFalstafF has also distinct Leonian characteristics but of
a more lovable nature, and Taffy of " Trilby" fame with his splendid
presence, generosity, chivalry and aristocratic associations is distinctly
regal and lion-like. There is a distinction about Leonians which gives
them a certain perspective, so that they stand out among their fellows
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in fiction as in real life, and such is possessed by these three characters

—showing their origin.
Tennyson has given us an exquisite presentiment of Leo at its
highest, in the central figure of " Idylls of the King," who suffers the
wound to cherished affections, which lesser natures of the Leonian
influence so often experience too.
Under Virgo I find Mrs. Poyser, Mrs. Tulliver and her sister
Mrs. Pullett, the type George Eliot drew so well for us, also Miss
Jenkyn of " Cranford."
All these characters show the shrewdness and discrimination of
the Virgo mind, with the tendency to criticise and analyse which is so
marked a feature of Virginians, coupled with great probity, and hatred
of obligation. They have also the characteristic of women born under
the sign to make themselves slaves to housekeeping and idols of their
household possessions, with all the painstaking economy of the good
manager, and her sturdy independence. Another sign of this zodiacal
temperament is that the romance of life does not seem to have touched
any of them, even the married ones, and Miss Jenkyn does not seem
to have had the slightest leaning to a life in double harness. Her one
dream of marrying an archdeacon so that she might write his sermons
shows the Virgo-mercurial influence, also her somewhat stately
correspondence and her business capacity.
We now come to the sign Libra, the one which is most fully
represented in literature, for the qualities, aspirations, and beauties of
the temperament all centre round the love-nature and have inspired
our most exquisite prose.
I find the Librans in pairs, which is what one might expect for
Libra only may wed Libra, and moves always to completion and
balance;" Safe in the shelter of a good man's heart," says one Libran ;
" I had no mother—I loved him so—God forgot me and I fell " wails
her sister, for we find the betrayed and the happily-mated in the
shadow of the balances. Love not only crowns the life but is also
" Sorrow's crown of Sorrow."
A typical Libran is The Count (A Cigarette-Maker s Romance).
His unfailing courtesy, the gentle unaffected way in which he moves
in uncongenial surroundings untouched by the evil magnetism, his
ready acceptance of his Soul-mate when found by Love, and poor
 ZODIACAL TYPES IN LITERATURE 191

Vjera's sacrifice of her beautiful hair to spare him pain and dishonour,
as also her abandonment to the spiritual ecstasy of being beloved—
proclaim them truly Libran.
Faust and Marguerite must have had the same temperament, for
the very spirituality of the sign which raises so high in some cases
casts low in others, as its children are susceptible to the blandishments
of more worldly minds and unsuspicious of harm from them. In
Faust's case the love of beauty, desire for youth, and joy of physical
life became his undoing. And the beauty of environment and form,
such a necessity to the Libran, with the charming personality the sign
confers is often the means of its own crucifixion, certainly as far as
women are concerned—as in the case of Hetty Sorel, Marguerite and
poor Tess of the D'urbervilles.
A happier example is that of Bella Wilfer, whose dislike of
household routine, and sordid surroundings at first leads her to attach
too much importance to money and the benefits to be obtained by it,
until Love in his own time knocks at the door of her heart and shows
her a " more excellent way." A typically Libran pair are Kim and
the old Lama. The boy Kim moving amongst what we may call the
dregs of an Indian city, yet keeping wholesome and sweet-souled, his
child-spirit unspotted, and his immediate attraction to the beautiful old
Lama, as a kindred spirit, and the way in which one nature balances
the other in the most delightful companionship, shows one of the
exquisite forms which the Libran influence takes. We cannot think
of Kim but straightway the gentle, dignified figure of his companion
comes into view.
It seems irreverent to apply the word type or temperament to the
beautifully indicated personalities of the Angel in The Wonderful
Visit and the stranger in The Passing of the Third Floor Back.
Yet they surely show forth the Libran spirit, which is not of earth,
in its highest and best manifestations in the world of books.
Some of our strongest characters in fiction we find under Scorpio,
having possibilities of immense good and transcendent evil, born
angels and devils. From the serpent Uriah Heep with his pose of
humility marking a crafty vindictive spirit and Mephistopheles who is
a gentleman compared to him, both hiding love of power under other
guise, we come to the pleasanter types.
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Thus Rochester, in Jane Eyre, is a typical Mars-Scorpio man

in the strength of his passions, his tremendous will-power, and ability
to hide that which he does not wish to be made known. The incident
of the destruction of his home by fire, and his own terrible afflictions,
the strife and warfare of his life are truly Scorpionic in their intensity.
Another character of similar if more refined temperament is "The
Gadfly." The torment he suffers and inflicts in turn on others, the
long drawn-out vindictive spirit, and the power of concealment are
all qualities associated with the sign.
Dr. Nikola, and Don Q, may also be suggested as Scorpionic in
temperament. A more advanced example is Mr. Isaacs, but while Dr.
Nikola suggests the left-hand path, we feel that Mr. Isaacs is a true
chMa and a candidate for initiation for the service of humanity. For
the most powerful servants of our race are men and women born under
the sign Scorpio, when, attuned to its mystic powers, their great
spiritual strength is laid on the Altar, and devoted to great uses.
Dickens has depicted for us some pleasant characters who may
be considered Sagittarian, among them Mark Tapley, Dick Swiveller,
and Sam Weller, whose bright hopeful outlook, generous loyalty,
bonhomie, and breezy philosophy mark them as under the sway of Jove.
Dear old Pickwick shows the same influence in a marked degree.
The Capricornian temperament with its ambitious, peace-seeking,
uncompromising qualities finds expression in such characters as Mr.
Dombey, the pompous autocratic business man, Phineas Fletcher,
more lovable but equally dogmatic, and St. John Rivers, the austere
young cleric, with his spiritual ambitions and the ruthless crushing out
of the softer emotions in himself and others proclaiming the Saturnian
influence which we also recognise in the proud Pharisee of the old
Book and the cry of Shakespeare's Wolsey : " Had I but served God
as I have served the King."
More highly developed types are John Inglesant and Robert
Orange, both natures showing the rule of Saturn, as they wisely after
long struggles relinquish material ambitions for spiritual development,
as all true Saturnians should, to express the highest powers of their
sign and ruler, which lie in the enthronement of the Soul and the
deposal of Mammon.
Aquarian types are as hard to find in current literature as in real
 ZODIACAL TYPES IN LITERATURE 193
life, for the true Aquarian is a practical mystic who lives a selfless life
in his quest for truth.
Science pursued for humanity's dear sake, whether in cloister,
laboratory or library, and the power of concentration on an Ideal are not
every-day qualities. Midshipman Easy's father shows latent Aquarian
instincts in his phrenological experiments, and the machine he invented
to depress the bad bumps and raise the good ones, which was to turn
all the villains into saints, and who fell a victim to his own researches.
The search for truth as applied to criminal investigation suggests
Sherlock Holmes, with his tenacity, fixity of purpose, mental power
and persistence, all Aquarian qualities. But we must await the birth
of real Aquarians ere we shall perceive their prototypes in fiction.
The sign Pisces, however, furnishes many interesting characters
in literature, for it is the House of Self-Undoing and Imprisonment,
and such temperaments are fitting centres for enthralling life-dramas.
To Miss Pagan's suggestion of Mr. Dolls, Richard II., and Hamlet,
splendid examples of three graded types, I would add Waldo, of
The Story of an African Farm, with his dreams, his pitifulness and
the futile beatings of the wings of a Soul imprisoned in uncongenial
surroundings. Also Seth Bede, the timid, gentle, emotional character,
yet one which rises to the occasion when the sacrifice of dear hopes
and wishes is demanded. And Sydney Carton, with the long tale of
disappointment to himself and others, his futile efforts at reform, yet so
strong in spirit when the moment arrives for him to sacrifice his own
life for that of his friend. Another is Hoopdriver, in the Wheels of
Chance, the ordinary draper's assistant, who under the impulsion of a
golden hour with his Divinity becomes a true Knight-Errant. While
a further example is Peter Ibbetson, that chaste, retiring, beautiful
soul, whose very chivalry caused his lifelong imprisonment. Yet that
same suffering opens the gates of Paradise night after night and his
seclusion gives him the joy of a communion in spirit which no fleshly
contact can mar.
The same sign also recalls Jean Valgean, that hero of many
sufferings and sacrifices, for Pisces gives its subject the mystical
spirit, the poetical aspiration, the craving for an unrealised ideal,
enclosing these beautiful qualities in a body which but ill expresses the
Divine Guest, and is so sensitive and responsive to malign influence.
 194 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Often the body itself is sacrificed to set free the Inner Angel, and the
first exquisite melody shatters the instrument.
Agnes Cook.

[Editorial Note.—This paper is the direct outcome of a

suggestion by a subscriber that an article on this subject would be
appreciated, and it was in response to our request that the author (who
will be remembered as a prize-winner in our Competitions) undertook
the task which she has accomplished in so interesting a fashion. It
was natural under the circumstances that we should send the manu-
script to our correspondent for his opinion, and as in the course of his
letter he contributed some useful suggestions about characters in fiction
not mentioned by our author, his remarks may with advantage be
quoted. He says:
My idea was merely an article dealing with twelve characters in
literature, each to be a typical native of its sign. Several of
the characters mentioned are very happily placed, but others could I
think with equal propriety be placed under other signs. A strong
typical study of each sign, unmistakable and pronounced, would
perhaps be even more instructive to those who like myself are but
beginners in Astrology.
I think under Aries, David Grieve should be mentioned. He is
"rather an advance upon John Halifax. This latter was essentially a
man of action, David was also a man of action, but in the mental
sphere. From the materialism of his younger years—called in his
case science—he was slowly led, through many experiences and
sorrows, from the outside to the inside of things and that surely is the
goal of all the Aries endeavours.
Amyas Leigh in Westward Ho, was surely an Aries, who through
fierce passion and hatred, gradually " beat his music out."
I must dissent from the view that Harold Skimpole was Gemini.
It is many years since I read that gentleman's sayings and doings, but
I believe the two traits of his character most pronounced were
indolence and selfishness, and neither of these is essentially a Gemini
characteristic is it ? I suggest Francois Villon, the poet, in Stevenson's
 ZODIACAL TYPES IN LITERATURE 195
A Lodging for the Night, as perhaps the finest undeveloped Geminian
in literature.
By the bye, why this statement about Gemini and defective
" eye-sight" ?
Isn't Robert Elsmere a Geminian ? I think so, and his wife
Catherine Libra.
The choice of Mrs. Poyser for Virgo is very happy ; but the lady
was very sarcastic, not I think a " Virgundian " trait, but rather a
Scorpio. Might there not be in her a combination of the two signs ?
King Arthur is perfect for Leo, the one word which sums up his
character was " magnanimous " and that surely is the essence of Leo.
As a typical Scorpion I suggest Captain Kettle.
A strong Saturnine type is Adam Bede. Calm, thoughtful,
reasoning, just but rarely merciful, touched with the love of the mystic
and mysterious, grave and deficient in humour, he is too typical to be
missed.

It will hardly be necessary to point out that in matters of this

kind there is much room for individual opinion, and the views of other
readers are invited as to whether (for example) Harold Skimpole is a
Geminian, Bella Wilfer a Libran, John Halifax an Arietian, etc.
One's views in such a matter are in every case bound to be more or
less limited by the examples of the various signs known to one, and it
may be that in certain instances some student may be in a position to
make out a better "case " for some other sign than the one here cited;
and if so it would be interesting and also instructive to hear it. How-
ever that may be, we are sure we speak for all in thanking the author
for thus starting the ball rolling, and for supplying so much excellent
material to work upon.]

"A Thousand and One Notable Nativities."—The preparation of

this book is being rapidly urged forward. The compiler's best tbauks are
due to those readers of Modern Astrology who have written making
suggestions which have in all cases been most carefully considered, and
acted on so far as practicable ; also to those who have supplied data or
nativities of notable people in their possession. Further help in this direction
would be cordially appreciated.
 Horoscopts of Jletnarkable people

III.—A Human Document.

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That the writer of the following " Human Document" is indeed

a remarkable person, will appear from the naive items of self-revela-
tion it contains. Rarely indeed does one come across such a frank
unbosoming as this, although "Another Human'Document " on p.'398
of Vol. VI., (New Series) may perhaps be cited as a parallel case. In-
cidentally, the writer furnishes an interesting series of fulfilled
directions which cannot fail to be of value to'students, and for this
he merits our hearty thanks.
 HOROSCOPES OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE I
97
In examining directions great attention should always be paid
to the horoscope of birth, the radix or root out of which all subse-
quent possibilities spring. Here it is of interest to notice that the
ascendant is a mutable sign, which accounts for the extraordinary
sensitiveness to every ' direction ' shown by the native, responding as
actively as does the mercury in a barometer to changes of atmospheric
pressure.
The presence of Jupiter the ruling planet in the fifth house in
Taurus, a sign as much concerned with the feelings as with finance, is
also worth noting, as well as the conjunction of Mercury and Venus,
rulers of the seventh and tenth houses respectively. The occupation by
the Moon and Mars of the sensitive and receptive sign Cancer should
not escape attention. For it does not quite follow that the native of a
less " responsive " horoscope would exhibit an equal sensitiveness to
every lunar aspect; opportunities would be missed as well as
temptations, perhaps, passed safely by.

A Human Document
In submitting the following series of happenings during the last
three years the writer would like to add, by way of explaining some of
the opportunities for varied experience which have come into his life,
that he comes of a family the male members of which have always
broken away from regular employment from times as far back as
the Restoration. After having dabbled in several professions he
drifted into free-lance technical journalism as the result of some
publicity over a happening on the Brighton Road in 1905, and at the
time of writing he is an active contributor to four technical journals
and is fortunate more particularly through matters connected with
London, Manchester, Berlin and New York.
Mutual Planetary Aspect; (Spring, 1908), ? 0 If.—Liable
to cause social unrest, loss of money, and the like.
Actual Experience.—Lost £2\ over a motor cycle deal. Fell
out with practically all my girl friends. Quarrelled with our local
Church lay reader about my acquaintances among the opposite sex.
Threw myself into this quarrel (as it was the lay reader's fault of
course) with great vigor, so that when I went to Church the next
Sunday the L.R. left hurriedly and never returned. Much correspon-
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

dence appeared in the local Press, but I gained little save the passing
admiration of the choir boys, who for the time being regarded me as
something of a hero on account of my defeat of the Lay Reader.
Lunar Aspects ; March : None.—A nondescript month with
just enough business to pay my way.
April: DOS .—Indicates trouble through correspondence.
Actual Experience.—Was encouraged to write to the local papers
on Church matters, as the Vicar was unpopular. At a meeting on the
24th these men went back on me and voted for the Vicar. The latter
and his curates were furious over the exposure, and so were my
professed " friends." Was asked to resign from the Church societies
to which I belonged, and did so. Was afterwards told on good
authority that the whole affair was " arranged," so as to oust me from
the Church. Was short of money and ordinary work during this
month, as I was actually employed in fighting the local "war" single
handed.
May; D * U.—Said to be a good all-round business and social
influence.
Actual Experience.—Too much could not be said of it. Income
towards the end of the month excellent. Much useful and honourable
publicity. Good business in America.
June to December; D*W-—Said to indicate a change and a
busy time.
Actual Experience.—Apparently my powers to respond to this
aspect were not what they might be, as no actual change came until
March and April 1909. Was busy and active from the end of November,
1908, but over an unprofitable line of business, and in a social affair
which caused me much sorrow. However, business and social affairs
were apparently successful during the latter days of this influence.
Solar Influence: (May to December, 1908).—With
reference to this aspect I can only plead that I do not understand
Neptunian vibrations, but to my mind in its present state of
development his influence is a horrid one. There was a restrained
feeling in all matters connected with business during this period
and I freely expressed myself that there was little hope of success
in the future. Was very free in social matters however, and
made forty-three different acquaintances among the opposite sex
 HOROSCOPES OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE igg

in five months, and I am afraid lost a good deal of self-respect.*

With the exception of part of June and July 1908 was a bad year
from a worldly point of view.
Planetary Influence : S ^ (December, 1908, to Spring,
1909).— Said to be an intuitive period, and a time when experiences
and the like may be gathered for future use.
Actual Experience.—Was very intuitive during this period. Laid
out many schemes, some of which I have worked off. Found during
this period that one of my girl friends had a birthday near what I call
my "marriage date"—i.e., the2lst of July. This owing to the Solar
Aspects, and the girl's horoscope, however ended in serious trouble.
With this I give the girl's horoscope which I will term B :—

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January and February, 1909 ; D .—Influence uncertain.
Actual Experience.—Many dreams. Frequently the day's events
were foretold by them.
SOLAR Influence: 02$ (From December, 1908, to Autumn,
1909):—
(1) Apparent affect on business; slowing down and loss of the
majority of same by March, 1909. Seriousloss in this month and some
disgracefully unfair treatment at the hands respectively of an Army
Captain, an Editor, and an "adventurer "—with the latter of whom I
had been very friendly. By the end of March, as far as business was
concerned, had lost all my English work and had lost prestige in New
York. Could not see what I could do to revive my fallen fortunes so
prayed very steadily for a whole fortnight. On the 27th of March
■came the prospect of new and betterbusiness, but this did not materialise
until the 20th of the following month.
(2) Socially, much trouble and sorrow through the person indicated
in B horoscope, January the 19th being the only redeeming feature

0
It will be seen, of course, that op.# Jr. was also in force about this time
■which would tend considerably to overshadow the o p. a •V r.
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in the ghastly array of unhappy experiences which scarred this

portion of my life. February 23rd and 27th were indicated in my
" Directions" as malefic ones, and the happenings on these were
extremely unpleasant. Became friendly with B's sister, however,
which comforted me much. The Planetary Influence of 5 Z 2 accen-
tuated the above solar aspect, I think, so that social and other
conditions were very unpleasant down to April 17th, 1909.
Lunar Aspects : I) p. d I) r. (April):—Indicates a beneficial
change, as Moon was fairly well aspected in my natal horoscope.
Actual Experience.—Obtained a very good position in London
on the 20th and left for the Continent to transact some business on
the 24th. Had a good and successful time in France, Brussels and
Germany.
May : DA 2.—Indicates a successful period for finance, social
affairs, attachments, etc.
Actual Experience.—I think the OZ2 and If Z 2 must have
dulled this good aspect, as although I had plenty of money and men
friends—" hangers-on " I might more correctly call them—I lost most
of my girl friends ; one to whom I had been engaged, and who during
the first few days of May hunted me up after three years' separation.
J UNE : I P. .—Said to be good for financial, domestic and
social affairs.
Actual Experience.—Found to be a good aspect. Plenty of
money and friends. Rise in my U.S.A. prospects, and better arrange-
ments with my New York Editor,—his paper being the only one which
I kept on after going out to employment in April. During this month
the Army Captain and the " adventurer " who had upset my affairs in
March both apologised to me, so I became friendly with them again.
July : DA 5.—Said to stimulate the mental energies.
Actual Experience.—Made use of many opportunities which
came my way, but the Solar and Planetary influences were still affect-
ing me a great deal, and socially I was terribly unhappy. Social
affairs were so " gray " that I could hardly even look up during my leisure
moments when I got time to think. Re-introduced my attentions to
B. during July and was coldly received, so in order to " celebrate " her
birthday I threw over my business in town on the 1.7th and went in
or Press work on my own account again. Curiously enough my
 HOROSCOPES OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE 201

friend whom I call the "adventurer" was discharged from his position
in Bond Street on the same date. Made the acquaintance of a fellow
journalist whom I had known by repute for some time; but he was
rather a nuisance, and (fortunately for me as it turned out) he died
suddenly during the first week of August.
August : DP O.—Not a favourable aspect.
Actual Experience.—I think the coming trine aspect of the Sun
with Jupiter (described as operating " towards the end of 1909 ") must
have begun to take affect as this month was not exactly a bad one.
Successfully took over the business of my dead friend, in an assumed
name, as the English paper would not take my work in my own.
Borrowed motorcars from my various friends and took B. motoring a
lot; was tolerably well received by her, and carried everything before
me for a time. Was pinched for funds at times, however. The 18th
and 19th, as indicated in my Directions, were benefic days.
September and October : %f.—Causes annoyances.
Actual Experience.—Not a bad period for money. In addition I
was taken on as a contributor to another weekly motor paper, and did
well at it. Social success and love making with B. up till the I4th but
a serious disturbance on the 15th. Was much grieved and distracted
and soothed myself with stimulants for three weeks or so, till B.'s
sister " came to the rescue " and with her I remained friendly until
May, 1910.
November, 1909, to February, 1910 : D 0 '? .—An unfortunate
and depressing influence. Tendency for everything to go wrong.
Actual Experience.—As suggested by Mr. Leo in a private letter
to me, the solar aspect of O A 4 toned the above Lunar aspect down
a bit. As a matter of fact November and December were very
successful months all round. Had a bad scare in January after
a warning dream and business was dulled until March, and the
actual end of this Lunar aspect only occurred on May 21st, when
there was a violent disturbance with B.'s relations, and much threatened
danger to myself. In comparing B.'s horoscope with my own, readers
may be interested to learn that on the very day she was born, I was,
while driving in a pony trap, nearly involved in a serious collision with
the Earl of X.'s carriage ; and that B. during the most unhappy por-
tion of my association with her was acquainted with one N. X.—a
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natural relation, so it is reported, of the great family. The coincidence

seems worth mentioning.
There were no recognised lunar aspects until June. April and
May were very fair months from a business point of view. Probably
owing to the 0 d 5 and 5 A V.
June: <?.—Tolerably good for associations, but generally
doubtful.
Actual Experience.—After my very unpleasant experience with
B. and her relatives, I "cut" every friend I had among the opposite
sex. I would have no more of them, so I thought; but strange as it
may seem I never prosper in business unless I am spending part
of my income on some girl friend—the neighbourhood calls them
"sweethearts." My business entirely subsided during June, so as I
could bear up no longer, I "made it up" with as many as would be
reconciled, ami business rose most splendidly in July. As may be seen
from my horoscope, I am very much interested in and am very fond
of children (ruler in V.), and from July onwards I became particularly
friendly with the native whose horoscope is shown below and whom I
will call C.
C.
X. XI. XII. I. II. 111.
115 "12G ^14 f 29 =16 H4
O B 5 ? .t 2/ '? IJI f
iiy «S3 mio iijiSst. iiy il6 117 1118 U18IV
C. is a child of 1+ and although I have since taken her and her
brothers out motoring and spent money on them we were fond of each
other before I had given her a thing. The acquaintance with this
child and the opportunities it has brought me for a better and (particu-
larly as regards thought) a purer life, has helped—if I may quote Mr.
Thos. Hardy—to make me "the best of men"; the influence, no
doubt, of S p. A b p.
There was no apparent result from the Moon in affliction with
the ascendant or B o *?. August was a pleasant month from a social
point of view. Business was very fair as well. During the end of
August I made the acquaintance of C.'s step-sister, aged 22. We
became very friendly, and although she was bringing her acknowledged
suitor home, we went out together surreptitiously when the suitor could
be conveniently avoided. I give this girl's map, D., and it may be
 HOROSCOPES OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE 203

pointed out that her birthday is the 21st of May, the actual day on
which there was the final and violent disturbance with B.'s relatives.
D.
X. XI. XII. I. 11. in.
= 23 *24 Tn 1129 n 15 at z
OUS? i n h IJIT
lit n 12 «16 iial^ -121^ 112 —DO
Readers will see why we met, also the possibilities of such an
acquaintance, which was a pleasant and fortunate one ; as after each
outing a fresh burst of surprisingly successful business came my way.
All the secret excursions between myself and D. were known to C.,
her step-sister, who has been and still is very loyal to us.
September: DA —Influence doubtful.
Actual Experience.—Was busy socially and otherwise. Pleasant
associations with C. and D. and nice experiences on the 21st and 28th.
October and November: D^ U.—Indicates a wasteful period.
Actual Experience.—Expenditure quite double what I intended
it to be, but income very fair, so I was able to stand it. Social
experiences good on the whole.
Same Period: D parallel !?. Very bad all round aspect.
Actual Experience.—This aspect did not take effect until January, or
else it was entirely quashed by the solar aspect of the O A
December to February, 1911 : D^ W-—Indefinite and weak.
Actual Experience.—Am not quite sure which aspect to credit my
experiences to, but they seem more like the effects of D par. h
than anything else at times. Was a little uncertain about funds on
December 23rd but received some good cheques on the 24th and spent
a delightful day buying sweets and other things for all the children I
know. Took C. and D. and their two brothers by car to Brighton on
the 27th and had a pleasant time. Some disturbance with one of my
Editors during the early part of January and little business during that
month and February. Was most happily associated with D. on
February 11th and 18th and these were very good business weeks as a
result. During the month of February and the beginning of March,
1911, made strenuous efforts to obtain permanent employment again,
but have not succeeded in making the change up to the time of
writing (March 8th).
A. B. C. D.
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iSatibifg fur ^ing Solomon

I suppose most students of Astrology (we are most of us

enthusiasts) carry it into everyday life. As Mr. Micawber, contem-
plating emigration to Australia, fixed with a critical eye the bullocks
in the streets of Canterbury, so we scan the faces of the passers-by,
and call them Taureans, or Piscians, or whatever they may seem. I
confess that I often pause, as I read a book, to speculate about the
chief zodiacal sign or planetary influence of its author. I flatter
myself that I can detect Gemini at a glance, or Leo; I think I know
Cancer or Virgo, and as for Scorpio, I believe I am never mistaken
when it is strong in the horoscope of the writer: this, of course, because
it is so strong in my own. Some times one can prove this positively,
as, for instance, when I first made the acquaintance of Sir Thomas
Browne, the delightful author of " Religio Medici." From the opening
page I was certain that he was fathoms deep in the eighth sign ; every
sentence, every topic strengthened me, and when I came to his own
deliberate statement: " I was born when the watery sign Scorpio was
rising upon the earth " : I was pleased and proud, but it was only a
matter of course.
Just so certain am I that King Solomon was a Scorpian, with a
good deal of Leo in him. His nativity had probably been cast, for the
jews had brought away much Astrology from Egypt, and that they
had a national taste for it is shown by the energy with which they took
to it after the captivity. Besides, being what I believe him to be, he
would turn to occultism wherever he could find it. I amuse myself by
drawing his map roughly with Sun and Mercury rising in the Ascen-
dant in Scorpio, with Jupiter and Moon in conjunction in Midheaven
in Leo, and Mars and Herschel in Aquarius in the fourth house. The
other jplanets I pass, for there are limits even to the astrological
imagination, but it may interest some of my fellow students to read
how I work out my fancy.
In a native of Scorpio, we may expect to find :—(i) Shrewdness
and subtlety, that may amount to Wisdom; (ii) A profound and
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abiding, though it may be carefully masked sense of the Eternal, and

the Powers and Forces that lie behind and work through material
things; (iii) A determination for mastery, either of self or others;
(iv) Passional experiences, often of a degrading kind, yet always with
a capacity for asceticism, and a conviction that this latter is the better
way; (v) A bitter contempt for folly and the Fool in all forms;
{vi) Mordant and incisive speech ; (vii) A grave and sombre fancy,
with a taste for some form of science; (viii) Firmness and tenacity
that may shew itself as revenge or cruelty or lack of scruple; (ix) A
highly developed sense of hearing ; (x) Thoroughness and attention to
detail.
Following up these characteristics, we find, in the records of
Solomon's acts and words :
(i) The famous Judgment of Solomon: one of the shrewdest of
human verdicts. His wide reputation for Wisdom, and the writings
attributed to him. Whether they were all his, or not, matters little.
They represent the public opinion of him, a nation's wisdom. With-
out fear of cavil, we may allow to him the gift of Wisdom, often that
of the Serpent: sometimes that higher development which he touched
in his prayers.
(ii) Religion runs through all we hear of him. He had the
passion for righteousness so characteristic of his race, his building of
the Temple ; his majestic prayers; his criticism of life, "Fear God
and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of Man."
Even in age, when he had fallen away from his early rectitude, he
was entangled in religions, and raised altars to Ashtaroth, Chemosh,
and Molech. Superstition, the bane of the religious temperament, was
heavy upon him.
(iii) He made a clean sweep of his enemies. He condemned in
season and out of season sloth and idleness, the sluggard and the
weakling. He declared ; " He that hath no rule over his spirit, is like
a city that is broken down and without walls." " He that is slow to
anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit than he
that taketh a city."
(iv) " And Solomon had seven hundred wives, princesses, and
three hundred concubines, and his wives turned away his heart." Yet
what writer in any language has spoken so trenchantly of the abomi-
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nations of the Strange Woman ? Again and again he cries that " the
dead are there " and that " her house is the house of hell, going down
to the chambers of death." Past Master in sensuality, he avers that
it is essentially destruction, and the accursed thing.
(v) No one has lashed the Fool more unmercifully. In a thousand
phrases—so many that it were superfluous to attempt quotation,—he
pours out his contempt and sarcasm on those unfortunates whose backs
call for the rod and their mouths for strokes.
(vi) "The words of the wise are as goads." Certainly Solomon's
were; "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick"; "A soft answer
turneth away wrath": "Thou knowest not what a day may bring
forth" : "A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity," etc., etc., etc.
(vii) Melancholy and gravity are the prevailing notes of his literary
work. Not his the joy, the lyric and the dance of his father David,
and Ecclesiastes, (whether his work or not) rings with World-Sorrow,
tcedium vitse, and a noble resignation at the best of things and times.
His interest in natural science is shewn by the record that " he spake
of trees, from the tree that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that
springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowls, and
of creeping things, and of fishes."
(viii) Note Solomon's treatment of Shimei and Joab : the ruthless
way of their execution that they might be out of his path.
(ix) His abhorrence of noise is made clear by the striking fact
that " there was no hammer nor axe nor any sound of tool heard in
the temple while it was in building "—a fine idea, which mostScorpios
can appreciate. His sense of rhythm is shown in his superb prayers ;
his love of melody by the legend that " his songs were a thousand and
five."
(x) The wealth of the detail of the Temple, and of his own house,
read like a fairy tale. The gathering of his proverbs was a work of
infinite patience and care.
All these traits, I think, make a fair portrait of a strong Scorpian,
but he was more than this. The Leo influence may be traced in his
love of splendour, his dramatic and scenic effects, his ceremonial, his
banquets, his gold and silver, ivory, apes and peacocks. Moon in Leo,
opposition Mars, might very well revel among wives and concubines.
 A NATIVITY FOR KING SOLOMON

especially if she were conjunction Jupiter, for I always consider the

opposition or bad aspect of Mars and Jupiter as of serious disadvan-
tage. But the conjunction in Mid-heaven would give abounding
vitality; favours of women ; great organising capacity, honours and
high station—life on the grand scale. To Moon in Leo belongs (if to
Solomon at all) the Song of Songs, that amatory masterpiece. Scorpio
alone would never have created the lavish magnificences of Solomon
—would not have commanded public feastings weeks in duration,
would have been content with a smaller religious sacrifice than two
and twenty thousand oxen and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep :
would not have indulged such a passion for gold plate: would not have
stood before the newly built altar, in the presence of all Israel,
dramatically spreading out hands towards Heaven. These things are
of Leo, and I think, of Jupiter there; Jupiter conjunction Moon.
But at the end, the close of life, there is trouble. The fourth
house holds Mars and Herschel. Sudden changes, sudden enemies
arise ; a failing judgment and superstitious terrors are indicated. But
Mars is in Aquarius, where he is chastened, and Aquarius is the home
of Herschel, and the Ascendant Sun, with the powerful Mid-heaven
are not to be gainsaid; the worst does not happen. Thunder clouds
gather, but the storm does not break yet; Solomon sleeps with his
fathers, and his name and his wisdom are great among us to this day.
This, of course, is merely an astrological fancy, a literary essay
of one to whom the Ancient Science is very real. It is humbly sub-
mitted in the hope that it may meet with the patience of some who
are like-minded.
Antares.

Mundane Astrologv,—J. W. writes, under date of aSyj/'n : "Three

months since [see p. 47, February issue] I predicted financial trouble for the
Goveniment about 20th March, but the Government would get the better.
The Naval Estimates were taken on the 16th and 20th March, and we know
the opposition. Finance is again uppermost in Parliament about 12th May,
and about 19th May there will be a critical division—probably the Veto Bill.
The Lunation of 28th April is evil for finance in the first week of May and
threatens heavy mortality from 12th to 14th. In the U.S. attention is given
to the foreign policy of the President, especially in the third week.
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(S<ri«)

XI. THE SIGN CANCER

Part IV.—Summary and Conclusion

It is no light task to attempt a summary of what has been said

on the sign Cancer by the nine contributors whose papers have been
quoted, for the most part, exienso; and still more difficult is it,
when beside all this the duty of the compiler prescribes that he should
incorporate (so far as possible) the many suggestions, hints, items of
experience, and what not, thrown out in the course of those verbal
discussions of which the papers already printed are but the flowers
and the fruit.
With regard to these, it is significant that though a great
deal was said about the Moon, very little was said about the sign
Cancer; which leads one to the conclusion that not much is really
known about the sign. In fact the general attitude seemed to be that
described by Beta when |he says (p. 65): " The single clue I had was
that its ruler was the Moon; and that seemed only to make confusion
worse confounded, since the Moon was an entity even more vague and
shadowy to me than my early conception of the sign Cancer." And
the statements made about the Moon hardly help us because they
assume a knowledge of the Moon's nature and influence, whereas it
will be remembered that the very essence and intention of this Series
is to deduce the nature of the planets from the influence of their signs
as manifested in humanity. For, as said in the first Article:—
" It must be remembered that of the planetary influences in themselves
we know nothing; we only know them as manifested to us through
the Signs of the Zodiac, which may be regarded as the ' windows'
through which alone we can look out on them " : (MODERN ASTRO-
LOGY, Vol. VI., New Series, p. 159). Our task is not to determine
Cancer from the Moon, but the Moon from Cancer; our purpose, as
clearly stated in the first Article already cited (p. 159, Vol. VI.), is" t0
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS ZOQ

examine each sign in turn and to extract from it as far as possible its
central idea or tendency, its'dharma'; next, by synthesising two of
these, say Aries and Scorpio, we shall be able to arrive at some notion
of the same central ' tendency ' of its planet."
This by the way.

Casting the mind back, then, and surveying the rich field of
observation and suggestion which this discussion has provided, among
the multitude of characteristics ascribed or imputed to Cancer, there
are a few which stand out with emphatic distinctness;—" mother-
hood,"—" love of home,"—" 7-foldness,"—" absorptiveness orsuctional
propensities,"—"caution,"—" wall-making faculty."
These seem at first sight quite distinct and diverse attributes,
altogether unrelated. If, then, some point of view can be reached by
which they are brought into focus, into correlation, under a single idea,
may it not fairly be claimed that such idea is really the " central
tendency " of the sign Cancer ?
Let us see if this cannot be attempted.
The Moon has now for a long time been thought of as a represen-
tative of the Personality, and therefore there will seem to be no great
novelty in assuming Cancer, its house, to be intimately connected with
the phenomena of incarnation. Indeed this is already implied, in one
sense, in the association of Cancer with Maternity. The Ancient
Wisdom tells us that the human " self" is sevenfold—a Higher Triad
and a Lower Quaternary. And the phenomenon of incarnation consists,
essentially, in a putting forth by the Higher Triad of a portion of
itself to be its representative in the world of matter. This representa-
tive is the " Lower Quaternary " spoken of in Theosophical books as
the Personal Man, the Illusory Self, the Lower Ego, the Mortal Man;
there are a host of names.* This lower self is the vehicle of the Higher
Self, and is His only representative on the physical plane.
The link between the Divine Triad and the Lower Quaternary is
termed Antahkarana. This " antahkarana " appears to fulfil very
much the same function, relatively, as regards the Ego and its vehicle
the Personality, that the tube from the air-pump does to the submerged

• Possibly this is the esoteric meaning—or one of the esoteric meanings—of the
masonic R.A.. the Stone Cube of which Beta speaks on pp. 115, 117?
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diver ; it both keeps the diver alive, and enables hiin to communicate
his observations to those whose interest he is subserving in his search.
It would seem as though Cancer may be very fitly thought of as
representing Antahkarana, the " link " between the Ego and its vehicle.
A great many of the characteristics attributed to Cancer seem to be
explained by, seem indeed to be necessary corollaries of, this
hypothesis.
Take for instance meditation, and the interpretation of the
Fourth Commandment as given by Be/a. The necessity of preserv-
ing the vital connection between the Ego and its vehicle through the
link of antahkarana is laid great stress upon by H.P.B. It is true
that at one stage on the path antahkarana is to be destroyed ;* but
until that stage is reached—and it is a very advanced one—antah-
karana is to be preserved and nourished as a priceless link with the
spiritual part of man.f " It is only when we are indissolubly linked
with the essence of the Divine Mind, that we have to destroy antah-
karana."!
Perhaps the explanation given by Mr. Leadbeater in The hitter
L.iieh may help us to grasp the idea underlying the word antahkarana.
He says: (p. +21) " In order to understand this matter fully we must
think of that portion of the ego, which is awakened on the third sub-
plane of the mental (remembering always how small a fraction even
that is of the whole) as itself divided into three parts: (a) that which
remains on its own plane; (6) that which is put down, but remains
unentangled in lower matter; and (c) that which is thoroughly entangled
with lower matter and receives vibrations from it. These are arranged
in a descending scale, for just as (a) is a very small part of the real
Ego, so (b) is but a small part of (a), and (c) in turn a small part of (b).
The second acts as a link between the first and third [italics ours] ;
we may symbolise (a) as the body, (b) as the arm stretched out, and (c)
as the hand which grasps, or perhaps rather the tips of the fingers
which are dipped into matter.
" Voice oj the Silence, Sixth Edition, p. 71. footnote.
f Secret Doctrine, III., p. 522.
I Ibid., p. 523.
§ T.P.S.. 161. New Bond Street, price 6s. net, post free. The reference hero
is to the whole of pp. 410 to 442. (Also printed in The Theosophist, XXX., pp. 331.
343)
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 211

"We have here a very delicately balanced arrangement, which

may be affected in various ways. The intention is that the
hand (c) should grasp firmly and guide the matter with which
it is entangled, being fully directed all the time by the body («)
through the arm (6). Under favourable circumstances additional
strength, and even additional matter, may be poured from («)
through (6) into (c), so that the control may become more and
more perfect: (c) may grow in size as well as in strength, and the
more it does so the better, so long as the communication through (6) is
kept open freely and (<7) retains control. For the very entanglement
of the causal matter which constitutes (c) awakens it to a keen activity
and an accuracy of response to fine shades of vibration which it could
gain in no other way, and this, when transmitted through {b) to (<7),
means the development of the ego himself."
The passage quoted is hardly sufficient to explain the whole matter
for which the entire article should really be studied; but the itali-
cised portion will serve our particular end, which is to indicate the nature
and function of Antahkarana, and the double purpose it fulfils, namely
supplying life to the personality and experience to the Ego. It is in
effect triple, rather than dual, in its function : (l) it is itself, the link;
(2) to the personality, it is the Higher Mind ; (3) to the Ego, it is the
Lower Mind, the personality.
The lower mind is sometimes spoken of as the link between the
Ego and his vehicle, and so in a sense it truly is; yet let it not be
supposed that antahkarana is but the Lower Mind. H. P. B. is very
explicit upon this, saying (S.O. III. 522): "let [the student] view
the lower Manas, or Mind, as the personal Ego during the waking
state, and as Antahkarana only during those moments when it aspires
towards its Higher Ego, and thus becomes the medium of communi-
cation between the two [italics ours]. It is for this reason that it is
called the ' Path.' Now, when a limb or organ belonging to the physical
organism is left in disuse, it becomes weak and finally atrophies. So
also is it with mental faculties; and hence the atrophy of the lower
mind-function, called Antahkarana, becomes comprehensible in both
completely materialistic and depraved natures."
Have we not here the explanation of the two contrasting tenden-
cies of Cancer, its devout nature and its persistent clinging to religious
4X2 MODERN ASTROLOGY

customs, ceremonies, etc., on the one hand, and its sometimes-

manifested utter materialism and self-centredness in physical life on the
other ? The former, where (b) is still the channel of communication
between (tr) and (c); the latter, where that channel has become more
or less closed ?
The value of " meditation " as a means of keeping the link
actively vital, is made clear by Mr. Leadbeater on pp. 382, 383 of
the work already quoted.
But the entire suggestiveness of this association of Cancer with
antahkarana will hardly be appreciated unless we remind ourselves
that (a), (b), (c), alike consist of the saute " matter of the third mental
sub-plane " (op. cit. 420, 421), although in a slightly different condi-
tion. Hence if Cancer corresponds with Antahkarana, (6), it also
corresponds with («) the causal body and (c) the personality. And
t is interesting to point out in this connection that Mr. Alan Leo in
Astrology for AH (p. 24) says of Cancer that '"it is symbolic of the
film or auric egg that contains the whole."

The further pursuance of this idea may be deferred until the sign
Leo has been considered. For the present it will suffice to regard
Cancer merely as antahkarana, the link or "Jacob's Ladder"
between the ego and his vehicle.
Space will hardly admit of taking the Cancer characteristics and
expounding their relation to Antahkarana seriatim ; and indeed, that
may fairly be left to the reader to do for himself. The sense of
" solidarity " may be interpreted in a spiritual sense, surely; and so
may " home "—for is not the Ego the borne of the personality ? In-
sistence,—profuseness,—saturability,—exuberance,—may not all these
be explained as natural concomitants of the downflow of the vivid
life of the ego through antahkarana to the personality ?
One characteristic however—the " wall-making " faculty—can
hardly be so viewed, and it becomes a matter of moment to examine
into its real nature, in order to see if that whose very essence seems
to be to separate, can, by any method of interpretation, be found to
connect, to link, to join.
Perhaps we are apt to regard the whole question of wall-building,
house-making, division-raising—rather superficially. There is an old
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 213

Chinese proverb, quoted once before in this series, to the effect that
" the hollow in the bowl is of more importance than the bowl, for the
bowl is made for the sake of the hollow " ; and this might be para-
phrased by saying that the gate in the wall is of more importance
than the wall, for the wall is made for the sake of the gate; the house
is made for the sake of the door;—a house without a door would be
no house but a prison, a tomb.
Is not the very limitation furnished by Cancer—be it wall, skin,
film, word, personality—contrived not for a restriction but for an
intensification of life, of manifestation ?
Suppose we take the natural process of cell-multiplication by
'fission'; a simple cell becomes divided by a septum, a wall, and
this is but a prelude to an intensification of the life within that cell,
so that in due time each half becomes itself a cell complete, independent,
and yet conforming to the same organising, directing life that built the
first. The multiplication is produced by means of division, paradoxi-
cal though it sounds, because we are not dealing with inert matter and
mechanical grouping of rigid units, but with a Living Being seeking
progressive expression in ever more complex forms. Biologically and
chemically, life is the construction of complex forms from simple ones ;
decay and death being the converse of this, the resolution of complex
forms into simpler ones ; and it is for this reason that Liebig's term
' fermentation ' as applied to the bio-chemical phenomena of digestion
(20) is unhappily chosen, fermentation being essentially a putrefactive
process,—destructive not constructive,—in which complex hydro-
carbons are resolved into simpler {e.g., sugar into alcohol and carbon-
dioxide), whereas digestion is the alimentation of comparatively
simple vegetable or dead-animal matter into a highly specialised
condition suitable for immediate conversion into living tissue.
We are attempting to study the Zodiacal Signs from tvilhin, as
it were, to grasp at their LIFE, and therefore we must be careful to
avoid the mistake of judging a sign only by the mere manifestation of
its attributes without attempting to divine the motive of that mani-
festation. Anyone can see that Cancer is interested in land and
housing, wall-making, distinction-perceiving, personifying. But it
needs a certain degree of the intuitive faculty, in those not born under
this sign, to arrive at the motive of it.
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The underlying motive of all Cancer activity may be said to be

a two-fold aim—profusion of life, perfection of form. Where the
former o'ertops the latter, it " runs to seed "; where the latter the
former, it tends towards decay.
The finest exhibition of the Cancer ideal before the world to-day,
is to be found in the still unmatched splendours of Egyptian architec-
ture, which in its very ruins casts into the shade the demure grace of
Greece alike with the proud pomp of Rome, its silent majesty
compelling awe. Beauty is here, and strength; yet who shall say
which crowns the other ?
A man is known by his handwriting, a nation by its fanes. And
what Cancer may be, let Egypt tell.

Addendum
A brief enumeration may be made of a few of the many interesting
items which, as explained before, could hardly find a place else-
where. In reference to Alpha's statement that Cancer people
recuperate best at home, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's well-known con-
tempt for what is called "exercise" and "recreation" may be
mentioned: Mr. Henry Labouchere (surely also a Cancer man)
likewise makes a boast of taking little or no exercise.
One observer remarked that Cancer seemed to furnish a number
of " stock types," so to speak, of humanity, and described the Cancer
temperament as the infantile temperament, being so very greatly
influenced by environment. It might be said to furnish the " common
stock" for a race or people, being so very 'colourless* in its nature.
In a general sense the life-forces may be said to flow in and out
through Cancer, the body cells being charged either with the etheric
life of the Sun (monadic essence) or that of the Moon (elemental
essence); a certain part was alive with the solar life, a certain part
with the lunar, and the aim should be to make every cell consciously
active, i.e., responsive to the monadic life.
In relation to meditation, the following quotation from the
Bhagavaii-Gita (ii. 58) seems appropriate: " When, again, as a
tortoise draws in on all sides its limbs, he withdraws his senses from the
objects of sense, then is his [the disciple's] understanding (prajna)
well-poised."
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 215

One writer seemed to have in his mind some such thought as has
been expressed in this Summary in the reference to Antahkarana,
finishing a brief essay with a few lines which will form a very suitable
conclusion to the present chapter. Speaking of the gradual unfold-
ment of life, of the upward progress of the infant soul, he traces the
first dawning of the intellect: "Henceforward," he says, "the silver
light of the Moon will illumine the way of the Human Soul until the
day dawn when the Sun shall be revealed. Then it may be that the
wanderer will cry
" Thou Builder of this taberuacle—Thou I
I kuow Thee ! Never shall Thou build again
These walls of pain,
Nor raise the roof tree of deceits, nor lay
Fresh rafters on the clay ;
Broken Thy house is, and the ridge pole split I
Delusion fashioned it I
Safe pass I thence—deliverance to obtain."

[The next Article of this Series will be " The Sign Leo."]

MY CANAAN
My promised land, how straitly barred
With grim Reserve's unbroken ward,
By cities fenced with moated pride,
My greatest foe, Myself, inside.
My Canaan, clad with corn and vine.
In hope and dream and promise mine,
What heathen hordes of passion stand
Along thy inarch, my promised land !
Conld I in midnight raid surprise
The fords of Jordan, still there lies
A wary, bold and countless host
About the fields I covet most.
O God, forbid my love of ease
To treat with enemies like these I
Alas, how bare would Canaan be
Did passion share the spoil with me I
A. \V. in the Daily Chronicle.
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Ifettas io ti)£ (Ebitor

Letters of general interest only are inserted. Writers of signed articles are
alone responsible for the opinions contained therein. Correspondents desiring
reply must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith Where any topic of a controversial
nature is the subject of comment, it is expected that differences of opinion will be
expressed courteously, and all offensive personal references avoided.
Note.—Will Correspondents please remember (t) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only; (2] that planetary positions, as
uvU as birth data, should always be given where possible; and (3) that information
should be put as concisely as is compatible with clearness? Neglect of these
considerations causes many otherwise valuable letters to be excluded from these
pages
Letters are inserted at the earliest possible opportunity, but are sometimes
unavoidably held over through lack of space.

" To Wed or not to Wed ? "

I.
Dear Sir,
I am greatly interested in the question raised by your con-
tributor " Uranus " on p. 132, March issue. I am not capable ol
udging the influences of this special Map, but the whole question
raised in the letter has puzzled me in the past. I have come to the
conclusion that we cannot escape the consequences of causes set in
motion in the past. Should we avoid (by our own will) the means of
paying off the debt in one direction—we shall inevitably find that it
fronts us in some other way.
But is it not better to face the " hill " bravely, march breast-
forward, and so, as Mrs. Leo beautifully expresses it—not only wipe
the slate of the past, but even glory in the opportunity of blotting out
our debts ?
"Sun in Aries."
II.
Dear Sir,
(l) The letter of " Uranus " concerning Neptune afflicted
in VII. raises some interesting points. In the attributes of other
houses, while there is always a possibility of extreme courses, there is
also the choice of a mean ; but with regard to the Marriage tie only
two extremes are open, choice or rejection. This House would thus
seem to be for many natures the point where Karma becomes most
active and insistent, as is to be expected from the potent good or evil
 LKTTERS TO THE EDITOR 217

■engendered by the close and continued relationships of the past.

Again we have the ethical point as to whether, if we avoid such
Karma (as for this life we seem able to), will it not be repeated in
much the same form ? The answer would seem to depend on whether
the particular piece of Karma is chiefly a debt to be paid to some
other person, or whether it is more a lesson we have to learn ourselves.
If the latter, then surely by recognising the problem and studying it,
" Uranus " is already dissolving the bond and escaping the necessity of
actual experience. But if it is the former, then the bond will. hold
until the debt is discharged. From the practical point of view it is
difficult to say to what extent a Neptune affliction can be modified by
a student of Astrology when once the existence of the limitation is
recognised and accepted, for despite the numerous advanced Egos in
whom Neptune is appreciably active, why have we such lamentably
few and tentative statements of its influence ? If " Uranus " is looking
for actual advice then it is easy to suggest that no partnership, co-
work or marriage be arranged without first examining the horoscope
of the other person involved, and in which, if the mutual harmonies
and attractions be sufficiently strong, no " directed " influences in life
are likely to be potent enough to cause any great disaster.
(2) Referring to"Mafrra's" letter in February M.A. and the
theory of an outpouring of energy at noon, I should like to suggest
another period when a somewhat similar outpouring probably takes
place with regard to the individual,Tiamely, at the exact entry of the
Sun into each sign. Thus a nativity whose Sun is within the first
degree of any sign will probably find that in many recurring years that
particular day (the birthday) is often a time at which critical events
occur. If this is so it would be interesting to have corroboration from
other students. The one case, however, which I have noted is so
remarkable that the theory seems at least worth discussing.
Neptune in VII.

Prize Competition No. 17

Dear Sir,
Kindly allow me to express my many thanks for the copy
of The Progressed Horoscope which I have chosen for my prize in
Competition No. 17. I have already been very interested in reading
it, and if I may give my opinion on its contents I must say it is a
beautifully written work, and I am delighted to possess a copy of it.
I am pleased to have won a prize, and hope to be able to compete
again on a future occasion.
Emily Isherwood.
Dear Sir, ^
I must thank you very much for the book sent me, How to
Judge a Nativity, Part II. It looks most interesting, and I hope to
be able to learn a lot from it, and am pleased to have It.
M. Matthews.
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Dreams the Profit of Sleep

Dear Sir,
In the February number of MODERN ASTROLOGY I find
on page 69 dreams defined as the profit of sleep.
If the writer of this is unacquainted with cuneiform writing he
will be interested to know that the ideogram for " dream " in Assyrian
is made up of the ideograms for interest (i.e. revenue) and nighty
thus:—
interest or Assr. TO I ETC' ideogram
revenue
night „ MUSHU „

dream „ SHL'LTU „ ^
There are of course many compound ideograms of this kind in Assyrian,.
e.g., the ideogram for rain is formed from the ideograms for water and
heaven, the ideogram for tears from the ideograms for water and eye.
J. R. Erskine.

The Sixth House and Its Relation to Health

In the Manual No. VT., viz., Mr. Green's The "Reason Why " in
Astrology, page 80, after expounding the various meanings of the
sixth house, I find these words; "The other subject, disease,
SAID TO BE RULED BY THE SIXTH HOUSE, IS NOT QUITE CLEAR."
Now, if you would allow me to put in a word on the subject, I
would say the following :
If it is true that common signs establish and that this
acting through air becomes intellect, and through fire emotion, that is
intellectual or emotional relation between the Self and the Not-Self,
then acting through earth it should become body or function, that is
bodily or functional relation between the Self and the Not-Self. But
Virgo is an intellectual sign, which clearly shows that all functional
relation between Self and Not-Self is wholly relevant of the mental
plane. New thought is quite agreed on this point to-day when there
is so much talk about mind cure, and in Prentice Mulford's Gift of the
Spirit, about mental medicine, these words are quite sigrftficant: " The
next step is to realise that the mind is the seat of all disease, that
whatever thought is painful to the mind is a pain and cause of weakness
to the body."
Common signs are sattvic, co-ordinative, harmonisers; this here-
shows that in all functional relations, when the mind is in order, viz.,
when the mental relations between Self and Not-Self, between the
individual and the surroundings are harmonious, orderly, the bodyfeels-
at ease, and when disorderly or inharmonious, bodily or functional
disease is the result.
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 2ig

Mr. Green says further; "The sixth house's bearing upon the
subject probably results from the part of the body governed by the
house, namely the small intestine and probably the liver and pancreas
as well as that part of the sympathetic nervous system which controls
these organs. When these are disordered the whole body suffers."
Quite so; all these are functional items and everybody knows that
these are precisely the particular functional ailments which attend all
mental worry or over-exertion.
Then: ' Raphael, the Hebrew name of the angel of Mercury,
implies healing." So indeed in a quiet and harmonious attitude of the
mind is the secret of the cure for all functional disorders, the secret of
our modern psychotherapy; so in the common quality of Virgo and
> mental influence of Mercury lies the true healing power to cure any
sickness arising from wrong relation between the Self and the Not-
Self on the physical plane, in earthy qualifications, or say between the
body and the earthy environment, which relation is the special meaning
of the Sixth House.
Organic life is in itself rather muscular, but the functional side
•of it depends almost entirely on the nervous system, and then Mercury
in Astrology rules the nervous system. As it is astrologically stated
that the sixth house and the sign Virgo are governed by Mercury, so
and in the same exact correspondence it is scientifically stated to-day
that the functional relations of the body are governed by the Mind,
the nenpus system being, as everyone knows, the true intermediary or
connecting channel between the mind and the body.
Jules Fermaud.

Preferential Marketing
Dear Sir,
1 have just been thinking that if certain countries or
divisions of our globe are more favourable than others for our health,
it may be possible that where circumstances bind us to the land of our
birth we may do the next best thing by partaking of the grain, fruits
and vegetables of those places xvhich our horoscopes show to be
Javourable to us.
For if we argue that the planetary influences have greater
sympathy for some quarters of our globe than others, then it stands to
reason that the things grown in those quarters must partake, more or
less, of those influences. Consequently, if Australia is shown in our
horoscope to be the best place for us from the standpoint of health,
and we are unable to go there, then possibly the next best thing we can
do is to partake of food-stuffs grown there. It might be placed in the
form of an aphorism, thus : Let your food be that which is grown in
those countries which the horoscope shows to be best for your health.
This is a point which we should be able to settle, one way or the
other, by a little personal investigation.
" Euodao."
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Damaged in Transit
Dear Sir,
I find that my copies of Modern Astrology suffer
considerably in the post. The last copy that 1 received had apparently
been folded in four, and stuffed in the letterbox !
A piece of stiff cardboard or a cardboard envelope (such as
photographs are sent in) would obviate this kind of damage.
Many subscribers would probably prefer to secure immunity from
mutilation for their Magazines even at an increased cost of subscription.
G. R.
[We think our correspondent's experience is exceptional. At any rate,
it would seem that a word to the local Sorting Office would prevent any repe-
tition of such very unnecessary damage. However, if any other readers find
similar cause of complaint we shall be happy to meet them by supplying
Modern Astrology in damage-proof cardboard covers at a Special
Subscription Price of 10s. 6:/. per annum.—En.]

A Prize Winner's Suggestion

Dear Sir,
The suggestion of a prize winner published on p. 127 of
March issue has just come to my notice, and I beg to say that I think
the idea a very good one, and should be pleased to fall in with it if it
can be adopted.
Another way to gain a certificate might be for prize winners to
write an article upon a given subject chosen by the Editor, the best to
gain certificates and to be printed if of sufficient merit. As every one
of us individually have our own views and conceptions of Truth, in
Astrology as in every other thing, an interchange of ideas in this way
would I think be instructive to all.
Charlotte Ward.
Prize Winner in Competition Not. 11 and 16.
197, Queen's Road,
Hastings.
[We shall be glad to hear the views of other Prize Winners. The
suggestion made by MissWard appears tous anadmirable one,and to show
our appreciation we will at once suggest a subject: " A Brief Outline of
Astrology," suitable for a twenty-minutes' or half-hour lecture before any
audience of moderate education and culture ; the special object being to give
clear ideas on fundamental points. Those competing must have been twice
Prize Winners in Modern Astrology Prize Competitions.—Ed.]

Several important Reviews unavoidably held over.—Ed.

iWofcrru

A Journal Devoted to the Search for Truth Concerning Astrology

Vol. VIII. JUNE, 1911. No. 6.

Nkw Skries.

^bitor's ^IrsirlrstoriJ

Past, Present, and Future are significantly blended when notes of

travel and rapid changes are reviewed in the memory. Looking back to
April 10th, the day we left Madras to return westward, the succession
of events appears far too momentous to be crowded into one month's
" Observatory," being of such a character as to leave a lasting
impression upon our astrological minds.
Two very hot days were spent in the train which brought us to
Bombay, at 6 a.m., April 12th, where a loyal welcome awaited us, the
warmth of which was unequalled in any other town in India. From
the moment we were settled in our rooms, at the Taj Mahal Palace
Hotel, until we left, ten days later, we were actively engaged with our
astrological friends. Three motor cars and two pair-horse carriages
were at our disposal, and as many homes as we could visit.
* **
The cosmopolitan nature of Bombay must account for our unusual
reception in that town, for although our Parsi friends seemed the more
numerous our Hindu and Buddhist brethren were very kind.
Amongst our Parsi friends there stands out clear and bright the
genuine friendship of Mr. C. D. Limjee, an independent gentleman,
well connected, who was a youth in his teens when he took up the
study of Astrology at our hands nearly fifteen years ago; and although
unable to accept the kind offer of his charming house during our stay
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in Bombay, we did manage to spend a day and a night in his country

house at Anderhi, looking through his fine collection of astrological
books.
Mr. Limjee is generous to a fault where Astrology is concerned,
a past master in the art of reading nativities, having studied all the
authors, both ancient and modern, until he can quote chapter and verse
for any opinion he has to offer upon planetary positions in any horos-
cope ; and what is more valuable he is just as familiar with the Hindu
as with the European methods of interpreting the science. It is a
pleasure to be able to recommend those who require astrological
assistance to seek his aid, which he not only gives gratuitously, but
willingly, to all who are in earnest. He resides in a beautiful spot:—
Dhun Villa, Versoda Anderhi, nr. Bombay.
* *
It is remarkable how apparently small things often lead to great
events. A few words let fall at one of the astrological lectures
given in Bombay, concerning the unreliability of Hindu methods of
practising Astrology, stirred the Chairman—who is a devoted student
of the science—into an outburst of righteous indignation that led to
a conference the like of which I had been seeking during the whole of
my stay in India.
My unguarded remarks, spoken quite unwittingly, evoked all the
information I could hope for, and they were the cause of my gaining
more light upon the subject of Eastern Astrology than I had been able
to obtain during any of my previous conversations with native
astrologers, notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Padmanabhu Iyer, B.A.,
had been carefully preparing my mind for this revelation during our
many discussions on Hindu Astrology while at Madras. What I
received through this Conference, which brought me into actual contact
with a genuine Hindu astrologer, was however worth a thousand
conversations with those who were theoretical and not practical
astrologers.
■J: *
Mr. D. N. Coorlawalla, who had taken the chair at my lecture,
arranged for a Conference to be held at Girgaum in the bungalow of
Mr. Dharamsey Morarjee Goculdasfrom 9.30 to 11.30 a.m., April 19th
and 20th.
 THE EDITOR'S OBSERVATORY

Mr. Coorlawalla supported Pandit Sunder Deo Joshi, the well-

known astronomer and astrologer of Benares, a man well qualified to
enter into such an important debate as the one contemplated. He was
the direct pupil of the late Babu Deva Shashtry, C.I.E., Principal of
the Government College of Benares.
It was fortunate in this case that the Hindu astrologer under-
stood English, (for hitherto this has been the serious drawback, that
the Hindu astrologer could neither speak nor understand English), and
although an able interpreter was at hand in Mr. Coorlawalla, who knew
the Western as well as the Eastern methods, the principal members of
the Conference were able to understand each other without needing
to avail themselves of his assistance. Personally I found a good
supporter in Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe, who was equally interested in the
result of our debate.
* **
At the first day's Conference we were unable to make much head-
way, and the result of our two hours' work appeared to be disappoint-
ing, for the whole of the debate turned upon the relative values of the
fixed and the movable Zodiacs. The second day, however, was both
fruitful and conclusive, since it proved that the Hindu astrologer was
also an astronomer independent of Ephemerides or any other prepared
tables.
It would be extremely difficult to describe the small and valuable
instruments used by Hindu astrologers for calculating nativities, there-
fore, as I have been favoured by the promise of a set of these instruments,
on their arrival from Benares I will have them photographed and
reproduced in these pages, or exhibit them at these offices to any who
are interested.
* fc
A remark that was passed at this Conference is well worth placing
on record here. It was asserted by the Hindu astrologer that the real
science of Astrology would have died out within the next fifty years in
India, had not its revival taken place in the West under the present
favourable auspices. It was also stated that Eastern astrologers were,
at the present time, busily engaged in studying European methods. I
was also informed at this Conference that Astrology was considered
a sacred science, and that a father would not impart his knowledge to
his son unless he was satisfied that he had a sufficient knowledge of
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Astronomy. This also applies to the Guru or teacher of Astrology,

who will not hand on his knowledge to the pupil unless that pupil has
completed his studies in astronomy.
* *
On April 22nd we left Bombay in the S.S. " Mantua," with Mrs.
Besant and her wards, " Alcyone " and " Mizar." Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe
was also of the party. At Port Said we changed into the S.S. " Isis,"
and travelled home via Brindisi, arriving at Charing Cross Station on
the evening of the 3th of May, to find a large crowd of well wishers
waiting to greet the President of the Theosophical Society.
On arrival at the office of Modern Astrology on May 6th the
first thing to arrest my attention was the very large number of letters
which had been sent in response to the remarks on page 96 of March
issue. 11 is quite evident, f rom the number of letters to hand, that nearly
every reader as well as subscriber must have written for these" notes."
I cannot reply to each individually, I have not the time, but this has
decided the question as to the publication of these notes. It has also
settled the matter with regard to the publication of Esoteric Astrology.

ReroRMiNG the Calendar.—This is proposed to be done by calling

the first day of the year New Year's Day, making it a day apart, and not a
day of the week or month or quarter, so that the year will begin with a
Bank Holiday called New Year's Day. The next day will be January i,
and if started in rgia will be a Monday every year. There will be 30 days
in January and February and 31 in March, making a quarter of 91 days,
and so on for each successive quarter.
In Leap year another day called Leap Year Day, also a Hank Holiday,
is proposed to be intercalated between June 31 and July 1. This day also
will not be a day of the week or month or quarter. Incidentally Christmas
Day will always fall on a Monday. With these little though important
adjustments the calendar will run smoothly for all time with the least
possible disturbance of existing arrangements. Proper temporary provisions
as in 1752 are proposed for performance of contracts, birthdays, coming of
age and other matters.
The main advantage, however, will be the international fixing of Easter
and other movable feasts throughout Christendom.
Robert Pearce, M.P., in The Daily Chronicle, 15/4/'n.

An important article by Mr. H. S. Green on "Uranus in Mundane

Astrology," already in type, is unavoidably held over through pressure of
other matter.
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Inbibibual horoscope versus i^ational or Communal

disabilities

What, and how many, forces go to form a person's destiny ?

One, very important to the individual himself, is the configuration
of his own horoscope. This, the individual horoscope, is however
very incomplete and imperfect. Whole nations and communities
labour under various disabilities which it is impossible to read from the
individual horoscope. How far the stars affect whole communities or
nations, is a question that demands serious consideration at the hands
of advanced astrologers. Mere local influences of the stars are hardly
enough : and Mundane Astrology thus far appears to have stopped at
giving the signs and stellar influences operating upon localities,
completely ignoring communities.
To give examples from English history, astrologers foretold the
Plague and Great Fire of London : I am not aware of any one
attempting to foretell the Catholic Emancipation or the removal of the
Jewish Disabilities. And yet these surely to a very large extent
modify individual destiny.
These disabilities of nationalities and communities are of various
kinds. India may be called pre-eminently the land of communal and
national disabilities. We are now precluded from military'service. I
have come across several truly martial Indian nativities. This
morning, just before 1 began to write this, a man came to me who
would surely have made an excellent soldier. His palm also showed
courage and energy ; both mounts of Mars were prominent, the upper
phalanx of the thumb was large; the hand was large, the palm was
full.
On account of our disabilities he is now doing nothing. He has
been defrauded out of his small property and now has to get his living
anyhow.
Brahmins are precluded from manual work, from commerce, from
direct agriculture, etc. Although now several Brahmins have begun
to engage in trade and manufacture, it does not come natural to them'
I have come across some Brahmin nativities showing excellent business
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and manafacturing potentialities. One such is now a lawyer at Poona.

Numerous such instances of communal disabilities can be given.
Our political disabilities are well known. Were we rulers, the
Hon. Mr. Gokhale would probably be our President or Minister.
Those that now are being hanged or imprisoned like felons for loving
their country, very unwisely but too well, would have other destinies
before them: either as soldiers fighting for their country, or com-
mitting murders for anarchistic or socialistic principles. We cannot
say which.
These are only a few, a very few, instances of communal and
national disabilities. You in England too labour partially under
them. You being rulers for the time, advantages come more to your
share. Still, your Lords cannot be exponents of popular opinion in
the Commons, etc. Were I in England perhaps I would have named
others. It was fortunate that Mr. Gladstone was not born a peer.
Some disabilities are local: some national: some communal.
How do these affect destiny ? Can these limitations be read in
the nativity ? What are the nativities that break through these
limitations, and free themselves and their nation or community from
them? These are questions that need solution.
Besides these superimposed limitations, there are national and
communal peculiarities. These cannot be explained away by environ-
ment or the operation of the above named limitations, and the question
is, how far do these peculiarities and temperaments of the whole
community affect the individual ? Why have the communities their
peculiarities at all? And are these things shown in the individual
horoscope ?
To summarise, we have the following questions :
(i.) What are the conditions and causes (astrological, of course)
hat impose limitations upon whole Countries and Provinces ? Could
these and their nature be foretold ? I know plagues, famines, wars,
have been foretold : but I have not heard that the Lilly or Nostradamus
who foretold such events ever attempted to foretell the sufferings of
the Catholics under the Puritan Government.
(ii.) While the ruling signs of countries and nations have been
ascertained, has anybody tried to ascertain what signs rule whole
communities? For example, what astrological cause can be given
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for the present backward condition of the Moslem world ? for their
set-back at Tours ? What sign rules the Roman Catholics ? the
Protestants ? the Jews ?
(iii.) In forming individual destiny, what influence has the local
astrological condition: what the communal: and bow far do these
influences extend? For example, England is ruled by Aries. Say
the Jews by Capricorn. Now what will be the influence of England
(Aries) or Ireland (Taurus) or the United States of America (Gemini)
upon a Jew from Russia or Germany?
(iv.) Can these influences be ever read in a nativity ?
(v.) What are the nativities that break through these limitations ?
(vi.) Will the individual be subject—more or less—only to the civil
and religious abilities and disabilities of his community or country;
or is he also subject to its physical conditions and mental temperament ?

I have carefully considered these questions for some time past.

I am come to think that the horoscope of birth is but one of many
horoscopes that affect Destiny. Very probably the Earth herself
has her horoscope, i.e. stellar influences: each portion, civil and
physical, of her surface its own ruling sign and influences: so also
every kind of life—man, horse, etc.; every community, or nationality:
then every family, and lastly the individual. The individual destiny
is affected by ALL these, of course proportionately to the power of the
good or evil influence of each. If we could ascertain these variously
affecting influences, we perhaps might be able to foretell every minute
detail, and perhaps avoid many disasters.
I have observed several individuals of the same family name,
rising in prosperity, or falling into adversity, at about the same time.
In more than one instance I have come across persons of the same
family, but of different ages different professions, different habits, etc.,
and yet holding almost the same opinions.
These questions can hardly be satisfactorily settled by the obser-
vations or experience of a single individual. I have therefore
placed these before the readers of Modern Astrologv in order that
they may consider them and by collective effort help to solve them one
way or the other.
Satasa, India. Govtnd H. Keskar.
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IV.—A Strong Twelfth House Influence

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logy, is one which should be of interest to students. The life of the
native, a woman, has been more than ordinarily eventful and the
details were given to the writer personally by the native herself, who
is an Englishwoman though born and bred in Paris.
In appearance she is tall and well built; very light and quick in
her movements, with a round face, clear complexion and bright and
pleasing expression. The hair, dark brown and somewhat thin, grows
in an arch on the forehead, which is round and full. The eyes, blue
and set somewhat widely apart, are sincere and kindly; the whole
manner gentle and pleasing.
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The native was born with a " caul," and'is one of a large family ;
two only being girls. This sister appears to have been the favourite of
her mother. The native when a baby was put out to nurse and
neglected, with the result that at 18 months old she fell on the fire and
was terribly burned about the legs and body—the face escaping
however. Through this, she was unable to walk until 5 years of age.
At 13 she suffered from St. Vitus' Dance and spent some months in
hospital.
The native's mother appears to be a somewhat hard and
unsympathetic woman who has never shown any true motherly feeling
for this daughter. The latter in spite of this has never borne her
mother any ill-will, although it has been a great grief to her.
The year 1891 was particularly tragic—the native's mother being
chiefly instrumental in the breaking of her engagement. She was
much attached to her fianc6, and this so preyed on her mind that for
a short time she lost her reason. After this, the wound in her leg
caused by the burns she had received as a child, broke open afresh
and refused to heal. She entered hospital and a big operation was
then performed—the first of its kind in France—which was entirely
successful. This operation is known as Italian grafting; the one leg
being crossed over the other and a large piece of flesh cut on three
sides only from the upper and stitched to the under leg. The limbs
were then bound together and left thus for some considerable time,
the fourth side being finally cut and stitched and the legs separated.
The native walks easily and without the slightest limp.
In 1893 she married—not her former fiance, but a man of whom
her mother approved. She appears to have married chiefly because
she felt she was not wanted at home. The marriage turned out
disastrously, the man soon showing signs of being a heavy drinker and
gambler : he was also unfaithful to her. His brutality increased as
time went on, and in June, 1903, in a fit of drunkenness, he attacked
his wife, attempting to cut her throat: the scar is still visible. She
continued to live with him however until the autumn. In October he
kicked her in the abdomen, and this has since occasioned much
suffering, resulting some years later in a very serious operation.
The native left her husband in November, 1903—the last straw
being on the occasion when he brought to their home another woman
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and ordered his wife to prepare a meal for them. She left the house
in her slippers and never returned. She crossed to England, and
after being nursed for some weeks she entered into service there and
met with great kindness. None of her people were aware of her
hiding place during this period, but at the end of 1904 she procured a
divorce from her husband.
While in England the native made the acquaintance of a French-
man employed as an engineer and in 1906 she married this man and
returned to France with him. Their life together has been happy in
the extreme—a true union ; their chief anxiety being to keep their
whereabouts unknown to her former husband, who had joined the
theatrical profession.
Towards the end of 1908 the native was again compelled to enter
hospital; the kick she had received some years previously now
causing trouble. It was at first thought that she was enceiitfe, and
both husband and wife were delighted at the prospect of parenthood.
But a great disappointment awaited them, for in the spring of 1909
she had finally to undergo an operation which rendered all hope of
this impossible.
The opposition of Saturn to Uranus retrograde in fifth in the
sign Leo (a barren sign) would probably account for the native's
unusual love episodes and for the lack of offspring ; while Jupiter's
presence in the sixth, although in his detriment and retrograde, has
no doubt carried her safely through the severe illnesses. The position
of four planets, including her ruler Mars in conjunction with the Moon,
in the twelfth house may point to her long sojourns in hospital—though
the writer is not sure that this is conclusive. Both Neptune and the
twelfth house however, are said to be connected with hospitals; and
though some students would consider Neptune as being within orbs of
the first house, the nature of this planet is thought to be of a hamper-
ing, restricting kind, which would accentuate the pronounced twelfth
house influence.
One would certainly have expected Mars to be more heavily
afflicted considering the serious surgical operations undergone. The
* Directions ' might be worth studying in this respect.
M. L. S.
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Wir\jc £obmrnI au& ^Innetnrjj temperaments

(Serits)

XII. THE SIGN LEO

Part I.—The Fifth Commandment

In the discussion connected with this, as with the previous sign,

a very large quantity of matter was contributed, and it may be
of interest later to enquire why these two signs should be so exceed-
ingly productive in comparison with the others. For the present it
will be sufficient to note the fact.
In one respect however the investigation of this sign bore more
resemblance to that of Virgo. For here, as there, one paper evoked
what may best be described as a feeling of shocked disapproval on the
part of most of those present, a feeling which found vent in some half
dozen or more papers in which the writer's conclusions were ques-
tioned, or rather denied, and these were dealt with by him in a Reply
—much as in the case of Virgo before mentioned.
Of the soundness of the suggestions and observations which met
with this reception, and the value of the criticisms brought forward
against them, the reader will be able to judge for himself, for the
paper in question now follows. Its somewhat polemical style
undoubtedly " challenges" opposition, and the writer can hardly
have been surprised to find his strictures calling forth replies.
But it will only be fair to plead for Alpha's paper that it should
meet with a calm and judicial hearing before any decision is arrived
at upon the one or two controversial points with which it deals.
What is perhaps the most important suggestion made, is that the sign
Leo fulfils a similar function or corresponds to the Third Logos—a
suggestion which may usefully be borne in mind during those portions
of his article in which Alpha is discharging the functions of ' Devil's
Advocate.'
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The following paragraph, which the writer appends as a post-

script, may be quoted here :—" The svhole of this paper does but
embody the suggestions of a student, offered to other students; it
has no claim to any authority whatsoever, and the ideas should be
accepted, or rejected, on their merits alone. The frequent recurrence
of the first personal pronoun need not necessarily be looked upon as
proof of egotism ; it will be well to view it rather as a constant
reminder that the views expressed are but the opinions, or conclusions,
of the writer—who is alone responsible for them."

Alpha

I.
In a previous paper I have endeavoured to show some reason for
the fact that the Ten Commandments have furnished me with a better
clue to the real meaning of the Signs than any astrological text-book,
or the remarks of any astrological writer." Briefly to recapitulate
these reasons I would point out that while the text-books deal with
objects, perceptible to the senses ; and with thoughts, perceptible to
the mind; the Commandments deal with actions, determined by the
tvtl/. The plane of reference is therefore shifted to that of the will,
above that of the senses or mind; and hence a view-point is obtained
which, like that of a mountain peak, enables one to pierce alike the
intervening atmosphere and the rippled lake, and to see clear down to
the heart of things. This is the reason why I turn by preference to
the Ten Commandments, in seeking to understand the first ten signs.
The Fifth Commandment does not at first sound promising, from
an astrological standpoint: "HONOUR THY FATHER AND THY
Mother ; that thy days may be long upon the land which
the Lord thy God giveth thee." Father implies male, mother
female, and land a habitation. So far we get clearly, but how farther?
Let me strive to interpret.
Thy Father is Spirit, thy Mother Matter; in other words, Father
is Life, Mother is Form—on all planes. The Land which the Lord
thy God giveth thee, is any plane of {manifestation upon which the

• Modsrn Asirolocy, Vol. VII. (fi/tw Stritt), p. 376 (Sept., 1910).

 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 233

consciousness may find itself. If, then, we are to remain in manifes-

tation upon any especial plane of the Universe, we must pay due heed
to both the life-side and the form-side of that plane—we must honour
both Father and Mother. If not, we shall pass away from that plane
to the next one above, or below, before we have learnt all the lessons
it has to teach. Our days will not be " long " upon the land which
the Lord our God (whom I have elsewhere identified with the Spirit of
True Progress) hath given us. It is, by the way, a truism in Astrology
that Leos are not as a rule long-lived.
It is clear, then, that this fifth commandment is levelled against
that section of humanity that is inclined to identify itself too com-
pletely with either Life or Form. And will any, I wonder, dispute
the assertion that the Leos par excellence the " whole-hoggers"—
either the idealists, or the sensualists, of the world? If they do, it
will, I think, be through ignorance, or through lack of opportunity for
investigation. (I had better explain, perhaps, that I am here using the
word "idealist "merely as a convenient antithetical term to sensualist.)
The sign Leo has usually good things said about it. If it deserves
these encomiums, as no doubt it does, then it can stand undismayed
the puny assaults of one who has no planets in Leo ; and therefore I
propose to use what I have elsewhere called the ' method of the
scratchbrush,' confident that the true metal will only be the brighter
burnished thereby. I propose to'attack' Leo, in the firm assurance
that whatever withstands the acid of satire, the blast of ridicule, the
crucible of analysis—will be of a truth very gold. In this attack I
follow a worthy precedent, namely that of Miss Isabelle Pagan, who
is the first so far as I am aware to venture to make fun of the Lion.
(Modern Astrology, Vol. v., flew Series, p. 380.)

Discussing the Zodiac, a friend of mine once remarked: "The

lion is king,—you can't deny that." " Yes," I retorted, " —of beasts
That is the motto on my gage of battle, and I propose to make
good its boast, afterwards showing a reason for my apparent sneer, a
reason that will explain it and convert it from an impertinence into an
obeisance. My paper, I am aware, will seem to have an air of
scrappiness about it; but the various items all'proceed in reality from
one central thought, and will (I trust) if carefully examined be seen
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to group themselves naturally around it, and to admit of a natural

explanation in the light of suggestions I shall make later on.

The lion is the king of beasts. Which is as much as to say that

the sign Leo marks the zenith of the purely animal evolution, an
evolution the aim and end of which is efficiency and separateness.*
And you will find that, take them as a whole, the Leos are the most
efficient people you come across; give a Leo man a task, and you
may be sure it will be done well, and—when—he—chooses ! The
British artisan-has that reputation all over the world: the best
workman, and the least disciplined: in dealing with him you must
remember to ask him and not tell him.
The Leos are also the most separative.—Oh, here you cry a
halt! You dispute this. And in evidence you bring their well-known
love of harmony, and their generosity.
I grant that Leos like to see harmony about them. But it must
be their own harmony, and not another's. What says the proverb ?
Love and lordship never like Jellowship.
I remember on one occasion spending some time at the house of
an old lady friend whose daughter had arranged for another old lady
to reside with her so as to be company for her. I found them both
very amiable, kindly old souls, but somehow or other they didn't
seem to "hit it off" well together. There was no open complaint,
but to the seeing eye it was plain that each secretly objected to the
other. The whole thing was a mystery to me, especially as I knew
both were born under the sign Leo; until one day an astrological
acquaintance said: " Did you ever see two suns in a solar system ? "
—And then I remembered that in the Astrologer's Annual for 1908
(p. 26) Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe speaks of reasons which lead him to
suppose that while gravitation exists within other solar systems, as
well as within ours, yet that " different solar systems do not attract
each other, but that on the contrary they repel each other "—exactly
as did my old lady Leo friend and her companion Leo, whose name
appropriately enough was Gamble.

* In tbis connection it is of interest to note that H. P. B. in the Secret Doctrine,

Vol. 11., Third Edition, p. 562, says that the Lion symbolises the Fourth Race—
and it was in the Fourth Race that the apex of purely material evolution, i.e., the
buinan-dHimaf, was reached.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 235

If any one inclines to think this an isolated and exceptional case.

I advise him or her to make the experiment of setting two Leos to
work together, on an equality; and watch the fun. I know of
an administrative board in which two Leos were ruled.out by a third,
the convener of the board; they forthwith resigning membership in the
company over which the board was to preside. And in less than one
month a fourth Leo had resigned from that same board 1
I think I have given something in support of my contention that
Leos are separative, as well as efficient—which latter everybody will
grant. But my business is not to prove by argument, but to suggest
by illustration. Each student can investigate at first hand and get his
facts for himself.
The career of King Richard I., surnamed Coeur de Lion, affords
a good illustration of the Leo type. In the first place, Richard starts
out by fighting his father;—one of his parents, therefore, it is clear
that he does >/o/honour 1 Next, he abandons the ruling of his king-
dom for the pursuit of glory ; he is content to delegate to others the
mere business details of practical government while he sets out upon
a grander errand—the Crusade. On the way he falls in love, and
grandly annexes the princess he desires, Berengaria of Navarre, and
marries her at Cyprus. Incidentally he dethrones Isaac of Cyprus,
upon a pretext of ill-using English crews, and then with true Leo
generosity presents the island to Guy of Lusignan, in order to be free
to continue his journey. " The prodigies of personal valour he per-
formed in the Holy Land," says the writer of the article in Chamber s's
Encyclopeedia, " have made the name of Richard the Lion-hearted
more famous in romance than it is in history, and the reader who
follows his career may perhaps be more interested than he would be
by the lives of greater men, or by the history of a more important
period." On his way back to England, Richard is captured by an
old enemy and shut up in a castle in the Tyrol, where, like that other
netted lion in the fable, he is afterwards set free by a mere mouse of a
physician, by name Blondel. Whether he forgave him for this we are
not told, but he did forgive his brother John for mismanaging the
country in his absence; which was very kind of him. He was
mortally wounded at Chaluz in 1199, and with characteristic mag-
nanimity forgave the archer who shot him,—grand to the last! He
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was a splendid illustration of the type of Leo which will see only one
side of the ever-present Duality. He was not the first, and will not
be the last Leo to cast aside the shackles of the commonplace in the
pursuit of glory ; not the first, and assuredly not the last, to mistake
grandeur for greatness.
I have alluded to the fable of the Lion and the Mouse. This
fable stops short just where it should continue. The Lion, we learn,
having graciously given ear to the plea of the Mouse to spare its life
(the kingly beast having been disturbed in his slumbers by the little
creature scampering over his royal body), consents, and the Mouse is
restored to liberty. Some time later the Lion having been netted by
a party of hunters, the grateful Mouse gnaws through the net and sets
him free. The story is usually told as a lesson in the practice of
generous tolerance—or, perhaps, humility.
But the sequel has not, I think, hitherto been given. When
next the Mouse met the Lion, he murmured: " I am so glad I was
able to set your Majesty free that day when you were netted."
" What ? " roared the astonished monarch : " Why, I broke the
net myself."
"Yes," pursued the Mouse timidly; "but—but not till I had
gnawed a good many strands through first."
" Ho! " returned the kingly one, wrathfully, things suddenly
becoming clear to him ; " And who told yon to interfere in things that
don't concern you ? " With that, he lifted his paw and put an end
to the Mouse for ever. But not to the fable.
It is a commonplace to say that Leos make good entertainers,
that they are humorists, and so forth. But they have a very small
sense of humour—indeed none at all—where their own dignity is
concerned. A good example of this can be seen in a speech of Dr.
Grimstone's in Mr. Anstey's novel Vice Versa. Dr. Grimstone is a
schoolmaster, and on this occasion is travelling down to school with a
number of .'pupils on the first day of the term, and one of them, a
new boy, has been discovered ' sniffing'—a fact which another boy
named Bultitude has pointed out in a very pompous way.
" Kiffin," says the Doctor, in an awful voice, " are you crying ? "
" N-no sir," falters Kiffin ; " I—I think I must have caught cold,
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" I hope you are telling me the truth, because I should be sorry
to believe you were beginning your new life in a spirit of captiousness
and rebellion. I'll have no mutineers in my camp. I'll establish a
spirit of trustful happiness and unmurmuring content in this school, if
I have to flog every boy in it as long as I can stand over him ! As
for you, Richard Bultitude, I have no words to express my pain
and disgust at the heartless irreverence with which you persist in
mimicking and burlesquing a fond and excellent 'parent. Unless I
perceive, sir, in a very short time a due sense of your error and a
lively repentance, my disapproval will take a very practical form."
Dr. Grimstone is, in fact, a capital specimen of the Leo
temperament and furnishes a useful study for anyone interested in
the type.
But other Leos will hardly recognise their own characteristics in
him, by reason of the lion-like inability to look at themselves. I am
quite sure if a lion saw a reflection of himself in a pool he would say :
" What a strange beast! and what does he mean by mimicking me ? "
No one will make me believe that John Bull has ever seen John
Bull !
The British nation, of course, furnishes perhaps the best illustration
of the Leo type with all its splendour and all its follies. The ugliness of
British respectability is not less characteristically Leo than is the splen-
dourof Britishcourage; the unbearableness of British arrogance, than the
sterling merit of British manufactures. The Britisher does not vaunt
his superiority, he takes it for granted; and he takes it for granted
that others take it for granted too! He does not look down upon
other people, but like his namesake the Lion he looks through them as
though they weren't there. Splendid beast!
You will wonder why I insist on this word beast. I shall come
to the explanation presently. For the moment let me cite one or two
illustrations of the real inwardness of that Leo tolerance or good-
nature that so often passes for love. The first is taken from Dr.
Lardner's Museum of Science ani Art, Vol. VIII., p. 174, where it
appears in an article on "Domestication and Taming," in which the
distinction between the two words is pointed out; a distinction con-
cerning which I shall have more to say later. The incident is quoted
from Cuvier.
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" A lioness, in the menagerie of the Garden of Plants, had been

reared in the same cage with a dog. The two animals became familiar
friends, and a mutual attachment was manifested. The dog having
died, it was replaced by another, which the lioness readily enough
accepted and adopted, appearing to suffer nothing from the loss of her
old friend and companion. In the same manner she survived the
second dog, showing no signs of grief, and as readily as before received
a third dog, with whom she continued to associate in the same manner.
This third dog, however, outlived the lioness. When the latter died, a
touching spectacle was presented. The poor dog refused to leave the
cage in which the body of his friend lay. His melancholy increased
from day to day. The third day he refused all food, and on the seventh
died."
Tennyson's story of Geraint and Enid furnishes a capital illus-
tration of the Leo notion of love. It is too well-known to need
relating, but it is noteworthy how entirely careless Geraint is of Enid's
sufferings. He is altogether wrapped up in his own woe, which he
exalts to a high pitch of magnificence.—Again, splendid beast!
Both Geraint and Enid are too proud to descend to explanation,
and seem to prefer suffering. Perhaps suffering will teach them that
sympathetic imagination which is the first condition of the truly human
love.—Of what use, pray, is kindness or even pity without under-
standing, to the soul that desires to be understood ?
Is it not the secret of the strength of the Roman Church, that
she has represented the Mother of Heaven as understandiug our sins,
whereas the Anglican has only portrayed the Almighty as forgiving
them ?
To return once more to my text: " Honour thy father and thy
mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy
God giveth thee." The plain meaning of this is that the dual aspeot
of nature must be recognised, in order to maintain manifestation. I
have tried to show that Leo is a sign which predisposes its natives not
to do this, but to be polarised in one direction chiefly, to be (in a word)
one-sided,—and this in spite of their all-round intelligence.* It will

* It is a curious fact that the lion—the male, that is—is remarkably over-
developed as regards the forepart of the body (head and shoulders] in comparison
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be found, I am convinced, a truth of general application that Leos

have a high regard for one parent but think much less of, if they do
not even absolutely ignore, the other. The most Leo man I know
has never once mentioned his father to me, though he has often
spoken of his mother as a person to be reckoned with.
What is the key to all this ? What is the explanation of this
mysterious one-sidedness of the most all-round sign of the Zodiac ?
I venture to suggest what seems to me to be the real explanation.
First as to my motto that the Lion is the King of beasts. I am
sure many will have thought this an uncalled-for sneer, if not a mere
wanton impertinence. But I had a very serious purpose in using the
phrase. Every appearance is but the veil of a truth, and every truth
is well worth digging for; and therefore when the conceit first occurred
to me I laid hold of the phrase, and took it to heart, striving to find
out the " whyness " of it.
I have alluded to the fact that H. P. B. gives the Lion as the
symbol of the Fourth Race. We are now in the Fourth Round, and
the especial product of our present stage of the Fourth Round is Kama-
Manas, or animal-human intelligence at its highest. Mrs. Besant
in one of her lectures* points out that the matter of our globe is capable
of expressing, perfectly, nothing higher than Kama-Manast. A good
parallel phrase for Kama-Manas would perhaps be commercial
genius, or high strategy, such as Robert Barr's Young Lord Siranleigk
furnishes a good example of.
Here we can see, then, why Leo should be King. If Leo is
related to the Fourth Race, and thus also by sympathy to the Fourth
Round, we can easily see that during that Fourth Round, it must be
the strongest sign of the twelve ; just as the strategist must be the
strongest person in camp, though not necessarily in the studio. So that
I think the kingship of Leo is hereby explained.

with the flank. The AtJanteans are said to have perverted the natural instincts of
the lion by employing his energies chiefly in hunting and other activities which
stimulated excessively one side of his nature—the passion for dominion; may not
the over-development of the forequarters of the lion he perhaps in some measure
due to this ?
• London Lecluns 1907, p. 138,
t That is because we are still in the Fourth Round, and Fourth Round matter
is Kamic.
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With respect to this idea of Leo representing the apex of Fourth

Round evolution there is an Eastern story that seems to me to go
some way towards corroborating it.
A young devotee, pondering on the doctrine of the Immanence of
God which is so ubiquitous in the East, is moved by an intense
desire to realise its truth, and finally he invokes the Creator to reveal
Himself even in the marble pillar before which he stands. "Come
forth," he cries, " that I may see Thee, Thou whom my soul knoweth."
Suddenly, with a noise like thunder, the marble pillar is shattered,
and—a YOUNG LION bounds forth and runs into the jungle!
Why should the Creator reveal Himself as lion rather than as
man, unless that be the highest physical form which He can assume
with matter in its present stage of evolution ?
We have next to account for the singular want of sympathy
shown by Leo, in spite of the magnanimity, generosity, and power of
forgiveness displayed. Perhaps this can be explained too.
William Blake has a saying that " The wrath of the Lion is the
mind of God." Now the mind of God is the Third Logos, the Holy
Ghost.
But the mind, we are told, is the great separator. And indeed it
is clear that the function of the Third Logos is to separate; for the
creation of many and diverse forms is His especial work. In A
Study of Consciottsness Mrs. Besant says ;—" The Third Logos, the
Universal Mind, begins His creative Activity. . The formation
of the atom has three stages: first, the fixing of a limit within which
the ensouling life—the Life of the Logos in the atom—shall vibrate
{tanmatra); secondly . . the lines which determine
the shape of the atom, the axes of growth {tatlva); thirdly,
determined by the measure of the vibration and the angular relation of
the axes of growth, the size and shape of what we may call the ' wall'
of the atom. Thus in every atom we have (1) the measure of its
ensouling life, the tanmatra ; (2) its axes of growth, the tattva, and (3)
its enclosing surface or wall. Of such atoms the Third Logos creates
five different kinds. . "*
From all this we see that the essential work of the Third Logos,
• Of cit., p. [wording of quotation slightly modified in places]
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which I have associated with the sign Leo, is in a sense (and a very
real sense) separative ; in a word, organising. And organising depends
on effective separation. It is the boast of the British that they are
the best organisers in the world. So in their day were the Romans.
Now Rome is said to be under the rule of Leo; and what is Roma but
Amor spelt backwards!
There is now to be seen on the walls of this city (London) an
advertisement of a Magazine called The Organiser, and coupled with it
is the portrait of the head of an imaginary firm ; it is unmistakably
a Leo type,—in fact it was pointed out to me by a fellow student
as such.
Reviewing in our minds all these considerations, then, we can
readily understand how it is that Leos like harmony—their own
harmony,—that they are good organisers, and that they must be
themselves the centre of any enterprise they are concerned with ; they
can conduct the orchestra, but can not play second fiddle. This
phenomenon now receives an explanation. Also we can understand
why Leo cannot yield himself, as can Libra. Leos are concerned
with the organising of the world, and with that only. They can
vitalise, they can protect, they can give of themselves ; but they cannot
give themselves, they cannot yield. They cannot even overcome a
contempt for those who do. I have noted this time and again.
Britons never never shall be slaves !
And yet all the time they are slaves of their own conventions.
They impose tanmatras on others, and in the end are themselves
fettered by them. We need go no further than England for illustra-
tions. One of the British tanmatras is the Geraint-and-Enid idea of
the relationship of man and woman. And much of the present
British vulgarity of sentiment is due to it. I do not forget that it is
to British-born people I speak, and shall hardly therefore expect you
to agree with me. But I know that I am not alone in this opinion.
And I will quote a few words from Mazzini which form an apt
corollary to the Fifth Commandment for the instruction and benefit
of the British Lion : " Seek in woman not merely a comfort, but a
force, an inspiration, the redoubling of your intellectual and moral
faculties . Consider her your equal in civil and political
life." Someday perhaps it may dawn upon the British Geraint th
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Enid may have a soul of her own. The Mohammedans hold that
women have no souls. The British hold that women have souls, but
that the said souls belong to their husbands. Meantime, the British
husband is manoeuvred into any port his wife desires. In grasping at
his wife's soul, John Bull is in very close danger of losing his own.
There is a story of a dog—a bull-dog I think—who dropped his bone
in his desire to seize its reflection.
This is not a piece of political propaganda. It is merely a
commentary on my text, with John Bull as an illustration. John Bull
has become too much polarised in one direction. The Signs of the
Times point strongly to the fact that he needs to remember both
parents, if he would be long upon the land which the lord his god has
given him.

Leo is a fixed sign : by which we understand that it is related to

atma rather than buddhi or manas. Now the physical or material
plane is said to be the reflection or rather perhaps the counterpart of
the atmic, even as the astral is the reflection of the buddhic. The
tendency of the sign Leo then, as our text warns us, is to live too
exclusively either for the material, or the spiritual. Leo is a sign
which disdains the " letter which kills "; and yet, if what I have said
is true, Leo is itself (in a more interior sense) merely the alphabet of
the universe ; for surely the function of the Third Logos is to devise
what may be termed the alphabet of the Language Which Is To Be.
Let Leo remember, then, to honour with due meed of obeisance
both life and form, both male and female ; (the typical Leo man, by
the way, is usually more or less of a misogynist in thought). Let him
seek to understand both strength and weakness, let him see the weak-
ness latent in strength, and the strength latent in weakness. Let him
seek for the latent as well as the manifest, for the subtle as well as the
obvious. Let him understand that there is one glory of the Sun, and
another of the Moon. Let him ever keep before his eyes the Great
Duality.
What is this Great Duality ?
In the Ancient Wisdom, Mrs. Besant says that duality is the
characteristic mark of the Second Logos. He manifests " the two
aspects of Life and Form, the primal duality, making the two poles of
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nature between which the web of the universe is to be,woven,—Life-

Form, Spirit-Matter," Positive-Negative, Active-Receptive, Father-
Mother of the worlds."*
Now it is the Second Logos who vivifies that which the Third
Logos has organised : He it is who gives life to what may be called
the ' dead bones' (speaking figuratively and not irreverently) which
are the result of the activity of the Third Logos. This it is which is
the descent of the Second Logos, and it is this presence of the Second
Logos everywhere throughout creation which constitutes the 'Sacrifice
of the Logos.' It is for this, virtually, that the labours of the Third
Logos have been accomplished. It is this which is the true Christ, of
which the cross has ever been the symbol.t Looking at the matter in
this way, we can see the reason for the injunction " Honour thy
Father and thy Mother."
And now why have I taken such pains to point out that the Lion
is the king of " beasts " ?
Because Leo is the sign of Atma, and not of Buddhi or Manas,
and hence is either animal, or, divine; not human. And because it is
necessary for Leo ever to remember the ' pairs of opposites,' and the
relation of the one to the other, in order that each side may be
manifest, through the human; even as the divine nature is brought
down to the physical plane by the Second Logos, who was incarnate
of the Virgin Matter ("jj) and of the Holy Ghost (SI).

II.
In reading over the first part of this paper, I am more than
ever conscious of what I have called the ' scrappiness ' of its style ;
and yet I do not see that the continuation can be any better in this
respect. For it results (as I conceive) from the number of sides from
which I desire to view the subject, coupled with the necessity for
brevity at every point. Hence a series of ' flash-light pictures',
rather than a deliberate chain of argument, appears to be the only

• Op. cil., pp. 21, 41.

t This descent of the Second Logos, and its relation to the popular conception
of the Christ is clearly explained in Air. Leadbeater's Christian Crttd, but I do not
think I need quote further at this point.
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method of treatment open to me. In regard to the length of my

paper I may perhaps be allowed to point out that since Leo has a
ruler to itself, instead of sharing its ruler with another sign, as do the
signs hitherto treated of, it is no doubt permissible to accord it a fuller
treatment than has been allotted to its predecessors.
I have said that I would endeavour to justify my 'attack' on
Leo, and turn my apparent sneer into an obeisance. But first it will
be proper to consider, as has been done with other signs, the peculiar
syi of Leo. Blindness—unconscious or wilful—to the duality of
things is its cause, of that we may be sure, but what is the sin itself ?
There are three things especially singled out by St. John the
Evangelist as "of the world " (I. 2, 16), namely, the lust of the flesh,
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. I think it will be found that
the third of these is the sin peculiar to Leo, pride—of life.
When I say pride of life, it will I am sure be understood (having
regard to my text) that there will also be a Leo pride that is of the
form, and not of the life. How this comes to be, I hope to make clear
in due course. For the moment, let us give attention to the more
commonly met with and to me, I confess, more admirable pride of life.
First of all we have to consider what the nature of pride is. On
p. 276 of Modern Astrology for June, 1909, a definition of pride is
given in which pride is declared to be a holding of the life, for the
sake of holding, and not for the sake of using. That, I think, is an
apt definition of personal pride. The pride of Leo however, I con-
ceive to be individual pride, a more glorious and at the same time from
the spiritual point of view a worse sin. The pride of Leo, then, is to
be strong for the sake of being strong and not for the sake of serving
—to rule for the sake of one's self and one's class rather than for
mankind. From such a soil springs the doctrine of the divine right of
Kings. To rule so that the will of the dominant class shall alone be
considered. This form of pride begets oppression, an oppression that
is the result of a want of sympathy, an indifference to the aims and
ideals—not necessarily to the physical well-being—of the ruled. Do
we not see British rule in India showing this Leo characteristic of
John Bull ? And yet want of sympathy at times provokes worse
consequences than want of kindness. George Bernard Shaw has said
that there is a worse wrong one can do to one's fellow man than to be
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cruel to him, and that is to be indifferent to him. And this indifference

may be upon any plane,showing itself alike in the.flaunting extravagance
of the Embankment hotels beside the homeless outcast; in the ideal
of the gambler, to make a fortune, careless of the fact that it can only
be made from the losses if not the ruin of others; in the unwillingness
of the average Leo to wait upon a sick person ; and in his absolute
inability to exhibit understanding of another's sorrow. A Mansion-
House-Fund for foreign victims of a catastrophe there is sure to be,
and John Bull will give to it handsomely out of the largeness of his
heart;—but he will not be persuaded from sauntering about a heathen
temple as though it were a boulevarde ! The Sepoy Mutiny is said,
I know not with how much truth, to have been occasioned by a
compulsory use of animal fat, the said animal being ' sacred'
according to the religious prejudices of the Sepoys—for a nation
which will not allow the staging of any scene from that fount of
drama, the Hebrew Scriptures, quite properly disdains to notice a mere
'religious prejudice"! One is reminded again of the Lion's habit of
looking through, rather than at.
This consideration-invites us to examine the generosity of Leo.
It will be found that Leo gives, as a rule, that which it does not value-
The self-made man is lavish with his money—he despises it; but he
will not yield his place. The monarch bestows favours,—they cost
him nothing; honours,—they have no worth to him; estates,—he
could not enjoy them : what he does not give is his throne, for he
identifies himself with it.
Is not the * lion's share ' a byword ? According to /Esop, several
beasts joined the lion in a hunt, but when the spoil was divided the
lion claimed one quarter in right of his prerogative, one for his
superior courage, one for his dam and cubs, " and as for the fourth, le'
who will dispute it with me." Awed by his frown, we read, the other
beasts silently withdrew. History repeats itself; for ever since, I
ween, has Leo for the most part been taken at its own valuation. If
it be asked who first named the lion King of beasts, I confidently
reply :—" The first lion " !
This brings me to the other aspect of the sin of Leo, pride of
form ; the plain English of which is humbug. This seems a strange
thing of which to accuse Leo, of all signs of the Zodiac. Yet if we
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take the trouble to examine, bearing in mind our natural tendency to

take Leo at its own valuation, we shall I think see that the accusation
is justified. Is it not plain humbug, for instance, for a King to talk
of the Divine Right of Monarchs, as did Kings James and Charles the
First—the while he proves himself unfit to rule ? Is it not humbug,
again, for Great Britain to interfere in the government of a petty
foreign power, on the pretence of putting an end to slavery, while yet
taking no steps to see that even the food and clothing of its official
defenders are free from the taint of sweating ? Is it not a worse piece
of humbug for a nation whose Piccadilly is a byword throughout
Europe to cry out upon Grant Allen's \Voi>tan who Did as immoral
if not indecent ? Or to imprison Mr. Stead for being too plain spoken
about the White Slave Traffic ?

Of a piece with this side of the Leo character is its fear of

ridicule. John Bull is apt to be far more afraid of being laughed at,
than of being wrong; that is what makes him so ridiculous, and
makes him most ridiculous when he is most afraid of ridicule,—like
the Dr. Grimstone whose method of establishing a spirit of trustful
happiness I have quoted in the former part of this paper. There is
no blinking the fact that Leo is apt to be very conventional in a bland
massive kind of way, preferring the safe and orderly procession of
events according to Mrs. Grundy, to the fatigue and nuisance of
having to think things out afresh.
It will be rather pertinent at this point to quote the distinction
between domesticity and tameness before alluded to : (see p. 237). For
it will be seen that the characteristics I have named are products of
mere tameness rather than any real civilisation or domesticity.
" A careful distinction " says our author, " must be made between
the state of tameness and that of domesticity. The species of animals
which are susceptible of these states are wholly different. Domesticity
descends from the parent to the offspring. . Tameness is
produced in the individual by the immediate treatment of man.
Domesticity is an animal instinct of which man avails himself to
attract into his service animals of the sociable species. Tameness, on the
contrary, is not an instinct but a habit. It is produced originally by
fear, and maintained by the creation of artificial wants which man
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alone can satisfy."—In these last three sentences, for domesticity read
civilisation and for lameness respectability, and you have at once the
secret of Great Britain's greatness and of her decadence.
They are slaves who will not be
In the right with two or three.
This worship of respectability is the sin of Leo on the form side.
To continue my quotation is to supply a useful reflection upon the
point here in view. " To tame an animal is not to train him.
Tameness is the subjugation of those instincts which would render
him hurtful to those around him. [/« other words, which would make
him a force to be reckoned with.] Training is directed to the
intelligence rather than the instinct [i.e., to the reason rather than
the desires]. It is an educational process, which developes intelli-
gence while it weakens instinct. Savages, while they are less intelli-
gent than the civilised, have quicker and surer instincts [i.e., kama is
more powerful than inanas]. It is the same with the lower animals.
Domesticity civilisation] always enfeebles and often wholly
effaces instinct.
" When man educates and trains an animal, he imparts to it a
ray of his own intelligence. The change is rather that of a new
faculty created than of an existing one enlarged. It is a transforma-
tion rather than an improvement."
For 'man' in the last paragraph, read 'the Christ Spirit," and
for * animal' read the Fifth Race, and you have the secret of the
testing which is being made of the British Lion, whether He is to be
the vehicle of the New Spirit or not. Have we not been told that
there is an understudy ready to take His place, if, as seems not
impossible, He is too proud or too foolish to take advantage of the
opportunity offered Him ?
It must be left an open question as to whether the British Lion
is a ' trained ' or only a tamed beast.

And now before closing this second portion of my paper,

let me explain why I have chosen at such length to unveil (as
I think) the weaknesses and the shortcomings—in a word the sins
of Leo. It is because it has seemed to me that usually Leo, like
Aries, is rather over-praised in the books ; pride is admitted, but rather
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as an idiosyncrasy if not indeed a virtue than as in any sense a sin.

And having of late given some close study to the subject I have come
to the conclusion that the sins I have enumerated are real sins, that
they work real mischief in the machinery of the world ; mischief that
escapes, if not observation at least reproof, only because Leo being in
the seat of the mighty may not be—or at any rate cannot easily be—
impeached. For these reasons and these only have I ventured to take
up so much time with this side of the subject. I have not had
personal instances in my mind while writing; the British temperament
as it reveals itself in the national spirit, has for the most part been the
touchstone I have used to apply to ideas arising from what I term my
' text." At the same time, I have found rising to the surface of my
memory, corroborative incidents from my own experience of the sign.
That I have been lengthy, I have admitted and I hope explained.
Iff should seem to have been unduly severe, I may remind you of the
witty remark of a satirist that Truth must be a poison. For, said he,
I have found it the only thing that will rankle in a wound!

III.
And now I turn to the most interesting and pleasant part of my
task, albeit the most daring, and the most difficult; to attempt to
explain, to account for, some of the leading characteristics of Leo on
the basis of the suggestions I have made in the first part of this paper.
Of these the most important was that Leo corresponds to the Third
Logos, the mind of God, whose especial function it is to map out,
organise and harmonise the matter of the Universe: in one word, to
form its ground plan. On the basis of this suggestion it is easy to
account for the organising power, the harmonising tendency (within its
own sphere), and also the separative element.—For it must be remem-
bered that the nature of Leo will be to reproduce at each point a
Universe in miniature; hence it is necessary for one unit to repel
other units, or their respective universes cannot be set a-going. The
repulsive force between one solar system and another, spoken of by
Mr. Sutcliffe, would therefore seem to be a mere corollary of this
hypothesis. Efficiency is also seen to be implied : for surely ' self
centralised* and 'self reliant' are almost synonymous with ' efficient,"—
at least they are with ' capable."
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It will be well here to make clear once more the precise way in
which it comes about that Kama-Manas is related to Leo. I have sug-
gested that Leo is related to the Fourth Root Race and hence, by cor-
respondence, to the Fourth Round. Now the great work of the Fourth
Round is the development and the perfecting of Kd-ma. Hence in
the Fourth Race, symbolised by the Lion, we find the Kamic principle
reaches its zenith.—No beast makes the lion its prey.
The task of the Fifth Race, however, is to develop the manasic
or intellectual (rather would I say the intelligent) principle within man.
Now that means Kdiiia-inaiias, because we have but Kamic matter to
work through—Kima-manas, but Kama-manas at its best.
K&ma-manas, then, I look to see at its best in Leo people to-day,
and this I consider proved by the general all-round intelligence of the
average Leo man, who as a rule is not particularly intellectual, bu is
highly intelligent—in a word, capable. The skipper of a sailing vessel
or ocean liner presents a typical instance of what I mean. Or, I may
refer once more to the Young Lord Stranlcigh of Mr. Robert Barr.
A remarkable feature of Leo is its " absoluteness." An absolute
monarchy is the Leo notion of government. Absolute freedom is the
Leo notion of a social system, as seen in our boast that "an English-
man's house is his castle." Absolute means " untied," cut-off-from.
Here again we see the idea of separateness, isolation. The English-
man is not only insolent but insular. It is not a little significant that
in the language of the Romans, of whom the English are surely a
reincarnation, there is a much-used construction known as the
" ablative absolute "—showing how the genius of a language enshrines
the racial idiosyncrasy.
This " absoluteness " is the great strength of Leo. It knows no
dallying or tergiversation. Each fight is a fight to a finish. Leo
desires to know, or to be, and will have no half measures. Courage is
its supreme virtue,—"Cast all on the hazard," it says, "only that I
am can I truly be said to own "! A Leo man once quoted to me with
sincere approval the following lines, which express Leo in a nutshell:
He either fears his fate too mveh
Or his deserts are small,
Who fears to put it to the touch
To win or lose it all.
This it is which makes Gamblers of the Leos,—and why ? Because
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Leo has the peculiar internal knowledge that that which it is it must
become ; by which I mean that that which it IS inwardly, it must
become outwardly. The gambler's instinct, the true gambler's instinct,
is just this: the desire to "try" his "luck." That is, he identifies
himself with his luck, or in other words he measures himself by that.
It is the gambler's method of ascertaining his Specific Gravity.
And in that sense of the word every Leo is a gambler—a gambler
who cannot lose, and who plays against a bank that cannoti break.
Leo is here to ascertain, to demonstrate to himself or others his own
worth—his worthship. Worthship and worship are one. What the
Leo is, that he is worth ; what he is worth, that he is—and no more.
A king is but a playing card, unless he be a man as well; a sovereign
but a minted medal, unless he be a man of mettle.

I have exposed at some length, and without mincing matters, the

pretensions of the lower side of Leo,—what I prefer to call the unreal
Leo; and this I have done because to see a great ideal travestied, in
the smallest degree, is the more provoking the loftier the ideal thus
abused. Leo, the true Leo, has so many admirable qualities—or
rather, all its attributes are of so high an order, that I could go on
apostrophising its merits for ever.
But I can pack all my ideas of Leo into the one word " great."
Some time ago while musing on the sign Leo, I came to the conclusion
that its intrinsic quality is" greatness " ; and that greatness is a quality
which is measured, like mass, by weight and not by bulk. Indeed,
the prime heresy of Leo is to mistake the big for the massive, or (as I
have said earlier) to confuse greatness with grandeur and dignity with
biguity. The real Leo is great in little things; his dignity is simplicity
and his oratory truth, his strength is his straightness and his poetry his
depth, while his virtue is humility. Great is Leo of a truth when its
pride shall be no more.
For Leo—life—is, in its perfection, but the vehicle of a higher life.
The wine of life is but the crystal chalice for a rarer wine. Sunshine
is but the window of a Greater Light. When Father and
Mother both are honoured, when weight can wedded be with poise,
and majesty and grace go hand in hand, then shall the Lion lie down
with the Lamb, and Angels compass them about!
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With respect to this quality of greatness, I shall be misunder-

stood, or only in part understood, if I fail to impress you with the idea
of " greatness" as a.dimension—just as we speak of length or breadth
or thickness. The nearest thing I can think of, to convey my idea, is
the scientific conception of mass. Mass is weightiness, as distinguished
from bulkiness. The head of the lion is always styled massive ; and
the arguments of a true Leo are always weighty.
I would turn aside awhile, if you will bear with me, to pun on
this word great, with a view to going still deeper into what I conceive
to be the fundamental quality of Leo. A grate is a barred or per-
forated receptacle for blazing coals; the essence of the grate is that
it should hold coal but admit air—its mission therefore is at once to
refuse egress and permit entrance; and the purpose is, combustion.
There is an old riddle—and I believe there is more sense in riddles
than out of them—which runs thus; " What is the best ornament for
a fire-grate." And the answer is : "A great fire." Leo is such a
fire-grate, it is the fire-grate of manas, to be illumined by buddhi, the
casket of power, for the gem of selflessness.
This, then, is the conclusion I come to as to the dhanna of Leo.
To attain poise by honouring duly its "father " and "mother" (Life
and Form), that thus it may be'made the vehicle of a higher life to
which it (Leo) stands, when perfected, merely as form. How
great that Life, we can but dream !—Yet we are given a hint in the
" Woman clothed with the Sun," of St. John the Divine.
I have made bold to criticise the Lion; I have flouted him
for what he (so often) is, out of indignation for what he ought
to be and is not, out of reverence for what he might (so easily)
become. Let him but take heed to his ways, let him but manifest
that which truly he is, and none will do him deeper homage than myself.

Epilogue
There is one just criticism which may be brought against my
paper, and which I hope I may be allowed to anticipate.
In one place I speak of Leo as related to the mind of God.
Shortly after I speak of Leo as representing Atma. But surely
mind is manas, it will be said ?
I think the anomaly is more apparent than real. First I did not
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say mind, but the mind of God ; and God's ways and God's mind, we
may be sure, are not as our ways, and our mind. And so what to us
is Atma, to Him may be Manas.
I think there may be an even closer correspondence. I do not
think I am wrong in the intuition which has led me to these statements,
and perhaps therefore my explanation may strike a responsive note in
some other intuitive mind.
From our human point of view, the seven planes begin with Atma,
and run as below —
1. Atma 4. Manas (kama-mauas)
2. Buddhi 5. KS.tna (astral)
3. Manas (buddhi-manas) 6. Etheric
7. Physical (dense physical)
Here manas or mind is the third, while buddhi is the second and is
twofold—the Great Duality. But from the cosmic side of life the
seven planes are :—
1. Adi 4/ Buddhi
z. Anupadaka 5. Manas (higher and lower)
3. Atma 6. KSma (astral)
7. Sthula (etheric and dense physical)
Here we see atma is the third. Hence it seems to me fair to
look upon atma as the " mind " of God, although to the huiutin' mind '
it is " spirit." So that Atma upon the cosmic planes corresponds to
Manas on the planes of the Logos, perhaps ; or atma upon the Logic
plane corresponds to manas upon the human.''
If I am right in this view, then Anupadaka (which oddly enough
means ' parent less') is the Real Duality, the Indivi-Duality which
Atma or Leo is to prepare itself to receive—the Cosmic Christ.
This point seems to me to be of great importance, and I trust
others will give it their attention and will after considering it express
their views.!

It is perhaps advisable, though it should hardly be necessary, to

add that the whole of this paper does but embody the suggestions of a
student, offered to other students; it has no claim to any authority
whatsoever, and the ideas should be accepted, or rejected, on their

• See footnote (n) on next page. f See footnote (4) on next page.
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merits alone. The frequent recurrence of the first personal pronoun

need not necessarily be looked upon as proof of egotism ; it will be
well to view it rather as a constant reminder that the views expressed
are but the opinions, or conclusions, of the writer—who is alone
responsible for them.
[The next instalment 0} this Article will be
"Part II.: Some Criticisms and A Reply."]

(nl The above lists were written from memory ; it will be well perhaps to give
the following three classifications from Mrs. Besanfs Serin Princif lts of Man [revised
and corrected cdiiion, pp. S2, S3, S4]; in these lists the numbering is from below up-
wards. starting from the physical—in mine from above downwards. But (bearing
in mind that the etheric double is the vehicle of prana) it will be seen that my first
list is virtually identical with Mrs. Besaut's second and my second with her first.
II. III.
The Seven Pltinei and the Another Division according Another Division also according
Principles Jnnciiotiwtj* thereon. to the Principles. to the Principles.
7. Anna 7. Ato»a
6.7- 6. Buddhi 6. Buddhi
5- Anna. Spirii 5. Higher Manas 5. Manas
<• Rtiddhi. Spiritual Soui 4. Lower Manas 4. Kama
3- Manas. Hitman Soul 3. Kama 3. Prana
Kama. Astral or Desire Body 2. Prana. Etheric Double 2. Etheric Double
. Prana. Etheric Double- 1. Dense Physical Body 1. Dense Physical Body
Dense Physical Body
Note, Note. Note.
The above are bracketed so as The above are bracketed so as The above arc bracketed so as
to show :— i to show :— to show: —
"| Spiritual l' J Spiritual Spiritual
Mental Mental Mental
1. Astral Principles closely inter- Astral
woven during canb-
1. Physical t\ life. Sometimes called
Higher Psychic Plane
LI Physical
Astral
Physical
"These two latter divisions." says Mrs. Besanl, "are matters of convenience
in classification. The first gives the planes themselves as they exist in Nature."
The names cf the two highest planes are given in Mrs. BesaM'sStudyin Conscioiisness.
(i) There are one or two passages in Mr. Leadbeater's Christian Creed which seem
to bear upon this point, namely the association of Leo with the Third Logos. They
are too long to quote, but I trust those interested will read pp. 73 to 78 (First
Edilion) from " To explain the mithod of evolution . to . . . all that we can
expect for a very long time yet." Also pp. 71-73 : "7 believe in the Holy Ghost . .
to . the evolution of the atom itself." With reference to the connection
suggested between Anupadaka and the Cosmic Christ, the Second Logos, a very
interesting quotation is given on p. 40 regarding the expression 'only begotten
Son of the Father ': " There is no longer any doubt that the term invariably trans-
lated 'only begotten ' means nothing of the kind, but ' created alone,' that is to
say, created from one principle and not from a syzygy, or pair." [In other words,
• parentless,'" It is obvious that this title is and can be truly given
only to the Second Logos. " [Paging in the Second Edition, 111-117,
108-111, 70, respectively ]
 ®be (Bfffct of ^rogrfsscb

Drbam Expbriences under Direction of Venus Opposition

Neptune*
The dream I am about to relate was not a nightmare, and yet
most clearly differentiated from the ordinary type of dream. It corre-
sponds to the suggestion made in the Pyogressed Horoscope (under
18 V ); " It may bring the native into touch with very undesirable
persons, either when in the body or when out of it in sleep."
As with all experiences when partly separated from the physical
body, I find it most difficult to describe.
A house was entered, apparently at the invitation of some friendly
persons from whom there was nothing to fear. The building was of
great size, suggestive almost of a temple, and contained many things
which appear to have been interesting. However, as I was conducted
through the building a feeling of oppression and distrust began to
seize me, and at last as I stood inside what might have been a
transept of the building, or else a cave, I knew that I was in contact
with some great evil. At this moment curtains were pulled aside,
and lying on a slab or altar I saw what can only be described as an
artificial human being ; that is to say, the shape and form were human
but it was not made of fiesh and blood. Immediately a tall woman,
dressed, I think, in red, pointed at the figure, the jaws of which
opened, speech issuing therefrom. Meanwhile the powers of darkness
and evil seem to bind me to the spot in a feeling of hopeless terror,
but I realised at the same time that I must struggle to escape, and
with a great effort began to move away, seeking to retrace my steps
to the entrance. How I escaped I do not know, but I seem to have
fought my way through the apparitions which now filled the building,
and I beard the laughter of the people who had enticed me in and
who now were summoning up all their magical powers to hold me.
Then I found myself outside in what seemed to be a normal dream

• Notb,—Health was to a certain extent affected by Solar direction O □ </ .

but Lunar directions were unimportant.
 THE EFFECT OF PROGRESSED ASPECTS 255
world, and soon afterwards I awoke to the still more normal and
physical earth life.
That same night the dream was repeated iu a similar form.
Again a house was entered, this time quite an ordinary house, with
what might have been a Georgian portico in front, and immediately
inside a long passage or hall led straight into the building and was lit
only by a few windows high up in the walls. In this hall I sat down
at the invitation of two or three men who sat round a curiously
carved table ; wine was served in some kind of silver vessels and we
conversed in friendly fashion. Gradually I began to feel suspicious
of something, and I became aware that the conversation had some
kind of sinister meaning and that the men were watching me intently.
Then from the dark end of the passage to which my back was turned,
came an overwhelming power which seemed to paralyse every part of
me except my mind. With an effort I sprang up from my chair and
turned to face something which I knew now stood behind me. In-
stantly I was face to face with a woman whose whole personality was
the embodiment of malignant evil. I cannot describe anything of her
appearance, for the struggle between us instantly became a contest of
will against will, and eyes against [eyes, in which each fought to
dominate the other. After what seemed an interminable struggle I
freed myself of the power that held me, and turning round strode
quickly out of the doorway. As I sprang out into the open air with
an indescribable feeling of relief, I met another man, who seemed to
be an inmate of the house, and I dashed past him with a feeling that
he had just failed to block the doorway and prevent my escape. Soon
after I again woke up to the physical world very much impressed by
two of the most remarkable dreams I have ever had, but feeling, as
has often been the case with other and more pleasurable dreams, that
a large amount of detail was just beyond my physical memory.
The before-mentioned 2 8 ¥ produced, I may mention, results
much as described in the Progytsstd Horosctpt rather difficult to
explain, as well as a hampering and restricting influence, preventing
the spread of sympathy and affection. It also caused various small
and unexpected physical hindrances and troubles.
[Commumeated by a coyrtspoiidtHl.]
 $be Bragou'a Heab anir ®hU

Like some other students of the stars I had long regarded the
influence of the Moon's Nodes as figments of the imagination on the
part of the old astrologers, thinking possibly they had been used
to cover up their ignorance of the planets Uranus and Neptune.
Lately having occasion to check up the transits of planets during
the critical periods of my life I was struck with the fact that at the
time of any important event the Moon's Node was always found in
strong aspect to a planet, often a conjunction, or closely aspecting an
angle of my natal figure.
This led me to the belief that some modern astrologers had been
too hasty in throwing overboard these points in the chart, perhaps for
no better reason than that they could not explain the " why " of such
Influence, forgetting that there is much in planetary influence that no
one can explain satisfactorily.
Noticing in one family chart that the places of the Nodes seemed
to mark a sensitive place in the horoscopes of other members of that
family I checked up several families in this way and found enough
evidence to change my former opinion.
A table is here presented showing the position of the Dragon's
Head with the corresponding planetary positions of a family of
thirteen including the father and mother. These positions are all
natal.
O Moon's Nodb
(Dragon's Head) Corresponding Planetarv Positions
Fathn id 16°2g' Grace's 8 iisi505i'; Nora's ? h r6°36'and y o i603o'
M alhty ^I5043' Percy 's G iJU5°3o': Nora's J) —15°37'
KaU Ti6029' Dorothy's if Ti5<>44'stationary
Gt .us * fH' Dorothy's ? 0njiS"
Dcuglm - 6°33' Eric's ? =6 42': Donald's 5 416°
Dorothy f20°
1 0
&' Eric's s S 20o49'0 ; Eric's J) x 20027'
Psnv "1 3 49' Father's O » 0I4 2'
Sluort 019° 7' Kate's 8 i I9 7': Nora's V T19044'
,
Elsie "S J4' 4i' Kate's O id230046'; Grace's V H2i00ig'
George "f 4053' Percy's 8 iD4 57'0 : Grace's Ijl D 3 26'
Donald SI 10° 3" Father's ijl =: io 23'and his flit043'
0
Nora OB 7028' Donald's 9 hbS0?' ; George's }jf ob8057'
Eric *u 33' George's O Hii'to': Elsie's 9 hio<>34'
 THE DRAGON'S HEAD AND TAIL 257
There is no attempt made to show further correspondence to
the angles of the separate horoscopes of members of this family,
although with but few exceptions their birth times are closely known,
and consequently it could be done; reliance has mostly been placed
on the conjunctions and oppositions, though a few squares are shown.
The oppositions, of course, will be conjunctions with the Dragon's
Tail. Without making this table too bulky by inserting the balance
of the squares and leaving out the many sextiles and trines that do
exist, I think the showing made is enough to justify further investigation
before the Nodes are discarded.
My argument naturally is, that if the Dragon's Head and Tail are
merely imaginary points, why is it that Grace's Mercury happens to
be but 38' from an exact conjunction'of her father's Ascending Node
and Nora's Venus but 7' off the conjunction with the opposite Node ?
Why is Percy's Sun but 13' from his mother's North Node and Nora's
Moon at the opposite point ? Why is Kate's Dragon Head but a
few minutes from an exact conjunction with the Mars of Dorothy,
and the former's Mercury in exact conjunction with Stuart's North
Node ? And so on. One or two of these combinations might happen
by accident, but a list of this size shows the operation of some natal
law, for any mathematician could show that the odds would be
something tremendous against all of them happening by chance. So
great would be the odds that the recognition of a law would be
imperative.
In the English Royal Family similar coincidences occur. For
instance King Edward's Node was on his mother's M.C., King
George's Node in conjunction with his mother's Mars; and so on.
Stuart Armour.

"John Burns: The Rise and Progress of a Right Honourable."—

In view of the publication by the Reformers' Bookstall, Limited, of Mr. Joseph
Burgess's biography of the President of the Local Government Board, with
its scathing "introduction " by Mr. H. M. Hyndman, it may be of interest
to quote Mr. Burns'horoscope, which was published in Coining Events for
March, 1800, (ix/ii/'sS, 5.35 a.m., London): X SLH, XI itbio, XII =0,13,
1 maj-, 11 Ji.IIIkys; O'uaoi, S maq, "2 d—o, linzoR,
bSt12'Wn2li> ("Isis" cs'i3). From this students may judge
whether the article in question is fair comment, intemperate but honest
criticism, or an unjustifiable attack.
 ®ljf fourth Cycle of the iRoon
[A uthcy's Copyiig/il]

As there are thirteen lunar months during each year, if we divide

360° by thirteen we get 27o4i'32".309 as an approximate representa-
tive of the lunar cycles in the zodiac. Supposing the first lunar cycle
to begin at o'^T it will end therefore at 'Y'2704i'32". The second
lunar cycle would end in the same manner in g 250; the third cycle in
H230; the fourth in ©20°; the fifth in S\,i80; the sixth in ncifi0*
the seventh in •^13°: the eighth in mn0; the ninth in Jg0: the
tenth in Iff6°; the eleventh in ^r40; the twelfth in K 20; the thirteenth
and last cycle completing the zodiac.
These lunar cycles as far as they affect the earth are not fixed
arcs in the zodiac, however. They vary each year, according to the
position of the first New Moon after the Sun has passed To0. Thus,
the arc which represents the first lunar cycle for 1910 begins at T180,
because the first New Moon after the equinox comes in that degree.
The first cycle ends then in g 170. It will be seen that the arcs of the
zodiac which coincide with the lunar cycles are to be found from the
ephemeris for the year. The arc for the first lunar cycle for 1863
would be T270 to g 26°: for 1870, Tii0tog90. This arc began
curiously enough in 1901 very nearly on to0. The arc of the
thirteenth lunar cycle always carries over from one solar cycle to the
next. This period between the equinox and the first New Moon
thereafter is essentially the historical period ; the time of memory of
the past, and therefore Aries is a mental sign.
This arc therefore should be strong in the horoscopes of
archaeologists, historians and chroniclers generally.
In a measure the lunar arcs correspond to the signs of the zodiac,
but as there are only twelve signs of the zodiac and thirteen lunar arcs
we must find which oneof these arcs is distinct, having an independent
character of its own. This lunar arc we believe to be the arc of the
fourth lunar cycle, which begins sometimes in Gemini and sometimes
in Cancer. For igio this fourth lunar arc begins in ©13° and ends
in Sti20. This fourth arc is pre-eminently the arc of the occult
 THE FOURTH CYCLE OF THE MOON 259
and of magic. It is the arc of the zodiac which puts one in touch
with the elemental life of the earth. It is the doorway to the inner
spheres. Both Saturn and Uranus in the arc have important conse-
quences. Saturn in this arc predisposes the native to psychic influ-
ences. Saturn retrograde in this fourth arc inclines the native toward
phenomena, if the planet is in Cancer; if in Gemini the results will
be more mental, and if in Leo more spiritual. Uranus will give the
native a tendency toward the higher occult studies such as Astrology
in its broader aspects.
Neptune represents the confused spiritual aspects of the inner
worlds before the spirit in matter is defined by any mental definitions.
Neptune therefore in this arc should give a seemingly confused and
purposeless state of mind or great shyness. It will be found interest-
ing to note in what house this arc comes. If the Ascendant is in the
arc of the fourth lunar cycle for the year of birth, it will give the
native much psychic ability and possibly uncomfortable contact with
the elements of earth. This fourth arc was used by the ancient
Chaldeans as the home of Saturn retrograde when attempting to
penetrate the mysteries of undeveloped life. It will be interesting to
note whether bacteriologists and agricultural chemists have not planets
within this fourth arc of the Moon. Natives with many planets iu
the arc will probably be a disappointment to their friends, as they will
naturally work more on the invisible planes of consciousness than
others. It is a dangerous arc when used selfishly, as it often gives
power to the native which amounts to hypnotism. It is through this
arc that one reaches the astral plane. Anyone with this arc on the
M.C. can do much to uplift the material conditions of earth.
The individual spirit of man can penetrate further into matter
through this arc of the zodiac than through any other.
From the point of view of regeneration it is the arc of motherhood.
It would affect collectors, those who like to gather many material
objects around them, and also it should aid those people who are
interested in fractionating thought and who enjoy precise definitions ;
for it is the need of the life of the inner spheres to gain in definiiencss.
It is the arc of trivial games and impulse. This arc should have a
marked effect on the lower forms of insanity where horrid visions
disturb the patient, especially when the Moon is in conjunction with
Saturn. Perkz Field.
 26O

IftnDu ^ati-ologjj

I.

Combined Introductory Astrology (Indian and European). By

Govind H. Keskar (Sukaniwas Hotel, near Dhobi Talao, Kalbadevi,
Bombay. Price Six Rupees.)

This book is intended mainly for Hindu beginners, and is a com-

bination of the elementary principles of Indian and European
Astrology. The experienced western student will not have a great
deal to learn from it, and will consult the book mainly to ascertain
what form the subject assumes in the bands of a modern Indian
astrologer. Instructions are given for calculating and interpreting
the horoscope according to both the European and Indian systems,
so that the difference between the two is brought out; and sundry
observations appear to be original with the author, who is evidently
well read in both systems.
On the subject of aspects, it is stated that their strength depends
upon the number of parts into which they divide the circle ; thus the
opposition, which divides it into only two parts, is stronger than the
trine, which gives three parts. There seems to be a flaw in this
theory ; for, logically, it would compel us to regard the quintile with
five parts as stronger than the sextile with six. The author asserts
this to be a fact, but it is doubtful whether many other students will
agree with him here; although it is possible to follow him perhaps
when he regards the sextile as only a subdivision of a trine, and not
one of an independent series of divisions of the circle. He gives the
third part of a trine, 40°, called here a Nonine, and its multiples
80° and 160°, as good aspects, stronger thau the semi-sextile ; but
probably the reader will require further evidence before accepting0
this. He also regards the Heptile or seventh part of a circle, 5if
and its multiples, as a weak but good aspect; and here we believe
Sepharial has preceded him, although the experienceof other students
is to be desired. This applies to European Astrology only; for the
Hindu reckons by signs, not degrees; a planet in any part of Aries
being in what is called "Half Aspect" to one in any part of Leo;
and the good or evil effect is supposed to depend wholly upon the
natures of the planets that cast the aspect, and not in any way upon
the aspect itself.
The Second House, in addition to governing wealth, is said to
rule Family Happiness. Novel points mentioned in connection with
other houses, in addition to their ordinary meaning are : Third House,
 HINDU ASTROLOGY 261
prowess or capability; Fourth House, carriages, general happiness,
friendships; Fifth House, intellect and education; Sixth House,
enemies, animals, pets ; Eighth House, suddenly acquired wealth, as
by lotteries; Eleventh House, financial gain; Twelfth House,
financial loss, reputation after death.
The author maintains that the cusps are the real boundaries
between the houses, and that they have no orb. A planet approach-
ing a cusp has an orb according to its nature, but the cusp as such
has none. This adds another opinion to the great variety that have
been expressed upon the subject.
The position of the Moon in the signs is supposed to indicate
caste; and the list given here is: the Brahmin or priestly caste,
Moon in a watery sign ; the Kshattriya or fighting and ruling caste,
fire ; the Vaishya or trading caste, earth ; the Shndra or serving
caste, air. The same list is given in some other books, but the
allotment seems to us very doubtful, to say the least.
The great importance attached to the position of the Moon is
one of the characteristics of Indian Astrology ; marriage for both
sexes is supposed to depend largely upon it; its position in the
asterisms is the basis for the calculation of Dashas or planetary
periods; and for some purposes a lunar horoscope is taken, in which
the place of the Moon is considered as the cusp of the ascendant, and
the other signs follow for the successive houses in order ; so that, for
instance, a transit of Saturn through the second sign from that
containing the Moon at birth is unlucky for money matters.
Neptune is stated in this book to be a feminine planet, darker in
colour than any other, and to cause timidity. The following notes
of its position in the houses are said to be based upon experience.
Neptune in the Ascendant spoils the complexion and health. In
the second house, trouble with money, poverty. In the third,
few brothers and sisters or none; disagreement with them; many
short Journeys and some long ones. In the fourth, evil for that
house. In the fifth, either no children or they die early ; some abor-
tions; In the seventh, wife's death. In the eighth, short life. In the
ninth, Journeys and irreligion. In the tenth, early loss of father; delay
in preferment; disfavour of the great. In the eleventh, lack of
friends, disagreement with thein, insult and neglect ; loss of children.
In the sixth and twelfth many enemies.
Mr. Keskar does not hesitate to criticise other astrologers. He
disagrees with Sepharial over the Ayanamsha, which is here given as
2 0
3 7' for xgog. He finds fault with Mr. Alan Leo for his teaching
about decanates, and with Wilson for rejecting lords of houses; and
he has published an answer to some of Zadziel's forecasts regarding
India.
The book containsa useful glossary of some Hindu and European
technical terms, and is certainly worth the attention of those students
who are interested in comparing the two systems of Astrology. It is
a pity that it is disfigured by several clerical errors and printer's
mistakes.
 MODEHN ASTROLOGY
II.
Oriental Astrology, Darwinism and Degeneration. By
Janazdan Joshi, B.A. [Pioneer Press, Allahabad.)
This is an attack upon Astrology as taught and practised in
India at the present day ; and if only half the alleged facts quoted by
the author are correct he is ihorougiily justified iu his altitude. The
grossest superstitions appear to surround the subject in the minds of
the less intelligent Indians, fostering imposture, crime, and a sort of
priestly tyranny on the part of the more unscrupulous astrologers.
The following extract from the Appendix will serve to explain his
indictment.
" I read a portion of my vernacular pamphlet to a Pandit. He
was delighted, and said; 'It is a very good thing that you explode
Astrology. Fewer houses will be burnt in future.' I could not
understand his strange remarks. He explained that barren women
seek the advice of astrologers. They tell them to burn somebody's
house : burn the closed corner of some man's house and the closure
(barrenness) would be removed. These barren persons burn several
houses every year.
"The trial of a childless man and his wife for killing a boy and
bathing in his blood at the suggestion of an astrologer has already
been reported in the papers.
" The rational explanation of these queer recipes is very simple.
The process is too revolting and most impracticable for ordinary
persons. The chances of their being proved false are therefore
reduced to a minimum. Little does the astrologer realise that some
blockheads take him at bis words and literally follow the advice."
Even when actual crime does not result, the writer charges some
astrologers with the most deliberate fraud and imposture. Like all
extreme partisans he carries his argument too far, for he aims at the
complete abolition of Astrology both in the east and the west, and
can see no good whatever in the accursed thing. We can sympathise
with him to a large extent but wilhout going quite to his extreme:
for we are of opinion that the subject can be purified, freed from the
objectionable features to which he refers, and made useful to the
world again.
That purification seems more likely to come from the west than
from India itself. We have seen a good many books upon the Astro-
logy of India, from the Rrihat Jataka down to the work of last year,
and they all appear to justify the opinion that western astrologers
have more to teach their Indian brethren than to learn from them,
especially on the mathematical side of the science.
The elimination of useless excrescences is needed both in the west
and the east, and is slowly proceeding at the present day. The
student has to learn to accept nothing on the mere authority of
ancient writers, no matter how eminent, unless it can be put to the
test and corroborated by practical investigation at the present day.
And this principle appears to be better realised in Europe and
America than in India. H. S. G,
 better to tl)£ (EDitor

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aJone responsible for the opinions contained therein. Correspondents desiring
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All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
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I-ettcrs are inserted at the earliest possible opportunity, but are sometimes
unavoidably held over through lack of space. Will Correspondents please remember
(t) that all communications should be written upon one side of the paper only:
(2) that planetary positions, as :iotl as birth data, should always be given where
possible; and (3) that information should be put as concisely as is compatible
with clearness ?
Neglect of these considerations causes many otherwise valuable letters to be
excluded from these pages.

Dogmatism.

Dear Sir,
It seems to me that many of our astrological text-books,
full though they are of much valuable information, would be improved
if some of the dogmatic statements found therein were left out, or put
forward simply as theories, not as authoritative statements. Above
all, facts are needed—patient collection of verifiable facts by the
scientific method. We read: " The Sun, Moon, and planets have
each an angel or Planetary Spirit." "The inhabitants of Venus have
now progressed very far ahead of us and are fast approaching per-
fection." " In the grand period of evolution known as a manvantara
there are seven ' rounds.' " "The horoscope of any man is the out-
come of his thoughts, desires and motives in previous lives." And
many similar statements, about the Logos, karma, etc. All this only
tends to irritate the inquiring, critical person, and prevent him
pursuing the study. Reincarnation is a helpful theory, when not
dogmatised about, for we have no absolute proof of it; and still less
proof of some of the other subjects. I think that authoritative state-
ments about these matters are only justifiable by those who claim to
possess claivoyant occult powers—not at second-hand ; and besides,
all this metaphysical talk does not help to prove the truth of Astrology.
Also there is a strong element of puritanicism, of narrow
asceticism, in the way Theosophical astrologers speak of the influence
of the planets which I would gladly see banished. One finds the
expression " the taint of the senses," and constant denunciation of
them. The ideal seeming to be, to transmute Mars into Venus, get
beyond sex feelings, and be entirely cleansed of the senses. Passion
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

is spoken of as the opposite pole to love—the soul opposite to the

senses. I do not agree with this. Rather do I believe in exuberance,
beauty, the joy of life. I hold with W. Blake, who says: " Men are
admitted into heaven not because they have curbed and governed their
passions, or have no passions, but because they have cultivated their
understandings." Also he says, " Man has no body distinct from his
soul. For that called body is a portion of soul discerned by the five
senses, the chief inlets of soul in this age." Restraint and purity are so
much insisted on by our astrologers. It seems to me that most of us
are quite pure enough already. I think we need most to cultivate
imagination, sympathy, and interest in our fellow-creatures, not from
self-sacrifice and duty, but from love and beauty. However, our
views on these ethical matters must be personal only ; and I think it
would be best to make Astrology more of an Art by leaving out much
of the ethical advice—for Art does not seek to give moral instruction.
Apart from the matters touched on, I am grateful for much
useful information gathered from the books; and it is only in the
interest of the cause which I have at heart that I make these remarks.
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Matthews.

COMMENT.—We are in hearty agreement with our correspondent

when she asks for " patient collection of verifiable facts by the
scientific method " ; we have voiced an appeal on p. ii. of the cover of
this magazine for several years, and shall be very grateful for help in
this particular. As to dogmatism, every one has a right to his own
opinion, but no right to force it on others. That is true. At the same
time, if one is firmly persuaded of the truth of that which to others is
but an hypothesis, it is difficult, in writing about matters in which it :s
concerned, to avoid speaking in the tone of one who refers to an
admitted fact. Our correspondent herself, for instance, if she were in
a general company of people and had occasion to refer to Astrology,
would surely refer to it as a science and not as a superstition, not-
withstanding that she might thereby lay herself open to the charge of
claiming to " know " about a subject the truth of which is regarded by
the lay public as unproven ? But surely it would be rather hard to
call this " dogmatising" ?
In fact, we venture to think our correspondent has mistaken the
intention of those who write in these pages, and in our text-books, in
the way to which she takes exception. To make a definite statement
is not necessarily to dogmatise, and we are quite sure there is no such
wish on the part of our authors. But we are grateful to Miss
Matthews for giving voice to her views, and shall be glad to hear what
others may say on this subject.—Ed.
JHobern Hstrologg

A Journal Devotbd to the Search for Truth Cohcbrning Astroloqy

Vol. VIII. JULY, 1911. No. 7.

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There is, to my mind, a very great difference between the
spiritual world and the psychic world. The latter is but an extension
of the physical, and while of value to those who possess sound
common sense, and a moderate balance in -the personal equation, to
others it may be as dangerous, if not more so, than a man in rude
physical health who has lost control over his senses.
The psychic world is represented by the vibrations radiating
from the planet Neptune, under the influence of which planet
(afflicted) we may classify such cases as " exaggerated ego " and such
persons as claim to be re-incarnations of Jesus, Queen Elizabeth,
Julius Casar and other noted characters, or those cases where the
personality is accentuated to an extraordinary degree. We may on
the other hand also classify under this planet's influence the transcen-
dentalist whose extension of the physical senses enables his conscious-
ness to penetrate the finer ethers of space in an idealistic and abstract
rather than a concrete or objective form ; and the mystic, who devotes
the whole of his life to the worship, or contemplation, of his ideal.
During the past few years all students of the stars have been
more or less keenly occupied with speculations regarding the opposition
of Uranus and Neptune, which is now about to pass out of orbs and
separate sufficiently to allow each influence to operate independently
in its own sphere of God's good work of guiding evolution.
There has been War in Heaven. Some faint echoes of that
266 MODERN ASTROLOGY

mighty battle have been heard on earth, shaking kings and kingdoms,
:governments and people. Surely it was no idle prediction that we
made several years ago regarding this opposition, although the natures
of these two planets were not known to the same extent as they are
to-day, for they have plainly revealed the truth of the prophetic words
—" My spirit shall not always strive with man." As every student of
experience knows, the influence of an opposition is more potent
separating than when applying or complete; what then shall hinder
the coming of the Anti-Christ ? May we utter a note of warning to
all psychics. For we are on the eve of the greatest psychic wave
that has passed over Europe since the Middle Ages. Another seal of
the great book of life is about to be opened.
...
The reformation is at hand, truly, but the darkest hour comes
before the dawn. Reforms of such a far-reaching character, and
social purgings of such a drastic nature as the world has never known,
-are rapidly approaching, and the entry of Uranus into Aquarius, freed
from the opposition of Neptune, will bring to birth the true occultists
who knowing and understanding God's laws will work with them for
the upliftment of humanity.
We have been slowly rubbing our eyes after a long sleep. Let
us prepare for a sudden awakening. Uranus finds a wide and open
field in Aquarius, and the reaction from the limitations of Capricorn
will make short work of the separation of the sheep from the goats.
These are statements provable by all who possess a sane mind in
-a sound brain, coupled with a knowledge of astrology, for the cypher is
written in the heavens that" he who runs may read." Let any student
who can think independently ponder over the last conjunction of the
Sun with Uranus, and the new moon that preceded it—the most
important mundane figure of the present century—and he will read the
Handwriting upon the Wall.
I am not a croaker or an alarmist, as all who know me are
-aware, but I should fail in my duty as an interpreter of the Signs of
the Times if 1 did not warn the mighty Nation into which I was born
that if she does not Gird UP HER LOINS IN Time another Nation,
whom God has long prepared as understudy, will step in and take her
place !
 THE EDITOR'S OBSERVATORY

The cause is quite clear, to all who are more spiritual than
psychic. We are undoubtedly entering upon a new phase of life
known as the beginning of the sixth Sub- Race of a certain Round of
evolution. To this great fact ordinary common sense, as reflected
by some of our ablest journalists in the wonderful press of our day, is
becoming alive; every alert mind is aware of great changes taking
place in our midst. The question of the future is: Can Britain
respond to the higher step required of her ? She can : will she ?
♦ ❖
Our good King, than whom no nation in the world has a better,
has already sounded the note " Wake up, England 1 " Will England
respond ? For she must wake up fully, and that very quickly, or the
next best King will rule ; for the time has not yet come for the
deposing of Kings, and the nations who follow that course must surely
suffer.
An ideal King every virile nation must have, and Britain has
such in our wise and strong King George.
The changes that are now taking place are psychic; that is, an
extension of the physical; and these changes in the psychic world will
react upon the physical world and produce in concrete form that
which is reflected into matter. For there is a cause for every
result. Therefore it becomes necessary for all who wish to work with
the good law to umierstaud the nature of the psychological forces now
at work below the surface, in order that they may be prepared and ready
to meet the wave as it rises—either to wash clean the souls of Britain,
or swamp them in a surf of ridicule.
***
It was intended that this issue should contain the horoscopes of the
leading members of the TheosophicalSociety, and with this end in view
some months ago letters were sent to a large number of members of
the T.S., a stamped addressed envelope being enclosed for reply ; but
as less than ten per cent of those applied to took the trouble to reply,
we must be content with a publication of the horoscopes of" Alcyone,"
" Mizar " and " Orion," who with Mrs. Besant and Mr. C. W. Lead-
beater are now the central figures in the T.S. These nativities, with
one or two others of interest in this connection, are given overleaf.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

The following are a few horoscopes of zealous workers in the cause

of Theosophy, past and present, arranged alphabetically r
1 "Al-CYONB" 8 "Mizar"
2 Besant, Mrs. Annie, President g Oi.cott, Henry Steels, the late
of the T.S. (<■«.). President-founder of the T.S.
3 Blavatskv, Helena Petbovna, ('.«•)
Co-founder with H, S. Olcott 10 "Orion."
of the T.S. and author of the 11 Scott-Moncribee, Rev. C. W.
Secret Doctrine (La.) iz TiieosophicalSociety,founded:
^ Iyer, Sir Subramania, Vice- 17.ii.1875, 8 p.m., New York
President of the T.S. {'■"■)
5 Judge, William Quan, a former 13 Wachtmbister, Coontess.
Vice-PresLdent of the T.S. (t.a.) 14 Wedgwood, Mr. J. I., General
6 Leadbeater, Mr. C. W. (t.n.) Secretary of the T.S. in Eng-
7 LnTYBNS, LADY EMU.Y (t.a.) land and Wales.
X. XI. Xll. I. 11. III.
1 m 29 7 25 >321 — 20 X27 8 0
2 n 5 1724 = 21 TI4 8 25 n 17
3 T 6 8 14 n 25 ®28 AI5 n* 7
4 K22J T 25 8 28 U27 30 2 5 A 23
5 W 7 VI 25 = 21 'r2o 11 O □ 20
6 — 0 = 23 r 3 n 6 n26 3013
7 A 17 ■T 20 ex 16 »n 6 7 4 V3 9
8 mn 7 9 H 7 — 2 * 7 TIO
9 IE 28 nj 1 i 0 ^>24 111 21 7 23
10 m 29 t 20 yjn = 7 *23 w 3
11 -19 m 12 11 28 712 >322 .VST 3
12 X26J 8 2 n 12 30 l6 A 6 A 28
'3 - 7 11 4 1126 7 14 >319 X I
>4 — '5 m 9 ui 28 7 14 >322 X 8
© 5 s ? rf v >! •f
T « 21 7 25 8 29 028* 3012 30 3 Ill 3I?. ill 18R UMj
2 ^ 8 ta 13 ^17 ^II'R 8 15^ 1018 X 7R. TI7R = 28 B
3 Jl 19 -n 10 11* 9 - 4 3 =I7R 11 3 S 1211. >32311
- 9 15117 •a 34 11 26 •in 7J >314 V3 8 X26I^ = I7B
5 T23 'WIS « 3 X II X 20 18 R. T24 8 0 x 8
6 a: 28 X26 = 29 X 13 V3 5 n 7 x 3 TI2 = 28
7 W 4 A 12 723 7 11 2 -a 28 SS 12 AI5B T28
8 D 9 •a 3 8 15 ® 5 7124 e± oSt, 7 9R. 7 xB 1122
9 il 10 m 1 TTS 6 JII2 811 X28R 19114 = I7B V3 25B
10 n 14 X234 n23R. 0 4l T10 A 6 "1141^ ul 2i4B n 174
11 H23 7 9 r 2 Ti6i Y3 264 =27 T 4 I* 11^ 8 8
12 «t 25 A 0 ii 6 ^ 9i = 17 "I 15 = 20 A20St. B 8 ill
13 - 7 8 6 T 5 X 6 TO 11*11 ■1 284 X IO = 10
M n 3 vj 5 □ 21 « 2 T26 30 4 D O 11*19 8 19
No. 12 mav be termed the Nativity of the T.S. itself, being a
horoscope cast for the time of founding the Society, November 17th,
1875, 8 p.m., at New York, and it is interesting to study this map in
connection with the others.

" The letters La., or t.n. indicate that the time of birth is known only opproxi-
mutely or is uncertain, but in ihese cases the margin of error is probably not very
gieat.
 ®b< Jfirst ficcatr* of tb( Qtoentietb Cfentnry

The Fulfilment of a Prophecy

In an Editorial on "The End of the Century" in Modern

Astrology for December, 1899(Vol. VII., Old Series, pp. 156,157),
there may be found the following prophecy, concerning the remarkable
fulfilment of which no comment is necessary:—
Our judgment upon [the Sun's entry in Capricorn, based upon the
majority of the planets being placed in the third house, and the sign
Sagittarius on the cusp, is that we are now on the eve of a great rbvolo-
tion in the world's thought, especially with regard to the matters of science,
philosophy and religion, particularly the latter. Philosophy will rule,
and metaphysical ihought will spread with lightning rapidity, and materialism
will give way to a new era and the people will be on the look out for a new
leader. That is our judgment, based upon the planetary positions at the
close of the century.
When writing a summary of the year 1S99 for the Editor of the Evening
Mews, we stated that: "All astrologers will watch the march of events
during the present year with keen interest, the year ending with no less than
seven planets occupying the same sign, Sagittarius, which is the ninth in
the order of the signs. This indicates that we are about to euter upon an
entirely new cycle, in which higher thought will influence the mind of the
world. Great changes will take place in the religious world, and a broader
view will be taken by the majority. Science will make remarkaole and
wonderful strides. There will be many new inventions in connection with
modes of transit, the horseless carriage age being close at hand ; a general
wave of progress is near. Astrology will be recognised as a science worthy
of invesligacion, and metaphysics will be talked of as amatter of education."
We made this prediction in January, 1899, and the winter quarter will
see definite steps taken towards its fulfilment. ... A philosophical
spirit will begin, and those who advocate Peace will gain supporters among
those having the power and the strength to carry it through successfully.
It is significant of the change which has taken place during the
last ten years that in the February number of the London Magazine
its Editor should write: " Stories dealing with the occult are now in
the air, and probably in the future they will be more and more
developed as the study of the science of the occult continues to grow.
It is extraordinary how within the last few years this new science,
which is gradually revolutionising our entire outlook on life, has
progressed. A few years ago everything that happened was explained
by * natural means' which we understood to mean such methods as
we ourselves were able to understand."
 ®lj£osopljD in tbe Vtgbt of J^strologii

Theosophy is the body of truths which forms the basis of all

religions, and which cannot be claimed as the exclusive possession of
any. It offers a philosophy which renders life intelligible, and which
demonstrates the justice and the love which guide its evolution. It
puts death in its rightful place, as a recurring incident in an endless
life, opening the gateway of a fuller and more radiant existence. It
restores to the world the science of the spirit, teaching man to know
the spirit as himself, and the mind and body as his servants. It
illuminates the scriptures and doctrines of religions by unveiling their
hidden meanings, thus justifying them at the bar of intelligence as they
are ever justified in the eyes of intuition.
Members of the Theosophical Society study these truths, and
Theosophists endeavour to live them. Everyone willing to study, to
be tolerant, to aim high, and to work perseveringly, is welcomed as a
member, and it rests with the member to become a true Theosophist.
The Theosophical Society was formed at New York, November
17th, 1875, and incorporated at Madras, April 3rd, 1905. It is an
absolutely unsectarian body of seekers after Truth, striving to serve
humanity on spiritual lines, and therefore endeavouring to check
materialism and revive religious tendency. Its three declared objects
are:
First.—To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity,
without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
Second.—To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy
and science.
Third.—To investigate the unexplained laws of nature and the powers
latent in man.
The Theosophical Society is composed of students, belonging to any
religion in the world or to none, who are united by their approval
of the above objects, by their wish to remove religious antagonisms
and to draw together men of good will, whatsoever their religious
opinions, and by their desire to study religious truths and to share the
 THEOSOPHY IN THE LIGHT OF ASTROLOGY

results of their studies with others. Their bond of union is not the
profession of a common belief, but a common search and aspiration
for Truth. They hold that Truth should be sought by study, by
reflection, by purity of life, by devotion to high ideals, and they regard
Truth as a prize to be striven for, not as a dogma to be imposed by
authority. They consider that belief should be the result of individual
study or intuition, and not its antecedent, and should rest on knowledge,
not on assertion. They extend tolerance to all, even to the intolerant,
not as a privilege they bestow, but as a duty they perform, and they
seek to remove ignorance, not to punish it. They see every religion
as an expression of the Divine Wisdom, andprefer its study to its con-
demnation, and its practice to proselytism. Peace is their watchword,
as Truth is their aim.
Accepting the foregoing statements, published in the Theosophist,
as a brief and fair representation of Theosophy and the Theosophical
Society we may set out with somewhat similar statements with regard
to Astrology:
Astkology is the body of truths which forms the basis of all science,
philosophy, and religion. It renders life intelligible, and demonstrates the
justice and the love which guide its evolution. It puts death in its rightful
place, as a recurring incident in an endless life, opening the gateway of a
fuller and more radiant existence. It restores to the world the science of
the spirit, teaching man to know the spirit as himself, and the mind and
body as bis servants. It illuminates the scriptures and doctrines of religions
by unveiling their hidden meanings, thus justifying them at the bar of
intelligence as they are ever justihed in the eyes of intuition.
Some good theosophists may stand aghast at this comparison, and
refuse to admit that such can exist, nevertheless the comparison is
made in all good faitli by a theosophist who was acquainted with
Madame Blavatsky, is a close student of the Secret Doctrine, and who
did much in the early days to assist the Theosophical Society when it
passed through some very troubled waters, and who although an
earnest student of Astrology can still claim to be a theosophist according
to the above definition.
The Theosophical Society is now on the crest of a wave, the
largest since the Society was formed, all other undulations being
insignificant in comparison. Mighty issues are at stake, through the.
272 MODERN AITROLOGY

statements which have been made regarding the coming of a New

Teacher, the manifestation of the same spiritual Intelligence of two
thousand years ago.
So far, from the scientific aspect of things, many theosophical
predictions have been verified ; ordinary science, however, fails to
deal with the advent of a New Teacher. One of the aspects of
Astrology—although not the chief—is prediction, and the method
adopted is identical with that of the astronomer who predicts the
coming of eclipses, sun spots, comets, and other celestial phenomena.
History repeats itself, and all laws move in cycles. Day succeeds
night, and night follows day. Spring comes affer winter, and summer
follows spring in orderly procession.
In the heavens the drama of the Soul is represented as an
allegory, repeated in the myths and traditions of all nations. The
Logos is the Author of the play, the Zodiac is the stage; the Sun,
Moon, and planets are the actors. Every two thousand years the
scene is changed and the actors play new parts. The whole of this
drama is mirrored on the earth, for all the world's a stage, and each
man plays his part.
I n this respect Astrology can endorse every word of Theosophy,
and therefore if not identical it is at least in agreement.
Does Astrology support the prophecies concerning the coming of
a New Teacher ? Yes, Astrology foresees the coming of a New
Actor who will play an important part in the religious world.
If this be so ; can Astrology foretell when this event is likely to
occur ?
It is within the province of the astrologer, with this idea in his
mind, to foresee a remarkable Epoch in the Solar ingress of 21st
March, 1928, when the Sun enters Aries with the conjunction of
Uranus and Jupiter, passing to the trine aspect of Neptune and
Satum, with the latter in the ninth sign Sagittarius ; and the Moon in
the last decanate of Pisces. It will be the commencement of a
momentous period in the world's history, for great radical changes will
take place in the religious world, and should the New Teacher not
elect to come forth at this time, then the way will be prepared for
religious changes the like of which have not occurred for over two
thousand years.
 THEOSOPHY IN THE LIGHT OF ASTROLOGY *73
If there are any who feel inclined to ridicule the idea of Astrology
being concerned in these matters, they are recommended to follow the
example of the Rev. John Butler, Rector of Letchborough. This
eminent English divine, whose " Sermons on Human Nature " occupy
an important place in the history of ethical science, sat down to expose
the absurdities of Astrology. But in order the more effectually to
expose these " absurdities " he found it expedient to read a little on
the subject; which he proceeded to do, and then not only became a
convert but wrote an apology for Astrology!! To astrologers, Dr.
Butler will go down to posterity as the publisher of the Nativity of
our Lord Jesus Christ, from which the following extract may be made :
" First, it is apparent by the known rules of Art that Jesus was born,
as it were, purposely, and that so, as may be discerned by the scheme
of HisNativity, to die a violent death. " After describing the
Nativity, Dr. Butler gives the following graphic picture of our Lord
Jesus: "Such was the fortune of our Saviour during His progress
through this earthly world, and such were the qualities of His humane
mind, even as the stars describe them ; and such was the complexion
of His humane body, just as the heavens do bespeak, and although we
never saw His person, or any true portraiture of the same, yet know
we, by the scheme of His nativity, that He was a Man somewhat tall
in stature, of an oval face, of a ruddy complexion, between fair and
brown, of a grey eye, yet sharp and piercing, of a bright brown hair, of
a high forehead, of much beard, of a pleasant look, smiling yet soberly
serious, and of a body well composed and indifferently set, between
slender and corpulent, and all this we know by the Canons of Astrology ;
and that these Canons are true it is no small evidence, in that all the
known passages of His life so punctually comply with them. "
On the recommendation of Queen Caroline, Dr. Butler was made
Bishop of Bristol in 1738, and in 1750 obtained the higher preferment
of the Bishopric of Durham.
One wonders what would have happened had he proclaimed his
firm belief in Astrology at any time during the nineteenth century.
We are now, however, growing much more tolerant of the opinions of
others, and far less prejudiced and bigoted, but even in this
" enlightened " century no one is quite certain as to how we should
receive a New Teacher, should one arise in our midst. We should
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

not be likely to predict a violent death, but there still exist subtle
means of getting rid of those whom we hate and distrust.
As the basis of all science Astrology certainly explains the various
states and conditions of matter. It claims that the whole of the
mineral kingdom is fundamentally governed by the law which affects
Saturn in its relationship to the earth through the ether of space, by
which the influence of Saturn solidifies, crystallises, and makes con-
crete, the substance at the root of earthy matter. This is provable by
noting the lowering of the atmospheric temperature on any day when
Saturn aspects the Sun, Moon, or Mercury.
As the basis of all philosophy, Astrology assuredly proves the
close relationship between humanity and the signs of the zodiac, and
as the basis of all religion it proclaims One God Whose outer body
(so far as our solar system is concerned) is the glorious Sun and
Whose ministers are the spirits of the planets.
In all this Astrology goes hand in hand with Theosophy, making
practicable and demonstrable the truths behind every form of
manifestation.
Theosophy holds all the theories concerning the various planes in
Nature, the principles of which Man is composed, and points the way
to the goal of Superman.
Astrology explains the various Planes of Nature in terms of the
Zodiac, the Principles of Man through the Planets, and the Goal by
the relationship between Man and the Spiritual Intelligences.
Theosophy in the widest sense of the term implies a knowledge
of God, and its study would mean a searching to find God, either from
within or without.
Modern Theosophy is represented by the Secret Doctrine, Isis
Unveiled, and many valuable works by the President of the
Theosophical Society, such as The Ancient Wisdom, A Study in
Consciousness, Esoteric Christianity, etc., etc.
The Theosophical Society has its three well defined objects, and
is composed of members and theosophists as already stated.
Astrology in the widest sense of the term, as " the Wisdom of the
Stars," implies a knowledge of God, and its study would mean a
searching to find God.
 THEOSOPHY IN THE LIGHT OF ASTROLOGY 275
Modern Astrology is represented by a large number of books, all
in agreement in expressing this interpretation and all approved by the
Astrological Society.
There are 20,000 members of the Theosophical Society who are
more or less entitled to be called Theosophists.
There are 20,000 copies of the a.nn\\a\ Ephemerides sold each year,
a compilation of use only to those who study Astrology to some extent
and are therefore more or less entitled to be termed astrologers.
About the time of the formation of the Theosophical Society in
1875, there was an unusual activity in Astrological Circles, an
Astrological Society in fact existing at that time in London.

All these comparisons have been drawn with only one object:—
to show that things unseen are beginning to move the thoughts of a
large number of people who have one common aim in view—a deeply
roofed belief in the brotherhood of humanity.
The minds of many are releasing their hold upon the concrete
world, and seeking to know something about the subjective worlds
that have been sensed or felt in some degree by many, and actually
seen by a few. If the 20,000 students of Astrology added to their
study some knowledge of the ideas of theosophy, the most pronounced
X)i which are those concerning Karma and Reincarnation, the band who
believe in brotherhood would be just doubled in size.
Astrologers, using that term in the highest sense, know that
humanity is one whole body, and that the sense of separateness is only
apparent, a glamour of the mind. The Zodiac is one whole circle,
though each separate sign represents but a part of the great body of
Adam Kadmqn—and humanity as a whole is represented by the
circle of the Zodiac.
If the 20,000 members of the Theosophical Society added to
their thought some knowledge of Astrology and knew how to demon-
strate the laws of Karma through planetary influence, and thus show
how matter is affected by the superior Intelligences, they would
through their unity with the astrological mind very soon double the
40,000 believers and quickly produce the 144,000 who are to be the
. elect for the coming race.
Many of the intuitive minds of to-day are feeling the approaching
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

influence of a New Teacher, and they include some of our most

esteemed scientific men. The President of the Theosophical Society
is apparently convinced of the coming of a World Teacher, and as one
who is in touch with the Masters, who are the Supermen of our race,
this conviction is inspiring to those who know her undeniable love of
truth.
As a close student of both Theosophy and Astrology for a quarter
of a century, the writer finds himself unable to separate the two systems
of thought. To him, they both mean the same thing, although he is
quite conscious that there are members of the Theosophical Society
who will not believe in Astrology, and that there are students of
Astrology who cannot accept Theosophy.
It is in the hope that these two rapidly increasing bodies of
people may be wholly reconciled, that this article has been written ;
and to further the realisation of that hope the main differences in
opinion between the unbelievers are now given, just as they have been
stated to the writer:—
Some theosophists claim to have sight on the various planes of
existence, also knowledge which makes them independent of Astrology.
As stated by one clairvoyant theosophist, he—" can see the auras of
people and therefore has no necessity to cast horoscopes, as he knows
what is likely to happen to anyone by simply looking at their aura."
On the other hand some astrologers claim that Theosophy is all
theory resting upon statements that cannot be directly verified, and
therefore should the clairvoyant theosophist see the aura, others, not
seeing it, must either accept or reject, the statement; whereas a
map of the heavens can be cast by anyone of average intelligence,
and the same universal laws of interpretation applied.
But to the writer these are individual and not vital differences.
The main questions should be: Has each a common view of life, and
are both seeking the spiritual unfoldment of humanity ? Can both
systems be united ?
If they can, then their unity is a force in which knowledge and
devotion can go hand in hand for the uplifting of the race. If they
have nothing in common and are more useful separated, the one from
the other, then let it be^iroverf that they are distinct and unreconcilable
systems of thought. Alan Leo.
 277
CALENDAR FOR JULY, 1911
Sun and Moon
enter Signs
Sympathetic Sun. 2 S 16 23 -30 July
Stone and Colour:
2 I) ^ 21/17
Opal; Violet and Hon. 3 10 17 24 31 4 S "l 11 25
Mauve 7 I) f i im 39
IO- D 1 om 31 O
Tue». 4 11 18 23 12 V ~ 01/33
Number : M V x 11 3
17 D T 7.K33
5- Wed. 9 12 19 26 19 D « 11/32
21 C n 4 4°
Sound: Thurs. 23 B 0 5 28
8 13 20 27 24 O A om 2g
S«. 25 J) A 51/24
27 B ts 6 26
Frl. 7 14 21 28 29 I) ^ IO 32
Dat ;
Monday Bat. 1 8 IS 22 29 For East Longitude
add, and /or West
Longitude subtract
difference in Time.
" Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down,
and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.
For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to
you again."—St. Luke vi. 38.
At sunrise, the hour of noon, and at sunset, all over the world the Sign
of the Crab, the human breasts, and the Lotus—Cancer—will pass over the
four quarters of the earth.
All who desire to utilise their feelings will do well to choose a quiet and
peaceful place, and sit quietly at sunrise (preferably), noon or sunset,
sending from within loving feelings to those with whom they are in sympathy,
also to all who are in trouble and who need the help of those who are capable
of sending forth sympathy. Our meditations may well be commenced by
analysing the state of our feelings and trying to realise whether they are
pure and loving or self-centred and restricted.
Cancer rules the breasts of the Grand Man of the Heavens, representing
the nourishing and sustaining principle. It is the house of the Moon,
representative of Mother Nature, who is the great Mother bringing all
sensitive young life to the point of individualisation. It is also symbolised
by the Crab, retaining and clinging to everything ; therefore, a double lesson
is shown, in which it is seen that we sometimes cling too tightly to the
objects of our affection, and ofttimes hold them too separatively. From the
Lotus leaves also, symbolising Cancer, we learn the great lesson that though
our feelings may spring from selfish desire yet through the purification of
love they may become pure and spotless as the lotus.
Cancer is the sign of Sensitiveness, and governs all feelings, from instinct
to emotion; that sensitiveness, when turned inward, enables us to sense
the inner verities ol life and feel the inner state of our consciousness apart
from objects.
This is the month in which to practise sympathy: "But this I say,
He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth
bountifully shall reap also bountifully."—a Corinthians ix. 6.
May our sympathies expand lovingly.
 Horoscopes of Kemarkable people

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The famous Kwilecki trial in 1903 will perhaps have been

forgotten by many, but interest in it has been aroused by a final
decision which definitely establishes the young Count Joseph Kwilecki
as heir to the Kwilecki title and estates.
The birth-time of Count Joseph will be found on p. 83 of
MODERN Astrology for February, 1904, 5 a.m. 27/l/'97, and for
this time the above horoscope has been calculated, remembering that
Berlin uses mid-European time which is 1 hour fast of Greenwich.
The following account taken from the Daily Express of May
15th, 1911, gives a full summary of this remarkable " Romance of a
 HOROSCOPES OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE 279

Vast Fortune and a Title," but it may be of interest to point out that
Cecilia Mayer's son, whom Count Hector Kwilecki declared Count
Joseph to be, was stated to be born on December 22nd, 1896, when
the planetary positions at noon were as follows :
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vji.13 028.40 HJ4.27 =11.39 n 15.42 iicio.12 m.26.13 >1126.38 1118.35R
Here we find Saturn in the same degree as the Moon in the horoscope
given above, very significant of the determined attempt made to wrench
from him his rightful position and prospects.
The Supreme Court of the Empire has decided a romantic and
mysterious case in which many members of the German aristocracy
are interested, by deciding that the boy known as Joseph Kwilecki is
the son of Countess Isabella Kwilecki, and the heir to the family
fortune and estates in Poland.
The effort to establish the legitimacy of Count Joseph Kwilecki
resulted in litigation extending over a period of years, and the
revelation of a story which is more like a plot in a novel than a
succession of facts affecting living personages. The four central
figures of this strange affair are;
Count Joseph Kwilecki, now fourteen years of age, the only son and
heir of Count Ignax Kwilecki.
Count Ignaz Kwilecki, a great Polish nobleman, aged seventy years, who
claims to be the father of Count Joseph Kwilecki.
Count Hector Kwilecki, a distant cousin who claims the inheritance of
the family estates on the grounds that Count Joseph Kwilecki is
not a Kwilecki at all, but the son of Cecilia Mayer.
Cecilia Mayer, a Galician peasant woman, who was formerly the wife of
a railway navvy, and who after her husband's death earned a
precarious living by manual field labour. Frau Cecilia Mayer
claimed to be the rightful mother of little Count Joseph, and
demanded that he be handed over to her.
Count Ignaz Kwilecki and his wife, Countess Isabella Kwilecki, who
occupied a very prominent position among the Polish aristocracy, were
for many years disappointed in their hopes of a son and heir, the lack
of whom meant that the family estates, all of which are strictly
entailed, would, after the death of Count Ignaz, pass to Count Hector
Kwilecki, a distant cousin. Count Ignaz and Countess Isabella
Kwilecki had three daughters, but the conditions of the family entail
necessitated that they should be left on one side until there were no
more male members of the entire Kwilecki family. The death of
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Count Ignaz would thus have plunged Countess Isabella and her
three daughters into absolute poverty.
When Countess Isabella Kwilecki was fifty-one years of age an
announcement was issued to the effect that she had given birth to a
son on January 27th, 1897. This baby was alleged to be the Count
Joseph Kwilecki, whose fate has now been decided by the supreme
court of the empire.
The legal contest began soon after the boy's birth, when
Countess Isabella Kwilecki was accused of having obtained the baby
from another woman to pass it off as her own son with the criminal
intention of depriving Count Hector Kwilecki of his rightful inheri-
tance of the family estates, and thereby securing to herself the
entailed revenues during the minority of her alleged child. Count
Hector Kwilecki employed a small army of detectives, and in the
course of their inquiries they brought to light many strange facts.
Countess Isabella, instead of remaining at her magnificent home to
give birth to her child, travelled to Berlin and rented a small flat. At
the time of the birth she refused to summon any doctor, but was
attended by several elderly Polish women who had been domestic
servants in her household for many years.
Count Hector Kwilecki spent three years in collecting incrimin-
ating material, and then initiated an action demanding that the High
Court at Posen should adjudge the infant to be an interloper and
neither the rightful son of the Countess Isabella Kwilecki nor the
legitimate heir to the Kwilecki estates. The case was tried in 1901,
when the boy was four years of age, and he was brought into court to
show the alleged remarkable likeness between his own features and
those of the Countess Isabella. The High Court at Posen rejected
Count Hector Kwilecki's claim, and ruled that there were insufficient
proofs to warrant the denial of Countess Isabella's motherhood.
Count Hector Kwilecki then pressed the public prosecutor to take
action, and the array of evidence laid before that official seemed to be
so overwhelming that he ordered the arrest of Countess Isabella and
her husband, as well as of the Polish servants who were in attendance
upon her at the time of the alleged birth.
The trial of Count Ignaz and Countess Isabella Kwilecki, and of
their three servants, took place in Berlin in 1903, and ended in the
 HOROSCOPES OF REMARKABLE PEOPLE 28t

acquittal of all the prisoners. Count Hector Kwilecki persuaded

Cecilia Mayer, the alleged rightful mother of the boy, to bring an
action in the civil court for the recovery of the child. He made no
secret of the fact that he supplied her with the necessary money to pay
the costs of this action.
The action was first heard in the Civil Court at Posen, and the
counsel who appeared on behalf of little Count Joseph Kwilecki argued
that Cecilia Mayer could not possibly be the mother of the boy, because
if she were, she would naturally desire to see him the heir to magnifi-
cent estates, living in comfort and luxury among the great ones of the
land, instead of endeavouring to drag him down from his high position
and reduce him to beggary in a peasant's hut. The Posen Court gave
judgment against Cecilia Mayer, but Count Hector Kwilecki succeeded
in accumulating new evidence, and another trial took place before the
Civil Court at Breslau. There again, judgment was given against
Cecilia Mayer, but Count Hector Kwilecki appealed against this
decision.
The High Court at Posen, sitting on December 20th, 1909, over-
ruled all previous judicial decisions, and adjudged the boy known as
Count Joseph Kwilecki, the only son and heir of Count Ignaz Kwilecki,
to be in reality, the son of the Galician peasant woman, Cecilia Mayer.
At the same time, the court issued a judicial order directing Count
Ignaz Kwilecki to hand over the boy to Cecilia Mayer.
This step, however, was not necessary, owing to the fact that
Count Ignaz Kwilecki immediately gave notice of appeal. Seven
judges of the supreme tribunal at Leipzig heard the appeal. They
did not order a new trial, but simply cancelled the ruling of the High
Court at Posen. The decision of the Supreme Court is absolutely
final, so that Joseph's identity as the real Count Kwilecki is definitely
established. Count Ignaz Kwilecki, Joseph's aged father, was the
only member of the family present when judgment was delivered. He
was deeply affected. The overwhelming sorrow at the decision of the
High Court at Posen in depriving her of the boy, and indirectly of
adjudging her a criminal, led to the death of Countess Isabella Kwilecki
in February, 1910, at the age of sixty-four.
Count Joseph Kwilecki's nativity will provide an interesting
problem for students.
 Xnbibibnal Horoscopes anb Rational Besting

By The Editor

Mr. Govind H. Keskar, through his article in the June issue,

has asked the readers of this magazine some very pertinent questions
regarding Individual Horoscopes and National Destiny which astro-
logical students should not allow to pass with the apathy that is usually
displayed when questions of such vital import are argued. The points
raised by Mr. Keskar are far too important to be ignored or treated
lightly and therefore it is to be hoped that all who profess to be
anxious for the future welfare of Astrology will take the matter
seriously and express their opinions freely.
To start the ball rolling I will state my own views, and will
deal with Mr. Keskar's questions in the order in which he puts them.
(t.) What are the conditions and causes [astrological, of course) that impose
limitations upon whole Countries and Provinces ? Could these and their nature
be foretold ? I know plagues, famines, wars, have been foretold : but I have not
heard that the Lilly or Nostradamus who foretold such events ever attempted to
foretell the sufferings of the Calholtcs under the Puritan Government.
Every individual horoscope is subject to the national destiny, and
to the planetary influences governing the nation into which the
individual is bom, therefore the individual horoscope should be supple-
mented by a study of the annual or national horoscope—also the
lunation immediately preceding birth.
When national calamities or any radical changes in national affairs
are destined to take place, those souls who have affinity with that
nation and its destiny are born into that community and are subject to
the influences controlling it. Hence the necessity for a wider
knowledge of Mundane Astrology.
(if.) While the ruling signs of countries and nations have been ascertained,
has anybody tried to ascertain what signs rule whole communities ? For example,
what astrological cause can be given for the present backward condition of the
Moslem world? for their set-back at Tours? What sign rules the Roman
Catholics ? the Protestants ? the Jews ?
Communities as well as persons and nations are governed by particular
signs and planets, but the initial difficulty in understanding them is
 INDIVIDUAL HOROSCOPES AND NATIONAL DESTINY 283

their connection with sub-influences ; for instance, Roman Catholics,

Protestants and Jews are collectively all under the dominant note of
Mars, while the various sects are under sub-influences of that planet, a
subject as vast and important as all the side issues of Natal Astrology.
The Jesuitical party in Roman Catholicism for instance is under
Scorpio and the Modernist under Aries, while Protestants come under
Cancer and Leo according as they are ritualistic or otherwise, and
the Jews under Pisces and Sagittarius as they are persecuted or
otherwise.
(iit.) In forming individual destiny, what influenct has the local astrological
condition: what the communal: and how far do these influences extend ? For
example, England is ruled by A ries. Say the Jews by Capricorn. Now what
will he the influence of England (Aries) or Ireland {Taurus) or the United States
of America (Gemini) upon a few from Russia or Germany ?
Humanity, broadly speaking, is divided into two classes, the rulers
and the ruled, or astrologically stated, the Solar and Lunar types.
It is the destiny of the one either consciously or unconsciously to work
with the divine law of nations as co-operators, and of the other to be
subject more, or less, to Nature's laws. The former are not wholly
affected by local or communal conditions, while the latter are ever
subject to them.
A Russian or German Jew who, without being naturalised, fails
to conform to the laws of England, or America, is an Alien, and as
such is either out of gear with the Nation or cannot adapt himself to
the laws and customs of his adopted country; he therefore sinks into
the condition of an outcast, or one whose hand is against the land of
his adoption. On the other hand the Jew who adapts himself to the
ways of the people with whom he lives, prospers, and wins the respect
of his neighbours.
(iv.) Can these influences be ever read in a nativity ?
Yes, they can. It is the common experience of expert students
to note the disabilities of a foreigner in a foreign land. An Indian in
England suffers from greater disadvantages than a Briton in India.
This is owing to the fact that Indians are all more or less under the
influence of Saturn, a planet whose influence is more rigid, slow, and
heavy, while Mars, Britain's ruling planet, is more rapid, enterprising
and expansive.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
(v.) IVhat are the nativities that vjerk through these limitations ?
The nativities of those who are the most adaptable. Note the
characteristics of the American people, under the influence of Mercury.
They are the greatest globe trotters in the world, and the best adapters
of themselves to circumstances. Therefore, look to Mercury and all
that this planet denotes in a nativity.
(v/.) Will the individual he subject—more or less—only to the civil and
religions abilities and disabilities oj his community or country; or is he also
subject to Us physical conditions and mental temperament ?
Nothing short of a clear understanding of the laws of Karma will
explain the problems that arise out of this question. The spiritual
centre of man is eternally free, but time and place make that spirit
subject to the laws and conditions prevailing at the special location of
birth. To obviate the difficulties arising out of residence in foreign
lands, where adaptability is weak, the horoscopes of travelling indivi-
duals should be erected for that place in which residence is desired.
For instance, the writer spent a specially happy and fruitful time at
Madras, India, Lat. 1304-'N.; a horoscope for this latitude erected for
the time of birth brought the position of the Sun exactly upon the
ascendant and the Moon's exact trine to its cusp. Persons born in
England and emigrating to Australia have changed the whole of their
fortunes simply by changing the positions of the planets in their nativi-
ties, while others again have met with ruin and disaster by changing
their residence from one end of a town to the other.
Mr. Keskar has done well to raise these questions, but it will be
useless for him or any other student to propound problems if no
attempt is made to give a satisfactory answer to them. Will others
state their views ?

ERRATUM.—In the article entitled "A Strong Twelfth House In-

fluence," the cusps of the bouses in the map on p. 228 are one degree
wrong, and should be:—1^13, ~4, K5: T29i, 114, 1125. This places
"Vagi0 upon the ascendant, instead of S 1^°, which accounts for the otherwise
puzzling reference to 'her ruler Mars' on p. 230. The 'slip' which
occasioned this error was ours and not the writer's, and we trust M. L. S.
will accept our apologies for the mistake. The data given were
g a.m., Paris.

The Result of Prize Competition No. 18 will be announced next month.

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(Series)

XII. THE SIGN LEO

Part //.—Some Criticisms and a Reply

The paper of Alpha which formed the First Part of this Article
resulted, as has been said, in a considerable measure of opposition
from a number of those students composing the Group concerned with
this investigation. It is hardly feasible to print all seven critics' papers,
one or two extracts must suffice, leaving the main objections to be
referred to and dealt with in the Reply.
Concerning the paper which here follows, however, Alpha writes:
" I think it will be best to print it in full, without any comment
further than to say that it is written by one for whose opinions even in
the lightest matters I have the highest respect; that nevertheless I
submit it may be possible I have written the truth ; and that intelligent
observation, which is at the disposal of everybody, will enable those
who are doubtful to form their own opinions. I have not claimed to
prove, but only to suggest, and proof is a matter for each individually."

Beta
I have just read Alpha's very interesting and somewhat critical
paper on the Leo temperament. This very clever and careful
analysis of the sign Leo, however, requires a complementary paper
to correct the growing tendency to view all temperaments from the
crude and unregenerate standpoint, without making sufficient allowance
for a more expansive interpretation.
It may be pleasing to compare the twelve signs of the Zodiac
with the ten Commandments, and until we can be satisfied as to this
relationship it will be wiser to try other keys with which to turn the
lock that guards our astrological secrets. It has been said that the
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

key must be turaed seven times, and without any attempt to arrange
the order of this turning it may be surmised that the first turning
reveals the characteristics of the signs through symbols, the second
through their generic names, the third through colour, the fourth
through form, and the fifth through the expression of life animating
those forms.
In the paper above referred to, I shall endeavour to expand some
of the ideas therein expressed by dealing with what I have termed
the fifth turning of the zodiacal lock.
Now, although it is true that the Lion is King of the Beasts, and
his challenge to the whole forest of beasts has never been disputed,
it is not fair to tell one tale against him without giving another in bis
favour. We are told the story of the Lion and the Mouse with an
unwarranted addition, but why not place beside it the story of the
girl-child Una who led the King of the Beasts without fear, hurt, or
hindrance with perfect safety owing to her unsullied purity ? Let us
find a sequel to the Lion story.
In any study of the signs of the Zodiac the prototypes they
represent must be very carefully studied :—" Occultism teaches that no
form can be given to anything, either by Nature or by man, whose
ideal type does not already exist on the subjective plane: more than
this; that no form or shape can possibly enter man's consciousness,
or evolve in his imagination, which does not exist in prototype, at
least as an approximation . Therefore our human forms
have existed in the Eternity as astral or ethereal prototypes ; according
to which models, the Spiritual Beings, or Gods, whose duty it was to
bring them into objective being and terrestrial life, evolved the
protoplasmic forms of the future Egos from their own essence.
When this human vehicle or human mould was ready, the natural
terrestrial Forces began to work on these supersensuous moulds,
which contained, besides their own, the elements of all the past
vegetable and future animal forms of this Globe. Therefore, man's
outward shell passed through every vegetable and animal form before
it assumed the human shape." (Secret Doctrine I., 303).
Without entering too deeply into the metaphysical aspect of
zodiacal symbology some comparisons may be made between the
signs liberating the elementary forces. These elementary forces
 THE 20DIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAUENTS 287

passing through the mineral kingdom are transmuted and changed

from apparently fixed to moving forms, and in the opposite, or
complementary signs these changes may be intuitively perceived.
The culmination of the mineral kingdom is pourtrayed in the sign
Virgo symbolised by the Virgin, or pure soil, producing the staff of
life, the grain, in the three ears of corn held in the Virgin hands.
The opposite sign to Virgo is Pisces, the fishes, whose spawning is
symbolised by the dotted lines, or cord, attaching the fishes swimming
in opposite directions. The greatest effort of nature through earth is
to yield fruits and grain, which cast upon the waters produces a new
form of life, as from the fish is evolvedthe amphibian—Cancer—a frog
in the shadowy pools, and finally a reptile—Scorpio—and the bird.
Opposite to Leo is the sign Aquarius, the Man. The animal
kingdom is summed up in the King of the Beasts whose next stage
is the Man. This story is no more far-fetched than is the appropriation
of the British Lion as symbol of the British Race.
Now varied as is the symbology of the zodiacal signs in none of
these variations are the symbols more illuminative than in their
relation to the various parts of the human body. Leo governs the
heart, that organ of the body through which the arterial and venous
blood—Aquarius—is constantly flowing. These two states of the
same blood flowing through the human body accurately describe the
two conditions of life connected with every separate form. The
generating and the regenerating of the form and the life. In this sense
to honour thy father and thy mother is perfectly admissible where
father and mother are used for spirit and matter, for although the two
are inseparable, and the child cannot be born without the union of the
twain, the analogy is of little value unless the true meaning of
generation and regeneration is fully understood. All generation
consists in the multiplying of forms from a unit form. Regeneration
is the renewing of the life within a form. In the former case life is
subject to the form, in the latter the form is subject to the life.
To put the whole of the case into a simple expression, there is a
wide difference between the Leo personal, and the Leo individual
temperament.
One of the most able writers upon The Influence of the Zodiac
upon Human Life has said, "When the true individuality of Leo
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

holds sway, these people have a noble ideal, with a loyal love, confident,
pure, and abundant. Having minds of the practical, philosophical and
spiritual combined—a triunity—they radiate a luminous substance,
which makes them a most powerful people for good, with a marked
ability to inspire others."
" Under such conditions they have the most remarkable power in
moulding public opinion, and in swaying great audiences. In fact, the
truly awakened Leo men and women are invincible if they will learn
the pathway of silence."
It is very true that it is often extremely hard to find the human
nature manifesting strongly in the Leo. This is left for the Man—
Aquarian—who can evolve his opposite, for the Devil and the God
are Leo characteristics and in this respect the Leo temperament
emphatically expresses itself as " I AM."
It is not true to say that Leo is a misogynist, neither is it true to
say that Leo is separative. How can a fifth house sign, generator of
children be a misogynist, and it can no more be separative than its
ruler the Sun its lord is separative. In the sense given in the Gita it
may be considered so—" With a portion of myself I created this
Universe, and yet a portion remains." The regenerate Leo has always
learnt how to give just so much of himself as can be taken by others,
there is always a portion remaining which those can take who are
regenerate also.
An organiser may be separate from that which he organises but
unless he is the centre and radiating influence of the organisation it
will quickly go to pieces. The ability to organise means to hold
together, to bind and fill with life, and not to separate and disorganise.
There is no sign of the Zodiac that has not its dual influence,
nay its triple influence of godly, human, and devilish manifestation,
and to emphasise one side of the triangle more than another is not
fair and impartial judgment. Every human being has passed through
the devilish manifestation in the past and is more or less free from its
taint. Every human being is destined to become the human being he
is named and as Leo is truly the symbol of the fourth round out of
which the Man is to be evolved, it is from the great animal nature the
man is built; you must therefore have a great animal before you can
have a great man. Leo's at least know where they are in evolution,
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 289

their next stage on the physical plane of manifestation; and every

man is potentially the God that he is yet to become fully manifest in
the flesh.

It will now be well to give one or two extracts—unfortunately

space does not suffice for more—from the criticisms dealt with in
Alpha's Reply; this, more by way of illustration than of example.
One writer says;
The main point on which I cannot agree with Alpha is his
assumption of the sign Leo to be the ruling sign of Great Britain and
the consequent criticisms of some of the alleged characteristics of the
British Nation. I admit that the question as to which signs of the
zodiac are to be considered the ruling signs of the various nations
is by no means finally settled and that this question—which is a rather
big one—deserves much further investigation in the light of historical
changes and developments, and I believe that as a result of such
investigations we shall have to change some of our notions as to the
rulership of nations which tradition delivers to us. Now while this
attempt to leave the beaten track deserves full recognition, yet it
seems to me he has not succeeded in proving that Leo rather than
Aries is to be considered the ruling sign of Great Britain. There is
no doubt a certain amount of similarity between the manifestations of
these two signs and it is sometimes difficult to decide to which sign
particular manifestations should be ascribed. Take, for instance,
rulership; this is usually classified under Leo, but it is well known
that Aries people often take the lead and are at the head of movements,
societies, etc., and in all such cases, leadership is roughly speaking
(I am conscious that a subtle difference may be made) only another
name for rulership.
Hitherto Aries has been considered and generally accepted as the
ruling sign of Great Britain, and on the whole, I believe, the national
characteristics answer more to Aries than to any other of the zodiacal
signs. The courage, fearlessness, the intrepid going ahead and
overcoming of obstacles, the large colonising and civilising spirit
exhibited in the past and still going on, far ahead of any other nation,
its leadership in manufacture, commerce, shipping, etc. ; the undisputed
fact of its being still the first of the nations of the world, all tend to
 MODBKN ASTROLOGY

indicate Aries as the ruling sign of Gt. Britain, and the evident fact
of some other nations rapidly drawing level in some particular respects
does not invalidate the argument.
Why the Lion—the symbol for Leo—has been adopted as the
emblem for Great Britain I do not know, but it surely does not
necessarily follow that Leo has to be considered the ruling sign of the
country. If we were to take the national emblem as a guide to the
ruling sign of a particular nation, it would lead us to pitfalls and very
curious by-ways. To which signs should we then assign the double-
headed eagles of Russia and Austria, the cOck of France, the dragon of
China, etc., etc. ? Sometimes nations have several emblems; which
have we then to take ? The typical well-known figure of John Bull and
the bulldog are also emblematical for the Britisher, and if we were to
take the characteristics of these, their slow stolidity, tenacity, stubborn-
ness and sometimes stupidity, a good case might be made out of Taurus
being the ruling sign of Great Britain, but needless to say I am not of
this opinion.
I consider the Lion a rather sorry emblem for Great Britain, for
the vaunted courage and royalty of this beast have been very much
overrated. According to all accounts of later naturalists, he rather
slinks from danger, attacks his prey from behind, and only becomes
dangerous when hungry or wounded .and cornered."'" The courage of
the British soldier on the other hand is undisputed, and Tommy Atkins
is generally recognised as the finest fighting material in the world—an
Aries rather than a Leo characteristic.
But of course, with all this I do not imply that Alpha's criticisms
of Leo are incorrect; on the contrary, with most of them I agree, but
I do think that to describe these Leo characteristics as particularly
belonging to the British nation is going too far and is not applicable.
They apply to individuals all over the globe, and to some of other
nationalities perhaps even more than to those of this country.
Another writer says:—The statement that Leos are more
* The following cutting from the Daily Chronicle of C/g/' 10 bears on this
statement; " The Warwick Trading Company has for months past been multiplying
the films which Mr. Kearton took of lion hunting as practised by the Masai, who
pursue the animal with spears, and, for fear of accidents, will not permit anyone to
carry firearms during the hunt. Three separate encounters with the king of beasts,
which is often in unkingly retreat, are depicted, and in two of them the animal,
brought to bay, is shown charging down upon the natives."
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEUPERAUENTS 3gi

separative than others deserves some qualification, I think, as Saturn

persons seem to have this characteristic most noticeably developed.
The difference being rather that a Leo tends to separate off a group of
people, of which he forms the centre; whereas, the Saturn person
tends to separate himself off from others with a view to creating a
stable centre within himself, as well as to find that centre.

A third remarks:—I suppose no one would go so far as to suggest

that any one sign or trinity of signs of the Zodiac represents the Christ
to which Leo is to offer submission but rather that if He be anywhere
represented it would be at the centre of the circle of the zodiac.

A fourth observes:—Much that Alpha says in his clever and

interesting paper I could not, with my insufficient knowledge, venture
to criticise. It is good that the weaknesses and vices of a sign be laid
bare as well as its virtues. Certainly the weaknesses referred to are
very prominent in the British character: whether or not they are to
be attributed to a perversion of the Leo influence I have as yet had no
opportunity of testing. The ideas suggested by the paper will, how-
ever, be of great help in this way in the future. Leo people are said
by both Alpha and anotherwriter to lack sympathy. This is probably
true in a sense ; although much depends, I think, on the planetary posi-
tions as a whole. A woman well-known to me, born under Virgo 1° or 2°,
having Sun, Mercury, Venus and Uranus in Leo in the \2th house, is
one of the most sympathetic women I know and the kindest and most
attentive during illness. She has no planets in Pisces, but this trait
points to the house-position being stronger than the sign in her case;
for her sympathy is extended to animals in a very marked degree ; so
much so as to have prompted her to consider taking up as a profession
the position of veterinary surgeon's assistant. On the other hand, I
have met several people born with Leo ascending who undoubtedly
appear to lack what is usually meant by sympathy; certainly sympathy
as it is understood by a Libra person. They have little pity for
weakness, which they do not appear to understand—being themselves
naturally courageous and not always very sensitive.

These and other points are dealt with in the Reply which follows.
{To be continued)
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^ practical Suggestion

The question might very well be put from time to time by each
one to him and herself: What am I doing in my own sphere to
advance the cause of Astrology ? To study this magazine and bid
godspeed to Mr. Alan Leo, Mrs. Leo, Mr. Barley and the rest is
admirable in its way ; but there is mission-work, home-mission work,
that lies waiting at the doors of us all. We are living at a critical
period, at the parting of the ways, and the time was never so favourable
as at present for the furtherance of our cause.
These are considerations that should encourage the faint-hearted.
Some years ago it needed a bold man, a positive Sir Galahad, to speak
up for Astrology. The very name was taboo. To-day things are
somewhat different, and it lies with each one of us to help on the
good time when Astrology, purified from the superstitious accretions
of the ages, shall be restored to its ancient and honorable place.
Allow me to throw out a humble suggestion, and preface it by
asking in how many towns does an astrological society exist. The
"answer is scarcely encouraging. I believe there are almost more
snakes in Ireland than there are astrological societies in these islands!
Now take other departments of knowledge, and what do we find ?
Societies of all kinds in most towns and even many villages, all
engaged in spreading what they deem to be the light. Why should
not at least every considerable centre have its astrological society ?
The reply that may be made to this question is the brief but
discouraging word Impossible !
Well the sooner we erase Impossible from our dictionaries the
better. It is an evil word, suggestive of an evil thing. Its very
utterance acts as a wet blanket. Let us then away with it! I
happen to have a neat example at hand wherewith to illustrate my
point. Soon after I came to live at Cardiff a friend suggested to me
that we should endeavour to establish an astronomical society. I was
then very keen on observational astronomy, and the idea struck me as
excellent. I therefore waited on the best known amateur astronomer
 A PRACTICAL SUGGESTION *93
in the city and put the case to him. His answer was the miserable
word whose suppression I have just suggested.
He said it was impossible, and if I had listened to his counsel
the idea would have dropped through there and then and there would
have been no Astronomical Society of Wales. But we listened not to
the voice of the croaker; we pushed on, and the result to-day is a society
over 200 strong, on a thoroughly permanent basis, possessing a library,
publishing a periodical (which I still edit), and one of whose presidents
has been the very man who declared the establishment of the society
an impossibility !
Two years ago it struck me that what had been done for
Astronomy might perhaps be accomplished for Astrology. At first I
invited the astronomers to establish an astrological branch, but some
of them fought shy of the proposal, thinking it foreign to the original
purpose of the society. As the founder of that society I might have
persisted ; but thought it better to make a start on wholly independent
lines." A few kindred spirits were called together, a friend lent us a
permanent meeting place (though he is a F.R.A.S. and a thorough
disbeliever in Astrology), and now we have some forty members, hold
regular meetings, are forming the nucleus of a library, publish an
annual record, and I have every hope and confidence that the Cardiff
Astrological Society has come to stay. Perhaps the most hopeful
feature is that ladies and gentlemen from towns a dozen miles off are
amongst our warmest supporters and most regular attendants.
Now what we have succeeded in doing at Cardiff can surely be
done in many other places. True the Welsh metropolis is a town
remarkably free from the odious curse of sectarian bigotry and bias.
At the same time it is a particularly hard shell place, where everybody
is keen on the track of the dollar and where projects not intended to
eventuate in hard cash receive scant sympathy.
I feel sure therefore that what we have achieved can be repeated
in every provincial centre in the Kingdom.
In nearly every town there are people who study Astrology;
people who believe in it; people who without being actual believers
are curious about it. The formation of a society on however small a
scale would bring these people together, encourage the diffident, and
promote interest amongst those who may be at present more or less
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indifferent. Notes of the proceedings might be offered to the press for

insertion, and we have found the Cardiff dailies most courteous in this
matter. The promoters of such societies will, I am persuaded, find the
task less difficult than they suppose, and they will have their reward
—as I have had mine—in the making of new friends, the meeting
with kindred spirits, and the healthy interchange of thought.
I do not say that our example at Cardiff should be followed in
what I am about to mention; but we have been daring enough to
found a society where opponents are encouraged, provided they state
their case in a fair and courteous manner. Up to the present we have
had determined opposition from only one member and he has now left
the society. The other sceptics are content to listen and are more or
less interested even though they do not agree. I think that this is all
to the good. Moreover students of Astrology have become personally
acquainted and now correspond on the subject, whilst several lectures
outside the society have been given by invitation.
Another important point may be mentioned before I have done.
Towards the end of April we organised an exhibition of astrological
and occult books, horoscopes, etc., and not only did the Public Library
authorities permit its being held at the Central Library but they made
a special feature of their own valuable collection of works on the above
subjects. Further yet than that, they have promised to issue a special
catalogue of all the astrological and occult literature in the Library, a
copy of which I shall have pleasure in forwarding as soon as it
appears.
There are some dozens of large towns where what we have done
:at Cardiff could be repeated. These societies might easily be made
of mutual assistance one to the other, and at the same time act as a
gathering ground for the central society in London. It is quite possible
such societies are already in existence, of course; certainly there have
been such in the past, but they have come to an untimely end.
I trust I have not trespassed too long on the patience of my fellow
readers. I think ten years of such local societies would make a vast
difference to the position of Astrology in Great Britain, and I trust
the Editor and Sub-Editor will give the idea the great advantage of
their powerful support.
Arthur Mee.
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^.Bfrologir—31 fitalogue

—You don't mean to tell me seriously you believe in such rubbish ?

—I do, most certainly.
—Well, all I can say is it's astounding! You certainly have an abnormal
capacity for belief.
I hope at any rate I have the capacity for accepting facts when they come
under my notice.
And yet I remember the time—and not so long ago either—when you
regarded Astrology as so much bosh.
Because I bad never taken the trouble to examine it, and merely took the
word of others no wiser than myself.
Why then the " conversion ? "
—Simply because I became acquainted with an Astrologer, and be put the
case before me in a way I couldn't resist.
Couldn't answer bis arguments ?
—They were not arguments so much as facts.
—Oh I see. What facts, may I ask ?
To put it in a nutshell, he taught me bow to cast a horoscope—my own in
fact—and I could notresist tbelight tbrownon my character, tempera-
ment and life.
But surely you ought to know that no man is a judge of bis own character 1
He is to this extent, that be knows himself a great deal better than other
people know him, even bis intimate friends.
—He is a partial judge at best 1
—Then clearly you are no believer in conscience! But that is not all. I
cast horoscopes for all manner of friends, and friends' friends, and
as a rule the results were admittedly most successful—so successful
indeed that where there were a few failures I put them down to my
own inexperience or to a mistake in the birth time.
—That is a neat way of accounting for failures.
—No doubt you think so, but nevertheless please remember bow few people
know their birth time accurately, whilst many are mistaken, even as to
the month. Why I have known even gifted people a year out in their
reckoning!
—Remember, what you have just said cuts both ways. Besides after all
weren't your successes the result of happy chance ?
On the contrary I found that as experience grows the results improve in
proportion.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
But Palmists, and the like, profess to do these very things
And is there nothing in what you call palmistry ?
Nothing but fraud and impudence, I should say I
In many instances perhaps; but how comes it that I have known a palmist
give minute details to a client of whom she could have known nothing
—even to the number of his children and their health ?
Chance again, old man ! Why you're taking us back to the Middle Ages
You'll soon be sporting a magician's robe and wand, attended by a
raven and a black cat!
Come now, no banter! Do you know your own birth time ?
—Yes, but you shan't have it, all the same, thanks I
—What 1 afraid ? And you so stout a sceptic 1
—My dear fellow, believe me there's something uncanny about the whole
thing I Something unholy I
—There is nothing uncanny or unholy about knowledge properly and rightly
used. On the other hand you can apply even a good thing to a
wrong purpose as did the man who knocked out his rival's brains
with the Family Bible.
—Don't mention the Bible, please. It's dead against Astrology, and so is
the Church.
—The Bible 1 Why the Bible is full of Astrology 1 Does'nt it tell us that the
stars were made for "signs ?" that the stars in their courses fought
against Sisera ? Does it not speak of the celestial "influences? "
Was not Daniel made chief of the astrologers ? Were not the wise
men who offered gifts to the Infant Saviour, astrologers ? How many
more instances must I give you ?
—All the same the Bible condemns Astrology.
—It justly condemns the worship of the host of heaven, and at times with
equal justice rebukes astrologers. A very different thing. Why an
eminent astronomer lately deceased, Mr. J. Ellard Gore, admitted to
me bis belief that there must be something in Astrology, entirely on
the evidence of Holy Writ.
—What of the Church ?
—Weil the Church—the Historic Church—sets its face against the masses
dabbling with these things.
—Wisely, I think I
—I agree with you—to an extent. But it is also known that Popes and
Cardinals, not to mention Reformers and Anglican divines have both
believed in and practised Astrology. I know clergymen to-day who
believe in it thoroughly, and a practising astrologer tells me that the
number of the " cloth " who consult bim is legion.
—You surprise me I
 ASTROLOGY—A ®lALOGUE 297
—With all respect to the Church, Is her dictum still to weigh in matters of
physical fact? "If Astrology be true (as Oe Morgan the great
mathematician admittedl it is a useful truth": it is a great physical
fact, and capable of rendering unlimited assistance in the social and
moral field.
—You will have some trouble to convince the clergy of that I Besides you
have admitted that at present the face of the religious world—the
official religious world—is set dead against you.
—I not ouly admit it, but I approve it, to an extent. The Church does
wisely to deter her followers—of whom so many are practically
ignorant or credulous, as the mass of men and women are—from
running after fortune-telling quacks.
—There are humbugs then ?
—Plentiful as blackberries! But not more so than in medicine or law, or
politics or religion I
—The law takes cognisance of these things.
—But in a stupid, undiscriminating way whereby a deal of injustice is
occasionally done.
—You admit that imposters should be punished.
—Imposters, yes, in all departments! But not the bouest practitioner.
There is room for a remodelling of our legal procedure in these as
well as many other departments.
—All the same can it be right to pry into the future ?
—If it is wrong, what about our weather forecasts ?
—Ah, but that's Science I
—Granted: but after all what is Science? People talk about " Science "
as they talk about the " State " or the " Government,'' as though some
magic were attached to the word. If it be right to correctly predict
rain, why should it be wrong to let a man know that next month be
will come, say, under evil aspects for finance ? You tell a man heavy
rain is coining. He takes bis mackintosh, or stays in. You tell bim
of the evil financial aspects, and by sitting tight be is able to avoid
disaster. Where is the harm ?
—My view of it has always been that Astrology sweeps away all trust in
Providence I that it is profoundly fatalistic, and fatalism is a blight.
—So it is, but may I ask is there then no fatalism in human affairs? Do we
at birth select our own bodies, our minds, our environment ? No,
these are chosen for us, the groove in which we are to run is channelled
in advance.
—Admitted, but man is a free agent for all that.
—So be is, to an extent, aud Astrology bears it out, and helps bim aloug the
road by pointing out the stumbling blocks and the slippery places.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
W»I1 if that really be so it is a good thing so far as it goes. All the same-
admit Astrology and ones faith in Providence goes by the board.
Net at all, any more than it did when weather forecasts began 1 Besides
don't you think it just possible that the popular notions of Providence
would be none the worse for a little overhauling ? It is an old bogey
to stigmatise Astrology as anti-Christian and irreligious. Tbeslander
is put out with an object. Astrologers are of all creeds. At one time
they were mostly Catholics, at all events in Western Christendom.
My first astrologer was a Tbeosopbist, my second an Anglican. A
great many are Tbeosopbists; very few, I should imagine, are
Agnostics. It is your much-vaunted Science that makes men
Freethinkers!
I suppose you will admit that people can be seriously frightened by
predictions ?
Certainly there is a risk here—at times the greatest. But a conscientious
astrologer would weigh bis words. Besides the art of prediction is
far from perfect, and after all prediction is but one department of
Astrology.
Indeed!
Yes! Read this definition from The Rationale of Astrology. You will see
that prediction is given quite a subsidiary place:—
The claims of Astrology are, that it offers first and foremost a
means of general character-study entirely surpassing the com-
bined advantages of ordinary anthropological methods, being at
once more comprehensive and more subtle. Secondly—and this
is pre-eminently its greatest, its divine use—a means for the
unbiassed examination of one's own character, and the most
effective means of strengthening it. Thirdly, a knowledge of
times and seasons appropriate for certain works. Fourthly, a
means of testing one's development of character. Lastly and
leastly, though unfortunately by many people made firstly and
solely, a means of forecasting to some extent—indeed with those
specially fitted, to a very remarkable extent—future events.
I am bound to admit that that puts a somewhat different construction
upon things. I don't see so much to quarrel with in that.
In other words your quarrel is with a bogey of your own fashioning, and
many other intelligent people are in like case, and not with Astrology
alone!
But this supposed celestial influence, can you or anybody else explain it ?
It shall be " explained " as soon as you, my dear sir, " explain " Light and
Life and Gravity and Electricity and many other everyday things.
Surely we are not bound to explain a thing in order to admit its
 ASTROLOGY—A DIALOGUE 299
existence! Light, Life and the rest are mysteries, and astrological
influence is just one mystery more.
One mystery more—" Old Moore," eh ?
Don't be funny I Keep to the point. Why not investigate for yourself?
Read up the subject by all means: but best of all learn tq cast a
horoscope and to judge it. You may not become a full-blown
astrologer: but at least you'll learn that the art is something more
than hocus-pocus.
I think I have told you before I dislike meddling with occult things.
Occult fiddlesticks I There is nothing occult about it exoept to the extent
that there is mystery at the back of everything when properly under-
stood. Remember Tennyson's beautiful lines:—
Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
Little flower—but ij I could understand
What you are, root ar.d all, and all in all,
I should know what God and man is.
As much mystery in a flower as in a star, when you think of it: yet
who calls botany or horticulture an occult science ?
But how comes it that up to the sixteenth century everybody believed in
Astrology, and then it went down with a run ?
The phenomenon is explained by the suddenness of the arrival of the New
Learning, coupled with the fact of the divinatory side of Astrology
having been pushed to ridiculous extremes and so bringing the whole
thing into disrepute.
The divinatory side ?
Yes, Horary Astrology. I have always been suspicious of this branch
myself; but then I have never carefully tested it, and to condemn
without examination is what people do with Astrology in general!
Remember that to-day you have all Science and Commonsense against
you.
Don't be too certain of that. Science is not so cocksure as it was, either
about Astrology or even Alchemy I The "high and dry" school of
astronomers are getting quite uneasy; witness the remarks at the
British Astronomical Association, February, 1911, when the spread of
Astrology amongst people of intellect and culture was undisguisedly
deplored. There will be a deal more deploring done during the next
few years, I promise you I For so far as Astrology is true, and shorn
of the fraud and humbug that still cling to it, it MUST regain its
former credit and position. "You can fool some people all the time
and all the people some time; but you can't fool all the people all the
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time." An adage which I commend to the notice o( our popular
scientific writers and lecturers, compilers of encyclopedias and
others who by hook or crook, fair means or foul, have combined to
keep back Astrology from her own.
—That's a wondrous fine speech of yours! But aren't you rattier hard on
the astronomers ? You're a bit of an amateur astronomer yourself,
you know.
—My only quarrel with astronomers is when they condemn before examining.
In their own department no one lias more profound respect for
astronomers than I—even though they be such bitter opponents of
Astrology as Mr. Maunder, from whom, and others, [ have received
nothing but courtesy and helpful kindness. But astronomers are
concerned with the distance and measurement and physical constitu-
tion of the heavenly bodies. In these departments they have built
up a magnificent edifice of truth. But they have ignored the human
side since the days when the terms astrologer and astronomer were
interchangeable, and they pooh-pooh when they have not investigated
—a woefully unscientific attitude.
—But surely there are some of these much abused modern scientists who
have examined the subject thoroughly and yet come to a negative
conclusion ?
—I have only beard of one—Sir Wm. Huggins, and even in his case there
seems an element of doubt. I may tell you Dr. Alfred R. Wallace
candidly admits the remarkable correctness of some astrological
predictions that have come under bis notice, but refers the whole thing
to some sort of spirit influence.
—That doesn't suit your book, eh ?
—No, I don't agree with the idea for a moment; nevertheless I honour the
veteran scientist and commend bis candour to his brethren. I know
there are plenty of eminent people who suspect there's something in
Astrology, and some of them admit it in private ; but they sit on the
fence and bold their tongues, and they'll all be down off the fence like
lightning when the psychological moment comes.
—I've no patience with that attitude. But I suppose people dislike to be
thought cranks—they want to keep step with the rest of the rank and
file.
—That's it; but there's something more deplorable than a Crank—and that
is a Coward.
—Well I'm no coward. I've told you my views straightforwardly, and when
I get a little time I'll look into this latest fad of yours and may-be help
you by exposing it. What books are there ? They all contradict one
another, I suppose ?
 ASTROLOGV—A DIALOGUE 30I
—They disagree in many details, but agree on the main lines. However,
I'll jot you down a few titles and the publishers. But I shouldn't be
content with reading. Study for yourself—experiment for yourself—
don't deny everything—don't swallow everything, and it will end by
your becoming—as I have done—a believer in what you now so
stoutly deride
[Ret>rinttii,by permission,front the "Cardiff Astrological Society Record," 1910-11.]

Centenary of a Great Phrenologist.—A correspondent reminds us

that June 23rd marks the centenary of Lorenzo Niles Fowler, born in 1811,
founder of the Phrenological Institute which bears bis name and of the firm
of L. N. Fowler & Co., who are the sole wholesale agents for Modern
Astrology publications. Mr. Fowler's horoscope was published in Volume
II., Old Series, and should space permit wc may publish the delineation in
our next issue. Meantime the data may be given; X kyz, XI lry23, XII
^20, I ir3, H S14, III n:i; 0®i,D®27, S ng, 9 112, <?"125^. Vni8.
I?
Mundane Astrology.—"In my last I predicted finance in Parliament
about iztb May and critical position about igtb Ma}'. The actual events
are—debate on juggling with income tax, nth May; Budget, i5th May;
Second Reading of Veto Bill in Lords, 23rd May. The results are not
accurate but approximate closely.
"In the U.S. I predicted public attention would be fixed on the foreign
policy of the President, especially in the third week. This proved correct,
as the Mexican trouble came to the height. I do not know there was any
great mortality in the middle of May as I said, though the figure seems
clear to that effect.
"July is a stormy Parliamentary month, the crisis being about the 27th
apparently. The lunation figure threatens war, but the trine of Mars and
Venus should mitigate the evil. On the 8th July there appears to be
important news from a distant country."—J. W.
" My attention has been drawn towards the Peace Movement in the
political world," writes W. P., "and the planetary configurations of the
present month. At the last New Moon the Sun and Moon were conjoined
with Saturn iu opposition to Jupiter, while Uranus was in oppositiou to
Neptune. But note ©D'?, the Awakener and *1' the Mystic; also
" Now what has struck me is the harmony and good will existing between
all sbadesof political opinion over the Peace Movement, and also in connection
with the Chancellor's Insurance Scheme. Of course the first is world-wide,
while the other only affects England, but the amount of general interest and
number of public meetings devoted to these two subjects during the ' bright
fortnight' of the Moon is most remarkable—especially about the 2nd, 3rd and
4th May, when the Moon was passing through Compare
these configurations of the planets with those operating in January, rgio,
when there was so much political strife in the land."
" Ships that Pass in the Night" and " A Wanderer in Foreign Lands "
are reminded of the rule as to anonymity (p. 307).
 3os

Sip Astrological ^ocwtjj

The Second Annual Meeting of the Astrological Society was

held at the Food Reform Restaurant, Furnival Street, Holborn, E.C.,
on Saturday, May 20th. The proceedings commenced at 5 p.m. with
a social gathering which lasted until 6 o'clock, during which time
astrological conversation was the order of the day, accompanied by
light refreshments, the members being entertained by selections of
music given on a very fine gramophone which was kindly brought
for the occasion by one of their number—to whom our thanks.
At 6.15 p.m. about 50 members assembled in the "Oak Room"
for the Annual Business Meeting, the President, Mr. Alan Leo,
who had lately returned from his second visit to India, occupying
the Chair. Mr. Leo, in his opening speech, expressed his pleasure at
once more being present at the Society's Meeting, and also his
satisfaction at the state of the Society as a whole. He said that he
considered this Society to be more healthy than any of those which
had preceded it, the reason being that in this Society an attempt at
collective work was being made, which, he maintained, was the only
thing that could conduce to health.
The annual reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were then read
and adopted, the latter showing that though there was a balance in hand,
yet for the efficient working of the Society further funds were needed,
the amount of subscriptions barely covering the working expenses.
Other items of business were then proceeded with, vis.:—the confir-
mation of the President's choice of Council members, and the
alteration of rules.
The business being ended, the meeting was thrown open to non-
members to whom tickets had been issued for the President's Lecture
on "Esoteric Astrology." This lecture, which was closely and
attentively followed by all present, was illustrated by charts, and
proved of a most interesting and suggestive nature. Mr. Leo dealt
with the subject from a quite new standpoint, his lecture being the
result, he said, of many years' deep meditation and concentration.
 THE ASTROLOGICAL SOCIETY 303
It is not possible in this short space to give even a brief account of
his lecture, but the subject will be found to be expanded and fully
dealt with in the' new book on Esoteric Astrology shortly to be issued.
At the end of the lecture the President announced that it was
with great pleasure that he was able on that evening to introduce to
the members of the Society Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe, who had just returned
from India and was present at the meeting. He spoke in warm terms
of the valuable contributions of Mr.Sutcliffe to Modern Astrology
and invited him to the platform to address a few words to the members.
Mr. Sutcliffe's remarks, which were very brief, were cordially received,
and the meeting formally concluded with the usual votes of thanks.
The animated conversation which ensued was an index of the
stimulus that had been given to each member's thought.
A. L. B.

A MORNING BIRD
What need of prophets having thee,
Soft singing and sufficing bird.
That with thy music fills the tree,
Until the sleeping soul is stirred ?
No dogma dims thy morning eye.
Or smears thy perfect wing with taint,
There is no tithe upon thy sky,
Nor in thy anthem any saint.
Thy message is at peace with all
In air, on earth, in sun or shade ;
Our Father will not plan the fall
Of anything that He has made.
We will not fear Him, but will trust
That He has good for us in store;
He brought us both from out the dust
Into a world, and may do more;
For He bat other worlds, whose light
Of promise is an endless tide;
We see them far off in the night—
The homes beyond us that abide.
Give out thy thanks, and I'll add mine,
That we can take His blessings thus:
We will not sing to the Divine
To alter anything for us.
Gur Roslyn.
 The Apocalypse Unsealed, being an Esoteric Interpre-
tation of the Initiation of JoannSs, commonly called the
Revelation of St. John. By James M. Pryse. London, J. M.
Watkins, 21, Cecil Court, Charing Cross Road, W.C. (8/6 uet.)
This work is an attempt to interpret that last and most mysterious
part of the Bible, the Book of Revelations, and to show that, veiled in
a very elaborate symbolism, it is really a drama of initiation. The
ordinary reader, even if a student of theology, makes practically
nothing of these mysteries ; the lamb with seven horns and seven eyes,
the leopard with bear's feet and a lion's mouth and having seven heads
and ten horns, and the other strange creatures and unusual happenings
being quite beyond comprehension for the most part. Mr. J. M. Pryse's
method simplifies the whole subject very greatly. He shows that it
falls into line with Plato's theology on the one hand and with the
teachings of the Upanishads on the other; and that a natural classifi-
cation in terms of the four elements, the seven planets, and the twelve
zodiacal signs is easily discoverable.
The elements are taken in the order of air, for the causal or solar
body, water for the subtle or lunar body, fire for the Kama rupa, and
earth for the physical body. This we believe is also the order given
by Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland, although it does not quite
agree with that adopted by other writers.
The twelve signs are here divided into five solar, Aquarius,
Pisces, Aries, Taurus, and Gemini, corresponding to the five pranas,
called " winds " in the Apocalypse ; and seven lunar, the remaining
seven signs, which correspond to the chakrams and plexuses.
These seven are taken in the following order from below upward.
(1) The sacral, corresponding to the sign Capricorn and the planet
Saturn; kundalini, the Greek Speirema, is said to start from here.
(2) The prostatic, Sagittarius and Jupiter. (3) The epigastric, Scorpio
and Mars. (4) The cardiac, Libra and Venus. (5) The pharyngeal,
Virgo and Mercury. (6) The cavernous or pituitary body, Cancer
and the Moon. (7) The conarium or pineal body, Leo and the Sun.
These are also what is meant by the seven lamps, the seven churches
in Asia, and the seven stars. The opening of the seven seals signifies
arousing the seven chakrams to action under the influence of kundalini,
and the gaining of the modes of consciousness and the powers
belonging to them.
The whole drama takes place within the consciousness of one
man during the evolution that carries him from the state of the
ordinary man of the world up to that of the perfected adept.
 REVIEWS

For the manner in which the author applies his principles and
interprets the mysteries of the Apocalypse the reader must be referred
to the work itself, which is distinctly worth reading. Whether Mr.
Pryse is correct in all his conclusions or not at least he has succeeded
in establishing something like order where before there was only
confusion. H. S. G.
From Pioneer to Poet, or The Twelve Great Gates;
an expansion of " The Signs of the Zodiac Analysed " : by Isabelle
M. PAGAN, author of Ait Astrological Key to Character. London,
Theosophical Publishing Society, 161, New Bond Street, W.; {cloth,
handsomely decorated cover, pp. xvi, 318, price 7s. dd. net).
Readers of this magazine will gratefully remember Miss Pagan's
series of articles entitled " The Signs of the Zodiac Analysed " which
appearedin Modern Astrology during the years 1908, 1909, and all
will welcome this opportunity of reading them once more in book form.
This book is, however, very much more than a reprint; the original
chapters have been very considerably amplified, and much has been
added that is altogether new {e.g. the horoscopes of Dante, Burns,
etc.), while some of the analytical tables have been rearranged—
showing the expenditure of a vast amount of care and labour.
In her interesting ' Conclusion 1 the author says :—" . I
have to own that I have never yet read an astrological work through
from beginning to end, and know hardly anything at all about the
higher mathematics. In fact, even my arithmetic is shaky at times,
and I never draw out a horoscope if I can get anyone to do it for me.
I am not a professional astrologer, I never dabble in prediction, have
never studied progressions and cannot give directions to anyone—not
even to myself. As a dramatist—by predilection if not by achieve-
ment !—I have been attracted to this study by interest in character
study and by that alone. If I have, by anything I have said in these
pages, succeeded in giving any of my readers some little help toward
the understanding of their fellow creatures, the primary aim of this
book has been attained. Itssecondary aim, which as I wrote gradually
eclipsed the first, has been to interest those who had the patience to
bear with my digressions, in the marvellous teaching of the ancient
mythologies, and in the relations of those teachings to our own current
beliefs. I fancied when I first took up my pen that what I meant to
do could easily be accomplished in a few weeks. It has taken over
four years. Beginning as an absolutely sceptical enquirer I
have learnt during these four years of labour that there is far more in
this subject than I can hbpe to understand even if I follow it up for
several successive lives. How much its symbolism means to me even
now, I cannot possibly express, and only those whose tastes lie in the
same direction are likely to understand. Of course, too, like all
Cancerians [® asc.], I am hampered by personal prejudices and
predilections. Other types would have found a different form of
presentation and possibly, to many, a more acceptable one.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

This singularly unaffected and frank avowal has the advantage of

removing what might else be considered an objection to the book—
namely the putting forward of certain novel theories such as, for
instance, that the sign on the midheaven largely governs the emotions,
that Vulcan and not Mercury is the true ruler of Virgo, Pluto, not
Mars, of Scorpio, and Vesta (the Earth), and not Venus the ruler of
Taurus. The difficulty in applying the latter conception has already
been pointed out by Mr. Green in his review of The Astrological Key
to Character (Modern Astrology, Vol. V., 1908, p. 140), a criticism
which the author has apparently not seen, and though the same objec-
tion cannot apply to Vulcan and Pluto, it is well to insist upon the
purely hypothetical character, at present, of these theories. Their
suggestive value, however, is quite another matter and much food for
thought can be gleaned by the student from the many little glimpses
into Ancient Mythology which the author's enthusiastic study of the
classic legends has enabled her to afford her readers.
Of the purely astrological observations that strike one as of value,
may be mentioned the remark on p. 21 that " . . . a planet rising
never brings up the qualities of a sign over which it is said to hold a
negative sway. . . . Mars is the positive ruler of Aries, and when
it [ <? ] rises in a horoscope we know that the native will show the
martial qualities of courage, enterprise and self-confidence . . ,
certain it is that Venus rising does not bring up the essential Taurean
quality of steadfastness (or, in its imperfect form, obstinacy), but quite
the reverse [=^]. . "
The suggestion here is, in brief, that Mars rising has the effect of
Aries not Scorpio, Venus rising the effect of Libra not Taurus, Saturn
of Aquarius, Jupiter of Sagittarius and Mercury of Gemini. This
opens up an interesting and useful field for discussion, and it is to be
hoped that the readers of Modern Astrology will say whether their
experience confirms this. So far as the present writer's is concerned,
Miss Pagan's statement seems justified.
Whether these views are right or wrong, however, makes no
difference whatever as regards the value of the book as a whole.
Written in a thoroughly interesting manner, its easy style and ever
present up-bubbling of humour make it a volume of delightful reading,
even if regarded only as a causerie devoted to shrewd observation of
everyday men and manners interspersed with pertinent references to
poets, wits and novelists,—and without considering at all its value as a
contribution to the literature of the Zodiac.
The book is crammed with observations and suggestions, all
stimulating and interesting though not all such as other and perhaps
older students may find themselves able to endorse; but if the caution
we have quoted is well borne in mind the youngest student cannot fail
to profit by the book, while for those who wish to interest " lay "
friends in the study of Astrology by the gate of temperament and
idiosyncrasy, few better books could be found.
A. H. B.
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Letters of general interest only are inserted. Writers of signed articles are
aioae responsible (or the opinions contained therein. Correspondents desiring
reply must please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily (or
publication, but as a token of good faith. Where any topic of a controversial
nature is the subject of comment, it is expected that differences of opinion will be
expressed courteously, and all unnecessary personal references avoided.
Letters are inserted at the earliest possible opportunity, but are sometimes
unavoidably held over through lack of space. Will Correspondents please remember
(il that alt communications should be written upon one side of the paper only;
(2) that planetary positions, as wall as birth data, should always be given where
possible; and (3) that information should be put as concisely as is compatible
with clearness I
Neglect of these considerations causes many otherwise valuable letters to be
excluded from these pages.

The Real Self and the Horoscope

Dear Sir,
Arising out of your very interesting and instructive address
on Esoteric Astrology, I should like to say that I generally consider
the horoscope to represent the Personality only—the man in the three
lower worlds.
I feel very doubtful if the influence of the Ego is shown in the
horoscope: if however it is, I think Uranus probably stands for it,
especially as in the majority of humanity the influence of the Higher
Self is very little expressed, so in the majority of maps the influence
of Uranus is very uncertain and probably weak.
If Uranus is the Will, so I think is the true will the Ego, and
therefore we may infer that where Uranus is found strong and
aspecting the principal planets in a map, the influence of the Ego is
dominating the personality to a great extent. The malefic aspects
between Uranus and other centres may represent the inharmony and
struggle between the higher and the lower elements, and the trines
and sextiles, where the two selves are in accord. Where Uranus is
badly aspected there will be much suffering for the personality, but
true growth must result therefrom.
It is very questionable if a bad aspect can always be translated
in terms of character,—a point I have previously raised—and
whatever the map may show, the efforts of the Ego behind may
render the limitations in the personality, as shown in the map, quite
negligible.
Therefore it seems to me that the higher the development of the
Ego, the less are we able to interpret the horoscope unless we apply
ourselves simply to his physical fate and Karma.
Yours faithfully, H. ROBERTS.
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Specialisation needed in Mundane Astrology.

Dear Sir,
Your remarks in the May " Observatory" about the
almanac makers are, I think, perfectly correct. I have long considered
that these prophets did the cause more harm than good, but I think
they suffer more from trying to cover the whole Universe than from
anything else. It is time that astrologers specialised, as they do in
other sciences.
For instance Zadkiel is undoubtedly better on earthquakes than
anything else, so why does he not confine himself to that subject: for
there is surely enough in it to occupy all his time ? Then one country
is enough for any astrologer to attempt to predict for; that is, if the
•astrologer makes a thorough study of his subject. For no man can
make a sufficient study of all Europe to achieve anything but
laughable mistakes—for which poor abused Astrology gets the blame !
This may seem peculiar, coming from the author of War
Prophecies ; but I spent over two years on that subject alone, and if
my conclusions turn out to be wrong it is only proof that our rules of
Mundane Astrology are sadly deficient or else that I cannot read them
properly—and in my pamphlet I claimed no infallibility in the matter.
Personally I believe if President Taft is compelled to intervene in
Mexico that Japan will seize that opportunity to try conclusions with
U.S.; for she would hardly wait until Mexico was pacified and the
United States had an army of seasoned veterans 200,000 strong to
fight with, and the Panama Canal open to add efficiency to the
American navy ! August-September-October is the critical period for
the United States and Japan, according to my reading of the planetary
combinations, and it is not long now to wait.
.522, Haight Street, San Francisco, Cal. Yours very sincerely,
May Uih, 1911. Stuart Armour.

The Daylight Saving Bill

Dear Sir,
I suppose we are all pretty well agreed with Mr. Willet as
to theadvisabilityof "savingdaylight." Neverthelessthe plan advocated
in his Bill is one that, it seems to me, should meet with the unanimous
disapproval of astrologers. Our friends the astronomers for the most
part will not hear of this tampering with the clock; and astrologers will
do well to remember that if the measure pass into law it will render
the ascertaining of birth times even more difficult than at present.
Verb. sap.
Cardiff., Arthur Mee.
iMofcrru Ustrologg

A Journal Devoted to the Search for Truth Concerning Artroloov

Vol. VIII. AUGUST, ign. No. 8.

New Series,

&I)e (E5itor'a ©bscrlratorg

MODERN ASTROLOGY'S Coming-OF-AGE

Modern Astrology comes of age in this month of August,

1911. Twenty-one years ago the Astrologers' Magazine ■wa.s launched
upon a doubtful sea; Astrology was unpopular, its believers were
silenced by the overtones of a materialistic wave not yet broken by the
failures of science, and astrological teaching was in the hands of a
few copyists whose parrot voices loudly proclaimed the old order
without attempting to adapt itself to the new.
Looking back over these twenty-one years, we find that a
revolution has taken place in astrologic thought. The old has been
adapting itself to the new, or rather, we should say, the old spirit has
found a new form as pliable and fresh, as the old was rigid and musty.
What had we twenty years ago ?
The only recognised astrological periodicals were Zadkiel's and
Raphael's Almanacs, representing two separate schools of astrological
practice, continually at loggerheads with one another, and doing more
harm than good to the science by their petty differences—not as to the
truth of Astrology, but as to methods of applying the predictive art.
Neither of these almanacs has moved one step forward in the direction
of advancing new ideas or stimulating enquiry into the merits or
demerits of Astrology ; instead of being roused into a greater, and more
useful activity, they are now plunged into a deeper torpor than ever.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

In no other system of thought has there been such a remark-

able revolution as that which has taken place within astrological
circles. In all parts of the world astrological societies are form-
ing, and new converts are being made, and for this great and
wonderful change Modern Astrology is chiefly if not wholly
responsible.
During these twenty-one years no less than twenty-one standard
works on Astrology have been issued, six of which are large half-
guinea books, some of them are in their fourth edition, and what is
more remarkable not one of these books contains either a copy of what
was formerly written, or a rehash of old ideas, neither have they been
advertised or reviewed outside of astrological circles.
What is the secret of this great revolution ?
The secret of our phenomenal success is merit, and merit alone.
Our work is not a flash in the pan, or a great bubble blown out until
it has burst, but a steady and confident application of the real truths
of ancient astrology to fit modern times; and it has won. We have
not hidden our light under a bushel, or pretended that Astrology was
so complicated that none save an expert could understand. We have
brought the light of its truth nearer to every man, woman and child,
so that any person of ordinary intelligence should have an opportunity
to dip their cup into this great well of knowledge. We have made no
secretabout Astrology. Neither have we prevented others from gaining
this knowledge, which some of our learned friends so much lamented.
We have generously shared all we have learned by study and other-
wise, regardless of time, labour and expense ; and although the results
have proved the value of our astrological insight, none can estimate
the time, indefatigable energy and money that have been given to carry
the Light of Astrology into the world.
From the old school of astrologers we have received no help
whatever. Neither Zadkiel nor Raphael will accept the advertisement
of our books; nor will they even inform their readers that an
Astrological Magazine exists. Their publishers are not allowed to
carry a stock of these books, or of the magazine, but only supply them
when demanded, so that our harvest has been gathered from a new
field in which the undying seed of astrological knowledge has been
well sown. This is probably as it should be ; we make no complaint,
 THE EDITOR'S OBSERVATORY

it is merely curious that we should have come into the field when it
was ready for the sowing.
* «
In looking back over these twenty-one years, it is a pleasure to
glance at the names of subscribers to MODERN ASTROLOGY, and a
deep feeling of gratitude is felt towards every one. They have been
true friends, for having caught the spirit of the work they have sup-
ported our propaganda methods with a sure conviction that Astrology
was a religion and a hope for the betterment of human life. To each
of these valued supporters there will be sent with this issue a private
letter and the outline of a scheme which will ensure the permanent
establishment of MODERN ASTROLOGY.
* * >:=
Before long we shall distribute 10,000 copies of this magazine,
also publish in its pages some exceedingly useful information for those
who are anxious to be in advance of the tremendous astrological wave
that is now rapidly approaching ; for the present century is destined to
see Astrology once again established as a bright facet in the diamond
of the coming World Religion.
For several years the editorial work has been practically neg-
lected, work in other directions claiming special attention ; with the
coming year, however, it is intended that as much energy shall be
devoted to MODERN ASTROLOGY as has formerly been given to the
publication of books, etc. The magazine has fortunately been well
cared for by its sub-editor, Mr. Alfred H. Barley, whose assistance
has been invaluable, and his love of the work is emphasised by his
request that the Editor shall once again take hold of the reins, and
guide our Astrological chariot into a larger field than has ever been
attempted before, for the old prophecy concerning this magazine is
about to be fulfilled with regard to its rapid increase of usefulness
after its twenty-first birthday.
Before concluding this monthly talk with our readers, (and a little
personal latitude is allowed every birthday), it would be as well to
remind each one that while Modern ASTROLOGY is a medium or
channel for astrologic thought, we all owe a debt of gratitude to those
who have so generously and ably contributed to its pages. Mention-
need not be made of the names of those who have been our best
312 MODERN ASTKOI.OGY

exponents, they are well known to all who are interested ; but without
their aid the harmony of our thought would have been diminished, and
with their good-will, it cannot fail to increase. Therefore in the name
of all who have read this, we can honestly say that we heartily wish
Modern Astrology, writers and readers alike, " Long life and
prosperity ! "

The Editor of the Occult Review has kindly given us a notice of

our work and books in a leader of his July issue. We very much
appreciate the kindly remarks made by Mr. Shirley, all the more so
seeing that he is a capable astrologer himself, and therefore competent
to judge astrology on its merits. We shall all endorse the following
useful remarks.
" We have no scientific basis which will justify our acceptance of
Astrology. We have no scientific niche into which the facts of
Astrology will fall. It is for this reason that Astrology, when, sooner
or later, it is recognised as a profound truth, must work so great a
revolution in the scientific conceptions of the time."

Note.—We are indebted to Mr. Arthur Mee for pointing out a ' slip '
ou p. 273, where Kev. John Butler, Rector of Bitchborougb, is inadvertently
confused with Bishop Butler, author of the famous "Analogy." The latter,
of course, was Joseph and not John, and the two were quite half a century
apart. In horoscope 13, p. 268, © should be T7 not =^7 as printed.
Attention has also been drawn to a mispriut in the Moon's I'i.ace in
Asliolugy Jur All: March 15th, 1879, should show ^28.55 not >y28.55 as
printed.
" Considering that the Asc. and M.C. are to a great extent treated as
planets," writes a correspondent: "do you not think a symbol for these two
points would be a reasonable innovation, and belter than having to write
the words or letters for them every time ? I suggest for the Ascendant
© or V or and for the Midheaven © or A or ch. The letters A and
M would do from the point of view of utility, but I think a symbol more
distinctive and arresting. A symbol can only be used for unt thing, but
letters of course are used in thousands of ways and in one sense do not carry
a separate idea."
Readers of Mr. H. S. Green's interesting article ou " Uranus in
Mundane Astrology " will be pleased to hear that a Manual by bim, entitled
AfimrfatK or A'lt/ionifMs/ro/ogy, is in the press and will shortly be on sale:
price 1/..
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The signification of the planet Uranus in what is called Mundane

or National Astrology is fairly well known, at least in many respects.
It causes events that arise rather suddenly and unexpectedly and that
are complex, intricate and difficult to manage. In common with
Mercury it has something to do with railways, science, electricity, and
perhaps aviation; and it influences inventors and inventions, occultists,
astrologers, and those who follow uncommon, new, or out-of-the-way
occupations. When seriously afflicted, it may cause strikes, rioting,
rebellion, resistance to authority, discontent between master and man
or superior and inferior, as well as explosions and accidents.
It seems probable, however, that Uranus has other and more
important national functions to perform than these; and in order to
elucidate them clearly it will be as well to begin with the correspon-
dence of the planet in the individual consciousness.
In terms of personal character, Uranus seems to stand for Will
in its highest aspect as implying Freedom and Power. This belongs
to a region of consciousness that is very complex and difficult to
understand ; and it is made all the more so by the fact that different
writers have used the term in slightly different senses and still do so.
In its most familiar application, Will, volition, or conation (for all
three terms are used) is very little more than a reaction from within,
following upon a previous stimulus received from without, as when a
naturally irritable person who is annoyed by something promptly
manifests his irritability in word or deed. Here the word or deed is
an action causing some change great or small within the environment;
and the point to notice is that the term will is that aspect of conscious-
ness which is the inner correspondence of what outwardly is an action 1
and that it does not apply to the pleasure or displeasure which is the
motive of the action. This is the sense in which the word Will is used
by most western psychologists ; and readers will see that it is here
made practically identical with that aspect of consciousness which is
familiar in theosophical literature under the name of Action.
 MODERX ASTROLOGY

Continuing the use of the word in this sense, it is evident that

there are both lower and higher applications of it. The lowest is that
which is seen in simple reflex action unaccompanied by self-conscious-
ness. When food enters the stomach, its contact with the mucous
membrane constitutes a stimulus which results in an immediate
secretion of gastric juice. Here the secretion of gastric juice is an
action on the part of the cells lining the stomach, and it is analogous
to the hasty word or deed in the previously mentioned illustration;
but it is an action of which the normal waking personal consciousness
is quite unaware; any degree of consciousness that accompanies it is
that of the group of cells concerned, and belongs to the man's sub-
consciousness, and to a rather low region of that.
Again, at a slightly higher level, there is reflex action accompanied
by consciousness. When a man is walking along a country road and
a small insect flies into his eye, the eyelid closes quickly almost before
the insect has entered and certainly before the man has had time to
exercise any deliberation on the subject; but the action, although
reflex, is accompanied by consciousness of what is happening.
At a much higher level, the action is neither reflex nor impulsive
but fully deliberate. When the pleasant or unpleasant feeling that
constitutes the motive for action arises in consciousness, alternative
and perhaps even contradictory possibilities of action present them-
selves. A careful balancing of one motive against another, and of the
various results that will follow from this or that mode of action, is
followed by a decision after deliberation ; and the execution of the
decision exhibits a fully voluntary action, a self-conscious will in
action.
Three factors are involved here. Firstly, there must be a motive
for the action ; and this consists of a pleasant or unpleasant feeling
either actually experienced at the moment or contemplated in memory
or anticipation as a possibility. This, taken alone, belongs to the
feeling or desire side of consciousness. Secondly, there must be a
complete understanding of the possibilities of the case in its various
aspects, and a decision arrived at as to the best course to pursue. This
belongs to cognition. Thirdly, that mysterious and much disputed
effort of the will (whatever this may really be) comes into play and
flows outwardly in the form of action.
 URANUS IN MUNDANE ASTROLOGY

Will consists, not in the pleasant or unpleasant feeling, and not

in the cognitional deliberation, although both of these are involved,
but in that effort which starts the action. Will is free in proportion
as the action follows upon fully enlightened deliberation and not upon
passing impulse ; and will is strong in proportion as the decision that
is arrived at can be carried into effect without wavering, without
being turned aside by conflicting motives that may arise from within
or from without.
The highest application of Will is that in which all the motives to
action arise from within consciousness and none of them are imposed
or called forth from without. In its fullest and completest sense this
can only happen in a cosmic consciousness, or in a Being who has
evolved to the degree where he functions in terms of the cosmic
consciousness. Here the freedom is complete because perfect wisdom
has been gained, and the Will is irresistible because there is no clash
and conflict of rival motives.
At this highest stage the perfect Will, therefore, implies perfect
sympathy, perfect wisdom, and perfect power. Any lower stage,
because it is not cosmic in its scope, entails some limitation of each of
these three ; the sympathy cannot be complete and sometimes becomes
antipathy ; the wisdom is limited and at times exhibits ignorance; and
the Will sometimes finds itself impotent in action. This aspect of
consciousness, Will as Power flowing outward in action, is that over
which Uranus seems to rule, and a good many if not all of its
characteristics in Mundane Astrology can be interpreted along this
line.
Uranus as the Expression of Will in a Nation
If Uranus stands for Will as Power, the question arises, what is
the supreme Power in a nation ? The answer, of course, is the Head
of the nation, whether Emperor, King, or President; whether the
authority he wields is nominal only or real; whether it depends upon
his own personal prowess, upon a divine command, or is given him by
the free consent of the people.
Here, however, a difficulty arises. All the older writers have
taken the Sun and not Uranus as the significator of the Monarch or
Head of a nation, and there seems to be abundant practical evidence
3i6 MODERN ASTROLOG V

in support of the idea. How then are we to separate the functions of

Uranus in a nation from those of the Sun, for the two are certainly not
the same ?
It is necessary to draw a distinction between the different kinds
of functions exercised by a Monarch, the contrasted aspects of national
life represented by him. Of these there are, in theory at least, two,
and possibly more.
In one of these he serves as a kind of embodiment of the national
life in its social aspect as the person occupying the highest position to
which it is possible to attain in the state. Here he stands for honour,
dignity, splendour, pomp, magnificence, ceremony, and grandeur;
firstly as representing the nation as a whole, and afterwards with
regard to the various grades of society from the highest downwards.
This seems to be represented by the Sun in Mundane Astrology.
Another side of the kingly office is that in which he embodies the
supreme law-making function, the source of all power and authority ;
and this appears to be the department to which Uranus belongs.
In theory, the ideal Monarch should combine both these aspects
in his own person, but in practice at the present day they have become
more or less separated in all the great nations. Uranus represents the
head of the state in so far as he is able to start, modify, or annul
legislation, or to exercise any similar power or authority, officially or
unofficially, in any direction. In all constitutional countries, however,
these powers have to a large extent passed out of the hands of the
Monarch, who, although regarded as the supreme authority for the law,
really is so in name only. Uranus then signifies the legislative
assembly or assemblies in general, and the most important one of
them in particular, whichever it may be.
In Great Britain, there are the three estates of the realm, the
King, the Lords, and the Commons. Uranus has to do with all these
in so far as they are the supreme source of power, the final law-making
authority. In the main, however, the planet seems to rule Parlia-
ment, because the legislative function is more active here than
with the Monarch, at the present day. For a similar reason, Uranus
has more to do with the Commons than with the Lords, and more with
the Government than with the Opposition.
This limitation of function is purely relative. If the chief seat of
 URANUS IN MUNDANE ASTROLOGY

power were to shift from where it is now, the rulership of Uranus

would change with it. The association of the planet with Parliament
in general and the House of Commons in particular is determined by
the centre of legislative authority and apparently not by any bias in
favour of government by the people. In fact experience seems to
justify the idea that Uranus is somewhat aristocratic in its tendencies,
or at least autocratic, and also individualistic, whereas Neptune
appears rather to be democratic and socialistic.

The Afflictions of Uranus during the last two decades

If there is any truth in this association of Uranus with Parlia-
ment, it should follow that when the planet is well aspected the
legislative machine works smoothly, the troubles that occur are only
such as can be overcome, Bills pass into law, the ruling party—
whichever it is—is fairly successful, and Parliament lasts for some-
thing like its natural term. When, on the contrary, Uranus is
seriously afflicted for a short or a long period, things will go ill with
the Government, especially in the House of Commons, the course of
legislation will be difficult, changes may occur in the Cabinet, Bye-
elections will be lost, loss of popularity may be incurred, and there
may be resignation, defeat, or some other necessity for a General
Election.
A comparison of the facts of political history during recent years
in Great Britain ■with the good and evil positions of Uranus at various
solar ingresses and. lunations seems to afford confirmation of these
ideas and also to show that the planet generally receives more or less
serious affliction at the death of the Monarch or one of the royal
family.
The recent oppositions of Neptune and Uranus have served to
illustrate the fact that long continued bad aspects to the latter are
accompanied by political instability. Within five years these two
planets have been in opposition to each other no less than eleven
times, on the following dates.
(l) 28/2/-o6 at ® 7.42 (7) 23/12/ o.S at as 16.7
I2) 7/S/"06 at ^ 8 l5 (8) lol S/'oy at ® 17-58
(3) i/2/'o7 at as 10.28 (9) 2/i2/'o9 at as 18.34
(4) i2/6/'o7 at as ij.32 (10) 23/ 9/'ro at as 21.18
(51 I2/i/'o8 at as 13.17 (11) 28/io/'io at as 21.34
(6) 1 i/7/'o8 at as 14.46
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

They were within orbs of an opposition for a considerable time

before the first of these dates, being about 7° apart in the spring of
1902 and 5° apart in 1903, the year in which, during the first week in
June, Mr. J. Chamberlain started his Tariff Reform campaign, which
had at first a very disintegrative effect upon the Unionist party, then
in power.

A Short Summary of Recent Political History

During this period, the country has seen the resignation by Mr.
A. J. Balfourof the office of Prime Minister on ^^/'OS ; a General
Election in January 1906, in which there was a great reversal of party
power, and which was followed by a struggle between the two Houses
of Parliament, not yet ended at the time of writing this ; the resignation
of Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman owing to illness, 5/4/'08,and his death
shortly afterwards, 22/4/'08 ; Mr. H. H. Asquith's appointment as
Premier; a second General Election, which began 15/l/'10; a third,
3/12/TO; and the death of King Edward VII, 6/5/'10. This must
almost constitute a record for rapid and serious political changes of the
kind in Great Britain, at least in modern times.
In addition to these oppositions, Uranus has received, during the
same period, three squares from Saturn in Aries, the ruling sign of
England ; on e/e/W, 8/1 l/W, and 7/4/,10.
Neptune and Uranus were in quincuncial aspect, 150°, between
1892 and 1895, another period of political instability ; the dates being
as follows.
(i) id/ 2/92 (within 10')
fai zo/rz/'ga
(3) z>3/rr4/ 93
(4) 5/ /'93
And in August 1896 they approached this aspect within 39' of arc.
The General Election began on l/7/'92, and resulted in the defeat
of the Unionist party and a victory for the Liberals. Lord Salisbury
liaving resigned the Premiership, Mr. W. E. Gladstone's Government
began its duties on 18/8/'92. The second Home Rule Bill was
introduced into the Commons on 13/2/'93, and rejected in the Lords
on 8/9/'93. Mr. W. E. Gladstone resigned office as Premier on
3/3/'94 and Lord Rosebery succeeded him. The Government was
defeated in the House of Commons on 21/6/'95, and resigned office
 CRANUS IN MUNDANE ASTKOLOGV

the next day. Lord Salisbury again became Prime Minister, and the
General Election of July 1895 put the Unionists in power. It is
worth noticing that this Parliament lasted until it was voluntarily
dissolved by the Government, ^/Q/'OO, and that the General Election
which followed gave the Unionists another large majority. Uranus
was not then afflicted in a way at all similar to the cases previously
given ; in fact it was in conjunction with Jupiter, and in the map for
the autumn Quarter, 23/9/'00, 0.20 p.m. at London, these two planets
were rising in sextile to the Sun and Mercury culminating.
During this period, the conjunction of Saturn and Uranus took
place three times ; 6/l/'97 at N127.42; l/6/'97 at N126.27 ; and 9/9/'97
at 11125.35. It does not seem to have produced so immediate an effect
as might have been expected, at least in British politics; but with
regard to this, which might constitute a serious objection, there are
one or two remarks to be made. The conjunctions of the superior
planets fall into a different category from that of the good and bad
aspects between them. They mark out critical periods at which the
influences of the two planets are combined, just as are those of the
two luminaries at New Moon, and the effect produced is not necessarily
exerted immediately but is liable to be extended over the whole
period intervening between this and the next conjunction, and it falls
largely upon those countries that are ruled by the sign in which the
conjunction occurred. Looked at in this way, it has to be noted that,
during the years that have followed, Morocco, ruled by Scorpio, has
been the scene of frequent political mutations attended by bloodshed ;
that Norway, also ruled by Scorpio, has shaken itself free from
Sweden (ruled by Aquarius, a sign in which Saturn and Uranus both
have some sort of dignity, apparently) and is now a separate kingdom ;
and lastly that the Transvaal, the scene of the Boer War, is regarded
by several modern astrologers as being ruled by Scorpio.
Three squares of Saturn to Uranus occurredon 28/6/'85,30/ll/'85,
and 29/4/'86. Mr. W. E. Gladstone's Government having been
defeated in the House of Commons, there was a General Election and
Lord Salisbury became Premier 24/6/'85. Mr. W. E. Gladstone came
back to power again 6/2/'86; introduced his first Home Rule Bill
8/4/'86 ; was defeated in Parliament and at the General Election, and
gave place to Lord Salisbury with a Unionist majority 3/8/'86.
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With these last events may be mentioned the sesquiquadrate aspect

of Neptune to Uranus, which in January, 1886, was exact within
eight minutes of arc. Also Jupiter was in conjunction with Uranus
IS/S/'SS, apparently a fortunate combination for a Government.
Subsequent sesquiquadrates between Neptune and Uranus
occurred from 25/ll/,86 to 28/8/'89, but they do not seem to have
disturbed the course of British politics to anything like the same
degree as the opposition or even the quincunx. No General Election
or change in the Premiership occurred; Ireland was very disturbed
(Neptune did not leave Taurus, the ruling sign of Ireland, finally until
March, 1889) ; Irish Members of Parliament were prosecuted and
imprisoned; Mr. Parnell was prosecuted, the Pigott forgery swindle
exposed, and the Parnell Commission appointed.
These aspects between Uranus and other planets are, of course,
as much applicable to the rest of the world as to Great Britain, but I
do not propose to undertake the task of investigating their effects upon
other countries, even if the information at my disposal were sufficient
to justify the attempt, which is not the case. It will, therefore, be as
well to turn now to the consideration of some maps for lunations and
ingresses preceding important political events, and note the position
and aspects of Uranus therein. But first it will be as well to remind
the reader that although this planet seems to have great significance
in connection with political mutations, it is not intended to be suggested
that other heavenly bodies need not be taken into account. Any
planet may influence Parliament, the Government, and the Monarch,
if posited in the tenth or eleventh mundane houses.
Lunations Preceding Critical Events
On November 11th, 1910, it was announced that the Conference
that was appointed in the summer to consider the question of removing
the difficulties between the Lords and the Commons had failed to come
to any conclusion ; and as a result Parliament was dissolved on
November 28th. The lunation immediately preceding was an eclipse
of the Sun, which occurred on November 2nd, 1910, 1.56 a.m., at
London, when the positions were as under
* These maps are here given in tabular form to save space, but the student is
recommended not to rest satisfied without setting them up in the usual way. in a
square or round map.
 URANUS IN MUNDANE ASTROLOGY
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
nno Dig fl2o IWIS-JO a:8 111,6
0-11 S ? rf V "? IJI V
<18.47 112.13 112.41 ^-27.0 &27.37 b 2.39!^ 1121.41 021.34^
Here is Neptune in the eleventh house, Parliament, in almost exact
opposition to Uranus, and both of these squared by Jupiter and
Mars. There are several other points bearing upon the event, such
as the opposition of Saturn to Mercury and the Moon, ruling tenth
and eleventh ; but it is unnecessary to dwell upon these now as they
do not concern the question of the influence of Uranus.
The Sun's ingress into Libra occurred on 23/9/'10, 10.31 a.m. at
London. Saturn was in the eleventh house. Uranus was at Irf 21.18
in opposition to Neptune at ® 21.17 and in square to Jupiter at ^
19.29.
A General Election took place in January 1910, the writs being
issued on lO/l/'lO. A New Moon occurred the next day, ll/l/'lO,
11.51 a.m., London, with some very extraordinary positions.
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
vj 16.28 =57 H9 8925 D9 1128
O- 5 5 f <f V b (f I1
•<520.24 =9.24 =528.31 T23.30 ij-14.2 T 16.31 <5 21.8 0117.335.
The planets are here arranged on the four arms of a cross. The
luminaries and Uranus are above, Neptune below, Mars and Saturn on
one side, Jupiter on the other. The Liberal Government lost much of
its previous huge majority, but secured enough seats to return it to
power again. The luminaries and Uranus in the mid-heaven are very
powerful in spite of the afflictions.
The map for the Winter Quarter, less than a month earlier,
showed somewhat similar positions, and need not be repeated here.
Mr. A. J. Balfour resigned office as Prime Minister on December
4th, 1905, and Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman undertook to form a
Government. The map for the previous Autumn Quarter, September
23rd, 1905, 5.30 p.m., London, showed Uranus in the mid-heaven at
kf 0.20 in square to the Sun setting at 0.0.
The General Election that followed began on January 12th, 1906.
The map for the Winter Quarter, December 22nd, 1905, 0.4 p.m.,
London, showed Uranus in the mid-heaven at If 4.7, in conjunction
with the Sun and in good aspect with Mars, Saturn, and the Moon;
significant of a strong Government.
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The General Election of 1900 has already been referred to. The
writs for the new Parliament were issued on September 25th. This was
a voluntary appeal to the country by the Unionist Government under
Lord Salisbury as Premier, and it resulted in Unionists being returned
by a very large majority. The Autumn Quarter began September
23rd, 1900, 0.20 p.m., London. Jupiter and Uranus were rising in
conjunction inSagittarius, in sextile to the Sun and Mercury culminating.
The Deaths ok King Edward and Queen Victoria
Let us now turn to some of the mundane maps that have
accompanied the death of the Monarch.
King Edward VII. died 6/5/'10. The previous New Moon took
place on 9/5/'10, at 9.25 p.m., London. Uranus was at 1^25.3 in
opposition to Neptune at S 16.35, and square Saturn at T25.20.
The Sun, significator of royalty, was in the fifth house, m opposition
to Jupiter, in conjunction with Mercury, lord of the tenth and eighth,
and also in conjunction with Saturn.
The yearly map for the Sun's entry into Aries occurred on
March 21st, 1910, 0.3 p.m., London, with the following positions:
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
H28.46 «? U20 ^25.47 a 11 I? 1
©DSJJWbttlV
To.o a 10.41 X 15.47 ='9'52 D4.26 C.10.54H T22.56 1324.34 016.3311
The essential features here are the presence of Saturn in the mid-
heaven in square with Uranus setting and Neptune rising, the two
latter being in opposition. Aquarius is on the cusp of the eighth house,
and whether taken as ruled by Uranus or by Saturn it is equally
significant. The Sun is not so badly afflicted as is Uranus.
Queen Victoria died 22/l/'01. The map for the Winter Quarter
on 22/12/'00, 6.41 a.m., London, showed the following positions :
X. XI. XII. I. II. 111.
i»i2 in,? 11126 /12 H20 X5
G 5 8 V
wo.o vss.i? y13.1i 11128.42 11*11,48 y 23.46 V36.33 /13.44 ny7-47ft
The Sun and Moon both have dignity in the eighth house; they
are in conjunction, separating from the opposition of Neptune and
applying to the conjunction with Saturn. Uranus and Mercury rising
are squared by Mars.
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, who died 14/l/'92, was
neither monarch nor heir apparent but was in the direct line of
 UKANUS IN MUNDANE ASTROLOGV

succession to the throne. The map for the Winter Quarter, 22/l2/,911
2.40 a.m., London, showed Uranus at 1114.59, in conjunction with
Mars at "18.42, both rising and in quincuncial aspect with Neptune
in the eighth house at n7.3lL The Sun was in Square to Satum.
This and other evidence that has come to light seems to indicate that
the aspect of 150° may be rather stronger and more unfortunate than
is often supposed.
Albert, Prince Consort, died 14/12/'61. The previous New Moon
was on 2/12/,61, 2.17 a.m., London, and fell at f 9.56 in opposition to
Uranus at n 14.34ft; Saturn throwing a square to the latter planet
from "K21.49. The Autumn Quarter began on 23/9/,61, 1.48 a.m.,
London. The Sun at ^0.0 in the third house was in opposition to
Neptune at TO.13ft. Uranus at n 16.25 stationary was squared by
three planets all in Virgo, Jupiter at "212.37, Saturn at "K15.5, and
Mars at "E21.3.
It does not seem necessary to carry this examination of Mundane
Maps any further, although other evidence could be produced. Suffi-
cient facts have been given to justify the statement that when Uranus
is seriously afflicted, politics become very disturbed, the Government
is unfortunate in Parliament or unpopular in the country, and, if the
affliction is angular in important maps and other testimonies concur,
defeat or resignation of the Government of the day may take place or
a General Election be brought about.
In addition to this, whatever may be the theoretical explanation
of it, Uranus as a rule is seriously afflicted at the death of the Monarch.

Conclusion.
The conclusion seems to be that Uranus represents the law-
making and governing power and authority in the State, which to-day
is mainly vested in Parliament, and only indirectly pertains to the
Monarch.
It may be as well to repeat here, however, that it is not intended
to be implied that Uranus is the only planet having signification in
this connection. Mercury, signifying speech and thought, is important
in its bearing on Parliament, just as the Sun and perhaps Jupiter are
with the Monarch; and the tenth and eleventh houses have always to
be considered, in practice.
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If Uranus bears the meaning that is here given to it when

applied to a whole nation, it will follow that on a more restricted scale
the planet must signify such local bodies as Town or County Councils,
which have, within limits, control of various matters of importance
each in its district. The practical evidence on this point is more
difficult to collect and set forth, and in addition to this there is a
further difficulty in the way, namely that the functions of Saturn and
those of Uranus are not in all respects clearly differentiated. Both
appear to have some sort of dignity in Aquarius, whatever the secret
of it may really be ; both are somewhat self-centred, and both can
give power of a kind. Moreover Saturn rules Capricorn, the tenth
sign, corresponding to the tenth house; and there seems to be some
reason for thinking that Saturn may signify municipal and state
servants and officials such as the police. The functions of Saturn in
Mundane Astrology are certainly not exhausted in saying that it rules
aged persons, farmers, miners, and land. It may possibly be that
Uranus signifies the national Will, as embodied in Parliament;
Mercury, the collective Wisdom of the nation, also specially concerned
in political affairs; and that Saturn has to do with the practical
application of these through the various executive departments and
officials.
If this is the case, Saturn may, in one aspect at least, signify a
Secretary of State, regarded not as one who makes laws but rather as
the head of an administrative department, especially such as the Home
Office, the Board of Trade, or the Local Government Board. It is
somewhat a moot point whether a Prime Minister is better signified
by Saturn or by Uranus; but seeing that he has more to do with the
making of laws than with the practical administration of them, it is
probable that the latter of these two fits him best; nevertheless it is
certain that a Satumian man would make a powerful and practical
Premier. All these persons alike need a strong element of Mercury,
not only from the speech-making point of view but because wisdom
is needed to administer the laws as well as to make them.
With regard to the suggested attribution of Parliament to Uranus,
it will be noticed that an obvious correspondence runs through from
this planet to the eleventh sign, Aquarius, and thence to the eleventh
house, which certainly signifies Parliament. H. S. Green.
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CALENDAR FOR AUGUST, 1911

Sun and Moon
enter Sijnj
Stonb and Colock: Sun. 6 13 20 27 August
1 5 »i 6111 45
Ruby. Golden. Mon. 7 14 21 28 3 D r 60/23
6 5 V3 7m 8
81 = 7.1/ 1
Numbkr; Tues. 1 8 IS 22 29 115 K 4'» 59
tj D T ia/ 1
i. ■5 !> « 7 10
Wed. 2 9 16 23 30 17 I) n 11 22
20 D <9 iw 41 H
Sound: 22 5 Jl 2 53 3'
Thurs. 3 10 17 24 31 24 D m 4 26
Ke. 24 O nj 7 13
26 D = 8 6
Frl. 4 11 18 2S 281 5 in 30/16
Mat : 3 ; D f 1 ;/i 4 8
Sunday. Sat. S 12 19 26 For East Longitude
add, and for West
Longitude subtract
difference in Time.
•'But let every one prove hfs own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in
himself alone. For every man shall bearhis own burden. . . . Be not deceived ;
God is not mocked ; for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. For be
that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption : but he that soweth to
the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well-
doing ; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."—Galulians vi. 4, 5, 7-9.
The watchword for the month of August is Faith.
At sunrise, the hour of noon, and at sunset all over the world the sign of
the Lion—Leo, will pass over the four quarters of the earth. All who
desire to establish their Faith, and encourage their belief in the subjective
and unseen world will do well to choose a quiet and peaceful place, and sit
quietly at sunrise (preferably), noon or sunset to meditate upon the spiritual
powers behind all our manifestations. In ancient days the prophets
related interesting stories of the time when the Lion should lie down with
the Lamb. In other words when the Sun should have its true exaltation in
Aries, or the heart's love illuminate the brain with wisdom.
Faith is the one thing necessary if we wish to enter the portal of the
temple of Wisdom. Faith established ensures intuition ; first the belief
and then the knowledge. The one essential for all spiritual progress is faith
in the Good Law. Without that Faith our journey toward the Light is
slow and wearisome. The Red and the White Lions both play their part
in the kingdom of the body, colour and tone being requisite to individualise
aud make up the calestial band; but in all the white light is the central
illumination.
What is Faith ?
Faith is a knowledge of things as yet unseen. " For by Him were all
things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and
invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or
powers."—Cofojshms i. 16.
May Faith abide with us.
 ®lj£ ^obtncnl an& ^lanetaiy Qtemp^ramenta

{Series)

XII. THE SIGN LEO

Part II.—Some Criticisms and a Reply

{Continued front p. 291.)

Alpha's Reply to Criticisms

Before outlining the method I have adopted in attempting to deal

with the various, and varied, criticisms that members have done me
the honour to make, I would like to say at the outset that these
criticisms, taken as a whole, have not convinced me that my paper
was incorrect either in the main or in any important details, although I
am indebted to them for many helpful suggestions, to which I shall
refer in due course. It is with no feigned gratitude I return thanks to
my critics for the pains they have been at, and the acumen they have
shown, in explaining where they think I have gone wrong, or in
pointing out discrepancies or ambiguities in my statements. The
manner in which they have done this, is a sincere compliment to
myself, and is a testimony to the vivid astrological life permeating our
group of students; and hence it is doubly a gratification to me.
I cannot avoid the conclusion that speaking generally the writers
have somewhat misconceived the intention, and the meaning, of
my paper. They infer, in short, that I have a bad opinion of or else
dislike, the sign Leo. That is not so, and I must refer those who
have formed that inference, to pp. 233, 244, 247-248, where it seemed
to me I had insisted too much on my reasons for devoting more
space to the shortcomings, than to the overcomings, of Leo,!CIt
would appear that I did not insist enough, however, and I will therefore
quote my concluding words :—
" I have made bold to criticise the Lion; I have flouted him for
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 327

" what he (so often) is, out of indignation for what he ought to be and
" is not, out of reverence for what he so easily might become. Let
" him but take heed to his ways, let him manifest 'that which truly he
" is, and none will do him deeper homage than myself."
And now a word or two as to the method 1 have pursued in
writing this Reply. I first read over very carefully, at one sitting,
the seven papers of criticism, noting down on little cards the salient
points of each. These cards, 27 in number, I then arranged in the
most convenient order for dealing with the points referred to. As
some of these cards contain several distinct items apiece, it will
readily be understood that I have had to pass some of them by, as the
time at my disposal has limits, albeit generous ones. I have not
omitted the consideration of any point, however, that seemed to me
to merit a specific reply.
The general acknowledgment of my indebtedness already made,
will I trust preclude any member from feeling neglected if his or
her criticism or suggestion does not receive individual mention. But
I cannot forbear a special expression of thanks for two valuable
suggestions, one a definition of Generation as multiplying forms
through a unit form, and Regeneration as the renewing of the life
within a form; and the other a hint as to five of the seven " Key-
turnings " necessary to unlock the secrets of the signs of the Zodiac,
these five being through their symbols, through their generic names,
through colour, through form, and through life in form.
The criticisms fall under some thirteen general heads, and I
propose to deal with the chief of these.
The first and most important is my identification of the British
Race with the sign Leo. One writer says (p. 289) 1 have not proved this,
and he further says that the characteristics I describe, while true of
Leo are unfairly attributed to the British ; but as another critic says
(p. 291) the " weaknesses referred to are very prominent in the British
character " although she has " not sufficient experience to say whether
they belong to Leo " I think the two may be said to cancel each other.
As a matter of fact the failings described I see both in the British
character and in Leo people : I have not argued from the one to the
other, as some seem to suppose, although I have quite properly checked
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

the one by the other. As to " proving," it will be remembered that

I said my business was not to prove but to suggest. And therefore I
am in agreement with my critic if he says I have not proved my
postulate. If proof, however, be needed for what to me seems so
obvious a thing, the paper of Gaiunta (which follows shortly) will
furnish as complete a proof as I could ever hope to frame.
A good point is made by a critic who remarks that some countries
have more than one emblem, and asks me, if we give Leo to the British
because of the British Lion, what sign shall we accord to Russia and
Austria who have the double Eagle, to France who has the Cock, or
China who owns the Dragon. The reply to this is, that I have not
fastened Leo on to the British solely on the strength of the British
Lion being its national emblem, though that first furnished a hint. The
national emblem is not necessarily a zodiacal animal, as in the cases
instanced of Austria, Russia, France and China. Were I wishful to
decide the ruling signs of these races, I should study their racial
idiosyncrasies, and by way of a due I should first strive to find out
what sign of the zodiac had rule over the particular animal chosen as
emblem. This only by way of a clue, certainly, and yet a very
important clue ; for I cannot conceive that a nation really under the
rulership of Leo would choose a Ram for its symbol, or would tolerate
it if forced on it by a monarch.
That Aries is like Leo is true only in the sense that each is a
fiery sign ; no one who had lived awhile with either could long mistake
the other for it. At the same time I do not wish to deny that there is
a certain martial sub-influence in the Britisher, a sub-influence merely,
—shown by the fact that the British are renowned as lovers of peace,
which no Martian ever was or will be—and I think this sub-influence,
which in my opinion is rightly assigned by Gamma to the .^ries
decanate of Leo, well accounts for the intrepidity, the dashing, almost
foolhardy courage of our Tommy Atkins.
The reference made by the same critic to John Bull prompts me
to remark that it is perhaps necessary to remind ourselves that a
.Nation is really a Being,—a Super-Man so to speak, but a being, a
real living Entity, cells in whose body we are. And hence such an
Entity will have His horoscope just as we have ours. One sign will
be predominant—the Rising Sign—and others in succeeding grades
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 329

of importance will severally exercise their subordinate influence.

Without going so far as to attempt to supply a speculative horoscope
for the British Race, I might suggest the Third or Aries Decanate of
Leo for the Ascendant, and bearing in mind that John is a Leo name
and Bull obviously a Taurus one, I may remind you that when the
third decanate of Leo is on the ascendant in these latitudes, then Taurus
is on the mid-heaven. And I am inclined to think that if the Sun
were placed there as ruler, we should have commenced our symbolical
horoscope of JOHN Bull very satisfactorily.
Reference has been made to the " traditional" sign-rulerships of
nations. The only authority, so far as I am aware, for the current idea
that Aries rules the British race, is the statement of Ptolemy that the
counlry of Great Britain is under the rulership of Aries*—which is
a very different thing. I shall be pleased to be corrected if there is
any better authority or any more rational source for this widespread
opinion, which personally I regard as a superstition, since I do not
find it confirmed by facts. This of course, is indeed my opinion only ;
but I find it endorsed by othersin whose perspicacity I have confidence,
and 1 therefore voice it the more boldly.
One critic adduces the colonising and civilising spirit of the
British as a proof of the Aries influence. This question has been
dealt with by an abler pen than mine in Modern Astrology (Vol.
VI. New Series, pp. 231, 232, 233, May 1909); and in reply to those
who insist that our leadership in commerce and manufactures is a
proof of Aries influence, I would point out that British goods are
respected for their quality, not for their novelty and freshness; and
quality is undoubtedly a Leo rather than an Aries characteristic.
It is well known that the Britisher errs in the other direction, his
machinery and his wares are old fashioned. John Bull was the latest
of the European nations to lay down' Electric Light, Electric Trams,
Tube Railways, etc., etc., in his great cities, but when clone, the
installations were pronounced second to none in the world. No, I
cannot agree that the British are a go-ahead people. Their head has
never been their strong point, as a matter of fact. But the Briton
puts his heart into his work, whether it be making or breaking, and

• Ptolemy's TetrMblos, Ashmaad's translation. iSgG edition, pp. 68, 79.

330 MODERN ASTROLOGY

that is the reason that his work is rated highest in the world's
markets.—British make means Best Make, not newest make.
I think I cannot better conclude this portion of my Reply than
by interpolating here the paper of Gamma, who in a few paragraphs
puts the case admirably.
Gamma
There is I think good reason for believing Leo to be the sign
ruling Great Britain, for although Aries does appear to describe some
of our national characteristics yet it cannot be said to be typical of
the British people. The planet Mars seems to have a strong influence
over us, as it also had over the Romans, and as these people no
doubt handed on a great deal of their power and character to us when
they invaded our country, it may account for the Leo influence over
us now ; for all astrological text books agree that Leo was the sign ruling
ancient Rome.
A few facts of our past history may help to prove the truth of
this. Before the invasion of the Romans in B.C. 55, our island was
called Albion. Very little was known of it or its people and the first
written record is attributed to Julius Cicsar. He gave it the name of
Britannia, or Britain, and although the Romans did not succeed in
completely conquering us until a century later, the early Britons
eventually adopted the manners, dress and general mode of life of
their invaders. These people made our first roads, and built our first
cities, most of which are still in existence and several e.g. Batli and
Bristol ruled by Leo.
It must be admitted that the Romans laid the foundation of this
nation, not only in physical building but also in the general influence
they exerted over the people.
Between the 5th and 6th centuries, however, our land was again
invaded, and again we received a name, this time from the Angles,
•who named the portion of land they took possession of " Anglia,"
from which England is derived. It is said the name of England did
not come into general use until the 10th century. Now the Teutonic
race who gave us this name have always been considered under the
Aries influence, but if there is any value in a name (and most of us
believe there is), then the old Roman one of Britannia must certainly
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 331

take precedence as it represents the British empire. England is only

a portion of that empire, merely a kingdom. A Lion is our national
emblem and it is the British Lion that is always spoken of—not the
English. Mixed as our ancestry is by Celtic, Saxon, Danish and
Norman blood we are Roman in spirit, in our failings, struggles and
mistakes.
That Roman Egos are reincarnating here is doubtless an explana-
tion of this in great measure, but that a definite Leo influence draws
them to our race is I think equally true—we seem a continuation of
the Romans rather than a separate and distinct people. The
Romans seem to have made a deeper impression than the Anglo-
Saxons. The latter no doubt have left some influence, but then the
question is: does Aries rule these people? It seems to me very
doubtful whether this sign ever does build up a great and powerful
nation, although it may prepare a race of people to become one.
Aries people lead the way but do not continue or finish up the
work they have started, there does not seem enough sustaining power,
not sufficient continuity of purpose in Aries to keep a nation going for
any length of time.
Alpha's Reply (.continued).
I cannot quarrel with the writer who disputes my statement that
Leos are the " whole-hoggers " of the Zodiac, and who for Leo would
substitute Scor^to ; for 1 was formerly myself of the same opinion.
On that very ground, however, namely that I have seen cause on
closer investigation to change my views, I venture to think that
perhaps he may do likewise at some future date. Meantime I would
point out that fire goes deeper than water, as I think all will agree, and
so we might expect the fixed-fire sign Leo to go one step further than
the fixed-water sign Scorpio.
While the ascription of pride to Leo is endorsed, it is objected
that pride of form is wrongly attributed to Leo. Love of form and
pride of form, says my critic in parenthesis, are the sume.
There is some misunderstanding here. I said " a pride that is of
the form " : by this I meant a pride that was concerned with the form,
in other words the form-side of pride as distinguished from the life-side
of pride. I found the idea difficult to convey in words, but thought
332 MODERN ASTROLOGY

that I had made it clear by the context, and by the context it is (I

trust) sufficiently plain that whatever may be intended it is at least
not the Virgo love of form—or rather the Virgo inability to distinguish
anything but form—that is meant.
Perhaps I may have erred in using the word " humbug " to express
my thought, but if I did so it was not through carelessness or inadver-
tence. However that be, I am grateful to the writer who says:
" Surely it needs little to perceive that with ' pride of form ' there is
an inner conviction with the person, whereas with ' humbug' there is
only pretence, the very opposite to the former." I say grateful,
because it shows I have not been understood—presumably because I
did not put my meaning clearly.
Before using this word, " humbug," in order to be sure that it
was the right one to express my thought, I looked up its derivation in
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, where I learned that
"James II. issued from the Dublin Mint a mixture of lead, copper and
brass, so worthless that a sovereign was intrinsically worth only 2d. and
might have been bought after the revolution for a halfpenny. Sterling
and uim-bog (pronounced ' um-bog') were therefore expressive of
real and fictitious worth, merit and humbug." Now that is the sense
in which I used the word,—in the same sense as gilt is used for gold,
brummagem for jewelry. There is no necessary imputation of
deliberate intention to impose. Some people are so eager for gauds
that they do not enquire too closely into their value. Some so ready
to be bountiful that they would rather bestow a worthless cheque than
not seem to give something.
Whether I am right in thus using humbug in its original sense, or
wrong, is perhaps a debatable point.
The same writer has some ground, I consider, for declaring my
illustration of humbug (anti-slavery coupled with sweating) unfair. It
would be unfair if it were an attack upon a Government in power,
brought forward from the Opposition benches. But it is not this. It
is merely pointed to as indicative of the soul of a people. Charity,
says the proverb, begins at home. It is the love of ruling, and not the
desire that there shall be no slaves, which (I submit) dictates the
policy of the Modern Roman.
The use of the word " separativeness " in relation to Leo has
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 333

aroused some comment. One writer born under Leo says, simply,
that it is not true that Leos are separative. Another writer also bom
under Leo admits a " certain amount of separateness." I shall
have more to say about this separateness later under another heading,
but 1 think that a third writer well distinguishes between the Leo and
the Saturn separativeness when he says that: " a Leo tends to
separate oil a group of people, of which he forms the centre, whereas
the Saturn person tends to separate himself off from others, with a
view to creating a stable centre within himself." This I think is
true, and it suggests that the Leo has already developed the Saturn
separativeness and profited by it. And the idea seems therefore
corroborative of one brought forward some time ago, when treating
Gemini in relation to Scorpio—namely that progress takes place from
one sign to the eighth from it, as from Aries to Scorpio, Capricorn to
Leo. Herein the relation of the Capricorn to the Leo separativeness
would be made clear.
It also explains why we are told that the best way to correct a
Leo child is not to rebuke him in public, but to tell him in private
that he has not justified our expectations of him. It explains, too,
very well why Leos all admire independence in others, a trait I have
often noticed ; and it may perhaps likewise explain, if it does not
excuse, the Leo insolence—another trait which I have also had
occasion to remark, and which is naively admitted by one native of
this sign in these words; " The Leo person will do a very great deal if
approached in what he considers the right manner, but will do nothing
at all if expected to act because others expect it of him as one of a
community." It is this latter quality that occasionally makes the
Leo person a somewhat trying ingredient in any community of which
he does not happen to be the chief. I have used the word " insolence "
advisedly, and I will define the sense in which I employ it by saying
that I take insolence to be that conduct towards a superior, or an
equal, which, if shown towards an inferior, would be termed arrogance.
The higher side of this same separative, keep-your-distance
instinct is of course, as we have seen, shown in the love of indepen-
dence for oneself and in the allowance of independence to others, in
which respect I believe Leo is unequalled, or if equalled unexcelled.
I do not agree with the writer who considers that " absolute freedom,"
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i.e., freedom for all, is an Aries characteristic rather than a Leo, and I
think he will probably change his view if he tries to find an Aries
man who will allow him the freedom of his own opinions! For my
experience is that Aries insists in forcing his views upon his auditor
and in wringing from him willy-nilly a verbal assent.
I am indebted to the writer who points out that the lack of
sympathy shown by Leo is in many cases due to want of subtlety
rather than the absence of kind feeling ; for it is an observation that
is of value. That this should be so is of a piece with the magnanimity
of Leo, with the inherent and essential greatness of Leo, on which I
laid such stress in that third part of my paper which seems to have
attracted less attention than the former portion.
But I must make two qualifying remarks. Firstly, that kindness
and sympathy are two different things. Sympathy means to "suffer
with." Its essential condition is an element of receptivity, and this
receptivity one looks for in vain in the typical Leo. Sometimes, of
course, a certain aloofness coupled with encouragement is more
advantageous to the sufferer than a mere passive sympathy, and I
thank the sender of the following quotation from Lord Avebury, who
is doubtless (as has been suggested) a Leo ;—" The best help is not to
bear the troubles of others for them, but to inspire them with courage
and energy to bear their own burdens for themselves, and meet the
difficulties of life bravely."
Secondly, in regard to lack of subtlety I am not sure that it is the
whole truth. Subtlety is by no means lacking in Leo, where its own ends
are concerned; but it does not descend to the employment of subtlety on
behalf of others. By subtlety here I mean the word in both its senses,
namely of delicacy and of guile. I have known a Leo exhibit a surprising
delicacy in matters of the heart who would not appreciate a delicacy
in ideas; and I have known a Leo subtle and intriguing enough in
pursuit of its own objects who yet prided itself on not " beating about
the bush."
But indeed, there is no need for bush-beating when brow-beating
will serve as well! I remember, moreover, that the lion is said to
"stalk" his prey—does not this imply subtlety ? "Seek in the heart
the cause of evil and expurge it," says one of the Eastern scriptures;
"the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 335

can know it ? " says our own Bible. Does not this again imply
subtlety—of a kind ? Not mental subtlety, no doubt, but subtlety in
the sense of indirectness, concealment, unstraightforwardness.
I do not profess to have fully discussed this point—time does not
permit—I have merely adverted to it, and that only because I thought
it too important to be passed by. There is no doubt that straight-
forwardness is the mark of a fully developed Leo ; but so it is of a
fully developed native of any sign ; and we are concerned with Leo in
all its stages, not only at its best, but also at its worst and its middle.
The definition of sympathy furnished by one of my critics as
" the product of imagination and the power to give," strikes me as an
excellent one, though for ' the power to give ' I would substitute "the
desire to give," and I would like to point out that the difference
between kindness and sympathy seems to me to be that in the former
the giver holds himself on a different level to- the recipient, in the
latter, both are placed upon the same level. But it is a distinction
that to be realised must be experienced—no amount of description
will do.
I have made a passing reference to the magnanimity of Leo,
which I think is a characteristic feature of all but the pettiest
representatives of this sign ; it will be observed that it comes under
the heading of " greatness " and in part of my paper you will remember
that I said " I can pack all my ideas of Leo into the one word great."
Here, too, 1 should like to endorse what one writer says about
the stimulating and encouraging influence that Leo people exert. They
never " cold-water " suggestions or efforts, they encourage others to do
their best, and show faith in, rather than distrust of them. " They
are optimists as a rule," says this writer, " and I do not doubt that
their optimism can be, and is, often carried to extremes in the unde-
veloped children of this sign ; but on the whole, I think it is less
hurtful—less stunting certainly, than the discouragement frequently
meted out by Virgo or Capricorn. Who does not know the joy of
being trusted to do one's best—of receiving credit for having at least
tried to do one's best ? "
From the remarks that have been made upon my reference to the
Lion as the King of Beasts, it is clear that I have not succeeded in
conveying fully my meaning. One writer says it is evident from my
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paper that I do not think the Lion is the King of Beasts. Most,
however, seem decidedly to object to my insistence on the word beast,
to deprecate it, or to explain it. By beast, however, I meant beast,
and not simply weak or undeveloped man, and while I agree with
what (I am quite sure) the writer means who says: "Before you can
have a great man you must have a great animal," I would beg leave
to rephrase the aphorism, thus: The greater the Beast, the greater the
God ! For I do not think that the animal represents undeveloped
human powers in man, but the reflection of divine ones.—It is signi-
ficant that in all the scriptures gods are represented in the forms of
strange beasts, not strange men.—And therefore it was on this account
that I said in my paper I would explain my apparent sneer and turn
it from a sneer into an obeisance. It would seem that the obeisance
has escaped attention, and hence the apparent sneer misunderstood.
It is because I believe the animal functions to be the reflection of
divine, and not merely the rudimentary forms of human, powers that I
have dwelt so upon the phrase the Lion is the King of Beasts. It is,
of course, necessary- to remember in this connection that those powers
are not divine until by regeneration they are made so. But the Leo
man is ever a great man, though with the accent on the great rather
than on the man. The purely human development as distinct from
the animal and the divine, would appear to be related to the airy signs.

I come now to the most weighty point of all, which I am surprised

to see that only one critic out of seven or eight has alluded to. I
mean my association of Leo with the Third Logos. I considered this
the most important suggestion of any that were advanced in my paper,
and I am sorry that more have not taken it up and given us the benefit
of their views.
I quite agree with my critic when he says that the Third Person
of the Trinity would appear to correspond to the Cardinal Signs, and I
thoroughly sympathise with his bewilderment in face of the dilemma
in which I have apparently involved myself. This dilemma, or
discrepancy, I endeavoured to clear up in the "Epilogue" on p. 251
and on re-reading it I do not think I can improve upon it for that
purpose. I therefore beg to refer my critic to that, as I cannot but
think, from the way he writes, that he overlooked it.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 337

But I may perhaps point out that there is a difference between

correspondence and identity, or rather perhaps I should say between
correspondence and correspondence. Thus while the Cardinal Signs
(as I agree) correspond to the Third Logos when considering the
trinity of Fixed, Common and Cardinal, I yet think that in another
sense, and viewing the matter from a rather deeper standpoint, that
the sign Leo will be found related to the Third Logos. I submit
that there is no necessary contradiction involved in this ; the note G
on the pianoforte is the dominant of the scale of C, it is at the same
time the supertonic of the scale of F and the sub-dominant of the
scale of D—no discrepancy is perceived by musicians in these facts,
the note is read in its divers relationships, according to the key that
is being played. And so, I think, may it quite well be in astrological
and other systems of correspondences. It is only necessary for us
to be quite clear in our minds as to the " key."
Since writing my paper one or two fresh ideas have occurred to
me bearing on this point. The special work of the Third Logos is
the life of the aloin. Now it has been shown by occult investigation
that the atom is practically a solar system in miniature (see Occult
Chemistry, 1907, p. 7, footnote) ; and exoteric science is coming more
and more to the same view. Sir Oliver Lodge has himself implied if
not expressed it (see Modern Astrology, Vol. XIII., p. 241*).
Let us assume this true—personally I believe it to be true—
and see what consequences flow from it. The essential requisite in an
atom is that it should continue to be what it is—that is, it should
persist as a unity. Next it should repel all other atoms in its vicinity
—otherwise its essential characteristic, its individuality, would be
lost. Here, I submit, we have two essential characteristics of Leo,
fixedness and individuality. You will remember my reference to Mr.-
Sutcliffe's suggestion that between one Solar System and another there
was no attraction, but rather a repulsive force exerted, many times
greater than gravity.) And the separateness of Leo that I have
pointed out, seems to me to be a manifestation of exactly the same
principle on another plane.

• Ref. also Vol. III. (M.S.) p. 502, also Vol. IV. (N.S.) p. 86.
f Aslrelogtr's Annual, 1908, p. 26.
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All of this is just what one might expect if Leo were peculiarly
associated with the Third Logos, which is especially concerned with
the life of the physical atom. I have before had occasion to refer to
Leo and its interest in things physical. I believe this to be the reason
why so much is made of the Leo qualities—they are physical ones,
and therefore obvious. Gemini is prodigal of ideas—as is the poet, or
the inventor—and gets no thanks for it. Leo is lavish with money,
and is praised. Libra is lavish with sympathy, and is despised as
weak and womanish, Cancer is unremitting in its attentions, and gets
itself called fussy and emotional ; and so I might go on ! Leo is
generous in a way we can understand and appreciate, it gives gold
which we can spend, encouragement which we can enjoy, not advice
which we are too weak to profit by, or sympathy we are too proud to
acknowledge. Every sign has surely its own generosity, but Leo
being the strongest, the richest, on the physical plane, can hence best
manifest its generosity.
One more thing about the atom, because it bears on the Fifth
Commandment, which is the seed out of which my thought has grown.
In " The Ether of Space," reprinted in Mrs. Besant and Mr. Lead-
beater's Occult Chemistry, we learn that the atom really consists of a
series of bubbles blown by Fohat in a dense substance, which appears
to be the same as Sir Oliver Lodge's " Ether of Space " but which
they have provisionally termed " Koilou." To get a rough picture of
an atom, then, you have only to blow through a quill into some dense
liquid like syrup or mercury, and keep the stream of bubbles going.
You will at once perceive that the stream depends upon tico factors^
(a) the force and steadiness of the blast of air, and (6) the density and
consequent pressure of the liquid—these are therefore the Father and
Mother of the atom,—Fohat and Koilon—Free Will and Necessity !
I have here arrived at the very pair of antithetical terms I was in
need of at the commencement of my paper, where you will remember
that I said Leo was pre-eminently either the Idealist or the Sensualist
of the Zodiac. I think I ought to have said the Individualist or the
Fatalist.
I would urge all who are interested in any of the suggestions I
have put forward regarding Leo, to read this important article (" The
/Ether of Space") and also the " Scientific Notes" of Mr. G. E.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 339

SutclifTe in the March Thcosophisf, 1910, in which he shows its

bearing upon the principle of reincarnation. It seems to me likely
that from the point of view I am now putting forward Leo may
represent the reincarnating Ego. We are all familiar with the idea of
the Sun as the symbolical representative of the " individuality " ; it is
incontestible that Leos possess what is generally known as indivi-
duality : the faculty known as * individuality ' by phrenologists is
situated between the eyebrows, and no one can have failed to notice
the characteristic Leo look of drawing the eyebrows together; the
fifth house, according to the Hindus, is held to be indicative of the
last life.—These are just a few of the ideas which seem to link on to
the thought 1 have suggested.

And now I have finished my reply to the criticisms that have

been brought against my Essay.
I am in some little doubt if I can express how deeply indebted I
feel to my critics, and to all those who have expressed a difference of
opinion. I am not only honoured by the pains they have taken to
point out those items in which they think I am mistaken,—it is not
only that, it is that I realise that truth can only be reached through
the conflict of opposing views; we can only make our ideas clear and
definite by trying and testing them against the ideas of those who
hold a contrary view.—The very earth is swung between two poles!
If, then, I remain unconverted by the objections brought forward,
I trust it will not be put down to contumacy, but that my hearers will
remember two things. First that I was a long time in thinking over
and writing down my paper, and have therefore perhaps given more
thought to the conclusions there expressed, than the average of my
critics has probably done in stating his objections to them : in other
words, what I have said is the result of a lengthy train of thought,
while it is fair to presume that some of the objections brought forward
are such as suggested themselves to the mind at the " first blush,"
objections which may quite possibly have occurred to me also and
been dismissed for what I considered adequate reasons.
Secondly I would ask you to remember that thought is one thing,
speech another. I have tried to write clearly, but may have failed.
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In some cases my meaning has manifestly been misunderstood, either

from this cause or from inattention on the part of the reader—
probably the former.
I trust that no one will take offence at the manner of writing I
have adopted. A manner of speech is, after all, like a suit of clothes.
Different garments are appropriate for different occasions, and those
who have good judgment will dress suitably for all occasions. It may
happen that some unfortunate commits the solecism of appearing at a
dress function in morning attire, and when that is the case courtesy
forbids that those present should add to his discomfort by exhibiting
disapproving consciousness of the fact. But in any case, the real
thing is the man in the jacket, and should he be called upon to speak, or
to act, or to suffer, the beholders will altogether forget his faulty attire.
I have in my Essay, donned what I considered the most suitable
garment, and if it should appear to you otherwise, I would pray you
to remember the man in the jacket. Forget the words and the
manner, and fasten your attention upon the thought.
If I have spoken Truth, what matters the manner of speaking ?
And without Truth, what avails manner at all ?
[The next instalment of this Article voill be "Part III.: Other
Essays."]

Kememoered her Birth I—The Morning Leader published, in August,

1909, the following item of news; " Annie McCntire, a white-haired old
woman from Faughanvale, told an extraordinary tale yesterday to the
Limavady, County Derry, Pension Committee, in order to establish her
claim to an Old Age Pension. She said she had a distinct recollection of
having been born on Hallowe'en, 1839, and of having been stolen by the
fairies.
"' You are quite sure of that ?' asked the chairman.
"'I am as certain as that I live!' emphatically replied the old lady.
* Fortunately, my brother was returning from Carnlough and he heard the
noise of their revels, their singing, and their dancing. He had a book with
him, which he threw into the wood at Carrowkeel. The fairies then
abandoned me, and my brother lifted me in his arms and brought me back
to my mother.'
"'There was much joy at your return, I presume?' inquired the
chairman. The applicant said there was great rejoicing over her rescue.
" The old lady was asked if she could think of any other incident that
would enable her to fix her age, but the abduction by 'the wee people'
was all she could remember. The pension was granted."
All Hallows' Day is November the 1st, and at noon, G.M.T. 31/10/1839,
the planets'places were; ©»17,1)«83, S "U7, ?===5, (f -T a 1, "l 1, h
J£Ki3^. Y-io.
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Items Gleaned from All Sources bv Subscribers Everywhere.

Harold Skimpole Gemini ?—E. C. C. writes : " Rc my criticism that
Harold Skimpole was a doubtful Gemiui (in " Planetary Types"), the
following extract from Fijty Years of an Agitator's Lift, by G. J. Holyoake,
is intensely interesting:—' Uickens is supposed to describe Leigh Hunt in
his character of H. Skimpole. It is likely he did intend at first to form
the character upon Hunt's, but afterwards changed his purpose, and pro-
duced Skimpole, in whom he could better contrast hcartlessness with airiness.
It would have been baseness as well as falseness to describe Leigh Hunt as
heartless or selfish. Leigh Hunt had airiness of manner; so had his eon
Thornton, and tike disregard of himself. The weakness ol father and son was
their sympathy—their fault was their generosity.' (The italics are my own.)
"Leigh Hunt was undoubtedly a true Gemini, but Harold Skimpole
was certainly not."
Is Makv a Taokus or a Virgo Name ?—F. L. L. writes: " I see that on
page, ze oi From Pioneer to Poet the author relates the sign Taurus to the
Virgin Mary and thus suggests a sympathetic relationship with the name
Mary. This is not in accordance with my experience, for I have almost
invariably found Mary associated with a strong Virgo influence. In this
connection it may perhaps be of interest to point out that Queen Mary,
who just about this time will be the recipient of the 4 Mary Gift' contributed
by all the Marys, Maries, Marions, etc., has at birth the Moon in Pisces
decreasing in light, and hence the figure for the Prenatal Epoch will show
nj!S0i3' as the ascendant with Onfii30 rising therein (6/9/'66: 5 a.m.). This
seems to me significant, more especially as the Prenatal Epoch is thought
by some to indicate the astral body; since the ' Mary Gift' is clearly the
response ol some instinctive feeling on the part of the Marys, and Mr. G. E.
Sutclifle has pointed out that where attraction is shown to exist between
two bodies (he is speaking of planets, but why not of persons, too ?) it is the
astral matter of one body which exercises an attractive force upon the
physical matter of the other (Modern Astrology, IV., 406)."
Death of Mrs. Mavbricr's Son.—The death is announced at Rossland,
B.C., of James Chandler Maybrick, the son of Mrs. Maybrick, who was
sentenced to death at Liverpool in 1889 for poisoning her husband. James
Chandler Maybrick had a peculiar connection with the case. Mrs. May-
brick bad written a letter to a man named Brierlsy, in which she said that
her husband was " sick unto death." She gave the letter to the boy's nurse
—lie was only seven years of age at the time—to be posted. The child was
entrusted with the letter, and dropped it in the mud of the street. The
nurse, according to her own account, then went to the post office and asked
for a clean envelope. She read the contents of the letter and handed it
to her master's brother. I Daily Express,
The planetary positions at noon G.M.T. on the day of Mrs. Maybrick's
birth were:—©uyi 1, DkyS, ? n);24, SSL 16. lyVigE. if ^2, ^naoj,
f'TfiR, /sis ^17. At her son's birth they were:—Olf^, D u 10, 5 KG,
SVis, Jffig. if b24. b bJO, \gnKi6Il., » bis,/sis H7-
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The Causation of Sex.—W. R. M. u-rites: " In your November issue 1
notice an article on the Causation of Sex. In connection therewith 1
want to ask, and thereby draw the attention of your investigators to the
fact, that old males and young females produce males, and vice-versa—why?
My observations lead me to the belief that the Moon is the determining
factor. Whichever side the lunar influence predominates goes, if the female
then we have males, if the male then we get females. In other words the
strongest imagination by reflection determines the sex. Of course, where
the natural functions are interfered with by removal or otherwise of any
organ, why, other causes come in."
Extraordinary Circumstance.—The Morning Post of February iplh
1820, reported: "In the month of January last, a peasant woman, residing
near Rome, of the age of 61 years and 14 days was delis-ered of twins, one a
boy, the other a girl. They were baptised immediately they were born, but
they only lived a few hours. This woman had no children during the nine
years previous to the extraordinary birth."
The famous Lucrezia Borgia, history tells us, married the Duke of
Ferrara at 40 years of age, and bore him children at sixty.
How to Teach Rabbits to Act.—The Daily Express of 19/4/' 11 has the
following paragraphs:
"The three rabbits which are four-footed supernumeraries in 'A
Midsummer Night's Dream ' at His Majesty's Theatre, appear to enjoy
their scamper in the woodland scene with a realism that raises their acting
to the highest level of art. They do not sit about disconsolately—feeling
out of place in a forest of canvas and artificial trees, and a limelight moon—
as one would expect rabbits without any histrionic ability to do. They
frisk and gambol with all the gaiety of their native woodlands.
" Many people wonder how they have been brought to their present
pitch of acting. The secret of their art is lettuce. Small portions of lettuce
are put among the wild flowers of Titania's bower, and the rabbits are able
to nibble away happily."—It there not here a useful hint for all of us who
wish to teach ?
"The Rassing of the Third Floor Back."—Messrs. Plimmer &
Denniston, of the dramatic company now playing at the Opera House,
received 783 replies in response to their offer of u. to the person who
sent in the best replies to the questions who is the mysterious stranger in
The Passing of the Third Floor Back ? and what is the lesson of the play?
The prize has been awarded to Mr. J. H. Bunn, of 17, Pirie Street, to whom
a cheque has been forwarded. Mr. Bunn's replies were as follows :
" Who is the stranger />—The mysterious stranger represents the eternal
ego known as ' the higher self,' or ' better nature.' This divine spark of
God is active or latent in all men and women. When overshadowed by
selflsbness, it appears to be non-existent; yet is always watching and
waiting to raise humanity from a condition of animalism to a state of
divinity."
" What is the Lesson of the Play ?—The lesson of the play is to ' do unto
others what yon would others should do unto you.' That is the keynote of
'The Passing of the Third Floor Back.' The reason of this quaint title is
to prove that humanity in its arrogant selflsbness, locates its better nature
in an obscure corner of the heart, as if ashamed of its fellowship with God.
The shabby lodging-house represents the present condition of humanity on
earth. It is a scathing satire on society, a practical lesson in auto-suggestion,
and a sermon in comedy."
The Dominion, Wellington, New Zealand, 3/1 i/'io.
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3Utriehi5

[The space available being exceedingly limited a long time has often to
elapse before Reviews can appear and we must ask authors and publishers to
forgive this unavoidable delay; they are reminded that books not dealing with
A stroloay or allied subjects but with psychism, etc., are rather outside our sphere,
and that we cannot, consequently, always undertake to review them.—Ed.]

Bicuotheca Astrologica : a Catalogue Raisonne of

Astrological Books. By F. Leigh Gardner, Author of
" Rosicrucian Books," with a sketch of the history of Astrology, by
Dr. William Wynn Westcott [Supreme Magus of the Rosicru-
cian s of England). London, privately printed, obtainable from the
Author, at 14, Marlborough Road, Gunnersbury, London, W.; price
8s. Gei. net. (post free).

This book, compiled with admirable care and comprehensiveness,

has been (the author declares) a labour of love. It aims to be as far
as possible a complete list of all books on, or dealing with. Astrology
at present extant in any language. The author says; "I do not
pretend that this catalogue is complete, but it refers to over 1,400
works, and to give some idea of the labour involved, I may say that,
with the exception of a very few entries, all of the books herein
enumerated have passed through my own hands, so that I can vouch for
the accuracy of any description of them.
" This Catalogue is considerably larger than the previous one of
Rosicrucian Books, it is more than double the size, and contains
upwards of over 1300 entries, and embraces books published through-
out the whole wide world in many languages; I trust that any
shortcomings that any generous critics may find as regards errors,
may be graciously dealt with, as most of my knowledge of foreign
languages has been obtained long since I left school and somewhat
late in life.
" I have followed the same method in compiling this work as the
one employed in the preceding Catalogue, which is that used in the
British Museum Library, and have placed the books under Authors'
names, and where a sufficient number of works by one Author has
justified it, I have again rearranged them in Chronological order. I
have also inserted in many cases a short biographical account of the
Author where I considered sufficient importance justified it; this has
been freely done in the case of the various Authors who have written
under the pseudonym of ' Raphael,' as the ' Prophetic Messenger,*
344 MODERN ASTROLOGY

etc., frequently changed hands, and it is interesting to note and record

such events.
" I have endeavoured to render this Catalogue as complete as
possible, but one can readily understand that in a work of this
description it would take wellnigh a lifetime to issue a complete list of
the world's books on Astrology."
Of the general value of this work* there can be no question.
Each person taking it in hand for the first time will naturally turn at
once to those authors in whom for any reasons he takes especial
interest. Readers of this Magazine will doubtless refer to " Leo,"
" Green," " Daath," etc., under which heading they will find a list,
correct so far as it goes, of the various books published by the office
of Modern Astrology. It may perhaps seem invidious to point
out omissions and trifling inaccuracies, but one does not quite under-
stand why the later Manuals of the Shilling Series are not included
(Nos. 6, 7 and 9) nor why only the earlier editions of such books as
Hou' to Judge a Nativity, Parts I. ami //., only are given. It seems
unfortunate in view of the fact that the later editions of some of
these are so greatly enlarged as to be almost new books. The method
of indicating the size, too, is puzzling; thus, the Manuals, Practical
Astrology (original edition), and books of the Astrology /or All Series
are all alike listed as " 4to." It is of course possible that these are
among the books which did not pass through the compiler's hands ; in
fact it is probable, or surely he would have included a note to the
effect that the 136p. Volume of the Complete Dictionary of Astrology
includes only the letters A to H ? For owing to lack of adequate
support the work was never finished.
In any case, these are small mattersand will doubtless be remedied
in a future edition ; they would not have been mentioned, save that it
is a function of the Reviewer to point out, in a work of this kind, any
omissions or inaccuracies which he may chance to light upon. It is
immensely to the credit of the Compiler, in the present writer's opinion,
that he should have included these works at all ; it shows the liberal
spirit in which he has set out to fulfil his self-imposed task. For
certain remarks in his preface make it clear that he is a follower of
what may be called the "Orthodox" School who, for the most part,
look somewhat more than askance at the new interpretation of Natal
Astrology chiefly associated with the name of Alan Leo. It is, there-
fore, a clear testimony to the singleminded wish of the Compiler to
serve the reader, that he should have included publications with whose
teachings he is not in accord ; and to his generous fair-mindedness
that he should say, of MODERN ASTROLOGY, that " it is one of the
best modern publications of the kind we have."
Perhaps the greatest service the reader can do the Compiler, will
be to inform him of any omission he may be skilful enough to dis-
cover. The book contains so much as inevitably to prompt a desire
for MORE ; and if we were to venture on a criticism, it would be that
the tendency of the whole is perhaps a trifle too exclusively archeo-
 REVIEWS 345
logical. The student as well as the antiquarian will consult it eagerly,
and a very useful appendix (we would suggest) might be one on
" Astrological Ephemerides," arranged chronologically.
It is not so stated, but it seems likely that the great majority of
the works mentioned can be consulted at the British Museum.
This is a quite indispensable book to the Student, and the fore-
going remarks constitute but an observation of "sun-spots," figura-
tively speaking. The worth of the book can best be appreciated by an
examination of it.
A. H. B.
The Judgment of Paris: and some other legends
ASTRONOMICALLY CONSIDERED. By the HON. EMMELINE M.
PlUNKET. {John Murray, Albemarle Street, IV.), cloth, 9s. net.
This most interesting work carries on the arguments used in a
former book'1' in favour of a zodiacal calendar of very ancient date.
To the readers of Modern Astrology views of this kind are as trite
as the axiom that " twice one are two," but it seems some scientific
men still need to be convinced that the idea of an Accadian sidereal
year has advanced beyond the region of hypothesis, and that the
ancient Vedic myths are teachings of high value, and not the
superstitions of savage nations.
Miss Plunket unites in an unusually high degree the intuitive and
reasoning faculties, and her penetration has led to some original, but
very probable, explanations of the legends relating to the Olympian
deities. That she considers 6000 B.C. " a very high date " at which to
attribute the fixing in the heavens of the Zodiacal signs will find our
readers sceptical, because we should place the date far earlier. But
others will probably still refuse to believe both the Zodiacal theory,
and the date of its origin—for the reason long ago given by the
Egyptian priest to Solon : " You Grecians are ever children ; you have
no knowledge of antiquity, nor antiquity of knowledge."
A few quotations will give some idea of the contents of the
volume. " According to Hesiod, Athena was the daughter of Zeus
and of his first consort Metis—' most wise of deities as well as mortal
men.' The name Metis carries with it the meaning of Thought,
Wisdom, Measurement. If then, we think of Zeus as the supreme
ruler and establisher of the year, and of Metis as a wise measurer, we
may expect to find that Athena, the daughter of these two, should bear
a direct relation to the skilful measurement of a year established by
some high authority."
Various considerations lead to the thought that Athena was
associated with a mid-winter measurement:—"I have claimed for
Athena that she, the stern, unsubdued goddess, symbolised the inter-
calated thirteenth month of a Zodiacal year."

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 MODERN ASTROLOGY

The full moon of the mid-most month of winter riding high in the
sky could well be imagined of cold beauty ;—" the dreaded form of the
Gorgon was credited with the power of turning into stone those who
gazed on it—and this in mythic language describes, and scarcely with
exaggeration, the freezing influence of the mid-winter full moon"—
Athena possesses herself of the terrible monster's head as the presiding
deity.
Aphrodite is given " the astronomic position of a Moon goddess,
presiding like Athena, over an intercalated month—in the middle of
the calendrical year," but at the summer season. Hera, 'the sister
and glorious wife of loud-resounding Zeus," is associated with a
reformed calendar. It is suggested that" some of the remote ancestors
of the Grecian race were acquainted with and followed a Zodiacal
Aries year, but that at some date at or after B.C. 3800 they took note
also of the fact that the solstitial or cosmic year began when the Sun
was in Aquarius, and that they attached high honour and importance
to the conjunction of the Sun and Moon in that constellation." " It is
related that Zeus carried away his bride to a lonely cave—themarriage
of Zeus and Hera was fixed at the occurrence of new moon."
Miss Plunket suggests that Paris personified the spring equinox,
and the Grecian princess Helen the Moon. The cycle of nineteen
years at which "the Sun and Moon together arrived within a fraction
of a degree at the same point of the ecliptic at which they were in
conjunction nineteen years earlier,"—"could in mythical imagery
have very well been thought of as the return of Odysseus to his
kingdom of Ithaca."
The plates at the end of the volume repay careful study, and
should be examined by those interested in the nineteen-year cycle.
The book is written in such clear language that no scientific
knowledge is needed to follow the arguments, and to those interested
it will be a fascinating study.
E. L. F.

Improved Horoscope Blanks.—Mr. Ernest Wykes, Lock-

port, N.Y., U.S.A., sends a specimen of blank map forms, one for the
radical and one for the progressed horoscope. They are well litho-
graphed in dark blue ink on good hard bluish-grey paper, and the
design is well thought out, clear and bold. Further description is
hardly necessary, as the publisher will doubtless send a sample to
any enquirer. The price is 73c. per 100 post paid. Not less than
100 sold, but 100 lots may be made up in the two kinds. They are
mailed flat in boards. Special price for 1,000 or larger lots.

As we grow better we meet better people.

 347

fitters to t\jt (Ebitor

Letters of general interest only are inserted. Writers of signed articles are
aJone responsible for the opinions contained therein. Correspondents desiring
reply mvist please enclose a stamped addressed envelope.
All correspondents should give full name and address, not necessarily for
publication, but as a token of good faith. Where any topic of a controversial
nature is the subject of comment, it is expected that difTerences of opinion will be
expressed courteously, and all unnecessary personal references avoided.
Letters are inserted at the earliest possible opportunity, but are sometimes
unavoidably held over through lack of space. Will Correspondents please remember
fij that nil communications should be written upon one side of the paper only;
(2j that planetary positions, «»// as birth data, should always be given where
possible; and (3) that information should be put as concisely as is compatible
with clearness?
Neglect of these considerations causes many otherwise valuable letters to be
excluded from these pages.

Post Office Difficulties

Dear Sir,
I have just seen the letter in May Modern Astrology
on p. 220, where a subscriber complains of his copy being damaged
in transit.
It may perhaps be useful if I say that it seems to me highly
probable that the Editorial Note appended thereto indicates the real
source of the difficulty, v/z., the local post-office people.
I have not had my copy of Modern Astrology " doubled in
four " but I have had a great deal of trouble with my local post office
for unreasonable treatment in other ways, though not recently. It
was almost intolerable last autumn, i.e., when the S of ^ from Vy
(Government employment) to in ffi (fiuidic and chaotic) both in O
to T, England's sign, was exact. Possibly the postman of whom
your contributor complains is himself Vy, ffi or K^and so would get
those aspects (still in force as to o) intensified.
Faithfully yours,
X. Y.

Son's Re-entry into Birth Sign. Lucky Number

Dear Sir,
(i) In your May issue " Neptune in V I I." has an interest-
ing letter, in which he puts forward the theory that the Sun's re entry
into the sign occupied at birth may be coincident with vital changes in
the life of the individual in whose horoscope the movement takes place.
348 MODERN ASTROLOGY

My own experience has, so far, corroborated this theory and with

your permission I will note one or two instances in my own life by way
of illustration.
For instance, in my natal figure the Moon is in Capricorn 2t,2+'
and like King Charles' head this degree has a knack of appearing when
anything of importance is about to happen. When my mother died
Uranus was transiting this point; when I met my wife and companion
it was in the M.C., and when I was married this was the degree rising
at the very moment of the performance of the sacrament. Then,
again, the Sun's entry into Capricorn always takes place in the last
half of December each year, and I have noticed that the turning points
in my career always coincide with Christmas time. This season has
been hitherto invariably one of change. I could quote chapter and
verse, so to speak, but your space is too precious for this. Suffice it to
say that the New Year always opens with some important change in
operation.*
(ii) There is one other idea to which I would like to draw the
attention of your readers. Some may smile at my suggestion but I
think it possible from a knowledge of the Natal figure to divine one's
" lucky number." The occult hierarchy works in sevens and multiples
thereof, and what is true of the macrocosm must also be true of the
microcosm. Madame Blavatsky had what she called her lucky
number, and others have had similar experiences. This varies with
different individuals and can be found as I said before by reference to
the birth figure.
In my own case " five " or multiples of " five " seem inextricably
bound up with my destiny. For instance, Leo, the fifth sign, is rising
in my map, and the Moon is in the 5th house and 10th sign.
Changes take place on the 5th or its multiple regularly. My height is
an exact multiple of 5 inches. Even the railway carriages try to
oblige my weakness as often as they can by trotting up the requisite
numbers when I travel. And so on ad iiifinitiiin. Of course all this
may be mere coincidence, and only the experiences of other astrological
students can prove or disprove my theory. I would like very much
to hear what others have got to say on the matter.
Yours, etc.,
" Sun in Aquarius."

The Planet Isis

Dear Sir,
The other day I was curious enough to calculate the place
of the hypothetical planet " Isis " backwards for some hundred years,
counting a degree for each year. I do not know if this gives exact
0
A suggestion of a very similar nature was put forward some time ago in
Modern Astrology (Vol. VI., New Series, pp. 177. 178), which it might be useful
to consider in this connection.—Ed.
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 349
results, but for the special period I wish to note I think the result would
be near enough. I found that at the time of England's great flowering
—the Elizabethan Age—all the great dramatists and poets were born
between the years 1545-1575, that is during the thirty years that Isis
was in England's sign Aries. The following are the chief in order of
birth : Spenser, Lyly, Sir Philip Sydney, Green, Bacon, Marlowe,
Shakespeare, Kid, Nash, Ben Jonson, Fletcher (not Beaumont).
Of this period Saintsbury says, " Endeavours have been made to
account for the sudden transformation about the year 1579-80 of
English Literature from a rather dreary nursery ground to a very
Garden of the Hesperides."
I suggest that the fact of the planet Isis being in Aries accounts
for this sudden blossoming. It seems to me that Isis is the planet of
overshadowing, of the descent of the Holy Ghost, and that the man or
men who are under this influence become what was said of Spinoza,
" God-intoxicated." This is the " Joy " that Christ gave His disciples
and the ' more abundant Life.'
This spiritual exuberance is a special feature of Isis. Note how
strong it is in Shakespeare and his contemporaries. To illustrate this
take such a character as St. Francis of Assisi, who had Isis in Pisces.
Now Ncfi/utie in Pisces is rightly supposed to represent the
essence of compassion. Neptune in Pisces is the good Samaritan who
will stop when he sees the wretched leper at the side of the road.
With eyes brimming over with tender compassion he will apply cool
bandages, and speak gentle words of comfort before he moves on his
way. The leper feels slightly soothed, but after all one good man
passes every day and one gets accustomed even to compassion. But
who is this eager little brown figure almost dancing along the road, sing-
ing at the top of his voice. Here is none of the dreamy happiness of
Neptune in Pisces who indeed feels all the beauty of Nature, the ripple
of cool water, the blue sky, the green grass sprinkled with white, pink
and blue, the twitter-twitter of the birds—but all as a mere back-
ground to his own happy thoughts. Not so, Isis in Pisces. He has
fallen madly in love with everything that Pisces represents; Christ,
the wretched, the leper, the cripple, the birds, the fishes, the brooks,
song and hospitality, and will not miss one chance of delicious com-
munion with any or all of these. He hastens to the leper as to a long-
lost friend, kisses his poor half-blind eyes, even his bandages, tears off
his own well-worn upper garment and wraps it round him. " Dearest
Brother, what fortune to meet you ! I was about to eat sadly alone.
What a joy to feast together, look at my store." And he shows his
mendicant's bowl filled with broken meats. The leper feels as if new-
born. He is a man like other men. This friend is actually glad to
see him, enjoys his society. Everything is forgotten for the moment
but this new joy.
The symbol of the two triangles suggested by ' Isis ' and amplified
by the author of The New Woni to the Waterspout (Vol. V., pp. 461,
466, 469) indicates this overshadowing. As the waterspout begins to
350 MODERN ASTROLOGY

take shape the swirling cone of water point upwards m the sea is
duplicated by the cone forming point downwards in the clouds, as
stalactite answers to stalagmite. The swirling masses above and
below become larger and larger but always preserving the same cone-
like shape, till at last the critical moment comes. The human, as it
were, by a supreme effort leaps up to meet the divine, the two points
join and now there is one swirling column from earth to sky.
Those who have read that wonderful book Cosmic Consciousness
will remember that at the critical moment of over-shadowing there
was almost always a great light just as when the negative and positive
poles of the electric arc meet a vivid flame is produced. They will also
remember the feeling of spiritual joy and intoxication that is felt.
Isis has again entered Aries. Does this mean that another great
chance is coming to England ?
I. E. P.

" Vibrations, Waves, and Reincarnation Cycles" (p. 131)

Dear Sir,
I have to thank you for March number of your Journal,
with a most favourable notice and recommendation of my " Vibrations "
Pamphlet. Perhaps the following explanation of what no one has
resolved—the query as to how the 432 is involved in the cycles given—
may not be unacceptable ; as it tends to show how, as you say of all
such periods, the zodiacal cycles are involved.
Starting from the middle of China, and ending with the west of
Europe, we have an arc of about 115° of terrestrial longitude, over
which the great wave of the activity of empires sweeps in nearly 2750
years. It would therefore take 8607 years to go round the whole
360 degrees of the earth's circumference, as a little rule-of-three will
speedily prove. But as both the 115° and the 2750 years are only
approximate, let us increase the 8607 by less than one per cent., and
call it 8640, and the 115° become 114035'of longitude. Then 114°
35' is to the corrected wave-period, as 360° is to 8640. But 8640 is
432 by 20 ; and 8640 by 3 gives 25,920 ; at once showing how that
infallible common-measure of all mystic cycles, 432, and the Sidereal
Year, are involved in the mutations of national history.
And now turn to the Secret Doctrine, Vol. I., pp. 706, 707, where
H. P. B. makes a most apocalyptic remark: "it is true that the
exoteric cycles of every nation have been rightly derived from, and
shown to depend on, sidereal motions." No doubt; and many a false
application of the fact has been made—as my "Ancient Materialism,"
sent herewith, will show ; but she also adds what is very true: " The
latter are inseparably blended with the destinies of nations and of
men." There are many other similar passages, as you are well aware.
That all the great epochs in history are correlated with zodiacal
 LETTEKS TO THE EDITOR 331

cycles, as you postulate, I have otherwise found to be true; but am

unable to show the planetary cycles in the same way, just because our
tables will not carry over the vast periods involved. For human
evolution extends over hundreds of millions of years ; our tables over
only thousands at best—for the planets. But in the racial epochs and
minor divisions, one always finds they correspond to some zodiacal
position of a star.
I enclose my horoscope in case it should be of interest, and can
thoroughly agree, as to the sign ascending, with what " Astrea " says
on p. 126 of the above issue of your journal.
x. xi. xii. I. ir. in.
A26 0528 ^ 22 mio g >516
05 S t <r 21 </ # V
H15 =23 xSR. T17 to =20 mo »14 xi6
I send you copies of my " Ancient Materialism," " Table of
Houses," and reprint of Titeosophist article "Some Occult Indications
in Ancient Astronomy."* Please don't make the mistake of thinking
me a Materialist, because in one of these I try to think in terms of
the ancient thought in order to understand their positions ; the latter,
so far as dealt with, led to most plausible but false conclusions.
Yours sincerely,
3, Swift Avenue, Ponsonby, S. Stuart.
Auckland, N.Z.

Indian Astrology in Relation to Palmistry

Dear Sir,
Permit me to confess to some surprise at the remarks in
the "Editor's Observatory" for May, 1911. The writer of these
remarks is evidently quite unacquainted with the Indian and other non-
European methods of thought and work, and one would have thought
the indulgence in such sweeping remarks would therefore have been
avoided.
With reference to what the writer of the Observatory says " is
not Astrology " permit me to explain what the method of work is.
(i.) There are distinct signs on the palm showing the various
positions of the orbs and the Ascendant. The signs of the Ascendant
are usually on the mounts either of Jupiter or Apollo.
(ii.) A full horoscope is ascertained from these signs, and this
horoscope is judged according to the Laws of Indian Astrology.
(iii.) It was thus that the astrologer referred to on p. 180 of
M.A. could ascertain the date of birth. A widely known practi-
tioner of this kind of Astrology was the late Mr. Mahadkar. A fairly
0
Ancient Atatirialiuu {2s. 6d., typed). Some Occult Indications in Ancient Astronomy,
is., from Author at address given.
 352 MODIiRN ASTROLCGY

competent practitioner of this branch, now living here at Satara, is

Mr. Krishna Shastri Bapat.
(iv.) Since days of the year and months are now regulated every-
where from the astronomical positions of some of the orbs, the method
of ascertaining the astronomical day and time would hardly affect the
astrological nature, or the merit of the work adversely. Indeed, I am
inclined to think that this method of ascertaining the celestial configur-
ation from its natural record on the palm, is fhe perfect and scientific
method of work. The ignorance of the writer of the " Editor's
Observatory " would hardly Justify the wholesale censure of things he
does not know.
(v.) The other remarks about Hindu Astrology are evidently due
to the ignorance of the writer of the subject, and probably to the
scrappy and imperfect secondhand information he got about the
subject. In this respect he stands in the same predicament as the
writer of the note in the Eucn/z/g Arew<r, quoted later on at pp. 181,
182; being that of a helpless and passive superficial thinker. It is
impossible to do justice to the subject, or answer the remarks of the
writer, in the necessarily limited space available.
In conclusion, I may note that Indian teachings of Astrology and
Palmistry include two important branches,C/mi/nr/jio/Zs/m and Chiuini
Samudrika, the first of which is described above. I learned a little of
both from the late Mr. Purohit, who unfortunately died before I got
well initiated into the subjects. I propose, however, God willing, to
publish the little I know about it some time.
Satara, India. Yours faithfully,
22nd May, 1911. GoviND H. Keskar.

[We willingly publish this letter from Mr. Keskar, and regret to
find he has been touched in a sensitive spot; we must however hold to
our opinion that Palmistry is not Astrology. While in India we were
assured by those Pundits who were admitted astrologers that there
were many branches springing from Astrology, but that Astrology in
the true sense of the term is quite independent of those branches.
What we desire is that the branches may not hide the beautiful tree,
nor grow so thickly around it as to shut out the true sunlight.—Ed.]

Referring to the Four Ultra-Neptunian planets mentioned in Modern

Astrology for March, 1906, p. 113, April, p. 159, " Resnrgam " writes that
he has since discovered that in 1S52-3 Thomas Lake Harris published an
article in which he said, from occult knowledge, that there were four large
planets beyond Neptune. He also adds that from his own observations in
connection with solar and lunar revelations, he is inclined to regard both
" No. 1 " and " No. 3 " as benefics.
The "Adjudicator's Report" on Prize Competition No. 18 shows K'anvan-
turic as winner of the First Prize and Francis Etna winner of the Second.
Full particulars next month.
ittotrern E^trologg

A Journal Devoted to the Search for Truth Concerning Astrolocv

Vol. VIII. SEPTEMBER, 1911. No. 9.

New Series.

®b£ ®&itcr'a Obsfrbatcrg

The Real Self and the Horoscope

In the July issue a correspondent, Mr. H. Roberts, has raised the

old theosophical question as to the influence of the Ego being seen
in the horoscope.
If it is not seen in the horoscope it would be interesting if our
correspondent can tell us where it is to be seen ? The writer of the
letter in question is not sure however, for he says if it is shown then
he thinks Uranus probably stands for it (p. 307).
In Theosophical language the Ego is the SELF, the consciousness
in manor the feeling of "/ir/n-ship." Esoteric Philosophy teaches the
existence of two egos in man, the mortal or personal, and the higher,
divine or impersonal; the former being termed the Personality and
the latter the Individuality.
Our correspondent thinks the horoscope represents the personality
only—the man in the three lower worlds—and this is a view very
commonly met with amongst Theosophists.
=» *
We do not hold that view, and maintain that if the whole of the
man is not represented by the horoscope then none of him can be seen
therein. In support of this view we may quote from The Pedigree of
Man, p. 22, where Mrs. Besant says :
354 MODERN ASTKOLOGV

' " Man " is defined in Occultism as that being in the universe, in
whatever part of the universe he may be, in whom highest Spirit and
lowest Matter are joined together by Intelligence, thus ultimately
making a manifested God.'
If we do not see the man in his horoscope where do we see him ?
Does Mr. Roberts seriously believe that the horoscope reveals the
Savage and not the Master ? Does he consider, for example, that
Mrs. Besant expresses nothing more than Mars in Taurus, as a great
and powerful orator, or will he admit that in the remarkable devotion
she exhibits she may draw from Moon conjunction Jupiter in Cancer.
Again, Mrs. Besant has on many occasions stated that she is clairvoy-
ant. Can he find no indication of this in her horoscope, or would he
remove the Libra influence entirely from her horoscope ? From
whence does clairvoyance come, the lower self or the higher ?
One other point will suffice. Can our correspondent trace any of
Mrs. Besant's self-undoing to Saturn in Pisces in the twelfth house, in
trine aspect to the Moon ; or would he claim that this cannot be seen
in her horoscope ? We must adhere to the firm conviction which we
have always maintained, that the higher development of the Ego is
very plainly seen in the horoscope, as we hope to prove in the
forthcoming book. Esoteric Astrology.
***
For some unaccountable reason there are some Theosophists who
seem to be afraid of Astrology. Why they should be is hard to under-
stand, seeing that Madame Blavatsky states in the Secret Doctrine
that " Astrology is built wholly upon the mystic and intimate con-
nection between the heavenly bodies and mankind." In /sis
Unveiled, Vol. I., p. 259, she has written: "Astrology is to exact
astronomy what psychology is to exact physiology. In Astrology and
psychology one has to step beyond the visible world of matter, and
enter into the domain of transcendent spirit."
If the advice of H. P. B. so often given to Theosophists, to see
' physical things with spiritual eyes ' were more often carried out, that
very broad and altruistic platform which she so heroically raised would
remain open for every phase of thought without the constant endeav-
our on the part of some theosophists to make it more exclusive. The
mission of Theosophy is to pour the life of occult knowledge into
 THE EDITOR'S OBSERVATORY 355
every phase of thought which tends to lift man out of the materialistic
groove into which he has fallen.
* ❖
The man in the three lower worlds is eternally living in the three
higher worlds, only he is not conscious of them. Why then insist
that he is living in the three lower worlds only ?
Shall we say that a man is represented in the physical world by
his hand only, because it appears to be the most active member of his
body ? To my thinking it would be harder to describe the movements
of his right hand than the currents of his thoughts.
Our correspondent tells us he feels doubtful if the influence of the
Ego is shown in the horoscope. May we ask him to enlighten us as
to where he thinks it is shown, otherwise we may be tempted to deny
its existence.
We have laboured hard for many years to raise the ideal of Natal
Astrology, and have tried to shew the direct relationship between the
Gods and men, believing (as every true theosophist has been taught to
believe): "so many men on earth, so many Gods in heaven."
If the horoscope is not a picture of the heavens and a representa-
tion of the Heavenly Man to the Astrologer, then perchance it is only
a small diagram on a piece of paper, not worth the pen or pencil with
which it was drawn !

ANNOUNCEMENT

" Preliminary lessons in the study of Esoteric

Astrology," is the title of a series of articles that will shortly appear
in these pages. It is hoped that these lessons will convey a much
clearer idea of Esoteric Astrology than now prevails, and that they
will also prepare the way for the deeper treatment of the subject in the
forthcoming work entitled Esoteric Astrology.
 CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER, 1911

Sun and Moon

enter Signs
Stone ano Colour: Sun. 3 10 17 2< September
2 ]) >1 zafrfi
Jasper, Crimson. Mon. 4 11 18 23 5D = im 34
7D H oaf 16
9D T 7 29
Number: Tue«. 5 12 19 26 12 j b 0»l 48
MD n 4 46
6. 16 ]) «B 7 46
Wed. 6 13 20 27 18 ]) A 10 17
20 J nj 1.1/ 3
Sound : 22 ]) — 3 22
Thura. 7 14 21 28 24 Q 4"' 17
Do.
25 I "I 0 16
27 D ' ro 20
DAT : Frl. 1 8 13 22 29 29| D >5 iofl/38
Tuesday. Bat. 2 9 16 23 30 For East Longitude
add, and for tVest
Longitude subhact
difference in Time.

Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall
be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
S. Matthew vii. i, 2.
The watchword for the month of September is Discrimination.
At sunrise, the hour of noon, and at sunset, all over the world the sign
of the Virgin—Virgo, will pass over the four quarters of the earth.
All who wish to turn criticism into discrimination will do well to choose
a quiet and peaceful place in which to sit quietly at sunrise (preferably],
noon, or sunset meditating upon the difference between criticism and
discrimination.
We are all prone to criticise too much, for any criticism that is applied
to other human beings than ourselves is apt to place them at a disadvantage
and exalt ourselves. The sincere student of astrology has learnt to place
each representative of the human family in his or her right place, knowing
that bad he been encased in a similar vehicle under the same planetary
conditions he would have acted in identically the same manner. For the
spirit in each is the I, the ego, or the Silent Watcher who has to live in those
vehicles until be can discriminate between the real and the unreal.
To be able to discriminate shows that the Little Man, known as the
Personality, is no longer looking at the world from the small windows of the
brain only, but that the Real Self behind is looking at the world with the
wider vision of the rational mind; for criticism comes from analysis and
division, whereas discrimination is the work of synthesis and expansion.
" Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone it will
return upon him."—Proverbs xxvi. 27.
May Peace abide with us.
 ^tlf-^acrifice, or Hebolution ^
" Heaven has to all allotted soon or late
Some lucky revolution of their fate."
Duyden.
Every day in a man's life contains an object lesson, of which the
majority of mankind are entirely unconscious. The Sun appears to
rise at a different point in the heavens daily, and every night the Moon
changes her phases. Life is one long succession of changes. Men,
like the stars, rise, culminate and set, each man leaving behind a
record of his rising and his setting. The passage of some men through
life's pilgrimage is a continuous blaze of glory, while others leave but
faint and indistinct markings upon the record of time. Gradually, but
surely, stars group themselves together, and for a time a number of
stars travel in company until they reach some apparently appointed
spot, and then begin once more to part for a longer or shorter circuit
for another grouping. Men on earth follow their example ; they
gradually begin to group themselves, either round a centre or towards
a given spot and then again disband to form other groupings.
Every atom of nature seems to collect into massive groups of
atoms, to again divide and separate, for still further groupings.
It is one star and one atom which forms the nucleus of all groups,
around which gather units dominated by this centre force. It is
the old maxim of like attracts like which is at work, for likes attract
and become affinities, while dislikes repel and separate.
In the groupings of stars a natural order is seen, each grouping
obeying a law that is orderly, harmonious, and well designed. They
are parts of the great mystic dance in which all the heavenly bodies
are constantly engaged.
Men are attracted around those who voice that which is the
dominant note in their own nature. Just as congregations gather
around a preacher, or societies around those who give utterance to
their ideals (for leaders could not lead if they had no followers), so in
almost every phase of thought and feeling we find groupings of men
and women all moving round the centres they have chosen to follow.
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At the close of the last century a grouping of planets took place

in the revolutionary sign Sagittarius, and in this Journal it was said
"We are now on the eve of a great revolution in. the world's thought,
etc." Every revolution the world has known has been preceded by
planetary groupings, corresponding thoughts of men following these
mysterions combinations. Sagittarius is a dual sign, as its symbol the
Centaur denotes, representing half animal and half man, signifying the
struggle for mastery between the material and spiritual forces. All
life and light flows through the Sun, the outer glory of the Logos, for
this Solar system, and all life is His, although we who are bathing in
it think it is our own, and forget the source from whence it is given. In
a symbolical sense we are all Sagittarians, half god and half animal,
with the human struggling between, sometimes drawn downward
through the senses and at other times upward through the mind, and
there are times when we are well-balanced between these two states.
Sagittarius is the symbolic sign for the present fifth race, which
the human family is now passing through ; it symbolises the time of
struggle between self-sacrifice and revolution ;—revolution against an
orderly grouping for service, and against the return of the pilgrim soul
to the source from which it came. Leaders of men may therefore be
classified as those who lead away from God, and those who, like the
prophets, read the indelible record of the Past and Future, from the
ever-present Eternity, and understand the origin and destiny of man.
In the present year we have witnessed two extreme groupings of
individuals. Vast crowds of people lined the route of the Coronation
procession to shout their joy and approval of a newly crowned King.
At almost the same time masses of men ware turning away on strike
from their work, shouting with pain and disapproval at those upon
whom they had been dependent for their living.
Looking at these extremes dispassionately, it seems as though we
were in a mad world in which masses of people were swung between
two poles of love and hate, a world in which feeling and emotion are
still ungoverned by the reasoning power of the mind. In the mad fury
of hate, men tear up railway tracks, set fire to great steamships, and
hinder the natural flow of commerce, not only to their own detriment,
but also to the hurt of their brother men.
Irresponsible, ignorant, selfish and untrained, these men follow
 SKLF-SACR1F1CE, OR REVOLUTION ? 359
leaders who do not recognise the world-brother in their fellow-men.
In a Christian country, where the majority have given acquiescence to
a religion whose Founder taught us to love one another, it seems
unthinkable that masses of men can still continue to act more like
savages than human beings.
With these facts before us, it is no wonder that some who have
sought to read the signs of the times, have grave apprehensions of a
revolution from those who have no respect for law and order where
their own ends are concerned. We can neither blame, nor feel angry
with these ignorant men, for they at least obey a blind impulse within
which prompts them to continue to follow the law of self-preservation ;
we can however, wonder how far their leaders have advanced beyond
them, also to what lengths they will eventually lead them.
There is nothing that occurs in the heavens which is not mirrored
on the earth. The earth revolves around the Sun, bringing day and
night in alternate succession, also a recurrence of the seasons, tides,
etc. The symbolical journey of the planets, large and small, at
varying rates of motion through the signs of the zodiac, has reflection
in the pilgrimage of souls through varying environments. Pilgrimages
great and small are undertaken by these souls, who start revolving
amid their different environments at stages unequal and dissimilar,
some being older and others younger in point of time, though all are
identical in spirit and in essence.
Groups of souls belong to the sphere of influence which embraces
the planet Mars, others to that of Venus, and the other planetary
spheres of influence. In the martial sphere there are grades of souls
who may be likened to the hardness and inflexibility of iron, and the
softness and elasticity of the finest steel, producing characters of the
coarsest grade up to the strongest and most refined. The alchemical
secret was the transmutation of the baser metal into pure gold, the
astrological secret is the changing of character from gross to fine.
Between the proletariat and the patrician there are many grades,
and the ever present tendency is for these two to run to extremes; the
proletariat being filled with vain notions of his great value to the
world, and the patrician with pride and the sense of separateness
accentuated.
The grades between these extremes or diseased portions of
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humanity, account for the Caste system which is not common to India
alone, although more openly recognised in the East. There are four
principal Castes, each having its sub-divisions. First the working
class, who for the most part labour with their hands and are known as
the unskilled labourers; these are followed by the buyers and sellers,
from the small shopkeeper to the millionaire merchant; then comes
the ruling caste, the soldiers, statesmen and the patriots who are
connected in some form or other with the government of the country;
and finally the teaching caste of scientists, artists, teachers, students,
philosophers and religious advocates.
Dividing these four castes, we find between the workers and the
merchant class, and the rulers and teachers, a host of intermediaries,
who are usually known as the middle classes, who are neither rich nor
poor, nor very pronounced in their demands upon others. Below the
middle classes we usually find the unrest which leads to revolutions
and above them we should find the ideal of self-sacrifice as a constant
goal to be sought after.
Revolution comes through pressure from without, self-sacrifice
comes through choice from within. Urged on by a law which makes for
progress, raising each man according to the preponderance of elements
working in well defined directions, man at his lowest level of intelli-
gence has to learn the lesson of obedience to law and order before he
can become a good citizen. The laws of his being supply the elements
of force and energy which he must turn into activity and efficiency if
he would progress and qualify himself for the refining caste above
him, also the resisting power against the impulses of that latent force,
and in this particular every working man is between the external
influence of Mars, impelling forward, and Saturn restraining back-
ward, and thus he is constantly between the push and pull of this
universe.
Astrologically, we know that every child born into this world is
subject to so much influence coming from Mars and Saturn, as he can
absorb through the signs, positions, and aspects of his nativity. Life,
through his environment will teach him how to temper these opposing
influences. Through his muscular system, energised by physical
exercise, his body will be more useful, and by study his brain cells
will become more active, due to his absorption of the Martial influence
 SELF-SACRIFICE, OR REVOLUTION ? 361

drawn from the universal reservoir of solar energy specialised by the

Angel who presides over Mars. By resistance he will acquire firmness
and endurance, and draw into himself more and more of the subtler
vibrations of Saturn whose individualising qualities are well known to
all astrologers.
Now it is the Saturnian degree of efficiency that all human beings
are qualifying to achieve, and every soul of whatever grade, must
come within measurable distance of that degree before he is capable
of making any semblance of self-sacrifice. The Selfishness of humanity
is however, as necessary as self-sacrifice, for without it no one seems
capable of becoming fully individualised. Therefore in this respect,
Saturn is the critical planetary influence for all souls, and marks the
level of choice for each individual, and only of those is it said " Choose
ye this day whom ye will serve." As man cannot serve both God and
Mammon at the same time, it is obvious that the choice of the majority
in our present day is to serve Mammon, the earthly God. " Cease to
do evil, learn to do well." This is the true turning point from
revolutionary tendencies, to cease to do evil.
There is a continuous effort in the direction of reform, while all
the planets make for fresh groupings on higher levels of the heavenly
cycles. It is the law of the universe that all things shall evolve from
below to higher and more efficient forms. Revolt comes through
ignorance of this law, and the selfish desire to grasp the fruit before it
is ripe. Self-sacrifice comes by purificatory stages, and is the prepar-
ation for advancement into higher stages of evolution.
The gross and the ignorant revolt against law and order ; the wise
and the refined make sacrifice and seek to work with law and order.
The revolutionary is on the way downwards or outwards into a
denser form of matter and requires a more vivid and violent experience
in which to realise his powers. The refined and cultured are on their
way back through the finer and more subtle forms of matter, and
realise their nearness and approach to the higher goal by sacrifice of
the lower to the higher self.
Each planetary vibration works in a series of spirals, producing a
vast field of cycles, around which are travelling souls in all stages
of evolution. Great sages and seers have named these cycles and
given them qualities that are easily connected with the planets ruling
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those cycles: Uranus, the eternal substance, the ruling power of

matter; Mercury, the harmony of the spheres, the quality of sound,
the source of speech and understanding. Venus, the source of Wisdom
and the quality of Love ; Saturn, the individualising quality governing
the Soul of Man ; the Moon governing the struggle of man between
the upward and downward tendencies ; Mars, the natural and animal
tendencies ; and J upiter, the cohesive and substantial power, the centre
of which is desire.
Every man is furnished with the Jupiterian garment, in which the
root of his being may find a fitting soil in which to grow, unfold, and
expand ; it is a field that is rich or poor, according to his require-
ments. He comes under the vibrations of Mars when he responds to
the natural laws of his being in which motion plays the prominent part.
While in this cycle, he may follow his animal instincts, or rise upward
into the more human state of applied energy. It marks the stage of
the savage, the animal-man, and the animal-human man, in which the
desire nature is becoming pronounced, and revolutionary tendencies
sway him when his lower desires are not gratified.
From the cycle of Mars he passes to the Lunar cycle, the critical
stage wherein begins the struggle for life to shape the form, and give
it a freer expression. In this cycle all the stages from New Moon to
Full are mirrored in his life. The next cycle, under Saturn, is the
most critical of all, for this is the stage in which sacrifices begin and
the individuality is between the lower and the higher cycles of evolution,
the latter tending to love, harmony and will, and acquired only by
self-sacrifice and the aspiration for Union.
Between the Savage and the Master of Wisdom, there are many
cyclic rounds, through which all must pass in turn. To revolt against
law and order is to display ignorance and selfishness; and to sacrifice
one's self in order that the ignorant may gain knowledge and learn to
know their place in evolution, should be the work of all who aspire to
be conscious co-workers with the good law.
The good law declares that all the stars in the heavens are God's
powers. In our Solar system the light and life of God is flowing
through the Sun, and the planets are Seven fountain spirits through
which His Will and Wisdom are directed.
Let us seek to work with the good law. Alan Leo.
 3^3

Jate versus Jm-fajiU; a Gagman's ^Tirto

From observation it has occurred to me that when you cast the horo-
scope of a human being you take into consideration the inllueuces sur-
rounding bis birth. In other words, it seems to me that human beings,
while they have a little more freedom than the ordinary animal, are really
in servitude, or belong to some individual of a higher evolution than the
human race.
To illustrate; If you were to give me the latitude, longitude, and the
time of birth of a cow, by my looking up the records and the laws of the
national government controlling this particular spot of the earth, and tracing
down the laws of the state or province, and of the county in which it is
situated, and then looking up the record of the owner of the property in this
particular vicinity, and the owner of the herd of cattle in which it is born,
1 presume that 1 would only miss one prediction out of fifty as to the
ultimate life of this particular cow; probably could predict very closely as
to the time when it would meet its death, and how it would meet its death.
Of course, the possible exception would result from some new condition
entering into this particular community which I would have no means of
knowing, such as building a railroad across the property, and the conse-
quence of the engine running down the said cow, or a stroke of lightning, if
the country was subject to lightning, or earthquake, if it were subject to
earthquake, etc.
Now the question I wish to put to you is this: Are we not, as human
beings, subject to the same laws ? We are born into a physical body in a
certain environment which belongs,you might say, to the sphere of influence
of a higher being. While, like the cow, we could roam over the fields up to
a certain point, when we reach the fence we have to turn back, but up to
that point we have the control over our exertions by our own free will, and
our free will, of course, is guided by the exact knowledge that we have of
natural laws, and the more of these laws that we learn, the more we attract
the attentiou of our owner, so to speak, and, of course, it would be to bis
interest to train us so as to act as a kind of lieutenant in aiding the rest of
the human beings along the given work that he desires them to carry
through; and the reason why you take into consideration the influences of
the different planets, 1 presume, is that these planets stand in the same
relation to each individual soul as the national government of the United
States stands in relation to each cow in the above illustration. The
influence is felt by the cow, but of course the cow does not know any of the
laws that the said national or state governments make to regulate its
welfare. In the same way, we know nothing of the laws that these various
planets la down which really guide us and hedge us in. H. H,
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The Horoscope of Mr. Felix H. White

In January of this year there was produced at the Queen's Hall,

London, a remarkable orchestral work by a young and comparatively
unknown composer—a symphonic poem entitled " Astarte Syriaca,"
based upon Rossetti's sonnet and picture of the same name :
" Mystery : lo ! betwixt the sun and moon
Astarte of the Syrians : Venus Queen
Ere Aphrodite was , . ,
The impression produced was such as to justify the ex- ccancy of
great things in the future, and we therefore deemed ourselves fortu-
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nate in securing the nativity of the composer for our 18th Prize
Competition.
A condensed biography of the "Who's Who " type informs us that
Mr. Felix Harold White was born in London, close to the British
Museum, on April 27th, 1884, and at the age of three made a journey
with his parents to America, returning after several months. Spent a
year in France, aetat 7. Started learning piano from his mother, an
excellent amateur pianist, at years of age. Was originally intended
for a commercial career, which he pursued for six years, and it was not
until 1903 that he seriously took up musical composition. Since then
he has studied hard, mainly by himself, while owing something to
private tutors for early artistic guidance. His first work to be played
in public was an Overture, " Shylock," produced by Sir (then Mr.)
Henry J. Wood at the Promenade Concerts at Queen's Hall in 1907.
This work has since been heard at Bournemouth and Eastbourne.
Other compositions brought to a hearing include a Dirge for Viola
and Orchestra (Bournemouth, 1909), a Romance and a Sonata for
'cello and piano (Bechstein Hall, 1907 and 1910 respectively), an
Orchestral Tone-poem " Astarte Syriaca" (Queen's Hall, January,
1911, under the composer's direction*), and a small selection of songs.
Two symphonic poems, an overture, a choral work and an opera are
yet awaiting the light of day. Recreations :—Playing and listening to
the performances of other people's music ; reading ; walking. Speaks
English, French, German and Dutch fluently.
Mr. White readily gave his consent to the use of his nativity, and
that he has been at great pains to judge fairly and discriminatingly will
be seen from the Adjudication which now follows.

ADJUDICATION

When some little while ago the Sub-Editor suggested using my

horoscope in one of the Prize Competitions, I readily assented, little
knowing, alas ! what lay in store for me, and how my sense of nicely-
discriminated balances would be put to a severe test, nay, strained

• Students c' Horary Astrology may be interested to study the Cgure (or
this first perfo/n. ice o{ Astarlc Syriaca, the opening notes being played at 9.36.0
p.m., G.M.T , 23/j/'ii.
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almost to breaking-point, when the time came to adjudicate on the

delineations submitted. This difficulty in coming to a decision is due
to the fact that all the delineations sent in miss the one thing which to
me is the raisou-d'etre of my existence, namely, MUSIC ; the only
delineator who comes near the truth in judging of this important matter
being Mentuon, who says :—' I judge the root-temperament of the native
of this horoscope to be that of the poet. It does not follow that he is
engaged in the pursuit of the art of poetry ; he might be a shoemaker,
or a clerk. I am here speaking of the native's fundamental tempera-
ment, the attitude which he maintains towards his Creator and his
fellow-creatures. For there are only two root-temperaments, call them
as I have done, Poet and Politician, or Artist and Counterman,
Recluse and Almsdoer—what you will.' As I am informed, however,
that Memnon is disqualified for a prize by anonymity I am inclined,
after much hesitation, to give the first prize to Manvanfuric.
It may be of interest to remark that some few years ago I was
strongly attracted towards astrology for a while, but of late the attrac-
tion has waned, though I still maintain a certain interest and belief in
it when conscientiously applied.
None of the delineations can be unreservedly praised for general
accuracy, even when allowing for the omission of all or any precise
mention of the art to which my life is devoted. Mauvnnturic hits the
mark in speaking of my eccentric manner, and unconventional modes,
(p. 372) and the succeeding paragraph is also very true, for I am most
fastidious in securing ' la phrase juste '—or rather, in my case, ' la note
juste,'—before any of my work sees the light of day.
I am not a Theosophist, though I have experienced leanings in
that direction ; hence of the ' Teacher of no mean order ever behind
me,' I know nothing. The remarks about inspirational and intuitional
methods of work in my case are very true. * Activity in foreign lands',
has not yet been manifested, though it may well appear in the near
future. Were one to add ' as a musical preacher ' at the beginning of
the next sentence and interpret the phrase in a broad sense, it would
hold good. The next two.paragraphs go astray, for money matters are
far from being my strong point, though, curiously enough, several oiher
competitors deduce much the same in this respect. In France, when
a man really has no singing voice at all, or at best but a raucous one,
 RESULT OF PRIZE COMPETITION NO. l8

he is usually said to have ' unevoix de compositeur' and in this sense

all my friends have long ago assured me that I possess ' a composer's
voice,' so our prize-winner is incorrect on this point.
Who shall say from whence comes a melody which floats into a
composer's brain and travels to keyboard or paper by way of his fingers,
there to be fixed once and for all? Since Manvanturic chooses to
explain * a rare collection of valuable ideas,' by referring them to the
Astral Plane, and since I myself certainly never know whence my
musical ideas come, this explanation seems as reasonable as any other.
With regard to matters matrimonial, it would seem that I have many a
sore trial in front of me, for four out of ten competitors particularly
specify two marriages, the first brief but unhappy, and the second last-
ing and beneficial. Two competitors even hold up a warning finger and
hark back to the Elder Weller's advice anent widows. Nous verrons !
In view of the fact that music is the principal occupation of my
life, the prize-winner's tentative suggestion is distinctly amusing, but
his remark concerning the linguistic faculty is accurate.
The Second Prize goes to Francis Elna, whose delineation runs
Manvanturic very close. Considerations of space will (I opine)
scarcely permit of publishing this lengthy delineation in full, so I will
deal as succinctly as possible with the main points—both wrong and
right—particularly those not lit upon by the first prize-winner. In
crediting me with a sense of humour Francis Elna does well, but in
saying that it ' will tend towards the appreciation of farce and jocosity '
he does me an injustice, for I have a keen relish for life's little ironies,
—as exemplified in the works of Thomas Hardy, and in the grander,
all-embracing varieties bequeathed to us in the plays of Sophocles. In
referring to the influence of Taurus as giving ' an abundant supply of
physical vitality," the delineator scores a good point. Of that modesty
which few geniuses really possess, in spite of the comfortable assurances
to the contrary so often given out by the mediocrities, I really do yet
retain something. Consequently I must hurriedly pass over the
references to originality of method,' mentality much above the average,'
' powers of discrimination and analysis,' etc., merely pausing by the
way to note that those who know me best would hesitate before
describing me as being ' discreet and retiring.' The delineator goes on
thus : ' More than one indication shows that in the early life, develop-
368 MODERN ASTROLOGY

ment will be slower than with most persons, and it is possible that the
influence of the mother has been of particular importance.' A hit, a
palpable hit! The process of a composer ' finding himself is usually
a slow one ; Wagner, Tschaikowsky, Dvorak and Debussy were each
struggling towards-a personal expression at the age of 30, and I am
still on the sunny side of that figure. My mother, to whom I owe my
musical faculties, had a great and beneficial influence on my up-bringing
in other respects also, so that both these statements are well borne out
by my own experience.
I think a place should be awarded to Meninon, from whose
excellent delineation a paragraph has been quoted earlier. A few more
points, in addition to the all-important one mentioned at the beginning,
may be noted here. ' Imagination is all converted into sympathy,
passion transmuted into creati'veness. Impulse is brought under the
control of the reasoning principle, and there is every hope that the rich
store of innate ideas may be coined as time and occasion serve, for the
benefit of others and to his own gain.'
To say that the poet-temperament will display itself in ' literature
and that of a somewhat bizarre and withal sombre type,' is wide of the
mark, but on the other hand, when I am accused of ' spasmodicalness
(an ugly word, this, O Memnon !) of production, and sporadic interests
in a number of disconnected subjects not all suitably related,' I bow
the head and plead guilty. Speaking of the position of the hypothetical
planet ' Isis,' Memnon asks if I am interested in Beardsley's drawings
and Rossetti's poems. The answer is in the affirmative, to the extent
that I produced a Symphonic Poem at Queen's Hall last winter based
on one of Rossetti's poems and pictures. Meninon may not be aware
that the oft-quoted lines, I am All that Is or Was or Shall Be,
AND NO MAN HATH lifted MY Veil, from the inscription on the
Saitic Temple, always occupied a prominent place in a frame on the
table of no less a master-mind than Beethoven. To me, however, they
do not convey any special significance (as he supposes), being in my
opinion too vague and intangible to possess any power of stimulation
of thought or real profundity.
A few happy random shots in the other delineations must be
briefly mentioned. Cazimi touches upon the same subject of a
beneficial maternal influence as Francis Elna, but in crediting me
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with the possession of red hair, a fondness for sport, and great
financial abilities, is in error.
Matthiola in beginning a lengthy delineation by saying that I
prefer mental activity to bodily exercise, is in this respect correct, but
mistaken in saying a little later on that I am but slightly influenced by
the opposite sex. Though rather rambling and a little self-contradictory
at times this competitor must be praised for having evidently given
much pains and thought to the delineation.
Josephine has concluded, among other things that are hopelessly
astray, that I am keen on the study of natural forces, light, heat,
electricity, etc., and that there is 'danger in venturing too much with
machinery, or experimenting too far in connection with fire, chemicals
or explosives."
Cctuvirgo is the only competitor who has ventured on describing
my personal appearance, but I am possessed neither of a ' rather long
nose," ' pale complexion," and ' fine brown or hazel eyes." In saying
(in common with several other competitors) that the most vulnerable
part of the body is the throat, he has certainly scored a good point,
though I have never as yet suffered from diphtheria. He remarks :
' The early environment was not favourable as regards material pros-
perity, his parents being in poor circumstances; he received from them
however, a valuable heritage, mentally and morally, and their influence
on him was very beneficial.' This is well and truly said. But, though
I am rather keen on Women's Suffrage, I have not yet (as Cctnvirgo
suggests) been to prison for my ideas.
Trouble is predicted from the fair sex, due to an over-generous
emotional capacity. I confess to many-sided affections, but the
trouble arising therefrom has not yet matured.
Ursitniene is right in saying that I am not given to undervaluing
myself. This competitor, along with several others, says that ' Virgo
folk like plenty of irons in the fire," and applied to me there is more
than a little truth in this statement. I am moreover credited with a
' fondness for music, singing, dancing and all artistic pursuits," while
'many good friends will help him to success in life, and towards
building his character." This has been so. It is interesing to note
that this competitor gives the same warning as the former, with regard
to the opposite sex.
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Venus deduces that I am either an excavator, an explorer, or an

orator, but adds that I am ' endowed with an sesthetic nature, betoken-
ing a love of music and art.' That I have a good memory and a
certain contempt for the average orthodox opinion is true ; the first
point (a considerable factor in the case of a musician) has not been
brought forward by any other delineators.
Mercicry in Virgo would have it that I am ' painfully sensitive ':
this however, is fortunately not the case. The same delineator saddles
me (as do several others) with a keen interest in metaphysics, and
allied subjects ; this again is wrong.
However, a speedy solution of such difficulties is offered by the
prospect of sudden death !
Felix II. White.

It is greatly to be desired that competitors would realise more

fully the intention of these Competitions, namely, to demonstrate the
relation between the horoscope and the character, tentperament, and
ideals of the native. Then there would not so frequently be occasion
for the Adjudicator to administer a deserved rebuke of ill-considered
attempts to be impressive. No one, likely to enter these Competitions,
is entitled to consider himself competent to predict the nature or the
time of death, and would-be prize winners might do wisely to study
more carefully the methods of former successful competitors—and
thus avoid, for example, the error of writing the delineation in the
second person!
A word to the wise is sufficient, and it is hoped that future
competitors will not disregard these hints.
Before passing on to the prize-winner's delineation it may be of
interest to give the reasoning by which arrives at the con-
clusion that the native's ' root-temperament' is that of the poet. He
says : " In the first volume of How to Judge a Nativity there is on
page 282 a zodiacal arrangement of King Edward's horoscope which
illustrates in a very telling manner the fact that in this Royal Nativity
all the planets are in the latter half of the zodiac, namely the signs
Libra to Pisces inclusive. If we apply the same method here, we find
precisely the reverse; all are in the former half (Aries to Virgo) and
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these facts must have some meaning in the way of contrast, so that it
will be interesting to deduce what it is.
" Occultism recognises two distinct stages in the greater life of
the soul—the Path of Forthgoing, and the Path of Return, and there
can be little doubt that in a broad and general sense the northern signs
of the zodiac correspond with the former and the southern with the
latter. [Modern Astrology, Vol. VI. (N.S.), pp. 563, 564.] The
one path develops strength, stability, flexibility, tenacity, will, dis-
crimination,—all personal virtues, while the other path in turn develops
virtues purely altruistic.
" It is always interesting to compare one horoscope with another,
and to see how for one man the personal and the home life is the
means of development, whereas for another science, art, or public life
in some form appeals with irresistible force. And just as it is with
individuals so with humanity in a broader sense ; at one time, or in
one nation, the personal or individual virtues are to be acquired—
which we call individualism, and at another the social or communal
—which we term patriotism.
"Just as we have, sharply contrasted, the public man and the
petty shopkeeper among individuals, so in humanity at large we find
in necessary and inevitable antithesis the politician and the poet; and
the intention of all this preamble is to suggest that when we find the
majority of the planets, as on November 9th, 1841, in the latter half
of the zodiac we may confidently look forward to the outcropping of
a strain of the genius of STATECRAFT in the nation ; whereas on the
other hand where we find a period when, as in the map before us,
the majority of planets are in the former half of the zodiac we
may expect the flowering of POETIC genius in some form. Which
is as much as to say, in as many words, that {here follows the
paragraph quoted by the Adjudicator; and the writer continues)
We have decided, then, that our native is concerned'with the
subjective rather than the objective life, the latent rather than the
expressed, the individual rather than the social. He will therefore be
engaged in pursuits which minister to the benefit of the individual
rather than the many, that is, to the individual as an individual rather
than as a unit among many; this is in very essence theTunction of
the poet, to interpret the Divine to the individual. Self-expression,
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then, rather than self-sacrifice will be the keynote of his nature, to

which the whole of his energies (those of which he is unconscious as
well as those of which he is conscious) will be attuned."

FIRST PRIZE
A careful glance at this nativity reveals the fact that the native is
a gentleman whose status in the field of human evolution is of an
exceedingly high standard.1
All the planets above the horizon surely points to this, and
indicates the attainment of a very advanced stage in the present
incarnation, together with an extremely early unfoldment of all that is
inherent within him.
The power of original thought is potent and strong,1 and I should
say that where steady concentration is required he will be able to
acquit himself well and play his part powerfully, because the mind is
well defined,8 and he is therefore able to stick closely to anything
which he takes upon himself to accomplish.
He will show much reserve and often will his eccentric and
abrupt manner,1 coupled with his modes of unconventionalism,1 call
down the condemnation of a few of his friends.
He will show a great deal of the true Virgo disposition, but I
should say that his manner of discrimination will be of a much higher
order than is commonly displayed by those born under that sign,4 and
every idea which he may care to give to the public, will be carefully
thought out and sifted ere it escapes from his lips.
A Teacher of no mean order is ever behind him,8 and I should
think that in science and philosophy he will be at home, for he will be
able to observe minutely the difference between the life and the form,
knowing exactly all about that mighty force that is the backbone of
the objective Universe.
The psychic nature will be strong and of a pure order, and will be
supported in many ways,6 and I should judge that he will be inspira-
tional and well able to enlarge on whatever subject he takes in hand.
Much of his past life's experiences will come through to him intuition-
1 J 4
Miny planets 6 IJI rising. • S Aty. 8 in gth.
' 4 planets in gth. IJI A 8 , 3f in ® » to 9 , lg rising.
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7
ally, if not as direct memory, and I would say that he will be very
receptive to the thoughts and ideas which emanate from those he may
come into contact with.
When once he gets an idea into his head he will be exceedingly
stubborn, but will not hold on to it one minute longer after he is
satisfied that it does not fit in with his conditions of reasoning. The
psychic nature which he possesses will help to stamp out what would
otherwise be inclined to lead him into dogmatism.
A great amount of activity is shown in foreign lands,8 where he
may have to stand up and contend for his convictions, even if in so
doing he has to make some great sacrifice.
As a preacher' he would certainly make some great distinction,
but he would require to be very careful of his utterances, for his broad
views, and his mode of illuminating his subjects would be apt to call
down the indignation of his more orthodox brethren.10 It seems to me
that he has many souls to meet in other countries than that which
gave him birth, whether it be in the capacity of preacher or philosopher
it matters not, though it may be as both."
The element of finance may play a very important part in his life.
As a financier he would be a success, and as an organiser he would be
able to make a great demand upon those to whom he would appeal.
As a public speaker he will be able to command the attention of
his audience, not only because he has a message that will give them
consolation," but more because there is sufficient music in his voice"
to enable him to enter into harmonious relationship with the vibratory
nature of the audience whom he may be addressing. I should say
that he will display a strong spirit of eloquence and his voice will be of
that musical character which will make him pleasant to listen to.
Nothing will daunt or discourage him in whatever work he takes
in hand, for his will is strong and will ring out with the true note of
determination.
Strong likes and dislikes he may have," but such traits he will
have already recognised, and his strong determined nature will infuse
him with sufficient power to crush them out.
The mind will be versatile, and many subjects, with their varied
a
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S * 2/. ts rising S A 1JI. 5 in a . G in B .
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branches, will be easily dealt with.16 He should have no great

difficulty in travelling in the Astral Plane,16 and from that region he
would always return with a rare collection of valuable ideas, thus
enabling him to further the work which he will pursue in his waking
consciousness.
If this gentleman is not a Theosophist by admission, I should
think that he is one in practice. Perhaps the most critical influence
in his nativity is Saturn in the midheaven, and even this will not
work out badly, because the soothing rays of the beautiful Venus will
infuse into that angle her beneficent qualities, thus acting as a
protecting influence against the troubles that would be liable to accrue
from Saturn's position. The position of Saturn will help him in his
power of concentration, at the same time assisting him much in the
subduing of that phase of restless activity which is common to Gemini
people.
In the desire to link himself to another in matrimony, he may
suffer some disappointment, this more especially with the first soul that
may call for his attention,10 and should he care to make a second attempt
(which I think he will) then I think it very probable that he would
link himself to one who had much of the martial element about her."
She would be extremely affectionate,19 and a decided lover of all
mental pursuits, with a distinct leaning towards philosophy.
This soul would in all probability be one to whom the native
performed some act of kindness in a past incarnation, but who instead
of recognising the kindly act, threw it back in his face, and for a time
became his enemy.10 She, however, would be no enemy now, for
having seen that her actions were wrong,20 she built up strong desires
to return the kindness at some future time.
Music is among many of the other qualities that this gentleman
may possess, although he may not be able to find time to pursue that
study owing to more pressing phases of life.
In conclusion I should say this is a powerful man, for he should
be a devotee to the three great aspects, the artistic, the scientific—
and the philosophic.31
Beauty and method he will love but he must ever be careful of that
15
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18
d entering the 12th.
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restless desire and never allow it to master him. He would in truth
make a good linguist, and he should learn languages." I think he
should have a beautiful voice, with the power of articulation well
developed. Without doubt this man is a deep thinker, and the part
that thought plays in the development of man will have his most
careful attention.
Changes are coming into his life now, and they will be changes in
which his strength will be tried, and through which sacrifices may
have to be made, which may even bring in their train the loss of some
one near and dear to him, but these will all be storms, which can only
precede the true beautiful calm, wherein having emerged from the
trials and troubles of a material Universe, he will be able to stand his
ground, exclaiming to himself, that this indeed has led me to that
" Peace which passeth all understanding."
Manvanturic.

It is gratifying to find a great many new names among the entriest,

but while we rejoice at this we trust older competitors will not neglect
the splendid opportunities these Competitions afford for testing know-
ledge and developing judgment. Those who win early do not have
the best of it, remember ! Mauvantitric is Mr. J. K. Harvey of
3, Hawley Street, Colne, Lanes., and FrancisEltia is Mr. S. F. B.
Lane of Vernon Mount, Cork, Ireland, and books have been sent them
in accordance with their choice. Both prize-winners, it is of interest to
note, are members of the Astrological Society.
Unfortunately space does not permit of the second prize-winner's
excellent delineation being given, but its last sentence is certainly
worth quoting: " I would ask the subject of this study not to think of
himself as one piece of character cast as it were all complete in a
mould, but rather as built up of several not always harmonious
sections, in the analysing of which Astrology claims to show its value
and its truth."
The Adjudicator states that the order of merit of the competitors
is the order in which they are referred to, and nothing now remains
but to express our thanks to him for the pains he has taken—and
the task is no light one—to discriminate fairly and award justly.

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{Series)

XII. THE SIGN LEO

Part ///.—Other Essays

Our custom hitherto has been to present first such essays as

deal mainly with some central idea, and later such as are more general
and diffusive in their tendency ; this in the hope that the clues
provided in the earlier papers may be of service in studying the later.
This plan has worked well and there seems no reason to depart from
it now; and therefore the paper which follows has been selected from
the remaining essays for the reason that it does so deal with one or
two central ideas, and also because it follows somewhat naturally on
Alpha's paper, which to some extent it tends to endorse.

Delta
In considering the sign Leo for the purpose of writing this paper,
I several times found myself attributing to Leo characteristics which
on examination I found would apply equally well to Aries, and to
Aries those which seemed to be quite as well suited to Leo. This for
some time puzzled me, for I do not think that in reality the two signs
are at all alike ; that is, fundamentally, though at a superficial glance
they often appear so. At last after some thought I came to the con-
clusion that the reason that I was unable to decide to which sign a
quality belonged was, that the qualities in question were not those
belonging exclusively either to Aries or to Leo but to the Fiery Signs
in common. I was therefore considering qualities belonging to the
Fiery Signs, and my task was to distinguish those belonging to the
cardinal fiery sign Aries from those belonging to the fixed fiery sign
Leo.
Aries and Leo, the Lamb and the Lion, though so dissimilar in
many respects are often associated together in old astrological writings
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energy and strength. The first thing which always strikes me in
people born under this sign is first their strength, and next their
exceeding power and vitality : I can never quite understand why it is
this sign in particular which seems to gather up all the life-giving
warmth of the Sun's rays, why it is Leo and no other which thus
becomes the royal sign, through which the gifts of life and strength
are poured forth in royal profusion—Leo as we know being the sign
of really royal generosity. And this brings me to one of the faults, as
I conceive, of Leo. Its great virtue is giving, but this virtue is very
liable to become a vice. Leo knows how to give, and knows no stint
in giving, but Leo often gives because of its inherent pride. It is far
too proud to do or to understand a small thing ; Leo will either do a
thing grandly or not at all. This, it seems to me is one of its sins. It
gives royally or not at all, for its pride disdains the small. Leo people
will tell you that " it is more blessed to give than to receive," but
what Leo does not realise is that (in the words of an aphorism which
I lately read) " it is still more blessed to be equally willing to do
either " : Libra seems to be the sign which has mastered this truth.
Here, then, we have on the one hand the royal generosity of Leo,
giving of its abundance to all who come, and on the other hand the
same generosity giving because of its pride which will do nothing on
a small scale.
I next come to the quality of strength. There is no doubt that
in general those born under this sign are pre-eminently strong in one
sense or another ; I think all will agree that this is one of the first
points which strikes us in a Leo person, his strength and vitality—
perhaps physical strength, or, in the more highly developed types,
mental strength or spiritual strength. A strength it is, which is
constantly renewed, which seems to be poured into them, and to pour
forth from them" in streams; and with this strength, a wonderful
" liveness." One cannot be long with a Leo person without feeling
this. If he be living chiefly on the physical plane, and be a fairly
good specimen, one can almost see the life pulsing through him and
even feel it flowing from him into one's own physical body; if he be
more of the mental or spiritual type, then one feels correspondingly
energised in the higher part of one's self. But energised, and filled
more full of life one certainly does feel. This is even more strongly
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and in the sacred books, many of which were astrological. Taking,

for example, the Old and New Testaments we often find the Lamb
and the Lion spoken of and associated together. In the Apocalypse
we find that of those found worthy to " open and read the Book "
were " The Lamb" and "The Lion of the tribe of Judah." Here we
have some implied point of likeness. Also in the Old Testament we
find an old prophecy that the " Lion and the Lamb shall lie down
together," implying some point of difference, this lying down together
being obviously an abnormal proceeding. Here notice, by the way,
that it is " a little child" who shall lead them, that is, keep them in
harmony—a lesson hard to learn for either Aries or Leo.
Now, I wondered why these two signs should be thus associated,
and I realised that Aries is the sign of the Sun's exaltation, and Leo
is the house of the Sun, his own special sign. And it occurred to me
that the point of likeness between the two signs is that each is very
specially connected with the Sun, while the point of difference is that
while Aries is specially concerned with the Sun's light Leo is related
to his warmth and strength. (Of course I am not now thinking at all
of the characteristics of Aries which have to do with Mars, but only of
those whichare concerned with Aries as the sign of the Sun's exaltation.)
In support of my idea as to Aries being connected with the light
of the Sun, I would say that Aries is the sign of creative power with
which Light is specially concerned. When in the symbolic story of
Genesis the Lord created the Heavens and Earth, He said at the very
commencement : " Let there be light." In the Book of Revelation
we read: "The City had no need of the Sun, neither of the Moon to
shine in it, for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the
light thereof."
I do not want to say anything further about Aries, but I only
mention this to show that in my further thoughts on the characteristics
of these signs, I was careful to distinguish between those connected
with the Light, and those with the warmth and strength of the Sun,
giving the former to Aries and the latter to Leo.
The fundamental qualities then, it seems to me, of the sign Leo
are warmth and strength, with all the attributes which arise out of
these. And I suppose it is true that the creative power of the Sun is
in its Light, and its sustaining life-preserving power in its heat and
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARV TEMPERAMENTS 379
marked than the Leo generosity, I think. And just as his generosity
is on a large scale so is his strength and vitality, for as I said, Leo
cannot condescend to the small.
What is the other side of this strength ? I think the chief failing
of Leo in this direction is want of sympathy. He is so strong that he
cannot understand the weak, and not understanding, he cannot
sympathise, for sympathy is literally suffering with another, or feeling
with another; if you do not understand you cannot "feel with"
another, and Leo it seems to me does not do this. He is too aloof, he
cannot or will not come down from his throne of strength to the weak
beggar of the gutter; he cannot therefore feel with him in his weak-
ness. It would not be said of Leo that " He was touched by the
weakness of our infirmities."
One of the qualities of Leo, I have said is life ; and certainly Leo
is the most virile of all the signs. The expression " immensely alive "
seems to me to fit Leo. Nothing seems to stop this flow of life—
indeed it is in many cases too much for the person, so tremendous a
force is it, and he is literally killed with too much life. Ask a Leo
person in good health, and he will tell you that the force flowing into
him seems to be too powerful for him. Leo's great ideal—perhaps
I should say his idol—is Life, Life on one plane or another, and to
such an extent does his love of life go, on one plane or another, that
he makes a god of it—he bows down and worships it. He says " the
life is the greatest thing " ; then, if he is not careful, he says " the life
is the oufy thing." Just as Virgo worships form and forgets the life,
so Leo worships the life and ignores the form. He does not seem to
remember that the one cannot exist without the other, that the one
is complementary to the other. And this brings me to what I believe
to be the fundamental basis of Leo's virtues and vices; and that is
Greatness. His greatness is the foundation of his virtues, for
whatever those virtues may be they are the virtues of the great; great
nobility, great generosity, great strength. And this greatness is also
the root of his vices when turned in the opposite direction. His
vice is that of going to extremes ; Leo knows no via media, neither
can he blend extremes. He is proud to an extreme, intolerant to an
extreme, generous to an extreme, and kind to an extreme; but he
cannot bleud extremes.
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And this brings me back to my starting point, the likeness and

unlikeness between Aries and Leo, and the frequent association of
the two signs. Their unlikenesses are many and need not be
enumerated, but one great point of likeness is the need of both to learn
to blend—to blend their own characters, and also to blend with others.
Each has to learn the virtue of an " all-round " development, and the
seeing of another's point of view; for though the light of the Sun
eclipses all other lights in his System, and though his heat and strength
and energy are greater than any of theirs ; yet they shall in their turn
become as great as He, and He, great as he is, is but as a faint spark
of light and heat in comparison with the great Central Sun. This is,
both for Aries and Leo, a great lesson in humility—a lesson which
both need and for which end perhaps they are told what it is not easy
for either to hear meekly: " A little child shall lead them."
I turn now to another side of the subject. Some time ago, when
thinking over the clauses of the Lord's Prayer it occurred to me that
those clauses might possibly be treated zodiacally, just as Alpha has
used the Ten Commandments as a basis for a study of the Signs. I
therefore began fitting as far as I could each clause in turn to a sign
and found that this could very well be done. Arriving at the fifth
clause however, I found it more difficult to find a connection between
it and the sign Leo. The fifth clause is " Forgive us our debts, as we
forgive our debtors." I could see no connection. While still puzzling
over it, I found in the Theosopln'cczl Review an article by Dr.
Rudolf Steiner dealing with the same subject—though of course not
astrologically. He stated that the cthcric double is especially con-
nected with a person's heredity, his nationality and relatives, and that
therefore, in his dealings with regard to these, he was by his acts or
omissions contracting debts of a very real nature. In the phrase
before this one we have a petition connected with the Physical Body
—" Give us this day our daily tread." In the next, therefore, by this
interpretation we have a petition relating to the actions connected with
the Etheric Double.
This seemed to me fairly clear, but I still found it difficult to
connect the fifth clause with the fifth sign. Nor did I definitely do so
until lately when I read Dr. Steiner's later book, Initiation and its
Results. The 2nd Chapter in this book is connected with an explana-
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 381

tion of the constitution of the Etheric Double, the evolution and use
of this body being necessary for occult development. Toput it shortly
the Etheric Body is that through which countless currents pass—those
currents which support and regulate life. It is in fact the vehicle of
Prana; and Prana, as we know, is a special property of Leo. There
are various chakrams or "wheels," or as they are occultly called
" lotus-flowers," situated in different parts of the body, which as occult
education progresses begin to bestir themselves and develop in accor-
dance with that progression. Now it is interesting to note that the
" chakrams" connected with the evolution of the Etheric Double
after certain preliminary movements, finally fashion in the region of
the physical /icurt a centre from which the currents and outrayings
connected with the Etheric Double may go forth. This centre like
the physical heart is a most complicated structure, the work of which
seems to correspond to the work of the heart in the physical body.
Indeed, it is most interesting to note the correspondences between the
two organs—though naturally we should expect those correspondences.
Here then, it seems to me, is the connection between the Etheric
Double and Leo.
Now the person who is beginning consciously to evolve his etheric
body, has realised that there is a higher consciousness than that of the
physical, and is beginning to live in that higher consciousness, and
Leo seems to me to be concerned with the development of this higher
etheric consciousness. Alpha writes of Leo as the sign related to
Kama-Manas, or animal intelligence at its highest stage. This seems
to me to be likely, but I also think that in Leo the apex is not only
reached, but a greater height attempted. True, that is the highest that
can be perfectly expressed, but in Leo the attempt is made I believe to
perfect something higher. For with the development of the etheric
body and by means of the currents that come from it, the man is able
to mature himself, Still, at the beginning this is a slow process, and
in the early stages the purely animal intelligence is very highly marked,
and the highly intelligent and powerful animal very apparent; indeed
even with the highly developed Leo this nature will assert itself, it is
still very strong, the higher is still unable to express itself perfectly,
not having sufficient of the necessary matter; and therefore you get the
Leo faults, which must from their nature be exceedingly apparent.
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For instance, there is the pride of Leo—there is no pride so

insolent or so arrogant. But perhaps it is so because Leo has just
begun to realise that that great strong physical life of his is not the
highest life, and he resents it—resents that there is something beyond
what he has attained to—and he forthwith in rebellion flings it in your
face "The Lion IS King." I think it is when humility begins to stir
and make itself uncomfortably felt that the innate pride of Leo begins
its final struggle, and throws itself out with all its force.
Another trait of Leo, namely its calm assumption of superiority,
has been referred to by Alpha. He says: " He does not vaunt his
superiority, he takes it for granted. He does not look down
upon other people, but like his namesake the Lion he looks through
them as though they weren't there." Yes, Leo does appear to do that.
But I venture to suggest a different reason from that given.
One of the first attributes which the man who is consciously
perfecting his Etheric Body has to develop is the faculty for dis-
criminating between the Eternal and the Temporal, between the true
and the false. The man has to learn not to consider the physical as
the real or the eternal, but to look through it to that which, though not
itself the real is still more real than the physical, while yet at the
same time not ignoring the physical. Hence the tendency to go to the
extreme and " look through things as though they weren't there." It
is the Ego's first attempt to see things as they really are, and Leo
with its Kama-Manasic matter to work with, and as yet small supply
of etheric, goes to the extreme, and ignores all but that which it
chooses to see. This is only a suggestion, and I am aware that I have
not fully worked it out.
There is a small remark also in Alpha's paper with which I do not
quite agree. He says : "they can give of themselves, but they cannot
give themselves." I agree that they cannot give themselves, but
with regard to the former part of the sentence I think that Leo does
not " give of itself,"—at least not consciously so, or by its will. One
always hears a great deal about the Leo generosity, which gives of
itself so freely. Now taking this theory of the Etheric Body being
connected with Leo, I said at first that this body is as it were a
channel for the currents of life to pass through. The life flows
through this channel freely and without the co-operation of the will of
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the individual, it is by an involuntary action like that of the heart.

So the Leo has to give of himself whether he will or no, the currents
are always (lowing through him. It has always seemed to me that
there is no conscious giving out of Leo, except in the highly evolved,
and that is what Leo is doing, he is creating a centre, from which he
will eventually consciously "give of himself" and the higher he
evolves, the greater will be the circumference to which these rays will
extend, so that the " giving of himself " and moreover the " giving
himself" is the final goal of Leo—in very truth the becoming the
Logos of a Solar System.

There is one point in Alpha's paper with which I was at first

inclined to disagree, viz., that Leo represents the Holy Ghost—the
third Logos—the mind of God. The point seemed to me important, as
I had previously always thought of the third Logos as being associated
with Libra, the point of balance and union, and so in one sense I
still believe it to be. Nevertheless, after studying the point, and
while still not having arrived at any definite conclusions, I am
inclined now to believe that Leo may represent the third Logos or the
Holy Ghost, or Mind.
There is of course no donbt that the Holy Ghost is Mind, and as
such is the separator—but how to connect it with Leo was my difficulty.
However, put shortly my thoughts ran something in this way. Alpha
speaks of the fourth Race as that in which Kama Manas reached its
densest point, which is certainly true. Now, if we look upon the
races and rounds as corresponding to one another, we naturally connect
the fourth Race and the fourth Round. Going to the Stanzas of
Dzyan we read "At the fourth the Sons are told to create Their
Images. One-third refuse . . The curse is pronounced. They
will be born in the fourth, suffer and cause suffering." Commenting on
this in The Pedigree of Man, Mrs. Besant says : " The word ' fourth '
occurs twice and it is used in two entirely different senses. In the
first phrase you must supply Round : at the fourth Round the Sons of
Mind were told to create their images; . the curse was
pronounced; they (the Asuras) will be bom in the fourth Race, suffer
and cause suffering." Here then is established the connection between
the fourth Round, the fourth Race and the Holy Ghost, or Mind.
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Now the question is—is this Leo ? Mrs. Besant goes on : "They will
come, and come in the Atlantean Race, and play there a mighty part
They would not descend at the right moment, they would
not help in the human evolution. It is said that they came down and
looked on the forms, ' the vile forms of the first third' Race. Notice
the Ahamkara coming out, the sense of separation, the pride, the
contempt. ' They rejected,' 1 they spurned ' are the phrases used."
At this point another paper seems peculiarly appropriate, for the
same line of thought was touched upon by

Zeta

Leo is the second fixed sign, in which takes place the awakening
of the constructive force latent in Taurus. This is shown by the
serpent symbol of Leo [SI]. In the nidanas it is Sadayatana, which
means the six senses (3 + mind) and symbolised by an empty house,
" the prison of the senses," or a human face with a pair of eyes in
forehead. At this stage the senses and sense-channels develop.
These are related to the centres in the astral body aud to simple
primary sensations. It is said that the Kamic experiences are all of
the nature of rushing outwards: " The outward rushing energy of
Atma" well expresses the Fobatic force at this Leo stage. In a
sense this is a birth stage, for the preliminary signs are but germinal
and gestatory. Here the man is equipped with a vehicle necessary
for gaining experience in the outward world, and it is of interest to
notice in relation to this that the Egyptian ideogram for " beginning "
is a figure of the head, shoulders and forepaws of a lion. (Ha.) Of
course there is a higher side to Leo, typical of the later stages in
Man's evolution, and this is well brought out in "The High History of
the Holy Graal," where we find a white and red lion guarding the
gateway of Turning Castle.
The connection between Taurus and Leo is often depicted in
ancient art as a lion devouring a bull, significant of the passing of the
latent into the active form of the force of evolution. The Hebrew
letter Teth indicates a serpent uncoiling and is associated with
Leo.
In the Euphratean Valley the Accadian month corresponding to
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Leo was Ne-NE-GAR, " Fire-making-fire," and the sign was Ur

Gula, " The Great Dog," i.e.. Lion. But the corresponding and more
ancient lunar asterism was—"The Flaming One; The burning of
the Fire of the Goddess Bahu " : the " flaming ones" being the
equivalents of the Hebrew seraphim. The goddess Bahu (" The
Great Deep ") was a variant of Gula or Aquarius, the opposite sign to
Leo. The ancients often linked Leo and Aquarius together in the
symbology and teachings, and no better instance can be cited than that
of the Egyptian Sphinx, where the lion's body supports a man's head,
upon whose brow rests the Uraeus, a beautiful symbol of the Perfected
Man when to the strength and spiritual fire of Leo is joined the mind
of the man. Rightly did the Horshesu, those ancient initiates, call the
Sphinx the Watcher for the Dawn and turn his face ever towards the
East.
The solar hero Hercules wears a lion skin and fights with a lion.
Take for example the coin-type where Hercules holds the lion in his
arms and crushes out its life, so does the Man of the Zodiac destroy
(or rather transmute) the power of the red lion of his animal nature.

Of the remaining four papers, the first two—infer aha—touch

upon the pride which has been ascribed to Leo, and the reason for it.
Incidentally also they pay a tribute, as indeed does every writer, to
the marvellous organising, vitalising and sustaining power exhibited by
Leos. The third paper raises a point strangely omitted hitherto—the
Leo love for " love," while the fourth is quite unique in its way as a
' thumb-nail sketch 1 of the Leo character.

Eta

From my own more or less limited observations I gather that

the Leo nature is, as has been said, distinguished by much pride,—not
as a rule by vanity, however, in the fairly evolved type. It seems to
me this feeling really arises from an innate realisation of the grandeur
of the inmost nature of the man, however little the Leo person may be
able to state his grounds for this feeling ; for he is noted for uprightness,
both physical and in conduct,and as he advances in evolution he feels that
he is more and more loath to demean himself in any way by actions
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beneath his accepted idea of rectitude. He is a man to be looked up

to,—and here I would say that I should judge that the Leo person will
show to best advantage when great things are expected of him. Look
up to him,—expect him to succeed, to give something worth having,
and you are not likely to be greatly disappointed and I should say that
the great injury to a Leo person is to distrust him, to lack faith in
him; by so doing, you in some way rob him of his power.
The Leo person will do a very great deal if approached in what
he considers the right manner, but will do nothing at all, if merely
expected to act because others expect it of him as one of a community
—not until the time comes that he feels himself that he wishes to act.
He is not afraid to do the most outrageous things, if so he wishes.
He is to a very large extent " a law unto himself."
Even with regard to his faults and failings, he will knowingly
transgress, if so he wishes to act, feeling that these very misdemeanours
are for him, until the time when he wishes to surmount them.
To me it is remarkable how a Leo can, as it were, draw himself
up and away, out of an unpleasant atmosphere, ignore i t, and make for
himself a different one.
The Leo person is certainly distinguished for a certain amount of
separateness, a power to stand alone—still this is in my opinion an
ability to find satisfaction in his own nature, not a dislike to associate
with his fellows. Indeed, I think it a decided affliction to the Leo
type to be isolated—to me it seems that the Leo person is stunted,
unless he has others on whom he can expend his helpful, inspiring
powers, just as one might imagine the glorious sun dissatisfied unless
able to vivify and enrich a solar system.
In dealing with a child of this type I should say it is inadvisable
to publicly accuse him of shortcomings and failings ; rather take him
quietly on one side, tell him you are surprised that he has not come up
to your expectations, and you will gain your end.
Phrenologically considered the Leo person shows much balance
of temperament and a generally all-round fairly well developed brain.
He is characterised by self-esteem, independence, and courage par-
ticularly, and all the animal functions are healthy and well regulated
owing to the strong circulatory system.
I should judge them to be natural magnetic healers, when they
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have Jearned control. Owing to this temperament they are liable to

suffer depletion of healthful power, if too monotonous or closely
confined a life is obligatory, and change, mental, astral, and physical
from time to time is very beneficial to them. Their powers of
recuperation are usually very good.
Being naturally so independent themselves they admire the trait
in others, and instead of preventing them using their independence
they much prefer to help others to help themselves.
They are often very hot tempered, but they have the character of
possessing the fine trait of magnanimity, and I believe this is justly
attributed to them.

Theta

If we divide the Zodiac in the way Mr. Alan Leo has instructed
us in some of his writings, we have the two houses or mansions of the
Sun and Moon—Leo and Cancer—as the two centres of Life and
Form, or Spirit and Matter ; the remaining signs of the Zodiac, which
are the houses or mansions of the other planets, coming in alternate
order behind each of these two signs, thus:
.i£,J€T8n2DSl"Y=^"t?l3>
U 2 * V V-Q V * 3 V *7
Looking at Leo from this standpoint seems to give us some clue
to the qualities and characteristics of this sign. It is the centre
or apex of the fiery triplicity, the second of the fixed quaternary,
the house or mansion of the Sun, which is the centre or mainspring of
all forms of life on this physical plane. Therefore it is said to rule the
heart in the physical body of man, which is the centre or mainspring of
all his physical activities. And so we find the developed natives of
Leo generally become the heart or centre of any organisation or
community to which they belong. Others may be the hands, feet,
voice, etc., of the community, but the native of Leo is the one around
whom the others revolve.
The native of Leo is decidedly autocratic in government. He
will have none other to share his ruling power. And to the advanced
or evolved Leo can truly be allowed this autocratic power and
supremacy. For he is so large-hearted, broad-minded, strong, com-
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passionate, and utterly unselfish, that he will work, suffer and give of
his very best to all beneath him; even to the lowest child of the
community. In this way he seems to outshine all others, and to,
closely resemble those Great Rulers of old, who considered and cared
for everyone else in their kingdom before themselves, and if anyone
suffered loss it was they who were strong and able to bear the loss.
And I think this is the reason why we generally allow Leo persons to
have very much their own way. We internally recognise that no real
son of Leo will do a mean action or take advantage of the weak and
helpless. This is a royal sign and all their actions are performed in a
right royal manner. This sign gives good vitality to the body, which
if weakened by disease or overwork can easily recuperate by rest and
harmony.
I have read that many of the statues of the Sun or Apollo show
the dragon beneath his feet. Now if we call the dragon Satan or
Saturn for the moment as the representative of evil and disease in the
physical body, it is rather interesting to note in connection with this
that all microbes and bacteria of disease will quickly faint and perish
when exposed to the Sun's rays.
It is said that no one can stand before the statue known as the
Apollo Belvedere without instinctively straightening his shoulders and
drawing himself up to his full stature. So with developed natives of
Leo through their strong characters and power of will they can pull
those around them up to their very highest pitch, physically, mentally
and morally. Often one look from the strong and steady eye of a Leo
person is sufficient to awaken anyone who is the least sensitive up to
a true sense of his duty. I have not noticed this trait so much with
any other sign of the Zodiac.
Of course there is the weak side (or what we may call the evil
side) of the Leo character. Their principal weakness is Pride. A
great king is reported to have said Pride goeth before destruction and
a haughty look before a fall. Perhaps he was a native of Leo and
had experience of this weakness. Leo persons usually carry themselves
with a certain amount of dignity and self-respect, and one can generally
recognise them in a crowd. But when this works on the lower levels
there is generally a good deal of ostentation, vanity and disagreeable
pride exhibited, leading to rash actions, and producing much discord
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and disharmony. And in many cases this reacts upon their health and
spirits, producing sorrow and depression. There are also other
unpleasant characteristics besides pride belonging to Leo. As we all
know, that which is most noble when in its highest form, when it
becomes degraded or perverted is the most ignoble, hence we find
some of the most depraved characters who often have much of the
Leo nature about them. I think the reason of this is they put their
whole heart into whatever they do. They seem to carry out the
proverb Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.
The " fire" of Leo is very different to the fire of Aries; Aries
seems to be more of the nature of flame, smoke,—a blazing fire,
while the fire of Leo represents a steady glowing body of fire. And
it is noticeable how easily lead, the metal of Saturn, will become liquid
in a steady glowing fire, while it is difficult to melt this on a blazing
smoky fire, so that a blast pipe has to be used—another example of
how things of the higher world are reflected in the lower.

Kappa

I should like to endorse Theta's remark as regards the stimulating

effect Leo natives have on others. He says : " they can pull those
around them up to their very highest pitch physicaJly, mentally and
morally." This, I think, is true; and I do not think I am wrong in
suggesting that one of the chief reasons for this is that they invariably
encourage people. They are optimists as a rule, as indeed are all the
natives of Fiery Signs, and though I do not doubt that their optimism
can be, and often is, carried to extremes in the undeveloped children
of the sign, yet on the whole I think it less hurtful—less stunting
certainly—than the discouragement frequently meted out by Virgo or
Capricorn.
Who does not know the joy of being trusted to do one's best ?—
of receiving the credit for having at least tried to do one's best. Does
not the knowledge that the " best" is expected of us, spur us on to do
our utmost ?—Surely.
The French nation is said to come under the rulership of Leo
and there is much in the French character to bear this out, notably
their light-heartedness and intense love of pleasure. Their attitude of
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courage and hopefulness under the terrible calamity which has just
befallen them has justly called for admiration.*
But is not the excess of sentiment which sways a large majority
of the French people to be put down to a perversion of this sign ?
Witness the almost idolatrous enthusiasm with which Mme. Steinheil
was met after her acquittal.
By this, I do not mean to infer that Mme. Steinheil ought not to
have been acquitted. What I point to as deplorable is the false
sentiment, and the lack of a fine sense of proportion, which could lead
many people to applaud and do homage to a woman who—even if no
murderess—had proved herself to be a consummate liar, a faithless
wife, and a person utterly indifferent to the honour and safety of
others provided she got what she desired.
And this is no solitary instance. To anyone who has lived in
France, or who reads the French newspapers examples of the same
kind of thing are of almost daily occurrence. Feeling takes the place
of reason, and even justice, in many cases. Especially is this the case
when the crime deals with a " love " interest. I have heard of an
instance where the wife's "lover," after shooting the husband—who
had previously forgiven his wife for her children's sake—has been
carried shoulder-high and cheered on leaving the court after his
acquittal; the crime having been looked upon as a crime of passion,
and the general sympathy being given to the man who " loved " the
woman enough thus to sin for her !
I forget the exact details of this case, but I only quote it as an
example of the sort of thing I mean when I speak of this false senti-
ment, or sentimentality,—which I attribute to an exaggeration and
perversion of the Leo influence.

Lambda

There is always a certain amount of dignity about Leonine persons,

and as a rule their calm regal manner commands respect. Intuitively
they know they are superior toother people and among the undeveloped
this causes them to appear lofty and proud.

' This was written just at the time of the terrible floods in Paris in igio.—
Trans. Sec.
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A visit to the Zoo will give some idea of the peculiarities of the
Leo native. There one can see the Lion in his favourite position,
comfortably resting, gazing in an unconcerned superior manner at no
one in particular, while his admirers pass in front of him. He looks a
noble, peaceful looking creature, but if you should happen to get too
close, or try to take a liberty, in a moment you are made aware of the
fact that he must not be trifled with. But Leo natives can be very
genial, generous, and broad-minded, and this is when they are at their
very best, they are then like the Sun giving out Light and Life,
dispelling darkness and misunderstanding, and stimulating growth and
encouraging the weak.

[T/fc next instahuent will be " The Soli-Lunar Temperament."^

Homing Instincts of Two Crabs.—Two crabs have displayed both

intelligence and industry in such a marked degree that they have filled the
fishing population of Withernsea, in Yorkshire, with amazement. Having
been caught close Po Withernsea, they were decorated with brass numbers
and returned to the deep off Saltfleet by the Eastern Sea Fisheries district
cruiser. Last week they were picked up again on their old ground, having
travelled at least forty miles. Clearly these two crabs, hampered and
harassed by the brass numbers which possibly exposed them to the
derision of the crabs of Saltfleet, who would naturally regard them as aliens,
toiled steadily homeward. Pressing ever southward, or rather south east
and south-west by turns, for Nature inexorably compels a crab to make a
zigzag course, they struggled painfully towards the rich crab pastures of
Withernsea, sharing as good comrades the mussels and periwinkles they
encountered.
Their pace must have been relatively slow. It was certainly awkward.
Probably they hugged the shore, for crabs prefer shallows. Their pilgrimage
must have been wearisome, and many a time alluring grottos must have
enticed them to renounce their purpose.
IBut always their courage was buoyed up by the homing instinct, which
in these remarkable crustaceans seems to have been as strong as it is
commonly found to be in the cat and the pigeou.
And so they legged it, or, rather, clawed it, from Saltfleet to Withernsea,
reposing upon their arrival, apparently, in a crab pot, from which, exhausted
but triumphant, they were taken by fishermen, who bore them swiftly, as
rare prizes, to scientists who welcomed them with joy It is
abundantly evident that if two crabs taken forty miles from home will
laboriously walk back these hitherto little understood creatures must
possess the homing instinct as strong as their well-known destructive and
defensive instincts [see footnote, p. 32 Jan. M.A.]—Daily Mirror, 15/5/T1.
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"Wijcnght tsEalias"

MUSICIAMS' MONTHS
It may Interest thegeneial reader to note the result of a rough analysis of
a calendar contaiuing the names of some 700 orSoomusicians. Setting down
the conspicuous names alone, 150 in numher, the first extraordinary thing
noticeable is theimpressivepreponderance of Aquarius. Twenty.threenamea
are entered in my list, they comprise at their head Mozart,Mendelssohn and
Schubert, they include the older masters Corclli and Uocchcrini, and,
among the younger, Auber andH6rold, Czerny, Dussek and Litolff; Thalherg
and Lamond are there among pianists, Sterling and fatti among vocalists
and Vieuxtemps among violoncellists. Then there are the English com-
posers of to-day, Corder and .German, and the French Dfilibes. Delicacy
and lightness is the characteristic of them all. One can perhaps hardly say
that of the cathedral composer Boycc, who is also among the Aquarians.
Pisces also shows up well, with the great names of Handel, Gade,
Chopin, Sarasate and Arne. ISoito and Nicolini curiously come together
here. Ada Crossley and Marie Roze are together; and the English Parry,
Turle and Wesley. Handel's physique was Piscarian; but his temperament
seems scarcely to be placid euough lor the sign I
Passing by Aries for the moment, Taurus malces a good show, hut largely
on account of contralto singers,— Parepa-Kosa, Patey and Sainton-Dolby, and
other vocalists like Catalani, Melba, Lucca and Nordica. There is a great
vein of luscious melody in Taurean composers—Balfe, Sullivan, Pinsutl,
Gaul (" Holy City "), Flotow (" Last Rose of Summer "), G. Smart. This is
hardly true, superficially, of Brahms ; yet in Brahms there is a rich fulness,
if not of melody, yet of texture. The other prominent Taurus natives are
Tschailtowaky-' and Massenet, neither of whom is remarkable for sweetness.
The next outstanding feature is the poverty in musicians of Aries and
Lihra. (Note that neither England nor Japan is in the least good at music).
Aries certainly seems to have Bach, Haydn and Spohr.f with Malibran,
Sterndale Bennett, and Hallfi—but there may be some doubt whether, owing
to change of style, the two first-named are really Arietian- And the total list
without them is seven, as compared with Aquarius twenty-three. Libra
gets seven names also, Verdi, Jenny Lind and Saint-Saens the most
conspicuous ; if Catalani is not here also—vide Grove.
The practical signs Virgo and Capricorn have not many more names, and
none of the first rank. Virgo is a little (he better, with ten names,
including such graceful writers as Mackenzie, Macfarren, and Mostzkowskl,
with Meyerbeer and Chcrubini, and, greatest of all, Dvorak : (no singers).
Capricorn, with ten names, has Pergolesi for the greatest: Sontag and
De Reske as singers, Piatti and Arabella Goddard as executants; Goss and
Walmisley among English composers. Scorpio in distinctly superficial—

° There is, however, some uncertainty regarding this composer. The old
style may be employed, as is usual in Russia; so that May atst would he about
the real date. Other authorities give a difterent day altogether.
t He (Spohr) was born with an individuality so peculiar and strong as to
allow hardly any influence to outside elements.— [Grove.]
 "THOUGHT WAVES 393
Lizst, Bizet, Bellini, Bishop, H. Smart, are the best-known names : and
there are nine in all. Cancer and Leo we may treat together. Leo'c
fourteen names include no greater than Baroby and Glazownov, with
brilliant performers such as Grisi, Xilsson, Foli, Best and Pachmann.
Cancer's eleven have the conspicuous stars of Gliick and Joachim, with the
French triad of Mfehnl, Herv6 and Offenbach. It is curious that Herv6 and
Offenbach, the " champagne burlesque " writers, should come in the reserved
sign of Cancer: but perhaps their foamy sparkle is the superficial feature of
a real reticence. (Planquette comes in Leo, Lecocq in Gemini.)
In Gemini and Sagittarius we reach a higher level. Sagittarius (eleven
names) gives us Beethoven, Berlioz, Sibelius, Donizetti, Uubinstein and
Mascagni. Gemini (thirteen names) provides Wagner, Schumann, Grieg,
Gonnod and Gliuka, with the English Stainer, Garrett and Elgar. It is
curious how G appears in the Gemini names, M in those of Virgo, B In
Scorpio.
On the whole, from Cancer to Scorpio inclusive, there is not one name
of the supreme rank, Gliick excepted: for Verdi and Dvofik are scarcely of
that calibre. The summer signs Gemini to Libra seem remarkable for light
writing. Amazon.
A WEEK-END OF REMARKABLE TRAGEDIES
The opposition of the Snn to Uranus on the i5th of July, 19x0, near the
square of Saturn's place at the Vernal Equinox, T brought a crop
of strange tragedies and accidents, and a list compiled at the time, (by no
means exhaustive, as it was drawn from one newspaper only), may be of
interest to students.
It will be noted how prominent is the letter " L " in the names of the
persons and places concerned, also the termination "on " or "son."—See
Modbrk Astrology, Vol. V. New Series, p. 92, where L and N are classed
as liquids, having an affinity with the sign Cancer. Another Cancer influence
prevailed on the same day, Mercury boiug conjunction Neptune.
15(/i July
1. Aberystwyth ; morning.—Woman, mental patient, hanged herself;
peculiar feature of case, nurse's loss of nerve ; name, Mario/i Elizabeth
Radcliffe.
2. S/ough ; afternoon.—Old woman murdered ; cause of death, sufloea-
tion ; name, Isabel/a Wilson ; man arrested, name Wif/iatn.
16th July
3. London, Haverstock Hill; early morning.—Young foreigner shot
woman in the band; names, Eini/, Alice Latimer.
4. Morecambe ; morning.—Man on holiday died suddenly in the street
after coughing fit; name, Thomas Seddou.
5. Siwder/aud.—Ticket-of-leave man, sentenced twelve years ago for
manslaughter of old woman, and reprieved, hanged himself; name William.
0. Reading; evening.—Carman killed by his own conveyance while
driving children home from School treat: name, Woo/dridge.
7. Lo/idoa, Battorsea; night, about 9.30.—Actor shot dead; name,
Wildou Anderso/i.
8. New York (So). Mono-rail car (^) collapsed on first public trip;
inventor and about 100 people injured; name of the inventor, Howard
Hansel Tuuis.
9. New York (ss).—Great fire; pier destroyed ; feared loss of several
lives.
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10. Rocky Mountains.—Huge forest fires at Lardo, Ne/sox, and Kas/o.
11. Turin.—Brother and sister found murdered.
17//1 July
12. Lancaster; morniug.—Man and woman found poisoned on canal
bank ; man dead ; names, Richard Sa/isbury, Martha.
13. Rochdale; morning.—Murderous attack by a man upon his lodger,
in Hea/ey De//; names, Alfred Low, Solomon Nield.
14. Cromer.—Married couple found shot; names, Albert Edgar and
Frances Ellen.
15. .Newcastle; afternoon, between 3 and 4.—Young man cut throat of
his half-sister, aged 3, and shot at father; when arrested fired at pursuers
and wounded himself; names, Harold, Vera.
16. Wilmslow.—Man died suddenly in motor car (^) on his way to an
operation ; name, Warburtou.
17. Manchester (95): evening.—Taxi-cab (Ig) accident; four killed,
two injured; names, Ada Elizabeth Aim, Thomas Chappell, John Newton.
18. Hull.—Man died after fight following dispute about his evidence in
manslaughter case; name, George Dobson.
19. Redhill.—Aged man murdered ; mutilated body found at Blindley
Heath on the iSth.
Four inquests on strange deaths were held on the rfirii.
a. London, King's Cross.—On a sea-captain, Frederick Henry Stable,
who died suddenly of syncope while dyinking ten.
b. Teignmouth.—On a sea-captain, Benjamin Robinson, of the ship
Adela, who jumped overboard after binding and weighting himself.
c. Warrington.—Oo young girl accidsutally shot by farm labourer;
names, Ellen Whitfield, Peter; their employer's name was Almonds.
o. Coventry.—On the lady parachutist (W), Miss " Viola Spencer " or
Edith hfaud Cook.
The funeral took place on the i5th of the Hon. Charles Rolls, killed by
accident to his biplane (JJJ) on the 12th.
During the week accident to the Hon. Alan Boyle while flying (y) at
Bournemouth.
B. Scorpio.

Mr. Govind H. Keskar, in a letter too long to publish in full, says:—

'• (i.) The positions of the moon is compared for the purposes of
marriage by Hindu astrologers: and marriage is not supposed to depend
upon it, as your readers might be led to imagine (p. 261). In connection
with this, I may point out that Lunar positions and Lunar appiication to
orbs is considered to describe the wife by some modern astrologers also.
" (ii.) About the Decnnaies. I do not jind fault with Mr. Alan Leo. I say
that these are adopted from, or identical with, the Dreshkaiias of Hindu
Astrology : and that iu Indian Astrological books the great importance given
to Decanates is not supported.
"(iii.) The Nonine aspect which I give, has also been given by Simmonite,
under the name " Nonagon " (The Arcana, John Story, 1890).
" (iv.) The Novel points in connection with houses are very coiniuon with
Indian astrologers. It is curious to read such statements from persons
claiming a knowledge of Hindu Astrology, as the reviewer does in connection
with the next book reviewed (p. 262, M.A. for June, ign)."
[All Reviews held over.]
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"Individual Horoscopes and National Destiny"

Dear Sir,
With reference to Mr. Govind H. Keskar's questions
(p, 282, July), I would like to make the following suggestions which
may be of use. I make the suggestion with some diffidence, as I am
only a comparatively young student of Astrology, but your request for
expression emboldens me to speak.
It seems to me that whenever a number of people are gathered or
drawn together for any purpose, they gradually merge into one entity
or being. This seems to me to be best illustrated by an audience.
However different in temperament and mental capacity the individuals
that make up the audience may be, they seem gradually to merge into
one being, and the temperament and mental capacity of the being seems
to approximate to the mean of all the individuals present. How is
this ?
It occurred to me that it might be caused by a blending or
merging of the magnetisms of the individuals, forming for the time
being a magnetic body which would become the vehicle of a Group
Consciousness, that would be subject to the astrological conditions
until its physical or magnetic body was dissolved.
Then as to finding out which planet these group entities come
under, I would suggest that they would be partly under the ruling
planet of the time when they were born, and partly under the planet
which represented the dominant note of the whole. For instance if
most of the members of the audience were martial, then the group
would respond to Mars.
Yours faithfully,
W. F. Kirk.
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Astrology and Theosophy

Dear Sir,
In regard to Astrology and Theosophy, without saying any-
thing against the latter I am not in favour of the attempted or
suggested fusion of the one with the other, (p. 276, July.)
Twenty thousand students of Theosophy is a mere trifle contrasted
with the millions of intelligent beings all over the world, who may yet
have a closer recognised interest in Astrology quite apart from any
religious bias or theosophic prejudice.
If the astrologer can't prophesy without Theosophy he can't with
it. To resort to it, as an expedient, is pandering to a minority and
may serve for a time to gloss over defects and throw a sort of
philosophic dust in the eyes of the readers.
In my opinion the attempt to fit Astrology into Theosophy has not
improved matters, but is making the subject more chaotic.
Modern Astrology is claiming Astrology as a science. Let
her prove it so to be; instead of her spreading her suggestions and
enquiries over so vast a field. Keep to the point, viz.:—the main
question of prophecy as applied to the individual as deduced from the
horoscope of birth. This is far more important than Theosophy or
even Mundane Astrology ; when we understand more about the shorter
cycles pertaining to the individual life, then will be the time to extend
enquiries with regard to the larger cycles that altogether out-measure the
greatest span of human existence.
We ask Modern Astrology to give us Astrology pure and
simple and keep to the horoscope. She has now attained her majority
—has more than served her apprenticeship; it is getting time she
began to separate the grains of truth from the many conjectures she
has made. Yours respectfully,
JulyAth, 1911. Daniel Naylor Smith.
[The writer of the above letter has clearly given his opinion in
favour of Astrology apart from Theosophy, and his letter suggests
that we should define our policy upon the merits of Astrology alone.
It is beyond question that both Astrology and Theosophy can
stand apart from each other. So can man stand apart from woman ; a
happy marriage, however, is more fruitful and beneficial to the nation
than isolated companies of men and women who make no attempt to
understand each other.
Now it appears that there are many Theosophists holding the
same views as were expressed by Mr. Roberts in his letter in the July
issue, and also many Astrologers who are of the same mind as Mr.
Daniel Naylor Smith. May we suggest that both parties put on one
side all minor differences and find out what they have in common.
The pages of this magazine are open to both Theosophist and
Astrologer to give reasons why the two systems of thought should
be best kept apart, or united, and until this is done we shall make no
real progress in deciding whether Astrology should stand apart from
Theosophy or not.—Ed.J
A Journal Devoted to the Search for Truth Concerning Astrology

Vol. VIII. OCTOBER, ign. No. 10.

Nf.w Series.

ftlje (Editor's (BbserimtatQ

There is to me a special interest attached to the founding of the

Order of the "Star in the East," as I happened to be in India at the
time, and have some pleasant recollections of the peculiar circumstance
which gave rise to the founding of the Order.
The following is practically public property now, therefore no
restrictions need be placed upon its publication.
*
Order of the Star in the East
This Order has been founded to draw together those who, whether inside
or outside the Theosophical Society, believe in the near coming of a great
spiritual Teacher for the helping of the world. It is thought that its mem-
bers may, on the physical plane, do something to prepare public opinion for
His coining and to create an atmosphere of welcome and of reverence; and,
on the higher planes, may unite in forming an instrument of service ready
for His use. The Declaration of Principles, acceptance of which is all that
is necessary for admission to the Order, is as follows:
1. We believe that a great Teacher will soon appear in the world, and
we wish so to live now that we may be worthy to know Him when He comes.
2. We shall try, therefore, to keep Him in our minds always, and to do
in His name, and therefore to the best of our ability, all the work which
comes to us in our daily occupations.
3. As far as our ordinary duties allow, we shall endeavour to devote a
portion of our time each day to some definite work which may help to
prepare for His coming.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
4. We shall seek to make Devolion, Steadfastness and Gentleness
prominent characteristics of our daily life.
5. We shall try to begin and end each day with a short period devoted
to the asking of His blessing upon all that we try to do for Him and in His
name.
6. We regard it as our special duty to try to recognise and reverence
greatness in whomsoever shown, and to strive to co-operate, as faras we can,
with those whom we feel to be spiritually our superiors.
The Order was founded in Benares, India, on January nth, 1911, :;udis
now made public. Officers will be appointed for each country, consisting of
a Local Representative, the Chief Officer in the country, and an Organising
Secretary or Secretaries. There are no rules and no subscription. Each
member receives a certificate of membership. The Badge of the Order is
a silver five-pointed Star, in the form of a pin or brooch.
* ' «
Should any of our readers feel curious regarding this Order, or
wish to join it, I shall be pleased to give them further information.
Mr. J. Krishnamurti (Alcyone) is the head of the order; Mr. G. S.
Arundale, M.A., LL.B., is his secretary ; and the organising secretaries
for England are Rev. C. W. Scott-Moncrieff, M.A., and Dr. Mary
Rocke, M.D., who may be addressed at 106, New Bond Street, W.
** «
In all directions there are signs of expectation with regard to the
coming of a new spiritual Teacher, and these are not alone confined to
the Theosophical Society, or some few of the Churches, but are to be
noticed amongst all those who feel the tension resulting from the
breaking up of Materialism, which is now to be seen and felt
throughout the world.
The approaching entry of Uranus into the sign Aquarius, the
sign of The Man, will produce some rapid changes in the World's
thought, and the end of a cycle will be reached when this planet has
passed through Pisces, to which astrological students should now turn
their attention.
» **
One of the most remarkable books ever sent to this Office for
review is " The Riddle of Life," by Annie Besant.
It is not only a deeply interesting book of 58 pages published at
the low price of Sixpence, but it also contains several wonderful
 the editor's observatory 399

coloured diagrams giving pictures of a man's astral body when in

Anger and when in Love, also showing in colours the difference
between the body of a savage and a developed man.
Here is a list of the Contents, which cannot fail to interest and
instruct every reader of this Magazine.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. PAGE
I. The Meaning of Theosophy ... i
11. The Solar System 4
III. Man and His Worlds ... ... ... 8
IV. Man and His Mortal Bodies 13
The Physical Body 14
The Astral Body 15
The Mental Body ... 18
V. Man's Immortal Bodies ... ... 20
VI. The Law of Ue-Birlh 23
Re-incarnation in the Past 23
Re-incarnation and its Necessity 25
Why our past lives are forgotten 29
VII. The Riddle of Love and Hate 33
VIII. Karma—The Law of Action and Re-action 43
IX. The Three Threads of the Cord of Fate 46
X. Thought-Power and its Use 50
XI. Steps on the Path 53
XII. Our Elder Brothers 56
ILLUSTRATIONS
plate PAOE
i. THE ASTRAL BODY IN INTENSE ANGER Frontispiece
ii. THE ASTRAL BODY OF THE SAVAGE 15
iii. „ MAN IN LOVE ... 33
iv. THE ASTRAL BODY OF THE DEVELOPED MAN 46
This most remarkable book—which cannot have been printed for
the money charged for it—has already had a very large sale, and it
will undoubtedly do more to convey some idea of what Theosophy
really is than any other book dealing with the subject.
Truly Mrs. Besant is without a doubt the most remarkable woman
of the twentieth century. This is her birthday month. May she see
many more birthdays, for although she has sben 64 years she speaks
with as much vigour and impressive oratory as if she were in the prime
of middle life instead of nearing the allotted " three score years and
ten."
Those interested will note that the progressed horoscope shews
that the progressed ascendant is coming to the conjunction of the
radical Jupiter. Her Star is far from setting.
 4oo MODERN ASTROLOGY

Mr. A. H. Smith, of 12, Berkhampsted Avenue, Wembley, London,

N.W., who was a member of my staff in the early days of MODERN
ASTROLOGY, has just written to say that he has decided to enter the
field of professional astrologers, and naturally looks to an old friend for
some assistance. This assistance can take no more practical form
than a recommendation of Mr. A. H. Smith to all who are desirous of
having an address to which they may write when seeking the aid of
someone who is engaged in the profession.
The times have greatly altered since Mr. Smith was my assistant,
and we no longer work out every horoscope on a large blackboard and
sit gazing at it for hours during the progress of a careful dictation
taken down in longhand. To-day shorthand, typewriters, and skilful
mathematicians have become essential, and good paper takes the
place of blackboards.

Jin Astrological (Honunbrmn

Symposium Invited

It is required to cast a horoscope for a place in N. Lat. 77044', the

R.A.M.C. being 273027'. The question arises : What are the cusps of the
houses? Opinions seem to differ, and it would be very satisfactory if those
competent to make the necessary calculations would send us their views, so
that the question may receive full ventilation.
In any latitude above 66c33' certain degrees of the zodiac never touch
the horizon and therefore can never rise above it; in the case cited above,
Yftfii' is on the meridian, but is below the horizon, and it has been argued
that this must therefore be the cusp of the 4th house and nottbat of the loth-
Similar problems present themselves with regard to the other houses, and it
seems very desirable that the question should receive a full discussion and
that all opinions should be beard.
It may be added that this is not an examination-paper question made
up for the occasion, but is based upon the birth data of a living person
published some years ago in Modern Astrology. So that there is a real
human interest attaching to this problem.
Will all Astrologers send us their views on the question ?
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CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER, 1911

Sun and Moon
cuter Signs
Stonb AKO COLODR ; Sun. 1 8 18 22 29 October
1 h = IOHI 55
Dark Bine, Sapphire. Hon. 2 9 16 23 30 4 h H 811/38
1 h r 3"' 54
9 h a 8 11
Number : Tues. 3 10 17 2i 31 u h n to 55
13 J taf 11
3 '5 J Jl 3 54
Wed. 4 11 18 28 7 41
20 5 llll 40
Sound: 22 p m 8 36
La. Thurs. 8 12 19 26 24 O "I 01/59
24 I) / 6 34
27 I) VJ 6m 36
Frl. 6 IS 20 27 29 P 71/13
Dxr :
Friday. Sat. 7 14 21 28 For EastLongiiuie
add, and for i'/rst
Longitude subhact
diftrtnee in Time.
"And it shall •ome lo pass afterward. Ihal / will pour out Jl/y Spirit upon all flesh :
and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions. And upon the servants and upmi the handmaids in those days will I
hour out My Spirit."
Joel ii. a8. 29.
The watchword for the montb of October is Harmony.
At simrise, the hour of noon, and at sunset, all over the world the sign
of the Balance—Libra, will pass over the four quarters of the earth.
All who love Harmony, or desire to absorb more of that blessing into
themselves will do well to choose a quiet and peaceful place, and sit quietly
at sunrise (preferably), noon or sunset, thinking and feeling the harmony
that is latent within, then seeding peaceful and loving thoughts to all who
need them.
Our meditations may be well commenced by imagining ourselves
harmonious and well balanced. When all the vital organs and functions of
the physical body are working harmoniously we are healthy and well, and
our outlook upon the world is peaceful, joyous and happy. When we are
out of gear with ourselves we are not only unhappy but we tend to make
others unhappy also, for humanity is one great big family. Most of our
troubles arise through not understanding the conditions in which we live,
and through failure to understand the temperaments of those around us.
We very often forget that we have an inner body of feeling and emotion,
the Soul, also a mind through which we think, which are not always attuned
the one with the other. If we would be harmonious and happy, the body,
soul, and spirit must be in agreement and move together in rhythmic vibra-
tion. For we are all miniature Suns, seeking to evolve a cosmos out of the
chaos of our warring selves, therefore in our daily meditations let us seek
the real self within.—"Th-s kingdom of heaven is within."
May Peace abide with us.
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Figure of the Heavens for 10.58,10 a.m., G.M.T., 3/g/igii,
Lai, 51.32 W., Long. 0.30 IV.
Mrs. Annie Besant, President of the Theosophical Society,
and Vice-President Grand Master of the Supreme Council of Universal
Co-Masonry, yesterday morning (says the Daily Graphic of
September 4th) laid the foundation stone of the new headquarters
near Tavistock Square, W.C. A lease of 200 years has been taken
of a building site of nearly 26,000 square feet on the Bedford estate,
which is approached by Tavistock Place North, and the land on either
side is included in the agreement, and is to be handed over as the
leases fall in. An imposing building is to be erected from designs by
Mr. E. L. Lutyens. It will cost at least /^O.OOO and Mrs. Besant
seeks to raise a fund of £"50,000 for the purpose.
 AN HISTORIC EVENT

The stone-laying ceremony was performed with full Masonic

honours. A temporary Masonic Lodge was first opened, and the
brethren then formed in procession and, wearing their regalia and
headed by sword-bearers, marched round the plot of land to the strains
of an organ.
Mrs. Besant in a brief address said she had already received
1,000 as the result of two days' collecting.

Not since 1675, when John Flamsteed, Astronomer Royal,

presided over the birth of Greenwich Observatory—whose heart-beats
now are felt throughout the civilised world—not since then, in all
probability, has such a ceremony taken place in England. For the
day and hour had been selected in accordance with the counsels of
Astrology, and the ceremony was timed, as specified on the programme,
so that the Stone should be declared "well and truly laid "at 10.58 a.m.
And so well were all arrangements carried out, and so expertly did the
V.I.-.-. Vice-President Grand Master of the Supreme Council of
Universal Co-Masonry perform all the details of her task, that the
declaration was duly made within ten seconds of the moment assigned.
It is difficult to over-estimate the significance of this event, either
for Theosophy or for Astrology. The significance for Astrology will
be at once apparent. This open recognition of the wisdom of working
in harmony with the unseen planetary forces, must have a far-reaching
effect. The very silence of the newspapers shows that; for they do
not mention it. A few years ago, they would have made a headline
of it!
And for Theosophy? Let us turn to the figure. Fixed signs on
angles, and the lords of first and fourth in fixed signs—stability; the
200 years' lease is not too long a one. The planets are well balanced
as regards the three qualities of inertia, mobility and rhythm, and the
presence of no less than seven planets in earthy signs ensures that at
least it will never be complained of the work done at the new Head-
quarters that it is vague or visionary. It will be practical in the best
sense.
The trine of the luminaries shows that life and form will blend to
make a plastic and a gracious whole, while their mutual sextile to the
benefic Jupiter exactly on the Ascendant in the fixed-water sign
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Scorpio shows a high pitch of religious enthusiasm and zealous devotion

in the many who will foregather within the stately edifice; and that
it will indeed be a handsome and imposing structure this figure gives
ample promise. The public will regard the building with favour, as
will also the authorities, and it is hardly speaking extravagantly to say
that it will become, in a sense, a second and a greater Polytechnic.
The scientific and the religious elements will be fully and ably
represented—so ably, in fact, that there will be a very decided though
healthy rivalry between them. Astrology, it is safe to say, will not
be tabu within its walls, nor will the arts go unrepresented.
The needed ^"50,000 will come—there need be no fear about that.
Indeed, this figure is on the whole so favourable that it is difficult to
pick a flaw in it. AH that could be feared is some tendency to
extravagance or over-ornateness in design, or too great richness in
material; " easy come easy go " is more than a proverb, itmightalmost
be said to be a principle in Nature. Further, some tendency is shown
for the psychic and ceremonial elements to overweigh the contemplative,
speculative and philosophical, so that these may be held somewhat at
a discount. But the Sun in sesquiquadrate to Uranus in the third
house, will probably provide sufficient healthy criticism to do away
with any fear of this. Indeed, if those who do the manning of the
barque thus so fairly launched, do but helm her well and not add
canvas in a high wind, she cannot fail to make good passage and bring
many souls to haven.
It is interesting to compare with this the figure cast by Flamsteed*

° " Flamstead was the first Astronomer Royal, and from him the Observatory
at Greenwich derives its popular name, Flamstead House. His ' Scheme of the
Heavens' may be found there, in a folio vellum-bound manuscript, on the second
page. Opposite to it, also drawn by himself, with great exactness, and signed by
his own name within, is a ground plan of the Observatory. On the following,
being the fourth page, is a list of angles betwixt eminent places, observed with a
sextant in the months of February and March. 1679-80. The remainder of the
book consists of about one hundred and seventy pages of ' Observations,1 also in
Flamstead's own handwriting. Whatever astrological judgment he may have
exercised upon the position of the stars in bis horoscope, he has not left hisopinion
in writing: but the circumstance of his having been at some pains to ascertain and
set them down among his other ■ Observations ' may be taken as presumptive that
this great Astronomer practised Astrology." — From Hone's Eveiy Day Book, quoted in
"Astrology as It Is. Not as It has been Represented." by A Cavalry Officer.
The figure is cast for August 10th, 1675, O.S., 3.14 p.m., and bears the words
'Observatorii fuud. posita. ab. J. F." The approximate positions of Uranus and
Neptune have been added by the present writer.
 AN HlSTOUIC EVENT

for the founding of Greenwich Observatory, previously referred to.

Founding of Greenwich Observatory.

X. XI. XII. I. 11. III.
A20 llll I tn28 z 17 F32I KI3
G D « » <r V b
A 27 A21 A4 m 19 /10 B 12^ K 291)*
In both we find Uranus in the third—ingenuity, acute observation,
intellectual supremacy. In both we find Jupiter upon the Ascendant—
and the renown of Greenwich has steadily spread since the days of ■
Flamsteed until now. In both we find Saturn in Taurus, the fixed-
earth sign; and in both we find Mercury in Virgo, his own house, in
trine to Saturn ! The Part of Fortune in one case is in conjunction,
and in the other in trine, with the benefic Jupiter. There are many
points of difference, but these of similarity are striking to say the
least of it.
But where that event was destined only to affect the national
mind, and the World's Mind, this will bear its fruit in the sphere of
national character, national temperament and national action, and in a
very real modification of the World's Karma.
It willbe long before such another Stone-Laying takes place. It
is the planting of a seed which will take root, and bear a Banyan Tree.

The Coronation of King George V.—To many of us this solemnity has

been a veritable means of grace. It has quickened our realisation of the
corporate life of the nation, it has given us a deeper sense of national
responsibility, it has made ns question ourselves individually as to the way
in which we are taking our share in those responsibilities. It has, perhaps,
opened to ns a glimpse of mystical truths for which we can find no expression
in words. Has it not also intensified our desire for unity—unity between class
and class, between man and man, between man and woman, between race
and race? And more particularly do we not long, as Christians, to realise
the unity of one Spirit in one Body to which we were intended by our
Master to be an abiding witness? For one short week differences of opinion
were allowed to drop into the background, and we felt a small foretaste of
the meaningof the Kingdom of God in our realisation of what it means to
belong to one empire under a common rule. The ideal has touched our
imaginations and kindled our dull hearts to praise. What fruit will it bear ?
Sball we drop back into indifference ? Shall we suffer pessimism to cloud
our horizon? Shall we fight as those that beat the air ? Or shall we work
more earnestly and more hopefully for the coming of the ideal of national
life and of spiritual life of which we have caught a glimpse?—The Sanclttary,
August, ign.
 JUtroIagg as an in t(je ®5ucaiian of dljil&mt

A paper read before the Astrological Society at its Quarterly Meeting

on January 14th, 1911

Tins paper is written with a view to stimulate thought and

discussion, and must not be considered the result of a practical
investigation of the question. It is a very important subject and if
the study of Astrology were to be utilised more in this direction, it
would very greatly help on the future evolution of the race. We are
told that souls belonging to the Sixth Sub-Race are now coming into
incarnation, and these will surely need a special kind of environment,
and special attention. If that be so, what occult study can be more
efficiently applied to the furtherance of their higher development than
that of Astrology ? It seems to me that the Intelligences at the back
of things are bringing about a wider and deeper interest in the subject
of Astrology as one of the agencies to meet this need. The most
important problem is the future of our race, and a deep and unselfish
study of Astrology will help to throw a great deal of light on it.
Astrology is the Law in manifestation, and it should be the aim of all
those who believe in it to shape their lives in accordance with its
teachings, and at the same time to endeavour to enlist the sympathies
of others in its sublime truth.
Now can Astrology aid us in determining upon what line to
educate our children ? The Horoscope of Birth if correctly drawn up
cannot lie. We cannot shift the planets from their courses and make
them come where we would wish them. All that we need is a
workable, practical, scientific, and for all useful purposes reliable
system of interpretation. As there are no two faces absolutely alike,
so there are no two horoscopes exactly alike ; each horoscope has a
distinct meaning of its own, and I believe it is the will of the Logos
that each individual should strive to live up to his Natal Chart. That
is to be the goal, as far as we can understand, and so Astrology should
chiefly concern itself with essentials in education and not so much
 ASTROLOGY AS AN AID IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 407

with matters that are merely personal. To be able to appreciate the

better what Astrology can do for the education of the human race, we
should try to get clear ideas as to what education really is.
In the future, true education will have greater prominence given to
it than now. Mr. Bhagavan Das says in his book The Science of
Social Organisation, or the Laws of Manu in the light of Thcosophy :
"From the introspective and psychological standpoint of the Ancients
education comes first in importance, as well as in the chronological
order of life. The international and political status of a people
corresponds with and rests on its economical condition. If the latter
is prosperous, the former is sure to be high, and the economical
condition depends upon the social organisation. If the latter is well-
planned, strong, stable, not liable to daily dislocations, yet elastic, and
is governed by a single serious and permanent aim, as the physical
organism by the soul—not swayed about by passing panics and
passions like a fickle lunatic by conflicting moods, nor obsessed with
sense, pleasures and riches, as a monomaniac with a dangerous idea—
then the economical condition is sure to be full of all the needed wealth
and power. But the social organisation again depends upon the
population, the structure of the family, and the nature of the domestic
life. If the population is not excessive nor lacking, if the family is
well knit and maintains meritorious traditions, if the domestic life is
soulful, then the social organisation will be strong, and all this finally
rests upon the psycho-physical constitution of the individual. That
constitution is therefore the foundation of the whole national or racial
structure, and Manu accordingly concerns Himself with its education
and perfection first of all. Apparently from His standpoint it is better
not to be born into this world at all, than to be born therein and to
live ill in ignorance of those soul-truths which not only make life worth
living, but without which indeed human society would be impossible
and sufler confusion exactly to the extent to which it is without them.
The future will decide which is the more permanent and more helpful
standard and ideal, plain living and high thinking, or high living and
plain thinking." Education means a drawing out, a manifesting of the
latent powers of the soul, so that it may realise what are its inherent
gifts. This needs a suitable environment in which that soul can grow
and develop, just the same as a seed, say an acorn, having the
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

potentialities of an oak-tree within it. It needs the right kind of soil

in which to germinate and become a giant oak. A gardener who
knows what kind of seed he has to sow, the kind of soil needed and
the nature of surrounding influence, as light, warmth and moisture,
will have the principal factors necessary to bring forth a strong and
healthy plant. The education and training of a child is quite a
parallel case.
Now the horoscope reveals to the mind of a true astrologer these
requisite elements,—namely the nature of the Ego in manifestation,
and the environment as the result of actions in a past life. As regards
the nature of the Ego, as seen from the horoscope, this could be
studied under the divisions of (i) Character, generally typified by the
Sun and its aspects ; (ii) The mind and feelings, as indicated by the
Moon, and (iii) The bodily characteristics, as shown in a general
sense by the Rising Sign. From a study of these elements we should be
able to discover the best lines on which the child's training and education
should be based. We should be able to see the general tendencies
which it would be likely to develop, its strong and weak points, and its
virtues and vices.
If such knowledge were sought, and acted upon, by all those
who have the charge of children (whether parents, guardians or
teachers) what an upward trend it would give in the development of
the " rising generation " 1 We should be able to nourish and foster
all good inclinations and gradually starve out the evil. There are few
people, if any, who have taken up the study of Astrology in earnest
and applied its deeper teachings to their lives, but would admit that
they have derived great benefit from it both spiritually and morally.
If such be the case with adults who have tried to guide their lives
from the light given by astrological study, how much better and far-
reaching results would be achieved for the future race, if the horoscopes
of children were taken and seriously studied ; the moral and spiritual
advantages would be incalculable.
The true foundation for a really sound system of education and
training should be laid in the early years of life. The Roman Catholic
priests are wise enough to utilise the early years of childhood for
training and teaching them in their religion, and it has I believe been
said by one of the Jesuits: " Give me a child for the first seven years
 ASTROLOGY AS AN AID IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 409

of life, and you may do anything you please with him afterwards "—
for he knew that impressions made upon the soul of the child
during those seven years were indelible. Hence Manu says that the
mother exceedeth a million teachers in the quality of educator.
How necessary then to get parents acquainted with Astrology !
Professor James says in his Principles of Psychology, " Outside
of their own business, the ideas gained by men before they are twenty-
five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. They
caitnol get anything new. Disinterested curiosity is past, the mental
grooves and channels set, the power of assimilation gone. In all
pedagogy, the great thing is to strike the iron while hot, and to seize
the wave of the pupil's interest in each successive subject before its
ebb has come, so that knowledge may be got and a habit of skill
acquired. There is a happy moment for fixing skill in drawing, for
making boys collectors of Natural History specimens, and presently
dissectors and botanists, then for initiating them into the harmonies
of mechanics and the wonders of physical and chemical law. Later,
introspective psychology and the metaphysical and religious mysteries
take their turn. In each of us a 'saturation-point' is soon reached in
all these things." He goes on to say : " If a boy grows up alone at
the age of games and sports, and learns neither to play ball, nor row,
nor sail, nor ride, nor skate, nor fish, nor shoot, probably he will be
sedentary to the end of his days." We see in these remarks the
recognition of the importance of fixing a special time for training in
habits and education generally. Of course these times and seasons
are more or less applicable to the majority of average humanity and
are a part of the evolution of things.
Astrology does not disagree with evolution, but it is a manifestation
of that Law in action. All variations in times and seasons from the
general laws for the race, result from the exceptional character of the
Ego in manifestation as a result of its past lives, and can be shown in
the horoscope of birth. I think that the West has much to learn from
the East in matters educational. The Hindu is more metaphysical
and seeks the real cause at the back of things. A great deal might be
obtained from the ancient caste system of India. The Egos who
incarnated in Hindu bodies were divided into four classes, according
to their development, and the time for the beginning of regular
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education was fixed differently for different types of boys. For example,
those in whom there was already a predominance of the quality of
wisdom began their education early, whilst the early years of those
who were what we might term younger souls were left to mere physical
activity and play; the former do not need to spend so much time on
physical games, nor to let their life run so much into their muscles.
We need to consider the fact that souls may differ in age, as well as
the physical bodies in which those souls are incarnated. This
difference in soul-age should determine the kind of education and
training different types of children should receive.
The training of children is a great responsibility and should not
be left in the hands of those who do not understand children. To
understand a child aright we need the key to that child's mind and
character. This we can gather from a study of the child's horoscope,
and I take it that the natal map should be chiefly studied with a view
to developing the highest part of the child—its character, will, spirit,—
in fact to educate it in Self-Knowledge.
It is said that the chief difficulty of the modern educationalist is
that of fitting means to ends. The process of education is not an end
in itself, but a means. But a means to what end ? Here the Western
mind does not know what that end is. It will not trouble itself about
formulating what is the end and purpose of life. As soon as we have
a clear idea in our minds that the chief purpose of life is to develop
the I mmortal Ego, we at once set to work to strengthen and balance
the character, to purify the emotions, to control the mind and make
the physical vehicle a fit instrument for the use of that Ego. We
then consider the horoscope with this end in view. Of course there
are other important features which can be studied, but the above is
the most important. If anger is shown and Mars is strong and
afflicted, then we can neutralise it by its polar opposite Venus, and use
means to develop gentleness and self-control. If untruthfulness be
the weakness in character, then we must teach it the opposite, both
by example and precept. Should there be a tendency to laziness,
shown from a predominance of the tamasic element, then we must
stimulate into activity its various faculties by providing it with an
environment that will make it exert itself. If the moral development
be lacking, and the intellect strong, appeal to the heart and less to the
 ASTROLOGY AS AN AID IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 4II

head ; otherwise there will grow up a lopsidedness in the character.

Show by precept and example the greatness of morality and let the
goal to be aimed at be Truth, Honesty and Compassion. If a
child manifests the reverse of these conditions, then we must stimulate
the mentality, lead it to think and study and observe the various
phenomena of nature, and get it to think and reason before it acts.
In the education and training of the young, we should endeavour
to create balanced characters and minds, and the most reliable methods
to be used can be discovered from a study of the individual horoscopes
of our own children; more especially so, since each individual has a
distinct horoscope of his own and consequently is to some extent a law
unto himself. Hence the great need of Self-Knowledge, for each
person will make progress best in his or her own way, which is not
necessarily that of another. All our methods of education and training
should aim at leading each person to find himself, to know himself, to
express himself.
The highest form of blessing others is to create character in them.
Aim at an all-round development of body, soul and spirit; that is the
key to a true development of the child. It is possible to develop the
character, mind, emotions and feelings, along the lines of the individual
needs from a study of the natal map ; but in these days of rash excite-
ment and keen competition for a living, there is a grave danger of the
physical body and brain becoming over-strained—hence the need for
attaining and preserving the physical health, for without that all the
other gifts are useless. Emerson says, "Health is the first wealth."
In the horoscope, the house which shows the general physical
conditions, and symbolises the general character of the body as a
whole, is the " First House " and from it a great deal may be learnt
about the child's physical make-up ; what are the strong and what are
the weak points, etc.; all this should be seen in the map, and probably
the most suitable method of treatment for any weak or diseased organ.
For example the sign on the cusp of the Sixth House, if that house
be untenanted, would probably show the sickness or illness to which
the child would be liable, and I might here suggest that the sign on
the opposite house may contain the antidote. Again, a child may be
naturally very excitable and irritable, a condition brought about by an
ill-balanced Mars—then the suitable antidote would be the soothing
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Venus. For it has been said that the seven planets typify the various
principles of medication ; Moon, contraction ; Mercury, neutralisation;
Venus, soothing ; Sun, relaxation and expansion ; Mars, stimulation ;
Jupiter, nutriment; Saturn, fasting; the zodiacal signs have their
various medicinal properties also.
In order that we may get the greatest benefit from the application
of astrological knowledge to the needs of the rising generation, more
parents should be induced to make a careful study of it; when Astrology
has become as well known as any of the recognised Sciences, then
greater results will be seen. But every man should become his own
astrologer, as indeed everyone should become his own doctor. This
can be done within certain limits and is quite practical, for if any
astrological problem proves to be beyond an individual's powers he
could then consult an expert on the question, just as the same person
might consult a medical man with regard to his health if he found he
did not understand his own case.
There is another very important question in connection with
the boys and girls of our land, which a knowledge of Astrology might
help to enlighten.
We hear in these days a very great deal about unemployment and
the unemployable; it is a problem which seems to defy solution.
What untold misery and crimes have resulted from that fact, and what
misery, degradation, and poverty, may be averted if our sons and
daughters can be put to their right callings in life 1 Now if there
is any truth in Astrology, (and we think there is, or we should not
be here to-night), why not use it in trying to find what is the best
vocation for each child whose horoscope we may have ?—if Astrology
were utilised in this direction only, it would be well worth our time
and labour to make a study of it.
Shakespeare says " There is a tide in the affairs of man, which,
taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." Astrology teaches that there
are certain times and seasons in the life of an individual when he
should push his affairs, and other times when he should remain quiet.
This knowledge could be made invaluable if utilised in directing the
lives of our young, and leading them along the paths of dharma and
true progress.
To conclude: If Astrology is to become of national importance in
 ASTROLOGY AS AN AID IN THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN 413

aiding the education of children, it will have to be studied by the

teaching profession, and I think it ought to be taken up more generally
by teachers.
Even now, however, some good may be effected in this way,
though more by teachers in secondary schools where as a rule smaller
classes are found and greater individual attention can be given.
In the elementary schools with very large classes and an over-crowded
curriculum it is to a large extent impracticable, but even in these
schools I do not see why teachers, where chances are offered, should
not utilise the teachings of Astrology for the advancement of their
pupils. It would give the teachers themselves a greater insight into
the subtle working of character, and prove a more effective means of
knowing how to manage the most unruly and obstinate children, than
anything they at present possess. Not only so, it would enable a
teacher to know why one child was quick at one subject and slow in
another, and in any extreme cases where great ability is shown in
one direction and none in another, (provided there is an elastic
syllabus of study and more freedom of classification is allowed the
teacher), then such children whose horoscopes showed no aptitude for,
say, science need not waste their time with that particular subject
but could profit better by studying those subjects that they could
reasonably cope with. Here, too, the line of study marked out by the
horoscope could be pursued with a view to a preliminary qualification
for their life's work.
As a beginning, a teacher might study the " polarities " of his
pupils from the signs occupied by the Sun and Moon, with a view to
understanding their character more thoroughly, and the hope of
witnessing the fulfilment of those lines of Dryden, who as a believer
in Astrology knew
"Their love in early infancy began
And rose as childhood ripened into man."
Oliver Lowe.

The aim of education should not be to produce facile and gregarious

receptivity—of that we have only too much—but rather individual acquisi-
tiveness and self-dependence. Its success lies not in anticipating (he
impressions of life, but in preparing the mind to deal with them.—John o"
London in T.P.'s Wtekly.
 Strikes anb Iplanetaiij Circles

Coincidences

It is commonly supposed by amateur, and indeed by some

professional astrologers that the planets cause wars, strikes, and
general disturbances of the National peace. Nothing can be more
erroneous than this strange notion. The planets have no more cause
in these disturbances than the striking of a clock in making the hour
of the day. The clock marks the hour, and corresponds to the motions
we have accepted with regard to time which, for us, is primarily
denoted by the revolution of the earth upon her axis.
To accuse the planets, and cast the blame of all our misfortunes
upon them, is as foolish as blaming the clock for making it bedtime,
or the time to get up in the morning.
It is an interesting coincidence that the Sun's entry into the first
sign of the Zodiac corresponds to the spring time of the year in the
West, and at this time of the year the sap begins to rise in the trees,
and all vegetation responds to the beginning of a New Cycle. There
are, however, many cycles in the heavens to which there are
numerous responses on the earth below.
In the year 1909, at 6.13 a.m. 21/3/,09 to be exact, a cycle of
the planet Mars began which remains in force until the year 1944.
In this energizing cycle there are many sub-cycles, beginning in
1910 with Uranus as a sub-inlluence. In the present year 1911 the
sub-influence is that of Venus, and in 1912 a mercurical sub-influence
will reign. Each sub-period begins with the Sun's ingress into Aries,
the Astronomical New Year.
Now in the year 1909 when the Sun entered the sign Aries, at
London the sign Aries was rising with the Sun close to the Ascendant,
and Mars the ruling planet was highest in the heavens in conjunction
with Uranus in the sign of its exaltation. Mars as ruler of the Ascen-
dant becomes the ruler of the People and their general conditions for
the next thirty-three years.
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Since this new era there has been a steady manifestation of

unrest, disturbance, and strikes throughout the land, and this will
continue, with modifications and accentuations until 19H, affected by
the sub-influences of the other planets as follows :
MARS: 1909, 16. 23, 30, 37
% Uranus: 1910, 17, 24, 31, 38
g Venus: 1911, 18, 25, 32, 39
Mercury : 1912, 19, 26, 33, 40
g" Neptune: 1913, 20, 27, 34, 41
^ Saturn : 1914, 21, 28, 35, 42
■j) Jupiter: 1915, 22, 29, 36, 43
Under Uranus, we may expect sudden and unexpected developments,
drastic changes, and great attempts toward reformation with revolution-
ary tendencies, and much violence; under Venus, opportunities for
conciliation and arbitration; under Mercury, great commercial
developments, changes, and much progress in literature, science, and
inventions in connection with modes of transit; under Neptune, years
of crises, and great socialistic tendencies; under Saturn, much sorrow
and general misery; under Jupiter, religious and social reforms, etc.
The cycle of Mars coincides with war, strife, and violence on
earth; it corresponds with a period on earth when taxation is high and
the governments of the Nations are involved in difficulties.
It is not the coincidence of planetary cycles and mundane affairs
alone that is of the deepest interest to the student of human nature,
but the fact that there are always the people on earth who seem com-
pelled to respond to whatever cyclic influence happens to be prevailing
in their day.
That the martial individual, whose temperament is martial and
impulsive, responds to the martial cycle there can be no shadow of
doubt, which fact anyone of scientific mind can verify by a study of
the v.arious planetary cycles. The whole art of predicting the nature
of events following these cycles lies in the judgment as to how far the
nation will respond to the planetary influences, for it is a time honoured
saying that " the stars incline, they do not compel," or, " the wise man
rules his stars, the fool obeys them."
The recent response of the labouring classes and the people, to
the martial vibrations set in motion in the spring of 1909 does not
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argue well for the satisfactory adjustment of the martial forces during
the next thirty years. That reformation and reconstruction would
follow the conjunction which took place at the beginning of the
martial cycle no student of the stars could doubt, but that the coming
reforms should be accompanied by anarchy and violence he would
have no right to predict, for violence and disorder are never shewn in
any planetary configurations. It is the abuse of a reforming influence,
and the ignorance of changing cycles which have to be taken into
account if the Astrologer is to become a prophet of ill, instead of a
prophet of good.
The influence of the planet Mars is generally considered to be
warlike, mischievous, and destructive. These are the abuses of the
planet's influence, and not a legitimate use of the force which gives
energy, strength, and enterprise, therefore the Astrologer oversteps the
mark of true prophecy whenever he attributes evil to the planets,
or treats them as agents of disorder instead of foreshadowers of the
good to come.
Within the great major cycle, governing the world's evolution, the
cycle of Mars is now at its zenith, and the forces coming through it
will stir into activity all men in whom the Mars principle is pre-
dominating. It will increase and accentuate both the virtues and the
vices of martial men, although it gives vice or virtue to none, but
simply the force that expresses itself through martial channels.
Commencing its cyclic period in the sign of its exaltation—Capri-
corn, which is the tenth sign of the Zodiac, governing honour, profession,
employers, the government and the Monarch, all these things will be
affected seriously for good or ill, and the people represented by Mars
will be responsible for much, if not all, that will happen in this
respect during the next thirty years. With the presence of Uranus in
this sign also, great and far reaching reformations, or revolutions, will
occur in which an entirely new government will be formed, and the
people gain more power and influence than they have done since the
commencement of the Christian era.
It is instructive to note that normal circumstances do not account
for the great unrest that is now affecting the labour market, and the
Lancet, commenting on the condition of affairs during August in
the course of an article says :
 STRIKIJS AND PLANETARY CYCLES
" It is an interesting coincidence that labour troubles of no mean
magnitude have broken out during an unwonted spell of sunshine. Of
course, we are not regarding the strikes as caused by the heat, as the
reasons for the prevailing unrest have, many of them, been obvious for
many months.
" But it is not at all improbable that the heat has played its part in the
form which the manifestations have taken.
" The widespread discontent of the labouring classes reached an acute
stage during a period of excessive and intense light which promises to break
all existing records.
" Have the forces of the potent sun, consequent upon a long period of
chemically active sunshine, altered the energies of the body and mind of the
worker, as in the case of the would-be coloniser in the unsuitable tropics ?
In an admittedly bad state of affairs, has an overdose of sun proved a
poison ? "
The writer of this article is much nearer the truth than he suspects.
It is the Sun that gives life and activity to all things, acting as an
exciting force to lower organisms and an attractive force to those that
are more highly developed. It seems to us much more than a
coincidence that Uranus, whose influence over railways is well known
to astrologers, should affect railway employees, and it confirms the
opinion we hold that the cycle of Mars now operating is very strongly
tinged with the Uranian sub-influence.
11 is a very curious coincidence that we should have to go back
to 100 years B.C. for a corresponding cycle of Mars, and it is still
more curious that this is the reputed time, according to occult tradi-
tions, of Christ's mission on earth, particularly when we remember
that many statements have lately been made regarding the coming of a
Great Teacher in the near future. It is also a somewhat startling
fact that the solar ingress of 1927 occurs when Uranus also enters the
sign Aries, denoting the commencement of an entirely new era.
Students of Mundane Astrology will do well to watch this cycle
of Mars, with its sub-influences, in connection with the solar ingress
of the year 1909. It will also be of interest to note the periods of
previous cycles of Mars, which occurred in the years 145 to 180 ; 397
to 432 ; 649 to 684 ; 901 to 936; 1133 to 1188; 1405 to 1440 ; 1657
to 1692.
Alan Leo.
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(Series)

XIII. THE SOLI-LUNAR TEMPERAMENT

The Signs of the Zodiac which have hitherto formed the basis of
our study, namely Aries, Scorpio, Taurus, Libra, Gemini, Virgo, have
rendered the determination of their respective Planetary Temperaments
comparatively an easy task by providing for each a positive and a
negative sheath ; so that the planetary as distinct from the zodiacal tem-
perament was fixed on as exhibiting that element common to dof/i
of the signs concerned. The signs Cancer and Leo, however, have a
ruler apiece ; and in each case that ruler is not strictly speaking a
planet, being in one case but a satellite of our Earth, and in the other
that body of which our Earth is itself a satellite. These considera-
tions bring us face to face with a dilemma—and a suggestion.
(i.) The diientiiia is: How are we to determine the Lunar tem-
perament as distinguished from the Cancerian, and the Solar as
distinct from the Leonian ?
(ii.) The suggestion is a bold one, namely: That the Cancerian
and Leonian or Solar and Lunar temperaments are but comple-
mentary halves of one temperament, the terrene or (for want of a
better word) the practical. Choice lies, then, between the dilemma
and the suggestion.
It is possible to avail ourselves here of a paper contributed to the
discussion on Leo, in which the writer contrasts the Cancerian and
Leonian temperaments. The fact of strongly marked contrast, or
even, for that matter, mutual dislike—between two temperaments
need not necessarily militate against a common planetary ruler;
for Virgo and Gemini, both undeniably ruled by Mercury, exhibit
as great a contrast and as high a degree of mutual incompatibility
as could be desired.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 419

Leo people are as unlike those who show the influence of Cancer
as it is possible for two sets of individuals to be. Cancer is slow,
conservative, and apt to be selfish, and is generally given to saving its
strength, and husbanding its energy, for fear of becoming exhausted ;
and being a watery sign, is therefore apt to be fish-like, shell-fish like.
And is it not curious to note, when these words are placed in juxta-
position, how singularly alike are selfish and shell-fish ? Both words
suggest retirement into one's own personal sphere, lack of communion,
and lack of sympathy with the world outside ; though when lifted to a
higher plane, the selfish, or shell-fish (crab-like) character becomes
only well-protected (or w<7//-protected), shielded from attacks of all
kinds, through an unusually perfect development of the individual
aura. So beautifully can the originally selfish and shut-in nature
become as it grows benevolent, that at length it may be compared to
a sweet moss-rose protected by a soft, velvety covering and having no
need of thorns.
Leo people are forceful, energetic, impulsive, outspoken, dis-
tributive, highly magnetic, lavish in the expenditure of their vitality,
and in all respects the very opposite of Cancer. We note often, that
Cancer people are great students, and by virtue of their studiousness
they often impress the public through valuable literary efforts. Leo
persons are individually attractive, and draw to themselves, if in any
public capacity, admiring throngs. A Cancer person may do all his
business successfully through the post, but Leo people need to be seen
as well as heard from, to be appreciated, until indeed they have
attained the lofty heights of those who have conquered the limitations
of the geographical, so that they can send their warm powerful thoughts
skimming over unseen wires, and accomplish results without any
reference to place or body. Leo is prone to act from the centres of
emotion, and the heart controls everything; they would, for instance,
revolt against the barbarous doctrines of old Calvinism.

This coulrasting of Cancer and Leo might be carried much

further ; indeed, something of the kind must be attempted before the
value of our ' suggestion ' can be truly assayed. And it may be
remarked here, that should the said ' suggestion ' prove justified, the
unprecedented and as some may think inordinate length of the articles
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on Cancer and Leo will be seen to have a reasonable basis in the

supreme interest, for us, as dwellers on this planet, of these two signs.
Of this more anon.
During the time that Leo was under discussion, the present writer
collected many scraps of interesting matter bearing upon one or
another of the arguments advanced by the different writers. Some of
these seem worthy of a place here, and will be set down in what seems
the most appropriate order, without any other comment than to say
that those items bearing upon the English temperament and character
relate, of course, to Alpha's contention that Leo rather than Aries is the
ruling sign of the English (British). The first item is from the pen of
John N. Raphael in the Daily Express of 17/4/11 describing the
"Adventures of a Week-End spent in the Sun." It seems a true
picture of life lived from the Leo point of view :
A great charm of Grasse is the language. I went
there to satisfy a craving to see fields of flowers. I had always heard
of the flower fields of Grasse. I wanted to see miles and miles of
violets and roses, and, as the hotel porter was a German-Swiss, he, of
course, could give me only the address of a florist. And even the
name of the florist ended in " stein." So I went out and ferreted.
I am very fond of old ladies, and the one I met looked like a
carved walking-stick of very old mahogany. She accepted a cigarette,
and we sat down while she listened to my quest for flower fields.
When she realised that I did not want to spy the land out for a trader,
and hardly knew the difference between jasmine and verbena she
slapped me on the shoulder, said "Vabene," which is Provemjal, I
think, for " Righto! " and opened her face. This is not slang. It is
a simple expression of absolute fact. The lady literally opened her
face, which divided in two, and in a voice which might easily have
been heard on the Plateau Napoleon above Grasse, where the great
man once ate a lunch before he conquered something, she cried " Ao,
Vainessaingue! " This was not a war cry. It is Provencal for "Hullo,
Vincent!" When he can get a nasal twang and a few extra syllables
into a word, your Provencal lets himself go. I suppose it is the sun-
shine that does it. There is a mirage all over Provence. The old
lady had assured me that her grandson, "Vainessaingue" (who was
but Vincent after all) would take me to see miles of purple fields, and
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 421

that I should see roses a perte de vue—or as far as the eye could
reach. This was not true at all, because the violet crop is practically
over, and the roses are only just bursting into bud. But no mere
truth would ever content the people of Provence. I may also remark
that Grasse is not really in Provence at all. And if you consider this
fact in the proper spirit you will see how it emphasises my point.
"Vainessaingue " did not show me any violets, of course, but he
found a violet farmer for me. This man rejoiced in the name of
Athanase Leon, and Athanase and I are now old bosom friends. He
is sending violets to my wife (for a consideration). He calls me by
my "little" name, and it is only now, when I am out of the mirage
again, that i realise that our friendship of a lifetime only lasted half-
an-hour. But Sunland is like that.
The same day I had met, while climbing out of Grasse, an old
man, dressed in rags of a burnt fawn colour. I offered him a cigarette.
It is always safer than a copper in a country where the beggar and
the peasant fanner dress so much alike. I was glad of my precaution,
for "lep^re Esprit" (fancy an English godfather naming a baby Holy
Ghost!) invited me to spend a day or two with him on his estate up in
the mountains.
The naming of the child " Holy Ghost " may not be without its
significance, in view of the suggestion on pp. 335, 337.

The following is from the Editor of Punc/z's speech on "Some

Characteristics of British Humour" before the Authors' Club: He
said one form of humour was incongruity. It was seen at its
crudest, in the spectacle of a cat walking down the aisle of a cathedral
during divine service. There was nothing inherently humorous about
a cat, and there was nothing intrinsically funny about a cathedral
during divine service. It was of course, the juxtaposition which
unhinged man's sobriety. In a more subtle sense they had this same
incongruity in the workings of the irony of fate. Another form of
humour depended on the sense of superiority. They had it in its
crudest form when one observed a man—not oneself—slipping on a
banana skin and falling headlong to the ground.
If they wanted a definition of English humour by its most inter-
esting characteristic he should say that characteristic was under-
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statement or irony. One thing which was not always recognised was
the distinction between negative and positive humour. There was a
type of mind more exercised to avoid laughter at its own expense than
to produce laughter at the expense of others.
A subject for future debate at that club might be, " How much of
the whole life of an Englishman is based upon the desire in one form
or another to avoid ridicule." They would find men, whose tastes
would have led them to give serious expression to the loftiest ideals,
who were restrained by a too keen sense of the ridiculous. If Shelley
or Keats had had this negative sense of humour, probably they would
never have attempted their greatest work. He had always thought
that the lack of humour was one of the secrets of Mr. Gladstone's
success, and he was perfectly sure that too keen a possession of it was
one of the drawbacks to Lord RoseberyTs success. Was it, after all, a
good thing that a nation should possess a very keen sense of humour
such as he thought the English possessed beyond all nations ? Humour
was a great solvent against snobbishness, vulgarity, false rhetoric,
hypocrisy, and shams. It was a great thing that all great schemes of
reform should have to pass the bar of its judgment. But it was a
constant deterrent to enthusiasm. There was a growing tendency to
ridicule new things, simply because they were new, without inquiring
always into their meritsT Many great schemes, he was sure, had
been scared out of existence in this way.
In Alpha's paper it was maintained that Leo though kind was
not really sympathetic. Assuming the soundness of the contention
that Leo rules the British, this point receives confirmation from the
following extract from a review of Mr. Price Collier's article " His
Highness the Maharaja" in Scribner's Magazine for May, 1911
{Daily Express, 27/+/'ll):—
The shyness and aloofness of the English is perliaps the defect
that naturally accompanies the qualities that have made them rulers of
the earth, but it does not make things easier for the educated Indian.
The Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda, one of the most intelligent and
enlightened of princes, finds us, according to Mr. Collier, unsympathetic
and wanting in trust.

' Here and elsewhere the italics are mine,—Tkans. Sec.

 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 423

" That is always the master thought, the irritant factor, the begin-
ning and the end of all the scores of conversations I have had with the
educated Indians—this criticism of the cold, stolid, self-sufficiency of
the British. The Indians do not realise that they are not alone in this
feeling, that Frenchmen, Germans, Irishmen, Americans all say the
same, that it is the major defect of their great qualities. One can
hardly expect the Oriental to hold the balance true in these matters
when so few of the Occidental critics have been able to do so."
But Mr. Collier's understanding of the English does not prevent
him sympathising with the Indians, and he draws a vivid picture of
the position of a typical educated Indian, a Brahman aide of the
Maharaja's.
"He was a man of strong religious feeling and high ideals, far
more thoroughly educated than the average Englishman or American
of his years, and revealing what I had not seen before, but what I saw
often before I left India, a sort of yearning for sympathy for his own
case and that of his people. He, too, noted the lack of sympathy
with, and the lack of recognition of, the best class of natives; the
refusal of office either civil or military above a certain grade; the
smaller salary paid to the Indian than to the Englishman holding the
same office, all of which created a sore and sour feeling.
" He was only just returned from America, and the contrasts
leave the shadows of Sadness upon him thicker than they are upon
other men.
" He was, as are all the Indians of his type, moderate in manner,
soft of speech, gentle even in indignation. They are pathetic figures,
cut off from opportunity, with no exercise for their real powers, and
feeling that they are only allowed to play at life, that the real control
is in alien hands, and they chafe at the situation."
In a lecture to the Fabian Society on England and India" Mrs.
Besant said very much the same thing : As a nation the English lacked
imagination and sympathy ; they thought that what suited them suited
everybody else, and that what they liked other people ought to like. If
we could feel India we should easily rule India. " You need

• Reported in the CUfistian Coiiiuionu'taWi for June 7, 1911.

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India as much as India needs you but the first thing to

realise is that you are not conquerors and conquered, but citizens of a
common Empire belonging to one imperial people."
Again, in unconscious commentary upon these facts, Mr. Francis
E. Leupp writes in the Atlantic Monthly : The power to command
men is rarely combined with a faculty for mingling with them.

The following items culled at various times from the * Wisdom

while You Wait' column of the Morning Leader, may serve in
helping to decide whether Leo or Aries is the real ruler of the English :
In the mass England is sentimental.—Mr. Holbrook Jackson
in T. P.'s Weekly.
The Briton has a traditional belief that the best business is the
kind that can be hidden.—Mr. J. H. Collins in the World's Work.
The English people have naturally the pre-eminent gift of sanity
and level-headedness.—Bishop of Ripon at Harrogate.
Abroad, Englishmen are held in high estimation for truthfulness
and trustfulness.—Dr. Tempest Anderson at York.
We are becoming an ugly nation : the round, well-balanced face
is giving place to the long, thin face.—Mr. William Rushton at
the Dental Association Meeting.
English people refuse to take any interest in anything ahead of
them.—Lord William Cecil at Ipswich.
In this commercial country we are really backward in the training
of young men for commerce.—Earl Brassey at the House of
Commons.
The last item receives corroboration from the following statement
made at a debate at the British Association at Sheffield on the neglect
of Science by Industry and Commerce, {Daily Chronicle, fi/Q/'lO):
His Majesty's Consuls abroad agreed that it was to a large extent the
rule that British firms showed a lack of enterprise in sending out
travellers, and that those they sent did not know the language of the
people with whom they were dealing ; that advertisements, prospec-
tuses, and so on, were published in English, with English weights,
measures, and money terms; that British firms do not sufficiently
study the needs of the market; and that in general there was a want
of activity and enterprise of the right kind. The failure to adopt the
 THE .ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 425

metric system placed our British manufacturers at a decided

disadvantage.

Leaving now these side issues (which should more properly have
been dealt with in earlier papers), and centring our attention upon
Cancer and Leo in their broad outlines only, one cannot but be struck
with the fact that both these signs are peculiarly concerned with life,—
physical life. The fatherhood and motherhood of the Sun and Moon
(or Leo and Cancer) have been familiar tropes from our earliest child-
hood almost— the writer of a recent popular astronomy, even, devotes
a chapter to " Father Sun and His Ways." But it would seem that
comparatively little stress has been laid upon the fact that it is,physical
motherhood only that is properly referred to Cancer. As soon as
the youngster arrives at years of discussion (say 5) Virgo will make a
better mother than Cancer, and later on Libra a more successful and
comprehending confidante over the boy or girl's first love affair.
Cancer, indeed, is a kind of celestial Mrs. Micawber, ever with a fresh
babe at her breast, heedless for the most part of the needs Or doings
of the elder children and constant in but one ideal—" never to desert
Mr. Micawber." In much the same way it may be said of Leo that
its parenthood is chiefly if not entirely physical; having endowed his
youngster with a strong frame and sound constitution, he mostly, leaves
him to " shift for himself,"—his chief virtues as parent consisting
rather in not hampering than in fostering.—How different Aquarius
(also an excellent father) in this respect!
These points can only be briefly adverted to here, amplification
and further corroboration must be sought elsewhere. But this will be
sufficient to add further cogency to a statement none will challenge,
namely that both Cancer and Leo are intensely, are primarily if not
indeed exclusively, interested in and concerned with the "physical
plane."
Superficially, it may appear otherwise: the religious tendencies
of Cancer are proverbial, and Prophet Baxter was doubtless a
Cancer man, who after foretelling the speedy end of the world yet
took a 99 years' lease on his house ! Leo, at any rate, estimates the
value of things by the practical standard of " success,"—success, that
is, on the physical plane ; his instinctive distrust of efforts to ensure
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good standing in another world being exhibited in the sailor's typically

Leo epithet for a parson, "sky-pilot."
Speaking of another life, a Leo young woman (with Moon in
Cancer !) once said to the writer: "But I don't any other life
than this!"
A paragraph may here be quoted from Article IX., Part III.,
(p. 157, April) : " It is worthy of remark, that in previous Articles
" the characteristics of Nations or Countries ruled by the sign under
" discussion have seldom or never been referred to by way of illustration
" or adduced as evidence ; whereas in the following, as in the two
"preceding papers, the Scotch, Dutch, Chinese and other Cancer peoples
" are constantly cited. And it may be of interest to state here, in
" anticipation, that in the subsequent discussion on thesign Leo great use
" was made, by one student in particular, of racial characteristics.
" These facts seem to suggest that the racial characteristics are more
" deep-rooted in nations coming under Cancer and Leo, than in those
" governed by other signs—a significant suggestion which may perhaps
" be worth pondering."
The time for pondering this point has surely come. Can it be
altogether without significance that only Cancer and Leo nations have
been used by writers to clinch their arguments or lend weight to their
contentions ? Does it not seem reasonable to infer that only in
these peoples have the sign-characteristics been developed with
sufficient FULNESS to make them worthy of citation in argument?
And granting this is so, may we not well enquire why ?
We have to ask ourselves, then, whether it is not the case that
Cancer and Leo are more intimately, peculiarly, and directly related
to life on this earth—than any other sign or signs? Scorpio, it is
true, might be instanced as a sign having an intense love of life and a
strong and ruthless clutch upon it. True; but is it physical life ? is it
not rather astral life on which the attention of Scorpio is centred ?
Taurus, again, has a robust vitality. Agreed ; but if its interest centres
so keenly in purely physical life (as we might suppose) how comes it
that Taureans so often die of apoplexy, due to over-retention of the
vital forces; in other words, a mechanical accumulation of energy
which the native is not sufficiently interested in to apply himself to ?
—The question whether Taurus or Cancer is the more vividly
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 427

interested in the physical world, might provoke an unexpectedly

profitable discussion.

Leaving this phase of our subject for a while, let us turn to

another aspect of the problem. In a private letter to the writer Mr.
G. E. Sutcliffe once proffered the suggestion that the Moon merely
represented to us the negative aspect of the Earth's Magnetism
while the Sun represented the positive aspect of the same. The idea
has since been put forward,a little differently,by him in theTheosophist.
The article will be found on p. 133 of Vol. XXXII. (April, 1911)
and the whole of it should be read in order to appreciate the full
importance of the suggestion. One entire paragraph, and one or two
isolated extracts, will serve our present purpose:—It is
clear from many passages in the Secret Doctrine that the occult
teaching with regard to light differs substantially from that which
prevails in scientific circles. Occultists do not deny the undulatory
theory of light, but they assert that it needs completion and rearrange-
ment (S. D., i., 634). But it is evident that the corpuscular theory, as
really taught by Pythagoras (pp. 552, 553), is the one which is nearest
the truth. Modern science has not yet come to believe in a corpus-
cular theory of light, although it has discovered several forms of
radiation, in which corpuscles travel with nearly the speed of light;
but it is ready to admit that if these radiations had been known a
century earlier, the corpuscular theory might have been retained.
The case of two competing hypotheses both turning out to be true,
being merely two aspects of the same phenomena* may occur again
and again as science progresses; Newton's Theory of Attraction and
Descartes' Vortices will, I think, furnish another instance. It is well,
perhaps, in this connection, to recall to mind a warning given in Five
Years of Theosophy (p. 157), that the Adepts deny the entire error of
many so-called ' exploded' theories.
"The adoption by science of Faraday's tubes of force, as the
channels along which the light rays pass, will involve many con-
sequences, some of which will be, I think, rather a surprise to many
physicists. These tubes of force are not confined to luminous bodies

* Italics mine. Compare the suggestion made in footnote on p. 14 of How to

Judge a Nativity. Part I., Second Edition.—Trans. Sec.
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like our sun, but all are found ■with bodies which carry an electric
charge; and since, in modem theory, the atoms of matter consist
entirely of such charges, it follows that all bodies are linked together
by these lines of force. The sun is joined to the earth by lines issuing
from the sun, but the earth is also joined to the sun, by lines issuing
FROM THE EARTH ! This suggests the question ; Does the light of
the sun roach the earth along the sun-lines or the earth-lines ? A
vibration started at the sun's surface, on an earth-line, would travel
along it to the earth, in a backward direction from the sun, with the
speed of light, and if the period of vibration was within a certain range
would be seen on earth as a ray of light from the sun, although the
line of force carrying the ray had issued from the earth. Such
vibrations along earth-lines would probably have certain limitations,
the divine measure imposed upon our atoms, the Terrestrial Tanmatra.
Vibration periods on the sun-lines might be above, or below, these
limits, but these could not affect the earth-lines, unless they were
harmonic. If matter composing the sun gave out vibrations which
had a simple numerical ratio to the vibrations of earthly matter,
vibrations would be caused in the earth-lines by the well-known
principle of resonance, and vibrations would be seen on the earth,
which when analysed, would show spectroscopic lines characteristic of
terrestrial matter, although the matter causing them might be of an
entirely different order in the cosmos. Hence men of science may be
quite wrong in interpreting spectroscopic evidence to mean that
terrestrial chemical elements exist in the other heavenly bodies, and the
observed effect may be due to the terrestrial light intercepting solar
light carrying vibrations of solar matter which happen to be harmonic
with the vibrations of terrestrial matter. Now this is precisely what
the Secret Doctrine tells us is the cause of the phenomena, for we are
told (Vol. i., p. 654) that the spectroscope shows the probable similarity
of cometary and stellar matter with that of the earth, owing to the
action of Terrestrial Light upon the intercepted rays.
All the suns of our sidereal system, we are told, form
the Kima-rupaof Kosmos(S.D., iii., 562), and since the Kitma-rupaof
man is not composed of physical matter but of astral, the inference
naturally follows that the desire-body of Kosmos will be of the same
material. In [a previous article of the series] it has been inferred
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 429

that the sun is composed of negative electrons [which are] the atoms
of the astral plane . astral matter is negatively charged whilst
physical atoms carry positive electricity."
If we grant the feasibility of Mr. Sutcliffe's suggestions in the
article from which this quotation has been made, there seems very
good ground for considering that the solar influence as we know if,
(this proviso is important)—is indeed but a manifestation of terrestrial
influence. Further, the passage quoted affords a certain amount of
inferential corroboration of Alpha's association of Leo with Kilma
or KdiHrt-Manas (p. 239), and its consequent significance as the
symbol of the Fourth Race, in whom aiiimal-ma.Ti reached its highest
pitch of perfection; for the animal develops the Kamic vehicle,
which is composed of (it is here suggested) solar matter,—i.e. stellar
matter, astral matter. And this Kimic vehicle can only be developed
by the animal through the interplay of sensation acting through the
etheric double—which has also been considered in connection with
Leo, by Delta (p. 380).
(To be concluded)
Cardiff Astrological SociETy.—A letter was read from Mr. Arthur
Mee stating that the Cardiff Astrological Society was desirous that the
Committee should take over its Library in the same way as those of the
Astronomical Society, the Naturalists', etc. The collection of books was
not a large one but was increasing and already contained some which the
Library should have. Also stating that he had made arrangements by
which at his death all his astronomical and astrological books, etc., become
the propertyof thoLibrary. Conditions: The collection lobe permanently
deposited in the Reference Library, available for use by the public. The
Libraries Committee to maintain it in good condition. Members of the
Astrological Society to have the right to borrow books from the Astrological
Society's Library on production of their ticket of membership. Resolved :
that Mr. Arthur Mee's request on behalf of the Astrological Society be
agreed to, and that the best thanks of this Committee be tendered to Mr.
Mee for his kind offices in the matter. The Committee notes with great
appreciation Mr. Mee's intention to bequeath his astronomical and
astrological collections to the Library.—{From minutes of u meeting 0/ the
Libraries Committee, held 27/6/T1.)
" In Mav," writes J. W., " I predicted theVetoCrisis would be about 27th
July: on 24th July the Premier was howled down in the Commons. The
re-opening of Parliament is unfavourable for Government about 28th Octo-
ber and 3rd November. There seems to be an arrangement with the
opposing parties about the 7th November and matters go belter. The threat
or war at the beginning of J nly was verified, but the trine (o Venus, as I hoped,
so mitigated it that negotiations took place between France and Germany.
Trouble is threatened in the first week in October and the Stock Markets
will suffer."
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An innovation

The following is the horoscope of the subject of our next Competition,

No. 19. The same words, almost, may be used as in the particulars of our
list Competition (p. 175, April), namely: "The native is a male, unmarried,
" and though at present unknown to the general public is one of whom great
" things are expected by those who have watched his career and are
" competent to judge."
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There is an innovation about this Competition, inasmuch as the adjudication
will not be made by the native himself as in former competitions; there
are also several other novel features about this Competition which will
doubtless render it a memorable one, and all who compete will find them-
selves more than repaid for their pains, we venture to affirm, when the Recult
is announced.
It is hoped that some of those disqualified from further prize winning
by previous successes, will feel stimulated to return to the lists. Also many
new competitors. There is plenty of room for all, and only those who have
themselves attempted a delineation can find the fullest enjoyment in the
perusal of the Adjudicator's Report. The educative value of these Competi-
tions has been repeatedly testified to by prizewinners, and the Editor has
also expressed his appreciation of their helpfulness in spreading knowledge,
as well as interest, concerning Astrology.
Full particulars as to the conditions governing these Competitions will
be found on p. 175 of Modern Astrologv for April, ign, and intending
competitors are invited to give heed to what is. said and thus avoid the risk
of failure or disqualification. The delineation on p. 572 of last month's
issue may be taken as a fair example of the style which should be adopted.
As most readers are aware, Two Prizes are given, each consisting of
" Modern Astrology " publications to the value of 10s. 64. An Extra Prize
may be awarded in case of special merit.
The last day for receiving delineations is OCTOBER 31ST.
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[The space available being exceedingly limited a long time has often to
elapse before Reviews can appear and we must ask authors and publishers to
forgive this unavoidable delay; they are reminded that books not dealing with
Astrology or allied subjects but with psychism, etc., are rather outside our sphere,
and that we cannot, consequently, always undertake to review them.—Ed.]

ROSICRUCIAN TEACHINGS

The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, or Christian Occult

Science. By Max Heindel. (Rosicrucian Fellowship, Post-office Box
1802, Seattle, Wash. Price One Dollar.)
This book, which purports to be a brief epitome of some modern
Rosicrucian teachings, shows a very close affinity to the ideas con-
tained in The Secret Doctrine and other works published by members
of the Theosophical Society ; but at the same time presents some
remarkable differences which are worth close atteution. The teach-
ings respecting Karma, Reincarnation, and planetary Chains, Globes,
Rounds and Races are accepted in full, although for the most part a
different terminology is employed, and the use of Sanskrit-derived
technical terms is avoided. The book is so closely filled with the
ideas of which it treats that it is quite impossible to give any adequate
account of its scope here; but what will probably first strike the
reader is its pronounced divergence on certain points from other older
and more familiar writings.
For instance on the subject of the downward reflection of the
higher cosmic planes in the lower, the teaching here is that the fttmic
plane reflects down into the dense physical, the buddhic into the
etheric physical, and the higher mental into the astral; leaving the
lower mental plane apparently as a sort of mirror in which the reflec-
tion takes place without itself being reflected. Threefold spirit above,
threefold body below.
Similarly with thecorresponding human principles. The Conscious
Soul, which is the result of the activity of fttmi in the dense physical
body through action, increase^ itmicconsciousness. The Intellectual
Soul, which is the extract from the ctheric double and the sum of
its memory, gives added power to buddhic consciousness. The Emo-
tional Soul, which is the extract of the desire body, increases the
consciousness of the Higher Manas.
The intelligence of the group-soul in the animal kingdom is said
to be derived from a self-conscious entity who is supervising the
evolution of the group-soul, and who is passing through an evolution
432 MODERN ASTROLOGY
of his own which is quite apart from that of the animal triads con-
tained in the group. The group-souls of plants are at the centre of
the earth, on the lower mental plane.
There is a permanent atom for the dense physical body, another
for the etheric double, and a third for the desire body. At death the
atoms themselves are not retained but only the forces that play in
them, and these forces act as nuclei round which new bodies are
formed when the time conies for rebirth.
During the first seven years of the child's life the etheric double
is growing and maturing within the corresponding macrocosmic
body, the forces of which play through it; and it has no separate
existence and does not function separately until the age of seven, when
it may be said to be born and to be the cause of the rapid growth that
follows. Similarly, the separate desire body is not formed until the
age of fourteen, when its separate functioning becomes the cause of
puberty; and the mental body does not exist as a separate vehicle
until twenty-one. At that age the Ego is in possession of a full set of
separate bodies and exercises its influence through the blood; for
blood is the special vehicle of the Ego, as the liver is of the desire
body and the spleen of the etheric double.
It is stated that, on an average, rebirth occurs twice during the
time the Sun is passing by precession through each sign of the zodiac
about 2,100 years) and that each birth is alternately male and
emale. As many readers will see, this is contradicted by the re-
searches into past lives that have been published in the 1 hcosophist
recently, where a tendency has been found for incarnations to occur
in a series of seven in one sex followed by seven in the opposite sex :
with a few exceptions. It is also at variance with the article on the
" Intervals Between Lives" in the Theosophist for November, 1910.
The seven rebirths or re-creations through which our chain of
globes passes are here called seven " periods," and are named after
the order of the days of the week : r. Saturn; 2. Sun; 3. Moon;
4. Earth; 5. Jupiter; 6. Venus; 7. Vulcan. Our present earth
chain goes through two stages ; the first or downward arc of involu-
tion, which corresponds to Mars ; and the second or upward arc of
evolution, corresponding to Mercury. It is added that these are
stages of progression, and that they have nothing to do with the
present planets after which they are named.
The first chain (named the " Saturn Period ") was composed of
seven globes, the two highest of which were on the itmic plane and
the lowest on the lower mental plane. In this evolution the " Lords
of the Flame" (who belong to the sign Leo) gave the first impulse of
fltmic consciousness and the first germ of the dense physical body.
The highest initiate of this period is called "The Father," and the
ordinary humanity of that time are now the Lords of Mind, who
belong to Sagittarius.
The second chain (named the " Sun Period ") was on the buddhic
plane at the highest and the astral plane at the lowest. Here the
" Lords of Wisdom" (who belong to Virgo) and the Cherubim
 Reviews 433
(belonging to Cancer) gave the germs of the etheric double and of
buddhic consciousness. The highest initiate of this period is " The
Son" or Christ, and the ordinary humanity of that time are now
called Archangels and belong to Capricorn.
The third chain (named the " Moon Period") was on the higher
mental plane at the highest and the etheric physical at the lowest.
Here the " Lords of Individuality " (who belong to Libra) and the
Seraphim (belonging to Gemini) gave the germs of the desire body
and of the Higher Manas. The highest initiate of this period is
Jehovah, the Holy Spirit; and the ordinary humanity of that period
are now the Angels and belong to Aquarius. It is denied that our
present Moon has anything to do with this third chain ; on the
contrary, our Moon separated off from the earth during the third or
Lemurian Root Race; which statement is a contradiction of the
Secret Doctrine.
During evolution on our present earth chain various changes have
taken place. The hierarchies corresponding to the first five signs of
the zodiac have passed away into liberation, leaving tho other seven
actively at work. The Wisdom or Virgo hierarchy now superintends
atmic evolution; the Individuality or Libra hierarchy now guides
buddhic evolution; and the Lords of Form, belonging to Scorpio,
who in previous chains had worked upon the germs of all the three
lower bodies, are now guiding the evolution of the Higher Manas, and
superintending the evolution of form generally. The Scorpio
hierarchy reconstructed the dense physical body in the first Round ;
they combined with the Aquarius hierarchy to evolve our etheric
doubles; with the Capricorn hierarchy to evolve desire bodies; and
with the Sagittarius hierarchy to give us Lower Manas, which
completes the seven Principles. The present humanity belongs to
the sign Pisces.
All previous religions up to the introduction of Christianity were
introduced into the world under the guidance of Jehovah, the highest
initiate of the Moon chain. Christianity was brought to men by
Christ, the highest initiate of the second or Suu chain. The globes
of this chain at their lowest did not descend lower than the astral
plane; and Christ had never evolved bodies of etheric and dense
physical matter such as we possess to-day. This was why, when he
came to this earth igoo years ago, he took the etheric and dense
physical bodies of the initiate Jesus, who was born about the time
usually stated and not too B.C. as maintained by some. After the
destruction of his dense physical body he lived on in his etheric
double, and it will lie in this vehicle that he will function when he
next comes, for he will never take another dense physical body.
Such is the teaching of this book, which, the reader will perceive,
seems hopelessly irreconcilable with the lectures delivered by Mrs.
Besant during the last year or two.
The correspondence of the cosmic planes and the vehicles
appropriate for each with the zodiacal hierarchies is given as follows.
There is a thirteenth sign of the zodiac, which is no sign at all but
434 MODERN ASTROLOGY
the synthesis of the whole twelve; this, together with Aries and
Taurus, corresponds to the highest or Adi plane. Gemini, Cancer,
and Leo correspond to the Anupildaka plane. Then Virgo corre-
sponds to the Atmic plane, Libra to the Buddhic, Scorpio to the Higher
Mental, Sagittarius to the Lower Mental, Capricorn to the Astral,
Aquarius to the etheric physical, and Pisces to the dense physical.
The author is not up-to-date in his astronomical information ; for
he attributes to Uranus only one satellite instead of the four that are
actually known ; he gives eight to Saturn, apparently unaware that a
ninth was discovered as far back as 1898 and a tenth in 1905 ; while
the four he allots to Jupiter should be eight. We are afraid the
hostile critic will argue that if the occult information, which cannot
be put to the test by the ordinary man, is not more trustworthy than
this fragment of astronomy, which could easily have been corrected
by an appeal to a recent text-book, then the book must be of doubtful
value.
The statement is repeated here that the planet Neptune docs not
" properly belong to our Solar System." In the astronomical sense
of the term, anything that revolves round the Sun belongs to the
Solar System, and therefore Neptune certainly so belongs, just as does,
for instance, Halley's Comet. It is also stated that Neptune only
influences astrologers, but this not in accordance with our experience.
Limitations of space prevent us mentioning more than a very
few of the highly interesting topics that are discussed in the course of
the volume, which is clearly written, very readable, and illustrated
by some excellent diagrams. It is well worth perusal and careful
consideration by those whose minds are sufficiently equable not to be
disturbed by the marked contradictions between many of the ideas
here presented and teachings contained in other and older works.
It is only fair to add that in making these notes we have
translated the writer's technical terms into ordinary theosophical
terminology, as being more likely to bo understood by readers of this
magazine.
H. S. G.

The Co-MASON {Quarterly,price 9$c?. post free, 2/6 per aunum ;

America $1.00 per anuum, single copies 25c.; India 11.2.8. Other
foreign countries 31).
The Co-Mason for July, 1911, is a particularly "live "and
interesting number, and contains much of general as well as Masonic
interest. "From the Master's Chair" is devoted to a description of
the ceremonies and ritual of the Coronation, illustrated by drawings of
the regalia, etc., used on such occasions. The writer begins by saying
that ' To the instructed Free Mason the working of an ancient
ceremonial appeals with far greater urgency and significance than to
the rest of mankind he knows and realises that the initiation
into a mystery is the shadow of a great reality . . ." He then goes
on to show the significance of the various ceremonies of the Coronation
 REVIEWS 435
ritual from the Masonic standpoint, the whole of the ancient ceremony
being described at length and with evident understanding and reverence.
An illuminative Article from the standpoint of the astrological student
is "Squaring the Circle " by Mr. Alan Leo, which should prove helpful
and suggestive to those students of Astrology who are also Masons,
and who are working to prove the truth of their contention that
Astrology and Masonry are one, or at least that they go hand in hand
and cannot be divided. A short but inspiring article on " The Child in
Co-Masonry " is contributed by Mrs. Despard; the valuable paper on
" Psychology of the Religious Instinct " by H. Veale is continued, and
" The Masonic Confraternity " by E. Severs explains the aims and
ideals of Masonry and urges the Co-Masonic Order to be true to its
watchword of Co-operation so that it may fulfil its purpose of
forwarding the cause of the perfecting of humanity " which is the true
building of the Temple."
Other items are a further instalment of " The Occult in Modern
Novels" by L. J. Dickinson, "The Co-Masons and the Women's
Suffrage Procession," " First Universal Races Congress." Reviews,
' Notes and Queries,' Lodge Reports, etc., conclude the number.
All interested in Masonry, and students generally should read this
specially interesting and instructive number.
A. L. B.

Astronomy for Boy-Scouts and Others. By Thomas W.

CORBIN : (C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., cloth, l/- net).
This is the most live and interesting book on Astronomy that we
have seen for a long time. The explanations are clear and simple
yet full and interesting, and the book is full of clever illustrations
and diagrams, besides a number of excellent photographs. The real
facts upon which all the important discoveries in Astronomy have
been based, and the principles involved in the calculations made, are
set forth in a manner at once concise and attractive, while the vivid
interest attaching to the simplest astronomical observation when you
know what if means, is always kept in the foreground.
How many students of Astrology, one wonders, can tell offhand
how the speed of light, or the distance of a planet from the sun, is
measured ? Yet this book explains how it is done in a couple of pages,
with a diagram so simple that any one can understand it.
Not only Boy Scouts, then, but many students of Astrology will
be grateful to the author for having put the salient facts and principles
of Astronomy so pleasantly before the reader.
A. H. B.
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Aries, or Leo ?
I.
Dear Sir,
In Modern Astrology for June, Alpha expresses the
opinion that the British nation well illustrates the Leo type (p. 237).
In the July issue other writers disagree (pp. 289 et seq.). As the
point in question seems to me to be important may I be allowed, as
one in whom the Leo influence is strong, to make a few remarks by
way of criticism and comment.
I think Alpha is right in assuming that Leo, rather than Aries, is
typical of the British Race. Aries aspires to rule, and may do so for
a season, but the qualities of justice, mercy, " level-headedness " and
consistency, so marked in British rule and administration the world
over, are more typical of Leo.
As a Race we lack the initiative progressive spirit most Aries
individuals possess. We move slowly. If the Chinese desire pocket-
handkerchiefs with maxims imprinted in their own language—as they
naturally do—we refuse to oblige them, and only wake up to the fact
that our business in that line is going when it is too late. But when
we do move our hearts are in it. Watch a British workman. His
work may often lack the finish and superficial perfection of the Aries
type, but it has strength, endurance, solidity.
But it would be idle to deny that there is a strong Aries influence
which is marked in our national characteristics. In this I agree again
with Alpha, although from a different standpoint. It is generally
admitted by students of Astrology that Aries is the materialist of the
Zodiac and the one thing above everything else that struck such a
shrewd observer as Emerson about the British people, was their
materialism. Readers of this journal are strongly advised to read his
e
Expressions of opinion are invited on this point.—Ed.
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 437
essays, especially those on "Literature" and "Wealth" (in the
" English" series). They will find this aspect of our character most
fully and convincingly dealt with.
Re Leo characteristics generally. The charge of * separative-
ness" is quite true. A Leo person is never happier than when
leading a movement against an established order of things, and
because he knows his views upon the subject are right—by intuition—
his leadership more often than the reverse is for good.
This knowledge that he is right in his views on certain questions,
accounts in a great measure for what Alpha terms his " insolence." I
do not think he means to be insolent, any more than the lion does
when he stalks through the forest, careless of danger, and indifferent to
the feelings of other beasts.
Both the man and beast have power—of different kinds—and
they know it, and the knowledge makes them ' insolent' to superiors
and arrogant to inferiors.
The greatest trial a Leo can be called upon to undergo is " to
take a back seat," and his spiritual progress depends upon how much
he is able to sink his personality in another's, and follow rather than
lead. Humility in theory always appeals to a Leo, but in practice he
is the last person to carry it out.
I go all the way with Alpha, when he states that "freedom for
all" is not an Aries characteristic (p. 334). This is very true. Your
typical Aries does not know what freedom, in this sense, means. He
will not admit that any question has two sides, or if he does, his side
is the only right one. He cannot or will not argue in a quiet and
reasonable manner, but overwhelms you with a torrent of words, till at
last in sheer exhaustion you verbally agree with him.
6/8/'ll Yours faithfully, Moon in Leo.
II.
Dear Sir,
While reading the September issue of Modern Astro-
logy I was greatly struck with Delta's admission of the similarity he
had found between the characteristics of Aries and Leo. I must also
confess to having been in the same boat, for a time at least. I may
say I have had many opportunities of studying Leo people closely—
in fact, working alongside of some—and was at a loss to account for the
marked Aries characteristics which they showed. But after carefully
surveying their horoscopes, I found in every case the influence of Mars
accentuated, Mars being either on the M.C., Asc., or in conjunction
with the Sun. In some cases I found the Sun placed in the sign of
its exaltation—Aries. Now Delta surmises that the sign of the Sun's
exaltation may, to some extent, be responsible for the Aries colouring
found in the Leo type, but I cannot see how this is possible, unless
Aries is occupied by the Sun, or Mars is in Leo, or the rulers of these
two signs are in conjunction, any of these giving a fusion or blend of
Mars and Sun influence. For surely we cannot expect the unoccupied
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

sign of the exaltation of our ruling planet to have any appreciable

influence ? A house is known by its tenant; but when that tenant
goes on holiday to another house, the former still remains, but minus
the great essential—the influence of the tenant.
I am inclined, though, to second Delta in his contention that a
certain similarity exists between the fiery signs. Ardour and impetu-
osity being the features common to these signs. Fire must ever
radiate outwards and upwards, but Leo being the heart or centre of
the fiery triplicity, its greatest heat must necessarily rage at its very
core. Leo may be likened to the internal fires of a volcano: Aries
and Sagittarius to the two craters through which these fires find their
ultimate expression.
Later: I should have liked to have dealt at greater length with
Delta's admirable paper, but as I sent my copy of M.A. to a friend on
Saturday, I could not recall any more of Delta-'s points than the two I
dealt with in my letter. Yours sincerely,
bth Sept., 1911. " Euodao."

" Individual Horoscopes and National Destiny "

Dear Sir,
Mr. Govind H. Keskar's most interesting article in your
June issue opens up a field of research which it surprises me to find has
been so inadequately treated as a rule, and which explains so much
that sometimes cannot (apparently) be accounted for.
I can say but little of National Destiny as I have not studied
Mundane Astrology, but I have had many opportunities of studying
Fantily Destiny—to which the same rules apply. 1 therefore proceed
to start my comments from Ques. (iv.), pp. 227, 283, " Can these
influences be ever read in a nativity ? " Most certainly they can, and it
is a wonder to me that it is not more often done. By looking at a horo-
scope we can see what planet or sign is friendly or the reverse, therefore
what person or country is lucky or unlucky to the subject—^although
a great deal yet remains to be learnt of the rulership of places.
(v.) " What are the nativities that work through these limita-
tions ? " The nativities of those best able to overcome circumstances,
the strongest, as well as the most adaptable. Personally I seldom
advise anyone to work in a place or with people when the horoscope
shows such places or persons to be adverse to them or to their fortunes.
I know it cannot always be helped, for Karma or Fate determines the
environment into which we are born ; but intelligence and will-power
can and will change these for good.
(vi.) " Will the individual be subject—more or less—only to the
civil and religious abilities and disabilities of his community or
country ; or is he also subject to its physical conditions and mental
temperament ? " Most certainly he is, to a greater or lesser degree
according to the strength or weakness of his character. And I believe
the Ego to be equally subject to the physical and mental conditions of
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 439
the family, irrespective of its (the Ego's) own individuality, which is
sometimes suppressed or obscured thereby. I will give an instance of
this in my own family circle. Some connections of mine, girls, were
living in a narrow, restrictive groove for years with apparently no
chance of change. Their family were averse to matrimony as a
whole, and no love affairs touched them, although rather above the
average in looks. I had three of the sisters in succession out to stay
with me, while a fourth went to India as a missionary. In the space
of four years they have all married, one after another, and out of the
four, three now live abroad. They were not very young, or very easy
to influence, but the new environment seemed to alter their feeling upon
this matter entirely.
The family characteristics generally are as follows : Trustworthy,
truthful, honourable, highminded, refiued, silent, reserved, slow, self-
centered, taking little interest in others, rather morose, grave, dignified,
orderly, methodical, fidgety, faddy. Averse to new ideas or new
people; easily discouraged, but very obstinate if opposed. Kind, but
unsympathetic; lacking in adaptability and ambition; intensely
, conscientious and proud.
As you see by the above, strongly Saturnine in character and
therefore much out of sympathy with my Luna-Mercurial nature, who
found these influences very trying and suffered much in health in
consequence, but succeeded in changing their destiny in spite of it.
There is no doubt but that had they remained at home they would not
have married. It required an entire break of the home circle to bring
matrimony into the life. I may note that they had always lived in
quiet places and among quiet people, and after marriage also Fate
took them to quiet and isolated places. Their environment changed,
but the condition of life remained practically the same.
It may interest readers if I give the planets' places of the three
horoscopes: The birth-time is unknown :
© D S 2 <r v h 'f
a: =: 5.25 f 0.13 = 20 sr *rl.35 s:i6.0 811.50 / 24.30 51119.13 TI7.4
© D 9 » ^ U •tf
b; K 19.38 T 2.25 K 20.35 = 180 T 7 12 ® I9 53 vj 19 20 027.10 T22.4
© 5 5 » <f U '11
c: n 11.34 ■^27.24 B 21.40 ®21.17 K 24.34 Htl.19 T i 3-' 3 it 0.2 B IO.41
Of the three C was by far the most sympathetic and the easiest
to get on with ; her character was really inwardly very different, but
outwardly had caught the same tone to a certain degree. I will now
give my own horoscope to compare;
X. XI. XII. nI. II. III.
B23 «6i a4 »3 "Viz ^19
©D 5 ? <f ^ (y
^9 ')5 n E125.20 11112.14 .siiS.i nni.28 njjS.^i n 15.22 TI27
I would willingly give any more details, should they be required,
and as far as lies in my power to do so.
13/7/'H Yours truly,
20, Col petty, Colombo. (Mrs.) BEATRICE PAGDEN.
440 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Neptune in Dreams
Dear Sir,
During the night of July 24th-25th last, after sleeping but
a short time, I awoke from an exceedingly vivid and repulsive dream,'
in which I was very distinctly conscious of being enveloped and
engulfed by and within some shapeless entity of darkness. It
enveloped me lengthways from left to right—I was lying straight on
my back when I awoke—and when the cylindrical horror, whatever it
was, had thus completely enclosed my person, all but the head, it
proceeded to shake me to and fro, so violently that I felt the skeleton
in the region of chest and front ribs cracking and yielding. The
hideousness of it all was so unspeakable that it awoke me by its very
violence.
Next comes a to me very curious fact. It happens that for many
years I have had a dilated and hyper-sensitive heart. A mere un-
expected knock at the door is usually enough to set it palpitating at
double-quick pace. Further, owing to some idiosyncrasy or other, I
always hear my own heart beating—hear it plainly within my head.
Now when the above ' terror by night ' was so vivid as literally to
wake me from a first sleep, I should have expected that the then action
of the heart would be highly irregular, tense and rapid. But it wasn't!
As I lay, fully awake and with a lighted candle, recovering from the
ghastliness of the thing, I heard my heart the whole time beating
steadily and calmly, at the measured deliberate pace to which it usually
falls when one is prone and sleepy. I heard its steady pulsation the
whole time from the moment I woke, and it did not vary at all.
Why ? Can any reader explain so odd a circumstance ? Was there
some distinct cleavage of planes ?—some ' dissociation of personality ' ?
Now for the astrological data : Raphael's Ephemeris gives in the
Aspectarian I) * b , at 11.36 p.m. as the last aspect of July 24th. The
dream took place at or just after midnight, G. M. T., so this aspect
seems not to be concerned with it. The first three aspectson July 25th
are S at 3.35, I) d at 4.5, and I) ^ S at 4.9 a.m., there being no
further aspect till after 8 in the morning. Thus there were three
aspects closely connecting the Moon, Mercury and Neptune forming
within the four hours following my dream.
But why Mercury in particular ? Odious dreams connected with
entities of a ' very undesirable' kind have been hitherto referred
mainly to aspects of the Moon, Neptune and Venus.
Possibly herein is an explanation. My ' progressed directions'
for this year give Mercury in conjunction with Venus and both semi-
sextile to the Neptune of my radical horoscope in the first house.
Perhaps I may add that I appear to be more generally sensitive
(in a psychic sense) to the every-day transits as recorded in the
Ephemeris than is usually conceded to be the case in regard to these
transits.
Faithfully yours, E. D.
Modern Estrolngg

A Journal Devovkd to the Search for Truth Concerning Ariroloov

Vol. VIII. NOVEMBER, lyn. No. n.

Nkw Series.

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Esoteric Astrology
As announced in an earlier issue, a series of articles entitled
" Preliminary Lessons in the study of Esoteric Astrology" will be the
main feature of the forthcoming volume of this magazine.
The word " Esoteric " seems to have bothered several of the old
students of Astrology, whose ideas on the subject appear to be very
hazy—as the pronunciation of the word as e-sot-eric by many will
show. This word is correctly pronounced ess-o-teric. As applied to
Astrology, it really means a treatment of the subject from a deeper or
metaphysical standpoint, in which the philosophy of Astrology is the
principal feature.
The exoteric side of Astrology is the external or that which is
more suited for the ordinary and untrained mind, whilst the esoteric
side appeals to the cultured and more refined student who is capable
of thinking in the abstract as well as the concrete.
 442

CALENDAR FOR NOVEMBER, 1911

Sun and Moon
enter Signs
Stonie and Colodr: Sun. 5 12 19 26 Novemher
I D K tin 10
Topaa; Ked Mon. 6 13 20 27 3 D T 111/48
5 D a 5 52
7 D n 7 27
Number; Tues. 7 14 21 28 9 D D 8 10 o
II D A 9 38
6. 14 D nt i»I 5
Wed. 1 8 13 22 29 16 D ^ 7 A
18 ]) ni 3"/ 27
Sound: 21 D 7 tm 57
Thurs. 2 9 16 23 30 23 O 7 9 57
Do. 23 D M ia/55
26 ]) =: stni 39
Pri. 3 10 17 24 28 D K 21/31
Day : 3° D T. 11 34
Tuesday, g Sat. 4 11 18 26 For EaslLongitudi
add, and for IVtsI
Longitude subtract
difference in Time.
DEVOTION
God thai made the world, and all things therein, seeing that He is Lord of
heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is worshipped
with men's hands, as though He needed anything, seeing He giveth to all life, and
breath, and all things.
The watshword for the montli of November is Devotion.
At sunrise, the hour of noon, and at sunset, all over the world, the sign
of the Serpent—Scorpio, will pass over the four quarters of the earth.
All who desire to extract the sting of the serpent, and absorb its strength
into themselves will do well to choose a quiet and peaceful place in which to
sit quietly at sunrise (preferably), noon or sunset, thinking and feeling
Devotion.
Our meditations may well be commenced by imagining ourselves
devoted to someone who lives nobly, or to our ideal upon which we may
pour our emotions.
"Take emotion and make it purpose." Our emotions are often tainted
with selfish feelings, and our attachments are more personal than we are
willing to believe, therefore, by taking emotion and making it purpose, we
turn emotion into devotion, and the sting of jealousy, hate and fear is
extracted. All our feelings are repellent or attractive. We win the love of
others by having an attractive centre of love within, for like attracts like.
We cannot love without having the love vibrations within from which to
love ; we cannot hate without the hate vibrations from which to hate. We
are miniature suns, evolving a world of our own. The warmth, light, and
life of the Sun in the heavens is internally love.
We must extract the sharp points of our unkind feelings, and pluck out
the sting of thoughtless and poisoned speech. "A soft answer turnefhaway
wrath." All sin is ignorance, let us be wise and devote our thoughts and
meditations to the creation of loving deeds.
May Love Abide With You.
 443

QDijiHiljOirt

Of all the memories connected ■with our early struggles to fully

understand a nativity, that which is associated with the horoscopes of
children, stands out themost clear and interesting. Every child coming
into the world is a plastic and receptive little soul, waiting its oppor-
tunities for expansion and growth. It is a new book of blank pages
upon which will be written a record of its pilgrimage while on earth.
In a normal pilgrimage this book will consist of three Parts ; the first
made up of youth's inexperiences, the second of maturity, and the
third of life's closing and reflections. Some souls leave only one
written Part behind, others only two and a few all the three. At
present we will concern ourselves with those who are making ready the
first Part of their lives.
A child is bom with a very plastic nature. It has latent within
its receptive soul, the germs of many qualities, and the environment
into which it is born provides a soil which is congenial to the budding
of these germs into fruitful growth. Apart from the planetary con-
figurations at birth, the primary factor during the infantile stage is the
influence of the parents upon the child soul. Astrologically speaking,
the horoscopeof the child is either sympathetic, antipathetic, or neutral
to that of the parents, according to the laws which govern the attraction
and repulsion of souls, dependent upon former ties of love or hate.
Irrespective of these laws however, each of the parents has a duty to
perform toward the child to whom they have given birth ; first to allow
the child every opportunity for full expression, and also to assist it to
rightly control that expression. It is the duty, and should be the
pleasure of the mother to draw out all the latent germs of character,
cultivating to the full every expression of love that the child may
exhibit. It is the duty of the father, and should be his thought, to
wisely control the natural impulses of his child, not by repression but
by understanding. In well-regulated families this is the rule and the
custom, but in ill-regulated families, it is unfortunately the fact that
the children are often as old, if not older, than the parents.
444 MODERN ASTROLOGY

The first seven years of every child's life, is more or less a

negative period, in which there is no direct responsibility. For the
parents it is the most serious period of a child's life, and for them a
time of the greatest responsibility. During these seven years, im-
pressions are made upon the child which stamp their influence upon
its life to such an extent as to considerably affect its future, and for
this reason a horoscope becomes a valuable chart, from which may be
read the latent possibilities of every child coming into the world.
The Liverpool Echo of 26th July, gave a long story of a remark-
able Liverpool boy named George Wilson, born at West Derby on the
11th September, 1895, who seems to have outstripped Oliver Twist or
David Copperfield in exploits. In seven weeks he tramped six hundred
miles for the double purpose of seeing the Coronation of King George
and the Investiture of the Prince of Wales. This child began his
wanderings when he was eleven years of age, and it is said that he has
announced his intention of tramping through Ireland, Spain, America
and China.
He is said to be a lad of remarkable character and intelligence.
This is evidenced by his reply to the Liverpool Echo's reporter.
" And how did you live on the way ? " "I blacked boots, sold
bootlaces, and when things were bad I begged. I passed lots of
tramps, but I didn't have anything to do with them. 1 wanted to be
by myself on the road. The men used to send the women to the doors
selling laces; the women got the money, and then the men got the
beer. Some of them used to say to me : 'Eh, son, just take this can
and go to that house over there and ask for a drink of tea. They'll
give it to you, but they won't give it to us.' Most of the cans they
carried were salmon tins with a bit of wire run through ; they carried
them slung from their coats. They call it carrying the drums. Often
I'd go along without seeing a tramp at all. I had to rough it in
Nottingham. Things were bad. I went on and they got better until
I got to London."
The planetary positions at noon, 11th September, 1895, are as
follows:
Q 3)
11118 mo ^ 115. 1328 sii in.4 »U7 mS
From these positions it will be seen that the Moon was leaving
the trine aspect of Mercury and applying to the conjunction of Neptune.
 CHILDHOOD 445
The Sun and Neptune were in quincunx aspect at birth. His mother's
death, and the prolonged illness of his father, necessitated the removal
of this child to the Bronlow Hill Workhouse, so that he may have
been legitimately thrown upon his own resources, and found his love
of travel through the Moon in Gemini, realised in his tramps and
wanderings through England and Wales. We can endorse the
conclusions of the Liverpool Echo :
" Wilson has the true spirit of the wanderer, and may easily
develop into another Bamfylde Moore Carew, the most remarkable
tramp of his time. At the same time, it is also the spirit of the
explorer which has opened new lands and extended the bounds of
empires. He is undoubtedly a remarkable boy with, perhaps, a
remarkable destiny awaiting him."
The story has been told of Stanley Conder, whose roving
inclinations made him known throughout England; he was drowned on
Saturday, June 4th, 1910, at River Park, Winnipeg. The lad was
fifteen years of age, and was born in Seacombe, where his father
lived at Wesley Avenue.
" The boy, even at the age of four years, displayed an adventurous
disposition, and frequently left his house for days at a time. As he
grew older his roving habits increased and he journeyed to Scotland
and to the South of England, hazarding his life by riding under
railway carriages and hiding in goods trains. How he managed his
perilous journeys was a mystery to his friends, but he always turned
up safely. He would go for days without food. His greatest
accomplishment was when he was not more than eleven years of age,
when he journeyed on his own from Winnipeg to England. On one
occasion he found his way to Essex and was placed in charge of a
guard to be taken back to Birkenhead. He was locked in the guard's
van. At Ruabon the guard took some friends to the van to introduce
them to the famous Stanley Conder, but on unlocking the door Stanley
was found to be fled. How he got out was a complete mystery, but a
day or two afterwards he found his way to Seacombe. He was sent
to the training ship Clio for three years, and on leaving joined his
father in Winnipeg. It is somewhat strange that his death should
come by drowning because his father, Harry Conder, was a champion
swimmer. The boy, however, had never been taught to swim."
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

It seems strange that a champion swimmer should neglect to

teach his son how to swim, also that a boy with such an adventurous
spirit should not have been taught sufficient self-control to restrain
him from fruitless wanderings, ending so disastrously at this early age.
The following is Stanley Conder' horoscope:
X. XI. xn. I. II. in.
)il5 11126 714 727 =114 T4
5 « ! J y 'j IJI Hi
— 25 2^26 ii;22 «4lJ 1105 ^26 11113 n:6IV
A child up to the age of seven is more guided by impulse and
feeling than by mind, therefore the mind of the parents should be used
to guide the child through love into right action. Every form of
expression should be cultivated to the full, but at the same time
scf/-control should also go hand in hand with the expression.
The Parents in every nativity are represented by the perpen-
dicular line, a perfectly upright or vertical line at right angles to the
plane of the horizon. It is the plummet of each nativity.
The horizon, or horizontal line, represents the child, the raising of
which into the perpendicular is so admirably symbolised by the
ascension into the meridian of the stars that are rising at birth.
Every horizontal line formed by the Sun's rising is carried by the
motion of the earth into line with the perpendicular. Every child
who reaches maturity has, metaphorically, to blend these two lines.
He passes from a state of rest or equilibrium into activity, and back
into rest again at the Sun's setting. It is the three stages of Tamas,
Rajas, and Sattva, symbolised in every horoscope by the three
important angles marking Sunrise, Noon, and Sunset. We have all
been children in every sense of the word, and many have in their turn
become parents.
All those who are believers in the influence of spiritual intelligences
who guide humanity through the planetary spheres of influence, will
do well, should they find parents who do not understand their children,
to point out the advantages that may be obtained from a carefully
prepared horoscope, for there are many Stanley Conders, full of
adventure, with impulsive temperaments, whose lives would be made
happy and useful and saved from shipwreck by a knowledge of the
forces operating upon them at birth, and now that the priceless
 CHILDHOOD 447
knowledge of Astrology may be so easily obtained and studied by any-
one of average intellect, we should no longer allow the material of our
youths to be wasted in the reckless manner of the past. Every man
is a King and a ruler in the sphere of his own influence, and every
child is a prince or a princess born to be a King or Queen within its
own sphere. Mars may rise, culminate or set, but nothing can destroy
its force ; it may only be transmuted into love. Saturn may set to
rise and culminate again, and nothing shall weaken its strength, for
the time it marks can only be ended in the glory of eternity.
Mercury may rise or fall and its power of thought fly to the extremities
of the earth, but its only deliverance as messenger is to be found in
honourable memory. Jupiter may be exalted or degraded and yet its
wide-mindedness can only be measured in abstract reason or expansion
beyond the limitation of the concrete worlds.
Each star rises shedding its own lustre and glory upon those who
bathe in its influence, and each star sets in the eventide of its days,
and so the Past and Present and the Future are all resolved into one,
the seven years' era of childhood merges into the seven years of youth,
and again into maturity ; but as the present and the future spring from
the past, nothing is more essential than the training of the child in
love and goodness in order that the future may bring a golden harvest
of souls ripened into wisdom and love.
Alan Leo.

Thought Photographs.—At the last nieeling of the Academy of

Science a thrilling coiniminication was read from Major Darget, who is
already known as having photographed rays emitted by living beings.
These rays he calls " V" rays.
Starling from Dr. Charcot's theory of hypnosis that living fluids are
transmitted by a person to a subject, Major Darget asked himself whether
it would not be possible to register mental images by photography, whether,
for instance, hy thinking intently of an object one might under special
conditions obtain an image of it on a film. In a dark room he fixed bis
thoughts on a bottle, and his eyes upon a plate placed in a bath of developer.
He kept his fingers also in the dish. At the end of a few minutes the bottle
was reproduced on the plate. The major exhibited his photograph to the
Academy of Science, and with it a second photograph obtained under
similar conditions, but in the presence of six witnesses. A third photograph
was the mental image of a stick.—Daily Chronicle, 16/8/Tl.
 SirtljplacE an& (Btnlns

It is often asked " what's in a name," but seldom, if ever, "what's

in a place." But a writer in Great Thoughts of May 20th, thinks there
is more in a place than we have dreamt of in our philosophy. The
whole article, which is entitled " Where the Clever Men come From,"
by Thornton Hall, F.A.S., will, I think, be found, on close analysis,
to be pregnant of much that should be of great importance to
astrologers.
Mr. Hall, in the course of his introductory remarks, explains his
position with regard to his subject in this manner. " The study of
the relation between intellect and locality is strangely fascinating and,
in its results, strangely puzzling. One might not unreasonably think
that, whatever might be the contributory causes of genius, it could owe
as little to the precise place of origin as to the moon [Mr. Hall
evidently is not an astrologer !]; but a little investigation soon shows
that locality has a great deal to do with the production of genius,
although it would sorely puzzle the wisest of men to say why, for
instance, the South of England should be twice as prolific of men of
genius as the North; why Scotland should so far surpass Ireland
and Wales in the number of its intellectual sons; and why eminent
men of science should be cradled inland, and so rarely near the
sea." Then he goes on to tell us, "For the purposes of this
article I have made a careful selection of five hundred representative
men of commanding ability in various intellectual spheres—men of
many centuries and all of British birth—and against each I have
noted the place of birth. I then grouped them in various ways—
according to their nationality, the counties in which they were bom,
their respective intellectual pursuits, and so on, with results that are
surprising and full of interest." I have no doubt the results are what
he claims for them, but what a pity he only finds space to give the
answers of his various counts, and not the workings! If he had only
given us the names of his five hundred representative men, we might
have made a physiognomic examination of their portraits, and perchance
 BIRTHPLACE AND GENIUS 449
have detected their zodiacal sign, which would have shown at a glance
whether or not their birthplace had any affinity with it. It might also
have been a help in enabling us to check whether our present tabulation
of the places ruled by the various signs was correct. But better still,
if he had only sent along the birth dates of his five hundred geniuses
to the Office of Modern Astrology, I am sure they would have been
most welcome.
Taking England first, Mr. Hall proceeds to bisect it into North
and South. But, strange to say, by his reckoning, the South comes
out on top. In other words, the mental supremacy of the South over
the North is established. " For every poet of eminence born in the
northern counties, the South can show four; for every three north-
country writers of prose who have achieved fame, the South can boast
seven; and of our great artists, three in four first saw the light south
of Leicester. The South of England has also contributed two out of
three of our greatest English statesmen; and, roughly, the same
proportion of our scientists of repute, our great fighters, divines and
lawyers come from the southern counties in the ratio of three to two."
But Mr. Hall shrewdly foresees the objection that may be raised
regarding the difference of area and population of the two halves ; for
he carefully points out that the North has an advantage of eighteen
per cent in population and more than twelve per cent in area over the
South, which clearly shows, as he says, " that the distribution of
genius in England has no relation whatever, either to area or to the
number of people."
He then goes on to show that his investigation, covering a period
of eight centuries, only includes five hundred representative men of
brains distributed as follows, between the four countries: England
four hundred, Scotland sixty-three, Ireland twenty-four, and Wales a
round dozen. He then quotes Mr. A. H. H. Maclean as having shown
that, of two thousand five hundred persons of ability belonging to the
nineteenth century, seventy per cent were English, eighteen per cent
Scotch, ten per cent Irish, and two per cent Welsh.
Mr. Hall, referring to his own figures, calls attention to the
startling predominance of Scotland over both Ireland and Wales.
For as he succinctly puts it, " on the basis of population at the last
census the distribution should be, roughly, thus: Scotland and Ireland
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forty-two each, Wales sixteen." He also reminds us we must not

forget that Ireland a century ago had more than three times the
population of Scotland, a fact which shows the intellectual superiority
of the latter country to be more marked still. Unfortunately space
deters him from dealing in detail with the figures for these three
countries, though he mentions that Scotland is particularly rich in men
of science, claiming one for every four of English birth, a ratio quite
out of proportion to the respective populations, which are, very roughly,
as one to eight. Also that Scotland has far more than her share of
great soldiers and artists.
The next task Mr. Hall set himself was to see how many men of
brains are allocated to the different counties. Here followshis placing;
(l) Middlesex (but as it includes a large part of London, he hardly
considers it a fair competitor) ; (2) Kent, which is associated with the
renaissance in England, and to which belonged Caxton, Marlowe and
Lyly, the two teachers of Shakespeare,as well as Linacre and Harvey;
(3) Suffolk, which Sir Conan Doyle also finds is among the three
counties that stand first in the production of intellectual ability on the
basis of population; while Mr. McLean, another deep investigator,
reckons it among the first six counties which have contributed able
men to the Victorian era; (4) Gloucestershire; (5) Hampshire; (6)
Surrey. For Scotland, Midlothian heads the tripos of great men, and
is followed, in order, by Aberdeenshire, Lanarkshire and Ayrshire. In
Ireland, Dublin is an easy first, being followed at a long interval by
Antrim and Cork, which are a dead heat, and by County Down ; while
in Wales, Glamorgan and Denbigh claim the lion's share of his dozen
Welshmen of fame.
Mr. Hall also draws attention to the fact that the investigation of
the late Sir Francis Gallon, F.R.S., supports his own. Sir Francis
pointed out that the birthplaces of scientific men are usually in towns,
away from the sea coast; in fact he finds that out of every five birth-
places, "one lies in London or its suburbs; one, in an important
town; one, in a small town ; and two, either in a village or actually in
the country."
I am afraid Mr. Hall has given us some hard nuts to crack. I
am almost persuaded he is a Gemini man, for you can see nothing
between the lines of his article but the query " why." He has simply
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given us his findings, making no pretensions to the reason why. He

must, however, expect that his article will provoke thought. For it
must be remembered his investigations cover eight centuries, a
stupendous task, and one which merits more than a passing curiosity.
It certainly opens up many questions. For instance, the question of
religion and reform in the four countries, also that of removal or
emigration. The latter touches on that very big question of prenatal
conditions. The parents of the genius may have spent a good part of
their lives in one country, the child being conceived there, and born
shortly after the arrival of its parents in another country.
We can understand why Ireland is so backward in the scale of
progress—that word being almost a dead letter there. That certainly
looks like an Irishism, Ireland is divided into two opposing camps,
the North one being Protestant, the South one Catholic. Owing to
the predominance of Rome in the Southern Counties, and the opposing
element in the Northern Counties, there has always been a tendency
to obstruct the furtherance of local education and legislation. To this
probably more than anything else must we attribute Ireland's
backwardness. But we cannot find such a ready explanation for
Wales, a country adjoining the one which contains the cream of the
British Isles.
In conclusion, I am inclined to think, apart from any astrological
consideration, that the reason why so few scientists are born near the
sea, is, that sea coast towns are composed largely of fishermen,
visitors, and people who cater for visitors. Children, therefore, born in
those towns, naturally follow thecallingof their parents, e.g. fishermen,
boat-hirers, boat-builders, etc. From an astrological standpoint, we
should expect scientists to be born under the earthy or airy signs, and
not the watery signs which have most affinity with the sea.
Euodao.

The indulgence of the public is requested on behalf of ^ Thousand and

One Notable Nativities for the continued delay in ils appearance.
The whole of the necessary maps arc now actually in type, and only
the enforced interruption in the work created by the demand for the revised
issue of Volume II. of the/or/4/f Scries, has prevented the publi-
cation of the book ere this. Probably by the time this reaches our readers the
book will be already in the hands of the binders.
 ^onti! ®ljougl)ts an ®(jfi Mcterjj Snplicitii

It has been my privilege recently to read back numbers of

Modern Astrology up to the May issue of 1911, and I am much
interested in the various articles and discussions upon the Signs of the
Zodiac.
Herein are a few suggestions, from my point of view, upon the
signs which may prove helpful to some of your students at this
particular point if you will be so kind as to publish them.
My process of analysis has always been to seek for the active
principle of the sign; then around this assumed centre to fill in my
observations consistently with the highest interpretation of Ancient
Authors, as they could be demonstrated true to this principle in the
workings of nature and in human nature.
I am sure that it must have been with some such system as this
that the ancient sages compiled the correspondences they found
existing between the heavens, the earth and Man, and that in placing
these wonderful symbols in the heavens, they hoped—yea more, they
knew—that the same system would be revealed to the students of
future ages. By observing this method we at once establish a
fundamental basis for our structure of research, and we are dealing
with the underlying principles of the signs of the Zodiac and not with
the opinions of others about them. As you no doubt know, advanced
students of to-day find most inadequate the interpretations of even
some of the best authors upon the subject during the last two thousand
years, excepting, of course, the teachings and publications of Alan Leo
which have done so much to purify the standards.
Now to briefly illustrate my process of analysis and make it
comprehensive to the least advanced students, let us take the sign
Scorpio, because it is the water sign of the " fixed " group of signs.
Undoubtedly the four fixed signs were the original, and therefore the
most ancient symbols, into which were placed the.germs of all the
knowledge that afterwards found expression through the Cardinal and
Dual groups; hence we begin with Scorpio. It being related to the
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students that the Egyptians gave to this sign the symbol of the
" phoenix"—which undoubtedly refers to their knowledge of its
regenerative propensities. I hope it may not be long before the Eagle
may become a more prominent symbol for us than the Scorpion.
Now Mars being the ruling influence of Scorpio, we find it a planetary
force closely related to the constructive and seemingly destructive
elements of nature, ruling all integrative and disintegrative processes.
The Mars elements tear down, that they may build up, and through
this we may trace the Mars persons and things; the perpetual motion
of forces, periods, cycles, etc. Mars takes care of all decaying matter ;
his forces are the great transmuting powers of nature, converting sub-
stances of one order into substances of another order, higher or lower
as the case may be; Mars conserves and dispenses energy ; hence it
is not difficult to trace its affiliation with Scorpio. Nowhere in Nature
do we find the energy of Mars working "evil "—Mare becomes "evil"
only when the Mars elements in human nature are turned downwards
and are. uncontrolled by man, for it is the privilege of Man to be the
master, a privilege conferred upon him from the beginning, that he
should have " dominion " over all the conditions of nature which would
be repeated in human nature. In failing to make the most of this
privilege, Man has brought upon himself the curse of Cain ; instead of
being the Master he has become the slave, so Mars has become for
Man a destructive force, a " god of war," tearing him to pieces through
his human passions, keeping him in bondage until the depths of human
woe, sin and sickness have been reached, and then, picking up the
fragments—possibly of many lives upon earth—he begins the process
of regeneration, gaining courage, strength and power, and works
upwards from the Scorpio centre. This is not an exhaustive analysis
—I am only giving suggestions.
Now let us take another step and see what can be given upon our
next watery sign Cancer in evolution by triplicity from Scorpio. I
say in evolution from Scorpio because our interpretation and classifi-
cation of the groups of signs are in this order. The Fixed group giving
permanent conditions, the Cardinal progression, while the Dual have
the elements of both combined in the dual signs of each triplicity.
In Biblical comparative analysis I have made this plain and
iuteresting to my students by showing the relations of the Fixed group
 SOME THOUGHTS ON THE WATERY TRIPLICITY 453

generative processes of all natural forces, and in the human structure

presiding over the organs and processes of generation, I assume that
generation is the active principle of this sign,and proceed to trace the
workings of its principles in all phases of nature and her laws relating
thereto as they are being expressed through man.
Students of the esoteric and mystic properties of this sign know
well how it is related to the regenerative processes as well as to the
generative, and that all transmutation of the baser elements must
begin here.
It being a sign that has been so little understood, and so basely
misinterpreted by most authors (calling it in their books the "accursed"
sign and so forth), most students shun it with dislike and fear; but I hope
the time is near at hand when students will give it its right place in
their minds, and its right interpretation to the world, so that the clearer,
higher conception of its real meanings will make more prominent
its great mystical depths, its power and its strength as a factor in
overcoming the passions of men. The human passions ascribed to
Scorpio are its "curse,"and these constitute the perversions of the
generative principle in man, which have been recorded through man's
preference for the baser, and through his wilful choice of the lower
attributes herein made possible. So man to be redeemed must choose
the higher, must recognise, control and transmute all lower elements
—that he may be " born again " by the same will, strength and power
consciously turned upwards.
The position of Scorpio in the zodiac, " falling" to the sixth
house, the first below the western equinoctial point, is very significant
as we study Biblical interpretations, for the history of the Soul as it
is related to this point, is that symbolised by Cain and Abel. Apropos
of this, it is in my opinion an error for students to call Scorpio the
eighth sign. It was always the seventh sign to the ancients, as Taurus
was ever the first, and many things are easier to understand if we
adhere to these formulas of the Wise Ones.
When we study and compare the meanings of numbers and letters
to the signs, we are given valuable keys to definition. Scorpio is as
distinctly related to the number seven and the seventh letter of Hebrew
as Sagittarius is to the number eight, Libra to the number six and
Cancer the number three, and so on. It is probably known to most
 SOME THOUGHTS ON THE WATERY TRIPL1CITY 455

of signs to the Old Testament, the Law of Moses, the law of " shalt
nots "—and I ascribe to this fixed group the term Experience, for
experience seems to be demanded by all the signs of this group. On
the other hand the Cardinal group typifies the teachings of Jesus
and the New Testament, out of which is born Knowledge ; while the
Dual group relates to the New Dispensation and Revelation. So we
have these three planes which are repeated and worked out in many ways.
To me the Bible is in words what the zodiac is in symbol—and I have
always been interested in tracing the analogies—so in this order we
find Cancer the water sign of the Cardinal group distinctly suggesting
as an active principle Creation, creativeness, the Power to create,
from which process proceeds Motherhood, the Home, protection,
caution and all the other Cancerian qualities.
Undoubtedly Cancer rules in the human organism the chest
cavity, in which the lungs, lacteal glands and stomach form the most
important organs. One of your students gives the lungs to Gemini
and while Gemini may have a part to play about the lungs through
the large arteries and sympathetic nervous system flowing to and from
the lungs through the arms and hands, we can hardly wrest from
Cancer the controlling influence over the "Great Breath" caused by
the inhalation and exhalation of the life forces throughout nature, Man
and the universe ; the rising and falling of the Great Waters " above
the earth (Cancer), from the waters under the earth," (Scorpio), the
periods of Light and Life from the periods of " death " and dark-
ness ; the incessant Breathings of plant, animal and human life, the
Day and Night, Summer and Winter and still larger cycles of Time,
the " Day and Night of Brahm " which show the great sweep of this
Cancerian Breath in its creative processes. " And the Lord God
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living
soul "— this being a true Cancerian creative act.
If we take Cancer as the third sign and the trine for its symbol,
we have other suggestions sympathetic with the creative principles.
It is true that the trine is a masculine symbol and perhaps it is here
that the twofold nature of Cancer comes in, for it is both Mother and
Father in principle. The Cube may also become the symbol of that
which Cancer demonstrates in the Home—Father, Mother, Son and
Daughter being fundamental factors of all family, community and
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national life. The Sun passes into Cancer as we all know from June
21st to 23 rd every year, demonstrating the fulfilment of the creative
processes of nature. If we take the Moon as symbol of Soul and the
States of consciousness created through the human desires of each
sign, these being gathered together by the Moon in her transit through
the signs once every twenty-eight days, (or a month), and reflected
into Cancer, we have other suggestions of creativeness. Students of
the occult know well the part that inhalation and exhalation of the
Breath plays in all conscious transmutative processes, so it would
seem there are endless fields for our research along these lines, to
substantiate the choice of our Active principle. Before leaving our
watery triplicity I want to add a few words about our dual sign Pisces.
Search well and you will find in Pisces concealed all the elements of
Scorpio and Cancer. The active principle being presumably Universal
Love—from which emanate impersonality, brotherhood, co-operation,
etc. Pisces is evidently the insignia of Jesus and the new Dispensation,
possessing essentials preparatory for the Aquarian cycle.
The souls coming in under the Pisces influence, i.e., having
Pisces dominant at birth, are very contradictory at this present stage of
their development (all the dual signs might be included), and we cannot
wonder at it, when we take into consideration the tremendous adjustment
going on between the Scorpio and Cancer attributes in Pisces ; they are
often so talented, yet so profligate ; so adorable and yet so unreliable;
so replete with Jupiter mercy, compassion and justice, and yet so utterly
lacking in the practical methods for demonstration; so ideal and yet
so worldly; still possessing that richness of quality and charm so
indescribable, with that rare sympathy that comes of no other type.
In my opinion most of the souls having dual signs prominent
belong to a future dispensation, and are as yet in the transition stages
between the Christian and Aquarian cycles. When well balanced by
Cardinal or Fixed signs, they seem to be able to express the higher
attributes of the dual group and stand the pressure of the many
disintegrating processes going on now; but when not well balanced,
they come to Earth seemingly unable to cope with their perversions,
and are either counted among the "cranks," profligates, dreamers or
extremists, or pass out at an early age, finding it impossible to stem
the tide of prevailing conditions.
 SOME THOUGHTS ON THE WAlERY TR1PLICITY 457

The dual signs and the human characters they indicate have not
been given their highest interpretations by Modern Astrologers ; but
is it not safe to say that this is because the characters they portray
have not been understood by the old methods of interpretation, which
judge of a sign from the nature of the personality indicated instead of
adhering to a principle inherent in the sign ? Thus the astrologers
from Ptolemy down have interpreted the signs from the characters
that came under their special observation, and it is easy to understand
how many of the interpretations fail to help us now—none of them
give us a principle to work from. There is the same or a similar error
creeping into the interpretations of signs at the present time, this error
being the " mixing up " of characteristics in one sign which belong to
other signs.
I so often have it said to me, such a person is thus or so because
their Sun is in such a sign, when in point of fact the characteristic is
wholly due to the sign the ruling planet or Moon is in, or to the rising
sign. Students should guard against this error, and I have found
during my twenty-five years of research and teaching, that there is no
way so sure and good as that I am suggesting now by the faithful
adherence to the active principles of the signs, for it will be observed
that personal characteristics belonging to a sign will ally themselves to
the active principle. I hope what has been said of Scorpio, Cancer
and Pisces will make plain and helpful my suggestions.
Gertrude de Bielski.

The Pope's nine year Cycle.—Alteution is being drawn to a remark-

able fact to which the Pope himself is said to have referred, making a
prediction, which has been partially fulfilled. About 19 years ago, when he
was still Bishop of Mantua, he remarked to a friend : " I studied for nine
years in a seminary, f was for nine years vicar at Tomboli, nine years
archpriest at Salzano, nine years canon at Treviso, nine years Bishop here.
You will sec that 1 shall remain nine years as a patriarch at Venice, and
then perhaps nine years as a Pope."
As a matter of fact, he left Mantua at the end of nine years to become
patriarch at Venice, and after nine years there he became Pope. lu a
couple of days—on the 9th of this month—he will enter upon his ninth year
as Pontiff.—Morning Leailer, 8/8/'ti.
 <£fye Itabtacal anb ^lanstnrjj (temperaments

(Series)

XIII. THE SOLI-LUNAR TEMPERAMENT

[Concluded from p. 429.)

Do not all these more or less converging lines of thought suggest

to the mind that the Cancer temperament and the Leo temperament
are but two aspects of a single temperament, and that one of
transcendent interest to us as children of this earth ? Should not,
indeed, Cancerians and Leonians speak not of Mother Earth but of
Father-Mother Earth? For is not the Earth their parent in a truer
and more vivid sense than it is ours who are of other signs ?
A book that has lately met with a surprising sale in both
hemispheres is Wee Macgreegor,*' a string of small episodes in the
life of a family of four—John and Lizzie Robinson of Glasgow, and
Macgregorand Jeannie, their first-bom son and daughter. These little
stories, which are told with rare art and a certain iridescent humour,
furnish an admirable illustration of the Cancer temperament, with its
intense, pertinacious interest in the minutiae of life, ever centring round
birth and death and children and the aged, its tide ever steadfastly
setting in one direction—towards sympathy, compassion, understanding.
The book may be recommended to anyone who wishes to get a glimpse
of the kernel of the Cancerian temperament, primitive, eternal,
evergreen, many-rootleted, ineffaceable, unescapable, and yet withal
puzzlingly loveable. And ever with a certain unmistakeable earthinass,
or rather perhaps one should say earth-lovingness of temperament.
As the author of Helen's Babies says of them in effect, "ever with
one hand stretched out to heaven and one tight-holding on to earth."
One word from the glossary at the end of the book might furnish
the text for a whole discourse upon the Cancer temperament:—
" Gar (to) = to induce, compel."
° Mills end Boon is. net.
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 459

It is not so easy to pick upon a book in which a similarly complete

picture of the Leo temperament is given, but for our present purpose
(which is the contrasting of Cancer and Leo) perhaps the study of
George Darco in Despair's Last Journey* is most suitable. Darco
is a theatrical impressario who does everything on a big scale and to
whom Paul Armstrong, the hero of the tale, acted for a while as
'brivate zecretary,' an occupation which was :—" no sinecure, for Darco
was running half-a-dozen companies, and kept up a fire of correspon-
dence with each. He had dramas on the anvil, too, and dictated by
the hour every day. Often he woke Paul in the dead of night, and
routed him out of bed, and gave him notes of some prodigious idea
which had just occurred to him.
" Darco had an unfailing formula with his landladies:
Prekfasd for three, lunge for three, tinner for three; petrooms
and zidding-room for two.' He worked for three and ate for two.
" ' I am in many respegs,' he told Paul, ' a most remarkaple man.
I am a boet, and a creat boet; but I haf no lankwage. My Vrench is
Cherman, and my Cherman is Vrench, ant my Enklish is Alsatian.
My normal demperadure is fever heat. I am a toctor ; I am a zoldier.
I haf peen a creat agdor in garagder bards—Alsatian garagder bards
—in Vranceand in Chermany. I can write a blay, ant I can stage id,
ant I can baint the scenery for id. I am Cheorge Dargo, ant vere I
haf not been it is nod vorth vile to co ; and vot I do not know apout
a theatre it is not vorth vile to learn. Sdob vith me, and I will deach
you your business.' " He did.
Darco was arranging a new series for half-a-dozen com-
panies, so that work grew furious. A man might have commanded an
army or ruled a great department of State with less expenditure of
energy. . There were reams and reams of letters; there were
scores and scores of contracts with managers, and actors, and actresses,
and upholsterers, and scene-painters, and printers, and bill-posters,
and Darco one organised mass of effort at the centre of all the business
hurly-burly, doing three men's work, and tearing into fibre the nerves
of all men who came near him. He could be princely with it all in his
own way.

° By David Christie Murray (Collins's Stvinptnny Scries).

 MODERN ASTROLOGY

"' You haf learned your pusiness, young Armstrong",' he said to

Paul when the rush was over. ' I gan deach anypoty his pusiness if
he is not a vool. I am Cheorge Dargo. You haf done your work
gabidally, and you are vorth fife dimes vot I am paying you. But I
alvays like the shady site of a pargain, and I shall only gif you four
dimes.'"
Paul writes a play, and prevails on the great man to give it a
hearing. Darco listens attentively for two hours and a half. At the
end,
"' You think that is a blay ? ' he says, ' Veil, it is nod a blay. It
is a chelly. It is a very goot chelly—in places. You might like it if
you took it in a sboon out of a story-pook, or a folume of boedry ; but
a blay i s a very different greation.' "
Then he criticised it and laid bare the weaknesses of the play
from a practical stage-manager's standpoint. Then—" ' Now, I'll dell
you. I vill make a sgeleton for you. We will pild your chelly into a
gomedy, ant we will preathe into id the preath of life, and it shall valk
apout.' He began to talk. Paul tried to follow him on
paper, but the task was hopeless. Darco talked with a choking
incoherence and at a dreadful pace. It was as if a big-bellied bottle
were turned upside down, and as if the bottle were sentient and strove
to empty the whole of its contents through a narrow neck. At last a
meaning began to declare itself—the merest intelligible germ of a
meaning—but it grew and grew until Paul clapped his hands with a
cry of triumph at it.
" ' That is what was wanted.'
"' That is a bart of vat is vanted,' said Darco. ' Haf you cot it
town ?' Before Paul could answer he was off again in a new tangle,
and fighting and tearing his way through it as madly as before. ' Now
I am dired,' he said. *1 shall haf some lunge, and co to sleep.'"
Like Napoleon, Darco could sleep at will and wake when he
chose.
Paul fell in love with a lady of the company, and left Darco (who
called him a tarn fool) to follow her to London where she deceived him
and the resulting disappointment coming on the top of a chill threw
him into a five weeks' fever . " when he awoke he knew that
somebody was in the room, and made an effort to turn his head.
 the zodiacal and planetary temperaments 461

That failed-, but the somebody heard the faint rustle he made, and the
first face his eyes looked at was the face of Darco."
As one of Darco's lieutenants said of him : " ' The governor's a
fair hot 'un when he's at work. But for a heart—well, I'm damned if
gold's in it with him !'
Whatever else might be said for Darco, it was a
least impossible to brood in his society. The man's tireless enthusiasm
did one of two things for everybody with whom he encountered. It
repelled either through terror or distaste, or it inspired a sentiment
which corresponded with itself. He frightened timid people ; he made
the pugnacious angry and resentful. But here and there he kindled a
fire."

Accepting Alpha s contention that the English are ruled by Leo,

The Views of Vanoc, with its subtitle " An Englishman's Outlook "*
may be recommended as exemplifying that cheery optimism and
healthy zest in life-on-this-earth-as-we-know-it, which have been
pointed to as essentials of the Solar Temperament. It is perhaps not
without significance that the author, Arnold White, should as ' Vanoc '
succeed David Christie Murray (author of the book just quoted) in the
editorial chair of the Referee where as * Merlin' he had presided for
many years. The Referee is a paper published on Sun-day and con-
cerned with sporting, theatrical and musical matters, and the first
number was issued on the 19th of August, 1877, when the Sun was in
trine with Jupiter and in conjunction with Uranus in Leo 27°.
A remark of ' Vanoc's ' in the issue for September 3rd, 1911, is
worth reproducing. He says: "Do I harp too often upon the work
of our silent, loyal countrymen at home and abroad ? Constant com-
munication with these men—and they are men—fills me with invincible
hope and faith in the future of our country Who ever thinks
over the Administration of Nigeria or of the Soudan ? Accurate know-
ledge of what is being done there is enough to make the phlegmatic
thrill and the downhearted dance. We may not rejoice on account of
the cunning or cleverness of our countrymen abroad but we may exult
in their character. It may be news to the majority of the House of

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Commons to know that in the whole history of the Soudan Administra-

tion no Englishman has ever been bribed ; no Englishman has been
charged with base conduct; and no native has sought to bribe any
British member of the Administration. The same cannot be said of
other European nationalities in the Soudan. ' Englishman' is there
a synonym for a straight and flawless character."
To return to Despair s Last Journey. It is generally considered
to be at least partly autobiographical, and there can be little doubt
that George Darco was sketched from life—he is real. The foregoing
quotations merely give a glimpse of the character, but they serve to
illustrate what the book more plainly reveals, namely his immense love
of (physical) life. His is the life of the great world, the world of the
amphitheatre, whereas the life of the Robinson family in Wee
Macgreegor is the life of the little world, the world of the fireside. But
in both cases we find the conception of life a physical one. Darco,
like a heliograph, organises and disperses in generous rays the fountain
of life of which he feels himself the source. The Robinson family, like
the condenser of a microscope, directs a pencil of converging beams
upon a point within a sheltered field. To one, the World is home, to
the other, the Home a world. Centrifugal, centripetal, these their
energies—acting, however, strictly on the physical plane.
The test of merit is, for Cancer, to be well-spoken-of ; for Leo, to
have achieved. And these are purely physical tests, when one comes
to think of it. The virtuous may lose their reputations undeservedly,
and the heroic may fail: yet have not certain " Kailyard" novels
based upon the former of these themes found their first successes south
of the Tweed ? And are not plays notoriously unsuccessful in England
unless they have a happy ending, in which the hero succeeds ? Did
not Kipling* have to rewrite the ending of his Light thai RVf/Vi::/before
the English theatre-going public would tolerate it ?
To put the same thought in another way, may it not be said that
in Scotland the word of praise is "respectable" while in England it is
" successful" ?

A woman born under Scorpio, and with four planets rising in

0
(Who surely is born under Cancer ?)
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 463

Scorpio, the so-called "death" sign, once remarked to the present

writer that she had never been brought in contact with death in her
life ! Nor was she interested in it. In her experience it was Cancer
and not Scorpio that had to do with death—that is, death in its
physical aspect.
There would seem to be some justification for this view. Cancer
is concerned with birth and death—the opening and closing of the
doorway to physical life. Scorpio perhaps with generation and
regeneration, and the opening and closing of the doorway upon astral
or emotional life.
The strong grip on life shown by elderly Cancerians, and the
curious way in which they will " hang on " while the least flicker of
earthly life remains, when the human body is become but a prison, a
shell, incapable of more than a fractional movement, and bereft of
thought or speech or feeling—has often been remarked.
Certain it seems that Cancer and Leo are the two signs supremely
concerned with the tide of life—Cancer life at the ebb, Leo life at the
full—but always life physical. It is Cancer that is concerned with
ancient inscriptions and archeological research, the physical record of
what man has done,—the shells left strewn upon the sands of time by
a receding tide of life. Leo upon the full sets sail, nor cares if it
return. Yet it is the same tide.

Assuming it to be conceded, tentatively, that the Solar and Lunar

temperaments are but two aspects or phases of the earthly or
shall we say the practical temperament, it should be possible, one
would think, to get a'fair approximation to the pure " terrene " tempera-
ment by comparing a number of people born under Cancer with the
Moon in Leo, with a like number born under Leo with the Sun in
Cancer. Unfortunately instances seem hard to find; William III.,
King of England, if the time given by Gadbury is a minute or two late,
might furnish an instance of the former, while Mr. J. H. Levy, whose
horoscope is given in Modern Astrology for October, 1909, supplies
an example of the latter. Both natives appear to have been actuated
by somewhat similar ideals, namely the forming of an organisation to
check what they regarded as dangerous tyrannies, but further parallels
could not perhaps easily be drawn. These are the only examples
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among published nativities, but doubtless others are to be found

readily enough among one's own circle of acquaintances, and it will
be useful if any observations can be made by readers of this magazine
which will help to establish, or disprove, the suggestion which is the
theme of this Article.
It may be of interest to point out, in connection with the general
drift of the argument, that " realism " in fiction is associated chiefly
with the names of Balzac and Zola,—the former of whom was born
under Leo, the latter under Cancer.
In connection with both Cancer and Leo, one writer brought
forward the idea of a " new dimension " of which an intuitive con-
sciousness seemed to be present in the Cancer and Leo nature;
and it was this intuitive consciousness, he implied, which caused their
standpoint to differ from that of their fellows, making Cancer a prophet
and Leo a king,—which gave them, in fact, a new perspective
differing from that of their fellows, (Modern Astrology, current
volume, pp. 113, 251).
Can this conception of a new dimension anJ a new perspective
help us to relate these facts ? Perhaps.
" For the ordinary three-dimensional world what is perspective ?
11 is the method by which artists represent three-dimensional objects
on a plane so that the rays of light coming from the plane picture
travel along the same lines as if they came from the actual objects.
" The laws of ordinary physical sight are such that the apparent
size of any object—or say the area of its image on the retina—varies
inversely as the Square of the Distance, and artists frame their laws
of perspective on this basis. If now there be a four-dimensional
world, we should expect to find that its light, if it were at all like our
own light, would be reflected from the solid (three-dimensional) surfaces
of the four-dimensional hyper-solids in such a way that the apparent
size (i.e., the three-dimensional volume visible) of a hypersolid would
vary inversely as the Cube of the Distance, and there is nothing to
prevent us from devising a system of perspective on this basis.
Notes on the Fourth Dimension, by W. J. L.
According to this it would seem that, assuming a four-dimensional
hypersolid to exist, its nearness to our three-dimensional space would be
manifested by the size (volume) of the three-dimensional object which
 THE ZODIACAL AND PLANETARY TEMPERAMENTS 465

was its " perspective representation." In other words, magnitude

would be merely an effect of distance, fourth-dimensionally.
Cancer and Leo are respectively concerned with the minute and
the majestic—the microscope and the telescope might be said to be
their natural eye-pieces. Nothing too great or grand for Leo, nothing
too tiny or insignificant for Cancer to find absorbing interest in.
Can it be that Cancer and Leo represent the poles, as it were, of
a fourth-dimensional consciousness, such that for Cancer the tiny, the
personal, the immediate are the near and therefore the only real, while
for Leo the grand, the sublime, the colossal are equally the near and
only real? And will it be found that the Soli-Lunar temperament, if
a worthy representative can be produced, will show forth the attributes
of sympathy and love fused into one whole of UNDERSTANDING ?

THE PRAYER OF BEATEN MEN

" We are the fallen, who, with helpless faces

Low in the dust, in stiffening ruin lay,
Felt the hoof's beat, and heard the rattling traces
As o'er us drove the chariotsof the fray.
" We are the fallen, who by ramparts gory,
Awaiting death, heard the far shouts begin,
And with our last glance glimpsed the victor's glory
For which we died, but dying might not win.

" We were but men. Always our eyes were holden,

We could not read the dark that walled us round,
Nor deem our futile plans with thine enfolden—
We fought, not knowing God was on the ground.

" Give us our own ; and tho' in realms eternal

The potsherd and the pot, belike, are one,
Make our old world to know that with supernal
Powers we were matched, and by the stars o'erthrown.

" Ay, grant our ears to hear the foolish praising

Of men—old voices of our lost home-land,
Or else, the gateways of this dim world raising,
Give us our swords again, and hold thy hand."
William Hekvey Woods in Scribner's Mngnelne.
 Importance of Angular ^oaittona

The following is the horoscope of a child born at Alliance,

Ohio, at 9.28 p.m., Standard Time, January 24, 1911, Lat. 410N.
Long. 81015'W.
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
,B,2
D19-55 4 4125 nj2i.i8 Aiy ini6
o s 5 ? jrfijip v a
:s:4.5 24.34 I =18.21 225.12 11112.41 HO.11 V325 49 19.481^ H 15.9
This boy was not considered a good life by the medical practi-
tioner who attended at the birth, and he told the nurse that it was not
much use washing the body as the child could not live until the
morning so that the face and neck only need have attention. Doctors,
however, are as liable to err in their judgments as other humans, for
the child was still living at the time of writing. The student who
sends the data makes the following statement:—"This boy from his
waist upwards was a perfect picture of health. On the spine however
there was a large sore place over which the skin had not grown. The
limbs were small and deformed from the waist downward, and there
were no feet to the legs but just round stumps where the feet should
have been."
The astrological cause of this deformity is apparently due to the
position of Mars on the cusp of the fourth house in opposition to the
M.C. and square aspect to the ascendant, and to the cusp of
the seventh house which is Pisces, last decanate.—Feet. Esoteri-
cally the cause of this deformity appears to be a series of resolutions
that were formed and never carried out, causing atrophy in the
physical birth.
It is well-known to occult students that good resolutions that are
never performed cause a cancer in the brain cells, and lead to
disastrous results.
All good resolutions should be performed as speedily as possible
and not allowed to remain too long latent. Virgo, the rising sign in
this case, governs the great nerve ganglion or solar plexus, and the
affliction by Mars would account for the peculiarity of the birth.
 Horaqj ^atrologg: & Question of Hcaltlj

The pages of Modern Astrology have never been over-

burdened with articles dealing with Horary Astrology, a branch not
only useful but very instructive in connection with the wonders it
reveals; for there is a danger connected with Horary Astrology which
is not so apparent where Nativities are concerned. This danger arises
from the tendency to rely more upon "figures" than the use of the
will or intuition, a tendency which favours divination rather than study.
In the hands of those who understand its real value, however,
Horary Astrology can do much good, especially when intuition has
failed, and the dark side of things is uppermost, or the personal
equation has brought in an excess of feeling to the detriment of the
reason and judgment. A " figure " has a salutary effect upon one who
having powerful emotions, can believe in their efficacy.
The following instance of Horary Astrology—the facts regarding
which are unquestionable—will be interesting reading, especially for
the lay students to whom Horary Astrology would be child's-play in
comparison to the Judgment of Nativities. Being anxious concerning
the health of his wife, the enquirer sent a letter to an astrologer asking
him to take a " figure " and help him to discover her conditions. The
figure was taken for 9.13 a.m. G.M.T. 2/12/'10 at Bournemouth.
X. xi. xii. I. ii. m.
mat fg 14 st8 K26
79,20 714.46 720.14 710,46 11117.30 1114.16 80,3211. W 22.49 SS2I .II
Judgment:—"I received your letter card this morning and give the
horary map herewith. Sun, Venus and the Moon in the 12th house,
more or less afflicted by malefics, shows some restricting influences,
confinement to her room, unable to get about freely, etc. Saturn so
near the cusp of the ^th house is also unfavourable and restricting
in the dwelling place; trouble that persists a long time. I doubt if
you will stay long in the place you are travelling to. Uranus in
opposition to Neptune shows influences that disturb health.
But Jupiter culminating and Venus conjunction Sun and Moon
will enable you to overcome your difficulties by hook or by crook.
You will have help, and in spite of minor worries and annoyances of
all sorts you will pull through and succeed. Mercury rising looks like
a good deal of speaking, lecturing, and writing; for Mercury is in
conjunction with the Moon and not seriously afflicted. Venus and
Mercury together rule the ninth; you will both have interesting and
valuable experiences."
 liuman ^.ura mairt Visible

Not only does Dr. Waller J. Kilner, of Ladbroke-t^rove, claim to have

invented a method by which an aura may be seen like a faint cloud round
every living human being, but he has published exact descriptions of what
he saw in a large number of cases tbat he examined. The nimbus, or
phantom, or halo, or whatever it may be called, varied with the individual,
according to the state of health or bodily vigour. But it appears that there
are one or two points that all have in common.
The aura is always of a threefold nature. First there comes a dark
space next to the skin and fitting it like a glove. This Dr. Kilner calls the
" etharic doable." At the outer edge of this comes a second aura, which is
not luminous, nor can it be seen by rays ordinarily visible to the eye. When
the operator's eye has been properly trained or stimulated by looking
through the blue " spectraurine " fluid it is seen as gently striated or gran-
ular. Outside this again comes an even nimbus called the outer aura, of
rather more indefinite extent. The doctor describes it as being faint,
entirely structureless, capable of being illuminated, but not luminous.
The question naturally arises: Why were these phenomena never visible
on photographic plates? Dr. Kilner says:—"We called to our aid photo-
graphy, hoping to obtain some information by means of pan-cbromatic
plates. Unfortunately, however, the results were negative owing to the
inordinate exposures necessary under the conditions thought to be desirable.
Nevertheless, we are inclined to think tbat the vibrations of the aura lie
outside the ordinary visible spectrum, and this opinion is strengthened by
the fact that the aura would necessarily have been recognised a long lime
ago by a number of people who possess ordinary eyesight if the rays lay
within the visible spectrum, while at the same time it has been universally
accepted that clairvoyants are the only people capable of discerning it."
It seems strange that we should be told after the above explanation that
the aurje are coloured ; nevertheless we are assured that this is so. To see
the colours the eye must be strained in a peculiar way. Wc are all familiar
with curious phenomena caused by concentrating our gaze on a brightly
coloured disc and then looking at a piece of white paper. We know that we
shall see a persistant image of the disc having a colour complementary to
that of the original object. Thus, if it was red, the image will be green,
and so on. Amongst the many remarkable things Dr. Kilner has seen are
ever-changing patches of colour within the aura which alter the colour of
these half-blind images, but he has not so far worked out the cause or signi-
ficance of these curious coloured patches, nor does he offer any theory with
regard to them. Clairvoyants see all colours, hut the author of these
experiments sees usually blue or grey in the aura, but sometimes yellow or
green. The only Indication these colours give with regard to disease are In
cases where a special colour appears usually along the edge of the spine
covers. In these cases the coloured patch is usually found to be over some
tender or painful part of the body.
The Slnndartl, 7/8/'! i.
 ®lje ^.ttgel attb t\jt ^mntist: a JfaMe

An Angelic Being stood on tiptoe behind a Scientist, and watched him

at work as he poked abont in a bowl of dnst looking for a certain germ,
the discovery of which would make his name famous for ever.
At last the Angelic Being grew tired of waiting, and tapped him gently
on the shoulder. The Scientist turned round and saw a creature whose
wings glowed with all the colours of the rainbow, and whose eyes were full
of unfathomable shadows, while his face seemed to give out light and
warmth.
The Scientist stood amazed for one moment, and then, seizing a
magnifying-glass, he took hold of the Angelic Being's filmy robe, and of a
feather of his wing, and inspected them minutely.
" You hurt me," said the Angelic Being, with a shiver. He drew back,
and all his iridescent colours cooled to a dim grey.
" Nonsense I " said the Scientist, always practical. "It can't possibly
hurt you to be looked at in the interests of Science."
"You did not look at me," the Angelic Being replied. "You simply
inspected a small part of me."
"Tut-tut!" said the Scientist. "You must take a broader view of
things. Not one of my books gives a description of your species. I must
therefore make careful notes. Please take a seat."
" Look at me !" cried the Angelic Being, towering above him, half in
anger and half in pity, for the Scientist was already turning over the pages
of a book. "Think I Once you knew me—not very well, it is true, but
better than now—since then you have turned away from me and all I
would have taught you, and have buried your heart in dust and ashes."
"I have always given myself eutirely to my work," said the Scientist,
drily," that is why I have succeeded. I have tried to make a great name for
myself/'he added with unwonted frankness, and then paused, for he expected
the Angelic Being to tell him that he bad gained his ambition.
" And you have failed," came the answer, " Can't you see that you have
missed all the worth and meaning of life in missing me ? Had you kept a
living heart throughout your work, as others have done, you would have been
great, but your heart is withered ; it is as the dust you were poking about in
just now."
Then he folded his wings over his surprising face and left the Scientist
to poke about in (he dust.
F. C. Br nnton in The Il of/rf.
 470

" CSjtsugljt Maliea "

The Doctrine of Karma.—Some of our friends over here seem to

think that our talks on Karma are wholly Theosophical. In India
it is the common belief, and lectures such as the one by the Hon. Mr.
Justice P. R. Sundara Aiyar on "Moral Evil from the Standpoint of
Hinduism " reported in the Hindu for January 27th, are quitecommon.
The following quotations may be of interest: "The outlook of life
taken by the Hindu scriptures was a very long and broad one. Life in this
world was only a rebirth and acts produced immediate or remote conse-
quences. Modern science was beginning to recognise the fact that there
were consequences serious in character which might not have been recognised
before. Every thought produced some abiding result on the man who
thought. A bad emotion when subdued may not result in action and ihen
it was a source of strength for the future. A single instance of yielding to
bad thought or emotion weakened the nature, though it might not be felt
immediately. Hindu scriptures went further and said that all thoughts,
feelings and actions of man did not produce consequences immediately.
There was a fallacy on the part of many people that the law
of Karma gave no scope1 for free will. It was not so. If that were so,
the question would be Is it proper to hold a man responsible for the
acts that be does if they are determined purely by his past Karma P' In the
Hindu scriptures it was elaborately explained that man could improve his
own nature, whatever be the tendency of his past karma, by his free will.
Man's motives were not determined absolutely by his past karma. Past
karma could be overcome and man's thoughts could be changed. . . .
If he would not exert his own will and if be was merely to do acts that were
determined by his past karma, evolution must be very slow. According to
Hindu Philosophy there was no man who would not progress. The evolution
gradually came to every one."
New Moon—Good Weather.—The supposed connection between the
moon and bad weather conditions has been practically dissipated by the
records of thirty-five years, kept by a Chelmsford scientist.
He claims that the moon does affect the weather, and that, including
the day of the new moon with the two previous days, one of the. three days
is almost certain to be fine, frequently two of the days are fine, and
sometimes all the three.
Although there seems little in this statement, yet it is certainly curious
that this should have been the case on 408 occasions out of 436, during the
thirty-five years.
A rather useful moral which this investigator draws from his thirty-five
years' records, is that anyone can be sure of securing a fine day for an
excursion by choosing one of the three days referred to.
Daily Express, a/s/'u.
Earthy Signs and Gardening.—E. C. C. writes: "Have you any
information on earthy signs and gardening? Neither Mrs. C. nor myself can
make things grow: we plant them carefully, but nothing happens—they
usually die, or enjoy a sickly existence. Someone else comes along and
sticks thein in anyhow and lo ! they flourish exceedingly. Depend upon it,
 "THOUGHT WAVES" 471
there is something in tliis question. Perhaps some of the readers of M.A.
can give a little information. My ascendant is in with ^ in ng, and my
wife's in with (Jin^."

THE LORD'S PRAYER

Has it ever been pointed out that the Lord's Prayer may very possibly
be of Astrological Origin ? The eight clauses with the doxology seem to me
to show a certain correspondence with the Zodiacal signs, thus;—
(i.) Ow Father which art in Heaven, Aries', the Beginning, the Source
and Origin of all.
(ii.) Hallowed he Thy Name, Taurus; in a late number of Modern
AsruoLocsr, Taurus is connected with the Sacred word " om." This parallel,
the writer of the Article referred to could develop better than I.
(iii.) Thy Kingdom come, Gemini; Pillars of the Temple, (?) Entrance to
the Kingdom.
(iv.) Thy will he done, Cancer; sign of passivity, the mother.
(v.) Give us this day our daily hread, Leo ; (unsatisfactory, see farther on.)
(vi.) Forgive us our Trespasses, Virgo ; if the suggested parallel holds
good, the prayer may possibly be one for physical as well as for spiritual
healing, and the Sixth House may govern mental, moral and spiritual, as
well as merely physical, sickness.
(vii.) Lead us not into Temptation, Libra, said to be a violent sign;
viitb. bouse, among other things is the house of enemies. May not the real
meaning of the clause be: Let us not be attacked by evil. The kindred
words "attempt," and mure clearly, the French "atlentat," mean attack.
(viii.) Hut deliver us /rout evil, Scorpio; viiilh. house, that of liberation.
(ix.) For thine is the Kingdom, Sagittarius; ixth. house religion, the
fnliire. " The Kingdom " is that which is to come, " very little is known as
to the real nature of this sign," see books.
(x.) The Power, Capricorn ; Ambition, xtb. House, power, the M.C. or
Zenith.
(xi.) and the Glory, Aquarius ; The Holy Spirit, xilh. house, that of friends;
a man's fame or repulaliou implies that many men are friendly, and speak
well of him.
(xii.) For ever and ever, Pisces ; note the repetition of " ever," in Latin ;
in saecula sacculormn. The same in Greek—Pisces, A doiiA/r sign. Further
the triplicitics arc suggestive; —
(1) Fiery, (TSLJ): "Our Father which art in Heaven, . . . Give
us this day our daily bread, . . . For thine is the Kingdom." These
three all refer to the Deity, and not to man at all. It is curious that the
Greek word translated "daily," has always been a stumbling-block to
scholars. The word probably does not mean daily at all, but super-essential;
the clause would then mean : "Grant us a glimpse of Thy Kingdom."
(2) Earthy, (bilKVj')1 "Hallowed be Thy Name, . . . Forgive us
our trespasses, . . . The Power." "Of Thy holiness and power make
us holy I " (Holy, whole, free from dirt I)
(3) Airy, (n^cc): "Thy Kingdom come" . . . "Lead us not
into Temptation, (Lot not the hosts of Evil attack Thy Kingdom which is
" within us.") . . . and the Glory." All three of supra-terrestrial
significance.
(4) Ik'<i/rry, (05 ii{ J€) : " Thy will he done, . . . Deliver us from evil,
For over and ever." Passive, continuous submission to Purification.
An Asiateur.
47z MODERN ASTROLOGY
Six Times Married : Fifty Children.—The Natal Mercury of aj/io/'io
says: In the district of Kroonstad, Orange Free State, S. Africa, lives the
widow Van Wyk, whose history, matrimonially and otherwise is—not to put
too fine a point upon it—somewhat out of the common. Born on Oct. ao,
1833, Mrs. Van Wyk {nee Theila M. de Beer) began what was to prove an
eventful matrimonial career at the age of 18, when she married Petnis
Jacobus Lubbe. At the end of two years she became a widow with one
child. After being a widow for ton months (says the Voikstem) she
married Nicolaas Marthinus Pretorius, a widower with three children.
After living with him for a year and five months he also died, leaving her
with four children. After five months she married for the third time David
Stephanus Pieterse, a widower with seven children. With him she lived
eleven years, and had seven children, when he also died. After five years'
widowhood she married for the fourth time Daniel Lodewikus Cronje, a
widower with eight children. With him she also lived eleven years, and had
four children, when he, too, died. Five years later she married for the
fifth time Hendrik Klopper. With him she also lived eleven years, and had
ten children, when he also died. After two years she married for the
sixth time; on this occasion with Coenraad Hendrik van Wyk, a widower
with five children, and with him she had four children. After having lived
together for eleven years he also died. She has thus fifty children who call
her mother, and about 270 grand-children. She is still alive at the blessed
age of 78 years.
The planetary positions at noon on the day of birth were:—0=^27,
D UJI5 J 2 mzo, ffnyfy, VHzoIJ., Ijnjjzt, ^~i4} St., yVf24. Note
Venus and Jupiter in trine from fruitful signs and in sextile to Neptune.
Lucky Number.—(Re Letter, page 347, August), "Sun in Scorpio"
writes: I have always found that my lucky number is 9, or that there is a
9 in the date, i.e., 19 or 29. I have f>, 5 and ? , in Sagittarius the 9th sign.
I was born at about 10 p.m. on the 8th day of Nos'embor, 1866—the eve of
the 9th—but I have never noticed that the date of my birth brought any very
good luck ; but I did notice that a similar slight happening happened to me
about ten days or so before a strong event came into the late King's life
whose birthday was November 9th.
A Problem in Heredity.—H. R. writes: "In my own horoscope £ and
fare the two outstanding planets as regards physical life, owing to their
from angles of the 4th and roth; five other planets, including O.J) and
ruler, being 'held in bondage' in the 12th. In my wife's horoscope, the
opposition is drawn to a focus in her 7th house, which contains both J and
Ig, representing the partner; and from here is thrown outward into greater
manifestation by being in close conjunction in the Ascendant in our son's
horoscope."
Astrology and Strikes.— [From the Daily Chronicle, i6/8/'n, and Daily
Sketch of same date: (the conjunction referred to is the in R.A.and not the
d in the zodiac, which took place at 11.51 p.m. G.M.T., i6/8/'ii.)J
To-morrow morniug, at 3.53, a remarkably close conjunction of the two
brilliant planets, Mars and Saturn, will present a striking spectacle. They
will be only a third of a degree distant from each other.
A noticeable feature will be the contrast in colour, Mars being a ruddy
hue and Saturn a dull green.
This conjunction is regarded by astrologers as having special significance,
and they predict in consequence strikes and earthquakes in several different
parts of the world, while Ireland will be affected by seditious riots.
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Astrology and Theosophy

I.
Dear Sir,
With reference to Mr. Daniel Naylor Smith's letter, and
your remarks thereon, it seems to me that the crux of the whole
question is whether Astrology is to be Esoteric as well as Exoteric, or
the Esoteric side ignored and the pages of Modern Astrology
devoted wholly to Exoteric Astrology.
It is undoubted that both will find a fair support, and also that if
it is determined to deal with the science chiefly from the inner side, a
number of supporters, who are unable to follow this course of research,
will probably drop away.
This places the Editor in a position that requires some skill and
judgment to emerge from, so that the magazine may continue its
hitherto successful career. It is always a difficulty to please two
opposing parties.
Mr. Smith propounds the statement that the main question of
Astrology is " prophecy . as deduced from the horoscope
of birth." To the esoteric section of students, this is a very moot
point; and though an important and interesting line of study, it is, I
think, open to doubt if it is the most important side of the science of
planetary influence.
I do not see how Esoteric Astrology can be kept apart from
Theosophy, as its very ideas have to be expressed in Theosophical
terms, and the whole question resolves itself into whether we shall
tread beyond the confines of Exoteric Astrology into the field of
Esoteric research, or remain at a point where the Exoteric Astrologer
will say " thus far and no farther "; which, of course, limits further
progress.
 474 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Probably we are all at different steps on the Astrological Path,

and food for one is not food for another. It might however suit a fair
number of supporters who are not Theosophists, if in dealing with
Astrology from an esoteric point of view, the ideas could be expressed
without theosophic nomenclature (though I do not see how we can),
and thus evade the danger of " Oh ! here we are—Theosophy again."
Writing from the theosophic standpoint, it seems to me that for one
who wishes to help in the world, Astrology is a valuable auxiliary. It
shows him, besides his own, others'weaknesses and strengths, and how
he can best approach and contact them to their ultimate benefit. It
requires Wisdom to help truly, and Astrology is I think, a valuable
asset in this direction.
Clapton, N.E. H. Roberts.
7/9/'11
II.
Dear Sir,
I find no objection to Theosophy, Vedanta Philosophy, or
any other Philosophy. But I would like Modern Astrology to
remain to its name and purpose, viz. Astrology, pure and simple,
without giving suggestions so often found in the magazine, referring to
works by celebrated Theosophists instead of works by Astrologers.
Or else change the name of the magazine and call it "Theosophical
Astrology."
If published in the interest of Astrology let it remain so, as a
phase of Occultism, but please! don't mix it with any special ism.
Have been a student of Occultism for many years, and like it in its
broad sense, do not limit myself to any special school.
San Francisco. L. V. Raymond.
September 8lli, 1911

The Ruling Sign of Great Britain

Dear Sir,
On page 290 of the July issue of M.A. it is suggested that
possibly Taurus may be the ruling sign of Gt. Britain! Do you not
think that recent events tend to confirm this ?
No other nation has passed through such troublous times during
the recent conjunction of Mars and Saturn in Taurus. Apart from the
strikes and riots, the loss of infant life has been appalling, and for the
week ending August 26th " London, in proportion to its size suffered
twice as heavy a toll in child life as the other capitals of the world,
though the metropolis is the healthiest of all cities under normal
conditions " (I am quoting from the Daily Telegraph).
93, Southchurch Avenue, Southend-on Sea. J. J. Herbert.
11/9/T1
 LETTEKS TO THE EDITOR 475
Does Death End all Influence ?
Dear Sir,
The following queries have presented themselves to me of
late; (l) Does the influence of a parent on his or her ofTspring really
terminate on the death of the former ? (2) May not directions to sig-
nificators of parents (deceased) involve their influence in some way ?
For we know that the great lights of the world, " tho' dead, yet live."
By this, of course, is meant their ' influence'—the sum total of their
life.
May it not also be the case that, where psychic sons or daughters
are under favourable directions with the significators of their parents
(deceased), that these may still exert some paternal or maternal influ-
ence over them through the medium of the astral or mental planes ?
Some psychic people I know admit having been conscious of the
influence of a deceased parent at a time I have found to coincide with
a direction to the significator of that parent. As I have had only a
few cases to test, I don't pretend to have established anything. But
a few such cases observed by each reader of this magazine would
certainly do much to answer the above queries.
" EUODAO."

Letter from a Prize-Winner

Dear Sir,
Many thanks for my prize book, which reached me safely
(Astrology for All, Part II,).
I can assure you I shall consider this book of double value, seeing
the way in which it came into my possession. Apart from its value as
a prize, it is a book brimming with information on all the knotty
points that can crop up in the erection of a horoscope, for no difficulty
can arise which it will not clear up.
3, Hawley Street, J. K. Harvey.
Colne, Lancashire.

King GnoHCE V.: A Kemaukable Prediction. "From this truly

royal nativity we may predict that this Prince will, if he live, become King
of England, under the title of George V. England will be proud of her
fifth King George, aud his fame shall descend to posterity as one of the
wisest and best of mouarchs."—Quoted from Old Moore's Royal Almanack
for 186S, in The Future lor February, iSqi.
 Kefemtce Snfoi
TO
VOL. VIII., NEW SERIES (XXII., OLD SERIES)
NoU.—In compiling this Index the intention has been to facilitate reference to all matter dealing with any
given subject. The headings here given, therefore, are rather indicative of the purport of the articles than mere
literal copies of their titles; in some cases they refer to notes which either bear no titles at all, or such as an not
entirely descriptive of their contents. Brackets indicate passing references, or corrections, which should te
looked up. Subjects indexed under the same heading are arranged, not alphabetically, but in the order of their
occurrence.
Anything not jound in this Index should be looked jor in the Table of Contents at the beginning o
the volume. For names oj people, set also under " Horoscopes."
Readers are requested to refer to the item " Errata " and to make the emendations necessarv.
A Human Document ;—19O. Burmese, 178; so-called, 180: unbalanced.
A Morning Bird (poem) -.—303. 182; changed attitude of the Press, 186;
A Problem in Heredity :—472. Esoteric, 96. 224,335,441; Hindu, 222, 260,
A Thousand and One Notable Nativities :—(195). (451). 2O2, 331.(394): Theosophy in the Light of,
Adam Kadmon ;—183. 270, 396, 473 ; Horary, 4O7.
Advent of a New Teacher :—272. Astrology :—A Dialogue, 293.
"Agatha, the Shrimp," An Astrological Astrology and " Strikes " ;—414.
Story ;—89. Astrology in a Masonic Function :—402.
" Alcyone " :—Birth-time of, 133. 268. Astrology, Modern:—see" Modern Astrology."
Angel and Scientist;—469. Astrology, Mundane ;—see Mundane.
Angular Positions ;—466. Astronomical Society of Wales:—(292).
Anonymous Correspondents ;—(301). Astronomy for Boy Scouts and Others:—(review),
Anupadaka ;—252. 435-
Apocalypse Unsealed, The :—(review), 304. At the Feel of The Master:—(135)-
Appreciative Letter, An:—2. Aura made Visible:—468.
Aodariub:—192, (193). Austria, Emperor op;—20.
Aries :—187, 194 ; or Leo ? 424, 436, 461 : con- Avatar;—(117): Kalki, 117.
trasted with Leo, see Leo. Awakening of Women :—(99).
Aristocracy and Democracy:—the true value
of, 97. Ball's Lectures, Sir Robert :—128.
Artistic Temperament:— 103. Bank Manager and Astrology ;—1.
Ascendant :—and M.C.. symbols for, 312. Beaten Men, The Prayer of :—(Poem), 463.
Ascendant, Unknown ; —how to find, 84. Besant, Mrs. Annie (69), (97), (101). (133).
Aspects, Value of ;—(125). (164). (139), (174). 399, (423).
" Astarte Syriaca " :—(364). Bibliolheca Astrologica :—(review), 343.
Astrologer:—Kepler an, by profession, 71; Birthplace and Genius ;—448.
the Thibetan, 91. Birth Sign, Son's Re-entry into :—347.
Astrological Story, Plot of an, 4, 89 ; Con- Blavatsxy, H. P. (33). {69), (164).
ference, An, 223 ; Almanacs unsatisfactory, Born to Die ;—88 ; (note that 1909 is a misprint,
181,309; Bibliography, 343. it should be 1910).
Astrological Society, The :—(140), 302, 406; Britain, Ruling Sign op ;—see British.
local ditto, 292. British :—Lion, see Leo; Race, an Understudy
Astrology :—and a Bank Manager, 1; taught for, (247), 266; ruling sign of the, 474, see also
in Public Schools ? 3, 45; in relation to Chil- under Leo, Aries or Leo.
dren,'.6; Physical, Foundations of. see Contents: British Humour :—421.
Thibetan, 91 ; Ceylonese, 90; in Parish British Rule in India:—244, 422.
Registers, 126: Value of to the World, 140: Burden, The (poem):—123.
See Note above.
 REKtiKKNCE INDEX
Butler, Rev. John ;—273 [tef. Note, p. 311).
C.'esar, Julius:—134.
Calendar, Reformed ;—83, 224.
Calendars, in tub East :—92.
Cancer:—31,64,113.157, 208,419; and Home,
31, 117 ; homely, 31 ; prophets honoured, 32 ;
exaltation of Jupiter in. 34. 169; the Sea, 35,
37; principle that controls matter, 33; Nir-
vana. 36, (66); Foundation Stone, 37 (115,117);
elaborate preparations, 41; action of stomach
contrasted with that of teeth, 41, 42; Fourth
Commandment and Scotland, 65 ; Pralaya, 66;
unity, (39, 42), 66 ; and communion. 66; pro-
phet, 67, and profit, 69, («/. 218); nullity and
unity, 70; Seveufold-ness, 113; a scolding
critic, 113; Phantasmagoria, 115; surfacelen-
sion, 115; suctional propensities, ir6; Ava-
tar, 117; " salt of the earth," 117; solidarity,
118; Yellow Press, 119; millionaires, 119;
fiarasitism, 120; China, 120; discursive or
ragmentary, 121 ; " remember," 122 ; com-
prehending. 123: and blood-relationship, 158 ;
ungrafted stock, 159; Chinese virsus Jews,
(tsg); provincialism, 159, 160; border feud,
160; u/a/f-making faculty, 161, 212; in a
Masonic Lodge, 164; collecting curiosities,
165; love of children, 166; Saint Peter, 16S ;
sensitive to slights. 169; imaginary lion in the
way. 170; Nama-Kupa, Scarabasus, Kc-pher,
Tortoise, 171 ; Antahkarana, 209, ct seq. :
motivt, 214 ; contempt for exercise and recrea-
tion, 214 ; sympathy, 277; in literature. 189;
homing
II
instinct,
an<
(391); Creative Breath, (re/,
7)>455I l death, 463; and "realism,"
464.
Cancer and Leo Contrasted ;—419, 458. 462.
Cancer-Leo, or Soli-Lunar Temperament ;—
458.
Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces:—454.
Capricorn :—192. (195).
Cardiff;—Astronomical and Astrological
Societies, 292, 293, 429.
Ceylon, Astrology in ;—92
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph ;—31.
Changeling:—or Count? 278; from the
fairies ? 340.
Character:—requisites for a strong, 131.
Character is Destiny ;—47. 95, 136.
Children Astrology in the Education of,406 ;
443
Clever Men, where they come from :—448.
Clinching a Question :—(2).
Coincidence, The Almighty ;—128.
Co-Masons :—(99J.
Co-Mason, The :—(review), 434.
Commandment;—Fourth, 64, 113; Fifth, 231.
Consciousness, Expansion op ;—3.
Corrigenda :—sre at end of Contents.
See Note on p. 476.
477
Coronation : what does it mean ?—405.
Counties and Cleverness ;—450.
Crabs ;—Homing instinct of. 32, 391.
Cycles, Planetary;—316, 414.
Damaged is the Post;—220.
Darco, George ;—a Leo character, 459,
Daylight Saving Bill :—308.
Dialogue, A; —295.
Death end All Influence, Does ?—475.
Denmark, King of ;—24.
Democracy and Aristocracy:—the true value
of. 97.
Despair's Last Journey :—459.
Devotion :—442.
Directions :- Royal, n; Progressed Lunar,
Mutual or hiterflauetary, Basic, 13; a New
Method. 83; Mrs. Leo's, 93; and the Occult
Review, 95.
Disabilities, National or Communal :—225,
282, 395, 438.
Discrimination :—356.
" Dogmatising " :—264.
Don Juan ? A Modern ;—202.
Dragon's Head, The 256.
Dream, Prophetic ;—127.
Dreams the Profit of Sleep;—218.
Earthy Signs and Gardening :—470.
Ego taxes possession, when :—134-5.
Education, Aim of;—413.
Emotions;—442.
English;—nf. British.
Englishman's Outlook :—461.
Environmbnt :—(ro).
Epilepsy :—(151).
Epoch in the World's History ;—135.
Errata : see at end of Contents.
Faith ;—325.
Fate versus Free Will;—a Layman's View.
363.
Fable, A ;—469.
Feeling ;—37.
Fifth Commandment; 231.
Fifty Children !—472.
Foundation Stone, Laying a :—402.
Fourth Commandment;—64. 113.
Fourth Dimension ;—464.
Free-Will and " Fate " ;—363.
Fundamental Equations of Astrology;—125
Gardening ;—and Earthy Signs, 470.
Gemini ;—188, 194.
Genius and Locality :—448.
German Agency, Our 96.
German Emperor;—19; eon of, 90.
God creator of Evil as well as good;—127.
Greece, King of;—27.
 RUHERENCE INDEX
Greenwich Observatory, Horoscope oe ;—
403. 405.
Hallev's Comet :—128.
Harmony ;—401.
Health ano Sixth House 218
Heredity:—a problem in, 472.
Holland. Queen oe :—23.
Horary Astrology ;—an example, 467.
Horoscope Blanks ;—(34G).
Horoscopes;—Wallcnslein, 72; E. Dawson
Rogers, late Editor of I.ighl. 106; F. T.
Brooks, Author of The Gospel of Lift, 152; A
Strong Twelfth House Influence, 228: Kt,
Hon. John Burns, M.P., 257; Several Theo-
sophical Horoscopes, 267. 268 (if/. Note p.
312): Count Joseph Kwilecki. 278: I„ N.
Fowler, the phrenologist, 301; Mrs. Maybrick
and her sou, 341 ; Mr. Samuel Stuart, 351;
Mr. Felix H. White, 364 ; Laying Foundation
of new T.S. Headquarters. 402 ; Mrs. Beatrice
Fagden. 439: George Wilson, 444; Stanley
Condsr, 4)6; Kipling, ((62); imperfectly
formed male, 466.
How to Teach :—342.
Humour ;—421.
Indian :—see Hindu, Thibet, etc.
Indiviuualised too soon ;—(47).
Isis ,,;-348. (352), (368).
Italy, King ok :—25.
apan. Mikado of ;—26.
ohn iJm ns; The Rise mid Progress of a Right
Honourable :—(257),
Judgment of Paris :—(review), 345.
Karma :—When to be faced. 132, 216.
Karma, Doctrine of;—470.
Kepler, John, a real Astrologer :—71.
Kepler's Horoscope of Wallenstein ;—71.
King Edward (322).
King George :—14, 267; Coronation of, 405.
Kipling :—(462).
Kwilecki Trial:—278.
Leo;—231. 285. 326, 376; "whole-hoggers."
233 ; King of Beasts. 233 ; Separative. 234 ;
Two Suns in a Solar System ? 234 ; Richard
Coeur de Lion, 235 ; Lion and Mouse, 236 ;
inability to look at themselves. 237; British
Lion, 237; Geraint and Enid, 238: one-sided,
238 ; why " beasts " ? 239, 243 ; Lion as symbol
of FourthRace, 239 : Fourth Race and Fourth
Round, 239 ; why King ? 239 ; Creator as Lion
240; want of sympathy, 240; Third Logos
universal mind, 240; cannot yield—and yet
slaves, 241; the alphabet of the universe, 242 ;
the Great Duality, 242; pride of life, 244 ;
See Note oh p. 476.
indifference worse than cruelly, 245; what
Leo does not give, 245 ; humbug, 245 ; fear of
ridicule, 246 ; lameness versus domesticity.
246: I^oovei praised in the books. 247; Truth
a poison? 248; Kima-Manas related to Leo,
2.19, (239); intelligence of Leo, 249 ; absolute-
ness, 249 ; why gamblers ? 249 ; the one word
"great." 250: biguily, 250; greatness as a
dimension, 251; a fire-grate, 251; the
Woman clothed with the Sun, 251 : an
apparent anomaly, 251 ; a complementary
paper required, 285 ; liflh turning of zodia-
cal lock, 286; Una and the Lion, 286;
prototypes, 286; Leo in relation to Aquarius,
287 ; generation and regeneration, 287, (327);
Devil and God, 288; not a misogynist, nor
separative, 288; liow much it gives. 288; as
organiser separate, 288 ; as ruler of Great
Britain disputed, 2S9 ; national emblems, 290:
Alpha's strictures endorsed, 290; litile pity for
weakness, 291 ; faith, 325; reason for criticis-
ing, 326; John Bull a Being, 328; basis of the
idea that Aries rules Great Britain and the
British, 329; colonising an Aries characteris-
tic? 329; Romans and Angles, 330; Aries a
builder? 330: A and m contrasted, 330.1:
pride of form, hnmbug, 33t: separativeness,
332: progress from W to 41. 333 ; insolence,
defined, 333; T and freedom, 334; kindness
and sympathy contrasted, 334 ; 41 subtlety,
334 ; beast and divinity. 336 : the Third Logos,
336-7-8: the Ego, 339, value of opposing
views, 339 ; Aries and Leo compared, 376, 380;
pride in giving, 378; life-worshippers, 379;
and the Etheric Double. 380; Kima-Manas,
381 ; why Leo looks through. 382 ; Holy Ghost.
Third Logos, 383, (421); Sadayatana, 384:
separateness. 386; a law unto himself. 386;
Great Ruler 388; the Apollo Be'videre, 388;
encourage, 389; French, 390; versus Aries for
the English, 424 ; and " realism," 464.
Leo :—in Literature, 189, 195, 236. 238, 239,
249, 420,459.
Leo, Mrs. :—accident to, 8g, go. 93.
Leo Type :—a representative, 459.
Lepers :—127.
Libra :—igo, 401 ; sympathy as understood by,
291.
Light:—theory of, 427; terrestrial. 428.
Light, Late Editor of ;—106.
Logoi ;—Three, 101, (173); Planetary, 174.
Lord's Prayer, The :—471.
L»cky Number ;—347, 472.
Lunations preceding Critical Events 320.
Loni-Solar .— see Soli-Lunar.
Manu :—Laws of. 407, (409).
Marriage:—unfortunate,229. (k</. 284): r</.Wed.
Married six times ; 50 Children :—472.
 KEFEKENCE INDEX
Mars Cycle of. 415 ; when a malefic, 454.
Masoxic Perfect Ashlar :—115.
Masonrv eounoed on Astrologv :—103.
Masses of Heavenly Bodies:—astronomical,
based upon two facis andone assumption, and
therefore fictitious, 124; electrical, all masses
of same order of magnitude, 124.
Maybkick :—death of son of Mrs., 341.
Mercory and the Caduceus (4).
Mercury in the Fourth House;—(3).
' Merlin ' of the Reierce :—461.
Mikado :—s« Japan.
Mind on Body, Influence of:—(3).
"MODERN ASTROLOGY the fame of,
(29); German Agency, 96 ; Editor's journey
to India, 1, 89, 133. 177, 221 ; The Coming of
Age of, 309 ; Sub-Editor of. and Contributors
to, 311 ; the Occult Review and. 312; an old
member of the Staff, 400; December number
a Special Issue. 441.
Moon ;—Fourth Cycle of. 258, rej. Cancer.
Moon and Weather :—470.
Mundane Astrology ;—4 |, 47, 48 63, 207. 301.
429: specialisation needed, 308; Uranus in,
313-
Musicians' Months :—392.
Mv Canaan [foem):—215.
Neetune:—Venus opposition, 234 ; in dreams.
254, 440.
New Polity, Tint:—103, ro|.
" Noon.Point " Method:—how to find an un-
known Asceudanl. 84.
Norway, King of :—28.
Onlooker, The (151).
Palmist, Tmf. ;—(14O).
Palmistry and Astrology :—180, 351.
Parliament and Uranus:—31G, 317. 324.
Passing of the Tiiikd-I'loor Back .—342.
Periodic Wave or Occult Force :—a sugges-
lion, 85. 87.
Permanent Atom :—139.
Peter Pan :—{103).
PitiLOSOi'iiER, The (142).
Phrenologist, A Great :—301.
Pioneer to Poet, foom .•—(review), 305.
Pisces :—193. 45O.
Planetary :—Temperaments, see Contents.
Planets Rising:—influence of, 30O.
Pluto :—(30O).
Political History ;—a short summary of
recent, 318.
Pope's Nine Year Cycle. The :—457.
Post Office Difficulties ;—220. 317.
Practical Man, The ;—(149).
Prayer, Tint Lord's;—471,
See Note on p.
479
Preferential Marketing;—219.
Prince of Wales :—18.
Prize Competitions :—No. 17, no. 135, 217:
No. 18. 175, (352). 364. 475 i No. 19, 430.
Prize Winners, Certificates to :—127, 220.
Profit and Prophet ;—67, 69, 218.
Prophecy;—the Fulfilment of a, 269.
Prophet and Profit :—67. 69, 218.
Psychic Wave;—greatest since Middle Ages,
266.
Psychology, Ptinciples of:—(juoted, 409.
Queen Alexandra ;—17.
Queen Mary :—15.
Queen Victoria :—(322).
"Quickening," when lico takes possession of
body :—134, 5.
Recluse, The ;—(140).
Rcjeree, The .'—a " Sun " paper, 461.
Reincarnation :—Cycles, 131. 350.
Kemkmbured her birth :—340.
Respectable :—(4O2).
Revolution or Self-Sacrifice :—357.
Riddle of Life, The :—and How Theosophy
answers it, 398.
Rising and Setting Signs, power of :—(125).
Rosieiueian Cosmo-Conception .The :—(review), 431.
Round, The Iivolutionary: —174.
Ruling our Stars ;—46, .17,
Russia, Czar of :—21.
Sagittarius ;—192.
" Sarastro " :—(107).
Science of Social Organisation :—(quoted). 407.
Scientist. The ;—(144).
Scientist versus Angel :—4C9.
Scorpio:—(12G). 191. i95.204. 4 I2. 452-
Self :—the Real, as revealed in the horoscope.
307, 354.
Sacrifice or Rrvolution ?—357.
Seven Kinds of Matter ;—173,
Sbven Ravs of Development, The : —(ivi 'V.f)
129.
Seven Spirits :—174.
SitVENTn House :—afflictions, 132, 216. (229).
Seventh Sign Scorpio;—453,
Sex. Causation of :—342.
SllRAMANA EKAl KAWAGUCIII :—91.
Singhalese ;—sec Ceylon.
Sixth House and Health ;—218.
Sixth Root-Race, Sixth Sub-Rack ;—101. 102,
104.
Skimpole. Harold :—18S. 194. 341.
Solar System, Our :—172.
Soli-Lunar Temperament :—458.
Solomon ;—204.
 KEFEREMCE index
South of England :—why prolific of men of
genius, 448,
Spain, King of ; —22.
Specthom, The (boeni) :—105.
Spihitual :—and psychic, 265.
" Star in the East, Order of the :—397.
" Strikes " :—414.
Student, The :—(143).
Successful :—462.
Summary of recent Political History :—318.
Sun-land ;—420.
Sweden, King of : —28.
Sympathy:—277; and Leo, 240.
Tabulation of Planetary Influences:—127.
Taurus :—188. (341) . and Leo. 3S4 ; commence-
ment of Zodiac, 453.
Temperament:—98, 176; Cardinal, Fixed, 98;
and Masonry, too; Mutable. 101, 103.
Temperament, The Soli-Lunar 418.
Temperaments, Two Root- :—366. 370, (361). 458.
Temperaments, Zodiacal and Planetary:—
set Contents.
Temperament, The " Terrene " :—463.
Terrestrial Light :—428.
Terrene Temperament, The:—463.
The Gospel of Life, Author of :—152.
The New Dispensation:—456.
Theosophical Society :—Laying Foundation
of New Headquarters of, 402; now on the
crest of a wave. 271. (403), ref. Horoscopes.
Theosophy ;—in the Light of Astrology, 270.
Thibetan Astrologers :—gr.
Thought Photographs :—447.
Three Years in Thibet:—gi.
Trinity, The :—101, 172. 173, rej. also under I.co.
Twelfth House Influence, A Strong : —228.
(2S4).
Twenty Thousand Theosophists Twenty
Thousand Astrologers:—275.
Twins at Sixty-One I—342.
See Note on p. 476.
Type :—rej. Temperament.
Unfortunate Marriage :—229.
Understanding :—as related to Cancer and
Leo, 465.
Unknown Ascendant;—how to find an, £4.
Uranus:—in Mundane Astrology, 313; as the
eipression of Will in a Nalion, 315: aftiic-
tions of, during last two decades. 317; had
Parliauient, 324.
Value of Astrology to the World :—i.jo.
' Vanoc ' of the Referee :—461.
Venus opposition Neptune :—254.
Vesta :—(30G),
Vibrations, Waves and Reincarnation
Cycles (review):—131. 350.
Virgo:—190. 195' (341). 356-
Vulcan :—(174), (306).
Wake up England !—267.
Wallenstein :—Kepler's horoscope of. 71 : a
few notes on W.'s career. 80.
War in Hraven :—265.
War Prophecies :—(308).
Waves :—(131). (350).
Wayfarer, The :—(147).
Weather and Moon :—470.
Wed, to or not to:—132. 216.
Wee Macgrcegor :—458.
Week-End of Tragedies :—393.
Why Ireland is backward :—451
" Why,'' The Eternal :—109.
Will England Respond ?:—267.
Zodiac :—Signs of the. Analysed, (305) ; see
also under Aries, Taurus, etc.
Zodiac Commence ? where does the :—453.
Zodiacal ;—Temperaments, see Conlmls.
Zodiacal Types :—ref. Contents ; in Literature,
187.
Mobcrn Ustrologg

A JouaMAt. UevoTBo to tub Sbarch for Truth Conccrning Astroloqv

Vol. VIII. DECEMBER, 1911. No. 12.

New Series.

®ije (Sbttiir's dliatrbatar^

Several readers of Modern Astrology are desirous that we

should publish a good Astrological Almanac, and the issue of this
Special Number is the first attempt to make a move in that direction.
The issuing of a genuine Astrological Almanac is not an easy
matter, since a publication of this kind can appeal only to students of
Astrology and not so much to the general reader.
There is also the difficulty that many Almanacs are now on the
market aiming at astrological predictions, which are very far removed
from what we know as astrological. The nearest approach to an
astrological almanac worthy of the name, in our present day, is one
in which the predictions, although actually based upon the positions of
the heavenly bodies, are not always the result of the best judgment.
An astrological almanac should undoubtedly deal with Mundane
or National Astrology, and the judgments should be free of all political
bias or racial prejudice. All personal opinion and individual colouring
should be eliminated, the planetary positions being judged upon their
merits according to the long established rules of Astrology.
This may be ideal, and require a unique astrologer. Neverthe-
less the responsibility of making public predictions demands a qualified
practitioner to deal with National or Mundane Astrology.

In this issue all exaggeration and personal bias or political

colouring with regard to the planetary influences has been avoided,
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

the major portion of the work being that of our most experienced and
painstaking contributor, Mr. H. S. Green, whose ideas on all astro-
logical matters accord remarkably with our own.
The "Favourable Days" have been carefully compiled, and so
arranged that their influence with regard to any particular action
may be quickly noted.
To many who are interested in Astrology these times and days
will be very useful, and if taken in conjunction with the yearly
Directions which so many are now using based upon the Pro-
gressed Horoscope they will be found valuable and reliable. " Some
Biographical Sketches" should be instructive to those who are
approaching Astrology for the first time, shewing how great men were
not ashamed openly to confess their belief at a time when the
intelligence of the general public was far less developed than at
present.
If those who are desirous that an Astrological Almanac should
be issued by us will kindly forward any suggestions between now and
next year, we shall be glad to consider them, and do our best to
produce an Almanac for 1913 that shall be worthy of the name.
* *
We are pleased to announce that the January issue of Modern
Astrology will contain some instructive articles entitled " Pre-
liminary Lessons in the Study of Esoteric Astrology." And all we
require to make the coming year a successful one from a literary
standpoint is a few more New Subscribers.

The Wheel of Change

" For so our scriptures truly seem to teach,
That—once, and wheresoe'er, and whence begun—
Life runs its rounds of living, climbing up
From mote, and gnat, and worm, reptile, and fish,
Bird and shagged beast, man, demon, deva, God.
To clod and mote again ; so are we kin
To all that is; and (hu>, if one might save
Man from his curse, the whole wide world should share
The lightened horror of this ignorance
Whose shadow is still fear, and cruelty
Its bitter pastime."
From T/ie Light of Asia.
 CALENDAR FOR DECEMBER, 1911

Sun and Mcon

enter Signs
Stone and Coloor : 3 10 17 24 31 December
3 J) a 41H 41
Garnet: Pale Blue. Mon. 4 11 18 23 5 5 n 6 16
7D 5 54
9D A 5 39 ?
Number: Tucs. 5 12 19 26 11 5 nj! 7 27 g
13 ]) - oa/35 S
15 s m 9 85:
Wed. 6 13 20 27 18 5 7 8m 8 ~
20 J) V3 811/23 =■
Souki> : 22 G V3 10 53 5
Thurs. 7 14 21 28 23 D = 9"> 1 5
Sol.
25 D * O"/ ?
23 D T 7((( 34
Fri. 1 8 19 22 29 30 5 a 211/29
Dat ;
Thursday. 1( Sat. 2 9 16 23 33 For East Longitude
add, and for IVest
Longitude subhact
difference in Time.
" IVhat, know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is
in yon, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own ? . . Glorify God in
your body, and in your spirit, which are GoiVs."—1. Corinthians, vi. 19, 20.
The watchword for the month of December is Introspection.
At sunrise, the hour of noon, and at sunset, all over the world, the sign
of the Centaur—Sagittarius, will pass over the four quarters of the earth.
Very few are they who know the joy of going inward to commune with
the inner self. Life, with all its attractions and distractions, in the outer
physical world is ever challenging 11s to come out and fight, and but for this
challenge we should be inert, and indifferent, letting our faculties lie fallow
and latent. There is a time for ail things, a time to go in, and a. time to go
out; for all who would investigate the wonderful powers within, and survey
the depths of mind and feeling unexpressed, a quiet time and a peaceful
place should be chosen to sit quietly at sunrise (preferably), noon or sunset,
turning the thoughts inward. In the morning questioning the use that is
made of daily activities, and the skill that is put into actions, at noon
enquiring of the mind, the nature, and quality of thought it contains, and at
sunset reviewing the day and adding up the debit and credit side of the
account. •'Work out your own salvation . for it is God which
worketh within you." I. Phil. ii. 12, 13.
Search for the Light. When found, Follow the Light. " Whereunto I
also labour, striving according to His working, which worketh in me
mightily." Cohssians i. 29.
This is the month for Introspection, search for the Light, and find
Inspiration. May The Light Shine In You.
 Mijat is ||our Rising planet ?

By Alan Leo

"Why does one brother like to lounge in the forum, to play in

the campus and to anoint himself in the bath so well that he would
not put himself out of the way for all the wealth of the richest planta-
tions in the East; while the other toils from sunrise to sunset for the
purpose of increasing his fortune? "
Since the days of Horace many men have asked this question,
but none have solved the riddle more effectually than the astrologer,
who asserts that the rising planet is all-powerful in its influence upon
Character and Destiny.
Let anyone who is curious compare the horoscopes of two
persons, the one having Venus rising and the other Saturn, and
without any further investigation than a mere glance at the ascendant
alone, he will name the ease-loving brother as the one who indulges in
the pleasures of Venus, for Venus rising gives a love of pleasure,
music, dancing, painting, sculpture, and the fine arts generally. It
also endows those so born with good manners, a fascinating personality
and a merry disposition,
Saturn rising on the other hand gives an industrious temperament,
a tendency to labour and to persevere, with a constant and steady
application to the upbuilding of a fortune. It also denotes a reserved,
reticent and undemonstrative disposition, quietly accepting fate with
a calm and somewhat stoical nature. Mars rising is quite the reverse,
it denotes much independence, a fearless and confident nature, loving
authority, and full of impulse, a cheerful disposition, and a high spirit
which is difficult to check.
Jupiter rising is the mean between Saturn and Mars, and endows
those born under its influence with a happy, generous and temperate
nature, loving all things honest, just and sincere. It gives a religious
and philosophic disposition.
 WHAT IS YOUR RISING PLANET ? 485
Mercury rising gives a love of change, much ingenuity, a tendency
toward art, science, and literature, with a clear and quick-witted brain.
The Moon rising denotes a restless and fickle nature, giving a
love of change, many moods and a pliable and often pleasing nature.
The Sun rising gives a generous nature, much pride, and ambition,
and a desire for grandeur, or a love of everything on a grand scale.
It loves to shine like the Sun.
Uranus rising gives much independence of character, a love of
reform, and a very original disposition. It endows those under its
influence with plenty of magnetism, and makes them unique characters.

Appearance given by Rising Planets

Persons born with Venus rising have faces that are oval and skin
that is clear, their eyes are blue and their hair light brown, they
usually have a more or less Grecian nose, a well-formed mouth and
well-rounded lips.
Those under Mars rising have round heads, clear bright hazel or
dark grey eyes, with a quick or alert look in them ; the hair is brown
and sometimes reddish; the skin is not so clear and the mouth is
large and firm, while the nose is usually of the Roman type and
often bridged.
Saturn rising gives a long face, very dark and often black hair;
small dark eyes; a long nose; thin lips and a small chin, but high
cheek bones, and the face has a melancholic or pensive cast. The
forehead is usually broad and prominent.
Jupiter rising always gives a large frame, the face is well propor-
tioned, the hair light brown or flaxen, the eyes blue, the nose straight
and well shaped; the mouth large and neck usually long. Jupiter
men love a long beard and rarely shave.
Mercury rising gives a very keen and alert look, generally brown
hair and eyes, thin pointed chin, sharp nose, and a shrill or high
pitched voice.
Uranus rising generally gives very large eyes of a light yellow or
golden shade, dark hair, and well marked features, denoting strength
and originality.
The Sun rising gives fair hair, light round eyes, a ruddy com-
plexion, a well-cut mouth, full lips and prominent nose.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

The Moon rising gives dull, mouse-coloured hair, watery eyes,

pale face, large mouth, and indifferently shaped nose.
The sign of the zodiac rising at birth always greatly modifies the
rising planet, which is subject to its influence more or less according
to the aspects received from other planets. The above descriptions of
personal appearance must therefore be regarded as applying only in a
broad and general sense.
The following notable persons were born when the planet
mentioned was rising in the ascendant at the time of birth. Where
a name appears in parentheses it implies that another and more
important planet was also rising in the ascendant.
The Sun rising in:—
Aries :—W. Q. Judge, the Theosophist; Cosmo de Medici I.
Taurus :—President Grant ; Emanuel Kant.
Gemini :—Queen Victoria ; George Bidder, lightning calculator.
Cancer:—Emp. Maximilian of Mexico.
Leo :—Alexandre Dumas, pfere; Cardinal Gibbons.
Virgo :—Anne Kingsford ; Mrs. Maybrick.
Libra :—Dr. Richard Hodgson, psychical researcher.
Scorpio :—" George Eliot " ; Marie Bashkirtseff; John Burns, M.P.
Sagittarius :—Frances Power Cobbe ; Cardinal Andrea Peretti.
Capricorn :—W. E. Gladstone ; Swami Vivekananda; Bhagavan Das.
Aquarius:—John Ruskin; Hon. Justice Sir G. Banerji of Calcutta.
Pisces:—Sir Augustus Harris (" Druriolanus")-
The Moon rising in :—
Aries :—"Carmen Sylva," Queen of Roumania; (Ada Byron).
Taurus:—Mr. Frederic James, L.R.A.M.; Henry VI.
Gemini:—Isabel Lady Burton ; (Queen Victoria).
Cancer:—William Blake; President Loubet.
Leo :—L. C. Burar, well-known musician of Calcutta.
Virgo :—Hon. Alfred Deakin, late Premier of Australia.
Libra:—Cardinal Spinelli (b. 1654) ; Duchess of Parma (b. 1819) ;
Scorpio:—Lord Randolph Churchill; Lord Coleridge, Chief Justice.
Sagittarius:—C. L. Dodgson (" Lewis Carroll "); Artemus Ward.
Capricorn :—Walburga, Lady Paget; Emperor Charles V.
Aquarius:—(Lt.-Gen. Baden-Powell); Queen Mary I.
Pisces :—W. T. Fitzgerald, the journalist.
Mercury rising in:—
Aries:—John Columna, Patriarch of Jerusalem ; M. le Plongeon.
Taurus :—Cardinal Niccolo de Gade.
Gemini:—Dante, the poet; Louis XII. ; Jay Gould.
Cancer :—Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain.
 WHAT IS YOUR RISING PLANET?

Leo:—Harry Lauder, the Comedian; Petrarch ; James II.

VtVgo ;—Caesar Borgia ; Heinrich Daath, the astrologer.
Libra:—Erasmus; Lord Brougham (b. 1778); Dr. E. W. Berridge.
Scorpio:—Edward III. of England; Ex-King Manuel of Portugal.
Sagittarius :—Alfonso X., King of Arragon ; Zadkiel II.
Capricorn :—\V. E. Gladstone; Imre Kiralfy.
Aquarius :—Lt.-Gen. Baden-Powell (" B. P."); Pope Paul III.
Pisces :—Sri Ramakrishna.
VENUS rising in;—
Aries :—Mr. Tom Mann.
Taurus:—Miss Lilian Braithwaite; Chauncey Depew.
Gemini:—Giuliod'Este (b. 1478); Andrea Alciati, Italian jurist.
Cancer :—" Datas," the human encyclopaedia.
Leo:—Due de Bordeaux; Mr. Barney Barnato.
Virgo :—Edward VI. ; George IV ; Guy de Maupassant.
Libra:—Miss Phyllis Dare; (Lord Brougham); (Erasmus).
Scorpio:—(Lord Beaconsfield) ; Louis Philippe.
Sagittarius:—Mr. John F. Back, founder Transvaal Labour Party.
Capricorn :—Olga Kirfeef (Mme. NovikofI).
Aquarius :—Thomas Maybank, the artist.
Pisces:—Miss Zena Dare (Hon. Mrs. Brett); Ernest Legouvs.
MARS rising in :—
Aries :—Oliver Cromwell; Ada Byron, daughter of the poet.
Taurus :—Cardinal Niccolo de Gade.
Gemini :—(Lady Burton) ; Princess Louise; Anne,Queen of Hungary.
Cancer :—Marie Antoinette ; Lord Byron ; Duke of Connaught.
Leo:—Rosa Bonheur ; (F. C. Burnand); Bulwer Lytton.
Virgo :—Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotba; Louis XVI.
Libra ;—Pres. Faure ; Albert Edelfelt, the painter.
Scorpio:—Cardinal Richelieu; (Louis Philippe) ; Pres. Hayes.
Sagittarius :—Ear! Grey, the introducer of the Reform Bill.
Capricorn :—(King Edward VII.); Pope Sextus V.
Aquarius :—Mr. Herbert Burrows, the Socialist.
Pisces :—Lord Rosebery.
Jupiter rising in ;—
Aries :—Lord Acton ; Cardinal Charles Pius.
Taurus :—Jerome Cardan, the mathematician and astrologer.
Gemini:—Cardinal Jerome Alessandro (b. 1480).
Cancer:—John Bright; Chatterton; Backhaus, the pianist.
Leo :—Sir F. C. Burnand ; J. N. Banerjee, the Mark Twain of Bengal.
Virgo :—Empress Elizabeth of Austria ; Cardinal Peter Bembo.
Libra :—Mrs. Keningale Cook (" Mabel Collins "); Lady E. Lutyens.
Scorpio :—Alphonse Daudet; Napoleon Buonaparte.
Sagittarius :—King Edward VII.; Queen Elizabeth.
Capricorn :—Swedenborg; N. N. Ghose, Ed. Indian Nation.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Aquarius :—Jean Delville, the artist; the Princess Charlotte.

Pisces :—Lord Roberts (" Bobs ").
Saturn rising in :—
Aries :—" Raphael," publisher of the Ephemeris.
Taurus:—(Dr. C. A. Berry); Dion Boucicault.
Gemini :—Dante, the poet.
Cancer :—Christian III. of Denmark (b. 1503); " D. S. Windell."
Leo :—Pope Clement VII.; Pope Paul II.
Virgo:—Richard Cromwell; JohnColeman Kenworthy.
Libra :—Ferdinand V. of Spain (b. 1450) ; Duchess of Sforzia.
Scorpio:—Goethe; Sir Humphry Davy; Sir William Allan, M.P.
Sagittarius :—Victor Emanuel I.; Fred Rothwell, B.A.
Capricorn :—Frederick King of Denmark (b. 1843).
Aquarius:—(Mr. Herbert Burrows, the Socialist); Pope Paul V.
Pisces :—Robespierre ; Fr. Sforzia, second Dk. of Milan.
Uranus rising in :—
Aries :—Mrs. Annie Besant.
Taurus :—Mr. J. B. Shipley (" Sarastro"); Dr. Charles Albert Berry.
Gemini :—Archduke Rudolf of Austria ; Due de Berri.
Cancer:—Rudyard Kipling; Tom Loates, the jockey.
Leo :—Commander Morrison (Zadkiel I.).
Virgo;—Mr. Felix H. White, the composer; King Charles H.
Libra:—Henry of Navarre ; Elizabeth, daughter of Charles I.
Scorpio:—Charles Dickens; Cardinal Margotius Lanfranchi.
Sagittarius:—King Victor Emanuel of Italy (b. 1820).
Capricorn :—Giovanni Salviati, Cardinal of Florence (b. 1490).
Aquarius:—George du Maurier ; Wallenstein ; Cardinal Rudolfo Pio.
Pisces:—Empress Frederick of Germany; Pres. Failures.
Neptune rising in :—
Aries :—King George V.
Taurus:—Mr. Herbert Whyte, one of the Editors of the Lotus Journal.
Gemini:—Cardinal Antonio Fachinetti.
Cancer :—Prince John Charles ; Prince of Piedmont.
Leo :—George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; King Charles I.
Virgo:—Princess Alexandrine Buonaparte.
Libra :—Louis XVII., the " little Dauphin " ; Pico Mirandula.
Scorpio :—Lord Beaconsfield ; Victor Hugo; Louis XIV.
Sagittarius:—Charles, Connetable de Bourbon (b. 1489).
Capricorn :—Prof. Kero Laxuman Chatre.
Aquarius :—Abbas Effendi; B. Chatterjee, the Walter Scott of Bengal.
Pisces :—E. F. Fay, " the Bounder " ; Sir Henry S. Lunn.

lo think rightly is to create. All things come through desire.

 489

JANUARY; Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Time : places E. add, places W. subtract, dijf.»» time

Suitable for : 0 TO 6 A.M. G a.m. to Noon Noon to 6 p.m. 0 P.M. TO 12 M.

Interviews 19 16 8, 24
Correspondence 1 7, 14, 17 6, 11, 22
Pleasure 10, 21 15, 18, 26 5, 12, 28
Enterprise 1 3,5,9, 19
Social Affairs - 1, 6, 15 10, 20,25 12 17, 20
Meditations 5, 18, 23 2, 4, 8
Travellings 3 1, 14, 19,24
Voyages 1, 5 9 13

MONTHLY FORECAST
x. XI. XII. I. II. III.
>314 —4 *5 d3 ny n 26
OJ S ? <f V h iji v
V32S.2 134,28 217.24 d 26.50 2 8.4 a 13.19 1329.20 2522,15!^
At the New Moon, 19/l/'12, 11.10 a.m., London, the Sun and
Moon are in the mid-heaven in conjunction with Uranus and in trine
to Mars rising. This shows a strong Government, ready to undertake
important legislative reforms, meeting with a good deal of opposition
but well able to hold its own. Popular causes will be prominent and
successful. The death duties should yield a high return, and our
financial relations with foreign countries will be profitable. There
will be some amount of discontent and disputation in the country
turning upon political affairs mainly, although foreign relations will
demand attention also, and the prospect of Irish legislation will cause
excitement. Deaths will occur among the nobility; some titled lady
will die ; and prominent members of the legal and religious worlds will
be lost by death. Changes in the Cabinet are possible, and many
parliamentary measures will be discussed in the country.

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article

on the Winter Quarter on p. 508.
 -49°

FEBRUARY: Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Time : places E. add, places W. subtract, diff. in time

Suitable for : 0 TO 6 A.M. 6 a.m. to Noon Noon to 6 p.m. 6 P.M. TO 12 P.M

Interviews 9, 18, 19 7, 23 12, 15 3, 12, 20

Correspondence 6, 10, 17 11, 14 23 17,22,27
Pleasure 12,15,17 9, 20 4, 10, 20,24 17
Enterprise 2, 26, 28 6, 16, 21 10, 23
Social Affairs - 7, 25 9. 10, 14 2, 11, 16
Meditations 1. 5 26 14,18,19,23 21
Travellings 6, 10, 17 18, 25 24 10,15,20
Voyages 10, 17,20 1, 10 5,24 24,26, 28

MONTHLY FORECAST
X. XI. xu I. II. Ill
11125 ; 14 VJ r V32r K r8 »o
©D S ? S U 6 IJI i'
1=28.13 —17-49 V3 23.24 (16.50 212.36 a 14.20 s; 1.2 a121.31g

At the New Moon 18/2/T2, 5.44 a.m., London, Venus rises in

opposition to Neptune, and there are some strong positions in the map.
Much new legislation will be proposed in Parliament, which will be
overburdened with it; a great deal of political excitement will be astir,
and many changes in prospect. Differences between the two Houses
will be threatened. Financial affairs will cause trouble, railways and
the land being involved. Serious accidents will occur by rail, motor
car, and aviation. There will be some scandal or divorce case in high
life. Foreign affairs turning upon trade or money matters will give
trouble and we must guard against deception and false professions of
friendship abroad. A fire or accident will occur in a school or place
of entertainment.

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article on

the Winter Quarter on p. 508.
 491

MARCH : Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Time : places E. add. places W. subtract, diff. in time

O TO 6 A.V. 6 a.m. to Noon Noon to 6 p.m. 6 P.M. TO 12 P.M.

Interviews 8, 19 6, 16, 19 6, 13, 31 3,5,18,23

Correspondence 13,20, 25 18,20, 29 3,8, 14, 20 5, 22
Pleasure 2, 17, 19 6, 16, 21 5,6,7,13,21 10
Enterprise 23, 24 1, 6, 14 5, 6, 9, 27 15,20,27
Social Affairs - 15,20,23 1, 6, 10 1, 5, 6 7, 8, 28
Meditations 13,18,27 2,6, 7 3, 6 24
Travellings 13,25,29 8, 9, 14 1, 15 4, 16, 22
Voyages 2, 4, 23 8, 15, 18 1, 8 22, 28

MONTHLY FORECAST
X. XI. XII. X. II. III.
^126 1528 2^23 mil /10 V316
ops ? i If h h)
X27.58 TI2.53 =29.43 1120.47 / 15.7 » 16.44 =2.26 D2I,2li
The New Moon on 18/3/T2, 30.9 p.m., London, falls at the end
of Pisces on the cusp of the fifth house, separating from the square of
Mars in the eighth, but in good aspect to Uranus in the third and
Neptune in the ninth. Some advance should be made in aviation,
and scientific inventions and improvements relating to methods of
transit and traction, but sudden and accidental deaths are to be feared.
Schools are under good influences, and some changes in the law
relating to education will be discussed; places of entertainment will
be under good influences, and new ventures will be heard of. Money
matters will prosper but there will be a heavy expenditure on army
and navy with some exciting fluctuations on the Stock Exchange.
Foreign affairs will cause some anxiety arising out of trade or money
matters. Venus in the fourth house is very favourable for the crops
and the land. Neptune is fortunate for shipping and foreign travel.

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article on

the Spring Quarter on p. 508.
 492

APRIL: Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Ttm'e: places E. udd. places W. subtract, diff. in time

Suitable for : O TO 6 A.M. 6 a.m. to Noon Noon to 6 i»,m. 6 P.M. TO 12 P.M.

Interviews 14,15,22 12 26 6, 14, 19

Correspondence 15, 17 17,19,21 3, 13,27, 29 7, 12
Pleasure 18, 25 2, 10 15, 20, 29 4, 15, 27
Enterprise 3, 18, 24 13, 20 10. 22 24
Social Affairs - 2, 5, 25 29 11, 16, 19 6, 11, 24
Meditations 26 21, 23 9, 14 3, 12. 27
Travellings 12,19,20 1, 25 4, 15, 28 5
Voyages 5, 19, 25 19,21,23 11. 14. 25,27 4, 27

MONTHLY FORECAST
x. xi. xii. i. ii. in.
T2I.49 02 ®IO All.I A 28 "1/ 21
Q5? t <;
T27.5 T23.44I5. TS-S81^ ® 6-34 1 'S01^ 820.4 52317 2521.4
The total eclipse of the Sun, 17/4/T2,11.40 a.m., London, is visible
in England and Europe, and falls near the cusp of the tenth house at
London, the luminaries separating from the square of Neptune and
applying to that of Uranus. The course of national politics is likely
to be far from smooth under the influence of these positions; all
political affairs will be very much disorganised and little progress will
be made for the time; legislation will be hindered, discontent mani-
fested within both parties, and disaffection will follow. The interests
of aristocracy and democracy will conflict seriously. The Government
will have powerful enemies to contend with ; they will need to guard
against surprises and secret enemies both at home and abroad; they
will be in danger of something like a sudden collapse, and will be
fortunate if they avoid defeat. {Concluded on p. 512.)

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article on

the Spring Quarter on p. 508. See also p. 510.
 493

MAY: Favourable Days and Times

• places W. subtract, diff. in time

Greenwich Time: places E. add,
SttUable for ; 0 TO 6 A.M. 6 a.m. to Noon Noon to 6 p.m. 6 P.M. TO 12 P.M.

Interviews 1, 12. 19 16,21,22 6, 14, 22 9, 16, 25

Correspondence 24 12,14,17 4, 19 9, 11, 14
Pleasure 11,18, 23 5, 13, 15 10 10, 15
Enterprise 3, 12, 17 8, 25, 30 1, 16, 25,29 1, 16, 18
Social Affairs - 4, 22, 31 2, 6, 22 1, 2, 28, 29 3, 8, 13
Meditations 7, 10, 12 1, 7, 12 14 15. 18,20
Travellings 2, 3, 13 9, 16, 17 5,10, 22, 30 20, 25
Voyages 2, 9, 12 2, 22 16, 18, 29 22

MONTHLY FORECAST
x. xi. xii. i. ir. in.
^29.38 11122 79 / 25■ 2 ~9 K27
©5 9 S S U '? IJI f
W25-3g 80.8 8 12.4 023.19 7 12.27H 823.48 =3.2611, 021.33
New Moon, 16/5/'l2, 10.14 p.m., London. Foreign affairs are
likely to prove unsettled, and Africa is indicated as a quarter likely to
give rise to anxiety. Movements of ships of war and troops may take
place abroad, and diplomatists be busy on the subject. Trade, money
bills, and questions of finance will cause trouble and give rise to
debates in Parliament, changes and reforms being proposed that excite
opposition. Deaths will occur among women and children ; one or
two very wealthy persons are likely to die, a state official, and someone
high in society. Neither political nor social affairs are likely to go
smoothly at this time, and differences will appear between Lords and
Commons, caused by legislative changes. Hospitals and charities will
benefit financially and throughpublicattention. Theapproaching opposi-
tion of Mars and Uranus will cause some heavy failure, parliamentary
excitement, some sudden death, and accidents by rail and aviation.

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article on

the Spring Quarter on p. 508.
 494

JUNE: Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Tune : places E. add, places W. subtract, diff. in time

Suitable for O TO 6 A M. 6 a.m. to Noon Noon to 6 p.m. 6 P.M. TO 12 P.M.

Interviews 13, 18 5, 15, 17 10, 13, 19 4

Correspondence 15, 25 17 12, 13, 19 3,5,9, 17
Pleasure 10, 17,18 5, 13, 19 4, 12, 26 14
Enterprise 19,23,25 14 5,9, 18, 20 9, 12, 16
Social Affairs - 5, 13, 18 5, 18, 22 2, 18, 24. 29 9, 25
Meditations 6. 19, 25 11, 12 15, 17, 21 3, 8, 21
Travellings 22, 29 1,5,9 5, 25, 26 6, 12, 13
Voyages 13, 15,17 21 8, 18 25

MONTHLY FORECAST
X. XI. XII. I. 11. III.
K2g b7 n2I as 26 Si 12 (IE 2
OJ 8 ? <? 2/ '? lil 'J1
D23.46 1120.59 niS.2 ^1,10.39 ? 8.4815, b27.3i =2.5415, 2022.23
New Moon, 15/6/'12, 6.24 a.m., London. The lunation in the
twelfth house is not favourable for the Government, lessening their
power or prestige somewhat ; and as it falls near the place of Mars in
the Spring map it will revive the opposition there found. It is
unfortunate for money matters both in the country and in Parliament,
showing a high expenditure, some heavy bankruptcy, and political
trouble turning upon finance and money bills; but the earning power
of the nation will increase. Foreign affairs continue unsettled.
Affairs will proceed but slowly in Parliament, but some credit will be
gained through foreign affairs and the manifestation of power abroad.
Charities and philanthropic institutions will attract attention and
receive benefit. Theatres and entertainments will prosper. A good
deal of political excitement of a martial cast will be felt now throughout
the country, but the power of the people will be predominant.

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article on

the Summer Quarter on p. 509.
 495

JULY : Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Time : places K. add, places IV. subtract, diff. in lime

Suitable for : O TO 6 A.M. 6 a.m. to Noon Noon to 6 p.m. 6 P.M. TO 12 P.M.

INTERVIF.VVS 2, 5, 10 12, 30 10,14,16,23 10, 15,18

Correspondence 2, 10, 14 16, 21 18 6, 11, 16
Pleasure 5, 10, 19 16 12, 14, 30 1, 10, 15
Enterprise 9, 15, 17 8, 17, 19 21, 26 3, 12
Social Affairs - 2, 7, 15 10, 29 2, 19, 26 6, 21, 22
Meditations 1. 13, 19 3, 6, 15 22 8, 9, 28
Travellings 4. 11, 16 10.19,26 6 2, 22, 23
Voyages 16, 23 10 2, 10,12, 14 5, 29

MONTHLY FORECAST
X, XX. XIT, I. II. III.
a8 BB12 ^8 £.28 I1U5 / 29
0D S V •? iji ^
0521.41 aiC.S 0524.1 ^28.5 76.615. no.44 sfi.531}. 0523.26
At the New Moon, 14/7/T2, 1.13 p.m., London, the lunation falls
in the ninth house in conjunction with Neptune and Venus. Mars
and Mercury are in the mid-heaven. Travel between this country
and abroad will increase considerably, some notable visitors will be
received, and the King or some representative of the royal family may
travel abroad. Foreign relations will improve through mutual good
will and the exchange of courtesies. Finance and trade will extend
but heavy expenditure continues and some serious failure is likely to
happen and disturbance of the money market. Some very sudden
deaths will occur, one or more from violence and some from heart
disease. Much political excitement will prevail. Labour will be very
much disturbed. Feverish complaints will occur and probably some
epidemic. There will be deaths in high circles and among statesmen
and the aged. Some royal engagement or marriage will take place.

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article on

the Summer Quarter on p. S09-
 ^gC

AUGUST: Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Time : places E. atld, places IV. sttblract, difT. in time

Suitable for : O TO 6 A.M. 6 a.m. to Noon Noon to 6 p.m. 6 P.M. TO 12 P.M.

Interviews 10 17,22,28 3, 8, 13, 31 5, 12, 14

Correspondence 4 22, 28 1, 5 9, 13, 15
Pleasure 9, 18 4, 11, 17 5, 13, 23 13, 15,30
Enterprise 6, 10 1, 4, 19 12, 14 14, 29
Social Affairs - 3, 18, 19 12,20,25 6, 30 11, 15,22
Meditations 5,6,9,25 11, 26 2, 12, 15
Travellings 19,20,26 7, 12, 22 6, 7, 15 2, 29
Voyages 2,7,9,11 2, 12 19, 29 6

MONTHLY FORECAST
X. XI, XII. 1. II. III.
121 V39 >329 X7 as n2
OD 5 n h HI
A 19.42 «t5.45^ 150.7 1516.41 #5.42 13.4 =0.445. ©24.30
New Moon, 12/8/'12, 7.58 p.m., London. Questions relating to
labour are likely to be discussed during this lunation ; the parallel of
the Moon to Saturn shows privation and discontent, some of which
will affect railways, shipping, the post-office, and occupations having
to do with transit; and yet the strength of the Sun should help to
smooth away difficulties and restore prosperity in many cases. Foreign
affairs continue to cause anxiety, and some difficult questions will
make diplomatists very busy, but there is likelihood of a treaty being
concluded or friendly understanding being arrived at with a foreign
country. Some serious accidents by rail and road will occur. Railway
and other companies having to do with travel and the conveyance of
commerce or news will suffer financially; changes affecting them
adversely will take place. Royal travel abroad is likely. There will
be diseases and deaths from intestinal and abdominal complaints.

This Forecast should be read In connection with the article on

the Summer Quarter on p. 509.
 497

SEPTEMSER: Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Time: places E. ad*i, places W. subttact, diff. in time

Suit able for : 0 TO 6 A.M. 6 a.m. to Noon Noon to 6 p.m. 6 P.M. TO 12 P.M.

Interviews 2, 9, 11 11, 13 12, 26 6, 15

Correspondence 1, 3,5,12 10, 14 7 9, 13, 19
Pleasure 8, 23, 28 3, 10, 12 12 11,14,22
Enterprise 8, 17 10,12,22 14 3, 11
Social Affairs - 17,22,27 8, 19, 30 12, 14, 15 2, 8, 16
Meditations 6, 8, 15 12 1, 2, 21, 26 22, 28
Travellings 26, 30 16, 22 3,15,18,23 2, 8, 11
Voyages 5, 30 i 3 7,11, 15, 30 2, 8, 15

MONTHLY FORECAST
X. XI. XII, I. II. III.
ts ig 028 ila nto itsig ^16
OD S ? If '? 'if
"t 18.2 np 0.35 ^6.20 fy,$i 114.5 Wzg-silj. 2525.23
New Moon, 11/9/T2, 3.49 a.m., London. The positions in this
map are not particularly favourable either for the Government or the
country. Business and money matters will occupy a great deal of
public attention ; beneficial changes, increased revenue, and expansion
of trade are indicated by the good aspects from Saturn to Mars, Venus,
and Uranus; but a high rate of expenditure, heavy outgoings, some
serious bankruptcies, decline in value of securities and losses through
fluctuations are shown in this map as in several others during the year.
Strikes will be threatened and concessions and improved conditions be
gained by labour. Jupiter is favourable for the crops and for owners
of land. The Government should have strength to hold its own but
will not be very popular or prosperous.

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article on

the Autumn Quarter on p. gio. See also p. 511.
 498

OCTOBER : Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Time : places E. add, places 11'. subtract, cliff, in time

Suitable for : O. TO 6 A.M. 6 a.m. ro Noon Noon to G p.m. G P.M. TO 12 I'.M.

Interviews 6 8, 15 1. 8 12,20,21
Correspondence 6, 16, 21 1, 13 8, 10 10, 21,26
Pleasure 12 3, 7, 10 12, 27 7, 17
Enterprise 31 2, 8, 13 21 6, 8, 10
Social Affairs - 6, 10, 13 10, 12,19 12, 14, 19 24,26,27
Meditations 20 3 5, 6, 9, 30 18, 23
Travellings 21, 28 •6, 9, 27 13, 23 12, 19
Voyages 7. 9, 30 6, 13, 23 4, 12, 19

MONTHLY FORECAST
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
ril,r6.I7 76 723 7310.35 *3 T18
obs? snk iji v
^16.53 ^21.26 ini2.35 ===24-55 2 32.4 113.35^ 7329.31 2025.55
New Moon, 10/l0/'12, 1.41 p.m., London. This eclipse of the
Sun is visible as total in South America but invisible in Europe. The
map for London shows trouble to the religious world, disputes and
disagreements, the death of eminent and learned persons, speakers
and writers. There will be storms and loss of life round the coasts ;
travellers, ships, railways, and all means of transit including aviation
will suffer and fatal accidents will occur. But Parliament and the
eleventh house benefits through the presence of Jupiter, and if, as
seems likely, an autumn session is held, some useful legislation will
pass. Foreign affairs will be somewhat troubled and thorny questions
will arise, parts of Europe and Africa feeling the effects. Schools
and education will cause contention, especially religious education ;
and the positions are unfortunate for the universities. Theatres and
places of amusement will not prosper. Scandal threatens high circles.

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article on

the Autumn Quarter on p. 510.
 499

NOVEMBER: Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Time: places E. add. places IV.subtract, diff. in time

Suitable for : 0 TO 6 A.M. 6 a.m. to Noon Koon TO 6 P.M. 6 P.M. TO 12 P.M.

Intekviews 9, 14, 29 4 3, 6, 8, 11
COKKESPONDENCE 1. 10, 16 2, 13, 30 21, 28 5, 10, 14
Pleasure 2, 9, 10 14, 22, 28 1. 6, 11
Entekpkise 4, 8, 11 3, 6, 28 13, 16,29
Social Affairs - 2, 9, 29 11,24,30 2,11, 15, 16 6,9, 13
Meditations 15,20,30 22, 23 1.16, 26, 28 2, 5,8, 14
Travellings 10, 16 2, 9, 12 2, 5. 24 19,23,29
Voyages 1, 16, 24 3,5,9,26 2, 19, 23, 30 9, 29

MONTHLY FORECAST
x. xi. xn. i. ii. in.
d 20 27 S\2y 11522.15 iiis 11114
11116.19 7 6.12 718.51 11115.4 71745 Ei.4511. V529.55 ® 25.59 IV
The New Moon, 9/11/T2, 2.5 a.m., London, falls in Scorpio in
the third house in close conjunction with Mars. Serious accidents
with loss of life will take place by sea and land, by rail, motor, and
the various methods of travelling ; cases of drowning and of assault
will occur in connection with travellers; and railway, shipping, and
other companies will suffer from serious competition and their finances
will suffer. But some advance or new invention connected with
transit will be made. The lunation falls on the mid-heaven of the
October eclipse and on the ascendant of the autumn Quarterly map :
and this will stir up much active martialfeeling in England and France,
and perhaps result in the movement of troops and warships. It is in
exact opposition to Saturn in the sixth house at the last spring Quarter,
which will cause labour troubles and crimes of violence, as well as
being very unfavourable for the health of the country.

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article on

the Autumn Quarter on p. 510.
 5 co

DECEMBER: Favourable Days and Times

Greenwich Time: places E. a<M, places H'. subtract, fl'ijf. in time

Suitable for : 0 to 6 a.m. 6 a.m. to Noon Noon to 6 p.m. 6 P.M. TO 12 P.M.

Interviews 6. 7. 14 11,19,26 8. 28 3, 12, 21

Correspondence 13, 27 31 4, 6, 8, 13 6, 8, 10
Pleasure 2, 12, 13 7, 9. 22 27 6, 12, 14
Enterprise 3. 13 5, 10, 18 21 6, 7, 12
Social Affairs - 7, 28 9, 14, 19 4, 21 6, 12. 27
Meditations 6, 12, 14 19, 20, 27 2, 23, 25
Travellings 3, 21, 22 13,17,30 6. 7 9. 14,
Voyages 7, 21, 27 13 2, 6, 21, 23 16,25,27

MONTHLY FORECAST
x. xi. xn. i. ii. in.
T5 y 23 IBG 55 22 ag
GD , ? ? s it k '« f
f 1O.17 716.5115. 024.54 76.0 724.16 y 29.221^> =0.59 1025.3515.
New Moon, 5.7 p.m., London. The country will be
troubled by problems relating to labour and the unemployed; strikes,
assaults, insubordination, and crime will occur; and while some of
these will reach a settlement during the month, others are likely to be
serious and to entail heavy losses. There is danger of infectious
diseases spreading, perhaps small-pox. There will be trouble
connected with army and navy, an accident or explosion on board
ship, and cases of insubordination will occur; but the position of
Jupiter is auspicious for launching vessels. Some wealthy and titled
women will die; the bankruptcy of some women will attract notice;
and questions relating to the earnings and property of women will be
of importance now. The death rate among children will be heavy.
Troublesome foreign questions will occur, and there will be coldness,
lack of cordiality, and accusations of treachery and deceit.

This Forecast should be read in connection with the article on

the Autumn Quarter on p. 510.
 5or

iSatianal ^.atrolog^

MUNDANE ASTROLOGY : AN OUTLINE

As all students of Astrology are aware, National or Mundane

Astrology is that branch of the subject which deals with the life of
nations rather than individuals, with people in the mass rather than in
single separate personalities.
The individual karma or fate of each person is to a very large
extent merged in that of the race, and the nation, to which he by birth
or adoption belongs. This matter has quite recently been discussed,*
and need not be gone into here. But students of the more familiar
branch of Natal Astrology are often apt to overlook the fact that the indi-
vidual is subject first of all to the laws of his Race and Nation, and
that whatever the special features of his own horoscope, these can
only work within the limits imposed by the karma and the dharma—
two words which may be paraphrased as debt and duty—of that nation
and that race.
The Human Race is a unit, or rather a family, and it has a
collective as well as a differentiated forward movement. The whole
world partakes in some degree of the advantages conferred upon it
by such inventions as the steam engine and the electric telegraph, the
telephone ana the typewriter, partakes of the blessings of universal
peace no less certainly than of the poison of international strife.
And Mundane Astrology is properly the study of this varying World
Movement, its two steps forward and one back, its side-sway from
feeling to thought and from thought to feeling,—one or other nation
embodying for the moment the progressive impulse.
Hence in its specialised sense Mundane Astrology seeks to fore-
cast the general political and commercial outlook, and the distribution
of profit and loss (using these words in their very widest sense)amongst
the nations of the world.

• Mouer.v Astrology for 1911, pp. 225, 282, 395. 43S

502 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Planetary Influences
How this is done may be very briefly described. The gradual
progress of the major planets, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter and
Mars, through the twelve signs of the zodiac, bring periods of
generalised prosperity or decline in turn to every nation, for each is
responsive more particularly to some one sign of the zodiac. These
influences may be described very broadly thus—Neptune transmuta-
tive, Uranus stimulating, Saturn compressive, Jupiter expansive and
Mars exciting. And these influences are manifested through the
particular sign in which they are expressed. Thus Uranus the " planet
of reform " entered the sign Sagittarius in November, 1897, and con-
tinued there for seven years, during which an unprecedented stimulus
was given to all the activities connected with that sign. The sign
Sagittarius is especially connected not only with means of transit but
also with the distribution of knowledge, especially in the regions of
higher thought, religion and philosophy; and never in the history of
publishing has such a "boom" been known as then ensued in these
departments. Seven years later the sign Capricorn was entered. It
was then predicted that changes would take place on the political
map of the world, and the truth of that prediction is now beginning to
be realised.
This illustration must suffice, but it will be seen that to a certain
extent a forecast might be based upon the major planets' positions
alone, and this has been done by Mr. H. S. Green in the article which
follows, entitled "The Planets During 1912."
But the more detailed investigation of Mundane Astrology is
always based upon the positions of the planets at the commencement of
the Astrological Year, March 21st, as calculated for the Capital City
of the Nation whose fate is under consideration.

The Vernal Equinox

The Astrological Year commences at the moment of the Sun's
entry into Aries, which in 1912 takes place at 11.29.27 p.m., G.M.T.,
on March 20th.
It is obvious that although this moment of time will represent
different times of the day in different parts of the world, the planets'
 NATIONAL ASTROLOGY

positions will not be altered in any way. And this fact furnishes us
with an interesting application of the principle already referred to,
namely that there is a collective life of the world as well as an indi-
vidual and sometimes conflicting life of the several nations which
compose the world. For while the planets in these various horoscopes
calculated for the same instant of absolute time at Calcutta, Berlin,
London, Washington, etc., will occupy the same signs, their positions
as regards the twelve "houses" of the horoscope will be widely
different. So that the individual benefit or disadvantage accruing
from any given planetary position (say Mars in Gemini) will affect a
nation who has it in the first house very differently to another nation
having it in the tenth.
This illustration will serve to show the principle concerned.
There are other elements that enter into the problem, such for instance
as the temperament of the nation in question—whether hot-headed or
phlegmatic, alert or apathetic.
The remaining quarters of the year, as well as the Spring
quarter, have their influence. These are given later under appropriate
headings.

New Moons
Just as the nation has a life of its own within that of the world,
and the individual a life of his own within that of the nation and yet
partaking of it, so within the circle of the year there are twelve lesser
circles or cycles of the months, and these are made the basis of the
Monthly Forecasts given on pp. 489 to 500.
These Monthly Forecasts are of necessity subsidiary in their
scope to those relating to the Four Quarters. For in descending from
generalities to particulars, it must never be forgotten that the general
rules apply all the time, however much intermediate causes may
accentuate or subdue their effects in particular cases. Neglect of this
consideration causes many students to attach undue importance to
favourable or unfavourable positions in New Moon figures, and hence
to come very wide of the mark in their forecasts.
In the Editor's article on " Strikes and Planetary Cycles" in
Modern Astrology for October, it was pointed out that planetary
influences do not cause wars and strikes and other disturbances.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

They merely supply the forces that are used by undisciplined egos to
bring about such results. There are human beings in all stages of
development in a nation, and it is the response of the most powerful
party to one or another of these influences that finally decides the
result. When certain planetary influences predominate, men and
women who have similar influences prominent in their nativity are
drawn to the fore. This is not difficult to understand. A military or
engineering genius is so by virtue of his horoscope (earned by activities
in past lives), and when his country is at a stage when military or
engineering skill is at a premium it is inevitable that he should come
to the front. And the same principle is involved where mediocrity
and incompetence are concerned. When periods of decline or waste-
fulness set in, self-seeking or short-sighted public servants are given
prominent offices, and the nation suffers.

Eclipses
The Moon's Orbit being inclined to that of the Earth, the Moon can
only come directly between the Earth and the Sun when the New
Moon takes place at a part of the orbit which is very near the node
where the two orbits intersect. This is a Solar Eclipse. The suc-
ceeding Full Moon is usually a lunar eclipse, and is found to have a
special significance.
The effects of Eclipses are classed by students of Mundane
Astrology as intermediate in power and in duration between the
Quarterly and New Moon figures. They are given later in their
proper places.
General Remarks
Mundane Astrology must appeal to every lover of his race who
is capable of undertaking the study of it. It calls for a broad
mind and a discriminating judgment in order to achieve the highest
success. But a sincere study of the subject however brief or limited
in its scope, cannot fail to enlarge the mental outlook and ripen the
judgment.
Our readers will be interested to learn that Mr. H. S. Green's
long promised manual Mundane Astrology is now on sale (see
advt.). The subject is lucidly presented, and a special feature is the
 NATIONAL ASTROLOGY 505
Frontispiece, which is the astrological figure from which the
termination of the Boer War was predicted.
From Mr. Green's pen also are the articles which follow. His
important article on " The Influence of Uranus in Mundane Astrology "
in Modern Astrology for August will not have been forgotten.

THE PLANETS DURING 1912

Neptune continues within the sign Cancer during the year, the
furthest point it reaches being 2601' at the end of October; and two
more years will elapse before it enters the next sign Leo. Its
influence, which is democratic, integrating, and harmonising at its
best, but chaotic and subversive at its worst, will continue to be exerted
upon Africa and other parts ruled by Cancer; and its presence in this
sign signifies a continued extension of the power of the people. It
continues to separate further from the opposition of Uranus, the two
planets being about twelve degrees from this aspect in the spring and
four in the autumn. But the strength of the opposition, which should
be waning, is reinforced by the eclipse of the Sun in April, when the
two luminaries will be separating from the square of Neptune and
applying to that of Uranus, being exactly midway between the two.
This fact and the presence of the eclipse in the midheaven at London
and a good part of Europe make that map probably the most serious
one of the year, the effects of which will be felt for a long time. It
indicates the instability of Governments and Parliaments, the death of
some monarch and of great people, and the alienation of the upper and
lower classes, of master and man.
It is customary to regard the map for the Spring Quarter as
constituting a kind of general outline horoscope for the whole year ;
but it seems quite possible that the eclipse of April 17th may prove
this year to be the more important, This point is worth careful atten-
tion because, while the Spring map does not seem to indicate any
defeat of the Government, it is not unlikely that the two eclipses in
April may result in this or in a General Election before their influence
expires.
Uranus leaves Capricorn and enters Aquarius 30/1/T2 at lOh.
49m. 55s. p.m., Greenwich Mean Time. Uranus last entered this
506 MODERN ASTROLOGY

sign on February 18th, 1828, and finally left Aquarius on February

10th, 1836, this period covering, in English history, the death of George
IV. and the fierce struggle over the great Reform Bill. Ptolemy
stated that when a planet gets within two degrees of the end of a sign
it begins to influence the next sign ; and during the last year, 1911, a
legislative war has been waged that closely recalls that of the previous
cycle, the threat of creating Peers to swamp the House of Lords
having been employed in both, Aquarius is the sign of Parliament,
and great reforms are sure to be accomplished while Uranus passes
through it. When the planet enters the sign it will be in conjunction
with the Sun, in trine to Mars, and free from aflliction; which
promises power, executive energy, and success in legislative reforms ;
while the fact that it is in the fourth house at the time at London with
Neptune culminating shows the democratic nature of the results likely
to follow and the increase in power of the people, Uranus also meets
the trine of Saturn and remains within orbs of this aspect for the
whole of the second half of the year, which is an additional indication
of power devoted to practical reforms. The furthest point in Aquarius
reached by Uranus during the year is 3028' in May. Russia, Prussia,
and other parts ruled by this sign may expect to feel the effects of the
planet.
Saturn will be in the middle of Taurus when the year opens.
This sign rules Ireland among other parts, and its effects upon politics
in bringing forward the question of Home Rule have been very
evident of late. The planet enters Gemini on July 7th, and progresses
to 407' of that sign before becoming stationary. It retrogrades into
Taurus again at the end of the year. Gemini rules the United States,
and that country will feel the effects of Saturn's entry into its sign ;
and Wales and London as well as other parts will be troubled by it.
Saturn and Mars were in conjunction in Taurus IQ'SQ' in August, 1911,
and the former planet will pass over this point again on April 16th,
1912, which will tend to re-excite the malice of the conjunction,
troubling trade and making Ireland a bone of contention again. It
enters Gemini in trine to Uranus in Aquarius, and it seems likely
that these two airy signs will further the conquest of the air and
organise more definitely the forces of aviation. From July to
September, Saturn and Jupiter will be more or less closely in opposi-
 NATIONAL ASTROLOGY

tion ; and this will be unfortunate for trade and money matters, for
judges, religious bodies, and the nobility, especially in those countries
where the two planets are angular or in important positions in the
various mundane maps. From July 18th to 26th, Mars will be in
Virgo, passing from the square of Saturn in Gemini to that of Jupiter
in Sagittarius, and so exciting the opposition strongly, making this a
particularly unfortunate period. When referred to the map for the
Summer Quarter, these aspects indicate strikes, crime, sudden deaths,
and acts of violence.
J upiter will be in the sign Sagittarius the whole of the year.
This will benefit Spain, although the good fortune that it promises is
lessened by the opposition of Mars in March and that of Saturn in the
summer, as noted above.
The Eclipses of the year are four. A partial eclipse of the Moon
on April 1st at -^11049', visible in Great Britain and Europe. A total
eclipse of the Sun on April 17th at <Y,2705', visible in Great Britain
and Europe. A partial eclipse of the Moon on September 26th, at
T3o0', invisible in Great Britain and Europe. A total eclipse of the
Sun on October 10th at ===16053', invisible in Great Britain and
Europe. Falling in the signs Aries and Libra, these will trouble
England, Germany, and Austria. They afflict the ascendant and
descendant of King George's horoscope.
A glance through the maps of the year for London show the con-
tinual repetition of certain characteristics, which appear again and
again in the predictions made. The wealth, trade, and financial
resources of the country are likely to increase; but along with it will
go increased expenditure, some heavy bankruptcies, losses in sundry
directions, and some difficult questions relating to money matters.
The differences between the two Houses of Parliament are by no
means at an end, and further developments will be seen. In the map
for the Summer Quarter there are indications of favourable foreign
relations and very friendly feelings abroad; but in several of the
other maps the presence of malefics in the seventh house shows that
difficulties will arise and trouble be experienced abroad.
508 MODERN ASTROLOGY

THE WINTER QUARTER

0 enters Icf 22/12/T1, 10A. Sim. i2s. p.m., London

X. XI. XII. I. II, III.
n 14.41 3522 .SI23 111118.17 in mio
GSS? s v k ijf ij)
wo.o >324.58 V35.18I5. m 15.10 a 24.37I5. ;2.4o 813.5015. >327.26 3S23.0I5.

The presence of Mars and Saturn both retrograde in the ninth

house will cause storms at sea and the loss of life round the coasts.
Trade will not be good for the time being; the shipping lines will not
prosper financially, and severe competition will be felt. Trade and
money matters at home will not be fortunate ; heavy expenses will be
incurred; markets will be dull and unprosperous; some bank may be
in difficulties and there will be great fluctuations on the Stock
Exchange. No department of the national life will thrive just now ;
strikes will be threatened and labour will extort reluctant concessions.
Strife is likely to continue within the legislature and between the two
Houses of Parliament, but the forces of democracy seem to be the
stronger in this map and will control the situation. The Government
is neither particularly strong nor fortunate but it can hold its own.
There will be deaths of people eminent in the religious world, and
religious strife will be felt.

THE SPRING QUARTER

O in IP 20/3/'12, HA. 29m. 27s. p.m., London

x. xi, - XII. I. II. III.
"J! 19.31 ^19 Rio 11126.27 729 5=ro
OSS?83/ 'j y
TO.O T24.38 Ti6,2l M2.14 021.50 7 15.11 816.57 =2.31 3521.2I5.

The country will prosper and trade will increase, but expenditure
will increase with it by leaps and bounds. A great deal of excitement
and martial feeling will be manifested both at home and abroad ; the
movements of troops and war vessels may be necessary; and foreign
affairs will cause anxiety. Home affairs will be very disturbed and
changeful; the labour world will be unsettled and discontented;
 NATIONAL ASTROLOGY 509
various forms of religious excitement will attract attention; and judges
and magistrates will incur hostile criticism. The Government should be
able to hold their own for the time being; abundance of legislation is
likely to be under consideration, and some at least of it will pass into
law and will bring credit with it. The King's prestige will increase
and he will play a part in smoothing the course of public events.
Many changes will occur affecting high society, and critical events
relating to the House of Lords are likely to follow. Education will
prosper and legislation seems likely to be foreshadowed with regard to
it. The death rate among women and children will be high. Aviation
in this country will be organised more and will advance.
The opposition of Mars and Jupiter is the most critical aspect in
the map and will excite people's minds greatly ; but much will be under-
taken and accomplished in legislation, and the King and Government
will both gain credit.

THE SUMMER QUARTER

0 enters 2S 21/6/'12, Ih. 16"(. 56s. p.m., London

X. XI. XII. L II. m.
£*2o.l^ 1IU4 *2 7 17.43 V328 K-xj
O D 5 S J % •? HJ V
fflo.o 1^29.15 5x5,16 D26.4 14.34 ^8.3!^ a 28.17 552.421^ ®22.37

The Sun is setting close to Venus and Mercury. These are very
fortunate positions for foreign affairs, promoting peace and good will
between Great Britain and other countries abroad, furthering royal
and illustrious visits, friendly understandings, and popular functions
and ceremonials. An engagement will be announced or a marriage
take place in royal circles. Royalty and the Government will gain
credit and popularity. The death of some eminent nobleman and
also of some member of Parliament will occur. Money bills and
legislation affecting labour are likely to attract a great deal of attention
and entail many changes and reforms. Hospitals, charities, and
philanthropic movements will benefit from the position of Jupiter, and
some changes or reforms affecting their financial standing are likely to
take place.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

THE AUTUMN QUARTER

O enters — 23/9/'12, 10/r. 8>». 27s. a.m,, London

X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
11)12.0 ^4 1)114.53 / 14 W22
G ^ 5 ? i If 5 Ul V
.2=0.0 =23,52 ini2i.7 =2=21.27 /9-23 n4-4li- M29.37II. V325.39
The ingress on the cusp of the eleventh house with Mars and
Venus therein shows more political activity than usual for the time of
year, and that the Government will be fairly strong and fortunate.
Many projects in the way of new legislation seem likely to be mooted,
and much power and some success of a reforming character are
indicated, either carried through this quarter or foreshadowed for the
future. There will be much good will and friendly feeling in foreign
relations. Trade and money matters will prosper but there are
indications of increasing expenditure here as in other maps this year.
Some scandal affecting persons in good society and someone in connec-
tion with politics will be heard of. The King will be busy and
popular, and his power and popularity will increase. Some prominent
writer will die, and some eminent servant of the state. There will be
much writing, publishing, and speech-making. Questions relating to
women's suffrage and the political interests of women are likely to be
to the front but any great degree of success does not seem probable.

ECLIPSES OF THE MOON*

April; Full Moon 1/+/T2, 10.5 p.m., London
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
npg*20 =aio 1)13 "Ug.43 t 20 M30
G 5 5 ? s y '2ipi'
TII.49 T29.3 X 16.53 D28.5 ? 15.24 » 18.14 - -55 ®20.59
2

This is a partial eclipse of the Moon, visible in Europe. At

London, it falls in the eleventh house in sextile to Jupiter. Money
matters will thrive, trade increase, and the country prosper financially.
The people will benefit, but legislative schemes of a democratic
character on their behalf will entail much expenditure. The eclipse

* For the Solar Eclipses see pp. 492, 498.

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will disturb the course of Parliament and herald important changes in

affairs, but financial affairs will flourish ; there will be the death or
resignation of a member, and the Government will need to walk
warily or they may come very near to defeat. Conflict between the
two Houses will again take place or be foreshadowed. Foreign affairs
will cause some trouble, perhaps involving questions of money or
trade. The position of Venus is very favourable for agriculture, land,
and property. Discontent over questions relating to labour will be
expressed, some strike will take place, and the influences are likely to
bring trouble upon railways, the post-office, and aviation. Changes
will occur and new regulations be introduced in connection with army
and navy. Sanitary matters and questions of hygiene will gain
attention and benefit by the introduction of reforms.
The eclipse will fall on the cusp of the mid-heaven about 30°
East longitude, affecting Russia, Turkey, Greece, Asia Minor, and the
whole of the eastern half of Africa. Governments and the ruling
powers will be seriously disturbed here ; popular clamour and discontent
will make itself felt, and democratic reforms and changes will take
place; some Government will come to an end ; royal and titled women
will die. Earthquake shocks are likely to be felt near longitude
30" E. and 150° W.
Some of the effects of the eclipse will be felt at once, but others
may be expected about April 26th, May 1st, July 4th. Austria, ruled
by Libra, will feel the eclipse heavily.

September; Full Moon, 26/9/'12, 11.34 a.m., London

X. XI. XII. I. 11. m.
USZS.IO *±26 1H.I6 f 2.12 V3C Sig
O IV 8 ? i v '2 Ijl
ij.o Tj.o 11)126.40 =2=25.14 =2=15,31 /9.50 04.111= 1329.35^ ®z5-43
The indications of this map are very similar to those for the
Autumn Quarter, and its influence is, on the whole, fortunate for the
country, the King, and the Government. A good deal of political
activity will follow, much debating and speech-making, and many
reforms andchanges foreshadowed of considerable importance. Finan-
cial questions will cause some trouble, and some problem of foreign
relations turning upon trade or money matters will arise ; yet all
512 MODEKN ASTROLOGY

matters should be settled smoothly and peacefully in the end. The

deaths of a good many workers and members of the lower classes will
be recorded, but changes furthering the interests and welfare of the
people will take place. Scandal affects some statesman and a member
of the nobility. The King will be troubled by the eclipse falling on
his ascendant. The Moon will be on the lower meridian a very few
degrees East of Greenwich, and earthquake shocks, accidents in mines,
and the fall of buildings will be liable to follow.
The eclipse being in Aries troubles England and Germany, and its
effects will follow very quickly.

{.Concluded from p. 492)

They may succeed in the end because of the strength of the Sun
by sign and house, but the danger is serious, and this is one of the most
important events of the year.
The King will be troubled; the course of affairs is likely to be
contrary to his desire ; he will experience some disaffection or hostility;
and a death is probable among those near to him. Strikes will
follow, and trade and money matters will suffer for a time. Foreign
affairs will be very troubled, for this eclipse will affect the greater
part of Europe adversely. Some royal personage will die; many
political disturbances and upheavals will occur among the European
effects; and more than one Government will be in danger of being
overthrown.
Seismic shocks will be felt a very few degrees East of the longi-
tude of Greenwich, as well as near 175° West longitude. The general
effects of the eclipse will be manifested very speedily; but on
May 13th and 23rd, and June 2nd, Mars will transit important points
in this map; and on July 20th, the Sun will square the place of the
eclipse; and about these times some of the disasters foreshadowed
will be experienced.
England and Germany are ruled by the sign in which the eclipse
falls, and will feel its effects in special force. Public scandal threatens
some prominent person ; and there will be much obscure crime.
 Siograpbical of ^ome JTamoaa Astrologers

A MASS of irrefutable and substantial evidence in favour of

Astrology will be found in the biographies of many distinguished
persons, providing a study as easy to follow as it will be found
interesting and instructive.
This evidence in ordinary cases would be quite sufficient to reverse
the prejudice of the most grudging sceptic, but in the case of Astrology
—where an inner perception of Truth is more essential even than the
conclusions of the senses and the external faculties—a more specific
treatment may be required.
The enumeration of a long list of names of famous characters
who were either "astrologers" or students of Astrology, or in
favour of the subject, should however be of some value in softening
the views of the most hardened opponent, and although it may surprise
many to find a number of unexpected names in the long list of
celebrities who are known to have favoured Astrology, it is neverthe-
less true that to every one of these illustrious names may be added a
score of less exalted ones of whom the general public are unaware.
Beginning such a list, we should probably be tempted to give preced-
ence to the names of those of superior rank, were it not that our choice
is so wide that we may, for convenience, place the names in
alphabetical order.
Under these circumstances we might unblushingly start with
Adam, only it might be necessary to explain that the Fruit of the
Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil first grew upon an Astrological
tree, whose roots we can trace to Adam-Kadmon, the primordial
archetypal man, the heavenly Man created before the animals—for
the so-called "animals" are the signs of the zodiac, "the finest
shadow of Physical Man."
We need not however be drawn into these metaphysical abstrac-
tions, since we have a simpler task to perform in sketching a few
biographies, which alone should prove both interesting and significant
even to those who are not attracted towards metaphysics. If it were
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

possible to mention all the Hindu, Chinese, Chaldean, Persian and

Egyptian Astrologers of past and pre-historic times, we should require
as many volumes as we now shall occupy pages in giving a brief sketch
of a few brilliant names in comparatively modern times.
Every Nation has had its system of Astrology, and if we enquire
into the subject we shall find that all that happens now, and all that has
happened during the eternity behind us, is part of a preconceived
plan. The Creator of the Universe cannot be taken by surprise by
any event in the course of illimitable Time ; we as a Nation are only
doing that which other Nations have also done, but coming as we do
at a later stage of Evolution, we have greater facilities for under-
standing the future which lies before us.

AGRIPPA
Cornelius Henry Agrippa was born on the 14th of September, in
the year 1486, at Cologne. This statement alone would be sufficient
for the majority of people, his skill in the occult science being known
the world over.
In his youth he was Secretary to the Emperor Maximilian I., and
soon acquired the ability to express himself in no less than eight
languages; his life appears to have been an eventful one throughout;
he passed through the Army, became a skilful physician, and studied
Astrology, chiefly as an aid to his favourite study of Alchemy. His
books shew that he had more than a superficial knowledge of Magic,
and he has been classed with the Magicians of the Middle Ages.
His opinions were so pronounced and so in advance of his times,
that he was brought into conflict witlrthe monks and theologians of the
period.
Take for instance, his ideas on the human soul; Cornelius Agrippa
tells us : " The ever-changing universal force, the * soul of the world,'
can fecundate anything by infusing in it its own celestial properties.
Arranged according to the formula taught by Science, these objects
receive the gift of communicating to us their virtue. It is sufficient to
wear them, to feel them immediately operating on the soul as on the
body. The human soul possesses, from the fact of its being of the
same essence as all creation, a marvellous power. One who possesses
the secret is enabled to rise in science and knowledge as high as his
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME FAMOUS ASTROLOGERS 515

imagination will carry him ; but he does that only on the condition of
becoming closely united to this universal force. Truth, even the
future, can be then made ever present to the eyes of the soul, and this
fact has been many times demonstrated by things coming to pass as
they were seen and described beforehand—time and space vanish before
the eagle eye of the immortal soul—her power becomes boundless—
she can shoot through space and envelop with her presence a man, no
matter at what distance ; she can plunge and penetrate him through,
and make him hear the voice of the person she belongs to, as if that
person were in the room."—De Occnlta Philosophid.
He was at one time in favour with Royalty and evidently had
some difficulty in satisfying their ridiculous and impossible
expectations.
His genius caused him to appear eccentric, but he was a man of
profound learning. His writings on Astrology have been much appre-
ciated by students in modern times and recently some of them have
been reprinted and published in America.

Ashmole

Elias Ashmole, born 1617, died 1692, was founder of the " Ash-
molean Library" at Oxford, and has done much for Modern Astrology
by his translations and publications of astrological works. It would
be impossible to deny the fact that this gifted student of Nature,
Philosophy, Mathematics and Astronomy was an Astrologer, and
although latter-day reviews ignore this fact, merely stating that he
studied "other branches of knowledge," there is abundant evidence to
prove that a knowledge of Astrology permeated the whole of his life;
and he was a close associate of the celebrated astrologers Moore, Lilly
and Booker.
In the year 1650, Mr. Ashmole published a Treatise on Alchemy
written by Dr. Dee, which is an indication that his tastes ran in the
direction of occult and metaphysical subjects, and up to the time of his
marriage with Lady Mainwaring, he was a professional astrologer.
He was the first of the operative Masons and the last of the
Rosicrucians and Alchemists.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Roger Bacon
" Though an extraordinary man, Bacon could not entirely free
himself from the prejudices of his time—he believed in Astrology."
The above appeared in one of the latest reviews of the life of Roger
Bacon, the Franciscan Monk, born at Ilchester, Somerset, in the year
1214.
It is surely a strange perversion of the human mind which causes
it to excuse or ridicule that which it cannot understand ! There can
be no earthly reason why a shadow should be thrown on the amazing
genius and learning of Roger Bacon's life in consequence of the
prejudices of men of less intelligence. This highly capable and
competent astrologer spent no less than £"2,000, a considerable sum in
those days, on rare books and on instruments to aid him in his pursuit
of learning, which he shared with the World.
His extraordinary talents and the rapid progress which he made
in his studies, were too much for the illiterate scribes of his day, who
sought to impress on the mind of the populace the idea that he /iad
dealings with the Devil ! In consequence of this he was restrained
from reading his lectures and finally lost his liberty for a period of two
years. Mr. Edison and Mr. Marconi may congratulate themselves that
they have not been born in advance of their times.
The centuries however as they roll by will vindicate the theories
of Roger Bacon.
Cardan
Jerome Cardan, or Cardanus, one of the most extraordinary
geniuses of his age, was born at Pavia, in Italy, September 24th, 1501.
At four years of age he was taken to Milan, his father being an Advocate
and Physician in that City. At the age of 20 he was sent to Milan
University, and two years later was occupied in expounding the
mysteries of Euclid. The year 1594 saw him in Padua, where he
took his M.A. degree, and the following year he became Doctor of
Physic. He married in 1531, became Professor of Mathematics, and
practised medicine at Milan about 1533. In 1539 he was admitted as
a member of the College of Physicians at Milan, and in 1543 read
Public Lectures there and also at Pavia, but discontinued them
because he could not recover the payment of his salary, and returned
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME FAMOUS ASTROLOGERS 517

to Milan. He was in Scotland in 1552, having been sent for by the

Archbishop of St. Andrews to cure him of a grievous disorder, the
physicians of the King of France and of the Emperor of Germany
having been consulted in vain. Recovery began from the day that
Cardan prescribed for him, and after six weeks Cardan left, leaving
behind prescriptions which completed the cure in two years. It
was on this visit that London was passed through, where Cardan
calculated the nativity of King Edward, for he was famous for his
astrological knowledge as well as for medicine and mathematics.
Returning to Milan after four months' absence, he remained there
until the beginning of October, 1552, and then went to Pavia, where
he was invited to Bologna. Until the year 1570, he taught in Bologna,
but at that time he was thrown into prison and not released for some
months, when he went home. In 1570 he went to Rome, where he
lived some time without employment; he was however admitted a
member of the College of Physicians and received a Pension from the
Pope until his death which happened in September, 1575, at Rome.
Cardan was the most eccentric of men ; he appears to have been
a truly Uranian character, indiflerent to the opinions or friendships of
others. When the transcendent qualities of Cardan's mind are con-
sidered, they are found to have been cultivated with every species of
knowledge, and he made greater progress in Philosophy, Medicine,
Mathematics, and Astrology, than most of his contemporaries who had
spent a whole lifetime in applying themselves only to one of those
sciences. In particular he was one of the very finest Algebraists of
the time, a science in which he made great improvements, and his
labours in " Cubic Equations" especially have rendered his name
immortal, the rule for resolving them having ever since borne his
name. At the death of Cardan an extraordinary statement was
circulated by Scaliger, who said that the former having predicted and
fixed the time of his death by means of Astrology, p:irf>oscly nbsfained
from all food in order that the prediction might be fulfilled. In
consequence of this, it is generally asserted that Cardan's death
was the result of voluntary starvation ! It is also said that his father
died in a similar manner in 1524, after having abstained from
sustenance for nine days.
His reviewers state that he " believed so implicitly in Astrology
518 MODERN ASTROLOGY

that he drew his own Horoscope several times and ascribed the
falsehood of his predictions not to the uncertainty of his Art, but to his
own ignorance."
Every true Astrologer would be forced to make the same
admission. Cardan's Astrological Aphorisms are well known to
students of astrology.
Dryden
John Dryden, one of the most eminent of English Poets, was
emphatic in his belief in Astrology, and it is hard to understand why
the fact should be so carefully concealed by his reviewers.
He was in the habit of calculating the nativities of his children,
and when his wife was in labour with his son Charles, before leaving
her he laid his watch upon the table and begged one of the ladies
present in the most urgent manner, to be sure to take notice of the
exact time, which she accordingly did. About a week after, when his
wife had nearly recovered, Dryden took occasion to tell her that he
had been calculating the child's nativity, and observed with great
sorrow that he was born in an evil hour, for Jupiter, Venus and the
Sun were all under the Earth, and the Lord of the Ascendant afflicted
with a malignant square of Saturn and Mars ! " If he arrives at eight
year of age " said he, " he will be in danger of a violent death on his
birthday ; if he should escape, I see but small hopes for him ; he will
in his twenty-third year be again under evil directions, and surviving
that, again in his thirty-third and thirty-fourth years, my fear is
Here he was interrupted by the violent grief of Lady
Elizabeth who could no longer bear to hear these predictions of
calamity for her son.
The time drew near, and August was the inauspicious month in
which Charles Dryden was to enter his eighth year. The Court being
then in full swing and Dryden at leisure, he was invited to the country
seat of the Earl of Berkshire (his brother-in-law) to spend the long
vacation with him at Charlton, in Wilts. Lady Elizabeth was invited
at the same time to her Uncle Mordaunt's to pass the remainder of the
summer. When the question of the division of the children took place,
Lady Elizabeth would gladly have had her husband take John and
suffer her to have Charles, but Mr. Dryden was too absolute, and they
parted in some anger; he took Charles and she had to be contented
 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME FAMOUS ASTROLOGERS 519

with John. When the fatal day came, the anxiety of the lady's mind
occasioned such an effervescence of blood to the head that she fell
into a violent fever and her life was despaired of—until a letter arrived
from her husband assuring her that Charles was well, when she re-
covered her health and spirits; six months after she received an
account of the whole affair.
Dryden, perhaps|through fear of being thought superstitious, was
extremely unwilling to let anyone know of his belief in Astrology,
therefore he could not find means on his son's birthday to excuse
himself from taking part in a hunt which Lord Berkshire had
arranged, and to which the neighbouring gentry had been invited.
When he went out however, he took care to set the boy a long Latin
exercise—he taught his children himself—with a strict injunction not
to stir out of the room till his return, knowing well that the task he
had set would occupy a long time. Charles was obediently carrying
out his father's commands when as ill-luck would have it, the stag
made towards the house, the noise drew all the servants to see the
sport; one of them took young Dryden by the hand and led him out
also, when, just as they came to the gate the stag being at bay, made
a rush and leapt over the wall of the courtyard, which was very low as
well as very old. The dogs followed and in the scramble, the wall, or
at least ten yards of it, was demolished and fell down, burying Charles
Dryden in its ruins. He was immediately dug out, and after being
in a dangerous state for six weeks, recovered. So far the prediction
of Dryden had been verified. In the twenty-third year of his age,
Charles fell from the top of an old tower close to the Vatican at Rome,
in consequence of a fit of dizziness caused by the heat of the day. He
again recovered, but only to a certain extent, and was always after-
wards somewhat delicate. In the thirty-third year of his age, being
returned to England, he was unhappily drowned at Windsor ; he had,
it would seem, swum twice across the Thames, but on the third
occasion it is supposed he was seized with cramp, because he called
out wildly for help although unfortunately too late.
Thus his father's calculations proved but too prophetic.

[This Series will be continued in subsequent numbers 0}

Modern Astrology.]
 520

Hogd Sitfictions

The King is the symbol of the nation, even as crown and sceptre
are the symbols of his Kingdom and his sovereignty. The career of
a nation may be traced in the horoscope of its Kings, and the decline
of a race can be clearly seen in the persistent misfortune which dogs
the scattered remnants of a once Royal house.
The progress of a nation under its Ruler will follow the fluctua-
tions of that Ruler's horoscope, and one department of National
Astrology is based upon a careful and comparative survey of the current
directions of Reigning Sovereigns. The Consort of the Sovereign has
also his or her influence in the life of the nation, for where the Ruler
symbolises the outward life of the nation the King- or Queen-Consort
symbolises the inner, the home and social life, the trend of which is
inevitably set by the customs and manners prevailing in Royal circles.
The following studies of Royal Directions, contributed by Mr.
H. S. Green, will be found of value.

King George V.
Basic
Asc. 8 H March igi-c O / O r. Aug. 1912
Asc. z (Jr. .. D r. Z S .,
M.C. 0 ? May ., O r. d 9 March 1913
Interplanetary S Z ijl Oct. 1912
Progressed Lunar
D V. 5 r. jan. 1912 ]) 8 V r. July 1912
D cusp. Asc. p. Feb. pVO Sept.
]) 8 V March ,, D <1 1' r. Oct.
D Z r. D P. ? Nov. „
D A r. p. Juno D cusp 4lh r. Dec.
D Z ? r. ,, D □ J r.
Transits.— y. 8 0 Feb. 16; S d O March 1 ; J D p. March 16; S 8 U
March 28; Lunar eclipse 811 April 1 ; d d IJI April 2 ; Solar eclipse S April 17;
y SO May 17; S d S June 6; J D Sept. 4; Lunar eclipse 8 D Sept. 26;
3 d h Oct. g , y d y Dec. 14; 3 SO Dec. 17 ; y 8 ig Dec. 27.
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
KI4.43 K13 T29 1120.27 ®8 025
2327.42 [129.46 fl.16.35 1112.6 »J!4.'3 /20.15IT. -A24.0 231.28 Tto.34
Progressed Cusps as at June yd. 1912. Progressed Planets as at Notemher i^tk, 1912.
 ROYAL DIRECTIONS 521
The whole of the basic and interplanetary directions are unfavour-
able during 1912. The first two to the progressed ascendant will act
in the spring, when they are supported by the lunar; and will bring
travels abroad attended by trouble over some foreign question politically,
and political excitement at home, some social or family anxiety. The
semi-square of the Sun to its own place acted in August, 1911, when
it was supported by lunar directions ; railway strikes occurred and the
King's arrangements for travelling (Sun in third house) were interfered
with by political troubles ; something of this sort will be liable to recur
this year under evil transits. Travelling and activities of the third
house will be prominent all through the year, and foreign travel under
the aspects to and transits over Jupiter. The directions to Uranus
this year and next will be accompanied by parliamentary changes and
reforms. The approach of Venus to the Sun is a very fortunate
influence, favouring peace, prosperity, and international goodwill,
social and family benefits. This direction acted partly at the time of
the coronation when it was supported by the Moon, and it should be
felt again during 1912. The approach of the Moon to the square of
its own place and the conjunction with the progressed Uranus soon
afterwards signifies popular unrest, many political changes, some
foreign alliance, a new residence for the King, democratic influence
felt. The three eclipses noted are all unfavourable.

Queen Mary
Basic
Q A 'z Oct. 1911 Asc. » Iji March 1912 Asc. P. Sept. 1912
Intciplaiutniy (None)
Progressed Lunar
5 P. 9 r. Jan. 1912 DAl' June 1912
J) * J Feb. D □ r. July
D cusp gth April D rf ■? Sept.
J)Q9 .. 5 A Q Oct.
r. May „ D rf '? r, Nov.
J□ 9 „
Transits.—24 S Q Jan. 4 ; <f rf Q Eeb. 14 ; b # 9 April 14 ; rf rf (jl April 17 :
J rf <f June 23 ; 9 July 1; i 8 P July 30; •? stat. near Q Sept. r(5: sap
p. Nov. 15; <f # Q Dec. 7.
X. XI, XII. I. II. HI.
VS 16.34 =8 5<s «9.38 nio 1129
O D 9 9 S 24 lj f V
OT18.40 11120.14 3114.6 1128.12 nj 11.13 K7.raR. 14.17.331^ 229.15 T t5-4
Progressed Cusps as at May 26I/1, 1912. Progressed Planets as at November 26th, 1912.
522 MODEKN ASTROLOGy

The Queen's directions continue fortunate except for one or two of

the lunar ones. . The trine of the Sun to Saturn will be brought strongly
into effect this year by the lunar conjunction and trine in the autumn,
which shows travelling as well as influence exerted in political and
religious circles. The Moon's squares to Mercury and Mars show
that causes of annoyance will arise, some hostilecriticismor disturbing
events ; and the transits of June and July co-operate here. The con-
junctions with Saturn will be liable to disturb and lower the health
slightly and cause some depression; diseases resulting from chills,
dampness and rheumatism should be guarded against. Trouble may
occur while travelling. The transits about April 14th, September 16th,
and November 15th emphasise this and are unfortunate.

Queen Alexandra
If the estimate time is approximately correct, Queen Alexandra
has the direction © 8]) r. measuring to February, 1912, which will be
brought into effect in the summer by the progressed Moon passing
over the Sun and opposing its own place. The directions ©22f and
which are not due until 1913, will also be precipitated in 1912
by lunar directions in the summer. These are all unfortunate, showing
likelihood of ill-health, trouble while travelling, and death of a relative
or friend. The eclipses of April 17th and September 26th are un-
favourable, also the transit of Saturn in April; but Jupiter's transit of
the Sun about January 25th, June 11th, and September 22nd are
fortunate.
The German Emperor, Wilhelm II.
Basic Interplanetary
G * lj! Dec. ign jo1? Dec. ign
Asc. p. □ 5 r. Feb. rgi2 S □ S r. June igiz
r. March „ B j Ijl Jan. igi3
Progressed Lunar Directions
J) # J Feb. igia
F□
]) P. S r. March ,,
F □ O r. April
FCfr. „
]) P. G r. ,, „ FAS
F □ i? r. May FA^t Oct ,,
DF 2d- s* r.
L- ,, F P. # r. Dec
F P- ■? r. ,, FOG
F 5 V J une Fo «
 RUYAL DIRECTIONS
Transits. — J S D Jan. 19 ; J rf Asc. May 11; ^ rf ij r. p. June 6-12 ; I; # J
Jjineg: l? rf IJI July 2; j f J Aug. 28; J eclipse rf G p. Sept. 26; <f tf <f p-
Oct. 27; .f rf ]) p. Nov. 9; j rf 5 Nov. 25; J/ rf ? Dec. 7.
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
« I4.32 1124 030 A26.47 15116 ivn
G D 5 ijljll)
T0.22 ia3.44 T12.32 5=15.26 85.39 014.35 As.sgR no.18 K24.48
Progressed Cusps as at January 2y[h, 1912. Progressed Planets as at December 2-jth, 1911.
The square of Mars and Saturn is the most important of these
directions, and it will act about February, when similar lunar influences
are due; and there are evil aspects by transit to the same points in
June, August and October. Martial excitement throughout the coun-
try and abroad ; troubles connected with trade and money matters;
socialistic agitation and increaseof crime and popular discontent; with
parliamentary and political difficulties and unrest are likely all to occur.
The directions show a troublesome and critical year, but the Emperor's
power and prestige will increase. The first half of the year is dan-
gerous, some relative or important person is likely to die, and the
Emperor may suffer personally.

The Czar
Basic Intcrplanelaiy
Q □ 5 r. Oct. 1911 <f if >2 March 1912
G rf IJl r. June 1913 ? * S r. April 1913
Progressed Lunar Directions
D rf cusp. 4th Feb. 1912 DA? June 1913
S if G r. ,, „ D i? S r.
DA? March D 8 'j r. July
D rf i; April D A V r. Oct.
D 1? <f May
Transits.—Lunar eclipse 9 D April 1 ; Solar eclipse rf J April 17; >2 rf G June
16; "2 '2 p. July 5; '2 tf rf p. July 8; ^ 9 '! Aug. 8 ; Solar eclipse 91/ r., Oct.
10 : h tf h Oct. 25 ; b rf rf p. Nov. 26; *2 9 '2 p. Dec. 2.
The Czar is under some very unfortunate directions. The Sun is
passing from the square of the Moon in the eighth house to the con-
junction with Uranus on the cusp of the eleventh. Mars is in
opposition to Saturn ; the Moon is afflicted by both of them in the
spring ; and there are several evil transits to these points during the
year. Much national and political unrest are foreshadowed, discontent,
crime and rioting; the death of a relative and of some important
person closely associated with the Czar; and his own health may be
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affected adversely. With the Moon passing through the fourth house,
he will be troubled and unsafe even within his own palaces.

King Frederick VIII. of Denmark

The direction <7 S Q r. measures to December, 1911. Mars is at

112.35 in the eleventh house in opposition to the Sun at n 12.35 in
the fifth. During 1912 the Moon will be passing through Pisces in
the second house and, in October, will square both Mars and the Sun.
The direction will act strongly about that time. This will disturb the
legislature as well as trade and cause trouble relating to money matters
and taxation. It will be liable to affect the king himself through
health and family.

King Gustave V. of Sweden

Basic Interplanetary
O H ip Nov. ign V / >1 r. July igiz
Q □ <f r. June igiz ? A M.C. r. Sept.
Progressed Lunar
]) cusp 12th Feb. igiz 5*3; April igiz
J) P. <f r D□J r
D4O April ,, 5 * Q r, Nov. ,,

King Gustave has some rather strong influences in force this year
both solar and lunar. The Sun's sextile to Jupiter is fortunate for the
country and the king, bringing increase of trade, social well-being, and
prosperity. The square to Mars, however, threatens trouble from
another direction, disturbances, warlike rumours, increase of crime,
friction with another country; and the king is liable to suffer from
feverish complaints and is in danger of an accident, and may lose a
relative or someone near him by death. The spring is an especially
critical time.

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