Modcrp Astrology

®l)e "Astrologer's ®aga3^ne,,

ESTABLISHED 1890

A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO OCCULT

THOUGHT AND THE STUDY OF HUMANITY

" The aim of knowledge is to put an end to pain,"

VOL. III. NEW SERIES

[Old Series, XVII.\

Containing all the numbers for the year 1906

Editor—ALAN LEO

London
9, LYNCROFT GARDENS, WEST HAMPSTEAD, N.W.
1906
 CONTENTS.—VOL. III.

(FOR DETAILED INDEX SEE END OF VOLUME)

PAGE
A Prophecy Fulfilled 431
A Remarkable Case of Prevision 327
A Terrible Secret 182
" A Test for Astrology " 340
Advice to Astrologers - 203
Alfred Russel Wallace, Dr., The Nativity of 206
An Extraordinary Experience 89
Answers to Correspondents 76, 508
Apertures of the Body and Planetary Rulcrship, The 56, 151
Aquarius, Uranus and : by J. H. van S. 147
Astrologer's Note Book, Facts from 11
Astrologers, Advice to 203
" Astrology, A Test for " 340
Astrology, Freemasonry and 471
Astrology (see "The Foundations of Physical Astrology")
Astrology, How Regarded in France
" Astrology, Is there any Truth in " : by the Editor 254
Astrology, The Mission of: by Bessie Leo 29s
Astrology, The Philosophy of:—III., Living up to One's
Horoscope 223
Astrology, Practical r by Bessie Leo 196
Astrology, Indian 23, 116, 167, 213, 257, 311, 358
Astrology, Natal, Reformation of: by J. G. Dalton 37
Atoms, The Shapes of - - - 502
Autumn Quarter, The - 429
Authoress of " The Fulfilment " 75
Birth Coincidence, Strange 443
Birth-data of Celebrities (see also " Notabilia) 35
Birthdays, Favourable and Unfavourable 41, go, 138, 184, 222, 282, 326
Boy Explorer, Nativity of a ' • 362
British Museum, The late Keeper of the, a well-known writer
on Astrology - * - 269
Celebrities, Birth-data of (see " Notabilia ") 35
Celebrities, French, Birth-data of 166
Chaos in Nativities, The Mathematical: by J. G. Dalton 131
Coincidences, Some Strange 180, 379, 443
Comets, Recently Discovered 235
Competition, Prize, Result of 250, 444
Conder, Stanley, Nativity of 362
Construction of the Celestial Theme, The 177
Convert Heliocentric Position into Geocentric, To 179
Correspondents, Answers to 76, 508
Corrigenda (see also in Index) 75, 420, 493
Courageous Couple, A : by the Editor 490
Culprit, Political, Horoscope of a 278
Curious Dreams, Some 85, 468
Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolised (see Index) 173, 233, 323, 375, 457
Directing, Examples of 318, 371
Directions, Interpretation of (329) 424
Directions, The King's 14
Divisions of Zodiacal Signs : by the Editor 274
Dreams, Some Curious 85, 468
Dreyfus, The Fortunes of 460
Earthquake at San Francisco, The 268
Earthquakes, can they be predicted ?
Eclipse of 1906, The : by H. S, Green
Edelweiss, The Story of the : by Bessie Leo
Editor, Letters to the (see Letters)
End of the World, The 275
Enmities of the Planets, Friendships and 45^
Equinox, The Vernal: A Forecast for the Year 1906 127 (144) (441)
Error, An Important, in La Place's Equations [see Letters to Ed. and Index] 77
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PAGE
Errata: see Corrigenda
Esoteric Knowledge, Verified: by " Resurgam" 107, 158, 211, 245,2971 350i 442
Examples of Directing - 318, 371
Explorer, Boy, The Nativity of 362
Extraordinary Experience, An 8g
Extraordinary Wedding of Twins 428
Facts from an Astrologer's Note-Book ii
Fate versus Individual Effort: by Bessie Leo 5
Favourable and Unfavourable Birthdays (see Birthdays)
Freemasonry and Astrology 471
French Celebrities, Some 166
Friendships and Enmities of the Planets 456
Forecast lor the Year 1906, A 127
Fortunes of Dreyfus, The 460
FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY, THE:
by G. E. Sutcliffe, Member of the Leeds Astronomical
Society {rcf. 338, 3S6, 387):—Introduction, 393. Part I.—
Modern Science, 395. Part II.—Occult Teachings, 405.
Part III.—Mutual Interdependence of Modern Science
and Occult Teaching, 409. Part IV.—Some Suggestions
for Astrologers, regarding Aspects, etc., 412. Part V.—
The Music ot the Spheres, 416. Part VI.—The Relation-
ship between Astronomy and Astrology, 419
Four Ultra-Neptunian Planets 113
Garnett, Dr. Richard 269, 300
Gemini, Jupiter in : by H. S. Green 467
Geocentric Position from Heliocentric 179
Graal, Legends of the : by J. H. van S. 123
Heliocentric Position into Geocentric, To Convert 179
Home, My Other 353
Horoscope-Making for Amateurs:—II., Sir Henry Campbell-
Bannerman 65
Horoscopes, Various, (ref. Peculiar Horoscopes):—Our
Youngest Prince, 20; A Drunkard, 42; Our Youngest
Princess, 156; Mr. H. Pcrshouse, 164; Dr. A. R. Wallace,
206; An Interesting, 230; Uncommon Mind, 251; King
and Queen of Spain. 261; Hysterical Woman, 273;
Political Culprit, 278 ; Dr. Richard Garnett, (269), 300;
Lady Isabel Burton, 318; Boy Explorer, 362; " Philippa
Forest," 446
House, The Seventh: by " Aphorel " 81
How Astrology is Regarded in France 226
Hysterical Woman, The Nativity of an 273
Impressions, Dreams and 8s
Indian Astrology - 23, 116, 167,213, 257, 311, 350
Individual Effort, Fate versus: by Bessie Leo 5
Influence of Neptune, The 267
Interesting Coincidences regarding Names 379
Interesting Horoscope, An 230
Interpretation of Directions, The 424
" Is there any Truth in Astrology ?" by the Editor * 254
Jupiter in Gemini: by H. S. Green 467
Keeper of the British Museum, The Late 269
King and His Counsellors, The; an Allegory: by "Myrrha"
162, 220, 276, 314,368, 430, 464, 503
King's Directions, The 14
Knowledge, Verified Esoteric (see Esoteric)
La Place's Error (see also Letters to Ed.) 77
Legends of the Graal: by J. H. van S. 123
Letters to the Editor :—
A Practical Suggestion and Some Questions, 45: Names and Numbers in
Relation to Astrology, 46, 92; Byron's Birth-Time, 47; Planets and Sign-
Rulership, 93 ; A Noted Finnish Painter: Family Horoscopes, 95; La Place's
Error, 139, 186, 236, 334, 383, 476, 515 ; The Four-Fold Sub-Division of Signs,
140, 239; The Zodiac at Freemasons' Hall, 141; Where does the Zodiac Start ?
142, 286, 331; The Vernal Equinox, a Forecast, 144; Fulfilled Predictions,
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188; Matrimonial Data, 189; Favourable and Unfavourable Birthdays, 190;
A "Doubting Thomas," 191; Some Statistical Items: Signs Ruling Cities,
236, 237; The Apertures of the Body and Planetary Rulership, 238; The
Opposition of Uranus and Neptune, 239; The God with the Toasting Fork,
283; A San Francisco Subscriber writes, 328 ; Result of " Progressed Horos-
cope" Calculations for 1905-6, 329 {tcf. 424): Lieutenant R. J. Morrison, the
Celebrated Zadkiel, 332; The Symbolical Mundane Zodiac, 333; Birth and
Death, 380; Why are Directions Unsatisfactory, 382; Solar Revolutions, 382 ;
Forecasts, 383; The Late Alfred Beit and Cecil Rhodes, 474: Why are
Directions Unsatisfactory ? A Suggestion, 513 ; The Friendships and Enmities
of the Planets, 514; Prize Competition No. II., 514.
PAGE
Manvantaras and Yugas : An Important Error in La Place's
Equations . . . - . 77
Marriage, The Royal Spanish 261
Mathematical Chaos in Nativities, The : by J. G. Dalton 131
Mission of Astrology, The: by Bessie Leo - 292
Moon, does the, cause Madness ? - - 507
Mundane Astrology (14)1 (83), 127, 128, (316)
My Other Home 353
Names, Interesting Coincidences regarding 379
Natal Astrology, Reformation of 37
Nativities, The Mathematical Chaos in : by J. G. Dalton 131
Nativity of Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, The 206
Nativity of a Boy Explorer 362
Neptune and Uranus, Opposition of 128, 441
Neptune, Planets beyond (107), "3
Neptune, The Influence of 267
Notabilia; Birth-data of Remarkable People (see Notabilia in
Index)
Notes on Events : by H. S. Green 483
Observatory, THE I, 49, 97, 145, 193, 241, 289, 337, 385,433, 481
OUa Podrida 472, 509
Opposition of Uranus and Neptune, The : what does it portend ? 128,441
Other Home, My 353
Our Youngest Princess : by the Editor 156
Peculiar Horoscopes :—IV., Disappointment regarding
Marriage, 32. V., Singular Unhappiness in Marriage, 72.
VI., A Philosophical Spendthrift, 208
Philosophy of Astrology, The:—III. Living up to One's
Horoscope 223
Physical Astrology, The Foundations of (see " Foundations ")
Physiognomy, Zodiacal 343, 435i 497
Planetary Rulership and the Apertures of the Body 56, 151
Practical Astrology : by Bessie Leo 196
Prevision, A Remarkable Case of 327
Prince, Horoscope of our Youngest 20
Princess, Our Youngest: by the Editor 156
Prophecy Fulfilled, A 421
Psychic Triad, The: A Dream 135
Questions, Some Important 494
Recently Discovered Comets 235
Reformation of Natal Astrology : by J. G. Dalton 371
Relation of the Zodiac to the History of the Soul 7
Result of Prize Competitions: No. 1, Study of an Un-
. common Mind, 251—No. 2, The Horoscope of " Philippa
Forest," with delineations by two Prize Winners, and a
Criticism
Reviews:—Health Building, The Human Aura, A Book of
Affirmations, A Golden Afternoon and other Stories, 43;
Theoretische Astrologie, 378 ; Planetary Influences; 512
Royal Horoscopes (see " Horoscopes") 2
Roval Spanish Marriage, The 5i
Rulership of Planets over Body 5h> 'S1
Ruling our Stars: by Bessie Leo 99
(The remainder of this Table 0} Cintents will be found at the end of the
Reference Index on last page of book.)
ilistrtrit Estrelxsgg

Vol. III. New Series. JANUARY, 1906. No. 1.

®lj£ (©bsfirfaator^
The idea of starting The Astrolger's. Annual has, so far, met with
general approval, and the promise of much help from friends who
will do their best to make this magazine more
A Retrospect widely known. It has been already suggested
that a separate Summer Number should also be
issued, and this proposal will receive due attention.
All who are interested in Astrology must have noted the great
activity that has been displayed during the past year, and none can
douhtthat themission of Modern Astrology hasatlastbeen fulfilled;
for out of its ardent supporters has been formed a nucleus, having within
it ail the elements of expanding life, that ensures the good work being
carried far into the future, when the principles of Astrology shall be
firmly established.
The great and trying work of breaking down the isolated and
secluded habits of the old school of astrologers has only been partially
accomplished it is true, but, thanks to an entirely fresh series of Astro-
logical literature arising out of our Modern Astrology propaganda,
a New School is fast growing up, many keen and vigorous minds being
attracted by the new life and thought infused into the old and now
obsolete rules of mediaeval Astrology.
No better testimony as to the truth of these remarks can be
given than the statement that a Masonic Lodge has recently been
formed, under the name of the " Hermes " Lodge, for the sole purpose
of studying Astrology. Any of our Masonic readers who may wish to
know more about it should address the Secretary of the " Hermes "
Lodge, at 13 Blomfield Road^Maida Hill, W.
2 MODERN ASTROLOGY
I have one great ambition with regard to Modern Astrology,
and that is, to see the subject of National Astrology adequately treated
in its pages. Hitherto, the Mundane Astrologer
National has been at a premium. As yet very few students
Astrology
realise the essential factors needed to produce
correct forecasts of national events. It is not sufficient, as some sup-
pose, merely to have a knowledge of New Moons, eclipses, quarterly
figures and monthly ingresses ; for, in addition to these various maps,
the correct nativity of the King, the Prime Minister, and each mem-
ber of the Cabinet must be studied before anything like a true judg-
ment can be obtained. Further, and apart from all these considerations,
the student must not be affected by party bias or national prejudice,
nor must he allow his judgment to be coloured by personal opinions nor
what are termed ' patriotic ' feelings—he must be unprejudiced in his
judgment, cosmopolitan in his views, and wide in his knowledge of
humanity as a whole.
This may be called "a large order." But even this is not all.
Before commencing to give his judgment the student of Mundane
Astrology should be familiar with the nativities of the Rulers of each
nation, the effect of planetary influences upon the various portions of
the globe, and also each nation's stage in evolution. Moreover, he must
be a man of good education, and, above all, he must be possessed of
sound judgment and keen intuition.
Until we can find all these requisites, or a goodly portion of them,
combined in one person we must content ourselves with a few more
or less vague predictions, based upon the scanty data we at present
possess. The rest must be left to time, till there comes once more
a Daniel inspired with !the motive to read the stars for the world's
welfare.
* * *.
The Sun entered the sign Capricorn at oh. 3m. 55s. p.m.,
December 22nd, 1905, at which time the second degree of Capricorn
was culminating, and Aries 30i4' was rising. The
The Winter rulers of ^these two angles were in conjunction in
Solstioe
the sign Aquarius, in the twelfth house.
This map represents the People as an evolving body, the first
house signifying the public generally. It is untenanted, but it is
 THE OBSERVATORY
governed by Aries, and Mars, its ruler, is in the eleventh in conjunction
with the ruler of the tenth.
What inference shall we draw from this important conjunction ?
Will a new party arise in the House of Commons whose sole interest
will be that of the People; a representative body, drawn from the
lower classes? This is what I judge the conjunction to indicate. It
occurs in the humane sign Aquarius, and in the last or Libra decanate,
denoting (so I judge) a balancing of the powers, a levelling up of common
interests, a uniting of forces, and the formation of a New Party in the
House of Commons.

Apart from the conjunction, the position of Mars and Saturn in

the twelfth denotes secret enmity abroad, and some powerful organised
enemy who will seek to injure the nation. The
It8
tljoKati<«m0n con unc,: on 0
j ' f Mercury and Venus in the ninth
division of the heavens promises much commercial
activity, an increase of exports, and much foreign correspondence.
It also indicates activity in the clerical world and greater effort on
the part of our spiritual advisers. The wealth of the nation increases
with Jupiter in the second, but Saturn and Mars being in square
thereto denotes much waste and extravagance. It also foreshadows
the fall of the present government (2^ in a , third decan) and this is
supported by $ in M.C. d 0. [The above was written some weeks
ago, and now, at the time of going to press (December 5th), Mr.
Balfour's resignation is just announced. It may not be out of place
to remind our readers that the General Election was predicted by a
writer in these pages, so long ago as September last. He said
(p. 419):—" The Government is likely to be greatly hampered by
strikes, agitations, and the hostile attitude of its opponents. Indeed,
this (influence) seems co point unmistakably to the long postponed
General Election taking place—improbable though it seems—during
the next six months." In a footnote the writer adds that this sug-
gestion was immediately criticised by a friend as utterly improbable.]
In America the masses will be excited, and display much unrest.
Strikes and labour disturbances will abound and the war between
capital and labour will continue with unabated energy. Extremes of
poverty and wealth will be very marked.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

I purpose occasionally offering a few remarks on National

Astrology in the " Observatory," with a view to awakening a further
interest in this study, into which I hope some day
Th
rnRu88ila!*0n t0 ^ar 111 ore deeply. Many readers may help
Fredioted me by noting how far events coincide with the
Mundane figures and the remarks thereon pub-
lished from time to time, and also by generally allowing their minds
to think of the subject. It will thus be possible to form a field of
thought in this direction which will serve to attract those helpers who
are competent to pass judgment on the matter. In this connection
I have to thank one of our readers for pointing out what he considers
a definite prediction of the Revolution in Russia contained in my
reading of the Czar's nativity on page 117 of Vol. I., New Series
(last line).
There have been many veiled prophecies lately for those who
have known how to find them. Who will point them out ?

The Plebiscite.—The response to the plebiscite invited in the October

issue of Modern Astrology has not been so unanimous as we might have
desired, though far more voluminous than the last, certainly—which is an
encouraging sign. The result of the poll is in round numbers as follows;—
(1) "Lunar aspectarian " : for, 48%; against, 52%—(2) "Monthly Calen-
dar " : for, 52%; against,48%—(3) " Favourable and Unfavourable Birthdays";
for, 72%; against, 28%. As the voting is indecisive, and since it is to be
presumed that those who did not take the trouble to write do not particularly
desire their continuance, the first two items will therefore be discontinued
in the future and the space devoted to other matter, since most readers have a
copy of Raphael's Ephemeris, which contains an excellent aspectarian,
though to be sure the 7^ (150°) aspect is not included in the case of the
lunar aspects. " Favourable and Unfavourable Birthdays " will be continued
as usual.
We will take this opportunity of thanking various correspondents who
made useful suggestions, which are being considered and, as far as is possible,
acted upon. One such will be found on p. 45.
In reference to "Family Horoscopes and Heredity" (p. 328 of last
volume), Mons. A. Selva, in a private letter, points out that Mons. Paul
Flambart, an able French astrologer, has specially devoted himself to this
study, and has embodied the results of some of his researches in a 92-page
work entitled fetude NouvelU stir I'Heredite. M. Flambart, who was a scholar
of the Ecole Polytechnique, is a man of no mean culture and ability, and his
researches are likely to carry weight with many to whom a less polished
scholar might appeal in vain.
An extremely interesting paper on "The Apertures of the Body and
Planetary Rulership," by Dr. A. Marques, will shortly appear. It has been
in type for some months past? but unfortunately lack of space has hitherto
prevented its inclusion. '
 5

fate versus SnMtritmal (Effort

Among the many minds studying Astrology we find two distinct

types: on the one hand the objective or " practical " mind that directs
its attention chiefly towards external appearances and applies its
faculties to a purely utilitarian study of this science ; and on the other,
the subjective or philosophical mind coming under the influence of
Uranus—(that truly occult planet),—a type of mind which focuses the
attention chiefly on the metaphysical and spiritual side of a subject,
and seeks to understand, when studying national or individual
nativities, the problems of life and the law of causation involved.
These two types of mind may be respectively compared to the third
and ninth houses of the horoscope.
The subjective or higher mind is ever concerned with causes
rather than their manifestations, with the essence of things rather
than their form. This type of mind recognises the presence of law
everywhere. No one, it is true, can study Astrology for any length of
time without to some extent apprehending that the different planetary
vibrations producing all events in this physical world must be the
emanation of living entities, carrying out in a greater or lesser degree
the divine will. But those who think out problems to their conclusion
are forced to go one step further, realising that there can be no such
thing as "chance," and that every happening is the result of foregone
causes, acting and reacting upon each other according to certain definite
and fixed laws. When this conclusion has been reached, it sometimes
happens that a sense of desolation falls down upon the human soul
as it realises itself in the grip of a passionless Destiny that can be
neither intimidated nor cajoled, finding itself apparently the helpless
victim of " blind fate."
There is a beautiful passage in the Mahabhavaia in which the
great warrior and hero Bhishma is depicted lying wounded on the
field of battle, and holding his life within his shattered form by his
own indomitable will, until he considered the aspect of the heavens
suitable to his departure. While in this state, there drew round him
young and old to ask him to teach them, as his wisdom was remark-
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able. And one among the number asked this memorable question :
"Tell us, oh Bhishma, of two forces which is the stronger, Effort or
Fate ? " Bhishma gave it as this opinion that of the two great forces
Effort was the greater, and that exertion wedded to knowledge could
overcome Fate.
Now Fate is not a single force or energy with which we are born
as something complete at birth, in itself a totality, but on the contrary
is a constantly changing quantity. Our very nativity changes, unfolds
and unrolls, different aspects come into play, different vibrations fall
upon us, bringing changes of environment, and changes both of
character and consciousness. Hence the value of rightly directed
effort—note the qualification, rightly directed effort—at every step on
life's journey, whereby the one force may often suitably change and
transmute the other.
Thus, a person may be born under the complete aspect of the Sun
in square to Saturn. But as the planets progress he will in the
thirtieth year of life come under the aspect of the Sun in sextile or
trine to Saturn. This will considerably modify and reduce the malig-
nancy of the square aspect at birth and will afford an opportunity
whereby the habits formerly set in motion and made concrete under
the square of Saturn may be broken up : this would be all the more
patent if Saturn were the significator at birth, and the horoscope by
progress had changed the sign upon the ascendant. Innumerable
further instances could be given to show how the horoscope is always
being modified by the progress of the planets, and how one aspect may
considerably modify another. The person born with the Sun square
S-iUna at birth, for instance, might have that luminary applying to a
trine aspect of Jupiter. Again, the Moon must pass to a favourable
aspect with Jupiter several times during her passage round the zodiac,
and therefore every person who reaches the age of twenty-eight, by
which time the progressed Moon arrives once more at her own radical
place, has during his life had several opportunities, indicated by the
Moon's various aspects to Jupiter, whether by conjunction, sextile or
trine.
Thus each nativity may be compared to a kaleidoscope, every
turn causing a new pattern to be formed. What that new pattern is
will depend partly upon the angle through which the kaleidoscope is
turned, and partly upon the shapes and colours (inherent mental
 FATE versus INDIVIDUAL EFFORT 7
and moral tendencies) of the fragments from which the pattern is
composed. Let any one devote a few minutes to the study of this
" child's toy," as it is often contemptuously termed, and the meaning
of what has been said will be brought home to him in a very striking
way. Let him take two kaleidoscopes and turn them both
simultaneously, and see what different patterns are formed by the
same amount of turning, and he will then understand the better how
life holds such different possibilities for two different people. No
better illustration of a horoscope and its progression could be given.
Predictions about the future sometimes fail, and yet they work
out fairly accurately in the majority of cases. Why is this ? Because
most people drift along the stream of life, never taking themselves in
hand at all—the mind or the emotions entirely ruling them, instead of
their being able to some extent to dominate both mind and emotions.
Such persons collapse under disaster, or sit tamely down without
opposing the force by will and by exertion and effort on their own
part. On the other hand, we have cases on record where (for example)
a man, though under a train of evil aspects touching his position and
circumstances which threatened to completely ruin him, made every
exertion and spared no effort, displaying indomitable courage and
perseverance, so that what to another would have been a crushing
defeat became with him success, for by sustained effort and strength
of will he overcame the opposing forces at last and obtained employ-
ment of a remunerative kind, even in the teeth of very " bad"
aspects.*
It is true that there are some things that we cannot avoid. The
desires of the past and the thoughts of the past may have been
terribly strong, and death may have suddenly cut off the actions
resulting from those thoughts and desires. Then, on the reappearance
of the man or woman on the physical stage, the event must and
will happen, directly opportunity gives the forces previously set going
a chance of showing themselves.
It has ever been a problem vexing the minds of students of
Astrology as to why certain aspects act in a marked manner in the
case of one person, yet do not appear to take effect in the case of
another. Let us suppose two men had exactly the same bad aspects
' The horoscope of the individual in question will be found on the last page of
How to Judge a Nativity, Part II.
8 MODERN ASTROLOGY
in their nativity. The one struggled with all his force and energy to
overcome the adverse influences, while the other did nothing
whatsoever. Think you the result would be the same in both cases ?
By no means, for the one making every exertion he possibly could,
would be calling forth new force to transmute and change the other,
and even if he could not quite wrest victory from defeat he would
at least be able to avert the full measure of the calamity. If this
were not so, we should be forced into a position of blind fatalism, so
that if we saw from his nativity that someone whom we were tending
in illness could not possibly recover, we might leave him severely alone,
without nurse or provision, saying the person must die and all efforts
would be useless.
But that would be a fatal error. It is our duty in such a case
to leave no stone unturned to seek to save that life. For it may be
that our will and skill employed may supply just the force that will
turn the balance. And whether it proves so or not we should have the
consciousness of duty perfectly rendered. Indeed, the activity of the
moment makes all the difference, and we should do all that is possible
at a crisis to counteract undesirable influences, remembering that each
person's will is a force in the universe. Effort is greater than Fate.
Fate is not that rigid, unbending monster that we set up for ourselves,
but is capable of being modified—and indeed is changing at every
moment.
If we each felt our own inherent divinity strong from within,
we should each have more power to act. Let us use well the liberty
and freedom we have, and not bind ourselves so much by the shackles
of fate. Let us try to understand the law and then work with it.
When we have sufficient knowledge to do this we shall be masters
of Fate, which will then be our willing servant. We are helpless
because we do not know, because we do not understand, that there
is One Universal Law working; the Law of Good, and that to that
law we must conform ourselves.
Let us remember that after all it is the attitude of the mind
to events that really matters, and not the events themselves. The
sea bather who is inexperienced, or too rash, may be overthrown
by the surf before he has even fully realised his danger, or on
attempting to swim may have his back broken by the inrolling
breaker. As for the timid, he will never venture in beyond his knees.
 FATE versus INDIVIDUAL EFFORT 9
But the well-trained swimmer knows how to choose his steps as
he wades through the surf, he keeps his eyes ever on the approaching
wave, and just as its crest towers over him he plunges boldly into it
—and the arching glassy wall that threatened a moment ago to dash
him to pieces goes thundering harmlessly behind, whilst he himself
emerges freshened and exhilarated by the encounter ! So if we meet
dangers and difficulties with courage and resolution they will work us
little harm, while backed by skill and judgment they may become
lifting forces rather than crushing blows. When we see a misfortune
coming, let us not lose hope and so allow ourselves to be crushed
by it, but let us be strong and make it a help. If we tried to adapt
ourselves to things and circumstances and people, the strain of life
would be much easier to bear. Let us try to understand the laws of
life, those unseen laws that guide human evolution. The ignorant
man must drift and become the victim of fate, but fate is burnt up
by knowledge. Still, it requires strength to act according to law
rather than impulse ; great strength to forgive and think kindly of an
enemy; greater strength to pardon all wrong-doers; greater strength
still to control the mind, letting only pure thoughts and pure desires
hold sway; greatest strength of all to put the personality on one side
and do right at any cost.
If we are to conquer fate in the future we shall all have to
become graduates in the science of life, to understand and obey
the law of harmony, to burn up all the evil that comes to us, trans-
muting it into good by sending out vibrations of peace in return. But
many of us need strength; rarely can an astrologer tell a person of
a misfortune likely to fall upon him, because in most cases he
could not stand it; it would be too great a shock, and he would live
in constant fear. And yet such a person often exclaims," I wish I
knew all my past lives!" Suppose that they had that vision, and
saw a thunder cloud of past wrong-doing about to discharge its
contents on them—why, their present life would know no peace or
comfort! No, it is only when the soul has become indifferent to pain
and pleasure as it affects the personal self, that the past can become
known. For in very truth we meet our present lives better because
the past is hidden. All action is the ripened fruit of the past, and if
we would control action or fate we must first control desire and
thought, which are the seeds of action ; for according to the seed we
IO MODERN ASTROLOGY
sow so must the reaping be. Hence, as we do not know the past and
thus can only dimly gauge the future, it is well to act without the
"incubus of fate" hanging over us. To judge with our best mind,
to put forth our best efforts, remembering always that no event can
really injure us except when we allow despair and want of hope to
crush us. It is that that defeats us, and not " fate." There are
many sad cases to be read in the daily papers of people who through
despair have committed suicide, just at the very moment when help
was on its way towards them. Let us ever bear in mind that " Man's
extremity is God's opportunity."
For any student of Astrology to say : " Oh, I have this bad
aspect in my nativity ! " or, " My horoscope is such a very unlucky
one, and therefore I cannot help myself," is to deliberately fall under
the wheels of the chariot of Fate, instead of electing to be oneself the
charioteer. There is a certain law known to occultists which shows
that the horoscope of birth only represents us as we were, not as we
are to-day. We are all in advance of our nativities, for the past over-
laps the present; and it is the soul's inner attitude, its present thoughts
and aspirations which really matter, as these determine its future
nativity.
When shall we rightly understand and apply the great truth
that " morality is science applied to conduct," and that its laws are
based on fundamental principles in Nature ? When we do this we shall
be ruling our stars in very truth, for as we become harmonious we can-
not vibrate with an inharmonious nativity. A generous soul cannot be
born with a mean horoscope, and vice versa, for this earth plane is the
field of action of spiritual forces, and this wonderful play of life in
action that we call stellar influences ever works towards the
development and unfoldment of consciousness.
Let co-operation with these spiritual forces be our aim. Life
is given us " to do the will of God," says a writer. But it is more
than that, it is—to become it! When we apply our science to conduct
and are giants in morality we shall then be Masters of Destiny, and
Fate will be our servant.
Bessie Leo.
 II

3Farts from an Astrologer's; Jlote-book

A Captain in the American Army, after a very chequered and

unfortunate career, decided to try his fortune in London. During
the voyage he made the acquaintance of a fellow-passenger who was
a fervent believer in Astrology, and who, in the course of conversation,
recommended Captain to pay a visit to a certain astrologer in
London, a man noted for his accuracy in reading horoscopes and
judging horary questions.
The result of this visit was to secure for Captain a fortune
of ^30,000.
The astrologer, on casting his horoscope and reading it, (in con-
junction with a " horary figure " for the time of the question), fore-
saw two love affairs for him. The first promised social advantages
but no financial benefit, and this the astrologer advised him not to
accept, as soon after he would meet a wealthy widow who would make
him a good wife besides bringing him a fortune.
The events foretold took place within a year of Captain 's
arrival in London.
* =S= *
The head of a well-known firm of manufacturing confectioners
engaged an astrologer periodically to examine his nativity and send
in reports from time to time. In one of these reports he was warned
to act discreetly in his dealings with public companies, especially with
local governing bodies. Soon after this warning the Local Board
issued a notice demanding the paving of a road lying between two
blocks of the Company's factories, and over which they considered
they had the sole right of way. In spite of the astrological warning
he had received the head of the firm decided to contest the point.
The result of his contumacy was the loss of the right of way,
compulsory pavement of the road, and ^"200 costs !
This same gentleman was induced by his sons to take an interest
in a company formed to float a new article of daily consumption.
After joining the syndicate he consulted his astrologer, who was
12 MODERN ASTROLOGY
emphatic in his judgment that the undertaking would turn out a
failure. This proved to be the case, the manufacturer losing ,£3,000
by the venture.
❖ 5^ ❖ 5^
A young woman was greatly distressed by the persistent attempts
of a man—whom nevertheless she dearly loved—to force her to live
with him unmarried. The trial and mental strain produced an illness,
accompanied by great nervous exhaustion. She was advised to
consult an astrologer, who persuaded her to remain firm for one year,
telling her that then she would be honourably married to the man she
loved. She took his advice and soon recovered her health, and in due
course the prediction was fulfilled, for she was married to the man of
her choice.
* * * *
A Drill-master at one of the Metropolitan Schools gave up his
situation to take a country inn. Finding, however, after a time,
that he was losing money, he tried to sell out, but could not find a
customer. His sister sent his time of birth to an astrologer, and
received the following judgment : " If your brother advertises his
business during the month of April he will find a purchaser and make
a successful transfer in June, but the aspect under which he will sell
being Moon square Jupiter he will be wise not to reinvest his money in
any commercial enterprise until this influence has passed away, for
there is danger of losing the whole." The inn was sold through the
advertisement, and the money paid over in June. In July, the Drill-
master, disregarding the entreaties of his sister, commenced business
as a butcher. Being unacquainted with the meat trade, he lost every
penny he owned during the two following months, and is now in a
situation as porter earning a small weekly wage.
sje * * *
The landlady of a public-house near Westminster Bridge for
many years received on each birthday " directions " for the coming
year. In one of these yearly prognostications she was warned to
look well after her husband that year as he would experience trouble
and misfortune, and be in grave danger of losing his life—either by
accident or violence. A few months after her birthday a stray collie
dog found its way into the house and crept under the bed in her
husband's room. When he went in, the dog flew out and bit him in
 FACTS FROM AN ASTROLOGER'S NOTE-BOOK 13
the leg. Blood-poisoning set in and he died shortly afterwards. His
wife had wisely insured his life, as advised by the astrologer, and
was thus enabled to keep herself and family through the trying period
that followed.
The exact particulars are as follows: Born in latitude 54° N., at
4 p.m. September 14th, 1829; bitten by dog r.30 a.m. November
22nd, 1897; died, midnight January 4th, 1898.
* * ^
A sea captain was told that a certain year would be the most
critical in his career, a grave disaster in connection with his profession
being shown ; he was'advised to take especial care of his vessel during
that year. Unfortunately, on one of his voyages about that time, he
was persuaded by some of his passengers to call at a place that was
not on his strict line of route. His ship foundered on the dangerous
rocks that abounded there, and though no lives were lost and she was
afterwards floated he was suspended from the post of captain, and
reduced to that of mate. Certainly that year proved a most disastrous
one for him.

The King's Accident.—On November 16th the King accidentally

sprained his right ankle while shooting at Windsor. A glance at the list of
directions shows that the progressed Moon in His Majesty's horoscope
entered Aquarius (the sign of the zodiac ruling the ankle) in November, and
that on the day of the accident Mars was at the end of Capricorn, transiting
within a degree and a half of this progressed Moon. The direction Asc. p.
Par. t^r. is also now in force ; and at birth Uranus was in Pisces, the foot
sign. By primary arcs (a list of which was given in this magazine* as far
back as May, 1899) the King has the direction of the Sun to the zodiacal
conjunction of Mars in operation, which measures to the autumn of 1905.
The effects that followed the same conjunction as a Secondary Direction
have been described in detail in the manual entitled Directions and Directing ;
they were, in brief, the fracture of the knee-cap, the attempted assassination
by Sipido, the martial anxieties to which the royal native, although not
monarch, must have been subject during the Boer war, and the operation
for appendicitis. It is unlikely that the corresponding primary direction
will produce effects so serious as these ; but this remains to be proved.
The King's, birthday map was given last November. The ascendant
was 230Sb54'i and Saturn was setting in 260™i7', opposing the ascendant
from the sign governing the lower 0part of the leg. On the day of the
accident the Sun had progressed to 23 til.29' at noon, the square of the cusp
of the ascendant.
* By Mr. Heinrich Daath.
 ®ljc %ing s Bircrtions

In Modern Astrology for May, 1899, the King's directions were

given for a series of years extending to the end of 1903. In the
number for July, 1903, Mr. E. H. Bailey gave a further tabulation to
the end of 1910, basing his calculations upon a rectified horoscope
which showed the ascendant at birth as 25°^ n', and the mid-heaven
as 29° ===49'.
It will probably be of interest to readers to have a list of direc-
tions calculated from the unrectified horoscope. Rectification makes
a considerable difference in directions to and from the cusps of the
first and tenth houses, although very little in those between Sun,
Moon, and planets; and it so happens that directions to these angles
during the next few years of the King's life are relatively much more
prominent than they have been for many years past. If the positions
of the " undiscovered " planets were accurately known, this relative
degree of prominence might be altered ; but our lack of information
in this respect is always a source of lacuna in all horoscopes, and also
in the lists of directions compiled from them.
The following are based upon the horoscope calculated for 10.48
a.m., showing the Ascendant as 27°^ 37', and the mid-heaven as
20tri38', and published in the issue of this magazine for July, 1905
(p. 297); the method of calculation is described in the manual, Divec-
tions and Diverting, Chapters II. and III., where the same figure is also
given (p. 4). For convenience of reference, what are there called
Basic Directions are here split up into their constituent groups.
Directions to Radical and Progressed Svn and Radical Moon
0 p. « IJl p. 1905 0 r * f p. 1911
„ d S p. 1910 D r. A 2 p. 1912
r
O P- - l9i3
Directions to Radical Angles
Asc. r. P. 2 P- 1907
r
Directions to Progressed A ngles
Asc. p. o 2 p. 1906 Asc, £ f r. igio
M.C. p. P. 2 p. 1908
<s it p- 1909
d p. 1910
,, at 7°W4i'
I ,,
(Thisis the midway point
p. 1909 between r. and £ r ).
 THE KING'S DIRECTIONS 15
Interplanetary Directions
s p- D ? r. iQoj ? P- d d r. 1910
s p. 0 t, 5 P- P. n r. t*
s p- z <r P- I906 P. r. it
, * n 9 P- P. V r. Tf
<r p- * 2/ P- 1908 .. L 5 r. ign
, a P- 1909 5 P- P. P- 0
s p- P. ? P- ,, P. r. 1912
> P. V P- ti 9 P- P. r. 11
Progressed Lunar Directions
1905
D P- enters Nov. C p- * 5 r. Dec,
1906
D P- a M.C r. Jan. D p- p. © r. Aug.
M z r. Apr, 1 p. ti; r. Sept
11 1 ■ I' P- May • p. v P- Oct.
11 ti U r. :«■ 1 z Asc r. Nov.
1907
D P d V r. Jan. D P- p. M.C, r. Aug.
it L r. Feb. »> * U r. ,,
♦i * Asc, P- Mar, E» Z 4 P- ,,
11 d V P- »> it Z M.C, P- Sep.
□ O r. Apr, It Z ■? P- tI
,1 A ? r. June
1908
D P- Z ? P- Feb. C P- A M.C. r. Aug.
P. 3 P- .. II 0 ? r. Sep.
ti * Asc, r. Mar. 11 Z Asc. P- Nov.
enters H May t* * 4 P- Dec,
a 1 r. >» tl 8 3 P-
tr L <? r. June 11 P. ? r.
«« □ 5 r. July
1909
D P- * P- Jan. C P- P. 5 r. June
* M.C, P- Feb. If * ? P- July
11 Z 5 P- Mar, II * <f r. Aug.
11 Z O P- Apr. St A O r. Oct.
>r P. "S •i It 0 M.C. r. Nov.
1910
D P. d r. Feb. C P- z if r. Oct.
M P. Mar, II p. C r. It
it □ 4 r. 1 ■ p. is P- Nov,
,, * S P. July II enters T It
n * O P- Aug. II z If P- Dec,
11 □ Asc. r. Sep. lit p. r. ir
The progressed Sun is now separating from the sextile of Uranus,
and does not meet another aspect to a radical planet for many years;
but the aspect of the radical Sun to Venus in 1911 should indicate a
pleasant and prosperous period.
The map of the progressed horoscope shows the very strong
influences in the mid-heaven ; and this has to be considered in con-
nection with the directions to progressed angles. These directions
i6 MODERN ASTROLOGY
are, of course, much more risky to predict from than are those to the
luminaries, since a very slight error in the time of birth may throw
them altogether out. The presence of Jupiter in the mid-heaven is
fortunate for the country, and its close conjunction with Saturn, taken
in connection with the sign Capricorn, in which the two are placed,
has decided significance in connection with the fiscal and financial
questions that have caused such serious dissensions during the last
two years. During this period, too, the Moon has been passing
through Capricorn, thus emphasising the influence of that sign. In
November, 1905, the Moon enters Aquarius, the eleventh sign, that
of Parliament, and a general election will, of course, take place during
its stay in that sign21'. Thesextile to Mercury at the end of the year is
favourable for foreign affairs and a good understanding with other
countries, and will increase literary, scientific, and scholastic activities
as well as political speech-making. There are no major aspects from
the progressed Moon to planets during 1906; the parallels to the Sun
and Neptune in the latter half of the year are unfavourable, because of
the square of these two bodies at birth, and of the conjunction with
Neptune which quickly follows ; they will tend to weaken the Govern-
ment, change and disorganise parliamentary affairs, and are not good
for the King's health, but they may bring about foreign travel.
Questions bearing upon Russia (Aquarius), and Morocco and Norway
(Scorpio) may trouble this country during the Moon's stay in the
former sign.
It is interesting to note the position of Uranus and Neptune in
the King's horoscope of birth. Neither is prominent, but the Sun
trines the former and squares the latter. This would seem to imply
that whatever progress is made during the present reign in occult or
semi-occult thought will take the direction of philosophical or scientific
(Uranian) affairs rather than those pertaining to the mystical and
psychic Neptune. The recent very successful international Congress
of European Theosophlsts in London is somewhat significant when
taken in the light of the King's prevailing direction, © * ^ •
H. S. Green.

• This article was written early in September.—Ed. Readers will notice that
])p □ M.C. measures to the General Election.
 Mfrat the ^tars sljoto Ma

The stars show us that there are no chance happenings in our lives,
but that there is a certain plan and order and arrangement ; and that
nothing befalls us accidentally, but that every experience which we go
through we are meant to pass through for the sake of the evolution of
our souls—and we do gain something by every experience, whether
we are aware of it or not.
The destiny of the world is mapped out in the sky—the destiny
of nations—of countries—of individuals.
Of all the millions and millions of people who come into the world,
there is not one but has a map of his course through life (as it is to
be) marked out by the aspects formed at the moment of birth; and if
he can read that map he is able to choose and follow the directions
leading to success and well-doing and prosperity, and to avoid the
shoals and rocks and quicksands of life.
Astrology is the science of the influences of the planetary bodies,
and of the zodiacal signs.
We are but vessels of breath, motion and vibration, played upon
by magnetic and planetary currents.
We have each an astral body as well as a physical, and our astral
body is continually responding to the waves of planetary vibration.
It is therefore a matter of great importance what kind of horoscope we
come into the world with, whether there is a preponderance of good
or evil aspects, whether the planets are strongly fortified and well
aspected, or weak and in their detriment.
Who then is responsible for the horoscope with which we come
into the world? Our parents are, in a great measure—especially the
mother*
A life at the start may be blurred and blighted by inharmonious
" Perhaps it would be more correct to say that parents are largely responsible
for the type of ego they attract to them, but we ourselves are responsible for our
horoscopes—good or bad, as the case may be—having merited them by our conduct
in past lives. Nevertheless, it is perfectly true that the matter, physical, astral and
mental of which our various bodies are formed is largely modified by the condition
of the mother during the period preceding birth.—Ed.
i8 MODERN ASTROLOGY

conditions, and mental and physical disadvantages existing at the

moment of conception. The astral body of the child is built up by the
planetary vibrations coming to the embryonic form through the
thoughts, emotions and feelings of the mother during the long months
of enclosure in the womb. We are conceived, fashioned and born
according to an unfailing law of planetary influences; and we only
have to come to an intelligent understanding of the working of that
law to be in harmony with it, and not dashing ourselves up against
it, to produce a race of god-like men and women instead of the present
poor feeble effigies of humanity. We must get out of our heads the
idea that God creates man and get in the idea that man creates man.
Every man must learn that his highest and noblest function is that
of creator ; and every woman that her grandest achievement is that
of being an artist-mother ; an artist; not of wood and stone and
marble but of flesh and blood and living spirit.
The old theological God who dealt out good and evil to people
alike, is dead—stone dead. Astrology shows us that, and that there
is only a God of law and order, a God who deals out nothing but
good, and that whatever evil we suffer is simply the evil brought
about by our going contrary to law and order. We all come into the
world with both good and evil aspects in our horoscopes, and we must
do so, as long as we emanate from imperfect parents, for according to
their state of imperfection and disorder and inharmony will be the
preponderance of evil aspects in it.
We cannot alter our horoscopes, but we can (if we know what the
evil aspects are) see what to guard against and avoid, and steer clear
of; and if we know what the good are we can perceive the course we
ought to follow and pursue ; learn how to live wisely and make the
best success of our lives, instead of the worst failure; keep from
making mistakes; and instead of going blundering through life,
feeling our way along in the dark, go through it happily, intelligently,
and rightly.
Astrology will teach us how to guide our lives, and how to train
and educate our children. It will teach us that every child comes
into the world a separate and distinct individuality to fill a place in
the universe which it alone can fill; and that it requires a training and
education peculiar to itself; that the aim of that education must be
to bring out and develop its own peculiar capacities and powers, and
 WHAT THE STARS SHOW US
fit ic to fill its own place in the world which it was meant to fill in its
own manner and to its own satisfaction and that of others.
From Astrology we will learn that doctors are born not made,
lawyers are born not made, nurses, cooks, needlewomen, electricians,
engineers, musicians, storekeepers, farmers, architects—all, and every
profession and business and occupation, belongs of right to some
certain individual; and unless we find out from the start what the
bent of a person's mind is, and what the capacity, ability, tempera-
ment, and tastes, so as to educate and train him for his right place in
life—we shall continue to have people in wrong places doing the
wrong work, dissatisfied, ill-doing, and unhappy. We shall continue
to have failures all along the line instead of successes ; poverty instead
of riches, adversity instead of prosperity.
Every planet has a positive or active and also a negative or
passive side—a good and an evil side—and we need to have our
horoscopes formed with the benefic side of the planets turned to us, as
it were, with a preponderance of good aspects instead of evil ones,
so as to give us an advantageous start from the first, and let us be
under the hest and not the worst influences all through life.
If Mars is our ruling planet we want to have his positive side
affecting us, which will make us courageous, brave, generous, bright-
natured, active, energetic, with our energies turned to good account;
instead of his passive side, which would make us rash, destructive,
quarrelsome, jealous, prejudiced, hasty, energetic, but with our
energies turned to bad account. If Saturn is our ruling planet we
want to have his positive side turned to us, which will make us
thoughtful, contemplative, studious, patient, persevering, careful,
chaste, modest; instead of his passive side, which would make us
malicious, evil-tongued, narrow-minded, suspicious, selfish, miserly—
all undesirable traits of character working to our detrimental! through
life. We that are already in the world cannot change our horoscopes,
but we can by understanding them brighten and elevate, and in every
way make better our lives, and improve our condition ; and we can
learn to bring people into the world more perfect than ourselves.
Will Logan.
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The above is the horoscope of the fifth son and the sixth child
of the Prince and Princess of Wales, born at Sandringham on the
date given.
At a first glance the horoscope does not appear to be in any
sense of the word a brilliant one, and the only really favourable influ-
ences operating are the rising Sun in trine aspect to Mars and the
Moon, whereas to counteract these fortunate positions the Sun is in
semi-square to Venus and sesquiquadrate to Saturn, also in parallel
to Neptune. The planet Neptune is rising, Uranus in opposition
thereto having passed below the horizon, while the fateful Saturn has
but just crossed the upper meridian ; hence the three most ponderous
planets command the most important angles.
 THE HOROSCOPE OF OUR YOUNGEST PRINCE
From an occult standpoint the Moon is said to be merely the
substitute for the planet Neptune, and the Sun for Uranus, and
therefore the rising of the planet Neptune may be considered as
constituting it the real ruler of this nativity, so that if we consider
Neptune and all its aspects the nativit y becomes a much more favour-
able one, Neptune beiug iu trine to Saturn, in semi-sextile to Mer-
cury and trine to Mars, and in separation from the opposition to
Uranus, the latter planet being retrograde.
During the first four years of this child's life the Moon by pro-
gression will meet with many afflictions, first the opposition of Jupiter
in about seven months after birth, and within twelve months the
square aspect of Saturn followed by the opposition to Venus, but the
Sun will then have formed a complete trine aspect to the radical
Moon, thus preventing the worst effects of the lunar influence.
As lile advances, the mid-heaven progresses to a trine aspect of
Neptune in about four years, and then to a trine aspect of Mars four
years later; these benefic influences being followed duly by a trine to
the Sun and then to the Moon, the mid-heaven next coming to a
sextile of Venus, preceded however by a square aspect to the planet
Uranus at about 27 years of age.
The elements in favour of this Prince coming to the throne are
not very promising. Jupiter, ruler of the M.C., is advancing to the
square aspect of Saturn, and the only planet in aspect to the elevated
Saturn is Uranus, who is retrograde and setting, so that on the whole
none of the influences are strong enough to support the assumption
that he will ever come to the throne.
The planetary positions denote a mystical turn of mind, a love
of power, and the ability to take a deep and serious view of life. He
will form very strong opinions and hold to them in spite of the influ-
ences of his environment. He will also have a very sensitive nature,
will give evidence of more emotionalism than many are disposed to
express in his rank of life, and if he is taught to value truth he will
gain much by his impressions, for he will display a considerable
amount of curiosity, loving to probe and investigate into the deeper
mysteries of life. Nevertheless, his life is not shown to be a very
external one, or over-expressive. I judge that he will follow the sea
as a profession and distinguish himself in naval pursuits, for he will
always have a greater preference for the sea than the land ; and as a
 22 MODERN ASTROLOGY
commander of the British Fleet there is no doubt he would distinguish
himself and merit great approval.
The most stirring events will take place between the 22nd to
the 25th years of his life ; Mars will then have advanced to the con-
junction of the radical Moon, the Sun to the square of the radical
Mars, and the M.C. to the sextile of Jupiter. This denotes a very war-
like period, and the display of much valour and heroism, followed by
much popularity and success.
The marriage prospects in this nativity are not very favourable,
the ruler of the seventh afflicting the Sun and Venus, therefore disap-
pointments in such matters are denoted, and we may judge some
romance connected with love affairs from the position of Venus. Mar-
riage should take place about 28, when Venus comes to the trine of
Saturn and the Moon returns to her own place, the mid-heaven about
that time being in sextile to the radical Venus, ruler of the fifth ; but no
lasting happiness in marriage is shown. There is every possibility of
the wife being the elder (I?, ruler of seventh).
I judge that this Prince will not survive his 45th year of life,
the Sun at that time being in opposition to Saturn, lord of the eighth,
and the mid-heaven having progressed to the square of the Sun ;
moreover, Mars will be near the opposition of Venus, while Saturn
will have retrograded to the square of Jupiter and the Moon will be
at the Sun's place at birth, all of these afflictions denoting the terminus
vita, and showing also that the end will be peculiar—not an ordinary
death by any means.
Students will do well to study this nativity, as it is an exceed-
ingly interesting one and full of many suggestions for a special
judgment.

The public attention drawn to the unemployed is in striking confirma-

tion of the prediction made by "Orionns" in this magazine for January
last year, in the following statement:—"The ' first house' in Mundane
Astrology signifies the public—the ' man in the street' generally. The con-
junctiou of the Sun and Uranus in denotes some radical reforms on
behalf of the people, who will assert their right to be heard in no uncertain
manner. The governing bodies will be sorely pressed to find some speedy
remedy for existing evils that will be fully exposed to the nation's attention."
 23

Iniiiati Astrology

By A. Fazulbhoy, B.A.

V. Ayurdaya

[Referring to the last, instalment but one of this series, the author
writes :—
In Chapter III. of "Indian Astrology," published in the September
number of Modern Astrology, a misprint has occurred in the half-view
aspects. The planets aspect the V. and IX. houses with half view, and not
the V. and XI., as printed on page 398. The exception as regards If. is
correctly stated.
As for my remark on p. 400 of the same issue, rnz., that "the horoscopes
erected according to the Western methods are more accurate than those
erected according to the Indian system," I may mention that it refers to the
method of erecting maps of the Heavens only, and not to any consideration
of the two zodiacs. This remark as it stands is liable to be misunderstood
as showing a preference for the movable zodiac, but nothing was further
from my mind while writing the above than to suggest the advisability of
using either the fixed or the movable zodiac. All that I mean is that in
calculatingthe longitudes of planets and those of the cusps of several houses,
the method adopted by the astrologers of the West is preferable to that of
the Indian astrologers, irrespective of any considerations about the com-
mencement of the zodiac. If it be preferred to work with the fixed zodiac
of the Hindus, the Ayanamsha, i.e., the distance between the star Revati
and the vernal equinox, should be deducted from the longitudes obtained
according to the Western method. This correct Ayanamsha, in my opinion,
in the year igoo was 2o038'3i" and if 50J seconds be taken as the annual rate
of the Precession the Ayanamsha for any year will be easily obtained
without any laborious calculations.]
Is this chapter I shall give rules to determine the length of human
life. There is a great variety of these, and Parashara in his Hora
Shastra describes seven distinct Ayurdaya methods, which, together
with several variations, make up thirty-two in all. Of these I shall
give two of the most important ones, known as Satyacharyar's and
Pindayu methods. The main difference between these two systems
lies in the number of years assigned to each planet. Satyacharyar
follows the equal distribution method ; i.e., in his system the maximum
number of years given by any planet is the same, while in the Pindayu
method such is not the case.
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Satyacharyar's method, otherwise known as the Amsakayu
method, is considered by many to be the best, and probably it is
the one most used in practice. The Pindayu method is in no way
inferior to it, but an objection raised against it is that it cannot
give less than twenty years. By its supporters this objection is con-
sidered groundless, and a horoscope is advanced which does give the
age less than twenty ; but this horoscope, which I have given later
on, is not convincing. It must be borne in mind that none of these
Ayurdaya rules apply to Balarisht period : hence no method can give
less than eight years.
I. In Satyacharyar's method the number of years given by any
planet is equal to the number of navmasas passed over by that
planet from the last preceding Aries navmasa. Hence no planet can
give more than twelve years ; in other words, the maximum number
of years of each planet is twelve (unless they be doubled or trebled
according to the rules following).
To find out how many navmasas a planet has passed, convert
the degrees of longitude into minutes and divide by 200. The
quotient will give the number of navmasas from the first point of
Aries. But we require the number of navmasas passed over from the
last Aries navmasa, so divide this by 12 and the remainder will be the
required number of navmasas and also the number of years given by
the planet. For illustration, suppose the Sun to be 25cli3' Cancer or
ii 0i
5 3', which is equal to 6,913 minutes. Divide this by 200 (the
nvmlTir of minutes contained in a navmasa) and the quotient will be
which is equal to the navmasas passed over the Sun from the
i0 of Aries. This divided by 12 gives io^§ remainder, which is the
number of the navmasas passed over by the Sun, from the last pre-
ceding Aries navmasa. And this also is the number of years given by
the Sun, which is 10 years, 6 months, 23 days, 7 hours and 36 minutes.
The years given by the other planets may be similarly ascertained.
After ascertaining the year in accordance with the above rule,
the next step is to see if the years of any planet require to be doubled
or trebled. If a planet be in his exaltation or be retrograde his years
should be trebled ; if he be in his house, decante or navmasa, or in
the same sign and same navmasa,* his years should be doubled. But
• These lasl navmasas will be found to be the 6rst of movablesigns, the fifth
of fixed and the ninth of common signs. They are known as Vargotama positions.
 INDIAN ASTROLOGY
in no case should the- same years be multiplied more than once, and
when the factors are unequal they should be multiplied by the largest
one. Thus, suppose Mercury, retrograde, to be in the last navmasa
of Virgo. In this position he is in his house, exaltation and Vargo-
tama position and also retrograde. His years therefore should not be
twice doubled and twice trebled but should be trebled once only.
This is peculiar to Satyacharyar's method alone.
Next, the years given by the Ascendant are to be calculated.
These are to be determined from either the ascending sign or the
ascending navmasa, according as the ruler of the one or the other is
the more powerful.
If the lord of the rising sign be the more powerful, the number
of years given by the Ascendant is the number of signs between the
degree ascending and the first point of Aries. According to this rule
each sign of the zodiac gives one year, and consequently each degree
of a sign gives ^ of a year. Thus, if Sb 20° be rising, the years given
by the Ascendant will be (4-l-20T-¥1?j=)4f years, or 4 years and 8
months.
When the lord of the rising navmasa is the more powerful the
years given by the Ascendant will be equal to the number of the
navmasas intervening between the previous Aries navmasa and the
degree ascending. In this case the procedure is precisely the same as
that adopted for planets.
But our labour does not end here. Before the years so ascertained
are added together, they are subject to the following reductions.
(1) If a planet be in a hostile sign {i.e., a sign ruled by an enemy of
the planet under consideration) he loses one-third of his years; but this
reduction should not be made in case of Mars.
(2) If a planet—except Saturn and Venus—be ' combust' his years
should be reduced to one half.*
' N.B.—Western astrologers consider a planet to be 'combust' when his
distance from the Sun does not exceed eight and a half degrees, this rule being
applied to all the planets without distinction. In the Indian system this limit
varies with different planets, as follows:—
J) is considered combust when within 12° of the Sun
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It will be noticed that the two minor planets have different limits according as
they are direct or retrograde, while the three major planets have one only.
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(3) If the planet be a malefic and occupy the XII. house a reduction in
full is made from his years, i.e., years given by him are not taken into
consideration. If he be in the XL, half of his years are deducted ; in the
X., one-third ; in the IX., one-fourth ; in the VIII., one-fifth ; and in the VII.,
one-sixth. In case of benefics occupying these houses, half of the above
reductions should be made. But if more than one planet be in a single
house—or in a single sign, as these judgments are made from the Rasi
Kundli—the reductions should not be made for all the planets, but for the
most powerful one only. I give this rule in a tabular form below.*
After making the reductions, if any, the years given by the several
planets and the ascendant are added together, and the total is the
required length of life.
II. In the Pindayu method the years assigned to the planets and
the luminaries are as follows ;—
O i.. 19 * — 21 2/ ... 15
D ... 25 tT ... 15 Ij ... 20
fi — 12
The planetsf give so many years only when they are in the degree
of their extreme exaltation, and it is not always that they are found
in these positions. They can be in any position between their exalta-
tion and their fall ; in the latter position their years are exactly half
of those given above ; e.g., the Sun in the 10° of Libra gives only nine
and a half years.
Now when a planet is in any intermediate position between these
extreme points, his years are to be determined by proportion. For
instance, suppose the Sun to be in 21° of Sagittarius. He is exalted
in the 10° of Aries and has his fall in the 10° of Libra. In the former
position his years are 19 and in the latter 9-5, i.e., the difference in
his years is 9-5, while the distance between the two positions is
180°. As the Sun moves away from the position in which he has his
minimum number of years, his years increase proportionately to the
distance passed over, in other words, each degree of the zodiac passed
over by the Sun after leaving 10° of Libra, adds years to his
minimum years. In the illustration the Sun is supposed to be in the
210 of Sagittarius ; i.e., he has passed over 710 after being in his fall.
Hence the years given by him are 9-5 + 71 x9'5-i-180. This conies
to 13 years, 5 months and 29 days.
0
If the planet be in the VII. VIII. IX. X, XI. XII. house
Reductions to be made for Benefics i i J- i ^ J_
Ditto for Malefics JU Jfj :| | | 4
f It must be remembered that in Astrology the luminaries are considered as
planets.
 INDIAN ASTROLOGY 27
In the same manner the years of the other planets should be
determined.
The years given by the Ascendant are ascertained either from
the rising sign or navmasa, according to the strength of its ruler. In
the former case they should be determined by the same rule as given
in Satyacharyar's method; but in the latter case, i.e., when the
lord of the rising navmasa is the more powerful, the years given by
the Ascendant will be equal to the number of navmasas of the rising
sign which have passed over the cusp of the Ascendant. In
Satyacharyar's method it will be noticed the navmasas passed over
the cusps of the Ascendant are counted from the last Aries navmasa
irrespective of the sign on the cusp, while in this case they are
counted from the beginning of the rising sign. Hence the maximum
years given by the Ascendant can be 12 in that method, while in this
they will be g only, for each navmasa (of the Ascendant) will give one
year, so if 20° of Leo be rising, the years given will be (20-7-30) xg
or 6.
As for reductions, all the three rules of Satyacharyar apply to
this method also. The years so ascertained should be added together
but the total will be subject to the following reduction, if the Ascen-
dant be afflicted by a malefic. This reduction is peculiar to Pindayu
method alone, and it should not be made when the years are obtained
by Satyacharyar's method.
(4) If there be a malefic in the Ascendant, and he be not aspected by a
benefic, multiply the total number of years by the number of navmasas of
the rising sign which may have passed over the cusp of the Ascendant, and
divide the product by 108 (the total number of navmasas in the zodiac).
The years thus obtained are the required reduction. If the malefic (iu the
Ascendant) be aspected by a benefic, only half of the above number of years
should be deducted. This is the last reduction to be made, and the remainder
will be the required length of life.
Another version of this rule is that the total number of years
should be multiplied by the number of navmasas between the first
point of Aries and the degree ascending. If this rule were followed
frequently the reduction obtained would be much greater than that
obtained by the previous rule. For reasons given later on I doubt
the correctness of this version, though it may have the support of
some well-known astrologers.
Parashara treats of twelve variations of this Pindayu method in
his Hora Shastra. The variations may be grouped into two classes :
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(i) those which differ in the number of years assigned to several

planets, and (2) those which differ about rules of reductions. The
first class of variations are three known as (a) the system of
Yavanacharya, (6) that of Jivasarma, and (c) that of Badrayana.
(а) The first is the same as given in this chapter.
(б) According to Jivasarma the years of each placet in his exaltation
degree is one-seventh of the full human life. The maximum length of a
human life is considered to be 120 years, 5 days, and therefore the maximum
years of any planet will be 17 years, 1 month, 22 days, 13 hours and 36
minutes. But this view is not supported by any other authority.
(c) Badrayana's opinion is that the maximum years of a planet should
be one-seventh of roo years, as if that were the extreme duration of human
life.
The second class of variations are four, viz,
(а) The Neechadhharana method, which teaches that years given by a
planet are reduced to one half when he is in his fall.
(б) The Neechabhava method says that when the planet is in his fall
he loses all his years.
(c) Kritaharan process accepts all the reductions mentioned above.
(d) The Akritaharan process rejects them all.
Thus there are in all twelve variations of Pindayu method, as each
variation of the first class has four variations of the second class. I
have briefly given the main points of difference, for in other respects
all the systems are alike.
I shall now give two horoscopes to illustrate the above rules, and
work them in detail.
The first is referred to by Varaha Mihira in his Brihat Jataka, as
one which gives the maximum number of years. In Chapter VIL,
stanza 5, the author says:
" The life of a person, born when the last navmasa of Pisces is
ascending and Mercury is in o°2$' of Taurus and other planets are in
their (degree of extreme) exaltation, will be 120 years and 5 days."
I give below, in tabular form, the Rasi Kundli of these planetary
positions.
Rasi Kdndli
I. m ? IV. n — VII. iig — X. / —
II. T O V. us 2f VIII. di Ij Xi. n <s
in. s d. s vi. a — ix. ia — xii. ss—
All the planets, except Mercury, being in their exaltation degree
we have to make calculations for his years alone. His maximum
years are 12, so every degree he is distant from 150 of Pisces (his
fall) adds 6^-180 years or 12.17 days to his minimum years (ww., 6). In
 INDIAN ASTROLOGY
this case he is' 45025' distant from his fall; 450 will give 1 year 6
months (6-T-i8oX45=ii)) and[25' will give 5 days. So the total
number of years given by Mercury will be 7 years, 6 months and 5
days. The last navmasa of Pisces is rising, so the years given by the
Ascendant are 9. The years of the planets and the Ascendant, as
ascertained, before reductions, are given below.
The Sun, 19 years ; the Moon, 25 ; Mercury, yy. 6w. 56.; Venus
21 ; Mars, 15; Jupiter, 15; and Saturn, 20.
Before adding these up, the reductions, if any, should be made.
Mars and Saturn, the two malefics, are in the eleventh and eighth
houses respectively. According to rule (3) the years given by Mars
should be reduced to one half, and from those given by Saturn one-
fifth of the number should be deducted. Hence the years given by
Mars will be 7 years 6 months, and those of Saturn 16. No other
reduction need be made, as none of the planets are combust or in
hostile signs, nor is the Ascendant afflicted by a malefic. By adding
the years after the above reductions the total will be exactly 120 years
and 5 days.
The second horoscope I shall give is the one advanced in answer
to the objection raised against the Pindayu method, that it does not
give less than 20 years. The following are the positions of the planets
and the Ascendant.
Ascendant, first navmasa of Aquarius just rising; the Sun,
Moon and Venus, in their respective exaltation degrees; Mercury,
Jupiter and Saturn in their fall, and Mars in 28° of Aquarius.
Rasi Kondli
I. — <f IV. B. p VII. JI — X. m —
II. x ?, 9 V. . n — VIII. nji — XI. # —
in. t o, ^ vi. m — ix. — xii. « y
The years given by the several planets, except Mars, can be
ascertained at a glance, as some are in their exaltation, others in their
fall. Mars is 30° distant from his exaltation degree, so 1 year and 3
months should be deducted from his maximum years. This will give
13 years and 9 months for Mars. The Ascendant does not give any
years, because here we have to ascertain its years from the navmasas,
and the first navmasa of Aquarius is only just rising. The following
will be the years of planets before reductions. The Sun, 19; the
Moon, 25; Mercury, 6; Venus, 21; Mars, 13V. gm. ; Jupiter, yy. 6m. ;
and Saturn, 10.
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Now for reductions:—Jupiter, a benefic, being in the twelfth

house,-his years are reduced to half, according to rule (3). No planet
being in a hostile sign, rule (1) does not apply. Saturn being within
10° of the Sun, is combust, so his years too are reduced by one half.
After these reductions the total will be 93 years and 6 months. But
as Mars, a malefic, is ascending, rule (4) comes into play. The total,
93-5 years, should be multiplied by go, the number of navraasas
between the first point of Aries and the Ascendant, and divided by
108. The quotient will be 77.9, which gives the years of reduction.
This, subtracted from 93.5, gives 15.6 or 15 years, g months, the
length of life required.
I must here draw the attention of readers to the fact that this
result is obtained by following the second version of rule (4). If the
first version had been followed the total years would not have suffered
any reduction, because the sign is just rising. My opinion is that
the second version should not be accepted, for the following reasons :
This last reduction is made on account of the affliction of the
ascending sign by a malefic; I say the sign, because all these rules
apply to planetary positions in the Rasi Kundli. In this Kundli the
signs on the cusps are considered to occupy the whole house, and it
often happens that a planet which according to Western method
should be in the twelfth house, will fall in the Ascendant in the Rasi
Kundli. So it will be seen that the reduction is made only because
the rising sign is afflicted. Now if the reduction were made according
to the second version, it will in fact affect all the signs intervening
between the first degree of Aries and the degree rising. But these
signs do not contribute any years—and in fact they should not—to the
total; it is only the Ascendant which gives some years, so when it is
afflicted the reduction should affect the years given by it alone. It
follows therefore that no more years should be deducted than given by
the Ascendant. If the first version be accepted the years of reduction
will not exceed 9 (the maximum number of years given by the
Ascendant when the lord of rising navmasa is powerful)—except when
the total exceeds 108 years and the last navmasa of a sign is rising ;
and in no case will it exceed 12, the years given when the ruler of the
rising navmasa is powerful.
My contention is that the reduction is made for the affliction of
(he rising sign alone, and the reason of its being made from the total
 INDIAN ASTROLOGY 31
is that in some cases the number of years required to be reduced is
greater than that of the years given by the Ascendant, ff such had
not been the case, this reduction too would have been made before
the final addition.
Again, I believe the planetary positions judged independently of
Ayurdaya rules will not warrant one to predict the death of a native
born under these planetary positions, at the age of sixteen. As this
chapter has been a little longer than 1 intended, 1 shall postpone
further remarks to some future occasion, ft will be interesting to
know how a Western astrologer would judge of the duration of life
from the above horoscope, and I hope some reader will favour us with
his opinion.
{To be continued)

Russian Revolution.—" Marsaries Hervirgo" writes, under date

ii/ii/'os:—"'At St. Petersburg mo" ascends and culminates at
the time of the Sun's entry into Capricorn.
"The Sun is in the eighth, applying to the conjunction of Uranus in the
same house. This is a bad omen for the Tsar and his ministers ; many of
them will be in great danger, and more than one will be done to death.
Mars is in (he eleventh bouse applying to the conjunction of Saturn in the
same house, and the quartile of Jupiter in the twelfth house. The army
will be filled with discontent. The friends of the Government will be any-
thing but true. ! cannot but think that if the Tsar is dethroned the Russians
will find it hard to renew their alliance with France on terms as advan-
tageous as heretofore. In any case, some serious complications will arise
between the two nations, Saturn and Mars opposing the ruling sign of
France. Neptune in the second house opposing Uranus signifies that the
revenues will not be good, and that there will be some trouble with the
finance. Mercury retrograde in the seventh house would suggest that the
nation is becoming tired of the " reign of terror " ; but there will be some
delay in arranging matters, as this planet, being retrogradej is separating
from the conjunction of Venus."
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issue Professor John Curritt writes upon Paracehe et les parfums, Renfi
SchwaebF Chez Satan, and Dutaire commences a Cours pratique d'astrologie.
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 IJtruIxar ^orosropfs

By the Editor

No. IV.—Disappointment Regarding Marriage

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On p. 50 of the Astrologer's Annual I promised to give in this
issue the horoscope of one whose strange fate in regard to marriage
was there briefly outlined.
The above (Matrimonial Department,* No. 519) is the natal
chart of the person in question, a very prepossessing young woman,
born under the sign Libra, with Venus as ruling planet. Her one
great trouble is the marriage question, in connection with which she
" For particulars concerning this department see Vol, L, New Series, pp. 10,
(105). 190, 282.
 PECULIAR HOROSCOPES 33
has certainly had extraordinary experiences. She was engaged to be
married in the year igoi. Several years previously, however, her
hand had been read by " Viola" (a palmist who has frequently contri-
buted to this magazine), who told her that she would be engaged to
marry in her twenty-first year, but that the sudden death of her
lover would prevent the marriage.
The man to whom she was engaged was born on December nth,
1876, between 8 and g p.m. He was suddenly killed on April
1st, igoi, the year in which marriage should have taken place,
thus fulfilling the palmist's prophecy.
Let us examine the astrological indications of this tragic event.
The Moon in the lady's horoscope had progressed to esg0, in square
aspect to Saturn in the seventh house, the House of Marriage, the
Solar direction in force being 0 Par. S (lord of the seventh). The
lover was an officer in the naval service, and was killed while in the
execution of his duty.
After mourning his death for some time, the native again became
engaged, this time to a gentleman born January 10th, 1875, ancl ^
marriage was fixed for June 1st, igo4, but the engagement suddenly
collapsed on March 17th, igo4, owing to the discovery that the
prospective husband was a confirmed drunkard. The engagement
had been made in the commencement of igo3, was broken in March,
and renewed again in August of the same year.
This last affair was almost as painful as the first, for pride
entered into the feelings ( 5 ui), owing to the trouble which it gave to
the girl's parents and relatives. Twice has this lady's trousseau
given her much anxious thought and anxiety, and twice has she
suffered acutely in her feelings through her serious disappointment.
At the present time marriage seems as remote as ever.
What are the planetary causes for her blighted affections ? Can
she love a third time ? Will she marry, and if so, when ? These are
the questions to which students of Astrology would like to find
answers. Before attempting to solve them, we will first look at the
influences operating in the nativities of her two lovers. The first
was born with the Moon in Scorpio, in conjunction with Mars,
and on the cusp of the lady's second house (the death house of
the partner or husband). He was killed when Mars came to the
square aspect of Uranus, a fatal aspect where Mars is afflicted
34 MODERN ASTROLOGY
at birth. At the time of the engagement, the lady's Sun had reached
the square to his radical Moon, and he had operating at the time
]) g b. The second lover was born with Mars in Scorpio, opposite
to the sign holding the lady's Mars, while his marriage ruler
and Saturn were in square aspect to her Mars.
In attempting to answer the first question, we must note
the native's seventh house carefully. The native has always been
anxious to marry ; she is in good circumstances, and has a good home,
but wishes to have a house of her own, in order that she may
entertain and mix in social life, being ambitious and fond of society.
The seventh house is tenanted by Saturn, who afflicts the
Sun, from the sign of the Sun's exaltation. Mars, the ruler of
the seventh, is in the eighth house, opposite to the sign in which her
ruling planet is placed. This planet Mars, ruler of the seventh,
passes to the affliction of the Sun (general significator of marriage in
females) for many years after birth, and at the time of the anticipated
marriage Mars was in parallel declination with the Sun. The father's
influence is very strong where marriage is concerned, Saturn (ruler of
the fourth) being in the seventh, opposed to the cusp of the ascendant.
In the case of the second lover, the father absolutely forbade
the marriage, owing to the discovery of the lover's dissolute habits.
Looked at from all standpoints, the nativity is a very unfortunate
one, so far as marriage is concerned. The ruling planet, Venus,
is afflicted by Saturn in the seventh, and practically opposed by Mars,
lord of the seventh, while the Sun partakes more of the nature
of Saturn than of Mars. With regard to the affections, students of
Astrology will judge of the depths of the love nature from the map as
a whole. The native's mind is not fixed, and is capable of dual
experience, although she is much attached through feeling and
is capable of much demonstation of affection.
When, if ever, she will marry, is a difficult point to decide. She
would have married the drunkard had her father permitted it,
being anxious to marry; therefore it will be fate, and not her
own desire, that will prevent it. She is now in her twenty-fifth year of
life, the Sun is applying to a square aspect of Neptune, and
then to the sextile aspect of Saturn, which seems to foreshadow
another disappointment. If the birthtime is correct, the M.C.p. is
applying to the trine of Jupiter, but Jupiter at the same time is not in
 BIRTH-DATA OF CELEBRITIES 35
favourable aspect to Mercury, a planet which has much to do
with all marriages.
It is not until 1914 that the aspects are favourable, 0 V If
^ * b. V in transit over Or. Even if marriage should take place
then, she will be a widow within five years. Prior to this, 190S
seems the most probable time of marriage : but if consummated then,
it will be only owing to the keen desire for marriage that will precipi-
tate matters while if passes through SL ^ b in the seventh house.
Whenever marriage takes place, whether in 1908 or 1914-15, the
native will outlive her husband, and will mourn his death (? b
and Z0).

9Blrtlj-iiata of ddebrities

In sundry letters from time to time, and also in connection with our
Notabilia page, which invariably arouses great interest, many readers ask us to
give " more horoscopes of famous people, folks really known to tverybody—and not
simply to a small circle of the community, like one or two of those people whose
nativities have been discussed recently in your pages."
This is such a manifestly reasonable request that it is only natural that some
wonder should be felt that it is not immediately responded to by a delineation of
the horoscopes of, say, Mr. William Whiteley, Mr. Eugene S&ndow, Mr. W. W.
Jacobs, and hosts of others whose horoscopes would greatly interest every one of
our readers. Why then do we not comply ?
The answer is simple enough—can't I We are constantly writing to well-
known people, asking for data of birth in order to publish their horoscopes. (At this
very moment a letter ol enquiry is awaiting the post, addressed to a gentleman of
world-wide fame, whose horoscope would be of additional interest as that of one
who has attained to a hearty and vigorous old age.) It is true that our request is
sometimes merely ignored, but in the majority of cases we receive a courteous reply
giving thedate and place—which are usually known beforehand from such sources as
The Dictionary of National Biography, Who's Who, etc.— but adding that unfortunately
no record of the time of birth is to be found. Sometimes, again, the particulars
supplied are accompanied by a request that they may be kept private.
Under these circumstances what are we to do ? This magazine has always set
its face resolutely against the practice so frequently adopted by medieval astrologers
of publishing suppositions horoscopes (except in one or two instances such as that of
the Mikado, where the basis of calculation is definitely stated],and therefore there
seems nothing for it but to continue to give the noon positions, as hitherto in
" Notabilia," and to publish from time to time such horoscopes of notabilities as
we are enabled to do through the kind offices of readers who are acquainted with
the birth-times and are therefore able to vouch for them.
Meantime, readers can greatly help by supplying items for the now enlarged
" Notabilia," or by suggesting names (with dates if possible) of celebrities whom it
is desirable to include. But will they please be practical in their suggestions? A
gentleman writes from India asking us to give data of famous native Indians. This
we would very gladly do, if names and dates are submitted : but does he seriously
expect us to know the dates of birth of Indian sages of several generations ago,
whose names he suggests ?
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

NOTABILIA-
/134 Edith Marion James, of the notorious " Key registry" frauds 22/6/,,82f
(135 Edith Allonby, authoress of The Fulfiiment i/i2/ 76f
(136 Mr. Joseph Darling, Captain of the Australian Cricket Team 1 2I ,11 ,, 0 »
(137 Hon. F. Stanley Jackson ,, ,, English „ ) / /7 i
(138 Mr. Eustace H. Miles, the tennis champion 22/9/'68
(139 Rt. Hon. Wm. Court Gully, late Speaker of the House of Commons ag/S/^j
140 Sir Robert Ball, the famous astronomer i/7/,40
141' The late Dean Hole 5/12/'19
142 Rev. Father Ignatius 23/ii/'37
143; The Fifth Duke of Portland (died 6/12/'79) iylgl'00
144! Charlotte Bronte, author of Jane Eyre 2i/4/'i0
145) Emily Bronte, author of 3o/7/'i8
(1461 Honore de Balzac, the great French novelist 20/5/1799
147) George Cruikshank, the caricaturist 27/9/1792
Planetary Positions at (Greenwich) Noon on Day of Birth
0 B If k n s ? s
(134) 25 I 11517 a 18 ItiS a 21 n 14 S125 Jl 2 25 10 R. 1128
(ns) } 10 n 10 a 3 il26K K 2 /12 n 1 11 3 / 8 >£ 16
(i36-7) 1129 11 7 T19I). 25 261). / 27 11241). 15113 1125 11 28 25 12
(138) zs 0 * 17 Tibl). 2517 / 1 T lolj. 2524 JII4 zs.18 a 24
(139) m 5 1115 =1281). ZS20 25 10 — 9 a 26 15! 4 n 4
(140) 25 10 6 = 14 X20I). /I7^ 11 91) n 25 25 3 a 1 K 0
* 13 2525 / 28K / 24 X24 — 13 SI 6 /27 W 4 T 8
ail ? 1 zs 6 s= 6Ij, * 5 1121 nj 16 /23 YS16 / 0 T20
(I43j IB 24 1IB 6 1115 11928 JII9 2529 a 23 zs 6 119 9 T20
(144) a 1 = 24 / 22I). / nR. = 23 11 SR. 1129 r 4 T 17 n 18
(145) Jl 7 25 7 /24B. / 16R. KlSI). n 515. 2912 119 12 a 20 a 4
(146) a 29 /IS 11115 29 241). 25 22 n 7 25 8 25 3 a i2St. a 15
(147) - 5 =127 11 oJJ, SI23 a il), 11 4 / 0 ZSig nj 19 2924

JANUARY, 1906, WEATHER PREDICTIONS.

1 Fair, milder. 12 Fair, gentle breezes. 22 Fair, pleasant.
2 Ditto. 13 Ditto, ditto. 23 Ditto.
3 Erratic. 14 Erratic. 24 Ditto, gentle wind.
4 Fair. 15 Fair. 25 Fair.
5 Colder, probably fog. 16 Variable. 26 Slight change.
6 Erratic. 17 Fair. mild. 27 Pleasant atmosphere.
7 Ditto. 18 Ditto, ditto, pleasant. 28 Fair.
8 Ditto. 19 Variable. 29 Slightly unsettled.
9 Fair to foggy. 20 Less settled. 3° Fair.
10 Fair. 21 Fair, pleasant. 31 Ditto.
11 Ditto.
January opens with a great improvement on the latter portion of December;
will be very erratic from the 5th to the 8th, very pleasant about the 17th. Many
of the days in this month will be quite spring-like and very mild. A lovely month
with much sunshine. W. W. Carter.

* Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's data will be found on p. 241 of last

volume (August, 1905).
t Date according to newspaper paragraphs.
} This is a case where time of birth would have been of especial interest, of
course, but in response to our enquiry both gentlemen write that unfortunately
they are unable to give it.
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Reformation of ^atal ^.strologg

" He that would brighten ancient diamonds must

Shape and repolish them with diamond dust."
This old couplet aptly suggests that, in like manner, to restore
the value and lustre of ancient Astrology, depends upon its being care-
fully re-formed and newly set forth by laborious and precise methods ;
which task has been too long deferred, as the astronomical means for
this has been available for at least a century. Now assuredly the
time is ripe for all to fully realise that it should be so shapen and dis-
played as to make it meet for acceptance by the wise in these critical
modern days. To all judicious, truth-seeking persons interested it
has long been evident, and is getting more and more obvious, that the
theory and practice of this, the most dignified branch of the science
and the art, is so defective and fallacious, especially as to the mathe-
matical essentials, that it is largely a mere imposition on the general
public to promote the gain and notoriety of certain professors of it,
few indeed of whom have any higher aim. Deficient in mathematics, in
a fumbling and obtuse but boastful way, they set up as teachers of
what they have never rightly learned; their practice often a vague
medley of assertion and evasion, with gross blunders and denial of
plain facts in spherics. All this easily passes as wisdom from on high
with the gullible public, and the sale of counsels of moonshine for
hard cash goes gaily on, while the judicious grieve and protest.
At the other extreme, most savants pronounce Astrology to be
wholly absurd. Thus entire ignorance or very hazy notions of it
largely prevail in minds of all grades, and its vast scope and wondrous
facts remain equally beyond the ken of learned conceit on the one
hand, and of dull credulity on the other. Yet here indeed lies a great
obscure realm of natural truth full of direct human interest which
awaits an adequate exploration. Efficient interpreters of this grand
symbolism in the infinite harmonies of creation, living ideas in poetic
philosophy from remotest antiquity, are very few among the many
who assume that office for the numerous ardent and volatile novices
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

who fondly grope and dabble in it, misled and dazed by the errors and
too visionary talk of such teachers.
To build up and improve the science of Nativities it is highly
necessary that we should apply our efforts primarily to laying an
elaborate and first-rate mathematical foundation to support properly
the astrological structure. Intuitive faculty has its peculiar function
afterward, but being far easier than logical thought and cautious
deduction, we are prone to flighty use of it or to rely unduly upon it,
and therewith to put too much credence in ancient authors. Their
minds lacked sureness, sharpness and systematic method, so that on a
subject demanding, as this does, an intelligence clear and keen as well
as sympathetic, they were apt to plunge into the gulf of the fallible
either by the slowcoach of doting mysticism, or galloping on hasty
conclusions. They were immersed in what the author of Vathek
calls " the intellectual muzziness of the past," though they excel the
moderns in reverent simplicity and openness of fnind. Such mathe-
matical geniuses as Kepler and Tycho Brahe could do but little more
than dream on the subject because of the secondary interest they took
in it, and that the crudeness of astronomy in their day did not admit
of exact calculations. The time had not come ; and no one has yet
appeared combining the poetic and scientific mind so as to employ
both insight and induction to sift and test and systematise it, that we
may read aright the starry Scriptures of the sky.
We are liable to be drawn by the irrational stolidity of opponents
toward the opposite extreme, a credulous confidence in the details of
astrologic doctrine, some of which are nonentities or manifestly
absurd. Also an excess of zeal is to be .avoided. Enthusiasm for
anything must be checked and guided by a clear sense of the logical
requirements, that its fervour may be led into the path of true pro-
gress by careful method, the only means for reaching sound results.
Yet anything like a hard Baconian plan of procedure, even if it be
Sufficient in mere physical researches, is quite inapplicable to these
studies. Philosophic insight together with close observation ; prescient
imagination joined to acute understanding, and bold hypothesis tested
and corrected by facts ; an inward vision of law and an outward per-
ception of objects; inspired reason and sound reasoning; form the
deductive-inductive method which has been mostly used in attaining
the great triumphs of accepted science during the last century or
 REFORMATION OF NATAL ASTROLOGY 39
two. It is to be hoped that a like method can and will yet bring into
beautiful order the abstruser and more elusive arcana of Astrology.
Still we fear that, in the nature of things, this may not be possible; else
why has there not been some steady approach toward it in the past ?
It continues to be chaotic, a scanty system without honesty or strict-
ness, truths obscured, falsehoods conspicuous, and much is mathe-
matically now rather worse than ever. After a very long period of
too desultory and infirm effort, the conditions remain so incoherent
and incomplete as to be mostly barren of all worthy results. The
voluble and vaunting professors, dimly aware of this, are of late years
confusedly guessing, wrangling and figuring over it; they decide
nothing, and agree in hardly anything but in catering to the swarm of
Simple Simons and Susans attracted to their small candle of science,
and in pocketing the easy profits thereof. The profound instinct of
mankind can never dispense with Astrology; the exacter minds of
to day can never accept it as now practised in Nativities.
My urgent appeals for better work, with emphatic statements
and just strictures of errors and abuses, are not in consequence of a
brief, superficial view of this subject from small experience, but are
the mature result of some fifty years' arduous study, disinterested and
impartial, of the doctrine of Nativities, in order to disclose its real
merits and its faults, and especially to determine and develop those
parts of the exact science of spherical astronomy upon which it is
based. By laborious examination this basis has been found to be in
many authors largely erroneous and defective, having no settled and
adequate calculus in use, no sufficient tables of houses, or ephemerises,
and the great fixed stars almost entirely omitted ; no complete method
of computing arcs of direction, and no rational and exact way of
equating them.
The present writer has contributed somewhat to supply those
imperative requisites, and would continue in this magazine his exposi-
tion of superior methods, and confutation of unsound and mischievous
opinions, though the prospect is dark, and, in view of the ever-
increasing number of discordant writers, it seems a hopeless task for
such as I to oppose the prevailing tide of error.
Spes men est in amen veritatis ; and fired by that love of truth in
myself, my hope is to kindle more of it in those others who are quite
competent—if they only will—to apply to these problems the intent
 Modern astrology

thought and fine work which are absolutely necessary. Having

confessed previously my doubts on some parts of the mathematical
basis, and found and corrected certain errors of mine, I have lately
made a most thorough study of the matter, and can now positively
affirm that I have reached, by strictest methods, a full solution of the
difficulties so long and widely discussed, the root of which is that tough
question of the Poles of Houses.'"
I purpose in another article to consider the evil effects caused by
those wrong Poles of the bouses, and to show by trigonometry and the
globe the confusion that ensues in the calculus. Also to note some
curious facts as to the system of primary direction and its distortion
and failure in high latitudes.
J. G. Dalton.

The Peace Treaty.—A valued correspondent writes:—"It occurred

to me while reading the news of Peace between Russia and Japan to note
how nicely this affair agreed with the planetary influences in the signs
assigned to the different countries concerned. Thus, zz is supposed to rule
Russia and ^ Japan ; now n is in trine to both these signs, If. is beginning
to wax strong in n, and what do we see ?—peace brought about mainly by
the influence of the President of the United States, which are under the rule
of n. Another thing I noticed was that J, ruler of is in the X (»•«•, If)
decanate of SS, which I think might account for the Mikado being so lenient
towards Russia. Again, the treaty was hindered through Russia standing
out over money matters: may not that be accounted for by J g If in /,
the eleventh sign from zz, which I believe has to do with money affairs in
mundane Astrology?" These remarks come as a curious endorsement of
the Editor's views on p. 30 of The Astrologer's Annual, and are of
additional interest inasmuch as they were received early in September,
but were unfortunately overlooked.
Under this head, too, "Sarastro" writes:—"I am inclined to believe
that the eclipse of the Sun on August 30th had an effect in bringing
about the sudden acquiescence of the Japanese envoys to the final Russian
proposals on the previous day. To have continued the negotiations during
or after an eclipse so nearly in square to the Emperor of Japan's Mars
(£3°) would have been of most evil omen, first as regards the prospect of
peace, i.e., of successful negotiations, and secondly in view of a continuation
of the war, in which the Japanese might have lost much and gained little."

* See pp. 123, el seq., also pp. 333 to 335. of last volume, and Editorial Notes
thereto.—Ed.
 4*

Jabourablc anb Enfabourablc ^irtljbnys

For the month of January, 1906
[The basis of these prognostications is the transit of the major planets,
, V-> i?) over tne annual zodiacal position of the Sun on the dates
given. It must be borne in mind that in oil cases the effect of a ' transit' is
subordinate to the ' directions' in operation at the time; should these be bad
the " unfavourable "birthdayswillprove so much the worse, and the" favour-
able " so much the less good ; and vice versa. Consequently it is improbable
that people born on the same day of the year will find these remarks apply
equally in all cases, but in a broad sense the general circumstances during
the current month will be much as indicated.]
Unfavourable Birthdays.—Those born on the 18th to the 22nd
of February in any year, more especially the years 1854, '55, '61, '68,
'76, '77, '84, will find this month a trying time ; delays and hindrances
and various disappointments will cause annoyance and loss, while the
general health will suffer to some extent from a feeble circulation and
tendency to chills, combined with a somewhat depressed state of mind,
which they should endeavour to combat by a resolute determination
to persist with what they have previously determined on in spite of all
obstacles, if they have once decided that it is advisable ; sharp walk-
ing exercise will be beneficial. Quite otherwise should we advise
those born on February 23rd to March 16th, especially in the years
^o. *53. '54. '55. '60, '62, '65, '70, '72, '75, "77, '80, '85, '87, for their
disposition will now tend to be hasty and uncertain, and their tempers
quarrelsome ; on the other hand, the circulation will be full and rapid,
even to the point of feverishness. They should guard against im-
petuosity and intemperate action of any kind, and should set a watch
upon both temper and tongue, for both will be liable to get out of
hand.
Favourable Birthdays.—Persons born on the 17th, 18th, or
19th of May in any year will feel the benefic influence of Jupiter's
transit, bringing pleasant social and friendly gatherings and increased
business opportunities and a generally fortunate month. This will be
more especially the case with those born in the years 1856, '58, '60,
'64, "70, "72, '74, '76, *84, '86, '88.
Peculiar and Uncommon Birthdays.—Those born on or
about the ist or 2ndof July, also the 27th and 28th of December in any
year, especially 1867, '68, '87, or 1864, '65, will find the present
month bring them many strange and remarkable experiences, either
as regards events, or else as change of consciousness; the whole
of the year is sure to be a memorable one for them, in a general
sense, but more especially the month of January. Their experiences
are likely to be of interest to others, and they are invited to forward
them to the Editor, to be placed on record with others that have
already appeared (see pp. 382, 383, 524, of last volume).
 42

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The above is the nativity of a soldier, born 3.50 p.m., October

4th, 1824, Scotland, who passed through the Indian Mutiny, and
whose thrilling adventures in the army gave him all the excitement
he had run away from home to seek. He joined a Highland regiment
before he had left his teens, and all trace of him was lost by his
guardian directly he left his native town. His parents had died soon
after his birth, leaving him to the care of an uncle, whose rigid
discipline he found by no means congenial to his tastes.
The striking feature about this nativity is the square of the Sun
to Uranus, and the opposition of Mars and Saturn.
The position of Mars on the M.C. will account for his taste
for a military career, which would have fully lasted the twenty-one
years for which he joined, but for the fact that a bullet passed through
his leg whilst marching to the relief of Lucknow in 1857, owing to
which he obtained his discharge and a pension.
Notwithstanding the position of if on the cusp of the seventh, his
married life although a fruitful one was by no means happy, ^ and
the Q, rulers of the seventh, being in square to Neptune and Uranus.
The remarkable feature about this nativity is the position of b
on the cusp of the fourth in opposition to 3. He died in poverty and
misery in his sixty-seventh year with his family residing within a mile
of his lodgings; none of them, however, even knew that he was dying.
He and his wife had often been separated owing to the violence of
their tempers, and he had frequently retired into isolation and loneliness
(b IV.). The ]) in rising in square to g and b was the prime
cause of all his misfortunes, for it made him a Drunkard.
 43

Etbtebs

The advent of The Astrologer's Annual has helped to increase

the number of books awaiting review this month, and scant space can
therefore be accorded to them, though as they are not of strictly
astrological interest we should hardly have felt justified in giving very
much room to each in any case.
Three "shilling manuals," issued by L. N. Fowler &• Co., 7,
Impend Arcade, E.C., are Health Building, by Joseph Ralph; The
Human Aura, by VV. J. Colville; A Book of Affirmations, by K. T.
Anderson. The first of these is evidently a companion to Brain
Building, by the same author (reviewed on p. 516 of our November
issue), and it exhibits the same merits—the same simple and lucid
style, and the same healthy common sense. It can be heartily recom-
mended to everyone, for, as its title implies, what is needed for our
degenerate humanity is not the "curing" of disease, but the "build-
ing" of health, or 'wholeness.' Mr. W. J. Colville's little book
not only deals clearly with the subject, but contains many interesting
and suggestive ideas which appear as an efflorescence, as it were,
upon his main subject: for instance, it is pointed out that the word
" superstition " means snpevstmctuve merely, and that where, in Acts
xvii., " we encounter the phrase ' too superstitious,' otherwise trans-
lated inordinately religious, both expressions clearly show that the
writer of the original must have made reference to a top-heavy intel-
lectual edifice, the foundation under which was insufficient to sustain
so large a pile " ; a way of putting it which brings out clearly the
truth that all so-called ' superstitions ' are founded upon a basic truth,
which has then been unwisely—in other words, disproportionately—
built upon; the book can be confidently recommended. The third of
these booklets or manuals is evidently a sequel to Mind Concentra-
tion, by the same author (reviewed on p. 187 of last volume), the
virtues and limitations of which it shares.
A Golden Afternoon : and other Stories. Six stories for
children, reprinted from The Lotus Journal, by Philippa Forest,
Michael Wood, and others ; with Twelve Illustrations. Price is. 6d.,
post free is. 8d. (see advt., Supplement). The charm of Philippa
Forest's pen is so well known to readers of this magazine that there
need be no excuse made for drawing attention to this little volume (to
which she contributes the title story)—though, indeed, Michael Wood
is hardly less known to many of our readers. There is, in fact,
especial interest attaching to it for our readers, inasmuch as " A
Golden Afternoon " was originally accepted for publication in Modern
Astrology, but was handed on to the Editor of the Lotus Journal, as
more suitable to its pages, being, as one enthusiastic critic rather
cruelly put it, " much too beautiful to be thrown away on astrologers! "
Certainly it is far too beautiful to be missed, and those who are on
the look out for a New Year gift for a sensitive and imaginative child
44 MODERN ASTROLOGY

—that is, a real child, whether grown up or otherwise—will hardly

fail to choose wisely in selecting this book. Those who have read the
stories of Michael Wood are aware that they possess a certain quality
which quite eludes description, and which makes praise seem an im-
pertinence. Something of the same, or a kindred atmosphere, seems
to be present in all these delicate little stories, two or three of which
leave one with a curious feeling in the throat and eyes. The illustra-
tions do not, as is so often the case, detract from the high artistic
level reached by the stories, but rather add to it—which is high praise
for them.
While on the subject of gift books for the New Year we might
mention The Priory Press Booklets, a series of selections from
various authors, ancient and modern, published ai ?d. and 6<f. each,
produced with exquisite taste, and forming a far more satisfactory
medium for the transmission of Yule Tide or birthday greetings than
the ordinary "card" at the same price. A list of these can be ob-
tained, post free, on application to Sidney C. Mayle, 70, High Street,
Hampstead, N.W.

The Charing Cross disaster occurred on a Tuesday at sunset. The four

quarter-day influences on a Tuesday are:—sunrise $, noon 11, sunset 1?,
midnight J). Now Ip has always been held to signify falls; and, at the
previous New Moon, ip and were culminating, one on each side of the
cusp of the M.C. They were again about culminating at the actual time of
the disaster, 3.45 p.m., s/ia/'os- The Moon, entering "C, may quite possibly
have been aspecting one or both of the " extra Neptunian planets," if Mr.
Sutcliffe is right in supposing them to be near the two equinoctial points.
(SreTnE Astrologer's Annual, p. 47.)
A correspondent sends the following questions :—
(1) What rising sign, position or aspect would give red hair ?
(2) I should like to know whether to note the countries ruled by the
various signs, as placed in persons'horoscopes, or to ignore them. Would
the native be affected by them in any way? For example, a few friends
went to Russia a few years ago, spendiugabout five days there ; one had xz on
the ascendant, another on the 7th house, another on the 12th. Again, a
lady who has b on the 3rd has had a position in Ireland; now she is
asked to go to London, n is on the 4th. Another lady is asked to go as a
nurse to Spain, f is on the 8th and 9th. Ought we to note the planets in
the signs and also the aspect formed between the rulers of the countries and
the native's ruler ?
Between Zeus (Jupiter), the abstract Deity of Grecian thought, and
the Olympic Zeus, there was an abyss. The latter represented in the
Mysteries no higher a principle than the lower aspect of human physical
intelligence—Manas wedded to Kdma ; whereas Prometheus—the divine
aspect of Manas, merging into and aspiring to Buddhi—was the divine Soul.
Zeus, whenever shown as yielding to his lower passions, is the Human Soul
and nothing more—the jealous God, revengeful and cruel in its Egotism or
' I-am-ness.' Hence Zeus is represented as a serpent—the intellectual
tempter of man—which, nevertheless,begetsin the course of cyclic evolution
the 'Man-Saviour,' the Solar Bacchus or Dionyous — 7nore than a man.
Secret Doctrine, II. 437.
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betters to tlj£ Sbitor

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 (i) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only ; (2) 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 ]
A Practical Suggestion : and some Questions
Dear Sir,
With regard to the Plebiscite invited on p. 434, current number
Modern Astrology, I am in favour of omitting the articles mentioned,
and devoting the space to matters relating more strictly to the ' study
of humanity.'
I make a humble suggestion. Why not have regular competitions
in horoscope-reading, with prizes for the most successful and thorough
answers (either for one or for the yearly series) ? For prizes, say one of
your books—a half-guinea horoscope—or a volume of Modern
Astrology. There must be many students anxious to test their
knowledge, and requiring perhaps a little inducement.
Astrology is being mentioned in connection with the Merstham
Tunnel murder. Would it not be possible to obtain the poor girl's
correct data—hour, as well as day, of birth ? There should be much
material for research in her nativity. By the way, there is a curious
coincidence in the names of the tunnel's two last victims—Gold,
Money.
I should be much obliged if you would kindly enlighten me on the
following point, that is, if it is of sufficient general interest :—Leo is
given in all the books as being physically tall, fair, florid, etc. I have
two Leo friends of either sex, born, as a matter of fact, within one day
of each other, but not related. Both are dark—the woman especially
—with thick lips, curly black hair and sallow complexion, and short.
She has Sb 23024' rising, 0 in Sb in 12th, ]) in0 n in nth d <? 1
d 2,8 '? • The other has ascendant Sb 24 io', © Sb in 12th,
ji So in nth rf <? • He is not quite so dark, but still is certainly not
fair, medium height, round, heavy-lidded eyes, pale complexion.
No planets rising in either case. The time was remembered, so I think
I have them right. What is the position to account for this variation
from the type? The planets are as follows;—
 4® MODERN ASTROLOGY
Asc. OH 5 5 f I!'
1. Female. ,1123.24 J12. 1 D23.41 9529.46 1128.12 029.23 017.11 72246 9522.54 T21.49
2. Male. JI24.10 713.11 95 6 iS Jl 1.53 D 29.21 95 1. 3 017.21 722.41 9522.56 T2i.4g
Giappenhall, Yours truly,
Nr. Warringlon, 2jio/'o^. B. Scorpio.
[This is a very practical suggestion, and we have great pleasure in
responding to it forthwith. We will give a Bound Volume of Modern
Astrology (New Series), or any two volumes of the Old Series of
Modern Astrology that may be still unsold at time of award, or,
if preferred, a copy of How to Judge a Nativity, for the best delinea-
tion of the nativity of a male born at London, the sidereal time
being 21/1. 8>k. 355., and the planets places as follows;—0 ™
18.5, S V? 26.4; t? T 21.39, ^ 25 28.26, 1? 1^16.21, 71 25 ,22.1,
(? 3€ 11.41, 2 Ttf 8.50, ^ VS 26.35, S3 n 18.44, ® 8 28.28. All
delineations must be clearly written on one side of the paper only, and
must reach this office by March 31st. Writh regard to the two
horoscopes quoted, our correspondent seems to have overlooked the
influenceof J S b • Miss Mary Sophia Money was born at Watford,
4/i2/,83; we have not been able to ascertain the birth-hour.—Ed.]

Names and Numbers in Relation to Astrology

1.
Dear Sir,
I have read the remarkable contribution from Mr. P.
Toller-Bond to your journal with the keenest interest, and am eagerly
awaiting " more light."
All criticism at the present stage is obviously premature, since it
is utterly impossible to make the slightest use, for any purpose, of the
elements so far submitted to your readers, until at least foui items are
clearly defined, viz.:—
1. Rules to show which of the seven alphabets to apply.
2. Rules to indicate the particular sign influences from which
Q 2 and ^ operate, and when the © and j) are considered
positive or negative.
3. Rules to find the planetary government of each hour during
the days of the week according to the author's system of
using them.
Rules for the application of the changes in the vowel sounds,
he idea of the Sun passing through the twelve signs of the
Zodiac four times during a period of one year, is, of course, somewhat
startling ; but as there are four seasons during that time, and four
quarters in the circle, it does not seem so extravagant after all to
suppose that the solar power may operate (in an influential sense),
through each of the twelve signs in turn, once in every three months.
This may be the case without the necessity of requiring us to believe
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 47
the actual body of the Sun to be transmitting the signs in question.
[Hear, hear!—Ed.]
What is now needed is, that we may be able to make our own
private tests of this extraordinary problem. Then we may be in a
position to endorse the surprising evidence presented, or to criticise—
not before.
As the details of the scheme promise to offer a wide and useful
field for application in many directions, I hope to see the technical
points and rules completely and clearly defined.
I remain yours truly,
London, S/n/'o^. Agar Zariel.
[Our correspondent is brief and to the point; we trust that the writer
of the article in question will be equally concise and definite.— Ed.]
II.
Dear Sir,
I have no desire to consume valuable space in your
magazine which is worthy of a far better use, but your published
reply from Mr. Bond holds a challenge that requires answer. I have
been too long a student and teacher of esoteric truths and of Astrology
to now become the " narrow-minded materialist" or gambler swayed
bythe monetary factors of his proposition, and I would not willingly
consent to that concealment of truth involved by the pledge required
of the judges. I desire only the truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truth, and am willing to exert both physical and spiritual energies
in its open promulgation. I shall not further extend what could only
become personal controversy and would but call your attention to the
facts that the addition of time on pages 510 and 512 would compel
the Sun to rise at very near 11.58 a.m. at San Francisco, and that on
page 513 the Moon is in Pisces at 2.15 and in Aquarius one half an hour
AFTER.
303, W. 105th Street, Sincerely,
New York City, U.S.A., i/n/'o^. Zamael.
[Our correspondent evidently forgets that since the time tabulated is
G.M.T., correction must be made for longitude in order to determine G.M.T.
of commencement of planetary hours, etc.; the other discrepancy we do
not pretend to account for. We have printed this letter]ust as it stands, in
fairness to "Zamael," but we wish it to be distinctly understood that we
cannot devote any furtherspace to controversy regarding the article to which
the title of this letter refers. Those readers who have carefully studied the
article in question, and also the correspondence relating thereto, in the
issues of Modern Astrology for September, October, and November,
1905, should be in a position to decide for themselves as to its merits.—Ed.]

Byron's Birth Time

I.
Dear Sir,
The quotation given by Mr. J. P. Munro, on p. 524 of the
November issue, is to be found in Moore's Life of Byron. It is taken
4® MODERN ASTROLOGY

from Byron's diary. Writing very late at night on January 21st, 1821,
he says:—
"To-morrow is my birthday—that is to say, at twelve o'clock, mid-
night, i.e., in twelve minutes I shall have completed thirty and three years
of age ! 1 !—and I go to my bed with a heaviness of heart at having lived so
long, and to so little purpose.
" It is three minutes past twelve. ' 'Tis the middle of the night by the
castle clock,' and I am now thirty-three I
" Ehen,fugaces, Postunu, Poslume
Labuntur anni;—
but I don't regret them so much for what I have done, as for what I might
have done.
" Through life's road, so dim and dirty,
I have dragged to three-and-thirty ;
What have these years left to me ?
Nothing—except thirty-three."
It is quite evident that the poet was not thinking of the hour and
minute of his birth, but only of the day ; and the day, of course, is
reckoned from midnight.
H. S. Green.
II.
Kindly allow me to add a mite to the controversy re Byron's
birth time, for simplicity and exactitude arc needed factors.
The time of death is indisputable (6.15 p.m.), and the only ques-
tion is : was this time four hours and fifteen minutes, or sixteen hours
and fifteen minutes, after the birth hour.
The diurnal horoscope will tell, because the time of death (6.15)
added to the siderial time for that day (8.05) gives a meridian at 0529°,
and an ascendant at ^21°; while the diurnal view, adding two hours
or subtracting ten hours from the sidereal time, gives a meridian at
b 290 or at tri^g0 with an ascendant at iij260or at 1^26°, and the question
becomes : Which of these ascendants for the day was the afflicted one
at the moment of death ?
There can be no doubt, for iij;60 is semisquare to ^ 21, and if we
were to look up planetary positions (which we do not need) we would
find V3,260 trined by Ij and <? • Astrologers must coincide with the
remarks of Mr. H. S. Green ; but, as a further proof, take siderial
time on birth date, plus two hours ; plus progressed time equivalent for
36yr. 2mo. 27d.,to get the progressed zodiacal positions corresponding
tothedateof death and note that the progressed meridian would be 003°,
the ascendant in =^2° with J its ruler on exact opposition, while thep
is conjoined with ^ in the fourth house. The local position of the 0 and
that of the ruler of the day is in the eighth, while his own progressed 0
was sesquiquadrate the actual ascendant at the moment of demise.
Where is the question or what doubt can there be that he was born
within a minute or two of two hours past noon ?
Zamael.
[Several letters of interest are unavoidably held over.—Ed.]
iWobrrn ^strolug^

Vol. III. New Series. FEBRUARY, igo6. No. 2.

©lissriistrtrjT

The issue of the Astrologer's Annual has put us one month behind
with regard to publishing matter that was portioned out for the
December issue, hence as space is required this month to clear up
arrears, my remarks must necessarily be short.
I have to correct an error that occurred in the delineation of the
" Peculiar "Horoscope " given on p. 506 in the last volume. It appears
that as a matter of fact the native escaped being
A Correction sentenced to penal servitude as stated. The
woman who was so sentenced, although a clever
impersonator was not it seems, as I thought, the person who was the
subject of the article and whose horoscope was given, and I have
just learned that she (the latter) is now in hiding abroad. It appears
that she has resolved to turn over a " new leaf," having taken warn-
ing by the consequences of her last impersonation, and I am sure all
readers will join with me in the hope that her new life may prove as
honourable as her former career was discreditable. With the excep-
tion of this error, I understand that all the other facts are correctly
stated.
* *
The most striking events of the present month are the total
eclipse of the Moon on the gth, and the partial eclipse of the Sun on
the 23rd. With regard to the former, if Russia is
National
Astrology under Aquarius and France under Leo, as gener-
ally believed, then these two countries should feel
the effects of the eclipse, and we should expect events in one or both
of these countries to excite the attention of the world,
50 MODERN ASTROLOGY

The eclipse of the Sun should produce some remarkable events.

It occurs in the twelfth house at London, the Sun being in conjunction
with Mercury, Venus and Saturn, and we shall be able to note the
influences of the twelfth house. I should interpret this position to
indicate an increase of lunacy, much crime, and many secret scandals.
The square of Mars and Uranus from Capricorn and Aries will
give the various governing bodies in England a very troublesome
time, and their hands will be full of serious problems of public and
national policy, Mr. H. S. Green deals with this matter on p. 84.
* *
I am sorry to learn that " Charubel," author of The Degrees of the
Zodiac Symbolised (so highly esteemed by all students), and a frequent
contributor to these pages, is in dire distress. He
ur£eiri>need writes :—" lam prostrated with a most distressing
form of affliction, and suffer the most intense pain
day and night. It is neuralgia in both legs, and 1 have had four
nights of continuous torture. I am without resources. I know I have
not deserved this affliction in this present life, and, if I had been a
great or notorious sinner in a former state, I think that old debt should
have been paid by now. I am not ashamed to beg under such cir-
cumstances, and I trust that my friends, although but mortal, will
respond more readily and more kindly than the gods, whom we clothe
so majestically. I leave this matter in your hands, Mr. Editor. I
cannot work : to beg—under the circumstance—I am not ashamed.
" P.S.—Whatever anyone lends me, please make all payable to
John Thomas and not to 'Charubel' as the postal authorities do not
pay to a nom-de-plume." The address is 16, Beech Grove, Richmond
Grove, Longsight, Manchester, and I am sure that all of those who
have gained help from the seership of our old friend and contributor
in any way will gladly send whatever they can spare—however small
a sum—to help him. He is close on eighty years of age, and
therefore is unable to help himself.

J. A. A. writes:—" I have interested a good many 'sceptics in Astrology,

by a method which is so simple that it might well count as a mere amusement.
At any social gathering I calculate the Moon's place at birth for anyone who
cares for the ' amusement.' The results have always amazed those for
whom I calculated, and I think of writing an article—purposely light and
popular—to show how this may be done. I shall recommend your
Everybody's Astrology as the handy Manual for the purpose." An excellent
idea, which no doubt many of our readers will like to adopt.
 ®Ije ^torg of tlj£ (Bbfltoeiss

On the summit of one of the highest mountains in the Alps there

dwells (so runs the legend) a beautiful spirit, " The Spirit of the
Edelweiss," who appears in the form of a maiden, clad in glistering
white, to those few favoured mortals who ever chance to see her. She
it is who presides over the tiny delicate plant with the beautiful name
and keeps it safe from profane hands. For only to one whose soul is
of unsullied purity can the dazzling vision be revealed, and only by
its self-emitted light can the Edelweiss be found. But once the flower
is obtained, prosperity, happiness, and wisdom became the dower
of its possessor. The following story is told of one who obtained the
Edelweiss.
Many times had one or another of the hardy mountaineers who
lived in the villages that nestled among the lower valleys, striven to
climb the lofty peak and secure the coveted prize; but all had so
far failed. Some had wearied ofthe long, slow climb and had given up
the quest when scarce half way up the mountain. Others had reached
further, but had shrunk appalled from the gloomy and threatening
peak that awaited them among the clouds when the 1 ower heights
had been safely scaled. One had lost his balance on stopping to
gaze back upon the route he had come, and with a fearful cry had
sunk to unknown depths beneath; while one had never returned,
having lost his reason by the strangeness and the stillness of the cold
white scene—he might still be descried, the villagers averred, on clear
days, mowing and gibbering and waving his arms in meaningless
fashion, his long thin locks flying in the wind. How he lived, none
knew.
One bold climber had indeed succeeded in reaching the summit.
But he came back without the Edelweiss. When the eager villagers
pressed round him, clamouring for a sight of the virgin flower, he
repulsed them, and walked away in silence. To a friend who followed
* The meaning of the word " Edelweiss " is equivalent to noble and pure. It is
doubtful whether the plant commonly known by this name at all resembles the true
Edelweiss,
52 MODERN ASTROLOGY

him, asking if he had not found it, he only replied, in a hollow voice,
"Were there not two conditions required?" and, saying nothing
further, turned toward his home. But it was noted from that day
that, from a godless, roystering fellow, he became a thoughtful,
meditative man, patient in manner and just in counsel, paying his
debts and living peacably with all. Once, with conspicuous gallantry,
he saved a woman's life ; but when the men applauded, and the
women wept, calling him " Hero," he only breathed a heavy sigh,
and moved away without even a word. So that some said " He has
seen the Spirit of the Edelweiss."
One day there passed through the valley a maiden, pale of
countenance and of a delicate build, but graceful in carriage and of a
firm mien. Glancing neither to right nor left she left the road and
commenced to ascend the sloping fields that led to the foot of the
mountain where dwelt the Spirit of the Edelweiss, her thin garments,
originally white but now somewhat marked by travel stains, fluttering
in "the breeze.
" She must be mad," the villagers said, "she will perish with the
cold."
For the maiden had set out with one single fixed resolve to pluck
the magic flower and to bear it back again, even though life itself
should be the forfeit did she not succeed.
Not for herself did she desire it. Not for herself, but for another ;
a youth she loved with all the strength of her pure young maidenhood,
and whom she desired to save from the bondage of the senses, now
fast carrying him to degradation and despair. For he was a votary
of Bacchus and of Venus, given over to the allurements of pleasure,
while she was a follower of Hermes, seeking to attain to the higher
joys of the mind. Yet when fora moment his better nature triumphed
he would beg her to leave him to his fate and seek a worthier
object for her love. But this she would not; for her heart yearned
over him, and she wearied heaven ^with her supplications for his
salvation.
One night she had dreamed, and in her vision a bright being
had appeared to her, saying " I am the Spirit of the Edelweiss, set to
guard that emblem of purity from profane hands; and I come to you
because you alone are pure enough to find it, if you are brave enough
to dare the perils of the ascent. For ere any soul can be saved, the
 THE STORY OF THE EDELWEISS 53
passion weed must be replaced by this flower of purity. Yet so
potent is its influence that anyone who possesses it must become
regenerate, though he be sunk never so deep in vice and folly." Then
with a smile the angel had vanished, and the maiden awoke with the
last words still sounding in her ears, like half-remembered music.
With the first faint flush of dawn she arose, and set out alone on her
perilous mission. For with the simple faith of a guileless nature, she
believed that the Great Spirit had sent her the answer to her praye r
And her heart whispered to her that she should succeed.
Hour after hour she climbed on, over the rough uneven ground,
strewn with the rocks cast down by the avalanches or carried by the
slow, resistless tide of the glacier, over the treacherous crevasse,
across the yawning chasm of rock or frozen ice, unheeding cold or
fatigue, never looking back, possessed by one thought always, the
Edelweiss !—her guerdon a soul to be saved. Strange cries fell upon
her ear, hollow voices muttered warnings, while from unseen heights
came peals of mocking laughter, sometimes loud, sometimes subdued,
and more awful in their noiseless merriment than any shrieks could be.
Still she paused not. Weird shapes held out shadowy hands to
detain her, a chill and oppressive atmosphere surrounded her, adding
to the gloom that quickly settled on the mountains as the slowly
sinking sun dropped out of sight. Once a curious light flared out and
showed her a chasm into which she had almost fallen. Several
times she stumbled, bruising herself against the hard, sharp rocks
which tore her simple dress, exposing her still more to the cruel-frost.
Many times she was tempted to turn aside and rest awhile in some
convenient cavern; but she knew that that meant certain death.
Once she glanced aside and was nearly overcome by dizziness at the
sight of the sheer cliffs below.
The air was growing keener and more rarefied now, and her
breath came in quick, short gasps. Still she kept on, thinking of the
dear loved soul whose release she was to win. Fainter and fainter
grew her steps, yet to her panting heart it seemed as if there were
some arm about her, supporting and sustaining her, as with sobbing
breath she stumbled forward, murmuring only, "The Edelweiss!
The Edelweiss ! "
She had nearly gained the summit when suddenly there rose
before her, out of the ground as it seemed, a dark shadowy figure,
54 MODERN ASTROLOGY

barring her way and making her heart stand still with terror, while a
chill, measured voice said sternly :—
"What dost thou here,"maiden, on this lonely mountain, treading
paths on which the foot of mortal never yet was set."
" I seek the Edelweiss," she stammered, " The Flower of
Purity."
" What wouldst thou, then, with it ? What desire is in thy
heart ? Is it then to become as one of us that thou seekest this flower
of chastity, which alone can give power to gain riches or fame or
knowledge. Which is it that thou cravest for thyself ? Speak ! for
the choice is thine."
" For myself? " murmured the maiden, weeping in a passion of
despair, " For myself I want nothing, I only seek the Flower of
Purity to give it to my beloved, that his soul's safety may be
assured."
The figure stepped aside.
" Pass on then, O maiden," said the deep, measured tones, from
which all the coldness had departed, and which now sounded full and
musical, like the murmur of a river, " for I may not delay thee. To
gain the flower only to give" it is a selfless act indeed, and is alone
worthy of the benefits it confers."
And lo ! there, before her, like a glow-worm among the bracken,
she sees enshrined in a cleft of rock the tiny diamond-like flower,
pure and white as the snow itself, illumined only by the light
irradiated from the starry being that tends and nurtures it.
Tremblingly she stretches forth her hand to pluck it, and with a
thankful cry clasps it to her heart.
Then new strength and vigour take the place of her former
tense exhaustion, and a glow of warmth pervades her frame as
joyfully she takes her way down the mountain side again, lighted and
guided by the soft radiance shed by the crystal blossom in her hand.
No longer does the way seem hard nor the night air keen, no longer
shrieks and moans pervade the air, but all around is music and the
sounds of summer life, while her footsteps seem to fall easefully on
soft and pleasant sward.
Quickly she reaches the valley, and soon has passed beyond the
village—where little children smile in their sleep, and the watching
mothers look on wonderingly—to her home across the border.
 THE STORY OF THE EDELWEISS 55
She hurries to her beloved, carrying the flower in her hand. He
is sleeping in his chair, with a cup of wine half emptied beside him.
" Wake ! wake ! " cries the maiden, eagerly, shaking the sleeping
figure, " you must rouse yourself. See, I have brought you the
Edelweiss from the mountain top. Take it."
Slowly the heavy lids are raised, and a dull comprehension
appears in the sleeper's eyes.
She presses the flower into his hand, her fingers closing upon it.
And then a wondrous change occurs. In a moment his stupor
has left him, the clearness has come to his eyes, the traces of self-
indulgence are gone from his face, and as he rises he stands before
her the radiant Beloved of her fondest dreams. He has not with-
drawn the flower from her hand, but folds her in his arms, saying ;
" You and the flower do I take together, O lover of my soul, for
you have been my saviour in very truth. Nay, I will not take this
flower of chastity from you, my beloved. Keep it and preserve it
always. It is my redemption, and your own also ; for you did not
forbear your very life to save me, and all that I am is yours." So
saying, he knelt before her, praying to the Great Spirit that his life
might become blessed in the service of others.
Such was the magical property of this mountain flower of
purity that the man's whole nature was transmuted, and he became
pure and led henceforth a blameless life. He was a helper and
teacher of men, and the books that he wrote brought comfort and
healing to many.
And the light of the Spirit of the Edelweiss continued to shine
throughout their dwelling about the cherished flower so safely
guarded, and its soft effulgence gladdened the eyes of all who saw it—
though they knew not whence it was.
Bessie Leo.

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 56

®lje Jlpirhires of flje Slotm anb ^lanctanr Hulfrsljip

" The rulership of the signs of the Zodiac over the external parts of the body
is well known in general outline, but a great deal remains to be discovered with
regard to details. For instance, while Aries rules over the whole head, it is
doubtful whether the rulership over the parts of the head externally, such as the
eyes, nose, cheeks, lips, brows (to say nothing of the very complicated structure of
the brain internally), has yet been accurately determined, and the same remark
holds true of other parts of the body." . .
H. S. Green, f&urn. Astron. Society, p. 77, May. 1899.
As Mr. Green says, the general outline of allotment of the parts
of the body to the Zodiacal Signs is pretty well known, since it is
found in nearly all the Almanacs, under the form of the following
familiar table : —
Head and Face Neck and Throat Arms Breast Heart and Liver
T-c? y- ? 0-» m-p il-O
Belly Reins and Bladder Groin Thighs Knees Legs Feet
nj-s ===-? ia-J f-n id-1? ~ M'%
This seems simple enough. But the modifications immediately
adduced to that table by the addition of the planetary influences, as
found in the old astrological works, under the authority of Hermes
Trismegistus (Aphor. 87), are much less known, many modern writers
not even mentioning the fact, though it was really the basis for the
ancient application of Astrology to Medicine. The idea of these
modifications is that, while passing through the several Signs, the
various planets are said to react on other signs, and thereby afflict the
different parts of the body corresponding thereto. This is shown in
i h 3 accompanying table, which is the most comprehensive I know of.
All this again was further modified by taking into consideration
the power of the various dignities or detriments assumed by the
planets, as well as by the various aspects of the planets between
themselves ; numerous indications and hints thereon are found dis-
persed in rules or pointers, such as, for instance,_ the one in Ptolemy
(Aphor. 68) and Simmonite (326), that "malevolent planets, if oriental,
produce injuries, if occidental diseases," in the part of the body which
receives the influence. Raphael, in his Guide (Vol. II. 57) gives a
long but incoherent list of such sidereal causes producing hurts or
diseases.
 THE APERTURES OF THE BODY
Then, last, but not least, is to be added the consideration of the
sub-division of the Zodiacal Signs themselves, either into decanates

8 n SI 111 vs K

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n 55 Si nu >n t W K X a n
"K X
a 55 <n. C "E T- T a n T
<n. n 25 <n. V3 "I X V5* V3 26 as
w "I blad- t X jl
f n eyes" der* eyes*8 A
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W n iiji* a: "l" "l t V3 Si* "S*
eyes'" t t K* a: 111* X
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t K ar X T a Cl 26 <n. =--
ar K r a a * 56 A •n -n. c >IE7 VjS
eyes' u Slc as" »lC "I a III* c
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ss K0 T a n as <n. 0 _n. ^ HI r
rc a0 n48 2660 n 6 »>»* A4 26 »E 7* X*
/ "E 260' itR ItJ)* 7* 13*
Jl ni*

To these old attributions some modern astrologers have added the following :
T 23 Jl "J! ^ "l ? V3 ss 3€ T T
» i iij;
The above diagram means that, for instance, h in T afflicts the breast (as)
and the arms (u), these afflictions partaking of the nature of t? (or peculiar to
himself), and also of the nature of the first sign and of the first house, modified, of
course, by other planetary aspects, if there are any. All the signs above marked
thus * are not found in Gadbury's table.
or into degrees, each ruled or influenced by a planet, according to the
order of rotation used in Planetary Hours, and thereby correspond-
1
Partridge gives instead of es. 2 Gadbury gives 151 instead of ui. 8 Gadbury
gives T instead of vs, but it may be a misprint.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
ingly modifying all the other causes and their influences over the
human body.
But, as justly noted by Mr. Green, the details of all the domi-
nances over the various parts of the body are very meagre, chaotic^and
unsystematic, even in the chapters treating thereof in the modern
treatises of Pearce (book iii.), Sepharial (ii.), Simmonite (xxi.) and
others. It would indeed, need the work of a simplifying hand to render
that maze available to everybody. Lately however, that distinguished
specialist, Heinrich Daath, published in Modern Astrology, under
the title of " Astro-Physiology and Pathology," a series of notes con-
taining some very excellent teachings in a new and more scientific
form, the only defect of which was that of being too concise. With
the profound knowledge and remarkable intuition displayed by the
writer, it is to be regretted that he did not give his readers a more
didactic treatise. Let us hope that he may yet do something more on
the subject, to help the new Astrology to regain its authority and to
offer once more that useful assistance which was formerly given by
it to the medical art.
Now, confused and unsatisfactory as the traditional Zodiacal and
Planetary correspondences are to the physical body, they are found
still worse when the student wants to apply them to the constitution
of man as introduced to the Western World by Theosophy.
Some thirty years ago, man was still considered, according to
Saint Paul's definition, as composed of body, soul and spirit; what
the soul really was, as distinct from the spirit, not having ever been
very clear. Theosophy came, teaching, at first with a certain caution
and mystery, that man was instead a Septenary compound of (a) a
Trinity or Triad of higher, immortal principles, and (6) a Quaternary
of mortal vestures. Later, given at first under strict secrecy, came
the more astounding teaching that this supposed septenary was in
reality a decad, viz., a spiritual triad or trinity, enveloped in a
septenary of more or less material sheaths or vestures, while the first
septenary enumeration was explained as being " half a blind " {Secret
Doctrine, III., 476). This new division made man correspond
more harmoniously with the Hebrew Ten Sephiroths, and other
mystic decads, but it was accompanied by a rather weak, lame
attempt to bring in also astrological correspondences, the 7 planets
being attributed to the various constituents of the lower septenary, in
 THE APERTURES OF THE BODY 59
this way :—J to Kama, the Astral vesture or body of passions, the
perisprit of some spiritualists; 0 to the envelope of Prana or
living force, or vitality ; $ to the Buddhic or spiritual sheath ; tj to
Kama-Manas or sheath of the Lower Mind ; if to the Auric Envelope
or individualising sheath ; 2 to the Sheath of Manas, the Higher
Mind ; and j to the Linga Sharira or Etheric Double, on which the
Sthula or physical body is built (Secret Doctrine III., diag. II.).
The principal stumbling-block of this system, however, became
apparent when a further line of correspondences was attempted
between these io Principles of man and his ten (?) physical orifices or
" centres of action," " seven in the face and three lower ones " (Secret
Doctrine III., diag. I.), to a few of which only, vague and seemingly
arbitrary (in spite of the explanations given) planetary attributions were
indicated as follows : 5f to the right eye and 2 to the left eye, tj to the
right ear and J to the left ear; the nostrils were hinted at as belong-
ing to the lost intra-mercurial planet,* which may be called Vulcan,
taking the place of the Sun, which is not a planet, this enumeration
leaving the mouth undecided between Jupiter and the Moon, probably
the former on account of its correspondence with the Auric Egg.
One must not be surprised at the uncertainty of this classification,
for H.P.B. is often erratic in her astrological expressions. But it is
strange that this very point of the concordance between planets and
bodily apertures is precisely also one of the weakest of Astrology, no
satisfactory—scientific, as I might call it—repartition of planets or
zodiacal signs having ever been published.
Thus, in his Doctrine of Nativities, Gadbury, (p. 122), following
Ptolemy's arbitrary classification, gives the right ear to and the
left to J ; to the 0 the right eye, and to the j the left, (though
adding that it caused grey eyes and 2 dark eyes); and to ^ the
tongue and speech. A little later, Partridge added to this that
also governed the teeth and J the smell (which Raphael gives to
2); while he made this distinction, that the 0 ruled the right eye in
man and the left in woman, and the j the left eye in man, and the
right eye in woman. These indications seem to be still blindly copied
by modern writers, unless modified, as we see in Modern Astrology,
into; to right ear and it to left ear; 0 to right eye and J) to
left; J to nose and ? to mouth (Vol. XIII., p. 115).
* See footnote on p. 50, Vol. II. (New Series).—Ed.
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Now that all this is very unscientific as well as unsatisfactory, is

proven by two cogent reasons :
Firstly, it is hardly credible, with the known economy of nature,
that outward dual physical organs, like the eyes, ears, nostrils—whose
functions, right and left (like the dual lungs, kidneys, ovaries, etc.),
are absolutely identical in capacity or property, not even manifesting
the difference in positive and negative that might accompany their
position—should be ndcd by entirely different planets, though they
might be in a way affected by the "oriental and occidental" rules;
Secondly, the superficial orifices of the " centres of action " in
the human body are really 12, the number of the zodiacal signs, and
not 70; for the reason that two openings, although latent or atrophied
generally, and which now come into activity in one sex only, in con-
nection with the reproductive centre—to wit, the nipples—have been
overlooked and not counted as they ought to be, when considered
occultly.
Here, this coincidence of the number 12 seems to me very signifi-
cative. Mr. Daath, I believe, was the first to notice the similitude of
the human embryo with the zodiac (Modern Astrology, xiii. ns),*
which only goes to give more weight to the other connections made
by ancient Astrology between man, physical and spiritual, and the
Zodiac, as this correspondence might well be expected, if man is
really the microcosm, a copy of the macrocosm. Moreover, Twelve
has always been a most mysterious number, which the ancients called
the number of perfection; it would be irrelevant to do more here than
to mention the 12 Great Gods of the Greeks and Romans, the Sadhyas
or 12 Great Gods created by Brahma, and the 12 Great Gods of the
Egyptian Pantheon, only g of whom seem to be connected with the
judgment of the dead, while 12 lesser divinities formed the jury that
passed over the defunct, these being real Zodiacal entities, whose
names we find in the Ani papyrus, to be Hermachis («<), Temu (in),
Shu (w), Tefnut [m), Seb (Hi), Nut (/), Isis (/), Nephtys (/), Horus
(>«), Hathor (/), Hu (hi), aud Sa (/), making a curious combination
of 7 males and 5 females, the same as the Zodiacal signs in their day
and night house attribution to the planets, with the exception of
making of the Moon a male. But this again only brings us to the 12
* The correspondence is pointed out in Astrology Vindicated, published some
years ago by J. B. Schmalr ; see Modern Asxrologv, Vol. XIV., p. 77.—Ed.
 THE APERTURES OF THE BODY 6l

Semi-tones, or 7 natural (male) tones, and 5 accidental (female) tones

of music, etc.
A study of the matter has led me to believe that 12, the dodecad,
would, on close examination, be found more important in the cosmos
and in man than either 10 or 7—of which latter so much has hitherto
been made—while containing both ; so that many septenaries might
be only partial manifestations of undiscovered or unrecognised
dodecads.* And so it might be with man ; and the time may yet
come when we shall be told of man being composed of 12 Principles,
instead of the former enumerations into 3, 5, 7 or to ; and then, either
as a spiritual Triad with 3 sets of ternary vestures, or perhaps better
still, from a zodiacal point of view, as a Duad, Atma-Buddhi, with ten
sheaths or vestures, including the two Manases of Theosophy. This
would not conflict with H. P. B.'s teachings, as we know she never
intended or never was allowed to give out the whole truth.
If such were the case, the law of occult correspondence, " As
Above, so Below," would require that each of the twelve openings of
the body_be attributed to one Sign of the Zodiac. But here a striking
concordance is at once realised. The Zodiac is subdivided, as all know,
into one sign for the Sun, one for the Moon, and two signs for each of
the 5 planets (+ anil —): in a similar manner the orifices can be
classified into 1 mouth (-f), 1 generative opening ( —), and 5 double
openings, right and left (+ and —) for the other organs. Among the
modern writers, Heinrich Daath so .mis the only one who tacitly admits
the absurdity of allowing different planets to the ears and eyes, and he
gives the two eyes to ^ , though they are also " influenced " by the
two luminaries; the two ears to Saturn ; the two excretories to Mars;
and the mouth to the ©, although the tongue is also " influenced "
by $ and S.
Further consideration of this subject has led me to complete
Heinrich Daath's idea and to submit the following distribution, which,
it will be noticed, is only another version of the well-known symbol,
the snake biting its tail, or the Hindu Rasichakra or Tortoise:—
' I have just found this same idea in the Secret Doctrine: " The hierarchy of
the Creative Powers is divided into 7 (or 4 and 3), within the 12 great orders recorded
in the 12 signs of the zodiac" (I. 233); and the thread of man's being . . . "is
spun from the essence of the ' threefold," the ' fourfold,' and the 'fivefold,' which
contain all the preceding," (I. 257): in other words, therein 12 is composed of
3-f4-l-5, while from the astrological point of view it might be better expressed by
24-5x2. [See also p. g in The Pedigree of Man, by Annie R31.ant. referred to on p. 51
of our February issue, 1905,—Ed.]
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Msalh Two Eyes Two Ears Two Nostrils Two Nipples^ Two Excretories
+ ©A S b V ? <?
-jd n+ W - #+ «' - T +
(generative it - = + K - ss -J- ni —
opening)
Another classihcation, suggested by friends, only differs by giving
Tf. to the ears, <? to the nostrils and b to the excretories.
This schedule has the advantage of being similar to the attri-
bution given to the fingers of the hands and feet, of which I have seen
two versions:
Thumbs, £ ; indexes, 2C or $ ; 2nd fingers, b or ; 3rd fingers,
? ; little fingers, g or b and the palms of the right and left hand
(or feel), respectively to 0 and j.
Furthermore, all these arrangements are harmonious with a
scarcely known mystic view of the Planet Earth itself, represented as

North Pole.+

1
/"
2
b

W.- w* T

If-

MS
3

Sooth Pole. —
f Of course, all astrological works give p to the breasts, i.e., the glands and the
flow of milk, which latter is connected with the action of the p on the womb;
but this would not prevent the nipples themselves being subject to ? ■
[We have ventured to transpose the 4- and — significations, which we'take to
have been inadvertent slips, both here and in the case of V3 -ss ; for the author gives
po hint that he regards V3 and a as + , ss and T as Ed., M.A.]
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a microcosm, at a former time when its axis of rotation coincided

with the polar axis of the ecliptic, whereby the seemingly arbitrary
sub-divisions of Equator, Tropics and Arctic circles take a new
meaning, as here seen. [Compare diagram on p. 94.—Ed.]
This figure is evidently derived from the extension of the early
symbol of initial creation 0, and obtained by applying the second
law of sub-division (2 out of 1, making 3 in all) to each one of the 4
quarters thus:

This figure points out, moreover, the Poles as being the Sacred
mouths whence respectively the Earth has received its start of living
forces, its " breath of life," from its ancestor, and will eventually pass
on the same to its successor.* (This agrees curiously with Mr.
Sinnett's late theory on the constitution of the Earth and the polar
openings). Of course, it is unnecessary to^note that this figure has little
or nothing to do with the present condition of the Earth's evolution,
in which the tropics are removed some 23 degrees from the Equator
and the constellations attributed to these tropics are gradually
changing through the precession of the equinoxes.
But reverting to our subject—the planetary attributions to the
body apertures—there is one more interesting physiological point in
connection with the 12 apertures, which I think may help to throw
more light on their planetary and zodiacal correspondences. It is
this. When considered in their relations between themselves, we
find these apertures sub-divided into; (a) 1 triad of mouth and
2 nostrils (+ and —) for the operation of the breath of life ; (6) 1 triad
of mouth and 2 excretories (+ and —) for the operation of the nutritive
necessities of the body ; (c) 1 more triad of the generative opening with
• In the Secret Doctrine we read that " the two Poles are said to be the store-
houses, the receptacles and liberators at the same time of cosmic and terrestrial
vitality (electricity), from the surplus of which the earth, had it not been for those
two natural safety valves, would have been rent to pieces long ago." (Vol. I..
226 c.e.) ■
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the 2 nipples (+ and —) necessary for the feprodiiciion of the species,*
while the eyes and ears, which are related principally to the mental
knowledge of the physical plane to be acquired by the Ego, form a
quaternary.
I respectfully submit all the above ideas, as " food for thought,"
which I think may be new to many, but which I am conscious of
having very inadequately expressed. May others, better qualified,
work them out, for the whole subject is one which experience alone
can elucidate, and I hope astrologers will be interested enough to
keep the matter in mind and gather experimental knowledge thereupon.
A. Marques.
[We cordially echo the sentiment of the last sentence, and while thank-
ing the author for his extremely valuable paper, we shall, with him, welcome
any comments which will help to throw light upon this little understood
subject.—Er.

Mme. Galli-Marie, whose impersonation of the title ro/e gained her a

European reputation, when among her intimate friends frequently referred
to a curious experience she had during the performance of "Carmen "at
Paris, on June 3rd, 1875.
In the course of the third act, during the fortune-telling scene, the actress
turned up the card commonly known in fortune-tellers'jargon as the " death
sign." Moved by a curious presentment, Madame Galli-Marie shuffled the
cards once more, and again the same card of ill-omen turned up.
The occurrence affected her to such a degree that she had the greatest
difficulty in mastering her emotion sufficiently to conclude the act, and
scarcely had she left the stage when she fell fainting behind the scenes.
The following day news was received that Bizet, the composer of the
opera, had died at Bougival on the previous night, exactly at the time when
the cards dealt by Mine. Galli-Marie had turned up the " sign of death."
M. de Prevignaud communicates to L'Echo du Merveilleux for September
15th, two methods used by Chinese for forecasting the sex of an unborn
child. The first, he says, is well known among the people. It consists
merely in taking the mother's age and the month, or rather lunation, in
which conception took place. If both of these are odd or even, the child
will be male ; if one is even and the other odd, a girl will be born. Thus, if
the mother's age is 24, and conception takes place in the fourth Moon, the
child will be male.
The other method is that of the wise man to whom the writer was
introduced, and is more complicated, but also more certain, so it is said.
To the number 49 add the month of conception and deduct the age of the
mother. Then deduct successively 1, 2, 3, etc., as far as can be done, and
if the remainder be even it will be a girl; if odd, a boy.
Thus mother 28, conception 5th month : 49-1-5—28=26. Deducting the
numerals up to 6, there remains 5 ; the child will be a boy. The interest
of this method lies in its recognition, in principle, of the 'Pre-natal
epoch.' Contributed by J. B. S.
' These three triads again form a fourth trinity: triad (a) corresponding to Sun,
O, triad (5) to Earth, 0, and triad (t) to Moon, J).
 1|0r0S£tip£ JEaHung for %vxvitmz

11.—Character Sketch of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

The first paper of this series, which took for its subject President
Roosevelt, was given on p. 65 of last volume, and it was there pointed
out that those who possess ^4 sipofogy/by ^4 W, PaW I., are likely to be
benefited by an example of the way in which its stores of information
may be profitably drawn upon in order to gain an insight into the
character of either public celebrities or their own private friends, by
those even who have not yet mastered the details of 'casting a
horoscope.'
In the case of President Roosevelt the planetary positions were
all obtained from the book itself, but in our present example, Sir
Henry Campbell-Bannerman, we must refer readers to "Notabilia,"
on p. 341 of the August number, where the planetary positions on the
day of birth are given. The reasons for treating the matter in the
way here adopted, instead of by the customary " horoscope delinea-
tion " were fully set forth in the first paper, and need not be repeated.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, G.C.B., was
born in Scotland on September 7th, 1836, with the Sun, representing
the Individuality, in the sign Virgo; the Moon, significator of the
Personality, being placed in the sign Leo. We will take these two
positions as the starting point of our investigations.
Individuality.—On p. 28 of Astrology for All, Part /., there is
given a full description of the sign Virgo, too long for quotation in
full, certainly, but from which we may cull the following passages
descriptive of the central character of the subject of our sketch :
" The individuals born in this sign are constructive and able to make
the most of their conditions ; they are mostly to be found in the
business world,* particularly in pursuits which provide for the general
welfare of the whole of the community. As characters they are
* According to a character sketch recently published in a daily paper, it is to
Sir Henry's splendid business abilities, more than to any of his other admirable
qualities, that the steady rise in bis political fortunes is due.
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philosophical, though they seem to blend the ideal with the practical
in a marvellous manner. . . . They are careful and cautious and
usually act methodically, with much apparent forethought. They are
very industrious and persistent, tending more towards the practical than
the ideal. , The Virgo type may be summed up as retiring,
ingenious, discriminating, active, and mercurial. , Persons
born in this sign can readily adapt themselves to almost any environ-
ment, but they have their best success in life in the business world.
All commercial affairs succeed under their ingenious management.
They are good providers, and do remarkably well in all matters con-
nected with food stuffs. . They make excellent agents, and,
in fact, are quite ready to follow any vocation in which activity and
general mental ability help them to succeed in life; but their greatest
success is to be found in the business rather than in the professional
world. They like to handle solid materials ; and to deal in
merchandise allows their mental ability full scope." On p. 59 we
read further that Virgo " is the central sign of the earthy triplicity,
and, in common with the earthy signs, it governs the practical and
solid side of formative life. It is a sign conferring upon its subjects
industry, and the ability to follow many different pursuits, having
great adaptability to circumstance and environment. In this sign
are provided all the requirements of the business nature." The re-
marks regarding the earthy signs are to be noted, especially since
from his appearance Sir Henry would appear to be born under the
sign Taurus, the first and most powerful of the earthy signs.
This point will receive consideration later. Of the fifteenth degree
of Virgo, the degree occupied by the Sun at sunrise on the date
we are concerned with, Charubel says, in his Degrees of the Zodiac
Symbolised (p. 52): " Symbol : A man standing, resting lightly on
THE END OF HIS BOW, WITH HIS QUIVER FULL OF ARROWS ON HIS BACK.
A MIND CAPABLE OF GRAND ACHIEVEMENTS. A WARRIOR, YET NOT
EXCLUSIVELY SUCH ; A QUICK OBSERVER ; A DESIGNER; A PROMPT AND
A SKILFUL EXECUTANT."
Personality.—The Moon in the sign Leo is the indicator of the
personality or what is often termed " temperament," in contradistinc-
tion to the individuality or " character." On p. 66 we read : " This
lunar position tends to uplift the native, to put him in positions of
responsibility or prominence, and to give him authority over gthers as
 HOROSCOPE MAKING FOR AMATEURS
head, manager, or director. He is ambitious,* desirous of occupying
a prominent place, and does not hesitate to come before the public.
He is honourable, generous in money matters, high-minded, candid,
warm-hearted. He is susceptible in affairs of the heart, a favourite
with the opposite sex, and a sincere lover. This position favours
intuition and genius; it gives a love of music, poetry, or painting, also
some love of luxuries, pleasures, perfumes, jewels, fine clothes, etc.
It inclines to the favour of those in higher ranks of life than the
native." Next we turn to the blending of these two factors, in what
is termed :
The "Polarity" of Sun and Moon.—On p. no, under the
heading of "Sun in Virgo and Moon in Leo," we read : " This stimu-
lates the affectional and emotional nature of the Moon in Leo, but
behind the personality there is not much fixity. The native
is proud of his own attainments and accomplishments, and exhibits
some love of show and ceremony, and a liking for fine clothes; if an
author he displays grandeur of style. There is a keen love of beauty
in nature and art, with poetic feeling and a generous, warm-hearted,
humanitarian disposition."
The Rising Sign.—This, of course, is unknown and therefore
any remarks under this head will necessarily be very tentative; but
the appearance of our subject so strongly suggests the sign Taurus
that a few passages from the delineation of Taurus as a rising sign,
given on p. 165, may not be out of place: "The subjects of this sign
are self-possessed, dogmatic and obstinate, requiring no counsel, and
suffering no contradiction, difficult to know, and desiring strife for the
sake of conquest. Slow to anger and equally hard to appease, they
often harbour ill-feeling and resentment for a long time. These are
the chief instincts of the Taurean, though they may be modified by
prevailing planetary influences.! He is full of diplomacy, and is apt
to be selfish and self-centred. The temper is usually quiet, but is
capable of strong passions, while the mind is apt to be bigoted and
* This is certainly hardly true of Sir Henry (who has been described as " that
rara avis, a politician without ambition "), and it must be borne in mind that the
retiring nature of the Individuality, as indicated by the Sun in the " bashful " sign
Virgo, would exercise a powerful modifying influence upon the somewhat
ostentatious temperament given by the Moon in Leo.
f An important point: here Venus, the ruler of Taurus, is in Leo, the most
magnanimous of the twelve signs, and this would greatly modify any tendency to
actual nsentmmt, properly so called, but would not lessen the extreme fixity and
unalterableness of the feelings and opinions, nevertheless.
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stubborn. He is fond of his own opinions, silent and inflexible, of firm

will, much steady perseverance and quiet decision ; hence he is good at govern-
ing, and may rise to a very high position. Fond of natural history, gardening
or horticulture, he [is a patient worker, very exact and precise in method,
and tediously attentive to small details, yet nevertheless fond of comfort and
repose." We have italicised the last few lines, which seem singularly
borne out by the character sketches of Sir Henry that have appeared
from time to time in the newspapers. It might be added that had
the rising sign been Leo, with the Moon, Venus and Jupiter rising
therein—a combination calculated to give a very similar build of man
—the general disposition would display many, if not most, of the
characteristics of Taurus, since Venus, its ruler, would be rising in a
fixed sign, and in conjunction with the Moon, which would add to the
bulk of the body and increase the practical, earthy tendencies of the
mind; and hence the above description would still be very largely
applicable. Nevertheless, for our own part we incline to the opinion
that Taurus is the true Rising Sign.
Planetary Positions.—These are: $K) 'jRli IfSli <? $,
? Sli ? =^. Space will only permit quotation of a few lines from each
paragraph,
Neptune.—"Buoyancy and expansiveness of mind, sympathy,
sociability, humanity and frequently great intuition " (p. 193).
Uranus.—"There is some liability to reverses and unexpected
misfortunes; the reputation may be in danger" (p. 199).
Saturn.—" This increases the force of character, strength of
will, love of power and authority, ability to control others, and dislike
of opposition and restraint" (p. 205).
Jupiter.—"The native is sincere, generous, magnanimous;
somewhat ambitious and fond of power, dignity, pomp, display. Is
fitted for some public work or pursuit, where he can be at the head
of some undertaking, and can direct or control others. There is
something of the dramatic in him and a liking for grandeur and
ceremony, or great undertakings: he does well in Government
employ, or in some prominent position " (p. 212).
Mars.—" If well aspected [as it is here, being in trine to Saturn
and Neptune, and in sextile to the Sun] the native may inherit from
the mother or her side of the family ;* or may otherwise inherit
* " . . . Assumed additional name under will of maternal uncle, late
Henry Bannerman, Hunton Court, Kent."—Who's Who, 1899, p. 261.
 HOROSCOPE MAKING EOR AMATEURS 6g
houses or land. . There is some liability to diseases of the
nerves and stomach" (p. 2ig).
Venus.—This is, on the supposition we have made, namely that
Taurus is the Rising Sign at birth, the "ruling planet" of the dis-
tinguished native, and therefore what is said may be quoted in full:
" Kind-hearted; the affections and sympathies are easily moved,
while the love is ardent and constant, and very set on its object.
Marriage is likely to be a love-match, and the attraction ' love at
first sight.' The native is popular and is fond of society, company,
friends, show, gaiety, pleasures and amusements of all sorts; it is
difficult for him to live alone, or a retired life;* he must mix with
the world and enjoy the company of others. He will attract the
attention of his superiors or those in higher ranks of life, and benefit
through them socially and pecuniarily. This position the
position of Venus in Leo] may exist with considerable talent or
genius for something signified by Venus—poetry, painting, music,
the drama, etc. The native gains money, either by speculation or
some occupation connected with the young. Marriage and the birth
and prosperity of children are indicated " (p. 227).
Mercury.—The position of this planet, in Libra, is also impor-
tant, as Mercury is the ruler of Virgo, the sign occupied by the
Sun, and hence the "dispositor " of that all-sufficing luminary. The
Sun in turn is similarly the dispositor of Venus, the [supposed] ruling
planet, and hence Mercury is in many senses the most important
planet of the seven. On p. 235 we read: " This is favourable
for carrying on studies, writing, reading, and educational pursuits
generally, in conjunction with some other person ; there may or may
not be any technical partnership in the matter, but the native, in
carrying out these affairs, is sure to associate with some other person,
generally by his own desire, but sometimes from necessity.
This position is favourable for education and intellect, and, to some
extent, for poetry, music, art, etc. It strengthens the intuition. It
gives love of society and comradeship; fondness for intellectual
pleasures and amusements, and for children."
We have already somewhat exceeded our space, and, in concluding
* This contrasts sharply with the essentially retiring nature of Virgo, the solar
influence, and one would think that the native must display a puzzling two-sided-
ness in his character in this matter ; which two-sidedness will, however, probably
be better known to his friends than to the public, or the newspaper world.
7c MODERN ASTROLOGV
this brief abstract of what may be learned from the pages of Astrology
jov All, Part I., concerning anyone whose day of birth is known,
if studied in the manner here described, have only room to add one or
two comments.
One cannot but note the number of contradictory items in the
above excerpts, and it is probable that it will be those who know Sir
Henry best, who will be most struck by the accuracy of the description.
For with such a typically self-contained and reserved man as the new
Prime Minister, the public at large are unlikely to glean much of the
lighter or less exterior traits of his character. To the world, he is
what he has always been—" A Home Ruler he was in 1885, a Home
Ruler he is to-day," says one journal, describing him—and of the
internal doubts and hesitancies, or even vacillations, which will
assail him the general public can know nothing. Nor are they likely
to know much more of the real man within.
But this much may be said. The leading characteristic of the
subject of our sketch—to wit, fixity—is a fixity of method, of system,
of manner ; a fixity which is consolidated, certainly, by an extreme
persistency of feeling which takes one uniform direction. It is not,
however, a fixity of principle (the Sun being in a mutable and not a
fixed sign); and in this respect Sir Henry's character is not altogether
dissimilar to that of the late President Kruger, whose disposition also
showed a remarkable degree of fixity in certain directions. And
hence we may characterise Sir Henry as a man prone to pin his faith
to a certain shibboleth, and likely, like the immortal Mrs. Heep, to
cling desperately thereto long after it has served its turn.
The construction of this last sentence is somewhat Irish.
Perhaps the shibboleth is too.

A correspondent writes from Lincoln's Inn, under date of 8/t2/'o5,

referring to the prediction on p. 420 of last volume, and pointing out that
copper was then remarkably strong. (Prices have since risen even higher,
and tin has also received an upward impetus, as was prophesied.) He points
out that the trouble in Catalonia well bears out the remark that " Spain
seems likely to be in an unsettled condition," while in comment on the
sentence " works of fiction dealing with war will be in great demand " he
adduces Sir Nigel, by Sir A. C. Doyle. It will be interesting to note whether
the increase of business in the tin market, already observed, proves in the
end to justify our contributor's words " lively, though not profitable " (p. 420,
line 8).
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SHre Spobtac in Sta delation to tlje ^iatorg of tlje ^ouP

Aries is the symbol of the Soul in its descent into Matter; the
Ram " slain before the foundation of the world " for the showing forth
of the Spirit and the Redemption of the whole. " For without
shedding of blood (manifestation of the Spirit through Crucifixion in
Matter) is no remission."
Taurus, brute-force, is the symbol of the lowest point in the descent
of Spirit into matter, which point being reached, the Soul begins its
ascent to spiritual consciousness.
Gemini signifies the differentiation of Matter and Spirit, the
perception of which is the first step on the upward way.
Cancer, the sideward symbol, typifies the apparent retardation
or retrogression in the history of the soul arising from the unevenness
of its evolution on the different planes and in the different principles
of its being.
Leo is the symbol of the attainment of the maximum of intellect
or reason, which ever precedes the unfoldment of intuition—the Virgin.
On the Rock of the Understanding is true Soul-consciousness founded,
for the Intuition of itself cannot be manifested fully unless verified by
Reason.
Virgo is the sign of the Virgin, the pure Sou! revealed through
the Intuition and bringing forth its fruits through union with Taurus,
Cancer and Leo.
Libra is the equipoise of Matter and Spirit, Body and Soul, the
balance being held by the Higher Mind.
Scorpio is the Divine Wisdom which is only able to unfold itself
to the Soul when all the principles are in equipoise.
Sagittarius is the symbol of the Soul conscious of its aim and
goal, and shooting forth itsarrowsof Aspiration towardsthe attainment
of at-one-ment with the Spirit.
Capricorn is the symbol of the ascetic life which has to be lived
by every Soul before its final Regeneration ; that life which sacrifices all
things to the development of Soul-consciousness : the meditative and
contemplative life in which alone can oneness with the Universal
Spirit be realised. The Goat also refers to the final symbolical cere-
mony of the highest Adepts in the Mysteries.
Aquarius is the symbol of the Soul in its disembodied state, when
it has no longer a connection with the Earth-life but has not yet
reached final Regeneration ; for there are some experiences which it
has to work out in the astral world before it reaches Nirvana. It is
when in this state that the Soul acts as the forerunner of the Christ,
and can help the world through the medium of Illumination. Thus
the sign refers to John the Baptist and to the man carrying Water.
Pisces, the symbol of the Mysteries, is also the sign of the two-
in-one : all earth experiences having been transmuted by the Soul
and the latter become one with the Spirit. Noinin.
* This communication has been forwarded by Noinin : we presume it has been
received from " Asanius "—see p. n6 of last volume.
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A very remarkable case some time ago came before the notice of
the public, which should make excellent subject-matter for a novelist,
comprising not only a sensational divorce case and a libel suit, but
even, it has been alleged, an attempt to make away with one of the
persons concerned by hired assassins.
Surely, if all these items were included in one six-shilling volume
of fiction, the critics would come down on the author for " laying it on
with a trowel," and would characterise his book as untrue to life !
 PECULIAR HOROSCOPES 73
The facts are briefly as follows:—In the year i3gi a certain
gentleman obtained a divorce from his wife on the ground of her
misconduct with the husband of the lady whose horoscope is
shown above, (the damages obtained being ^"10,000), and in 1902
the latter sued the divorced lady for libel. In this suit she was
successful, and was awarded ^"5,000, this being afterwards reduced to
a quarter of that sum on appeal; but in the early part of the present
year the case was carried to the House of Lords and a new trial
ordered. In the spring of 1903 the subject of our horoscope had
obtained a divorce from her husband, and arising out of this was an
action—afterwards dropped—in which she was charged with per-
jury in connection therewith. Finally, the divorced husband was
accused of attempting to incite various people to murder his former
wife.
Now from our standpoint this case presents an exceedingly
interesting opportunity for study, and as the additional facts published
in the newspapers are also no doubt familiar to all who have followed
the series of persecutions to which this lady has been subjected, an
examination of the case from an astrological point of view will not
only be interesting but highly instructive. There is no doubt as to
the authenticity of the horoscope, as the " native "—to use the familiar
astrological term—herself supplied the time of birth.
The horoscope shows the thirteenth degree of Sagittarius upon the
ascendant, therefore Jupiter, lord of Sagittarius, is the ruling planet,
with a sub-influence of Mars, who rules the second decanate thereof.
The Sun had just risen in the sign Sagittarius, Mercury occupied the
sign Scorpio on the cusp of the twelfth house, and Venus was
culminating in the tenth house in the sign Libra, while the setting
planets were the Moon and Mars in the ninth house in the sign Virgo,
and Saturn in the seventh (retrograde) in the sign Gemini. The
planet Uranus was in the sign Taurus in the fifth house, Neptune on
the cusp of the third in the sign Pisces, and Jupiter in the second
house in the sign Aquarius.
oMgln every horoscope each house, with its ruler, becomes the signifi-
cator of a definite section of the fate or environment, and of persons
coming into the life who affect it according to the positions and aspects
of those significators. In this case, Jupiter rules the native herself,
^and Mercury, lord of the seventh house, is the significator of the
74 MODERN ASTROLOGY
husband, who is tinged with the Saturnine influence through the
presence of that planet in the seventh house, which is, symbolically
speaking, his first house or ascendant.
Now it is a rule in Astrology that when the significators of the
first house and the seventh house are not in good aspect the partners
have very little sympathy for each other and do not agree at all well,
the strongest ties of affection being shown only when the significators
of each of these houses are in accord. In this case Mercury and
Jupiter, the planets concerned, are in exact square with each other
(the most inharmonious aspect possible), and as this square occurs from
fixed signs (Aquarius and Scorpio), the antipathy is fixed and irremov-
able. Hence in judging the nature and disposition of the two persons
signified by these rulers, we conclude that the native is well disposed,
being represented by a favourable planet receiving good aspects from
Saturn and Venus, (the only affliction being the square aspect of the
lord of the seventh, which occurs from a very unfortunate and fatalistic
house—the twelfth); whereas the significator of the husband is placed
in a sign inharmonious to the nature of Mercury and in a very detri-
mental house. Therefore we should judge nothing but misery to
arise out of the union.
If the map is turned upside down the true nature and character
of the husband is seen at a glance, since we have thus his sym-
bolical horoscope. Saturn then appears retrograde in the ascendant,
being, moreover, in square aspect to the Moon and Mars from the third
house, the house ruling the mind; this in itself is unsatisfactory so
far as the disposition is concerned, and it becomes doubly so when we
consider the nature of the Moon in conjunction with Mars in the sign
Virgo. The ruling planet Mercury falls into an inferior position, being
on the cusp of the sixth in the sign Scorpio. But the greatest
revelation comes from the position of Jupiter, significator of his wife,
in the eighth house, and in the sign Aquarius, the eleventh sign,
ruling natural hopes and wishes. Neptune falls in the ninth house
in square with the Sun, while Uranus occupies the house of friends
and acquaintances, and is not only retrograde, but is placed in
the obstinate and fixed sign Taurus—an indication of remarkable
persistency in the pursuit of any aim.
All students of Astrology will be interested in noting the decanate
occupied by the sign Mercury and its position in the lady's horoscope,
 PECULIAR HOROSCOPES 75
also the decanate in which the planet Saturn is placed, and its
relation to the lady's ruling planet.
A worse nativity so far as marriage is concerned could hardly be
found, and the published facts of the life lived by these two persons
in relation to each other afford a strong argument in favour of the
suggestion that has been so often made that everyone entering into an
engagement to marry should endeavour to ascertain the time of birth
of the intended partner, in order that the two horoscopes might be com-
pared ; and this more especially in the case of a woman, since for her
more than for the man, perhaps, marriage is a very serious matter—
though it is hardly too much to say of marriage generally that by it
the whole life may be either made or marred.

CORRIGENDA.
A Correspondent (" 2") kindly draws attention to a misprint on p.
244 of The Progressed Horoscope
0
: in Example 2 " Is to M.D. J) 250ii' " should
read " Is to M.D. 0 6i 5o'." The prop. log. is correct, however, so that the
calculation
<j
is not invalidated. On p. 241, in line 15, ^ 2606' should be
=== 23 6'.
The Authoress of The Fulfilment.—The publication of this book,
wherein the ill-fated authoress's date and place of birth are given, enables us
to correct a mis-statement in last month's " Notabilia," wherein the date was
given as i/ia/'yb: it should be i/i2/'75, the birth-place being in lat. 54°i2' N.,
long. 305' W. The planets' places at noon 0on the date in question were
0f T'.nvy 17°. 1°, § SI 20° 21 , ym, 180, Jxz 270, 2 } 270.
S m 26°, £3 T 5- The photo issued as frontispiece suggests 5 rising in P ,
and the exact degree ascending would appear to be f ib'^iy0. This result
is arrived at from a consideration of the following important facts :—death
of mother at 4 years; Asc. p.= f 20°, which brings it into relation with
v 8 ^ .in ™ = 20°: removal to Liverpool (a Scorpio city) at 7 years;
M.C. p. = 1110° : death of father at 13 years; Asc. p.= c5 5 r., ruler of M.C.
r.; became head mistress of Lancaster school, 25^ years; If r., lord of Asc.
d M.C. p.: died, by poisoning, at the age of 29I; Asc. p. d D r., ruler of VIII.
r. It is of interest to note that on this hypothesis ^ was in the fourth house
at birth. Readers of the book who bear the above facts in mind, will find an
added interest inanspeculating on the relation of Plucritus, Viginius and
Genius to tj > W " 5 > in her own nativity.
It will be remembered that Miss Allonby, the writer of this curious and
remarkable book committed suicide, under the conviction that thereby she
would draw attention to her book, and to the lessons she intended it to teach.
She died, by poison,—carbolic acid, it was stated—on September 6th, 1905,
trans. 0 r.). The degrees of the radical 0, J) and Asc., } 90, VJ 150, and
f 16° as symbolised by " Charubel" are singularly significant both of her
character and her unhappy fate. The Fulfilment was actually written in 1901,
it seems, the progressed aspects being then Bd 00 d 5 I Si 0> § 1 0 •
 JUshKrs to (ttorwsponfonts
Ursula.—The present positions of the Nodes of the Planets are approx-
imately as follows, according to Ball's Elements of Astronomy :—
North South
5 b 1700 — "11700
2 nis — Jis The Moon's north node is the " Dragon's Head"
S S180 — ini80 (S3), and her south node the " Dragon's Tail " (??)■
U UK 4° — ^4° These points are invariably opposite to each other;
Tp 05230 — ^230 and move backwards through the zodiac at the rate
0 0
JM ni3 — fi3 of about 3' per day.
f liK 6° — K 6°
Prospector.—(1) "Simmonite's Horary Astrology. An article entitled
" Horary Astrology in a Nutshell " is in contemplation, and will appear as
soon as ready in these pages. (2) Your suggestion shall be considered.
(3) The rising sign or a planet in the Ascendant denotes the querent.
Aphorism.—The most unfortunate lives are those in which Jupiter is
afflicted by 1? . The opposition of these two ponderous planets causes a great
deal of unrest, a dissatisfied nature, and small hope of peace. The square
is very unfavourable and rarely allows the native much happiness or
opportunity in life.
Disciple.—(1) The question which is the strongest and most powerful
planet in a nativity is not an easy one to answer in a general sense, apart
from any special horoscope, but, generally speaking, the planet whose influ-
ence will play the most prominent part in the life will be that having the
nearest and most significant aspect to the Sun. The d, □, and g rank
first, then the A and -S-, and finally the minor aspects. In considering this
subject the idea of good or evil influence should be abandoned, and instead
the nature of the planet aspected by the Sun should be fully understood.
Any aspect to ^ will give a touch of eccentricity, it will also intensify the
magnetic conditions, producing either a very attractive or a very repellant
temperament as the case may be. Any aspect to tj will produce gravity,
thoughtfulness, and a scientific or practical turn of mind. To <?,
ambition, animal spirits, vitality, and courage. To 2, mirthfulness,
generosity, and good manners. To 5, love of change, adaptability, and
tact. The Sun gives life and consciousness to the planets it aspects. The
ruler of the nativity or lord of the rising sign governs the body, brain
and personal conditions. You will gain the further information you require
by a study of How to fudge a Nativity.
(2) Astrology for All, Part II., contains a practical working Ephemeris of
the planets from 1850 to 1905, and will save you a few pounds : the price
is qs. 6d.

" Beyond the Senses, is the Mind; beyond the Mind, the Highest
Essence; beyond the Essence, the Great Self; beyond the Great, the Highest
Increate. Beyond the Increate is verily The Man; all-comprehending He,
and far beyond distinction's power. Him, if he knows, the mortal's free—to
deathlessness he goes."—Kathopanishad,
 Ittanbantaras attb ^ugas
The Variation of the Obliquity. An Important Error in
La Place's Equations
{Reprinted from "The Vahan")
Referring to the question raised by Mr. Herbert Chatley under
the above heading, the rate of the precession of the equinoxes has only
been observed by modern astronomers for 2,000 years, and this rate
would change were the obliquity of theecliptic much different to what
it is at present. With a different rate of precession the length of the
precession cycle would change also. Some evidence indicating that
the length of the precession cycle may be 24,000 years will be found
in two articles on the Hindoo Zodiac,* which appeared in The Theo-
sophist for 1904. Mrs. Besant refers to this subject in the concluding
Convention lecture for 1904.
With regard to the change in the obliquity of the ecliptic not
being continuous but limited to a range of less than three degrees ;
the proof of this is given by La Place in his Mecaniqne Celeste, and
it has since been generally accepted by scientific men. It is a point
on which The Secret Doctrine and modern science are diametrically
opposed, and were it possible to prove the modern theory wrong and
establish the truth of L ■ j-g5£'l1t teachings confidence in these teach-
ings would be greatly stren^^~ed, particularly in the case of men of
science. It will interest 1 eosophists to learn that I have recently
discovered a serious error in La Place's proofs of the limits of the
obliquity. This error entirely invalidates his conclusions, and leads
to those taught in The Secret Doctrine. I have addressed a letter to
Nature pointing out the error, which, of course, may or may not be
inserted. I enclose you therefore a copy of this letter with a few
explanatory sentences added in brackets. Perhaps in view of the
intrinsic importance of the subject, particularly to Theosophists, you
will be able to find space for it. The matter will be treated in still
further detail in some articlesf I am preparing for the Theosophicat
' This article was reviewed on p. 183 of Modiirn Astrology, Vol. II. (New.
Series).—Ed., M.A.
t These articles may be recommended as of enormous value to all interested
in the deeper problems of Astrology.—Eo. M.A.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Gleaner, Bombay, the first of which will appear in the September

issue.
To the Editor of "Nature"
Sir,
Some -time ago on examining La Place's equations for the
variation of the obliquity I was astonished to find that in obtaining
his results he has throughout given a positive value to the motion of
precession, that is, he has given to precession the same direction as the
planets. This mistake is involved in all his equations for the changes
of the obliquity, and vitiates his proof that the limits |of its variation
amount to not more than three degrees of arc. The error in question
will be found in the Mecanique Celeste, Livre VI., No. 31. My attention
was first drawn to it by discovering that when the theory of La Place
was tested by spherical trigonometry it proved that the obliquity of
the ecliptic ought to be increasing, and not diminishing as observation
shows.
This theory implies that the mean angular distance of the terrestrial
pole and the pole of the invariable or mean plane of our Solar System
does not change [Ency. Britt., Vol. II., p. 794). The invariable plane
makes an angle with the plane of the ecliptic of about one and a half
degrees, and its ascending node is about longitude 106° On the
celestial sphere the pole of the invariable plane is iu longitude
2
7 3053'35"> and 'f5 declination is N.66056'26". The pole of the
ecliptic for a.d. igoo is longitude 270°, and declination N.66032'52".
The relative position of the three poles is shown in the annexed .
figure, where i is the pole of the invariable plane, e the pole of the
ecliptic and p the terrestrial pole. The pole e moves very slowly and
 MANVANTARAS AND YUGAS 79
without material error may be considered stationary for short periods
of a few thousand years. Modern theory requires that the side ip
should be constant, whilst for short periods ei is also constant.
By the motion of precession / is carried towardsby a clock-
wise motion indicated by the arrow. Now it is evident-by mere
inspection that as / moves towards the side ep must increase, since
in the position /2 its length is »/-)-«. But the lengthening of ep
implies that the obliquity is increasing, which is contrary to obser-
vation. The only way to make the accepted theory agree with
observation is to make p move in the positive direction or contrary i»
its actual motion and this is what La Place has done.
It will be noticed, however, that for the purpose of merely deter-
mining the theoretical limits of the obliquity [which is twice the side
ei, that is 2X1J or 3 degrees] as has been done by Stock well and
others, it is immaterial whether/ be moved clockwise or anticlock-
wise, so that such investigations could be made without discovery of the
original error; and since in practice the variation of the obliquity is
determined by observation and not by the use of La Place's
equations the non-discovery of the error is still further explained.
From the known motion of / and the observed shortening of the
side ep [which is a measure of the observed variation of the obliquity]
I have calculated that there must be a shortening of the side ip of
1-844 seconds Per annum or about three minutes of arc per century.
This is a real motion of the pole on the celestial sphere quite independent
of the ecliptic, which if continued indefinitely would cause a complete
inversion of the poles in about 360,000 years.
The projection of this polar motion on a fixed equator would be
represented by a proper motion in Right Ascension of —o-si229 [so
that a star that was really stationary near to the pole would be given
a fictitious proper motion of -fo-'iaag] and on referring to the
Nautical Almanack for a.d. 1900 (p. 294) I find that Polaris [the pole
star] is given a proper motion of -fo-si22i or the same as the pro-
jection of the polar motion above deduced but of opposite sign. This
proper motion of Polaris, therefore appears to have been deduced from
the false basis that the distance between / and i is invariable.
It will thus be seen that the proper motions of the stars are
affected by this mistake on the part of La Place, so that stars like
Polaris which may be nearly stationary are given large proper motions,
8o MODERN ASTROLOGY
whilst on the other hand the real proper motions of other stars may
be largely masked.
The discovery of this error may throw light on many pro-
blems at present not satisfactorily solved, such as the causes of glacial
and tropical epochs, and since it fundamentally affects the accuracy
of astronomical measurements it is important that the attention of
scientific men should be drawn to its significance.
G. E. Sutcliffe.
Serene Lodge, Sion, Bombay.

Bombav Coming up to Time.—On January ist Bombay will adopt

standard time. Hitherto, with the exception of the railway companies, the city
has observed local time, which is about thirty minutes behind standard time,
but with the beginning of the year the city and the station clocks will be made
to synchronise.—Manchester Evening Chronicle, y/ia/'os.
"Mercury" writes:—This is worth observing; but, as a fact, you will
find the natives will still keep local time. They will just correct the railway,
or standard time, to true local time. As a rule, every birth-time sent from
India may be taken as true local time. The educated Hindus are very partic-
ular that way. As I have often said, the introduction of railways and a
necessary regulation " standard " time, though very good in itself, has
caused, and will yet cause, a lot of mistakes in maps drawn for foreign
places, including U.S.A. When all places kept their own true time, drawing
of a map was much easier.
Character Denoted by Finger Nails
A white mark on the nail bespeaks misfortune. Pale or lead coloured
nails indicate melancholy people. People with narrow nails are ambitious
and quarrelsome. Broad nails indicate a gentle, timid and bashful nature.
Lovers of knowledge and liberal sentiment have round nails. Small nails
indicate littleness of mind, obstinacy and conceit. Choleric, martial men,
delighting in war, have red and spotted nails. Nails growing into the flesh
at the points or sides indicate luxurious tastes. People with very pale nails
are subject to much infirmity of the flesh, and persecution by neighbours
and friends.
"The suffering a disciple has to undergo is an integral portion of his
training. . . . At the end he will find the flower of his soul blooming the
more charmingly for the storm it has braved, and the love and mercy of the
Master more than compensating for all he has suffered and sacrificed."
"The man who is going to be free must break the links of desire for
himself; there is only one thing that will bind him, only one thing that will
draw him back to birth, and that is the love of his fellows, the desire of
service."—In the Outer Court.
" Death is the greatest of [Earth's illusions. There is no death, but
only changes in life conditions."—The Ancient Wisdom.
 8i

®()i $ibmth ^011 BE»

Astrologers are generally agreed that the various houses (mun-

dane) have several characteristics peculiar to each one, and it has
frequently crossed my mind that if it were possible to locate the dis-
tance in each house the special characteristic would apply. A few
more bricks would be added to the astrological structure.
In this connection the house that forces itself to my notice is the
seventh. Being an angular one and of primary importance will it
not be possible, by united effort, to come to something definite on the
lines I have indicated ?
As is generally adopted, the seventh is considered to be the house
of the marriage partner, enemies, and those opposed to the native in
business, law, etc. These, I think, are the chief significations; of
course there are other matters that are referred to the house but are
not of the importance that those just mentioned are.
We are told, and are generally agreed on the point, that subject
to the aspects held by the planets these results obtain from their
position in this house.
Q. Honour through marriage, honourable enmity.
j. Unstable marital relations, public enmity, chiefly feminine.
5 . Worries in marriage, enmity through correspondence, many
insignificant worries and opponents.
5 . Happiness in marriage, no public enmity, success in partner-
ships and litigation.
$. Unhappiness in marriage, much public enmity but open,
quarrels in partnerships.
if. Happiness and gain by marriage, few (if any) enemies,
benefits from partnerships and litigation.
tj. Marriage partner lacking in warmth, many secret treacherous
enemies, loss by partners and law.
Peculiarities in marriage, much enmity that is sprung upon
the native suddenly and unexpectedly, trouble in partnerships and law.
1?. Somewhat similar to (if.
Now is it possible to locate to a certain part of this house the
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

indications (i) as to marriage; (2) as to enemies; (3) as to business

partnerships, etc. ?
It will at once occur to the thoughtful student that the old
masters divided each celestial house into three portions of ten degrees
each, called Decanates, and assigned a planet to rule over each. As
it has been found more or less of a difficulty in judging a horoscope
when a planet is in this house to say whether the effect to come from
the said planet will affect marriage, enemies, or law, etc., because it
does not act upon all three, an investigation of these points might
lead us to something tangible. I am inclined to think that the first
portion of the seventh affects marriage and matters connected therewith;
the second portion enemies, and the third portion the other matters.
In my own case I have J40ni,jo' rising, consequently 14°^ 10' is
on cusp of seventh, b (ruler of third) in seventh, 270 y 59' o to
J290S18'IJ. on cusp on midheaven (just culminated) and b ^ ^ in
230kf5i' in third. Moon's node in 40n2i' near d b* Now it is
interesting to note that b and the Moon's node are in the middle, or
call it the second decanate, of the seventh house. For the benefit of
the science I will say how it has affected my career so far, and that is
all my many enemies have been and are secret ones—note, they
emanate from b > the secret planet, in a fixed sign—and chiefly in busi-
ness affairs ; but they have never done me permanent or lasting injury,
for 3, the ruler of my ascendant (iq,), is the only planet in elevation,
and he is on the midheaven (notice the importance of a planet " ele-
vated "). In consequence I have so far come out on top, and in this
connection I must not forget the kindly influence of the greater benefic
, in A to b , which eventually turns the evil into good.
Perhaps some of my fellow students who have time may think it
to their advantage to look into this important matter on the lines 1
have indicated, and communicate the results of their investigations to
Modern Astrology for the general good.*
Since writing the foregoing, it occurred to me that our friend
Sepharial had hinted at something of this nature, in his New Manual
of Astrology, and on referring I find the following (p. 207), where he
refers to the Lunar Mansions, which consist of a division of the

* The formulae given on p. 480 of last volume, might perhaps be useful in

determining which decanate of the house a planet occupies where that is doubtful;
indeed, the whole letter might be read with pro&t in this connection.—Ed,
 THE ECLIPSES OF igo6 83
degrees of the Zodiac into twenty-eight equal parts of i2f degrees
each. He writes; —
" Thus Libra (seventh sign) does not only rule marriage, but also
contracts of all sorts, and enemies or rivals denoted by the seventh
house, with which it is associated. In the same way Gemini denotes
not only relatives, such as brothers and sisters, but journeys and
writings.
" Thus Libra o0 to 130 refers to enemies ; 130 to 25° to marriage;
26° to 30° to contracts, etc., etc."
It will thus be seen that he and I differ as to the first portion of
the seventh being referred to marriages or enemies, but it would be of
great interest to all of us if he would give us his views of the three-
fold division of each mundane house, and what pertains to each, with
some examples from his unique collection of horoscopes and
astrological data.
Aphorel.

®lj£ (Eclipses of 1908

By H. S. Green.
I. Eclipse of the Moon, February gth, 1906, full Moon at 7.46
a.m., Greenwich Mean Time. This eclipse will be total, but will be
only partly visible at Greenwich. The Moon will be at i90Sb35',
about six degrees below the cusp of the seventh house. The Sun will
be a similar distance above the ascendant, only one degree distant
from Venus. Nothing very serious for our country seems to be
portended; attention may be drawn to foreign affairs, but nations
governed by Leo, such as France and Italy, are more likely to suffer,
and social or religious troubles ensue. A lunar eclipse in the second
decanate of Leo is apt to cause disharmony between monarchs and
their subjects; the death of some eminent woman, and of persons
highly placed in religious bodies ; and deaths from heart disease may
follow. The minor evil aspects to the luminaries from Uranus and
Mars threaten Governments and State officials with instability and
overthrow. In this case, however, it seems likely that some amount
of good may be the outcome; for the Sun, dispositor of the Moon, is
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
in close conjunction with Venus. This is likely to increase the
marriage rate; an engagement or marriage in royal circles may be
heard of; and visits and intercourse generally between one country
and another may be promoted.
As the Moon's nodes have moved into fixed signs earthquakes
are likely to follow.
II. Eclipse of the Sun, February 23rd, 1906, new Moon at 7.57
a.m., Greenwich. This is partial; invisible at London, visible in the
extreme southern hemisphere. At London the luminaries are in the
twelfth house at in close conjunction with Saturn, Mercury,
and Venus. Mars is rising in Aries, in square to Uranus culminating
in Capricorn, and to Neptune in the fourth house in Cancer. The
influences are decidedly unfavourable for monarchs, governments, and
State officials; and this will be the case the world over, more or less.
The rulers are likely to be out of sympathy with the people; political
changes will occur, downfalls, resignations; insubordination, suffering,
discontent, and strikes among the lower classes; and it will be
fortunate if political crimes and outrages do not also occur. The
Czar will again be involved in trouble, for the eclipse is in opposition
to his ascendant. It is less than half a degree from the place of
Uranus at Mr. Chamberlain's birth,* and as this planet was in his
mid-heaven, exciting events are likely to follow rapidly, and to prove
discordant and troublesome. Portugal, and other parts ruled by
Pisces, will suffer. Many cases of drowning will be heard of. The
eclipse is near the place of the Moon in the horoscope of the Princess
of Wales, but as it is closer still to Jupiter, it may be hoped that no
serious consequences will follow. It falls in between Mars and
Saturn in Lord Rosebery's horoscope; a decidedly unfortunate
position. The eclipse of February 9th falls upon the place of the
Sun in the horoscope of the young Tsarevitch, and the present one is
in opposition to his Moon ; two influences injurious to health.
{To be continued.)

" When once he knows the Self, mid bodies, bodiless; amid the infirm,
firm ; great, and widespread, the wise has no more grief."—Kafhopanishad.

' See p. 87, How to Judge a Nativity, Part II., for map (in the list of aspects
relating to which, by the way, S □ IJI should of course be 5 a (Jl).
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Breams aiti> Impressions

There are few of us who, if we were pressed, would not admit

that at some time or other in our lives a dream, vague and unsub-
stantial perhaps though it may have been, has produced a greater
effect on our memories and consciousness—on our lives, in short—
than many even of the " important" events of our ordinary waking
experience.
Who does not remember the wonderful dreams described in
Kingsley's Alton Locke? Who. indeed. The rest of the story may
be forgotten, but those dreams never.
This is not the place to enter upon the profound subject of the
psychology of dreams, for information regarding which readers are
referred to Mr. Leadbeater's book on the subject. But it may be
mentioned that in that work true dreams (as distinct from those pro-
ceeding from merely physiological causes) are stated to be the more
or less blurred and diffracted impressions, as registered by the physical
brain, of an actual and conscious experience of the ego when function-
ing in his astral body on the ' astral plane,' i.e., in the dream world.
And hence states of consciousness proper to that plane may succeed
in impressing on the brain some hint of what is already potentially
existent on that plane, and which will duly take shape in the physical
world when fit conditions present themselves. This, then, would
seem to be the explanation of "prophetic dreams " ; and inasmuch as
the consciousness preserved on waking depends on the capability of
the brain to correctly register (even if only in a symbolical manner) the
experience in question, quite as much as on the actual nature of that
experience on its own (astral) plane of manifestation, this would also
seem to account for the extraordinary hiatuses that occur in attempt-
ing to formulate any fixed system of interpretation of the " real "
meaning of certain dreams—dreams whose power to affect the whole
life is nevertheless beyond question.
The above remarks will be seen to have some bearing upon the
interesting series of dreams given below, which have been kindly for-
warded by a lady in response to an invitation to do so attached to a
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set of' directions' for the current year, in which the month of May
was signified as likely to be productive of many curious dreams and
strange impressions; and for which ' directions,' by the way, our
correspondent expresses herself as very grateful, stating that she has
"greatly benefited " by them.
Our best thanks |are herewith tendered to this lady, and we hope
that others of our readers will in like manner forward any remarkable
experiences that may occur in connection with unusual ' directions'
of any kind—the * direction ' in the present case beingd PI*. For in
this way we shall be assisted to carry out our long-cherished inten-
tion of gathering together a mass of evidence relating to the effects of
the various planetary aspects, etc., which will enable the world to
study Astrology in precisely the same manner as any other " induc-
tive science"—namely, from published records furnished by the
painstaking and unselfish efforts of individual lovers of truth.
Record of Dreams and Impressions noted during May,
1905, UNDER THE PROGRESSED INFLUENCE OF J P.l?
May 2nd.—I suppose this dream to have taken place in the early
hours of the morning. I dreamt that a neighbour (next door to my
late residence) bad another child; the mother asked me to take it to
be christened, and this in my dream I agreed to do. When I arrived
with the child at the porch I could not get inside as the church was
so full of people. So I returned with the child unchristened, and as I
returned it to its mother, the child's clothes suddenly all loosened
and fell off of their own accord. Remarks.—This dream has been fulfilled
to a certain extent. The child was born, on May 15th ; I received
the news on June 3rd. On July (I forget the exact day), a message
was sent to me to the effect that the child had been christened
" Kingsley."
May 3RD.—Dreamt I received a letter from my mother written in
very affectionate words to my youngest child (born S/g/'oi). Theletter
contained the following: " My darling child, I dreamt I was in a
wood and heard screams, and thought it was you. On looking up
to catch you, I saw it was two white owls, not you. Oh, I am so
glad! Tell them to take care of you." Remarks.—While opening a
window about mid-day of the morning following this dream I saw
two white doves fly on to the same twig of a tree. I called some-
 DREAMS AND IMPRESSIONS
ona to see the pretty picture, and then told my dream. Query.
What is the connection between owls and doves, I wonder ?
May 5th.—I was greatly impressed by the following dream. I
saw the figure of Neptune rising gradually up from the sea. I was
very near to him, but seemed to be floating in space. When he
saw me he stopped rising, the water now being just over half his
body. His form was strong and his face seemed very benevolent. I
could not help feeling my gaze was a very fixed one. Noticing this
he bent over into the sea, and putting his arms deep down into the
water he began giving to me very large fishes in the shape of a cod
or dolphin. Remark.—I received several gifts unexpectedly the next
day.
I have had one or two dreams between dates but they were con-
fusing, and I could not remember anything likely to be of interest until
May 24TH.—When I dreamed that I was to undertake a journey to
meet my husband. I had some time to wait. It was in the early
hours of the morning, and as I sat in the waiting-room a gentleman
came over to me and asked to be allowed to stay with me until the
time for the departure of the train. He said that he knew me by
sight very well, and that his son knew my husband. I recognised at
once who the gentleman was. He was an English nobleman. Know-
ing his position I politely thanked him, saying I thought I should be
all right, and at that moment the train steamed into the station. He
stayed until he saw me into the carriage, raised his hat and said good-
night. Remarks : I should not have mentioned this dream but that,
on June 7th, about g a.m., arrived an invitation to a picnic. Owing
to pressure of business my husband was unable to go, but wished me
to do so, saying I could join the party at the very same station I saw
in my dream. I decided not to go, on account of this dream, but did
not give my reasons for declining. I learned later from a friend that
the son of the gentleman I have referred to belonged to the party.
I should like to add a dream I had on June gth, although only
asked for my May experiences.
June qth.—I dreamt I saw the sign of Sagittarius darting
through space, thus As it pierced the air it shot one brilliant
golden flame from its sign, which only lasted during the flash. This
dream was so vivid that I awoke, and went to the window, but only a
ripe and peaceful dawn met my gaze.
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I also had another dream in June, but did not take notice of the
date, yet I think it worth adding here. I dreamt I heard the voice
of God quite close to my ear saying : " Whatsoever thou askest in My
name that will I do."

Impressions.—My impressions for the most part have been

weird. Forms and faces I have either fancied or imagined, have
been most uncommon and peculiar; certainly not earthly. They seem
spiritual, or rather, have taken the likeness to persons I have known
and are dead to the world. I feel greatly interested in these "appari-
tions," as I will call them, and often would like to give more time to
the things and forms, as I feel I could with perseverance produce
some very uncommon pictures from them.
I am enclosing a sketch of two forms which I saw instantly
appear on a knot on the trunk of a tree, which, in order to remedy a
smoky chimney, was advised to be cut down. I had gone to look
at the tree, which is a fine old beech, and just decided not to have
the beauty of it spoiled when the enclosed figures seemed to appear,
as I have described.
[The sketch enclosed shows a weird and gnome-like face of
the size apparently of a man's breast, filling the space covered by
the " knot " on the tree. Standing beside in a loving and protective
attitude is an airy and graceful figure, apparently attired in mummer's
garb. The drawing certainly suggests that an elemental (? sylph)
has appeared to reassure the spirit of the tree, who was concerned as
to the fate of his abode.—Ed.]
Some time ago I bought an old oil painting, " A Gentleman
Reading." The reader is represented smoking a long clay. The
painting is very old and dark, and the smoke can only just be seen.
Every time I look at it the smoke appears to move and ascend. I
have tried to persuade myself it is only fancy. But fancy or no fancy,
it will still move.
I have seen two large trees fall this summer, one on a windy day,
the other from no apparent cause. The latter one fell exactly at
12 noon in May, towards the east, and the former fell towards the
west. I mention this as being an " impression," as I have never
seen a tree fall before.
 8g

3k.it (Bitraor6:nariJ ®ipcr:<ni:«

Haunted by Visions of Hanging
Some time ago a letter was received at this office, to the following
effect;—
" I want you to cast my horoscope (No. 9019). I was born either a few
minutes before or after one o'clock in the early morning of the 24th of
August, 1877. at Manchester. I want to know ii you can throw any light on a
very peculiar and harassing experience. It is that of dreaming—frequently—
that I am about to be hanged ! Often and often I have in my dream stood on
the drop, with all the arrangements for execution complete. But my dream
has always terminated before the fatal moment, and though in my sleep I
often witness executions, and see the victims hanging, yet I have never
actually dreamed of suffering such a death myself. What can it mean ? Is
it a presage of some fate that is to befall me ? The dream is intensely real,
and causes me much uneasiness."
The data required for erecting the horoscope are as follows :—
Houses. X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
X170 T240 nn0 95 1 9° SI 4° SI220
Planets. QDWW ^ U # 2 % 9,
ngi0 X20 hy0!). $125'' Ki80Iv |230 Kih0!}. ^0° 11^27° X20
It will be seen from the position of S2 that the Full Moon
immediately preceding birth was an eclipse. Mars and Saturn in
conjunction in Pisces, the sign of " self-undoing," besiege the M.C.
The explanation of the strange dream would appear to be as
follows. In a previous existence the Ego, of which this present
personality is a manifestation, so far lost the control of the then
existing personality that some crime was committed for which the
death penalty had to be endured. The fright and horror experienced
by the (astral) soul was such that in its last moments the concentrated
thought and feeling created, and endowed with a quasi-independent
vitality, a thought-form or "artificial elemental," corresponding to
the ' ghosts ' that frequent certain spots where crimes have been per-
petrated ; and it is this " elemental " or thought-form that has haunted
the dreams of our correspondent. Observe that the dream ends always
before the fatal drop, since the elemental appears to have no know-
ledge of the actual sufferings of the man, but to have been created
purely by his fear. Our correspondent was advised to exert his will
power to drive away this phantom, by denying its power over him,
and as in a subsequent letter he makes no further allusion to the
matter, we presume he was successful.
It is of interest to note that, taking each degree as symbolical of
one earth life, the actual eclipse would correspond to the previous
life, in which (presumably) the execution occurred. If so, the moral
cause can be clearly seen, for the shadow of the Earth (materiality)
obscures the Moon (personality) and, so to speak, " puts it out."
 go

IfabouraMfi anb ftnfabouraMc Strtljbaiis

For the month of February, igo6
[The basis of these prognostications is the transit of the major planets,
Tp , If., <?, over the annual zodiacal position of the Sun on the dates
given. It must be bom in mind that in all cases the effect of a ' transit' is
subordinate to the ' directions ' in operation at the time ; should these be bad
the " unfavourable" birthdays will prove so much the worse, and the " favour-
able " so much the less good ; and vice versif. Consequently it is improbable
that people born on the same day of the year will find these remarks apply
equally in all cases, but in a broad sense the general circumstances during
the current month will be much as indicated.]
Unfortunate Birthdays.—Those born on the 22nd to 25th of
February in any year, especially 1855, '59, '61,'63, '68, '74, '76, '84, '88,
'go, will find this month a trying time. Delays and disappointments
of various kinds, coupled with a general feeling of despondency and
physical debility, will tend to bring them into a very depressed state,
against which they should strive with all their might, seeking to
cultivate the faculty of hope, trying to look on the bright side of
things, and remembering that sorrow endureth but for a season—and
always for some wise purpose. With those born between March igth
and April 8th, on the other hand, a very different state of affairs will
be experienced. A restless inner state and a general impatience of
delay will be the prevailing characteristics, with a slight tendency
towards a feverish condition of the blood unless the bodily health is
perfect. Any tendency to undue impulsiveness or self-assertion
should be checked, and the temper kept well under control. Those
born in the years 1853, '55, '57, '67, '70, '71, '77, '82, '83, '85, '87, '92,
will feel this influence far more than those born in other years.
Favourable Birthdays.—May 18th, igth, and 20th are the most
favourable birthdays for this month, especially for those born in the
years 1854, '56, '58, '60 ('64), '70, '72 ('76), '84, '86. The transit
of Jupiter over the place of the Sun at birth will bring a pleasant and
favourable period, full of opportunities for successful achievement,
accompanied by the general goodwill of neighbours and the public, as
well as those in authority. Those who are striving to obtain govern-
mental positions should avail themselves of this period to make
application.
Peculiar and Uncommon Birthdays.—Those born on the 30th
of Tune in any year, especially 1864 ; and also those born on December
28fh, 2gth, or 30th of any year, especially 1866 ; will find this month
bring them strange events indeed, events the precise nature of which
it is impossible to strictly define. In the former case, some strange
and subtle persecution, or some obsession or astral haunting, is
likely to be a marked feature ; in the latter, a state of internal dis-
quiet and dark imaginings. At least it may be said that the month
will not pass without leaving its impress upon the soul. Readers are
invited to communicate their experiences—see pp. 382, 383, 524 of
last volume.
 91
NOTABILIA
(148) Judge Philliraore 21/11^45
(149] Mr. T. P. O'Connor (" Tay-Pay ") S/'o/^S
(150 Dr. Stenson Hooker, of " colour rays" fame 2o/ii/'53
151 " Fiona Macleod " (the late Mr. William Sharp) 2
12/9/'56
152 Mrs. Campbell Praed, the novelist, author of Nyria 1 7/3/'51
153 Robert Blatchford (" Nunquara "), editor of The Clarion 7/3/
2 51
154 F. Marion Crawford, the novelist /8/'54
tSS William Butler Yeats, the poet" is/d/'ds
156 Havelock Ellis, author of Sexual Inversion 2/2/'59
157 Thomas Maybank, famous for his sketches of elves and fairies 28/2/'69
158 Jerome K. Jerome, author of Idle Thoughts, Three Men in a Boat, etc. 2/5/'59
159 Mr. Lewis Waller, the well-known actor 3/io/'6o
16P Mrs. Elizabeth Cuttle, a centenarianf 24/11/1803
161 Mrs. Johnson f 27/10/1804
Planetary Positions at (Greenwich) Noon on Day of Birth
0 D V h If <? ? s a
148 11129 S122 — 23 T 7^" ~ 13 a 3^ X 12 1614 ^ 13 in 16
149 zt 12 KS12 K ol). T21I5. 20R SI17 35= l6 m 2 m 4 11520
150 11128 SD20 3(IlA 8 rolj, 8 281^. 128 IIS 2 V313 120 nn
151 11J3 20 5=21 Kiglj. 8 25lj. 2513 T 61). 1^27 - 5 3-14 T17
T 6 ~ 9 K 8 T29 T 22 20 fj. K27 at 22 T 1 a 2
153 K 26 IIS 26 K 7 T28 T2I i!=2I ~ 9 atn X 12 4t 3
154 Slio 11117 Xi5^ 8 17 II 13 V320I5. 3-14 25 7 a 6^, 8 28
155 U23 = 13 T 10 n 29 ===2415. t 2415. ai2 a 13 n 3 3-27
156 = 13 = 7 K23 D of). 41 9^ 111215. T I Z28 VJ2I X 0
157 K 10 zs 8 T 16 <HI4lj } 17 T16 412015. at22 »23l5. a 16
158 8 14 n 18 K 26 n 2 a 6 1122 n 7 T 7 T 26St, SZ26
159 ZSIO «18 X28I}. ni2li. im 5 a 20 X 2 a 24 3319 V328
160 t I T I in.24 1 35=26 t 5 112 ia 18 ^18
(161 m 4 4126 "125 -18 ^=10 "114 a 5 11518 3317 0

The following is for the benefit of casual readers. For further information
they should consult the little Manual entitled " The Rationale of Astrology."
The twelve zodiacal signs and their symbols are :—
T Aries s Cancer ^ Libra yy Capricorn
8 Taurus Sb Leo nj Scorpio irr Aquarius
n Gemini ne Virgo } Sagittarius H Pisces
The planets and their symbols, etc., are :—
0 Sun 5 Venus b Saturn
p Moon (f Mars Uranus
5 Mercury if Jupiter ^ Neptune
The aspects and their symbols are:—
The d Conjunction o0 □ Square go0
,, V. Semi-sextile 30° A Trine 120°
,, A Semi-square 450 Q Sesqulquadrate 1350
,, -J}- Sextile 60° 7v Quincunx 150°
„ Q. Quintile 720 g Opposition 180°
,, P. Parallel, when planets are the same distance either
north or south of the Equator.
" Date according to^tFAo's Who.
f Data contributed by " Mirach," who states that both enjoy fairly good health,
but in the case of the former sight and hearing are not very good (5 in T ■y (? )•
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^fitters to tlje (Editor

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 (i) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only ; (2) 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.]

Names and Numbers in Relation to Astrology

Dear Sir,
I have read with much interest Mr. Bond's article on
" Names and Numbers," and Zamael's criticisms thereon. The
principal ground of Zamael's objection seems to be the author's state-
ment that the Sun appears to pass through the zodiac four times
during the 5-ear instead of once as is ordinarily believed. Looking at
it from the astronomical point of view, the statement seems hard to
reconcile with the existing state of facts, and the author himself
admits his inability to offer any explanation. But to one acquainted
with the Indian theory of sub-influences, it would not seem so
inexplicable. The Indian system of Astrology recognises certain
minor influences which are expressed by Indian astrologers by means
of various sub-divisions of (the signs of) the zodiac. Some of these
sub-influences follow the usual sequence of the signs of the zodiac,
while the others do not. For instance, in case of Navmasas, the
influences follow the usual order in that as soon as a planet enters the
first point of sign Aries, he comes under the influence of Aries and
remains under that influence till he passes over 302o' of the said sign.
Then he comes under the influence of Taurus till 604o', then under
that of Gemini till 10°, and so on. By a careful study of the table of
Navmasas given on p. 264 of the second volume of Modern
Astrology, it will be seen that a planet, with reference to these
sub-influences, will come under the influences of the twelve signs
nine times in the course of his passage through the zodiac or, in
the words of Mr. Bond, he will appear to pass through the zodiac nine
times.
I have made a special study of the laws governing the fluctua-
tio s in the prices of certain commodities, especially those about
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 93
which a great amount of speculative business is done,—cotton for
instance. During the course of my investigations I found that in
these cases some particular subdivision exerted greater influence in
case of a particular commodity than in others, especially on the
zodiacal position of the planet ruling that commodity. And it is
quite probable that a similar law may be operating in case of horse-
racing too, as the principle underlying both the inquiries—horse-racing
and commercial speculation—is the same.
Mr. Bond says the Sun appears to pass through the zodiac four
times—he is silent about Venus and Mercury—and to reconcile this
with the above theory, there should be sub-division of the zodiac into
four parts of a sign, the sub-influences operating in the usual sequence
of the signs of the zodiac. No such sub-division is recognised in the
Indian system it is true, but then Mr. Bond may have found out a
new one. I offer this only as a probable explanation of the fact
which appears so inexplicable and contrary to the universally
recognised laws of Astronomy.
203, Khoja Mohola, Yours faithfully,
Bombay, India. A. Fazulbhoy.
November loth, 1905.

Planets and Sign-Rulershif

Dear Sir,
Referring to your diagram in the article on Cancer in the
July number of Modern Astrology, 1 think the following sketch
more truthfully represents the heavenly bodies, because the order,
both of the signs and planets, is the same as in nature. {See next page.)
The position of the Moon in the diagram is not by the earth, but
is, I think, where it should be, because it occupies a unique position
as regards the earth, by circling around it; and its size, as viewed
from the earth, is somewhat analogous, though inferior, to that of the
Sun. The diagram places the earth in its correct position astro-
nomically between Venus and Mars, and also in the signs at the
mean between summer and winter, when days and nights are equal.
It also places it at the centre, which is correct from the standpoint of
an inhabitant of earth, because we view the heavenly bodies as
circling around us, not around the Sun, and consider their influence on
us. It also illustrates the suggestion in my letter which appeared on
p. 285 of your June number as to there being pairs of Rulers (like
King and Queen, or Queen and Consort) in each sign, which seems
to be the case in , Vy, —, and I think I may also add ffi and
SL, for the Moon seems to have much uplifting power in Leo, and the
Sun to be very strong in Cancer. When Cancer is on the Ascendant,
its influence seems almost obscured by that of the Sun in his sign.
It seems to me that Venus hardly holds as strong a position in Taurus
as in Libra.
At any rate, the diagram is true so far as the order of the signs
is concerned, and also the generally received rulership of them agrees
Very remarkably with the order of the planets from the Sun. In fact
94 MODERN ASTROLOGY

the question arises whether the influence of the signs is not designedly
in the order of the planets.
The cross-lines in the diagram through the earth make natural
divisions. Is there any ground for supposing that the influences on
the right-hand or solar side are on a different level of the mind to those
on the left, or that there is any broad natural distinction between the
upper and lower half of the figure ?
It will, of course, be noticed that to complete the figure, three
more planets are required so as to equal the number of signs. It is
extremely probable that the number harmonises, but of course we
may have to wait a very long time till this can be ascertained. If
there are more planets I suppose it means that till they are discovered
results will be continually found which cannot be accounted for by
the influences of the planets which have been discovered up till now.

(TAe cross or letter x is used to indicate an unknown planet.)

Are we correct in starting the circle of signs from Aries? Would
it not be more appropriate to commence from Cancer or Leo ?
I quite agree with the remarks made in the article on " Leo," on
pp. 339 of Modern Astrology for 1905, that in some aspects Leo is
the real starting-point of the zodiacal circle.* The same thought had
occurred independently to me. In the first place, the agreement of
the order of the signs with the order, from the Sun, of the planets
which are rulers of them, is very remarkable. Thus Leo is the
house of the Sun ; the next planet is Mercury and the next house is
* We have another letter in type on this subject, and hope to print it in our
pext issue.—Ed
 LEfTERS TO THE EDITOR

Viirgo; the hfext planet again is Venus and the next house Libra; and
§d on through all the signs and planets up to the end of those dis-
covered. If we take Aries as the starting-point the order of planets
does not agree with the order of signs. I think, too, that if we start
from Leo, the signs on each side of the diagram fall naturally into
two divisions; Leo and the next five signs are of higher or deeper
fnental quality than those opposite. I think Virgo is higher than
Gemini, and Libra than Taurus, Scorpio than Aries, and Sagittarius
than Pisces. At each end of the diagram the difference is less marked,
and Leo is not so much different from Cancer, and Capricorn from
Aquarius, but this is as it should be. The power for evil and the
power for good is greater in these signs. The other four signs, Pisces
to Gemini, seem to me to be on a distinctly lower plane. If there is
a sort of circulation, as suggested by the dotted line, the first seven
from Leo would represent the arterial blood, and the last four the
venous. On the other hand, the signs from Gemini to Pisces seem to
give the most musical talent, beginning at Gemini and culminating at
Pisces. I mean either as rising signs, or from having the Sun or
principal planets posited in them.
I send this letter because if we can get the influences classified, it
is a great help to understanding them, but at the same time we do not
want to try and make facts to fit our theory, but our theory to fit
facts.
When referring to my previous letter I should like to correct an
error, although it is an obvious one, 2,000 and 4,000 instead of aoo
and 400 (p. 286). I suppose it would be difficult to reach these figures,
although the numer of astrologers seems rapidly increasing.
Yours sincerely,
Park, Truro. WAbTEB Kruse,

A Noted Finnish Painter : Family Horoscopes.

To the Editor of Modern Astrology
Dear Sir,
I have been able to get the birth-data of the famous
Finnish painter, Albert Edelfelt. He was born on the 21st of July,
1854, about noon, at 6o025'N. lat. and 25035'E. long. As a proof of the
truth of Astrology I will mention that I guessed the birth-time to be,
approximately oh. 6m. p.m. (with =~ 180 rising, 0 culm., and ? ruler-
in ninth house), and afterwards learned from the widow that it was
" about noon."
By way of family horoscopes I present here two such, both-
parents born in the same polarity.
Family I.
Father, 28th July, 1848. 0Sl5-ff,p $ (12), >} $23, ? Sl7,
2fSl3. ^25. ^T22, w K2.
l6t h Au ust
, g ' ^57- QS12J, p qs (13), 5^14, 2 SSQ,
S Sl3, 2; 8 15, €522, ^ 8 29, K22.
g6 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Children, now living;
Girl (i), 17th May, '83, about 9 p.m. N. !at. 6i03o', E. long.
2705'. 0 8 26.30, j ===9.25, $ n 18, ? V23, S T21, 2; 252.30, b 8 29,
® njiig, f 8 i9> Asc. iii29.
Girl (2), 17th June, '86, about 5.7 a.m. N. lat. 6o05o', E. long.
0
26 3o'. ©025.49,1)1^2.27, ^ ®2, S 8i5. (7^23, 1411^27, b®io,
^ =2=4, ^ 8 26, Asc. sb24.
Girl (3), 17th September, '89, about n p.m. Place, see (2).
0fl£25.12, d 058.34, ^ =t2i, ? SI ig, (J Sb27, SI28, i^=t2i,
1? n 5, Asc. <z25.
Girl (4), 3rd October, 'gx, about g p.m. Place, see (2). 0 =5=10.17,
5-2=11.30, ^1^23, 5-2=14, d'ufiiS, 2;xio, T?IIJJ23, ynio, if'ng.
Asc. 05l4i.
Girl (5), gth January, '96, about 3 p.m. Place, see (2). ©VyiS^S,
£11114.0, 2 f 6, J } 20, US16, 1? 11117, ^11123, ^ni6. Asc.
26 19.
Family II.
Father, 27th August, '76. 0ii£4-5, £ $ [13), ^11x24, $ 9522,
<?Sl3o. n 11124, t? K5. ®Sl2i, W 8 5'
Mother, 14th September, '77. 0«j;27-22, £ ^ (77), ^ ===13,
s -25, ,? K 11, 1; ? 25, b K 17, ^ SI27, ^87.
Boy (1), nth July, '01, 3.58 p.m. N. lat. 610, E. long. 25035'.
©2518.33, £821.6, ^2522, 2SI8, 3 iic.29, iivyy, bvyis,
^ n 13, Asc. 111/7.
Boy (2), 12th August, '02 ; 7.25 a.m. N. lat. 6o042', E. long.
0
24 55'. 0SI 18.34, £ f 0.9, S SI, 19, 22521, J2515, itzxu, b 1^23,
^ J 17, ^253, Asc. r\%1S.
Girl (3), 24th February, '05 ; 10.58 p.m. Place, see (1). 0 K5.37,
£iili5-52> 5-^25, 2T22, <? 11118, 27T28, b^25, ^>1^3, ,?25 5,
Asc. ^29^.
Albert Edelfelt died August 18th, 1905 ; 7.30 a.m. His prog,
death horoscope is remarkable : ni just rising, 3 in twelfth ci asc.
rad., £ in iifth d ^ and 42' past □ lj from eighth.
Re the autumnal equinox: 24 exactly rises at the town, Wiborg,
in Finland. And now the Czar visits Trangsund, the roadstead of
Wiborg, from September 18th to October 1st, and the town acquires
the long wished for ownership of the rampart territory.
The astrologer of Sweden, C. A. Lilje (prof, astron. at Ramlosa
Brunn) writes : " According to ancient Astrology 8 rules the eastern
part of Sweden and ill rules the western part of Sweden and the whole
ofHorwege."
Yours truly,
Kouvola, 3/io/'o5. A. N.
[In reference to the concluding sentence in our correspondent's
interesting letter, it is worth while to note that it has been suggested
by some that is the real ruler of 8 , and (jj of 111; if so the approach-
ing g of and 1$, already within orbs, is sufficient explanation of
recent events.—Ed.]
iiloUmt EfirtrDlogj)

Vol. III. New Series. MARCH, igo6. No. 3.

SChf ©baerljHtarjj

Several readers have been good enough to offer help from time
to time in a kindly spirit that is much appreciated, and to those who
write to know in what manner their services would
Work for Helpen be most useful, I would suggest their writing to
notable people—any person known to them whose
name comes prominently before the world—and asking if, in the
event of their knowing their birth hour, they will consent to the
publication of their nativity in these pages. Every month someone
writes to know why we do not publish a series of Horoscopes of
Celebrities, and the simple answer is always the same: we have not
been able to obtain the data necessary for casting the horoscope (see
p. 35 of January issue). Therefore, the most valuable help at present
that any reader can give, is to procure the birth time of any person
whose horoscope would be of general interest. Our readers can help
us enormously in this way, and with very little trouble to themselves.

It will I am sure interest many readers to know that we are on

the look-out for offices m the City or West End, in a more central
position than our present ones. It will probably
^atUl RomainB0 sur r se a ew
Pi f of our supporters to know that our
first application for offices in the Strand was
refused, owing to the title of the magazine, the landlord holding the
old prejudice against a subject that he could not understand. As a
set-off to this, however, one of the latest notices of Modern Astrology
caused the editor of the paper in which it appeared to state that we
98 MODERN ASTROLOGY
came under a different category to those who pretended to tell
fortunes, sell charms, etc.

I promised to touch on Mundane Astrology each month in order

to awaken a deeper interest in the subject. This month I shall pass
a few comments upon the Sun's entry into Aries
National at oh. 52m. 48s. p.m., on the 21st of this month.
Astrology
The first face of the royal sign Leo ascends,
and the Sun, its ruler, will occupy the ninth house, applying to the
sextile aspect of the planet Jupiter in the eleventh, followed by a
square aspect to Uranus in the sixth. The Sun, then, may be con-
sidered the Lord or ruler of the year 1906, and as this is the solar
year in the cycle of Mercury, the influence of the Sun is rendered
doubly strong, making the year an important one for all born under
the sign Leo, or in whose nativities the Sun is powerful and well
aspected. The position of the Sun in the ninth is very favourable,
for it denotes much progress in scientific research, and a more philo-
sophical attitude of the nation, heralding the general spread of broader
views. The presence of Uranus in the sixth is not good for the public
health, and a return of the influenza epidemic is probable. Some
naval disaster or some unwise change in regard to naval administra-
tion is shown by this position of Uranus, which invariably produces
sudden and unlooked-for events. Jupiter in the eleventh is favourable
for the new government, who seem to have some " luck" on their
side. On the whole the map is favourable. Further details are
given elsewhere (pp. 127, 144).
^ *
We have all been agreed that Uranus is the planet whose
influence produces the unexpected, and presides over sudden and
incalculable events. The mundane figure for the
Mystic Uranus entry of O into V?, of December 22nd, 1905, is
responsible for much more than was expected, the
Liberal majority at the Polls surprising even the Liberals themselves.
I had foreseen the fall of the Government when giving my opinion on
this figure in the January issue, but although a firm believer in the
topsy-turvydom of Uranus I did not expect so complete a reversal.
The prediction made in the first paragraph on p. 3 of the January
issue is surely fulfilled.
 99

Huling our &tars

" The wise man rules his stars, the fool obeys them."—
This saying has become an astrological proverb. But the pith
of it all lies in the construction placed upon the word wise. What
kind of "wisdom" is meant which implies power to rule the elements?
It is obviously not worldly wisdom, nor literary skill, nor scientific
acumen that confers this wonderful power, which rises superior to all
stellar forces. For on every hand we find examples of men who
display these qualities in a high degree, and who nevertheless—as we
only too often see—" obey " their stars as readily as the humblest
artisan.
What then is it, and how may we attain this power ?
To us, as students of Astrology, this should be a very important
question, for we already have to some extent an intellectual know-
ledge of the motions and influences of the heavenly spheres, and their
several modes of manifestation ; but which among us has yet attained
to that " wisdom " which alone can command their obedience ?
It seems to me that this is a problem which neither philosophy,
science nor metaphysics, singly or combined is competent to deal
with, though each may add its testimony and thereby throw some
light upon the subject. And that for this reason ;—that " rulership "
implies action. And indeed, it is only by means of a force set in
motion by ourselves that we may reach unto that wisdom and power
which finally enable us to become masters of our destiny. For
while it is true that we must first have knowledge to show us what
is to be done, still that knowledge will be useless, so far as we are
concerned, until we begin to act. Evidently, then, there is something
to be done, since rulership implies action and power, while wisdom
implies knowledge of the essences of things—of the life rather than of
the form, of the essentials rather than of the particulars, for it gives
us the keys of life and death and a perfect understanding of the law.
Now this key of knowledge was only given, in the Egyptian and
Chaldean Mysteries, after years of training, probation and work—
according to the writings of lamblichus, Porphyry, and other great
100 MODERN ASTROLOGY

sages. These men constituted a certain body of earnest truth-seekers

who came to the Temple to seek wisdom, and who were termed " can-
didates for the Mysteries." They were illuminated astrologers and
saw beyond the veil of time and space.
Are there any Mysteries at all to-day ? some sceptical enquirer
may ask. Others will seek to discover in old books and through the
profound sayings of various great men, those inner secrets which
their reasonable mind tells them i/mst be known if they are to
understand the potent yet hidden forces of nature.
But there is no book or paper extant in which the eternal secrets
of the causation of things can be read. Indeed, one has only to
think for a moment to realise that if the profound mysteries were
accessible to the profane, and the eternal secrets openly revealed—
even if only in cypher or by symbol—narrow indeed would be the
limit of the workings of the gods! Before we can touch the true
Mysteries, we must develop the consciousness that can apprehend the
wisdom of God.
Anyone who has studied wireless telegraphy will readily under-
stand that in order to send a message the receiver must be properly
attuned to the transmittor. And in the same way, no God—even a
minor one—could communicate with man through his mere brain
consciousness; this lunar consciousness being limited and circum-
scribed in its scope. Even as the Moon's light is only perceived dur-
ing the night-time, so typical of ignorance. And indeed all worldly
wisdom is but the densest ignorance, when compared with divine
wisdom.
The vibrations to which the ordinary brain consciousness
responds are ruled over by the Moon, but the vibrations of the solar
or heart consciousness by the Sun. The lunar consciousness is
molecular, the solar atomic; and thus lunar vibrations are incapable of
transmitting spiritual consciousness because the brain is not fitted to
receive this solar consciousness (illumination). Generally speaking,
the only consciousness we know is the lunar, that which comes
through the brain, and for the most part our attention is always more
or less fully occupied with personal matters, our consciousness being
focussed upon the ephemeral and transitory.
There is, however, another consciousness quite different to that
of the brain, a consciousness which has its centre in the heart. The
 RULING OUR STARS IOI
Christ said " The kingdom of heaven is within you," but few know
anything about that heaven or seek to experience the " peace which
passeth all understanding " ; and yet it is only within this centre that
a knowledge of divine things can be found. For there, in very truth,
is an atom of God—an indestructible and imperishable atom that does
not cease to exist when the body dies. Some our great philosophers
and sages have called it the " light spark " : it is an atom of the great
solar body, and, therefore, contains the divine consciousness, and it
is through this divine ' receiver' that the "God without" is enabled
to communicate with the " God within," and thus eventually bestow
that divine wisdom which gives the man power to rule himself, and
thus his stars.
Divine Consciousness embraces a knowledge of how the Law
works, the wisdom with which the planetary spirit guides this earth,
as also the way in which the Logos of our planetary system rules this
scheme of worlds which he has brought into being, and which he sus-
tains by his own life breath during every moment of time—not only this
world, but all those other spheres which circle about him and breathe
in his life, the known planets and also the unknown planets too.
There are a good many of us who, like the young man spoken of
in the scriptures, would go to a Master (did we know of one) crying
" What must I do to be saved ? " It is a curious fact, by the way,
that the young man did not say : What shall I think ? What shall I
read ? What shall I study ?—but, What shall I do ? He had
evidently done all these other things, in addition to havingkeptall the
external observances of the law, as he'said, " from his youth upwards,"
and he had come at last to realise that some definite action was neces-
sary. Yet many people think it too hard a condition to turn their
backs upon the world altogether and follow the light of truth stead-
fastly, wherever it may lead them. This young man went away
" sorrowful," realising, apparently, that the condition was too hard for
him : for "he had great possessions."
We all try to get things the easy way, not realising that in the
divine verities, just as in the outer forms of knowledge, we mnst do
real hard work if we would obtain results that are worth anything.
And indeed to be saved from ignorance, to find the light of truth, to
know for ourselves, to have risen above all ignorance and darkness,
to become Masters in Divine wisdom—this is not an achievement to
 102 MODERN ASTROLOGY
be lightly attained. For power to rule our stars means that we shall
no longer come into birth ignorantly, flung into the circle of necessity
at the gods' bidding, but that we shall be able, being gods ourselves, to
choose that birth. For even the matter of which the body is composed
will have changed, being permeated now with the solar vibration, the
solarlife, over which death has no power. For to a Master of Wisdom
nature withdraws her veil, and He sees the inner life with a spiritual
eye, as we now see the outer form with the physical eye.
The sages say there is a great Temple of Wisdom into which all
humanity must pass, and that there are seven steps into this temple
of wisdom.
What is then the first step towards that wisdom which gives
us divinity ? The first step is meditation, and we cannot pass
to the others without it. Meditation really means time given to the
inner life, time given to the soul to brood over the divine things ; it is
a change of focus as it were, and, in time, must inevitably bring about
a change of consciousness.
Now perhaps some of our readers may think that to set aside say
half an hour in the early morning to work upon themselves, to take
themselves in hand, is too difficult a condition, too troublesome a
task. Still, it is the only way to begin to get control over those forces
which our own acts in former lives have set going ; the only way of
freeing ourselves to a great extent now, during our present life, from
the consequences brought about by our ignorance in the past; the
only way to change our character, and by changing our character to
change our destiny.
By in this manner bringing the centre of our horoscope into play
we are purifying the matter through which we are working—changing
its rate of vibration that is, and thus bringing quite a new set of
planetary influences to bear upon us.* We are becoming conscious of
the Great Self, that great solar Life in which we all live—for the most
part as unconsciously as during the ante-natal period the babe lives
in the life of the mother. We begin to be conscious of this life when
we turn our attention towards it: not till then do we pass from the
circumference to the centre. For as we concentrate our mind on the
Divine Being, so do we slowly change our consciousness, from the
* Readers of a scientific turn of mind may perhaps find the suggestions
contained in the letter of "Maffra," on p. 477 of last volume, of interest in this
connection.—Ed.
 RULING OUR STARS

personal self to the individual self, from Moon to Sun, from head to
heart, forming a centre or nucleus of consciousness in the heart.
We have for myriads of years been making the brain our centre.
Now let us endeavour to reverse our spheres and make the heart our
centre. For this change of consciousness is what "reversing our
spheres " really means—this mystical phrase so often uttered but so
rarely understood. And when after years and years of patient
work spent in endeavouring to find the centre of our own being, we at
last succeed, we discover that, in reaching this centre, we also touch
the Divine Life, which is the same for all. It is within us ; within the
magic circle of the heart dwells the sacred fire, a tiny spark nourished
by the great flame. Many thousand million sparks make the mani-
fested great flame of our planetary Logos, and it would be lamentable
indeed—were there only one personal life for us all—to realise how
many millions pass from this life to the next without ever once touch-
ing that centre at all, being entirely under the sway of the lunar
mind and the desire-nature. Thus they become the hapless victims
of fate, driven aimlessly hither and thither without any plan or
purpose in life, save to have what they call a " good time " ; a " good
time" meaning for them the pleasures of the body and of the
lower nature, leading the mind captive, and so making man (who is a
god in embryo) a fettered slave in the prison cell of the body.
Now it is impossible to study Astrology, the science—the mighty
science—of the stars, without realising some day that each influence
falling upon us (in blessing or otherwise) is a living entity, acting under
certain laws as exact and unerring as the law of gravitation or
any other physical law we are acquainted with ; and that we set these
forces in motion by thought and desire. We are acquainted with the
physical laws, we know that fire burns and water drowns, and there-
fore have only ourselves to blame if we put our hand in the fire or go
beyond our depths in the sea if we cannot swim ; but we do not
understand the unseen law, the stellar ruling, which when we go
against it causes us to suffer, but which when we work with it brings
us peace and joy.
Every cell in our own body is a life, and our body is harmonious
only so long as the central will keeps the whole in harmony—
otherwise, disease and death follow, and a separation of all the
component parts takes place.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

This we know. But we are also each a cell, a life, in the great
solar body of the Adam Kadmon or Divine Man ; whether we know
it or not makes no difference to its truth, but to know it and to be
conscious of it is to share the divine consciousness. Think what this
means!
As astrologers we all understand that, when thrown into mani-
festation in this world of form and matter, we are composed of the
twelve parts of the Heavenly Man ; and volumes have been written
on the various types designated under the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac.
But the Great Heart of the Father gives life to the whole twelve, and
each shares the One Life. In the life is unity: only in the form, in
the parts, is there separateness. Now in the human stage we are all
living each a separate life, and the human stage has hence been called
the most lonely, each soul dwelling in its house of flesh and recog-
nising itself as apart from its fellows. But the truly illuminated
astrologer realised the unity of life amidst all the various differentia-
tions of form. Having become conscious of God, and being initiated
into the Mysteries by certain God-like beings, the matter composing
his body became polarised differently, and his consciousness being
focussed upon the unity, he was above the stellar ruling which acts
through the differing parts ; having become higher than the forces
which act upon the plane of separation and differentiation, and
being clothed with a solar body, he was thus Master of all the starry
influences—because his life was God's life, therefore God's life was
his life.
He had indeed " reversed his spheres." No thought left his
mind unless directed, no word escaped his mouth that was not chosen.
No desire was left in him, save service to his fellows, and he was
thus fit to be entrusted with the keys of life and death. To the true
astrologer Aries, Capricorn, Taurus, Scorpio—all the signs—would
only be seen as the same unity acting variously on the plane of differ-
entiation ; squares and sesquiquadrates would be viewed as favour-
ably as trines and sextiles; for the same great life is pouring into all.
And, mark, the illuminate could see no one and nothing outside of or
apart from that life !
To rule our stars we must reverse our spheres ; to reverse our
spheres we must meditate, for the action of the heart is needed. We
shall then begin to desire to know that God whose splendour and
 RULING OUR STARS IO5

majesty is set forth in our wonderful symbology. For a long time we

have been admiring His handiwork, it is true; but how many of us—
how few, rather—have sought the touch of His life !
No one can do this for us. Each man is unto himself, absolutely,
the Way, the Truth, and the Life. And if we would be masters of
destiny, then we must give time, effort and trouble daily to this task;
letting nothing interfere with it.
We make time for all we think we need—for the wants of the
perishing body, for example, feeding, clothing and ministering to it
with the utmost assiduity. We make supreme efforts to satisfy that
clamouring desire-nature which makes us grasp with avidity at the
mere empty shadows of life. And yet in doing this we crucify the
Christ within us daily, we stifle the real man, the man " eternal in the
heavens," for some trifling temporary gratification of the unreal man,
the personality; and that astrologer alone is worthy of his office who
teaches students how to " reverse their spheres," for that knowledge
alone is vital.
We can each one of us begin at once, here and now, to rule our
stars if we desire to do so. The way to freedom from the Wheel
of Necessity is by the way of the Christ, for it is verily true that,
as the Christ in Jesus said, " No one cometh to the Father save
through Me." The way to liberation is through meditation.
If anyone feels this article appeal to the higher life within him,
let him make a supreme effort for one year to set aside a quarter of an
hour at least in the early morning—it must be done on first rising—
for meditation. Let him reverently think of the great Logos whose
manifestations he is so interested in, and then say inaudibly and
intently—"I am that; teach me of the Spirit." Let him hold his
mind still, by the power of the will, and think upon the great
planetary Spirits. If he is a Venus person, of the great Star Angel
Anael or Venus ; if born under Jupiter, let him think of Jupiter, and
so on, whatever his ruling planet may be, trying all the time to realise
he is a part of that mighty planetary spirit. Let him then pray,
trying to think of himself as within the centre of His being, and
seeking within himself for light, wisdom, and truth. In this way he
can and will be helped by those Mighty^ Ones whose duty it is to
fan the flame of spirit, and thus quicken evolution in all.
The reason for meditation which should appeal to the practical
io6 MODERN ASTROLOGY

and scientific brain, is this; Thought is vibration, and meditation of

this kind means that the vibratory force becomes so rapid that the
coarser particles of matter are daily shaken out of our bodies—whether
physical, astral or mental—and, as " nature abhors a vacuum," finer
matter pours in to replace it. So, as time passes by, in practice con-
joined with knowledge, we gradually find we have altered our
mental body, our desire body and our physical body. And thus the
same planetary vibrations no longer affect us as formerly ; that which
once made us violently angry passes us by. We are differently polarised,
thus responding only to the higher vibrations, and as we refine
our bodies more and more we shall in time fail to respond to many of
the stellar influences that once compelled us. We have changed ouv
ckaracteys, and we have changed the quality of the matter we are
working through; and, exactly to the extent we have done so, we
have overcome our stars!
Therefore, then, is meditation so important. But it must be done
regularly, or that coarser matter which was about to drop away will
settle back again. At the end of a year, if we faithfully persevere,
we shall find certain changes have come about in ourselves, we shall
find ourselves less impulsive and with greater power of thought and
of self-control. If, realising the good that has been wrought by our
habit of meditation, we resolutely go on, giving longer and longer
time to it (perhaps even exercising some self-denial by getting up
earlier to do this), presently the Christ that lies sleeping in the heart
will awaken, and a new consciousness will be experienced.
To become conscious, even for a few fleeting moments of time,
of God's life within us, means the beginning of the reversal of our
spheres. For the force that then attracts us is centripetal instead of
centrifugal; and we then begin to unfold our own divinity, which is
wisdom and divine power. It is true sorrow may fall upon or mis-
fortune assail us, but our attitude towards these experiences has
altered from what it was before. We realise that, while we are paying
past debts, we are not making any fresh chains to bind us. And
when our past ignorance drops from us like a garment, and more and
more of the light of wisdom is able to shine through the vehicles
which we have been assiduously " cleaning up," we shall find destiny
behind us and freedom—perfect freedom—before us!
Bessie Leo.
 Umfwfc daotcrk 1linohile&g£

By Resurgam, Fra. R.R. et A.C.

Undiscovered Worlds.—Occult tradition avers that Initiates have

always known of the existence of worlds other than those described
by exoteric astronomy ; but it is only since the middle of the nineteenth
century that they have made known any authoritative statements
thereon. Esoteric science now asserts that there are not only three
or four comparatively large planets, besides many of minor rank, and
all of the telluric degree of matter, yet to be discovered within our
solar system ; but also a considerable number of ethereal worlds, so
finely substanced as to be invisible to natural vision, however aided
by the telescope or the photographic plate.
Esoteric Theosophy (the secret teachings of H. P. Blavatsky,
afterwards given to the Inner Section of her Order) declares : " The
Moon and the Sun are substitutes for secret planets; for the Sun is
not a planet, and the Moon is a dead one. Sol stands for an invisible
trans-Mercurial planet, nearer the Sun than Mercury : and the other
is also unseen, and became invisible at the end of the Third Race." -
The earliest Theosophical publication concerning the ethereal
orbs is contained in Esoteric Buddhism, 1883, where those belonging to
our chain of worlds are mentioned; the subject being still further
developed, though with startling discrepancies of detail, in the Secret
Doctrine, 1888, and the Growth of the Soul, 1896. The former and
latter works declare that four out of our planetary septenary are
ethereal; the remaining volume asserts that six are ethereal, grouped
in pairs of three different degrees of substance.
Five Years of Theosophy teaches : " Another point most emphatically
denied by the Adepts is that there exist in the whole range of visible
heavens any spaces void of starry worlds ; there are stars, worlds,
and systems within as without the systems made visible to man ; and
even within our own atmosphere " (1885, p. 246).
The Secret Doctrine argues : " The true Eastern occultist will
108 MODERN ASTROLOGY
maintain that, whereas there are many yet undiscovered planets in our
system, Neptune does not belong to it: his apparent connection with
our Sun, and the influence of the latter upon Neptune notwithstanding.
This connection is mayavic, imaginary, they say. Nor do the
two last discovered great planets depend* entirely on the Sun, like the
rest of the planets; otherwise how explain the fact that Neptune
receives 900 times less light than our Earth, and Uranus 390 times
less ? There are a great number of planets, small and large,
that have not been discovered yet ; but of the existence of which
ancient astronomers, all of them initiated Adepts, must have certainly
been aware. But as their relation to the gods was sacred, it had to
remain arcane ; as also the names of various other planets and stars.
Besides our own septenary chain of world planets there are
many more in the solar system. The planet for which the
Sun is a ' substitute ' was still nearer the Sun than Mercury now is,
and was one of the most secret and highest planets : it is said to have
become invisible at the close of the Third Race. All the
visible planets placed in our solar system by astronomers, belong to
it, except Neptune" (1888, I. 102, 575-6, 654: 1897, III. 462, 563).
Between the esoteric and exoteric teachings of H. P. Blavatsky
concerning the planet that " became invisible," there is a discrepancy,
which I cannot solve.
The solar relations of Uranus and Neptune have proved a vtxata
quasiio among Theosophists, who have challenged the statements of
Blavatsky in two opposite directions. While W. Q. Judge maintained
that both these planets belonged to another solar system than our
own, and consequently ignored them in his astrologicalf calculations,
the Growth of the Soul upholds the current astronomical view, with the
additional information that there is one other planet, Vulcan, within
the orbit of Mercury, and two beyond that of Neptune, thus making
eleven in all, revolving round our Sun. Concerning the extra-
Neptunian planets we read : " One of them may, ultimately, be dis-
covered by ordinary means ; the outermost lies far beyond the range

• T. L. Harris explains this in the case of the extra-Neptunian planet Melodia :

see the Lifting of the Veil, by Respiro.
f He drew a figure for 10.45 a.m., November 10th. 1888, the time of sailing
from New York, to see if it showed an accident, but a phenomenally quick voyage,
the latter not being apparent. I found Uranus in Libra in gth house, in trine with
Luna, sextile with Saturn and Venus, square with Mars, sesquiquadrate with
Neptune
 VERIFIED ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE log
of physical instruments. The two outer planets are at dis-
tances from the centre of the system which continue to observe what
is called in astronomy ' Bode's law.' Thus, without having yet dis-
covered either of them, we know that the radius of the orbit in which
the outermost of all is moving, is something over 10,000 million miles.
. Bode's law should give it [Vulcan] a distance from the
central orb of something like thirty millions of miles" (1896, pp.
271-2, 276). But herein lies a triple error, as will be seen later.
The denial of a void was taught by Hermes Trismegistus. On
the mystical sepulchre of Christian Rosenkreutz was inscribed Nequa-
qttatn Vacuum. In the Arcana of Christianity, T. L. Harris writes;
" The saying that ' Nature abhors a vacuum,' should be rendered,
' God permits no vacuum ' (1858, I., par. 554).
As Uranus has made a revolution and a half since its discovery,
(or rediscovery) in 1781, its dependence upon our Sun is demonstrated.
Neptune has not yet completed its revolution since its discovery in
1846; but the fact that Adams and Leverrier predicted, almost
simultaneously, the spot where it would be found, basing their calcu-
lations on the recognised laws of our solar system, argues that the
hypothesis of Blavatsky is a fallacy; and this is now confirmed by
the demonstration that it was seen, in its proper place, on May 8th
and 10th, 1795, though unrecognised.
The Oriental doctrine is corroborated, in essentials, by Western
psychics. " Charubel" wrote, April 14th, 1897, that he had in-
dependently discovered two extra-Neptunian planets several years
previously. " One was Of-0; the other La Crotx, or rather the
Mundane Cross. I have the revolution of both, so that any student
may test their influence for himself. Of-O performs its revolution
around the Sun in 297 years, which is i0i2'44" yearly. At the hour of
my birth, November gth, 1826, at 7 a.m., in the latitude of Montgomery,
Of-O was in my Ascendant, in the twelfth degree of Scorpio. La
Croix was in the twelfth degree of Capricornus. La Croix revolves
round the Sun in 340 years and four months. The nature of Of-O is
to give longevity and magnetic power ; it is of the nature of this Earth,
fertile, and a grand benefic. La Croix is of the higher properties of
Mars, and gives spiritual victory."
" Charubel" gives further information in Modern Astrology,
August, 1905, p. 351.
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" The following are the positions and natures of certain

transcendental Suns, as^situated at the time of my birth, November
gth, 1826.
Virgo 1200 Benefic Period of revolution 2,540 yrs.
Leo 22 Benefic Mercurial „ ,, 2,200 ..
Taurus 22°0 Benefic Like Venus and Mercury „ „ 2.000 ,,
Virgo 11 0 Benefic Magical, like the planet Ov „ „ 2,100 ,,
Pisces 140 Malefic Black Magic „ „ 3,600 ,,
Virgo 13 I}) Magical ,, „ 4,100 ,,
Taurus 16°0 (?) Magical „ ,, 5,700 „
Leo 7 Benefic Sublime: rules the greater
good; gives prophetic
inspiration and fills the soul
with a glow of light „ p 7,000
Cancer 1500 Benefic Partially like Uranus ,, „ 8,700 „
Pisces 180 Benefic Partially like Neptune 10,200 ,,
Virgo 16 Benefic For worldly good: treasure ,, w (?) ,,
Undiscovered Planets.—The next after Neptune is the +. Its
revolution around the Sun takes 340 years, 42 days, its mean annual
motion being i03'32" ; its position on the above date was Capricornus
12° and is therefore about Aries 70 at the present time. It is the
spiritual counterpart of Mars, and "gives spiritual victory. The next
in order I call Ov, and was in or near Scorpio 130 at the date given
above : it is a benefic and gives longevity ; its period of revolution I
do not know."
The discrepancies between these statements are probably due to
loss of memory, arising from the great age of the seer. The eighth of
the transcendental Suns is on the place of my Moon, the last on the
place of my Sun, and the ninth close to my mid-heaven.
In Clothed with the Sun, 1889, there is given a vision of Anna
Kingsford, dated July 23rd, 1877, who saw nine satellites of Jupiter,
four only being then known to exoteric science.
The Soul of Things records how, on January 7th, 1870, Denton's
psychometriser perceived an intra-Mercurial planet in its early
stage of evolution. "It is about one-eighth as large as Mercury,
is uninhabited, and entirely volcanic. Though sufficiently adhesive
to keep together, it is rather liquid than solid. As I see it moving
round the Sun, I can perceive large and small portions of matter, here
and there, in constant motion, alternately attracted by and repelled
from the planet; something like a number of balls tossed by a
juggler. The planet gathers up floating particles of matter, appar-
ently, as it proceeds. There are no indications of life whatever, not
even of vegetable life (1873, III., 155).
 VERIFIED ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE III
But these revelations, both of the East and the West, had been
already anticipated, and in some respects transcended, by T. L.
Harris. In the Lyric of the Morning Land, 1855, he writes of the " four
bright spheroids" of Mars. The Epic of the Starry Heaven, 1854;
the Lyric of the Golden Age, 1855; Regina, i860; and the Wisdom of the
Adepts, 1884, par. 472, affirm the existence, not merely of eleven, but
of twelve, great telluric planetsconnected with our Sun. An ethereal
planet was for the first time depicted in the Lyric of the Golden Age.
The Arcana of Christianity states: " There are orbs between Mercury
and the Sun which form a chain, and are called the Sisterhood ; but
they are aromal and not terrestrial, nor can external astronomy dis-
cover them. . . . There is a planet beyond the orbit of Oceanus in our
system . . . called Melodia. There are two other planets beyond
it, of similar peculiarities in essentials, but very different in particulars.
Melodia is a large planet, about 50,000 of our miles in circumference.
. There are more than 1,000 planets in our solar system at the
present day, varying in diameter from 500 miles to a maximum of the
largest orb known by external astronomers. Of these, the aromal
planets constitute nearly all; and they are invisible until the vision
is opened in the degree of the aromal light, when a new superstructure
will be erected upon the present astronomical edifice" (1858, I., pars.
98) 531) 554)- The same volume also describes both aromal and
terrestrial planets of other solar systems, as well as stars yet exoteri-
cally unknown. The Herald of Light mentions the " aromal Sun" of
the "internal spaces of the natural world" (1861, V. 463). The
Wisdom of the Adepts describes the Saturnian ring as " in reality a five-
fold zone " (par. 435): again, of the ethereal planets, " there are many
planets formed in lines of substance that are not visible to the opaque
natural sight; they lie as the eggs in the roe of a fish, connected by
films of intercommunication; , . through this, as a clearer
medium, not only are visible the usual procession of the planets and
stars which have an ultra-material formation ; but other lines of con-
stellations sweep into vision, suns and systems formed in nature's
finer density " (pars. 461, 508): while Vulcan is first specifically
alluded to in par. 867.
The Eastern and Western schools of occultism thus differ as to
the number of the great telluric planets of our solar system: but
twelve harmonises with the twelve principal divisions of the zodiac
112 MODERN ASTROLOGY

one planet corresponding to each sign ; just as possibly there are

720 asteroids, two corresponding to each degree. The asteroids are
obviously excluded from the above numeration of " over 1,000,"
seeing that the largest, Ceres, is but 485 miles, and the vast majority
only from ten to thirty miles, in diameter.
Bode's law is shown by the following table, in which our earth's
solar distance is represented by ten, the asteroids being here considered
as equivalent to one large planet:
Planets Mercury Venus Earth Mars Asteroids Jupiter Saturn Uram
Geometrical Series 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192
+ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Resultant Distances 4 7 10 16 28 52 too 196
Actual Distances 3.9 72 10 15.2 various 529 95-4 191.
W. Peck,- in his Popular Handbook and Atlas of Astronomy, writes :
" According to calculation it was supposed that Neptune revolved at
a distance nearly twice that of Uranus in accordance with the law.
Bode's law, though approximately accurate for all the other
planets, entirely failed in the case of Neptune: and, instead of re-
volving at double the distance of Uranus, the new planet made a com-
plete circuit of its orbit in nearly double the period of Uranus' revolution,
Neptune, therefore, revolves round the Sun at an average distance of
about thirty times that of our earth : or over 2,800 millions of miles,
and in a period of about 164 years ; instead of 3,600 millions or 217
years respectively, as it would have done if obeying Bode's law "
(1890, p. 59). Hypotheses, concerning the solar distance of undis-
covered planets, based upon Bode's law, are therefore fallacious.
His geometrical series, commencing with Mercury as zero, makes no
provision for calculating the distance of any planet within the orbit of
the latter. The solar distances of Mercury and Venus being thirty-six
million and sixty-seven million miles respectively, no possible adapta-
tion of the law could show that of Vulcan to be thirty millions; and
reckoning our Earth's distance as ninety-two millions, it would, if still
operative, make that of the second extra-Neptunian planet 14,168
millions instead of 10,000 millions. The calculations in the Growth of
the Soul are most erroneous.
These esoteric teachings have already been verified to a consider-
able extent, by the discoveries, or at least by the highly probable
calculations, of exoteric astronomers.
[Tt be continued)
 Jfour tEltra-Heptunian planets

Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe, whose paper on " Manvantaras and

Yugas" we printed in our last issue, has forwarded data of four
" undiscovered" planets whose orbits lie outside that of Neptune,
the outermost of the planets known to ordinary science. We hope
later to be able to furnish particulars of the considerations which
have led to the postulation of those planets, their periods, and to their
allocation in the particular degrees assigned to them. We under-
stand that their positions, etc., have been arrived at from a purely
astronomical method of working, and those who are interested in such
matters might in the meantime study a pamphlet by the same author,
dealing with two hypothetical planets whose orbits lie within that of
Mercury.* It may be presumed that the author has some degree of
confidence in the positions he gives, since he makes use of them in
preparing his monthly monsoon forecast for a prominent Indian
paper.
As the annual motion is given, the approximate zodiacal position
of these planets for any year can, of course, easily be calculated.
Distance fram Sun (Earth = i.a) (log. distance) Period (years) (log. period)
No. i. Isis 50.606 1.704 2017 360.— 2.5563025
No. 2. Osiris 99-340 1.997 1234 990.11396 2 9956851
No. 3. —- 169.171
I 2.2283262 2200.337688 3 3424893
No. 4. 3 7-547 2.5018076 S^sS.^S 3 752 7rl4
Annual Motion (heliocentric] Longitudes (heliocentric)
No. 1. Isis i00 o' o" Jan. 1, 1906 t o00 46' —
No. 2. Osiris o0 21' 49" „ 3 1'49 '
No. 3. o0 9' 49" „ X 2800 9' 49"
No. 4. o 3' 49" „ i!E 22 5' 49"
It is to be noted that the positions given are heliocentric, but we
have represented them in signs and degrees for the convenience of
casual readers ; moreover, the heliocentric positions are for all practi-
cal purposes coincident with the geocentric since the distances are so
great, and the utmost discrepancy would be about 1° 10' in the case of
Isis (this only at certain periods of the year when approaching the

° Two Undiscovered Planets, by G. E. Sutcliffe, T.P.S., 161, New Bond Street,

paper covers, 1/6: a review of this pamphlet appears on p. 127 of Vol. X., Modern
Astrology (Old Series).
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
square of the Sun); and less still of course in the case of the other
three.*
Readers will doubtless be interested to compare the positions and
periods of these planets with those spoken of by" Charubel" on p. 351
of last volume. It will be seen that while "Isis" corresponds fairly
closely with "the +," on the other hand " Ov " does not appear to
coincide with any one of the four. Additional light will doubtless be
thrown on the matter by " Resurgam's " paper now appearing.
In answer to a letter asking if these positions were in accordance
with what is known of our planetary system by occult research,
Mr. A. P. Sinnett, the well-known author of Esoteric Buddhism and
editor of Broad Views, in the course of his courteous reply says :—" I
do not believe in four ultra-Neptunian planets. There are, I am told
on good authority, two beyond Neptune (as I explain in the chapter
on 'The system to which we belong' in The Growth of the Soul); the
nearer one may perhaps be physically discoverable, but the outer is
too far off to reflect perceptible light from the Sun, and of course has
none of its own." In comment upon the last sentence, it may be as
well to add that so far as we are aware none of the four are reported
to have been seen, and we believe their positions have been deduced
from purely mathematical considerations.
Mr. Sutcliffe points out that these four, with Adonis and Vulcan,
the intra-Mercurial planets already mentioned, bring the total up to
14, which he considers to represent the 14 hierarchies. He groups
them in the following manner:—
Vulcan Venus I Earth Uranus ^Neptune
Mercury Mars Isis
A donis Jupiter Osiris
Saturn No. 3
No. 4
5
corresponding to the first five digits in the value of jt.
As astrologers we are chiefly concerned with the practical
question of discovering the influence of these planets, if really in the
degrees assigned, and in this matter all readers can help by applying

* Those who desire accuracy, however, may use the formula given on p. 73 of
Astrology for All, Part II., being careful to see that the "angle of elongation" is
correctly added to or subtracted from the Sun's geocentric longitude. The difference
between geoc. long. Q and helioc. long, planet constitutes " A," (the lesser being
taken from the greater), it should be noted.
 FOUR ULTRA-NEPTUNIAN PLANETS "5
their positions to nativities, etc., and taking note of the times when
extraordinary events occur.
For instance, at the time of the recent remarkable—indeed
unprecedented—disaster at Charing Cross railway station, to wit,
3.45 p.m, s/ia/'os, the Moon was in T304i', in opposition to Osiris
in ^302' and square to Uranus in l/SZ0!' '■ this seems rather more
than a coincidence, to say the least of it.
Again, " Isis " and " Osiris " are approaching their opposition,
which will be complete about 1909.Is it not reasonable to look to
this as some explanation of the quite unprecedented wave of occult
thought and general mental quickening through which we are now
passing, and which hardly seems as if it can be wholly due to the
opposition of Uranus and Neptune just at hand, since the last
opposition of these latter planets, in 1736, does not seem to furnish
a parallel altogether, in spite of the fact that it took place from
mental signs (^ - n 28°) ?
In this connection it may be pointed out that "Osiris" and
"No. 3" were in opposition about 1881, so that we have been
passing from one opposition to another, so to speak.

Fourier's Table of Harmonies (Vol. XV., p. 38). Here is one of

Fourier's tables taken from " The Doctrines of Charles Fourier," by Parke
Godwin. New York, 1844.
Number Passions Colours Curves Notes Metals
1. Addition, Friendship, Violet, Circle, ut, Iron.
2. Division, Love, Azure, Ellipse, mi, Pewter.
3. Subtraction, Familism, Yellow, Parabola, sol, Lead.
4. Multiplication, Ambition, Red, Hyperbola, si, Copper.
5. Progression, Cabalist, Indigo, Spiral, re, Silver.
6. Proportion, Papillon, Green, Conchoid, fa, Platina.
7. Logarithms, Composite, Orange, Logarithmic, la, Gold.
Y powers. Unityism. White. Cycloid. ut. Mercury
Favouritism. Black. Epicyloid. But.
Y is the sign of the direct pivot. ^ is the sign of the indirect pivot.
Notes and Queries
Two Sandersons.—The daily papers for November 25th announced the
death of Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, formerly Professor of Physiology and
Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford, and the approaching retirement of
Sir Thomas Sanderson, G.C.B., Permanent Under Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.
* The previous opposition took place in the days of the Black Prince, when
the ■' Prince of Wales's feathers" and their famous motto Ich dim were first
transferred to English royalty.
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Jnbian ^.strologg

By A. Fazulbhoy, B.A.

VI. Ashataka Vargas

I give below several tables known as Ashataka Varga tables, or

tables of benefic and malefic places of planets. These places should
be ascertained with reference to the planetary positions at the time of
birth. The usefulness of such tables consists in that they enable us
to know when a particular planet will exercise benefic influence and
A.V table of The Son
Houses:— i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii viii. ix. X. xi. xii.
from.
O b b VI b m m b b b b b m
D m VI b m m b VI m m b b m
m m b m b b VI VI b b b b
m m m m b b VI VI VI m VI b
d* b b VI b VI VI b b b b b 7)1
m m VI m b b VI VI b VI b VI
b b VI b m VI b b b b b m
A sc. VI VI b b VI b m m VI b b b
A V. TABLE of The Moon
Houses.— i ii. iii. iv. V. vi. vii. viii. ix. X. xi. xii.
from.
D b VI b VI VI b b VI VI b b VI
5 b VI b b b VI b b VI b b m
? m VI b b b m b m b b b m
d1 m b b VI b b m VI b b b VI
n b VI m b VI VI b b VI b b b
h m VI b VI b b VI VI VI VI b 7n
o VI VI b VI VI b b b m b b m
Asc. m VI b VI VI b m VI m b b VI
A.V. TABLE OF Mercury
Houses:— i. ii. iii. iv. V. vi. vii. viii. ix. X. xi. xii.
from.
5 b m b m b b VI b m b b VI
? b b b b b VI m b b m b m
d1 b b m b VI VI b b b b b Vi
11 VI m m m m b m b m m b b
b b m b VI m b b b b b m
O VI VI VI m b b m m b VI b b
D m b VI b m b m m vt b b rn
Asc. b b m b m b m b m b b m
 INDIAN ASTKOLOGV 117
A.V. table of Venus
Houses :— i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. X. xi. xii.
from.
b b b b b 771 771 b b b b m
<f m m b 771 b b 771 m b 771 b b
U m m 771 771 b 771 771 b b b b 771
m m b b b 771 771 b b b b 771
O m m 771 771 771 771 771 b 771 771 b b
D b b b b b m 771 771 771 771 b b
5 m m b 771 b b 771 771 b 771 b 771
Asc. b b b b b 771 VI b b 771 b 771
A.V, table op Mars
Houses]:— i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. X. xi. xii.
from.
S b b 771 b 771 771 b b 771 b b 771
n m m 771 771 771 b 771 771 771 b b b
b m m b 771 771 b b b b b 771
0 m m b 771 b b m 771 771 b b 771
D m m b 771 771 b 771 VI 771 771 b 771
s m m b 771 b b 771 771 VI 771 b 771
m m 771 771 771 b 771 b 771 771 b b
Asc. b m b 77% VI b Vt 771 771 b b 771
A.V. TABLE OF Jdpiter
Houses:— i. ii. iii. iv. V. vi. vii. viii. ix. X. xi. xii.
from.
n b b b b 771 771 b b 771 b b 771
*? m 7)1 b 771 b b 771 771 771 771 771 b
0 b b b b 771 m b b b b b 771
D m b 771 771 b m b 771 b 771 b 771
S b b 771 b b b 771 VI b b b 771
? m b 771 ?7t b b 771 771 b b b 771
. tf b b 771 b 771 771 b b VI b b 771
Asc. b b 7/1 b b b b 771 b b b 771
A.V. TABLE OF Satdrn
Houses:— i. ii. iii. iv. V. vi. vii. viii. IX. X. xi. xii.
from.
h m 7)1 b m b h 771 771 771 771 b 771
O b b 771 b 771 771 b b 771 b 771
D m 771 b 771 771 b 771 771 771 711 b 771
5 m 771 771 771 771 b 771 b b b b
? m m 771 771 771 b 771 771 771 771 b b
«? m 771 b 771 b b 771 771 771 b b
V- m 771 771 771 b b 771 771 771 771 b b
Asc. b 771 b b 771 b 771 771 VI b b 771
when malefic. Provided the Ashataka Varga figures* (abbreviated
into A.V. figures) of all the planets be prepared, the astrologer can
at a glance see what influences are operating at a particular period of
life. The planets, while passing through their exaltation or friendly
signs, or through the signs ruled by them, are much strengthened if

* I intentionally use this word lor reasons which will become clear later on.
 ii8 MODERN ASTROLOGY

these signs happen to be more benefic than malefic. Similarly in the

hostile signs or signs of detriment and fall, their evil influence will be
aggravated or lessened according as the malefic or benefic tendency
preponderates in the A.V. figures. This part may be compared to
the system of directing in the Western method, in so far as it relates
to predictive judgments.
In the tables given here I have put a & or m to show the benefic or
malefic places. The first line shows these places from the position of
the planet himself, the next six from other planets, and the last from
the Ascendant. The letters stand under the houses and opposite to
the planets from whose positions the nature of the A.V. places of the
planet under consideration is to be determined. It should be remem-
bered that in each case the house in which the planet is placed must
be taken as the first house, e.g., in the A.V. table of the Sun, the first

Kasi Kundli A.V. figure of Mars

Fig. i Fig. 2
line shows that the first, second, fourth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth,
and eleventh houses from himself are his benefic places; the same
houses from Mars, too, are the benefic places of the Sun. But it does
not follow that in both cases the same houses will be obtained (unless
Sun and Mars are in the same sign) because in the latter case the
" first" house is that in which the planet Mars is.
The strong tendency of the Indian astrologers is to represent
every such particular in the form of astrological figures. We have
 INDIAN ASTROLOGY ng

seen this tendency before in case of the Dasvarga or ten dignities.

There, too, it is customary to erect several figures which at a glance
show the planets in their respective dignities. To explain the method
of erecting A.V. figures, I shall work an example in detail. Suppose
the following to be the Rasi Kundli, from which the A.V. figure of
Mars is to be prepared. {Fig. r.)
Mars is here in the eleventh house, which is occupied by the
tenth sign of the zodiac, Capricorn. In the A.V. table of Mars we
find that his benefic places are the first, second, fourth, seventh,
eighth, tenth, and eleventh houses from himself, that is to say,
signs Capricorn, Aquarius, Aries, and so on. But these signs are
beneficial with reference to his position alone, and it is probable that
some of these places will become malefic with reference to remaining
planets and the Ascendant. Hence his benefic and malefic places

Mars (after T.S. reduction) Mars (after T.S. and P.H. reduction)

Pig- 3 P'g- 4

from each planet must be ascertained, and the results added; the
majority determining the dominating tendency of the planet's influence
in different signs. These results are tabulated below, (p. 120) the
planets being shown below the signs they occupy in the second line.
The Indian astrologers generally use a short line to show the
benefic places, and dots to denote malefic ones. I give these places
of Mars in a figure, according to Indian method. {Fig. 2.)
This figure shows what will be the intensity of benefic and
 120 MODERN ASTROLOGY
malefic influence of Mars, while passing through each sign of the
zodiac. For instance, while he is passing through the sign Aries his
benefic effects will be f and the malefic f, in other words, in this case
the evil influence will predominate to the extent of
Usually in the A.V. figures the benefic places only are shown,
the malefic places being the difference between eight and the number
of benefic lines. In sorae cases even the lines, too, are dispensed
with, only the number of total benefic places being given.
The reason of showing the benefic places only, on the face of a
figure, is that from the number of these benefic places some important
events of life are predicted. But before such predictions can be made
the numbers are subject to two reductions. These are known as
Triplicity Signs Reduction, and Planetary House Reduction.
V3 sr Asc. T « n (B Jl nR lit t
xf O D S V >2
b b m b in in b b III h b hi
0 b b m in in b in b b m in m
D VI m b in m m b 111 m b HI in
5 m VI b lit m m b m b b 111 HI
? b b in in 111 111 m b in b III III
y. m m m b b b in in in 111 111 b
h b m m b b b b b 111 b III in
Asc. b in b m b in in b in in tit b
Total b's, 5 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 2 5 I 2
Total m's, 3 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 6. 3 7 6
I. Triplicity Signs Reduction. As the name indicates, this
reduction is to be made from the numbers in the signs of each
triplicity. The signs are taken into four groups, and the numbers in
each group are reduced according to following rules :—
1. If the numbers (of benefic places), in the signs of each triplicity be
not equal to one another, deduct from each the smallest of the three
numbers, but if the numbers be equal, a full reduction should be made.
2. If any one sign of the triplicity be without any benefic line, i^., if
the number be zero, no reduction should be made in the lines of the other
signs.
3. If any two signs in a triplicity be devoid of benefic lines, the full
reduction should be made in the lines of the remaining sign.
II. Planetary House Reduction. For this reduction the
signs are taken in pairs, just as for the first reduction they were taken
in triplicities. Those signs are taken into pairs which are ruled by
the same planet. As one sign each is assigned to the two luminaries,
no reduction should be made from the numbers in these signs. This
reduction depends on the presence or absence of planets in the signs.
 INDIAN ASTROLOGY 121
i. If there be no planets in the two signs under consideration then, (a)
if the numbers in the signs be unequal, the larger one should be made equal
to the smaller one, (6) if the numbers be equal a reduction in full should be
made from each.
3. If one house only be occupied and the numbers be unequal, then,
if the number in the house unoccupied be greater it should be made equal
to the other; but if equal or smaller it should be removed.
3. If the number in any one sign of a pair be zero, the number in the
other should not be reduced, whether or not there be any planet in such a
sign-
4. No reduction should be made, if both the houses are strengthened
by planetary presence.
Now we shall make these reductions from the A.V. figure of Mars
given before.
T.S. Reduction. The numbers in the signs of the fiery triplicity
are 3, 5, and 2 respectively. The smallest number is 2, which should
be deducted from each according to Rule I., hence the numbers will
be 1, 3 and o. Similarly the numbers of the earthy triplicity, which
are 3, 2 and 5, will become 1, o and 3. Those of the two remaining
triplicities, after the reduction, will remain o, 2, o, and 3, o, 2,
respectively. The A.V. figure of Mars after this reduction will be as
shewn in Fig. 3 (p. 119).
P.H. Reduction.—This reduction should always be made after the
first. Let us first take the houses of Mars, viz., Aries and Scorpio.
There is no planet in Scorpio, while there is Sun in Aries, but as one
of the numbers is zero no redaction is made. Owing to the same
reason the numbers in the signs ruled by Jupiter and Saturn, viz.,
Sagittarius, Pisces, Capricorn and Aquarius, are not reduced. Both
the houses of Mercury are devoid of any number, so there is no neces-
sity for any reduction. As for the houses of Venus, both being
strengthened by planetary presence, the numbers in them do not
suffer any reduction. These rules, as has been said above, do not
apply to Cancer and Leo. Fig. 4 shows the A.V. figure of Mars
after this final reduction.
In similar manner A.V. figures of other planets should be
prepared and reduced. From these final figures many important pre-
dictions can be made. I shall describe as illustration, a few of the
uses of these A.V. figures ; but I shall necessarily have to be brief, as
the subject is very wide, regular treatises existing about it. In the
following explanations, " original numbers " mean the numbers of
I 22 MODERN ASTROLOGY

benefic lines in the A.V. figure of a planet, before reductions, " final
numbers " mean the numbers remaining after the two reductions.
Add the final numbers in the several houses of the A.V. figure of
the Sun, and multiply the total by the original number in the eighth
house. If this is divided by twelve, the remainder will give the
number of the sign from Aries, through which (or, through the sign
of the same triplicity), when the sun passes the person will die in the
year of his death; that is to say, this will give the month of the year
in which death will occur.
In the A.V. figures of the Moon, multiply the total of the final
numbers by the original number in the fourth house. Divide by
twenty-seven, and the remainder will be the number of the lunar
asterism through which when Saturn passes, the person's mother will
be threatened by some calamity, and if other testimonies concur, she
may even die.
In the A.V. figures of Saturn and Mars, add the original numbers
in the signs between the Ascendant and the planet, and those
between the planet and the twelfth house. These will denote the
years in which the person will be unfortunate.
When Venus passes through those signs which have the largest
number in her final A.V. figure, the person will get wealth, honour,
etc., and will be happy in his relations with the opposite sex.
These remarks will equally apply to Jupiter about the good
promised by him.
(To be continued)

" Seek in the heart the source oi evil, and expunge it."—Light on the Path.
" When to the Permanent is sacrificed the Mutable, the prize is thine;
the drop returneth whence it came."—The Voice of the Silence.
" The right and sweet come unto a mortal, the wise sifts the two and
sets them apart. For right unto sweet the wise one preferreth; the fool
taketh sweet to hold and retain."—Kathopanishad.
" G row as the flower grows, unconsciously, but eagerly anxious to open
its soul to the air."—Light on the Path.
" Injury from without is but the reaction of aggression from within."—
The Building of Character.
" Know the Self as the Lord of the chariot, the body as only the car;
kuowalsothe Reason as Driver, the reins astheimpulsestoo."—Kafhopaitishad.
 123

IKegenbs of tljt (Sraal

The High History of the Holy Graal* whose earliest fragmentary

manuscript is regarded by Dr. Sebastian Evans as dating from the
thirteenth century, is replete with quaint allegories and " riddles
darkly revealed." That the strange fantastic exploits chronicled
therein had a deeper meaning than at first would appear is hinted at
again and again. For example, when Messire Gawain comes to the
Castle of Inquest, " the Master of the priests that was right ancient "
interprets certain episodes in the knight's career. Yet in the very
interpretation there are meanings within meanings or, as the old book
has it, " more riddles and darker," and when the knight would know
the secret of the fountain in the forest with its two vessels of gold (an
apparent Aquarian symbol) the interpretation is withheld: " for
behoveth not discover the secrets of the Saviour, and them also to
whom they are committed behoveth keep them covertly." Sir
Gawain had not yet won the right to know the deepest mysteries, a
guerdon belonging only to Sir Perceval, the only perfect and chaste
knight.
Turning Castle
In the later adventures of this old-world romance there is the
curious legend of the Turning Castle, a story which when divested of its
quaint imagery, reminds one of certain truths familiar to many of us
of later days. The legend opens with an account of the Castle of
Great Endeavour as the three knights, Perceval, Lancelot and
Gawain, saw it from the plain country. " It was set in a right fair
meadow-land and was surrounded of great running waters and girded
of high walls, and had within great halls with windows. They draw
nigh the castle and see it turneth all about faster than the wind may
run and it had at the top the archers of crossbows of copper that
draw their shafts so strong that no armour in the world might avail
against the stroke thereof. . . And under the gateway were
lions and bears chained, that roared with so passing great might and
* T/ie High History of the Holy Graal, translated from the French by Sebastian
Evans.
124 MODERN ASTROLOGY
fury that all the ground and valley resounded thereof." Further we
read that " it was prophesied that the castle should not cease turning
until such a time as the knight should come thither that should have
a head of gold, the look of a lion, a heart of steel, conditions without
wickedness, the valour of a man and faith and belief of God." This
was Sir Perceval, the Good Knight, in whom we may see the Man of
the higher Aquarius, the one who in another system of symbology
stays the Wheel of Births. His two companions, though sharing
with him the title of " the best knights," are warned that they may
not enter the Turning Castle, so the Good Knight "smiteth with his
sword at the gate so passing strongly that he cut a good three fingers
into a shaft of marble. The lions and the beasts that were chained to
guard the gate slink away into their dens and the castle stoppeth at
once. The archers cease to shoot." The knight enters and Messires
Lancelot and Gawain turn back thoughtful and all heavy for that
they may not pass into the castle. Perceval, having stayed the castle
and released the inhabitants from fear of death and the false knight
that was their foe, is reminded that he must not tarry while the
Knight of the Dragon lives, " for the longer you tarry the more lands
will he desolate and the more folk will he slay."
But we will not stay to recount his strange yet joyous task for
others, how he slays the fiery dragon and wins the Circlet of Gold, for
time presses and we must see what happens when Perceval reaches
the Castle of the Holy Graal.

The Lions of the Gateway

One day the Chaste Knight comes to the house of his uncle, King
Hermit, who interprets for him the meaning of his past adventures,
and shows him how he may wrest the Castle of the Graal from the
hands of the usurper, King of Castle Mortal. It is of interest to
notice that in this last adventure Perceval is to depend more upon
Divine power than his own, for seven and twenty knights, all chosen
and valiant men, guard the nine bridges across the moat.
"Fair nephew," saith the Hermit, "two lions are there at the
entry of the gateway, whereof the one is red and the other white.
Put your trust in the white, for he is on God's side, and look at him
whensoever your force shall fail you and he will look at you likewise
in such sort as that straightway you shall know his intent, by the will
 LEGENDS OF THE GRAAL 125
and pleasure of our Saviour. Wherefore do as you shall see that he
would, for no intent will he have save good only, and to help you, nor
may you not otherwise succeed in winning past the nine bridges."
Perceval then proceeds upon his adventures and having won the
first two bridges, " he was full spent and weary, wherefore he be-
thinketh himself of the lion, the manner whereof his uncle had told
him. Then looketh he toward the entrance of the gateway and seeth
the white lion that stood upright on his two hinder feet, for that he
was fain to see him. Perceval looketh him full between the eyes and
understandeth that the lion is minded by the will of God to do him to
wit that the knights of the third bridge are so hardy and of such
strength that they may not be overcome of a single knight and our
Lord God of his holy bounty open not the way." Then the knight,
abandoning his war-horse, mounts a white mule starred upon the fore-
head with a red cross, and carrying a banner advances with drawn
sword toward the bridge. The white lion, seeing him coming, un-
chains himself and runs amidst the defender knights and lowers the
bridge. The capture of the third and remaining bridges follows, and
" when the red lion saw how that the seventh bridge was won and
that the knights had yielded themselves up to Perceval, he leapt up
with such fury that he burst his chain as had he been wood mad. He
came to one of the knights and bit him and slew him, whereof the
white lion was full wroth, and runneth upon the other lion and teareth
him to pieces with his claws and teeth. Straightway thereafter he
raiseth himself up on his two hinder feet and looketh at Perceval and
Perceval at him."
The lion then warns the knight and gives him counsel concerning
the ninth or last bridge, whose knights cry mercy, and Perceval knows
not how to slay them that will not defend themselves, thereupon the
white lion falls upon the traitors and casts their bodies into the river.
The King of Castle Mortal, the usurper, seeing his knights captive or
slain, kills himself with his sword, and Perceval, the Best Knight,
comes into his rightful heritage, the Castle of the Holy Graal.
Elsewhere in the old book we are told that this castle has three
other names, Eden, Castle of Joy, and Castle of Souls ; that " therein
is nought wanting that is needful for the bodies of noble folk " ; and
that ithe river encircling the castle came forth from the Earthly
Paradise-
126 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Such in brief outline is the legend, an allegory of particular
interest to those born under Leo and Aquarius. The lions of the
gateway, white and red, indicate the higher and lower natures of the
sign Leo. The red or kimic lion well expresses the desire nature
that opposes the progress of the warrior soul, and ever and anon
bursts his chains " as had he been wood mad," yet in the end the
white lion (beautiful symbol of the Higher Self) overcomes and victory
is assured. Moreover the Man of the higher Aquarius, the one truly
under Uranian rule, in his mighty struggle with the principalities
and powers of darkness and of the air is taught to look for counse
and aid to the White Lion (the seventh sign from Aquarius). He,
ike Perceval, must discard his war-horse and trust in Divine strength
to overcome the subtle foes opposing him. Again, as in the crossing
of the ninth bridge, there are some the Man is loath to slay, some
cunning sin wrapped perchance in the garb of virtue, yet these last
vestiges of the self must die ere the fight is won.
These lion symbols occur frequently in the Graal romance;
sometimes there is a fierce lion attendant upon a red knight, and
these do battle with Perceval, or again, Gawain meets with a child
" that rode a lion in a hermitage, and none durst come nigh the lion
save the child only and he was not of more than six years and the
lion was^right fell," a parable of the time when the Man-child shall
rule the lower nature and tame the elemental of his household.
J. H. van S.

Harvest Months.—In some parts of the globe each month of the

year is a " season of the sickle," the season of the harvesting of the world-
wide cereal, wheat, being as follows ;
January for Australasia, Chili, and the Argentine Republic; February
for India; March (or Upper Egypt; Afril for Cuba, Mexico, Lower Egypt,
Persia, and Turkey in Asia; May for Texas, Florida, China, Japan, Northern
Africa, and Central Asia; June for California, the Southern States, Spain,
Portugal, and Italy; July for the Northern States, France, Austria, Hungary,
Bulgaria, Roumania, and Southern Russia; August for England, Belgium,
Holland, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Lower Canada, Columbia, and
Manitoba; September for Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, and Northern
Canada; October for Northern Russia; November for Southern Africa;
December for Bermuda and Hindustan. G. W. B., in Notes and Queries.
" The great and difficult victory, the conquering of the desires of the
individual soul, is a work of ages; therefore expect not to obtain its reward
until ages of experience have been accumulated."—Light on the Path.
 ®lj£ "Hcrnal (Equtnoi: a IFoKtast for 1906

When the Sun enters Aries on March 21st, at 0.53 p.m., G.M.T.,
at London Leo 50 will rise and Aries 120 culminate. The Sun and
Venus elevated, in sextile to Jupiter in the eleventh house, will prove
favourable for the sovereign and the Government; and a fair amount
of prosperity for the country generally seems to be indicated. The
revenue is likely to improve and business be satisfactory. Probably
there will be some slight lessening of taxation; but owing to the
squareof Jupiter and Saturn, too much must not be expected in that
direction this year. Saturn so near the ninth cusp suggests that
difficulties arising out of religious questions may be the source of
serious trouble, especially in their financial and educational aspects.
Parliament is likely to be active, and the Government will be strong
enough to make some headway with legislation. The difficulties that
will beset our rulers will come from Neptune in Cancer in the twelfth,
and Uranus at the opposite point; neither African nor Indian affairs
can proceed very smoothly while the opposition between these two
planets continues; and at home, Uranus in the sixth house seems to
point to army or navy matters as a continued source of trouble, while
the trine from the elevated Mars may bring reforms and changes. Irish
affairs will attract attention, as the fiery planet is in Taurus, near the
zodiacal square of the rising degree, and a good deal of contention is
like to result. Mercury is strong in the mid-heaven; literary activities,
new publishing ventures, and other matters signified by the planet
will be to the fore; educational affairs will very likely occupy the
attention of Parliament; and international treaties or negotiations
will be successful.
H. S. G.

The Parliamentary Session.—" J. W. " writes, under date of January

28th ; " In spite of the abnormal majority, the parliamentary session will be
stormy. The 6th March is a bad date for the ministry as the opposition
will make a strong attack about that time. The following week is very
favourable for the government and I anticipate that their principal measure
will be introduced about the 12th March. A fierce attack is threatened
from the 5th to gth April, so probably the second reading will then be
taken."
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There has been a great deal of speculation in the minds of astro-
logical students as to the real effect of Uranus and Neptune, not only
in individual but also in national cases, therefore the opposition now
formed between these two planets in the cardinal and tropical signs
should afford an opportunity to discover a portion of their influence.
I do not think that we should be wise in assuming that the above
figure of the heavens at the supposed time of the opposition can in
any sense be reliable and trustworthy. In the first place, are we sure
that these planets reach exact opposition at the time stated ?* More-

• The time given above, which differs somewhat from that given in Raphael's
Ephtmens, has been very carefully calculated from the geocentric longitudes as
given in the Connaissance its Temps and assumes, of course, the absolute astronomical
accuracy of that authority. The opposition in longitude and not that in right
 THE OPPOSITION OF URANUS AND NEPTUNE I2g

over, even supposing this to be the case, does a map of the heavens
represent the effects of this opposition? If so, some great upheaval
in connection with finance is evident, and one would expect from this
figure to shortly find the nation involved in another South Sea
Bubble. And if coming events cast their shadows before them, it is
not strange that we should have had a great deal of talk about Trusts
and Monopolies, nor need we wonder at the heavy expenditure
incurred by the L.C.C. and various governing bodies.
Practically speaking, then, in reading the above figure we are
chiefly concerned with the opposition per se, and as this takes place
in the first decanate of Cancer and Capricorn, the former representing
the public and the people generally, and the latter the governing
powers such as the House of Commons and those who have authority,
it is quite natural to expect a great struggle and opposition between
law and order and those who have not yet learned to respect authority.
At home it is not unreasonable to expect that this opposition will pro-
duce some mighty changes with regard to the people's general welfare.
But who are the groups of persons represented by Uranus and
Neptune? Are we to conclude that Neptune represents the man in
the street, the unemployed, the alien, and all those who are still in a
chaotic state, unable to govern themselves and unwilling to be
governed ? So far as observations have gone, it seems that the only
interpretation we can put upon this opposition is that of strife and
rebellion against the authority which it seems almost certain that
Uranus symbolises. In a word, it appears to be a revolutionary
influence, and will probably produce revolutionary tendencies amongst
nations.
Taken as the two outermost planets known to astronomers at the
present time, Neptune may be the symbol of all that is still chaotic

ascension has been computed, the data being as follow. Mean motion of 1). noon
February 28th to noon March 2nd, i'ig".2 : decrease of retrograde motion in two
days, 7".7, and ditto in 12 hours i".g25, whence mean motion of V during the twelve
hours succeeding noon on February 28th is at the rate of i'i8".238 per 48 hours.
Similarly the mean motion of iji during the same period is at the rate of 4'2i".825
per 48 hours. Since H> is Ij, and (jl D., these must be added together to give the
mean acceleration of (3 on ip during the period in question, namely 5'40".o53 per 48
hours; and the distance from opposition, at noon on the 28th, being i'2S".g, the
following proportion gives the time at which the opposition is complete : As 5'4o".o53
is to x'28".g so is 48 hours to the time required, namely, 12ft. 32m. 54.6s. p.m.,
mean time at Paris. Subtracting from this the difference of time between Paris and
London,
i gm. 20.95., we have 12ft. 23m. 33.7s. p.m., 28/2/ 06, or oh. 23m. 33.7s. a.m.,
/3/'o5, G.M.T., for which time the above approximate figure has been drawn.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

as far as consciousness is concerned, just as it is supposed that Nep-

tune represented the chaos of matter in the Cosmic sense, whilst
Uranus, the next inward planet, represents consciousness brought
into order-and separated into a perfect state of individualism.
However, all students should carefully note' anything out of the
common that may occur during the next seven years, for at the very
least estimate seven years should be the minor period in which this
opposition should act, and those who have the opportunity would do
very useful work in looking back to the time of the last opposition
(a.d. 1735-6), noting the trend of events and instituting comparisons
between the state 'of society then and now, so as to come to some
tentative conclusion regarding the approaching changes that we must
look forward to.
We have now a good opportunity of noticing the influence of
Neptune upon shipping and all that relates to the sea, for if Neptune
is god of the seas, then may we not expect great shipping disasters,
and in all probability a great naval war, while Uranus is in opposition
to Neptune in Cancer ?
There is some rumour that the present Government is going to
pay special attention to our canals. Will the result of this attention
be for good or ill ? Or does it mean some great reforms in connection
with all matters connected with the watery element ?
There is not only room for a great deal of speculation in connec-
tion with this opposition, but what is much more important a great
deal of scope for careful tabulation and individual observation. And
if every reader of this article is only sufficiently interested in finding
out the true influence of Uranus and Neptune, he or she will set to
work with a will, determined to tabulate all uncommon and peculiar
events that happen during the coming seven years. Moreover, if any
reader is fortunate enough to discover a child born at the time for
which the above map has been erected (0.24 a.m. i/^/'oS) or later on
in the day when either Neptune or Uranus was exactly upon the
ascendant, it would considerably help us in our study with regard to
these mysterious planets. For although the ancients appear to have
known a great deal concerning them, they took considerable pains to
conceal their knowledge, since we have no authentic record of the
particular influence ascribed to either. Indeed, we cannot be sure as
yet whether we even have the correct symbols.
 ®b£ ^tatbematxcal (L\jaas tn ^atibitifs

It is patent even to all who take only a cursory view of that

notorious, endless dispute and discord as to the division of the heavens
by houses and the Poles of the houses, that there must exist in it a
great amount of disorder and error to render the results so contrarious
and futile; and the close student soon finds out that this confusion
directly vitiates the whole system of primary directions. A matter
difficult and complex enough in itself has been made far worse by the
many prolix writers on it—learned indeed, and fluent, but who are
too lacking in what is most needed, the mathematical sense. It is
largely a mere phantom of the mind to them; those showy knights of
the long pen are attacking a sort of chimaera of their own making;
but entirely in vain, as plainly appears. The present writer also has
ventured to face this bogey, and (to drop the metaphor) after much
hard study of the matter, now declares that he has arrived by gradual
approaches at the sure solution of it. He presented a proof of this
in The Horoscope of July, 1904, page 210; which, though somewhat
marred in the printing, gives a rigorous and conclusive result. Now,
it is clear that a mathematical demonstration is not to be evaded or
answered by any mere debate about the question. A "Q.E.D."
once logically reached must be either disproved or accepted. The
whole trouble has been caused by triangles so ill-conditioned that
logarithms fail to solve them, and even approximate results can be got
only by the very finest work. For more than three centuries no one
has caught on to this fact!
Using a globe for guidance, and displaying no projection puzzles,
which are a help to but very few readers, a concise, trigonometric
proof was given that the semi-arc method is right, and that the Poles
of houses are constantly varying. However, strictly speaking, it was
a mistake in that article to state that no exact table of Poles is possible,
for a table of double entry can always be made in such cases to any
degree of exactness one may aim at, except where extremely ill-con-
ditioned angles occur. For a further exposition of this, with Tables of
132 MODERN ASTROLOGY

true Poles, see the number of Modern Astrology for March, 1905.
In the MS. these are calculated to seconds of arc, for every degree of
declination, and for every degree of latitude of place. Hence they are
as much as twenty times more extensive than the printed ones ; no
magazine editor could give space to them, or if he did, a distant
writer unable to hand in a revised proof of his work would be in no
amiable state of mind at the errors which would " creep in." There
are none in the tables as printed in the March number.
To make the MS. tables so precisely I had to calculate also a
table of ascensional differences for each degree of latitude and declina-
tion, as above, to seconds of arc, because there is no such table, but it
is imperatively needed to measure rightly the very awkward triangles
occurring in the work. Though I used a set of 7-decimal logarithms
(Shortrede's) to every second of the quadrant, it was an immense
amount of figuring.
All this nicety of computation is of no direct use for ordinary
purposes, but was incurred solely for the object of positively proving
my contention, which is that the semi-arc method is absolutely right,
and therefore excludes any other house-division that can be devised.
It is based primarily on no assumption, but upon the wholly sure fact
that the semi-arc of the ecliptic point on the Ascendant must exactly
equal its meridian distance by R.A. This is plainly seen on a globe,
because they are one and the same thing ! And the other houses
also, as I have shown, are fixed by simple steps in the inexorable
logic of the familiar equation which has been given elsewhere as the
key to the problem.
The ambiguity of the word Pole in astrological usage need not
bother anyone but a novice. Originally it means, of course, some
point on the sphere which is 90° from the whole circumference of a
spherical circle; but with regard to any of the houses in a figure, it is
merely an expression in brief of " elevation of the Pole " of that house.
Thus the upper pole of the horizon is the zenith, but the Pole of the
Ascendant is the latitude of the place, that is, the altitude of the Pole
there. To say that the Pole of the Ascendant is the zenith would be
an extreme blunder for any place except the Pole of the earth, and
no one could commit it except the rawest novice, or some gifted
" expert."
The primary directions work admirably in practice for moderate
 THE MATHEMATICAL CHAOS IN NATIVITIES X35
latitudes, but distortion increases rapidly at higher latitudes, until the
scheme becomes so nearly a wreck that it is inoperative; just where
and how it fails were difficult to explain in detail. Setting my globe
now at 60° N. Latitude, this is what appears there : With ffio or Vyo
on the M.C., we have always =5=0 or To on the Ascendant for any
Latitude, which is shown also in all tables of houses. Putting To on
the M.C., about SI40 is on the Ascendant, which is shifted 410 north
of East; putting =5=0 on the M.C., the Ascendant is about iri,250, and
is shifted 410 to the south of East. At the Latitude of London, say
5io30', this variance of the Ascendant from due East is over 34°
The equation for it is, cos Eel. Obi. by cos long. = cos variance ; where
" long." means distance of Ascendant in longitude from the tropical
point. The normal or least variance is at Latitude 0°, about 23^, the
Eel. Obi. The above are, of course, extreme cases, that is, when the
equinoxes are on the meridian. It follows that the semi-arcs of all
points having large declination will often be so much affected as to
derange or prevent calculation. The total wreck of our calculus
occurs, in this hemisphere, somewhere near or at the North Pole.
Anyone born there would have no north on the earth, no east or west;
all directions become south,—he forlornly spinning around alone, and
astrologically scarcely anything should ever happen to him except by
transits. Such is the argument ad extremum.
Further use of the globe by drawing upon it the circles of position
that form the cusps of houses (say the twelfth and eleventh) distinctly
shows that these circles do not cut the north and south points of the
horizon, do not hinge as it were on these points, " as if the eastern
horizon were tilted up ^ and f," as I hastily stated in the Spherical
Basis. The tilting up is not squarely but obliquely to the equator,
which makes all the difference, and the difficulties of the question.
This is caused by the Poles of the houses swerving the circles from
the right angle at the horizon ; and if the Poles are precisely found and
used in computation they fix the longitudes of cusps so that their
distance from the meridian is exactly the same whether got by semi-
arc or by R.A., proof of which was set forth in the two magazines as
aforesaid, and they are seen to be one and the same arc upon a globe
or a figure of projection. In principle it is quite simple: we have a
point, say the intersection of the Ecliptic and the circle of position of
twelfth house. Its distance from the M.C. is the difference by R.A.,
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

and must be f of its semi-arc"" as they are identically the same thing,
primarily because the meridian distance of the Ascendant is its semi-
arc. And in like manner it is with the cusp longitude of any other
house. 1 examine all this as it really is on the sphere, whether a
globe or the celestial vault, and therefore must ignore most of the
interminable talk about it, but its fallacies here and there are seen
at a glance to be prepost erous. Some persons seem to deny entirely
the existence of Semi-Arcs, though this is flying in the face of
astronomical certainty.
The manifest fact that in treating of the houses and their Poles
the astrological writers for centuries have been remiss, or were misled
and baffled in the matter, arises from their neglecting to examine it
thoroughly. This is not so culpable or surprising when we find that
certain astronomers some two hundred-years ago, who are seldom
astrologers, give rules for making figures which are as erroneous,
though they were superior mathematicians. For instance, William
Emerson, in that line a highly eminent author of his time, 1701-1782,
has in his treatise on Astronomy a " Problem—To erect a scheme or
figure of the heavens for any time and place." He works it by
trigonometry, also has a projectional diagram drawn and defined as if
the circles of position were square to the equator. This at first appears
to be correct, but as he ignores Poles of the houses, it is necessarily
wrong by the omission of those factors. Such an authority as he
confirmed me in error for a while, and, though |against me, is cited
here to excuse our eminent but inexpert experts, in full confidence that
my own solution is the true and complete one, because of the pains
taken to test in every possible way its fitness to all the spherical
conditions and connections; thereby showing that the old system of
primary directions, zodiacal and mundane combined, is an harmonious
whole without a flaw—though, unhappily liable to collapse 1
The magnates of the orthodox science of the sky, as many of us
know, fall short of wisdom and into errors as much perhaps as do
some cultivators of the liberal branch of that science. Even I have
been able to see clearly into this in several respects, and hope to
speak of it on a future occasion. J. G. Dalton.
' It ought, perhaps, to be pointed out that this statement—(" must be two-
thirds of its semi-arc "]—is not universally endorsed See Prognostic Astro noaty, p.^J,
also Modern Astrology, Vol.-XX., Old Series, p. 31. See also The Cons/ruction oj
the Celestial Theme in Vols. I. and II., New Series.—Ed.
 ®Ij£ ®r:ab; Btesm

By The Editor
Several writers in these pages have given us, from time to time,
a few of their dreams and dream impressions, but none of them have
recorded any dreams that would lead to fresh food for thought on
astrological subjects. Pondering over this problem of the dream
state recently I recalled a dream of years ago in which I seemed to be
receiving certain teaching with regard to the inner meaning of some
astrological thought. In that dream I remember I was told to count
the signs of the zodiac backwards, from V to )€> K to xcr, etc., and
not forward as is our wont. After experimenting in various ways
with little satisfactory result, however, I finally forgot the dream.
But its recurrence to my mind now set me again thinking deeply upon
the subject and my mind was more or less occupied with this thought
until I retired for the night. The next morning I awoke with my brain
fully impressed with the following dream.
I dreamed that I had just left a group of some occult friends,
and on passing out of the small room in which we had been conversing,
I met an astrologer who is well known to many readers of this maga-
zine, and he put an astrological question to me which at once put me
in touch with my former dream,
I said to him : " You should always count backwards. Let us
take the psychic triad, i.e., the watery triplicity : Pisces is the first
sign to manifest, for it awakens the sense of motion, and hence
governs the feet. It is dual, like the feet, and brings experiences
through movement, whereby the sensation of motion is established
You then pass to Scorpio, the second of the psychic signs. In
this sign the sense of generating is awakened and the stronger passions
are manifested. While bodily motion is still active it is more re-
stricted and confined, the senses, moreover, being more limited to
time. In this sign the sense of union is first established on the lower
planes. Pisces is unstable, restless, and ever wandering, but in
Scorpio the emotions are conserved and the feelings within echo the
feelings moved from without. The next stage is the awakening of
 MObERN ASTROLOGY
the true occult centre in Cancer, the sign in which the feelings and
emotions are raised and changed into sympathy and conjugal attach-
ment. It is from the breast that the mother suckles her babe, and it
is from the breast centre that pure feeling is produced by the
transmutation of the senses into the higher emotions of love and
sympathy."
As I spoke I saw a triangle with Pisces and Scorpio at each end
of the horizontal base and Cancer at the apex, which pointed down-
ward. I paused and passed into a state of deep reflection, and while
brooding over this symbol it was shown to me reversed, the apex being
now at the top, while playing round the triad were great flames of
fire; and I then saw, but indistinctly, the fiery signs conjoined to the
watery signs in their regular order.
Suddenly I found myself in a large room with several friends. I
was in great anxiety about a hempen bag of stamps which I saw to
be on fire. I seized the bag and emptied the stamps, and with great
relief I awoke, and going over my dream impressed the foregoing on
ray memory.
This second part of my dream would appear to have no connec-
tion with the foregoing, and was doubtless purely physiological in its
origin.

A Prayer
The following prayer is by Bishop Geoflroy d'En, who supervised the
building of the Cathedral of Amiens, and died in 1237.
It is to be found in Latin, with its translation by Ruskin, in Our Fathers
have told us, Chapter IV. He writes: " The prayer with which the last
(Bishop Geoffroy) ends his life's work is, as far as I know, the peifectest and
deepest expression of Natural Religion given us in literature" :—
" I pray thee, Lord, the father, and the guide of our reason, that we
may remember the nobleness with which Thou hast adorned us ; and that
Thou would'st be always on our right hand and on our left,* in the motion
of our own Wills ; that so we may be purged from the contagion of the Body
and the affection of the Brute, and overcome them and rule; and use, as it
becomes men to use, them for instruments. And then, that Thou would'st
be in Fellowship with us for the careful corrections of our reason, and for
its conjunction, by the light of truth, with the things that truly are. And in
the third place, I pray to Thee the Saviour, that Thou would'st utterly
cleanse away the closing gloom from the eyes of our souls, that we may
know well who is to be held for God and who for Mortal. Amen."—From
Light.
' Note by Roskin.—" Thus, the command to the children of Israel ' that they
go forward ' is to their own wills. They obeying, the sea retreats, but not before
they dare to advance into it. Then, the waters are a wall unto them, on their right
hand and on their left."
 137

ilotabUm
[Note.—The birth-time of celebrities is rarely ascertainable (p. 35), and even
when secured is often untrustworthy; but no such element of doubt affects the
planetary positions, since the actual day of birth is generally known beyond dispute.
The dates here given have been obtained from various sources, the daily papers.
Encyclopaedias, etc., but where possible they have been verified or checked by
comparison with other authorities, such as Who's Who; farther than this they are
not guaranteed. Readers are invited to contribute authentic data for publication
under this heading, or to suggest the names of notabilities that it is desirable to
include.]
(162) E. Walter Maunder, the well-known writer on Astronomy i2/4/'5i
(163) Adelina Patti i9/2/'43
J164 Dr. T. H. Huxley, the scientist (Asc. is 12) 4/5/'25
(165 Edgar Allan Poe, author of Annabel Lee ig/t/'og
0
(166 Alfred Austin. Poet Laureate 3 /5/'35
(167 The late Lord Leighton, P.R.A. 3/i2/'3o
(168 John Ruskin Sjifig
1(169 Charles Dickens 7/2/'11
(170 Charles Darwin ti/i/'og
171 Charles Godfrey Leland, " Hans Breitman " i3/8/'24
172 Rosamund, Lady Barrow, " the beautiful Miss Croker " 5/i/'io
173 S. Baring Gould, the well-known novelist 28/i/'34
174 Lord Ashbourne, late Chancellor of Ireland 4/ii/,37
[175 Emmanuel Swedenborg. the seer 29/1/1688 O.S.
Planetarv Positions at (Greenwich) Noon on Day of Birth
© C <y ¥ V » s a
(162 T 22 'V 5 )€ 8 8 0 T 24 -=181). X 20 X 10 « 3 41 I
063,, K 0 "I 5 = 19 K27 id 22 Sill 111.29 1114 aril H 9
164) 8 14 7 9 ldI2 ld2ol^ n 8 it 5 8 19 D 61). 827^ 7 23
16
5 id 29 KI3 7 6 m 9 7 2 X17 2SI9 X 9 1129 HI 8
166 D 8 ISII - 4^ X I -17^ D20 4114 8 5 1123 n 8
167 / II SS27 idiilj. - 7 U! 2 id 19 r 2 7 7 7 11 "S 5
168 5CI9 12 29 728 7 23 x 17 =r 0 id 27 id 6 1125 r24
169 sri8 7 8 7 13 "123 id 4 niei). r 7 X 16 1122 17 9
2
170 ~ 4 1127 7 7 111.10 ^25 T 7 X 10
7 3 X 22 m. 7
i?1 A23 T25 id 7 id i2^> n 7 SI 0 "l 5 SL27 its 11 n 7
ii72) V3 15 id 12 7 8 "113 711 T 16 — 25 7 28 id 18 ^=20
.173) s; 1 "Jill id 29 SS22 ^ 11I5, T28 V3 13 id 29 VJ27 IS 4
174) f 12 * 7 = 6 >€ 5 "123 15117 V3 1 id 29 7 17 T20
t75) srio 8 19 X 8 8 17 -24^ idi5 riS id 3 as 1 8 7

Manilius gives the rulership of the twelve .signs, which he says is

deduced from the old Fables, as follows :—
T Pallas. -A. Vulcan.
« Venus. tn Mars.
n Phcebus. f Diana.
Mercurius. y? Vesta.
SI J upiter. Juno.
Ceres. H Neptune.
 JfabouratTb an5 Enfabourable Sirtljbays
For the month of March, 1906
[The basis of these prognostications is the transit of the major planets,
W, %li 'ji V-t 3*) over the annual zodiacal position of the Sun on the dates
given. It must be borne in mind that in all cases the effect of a ' transit' is
subordinate to the ' directions ' in operation at the time ; should these be bad
the " unfavourable" birthdays will prove so much the worse, and the " favour-
able " so much the less good ; and vice versa. Consequently it is improbable
that people born on the same day of the year will find these remarks apply
equally in all cases, but in a broad sense the general circumstances during
the current month will be much as indicated.]
Unfavourable Birthdays.—Those born from the 25th to 28th
of February in any year, especially the years 1855, '59, '61, '63, '68,
'77, '84, will experience sorrow, disappointment and various depressing
emotions during the present month. The health is likely to be not so
good as usual, the nervous system being readily depleted ; a certain
desponding tendency will be strongly marked. They will probably
note not a few unusual occurrences, new thoughts and ideas—chiefly
of a more or less unpleasant character, perhaps, yet still interesting—
as the outcome of the strongly psychic influence of ^ g y, which,
being in A to the Sun's place at birth, will be likely at this time to
make itself felt by them in a peculiar way (see below). These influences
are, however, quite transient and may be easily shaken off by a firm
will. The transit of Mars, on the other hand, will affect all born
between the 7th of April and the 1st of May with an inrush of energy,
irritability and perhaps passion; but, the motion of this planet being
so rapid during this month the effect is only likely to be noted on one
day in any single case.
Favourable Birthdays.—The transit of Jupiter over the radical
position of the Sun, in the case of all born from the 18th to the 25th
of May in any year (especially 1856, '58, '64, '72, '76, 84, '86), will
bring for the time being a period of prosperity, with many pleasant
social and domestic functions and a generally kindly reception from
the world at large. The feelings will be cheerful and good tempered,
though equable, and a general spirit of buoyancy and good fellowship
will prevail. This is a good time for them to seek favours and push
all personal matters requiring the co-operation of others.
Peculiar and Uncommon Birthdays.—The opposition of Uranus
and Neptune, which becomes complete at the commencement of this
month, is certain to make this a memorable time for all born on or
about the 30th of June, or the 29th of December, especially in the
years 1864, '67, in the former case, and 1865, '66, in the latter.
Startling and weird experiences of a psychic nature, or very uncommon
events in the way of adventure and romance, are almost sure to be
the result of this very strange and peculiar influence, and those whose
birthdays fall on either of the above dates are invited to contribute
their experiences to these pages. {See pp. 382, 383, 524 of last volume,
for similar instances.)
 Usttfirs to tljc (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 he
expressed courteously, and all offensive personal references avoided.
[Note.—Will Correspondents please remember (i) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only ; (2) that planetary positions, ai
will 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 So-called Error in La Place's Equations

Dear Sir,
I am not surprised to see your reprint of Mr. Sutcliffe's
article, as it is interesting, though incorrect.
1. There are two precessions, the luni-solar and the planetary.
The first is the principal and is negative, but the second is positive.
La Place's equations are only concerned with the planetary precession,
which is the one that affects the obliquity.
2. Mr. Sutcliffe's figure is misleading. It suggests that the
pole moves in the same plane as precession, whereas it is in a
perpendicular plane.
3. The statement that the projection of this polar motion on a
fixed equator would result in a fixed rate of proper motion is a violation
of trigonometry. Any such projection would involve functions of the
angles.
4. The above shew the falsity of the reasoning, but the following
consideration shews the falsity of the result. If the pole really had
this undetected motion, then all the stars would apparently possess a
corresponding proper motion. The bulk have no detected motion
and not fifty have the amount which would be needed.
On account of the importance of the subject I submitted the
article in The Vakan to one of our most eminent astronomers, and
most of this letter is from his reply.
Yours sincerely,
2Qth January, 1906. J. W.
[We are much, obliged to our correspondent for his letter, a copy
of which we have sent to Mr. Sutcliffe. As the latter resides in
Bombay it will be impossible for his reply to reach us in time for
insertion in this issue, though we hope to include it in our next.—Ed.]
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

The Fourfold Sub-Division of Signs

Dear Sir,
I am very interested in Mr. Fazulbhoy's remarks on p. 93
of current issue, namely, that there may be a division of signs mto four
parts of 7^° each, since the very same idea occurred to me a short
while ago.
In The Rationale of Astrology (p. 51) I read:—" What it is very
desirable to notice is, the very important fact that the Threefold
Classification [cardinal, fixed, and mutable] relates to principles,
ideas, abstract conceptions—in a word to the spiritual or Life side of
nature ; the relatively unmanifest, of which we obtain consciousness
only through individual instances of manifestation: while, on the
other hand, the Fourfold Classification [fire, earth, air and water]
relates to the material, concrete or Form side of nature ; the actually
manifest definitely limited expression, which we can weigh, measure
and prove by the evidence of the senses, whereas the spiritual life
requires a higher degree of consciousness than mere sensuous percep-
tion to apprehend it—to wit, pure mind or, as the Easterns term it,
manas."
Now in the familiar division of a sign into " decanates" {Every-
body's Astrology, p. 6) we have this identical Threefold Division into
cardinal, fixed and common; why, then, should we not have a similar
Fourfold Division into fire, water, air, and earth in order to complete the
analogy ?
I will call these latter "quadrules."
To follow the analogy of the decanates, in the fourfold division
the first " quadrule " or space of 7^° should be ruled by the sign
itself, the next by the next sign of the same quality, and so on.
Perhaps the idea will be best grasped by a simple tabulation;—
Dtcumttcs oy Third Parts Quadrules or Fourth Parts
0 ending at
io 30° 7^° 150 22^° 30c
OMO

A vies T .51 f T 05
Taurus "32 25 SI "I zz
Gemini 11 s: n "32 f >€
and so on wkh the remainder of the signs.
Moreover, we might regard the former as applying to the life side
and the latter to the form side of manifestation, as the writer has
done in the above quotation, and if this allocation is tenable a very
interesting possibility has just suggested itself to me.
It is this. If the sign rising represents the child born, why
should not the decanate rising represent the life side or male parent
and the "quadrule " the form side or female parent, the respective
ruling planets being their several significators ? Anyone who knows
the time of his birth pretty accurately can easily examine this sugges-
tion in relation to his own nativity. For instance, King Edward VII.
has ^ 28° rising: this is the 3rd or SI decanate and the 4th or ajj
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

" quadrule," and therefore O and ^ should signify his father and
mother. But do they ? That is the question.
Another point is this. Accepting the above hypothesis for the
sake of argument anyone born under the first seven degrees of any sign
would have the same ruling planet for himself and his parents. This
ought surely to imply a peculiarly strong affinity between the three,
and a somewhat domesticated existence for a considerable portion of
the life. Do facts bear this out, I wonder ?
One more suggestion. Accepting the above life and form
hypothesis in relation to decanates and " quadrules," the latter as
representing the 'form' in contradistinction to the 'life' shewn by
decanates, perhaps count should be made in the reverse way to that
for decanates; e.g., Aries, dec. T SW , qdr. T 92 ; Taurus, dec.
S iryyy, qdr. y xcyvtl Sl, ; etc., etc. If so, and if. should represent the
King's mother in the above illustration.
However this may be, I hope some of your readers can throw
some light upon the main question at issue ; namely, the division of
signs into Four Parts of 7^° each, and whether such a division
HAS ANY FOUNDATION IN NATURE.
Yours faithfully, Maffra.

The Zodiac at Freemasons' Hall.

Dear Sir,
One of the chief architectural adornments of the front of
Freemasons' Hall, in Great Queen Street, W.C., is a large semi-
circular arch, carved in panels representing the twelve signs of the
zodiac. These are arranged in order from the left, over the curve, to
the right, and therefore in the reverse direction to their position in
the heavens. (If the hall faced southwards, this would not be so bad,
as the observer would then be facing northwards.) Evidently the
reason why they are so drawn is that they thus follow the familiar
order of the figures on a clock dial, and of the letters ofan inscription,
therefore the order which seemed natural to the sculptor or designer.
This leads to my main object in writing, which is to point out that
ancient script in general ran from right to left, as in Hebrew and in
those languages which use the Arabic alphabet. Was this order of
writing derived from the direction of the Sun's annual course, that is,
of the true order of the signs of the zodiac ? The present order of
writing follows the figures of a dial, and therefore the Sun's diurnal
course, the reverse of the annual one. If my suggestion is correct,
we get the following curious result: the real order of the signs of the
zodiac determined the ancient order of writing, and the changed
direction of writing has led to a correspondingly changed, therefore
incorrect, order in the signs of the Freemasons' zodiac !
Yours truly, Sarastro.
[A very interesting point. But what has led to the change in the
order of writing in the chief civilised nations of the world ? Perhaps
that remarkable and significant circumstance is but an outward
indication of a spiritual change (? regeneration) in Humanity ?—Ed.]
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Where does the Zodiac start?

August 2nd, 1905.
Dear Sir,
I trust you can find a place for this letter in Modern
Astrology—which is a monthly enjoyment to me. It contains some
ideas which are the result of my studies in Astrology (particularly of
the papers by Mrs. Bessie Leo), and may be acceptable to some of
your readers.
May it not be possible that Aquarius and not Aries is the first of
the zodiacal signs ? Suppose we begin in this way :—(1) At the back
of all things lies Spirit, (2) Air {sz an airy sign) is spirit somewhat
solidified, (3) Water (?€) is spirit in a still lower vibration, so to speak,
and the point first fitted for the production of what is to us the lowest
form of animated life. Water plays a large part in all the phenomena
of birth, and we may therefore call Pisces the birth-place of animal
life, which latter may be said to be perfected in Aries (T) an animal
sign. Most animals during the Aries period would be amphibious.
In the earthy sign of Taurus ( b') the animal life would deepen—feeling
would stir therein—and out of the earthy would be born the mental
(animal instinct), born of water and earth. This in the next sign,
Airy, (yet still animal—two goats) would develope and become human
mind, when the sign would change to twins, the double sign of
Gemini showing a twofold being composed of two differing vibrations
—those of mind and matter. In cancer (ffi), another watery sign, we
have the beginnings, flowings; of spirit life. Leo (SI) warms and
animates this life and is the birth-place of the Spirit in its love aspect
—on the lower plane, at first, as animal love, maybe, where pro-
miscuous love ceases to be the only sort: Leo is still an animal sign.
With Virgo(nj?)humanity begins and the incomplete^ is feminine
or earthy) human being reaches and long remains in Libra (^),
balancing its acquirements. Here mind balances body and spirit,
and here is the dividing of the ways. For the rest of the signs are
double—upward and spiritual, or downwards again towards the human
animal; as the balance tips, so the choice will lie, between the Eagle
and the Scorpion (111) mounting with the Eagle or sinking through
the passionate nature of the Scorpion ; aiming at high ideals with the
archer, or clinging to the animal part of the sign—the pleasures of
earth life—pulling upward or sinking lower, according as the choice
lies between the Goat and the fish part of Capricorn. In Aquarius we
find the perfect human being—humanity perfect if both serpents be
bright, imperfected humanity if one be bright and the other cloudy—
and extinct if both serpents are dark. Then, human personality has
ceased to exist, the divine spark re-enters Pisces to develope through
another personality \uto & ■periect individuality, such as is represented
by two bright serpents, which, having made use of each sign for good
now enter into another sphere.
In Aquarius (the male-female sign) we find the story of the Garden
pf Eden. Here the female stands between the male and Leo, dividing
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I43
the lower from the higher signs of the zodiac. Leo is love—animal
love—this is the apple presented to Adam. Leo is represented by
a serpent, SL. The serpent—that is "love"—tempted Eve, and she
tempted Adam. I think that if the study of Astrology (esoteric, that
is to say, to which your little book introduced me) were taken up by
the clergy they would be more fit to expound the scriptures than
appears to be the case from some of the letters sent by them some
time ago to the Daily Mail. S'Ani.
[We have pleasure in printing this letter, and we hope that other
readers will likewise let us have the benefit of their cogitations,
for though we do not see eye to eye with our correspondent, there are
certainly many helpful suggestions in these notes. It is doubtful,
however, if any one sign is the commencement of the zodiac in an
absolute sense, all such commencements being more or less relative—
for instance, the spiritual birth or commencement would appear to be
about Christmas, when the Sun enters Capricorn, at which time of year
all " World-Saviours " are traditionally born.—Ed.]
Later, in reply to the Editor's suggestion that the Zodiac might be best
thought of as commencing at Leo, our correspondent sends the accompanying
quotation from Egypt, and the Wonders 0/ the Land of the Pharaohs, by
William Oxley (published by Triibner & Co., Ludgate Hill), which, she says,
seems to show that he is quite correct in making Leo the starting-point,
adding: " I made the signs from ^ to ffi pre-human—in Sb man the three-fold
isborn,ffz., body, soul, audspirit. The first six being preparatory to the rest
of the signs. (P.S. By the way, if, as stated by the Egyptians, Neptune
ruled Atlantis when ' the Sons of God ' ruled, will the earth be somewhat
like Atlantis when Neptune has full power on earth again, do you think ?) "
Quotation :—" It has generally been assumed that the Egyptians of
ancient times were unacquainted with the Zodiacal chart; but this, I think,
is erroneous, as will presently be proved. Unfortunately there are no known
sculptures or paintings of the Zodiac of a date prior to the Ptolemaic period,
say some two centuries before the Christian era. There is one now existing
on the roof of the Temple at Denderah, which is drawn horizontally. The
other (to which I now refer) was removed by the French, and is now in the
Paris Museum. If the Egyptians had not twelve constellations, it is certain
they had twelve months in the annual cycle, and that from a very remote
period. The value of this celebrated zodiacal sculpture consists in the fact
of the adaptation of Egyptian astro-theological personifications to the
twelve signs of the Greek Zodiac, as it was then known, and which is in use
in this country to this day. The twelve signs are shown in a spiral circle,
commencing with Leo (the Lion) and ending with Cancer {the Crab). On the
outside of the circle there are four feminine figures, who represent the deities
of the North, South, East, and West. These are aided by eight figures of
Honrs, with hawk heads ; and the twelve are holding up the heavens in their
hands. Next comes a series of thirty-six minor deities, the Rulers of the
thirty-six decades ; a decade was a week of ten days, three of which formed
the month, hence the thirty-six. The purely Egyptian conception is seen
by the representations of the various zodiacal and other constellations.
Amongst these the great Serpent, or Dragon, occupies a prominent position.
Sirius—the star of Isis—is shown by a cow (the symbol of Isis) and Orion
is represented by Osiris, in the form of a Sahn, of which more anon. All
this indicates that the Greek Zodiac was based on the older Egyptian
system."—W, Oxley.
144 MODERN ASTROLOGY

The Vernal Equinox: a Forecast

Dear Sir,
At the moment of the Sun's ingress into Aries eight out of
the nine planets are above the earth. The Sun and Venus have just
culminated and Mercury is only five degrees from the meridian.
The Sun is ruler of the figure. Being in the ninth house and
sextile to Jupiter it argues well for the navy. Our allies and colonies
feeling thankful they have behind them a bulwark so strong.
This combination of planetary influences will also cause a wave
of religious feeling to spread over the country.
The elevation of Mercury is a good sign for the studious, giving
to them the inspiration necessary to conclude any great scheme they
may have in hand. The education question will be prominently
before the public, and many wise reforms will be inaugurated.
Mars is in the tenth house in its detriment, therefore a worker of
evil. The affairs of the Irish people will come in for a fair share of
notice, but unless the sextile of Saturn and Neptune, together with
the trine of Uranus favour them, they will be disappointed.
Saturn is in the house of death, and presignifies the death of
some notable person. Having the quartile of Jupiter it will probably
be a dignitary of the Church, or as the latter planet is in the eleventh
house it may be a foreign ambassador.
Sun, lord of the second, sextile to Jupiter, promises an increased
revenue, but the quartile of Saturn with the last-named planet will
destroy to some extent this good influence.
A very important feature of the figures for the four quarters of
this year is the position of Neptune and Uranus. On September
22nd, 1905. Sun enters Libra. Uranus is in the tenth house in
quartile to the Sun in the seventh. On December 22nd, 1905, Sun
enters Capricornus. The Sun is on the cusp of the tenth, applying to
the conjunction of Uranus in the tenth, Uranus being only five degrees
separate from the opposition of Neptune in the fourth. On March
21 st, 1906, Uranus is only half a degree past the opposition of
Neptune, Neptune being in the twelfth house and Uranus in the
seventh. At the New Moon of the year these cross aspects are still
closer. On April 13th Saturn becomes stationary, and shortly after
turns retrograde. On September 23rd and December 22nd, 1905,
Neptune is in the fourth house in the sign ruling Africa. This may
explain astrologically why the Chinese labour is a failure. As the
New Moon on March 24th, 1906, takes place in the fourth house we
may expect that this question will be brought more prominently
before the public. This will by no means comprise the whole of the
ill-effects of the cross aspects before mentioned. India will have its
share of disturbances, the news from this colony oftentimes being
very alarming.
December i8ih, 1905.
Yours faithfully, Marsaries Hervirgo.
Several interesting communications already in type we have been again
obliged to hold over,—Ed.
iltoliiTn Efiitmlogii

Vol. III. New Series. APRIL, 1906. No. 4.

(SlisirfattforiT
A very dark shadow has passed over the office of Modern
Astrology since I last wrote in this Observatory. Mr. Pershouse
died on the anniversary of his forty-sixth birth-
A liOBB in our (jay) after a week's illness. Elsewhere are given
the details of his death by one of his fellow-
workers.
From the first year of its publication Mr. Pershouse took a keen
interest in this Magazine, and although he contributed only occasion-
ally to its pages he did much in other ways to assist in keeping it in
existence.
In 1896 he won the prize offered for the best reading of Queen
Victoria's horoscope, and soon after joined the staff.
sj:.-
« *
It is questionable if we shall ever be able to replace him, for
he had chief charge of the "Test" and "Extension" departments,
which he managed with much tact and skill. He
A Friend to All was not only an artist in Astrology, but was as
sympathetic to suffering clients as though their
troubles were his own.
He will be greatly missed for a long time to come by his co-
workers, who found him always eager to make the office work run as
smoothly as possible, while clients who saw him were charmed by his
courteous and genial manner.
Our readers may be interested to know that Mr. Pershouse
was a spiritualist, very mediumistic, and always more or less in touch
with the psychic world. He was an excellent musician, and, had he
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
wished, could have made this his profession ; but his love for Astro-
logy overmastered all other desires so far as his active life was con-
cerned. He had also considerable ability for drawing, and he has
furnished many excellent diagrams for astrological lectures; as
evidence of his great skill in this direction the beautiful horoscope
blocks which have adorned these pages during the past three years
may be pointed to. He has left a widow, and two fine boys, aged u
and g, and many sincere friends to mourn his departure from earth life.
s§» * "if.
Occasionally a request comes from some reader that we shall
take up the question of herbal treatment, and quite recently we
received some articles on the subject from a well-
Astrotagy meaning student, which articles, however, for
editorial reasons, we were bound to return.
Personally I have great faith in the power of herbs to heal, when
they are thoroughly understood and properly applied. At the close
of the year 1879 I was seriously ill with yellow jaundice. It was the
second time I had suffered from this complaint, and the medical man
who was brought to see me considered that my case was an exceed-
ingly grave one and prescribed a drug that I would not take, but
instead sent to a herbalist for some rosemary (an excellent herb), and
speedily recovered. Two years later I met an astrologer who made a
special study of herbs, and heard of some remarkable cures that he
had effected by the proper application of his herbal treatment.

It is unfortunate that we should have lost the knowledge of

herbal Astrology. I am not alone in the hope that it may yet be
recovered, and when there are more students who
A Lost appreciate " the simple life " we may rediscover
Knowledge
many of the lost secrets of the ^ancients. There
is, I believe, still living an astrologer who has been singularly
successful in his treatment of women who suffer acutely periodically.
There must be many students of Astrology who have given some
thought to this subject, and if there is sufficient interest manifested
by our readers I will endeavour to get together a series of articles
that will give the matter a start, to be developed as opportunity
affords.
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tEranua anb ^.qnarins

To my mind Uranus is intimately associated with the transition

from the Wheel of Births to the plane of the Evolutionary Spiral
next above.
Now, as I have shown on a former occasion (Vol. XII., p. 10 ;
Vol. XIV., p. 7), this momentous change only occurs on, the perfect-
ing of the lower sheaths and the destruction of the root of desire, and
the transition begins in Aquarius, the place of the New Birth.*
The process is disruptive in nature, and one need hardly say that
in these last titanic struggles the sleep of death will often steal over the
eyes of the one weary with strife. Then it is that Uranus hurls his
lightnings at the sleeper to urge him on to his task.
In the inner history of an evolving soul one may see three stages
In the earliest of these the soul passes again and again through
Aquarius to descend into the sphere of rebirth, and Saturn the Binder
chains it afresh that it may again sow and reap, until experience
ripens into knowledge and the day of release draws near. During
this period Saturn is undoubtedly the sole ruler of the sign.
In the second stage, the prodigal tires of the husks and yearns
for his Father's house and begins his homeward journey. Now the
influence of Uranus begins to manifest itself and catastrophe follows
catastrophe to destroy the prison house of the senses. Thus Uranus
will at this time rule conjointly with Saturn (the Breaker of Bonds
with the Binder) until in the fulness of time the fetters will fall and
the Mystery Planet will have undisputed sway. Then in this third
and last stage Uranus will be seen as the "Lord of clear vision and
of wisdom," and the wanderer will have found refuge from the storm
in the Place of Peace.
Leaving now the question of the rulership of the sign, we may
notice in certain philosophical systems some ideas which indicate that

• In this connection Charubel's vision of the first degree of ar (which has sign,
dashamsha and degree of ar) is worth noting: " A man standing at the junction of
cross roads, not knowing which way logo." It seems as though the seer had sensed the
transitional character of the sign. [Compare also ar 1°. p. 173 present issue.—Ed,]
148 MODERN ASTROLOGY

the transitional character of Aquarius was not unknown in ancient

times, indeed we constantly find veiled hints of a deeper mystery
concealed in the sign of the Man than appears on the surface.
According to tablets dating from 100 to 200 b.c. (see Zeitsckrift
fur Assyriologie, Band v., Heft 4, p. 351, 1890), the Babylonian equiva-
lent of Aquarius was Gu, a term supposed to be an abbreviation of
the more ancient Gulu. This latter word has the same signification
as Bau, " the dark water," or chaos (see Median Calendar, p. 45), or
void. In the Chinese calendar Hiu (Aquarius) means a vacuum
or void.
This dark water, or chaos, well expresses the condition of the sou
passing again into the world of rebirth, but this is not the only
significance, for there are also cosmic ideas underlying it.
In Egyptian writings there arc numerous hints of the same idea
(but perhaps more elaborated) attached to Hapi (the Nile), the per-
sonified Aquarius. In the Book of the Dead, Chap. Ixii., we read :
" May the abyss of water be opened to me by Tehuti-Hapi (Thoth
Hapi), the lord of the horizon (i.e., the meeting place of the two
worlds; the Visible merging into the Invisible) in my name of
Opener."
In Chap. Ix.: " Let the gates of Heaven be opened for me by
the god Thoth and by Hapi and let me pass through the doors
of Ta Qebh (i.e., the land of cool sweet waters) into the Great
Heaven. Grant ye (Thoth and Hapi) that I may have power over the
water."
Chap. iii. : " Hail thou god Tem (i.e., a form of the Sun), who
comest forth from the Great Deep (i.e., the celestial Nile), and shinest
with glory in the form of the double Lion god."
Chap. Ivii.: " Hail Hap-ur (celestial Nile) in thy name of
' Divider of heaven,' grant thou that I may have dominion over the
water."
Chap. iv. : " I open out a way over the abyss of waters, which
formeth a path between the two combatants (i.e., Horus and Set), I
have come; may the fields of Osiris be given over into my power."
Here the Egyptian is brought face to face with the watery abyss,
the waters of Lethe through which he must pass ere he is reborn into
the world of experience. Yet he is taught that there is a way of
escape by the aid of Divine Wisdom, here personified by Thoth Hapi
 URANUS AND AQUARIUS 149

(the Aquarian form of Hermes or Mercury), if the necessary condi-

tions of perfection are fulfilled. Then the dark abyss becomes
changed into the place of sweet waters (Ta Qebh) and the Soul
having the dominion over the waters opens out a way over the Great
Deep and passes into the Great Heaven. Then the triumphant
Egyptian cries (Chap. Ixii.): " I go forth into Heaven. I am the Lion
God Ra. I am the Bull. Unending time has been given me. I
inherit eternity and everlastingness has been conferred upon me,"
and again in the Papyrus of Nu in the chapter of coming forth into
day (Chap. Ixviii.); " The doors of heaven are opened for me, the
doors of earth are opened for me, the bars and bolts of Seb (i.e.,
Saturn) are opened for me. Behold I was guarded and
watched but now I am released.
" Behold his hand tied cords round me, and his hand had darted
upon me in the earth. I have gained the mastery over my
heart and my breast, over my two hands and my two feet, over my
mouth and my whole body," and so the list of conquests runs on,
including the four elements, the underworld and its inhabitants.
Another significant allusion is met with in those writings known as
the " Book of Am Duat," describing the passage of the Sun through
the twelve divisions of the Underworld. Here in the eleventh com-
partment, corresponding to Aquarius, there is a secret way leading to
the city of Sais (the reputed place of the New Birth) guarded by the
goddess Neith, the mother of Ra. This passage suggests the transi-
tion into the Higher Aquarius belonging to the plane above the
Wheel.
Turning now to Babylonia we may take up the great epic dealing
with the exploits of Gilgamesh (formerly read Gishdubar) as recorded
upon twelve numbered tablets. The hero, after an adventure with
the Scorpion-man, marches on through darkness and light until he
stands upon the shores of a vast sea, the Waters of Death, over
which he must pass by the aid of the boatman Arad-Ea to the abode
of the translated sage Tslt-napishtim.* Here he will be cured of his
leprosy and learn the secret of immortality, " the hidden thing of the
gods."
In the eleventh tablet (corresponding to Aquarius) Gilgamesh

* Tsit-napishtim = " offspring of life "

 MODERN ASTROLOGV
meets his kiusman, and after hearing from the sage how he escaped
from death, is washed in the healing waters of a fountain and so
cleansed from his disease. Yet though the hero finds the magic
plant of immortality growing beside a stream, it is snatched from his
grasp by a demon in serpent form.
The Arad Ea afore-mentioned is the Servant of the god Ea, who
is the equivalent of Hapi, or Aquarius. Ea was also the third person
of the most ancient of the great divine triads (Anu, Bel, Ea), and ruled
the abyss of waters under the earth, and the rivers Euphrates and
Tigris were sacred to him, just as the Niles were to Hapi.
In the second triad, that of Sin (j)), Shamash (Q), and Ramman
(" Rimmon "), the third person was regent of Aquarius and controlled
the air, clouds, and especially thunder and lightning.
Ea, moreover, in the creation tablets is called Nin-igi-azag,
" lord of clear vision," and again, " lord of wisdom," and in the deluge
story Ea is the Revealer of the means of escape from a world doomed
to destruction by the great gods—a type of the escape from rebirth.
Again, in Greek and Coptic writings the same ideas are presented, for
in the works of Plato, Plutarch, and Macrobius, and in the Pistis
Sophia, and similar treatises, allusion is made to the Supernal and
Sidereal Craters or Cups, the Lakes of Memory and Oblivion, the
River Lethe and the two springs.*
" A draught from the waters of the one [the sidereal crater, the
Lake of Oblivion] takes the soul to rebirth, a cup of water of the
other takes the soul to the Heaven-world."f
J. H. van S.

The Ascendant of Bath.—Adverting to his remarks on p. 473 of last

volume, Mr. W. Gould writes enclosing a figure for the opening, by
Alderman Taylor, J.P., of the Midland Bridge, Bath, in favour of the
Electric Tramway Company: the time is 12 noon, iz/iz/'os, X 8.30
ascending. As this bridge, by taking traffic over the Avon, connects Bath
with the neighbouring Tiverton Parish, its fellow township, Mr. Gould
holds that Virgo setting supports his contentions that the town of Bath
is ruled by Virgo.

* See G. R. S. Mead's article on the *' Eleusinian Mysteries " (Theosophical

RmVa;, Vol. XXII., p. 239 et sf?., and p. 317 tt seq.). Also Pistis Sophia, p. 336,
and Book of the Saviour, p. 392.
Op.cit., p. 317.
 ®b£ Soiig anil ^lanctarg ilulersbip-

The interesting article on this subject by Dr. Marques serves to

illustrate more than one of the directions in which the theory and
practice of Astrology need to be extended. We require not only such
further research as shall bring us new information on a variety of
points, but also a better co-ordination and interpretation of many
isolated facts already in our possession.
The table on p. 57, giving the rulerships of planets and signs over
different parts of the body, especially illustrates the need for a stricter
classification of available material; for at first glance many of the
alleged facts set down seem amenable to no known law or order.
A careful examination, however, will show that while some of the
items set down are erratic and unsystematic, others are quite orderly
and correct. Perhaps the following analysis will serve to clear up
some of the points.
I. First in order and in importance comes the well-known ruler-
ship of signs and houses over the different parts of the body.* Aries and
the first house govern the head and face; and any planet thexem exerts
some influence over that part of the body. Taurus and the second
house govern the throat (and perhaps cerebellum, base of brain, and
lower jaw] and any planet therein influences these parts. And so on
with the remaining signs and houses, which are too well known to
need repetition. When such a position is found as, say, Saturn in
Cancer in the fifth house, the question arises as to whether the planet
will afflict that part of the body ruled by the sign, the stomach, or
that part ruled by the house, the heart. No clear rule for the student's
guidance seems to exist. Sometimes both parts are affected ; some-
times only one ; and it ought to be possible to decide which by
examining other parts of the horoscope. For instance, the King has
Saturn and Mars in Capricorn in the first house, indicating knees and
head ; and he has suffered in the knee from an accident, but not, I

* I do not agree with two of the items in the list on p. 56. The liver I should
class under Virgo, not Leo ; and the bladder under Scorpio, not Libra.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

think, in the head. Looking at the rest of the horoscope, it will be

seen that the Sun, hyleg, is in the tenth house, ruling the knees; but
that Aries, the head, contains no planet. When this rule cannot be
applied, corroborative evidence can sometimes be obtained by
considering the other kinds of rulership as indicated in the following
sections.
II. When a planet is in its own sign, the Sun in Leo, for
instance, it is considered to be in its own first house and to have
relation with the head. When in the next sign, as the Sun in Virgo,
it is in the second sign from its own, and is alleged to influence the
throat. And so on through the rest of the signs.
The tables given in the old books maintain quite seriously that
this method applies with every planet, including those that rule two
signs as well as those that have dominion over only one. So far as I
can remember, no evidence whatever has ever been given in support
of the method by any competent modern writer ; and this is one of the
many directions in which practical investigation is required. We
shall all agree that when Mercury is in Libra it is in the second from
Virgo and the fifth from Gemini; but can sufficient evidence be
collected to justify us in believing that the planet has relation to the
throat (second) and heart (fifth) as well as to that part of the body
directly ruled by Libra ? So far as my own experience goes, I think
I have been able to detect this kind of influence resulting from the
Sun's position in the signs. I know cases where the Sun in Virgo
has accompanied disease of the throat; Sun in Aquarius, disease of
the kidneys; Sun in Pisces, stone in the bladder, etc. But I am
doubtful about the rest of the heavenly bodies; and even in the case
of the Sun I am not prepared to assert that no other explanation of
the apparent result can be given.
At best this method must be considered, for the present, and until
further evidence has been brought forward, to be distinctly inferior in
importance to the rulerships indicated in sections I. and III.
III. In this section we may consider the natural rulerships of the
planets over the various parts of the body when taken alone and quite
apart from the zodiac. For instance, Mercury influences the nervous
system; Jupiter, the liver and blood; Saturn, bones, teeth, spleen.
These and the rest of them are given in the books, and need not be
repeated here. They are very important, at least as much so as the
 THE BODY AND PLANETARY RULERSHIP 153

rulerships given in Section I. They will, of course, bear a good deal

of further examination and extension. One point not yet settled is
the question how far the parts governed by a planet can be held to be
independent of those signified by the planet's sign or signs. For
instance, Mercury certainly influences the nervous system, chiefly the
cerebro-spinal, and yet neither of its two signs, Gemini and Virgo, is
supposed to have any special relation to the brain and spinal cord.
There are several such apparently irreconcilable facts as these; and
they seem to be due partly to the incomplete condition of Astrology,
and partly to the fact that modern science is unable to instruct us on
the subject of occult physiology. If we knew more the correspondences
would probably be found to be complete throughout.
IV. The rulerships classified in the three previous sections cover
most of Dr. Marques's table. One or two points still remain to be
referred to, however. The table states that Saturn, when in Taurus,
affects the Virgo region of the body. Unless this refers to the
decanate influence, I can see no explanation of it; and even if this is
the true explanation I see no sense in including one decanate influence
and ignoring the other two. There are a few other items in the table
which come under the same heading and would be better omitted.
Similarly, Mars in Pisces is asserted to affect the Virgo region; and
there seems no other reason than that Pisces and Virgo are both
common signs. It seems to be generally admitted by astrologers that
signs of the same " quality " (movable, fixed, or common), somehow
affect each other: for instance, that malefics in any common sign are
liable to affect lungs or bowels; or in any fixed sign, the heart. I
am strongly disposed to suggest that this, like the decanate influence,
is not a property of the sign as a whole, but that it is due to a sub-
division of each sign into four equal parts.* The first quarter of Pisces,
for example, would correspond to Pisces itself (following the analogy
of the Hindu decanates), the second quarter to Gemini (the next sign
of the same quality), the third to Virgo, and the fourth to Sagittarius.
I have been for many years of opinion 'that some such method of
subdivision as this must exist, but it is very difficult to prove that
this is the correct characterisation of the four parts. Even if it is
correct, however, it is rather out of place as well as incomplete in the
° Regarding this suggestion, see " Maffra's " letter on p. 140 of the March
issue.—Ed.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

table on page 57. I regard it as certain that there are several other
methods of subdivision not referred to in the Hindu books, but the
subject is a difficult one; and in drawing up such a table, it would
be better to deal with signs as a whole and to ignore influences due to
subdivision.
One or two items in the table seem to be either misprints, or else
due to mere speculation on the part of some ancient astrologer when
puzzled by a difficult case. For instance, Jupiter in Aries is asserted
to influence the Aquarius region ; and a footnote substitutes Virgo for
Aquarius. I see no reason for either, and should therefore doubt both
of them. But if we may interpret Aquarius as meaning the blood,
the books allege that Jupiter influences this fluid in any sign.
Again, Venus in Pisces is represented as influencing Scorpio,
Aquarius, Pisces, and Taurus. The first of these is possibly a
misprint for Virgo (Pisces is the sixth from Libra). The second
is correct, because Pisces is the eleventh from Taurus. The third
is correct for the obvious reason that a planet in a sign must neces-
sarily influence that sign. For the fourth, the only reason I can
suggest is that a planet always carries with it some of the influence of
the sign it rules. But this applies equally in any part of the
zodiac; and, in this case, I do not see why Taurus should be
included and Libra omitted.
When all has been said, however, the ruterships indicated in
Sections I. and III. are far more important than any others.
Dr. Marques's remarks on the subject of the apertures of the body
are extremely interesting. A good deal of discrimination is needed
here, and the question should not be allowed to remain in its present
unsatisfactory condition.
When it is asserted that a given sign or planet corresponds to the
mouth, what is it that is intended to be implied ? The mouth serves
at least three purposes, speaking, eating, and sometimes breathing.
Are we to correspond all these to the sign Leo ? or, if only one
of them, which one, and why ? And similarly with some of the
other apertures. I am writing from memory only, but I think I am
correct in saying that physiologists have discovered two distinct
centres in the brain relating to the eyes, one controlling the mere
muscular adjustments and movements necessary for vision, and the
other having rather to do with the comprehension of things seen.
 THE BODY AND PLANETARY RULERSHIP 155
We know that a person may squint and yet have otherwise perfect
vision. If Mercury has to do with sight, it probably relates more to
the latter centre than to the former. But all the cases of defective
sight or of blindness that I have yet seen accommodate themselves
better to Ptolemy's rules based upon afflictions of the Sun and Moon
than they do to those of Mercury or Venus.
Similarly with speech. There is a brain centre for the muscular
adjustments necessary in speech, a second one for the memory of
words and their meanings, and a third for the movements of the hand
necessary for writing.
The nostrils also subserve two different purposes, breathing and
smelling; and when we find them made to correspond in one place
with the two luminaries and in another place with a planet, there may
be no real contradiction.
Dr. Marques points out that the number of apertures in the
human body may be increased from ten to twelve; but is it certain
that we must stop there ? The " Third Eye," now the Pineal Gland
was a sense organ operating externally at one time in the past history
of the race, and its existence as such can be traced in the embryo at
the present day. The Pituitary Body, too, forms, in the embryo, a
kind of channel between the roof of the mouth and the cavities of the
brain and spinal cord.* This seems to raise the number of apertures
to a potential fourteen.
It is evident that we are far from finality in these matters ; but,
from the astrological point of view, cases of disease or abnormality of
the sense centres, motor organs, and apertures are urgently wanted.
Conjecture about correspondences is easy and interesting; proof is
tedious and laborious.
H. S. Green.

Mr. H. S. Green writes;—"The old King of Denmark's horoscope

was given in The Future, years ago, by Pearce, 26°® rising. I have been
testing his time of death, and I find it comes out fairly well by my " Death
and Birth" method, Modern Astrologv, Vol. 11., p. 311. He had 220®
rising at the moment of death, practically the same as at birth. Starting
from this, the "secondary backward" method gives an ascendant 15°®,
which is sufficiently near the truth to be interesting."
* Neither of these bodies is an " aperture " in quite the same sense of the word
as are the nostrils; but, like the eyes, they form a channel of communication
between the mind and the outer world, and are actually operative as such in those
who are sufficiently evolved to use them.
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The following official announcement was made at Esher yesterday:—
Her Royal Highness Princess Alexander of Teck gave birth to a daughter
at g.25 this morning. The condition of H.R.H. and the infant Princess is
quite satisfactory.
R. A. Gibbons, M.D.
Reginald F. Walker, M.R.C.S.

The above is the nativity of the latest addition to our Royal

Family, being that of the daughter of Her Royal Highness Princess
Alexander of Teck.
It will be seen at a glance that the horoscope is decidedly a
tragic one, Pisces rising with the two adversaries Mars and Satum.
Even if we admit that Neptune has lordship over Pisces then the
opposition of that planet to Uranus is by no means reassuring, and
 OUR YOUNGEST PRINCESS 157
we shall do well to watch the development of this life in order that
we may decide if the little Princess is born under Neptune or Jupiter.
If the latter, indeed, the horoscope is much improved, and it will not
be difficult to admit that a Jupilerian ruler is more in keeping with
a Royal horoscope than a Neptunian one.
Fortunately in this case the planetary aspects in the main are not
very evil, and the cardinal and earthy signs bring so well represented
combine to strengthen the indications of temporal power.
Had this chlid been born into an ordinary family, there is no
doubt that she could have gained a name for herself as a musician,
and as it is she will display unusual ability in this direction, even
among a Royal Family already distinguished for musical talent.
Taking the nativity as a whole, it denotes a very tactful, diplo-
matic and ambitious nature; and there is no doubt that this Princess
will at the right time come very prominently before the world.
The whole of the nativity supports the very powerful polarity of the
Sun in Aquarius and Moon in Capricorn as described in Astvology for
All, Part /., pp. 143-4. ^ '^e delineations of the various
planetary positions, as found in that work, were pieced together, as
a general reading of the character and career it could hardly be
improved upon.
The Princess as she grows up will undoubtedly become very
popular, still more so after her marriage, which, as indicated by the
progressed horoscope, should take place in her twenty-first year ; and
a very distinguished marriage it will be.

COMPANIONS
Together when the years were young,
When passionate youth ran wild and high
Through unreinembered lives gone by,
With deeds undreamt and songs unsung.
For as the chime of joy-bells rung
Our many lives spring up and die,
Our rhythmic lives, like birds that fly
To mortal men of every tongue.
Friend, nothing breaks the spell of love.
It gleams across the gulf of death,
And lightens from your eyes to-day.
Down from its Morning Star above
On every bosom that draws breath
It shines, and darkness dies away.
N. G. Shere,
 Umfteii (Bsntmc

By Resurgam, Fra. R.R. et A.C.

[Concluded from p. 112)

In 1877 Asaph Hall discovered two of the satellites* of Mars,

conformably with Kepler's prediction. Later E. Holden thought he
saw a third satellite.
In 1892 Barnard discovered the fifth satellite of Jupiter.
In 1898 Waltemath detected, and calculated the elements of,
our second moon; Witt photographed Eros, revolving apparently
alone between our earth and Mars : and Wonaszek observed a fourth
division in the Saturnian ring, three only being previously known to
astronomers.
In 1899 the ninth satellite of Saturn was photographed by W. H.
Pickering, and actually seen on August 8th, 1904, by Barnard and
Turner.
In 1900 Barnard discovered the fifth ring of Saturn.
In 1905 E. E. Pickering photographed the tenth satellite of
Saturn ; and Perrine discovered the sixth and seventh satellites of
Jupiter. The five inner satellites of Jupiter revolve round that planet
in approximate periods of if, 3-J, 7, and ifif days respectively ; but
the sixth in a period of more than six months: this ratio provides
room for three more between the fifth and sixth, of which the seventh
is one.
By 1905 the number of discovered asteroids had increased to over
55o-
None of the extra-Neptunian planets have, as yet, been actually
observed ; but there are the strongest mathematical probabilities that
two of these exist. Peck calculates, " from the movements of certain

" The Secret Doctrine states, on Mahatmic authority, " Mars has two satellites
to which he has no right. . . Phobos, the supposed inner satellite, is no satellite
at all; . . . keeps a too short periodic time " (1888,1.165). Does this imply
that they are. by origin, asteroids, drawn into a new orbit by the attraction of
Wars? And, if so, does science confirm it, and how account for the prediction ?
 VERIFIED ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE 159
comets" {op. cit., p.60), that a planet exists about 4,400 million miles
from the Sun, round which it revolves in about 330 years; only two
years more than double the period of Neptune. In the Proceedings of tke
•Royal Society of Edinburgh, G. Forbes, after quoting his own statement
to the British Association in 1879, that if Newton's recent observations
on certain cometary movements were accurate, " there were certainly
two undiscovered planets beyond Neptune " ; declares that subsequent
calculations had confirmed his conclusions: that, " in all probability
the new planet has a greater mass than Jupiter," and "is at 100 times
the mean distance of the Earth from the Sun, and is in longitude
i8i0in this year igoi " (xxiii., 370-4).
In Modern Astrology, 1906, Vol. III., p. 113, we read that
G. E. Sutcliffe calculates that there are four extra-Neptunian
planets, whose elements he gives in part.
Melodia (Ov-O) agrees with none.
Charubel's LaCroix is said by him to revolve in 340I years;
Peck's planet in about 330 years; and Sutcliffe's Isis in 360 years.
These are, therefore, probably the same planet, and this threefold
corroboration is strong evidence.
Forbes' planet is assigned by him a solar distance of 100 times
that of the Earth, which agrees most closely with Sutcliffe's estima-
tion of gg-340 for the planet which he calls Osiris, the earth being
reckoned as the unit. But I cannot comprehend his calculation of
ggo-ii3g6 as the period of this planet. If Peck's planet has a solar
distance of 4,400 millions and a period of 330 years; while Forbes'
planet has asolardistance of 9,200 millions ; then 44 ; 92 : : 330 : 6go.
Of the two supposed still more distant planets, I can say nothing
at present, save that their longitude agrees with those of Charubel's
" transcendental suns." Are they really planets?
There are therefore three extra-Neptunian planets, as alleged by
T. L. Harris. The first, called by him Melodia, and by Charubel
Ov or Ov-O, but not yet suspected by astronomers, has a solar
revolution of 297 years. The second, called by Charubel La Croix,
and stated by him to revolve in 340^ years, is obviously that which
Peck calculates as revolving in " about 330 years." The third planet
is shown, from the data given, to have a period of 6go years. T. L.
Harris mentions a planet beyond Melodia, which he calls Polyhymnia
(not to be confounded with the asteroid of that name). He does not
i6o MODERN ASTROLOGY

state whether this is the second or third planet, but from an occult
source I learned, January 30th, 1902, that it was the most distant.
None of these planets therefore follow Bode's law : the second obeying
the law which regulates the solar distance of Neptune; the first and
third depending upon some other laws not yet formulated.
The exoteric evidence as to Vulcan is of a twofold nature, but is
somewhat conflicting; the problem is still stik judice, and astronomers
differ as to the value of the alleged proofs. On the whole, the esoteric
doctrine is strongly confirmed. Vulcan was first apparently seen by
Schmidt on October nth, 1847, again by Lescarbault on March
26th, 1859, and also during the solar eclipse of that year. During
that of 1878 Watson saw two such planets, in which he was partially
corroborated by Swift. In his Stovy of the Heavens, the Astronomer
Royal of Ireland comments: " We cannot, however, believe it
possible that so experienced an astronomer as Mr. Watson was
mistaken" (1890, pp. 123-7); though in a later edition he concludes
that the two bodies seen were two fixed stars, on which point
Watson disagreed with him (1905, p. 154). During the solar eclipse
of May 6th, 1883, Trouvelot noticed a brilliant red body, no longer
to be found in the place to which he assigned it. Palisa, moreover,
declared that on this occasion there was no object visible brighter
than the fifth magnitude, which was not a well-known star; and
Trouvelot himself reserved his conclusions concerning its nature.
Peck is sceptical as to the existence of Vulcan, but admits that
" several very small orbs, interior to the path of Mercury, have been
discovered; , . , the largest members of a small ring of tiny
planets, somewhat like the so-called ring o£ asteroids " (p. 40). In
the Times, September 28th, 1888, B. G. Jenkins demonstrated by
astro-meteorological calculations the existence of either " another
planet with a synodical period of fifty-two days," or " a ring of
asteroids [moving round the Sun within the orbit of Mercury, at an
average distance of one from the Sun, Mercury's distance being
taken as four."
Whether Charubel has correctly located his two planets must
remain sub judice till confirmed or refuted. On August 14th, 1896, I
received from an occult source the information that Melodia was, at
that time, in Taurus 240: which also demands verification.
If Melodia (Ov-O) has a solar revolution of 297 years, its average
 VERIFIED ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE l6l

yearly motion would be i0i2'44'' (nearly); and it would, according to

Charubel's reckoning, now (November, 1905), be in Aquarius \I".
If on August 14th, 1896, it was in Taurus 240, it would now be in
Gemini 60\2'\q", having entered that sign in igoo.
Now as Aquarius rules Russia, and Melodia is a " grand benefic,"
how account for the recent overthrow of Russia abroad, with revolution
at home, if this planet be in that sign ? In the Lyric 0/ the Golden Age,
T. L. Harris states that Melodia " rules the destiny " of the United
States. If it is now in Gemini, their ruling sign, the unprecedented
advance of that mighty natiou, which commenced to boom in 1899, is
9}cplained.
If the second planet has a solar revolution of 340J years, its
average yearly motion is i03'28" and a fraction ; and if in Capricornus
120 in November, 1826, would now be in Aries 5033'52". If it is a
" spiritual Mars " giving victory, it accounts for the triumphant pro-
gress of Britain and Japan, which latter country I believe is ruled by
Aries, and not Libra as usually stated.
If the third planet is benefic, it accounts for the advance of
Australia, the awakening of China, and the prosperity of Argentina;
all ruled by Libra.
From occult investigations, of various natures, extending from
August 14th, 1896, to the present time, I have arrived at the
following conclusions with regard to the dignities of the four yet
undiscovered planets.
Vulcan.—Day-house Scoy^to; Night-house Lm; Exaltation Virgo:
Triplicities, three parts Earthy, one part Fiery. Is of the nature of
Sol and Mars, and partly Mercury and Uranus.
Melodia (Ov-O).—Day-house Taurus; Night-house Sagittarius:
Exaltation Lm ; Triplicities, two parts Fiery, one part Airy. Is of
the nature of Jupiter and Venus, and partly Sol.
La Croix.—Day-house Ca/n'cownii ; Night-house ^4 wVi .* Exalta-
tion ; Triplicities, three parts Watery, one part Airy, Is
of the nature of Saturn and Mars, and partly of Jupiter.
Polyhymnia.—Day-house Caw#*'; Night-houseLtim ; Exaltation
Gemini: Triplicities, two parts Fiery, one part Earthy. Is of the
nature of Venus and Moon, and partly Mercury.

' The way to final freedom is within thyself."—The Voice of the Silence,
 16.2

®lje %ing antr ^is Counsellors

An Allegory

Once upon a time there was a great King who, in one respect,
was different from all other great kings. Possessed of marvellous,
nay, magic power, he was able to work ever, and took rest neither
night nor day.
Notwithstanding his great power, both as monarch and magician,
he could not have been truthfully described as either a despot or a
tyrant. He was, in fact, perfectly just. Also he was very wise, being
as renowned for his wisdom as King Solomon.
In ruling his vast kingdom he was assisted by Three Hundred
and Sixty Counsellors, who were divided according to their lineage
and character into Twelve Orders or Groups of thirty counsellors
each.
Every order, containing as it did those who were united by
similarity of talent, disposition and personal appearance, had as a
distinguishing mark a certain badge or sign. This badge served the
same purpose as does a coat-of-arms. It was always descriptive of
the especial qualities of the order bearing it, its owners being faithfuj
to the same traditions and obeying the same laws.
Each order had also a hieroglyph or symbol, whose hidden
meaning was understood and highly prized by its members.
No one order could boast of more members than another, and
each order had its own time in the year for coming to court, the King
electing to take the advice of one counsellor only at a time. Thus
each group was lodged in the palace for one whole month.
The groups of counsellors were numbered from one to twelve,
and the first one was distinguished by the sign of a Ram. All the
thirty counsellors in this order were military men, thorough-going
soldiers to the very tips of their fingers ; and when there was the
smallest dispute with any other nation they always advised the
sovereign to go to war, and to be sure to take action first.
They were one and all energetic, bold, fond of movement, liking
 THE KING AND HIS COUNSELLORS

change, and ever ready to lead—either in fresh undertakings or where

danger was to be faced—inventive, and able to comprehend things at
a glance.
For them the most fortunate time of the day was the dawn. At
the first cock-crowing, with the lark, or as the Sun made his appear-
ance, they rose. This was the one thing they did regularly, for the
beginning of the day, as of everything else, was to them of chief
account.
To proud chanticleer and to the singer at heaven's gate they
were in character allied. Like the latter they " looked not before
nor after, nor pined for what is not."
In appearance they were tall, with large bones and sinewy bodies.
Their heads, which were small, had hair which was sandy or red in
colour, and in texture crisp and curly, with this peculiarity, that it
grew lower on the middle of the forehead than at the sides. Their
complexions were ruddy. Their eyes were blue or grey; if the
former, a red light often shone in them ; with a particularly wide-
awake/fearless, and just-ready-to-start look. Their eyebrows resembled
the horns of a ram, thus, T, being well arched and placed far from
the eyes, and increasing the alert and wide-open expression of them.
Their noses were aquiline, and low at their starting-point near the
brow. They possessed very strong teeth.
The colour worn by them was red, bright scarlet being the shade
that was most popular.
Not from any feeling of fear, but because they looked upon the
Head as the most important part of the body, many of them wore
helmets. Each helmet was shaped above the open part, or visor, like
a ram's horns as they start from the head of theanimal before curling.
Many, in order to make this part more noticeable, had it studded with
carbuncles or garnets. Others wore curious head-ornaments made of
brass. These were simply circlets, being shaped in front like fully-
twisted ram's horns.
Every year, from March 21st to April 20th, the King took
counsel with the members of this Order. Each one knew the par-
ticular day the King would require his attendance, and was with his
sovereign every minute of the twenty-four hours.
Myrrha.
(To be continued.)
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All those who wish the mission of Modern Astrology well will
be sorry to hear of the death from appendicitis of Mr. Harry Pers-
house, an enthusiastic and devoted student of Astrology and an
occasional contributor to these pages during the past ten years, one
of his first efforts being the prize delineation of Queen Victoria's
nativity, which appeared in Volume I. of the Old Series (p. 240); he
also furnished a very important suggestion in his article on " A
Supplementary Horoscope," on p. 56 of Vol. VI., and he has since
frequently supplied interesting items of various, kinds—such as the
prediction by Horary Astrology, on p. 286 of Vol. I. (New Series), for
instance.
He passed away, peacefully enough, close after 10.30 p.m., on
Monday, February 12th, at Willesden. For the past six years he
 THE HOROSCOPE OF MR. H. PERSHOUSE

had been a valued member of the staff at this office, by the other
members of which his loss will be greatly felt, for by his unfailing
kindliness and good nature he had become a favourite with everyone.
Moreover his sympathy was unbounded, as his horoscope shows,
having Jupiter on the cusp of the ascendant and in the sign Cancer,
its exaltation. A thorough Jupiterian he was, in fact, with ever a
fund of good stories at his command.
He was always ready at any time to give the benefit of his
excellent astrological Judgment to any who might be in need of it,
and the many who have been indebted to his counsels will find an
interest in studying his nativity.
Peace be to him ! He was a faithful servant, a staunch friend,
and a kindly man ; and the writer only hopes that when it may be
his own turn to pass out, he may leave behind such a wealth of kind
remembrances as lives in our hearts for him we knew under the
familiar initials " H. P."
A. H. B.

A Homogeneous Universe.—We are here in the middle of what

Thomas Carlyle used to call "the eternal verities." We can never be
more Immortal than we are at this identical moment. If there is any
justification in truth for the higher hopes we cherish, we shall never reach
a sphere in which it will be either more or less imperative to do such duty
as our hands can find. It is reasonable to believe that this queer little
speck is ordered in the main like all the other specks of which the bound-
less universe is composed, and that responsible creatures everywhere are
pursuing their lives along the very lines of development which are familiar
to us here. We may readily conceive of them as existing in all grades of
growth, as .being enormously in advance of us or as struggling on a lower
plane than even we have yet achieved to, but there is no warrant for
believing that the laws of duty and of progress are not eternal and all-
embracing. There is no warrant for believing that we are in any degree
isolated or divorced from a prevailing plan.—Merlin in " The Referee."
The pulsation of the Sun, its expansion and contraction in a way that
reminds us that it acts as the heart of our system, has been indicated by
a note of Mr. C. Lane Poor. "On measuring the equatorial and polar
diameters of the solar images on twenty-one plates taken by Mr. Rutherford
in 1870, 1871 and 1872, he found indications that during this period the
equatorial diameter was first increasing and then decreasing with regard to
the polar diameter, and this pulsation is found to agree in point of time and
of intensity with the sunspot-curve."—From " Science Jottings" in the Central
Hindu College Magazine,
 i66

^ome Jfrendj ®£lebrtttes

The foilowing birth data of ten eminent Frenchmen have been contributed by
Mons. H. Selva, editor of Le Determim'snie Astral, and author of the valuable essay
on " The Construction of the Celestial Theme" which has been appearing in
Modern Astrology for the past few months. In a note to his contribution Mons.
Selva draws attention to the fact that in France all births must be registered, the
hour as well as day of birth being declared. Of course, as a rule the time stated is
not exact to the minute, but is given to the nearest hour, or quarter-hour. As,
however, it is declared within a few days of the actual birth, it is generally a pretty
close approximation, and as such far more reliable, at any rate, than any assevera-
tion made many years afterwards by parents or nurse. Consequently the data
possess exceptional value, and we hope shortly to discuss two or three nativities in
detail.
All the hours here given are taken from the official register for births, and the
time stated is throughout mean local time.
(1) The Late Doc d'Admale.—Born January 16th, 1822, 9.15 p.m. (official
Bulletin), at Paris; long. oh. gm. 21s. East of Greenwich: lat. 4805o'ii" N.
Died May 7th, 1897, 'n Sicily.
(2) Ernest Legoove, the playwright, member of French Academy.—Born
February 15th, 1807, 8 a.m., at Paris. Died at Paris, March 14th, 1903.
(3) Victor Hogo, the poet.—Born February 26th, 1802, 10.30 p.m., Besangon ;
long. oh. 14W. 48s. East of Paris : lat. 470i3'45"tN. Died May 22nd, 1885, Paris.
(4) Sainte-Bedve, the writer and literary critic.—Born December 23rd, 1804,
n/i. a.m., Boulogne-sur-Mer; long. oh. 6m. 28s. East of Greenwich; lat, 5O044' N.
Died 1869.
(5) Guy de Madpassant, the writer.—Bom August 5th, 1850, Sh. a.m. at
Chateau de Miromesnil, near Fecamp; long, oh. im. 29s. East of Greenwich; lat.
49046'4" N. Died July 6th, 1893.
(6) Jules Sandead, the writer.—Born February 19th, 1811, 7 a.m. at Aubusson ;
long. oh. 8m. 41s. East of Greenwich: lat. 45057'22" N.
(7) Alkred de Mosset, the poet.—Born December nth, 1810, nh. a.m., at
Paris.
(8) Baddelaire, the poet.—Bom April 9th, 1821, 3 p.m., at Paris.
(9) Comte de Paris.—Born August 24th, 1838, 2.50 p.m., (official Bulletin)
at Paris.
(10) Pastedr, the great savant.—Bora December 27th, 1822, 2 a.m., atDdle;
long. oh. 2xm. 59s. East of Greenwich ' lat. 4705'33" N.
 Inbian ^.strolog^

By A. Fazulbhoy, B.A.

VII. The Houses

Up to now I have been treating of planetary positions in the

Rasi Kundli, i.e., in the signs of the zodiac. Now I shall explain
how judgments are obtained from the Bhava Kundli or from the
planets in the several houses of the horoscope. A figure erected
according to the Western method is essentially a Bhava Kundli, as it
shows on the face of it planets in the houses. But this would not
serve our purpose for applying to the following rules, and we shall
have to erect a separate Kundli, because the cusps in the Indian system
are the middle points of the house and not the beginning, as with the
Westerns. So it may happen that planets, in figures erected according
to the two systems, may not agree in their positions as regards the
houses. It will ralso be noticed that the same may be the case in
regard to planets in the Rasi and Bhava Kundlis.
To erect this Bhava Kundli the only calculation to be made is to
determine the beginning of each house. The method adopted by the
astrologers of the East is to take the difference between the longitudes
on the cusps of the first and the fourth houses, and divide it by six.
The amount so obtained is severally added to the degrees of longitude,
on the cusps of the first, second and third, which gives the beginning
of the second, third and fourth houses. These points, where the
several houses 6<g»K, are called their Sandhis. The cusps of the second
and third houses are obtained by adding one-sixth of the distance
between the first and fourth house cusps, to the Sandhis of the second
and third; in other words the middle points of these houses are taken
to be the points of trisection between the first and the fourth. The
longitudes on the cusps of the fifth and sixth, and on the Sandhis of
the fifth, sixth and the seventh are similarly obtained by taking the
difference between the fourth and seventh house cusps.
This is. not very accurate, as the longitudes of Ascendant and
M.C. only are ascertained by calculation, those of the remaining
i68 MODERN ASTROLOGY
housas being taken by proportion. The modern " Tables of Houses"
accurately give degrees of longitude on twelve house cusps, so that a
better plan to determine the Sandhis would be to take half the dis-
tance between any two cusps, add it to the first of them, and that
would give the Sandhi of the second. The Sandhis so obtained will
be more accurate, and the calculations more simple.
The comprehensive Western figure, (especially the circular one)
which shows the planets both in signs and houses, can also be
adapted to show the planets in houses according to the Indian method,
by dividing each house in two, say by a dotted line, to show the
Sandhi. The longitude of the Sandhis can of course be written in in
the same manner as the degrees of the cusps.

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 INDIAN ASTROLOGY 169

ence between a Rasi and a Bhava Kundli. The planets should be put
in those houses over the Sandhi of which they have passed. In fact
the same method should be adopted to enter the planets in respect of
Sandhis as is adopted by the Western astrologers in respect of cusps.
I give below (Figs. 2 and 3) the Rasi and Bhava Kundlis of planets
whose longitudes are as follows:—
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The following table shows cusps and Sandhis of several houses,
calculated according to the Indian method. The numbers 1, 2, etc.,
show the longitudes of the cusps and the letter S those of the
Sandhis ;
I. s. 2. s. 3 s. 4- s. 5- s. 6. s.
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in Fig. 1. This will have the advantage of showing the house positions
of planets according to both systems. It will be noticed that Mars,
 170 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Saturn, Venus, D. Head, and D. Tail are in houses next to those in
which English astrologers will consider them to be.
Each house of the horoscope signifies certain persons and things ;
whether or not the native will be benefited through these persons, or
be fortunate in those things, depends not only on any planets in the
house, but also on the position and aspects of the lord* of that house.
In addition to this, any aspects thrown by the planets on the house
should be taken into account. It may generally be laid down that the
native will be benefited in respect of persons and things signified by a
particular house, if that house be in conjunction with or aspectedf by
benefics, or by the ruler of the sign occupying it. If it were so
aspected or occupied by a malefic, or malefics (except its lord), the
beneficial effects will be destroyed; but when aspected both by
benefics and malefics, the results will be evil as well as good. The
influences will also be beneficial if the lord of a house be aspected by
his dispositor, or by benefics, or if he be in the second, fourth, fifth,
seventh, ninth, or tenth house from his house, and be in aspect with
benefics. The reverse will be the case if he be aspected by malefics,
or be in the sixth, eighth, or the twelfth house without any benefic
aspect.
A planet is considered very powerful and promises much happi-
ness through persons and things signified by the houses ruled by him,
•when he happens to be in the Shadvarga Kundlis, especially in the
Rasi and Navmasa Kundlis, in his own sign, exaltation or in the signs
ruled by his friends, or is placed in a benefic house and is not the
ruler of an evil house, or in conjunction with the lords of such houses,
or aspected by them. Conversely, if the lord of a house be combust,
in his fall or disposed of by his enemies, or decreasing in light, he
becomes very weak, and any benefits promised by the house are
destroyed. As for time, the events signified by planets happen in their
Dasa or Antardasa, i.e., their period and sub-period.
First House. It is called Tanu Bhava. It rules the head and
signifies personal appearance and general characteristics, etc.; the

• I may say once for all that the lord or ruler of a house is the lord of the sign
occupying it.
f In the following pages aspects include conjunction. Planets are said to be
in conjunction with that house in which they happen to be in the Rasi or Bhava
Kundlis, according as the judgments are obtained from the one or the other.
 INDIAN ASTROLOGY

general worldly fortunes of the native can also be judged to a certain

extent from this house.
The following rules are laid down by eminent astrologers of yore.
(1) If the lord of the Ascendant be in his own or friendly sign
or in his exaltation in the Navmasa Kundli, and be aspected in the
Rasi Kundli by benefics, the native will have every sort of bodily
happiness. The same will be the case if the lord of the Ascendant be
angular or triangular* and be not aspected by malefics.
(2) If the lord of the Ascendant be well dignified in the Shad-
varga Kundlis and in the Rasi Kundli be disposed of by a benefic
planet or be in his own or friendly sign, or in his exaltation, or be in
his sign in the Navmasa Kundli and in conjunction with the lords of
the angles in the Rasi Kundli, the native will be fortunate, famous,
wealthy and blessed with long and happy life.
(3) If the ruler of the first be afflicted by the malefics or be in
the eighth house, health will not be good ; but if the Ascendant were
at the same time aspected by benefics the evil will be much lessened.
(4) If the lord of the Ascendant be in conjunction with the lord
of the sixth, eighth or twelfth house in the first, the native will be of
delicate health throughout his life.
(5) If the depositor of the lord of the first in the Rasi Kundli
be in the sixth, eighth or twelfth, then too the native will be of
delicate health.
(6) If the lord of the Ascendant be disposed of by a benefic
with good aspects or be in four dignities in the Dasvarga, the native
will be fortunate after sixteen years.
(7) If such a disposer in the Navmasa Kundli be angular or
triangular, or exalted in the Rasi Kundli, or if the lord of the eleventh
be similarly dignified, the native will be happy and fortunate till the
thirtieth year.
(8) If the lord of the Ascendant be in the second, or his disposer
in the Navmasa Kundli be in the second, the native will be favoured
by fortune after the twentieth year.
(g) If the lord of the eighth be stronger than that of the Ascen-
dant and if there were malefics in the angles, eighth and twelfth
houses, the natives will be either short-lived or miserable.

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Triangular houses of the horoscope are the fifth and the ninth.
172 MODERN ASTROLOGY

(10) If the lord of the Ascendant be exalted in the Navmasa

Kundli and be angular or triangular with benefic aspects in the Rasi
Kundli or be in conjunction with the lord of the tenth, the native will
be famous, wealthy and favoured by Dame Fortune in whatever he
aspires to.
(n) If the lord of the Ascendant in the Rasi Kundli be a male-
fic and that of the Ascendant in the Navmasa Kundli be in conjunction
with the Dragon's Head in the Rasi Kundli and there be a malefic in
the tenth and a planet in his fall not aspected by the Sun ascending,
the native will be infamous.
(12) If the ruler of the Ascendant be exalted, beneficially aspected
or in the M.C. and the Sun in the first, the native will be fortunate in
all worldly prospects;
(13) If the lord of the Ascendant have four Dasvarga dignities
and Venus have seven and the Ascendant be aspected by benefics, the
native will be very fortunate, especially in the latter portion of his life.
(14) If the lord of the Ascendant be a benefic and the Ascendant
be aspected by three or at least two beneficial planets and Venus be
in six Dasvarga dignities, the happiest part of life will be the middle.
The same will be the case if there be benefics in the first, tenth and
eleventh, and the lord of the Ascendant be well dignified both
essentially and accidentally, and Jupiter be in five dignities.
(To be continued]

Reincarnation.—One of our readers who signs himself Rolandus

concludes a letter to the Editor with these words :—" 1 cannot close without
giving vent to my disapprobation of your journal itself. The key-note
seems to be reincarnation ! As a lifelong student open to receive truth
from whatever source it comes. As a spiritualist who has held converse
with the matter of some five hundred spirits in the materialised form.
It is denied by them to have the least foundation in fact, and I must positively
veto reincarnation an illusion! An unprovable illusion."
Our correspondent is certainly entitled to his own opinion, as are we all.
But if he would study the subject of reincarnation as it is really taught (see
Reincarnation, Theosophical Publishing Society, 161, New Bond Street, is.),
he would at least see a reasonable explanation of the undoubted fact that
the majority of materialised spirits do deny the fact of reincarnation.
He might, or might not, consider the explanation tenable, but as a
reasonable man he could not but admit that it was a logical corollary from
the general teaching, and that the latter, viewed in a broad and general
manner, formed a consistent and harmonious whole; and, as the writer of
Oahspe observes (in the preface to first edition), " the only sure test of truth
is harmony."
 173

Degrees of tlje JSoMac ^^mtrolised

Translated from "La Volasfera," by Sepharial

CAPRICORN

[Continued from Vol. II., page 426)

yy 29TH Degree.—A dark and lonely pool overhung by wooded

banks.
This is the index of a nature that will be given to contemplation and
philosophical musings. In the silence and solitude of his own soul he will
enter into an intimate communion with Nature and will be blessed with an
understanding of its more obscure laws and his mind will be pervaded by a
peace which none will be able to disturb. His affections will be deeply
rooted in all that appertains to the simpler and more natural life, and his
poetical and visionary nature will lay hold upon eternal verities. As for him-
self, he will walk by the side of his mother Nature, and his soul will be lifted
to a place of rest. Unpractical though he may be in many things, yet his
message will be one of authority as appertaining to a favoured child. It is a
degree of Contemplation.
yy 30x11 Degree.—An arrow in flight.
This symbol denotes an aspiring and ambitious nature, impelled by the
strength of a force behind him to the attainment of a certain high or distant
project. Gifted with extreme directness and celerity of action and endowed
with remarkable powers of concentration, he will be in a fair way to attain
his intentions and accomplish his ambitions. But everything will depend
upon his start in life as to whether he will reach his goal. Heredity and
training will count for more than usual in his case, for he is one of those
who will follow his inherent impulses and has little or no individual power
of direction and scarcely any adaptation. The breath of public opinion may
carry him wide of his mark, and with the decline of his natural forces there
will be a falling off of ambition and purpose. It is a degree of Decline.
AQUARIUS
zz ist Degree.—A man lying upon a sheaf of corn, asleep, with
viands at his side.
This is a symbol of one whose life will be wasted in dreams and visions
and vain projects to which he cannot lend the power of action. He will be
dreaming where others are working and in consequence will lose the virtue
of utility and the right to sustenance. Moreover, because of his unpractical
and indifferent nature he will be at the mercy of others, and will suffer
depredation and fraud at times, and at others will be pushed aside to make
room for the more intelligent and responsive workers in the world's great
field of action. He will dream of wealth while others are making it, and all
174 MODERN ASTROLOGY
the while he will neglect the opportunities which lie as simple everyday
occurrences close to his hand. It is a degree of Lassitude.
zz 2ntd Degree.—A book on which stand a compass and an
hour-glass.
This is the index of one who has a scientific and highly versatile mind.
He will be disposed to the study of the laws of nature, will gain an intimacy
with the principles of scientific and philosophic investigation and maybe the
inventor of some instrument, or the discoverer of some force in Nature by
which the elements of space (the compass) and time (the hour-glass) are
annihilated to a great degree. Undoubtedly be will be a man of considerable
depth of thought, and will make some useful discoveries. It is a degree of
Extension.
zz 3RD Degree.—A man walking with bended head, leaning
upon a staff.
This symbol is related to one whose life is liable to many and severe
shocks of misfortune, the severing of ties and the disappointment of hopes.
Nevertheless, he will show a spirit of steadfast resignation to the will of
Heaven and therein will find consolation for his griefs and sorrows. The
task which he will have to perform in life will be honourable but unprofitable
and many will be the difficulties which encumber his upward path. He is
nevertheless equipped for a long and arduous journey and being endowed
with a patient and firm will, he must eventually attain his goal. Only in the
interval he will have to surrender all that he holds most dear in life. It is
a degree of Perseverance.
zz 4TH Degree.—An officer arrayed much like a Chinese
mandarin in an official robe of purple and gold and blue.
This is indicative of one who will show considerable nlerit in diploma or
governmental work and will become a minister of state or high official. To
him will be entrusted the care of high secrets and charges, and he will be
associated with persons of high estate and power in whatever land he may
be called upon to serve. It is probable that he himself will be able to boast
an ancient lineage and there is, apart from his destiny, an inherent dignity
and repose which will enable him to passively withstand the assaults of his
enemies and by patience finally to overcome all and succeed to the highest
positions of trust and confidence. It is a degree of Authority.
zz 5TH Degree.—A woman nude, looking at her reflection in a
pool of water.
It is not necessary to say, perhaps, that this is a symbol indicative of
extreme danger to the moral nature of the person born under this degree.
There is an element of dalliance and self-love in the nature which will be
liable to lead to serious complications and entanglements. It may be that
his egotism will only veil aweakness which cannot withstand the temptations
of the carnal nature. The nature will be sympathetic and reflective to a
large degree of the immediate environment, in which, however, there will be
too strong an accent of self. It is probable that he may show artistic tastes
and a marked ability for portrait painting or sculpture. It is a degree of
Egotism.
zz 6th Degree.—An archer drawing a long bow.
This symbol is related to one who has^considerable faculty for teaching
(prophecy), and skill in manual crafts. As a director of thought, an
 DEGREES OF THE ZODIAC SYMBOLISED 175
exponent of religious teachings, as traveller, lecturer, even handicraftsman,
he will show himself capable and will meet with distinction. He will be
ambitious and will have a mind set upon things that are remote from his
environment. Careful in his methods, and ambitious in his designs, he will
have to travel far, nevertheless, for the results of his actions, and of him it
may be said that what is remote from the sense is ever more attractive than
things corporeal and that which is afar than that which is near. It is a
degree of Apperception.
zz 7TH Degree.—A target pierced by a rapier.
This symbol denotes one who has extreme powers of penetration and
yet will he incapable of adequate self-defence in the ordinary affairs of life
and will fall a victim to his own want of discretion. In him the knowledge
of the truth does not entail the following of it, and this denial of his own
convictions will lead him to sore troubles and possibly to disgrace. He will
show an impulsive and headstrong nature, such as may lead him into serious
conflict with others, thereby laying him open to the danger of assault and
hurt in the passage of arms. Let him beware of the direct thrust and
practice the use of the two-edged sword. It is a degree of Vulnerability.
zz 8th Degree.—A lion standing in the open arena.
This symbol is indicativeof a nature that is strong, forceful and indepen-
dent, loving freedom above all things and desiring death by hunger rather
than servitude or restraint. Such an one will prove himself to be of greater
service to the race when left to his own resources and given full freedom of
action than when bound to a narrow or restricted walk in life. Neverthe-
less, he is liable to captivity or imprisonment, whether it be as a prisoner of
State or as the victim of a hard and unrelenting Fate, and this willbe entailed
by his inordinate love of freedom. He will snffer and will serve, and thus
gain both wisdom and freedom for all time. It is a degree of Escapement.
zz qth Degree.—A huge rock rent by a flash of lightning.
This symbol denotes one wbo has a powerful, aggressive, forceful and
executive nature, capable of driving bis way through all obstacles, however
hard and enduring they may be. Quick, energetic and alert, he will make
considerable progress in his particular walk in life, and may be the means of
convincing the most sceptical concerning certain matters of a celestial and
etherial nature. His spirit is too intense and forceful, too incisive and
critical not to be the occasion of much reviling and bitterness of spirit in
others. He will do his work in the world with celerity of action and direct-
ness of execution, and he will let light into dark places. His departure
will be sudden, but will not transpire till he has done some work ol magnitude.
It is a degree of Conversion.
zz ioth Degree.—A head and a hand separated from a body.
This is the sign of one who lacks co-ordination of thought and action,
and who may eventually be liable to paralysis or similar affections of the
body by woundings and the severance of nerves. Possibly he will be
separated Irom bis kindred and will be bereft of guidance and sustenance
at an early age. He will only learn by severe affliction and many sufferings
how to co-ordinate his thought and action, and useless projects, irrespon-
sible and foolish actions, and a badly regulated life will thus be turned to the
service of the body corporate of humanity. It is a degree of Disjection.
zz iith Degree.—Two bulls fighting on the edge of a precipice.
This symbol is related to one in whose nature there is more force and
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
energy than power of direction and self-restraint, and who in consequence
will be continually running into dangers which to him will be wholly unfore-
seen though obvious enough to others. He will rely upon his strength and
pushfulness to overcome his enemies, but it will be shown to him that there
is nothing so insignificant as the strength of a man. Since he cannot over-
come Nature let him learn to use her forces with discretion and moderation
or he will be wounded in the conflict of life, and unseen dangers will lurk
within the hour of exultation as snakes beneath the flowers. It is a degree
of Forcefuluess.
xz i2th Degree.—A lion raging against the bars of its cage.
This symbol imports a nature of considerable native strength and
dignity,'yet unfortunate and in danger of being carried away by his passions
and love of freedom. Hard though it may be to force his spirit into sub-
mission it will be well with him should he early learn that his compeers and
superiors are equally jealous as himself of their Tights and privileges. At
some time in his life he will be the victim of a nature superior to his own and
will suffer restraint and curtailment of liberty thereby. Let him adapt him-
self to his environment. His will else be the hard fate of those who are born
of free spirit into the bonds of necessity. It is a degree of Restraint.
xz 13TH Degree.—A cavalier fully armed.
This is the index of a militant and naturally aggressive nature, the sign
of one who, while outwardly cautious and suave in manner, is ever alive to
his own interests and on the defensive. At times he will be led into
dangers by the aggressive attitude he will display in regard to his fellows,
and although well equipped by Nature for all emergencies, he will never be
so safe and free from harm as when observing regard for others. He will
show a vigilant and alert nature, much power of self-defence, and will be
remarkable for his capacity either in the military world or that of polemics.
It is a degree of Assertion.
xz 14TH Degree.—A broken bridge spanning a rapid stream.
This is the symbol of one whose life will be beset with unforeseen
dangers, and who should therefore go warily and with much circumspection
into the narrow walks of competitive life. About the middle of his life there
will be a great catastrophe, by which he will either lose the use of a limb, or
will suffer a total collapse of his affairs. He will then be in danger of
liquidation and may become involved in serious trouble. Almost from his
boyhood he will have to be self-supporting, and while he is sure to be of
considerable service to others, and may even be author of much wise
counsel, he will himself stand in need of help and sustenance ere his days
are half completed. His future thereafter is in the keeping of Heaven. It
is a degree of Collapse.
xz 15TH Degree.—A ship in full sail upon a sunlit sea.
This is the symbol of one who will possess an enterprising and some-
what adventurous spirit, such as will lead him into associations with others
remote from him in nature or in clime. He will show a catholic and cosmo-
politan spirit, a versatile and ambitious mind, and a benevolent and sympa-
thetic nature. If he should be induced to leave his country it will be to form
alliances that are productive of the greatest good to himself and to others.
If he should follow the mercantile life, he will he fortunate therein. But
whatever may be his calling, he will prosper and gain for himself a position
of affluence and distinction. It is a degree of Affluence.
[To be continued)
 ®lj£ fflonatruction of tljc ffiBlestial ®lj£m£

Translated from the French of Mows. H. Selva by Heinrich Daath

[Continued from Vol. II., p. 464)

So that wliRn one considers several points of the heavens situated

in a similar part of the sphere comprised between the horizon and the
meridian, each of which has travelled over at a given momenta similar
proportional segment of its semi-arc, it will be observed that the
circles of position, though each passes through the others at the same
point of the equator, have a different inclination upon the circle.*
It follows from this that for each point of the heavens considered,
the elevation of the pole above its circle of position will take a different
value. This should be borne in mind.
Yet there are some exceptions to the preceding rule.
At first sight it is easily demonstrated that if the place of obser-
vation is situated upon the terrestrial equator, all the points of
the sphere having passed through the same proportional segment of
their semi-arc have a common circle of position (which blends with
their horary circle, and should coincide besides with the circle of
position which one would have constructed upon the same data
according to the method of Regiomontanus).
On the other hand, it results from our definition that under every
geographical latitude the circle of position of each point of the heavens
situated in the place of the horizon coincides with this latter ; in fact,
there is nothing here but a common circle of position to these points.
Similarly all the points of the heavens which culminate at the same
moment have a common circle of position which coincides with the
meridian.
Finally we find that each circle of position constructed for a point
of the heavens situated between the horizon and the meridian, fulfils,

* Without doubt it would be possible to determine the curve which bounds all
the points of the heavens having at any given moment each travelled through the
same proportional segment of serai-arc; but in practice thjs research has no interest
for us.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

at the same time, this function for three other points through which
it passes: namely, those which have the same declination as the first,
whether it be of the same name or not.
This can be demonstrated as follows;—
In Fig. 10 let HMN be the meridian, HRN the horizon, MAR the
equator, P the pole, CAOC the circle of position of any point
whatever, O, yet such whose declination ( = OE) may be less than
the complement of the geographical latitude ( = 90° —PN). Draw
through O a parallel, and through the point of intersection of this
with the horizon, B, trace the horary circle PBD.

c
V

Now draw through the point O' situated on the circle of position
COC, and having the same declination as 0 (0'E' = E0), a parallel which
cuts the horizon at B'; and trace the horary circle B'P which meets
the equator at D'.
CAOC being by hypothesis the circle of position of O, satisfies
implicitly the conditions expressed in the following relation :
MA_ME_AE
MR=MD=RD
If we can demonstrate that in the same time
MA_ME'_AE' otherwise formulated AE'_ AE
MR MD' RD' RD'" RD
we shall have proved that CO'OC fulfils the function of circle
of position also for O'.
 CONSTRUCTION OF THE CELESTIAL THEME 179

Let us consider the triangles RDB and RD'B'.

As they are rectangular at D and D' respectively, as DB = D'B'
(since by hypothesis E0=E'0' and DB3EO, D'B' = E'0'), and
as BRD = B'RD'they are equal. Consequently (1) RD'=RD.
But the triangles AEO and AE'O', rectangular at E and E'
respectively, are equal; whence (2) AE' = AE.
Therefore
AE' AE
RD' —RD
and also
AE'_MA_ME'
RD' MR MD'
Thus CO'OC satisfies the necessary conditions for constituting
the function of circle of position also for O'.
[To be continued.)

TO CONVERT HELIOCENTRIC POSITION INTO GEOCENTRIC*

(1) From the Heliocentric longitude of the planet (+360° if necessary)
subtract the Helioc. long, of the earth (=Geoc. long. 0 —180°). If this
exceeds 180°, subtract it from 360°. Call this A.
(2) Half of the supplement of A gives B [i.e., B= (180—A)-r-2].
t3) Log. of planet's distance from © + Log. cosine Helioc. latitude of
planet=Log. C. (If latitude is unknown, use Log. distance only.)
(4) Log. C —Log. radius vector of earth (or vice versa if an inferior
planet) = Log. tan. D. (For Log. radius vector see Nautical Almanac.)
(5) Log. tan. (D—450) +Log. tan. B=Log. tan. E.
(6) The Angle of Elongation is either the sum or difference of B and E.
(7) The Geoc. long, of © plus or minus the Angle of Elongation=
Geoc. long, of planet. (Which of these operations is to be done is best
decided by drawing a rough diagram, and seeing, therefrom, whether
Helioc. long, is more or less than Geoc.)

' This formula has been condensed and simplified from the rules given in
Vince's Astronomy by Mr. H. S. Green, and will be found in practise easier and
simpler to work with than Morrison's method quoted on p. 73 of Astrology for All,
Parf//., which is worded in a somewhat ambiguous fashion. The heliocentric
position of any major planet (except Jupiter) can be calculated accurately enough
for most purposes by assuming its orbit circular and its motion uniform, and
neglecting the movement of the apsis and node. In this way the exact positions in
any nativity of the four ultra-Neptunian planets given in our last issue can readily
be found,
 i8o

i$ome Strange Coinn&encea

Whatever else may fail, one can always rely on the constancy of
the crop of coincidences—a fact which must be apparent to anyone
who studies his daily paper. Thus, only a few weeks ago, the writer
observed that on the same day of August, one Henry Johnson qualified
as a father, another as a husband, while a third joined the great
majority; and in the same paper it was recorded that three brothers
of the name of Hunter had married, without the knowledge of each
other, on the very same day—one in Canada, the second in Johannes-
burg, and the third in Scotland; while, to crown the remarkable
coincidence, each bride was a " Mary."
About the same time a correspondent sent to " Notes and
Queries" the following singular statement of family coincidences :
His mother's name was Watts; his wife's maiden name also was
Watts, the second Christian name of both being Emma. The mother's
eldest brother is Thomas Watts ; the wife's eldest brother is Thomas
Watts. The mother's second brother is James Watts; the wife's
second brother is James Watts. The mother's elder sister was
Annie Watts ; the wife's elder sister is Annie Watts. The youngest
daughter in the mother's family was Elizabeth Watts; the wife, the
youngest daughter in her family, was also Elizabeth Watts. Up
to the time of the marriage the two families were absolute strangers,
and, so far as is known, in no way related.
A few months ago—in May last—the House of Representatives
at Washington adjourned out of respect for the memory of four of its
members who had died on four successive days. " A coincidence
widely commented on," says a correspondent of a London paper, " is
the fact that Mr. Cummings had been appointed to attend the funeral
of General Rosecrans, the first to die; Mr. Otey had been deputed to
attend Mr. Cumming's funeral; and Mr. Salmon, the last of the
quartet to go, to attend the funeral of Mr. Otey."
Not long ago the Skrewsbuyy Chronicle recorded a very singular
coincidence of two lives—those of two farmhouse domestics who both
left their situations one Christmas ; shortly after, both found husbands
 SOME STRANGE COINCIDENCES

and settled in the same village; each became the mother of four
children, and died in giving birth to the fourth ; the two mothers were
laid in the grave within a few days of each other, and shortly after the
two babes were laid by their side. Each of the wives was called
Mary, and each husband was'^William.
It is not long since there diedat Arcadia, Hamilton County, U.S.A.,
two brothers named March, whose lives ran in strangely parallel lines.
They were twins, and married on the same day two sisters—also
twins. To each couple were born seven sons and five daughtersi
every one of the two dozen being born on the 27th of a month, which
was also the day of the month on which their parents became one.
A recent sea mystery furnished a very curious coincidence. Two
American schooners, the Charles E. Wilbur and the Quinebarg, left
Savannah and Darien respectively for New York; and practically
from the day of sailing nothing has been since seen of either vessel.
Both boats were built at the same time, by the same firm, at Provi-
dence ; they were of identical size and build, each carried the same
cargo to the same port on her maiden voyage, and each vanished at
the same time equally mysteriously.
But as a sample of coincidence it would be difficult to match the
following experience told by a Birmingham lady. A year ago she was
crossing the Menai Straits when she lost her watch, but was compen-
sated by picking up a valuable gold bracelet which somebody else had
lost. Some time later, at Cheltenham, a lady saw the bracelet, and
remarked that it was exactly like one she had lost, and produced a
watch which she had found at the same time. An exchange was
made, and thus two ladies became possessed again of their own
property.—Reprinted from Tit-Bits.

How to find William Shakespear's name in the Book of Psalms

(1) Surname—Shakespear consists of 4 vowels and 6 consonants, this gives
us the key, i.e., 46. (2) Turn to the 46th Psalm. (3) Count the 46th word
from the beginning of the Psalm, this gives the word " shake." (4) Count
the 46th word from the end of the Psalm, this gives the word " spear." (5)
These two words give the surname "Shakespear." (6) To find the name
" William," count the 14th word from the beginning, this gives " Will." (7)
Count the 32nd word from the end, this gives "I am." Finally note that
" Will " is the 14th word, " I am " is the 3and and that 14-1-32=46; also that
the initial and final letters, W . . m are respectively equivalent to 6 and
40 totalling 46.—Contributed by D. S. Duff.
 182

®«rribl« ^scrst

On September 22nd last, according to the daily papers, young Lord

Glamis attained his majority, on which occasion they say he was
doomed to be entrusted with the " secret of Glamis." What that
secret is, no one knows, but the following natal and progressed
positions of the planets in the case of the young heir suggest that
it is, at any rate, of no trifling nature :—
Noon.
g.m.t. g i) 'jj in '1 n j s r
22/ q/'84 nj29.52 ill 5-49 S 23. gl^ iii!28.38 024. 40. ^125.18 m 6.33 ^113.48 11124. glj.
13/IO/'84 =2=20.34 ^114.50 822.45 "529.56 1124.111], ii29.12 mzi- 6")! 5-5°^ 5-4ID-
14/ 3/'55 K23.22 sz 1.58 X15.55 8 13.54 n 9.55 —19-45 K29.14 T 13- 5 K 8-29l!'
2:/ 7/,24 2528.34 824.29 VJ 7.40 5513.10 n 4 47 2524. 2 =2=20. g 025.20 023.21
His father the present, and his grandfather the late Earl of
Strathmore, were the previous bearers of the burden, and their
planets are given below those first mentioned. The late Earl is
reported to have said to an importunate lady, regarding the secret
referred to: "If you could guess even the nature of this secret, you
would go down on your knees and thank God you were ignorant of it."
The following letter addressed to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph,
in which paper it appeared on the young lord's birthday, has some
bearing on the subject :—
Sir—I read with interest your article on Glamis Castle in this morning's
paper. Perhaps a ghost is as much a private matter as a skeleton in a
family cupboard, and it may well be that Lord Strathmore and his heir
consider that the public already know as much as they are entitled to know
about concerns which can only affect the family at Glamis. Nor do I think
that there is much more now in this famous secret, supposed to be handed
on from father to son, than there would be if Mrs. Fitzherbert's celebrated
box of letters were opened at Coutt's Bank. The tragedies of one generation
become history for the next. The wise precaution of a century or so ago
soon degenerates into a traditional survival that is invested, by outsiders
only, with far more importance than it really merits.
Still, there is certainly more at Glamis Castle than can be explained by
the ordinary channels of our daily knowledge. You might, for instance, tie
a handkerchief to the window of every room, from the inside, and count the
apartments thus adorned. When you checked the total from the outside,
you would invariably find that one window had escaped your attentions.
Again, there has been some mention of playing-cards. Let me give a con-
crete instance of what happened to a friend of mine at dinner there. I
enclose his name, with my own, for your private information. He told us all
 A TERRIBLE SECRET
about it when we met at a shooting party, to which he came down from
Scotland.
The guests had gathered, before dinner, at the end of the great dining-hall
atGlamis. Just before they all moved in, a playing-card fluttered down from
the ceiling. Before his host put his foot upon it my friend had time to see
that it was the nine of diamonds," the curse of Scotland " I think he called it.
It was apparently accepted by those present as an occurrence usual to the
place, but on which it was good form to make no remark. However, there
was naturally some talk over the matter in the smoking-room that night,
after Lord Strathmore himself had gone to bed, and no explanation was
forthcoming. Nobody dreamt of laughing at it. Perhaps Mr. Andrew
Lang has his own theories on the subject. In any case, it is no business of
ours, and I have only desired to put on record, at an appropriate time, what
has always remained an inexplicable incident.—I am, Sir, faithfully yours,
A Reader.
It will be seen that in the case of the young heir the progressed
Uranus has arrived at the position of the radical Sun—a very remark-
able and significant ' direction," that can only occur in the lives of
persons born during one or two days in any one year—while his Sun
has progressed to his grandfather's natal Mars. It is curious that all
three have Uranus in an earthy sign and Saturn in Gemini, and two
of them Mercury in square to Saturn.

The Conception of Time.—Apart from any system of transcendentalism

which discerns, or pretends to discern, in the surrounding universe a condi-
tion of things which does not obtain amongst ourselves, the conception of
human time as being in any degree divorced from that eternity of which it
makes a part is, perhaps, the most mischievous of all the false ideals which
have beset the religions of the world. The fact that the men and women
who hold by this ideal do in the main lead righteous lives may legitimately
be set apart from the question. They would probably, under the conditions
arranged for them, be moral anywhere. It is a part of their instinct to
conform to the normality of mankind, and their actions are less a sequence
of their beliefs than they are the consequence of heredity and social
pressure. But, leaving that consideration on one side, the attitude almost
universally accepted by professing Christians is that in departing this
present life the human soul may experience an entire change, and that the
habituated sinner, even of the cruellest and most selfish type, may
immediately become a saint and may be worthy of the high communion
of their imaginary heaven. A true conception of time in its relation to
eteraity would probably lead to the undoing of this creed. There is not,
and there cannot be, any " plunge " into eternity, since we are already in
the middle of it, and must at any age or epoch exist in the middle of it
mathematically.—Merlin in " The Referee."
" Chance is but the pseudonym of God, or Nature, for those particular
cases which He does not choose to subscribe openly with his sign manual."
Coleridge,
 IFabourable anb Slnfabourable ISirtbbaya

For the month of April, igo6

[The basis of these prognostications is the transit of the major planets,
Vt W' 1",> <?' over t^e annual zodiacal position of the Sun on the dates
given. It must.be borne in mind that in all cases the effect of a ' transit' is
subordinate to the ' directions' in operation at the time ; should these be bad
the " unfavourable " birthdays will prove so much the worse, and the " favour-
able " so much the less good ; and vice versd. Conseouently it is improbable
that people born on the same day of the year will fina these remarks apply
equally in all cases, but in a broad sense the general circumstances during
the current month will be much as indicated.]
Unfavourable Birthdays.—All people born during the first four
days of March in any year, especially the years 1855, '59, '61, '68, '6g,
"77, '84, '85, 'gi, will feel the depressing influence of the transit of
Saturn over the Sun's place at birth. Delays and disappointments of
various kinds will occur, and the health will suffer somewhat from
impeded circulation. This will afford them a splendid opportunity for
demonstrating the superiority of mind over matter by cultivating a
steadfast and philosophical calm under defeat and a resolute deter-
mination to succeed in spite of obstacles. They should strive against
the disinclination to exert themselves that is likely to beset them, and
set themselves deliberately to take exercise for the benefit of health.
People born during the first fortnight in May, especially during the
years 1852, '55, '57, '62, '67, '69, '70, '72, '77, '84, '87, will, on the
other hand, experience an inflow of energy, desire, and passion which,
though only temporary, will predispose them to rash and hasty actions
that they may afterwards regret ; the bodily circulation and secre-
tions will be abundant and free, with a slight feverish tendency and
some disposition towards quinsy and the like inflammatory attacks.
Diet should be moderate, and they should use up their surplus energy
in work or hard exercise.
Favourable Birthdays.—Those born on May 26th to 30th will
experience a pleasurable month as the result of Jupiter's transit, with
a sense of mental upliftment; any literary ventures they may be
interested in, or any travelling they may do, should prove both
satisfactory and profitable, and the more they cultivate originality,
broadmindedness, and sympathy, the more will they prosper in
these matters. The above remarks will especially apply to those
born on the dates indicated in the years 1856, '58, '66, '68, '70, '78,
'80, '82, '84.
Peculiar and Uncommon Birthdays.—The remarks made in
our last issue regarding those born on June 30th and December
2gth will apply almost equally during the present month, and the
invitation to record their experiences is renewed.
 Jlotabilia

[Note.—The birth-time ofcelebrities'is rarely ascertainable (see p. 35), and even

when secured is often untrustworthy; but no such element 01 doubt affects the
planetary positions, since the actual day of birth is generally known beyond dispute.
The dates here given have been obtained from various sources, the daily papers,
Encyclopedias, etc., but where possible they have been verified or checked by
comparison with other authorities, such as IfAo's ff/io ; farther than this they are
not guaranteed. Readers are invited to contribute authentic data for publication
under this heading, or to suggest the names of notabilities that it is desirable to
include]
Lord Townshend I7/io/'66
Ellen Terry 27/2/'48
Mrs. Longworth (Miss Alice Roosevelt) i2/2/'84
James Anthony Froude, the historian 23/4/'i8
(180) Mme. de Navarro (Miss Mary Anderson) aS/y/'sg
(181) Sir William Crookes, the eminent scientist i7/6/'32
John, a " fat " boy I4/io/'98
William E. Henley, the poet 23/8/'49
P
(184) Lady Halle (Mme. Norman Neruda), the faraou-.i violinist 21/5/40
(■35) Robert Schumann, the composer 8/6/'10
186 Edward Grieg, the composer 15/6/43
187) Mr. Justice Finnemore 29/io/'42
Major Arthur GriflBths, the author gjiz/'iS
James Fenimore Cooper, the novelist 15/9/1789

Planetary Positions at (Greenwich) Noon on Day of Birth

0 » V V 7 9 a
=2,24 =: 1 T11 Ij> m SIJ. "I 13 1324 m 19 7 9 "l 4 I
Kt K 8 / 10 K 0 T 16 K 15 n 1 ss r K26 2
(178) =23 HE 9 a 18 11B27I5, n 3 2B27I5, 41 8^, *27 V327 -.26
8 3 / 7 / 261). 7 2015. K15 V3 13 m 15 a 13 a 22 8 9
it 5 is 15 K27^ n 7 ,a 14 mn 41 3 <m 18 nt 2 =:2i
181} 0 26 =: 12 W27l^ xsiSR "E 9 H 27 T 10 o 15 0 9 41 5
(182) iS2I - 8 02515. 7 1 7 9 ^.21 as23 7 5 -18 W13
183) iqt 0 m 5 K r26i5. r 7% IE 3 □ 8 2B I7 "E 7 'IE 3
(184) n 0 V325 — 15? K20 7 2015. in, 12^. a 26 8 13 a 10 K 2
n 17 4126 7 71}. in 11B- 7 1215. a 17 n 19 as 9 .... 4$ ill
(186) 1124 - 4 =21IJ. T 2 ^25^. 1st 28 7 1215. 825 n 2915. w 3
(■87 111 5 lit 8 17^ K25I!. y] 10 idi7 1TB24 7 20 in 1115. WI5
it 83) f 17 IB 23 - 8 K 9 7 3 =2.14 nE 17 7 16 VJ 5 T 0
(189) ns23 41 0 2-24 41 9 H 2OE{. 4120 ib 19 i22 === 7 HI 22
N.B.-—The positions 0} V and Iff in (189) are approximate only.

"Desire to sow no seed for your own harvesting; desire only to sow
that seed the fruit of which shall feed the world. You are a part of the
world; in giving it food, you feed yourself."
 i86

Hfrftcrs to tlje (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.
AH 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 (i) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only ; (2) 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.]

The Error of La Place

Dear Sir,
In your March issue your correspondent, " J. W.," states
that La Place's equations are only concerned with Planetary Preces-
sion, and not with the Luni-Solar Precession, which is negative. Here
I at once join issue and say distinctly that this is not so. I will take
the points of his letter seriatim.
(1) In Ltvre VI., No. 31, La Place gives for the annual Precession
dp
TT = i54"'63
This is in centesimal seconds, which, when reduced to sexagesimal
seconds becomes
= 50"-1
0
dt
This is the value of Precession that he uses to obtain the con-
stants for his equations, and with these constants he then calculates
the variation of the Obliquity. For fuller details I must refer your
readers to my pamphlet " A Gigantic Hoax," a copy of which I am
sending for your correspondent J. \V. [and which may be obtained
from this office, price is.—Ed.] .
As most are aware the above value, 5o"-i, is the annual precession
from all causes, both planetary and luni-solar, since it is obtained not
from theoretical calculation but from observation.
This motion in precession, as your correspondent admits, is
negative, and therefore ought to have the negative sign, so that La
Place should have put

if - - 'S'"'6*
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

When this correction is made and La Place's constants calcu-

lated afresh, his equations show that the obliquity is increasing, and so
is diametrically opposite to the facts of observation.
This is the real point at issue, and I hope J. W. will again consult
the " eminent astronomer," and ask him as a special favour to base
his reply on the actual equations of La Place, and not on modern
astronomical text-books—none of which so far as I know fundamentally
treat the question, but simply copy the ipse dixit of La Place, while
some of them even do this in an inaccurate and misleading way. It
is a branch of Astronomy which during the last fifty years has ceased
to be studied, the leading astronomers being engaged in other work.
Let me again emphasise the fact that the whole question turns
upon whether the above figure i54"-63 seconds) should be
positive or negative, and on this one point my contention must
stand or fall. If the motion of Precession is from Aries to Taurus,
and not from Aries to Pisces, then I am wrong and La Place is
right.
The misnamed Planetary Precession is due to a slow change of
the ecliptic itself in relation to the invariable plane of the solar
system, and, according to La Place is not the cause of the varia-
tion of the Obliquity, but of the variation of the variation. This
second variation is in astronomical text-books commonly mistaken
for the first, owing to a misunderstanding of what La Place
really says. Professor Young, in his General Astronomy the standard
astronomical work in our Universities, falls into this error, and
" an eminent astronomer" appears to be a victim to the same
widespread fallacy. The mistake has probably arisen from the
practice of reading La Place's verbal statement, but not taking the
trouble to understand his equations.
The other objections raised by your correspondent, being relatively
of little importance, must be treated briefly.
(2) I regret to read that my figure suggests that the pole moves
in the same plane as Precession. It should not do so, to anyone well
acquainted with spherical Astronomy, and who has carefully read my
letter.
(3) I am quite aware that the projection of stellar motions on
the equator involves trigonometrical functions, but what becomes of
these functions when the angle is 90°, as is the pole to the equator?
The component of the motion iu Declination then vanishes, and
the whole motion is in Right Ascension. For this reason I claim
that the observed proper motion of Polaris is fictitious, being equal
in amount but opposite in sign to the projected polar motion.
(4) The proper motions of the stars are, I think, mostly obtained
from the relative motions of the stars amongst themselves, and only
a few of them relatively to the poles, hence the observed proper motions
would generally be unaffected by the polar motion, which might thus
remain undetected. Moreover, this motion is already allowed for by
astronomers in the annual change of the obliquity, since it is from
this annual change that the polar motion is deduced.
In conclusion I may point out that since this question is one of
i88 MODERN ASTROLOGY

pure mathematics there is no room for two opinions on the matter, and
no authority, however high, can permanently over-ride the truth.
Yours faithfully,
The Hermitage, Kurla, Bombay. G. E. Sutcliffe.
Editorial Comment.—We had read the pamphlet referred to before
printing " J.W.'s " letter, and it certainly seemed to ns that it entirely
silenced the objections put forward in such a dogmatic manner by " J.W.'s"
friend the astronomer, though we thought it better to leave Mr. Sutcliffe to
reply for himself. We recommend all really interested in the matter, which
is o£ supreme scientific importance, to procure the pamphlet and work out
the question for themselves, as Mr. Sutcliffe has done—he gives all references
necessary, and the requisite books can be obtained at the British Museum
Reading Room. Then, objections will have some weight, but meantime all
idle quoting of " authorities " is as futile as the proverbial argument by
statistics. What is wanted is the truth, and not anybody's opinion, and Mr.
Sutcliffe has put matters in such a clear way that anyone who desires to
ascertain the truth can satisfy himself. As to " eminent astronomers," our
respect for them has declined since we sent in succession two marked copies
of the number of Modern Astroloqv containing Mr. Marques's interesting
letter on " Precession " to the Greenwich Observatory, each accompanied
by a letter addressed to the Astronomer Royal asking to be favoured
with the information Mr. Marques sought. (See Modern Astrologv, Vol.
II., New Series, p. 286-288.) Not the slightest acknowledgment, even by post-
card, of either of those letters has ever reached this office !
(By the way, we do not wish what we have said to be taken as reflecting
In any way on the letter of " J. W.," in whom we have always recognised a
hearty co-worker in the cause of truth.)

Fulfilled Predictions. Matrimonial Data

Dear Sir,
Since you are kind enough to encourage your readers to
contribute their mite of experience or observation, I venture to send
you two small items in the hope they may be interesting.
The first is a comparison of Mr. H. S. Green's predictions on
p. 83 of your February number with actual events occurring about the
period of the Lunar Eclipse.
The second consists of some matrimonial data. I wonder if
" Aphorel " could be persuaded to comment upon them ? They seem
to me to be singularly significant.
Solar Eclipse, February 23RD
Prediction Event
1. Portugal . . . will suffer. Feb. 22nd. Accident to ferry boat
on river Douro, sixteen drowned.
2. The Eclipse is less than half a 23rd. Heated debate on " Chinese
degree from the place of Uranus at Slavery " in the House of Commons,
Mr. Chamberlain's birth, and as in which Mr. Chamberlain took a
this planet was in his mid-heaven prominent part, being treated with
exciting events are likely to follow great discourtesy by the Minis-
rapidly and to prove discordant and terialists.
troublesome.
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR i8g

Effects of Lunar Eclipse, February qth

Prediction
i. Nations governed by Leo, such
as France . . . are more likely to
suffer,and social or religious troubles
2. Death of some eminent woman.
3. Deaths from heart disease.
4. Engagement or marriage in
Royal circles.
5. Visits and intercourse gene-
rally between one country and
another.
6. Earthquakes.
Event
Feb. 3rd. Religious riots in vari-
ous Parisian churches, consequent
on the enforcement of the new law
regarding Church property.
6th. Religious riots at Montpelier,
Cherbourg, Alencon, and other
French towns.
gth. Renewed serious riot at the
iMadeleine, Paris,
f 3rd. Death of Lady Grey.
1 gth. Death of Lady Howe.
7th. Sudden death of Mr. Witt,
K.C.
gth. Sudden death of Mr. Annand,
M.P.
, gth. King Alfonso announced his
I engagement.
gth. Visit of L.C.C. to Paris in
f progress.
-i' gth. Prince Arthur landed at
I Hong Kong cn route for Japan.
Jan. 31st. Earthquake and tidal
wave in Colombia.
Feb. 6th. Earthquake at Perim.
nth. Earthquake in Calabria.
16th. Again in Colombia. During
j all this period the seismographs
register violent earthquake in pro-
Igress at some place not as yet
^determined.

Matrimonial Data
Husband's Data
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
l8 111.12 / I / 16 W26 3£ 12
0 5 ? ?•! 4 IJI V
*23 028 f 26 JKI === II IIJI H20 J15 T23
Wife's Data {approximate)
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
■SI idi =2= hi n
0 I) 52 <? v (Jf V
It 26 >125 m6 8 14 =2=28 4126 ==1 413 T28
Data of their First Meeting
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
>10 V1l8 »I2 T2 820 013
^14 11118 ^16 £:2o nil i iii 12 / 18 ?5 myR.
igo MODERN ASTROLOGY
Data of their Marriage
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
=:6 Kl TI5 H 12 32 1 32 1 8
Gil
=125 fl24 =129 TI =SI8 /8 V32 ; 12 1124
The relations between their © and 5 are rather curious.
Husband's Wife's
2 d O
G tf G
D □ D
Go])
I must take this opportunity of thanking you for your kindness
in inserting my letter and adopting my little suggestion. It is indeed
good of you to thus encourage beginners, whom you must, I fear,
frequently find very troublesome ! [Never ! when in earnest.—Ed.]
Will you kindly note my new address ? Your Magazine is of
such absorbing interest and so helpful that I am impatient of even
the smallest delay in its arrival.
Yours faithfully,
B. Scorpio.
[We offer our sincere thanks to our correspondent: this is the kind of
help we want, and appreciate. Now then, the rest of j'ou, go and do
likewise!—Ed.]

Favourable and Unfavourable Birthdays

Dear Sir,
My birthday falls on December 24th, and up to now (October)
1905 has been a year of much change and uncertainty.
About my last birthday I felt moved to attempt a great sacrifice.
I felt it my duty, but knew it would tell—perhaps for all time—
against both my work and worldly prosperity. Then, quite unex-
pectedly, the one for whose sake I was about to make the sacrifice
fell ill, and our doctor told me that so far from it being my duty to
make that movement my duty was to remain at home, as the life
and happiness of that person depended upon my presence and
companionship.
I noted afterwards that at the time of my first impulse my pro-
gressed horoscope had ^ in twelfth house, a position which would
have warned me had I known of it.
Shortly after his recovery, the person—my father—sold our old
home, which brought about a period of uncertainty and much change.
Many other small changes and uncertainties there have been—
chiefly owing to temper outbreaks and small follies on the part of
other relations and members of the household—all tending to a year
of discomfort, which calls for patience and the inner light.
Otherwise, in my particular work, and in mental and spiritual
matters, also in friendships, this has been up to now a good 3,ear for
me. I have widened my borders, been able to help others, and have
tieen most kindly treated by some | had helped in former times,
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A friend born on June agth has found this year exceedingly

trying; full of small worries, useless, meaningless changes, and much
sickness, which continues, even increases.
Another friend, born December 27th, 1885, has found all the
changes which have befallen him during this year exceedingly bene-
ficial to both health and profession; and also to his inner life and
affections.
Some other time I hope to be able to take time to tell you of
some observations I have made on the horoscope of twins. I think
that the differences to be observed between twins are much explained
by the questions of personality and individuality: i.e., one may live
the personal, and the other grow into the individual life.
Faithfully yours,
Lyra.

A " Doubting Thomas "

Dear Sir,
I am a subscriber to your interesting journal—having first
heard of it last May. I am also a curious and somewhat sceptical
enquirer into the question of Astrology.
My attitude towards it is that of an agnostic. A year ago I
was drawn into studying the question quite in a haphazard manner.
Since then I have been interested, I will even say fascinated.
Data : 26/i/'7i, 4.11.25 a.m. local time; 52.I2N., 2.i4\V.
ODV iji h V S i >} a
5=5.49 T9.25 T19.I6 2524.715. >34.51 016.4715. ^7.2 5=17.29 1319.25 228,43
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
^8.34 ia5 11124 1:8.38 V3I6 XI
My Horoscope.
My introduction was through an old book {Grammar of Astrology),
which left me with the impression that curious as it might be, Astrology
was based upon rules far too elastic. However, I purchased another
book, the writer of which may have been a very good astrologer, but
he was certainly unable to write a single lucid chapter.
My next step was to become a subscriber to your journal, and
I found its articles much more explicit than anything I had so far
read.
Next I plunged, so to speak, into a fairly extensive reading of my
horoscope. A professional artist cast the figure, and provided a full
reading, with some predictions. On the whole the work was accurate.
Nevertheless, I was not satisfied ; I could not yet say " Astrology is
true," for many of the statements were of a general character, having
an extensive meaning. Perhaps an expert would aver that the above
figure indicates this attitude of my mind. Apart, however, from the
general nature of many statements, I had another objection. I had
asked for events which had happened and which would happen. The
future events (mostly indicated in general terms) are duly predicted—
 MODERN ASTROLOG V
and a lively time I am going to have! But no past events 'were
named; and that annoyed me, seeing that I was investing in a horo-
scope for the purpose of investigation. I admit I gave the artist no
cue—merely the bare data—but in view of the fact that since 1900
there had occurred more than half a dozen " accidents," of grave
import, I felt justified in my scepticism.
However, fraud or no fraud, the subject was of a growing interest,
and I continued to study it, entertaining my friends (and surprising
them) with my efforts. Just recently I decided to try some of your
books of the "Astrology for All" series. I have Astrology for All,
Part II., and also one of the little Manuals (No. 2). I intend to
purchase all your other publications. I read No. 2 Manual at a
sitting. I offer you my sincere compliments. Whether one accepts
your teaching or not, your manner of stating your case is lucid and
attractive.
But do not imagine you have made a fervent convert of me. I
am still the "earnest enquirer." My name is Thomas—I am the
" Doubter."
I would like to put a test to your readers:—I enclose the horo-
scope of a female. I have drawn the figure from the Ephemeris given
in your Astrology for All, Part II. It fairly represents the person. I
also have copied out data for noon, October 16th, 1869, representing
(as that day does) an event in that person's life at the age of twenty-
four years. If you or any of your readers can indicate the event
which occurred when that female was aged twenty-four years five
months—well, the fact will go far to remove mountains of my doubts.
Yours truly,
T. B.
Data for Horoscope of a Female
Born September 22nd, i86g. Lat. 5404o'N. Long. i°^o'W. About 7.30p.m
^ D f iji i? =r ? g n
11529.47 T2o,47 r 18.41 B(. 5521.30 / 11.4s a 20.4515. 11111.56 "15.14 ^25.30 414.41
x. xi. xn. 1. 11. in.
V320 sno K14 a 19.24 u 16 053
Progressed Places of Planets (approx.) Noon, October i6tlt, 1869.
II 1 (3 y .• G •? ? D
I8r4^ 22550 13/34 18850I5. 2811135 23^,10 3/27 11113215. 8K45
(Event occurred February, 1894.)
Note.—The above is approximate only, but'is fairly accurate.
[We have great pleasure in publishing this letter. "A hardy doubter
makes an ardent advocate." Regarding the challenge, we make the same
offer as on p. 46 of the January issue, substituting a copy of The Progressed
Horoscope instead of How to Judge a Nativity ii desired. In the case of no
one hitting exactly on the event, " T.B." must decide who is entitled to the
prize.—En.]
Several interesting letters are still unavoidably held over,
Mobtvrx

Vol. III. New Series. MAY, 1906. No. 5.

®lj£ (©bscrbatorg

I have redeemed my promise in Tke Progressed Horoscope to

publish examples of " Directing " by the preparation of the influences
operating in the nativities of Sir Richard and
Examples of Lady Burton, and they will appear in the next
"Directing" j ' r rr
issue. If the time can be spared they will be
followed by further examples, possibly by an account of the effects
arising out of the recent " directions " in my own nativity.
Repeated experiences prove that it almost entirely depends on the
attitude of mind and feeling at the time of operating directions as to
how they will affect the native. Which, simply rendered, means that
Knowledge is Power.
And it is the same with nations as with individuals.

I had hoped to have continued my remarks on National Astrology,

but pressure of work has prevented me from giving it the necessary
attention required to do justice to so vast a sub-
The Next ject. The opposition of Uranus and Neptune
European War . ^ «r •
appears to be upsetting South African affairs;
also the spiritualistic world, by the recent " exposures " of well-known
and trusted mediums. If the Transvaal is, as supposed, governed by
as, we may expect great extremes during the present year, both 7f and
^ occupying that sign during the summer months ; speculators will
have a fine opportunity.
This reminds me of my promise in TAe Astrologer's Annual to
consider the prospects of the next European War.
 194 MODERN ASTROLOGY
If I stated that the smouldering fires would burst into flame
during the year 1910 it would be something more than a mere guess,
for the influences operating in that year, which is
The Cycle of in the Cycle of Mars, with a solar sub-influence,
Mars
are of such a nature as to produce the most acute
tension among European nations. The four outer planets will then
form a cross from the Cardinal signs. The mundane figure for that
year is an ominous one, the Mars cyclic year commencing with 1? in
T, d1 d b. O and both g ^ !
But, after all, is it really inevitable that there should be a Euro-
pean War ? Surely the nations are growing wiser, and the British
Empire at any rate is fortunate in having a peace-making Sovereign;
therefore we may feel sure that every effort will be made to avoid
such a terrible possibility, although the planetary positions certainly
point to the climax of tension in the year 1910.
ijS
The late Mr. Harry Pershouse, whose untimely death was recorded
in our last issue, was an expert 'practitioner in the art of Horary
Astrology, and rarely failed to predict the time of
Horary events from a horary figure when the occasion
Astrology , ...... TT
necessitated this means of divination. He was
often tested by the other members of the staff in connection with
their private affairs, and almost invariably scored a victory, even
when his judgment appeared to be altogether erroneous. He was
not infallible, it is true, yet it would be safe to say that ninety per
cent, of his judgments were in the main correct.

If used in the right spirit there is no doubt that Horary Astro-

logy is a very useful branch of astrological study, but when incessantly
resorted to, for the purpose of answering every
trivial question, and when more reliance is placed
upon " horary figures " than upon will and reason,
it becomes a very undesirable and indeed actually pernicious thing.
Its value is most appreciated when used to supplement " direc-
tious," as a guide to the best course of action when in circumstances
that make it difficult to decide the right step to be taken. Many
interesting stories have been told concerning the advantages to be
gained by a sincere use of this method of foreseeing events. Being
 THE OBSERVATORY 195
almost wholly predictive it appeals strongly to those who are worried
and over anxious about the future, and for that very reason its study
should not be encouraged until a certain amount of self-reliance is
obtained, and until the intuitive mind has been cultivated to form
sound judgments without trusting to such extraneous means for
guiding action.

IMPORTANT NOTICE. —It is necessary to stale that I cannot

be responsible for the actions of those individuals who have taken it
upon themselves, without any authorisation from me, to have their
professional letters addressed to the office of Modern Astrology,
nor can I undertake to forward such letters to the addressee.

The Occult Significance of the Planet Uranus.—We have received

from Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe, of Bombay, an advance copy of an extremely
interesting pamphlet which he has written under the above title. Its
twenty pages are so full of suggestive facts and figures that it is impossible
to give any adequate epitome of Mr. Sutcliffe's researches, but among other
points treated in a very illuminating way may be mentioned, the relationship
of the orbit of Uranus to the height of man, the relationship between the
cubit, digit and inch, and of the two former to the mathematical constant Pi,
the meaning of the Kabbalistic statement that the Zodiac consists of ten
signs, length of the Naros, etc., etc. (The pamphlet is on sale at this office,
price u.)
The Brihat Jataka of Varaha Mihira.—We are pleased to learn that
a New Edition of Mr. N. Chidambaram Aiyar's translation of this standard
work has lately been issued. We have procured a copy and hope to be able
to say more about it later. It can be obtained from the office of The
Tbeosopkist, Adyar, Madras, India (price 6s.).
" Inri," anew magazine of 100 pages, published monthly at is. net, and
edited by "Teder," has the following scheme of work :—
In Science, to establish a synthesis by applying the analogical method
of the Ancients to the analytical discoveries of modern Experimenters; in
Religion, to give a solid basis to morality by the realisation of the same
esoteric truths hidden in the bosom of every creed ; in Philosophy, to depart
from the purely metaphysical methods of the Universities, to rise above the
purely physical methods of the Positivists, in order tosynthetise Science and
Faith, Physics and Metaphysics, the Visible and the Occult.
"Inri" counts, among its numerous writers, the most learned authorities
in each branch of special study.
The Magazine is published by Boots, Limited, Station Street, Notting-
ham, or copies may be obtained from the Editor, at Bruce Villa, Church
Street, New Lenten, Nottingham, whom we wish every success in his new
venture.
 196

|3rart:tsl Astrology

One is so accustomed to the application of the word " practical"

to purely mundane affairs, that when it is used in reference to an
occult science such as Astrology, one is apt to infer some such mean-
ing as Astrology in relation to commerce, marriage, sickness, health—
in short, to worldly affairs generally. But to the mind mainly con-
cerned with the issues of the larger life,—the life, that is to say, which
is not bounded by the cradle on one side and the grave on the other,
but which runs on through incarnation after incarnation,—the word
" practical" will apply to that which is best suited to the larger or
Individual Self, rather that which pertains chiefly to the lesser or
Personal Self.
From this standpoint, then, and using the word "practical" in
the sense indicated, what is " practical" Astrology ? And who are
" practical" astrologers ?
Surely, " practical " Astrology is the use of the science for self-
knowledge, and the application of its wisdom to self-unfoldment. And
those only are truly the "practical" astrologers who are seeking by
its study to escape from the Circle of Necessity (which every horos-
cope really is); who are striving to understand which spoke of the
wheel |they have identified themselves with, and thus are held by
(and being so held are necessarily limited); who are seeking to control
and to manipulate, by the energy of the Divine Will within, the
various forces which play around them—these forces emanating from
that sphere of influence which we designate the horoscope, the
nativity being, as it were, an ideograph that reveals to us ourselves.
From it we may learn, first, our own particular type of bodily
configuration, in other words our physical temperament, on which and
on the especial kind of brain formation depends the degree to which
we can express the true or inner self on this physical plane, the life hav-
ing to flow through that particular form. On account of karma, in
many cases the physical body and brain will be somewhat of a barrier
or obstacle to the real man, rather than a medium of expression in
any true sense, but such as it is it should be the aim of the truly
 PRACTICAL ASTROLOGY 197

practical astrologer to understand this temperament fully, to know how

far he can manipulate, adapt and use this vehicle. This is the first
and most important step, for it is this oft-times despised " vile body"
which alone makes existence and manifestation possible in the
physical world, it being the vehicle or tenement of the Thinker during
the current life.
The next thing to be noticed is the desire-nature, the type of
astral body, and the kind of emotions that sweep through it. We
then take stock of the mental capacity, its calibre, strength and
power. And, lastly, we gauge the will, or the power to dominate
the whole ; for when we touch t/iat, we touch the true man, the indi-
viduality, that can win victory from seeming failure and rise triumphant
over obstacles, doubts and difficulties, becoming victor in the battle
of life, the hero in those unseen and out-of-sight struggles that every
human soul goes through ere it can lift the veil of truth from the
stern-faced goddess and penetrate the heart of the mystery, the purpose
of life.
Human life is not the goal of evolution, it is but the attainment
of a certain level upon which a new and spiritual evolution can be
built. It has taken ages to make " man " as we see him to-day. Yet
even that is but the outer semblance: the interior "man" is im-
mensely superior to the exterior. Both of these, however, are but
dwelling places for the Real Man, who is far above either. The
building is not the dweller. And no one of his bodies* is the Real
Man, neither indeed is the " lord of the body," the personality—
through which, nevertheless, the Ego alone can work.
What kind of a personality we have brought over, as the karmic'
inheritance of our activities in previous lives, we may learn from a
study of Astrology. It is able to inform us struggling men and women
what we are—our inherent tastes, our innate desires and capacities,
our mental, psychic and physical peculiarities,our limitations and our
possibilities of growth, our unfelt and latent forces, our secret aspira-
tions or, it may be, lack of aspiration ; in a word, the materials
supplied by the involution of the past for the evolution of the future.
This is our stock-in-trade, on the handling of which will depend our
future prosperity.
* Readers to whom the idea of more than one body may be unfamiliar are
recommended to read Man and his Bodies (price is., T.P.S., 161, New Bond
Street, W.).
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There are many occult teachers who appear to under-rate the use
of the personality, affirming that in its entire destruction lies the only
hope of spiritual progress. But after all, if the personal life is the
direct means of gaining experience for the divine life to use, it is not
to be avoided, under-rated, or treated with contempt, nor lived half-
heartedly, either; but rather to be lived to its deepest and fullest.
To tell the average man or woman that the abandonment of the per-
sonal life is necessary if they would rise to the spiritual life, would be
to set before them a standard not only practically unattainable, but
not even attractive. Indeed, if this teaching were generally accepted
the higher life could be but a dream, except to the very few.
No ; there is a renunciation of the personality that is the essence
of the spiritual life, it is true, but it does not mean its extinction.
This ' renunciation' consists, not in destroying the personality and
losing interest in the personal life, but in abandoning it as an end in
itself. Far from the personal self being a worthless, unimportant part
of the Real Man it constitutes the whole of his capital, being the
instrument brought over for his use, by a most delicate system of
conservation, mainly from the forces of the last life, and specially
adapted to do the work of the present incarnation. And therefore it
seems to me that the task of the practical astrologer, his chief work
in life, lies in tuning this instrument (so to speak) as perfectly as
possible, trying to bring its vibrations into harmony with those higher
overtones sounded by the divine musician, the Real Man, for whose
use alone it is kept in being.
So long as we regard the personality only as a channel for the
larger life to use, it can never become isolated, separative or selfish.
Let us each ask ourselves: " Am I living for ' myself,' or for ' The
Self,'—which, of course, spells others? " That indeed is the vital
question, and the " practical" astrologer as he looks at.his own map
should realise and understand what notes of his instrument are dumb,
so that the Player cannot sound them at all, what notes are inhar-
monious in pitch or tone, thus rendering the harmony defective, what
notes are too strident and obtrusive, and what notes have a tendency
to " cipher," or keep sounding on when the Player would have them
silent. (Ah, how many of these last there are !) In a word, the
practical astrologer must become an " artist in living."
Astrology shows us the technique of the instrument we have at
 PRACTICAL ASTROLOGY igg

our disposal. Yes. But it is not enough, even, that the artist should
understand his instrument, he has to lift his thought to the lofty
realms of true music, to keep ever in touch with the Great Masters of
music, communing with them daily and meditating on their works, if
he would make such music as will stir the sleeping souls of men,
awakening them to life and drawing out the higher possibilities of
their nature.
The ordinarj' man knows little of his own personality, even,
much less the use and purpose of his life, being contfent to drift,
satisfied with the day and caring naught for the morrow. But one
cannot earnestly study Astrology—I do not mean " get a horoscope
cast," but shtdy Astrology for oneself—without realising to some extent
one's own personality ; and thus the key of self-knowledge has been
laid hold of.
The next step will be to try to realise, by contemplation and by
meditation, the presence of the living Player within.
This is just the point where Astrology as applied to the life differs
from that of the ordinary astrologer who deals only with the form, for
the " practical " astrologer (who is a graduate in the science of life)
keeps connection in thought and aspiration with a higher realm of
being. He is a conscious co-operator in the scheme of evolution, for
he realises that the union between the world of spirit and the world
of matter is much closer than we are ordinarily aware of. He knows,
too, that the motive and mainspring of an action may make it
spiritual even though its field of manifestation be of the common-
place ; and the aim of astrologers should ever be to inculcate this
truism :—
It is the attitude of the mind towards events that
REALLY MATTERS, AND NOT EVENTS IN THEMSELVES, HOWEVER HARD
THEY MAY BE TO ENDURE.
If we would only try in our daily lives to catch glimpses of the
higher realities that wait upon those very ' trifles' we often consider
so unworthy, we should very soon find out it is not what we do but
the way in which we do it that is really of importance. For in the
evolution of life there is nothing small, neither is there anything great,
for everything plays its part.
Therefore it is the attitude of our minds towards circumstances,
events, and environment, that uplifts us or degrades us. For every
200 MODERN ASTROLOGY

experience in life, painful or pleasurable, should tend to widen our

consciousness, to add to our knowledge and prevent pain in the
future.
Astrologers who are students of the inner verities realise the great
need of "balance" in their own characters, as in those of others
around them, for everoyne has a more or less ' lopsided ' development,
great in one direction, small in another.
We should try and get an all-round development, sphere-like or
sun-like, and not polarised in one direction only. For the spiritual man
who shows forth only spirituality is apt to become a dreamer or a
fanatic ; the intellectual man who is intellectual only may become a
materialist; the psychic man who is no more than psychic may
degenerate into a sensualist (a sensualist all the grosser as a result of
the perversion of faculties higher than the physical); the man of the
world, who is merely a man of the world, by neglect of the ideal may
become warped, narrow and coarse.
Astrology that would be truly practical should aim at developing
the nature all round, psychic, intellectual, practical, and intuitional;
for in some later life, when all are blended and perfectly harmonised,
an instrument will thus have been prepared capable of answering
to the widest range of soul vibration, and at last, when the Great
Soul enters that perfect instrument or higher personality, the " divine
marriage " of the mystic will have taken place—for then, though not
till then, is the form capable of being a true and worthy expression of
the life.
If only we view our own personality and the personalities
of others simply as so much material needed by the soul for its work
in that particular incarnation, life becomes more easy to live. If we
would only just do " the next thing" as well as we can, with our hearts
attuned and ready to learn, remembering that in everything that
comes in hand to be done lies our lesson for the hour, and that it takes
many hours' lessons to make the perfect scholar, things might be so
much easier !
Small happenings come and go in our daily lives,—chance words
(apparently) spoken to us—details of home or business—pains and
pleasures—here and there a shock or a warning, an incident that comes
to teach,—so unobtrusively and in so homely a guise do these
messengers of the gods flit through our lives, that only when they have
 PRACTICAL ASTROLOGY 20I

passed away unheeded do we perceive that we may, after all, have

been entertaining an angel unawares.
Each life on earth is but a stage towards becoming ' gods
manifested in the flesh,' and if we really desire to become perfect, as
the Christ taught we could and should, we may rest assured we are
never left alone. The gods are about us all the time, working unseen,
and any soul that cries from the depths of its being for help and light
and scope for growth will assuredly be answered, though the answer
may come from far-off places and in ways unexpected and not even
desired.
The moment we yield the personal life as an end in itself, then the
law is on our side, helping forward our evolution ; so let us make the
most of our current incarnation ;—and here comes in the great help of
Astrology, which points out to us the quality and condition of
the materials that we have fashioned for ourselves, and how to get the
very highest vibration from our present instrument, while, at the same
time, it teaches us that by the attitude of our mind towards our
present conditions (no matter what those conditions may be), we are
fashioning our future, and that the less and less personal we become,
that is, the less and less of self there is in us, so much the more room
is there for the spirit of life to dwell in us. Let us reach out ever
towards the things of the Spirit, towards those inner verities which do
not fail us in our hour of need; let us try to live for the eternal,
and then the strength and peace of the Eternal must inevitably
become ours.
For the Good Law asks only our acquiescence in the discipline of
life, so imperatively necessary for the soul's growth. And even
though it may be true that for those who endeavour to lead the
higher life the conditions around them may partake of storm and
tempest, and stern unyielding discipline,—for the best scholars the
hardest tasks,—yet still the soul is ever helped by Those who love and
watch over humanity. It is not all storm and desert reaches, " man's
necessity " being always " God's opportunity."
Let us have faith then in that law which Astrology teaches, for if
we believe that Character is Destiny, let us see to it that we build for
ourselves good characters—and then it follows, as the necessary conse-
quence, that we must have good destinies. Practical Astrology teaches
us a vital truth, namely, to understand and co-operate with the law
203 MODERN ASTROLOGY

of evolution, and to regard the personality simply as the field of

manifestation for the Ego. Our chief task, therefore, lies in " be-
coming " ; our part is to purify our vehicles and get ourselves ready ;
as we do this, there will come to us the greatest privilege that can
befall any human soul—the sublime privilege of being used by that
great Solar Life in which we habitually live and move and have our
being, (all unconscious of it though we are), for the education and
helping of our younger brothers and sisters.
Let us be practical astrologers in very truth, applying our
Astrology to our own lives, recognising that the purpose and meaning
of life is nothing less than the devoting of all the faculties of the
nature to that one eternal spiritual principle whose method is evolution,
and whose field of action is the plane of humanity.
Bessie Leo.

" Spiritual life is the highest life, and it is open to everyone; for the
Spirit is the innermost core of each, and none may deny its presence in any
man."—Lecture on Yoga.
"The control and regulation of thought is an enormous task, on which
the energies of the occult student will be bent."— A. P. Sinnett.
" Just as the physical body requires incessant attention to prevent the
entrance of a disease, so also the inner man requires an unremitting watch,
so that no conscious or unconscious thought may attract atoms unsuited to
its progress."—D. K. AI.
"The man who is subject to reason, impulse ever under control, of him
well in hand are the senses, as the well-managed team of a whip."
Kathopanishad.
" The usefulness of the disciple in the outer world depends as much on
the pure and noble example set by his visible life, as his usefulness in the
inner world depends on the steadiness and strength of his thoughts."—The
Ancient Wisdom.
" As the Aspirant is crossing the Outer Court of the Temple his step
becomes firmer, and his course becomes more direct, unshaken in its
purpose, and growing in its strength."—In the Outer Court.
"Smaller than small [yet] greater than great, in the heart of the
creature the Self doth repose—That, free from desire, he sees, with his
grief gone—the greatness of Self, by favour of God."—Kathopanishad.
" It must be the Eternal that draws forth your strength and beauty,
not desire of growth,"—Light on the Path.
 203

^bbic£ to Astrologers.

The following maxims, extracted from the aphorisms of

Cardan, although expressed in quaint medieval language, afford such
excellent advice that they are well worth repeating. Maxims 4, 5, 6,
8,12 and 24, may be especially commended to the attention of the
reader.
1. Life is short, art long, experience not easily obtained, and
judgment difficult. And therefore it is necessary that a student not
only exercise himself in considering several figures, but also that he
read the writings of others that have treated rationally of this science
and make it his business to find out the true natural causes of things
by experiment, to know the certain places and processions of the
planets, fixed stars and constellations, but above all to be a passionate
lover of Truth.
2. The principles of Art are three; namely, Reason, Sense, and
Experience. But the principles of operation are four; namely, The
Planets, the Parts of the Heavens [houses and signs], the Fixed
Stars, and the site or position of all these in respect of one another.
3. There are some things perfectly known, such as the circle of
ascension; some in a competent measure, as the revolution of the
Sun ; some may be known although they yet are not, as the revolu-
tion of the superior planets ; some things fall under knowledge, yet
cannot be exactly known, as the precise ingress of the Sun into the
equinoctial point; some are neither known nor can be known, as the
complete commixtures and distinct virtues of all the stars.
4. 'Tis much worse for an artist to conceit he knows those
things which he is ignorant of, than to be ignorant of those things
which he ought to know.
5. Mean learning with an excellent judgment avails more than
a mean judgment with the greatest learning; yet is judgment very
much assisted and perfected by learning. But everything prospers
better, and is far more easily perfected, that has Nature for its guide
and favourable stars, than that which is attempted by human industry
though never so diligent.
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6. He that has too good a conceit of himself will be apt to fall

into many errors in his judgment; yet, on the other side, he that is
too diffident is not fit for this science.
7. He that would truly promote Art, must insist as much on the
confutation of false opinions delivered by others, as in the declaration
of truth.
8. An astrologer is so far only true and honest, as he depends in
his conjectures on principles of natural philosophy, and since those
arts which are inherent in their proper subjects cannot promise any
certainty concerning matters to come, the astrologer ought never to
pronounce anything absolutely or peremptorily of future contingencies.
9. Truths of themselves are to be desired, for science itself is a
certain good ; now the expectation of future good very much delights
us, and on the contrary, when future evils are foreseen, we may either
avoid them, mitigate them, or at least bear them more contentedly.
10. Heaven is the instrument of the most High God, whereby
He acts upon and governs inferior things.
11. He that asserts things that can never be proved by experi-
ence is deceived and ambitious; but thus it always happens, those
that are most ignorant of art delight to boast of doing things difficult
or wonderful.
12. 'Tis all one as to promoting of Art and the knowledge
thereof, either from nativities known to predict what shall happen, or
after accidents have happened to discover nativities before unknown,
which are thereby rectified. But as to vulgar opinion, the first way
far exceeds the last.
13. He that goes about to destroy Art is far worse than he that
is unskilled in it, for his mind is full of malice and idleness as well as
ignorance.
14. Men may be said almost to be "compelled " by the stars,
by reason of their corrupt affections and ignorance.
15. Always deliver judgments from the stars in general terms ;
or if thou dost otherwise, let it be when thou hast very evident
testimonies, and in great and weighty matters.
16. We ought not to use arguments or tedious circumstances in
giving judgment, much less flatteries, but only to pronounce what is
known by experience and firm reason.
17. A main reason why events are so rarely foretold by astro-
 ADVICE TO ASTROLOGERS 205
logers is because the Art is yet but imperfectly discovered, for hitherto
those that have been most excellent in it, being commonly ancient
[aged], have despaired to live to see the fortunes of children newly
born ; and the nativities of persons grown up being uncertain, they
scarce thought them worth so much labour.
18. When true genitures, exactly taken, in accidents prove false
or absurd, and not agreeable to the things signified, they are to be
accounted as monstrous, and are to be avoided as anatomists do
monstrous bodies in their dissections ; for that they overthrow Art.
ig. Generals are to be gathered from singulars, and singulars
from generals—but after another manner. And an Artist ought
always to learn to distinguish between that which is by itself and that
which is only by accident.
20. The strength and efficacy of Fixed Stars is to be considered
from their magnitude, their splendour, their nature, or propriety,
their nearness to the ecliptic, their place in the world [mundane
position], their multitude, their first oriental appearance, the purity of
their place, the similitude or agreement of the body, or rays, of a
planet, with them, and their circle of position.
21. The light of the time is the Sun in the day, and morning
twilight, and the Moon in the night, when she is above the Earth,
and in her morning rising. So that sometimes there may be two
lights of the time, sometimes it so happens there is none.
22. When a planet is within five degrees of the cusp of any
house, it shall be accounted to have virtue in that house, though
actually posited behind the cusp in another house.
23. Not only trines and sextiles may be accounted friendly
aspects, but even squares and oppositions too, if there happen a
reception [each planet in a sign ruled by the other].
24. A child is then said to" be born when first it breathes in air
at its mouth, without its mother's womb.

Planets and Earthquakes.—Last Friday morning, at the hour of

New Moon, three planets were ranged nearly in the same straight line with
the Sim, Moon and earth, and for the days immediately preceding and
following this remarkable conjunction various parts of the world have been
shocked by earthquake and eruption. The coincidence is curious; but
there is no obvious scientific link between the two occurrences.
Manchester Evening Chronicle, ay/a/'oh.
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and Venus ; this is not only denoted by their mutual reception, but is
also confirmed by the conjunction of the Sun, Mercury, and Venus in
the sign Capricorn, the house of Saturn.
The first decanate* of the sign Scorpio ascends, and its ruler
Mars is placed in the humane sign Aquarius. The square aspect of
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considerably to the determination and perseverance usually denoted

by the presence of Mars and Saturn in fixed signs. A noteworthy
feature is the parallel of the Sun and Moon with no less than four
planets out of the seven, which alone makes this a somewhat
remarkable nativity.
Some men are honest because it is to their interest, or because
they feel it their duty to be so, but in this case the native could not
be otherwise than honest because it is his nature to be so, and we find
in the blending of the influences that tactfulness is combined with a
desire for straightforwardness. It does not require much astrological
skill to know that this is the horoscope of a scientist, yet one who
has succeeded in blending the social qualifications with the scientific
mind. And instead of being unsympathetic, cold, and far too
abstracted from the life of the everyday world, the seven planets
occupying earthy signs clearly prove that Dr. Wallace is a thoroughly
practical man, well qualified to be the author of various valuable books
dealing with quite Separate subjects; and with five planets in cardinal
signs, we can understand that he has been a successful traveller, one
who has gained experience at first hand.
The many planets in earthy signs denote his long life of use-
fulness. The month of May in the year 1909 will be a critical time
for him, when Saturn by transit will reach the cusp of the sixth house,
the house of sickness, and Mars will pass to the opposition of the
M.C.; during this time, moreover, the planet Uranus will be
transiting the third house of his nativity.
We should judge from this nativity, that Dr. Wallace has always
tried to keep an open mind, free from bias, and steering clear of preju-
dice. The Moon in Sagittarius, in sextile aspect with Mars, allows
him to be free in the expression of his opinions, while the conjunction
with Mercury and Venus will keep his mind from becoming hard and
set: this, blended with the trine aspect of Jupiter, causes him to be a
man of sound judgment and strict morals, and the world could do
with a good many more such scientists.

[A proof of this article having been sent lo Dr. Wallace, in the course
of his courteous reply be says: " . . . . There are a few small differences
between your estimation of my character and my own, which such of your
readers as may care to refer to My Life may discover. I should also
like to refer them to Chap. XVII., in which they will find two phrenological
estimates of my character by perfect strangers."]
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This is the nativity of a young gentleman who came into an
enormous fortune and ran through immense sums of money, living a
prodigal, wild, and careless life, getting into the hands of money-
lenders, and paying exorbitant interest for temporary loans necessary
to meet his debts of honour, and to pay for foolish escapades which he
found himself involved in through his very ridiculous and foolish
conduct. Finally he had to agree to entail being cut off, and is at
present (or was very recently), as he himself terms it, "literally
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much against the wishes of all who had any interest in his affairs, and
acted moreover in such a ridiculous manner as to offend his friends
and to find himself practically an outcast from society, being, as many
termed it, a little bit " touched," and not altogether responsible for
his actions.
Now this nativity is a very interesting one, and particularly so
since the native held ideas and views far beyond those of the ordinary
run of humanity. He was a great believer in Astrology and all
mystic and occult studies, was a member of occult societies, and had
a profound belief in the truth of occultism. Indeed, he lived, as he
expressed it, a dual life, not quite equal to that of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde in Stevenson's story, but almost the same, for on one point he
would be quite sane and on another the reverse. He passed through
a great deal of litigation on account of money-lenders, who had fleeced
him to the tune of several hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Throughout it all he acted not So much as though he had given way
to folly himself, but rather he seems to have been entirely at the mercy
of his friends and acquaintances, and to have been practically led by
them.
Now for his extravagance and want of common sense in connec-
tion with money matters it will be noticed that Mars, the ruler of his
second house, is in the twelfth, retrograde in the sign Virgo, and in
square to Jupiter. His erratic and peculiar conduct is shown by
Uranus in Cancer in the M.C. in square to Mercury and Neptune,
and for his susceptibility and impressionability, and the influence that
his acquaintances had over him, the Moon in the eleventh in trine to
Venus is sufficient cause.
Saturn, ruler of the fourth, in trine to Venus, brought him his
estate and the wealth which he squandered, and Mars in square to
Jupiter took it away from him.
His marriage to an actress very much inferior to him in birth is
shown by Mercury in conjunction with Neptune in the seventh in
square to Uranus. He had not been married to her more than
twelve months before he tried his best to obtain a divorce; and this,
it would seem, simply on the recommendation of his friends, who
seem to have affected the whole of his life to a very marked extent.
Five planets in cardinal signs gave him a certain amount of
energy and ambition, but the four planets in earthy signs failed to
210 MODERN ASTROLOGY

give him sufficient practicalness to enable him to overcome the

prodigal influence of Mars square Jupiter, and it seems to be true
that where the majority of planets are placed in earthy and fiery signs,
the two, lacking harmony in themselves, give a want of balance and
harmony to the nature, and thus cause a dual nature, which the Moon
in an earthy sign and the Sun in a fiery sign more or less accentuates.
Now the most remarkable feature of the whole horoscope is the
peculiar intuition and discrimination which the native possessed,
although he was so prodigal and reckless in connection with his
monetary affairs. Jupiter in the ninth seems to have endowed him
with a great deal of intuition, but he was remarkably devoid of
ordinary common sense, being far more idealistic than practical,
although at the same time knowing his condition and the results of
his actions. He was perfectly aware of his own peculiar weakness,
but seemed to have no power to overcome it, and it was this fact that
caused him to make a study of Astrology, and he came to the -con-
clusion that he was the victim of fate, and the whole of the present
was a fated life for which he was not liable. In his calmer or saner
moments he would say " Kismet; it is all the result of my thoughts in
a previous life," for he firmly believed in reincarnation, and that all
his actions were the result of past doings, and that he had to pay
back to others a great deal of those possessions which in former lives
he had obtained from them by fraud. On this point he seemed to
have some wonderfully clear ideas, but when it came to saving money,
or holding on to it, he was peculiarly weak. And it was not until he
was bound over to accept a certain sum of money and a fixed income
of ^1,000 that he settled down.
Students who make a study of this nativity will find it exceed-
ingly interesting, illustrating the working of the planetary influences
when the ruling planet is setting instead of rising, and also when the
majority of planets are on the western side of the nativity and the
malefic planets on the east.

G. C. W. sends the following astrological problem:—"Female, born

about 6.0 a.m., September 13th, 1904, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A., with a
cataract on both eyes, and consequently blind. An operation was performed
August, 1905, but afforded no relief. Query : Will the child ever see, that
.s physically, in this life ? I think not."
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(Esoteric Bttotolebge
By " Resurgam," Fra, R.R. et A.C.
Colour Dynamics.—In a Rosicrucian Ritual of Initiation the
Aspirant is mystically instructed: " Colours are Forces, and the
Signature of Forces; and the Child of the Children of the Forces art
thou." Colour dynamics constitute an arcanum, fully known to the
higher Initiates of that Order. The colours are esoterically arranged
in four distinct scales, in each of which a special hue is attributed to
each one of thirty-four cosmic planes. Besides these, there are two
scales of Tatwa colours, one being now more or less exoteric.
Esoteric Theosophy also attributes colours to some of these planes;
but in four instances the attribution is absolutely incorrect. It also
teaches that there are seven Tatwas in Raj Yoga, though but five in
Hatha Yoga : the usual attributions of the colours in the latter being
denounced as erroneous, save as regards Tejas. There is, however, no
error or real contradiction here : only the different scales must be kept
distinct. It also affirms : " There are vibrations of sound and colour,
unseen and unheard, beyond red and violet ; but to our quaternary
there are only the seven; to see beyond, we want the quaternary
palsied [! ?] and to see only with the upper triangle." Surely the
harmonic equilibrium of the tetrad and the triad is the desideratum,
not the paralysis of the former.
The Occult World speaks of " those semi-intelligent forces, whose
means of communicating with us are not through spoken words, but
through sounds and colours in correlations between the vibrations of
the two" (1881, p. 100). The Ocean of Theosophy refers toThe
mysteries of sound and colour, through which alone the elemental
beings behind the veil of matter can be communicated with " (1893,
p. 4). The Building of the Kosmos teaches : " There is a strange thing
I have not heard of in India, that is found in Egypt. Many
Egyptian books which were meant for study by occult disciples, were
not written in characters, . . . but . . . in colours; the under-
Standing of them among the ancient Egyptians came to them from their
great Priest-Initiates, who really were great Adepts. . . . Whereas
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the outsider read the written forms, the Adept read the colours: that
which conveyed one meaning by the letters, conveyed to the occult
disciple another meaning by the colour which each letter had.
When the disciple reads in colours, and gains his teaching by different
colour sensations „ he learns to utilise them for the control of
those forces which are known as Devas "* (1894, pp. 76-7). Man and his
declares: "Ancient books, written by great Initiates in colour
language: , . that language is taken, so far as form
and colour are concerned, from the mind-world ' speech,' in which the
vibrations from a single thought give rise to form, to colour, and to
sound " (1896, p. 67). Karma asserts : " Elementals belonging to the
various subdivisions are communicated with in a colour-
language, grounded on the colour to which they belong. This is why
the real knowledge of sounds and colours and numbers, number under-
lying both sound and colour, has ever been so carefully guarded : for
the Will speaks to the elementals by these, and knowledge gives
power to control " (1897, p. 14).
The knowledges of the Rosicrucians were originally derived from
the occultism of Egypt ; those of Theosophy from that of India: these
Theosophical admissions point to the superiority of the former.
T. L. Harris anticipated much of this'teaching. The Wisdom of
Angels records ; " Colour also served at that time [theGolden Age] as
a medium of communication ; and each of the tints of the prism,
falling upon the retina under suitable conditions, produced trans-
lucency of intellect. Those precious stones which emitted
the various rays in their interior purity, operated as thought-
magnets, and attracted the spirit into rapport with various spiritual
localities [of the universe, and with various angelic nations" (1857,
par. 82). In the Wisdom of the Adepts, an Initiate of the Silver Age
declares of the decline of that cycle : " We arrayed the colours of the
pure light against the colours that were generated in the black
element ; the colours of vril against its enemy " (1884, par. 231).
(To be continued)

' The Astral Plane states: "In Oriental literature this word ' Deva' is
frequently used vaguely to mean almost any kind of non-human entity : so that it
would often include Dhyan-Chohans on the one hand, and nature-spirits and
artificial elementals on the other " (1895, p. 63), This is confusing. T, L. Harris
always employs the word in its true etymological sense, of a human inhabitant of
the Devachanic plane.
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Inbtan Jlstralagg

By A. Fazulbhoy

VII. The. Houses. {Continued)

Second House. This is called Dhana Bhava. From this house
judgments about monetary prospects and the family of the native are
obtained, it also signifies knowledge and powers of speech, and rules
the mouth and right eye. It should be borne in mind that money
matters are not exclusively judged from this house, the tenth and
eleventh houses should also be taken into account. As a general rule
it may be laid down that if the second house or its ruler be in con-
junction with or aspected by benefics good money prospects will be
denoted, but the contrary will be the case if they were so aspected by
malefics. The rule should not be strictly construed, e.g., if the
malefics be in their own houses, or be aspected by benefics they do
not exert evil influence. Again, Saturn in the second aspected by
Mercury is always favourable for money matters. The following few
yogas are given mainly with the object of illustrating the method as
to how judgments are obtained about things signified by this house.
(1) If the lord of the second, together with the lord of the ninth,
be angular, or in conjunction with or aspected by the ruler of the
rising Navmasa, the native will gain much wealth in early life.
(2) The same will be the case if there be benefics in the second
or eleventh well dignified essentially, or if the same planets be
exalted in the Navmasa Kundli, and be there aspected by the lord of
the second.
(3) If the lord of the second and also of the eleventh be strong
in the Ascendant the native will become rich in the latter part of his
life.
(4) The same will be the case if the lord of the Ascendant
besieged by benefics be in the same sign as the lord of the second,
that is to say, in the same house in the Rasi Kundli.
(5) If the l«rd of the Ascendant be n the second, that of the
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second in the eleventh, and that of the eleventh in the first, the native
will obtain treasure buried in the earth. It is possible this yoga may
refer to mineral wealth too.
(6) If the lord of the Ascendant be strongest and with Jupiter,
or be angular, and the lord of the second be in ten dignities, the native
will amass a great fortune, but through his own exertions alone.
(7) In the same way the native will become wealthy if the lord
of the second with those of the eleventh and the first, be angular or
triangular, and be essentially well dignified and aspected by benefics.
(8) The same will be the case if the lord of the Ascendant be
aspected by or in conjunction with the lord of the second well
dignified.
(9) If the lord of the Ascendant, his disposer in the Navmasa
Kundli, and the ruler of the ninth, be all three in their extreme
exaltation, and if the lord of the eleventh be in ten dignities, the
native will be a millionaire.
(10) If there be benefics in all the four angles, and if the lord of
the second be in five or six dignities, the native will be a wealthy
man.
(11) If the disposer of the lord of the Ascendant, and that of
the lord of the second in the Navmasa Kundli be both benefics and
aspected by Jupiter, the native will be tolerably wealthy.
(12) The same will be the case if the ruler of the Ascendant be
in the second, and that of the eleventh in the tenth, or if the lord of
the first be aspected by that of the eleventh, or by Jupiter.
(13) Also if the lord of the Ascendant be in four dignities and
aspected by the lord of the tenth.
(14) If the lords of the Ascendant and of the second be well
dignified in the third, and be aspected by or in conjunction with
masculine planets and the lord of the third, the native will get
riches through his brothers.
(15) If the lord of the second be very powerful, and be aspected
by or in conjunction with the lord of the fourth, the native will
get wealth through his mother, or by engaging in agricultural
pursuits.
(16) If the lord of the second be in the second well dignified,
and aspected by or in conjunction with the ruler of the fifth, the
native will be benefited through his offspring.
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(17) If the lord of the second, well dignified and very powerful,
be in the second, and aspected by or in conjunction with the lord of
the sixth, the native will make money through his enemies.
(18) If the lord of the Ascendant be in ten dignities, and that
of the second be in conjunction with or aspected by the lord of the
seventh, the native will get pecuniary advantage on account of his
marriage partner.
(19) If the ruler of the second be in the same way aspected by
the lord of the tenth, the native will gain through his father or on
account of his own fame and popularity.
(20) If similarly the lord of the second be aspected by the ruler
of the eleventh, he will get wealth through several sources.
(21) If the lords of the Ascendant and of the second be angula
aspecting each other, and be disposed of by benefics in the Navmasa
Kundli, and be there aspected by the rulers of the first and ninth,
then too, there will be various sources of wealth.
(22) If the lord of the Ascendant be in the second and that of
the eleventh in the tenth, and if the disposer of the second in the
Navmasa Kundli be a benefic, the native will be wealthy but in name
only, i.e., he will have very good credit.

(23) If there be malefics in the secomj or it be aspected by

them, or by planets in their fall or combust, or by those disposed of
by their enemies, or if there happen a yoga contrary to the above
described beneficial yogas, the native will lose on account of persons
signified by the houses from which the affliction comes.
(24) If the lord of the Ascendant be very weak and be with
malefics, and the lord of the second be placed together with the Sun
in the twelfth, or if he be in his fall or aspected by malefics, the native
will be despoiled of his wealth by the Sovereign.
(25) If the lord of the twelfth be in the second and that of the
eleventh in the twelfth, and that of the second in an evil house (vie.,
the sixth, eighth or twelfth) or in his fall, the native's wealth will be
forfeited to the king as a punishment.
(26) If the lord of the second be in the twelfth and that of the
twelfth in the second and both be aspected by the lord of the Ascen-
dant from the eighth along the malefics, the native will lose his wealth
on account of king's anger.
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(27) If the lords of the second and of the eleventh be in con-

junction with or aspected by Mars, and if they be in evil Shastyasas,
the native will suffer losses from thieves, fire, powerful enemies, etc.,
according to the houses from which the affliction comes.
(28) If the disposer of the lord of the second in the Navmasa
Kundli be a malefic placed in the sixth, eighth or twelfth house, the
native will remain in poverty all through his life.
(29) If the second house, its ruler and the lord of the eleventh
be all three aspected by the malefics, the native will be without
riches.
(30) If the lord of the second be not dignified, and be in an evil
Shastyasa, or he be in his fall or combust, the native will have little
wealth, but if the lords of the second and eleventh, though in evil
Shastyasas, be angular or triangular he will be born in the house of a
wealthy person.
(31) Again, though the lord of the second be in an evil Shastyasa,
if the ruler of the Ascendant be in ten dignities and both be angular
the native will become rich.
(32) He will also be wealthy if the lord of the second be in
conjunction with the lord of the tenth or his disposer, in the Navmasa
Kundli.
(33) If the lord of the Ascendant be combust or in his fall, and
there be malefics in the second and the eighth, the native will be
involved in debt.
(34.) If the lord of the second be in his fall or in an evil Shast-
yasa and that of the eleventh also in his fall or combust the same
will be the case.
(35) If a weak Mercury aspected by the malefics be in the
second, the native will stammer in his speech,
(36) The same will be the case if the lord of the second be in
an evil Shastyasa.
(37) If the second house be aspected by or in conjunction with
malefics, and also its ruler be in an evil Shastyasa with malefics or
aspected by them, the native will be proficient in the art of deceiving
others.
(38) If the lord of the Ascendant together with the lord of the
second be in the evil houses devoid of dignities, there will be danger
of native losing his sight.
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(39) If the lord of the second be in the sixth, eighth or the

twelfth house very weak, with the Sun Moon and the ruler of the
Ascendant, there is a probability of his being born blind.
(40) If the Sun and Moon be ascending in Leo and be afflicted
by Saturn and Mars, the native will lose his eyesight, but not if the
luminaries be in conjunction with oraspected by benefics : if aspected
both by benefics and malefics he will have eye disease.
(41) If there be malefics with the lord of the second and he be
afflicted by Saturn, then also there will be disease in the eyes.
(42J The same will be the case if the lord of the second be in
evil houses with weak Mercury.'
(43) If the lord of the second be in conjunction with or aspected
by the Sun or Mars, the native will have red eyes.
(44) If the lord of the second be with Dragon's Head or his
disposer in the sixth, the native will have tooth disease in the Dasa
or Period of these planets.
(45) The same will be the case if the lord of the sixth be with
the lord of the second, and the disposer of the latter in the Navmasa
Kundli be with the ruler of the sixth.
(46) If Mercury be with the lord of the second and Dragon's
Head or Tail be in the sixth, jthe native will have disease of the
palate.

Third House. It is called Sahaja Bhava. It signifies brethren,

enterprising spirit, etc., and rules the throat, bosom, and right ear.
In the following illustrations the term brethren should not be too
narrowly construed. It may include sisters, cousins, and even depen-
dants, unless the yogas signify something different. For brothers,
thefourthhouse also should be taken into account, because it relates
to the mother and her issues. Again, loss, increase, and happiness
of brothers may signify loss, increase and happiness from brothers,
depending, of course, on the nature and position of the planet
afflicting or aspecting.
(x) If the lord of the third be with Marsjn the eighth, and be
aspected by malefics, the native will lose his brother.
(2) The same will be the case if there be malefics in the third,
and its ruler be disposed of by them, or if there also be a planet in his
<?/</ not aspected by benefics.
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(3) Also if the disposer of the lord of the third in the Navmasa
Kundli be in the Bhava Kundli in the eighth, or be in his fall or
disposed of by his enemies; or be combust.
(4) Also if the lord of the third be with Saturn or Dragon's
Tail and be aspected by malefics in their fall.
(5) Also if the third house be aspected by malefics and its lord
be in an evil Shastyasa or aspected by malefics.
(6) Also if the disposer of the lord of the third in the Navmasa
Kundli be disposed of by a malefic and be in the eighth in the Bhava
Kundli or if the disposer of the ruler of the third in the Bhava
Kundli be disposed of in the Navmasa Kundli by a planet in his fal
or combust.
(7) Also if the ruler of the third afflicted by malefics be in the
sixth, eighth or twelfth house.
(8) If there be many malefics in the third and its ruler be
devoid of dignities, the native will lose his brother in his youth.
(9) If there be benefics in the third or it be aspected by them
or its lord be well dignified the nativewill have happiness of brothers.
(10) The same will be the case if the lord of the third be angular
or triangular, or in his sign exaltation or friendly sign.
(11) Also if the lord of the third be a benefic and in four
dignities.
(12) If the third or its lord be in conjunction with benefics, or if
in the Navmasa Kundli he be disposed of by benefics, the native will
have increase of brothers.
(13) Also if the ruler of the third be in six dignities, angular
and in conjunction with benefics and in the Navmasa Kundli be
disposed of by benefics.
(14) Also if the lord of the third be exalted or in his own sign
in the third house.
(15) If the lord of the Ascendant and that of the third be
friendly planets, there will be friendship between the brothers ; the
contrary will be the case if the planets be hostile to each other.

The following yogas are good for enterprising spirit, showing

patience, perseverence, firmness, abilities, etc.
(16) The lord of the third essentially and accidentally well
dignified shows patience.
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(17) The lord of the third disposed of by a benefic in the

Navmasa Kundli and in the Bhava Kundli in conjunction with them,
shows heroism.
(18) The disposer of the ruler of the third in the Bhava Kundli,
when disposed of in the Navmasa Kundli by a planet in his sign or
exaltation, shows martial abilities.

The following yogas show diseases of the parts of body ruled by

this house:—
(ig) If there be malefics in the third or its ruler be disposed of
by Dragon's Head and he (S3) be ascending,
(20) If the lord of the third be in an evil Shastyasa also there
will be disease of the ear,
[To be continued)

Coincidences in Dates.—" Sir, The following rather remarkable coinci-

dences of dates may have some interest for your readers. A man once told
me that he was one of a family of thirteen. His father was born in the end
of March and died in the end of March, his mother was born in March and
died in the end of March. I cannot remember whether the mother was
born at the beginning or end of March. Of the children, five were born in
March, seven in the first week in April, and my informant was born in
August. Four of the family died last March. Yours truly, Disc."

Three Hundred Boxes of Gold and Silver.—The following

cuttings :—
" The largest consignment of specie ever brought by one steamer—300 boxes of
gold, value £1,923,657—was landed at Plymouth yesterday from the P. and O.
Steamer Himalaya. The specie was forwarded to London, £1,000,000 being
directed to the Secretary of State for India, while the remainder was from Australia."
" 17.500.000 Sixpences.—The liner Teutonic arrived at Liverpool from New
York yesterday with forty-five tons of silver bullion in bars and Mexican ^dollars,
worth £160,000. This valuable cargo reached Euston yesterday afternoon by
special train, and was unloaded into vans under the eyes of a large staff of police,
and conveyed to various banks. There was sufficient silver in this consignment
to make about 17J million sixpences. Though such large consignments as this
cannot be said to be common, there have been even more valuable cargoes brought
by rail to London. On one occasion a single trainload of eighty-five tons of silver
was unloaded at Euston."
from the Daily Telegraph of February 17th, and Daily Express of March 16th,
respectively, are in striking confirmation of the prediction on p. 420 of last
volume, that "the circulation of currency, and even bullion, between this
country and foreign countries will be full and free."
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l&ing anb %ts Counsellors

An Allegory

[Continued fyontp. 163)

As I have said before, the King was very wise, and because he
was so wise was also very just. Therefore his groups of counsellors
contained as many women as men, and he made up his mind that
always, after having given audience to thirty men advisers, he would
listen next to as many women counsellors.
The minute after the doors of his audience-chamber had closed
on the thirtieth member of the First Order, or Order of the Ram,
they opened to admit the first member of the Order whose badge was
a Bull, who was also the first woman-counsellor of the year.
All the members of this Second Order were the daughters of
beauty and joy. April 20th, the day when the first one presented
herself before the King, was the time when the Earth, now^thoroughly
awakened from her long sleep^by the boisterous winds of March, her
fresh young face all smiles and tears, was looking her sweetest and
daintiest in her new robe, trimmed with primroses, violets, and wind-
flowers, and tied with ribbons of young hedgerow-green.
They were gracious women all of them. Clad in trailing
garments of deep blue, like the summer sky at noon, or in silken
robes of a burnished copper colour, they sang to the King,—for they
were all sweet singers,—of the things they knew. As they sang one
felt the beauty of the summer night, and understood the nightingale's
message to the rose.
They sang wonderful songs of the past, and related how, in the
ages long ago, they had taught Jubal, the first musician, who was, as
our Holy Book tells us, " the father of all such as handle the harp
and organ " ; and also how, while the world was still young, they had
guided the hands of the early Greek sculptors. To them it was not
wonderful that the colours in the old masters' pictures did not fade,
for they had given them their secret, and had helped them mix their
colours. In the olden days the Queens of Love and Beauty, who
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bestowed upon the victorious knights, at the tournaments, their
prizes, were the especial care of these beauteous counsellors.
Their occupations were many. Besides singing more beautifully
and naturally than anyone else, they excelled as players upon every
kind of musical instrument. They also painted wonderful pictures,
and carved beautiful statues, so that all people who listened, or
looked, felt that God, in all His works—whether strong men, noble
women, innocent children, the sunrise and sunset sky, the fair and
fruitful land, or the ever-changing sea—was only showing some of
His own wondrous glory.
Some reared beautiful and sweet-smelling plants, and in their
gardens were always followed by troops of little earth-fairies, who
most cheerfully did the bidding of these lovely gardeners, and
ministered to the many wants of their floral nurslings. It fell out,
therefore, that none had more beautiful roses, more stately lilies, or
more fragrant violets, than they.
Their hair was always beautiful and abundant. Their brows
were low and arched. Their eyes, whether azure blue or brown like
the humble-bee, were of such entrancing beauty that all who looked
at them felt impelled to gaze, not only once but many times again.
Their noses were short and somewhat tip-tilted. Their mouths were
dimpled and laughter-loving; Cupid, the God of Love, having
fashioned their upper lips to resemble his bow. Their skins were
soft as satin and while as milk. Their cheeks, though, where
dimples lurked, vied with the most delicate pink rose-leaf in colour.
As, like the nightingale, they were sweet-voiced and full-
throated, they looked upon the Neck as the most sacred part of the
body, and the seat of their power. To show their reverence for it
some wore turquoise necklaces. Others encircled their necks with
bands of finely-wrought metal, from which hung pendants of duck's-
egg-blue enamel, resembling the crescent moon resting on a circle,
thus:— tj. This was really the symbol of their order ; the upper part
being like the upward curving horns of the bull.
Myrrha.
. [To be continued)

" Live neither in the present nor the future, but in the eternal."
Light on the Path,
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JFaiwuraMe anb Enfabourable ^irtljbajjs

For the month of May, 1906

[The basis of these prognostications is the transit of the major planets,

ig, ty}, fj, If., (?, over the annual zodiacal position of the Sun on the dates
given. It must be borne in mind that in all cases the effect of a ' transit' is
subordinate to the ' directions ' in operation at the time ; should these be bad
the " unfavourable " birthdays will prove so much the worse, and the " favour-
able" so much the less good ; and vice versa. Consequently it is improbable
that people born on the same day of the year will find these remarks apply
equally in all cases, but in a broad sense the general circumstances during
the current month will be much as indicated.]
Unfavourable Birthdays.—Those born during the first three
days of March in any year, especially 1855, '61, '6g, '77, '78, '85, '91,
will find the present month bring them occasions of disappointment
and sorrow, coupled with a generally depressed condition both as
regards health and spirits. Let them take courage, remembering that
only by the knowledge gained through failure can we achieve
success, and that disappointment is the key to victory. They should
avoid unnecessary exposure to chills during this month, and should be
careful to keep the circulation in good order by abundant exercise; any
tendency to give way to despondency should be resolutely com-
bated. The transit of Mars this month is too rapid to have much
effect, but will render those born between the 22nd of May and the
14th of June irritable and prone to unwise impulses ; their ambitions
will experience a temporary fillip.
Favourable Birthdays.—Some of these same people will find
benefit from the transit of Jupiter, which passes over the Sun's place
of those born between the 1st and 8th of June. This double influence
of Mars and Jupiter will awaken in them a strong impulse of
enthusiasm for all bodily and mental activities of what may be
described as an ephemeral nature ; excursions, picnics, walking tours,
cycling, etc., etc., will appeal to them with uncommon force, and
result in pleasurable experiences, though they will be rather tempted
o little extravagances. Their minds will be very active.
Peculiar and Uncommon Birthday-s.—During this month those
born on June or December 30th (especially in the years 1864, '65,
66, '67), are sure to find the opposition of Uranus and Neptune, which
takes place on the 7th of this month, affect them in some strange way,
and they are invited to contribute their experiences to this Magazine.
 SEtlc ^(jiloBopIrn of ^.strolog^

By The Editor

III.—Living up to One's Horoscope

How many human beings in existence to-day can be said to " live
up to their horoscopes "—that is, to fully express all the capacities
indicated therein ?
If this question is carefully considered it will not be found diffi-
cult to answer, for it will be discovered that the majority are the
' fools' who ' obey their stars,' and that there are very few who
have as yet reached the state wherein they believe it possible to
considerably improve their lives by even a little knowledge of Astro-
logy. It has been frequently asserted that no one lives up to his horoscope,
but this statement either fails to be appreciated or (more likely) is
not properly understood. From an occult standpoint the horoscope
represents the physical, emotional, and mental expression of the being
whom we term 'the native,'—in other words, the instrument or sum
total of the vehicles through which that ego expresses himself in the
physical world.
As every student knows, each nativity is diagrarnmatically repre-
sented by a circle, around which are distributed the twelve signs of
the zodiac ; and through this circle pour and are blended the rays of
the Sun with the Moon and planets in their various positions and
aspects, the whole constituting the " Wheel of Necessity " for the
current life. These " wheels," changing every moment with the
rotation of the earth,* are the common property of any ego who
comes into birth at that particular moment. It is the peculiar blend-
ing of the planetary influences at that time which distinguishes such
an ego from others in manifestation and which accounts for and
measures the difference and degree of diversity between various egos.
Unity of life and consciousness is the fundamental basis of all
true religion. From "Our Father in Heaven " every soul has come

* How to Judge a Nativity, Part II., p. 5.

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forth, clothed in the finest film of subtle matter, as a fragment of His

Divine Consciousness, destined finally to return with the self-con-
sciousness of sonship completely unfolded. Meanwhile, " in Him we
live, and move, and have our being."
Our first awakening to self-consciousness reveals the great
diversity into which all life is plunged. We view all things from the
standpoint of a central " I," realising that " I " by means of a long
pilgrimage through the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms,
which ends in producing a complete densification of the matter en-
casing the life, making it separate and apart from all other life whose
manifestation we see around us.
It is the establishment of this " 1 am " through successive lives
(which may be shown as horoscopes) that has 'produced our self-
conscious individualisation, and which has thus made us/wmrtw beings,
having a triple expression of life or consciousness or will through
body, mind and emotions.
The thoughtful and truly earnest student will naturally enquire:
—Where and how can this individualised " I am " be discovered in a
horoscope? a question which brings the enquirer to the borders of
occult Astrology. For it is the sum total, or what I may term the
'acute synthesis,' of the horoscope that symbolises the true individual,
and that eludes all save the adept astrologer.*
Metaphorically, the Sun is the individual and the Moon the
personal expression, but this is owing to the identification of that " I
am " with the high and low water mark of the consciousness, which
in the ordinary human creature ebbs and flows according to the
natal and other influences.
In the majority of human beings it is the attitude of mind and
feeling toward circumstances and events that decides their state of
consciousness at any particular moment, and that attitude is largely
influenced by the feelings of attraction and repulsion indicated by the

* Perhaps a musical illustration may serve to elucidate the meaning I wish to

convey. Any given harmonic effect, although expressed in music by a number of
notes of varying degrees of pitch and intensity, is present in the mind of a composer
as a single idea—not a sum or combination of the various ideas represented by the
single notes In much the same way a picture conveys to the mind of the artist,
or the artistic perception, a single idea. This single idea is the real chord, the real
picture; the various notes and" tone-colours," or the various objects in the picture,
are merely the means employed for the manifestation of that one single, many-
faceted idea. So is it with horoscopes.
 THE PHILOSOPHY OF ASTROLOGY"

general tone of the horoscope. In the main it is our attitude of mind

(mind mixed with emotion, that is) which determines the amount of
pleasure or pain we experience during our earthly pilgrimage.
An undeveloped, or what is termed a "young" ego, is one who
is not yet sufficiently individualised to know the difference between
the unreal and the real, to distinguish the fleeting from the permanent,
and who fancies that the personality is the sum total of his earthly
existence. Immersed in the conditions imposed upon him at birth by
the Zodiacal signs and heavenly bodies constituting his horoscope, he
is moved by fate according to the attitude of his transitory moods and
feelings. He is ignorant of nature's laws, and thus he becomes
subject to their control.
The developed ego, on the other hand, one of those who are
termed our " elder brothers," has learned to utilise nature's finer
forces. His attitude of mind is one of peace, and, with full know-
ledge of how to conserve his energies he works from within, not being
moved to act solely by outward and external attractions.
It will be readily seen, therefore, that few can live up to all that
the horoscope of birth denotes.
The Sun may be well regarded as the synthesis of all the planets,
and we shall do well to make that centre our goal until we can sense
a grander ideal. If every human being could realise in himself the
virtue, power and quality of the Zodiacal sign through which the
Sun's rays were shining at his birth he would have accomplished
much toward " living up to his horoscope." If the ideal virtue of
Aries be strength, for instance, what a mighty power would that man
become who used his individual strength purely on the side of truth
and honesty !
It seems as though we are all too much absorbed in the work of
analysis: we have divided and concentrated our attention upon
individual parts to such an extent that we have lost sight of the
whole. God has been divided by man into too many separated
"gods," and each form in turn has been worshipped until the life and
consciousness animating all forms has been forgotten in the ultra-
scientific dissection which characterises our modern W estern methods.
This fact cannot be too often repeated. The true Astrology
must be sought for by a synthesising process, instead of a continuous
analytical method by which the fundamental is lost sight of.
 Hoto ^strologg ta ^tgarbtb tn IFrante

The following article is translated from Les Nouveaux Horizons de la

Science et de la Pen see, edited by Mons. Jollivet Castellot, to whom our
thanks are tendered for forwarding us a copy. It is quoted in extenso here,
not so much on account of the favourable opinion expressed regarding the
four lectures by the Editor of this magazine, though that is very gratifying
as because it puts in a nutshell the real cause of the lack of interest mani-
fested in the study of Astrology in modern times. Indeed, in this respect it
strikes us as the finest statement of the case we have ever seen. We have
before had occasion to allude to the excellent work done by our French
brethren in the application of the analytical methods of modern science to
Astrology, and we can only add " would that such a sympathetic and
thoughtful criticism could have been quoted from some scientific magazine in
this country! "
L'Astrologie exoterique et esothique, par Alan Leo, Paris, 9, Rue Jouvenet.*
This is a very interesting little work. It is a translation of four lectures given
before the Theosophical Society of London by Mr. Alan Leo, the first treating
of ' The Signs of the Zodiac,' the second of ' The Planets,' the third of 1 The
Luminaries,' and the fourth of ' The Houses.' It will be understood, of
course, that only a very brielresume of all these questions is given, since an
exhaustive treatment of all the hundred and one details that are touched
upon would necessitate at the very least several bulky volumes, but the
reader will at any rate find here the indispensable elements for forming a
judgment upon a horoscope—a judgment if not profound yet in the main
correct. Contrary to the methods of the almanacks and other popular
publications, which profess to give the secret of reading character and
destiny by means of certain aphorisms arrived at one knows not how, and
which increase the discredit attaching to Astrology, it offers a presentment
lucid, definite and well reasoned.
The doctrine on which it is based does not present a very scientific
character, but it is interesting and, in default of a rational psychology yet
wanting, it permits of co-ordinating at least the human elements of the pro-
blem ; it is, moreover, supplemented by the experience acquired by the
author in the course of extensive astrological practice, so that the reader can
as we have said, make correct, if somewhat summary, interpretations.

" Astrology, esoteric and exoteric. Four lectures ly Aiau Leo. (Paper 54. ; office of
Modern Astrology.)
 HOW ASTROLOGY IS REGARDED IN FRANCE 227
This practice of horoscopy is much more in use among the English
than in the other European nations. While the Germans neglect it and in
France some reviews such as La Science Astrale and Le Determinisme Astral
are with difficulty being established, one finds in England a large number of
treatises on the subject, such reviews as Modern Astrology, which has
been established fifteen years, and, above all, one meets with a public which
appreciates and profits by the teachings which Astrology gives.
This negligence on our part seems surprising to one who knows the
value of Astrology, above all in an age fertile in research of every kind.
Indeed the discredit it receives from studious men one knows not how to
explain, since one cannot understand how it has fallen into disrepute, after
having formerly been honoured as the first of the sciences. The reason is
due to the difference which exists between the principles and the methods
applied by the ancients and the moderns in the search for knowledge.
Disdaining the experimental side, 'careful to go back unceasingly to
first causes and utilising only synthetical views, the ancients sought to find
in all things correspondences, and forced themselves by the minute study
of one form to deduce the most general consequences; for example, to
recognise the approaching weather by the appearance of a plant, or a
destiny by considering the lines of the hand. These tendencies led them to
a multitude of divinatory sciences which they practised under all circum-
stances and which they summed up in the theory of ' signatures ': that is to
say, by the imprint marked on each form by the universal forces. The
energy which forms the base of all phenomena, physical or ^biological, the
Sun," source of all energies, was made with its following of resonalenrs or
modifiers (that is to say, the planets) to play an essential part in these con-
ceptions. And it was natural, in virtue of the principle of co-existence, and
of univers harmony, to characterise an event or a being by the ' signature,'
or to speak otherwise, by the aspect of the heavens at the instant of birth,
and to deduce from it its transformations by the study of the continual
changes of the celestial sphere.
Such was the origin of Astrology, the reason of its universality, and,
consequently, the cause of its importance; for truth to say, its title is mis-
leading : it is not simply the determination of characters and of destinies by
means of the sidereal aspects, it is only that for the ignorant, or for those who
practise it for lucre. It is the Universal Science which proposes to coordinate all
knowledges in relying on a scheme the most simple, that which is manifest in the
heavens.*
It represented to the eyes of the ancients, uniquely preoccupied with
he consideration of universal things, synthesis/wr excellence, and that is why

' (Italics outs). Would that peep le could le got to understand this!—Ed.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
it was cultivated by the most distinguished minds of antiquity. Among all the
knowledges they chose those which particularly interested man viz. to
know his destiny, his government, his medicine, and the possible mutations
of the weather; that is why tradition has bequeathed to us more especially
a ' mundane,' a ' genethliacal,' and a ' natural' Astrology.
But the defect of the synthetic method is that it demands minds of a
high growth, capable of extending generals to particulars, and of uniting
in harmonious equilibrium intuition and logic, art and science—minds
consequently of a very exceptional character. Ordinary minds in attempt-
ing to apply the same method rush quickly into speculations without end,
with an absence of all practical results, and erroneous conclusions, finally
resulting in the utter discredit of the science which they profess.
Modern methods are analytical, and therefore opposite. Constrained
by desire for the tangible, we wish to refer to experience alone, and when
we approach theory, too solicitous for exactitude, we decompose a question
into its elements to examine it more closely, and we resolve these in their
turn into the most subtle details, until we arrive at an infinity of nuances.
Hence on the one hand the multiplicity of contemporary sciences, their com-
plication carried to the point of necessitating the extreme of specialisation,
on the other, the profusion of chemical apparatus or of mechanical instru-
ments whose invention characterises our epoch. But in spite of this in-
definite analysis of things, absolute precision always escapes us; stricken by
a myopia through an abuse of the method, the mind becomes dazzled by
study of details and exhausts itself in solutions, sterile by their narrowness ;
finally, sees opening a bottomless abyss whose borders touch the infinite,
and it takes refuge in doubt, scepticism, and belief in chance.
The fact that we have taken the precisely contrary path Lto that which
would have led to Astrology explains by that reason why we have not been
able to make use of this science (Astrology) nor even to conceive of it. We
must not seek the reason elsewhere than in the trend of the modern mindi
and we can even estimate the opinion of the public mind in relation to
Astrology through a simple consideration of its scientific training. We find,
first, the huge public of a middle education, who have no real interest in it
who retain always some superstition or taste for the marvellous which dis-
poses them favourably towards such a subject without, however, daring to
avow their opinion for fear of ridicule. Next, the demi-savanf, who is plainly
hostile to Astrology, indignant that reasonable men should occupy themselves
with it: he is ready to fight it, and in doing so he becomes in some measure
a student of the science ; he is entirely subjugated by it, comprehends it badly,
sees it in a narrow light, admires it much, and without realising that men
only progress by oscillations between contraries, imagines that he must
make a. clean sweep of all the progress of the past centuries. Lastly, come
 HOW ASTROLOGY IS REGARDED IN FRANCE 229
those broad-minded and truly wise ones, who on the contrary appreciate all
the bearings of the real science, because they have sufficiently cultivated it
to embrace it in its fullness and to recognise its defects. These latter, more
numerous than one would imagine, perhaps, are generally well disposed
towards Astrology, but they cannot avow their sentiments for want of having
devoted adequate study to it.
But the analytical and synthetical methods lead to emptiness only
by their separateness, their union constitutes on the contrary the only
possibility of progress. This is why men must in the future return to
synthesis, by following the science which is its expression—Astrology. The
time is not far distant perhaps, and this is an additional reason (to return to
the point of departure of our digression) in favour of the reading of English
astrological publications, such as those of Mr. Alan Leo.

The Virgin is an old beautiful allegory of that which is pure.

" Blessed are the pure in heart—they shall see God." These dreadful words express
an inviolable law : you may have whatever belief—until you are pure in HEARTyoK
shall not see God. Why is purity the condition of seeing God ? To see God
is to be one with God ; but God is Purity—and is it possible the impure can
unite with Purity ? Or, let me explain it to you in another manner. Man is
a spark of God involved in an animal nature (if you recollected your former
lives you would know the source of this animal nature). The animal nature
—which is both physical and psychical—isolates man from God, of course :
as the animal nature is overcome the isolation ends, and man sees God. But now
I hear you say in your head : Oh, I shall never be pure—it is dreadful 1 I
laugh at you ; you forget God's grace, which is a purifying axe and an anni-
hilating fire ; and you do not see how little one life is. Dear 1 Only work
and fight for purity—and you shall see !
The Virgin is the purified part of man's soul. That Virgin is " of the
house of David "; for David means " beloved "—and the purity is most
lovable. Her name is Mary, which means "sorrow"—for even the pure
soul is in sorrow for God. And she is the espoused wife of Joseph (that is,
" he shall add "), the architect of the inner temple ; for the hope of growth is
always united with the purity, and this hope will erect the house of God in
man. From Notes and Queries (quoted).
Interesting case of Disparity in Twins.—A subscriber writes :—
" I have the data of a pair of twins born in this city as follows: Spring-
field, Mass.; 42°^' N., 72035' W.; June 13th, 1903. Boy born 1.10 p.m.
and girl 1.30 p.m., ten minutes apart. Colour of hair and eyes alike.
Otherwise they are quite different in looks and general characteristics. Boy
is tall, broad shouldered, bubbling over with fun. I made friends with him
easily. Wants to be amused, and seems not to have serious thoughts. The
girl is short and slimly built. She positively ignored every attempt I made
toward acquaintanceship; seems happiest when poring over pictures in
papers or books, and thus amuses herself quietly for a good length of time.
I have not seen them for a year, but was told recently by a friend that as
they grow older they do not appear to harmonise. Both were fully matured
children at birth.
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The present example is given for the purpose of illustrating the

fate produced by the position of Saturn in the second house.
The nativity is that of a gentleman who has had an exceptionally
eventful life, passing through many ups and downs, and yet maintain-
ing a hopeful and persistent spirit in spite of all his difficulties. He
is one of the numerous living testimonies to the truth of Astrology,
and has had cause to feel deeply grateful for the help and comfort
that Astrology has brought into his life.
In 1901 a series of misfortunes were indicated which threatened
 AN INTERESTING HOROSCOPE 23I

the native with disaster, and almost total ruin. At the time he could
not believe that such serious trouble was before him, being engaged
in enterprises that were most promising, but the stellar influences
were stronger than his determination and persistent effort, therefore
was he forced to submit to the inevitable and succumb to fate.
Now many men would have collapsed entirely under the very
heavy strain that the native had to pass through, but with five planets
in fixed signs and his ruler in the tenacious sign Cancer he clutched
at every straw. Being a thoughtful man of a philosophical nature
(ninth house influence) he naturally wished to know the cause of all
his misfortunes, for he is honest, reliable, and faithful, and the truth
had to be told, that Jupiter rising in Scorpio gave Pride, and the
planets in Leo too much firmness and an inability to let go at the
right moment, also a tendency to be too idealistic, and not sufficiently
practical from a worldly and matter-of-fact standpoint (no planets in
earthy signs). The following is a record of his life taken from his
diary, giving date and events :—
February 15th, 1856. Apprenticed to a firm of engineers, etc., in south
coast town, England.
About i860. Withdrawn by father and brother because of their reverses
in businessin London. 6 LC. by primary direction.]
i860 to 1862. In charge of a branch of said business which was
eventually given up after a fire occurred on the premises.
August, 1862. Left England for India.
1862101865. A good engineering appointment in India. Traded also
as merchant.
November 16th, 1864. Married. Wife born July 5th, 1836.
September 10th, 1865. Wife died. No living issue, one still born child.
September and October, 1865, Great financial loss. Bad health
(Jungle fever). Returned to England early in 1866, arrived March.
1866 to 1870. Various occupations with varying and moderate success.
Some struggles.
July 5th, 1870. Married again. Wife born February 4th, 1849.
1870 101871. Entered into business in the iron trade with a partner,
who provided the capital, and which failed.
April or May, 1871. Bad health. Congestion of lungs. " In low
water " until
November, 1871. Secured literary appointment which was successful!
accompanied with much travelling in England. Greatest success in a
southerly direction from birthplace. A varying but good income and a
restful period until 1877.
November 10th, 1871. Son born.
April igth, 1873. Son born.
March, 1877. Assisted in formation of a public company in connection
with agriculture. A chemical business. Remained as general manager
until July, 1883. A steady, successful period.
October 18th, 1878. Son born.
September igth, 1880. Son born, deformed. Died third day.
232 MODERN ASTROLOGY
July, 1883. Started on own account in same class of business as from
March, 1877, to July, 1883. A more or less increasingly prosperous period
until 1897. Principal success in a S.W. direction.*
May, 1879. Influenza, laryngitis and low fever.
April, 1880. Father died. Aged about eighty-four.
May, 1881. Mother died. Aged eighty-one.
October, 1883. Daughter born.
October, 1883. Thrown from vehicle. Not hurt.
January 1st, 1884. Son born.
October, 1895, to July, 1896. Realised a large sum of money from sale
of a Petroleum Oil Property to a Public Company, formed on the Continent
(So countries),
July to December, 1897. Fairly successful time.
1897. Invested in various public companies, etc., all of which resulted
in difficulties and loss, and after years of financial struggles a crisis in affairs
culminated in December, 1903 (though commenced in April, 1901) from
which time up to the present in very reduced circumstances.
August 15th, 1900. Eldest son married.
From about middle of 1903 has travelled a great deal on the Continent
without success from efforts, except in August this year [1903J when some
business arose which promised a favourable issue probably in course of next
few months.
NOTES.
1881. Invested with a partner in a London Dairy Business. After
carrying it on by a manager sold out at a small profit.
1884-5. Made two journeys to the Argentine and Uruguay Republics
in connection with the Chemical Industry referred to {vide March, 1877, to
July, 1882). A failure.
1886-7. Had an agency in London for an Irish Mineral Water
Manufacturer. Brought in a small income. It did not pay.
1888-9. Invested in a Steam Laundry (uuder management) with a
partner. A worried time. Business declined. Sold out at loss to partner,
but a very small profit to myself.
1889-1895. Interested in sundry other business and financial matters ;
fairly successful but attended with much anxiety.
Has had good health the greater part of his life and for the past eighteen
months has improved in health. Has always had a tendency to cold,
especially in the head, and an irritable throat inherited from father, who
died of bronchitis.
Observe: married second wife on the birthday anniversary of first
wife, who died on mother's birthday anniversary. Eldest son was married
on native's own birthday anniversary.
Has been mostly more successful in a S., S.E., or S.W. direction from
birthplace. Northerly direction on the contrary except Liverpool (ni). ib
countries mostly favourable. London (n) unfavourable and yet more or
less has served as native's headquarters. The numbers 3, 7, 12 and 40
have been attended frequently with significance in native's life.
Readers will be pleased to learn that this gentleman has now met
with success in his courageous struggle with adverse fortune (see
remarks in " Observatory " for July, 1905, p. 289 of last volume), and
that he seems in a fair way to reinstate himself in his former influential
position.
• Vide Notes below.
 233

Scgrcca of tlje %abiac ^gntboliscb

Translated from "La Volazfera," hy Sepharial

AQUARIUS

{Continued from page 176)

zz i6th Degree.—A smith's forge and bellows.
This symbol is related to the one who will show considerable aspiration
in things of a spiritual nature and will be instrumental in awakening in the
breast ofman a belief in things supernormal, by fanning the spark of intelligent
faith into a flame of conviction and consuming desire. His profession will
be allied to the useful arts and his walk in life, although simple and devoid
of ostentation, will nevertheless be of singular service to humanity. Great
in soul and of immense aspiration, he will prove a veritable Vulcan. It is
a degree of Inspiration.
zz 17TH Degree.—A man lying prone upon a bed of sickness.
This is the index of a mind that is inept, a nature indolent or perverted,
and a fortune that is wholly dependent on the goodwill of others. It denotes
one who will evince but little interest in the wider and more virile achieve-
ments of his fellows, whose mind will be cramped and warped by egotism
and selfish indulgence, and whose body will grow sleek and nerveless in
default of proper use and adequate exercise. In a more fortunate circum-
stance, it may depict only a physical malady requiring constant rest. In
the worst case it denotes imbecility. It is a degree of Apathy.
zz i8th Degree.—An old woman seated on a stool with a
hooded cloak wrapped closely round her.
This is the index of one whose nature will be warped by feelings of
selfishness and jealousy. He will exhibit little, if any, interest in the common
lot of humanity, and will assume an attitude of melancholy, silent and envious
misanthropy. Such an one cannot fail to become a source of hatred and
malice to his own hurt and that of others. Wrapped around with the cloak
of selfishness, he will fail to attain happiness in his own life and will be
jealous of it in that of others. Hence bitterness and secret enmity will poison
his soul, and in the end he will be in danger of an isolation not less painful
because merited, and will be cut off from kith and kin and left to his own
imperfect and cramped resources. Let him study to preserve interest and
sympathy in all that is human and so escape being abandoned of Heaven
and Earth. It is a degree of Isolation.
zz rgrH Degree.—A boat upon the sea to which a submerged
man is clinging for support.
This symbol is related to one in whose life some great catastrophe will
occur at a time when providentially there will be a friend at hand to rescue
him from his danger. It indicates that a deficiency of tact and skill is liable
234 MODERN ASTROLOGY
to render him subject to adversity of fortune, and he will suffer financial
disaster and even peril of death. But there will be raised up to him a friend
capable of sustaining him in his extremity, and he will not therefore sink
into the depths. This will be in response to his great faith. The nature,
although daring, is lacking in tact and strength. All his troubles will arise
from failing to admit his own incompetence. He will travel afar. It is a
degree of Insecurity.
■soc 20th Degree.—A great tortoise.
This symbol denotes one of patient and plodding disposition, disposed
to rusticity of habit, endowed with great powers of endurance, an even dis-
position and contented mind. His position in Jife will always be secure,
owing to his great prescience and providence, and he will create about him
by slow and patient toil the means of his own security and well-being. His
life is likely to extend to , phenomenal years, and his position in old age will
be one of independence and security from all harm. Of rather solitary and
retired nature, deeply philosophical, patient and contented with simple ways
of living, he will yet evince a kindly disposition and will live long to enjoy
the fruits of his labours and the esteem of his fellows. It is a degree of
Providence.
xx 2ist Degree.—A man lying wounded or sick upon the ground-
It is the symbol of one whose nature is void of virility an4 ambition, and
who, consequently, will fail to assert himself in the fight for life. Where
others are in intense activity, he lies nerveless and powerless amid surround-
ings which, although natural, are devoid of comfort and unreflective of the
arts and sciences of humanevolution. Such an one will show moral apathy,
mental ineptitude, and physical weakness, all of which will conspire to render
him an object of pity to the passer by, and a burden to his kindred and
friends. In some cases it may indicate incapacity merely. In others it will
predict a moral paralysis. It is a degree of Weakness.
xx 22nd Degree.—A raging bull stamping upon the body of a
dog.
This symbol denotes one whose passions are liable to run to excess and
whose anger may lead him into the commission of acts of violence. It shows
a strong and forceful nature, capable of forcing his way in the world by push
and energy, yet not so strong that he is capable of controlling his own feelings.
At such times as his passions are aroused he is capable of acts of brutal
ferocity, and though he may gain the victory over all his outward enemies,
there will yet be one within remaining unsubdued. It is essential that an
otherwise fortunate nature should not ruin a great career by actions of
impulsive ardour and indiscretion. It is a degree of Violence.
xx 23RD Degree—A beaver at work upon a tree overhanging a
gorge.
This is the index of one to whom work will be a matter of daily and
continual pleasure, aud whose efforts will be sustained with diligence and
fidelity. He will show much executive ability, exceptional constructive
faculty, and extreme powers of endurance, so that his pathway to success is
sure. There is, however, the danger that, at the supreme moment when the
fruit of his labour falls due, it may be swallowed up and lost to him forever.
Except for this his position is beyond all power of assault or harm, for habits
of industry and strenuous energy are sure of recognition. He may become
a well-known worker or dealer in timber and the building trade. It is a
degree of Industry.
{To be continued)
 235

RECENTLY DISCOVERED COMETS

New Comet Discovered.—A new comet of faint brightness, not exceeding
the tenth magnitude, was discovered last week at Professor Max Wolfs
observatory by Herr Kopfif. The new object lies in the ecliptic between the
constellations of Leo and Virgo, and is moving very slowly. Yesterday its
right ascension was nhr. 3imin. 38sec. and declination ideg. 54min. Its
positions for the next three days are as follows:—
Right Ascension. Declination,
hrs. min. sec. deg. min.
March 14 ... n 31 13 j 55
„ 15 ... 11 30 46 ... 1 57
„ 16 ... 11 30 20 ... 1 59
The comet is a perfectly round and somewhat nebulous object. It was
discovered in the course of a search for new minor plansts, and the doubt
has been expressed whether it is not in truth one of these liltle planetoids.
On the assumption that it is indeed cometary, it has received the provisional
title of" Comet b 1906," taking the second letter of the alphabet, since it is
the second object of the kind discovered this year. During the last week
moonlight has been too bright for the comet to be observed visually, but a
photograph has been obtained of it. On Saturday it made a very near
approach to the moon.—A. S. D. M., in Daily Chronicle, i^ih March, 1906.
The New Comet.—A. D. S. M., who contributed the note on " Kopffs
Comet " to yesterday's Daily Chronicle, writes :—The new object has proved
to be of true cometary nature, and not an asteroid, as it was deemed possible
that it might be. It is extremely difficult to compute its orbit, as its motion
is extremely slow, and therefore has scarcely differed from a straight line
during the time that it has been under observation. It is probable, however,
that it has already made its nearest approach to the sun, and is also now
receding from the earth. It has developed a short tail of about half a degree
in length, and its head is round and well defined, and of the tenth magni-
tude. The head is nebulous, but it has a stellar nucleus that is of about the
eleventh magnitude.—Daily Chronicle, i5/3/'o6.
Yet Another Comet.—The discovery was made on March 18th of the
third comet of 1906 at Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia, by Mr.
David Ross, the Honorary Secretary of the Victoria Branch of the British
Astronomical Association. This is Mr. Ross's second comet—his first was
discovered in January, 1884. The new object, which will be designated as
" 1906 Comet C," is a bright telescopic comet of about the eighth magnitude,
and though still south of the equator is moving rapidly eastward and
northward. By to-morrow it will be very close to the " wonderful " variable
star, called Mira of the Sea-Monster, but it is also getting very close to the
Sun, and is therefore becoming more difficult to distinguish. It has
probably not yet passed perihelion, but more observations are required
before its orbit can be determined. At discovery it was in right ascension
sh. 3min. sssec., and north polar distance gydeg. 4isec., and its motion
in right ascension was over three minutes of time per day to the east, and
in polar distance over ideg. to the north.
Daily Chronicle, 21 si March, 1906.
 betters to tljt OBbitor
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 (i) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only ; (2) that planetary positions, its
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.]

The So-Called Error of La Place

(This letter unfortunately arrived too late for inclusion in last issue)
Dear Sir,
I have forwarded Mr. Sutcliflfe's pamphlet to the same
astronomer. He sends me a quotation from the Mecanique Celeste
which proves that La Place explicitly stated that he measured the
precession in the retrograde direction. As this quantity is increasing
it necessarily follows that the differential coefficient is positive.
This is conclusive evidence that Mr. Sutcliffe misunderstood the
reason for the positive sign.
I shall not trouble you with another letter on this subject as I
have not a first-hand knowledge of Laplace's book.
But the fourth consideration in my letter on p. 139 is decisive
that there is not an unknown motion of the pole of this nature.
Yours sincerely,
io/3/'O6. J. W.

Some Statistical Items : Signs Ruling Cities

Dear Sir,
I have an item or two of a statistical character that may
be of value to students compiling tabulations.
I have Mars in the first in Sagittarius at birth (Londonderry,
3 p.m, 24/8/'75) and in June, 1894, I had a swollen gland in the left
groin wrongfully treated and mistaken for hernia, which caused a
wound which has left a permanent scar. In August, 1892, I contracted
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 237
a true inguinal hernia in the right side, and in August, 1905 (]) P. <?),
I underwent a successful operation for its radical cure. Needless to
say I have now a scar on both groins—which is a striking example of
the action of Mars in ^ in the first.
As to the trouble in the left groin : this culminated in a very
acute attack of lymphangitis in February, 1904 (DS <7 r-)' an<^ when I
recovered the trouble had completely disappeared (DA If r.) and has
not shown itself since.
The fact that Appendicitis is a latter-day complaint or discovery
may be accounted for by the circumstance of there being a lot of
people in the world to-day who were born while Uranus was in Virgo-
(Libra) Scorpio. I have rather a typical case—at present suffering
—data, male, 25/8/'8y. He has had three attacks during the last seven
months and purposes undergoing the operation next week. I cannot
furnish the time and place of birth.*
As to the rulership of Australian cities : I have ample and abso-
lutely conclusive evidence that Sydney is under Sagittarius, and
Brisbane under Scorpio.
Commercial Travellers' Club, Yours truly,
Brisbane. Albert Johnston.
Orfofeer 27^, 1905. D*W. S AS-

signs ruling Towns and Countries : Georgetown and B. Guiana

Dear Sir,
On November30th, 1905, the dock labourers of Georgetown
struck for higher wages, and on December 1st the strike had assumed
such dimensions, owing to the encouragement of women of the lower
classes, that the police were compelled to use firearms, killing and
wounding several people.
Will any of your readers be so good as to say what sign rules
B. Guiana and especially Georgetown, lat. 6047'N., long. 3h. 52m. 39s.
W.
The following list of similar riots may assist in arriving at a
correct answer :—

• [In this connection another correspondent sends the following item :—

Male, born ij/n/'So, 0.45 a.m., London.
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
116 3513 Jii6 14111.30 ^3 m.i
Om.21.5; D TS.43: 1411)12.40; 1^13.13; i?T23.34lf; 14 Tio.23lf ; <f m
15.19: ? 722.30; 9 7 10.21 : j P. iji (exact), 9 P. 5 (exact).
The native was born with the testes ruptured ; the condition was not noticed
until after six weeks. The rupture was cured. Ho is now married and has several
children. At fifteen years he had a severe attack of jaundice, and at seventeen
years (February, 1897) a large abscess on back of neck. Note.—Mars and Sun
conjoined in Scorpio.]
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May 8th, 1795

August gth, 1834 Labour riot.
May 18th, 1847 Racial and religious riot against the Portuguese.
July i^th, 1857 Governor of Colony stoned.
March igth, 1889 Riot against the Portuguese.
Will anyone be also good enough 10 give the position of the planets
for May 8th, 1795, August gth, 1834, May 18th, 1847 ; and state how
to secure an ephemeris similar to that attached to Astrology for All,
Part II. Is the ephemeris attached to Butler's Solar Biology as perfect
as that of Leo's ? Thanking you for the space,
Dept. Land and Mines, I am,
Georgetown, B. Guiana. Yours very truly,
January igth, 1906. Jas. A. P. Bowhill.
[The planetary positions on the dates required are as follows :
Noo«, G.M.T.
8/4/1795 (regret we have not been able to secure an ephemeris for this year)
©I) V ¥ h
9/8/1834 5116.21 ===14.4 W29.41I5. =24,5415. =7.9
18/5/1847 826.53 221547 =28.56 T16.34 KII.50
2/ j ? 9 n
117.33 n6.ii 1524.57 518.5915. 023.58
021.13 K9.24 223.2 88.18 ===16.57
The ephemeris attached to Solar Biology is approximate merely, and
would be of no use for erecting horoscopes. These remarks are quite without
prejudice to the book itself, which is well worthy of study (as are all the
author's writings) and which we have previously had occasion to commend.
Our correspondent is very unlikely to find any such Condensed Ephemeris
as in Astrology for All, Part II., elsewhere, we think; certainly not for the
period in question.—En.]

The Apertures of the Body and Planetary Rulership

Dear Sir,
I have read with much interest the article of Mr. A.
Marques in the February number. There seems to have been a large
quantity of speculation, guess-work, and arbitrary expression of
opinion on this question, all of which is more or less interesting (less
in a good many cases) but likely to prove misleading to some students.
Would it not be better to watch and try to get accurate data in many
cases before going into it at length : I think from what I have read
that most astrologers assign the planets' rulership over the five senses
as follows :—
b, hearing. 5 , touch. g , sight.
If. smell. J, taste.
It seems to me more important just now to study and verify this
classification (if it can be done) than to try to get at details which
seem to come later. I think the mixing of it up, such, for instance,
as the assignment of one ear to one planet and the other to another,
absurd. If a certain function is under the domination of or influenced
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 239

by one planet it would seem wise not to trouble about whether the
exercise of that function required one or two apertures through which
to express.
As instances, has it been fully verified that, in what might be
called a normal horoscope, Mercury well placed and aspected gives
good eyesight, and when afflicted the reverse ? That Saturn similarly
controls hearing? Undoubtedly there has been a good deal cf
research along these lines. Has it proved what might be fairly called
conclusive ? I think an expression from the Editor on this would
prove very interesting reading.
Yours truly,
Los Angeles, Cal., February yih, 1906. F. L. Morgan.

I. The Opposition of Uranus and Neptune

II. Four-Fold Division of Signs

Dear Sir,
There are several matters in the current number of your
interesting magazine which I wish to write a few words to you about.
1. The Opposition of Uranus and Neptune.—There was an
article dealing largely with this point in the Echo du Merveillcux of
January 15th this year, " Les prognostics de guerre et les cycles
astraux," by " Nebo."
I mention this article chiefly because it to some extent deals
with the point you allude to on p. 130 (Modern Astrology)
regarding previous oppositions of Neptune and Uranus.
The writer points out that the present opposition of Neptune
and Uranus, which oppositions he says are characteristic of religious
and social upheavals, occurs in the same part of the heavens as the
opposition of the year 1572,* i.e., at the time of the massacre of
Saint Bartholomew. (I presume the opposition of 1572 would be the
last but one.)
He also points out that in the year 1910, which he regards as
the most critical time of the present opposition, there will also be an
opposition of Saturn and Jupiter—in square to the opposition of
Neptune and Uranus—and identical in position with the opposition
of the year 1792, i.e., at the time of the French Revolution. From
this he concludes that we—and more particularly his own country,
France—are entering upon a period of war and revolution. The
article in question is one of a series, by the same writer, on " Astral
Cycles."
2. Four-Fold Division of Signs.—The interesting sugges-

5
Note.—The last conjunction of Uranus and Neptune occurred in March,
1821, i.e., eighty-five years ago, which gives 170 years from one opposition to
another, and would show the last opposition in 1736, and the previous in 1566, not
1572.—Ed.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

tion of your correspondent " Maffra," as to sub-dividing a sign into

four divisions of 7 j0 each, raises the important question as to what is
the correct astrological time-unit, for divisions of time and divisions
of Zodiac should agree.
Now the familiar division of " Signs " into " Decanates " leads
up to a period of 40 minutes. Thus ;—
1 Sign =30°=2 hours of time.
1 Decan = io0=4o minutes of time.
While the suggested sub-division into four "quadrules" of 7^°
each, leads to the ordinary division of time into hours, half hours,
and quarter hours. Thus : —
1 Sign = 300=2 hours of time.
■i Sign = 15°= 1 hour.
| Sign = 7J0=J hour.
Now return to the division of " Signs " into " Decans," and con-
tinue the process of dividing by " 3." This gives the Hindoo
" Navmasa," or period of 302o'. Thus :—
1 Sign =30° =2 hours.
^ Sign =1 Decan =10° =40 minutes.
^ Decan = 1 " Navmasa " = 302o'= 13J minutes.
Thus it would appear that there are two distinct and fundamental
methods of sub-dividing both "Signs" and "Time." The first
method, by the repeated process of dividing the 30° of a Sign by the
number " 3." This gives the Decans and Navmasas.
The second method, by the repeated process of dividing the 30°
of a Sign by the number " 2." This gives the current division of
time into hours, half-hours, and quarter-hours.
I, for one—and I think most of your readers will agree with me—
would like to have the benefk of seeing this subject treated by your-
self in the pages of Modern Astrology, unless it should happen that
you have already definitely disposed of the subject in earlier numbers
of this Magazine.
(To be continued)

" J. W." writes, under date of 25/3/'o6:—" The extraordinary govern-

ment muddle on the 6th March verified my forecast. The great fiscal
division took place on the 13th: I evidently mistook this for the principal
measure of the government. The most striking feature of the lunation of
April 23rd is the setting Mercury, in close square to the opposing planets,
Neptune and Uranus. This denotes an international dispute early in May.
The same opposition threatens a calamity about the 28th April in one of the
minor states—perhaps Switzerland or Norway. The 10th Stay is unfavour-
able to the government—probably another South African debate. I
anticipate the Labour party will score at the close of the following week,
i.e., about the 18th May. The Stock Exchange will be depressed in the last
week of April and first week of May."
JWotrmt ^tstrolog^

Vol. III. New Series. JUNE, igo6. No. 6.

©bstrbatory

The Press have just had a quiet shock in discovering that the
late Dr. Garnett was a believer in Astrology ! When astrologers in
years to come add his name to the long list of
Another Name learned men who gave the science their careful
addad to the ....
illuBtriouBlist attention, the old doubt will arise in men's minds
as to whether he believed it to be true or not, and
already attempts are being made to question Dr. Garnett's belief.
Fortunately we have personal evidence of the fact that he was one of
the many students who have no doubt whatever.
If those who persist in giving rein to their prejudices against it
would but give a little time to the actual study of Astrology, it would at
once settle the question as to whether it was true or false. But pre-
judice dies hard, and few men have broad and open minds, loving
truth for its own sake. Yet the fact remains that no one who has
REALLY STUDIED ASTROLOGY HAS EVER REFUTED IT.
Jfe dp
The science of Astrology requires a few broad-minded men like
" Merlin " of the Rtftree, who, writing in the " Handbook " on April
22nd, and referring to Dr. Richard Garnett, makes
t e
^ReVere'e "'on ^ following pertinent statement:
Astrology << mere {act that so busy a man as he, and a
man of such piercing intellectual acumen as I knew
him to have been, should have troubled himself to acquire a mastery of an
art so intricate and so difficult set me to work in earnest, and the better
part of my leisure for two years was devoted to a study on which I venture
to affirm that no man of candid mind can embark without arriving at the
conclusion that there is a real and definite association between the planetary
aspects which are said to govern the ' native' and the character and fate
242 MODERN ASTROLOGY
of the man who is born beneath them. It is absurd to speak of Astrology
as an 'occult science.' There is nothing 'occult' about it. It moves on
grounds which are in themselves as reasoned as the beliefs arrived at by
the students of the far more real and trustworthy science which has
descended from it. But it can never be a science in the true sense of the
word, partly because of the fact that the reading of its intricacies and com-
plexities is largely controlled by the individual equation of the reader, and
because in nine hundred and ninety cases out of a thousand it is impossible
to have anything like a complete knowledge of all the conditions which
would have to be taken into account in any prediction upon which we could
rely with confidence.
" One of the most notable things to which my own personal re-
searches led me I described a few years ago in Vanity Fair. I was supplied
with an authentic horoscope of Mr. Chamberlain, to which I applied a pure
text book reading, which was exactly in accordance with his character and
career, with the solitary exception of one indication of a purely private
experience which he alone could verify or dispute. I have to set against
this and much other evidence a great number of failures in the description
of personal friends and members of my own family. An examination of my
own horoscope justifies the text book reading in respect to many of the most
important circumstances of life. I may say broadly that the malign influence
of Saturn seems to me to be about as susceptible of demonstration as most
of the facts of nature into which I have taken pains to look. I have never
known an instance in which that planet has been indicated as hanging at the
meridian when the ' native ' has been prosperous and happy."

We shall not all agree with "Merlin" when he states that " it
is absurd to speak of Astrology as an occult science," but, as surely as
he came to study and to endorse its exoteric pre-
& Material or an ggj^atio,, we may J
be certain that eventuallyJ he
Occult Science?
will realise its occult value.
He has already gone half way towards this view when he states
" it can never be a science in the true sense of the word," etc. It
only requires the development of a little more intuition to become quite
convinced that Astrology must be essentially a metaphysical and an
occult science, in the highest sense of both words. The first step
towards this realisation will be made when the fact is brought home to
one that no merely mortal man could invent so sublime a system—a
system so stupendous and profound as to embrace everything in the
manifested Universe. And with this realisation will come a measure
of faith in those Divine Teachers who, ages and ages ago, gave to infant
humanity its first inner teachings.

" Merlin " will, I am sure, forgive me if I mention that he is

as yet but young in the study of Astrology, while some of us have
 THE OBSERVATORY 243
spent over twenty years in onr investigations.
The Coining of a Hesays: " An examination of my own horoscope
Brighter Light . , , , . J *
justifies the text-book reading in respect to many
of the most important circumstances of life." Good. But why stop
at the text-book reading? A little further investigation will lead to
the question: IVhy should the reading justify the text-book ? Granted
that it is true, how comes it to be that it is so ? Merlin continues :
" In so-called Astrology, taken by and large, there is doubtless a heap
of what Mr. Ralph Shirley, the Editor of the Occult Review, in a recent letter
to the Telegraph, calls ' stuff and nonsense '; the pursuit of the astrologer is
often so inlaid with false pretences, and the art has fallen into such general
disrepute, that few people amongst those who have really studied it care to
express even a modicum of faith in any part of it. But' being of that honest
few who give the Devil himself his due,' I am no more afraid of my own
opinions here than elsewhere. Theie is something in the old art after all;
just that taste of the salt of truth which has kept many ancient superstitions
alive until the clear, dry light of scientific investigation has proved them not
to be wholly superstitious."
True. But it will not be the materialistic science of to-day—a
chaos of facts without order, of details without design—that will bring
the clear light, but a loftier science, a science that will once again be
wedded to philosophy and religion.

Dr. Garnett lived at Harapstead and it is only a short time

since Mrs. Leo and myself had the pleasure of talking to him on the
subject of Astrology. There was no shadow of
Operative and doubt as to his entire belief in the actual fact of
not Speoulative
planetary influence, but we did not expect him to
appreciate the occult interpretation thereof, since he approached the
subject entirely from the exoteric or objective standpoint. The fact
of the matter was, that he was not attracted to the speculative side
of the study at all, but was by the natural bent of his mind inclined
rather to the purely operative and demonstrative aspect.
We ought in our day, perhaps, to be content with the admission
that " there is something in the old art after all "—the rest will follow
as a natural corollary. Suffice it to say that after playing with the
shell it rnay become necessary to look for the kernel.

It occurs to me that it must seem curious that this Magazine,

while supporting and maintaining the conviction that Astrology is
244 MODERN ASTROLOGY

an occult science, should have outlived all those

The Magazine of publications that were opposed to this view, and
Occult Astrology ^ . , , r
notwithstanding the fact of our losing a great
number of supporters in consequence of the prejudice that exists
against the occult presentation of the subject, even among many
genuine and enthusiastic students of the exoteric aspect of Astrology,
this Magazine is now in its sixteenth year of continuous existence.
It is no idle statement to affirm that for every single student of
exoteric Astrology in the West to-day there are at least a dozen who
are more inclined to the esoteric rendering; and out of the many
thousand clients now registered at the Office of Modern Astrology,
some of whom may quite possibly have been attracted by a temporary
curiosity, I am quite sure that the great majority have more leanings
to the inner than the outer side of the study.

" J. W." writes, underdate of April 24th:—"April 5th and gth were days
of contest in Parliament: the first was the attack on Churchill and the other
date the introduction of the Education Bill. I was mistaken in supposing
it was a second reading debate. The lunation on May 23rd shows great
interest in affairs of the eleventh house. This is especially noticeable
about June 14th. The end of May is marked by trouble in a distant
country. The supporters of the Government threaten mutiny about May
24th and June nth. The labour party is prominent about June 23rd. I
expect mining shares to fluctuate sharply in the first half of June.
Americans will end May badly, but boom in the middle of June."
A Fortunate Day for a Wedding.—" The seventieth anniversary of
their wedding was celebrated on May-day by Christopher Lawrence and
his wife Sarah, who were married at Epperstone Church, Notts, on May
1st, 1836." At noon on0 that day,0 a Sunday, the planetary positions were as
follows:0
© S ii°,D"ii3
0
; ^ .ssh , 4°. b ""..t? Vn0, S 1125°,
5 if 12 , S3 H 21 . (Note the Sun in sextile to Jupiter, the latter strong in its
exaltation Cancer, Venus and Mercury being moreover in mutual reception.)
The account, which we quote from the Express, continues :—" The old couple
are nowlivingin a small cottage in Hankin Street, Hucknall Torkard, Notts,
and in spite of the weight of their years are in wonderfully good health and
spirits."
Prophet Ahead of Time.—Zadkiel may claim to have predicted the
San Francisco earthquake. In his almanac for 1906 occurs the line:
" Underground troubles affect San Francisco." This cryptic utterance was
fixed for January, a discrepancy of three months that probably does not
count in the prophecy business. With much greater precision he located
seismic disturbances in the Caucasus and the Grecian Archipelago, for
April igth—yesterday.—Daily Express, 2o/4/igo6.
The " Examples of Directing," promised last month, though already in
type, have been crowded out by the press of more or less topical matter
occasioned by recent events, but will appear in next month's issue,
 245

fterifteb (Esoteric %notolebge

By " Resurgam," Fra. R.R. et A.C.

(Continued from p. 212)

The Word and Sign of Power.—Man avers: " To a properly trained

mystic, they [spells and incantations] may be the means of con-
trolling some of the subtler forces of Nature. . . Their potency
depends more upon the rhythmic enunciation and intonation than
upon the words themselves. ■ . In incantations,* sound is so
modulated as to produce the same state of the body as that which
invariably accompanies the generation of any psychic or spiritual
force. , , The efficacy depends mainly upon the intonation and
accent " (1886, pp. 100-2).
The Secret Doctrine teaches : " Mantrika-Sakti; the force or power
of letters, speech, or music. The Mantra Shastra has for its subject-
matter this force in all its manifestations. , . The influence of
melody is one of its ordinary manifestations. The power of the
Ineffable Name is the crown of this Sakti. . . Oeaohoo is rendered
'Father-Mother of the Gods' in the Commentaries [on the fJoo^ 0/
Dyzan], or the Six in One, or the septenary root from which all pro-
ceeds. All depends upon the accent given to these seven vowels,
which may be pronounced as one, three, or even seven syllables by
adding an e after the letter 0. This mystic name is given out, because
without a thorough mastery of the triple pronunciation it remains
for ever ineffectual. . . The literal signification of the word is
among the Eastern occultists of the North, a circular wind, whirl-
wind : but in this instance, it is a term to denote the ceaseless and
eternal Cosmic Motion, or rather the Force that moves it; which
Force is tacitly accepted as the Deity, but never named. It is the

* From canto, I sing or chant. Thus originated the intoning of religious

services: though modern priests know not that they are thereby attempting a
magical ceremony.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
eternal S'dyflwa, the ever-acting cause. . . As beautifully expressed
by P. Christian, . ; the word spoken by, as well as the name of,
every individual largely determines his future fate. , . ' When our
soul (mind) creates or evokes a thought, the representative sign of
that thought is self-engraved upon the astral fluid, which is the
receptacle and, so to say, the mirror of all the manifestations of being.
The sign expresses the thing: the thing is the (hidden or occult)
virtue of the sign. To pronounce a word is to evoke a thought, and
make it present; the magnetic potency of the human speech is the
commencement of every manifestation in the occult world. To utter
a Name is not only to define a Being (an Entity), but to place it under,
and condemn it through the emission of the Word [Vevbum), to the
influence of one or more occult potencies. Things are, for every one
of us, that which it (the Word) makes them while naming them. The
Word (Ffi^iiew) or the speech of every man is, quite unconsciously to
himself, a blessing or a curse :* this is why our present ignorance about
the properties or attributes of the idea, as well as about the attributes
and properties of matter, is often fatal to us. Yes : names (and words)
are either beneficent or maleficent ; they are, in a certain sense,
either venomous or health-giving, according to the hidden influences
attached by Supreme Wisdom to their elements ; that is to say, to
the letters which compose them, and the numbers correlative to these
letters.' This is strictly true as an esoteric teaching accepted by all
the Eastern Schools of Occultism. In the Sanskrit, as also in the
Hebrew and all other alphabets, every letter has its occult meaning,
and its rationale: it is a cause, and an effect of a preceding cause,
aud a combination of these very often produces the most magical
effect. The vowels, especially, contain the most occult and formid-
able potencies. The Mantras (esoterically magical rather than re-
ligious) are chanted by the Brahmins, and so are the Vedas and other
Scriptures. , , The formula Om Mani Padmt Hum ; . , [has]
almost infinite potency in the mouth of an Adept, and . .
potentiality when pronounced by any man. ... In this, the
most sacred of all Eastern formulas, not only has every syllable
a secret potency producing a definite result; but the whole invocation
has seven different meanings, and can produce seven distinct results,

* Hence the stern denunciation of the Christ against every " idle " (literally
" not working") word.
 VERIFIED ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE 247
each of which may differ from the other. The seven meanings and
the seven results depend upon the intonation which is given to the
whole formula and to each of its syllables: and even the numerical
value of the letters is added to or diminished, according as such or
another rhythm is made use of. . . Number underlies form,
and number guides sound. Number lies at the root of the manifested
universe ; numbers and harmonious proportions guide the first differ-
entiation of homogeneous substance into heterogeneous elements;
and number and numbers set limits to the formative hand of Nature."
. . There existed, and still exists to this day, a Word far surpas-
sing the mysterious monosyllable [Ow]; and which renders him
who comes into possession of its key nearly the equal of Brahman.
The Brahmatmas alone possess this key : and we know that to this
day there are two great Initiates in Southern India who possess it.
It can be passed only at death,* for it is the ' Lost Word.' No
torture, no human power could force its disclosure by a Brahman
who knows it; and it is well guarded in Thibet " (1888, I., 68, 93-4,
293 : 1897, III. 411-2, 436-8).
The Astral Plane declares : " Many striking results . s . may
be produced by an extension of a principle ... of sympathetic
vibration. ... If one of the wires of a harp be made to vibrate
vigorously, its movement will call forth sympathetic vibrations in the
corresponding strings of any number of harps placed round it, if they
are tuned to exactly the same pitch. , . , When a large body of
soldiers crosses a suspension bridge, it is necessary for them to break
step ; since the perfect regularity of their ordinary march would set up
a vibration in the bridge which would be intensified by every step
they took, until the point of resistance of the iron was passed, when
the whole structure would fly to pieces. . . . One who knows
exactly at what rate to start his vibrations, knows, so to speak, the
keynote of the class of matter he wishes to affect, should be able, by
sounding that keynote, to call forth an immense number of sym-
pathetic vibrations. . . On the astral plane . . , the matter
... is far less inert; and so when called into action by these sym-
pathetic vibrations, it adds its own living force to the original impulse,
which may thus be multiplied many-fold : and then by further rhythmic

* But if so, how could more than one possess it at the same time ?
248 MODERN ASTROLOGY
repetition of the original impulse, , . . the vibrations may be so
intensified that the result is out of all apparent proportion to the cause.
■ , , There is scarcely any limit to the conceivable achievements
of this force in the hands of a great Adept, who fully comprehends
its possibilities : for the very building of the Universe itself was but
the result of the vibrations set up by the Spoken Word. The class
of mantras or spells which produce their results, not by controlling
some elemental, but merely by the repetition of certain sounds, also
depend for their efficacy upon this action of sympathetic vibration "
(1895, pp. 90-1).
The Story of the Great War defines a Mantra as " a word, or a
sentence, of which the sound has power in the invisible worlds ; . . .
and great effects were produced by these Mantras" . . . (1899, p. 15).
Esoteric Christianity asserts : " The second characteristic property
of a Sacrament belongs to the facts of the invisible worlds, and is
studied by occult science. The person who officiates in the Sacrament
should possess this knowledge; as much, though not all, of the operative
power of the Sacrament depends upon the knowledge of the officiator.
. . . Each sound has a form in the invisible world, and combina-
tions of sounds create complicated shapes. ... In communicating
with the sub-human Intelligences connected with the lower invisible
world and with the physical, and in controlling and directing these,
sounds must be used fitted to bring about the desired results, as
language made up of definite sounds is used here. And in communi-
cating with the higher Intelligences, certain sounds are useful to
create a harmonious atmosphere, suitable for their activities, and to
make our own subtle bodies receptive of their inllncnccs. . . In order
to render the bodies susceptible to the higher influences, sounds are
used which reduce the irregular vibrations to a steady rhythm, like
in its nature to the rhythm of the Intelligence sought to be reached. . .
The subtle bodies must be tuned to the note of the Being sought, if his
influence is to find free way through the nature of the worshipper ; and
this was ever done of old by the use of sounds. Hence music has
ever formed an integral part of worship, and certain definite cadences
have been preserved with care, handed on from age to age. ... To
translate a Mantra is to change it from a ' Word of Power' into
an ordinary sentence ; the sounds being changed, other sound-forms are
created. . . Certain gestures .. are called Signs, or Seals, or Sigils. .
 VERIFIED ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE
Each Sign has its own particular meaning, and marks the direction*
imposed on the invisible forces with which the celebrant is dealing,
whether those forces be his own or poured through him. In any case,
they are needed to bring about the desired result. . . Such a Sign is
called a ' Sign of Power,' as the Mantra is a ' Word of Power.' . . By
the Word of Power and the Sign of Power, magnetic changes are
caused in the ether of the physical substance; and the subtle
counterparts are affected according to the knowledge, purity, and
devotion of the celebrant who magnetises, or in the religious term,
consecrates it. Further, the Word and the Sign of Power summon to
the celebration the angels especially concerned with the materials
used, and the nature of the act performed; and they lend their
powerful aid, pouring their own magnetic energies into the subtle
counterparts, and even into the physical ether ; thus re-inforcing the
energies of the celebrantf " (1901, pp. 325-6, 333-4. 337-9. 343)1
Some Gltmpses of Occultism states : " Mantrams . . , are forms
of words by means of which certain occult results are . . achieved
. • - There is a . . type of Mantram in which the sounds
themselves produce a definite effect. . . Each sound sets up a
certain vibration, and an orderly succession of such vibrations
following one another according to the pre-determined scheme, may be
so arranged as to evoke definite feelings or emotions or thoughts
within the man. Many of the Sanskrit Mantrams are of this nature.
, Untranslatable . . it must be employed in the original lan-
guage, and . . correctly pronounced by one who understands how
it was intended to be sounded. . . It is not in the least necessary!
that the person who uses it should understand the meaning of the
words, or even that the sounds shall jnake intelligible words at all "
(1903, pp. 209-10).
(To be continued)
' This statement is imperfect: the "Sign," when used with "faith" or
confidence in its inherent efficacy, and in one's own ability to use it with effect, also
intensifies the will-power of the Magus.
f A ritual, especially if sacramental, represents by words and signs, a doctrine:
if, therefore, the doctrine be false, participation in the ceremony occultly perverts
both the understanding and the will; and if performed by an evil celebrant, the
spiritual perdition which he incurs as a profaner, is an additional source of danger
to the communicant: though the latter is. in both cases, shielded, in a degree, by
his own sincerity. Arcana of Christianity, 1867, III., par. 181).
1 Not absolutely necessary: yet surely an intelligent comprehension will
facilitate and strengthen the result, because thereby the understanding, as well as
the will, can energise.
 IliBttlt of 4iri^c ®omp£titicn jEo. 1

We have been some time in declaring the result of the Prize

Competition announced on p. 46 of the January issue, in order to
allow full time for colonial readers to compete. The winner is Mrs.
A very, of Warrington, whose delineation, though brief, is succinct
and telling, and is said by the native himself to be recognised as a
good description by those who know him well. A copy of Astrology
for All, Parti., and several copies of Modern Astrology have there-
fore been duly forwarded to her, in accordance with her choice.
The number of entries was by no means so large as we think it
should have been, and we only hope that, encouraged by this example,
beginners, as well as the more advanced students, will essay their
skill and compete for the next prize. In order to stimulate them in
this respect, we offer a copy of either How to Judge a Nativity, Parts
/. and II. [complete), or The Progressed Horoscope, whichever may be
preferred, (or other of our publications to the same value), to each of
the writers of the TWO best delineations of the nativity of a female,
the data required for the erection of the map being as follows :—
Houses
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This lady, we may mention, is one who is sufficiently well known to
every reader of Modern Astrology, as well as to a wide circle of the
general public, to make the delineation a matter of exceptional interest,
though those who hazard guesses as to her identity will probably find
themselves wrong, nevertheless.
With regard to the present delineation, no useful purpose would
be served by giving the native's name, since he is (as he modestly
phrases it) quite unknown to fame, though doubtless his identity might
be traced, from the particulars given, by anyone sufficiently curious to
 RESULT OF PRIZE COMPETITION NO. I
make the attempt. Suffice to say that the prize-winner had no
possible means of discovering his tastes or character except such as
the horoscope afforded, and that even now she is quite ignorant of
his name.
This delineation therefore forms in itself a remarkable vindica-
tion of the claims of Astrology as regards the study of character and
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This nativity affords an interesting study of an uncommon mind.

The fact that Uranus has here a strong influence shows its unique
character. The mystic planet rules the decanate rising, Gemini-
Aquarius, and is dispositor of the Sun culminating in Aquarius. It
is besides placed in the house of mind in opposition to the mental
rulers in the ninth house.
This is a striking position and one that offers many difficulties
the amateur. I should judge that while the native is essentially a
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thinker, his views are eccentric, unpractical, visionary, his convictions

will undergo some sudden change and his mind is subject to fret and
worry.
Originality, versatilit}', genius are conferred by this position of
Uranus, to which the native has added a vivid imagination, but he
will be unlucky in the expression of his opinions, his views will not
be ' popular ' and he will suffer much opposition on the score of his
religious views.
He will have a more or less public career and attain to a certain
degree of fame, and social success, but there is danger of a downfall,
and his friends will not prove loyal to him. Many means of success
are open to him, literature, music, science, politics, but he will not
confine himself to one occupation. It seems probable that literature
will play a prominent part in his life, and as there are indications of his
deep interest in occult or psychological matters his pen may be em-
ployed on such subjects. Neptune will also influence his mind—not
altogether for good. His is not a ' lucky ' horoscope, there are many
bad aspects and the lord of his ascendant is much afflicted. He will
suffer and live more in the mind than the emotions.

The above has been submitted to the native himself for comment,
and he writes :—
"Your correspondent has certainly hit me off remarkably well,
I think, and so do several of my friends to whom I have shown the
delineation ; though they object to the ' genius' and I to the
' unpractical' : we all agree, however, that the mind is 1 uncommon ' !
" I do not think I am subject to fret and worry, but I am
naturally of a melancholic turn of mind and given to despondency.
I have never suffered from any sort of religious persecution, so far,
but my views are certainly not ' popular,' though hardly, I should
think, so ' eccentric' (in the unpleasant sense of the word) as your
correspondent seems to imply.
" It would be a wonderful surprise to me did my friends prove
disloyal, I must say, though I doubt whether any of them would care
to stand sponsor for my opinions, which is perhaps more what is
meant.
" The statement regarding versatility, etc., deserves notice, since
acts undoubtedly substantiate the judgment given. I am a phar-
 RESULT OF PRIZE COMPETITION NO. I 253
maceutical chemist; a bachelor of music of a representative English
University, and an associate of the Royal Academy of Music ; and I
have also, as the writer surmises, made little excursions into literature.
One of my . stories, of a somewhat Poe-like type, entitled " The
Might of Sound," appeared under a pseudonym in Horlick's Magazine
for November, 1905 ; and I have also [gaudeat hostis!) written a book,
though ' only a little one,' on a semi-occult and philosophical subject.
After this, I don't like to add that I have composed a symphony and
written poetry! Politics, so far, I have left severely alone.
" I make these confessions in order to show how correct the
above delineation is in this matter.
" There is one point I should like to mention. Two or three
palmists have predicted a very happy marriage. Your correspondent
makes no allusion to this, nor should I expect it myself, from my own
small study of Astrology, since the lord of the seventh house is
afflicted.
" Speaking generally, I think the description quite correct,
especially in the unfavourable parts, and I am particularly struck
with the last sentence, since a horoscope I once had from Mr. Alan
Leo commenced with almost the very same words : 'You are refined,
intellectual, and live move in the mind than the senses.' I think that
is true.
" In conclusion, I wish the delineator had stated reasons for
judgment more fully, as it would have helped me in my own study
of my character. [Why, for instance, should my friends not be loyal
to me ? and why should Neptune's influence be unfavourable ?) But
perhaps I am too grasping and expect too much.
" At any rate, there's no denying that as a whole the description
is remarkably true."

In the face of these admissions, we think our readers will agree

with us that the result of the Prize Competition No. I. has been
eminently satisfactory.
By way of encouragement to the diffident among our students, we
may mention that the prize-winner sent in her delineation with many
apologies for venturing the attempt, a being " only a beginner "!
 254

" Ka tljcrE ang trntlj xn ^.atrologg ?"

The editor of Answers, in reply to a correspondent in the

" Editorial Chat " for that journal proclaims unhesitatingly—" No ! "
It would seem from his reply that he considers everything old as
false, from which the logicarconclusion would be that the Bible and
all the Scriptures of the world, together with a belief in a Divine
Power and a future state, must all be false, the very antiquity of our
faith being the most complete and crushing proof of its falsity. But
there is no necessity to treat this proclamation very seriously, since the
writer has evidently, in common with the rest of his type, not given
the question of Astrology any serious consideration whatever, as the
following cutting from Page 543 of/I nsa/ers for April 21st will show
(the italics are mine) :—
"Is There an* Truth in Astrology? "
"The plain duty of the Editor of such a widely read paper as Answers is
to hear all sides. I am asked by an Accrington reader, who signs himself
'Truth,' to give him my opinion on Astrology. But first let me read
' Truth's ' letter :
"' I sent up my birth date and time of birth to an astrologer. Of course
I had to pay for it; but up to now I may say every single event has happened
as he predicted. Such minor matters as backbiting, trouble with accounts,
small rise in wages, indisposition, etc., have all taken place. As there is
much worse to follow, and I have four years in which to think it over, I'm
wondering if my brain will stand it. I can now see that, whatever benefit
it may prove, it has certainly not conduced to happiness. What I want to
know is, why is such a science treated in such a light mannerby the majority
of people? Do you think it is similar to the prophecies of the days of the
Old Testament ? Anyway, I can't make it fit in with Providence. What is
the use of praying about something which seems inevitable? ' "
" Here I am asked to give a definite reply to a very pertinent question.
Is there any truth in Astrology? Let me unhesitatingly answer—No! If
I were asked, is there anything in Astrology, I must reply Yes—its antiquity ;
yet its very antiquity is the most complete and crushing proof of the falsity of its
claims. I will tell those of my friends who are interested why. In the early
days of the history of the world men connected the movements of the sun
and stars with the lives of the human beings living under them. It is easy
to see how thinking men, striving to see a way out of darkness, should
imagine that the rise, the zenith, and the setting of the sun might represent
man's course through life in youth, prime, and old age; and thus to build up
a seeming connection between the heavenly bodies and themselves.
" But science slowly yet surely has dispelled these fatalistic beliefs, and
with the coming of Newton, the great astronomer, Astrology passed into the
 IS THERE ANY TRUTH IN ASTROLOGY? 255
hands of quacks and so-called scientists. So, to my friend R. S. let me say,
put out of your mind any faith in the foolish things you have heard, believe
in yourself and in the Divine Providence, in whom we all believe, and worry
no more over the consequences of a foolish faith in a foolish, exploded
quackery. Do I believe in Astrology ? No!"
Now " Truth" is evidently very much in earnest, and he can
hardly feel satisfied with the somewhat contemptuous answer he has
received to his question. He is first of all surprised at the accuracy of
the predictions made by the astrologer; next he dreads the future,
wondering how his brain will stand it; then, someone who makes
no attempt to explain the fulfilment of the predictions, airily counsels
him to worry no more over " a foolish, exploded quackery " !
In this case a little knowledge appears to be a dangerous thing.
If " Truth " accepts the answer he has received he must still have
a lurking doubt as to whether what is predicted for the future may not
prove as true as that which he has already experienced.
It is high time that the truth should be made known about
Astrology. Would it not be far more profitable to educate the public
mind, and so prepare the way for individual study, than to continue
giving horoscopes broadcast to those who are not fitted to understand
the import of a science that is truly metaphysical and" in no way con-
nected with any form of divination. No wonder honest men despise
"Astrology," so long as they conceive it to be synonymous with
foytune telling!
The time is fast coming when the many quacks and chartalans
who pretend to understand Astrology, and who deal out all kinds
of irresponsible predictions to their unhappy victims will be known
and estimated at their true value. At present the public generally,
and the educated public particularly, are to blame for remaining in
ignorance of the true Astrology which has repeated right through
the ages the wise proverb that " the wise man rules his stars, the
fool obeys them." We may repeat forever that " the stars incline,
but do not compel, " yet until every man becomes his own astrologer
he will have to depend upon those he trusts (often indiscriminately)
to do his astrological work good or bad, for him.
There are, as we have so often stated in this magazine, two
schools of Astrology, the esoteric and the fatalistic. The latter teaches,
in effect, that man is the sport of an arbitrary power termed " planetary
influence," which 'compels' him to act thus and so. The former
 MODEKN ASTROLOGY

on the other hand, proclaims that " character, and character alone,
determines destiny."
It is not egotism, but a love of truth that compels us to ask for
a comparison of those books issued by the esoteric astrologer and
those sent forth by the fatalistic school. Which of the two is the
more likely to bring hope and the inspiration of energy into the
world ? And which, after all, is the more common-sense view of the
" ruling of the stars ? "
It is net prediction, however accurate, that is wanted at all, but
what is needed is, the knowledge that each man is the law unto
himself, that within each is the power to create his own destiny and
build his character, in order that character and destiny may eventually
become united into one—the " Will of the Father," who is ruler over
all the stars.
Alan Leo.

FATE AND I

' Wise men tell me thou, O Fate, In the great primeval morn
Art invincible and great. My immortal will was born.
Well, I own thy prowess ; still Part of that stupendous Cause
Dare I flout thee with my will. Which conceived the Solar Laws.
Thou canst shatter with a span Lit the Suns and filled the seas—
All the earthly pride of man Royalest of pedigrees.
Outward things thou canst control; That great Cause was Love, the Source ;
But, stand back !—I rule my soul. Who most loves, he has most force.
Death ? 'Tis such a little thing— He who harbours hate one hour,
Scarcely worth the mentioning. Saps the soul of peace and power.
What has death to do with me, He who will not hate his foe,
Save to set ray spirit free ? Need not dread life's hardest blow.
Something in me dwells. O Fate. In the realm of brotherhood,
That can rise and dominate Wishing no man aught but good.
Loss and sorrow and disaster; Naught but good can come to me ;
How then, Fate, art thou my master? This is Love's supreme decree.
Since I bar my door to hate.
What have I to fear, O Fate ?
Since I fear thee not, I vow,
I the ruler am, not thou."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
 257

Ittiriati JlstrologiJ

By A. Fazulbhoy
VII. The Houses. {Continued)

Fourth House. It is called Sukha Bhava. It signifies the

mother and her issues, houses, lands, personal chattels, general
happiness, etc.
(1) If the lord of the Ascendant in conjunction with that of
the fourth be ascending, or be in the fourth, the native will be a
landed proprietor; and if these planets be in conjunction with or
aspected by benefics, or be exalted, or in their own or friendly signs,
or essentially and accidentally well dignified, he will gain such
property without making any effort.
(2) The same will be the case (i.e., he will be a landed pro-
prietor) if the ruler of the fourth be strong and angular and aspected
by benefics, and also if he be exalted and in ten dignities.
(3) Also if the disposer of the lord of the fourth in the Navmasa
Kundli be angular in the Bhava Kundli.
(4) If the lord of the ninth be angular and that of the fourth in
his house, exaltation, or friendly sign, and if there be any planet in his
sign or exaltation in the fourth house, the native will be the owner of
well decorated houses.
(5) If the sign on the cusp of the fourth be movable, and its
ruler too be in a movable sign, the native will have immovable
property in many localities.
(6) If the sign be fixed and the ruler be in a fixed sign or be
disposed of by a benefic in the Shastyasa Kundli, the native will not
lose any property acquired by him in his life time.
(7) If the lords of II., XII., and IV. be all three angular or
triangular, the native will possess three houses ; if any two planets be
thus dignified, he will have two houses, and one only if a single planet
be in these positions.
(8) It the lord of X., be in IV. and that of IV. in X. and
Mars be well dignified, the native will have several houses.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

(g) The same will be the case if the lords of X. and IV. be
both well dignified and friendly to each other.
(10) Also if the lords of II. and XI. be in IV. the ruler of which
aspected by benefics should be in ten dignities.
(n) If the lord of the fourth or his disposer in the Navmasa
Kundli aspected by benefics be in VIII., the native will lose any
estate he may have ; the number of houses destroyed will be equal to
the number of evil planets with the rulers of II., XII. and IV., but if
any of these planets be aspected by benefics the evil signified by that
planet will be averted.
(12) If the lord of IV. be in his fall, in combust or besieged by
malefics, and there be evil planets in IV. and VI., his immovable
property will be lost or destroyed.
(13) The same will be the case if the lords of IV. and VI. be in
evil Shastyasas or in their fall, and there be malefics in IV.
(14) Also if the lord of IV. be in his fall or disposed of by his
enemies, and be placed in II. with powerful malefics.
(15) If the ruler of the fourth and Jupiter be in four dignities,
or if these two planets be in II., XI., or in a house having an
intercepted sign, the native will be happy.
(16) The same will be the case if the lord of IV. be either
Moon, Mercury, Venus or Jupiter, and there be benefics in IV. well
dignified or it be aspected by them.
(17) Also if strong Jupiter be with the lord of IV., or if the
latter planet be angular, in conjunction with a benefic or aspected by
Jupiter.
(18) If Jupiter devoid of dignities be in IV. the ruler of which
be in conjunction with malefics, the native will be unhappy even
though in possession of riches.
(19) The same will be the case if the lord of IV. be in his fall
and in conjunction with malefics.
(20) If the Sun and Mars in their fall or disposed of by their
enemies and aspected by malefics be in IV., and its ruler be disposed
of by malefics in the Navmasa Kundli, the native will be unhappy on
account of poverty.

(21) If the lord of IV. be in the Ascendant with Venus or else-

where with Moon, Venus or Jupiter, and be well dignified, the native
 INDIAN ASTROLOGY 259
will be happy iu possession of horses, carriages and other articles of
luxury.
(22) The same will be the case if the lord of IV. be in IX. and
Venus and Jupiter be in IV.
(23) Also if thelords of IV., IX., and X., be in the M.C. without
being in their fall or in combust.
(24) Also if the ruler of IV. be with that of IX,, and the fourth
house be aspected by both of them, or both the planets be in ten
dignities.
(25) If the lords of IV. and IX. be in VI., VIII., or XII., or be
in combust, the native cannot have such luxuries.
(26) Also if the lords of XI. and IV. ba so debilitated.

(27) If the Moon and Venus be angular and in conjunction with

and also aspected by malefics, and either planet in the Navmasa
Kundli be disposed of by a malefic, the native will have liaison with
his own mother.
(28) The same will be the case if the Moon be in conjunction
with and also aspected by malefics in the Rasi Kundli,and the Sun be
angular, or there be a malefic afflicted by other malefics in IV.
(29) If the lord of IV. be aspected by malefics, and he be also
in conjunction with them without^being aspected by benefics, and the
ruler of the Ascendant be weaker than that of VII., the native wilj
have such connection with a woman in loco mat etna.
(30) If the lord of IV. be in conjunction with Dragon's Head
and the Sun and Saturn be with malefics, the native's mother will
have illicit intercourse with someone.
(31) Also if the lord of IV. be in conjunction with, in the Bhava
Kundli, the ruler of the Ascendant of the Navmasa Kundli.
(32) If the ruler of IV. be the Moon, and be with Dragon's Head
or Tail in the above yogas, such intercourse will be with low persons ;
if Saturn be with the Moon, then it will be with a Shudra (servitor);
if the Moon be with Mercury, then with a Vaishya (merchant); if
with the Sun, then with a Kshatrya (soldier); and if with Jupiter and
Venus or Mars, then with a Brahman (a learned person).
(33) ^ 'or<^ ^)e 'n t'le Ascendant, and the Sun, Moon,
Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter be essentially dignified, the native's
mother will be a chaste woman.
 26O MODERN ASTROLOGY

(34) If the Moon and Venus be strong and aspectedby benefics,

and they be disposed of by benefics in the Navmasa Kundli, and
Venus te angular and there be benefics in IV., his mother will live
long.
(35) The same will be the case if the disposer of IV. in the
Navmasa Kundli be augular in the Bhava Kundli, or the Moon be
angular.
(36) If there be malefics in opposition to the Moon or Venus, he
will lose his mother early ; also if Saturn aspected by malefics be
in IV.; but if he be aspected by benefics the evil will be averted.
{37) If the lords of the Ascendant and IV. be friends, the native
will be on good terms with his mother.
(38) Also if the lord of IV. be angular and aspected by that of
the Ascendant, or if the former be in conjunction with or aspected by
benefics.
(39) Contrary will be the case if the lord of IV. be eighth from
that of the Ascendant or in the eighth house
(40) If the lord of the Ascendant of the Bhava Kundli, and that
of the Ascendant of the Navasma Kundli be both angular in the
Bhava Kundli, and be aspected by friendly planets, or in conjunction
with Mars, the native will get substantial benefit from his brothers
(i.e., his mother's issues).
(41) If the lord of IV. be a benefic and aspected by benefics, he
will be respected by them.
{42) Also if Jupiter be in IV. aspecting its ruler, who may
be with benefics.
(43) If the lord of IV. be angular or triangular, without being
aspected by malefics and be also in ten dignities, the native will
support his brothers.
-(44) If the ruler of IV. be with malefics, or be in an evil
Shastyasa or in his fall, or aspected by hostile planets, the native will
be abandoned by his brothers.

(To be continued)

"There are only two real things in the universe—Beauty and Duty."
 ®ljc iiffyal ^pamslj iilsrrtagr

The two accompanying horoscopes have been calculated from

the data furnished by the following quotations from The Times, Madrid
and Greenwich time respectively being used :
From the " Times," i8/5/'86 (p. 5).
Madrid, May ijth, 1.30 pin..
" The Queen Regent has given birth to a son. The event took place at
half past twelve, mid-day. . . ."
From the " Times," 25/io/'87 (p. 9).
Balmoral, October zqth.
" Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg,
was delivered of a daughter this afternoon at a quarter before four o'clock.
{Note : Alfonso was king from the moment of his birth.)
The marriage of the King of Spain to H.R.H. Princess Ena of
Battenberg is of especial value to all students of Astrology, whether
esoteric or exoteric—since the occult or metaphysical element need
not enter into the judgment on their respective nativities so far as
their marriage is concerned—and apart from this they are interesting
also from the fact that the birth data may be considered to be quite
accurate, owing to the publicity that is always given to the affairs of
ruling monarchs.
From an astrological standpoint the King of Spain's nativity is
profoundly interesting, for the history of Spain is full of tragedies,
ill-fortune having followed the Spanish race for many centuries, while
from a period in which their monarchs held an almost absolute
authority this nation has gradually declined to a second rate power
whose influence upon the world has been lessening year by year.'
Spain has had many youthful rulers, a significant fact when the
fate of the nation is considered. Will the present King retrieve its
fortunes ? This must depend upon the question whether the national
crimes of the past, when 'learning was stifled, and the innocent were
cruelly persecuted, have been fully atoned for by the payment of the
karmic debts thus incurred.
Alfonso of Spain has been King from the moment of his birth.
This is a unique record, but what is much more important, is that the
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

future of Spain to a great extent depends upon his ruling, and there-
fore his marriage is of deep interest to all the world—particularly to
the English-speaking race, since he is marrying an English Princess.

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 THE ROYAL SPANISH MARRIAGE

latter rising with the ascendant. A study of his nativity will show
that he is a very determined character, fickle in his affections, of a
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ambitious as he is determined, and it is fortunate that he is very
amenable to generous impulses, otherwise he might have become
 MODERN ASTROLOGV

very hard and severe, and even tyrannical. The sign Pisces upon
the cusp of the seventh house describes his marriage partner, and it
is therefore a very important question to decide whether Jupiter or
Neptune is the ruler of his seventh house. There are still many
students who doubt the rulership of Neptune over this sign, but here
we assume that Neptune is the lord of the seventh house, and the fact
that the Moon was in parallel with Neptune at the lime of the king's
engagement to Princess Ena affords some evidence, at any rate, in
favour of making Neptune the ruler of Pisces. And there is also the
fact that during the present month the progressed ascendant will be
in trine aspect to the place of Neptune at birth, which will answer to
the time of marriage. Another testimony may also be added, namely,
that at the birth the Moon makes its first application to the opposition
of Neptune.
Let us now turn to the horoscope of his bride. Princess Ena
was born under the second decanate of Pisces, and (as stated above) we
take Neptune as the ruling planet. There is a sub-influence of the
Moon arising out of the second decanate of Pisces, hence the union
may be described as a blend of Mercury and Mars with Neptune and
the Moon. The sign Virgo being upon the cusp of the seventh, Venus is
therefore the significator of her husband, and it will be seen that a
remarkable feature of this union will be the reciprocal interchange
of signs, denoting the marriage of opposites, or complements.
The Princess's nativity is neither superior nor inferior to that of
the King's. She is shown to be fond of display, also amenable to
outside influence, but she is quite capable of becoming a dignified
Queen, and her pride is fully equal to that of her royal consort. But
the setting of the planets denotes a life that will be rather subject to
fate than suited to the exercise of free-will, and I am sure the
majority of astrologers would agree that the affection at present is
more upon the King's side than her own. Should he, however,
succeed in drawing out all her latent feeling he will unlock an almost
inexhaustible store, of affection or passion as the case may be. The
position of the planet Mars in the King's horoscope is within a few
degrees of that of Venus in the nativity of the Princess, a sure sign of
" love at first sight."
Will this marriage be a happy one ? That is the question that
we are all anxious to have answered, for none can wish this royal
 THE ROYAL SPANISH MARRIAGE

couple aught but good in their perilous position in life, beset as they
are on every side by courtly flatterers and insincere advisers, and
with little real opportunity to live their own life.
A blending of their joint nativities denotes a fair share of happi-
ness it is true, but, to speak frankly, the harmony is more likely to be
upset by the King's jealousy than through any other cause ; and he may
seem to have warrant for jealousy, for his partner will be much
admired, and is likely to be subjected to many severe temptations. On
this subject it is not wise to say much in a magazine that is read by
many who cannot judge the nativities for themselves, and who are
likely to place wrong constructions on what is said, but to those
well versed in horoscopy it is only necessary to point out that the
ruler of the fifth house in the twelfth, in opposition to Saturn in
Leo, indicatesthat troublein thisdirection may result through inferiors.
The health of the Princess is likely to suffer acutely after
marriage, and this will loosen the bond of the affections somewhat,
since it will be difficult for her to accompany the King in his travels.
Will the union be a fruitful one ? This is a vital question, and
concerns reigning sovereigns even more than it does ordinary persons,
for it is essential that there should be an heir to the throne of any
kingdom in order that its integrity may be preserved. In both
these nativities the testimony in favour of children is not very satis-
factory, and any children born to the pair will only be reared with great
difficulty. Several children are indicated, however, chiefly girls. The
first two will almost certainly be girls, and the third will probably be a
boy, but he will only be reared through extraordinary attention.
The first and fourth child will probably die. The second child
will benefit considerably through the maternal grandmother.
Although affection may and in all probability will grow with this
couple, domestic happiness will not be permanent. Saturn in Cancer
in the King's horoscope is in square aspect to Venus from houses that
are not favourable to the domestic sphere, while the Moon is not
well placed in the horoscope of the Princess, and therefore domestic
troubles may be expected very soon after marriage.
Much intrigue will take place in the royal household, jand the
chief danger to the happiness of the young King and his bride will
arise through the mischief and treachery of inferiors and subordinates,
and moreover the machinations of those who are seeking their own
266 MODERN ASTROLOGY

personal ends at the cost of the happiness of the King and Queen will
have to be guarded against.
There is a secret art in the blending of nativities for unifying pur-
poses, and when harmoniously blended joint horoscopes become a
great power, producing results far-reaching either for good or ill. The
masculine and feminine, or positive and negative, elements are both
contained in every human being in a greater or lesser degree, although
one or the other may predominate according to the planetary positions
at birth. In a female nativity, the attractive force will be found
represented by the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus, while in a male it
is the Moon, Venus, Saturn, and Neptune that mark the attractive
centres. The most perfect magnetic rapport is found when the
uminaries blend their elements in the united maps.
Thus in the King of Spain's nativity the affinity is magnetically
formed by.the Moon being in Scorpio, the sign occupied by the Sun in
the Princess's horoscope.
With regard to Mars and Venus the emotional affinity is well
established, but the planetary positions are yewerserf, indicating-the con-
tinuance of the passional element on the King's side beyond the limit
of response from his partner. This will probably be the result of
health failure or other distracting causes.
The mental affinity is also very fairly established, though its
strength is by no means comparable with the emotional and physical
attraction ; but as regards the higher side of the nature the affinity
does not appear to extend beyond the mental to any considerable
degree, although the wills do not readily clash owing to circumstances
connected with the environment.
What will be the result of the union, politically speaking ? The
blending of these nativities strengthens both, for the influence of the
Princess' nativity brings added power to the King of Spain (as will
be seen by the strength of the ninth house), and it is not difficult to
see that the future of Spain will in some mysterious manner be
affected through its King's connection by marriage with England.
But alas ! the history of his nation is likely to be repeated, and
his life will end in tragedy ; for his horoscope is clearly one of those
in which the influence of fate is paramount.
 ®Ij£ Influence of iSeptnne
[Communication received through automatic writing, by " Noinin," on May
agth, 1905.]
Poseidon or Neptune in the mythologies was the name given to
the god whose attributes most nearly coincided with the influences
traditionally known from long past ages to have belonged to a certain
star which was seen by means of psychic powers more natural to, and
more used by, the ancient peoples of those times.
These old-time occultists knew that there must be a planet whose
aura influenced the psychic and astral powers then so much more
common. This planet was not then called Neptune, nor does its
name matter just now, but it was known to have those who were most
spiritually-minded under its direct control, and, as such, was held in
great veneration.
It is true that there are twelve planets, some of which will only
be discovered by psychic powers, for their vibrations are too high to
allow of their being sensed by the ordinary physical senses. Nothing
can be discovered and made known to all, unless the general evolution
of the planet has reached a certain point in evolution proportionate to
that discovery. Therefore while the Earth was in its Golden Age of
Youth and Innocence, and spirit still held sway over matter, all these
twelve planets were known, but when the world sank deeper and
deeper into materiality and ignorance, the power to see these higher-
grade planets was lost, and even the memory of these planets was
obscured, until now again there is the beginning of a new wave of
spirituality, and many are now being used as instruments who have
Neptune as the chief influence in their lives—that planet which deals
with spirituality and spiritual essences, mysticism, and all psychic
powers.
No perception of true spirituality can arise in the consciousness
without the instrumentality of the psychic powers,* whether con-
sciously or sub-consciously, for it is the Intuition which feels and
knows, and It and the psychic powers compose the true psychic mind,
just as the intellect and the brain compose the physical mind. Hence
arises the connection between Neptune and the sea, the soul and the
psychic powers. Neptune is the god of the sea, the god who rules the
waters, and the psychic powers are the rulers of the soul, the means
whereby the soul is cognised by the outer Personality.
* Note.—The psychic powers here spoken of should not be confounded with the
lowv psychic powers—sooften mis-named " intuition "—which we share in common
with the brutes, and which relate purely to the (lower) astral world. Otherwise,
the teaching given (or rather, perhaps, the opinion expressed) here might give rise
to an entire inversion of what we take to be its real meaning. Many a man of
hopelessly materialistic mental philosophy is far more spiritually minded (as shown
by his actions under temptation or discomfiture), than the majority of so-called
psychics and mediums one comes into contact with.
It is necessary to speak plainly on this point, as there is a tendency amongst
some to confound psychic sensitiveness with spirituality.—Ed.
 ®{j£ (Sartljquakc at ^an JFranctsco

The recent serious earthquake at San Francisco occurred shortly

before sunrise on April 18th, 1906. It is well known that earthquakes
usually follow soon after eclipses, and generally in districts in which
the eclipse is close to one of the four angles of a horoscope drawn for
the time of eclipse, especially to the cusp of the fourth house.
A short account of the first two eclipses of the present year was
given in this magazine for last February, page 83, and it was pointed
out that earthquakes might be expected to follow. The predictions
there made were based upon maps of the heavens erected for London
only ; and the writer, through lack of time, unfortunately omitted to
take into consideration the houses in which the eclipse would fall
when viewed from other parts of the earth ; and, strange to say, the
almanack writers seem to have made precisely the same omission.
If attention had been paid to this part of the subject, a more definite
localisation of the region in which earthquakes might occur could
certainly have been made, and his omission is therefore regrettable.
The lunar eclipse of February gth fell in the mid-heaven at San
Francisco; Mercury, Venus, the Sun, and Saturn being in the fourth
house. The solar eclipse of February 23rd fell close to the cusp of
the fourth house; and the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Saturn
were all clustered together there within two degrees of longitude, a
very powerful combination. A mere inspection of a map drawn for
London at this eclipse, shows, without any detailed calculation, that
it fell (1) in the ascendant about 150 to 20° W. ; (2) in the mid-
heaven about 60° E.; (3) in the seventh house about 150° E. (more
or less according to latitude); and (4) at the nadir about 120° W.,
and a reference to the atlas will show that this touches the central
part of the west coast of North America.
The old writers tell us that Naples, which has recently been
disastrously aflfected by the eruption of Vesuvius, is governed by
Aries; and it is worth noting that the eruption occurred while the
Sun was passing through that sign. H. S. G.
 ®1jb late Hecpcr of tljc Uritialj iKnacum a McII-
^.nottin Mritfir on ^atrologp

That the late Dr. Richard Garnett, who died in the early morning of
April 13th last, was an enthusiastic student of, and writer on, Astrology is a
fact that was well known to many people, though it came with rather a
shock of surprise to the world at large. The identity of Dr. Garnett with
" A. G. Trent," whose writings on various branches of Astrology have
appeared from time to time in sundry periodicals during the last twenty
years or more, is clearly demonstrated by the following cutting from the
Morning Lender, of April 14th, 1905 : " It cannot be generally known (writes
a correspondent) that Dr. Garnett was a keen student of Astrology. Like
the late Lord Russell of Killowen, he must have recognised the violent
prejudice existing against the art. He therefore saw fit to conceal his
identity even up to the date of his death. But that he was a very keen
astrologer, and also a prolific writer in astrological publications, seems to
be a fact of which there can be no doubt after even the most cursory survey
of the proofs. As a supplement to a standard work, entitled Natal Astrology,
is printed a pamphlet taken from the University Magazine of March, 1880.
It is called The Soul and the Stars. Its author is given as A. G. Trent,
whose writings are well known to astrologers.
" In the preface to Natal Astrology, ' Mr. Balfour and all sceptics' are
referred to this pamphlet by A. G. Trent. The writers of the preface in
question proceed: ' The paper referred to is from the pen of an eminent
writer, whose name we are not at liberty to disclose, and claims the very
thing upon the alleged absence of which Mr. Balfour grounds his objection
to Astrology. It is certain, then, that the author of The Soul and the
Stars, and many other works on Astrology, wrote, as A. G. Trent, under an
assumed name. Who, then, was A. G. Trent ?
" With the proofs to hand it does not seem difficult to decide. The
writer has before bim the horoscope of A. G. Trent, on p. 183 of Natal Astro-
logy, and he has also an elegantly-bound volume of astrological blank forms
presented to tbe late Mrs. Haweis by Dr. Richard Garnett.
" In the fly-leaf are written by Dr. Garnett himself words of presenta-
tion, while in the left-hand corner appears the following in the same writing:
' R. G., February 27th, 1835, 5.51 p.m., Lichfield.' This is the exact date—
to the minute—of Dr. Garnett's birth. In the horoscope of A. G. Trent
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
author of The Soul and the Stars, the date and place of birth are also
given as 5.50 p.m., February 27th, 1835, Lichfield. These facts can only
prove that Dr. Garnett and A. G. Trent were one and the same person.
"Those who would still feel inclined to doubt theinclinationsof the great
bibliographer towards an art which has been variously described in all ages
need only reflect that the name A. G. Trent is merely an anagram of
Garnett."
Says a writer in the Daily Telegraph, in the course of a full column
article: " It is a 'sober and regulated Astrology' that is put forward by
A. G.Trent in The Soul and the Stars. Briefly summarised, the arguments
are to the following effect: 1 Having asserted,' the writer says, ' that the
moral and intellectual character is profoundly affected by the positions of
the heavenly bodies at the time of birth, we produce a number of instances
in support of the proposition, and leave it to the reader's decision whether
they do or do not establish a primd-facie case. Beyond a primd-facie case
we do not profess to go.' He insists on the strictly empirical character of
Astrology, and proceeds to adduce examples of the effect of planetary posi-
tions in producing insanity. The first instances given are the Emperor Paul
of Russia, George III. of England, Gustavus IV. of Sweden, the Emperor
Ferdinand II. of Austria, Queen Maria of Portugal, the Empress Charlotte
of Mexico, Charles II. of Spain, Murad V. Sultan of Turkey, and the Grand
Duke Constantine of Russia, who abdicated in favour of his brother. All
these persons were notoriously insane or deficient in intellect, and upon
their birthdays Mercury, the Moon, or both, were affected by the ' malefic
aspects ' of Saturn, Mars, or Uraius. There is no occasion to give here, on
account of their technical nature, the details of the planetary positions
which support the author's argument. Instances are next given of six
insane persons of genius at whose birth the planets which are supposed to
govern the mental faculties were under evil influences. Four highly-gifted
men who lost their faculties in old age—Swift, Southey, Moore, and Faraday
—support the thesis, and then come five assassins and a female lunatic. The
next examples are selected from religious enthusiasts and visionaries, includ-
ing Swedenborg, Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and Lady
Hester Stanhope, whose horoscopes all showed similar aspects of the
planets. Instances of 'eccentricity accompanied by great mental power'
are supplied among others by Voltaire, Lord Westbury, Archbishop
Whately, and Father Faber, and attention is drawn to the similarity of the
intellects of Mr. Gladstone and Cardinal Newman, and the close identity of
the planetary aspects at the time of their birth. Parallel instances of
extreme mental subtlety, massive and well-balanced intellects, together
with corresponding planetary positions, are afforded by Bacon, Bishop
Thirl well, Gibbon, and Hume. Recapitulating his argument, the writer
 LATE KEEPER OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM 27X
says: ' We thiuk it has bceu shown that quartile and opposition aspects
between Mercury and the Moon on the one hand, and Mars, Saturn, and
Uranus on the other, will be found co-existent either with insanity or with
the quick, restless, and imaginative temperament most liable to mental dis-
turbance.' In conclusion, a number of isolated cases are given which are
held to support the theories of astrologers, but they are too technical to
permit of summary treatment. Nothing more is claimed by the writer, as
has already been said, than the establishment of a ' pruna facie case' upon
which one is at liberty to speculate. ' Such speculations,' he says, ' carried
to their legitimate consequences, would produce a more momentous
revolution in human thought than all the discoveries of this wonderful age.'"
After remarking that:—"it will readily be conceded that he makes no
extravagant claims: there is nothing occult in the mathematical calcula-
tion of the relative positions of the planets, and the fact that these positions
very nearly coincided when certain persons were born who resembled one
another in character and intellect offers a legitimate field for speculative
inquiry; and if so-called 1 Astrology 'is identified in the modern mind with the
fraud or charlatanism of fortune-telling, the fault lies with those cranks and
quacks who have lent themselves to such deception," and adverting in
graceful journalistic style to various quotable men (including Shakespeare)
who are held to have been "believers," the writer amazingly concludes:
—" Granting, then, that ' A. G.Trent' and the late Dr. Garnett were one
and the same person, what has been proved ? Merely that he pursued an
unusual and doubtless extremely fascinating line of study, and, as his
pseudonymous contributions to astrological literature show, pushed his in-
vestigations very deeply. But did he believe ? To answer that question
would require an authoritative statement from himself."
Perhaps the letter that appeared in the same paper next day may have
reassured him. It ran :
" Sir—I read with interest your article entitled ' Dr. Garnett and
Astrology,' in to-day's Daily Telegraph. Perhaps as one who had a number
of discussions and considerable correspondence with the deceased gentle-
man on that subject, you would kindly allow me to write a few words in
comment. No one who had talked the matter over with him could doubt
that he shared Kepler's views on the subject of Astrology, and I well
remember when first I saw him he remarked, ' I think I can tell you what
sign of the Zodiac you were born under.' He mentioned ' Scorpio,' a horos-
cope of myself with which sign very elaborately drawn out by the editor of
ZadkieVs Almanac I had then in my possession. Asked how he knew, he
replied that the expression of my eyes was his principal clue.j
" Dr. Garnett was very fond of getting hold of the hours of birth of men
of eminence, a number of which he forwarded to me from time to time.
272 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Only three weeks before his death I received a letter from him on the subject
of an article dealing with Astrology, which he proposed to write for me.
The contents of the letter, which is now before me, are sufficient evidence
in themselves of the writer's belief.
" Dr. Garnett looked upon Astrology as a mathematical science, and he
strongly objected to the word ' occult' being used in connection with it.
While his faith in the ' science' was more far-reaching than your corre-
spondent seems to suppose, it is not to be imagined that he credited over
much of the stuff and nonsense that to-day passes muster under that name.
He accepted, however, not a little of the details of the teaching of ancient
writers on the subject.
" The general public would be even more surprised than it doubtless is
in Dr. Garnett's case were the names of other believers of to-day in
' Astrologia Sana' made public property. Yours faithfully, Ralph Shirley."
The writer is evidently the well-known Editor of the Occult Review.
The Morning Leader of the same date contained a further long article,
based chiefly on The Soul and the Stars, in the course of which we read :
" Continuing his study of the mental influences of the Moon and
Mercury, it is next pointed out as curious that the highest poetical genius
often occurs in persons born when these planets are situated at exactly
opposite points in the Zodiac. The horoscopes of Shakespeare, Byron,
Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Heine, Mickiewicz, Carducci, Musset, and
Ruskin are instanced in support of this statement.
" On the other hand, it is claimed that Mercury, in certain signs of the
Zodiac strongly supported by Saturn, is the characteristic of scientific men
whose pursuits require concentrated and patient thought. As instance of
births of this description mention is made of Whewell, Airy, Helmholtz,
Huggins, Bastian, Williamson, Peacock, Clifford, Lubbock, and Maudsley. .
" A startling case instanced by 'A. G. Trent,' is that of two English
travellers, Mr. and Mrs. Powell, who, with their child, were murdered in
Abyssinia. In each of the three horoscopes the fatal signs are portrayed.
" An instance is given also of two persons born on the same day, when
similar planetary conditions prevailed, the one was murdered under circum-
stances of peculiar barbarity, the other met her death by a suicide so
romantic that it has perpetuated her name in Germany.
" Evidence derived from the simultaneous affections of several persons
under the same circumstances as above, Dr. Garnett argues, is the strongest
conceivable. ' If it can be shown that two or more individuals subjected to
the same influence are always affected in the same manner, there can be no
question either as to the reality of the influence or its nature, We do not
claim to have as yet carried the argument so far, but we do consider that we
have established aprimafacie case.'
 LATE KEEPER OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM 273
" In bringing forward so startling a theory in opposition, seemingly, to
all recognised laws of modern science, Dr. Garnett was well aware of the
objections which would be raised. It will, of course, be replied, he suggests,
that everybody born when the Sun and Moon are afflicted by evil aspects
does not meet with an early or violent death, and the apparent connection,
which cannot be denied to exist in a multitude of instances, will be
pronounced mere chance.
" This explanation, he explains, is invalidated by the fact that if the
matter were one of pure chance, the good aspects of good planets would, in
cases of premature or violent death, occur quite as frequently as the evil
aspects of the evil ones.
" 'Emphatically,' he asserts, ' this is not so.' The honest inquirer, he
adds, who will be at the trouble of collecting a sufficient number of instances,
must admit the irreconcilability of the theory with mere accidental
coincidence."
Dr. Garnett's horoscope presents many features of interest, and we
hope to find room for some comments on it next month.

NATIVITY OF AN HYSTERICAL WOMAN

1
" Since the publication of ' Asanius ' statement," writes a correspondent,
regarding the influence of Virgo (p. 118, Vol. II., New Series), I have been
collecting Virgo nativities with a view to finding a confirmation of his read-
ing, but have not yet succeeded, as horoscopes which seemed to bear out
his interpretation contained aspects in themselves sufficient to influence the
character,—notably aspects from . Your readers will remember that
' Asanius' said: ' Virgo shows the animal passions.' Amongst other cases
I came across the following, concerning which 1 can speak from personal
knowledge. The native is a female suffering from hysteria to an unusual
degree, with an apparently utterly degraded moral nature (almost amounting,
in fact, to sexual mania), and apparently incapable of telling the truth. All
the ordinary hysterical symptoms are present in an aggravated form, but
otherwise the native is a commonplace little person in a humble state of life.
The data are as follows :
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
b 22.11 551 nj!3.i3 tlEiq ===18
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T2i.i3 $17.46 Tifi.ilj, K6.55 n^6.8Ii, 11^28.344 952.50 ^5.115. ti24.i
" I suppose rising, S 5 1 is the primary cause of the trouble. Venus is
in her exaltation, but with this affliction and ^ □ I? she partakes too much
of the Neptunian nature and brings out the lowest side of ; she is also in
a sense afflicted by the presence of culminating in her own sign y . 5 >
lord of ascendant, is in ci with the exalted Q, and.Q J) strong in $ and other-
wise unafflicted. I should be glad to have an opinion on the case, if any of
your readers are sufficiently interested to study it."
 274

f&\jt Stiristott of ^obiocol Signs

By The Editor

An interesting letter appeared on page 239 of last issue, in which

I was asked to deal with the question of the triple and quadruple
sub-division of the Signs of the Zodiac.
Personally, the threefold division seems to me the more har-
monious of the two, particularly on account of its yielding the famous
asterisms of the Hindu astrologers, whose system of Astrology I
believe to be more sound and reliable than any other—though unfor-
tunately we have very little of the Hindu Astrology left to us, and
much research into Eastern methods is needed before the Western
mind can make use even of the little we possess.
The Circle of the Zodiac is divided into two halves, positive and
negative, day and night, electric and magnetic. From this first
division all others arise. Each sign is itself positive-negative, male-
female, the first half (150) of each positive sign being governed
by the Sun and the latter half by the Moon, while on the other
hand the first half of each negative sign is governed by the Moon,
and the latter by the Sun.
Following on this comes the first triple division into thirds or
"decans" of 10° each, the virtues of each decan being decided by
the triplicity to which the sign belongs. Thus Aries, of the "fiery"
triplicity, is divided into three decanates respectively ruled by the
lords of the fiery triplicity, T SL •? : that is to say, while the sign as a
whole comes under the rulership of Mars, the first decan, T i0-io0, is
under the sub-rule of Mars, T io0-2o0 is under the sub-rule of the Sun,
and T 2o0-3o0 is under the sub-rule of Jupiter. Similarly Taurus is
divided into three decanates ruled by the lords of 8 -njj-ky, and so
on, this order of the triplicities in relation to the decanates being
maintained throughout the remaining signs.
Further, it will be seen that the " Navmasas," as the Hindus
term them, are similarly threefold divisions of each decan, and denote
the qualities or 'Gunas,' Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable; and the
 THE DIVISION OF ZODIACAL SIGNS 275
passage of the Moon through each Navmasa (third-decanate, or
302o') brings into successive manifestation, to those who are con-
scious, the respective states of consciousness corresponding to their
various influences.
Now the fourfold division, to which our correspondent alludes, is
in harmony with the 'elements' of Fire, Earth, Air and Water, and
the elementals belonging to these elements are rendered additionally
active by the Moon's passage through the respective " Dwadas-
masas" (quarter-decanate, or 203o') of space.
It will be seen that the threefold and fourfold divisions I refer to
are those by which decanates, not signs, are so divided ; and therefore
there would be three of each such in the corresponding sign-divisions—
i.e., three " Navmasas" in a ' decanate,' and three " Dwadasmasas "
in a ' quadrule *—but the essential principle remains the same. The
Navmasas and Dwadasamas are greatly used in the East, though I
do not know of any recognised fourfold division into 7^°, such as has
been suggested under the term ' quadrules.'
However, the whole of this is a very big subject, and though
I hope to return to it later, I should like to hear the opinions of
others before venturing to probe the matter more deeply. Perhaps
those who have read " Maffra's" letter, on page 14 of the March
issue, will give us the benefit of their observations on the points he
raises ?

(Knb of tljz Morlb

Occasionally we hear of prophets foretelling the end of the world, but
it is difficult to credit the belief that it is the final destruction of this
physical earth which is meant.
The Rev. M. Baxter, at the Second Advent Conference ^recently held at
Exeter Hall, fixes this final catastrophe for either May 2nd, 1929, or April
9th, 1931.
The world is always coming to an end for some of our fellow-beings.
For some it ends with the withdrawal of the consciousness from the physical
body, for others at the climax of some emotional upheaval, and for others
with the smashing of their mental world through some profound realisation.
But the Earth as a Globe rolls on in space, and the day when this shall end
is known only to those mighty beings who first spun it forth to fulfil the Will
of the Great Architect of the Universe, and that Will no mortal man shall
know.
 ®lj£ %tn0 anb %ia CounBeUocs

An Allegory

{Continued from p. in)

Immediately following the final graceful courtesy of the last

member of the Second Order, on May aoth, appeared the slight and
nimble figure of the first counsellor of the Third Group called the
Twins, and having this figure for a symbol—n, two upright lines, of
equal length and breadth.
The members of this order advised the King till June 21st.
The thirty ministers of this group were all men of quick wit,
shrewd understanding, and sharp tongue. To their banquets they
invited men of equal intelligence; not so much that they might regale
them with delicately-flavoured or highly-spiced dishes, as to exchange
ideas, ask questions, and compare this notion with that.
Solitude was not pleasant to them, and when not in attendance
on the King, they would buttonhole one another, or wander about in
couples, discussing everything under the sun. This peculiarity would
sometimes cause them to commit a serious breach of court etiquette.
Engaged in some hot argument, two of them would obtrude them-
selves into the King's presence when only one should have
appeared.
The pen, with them, was as keen a weapon as the tongue, and
wielded with as much skill. When not able to find a congenial com-
panion to talk to, any member of this Order of the Twins would
immediately sit down and write to one. Failing this, he would make
a book, to air his latest theory; send an article to a magazine; or, in
the dull season, open a discussion in their Daily Telegraph.
Their most serious failing was an innate tendency to continual
punning; and this grave fault rendered each one's yearly twenty-four
hours' interview with his sovereign not an unmixed delight. Far be
it from me to suggest that he lookedupon this day as one of mortification,
but that it was a time of severe self-repression one cannot doubt.
 THE KING AND HIS COUNSELLORS

Unlike most of us, in their work they could successfully " whistle
and ride." They preferred having several " irons in the fire," to
watching one heat slowly. They found it not at all irksome to do their
work in many different ways, always preferring a fresh method to an
old one.
They were quite in their element when assisting at a public
debate ; and well to the fore in upsetting any meeting.
Nervous, alert, with faces of ever-varying expression, and natures
that could easily adapt themselves to "all sorts and conditions of
men," they were, on the whole, people of great charm. Always in
force wherever new ideas were aired, or cobwebs swept from dusty
brains, these counsellors compelled everyone to don his best mental
bib and tucker as soon as they appeared.
In their persons they were well-knit, but not heavily made.
Their bodies left upon one an impression of neatness. Their brows
were tall, and their eyes large, with a questioning expression. Mer-
cury, their master, sometimes dented the tip of the nose, and some-
times, with a dimple, caught up the nostril. Their mouths were
wide and ever-moving; and their faces much narrower at the bottom
than the top.
Their robes were usually iyellow, which they regarded as their
lucky colour, and were frequently fastened on the Shoulders with
clasps of topaz set in spring-steel. In this way they drew attention
to that part of the body which they exercised so frequently when
making gestures while speaking.
Myrrha.
(To be continued)

It is not generally known that Saturn can give loveliness to the facial
expression equal to that of Venus, though it is of a peculiar type, a cold and
passionless beauty. Any planet rising will give an expression of either
refinement or repulsiveness, according to its aspects and the sign it occupies.
Mars generally bestows a forceful or rugged beauty, of which intensity,
strength and character, rather than gracefulness, are the main features.
Jupiter causes an austere expression, the features generally displaying
much dignity. Mercury gives delicate though somewhat indifferent
features, of a mobile and flexible character however. The Moon often
makes the face somewhat expressionless, whereas the Sun on the ascendant
rarely fails to produce a striking countenance of a somewhat commanding
type, yet winning and attractive withal,
 ®lj£ horoscope of a political Cfulprit

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A glance at this horoscope reveals the fact that the native is by
no means to be regarded as a felon or murderer of the common order.
On the contrary he is shown to be kind, affectionate, artistic, refined
and truly sympathetic. Yet the position and aspects of 0 and 5
indicate an autocratic inner nature, one which, if need be, does not
even shrink from violent acts. I have included the planet " + " (see
" Charubel's " article on p. 351 of last volume), which may not be out
of place in a horoscope like this : it will be observed that this planet
is in square aspect to the midway point between 0 and 5 . The
conjunction of with Regulus may also account for something.
The two poles of the Sagittarian nature, the law-loving and the
rebellious, may be said to be simultaneously manifested here. The
native, a student of physical science, and a sportsman, belongs to the
 THE HOROSCOPE OF A POLITICAL CULPRIT 279
Finnish nation, a nation which, as everybody knows, is deprived of
its independence* at the present time. His offence was that he shot a
man whose of&cial duty it would have been to stand as the highest
dispenser of justice in Finland, but who neglected his duty.
There is every reason to believe the motive of his act to have
been entirely unselfish. It probably seemed to him that the welfare
of the country required such a dangerous person to be removed.
The pre-natal epoch has kf 26.30 rising, with nearly culminat-
ing in f and in exact trine to ^ in the seventh house, (? also being
in trine to ]), rising in ^24.9 Seven planets are rising; if. on
cusp of eleventh, *0,AD,P.<? : 0 in ^r29.44, g ^. Neither this
opposition in the epochal map nor 0 □ ^ in the radical horoscope
is exact (these latter, moreover, being in signs that are in trine to
each other), but there is an exact opposition between the epochal Sun
and the radical (jf. The Moon in epoch throws also a square aspect
to the Moon in radix.
According to this epoch the horoscope should have ^24.9 rising,
but I do not feel myself justified to add half an hour to the time of
birth as stated by the native's mother. My private opinion is that
actually ^210 is rising (mark Charubel's symbol, A Cross of Darts),
and this accords well with " basic " progressive directions.
On February 6lh, 1905, probably at 11.20 a.m., the subject of our
sketch entered the house of his victim and simply shot him down.
He could not escape capture, as he himself received a bullet in the leg
that for several weeks rendered walking impossible.
On July 19th, sentence was pronounced and he was doomed to
imprisonment for life.
As might have been expected from his horoscope, however, he
did not remain in prison, but managed to make his escape, probably
with the help of some friends, during the night of the gth Octoberi
1905.
Directions at the Time op the Murder.—The Progressed
Horoscope. M.C. SI28.46; Asc. ni5-42 : 0 ltfo.37 ; Dffi 24.35 ; 5Vyi9-57;
2^17.28; ^6.29. M.C. d «.,t 8 0 y. a., A 24 y. i. •• Asc.
8 W i-, P-W (1902), a +«. (aj1): 0A^ (1904). (igog), P-

• The original had " legal rights " ; that is to say, in October 1905, the law
was not law in Finland. Now it is otherwise.
t a.—applying ; s. = separating; er. = exact; = epoch ; r = radical; /.=
progressed,
280 modern astrology

S : pdp r. o^ep- r. s,, & $ r, s., P.If Vjir.Qp. Transits: J d

asc. p., Ap in ephemeris.
a
Pre-natal Directions. M.C. 956.40, g 2f -i A + a.: Asc. =a=
4.18, d cusp of 12th, r. a. O P. ^ a. * 2( r., A + ; p in 10th,
9526.30, dP y. in a "critical degree," □ g a.
The Progressed Pre-natal Epoch. Asc. D+a. ; (O □ If. a.); pd¥
«*.; 5 , ruler, d Ij a., * J <*• ($ transits if).
The Solar Revolution has © in 6th, * in 5th, 5 and i)J are also
in $ and 6th ; p, ruler, in the lower part of 12th in 95, Par. M.C. r.,
□ S ex., d W a-i 8 W ^ > (? a.), Q I?, t? being elevated over all the
other planets.
The Synedical Lunation of our horoscope has ^ in 12th 8 + '*• ;
p d cusp of 12th r. and the pre-natal prog. asc. ; asc. A <? .
The Current Syiwdical Lunation has © □ ,? from 12th ; J" a from
8th; $ d asc. p. and 0 ep. p. ex., M.C. d P ; asc. A?; W8S/W*
ex. ; + □ tjt and $) ex. The symbol for the rising degree HI200 is
significant.
The Diurnal Horoscope has $ 1.20 rising (d © r. a.) \ p in K on
cusp of 3rd A W from 8th and A <? from nth. ? , the radical ruler,
is in exact square to ^.
Directions at the Time of the Escape.—Progressed Aspects:
P in 10th at $1,4.20, □ tjj and asc. p. a., A 0 f. s. 0 $ vm., P. 0 r. s. ;
Ad1 A «■
Pre-natal Aspects ; p A b (g) a.
Progressed Epoch ; p -){• ^ , A d i., -){• b ? a- Transit; If d asc.
Transits in the Progressed Solar Revolution : d d O and i)J October
8th ; © d d October 12th.
Transits in Radix: b d £3 ex., If 8 © S ex.
Diurnal Horoscope, October gth, 1905: Asc. % S r. ex., p d b *•>
*d W d d
Here I will draw attention to the importance of the progressed
solar revolution as expounded by Sepharial. This has $1,28.25 (= i)J r.
or rather Regulus) rising, © in 5th at Vyo.zg^, i)J 1^0.8
In opposition thereto, we find p in 950.54 anc^ W in 926.5815. (Asc.
A O^, *p). The Moon is in exact parallel with the Moon in the
ordinary solar revolution, and also in d : d in 3rd and A b 8 it-
The Sun transits b 5 place in solar revolution on February 4th,
and ditto progressed solar revolution on February 6th (the very day
of the fatal event).
Now this progressed solar return takes place about 12 hours
after the Sun's entry into Vtf, supposed to be the ruling sign of
Finland (see Vol. II., New Series, p. 240). The conjunction of ©

e
Note.—" g /ijl " is used to indicate ihe mid-way point between g and fjl. and
strikes us as an abbreviation which is worthy of general adoption.—Ed.
 THE HOROSCOPE OF A POLITICAL CULPRIT 281
with ijg then caused not only the parliament, but the majority of the
Finnish people, consciously and effectively to demand their rights ; this
demand has been continued till now, and will be continued yet, there
is no doubt.
The final impression I have of this horoscope is, that it is a
remarkably fated one. It seems to be connected in some way with
the national horoscope. Uraniel.

" A Test for Astrology."—A correspondent writes: "Re the data

given by T. B. (page 192, Vol. III., New Series). In the first place I make
out the degree rising to be y 25°3o'instead of y i9°24', and this makes an
important difference in the position of the rising planet !(.. IfT. B.'scal-
cnlations are correct 2^ is on the ascendant and retrogrades into the twelfth
house on the second date given. In the other case 2^ is already in the
twelfth. Assuming that T. B.'s figure is the right one there are three im-
portant changes to be noted. The ruler of the ascendant 2 has progressed
into the seventh house, the lord of the seventh has followed, and 2^, the rising
planet, has retrograded into the twelfth.
" A study of the natal figure leads me to suppose that the event alluded
to has something to do with an attachment. The native has strong feelings
(SI on cusp of fifth, 2 d (?) and is somewhat emotional Q)d 0 setting).
The position of D in twelfth □ ^ indicates a not too great firmness where
the affections are concerned : t|f from the twelfth opposes $ (sub-ruler of
ascendant) in the seventh sign
" With all diffidence I venture to say that the event which took place
when the native was 24 was the breaking off of some not quite desirable
attachment. The ruler 2 though still d has moved from the passionate
til to the philosophic t and is applying to ^ , a.t the same time entering
into a A to cusp of fifth house in place of the former □ ; 2f isin the twelfth ;
D has passed into the sign of self-undoing, K> and is □ 2 and h ■ This I
should take to indicate the sorrow caused by this (supposed) separation :
P no longer opposes but is A $. Now was d 0 in the first figure,
showing that the native's welfare was best served by renunciation and
obedience.
" In the case of b25°3o' rising, 2^ in the twelfth house would seem to
further emphasise the existence of some peculiar love-affair; b would
become then the sub-ruler, and is'unafflicted. [The writer is correct: assum-
ing the time given to be correct local time, the ascendant is y 26°4', if
Greenwich, y 23°5'; but " T. B." distinctly states that birth occurred ' about'
7.30 p.m.—Ed.]
" I must add that I have not yet studied 'progressed' horoscopes, and
have reasoned out the foregoing by the ordinary rules only, so it can be in no
sense a test of the truth of Astrology per se."
Another correspondent, " H. T." who has also attempted the problem,
says he "would suggest that the event referred to was ' marriage after a
brief acquaintance. The attachment must have been sudden and quite
unexpected.'"
A Question.—Which sign is supposed to govern Wales ? Cancer is
given to Scotland (by Zadkiel) but in view of Neptune's entry therein almost
coinciding with the birth of the ' revival' does it not seem probable that
Cancer also rules the Principality? Its mystical side would here come out
more strongly. The tenacity of Cancer certainly agrees with the popular
conception of the Scottish national character.—B. A.
 JfabimrabU anb MnfabourabU Strtbba^a

For the month of June, igo6

[The basis of these prognostications is the transit of the major planets,

^f, fjr, lj, If, overthe annual zodiacal position of the Sun on the dates
given. It must be borne in mind that in all cases the effect of a ' transit' is
subordinate to the ' directions ' in operation at the time ; should these be bad
the "unfavourable" birthdays will prove so much the worse, and the " favour-
able " so much the less good ; and vice versd. Consequently it is improbable
that people born on the same day of the year will find these remarks apply
equally in all cases, but in a broad sense the general circumstances during
the current month will be much as indicated.]
Unfavourable Birthdays.—Those persons born on March 3rd
or 4th in any year will feel the depressing influence of Saturn,
inclining them to despondency and melancholia, and also manifesting
itself in a lowering of vitality and a tendency to chills, so those inclined to
bronchial affections should exercise especial care; delays and vexations
of various kinds are likely to beset them : the worst effects are likely
to be felt by those born in the years 1855, '60, '61, '62, "64, '69, '77,
'78, '85, '8g, but adequate bodily exercise and a deliberate intention to
look on the bright side of things will prove their best help out of
their difficulties, which are likely to last for two or three months to
come. Mars is very rapid in his passage through the last decanate of
Gemini and the first of Cancer this month, and will have little
influence over those born between the 15th June and 4th July, save to
render them prone to give way to impatience and irritability, and
to cause them to be more than ordinarily impulsive in their actions.
Favourable Birthdays.—Those born from the 8th to 15th of
June in any year, especially 1851, '53, '55, '5g, '61, '63, '75, '82, '87,
will feel the beneficent and joyous vibrations of Jupiter, rendering
them easy, confident, and successful in their operations this month ;
and good fortune in connection with relatives, or in regard to any
literary or journalistic work they may be concerned with, is likely to
be their portion. Travelling will be beneficial for them, and will be
the means of enlarging their mental horizon to an unprecedented
extent.
Peculiar and Uncommon Birthdays.—We shall be glad if those
born on or about July 1st or December 27th (especially in the years
1864, '65, '66, '67), will send us an account of their experiences, which
are sure to be remarkable, to add to those we have already recorded ;
for the opposition of Uranus and Neptune, falling so close to the
place of the Sun atbirth.issureto affect them in a very exceptional and
romantic manner. We have received several instances of the singular
effects produced by the transits of Uranus and Neptune, some of
which will be found on pp. 382, 383, 524 of last volume.
 Vetbrs to tijt Ciritor

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The God with the Toasting Fork

Dear Sir,
That section of Astrology for All, Part II., dealing with
Neptune is excellent good reading ; in fact, without committing my-
self to admit the findings of the author, I may state that the whole
work forms a volume of delightful reading.
It has occurred to me that I may have had what astrologers might
call experiences of Neptune influence. But before manifesting those
on the plain surface of this paper perhaps you would permit me to
indulge in a tiny harmless jibe at a contributor who wrote: " Even
as I write the postman delivers me a packet of violin strings and the
Moon is exactly over Neptune in my radix ! " Now really 1 The pon-
derous Neptune causing a postman to hand in some shreds of cat-gut !*
It is too funny. Surely to be of any value as a guide in such trivial
matters the influence should operate over every transaction in violin
strings. The question is, did it ? Such instances (others are to be
found on pp. 85 et seq. of the February issue of Modern Astrology)
indicate, to my mind, an endeavour to make the " punishment fit the
crime" so to speak. If great ponderous planets like Neptune and
Uranus do any manifesting astrologically, it seems to me that the
manifestation should not be difficult to discern ; should, in short, be
majestic. In what follows I do not claim to be under any influence.
I merely relate incidents, and leave you and your readers to put what
construction suits them thereon.
Perhaps you will recollect that my horoscope gave X) rf W in T
in the fourth.f Since reading so much about Neptune I have been
• Why not, when the still more ponderous Sun causes the cock to crow ? The point
is. however, that the Moon is in transit over the place of Neptune at birth, and
hence the Moon, rather than Neptune, is the " cause."—Ed.
f See p. igi, April issue.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

making inquiries of my friends respecting certain incidents. I admit

I am surprised to find that none have experienced phenomena similar
to what are shown hereinunder. Let me classify them :
(1) Spiritualistic (so-called) Experiences.
Family tradition (excuse the phrase) relates that during my
infancy (up to age 3 or 4) we lived in a house haunted by the spirit of
a former occupier who had committed suicide, and that I was
especially honoured, as it were, with personal interviews with the
lamented. Now up to the age of 12 years or so I really believed I had
seen the ghost. But since, considering the early age of the native
(2 or 3 years) when the " accident " occurred, I recognise the possi-
bility of the visitations being created by the frequent repetition of the
story in the family circle. Truth, however, compels me to add that
my parents secured the services of a clergyman to " lay " the spirit.
(2) Premonitions.
(а) In a certain year I was in Wales for a holiday. One morning,
not being able to sleep, I went out rambling over the hills. When in
a wood my name was called out; it seems ridiculous to say it but it
was clearly called out three times. I looked around, but no one was
about, it being about 6 a.m. I was frightened and ran back to the
village. At 8 o'clock the clergyman sought me and told me I must
go home at once, that he had received a letter and that my father
was dangerously ill. As a matter of fact my father died at twenty
minutes to six o'clock that morning.
(б) A few years ago a friend, then residing with us, had a serious
fall. He was brought home shattered and I nursed him for a week.
To everybody's surprise he apparently recovered and nine days after
the accident (in spite of my objection) went out for a walk. He
returned in a state of collapse. The doctor ordered his removal to
the hospital, saying that it was impossible for me to tend him further
(I had not been in bed for a week). We removed him and I
returned home " done up." I was lounging, dozing in a chair. I was
conscious of people talking in the next room, and I became semi-
conscious of Something else. There was a Thing in a bare, bleak
room, and a Voice. Some household duty of my wife roused me
and I said: "What did you say about Jimmy?" She replied
she had not spoken. I insisted that she had said something about
leaving him in that bare, cold place. The incident dropped. An
hour afterwards the house-surgeon called to say the young man was
dead. At the inquest I recognised the bare, bleak place as the
mortuary. The Thing was the Corpse. This question arises, was
that man dead when placed in the mortuary ? On the other hand
my nervous condition must not be lost sight of—a week without
sleep—a proper condition to induce unfounded fancies.
(3) Separation (so-called) of Soul and Body.
I am surprised to learn that the consciousness of seeing one's
self is not a common property. I have been so used to seeing myself
standing, sitting, reclining in various parts of the room that I looked
upon it as quite a natural occurrence. In fact, I thought it could be
explained physiologically in terms of the laws of light. However, I
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admit that upon enquiries I have not encountered anyone who has
had similar experiences. From the age of 15 or 16 years I can recall
quite clear recollections of this phenomenon ; thoughduring later years
it has not occurred very often. It occurs when I am fully awake.
The figure remains distinct for some minutes (so it seems, I shall
" time " its next occurrence) whether I close my eyes or open them ;
and remains immovable with regard to the direction of my gaze ;
that is, the figure does not alter its position if I remove my eyes
from it.
(4) Dreams.
Apparently I can claim to be a regular Simon-Pure of a Dreamer. I
never attempt to interpret my dreams, they are a source of enjoyment
without that. And I can put my hand over my heart and swear they
are not the product of an overloaded stomach ; for in matters of diet
I must be, and am, very careful. The dreams range from the most
impossible, ridiculous situations, to the most weird fantastic experi-
ences. In dreams, flying is a common occupation. I take to it like
a bird. I flutter over land and sea, and even at times make a gorgeous
swoop among the stars. Though, apparently, my dreams are culled
from an inexhaustible volume my brain has its predilections, shown by
turning up certain chapters which it again and again peruses. Here
is one:
" I am in a town, where I know not, its name I know not. It
has pave like some French towns I have visited. It is a town of
grey stone houses, of winding streets; and it is set on high ground
giving a view ot a far-off horizon. I find myself standing near the
door of a house in a street just off the main road. I am angry. I am
asking why they have let my wife go out to pay a visit when I have
told them the attack would be made to-day. ' Look ! 5 I cry, growing
excited, ' look out there '—pointing to the distant horizon where some
curious grey-brown vapours curl upwards spirally—'There They
are!' (I cannot remember the dream name of They) 'and almost
immediately they will be here driving, driving, driving, no explosions,
no fire, no smoke, Pure Force, and before them in their direct path,
everything—man, beast, house—will be driven to destruction. Their
path is Straight and Death. See ! ' And then I stand by the gable
end and watched the Force whirl by—carry men, trees, cattle, rocks
—breaking down stone walls, riving the pavement. No sound. Utter
Silence. But terrible Force. The devastation ended, I set out hope-
lessly to seek my wife and always find her sitting nonchalantly in a
cottage oblivious of danger."
Spooks, warnings, sequation, nightmares: that is my case.
Perhaps some adept can see deeper into these things than can
Yours truly, The Doubter.

[Our hearty thanks to " The Doubter" for his breery remarks, as well
as for his interesting letter: we have thoroughly enjoyed both. In reference
to his dream, he would be interested to read what is said about " Mash-Mak "
in the Secret Doctrine.—Ed.J
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[Continuation of a letter from p. 240)

III. Where Does the Zodiac Start ?
3. Where does the Zodiac Start ?—This again is a most
fascinating question, and there are, I think, a large number of indica-
tions which point unmistakably to the Zodiac beginning either at Leo
or Aquarius, these being opposite signs, and the bulk of evidence
seems to point more to Aquarius as the true starting-point of the
Zodiac. I would like respectfully to submit the following remarks
on this subject to your wider knowledge and experience :—(a) The
Encyclopesdia Britannica article, ' Zodiac,' speaks of " the Zodiac of
Notre Dame of Paris, opening with Aquarius." [b) Sir Richard
Phillips, in A Million of Facts, says: "Tablets found in mummies

-e
give twenty-eight parts of the Zodiac, one for every day of the Moon,
and they begin with Aquarius." (e) William Oxley, quoted by your
correspondent (Modern Astrology, March, 1906, p. 143), refers to
an Egyptian Zodiac commencing with Leo.
As Leo and Aquarius are opposite signs the question is, from
which of these two did the Ancients commence the Zodiac ?
The strongest evidence on this point is, I think, to be found
in the Sign-Rulership of the planets. If we set out the twelve
Signs in a circle, with the Planet-Rulers in their respective Signs,
and if we draw a line, A B, joining the cusps of Leo and Aquarius, it
will be found that this line divides the Zodiac into two halves, which
are perfectly symmetrical [see figure). Saturn is opposite to Saturn,
Jupiter is opposite to Jupiter; and so on; and lastly, the Moon is
opposite the Sun.
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The assignment of " day " and " night" houses is entirely in
keeping with this division of the Zodiac into two halves by the line
A The " day " or Sun houses being above the line, and
the " night," or Moon houses, below. [But surely ni_ t's ilu night house
of (? , and njt the night house #/ 5 ?—Ed.]
Some collateral testimony of a more spiritual kind may be
obtained from Mr. Green's Theoretical Astrology. Upon arranging
the " Five Planes," as given by him on p. 81, in the form of a diagram
the same symmetry of distribution about a line Aquarius-Leo is at
once noticeable. Here, in proceeding from Aquarius to Leo, we ascend
from the physical (the lowest), to the nirvanic (the highest), thus:
Physical X-f Astral, T-til lower Mental, 8-^ higher Menial, n-itjj
Buddhic, 92-S\, Nirvanic.
Next draw a line C Z) at right angles to the line A B, It will be
seen that there is symmetry also on either side of the line C D, but
symmetry of another kind. Mars is in line with Venus, Jupiter with
Mercury, and so on. There is symmetry also with regard to the
individual quadrants. Quadrant I. contains the planets b If in
their astrological order. Quadrant II. contains the planets 2^0,
also in their astrological order.
Ne other division of the Zodiac exhibits this remarkable struc-
tural symmetry, and it is difficult to resist the conclusion that this
division of the Zodiac (along the lines A B and C D) may possibly
be inherent, and hence absolute.
It will be noticed that Saturn is the " Ruler " of Aquarius.
Now it is well known that the Ancients began their various astro-
logical arrangements with Saturn. They began the order of the
planets with Saturn, and the days of the week with Saturday—
Saturn's day. It is clear, therefore, that they must have taken
Aquarius (the house of Saturn) as the starting point of the Zodiac.
Evidently the cusp of Aquarius signifies the beginning of the
year after the winter solstice, which, as you so well say, is the time
of year when all " World-Saviours " are traditionally born. To begin
the Zodiac with Leo would be equivalent to beginning the year at the
summer solstice.
It will also be noticed that the division of the Zodiac shown
also applies to the twenty-four hours of the day, the cusp of
Aquarius corresponding to noon ; the opposite point, the cusp of Leo,
marking the transition from Moon to Sun, i.e., from night to day, from
" evening" to " morning," the " evening " being the time from noon
to midnight, and the " morning" from midnight to noon. (This will
be seen more clearly, perhaps, if the diagram is turned round so as to
place ^ on the zenith).
If we now start the week at Saturday noon we get Saturn
as the initial or ruling planet for Saturday " evening," and the Sun
as the initial or ruling planet for Sunday " morning." This
at once suggests that the Houses usually assigned to the planets
may only be strictly correct for from Saturday noon to Sunday noon.
A few words on the historical side of the question may be added,
disregarding entirely for the moment whether or not the Zodiac may
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have an " absolute" starting point in the occult and astrological

sense. It appears that there are still extant " reminiscences of a
Zodiac and religious calendar in which the Bull led the way." At
that time the winter solstice would fall on or near the cusp of
Aquarius. The explanation of Sir Richard Phillips (in A Million of
Facts, a mine of information) as to why the Egyptian Zodiac began
with Aquarius, is very different. He regards Aquarius as corre-
sponding to their September, and as marking the flood or fall of
the Nile, " appropriately followed by Pisces."
Yours obediently,
" Sagittarius."
[The whole of this letter contains a great deal of food for thought, but
this last section perhaps more than all, and we recommend it to the very
careful study of every earnest student. In regard to the last paragraph, in
which Taurus is suggested as the first sign, there is one sidelight on the
question that has not, we think, been drawn attention to, namely, that the
sign y is virtually a glyph for the new moon ©do, 1)0), which strongly
suggests that the zodiac commences with Taurus,—at least, so far as the
lunar or ' form ' side of life is concerned. In the introduction to the Brihal
Jataka, referring to horary astrology, the writer states that the due-East
point of the horizon corresponds to Taurus. We have somewhere come
across the statement that Aries is the first sign of the zodiac during the Kali
Yuga, which suggests that all the signs in turn become the ' commencement'
of the zodiac.—Ed.]

Coincidence of Superstition.—Mr. Morris Stein, auditor to the

Western Ohio Railway Company, on being asked to subscribe towards
the expenses of a ball, looked at the subscription list, and observed
that one of the few spaces vacant was opposite the number thirteen.
Laughingly remarking that he would defy superstition, he signed his name
against the figures. He was the only passenger killed in a railway collision
next day.—Daily Express, 27/3/1906.
The Secretary of a certain Limited Company in London had a very
strong aversion to marriage, and declared that he would always remain
single. He was noted by all who knew him for his extremely abstemious
and ascetic mode of living. Into the office where he was daily engaged there
came a very attractive lady, a few years younger than himself, and much to
his astonishment and dismay he one day realised that he had fallen in love!
Being anxious as to the result he consulted an astrologer, whose advice
accorded with his own intuition that fatal results would quickly follow
marriage, but, nevertheless, fate proved stronger than his will, and in due
time he married the lady to whose charms he had succumbed. He died a
year later. Saturn, the ruler of his seventh house, was exactly upon the
cusp of the fourth house, in the eighteenth degree of Virgo, to which degree
Venus and Uranus were in almost exact square from Gemini, intercepted in
the twelfth house.
/3. Scorpio writes :—" f g f, March 1st, 1906. Pierpoint Morgan's
great Shipping Combine wound up March 1st. Same day, publication of a
new Life of Sir Richard Burton ; he was- born under ^ d f (Modern
Astrology, October, 1905, p. 447). During month of March American
Insurance Scandals were prominent, much alarm and anxiety caused amongst
English policy-holders."
iHofcmt Estrolog^

Vol. III. New Series. JULY, 1906. No. 7.

©be ©bsertrator^
In his Preface to Tht Guide lo Astrology the author, "Raphael,"
publishes the following statement:
" The most unsatisfactory part of Astrology is that
An Important dealing with 'Directions' or the calculation of future
Statement events. At present there is no system known that will
give reliable results. . . . why this is no one can
tell. Perhaps it is a wise provision of Providence that it is so, on account
of the fear and dread of misfortune that seem inherent in the human heart.
To know that certain death or misfortune awaited one at a certain time
would drive lo madness or suicide a very large majority of the inhabitants of
this earth, and in this way'True Astrology ' would be a terrible scourge. . ."
This statement demands serious attention, and with a view to
instituting an enquiry I shall this month invite all readers of Modern
Astrology to express their opinion upon the above pronouncement,
and if possible state their reason why they consider ' directions ' to be
" the most unsatisfactory part of Astrology " (if we accept the opinion
of " Raphaelj").
* *
In my latest work, The Progressed Horoscope, I have dealt with
this question in a manner that has, so far, met with the approval of
all who have read it, and since its publication I
and Fatalism have had occasion to give the matter some addi-
tional thought, resulting in the formulation of
certain definite ideas upon this momentous subject.
There can be no doubt, in the minds of those who have given
deliberate thought to the study of Natal Astrology, that the nativity
is the real basis upon which all " Directions" are founded, therefore
any " Directions " formed after birth are of minor consequence when
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they do not coincide, in their general scope, with the natal influences :
so that it is not a question as to which is the best system of Directing
for all systems have been tried, and in the main found wanting.
Speaking candidly, to those who are deeply interested in the sub-
ject, I may say that I am convinced that there never will be any system
from which ' reliable results ' can be obtained to fit all cases, whether
it be ' primary,' ' secondary,' or any other method. For were this the
case it would simply mean that we were all absolutely victims of fate,
and Astrology would indeed become a terrible scourge—" compared
with which the bloodiest wars or the greatest natural catastrophes
would be as nought," as " Raphael" truly says.
-sj? ■
* #
The whole subject is one that cannot be dealt with superficially.
We must first get to the root and cause of events produced by
planetary influences before we can commence to
"Directions" Jjudge 0 correctlyJ the effects likely to spring from the
that rarely fail j r o
planetary impulsion known to us as " Directions.
For each soul an event of a given nature may have a different mean-
ing, while similar causes started from diverse motives are known to
lead to various events the exact results of which it is never safe to
predict.
Broadly speaking, we may think of two classes of individuals
upon whom planetary influences would produce differing results.
There are those who drift through life without definite aim or pur-
pose, with minds and feelings unfocussed, subject to constant fluctua-
tion of mood with every changing Moon, affected by each change of
circumstance—a class that is in every sense of the word literally
ruled by the stars (not directly, perhaps, for that would mean a much
higher state of development), people who have not the ghost of an
idea that a wise Providence has arranged for their future well-being
by appointing divine agents to guide them to their inevitable goal.
For this class I unhesitatingly affirm that " Directions " must act,
and for them the future can, more often than not, be quite accurately
foretold; it is, however, often such an indifferent one that it could
hardly harm them to know of it, since it is rarely an eventful one so
far as character, either good or bad, is concerned.
❖ ❖ ❖
In direct contrast to that class of human beings are those who
 THE OBSERVATORY
have a fixed and definite aim in life, who are fully conscious of their
responsibilities, and whilst desirous of fulfilling all
An Opportunity duties to others, believe theyJ can alter and improve c
for YOU 1 '
unfavourable circumstances by discreet effort and
a firm will to do their best in spite of obstacles. For these too I can
unhesitatingly affirm that all "Directions" act, hut not in the manner
usually interpreted by exoteric astrologers, since they are becoming wise
in their endeavour to " rule their stars"—or, to speak more
correctly, understand the higher ruling of the stars upon them.
Between these apparent extremes we shall find the majority of
human beings, in regard to whom it may indeed be safely stated that
' Directions are the most unsatisfactory part of Astrology.' And if any
reader shall, in these pages, solve this profound conundrum the
object of this magazine will be within a measurable distance of accom-
plishment. Should even an unsuccessful attempt be made towards
its solution by some of our readers giving their opinion as to why
" The most unsatisfactory part of Astrology is that dealing with
' Directions,' " it will at least show that we are all searching for the
truth concerning the subject we are supposed to study.
For those who have earnestly studied Astrology from an esoteric
or occult standpoint, this has never been a serious problem, but
to the materially minded astrologer, to whom the science is simply
a question of certain diagrams and a few hardly understood and all
but obsolete rules, the study of " Directions " will always prove an
unsatisfactory although nevertheless a fascinating problem.

In comment upon the remarks in "The Observatory," in No. 2, Vol. II.

of Modern Astrology, pp. 49 et sec/., a Swedish correspondent remarks :
" Have you not thought that these planets may exist on other planes, not
visible to us certainly, but in constant ' rapport' with their corresponding
planes on this planet and its inhabitants ? And may not the coming race,
the sixth [sub-race] , discover some of them ?—or perhaps even any of our
present humanity who may belong to that [sub-] race ? "
J. B. S. writes ;—" Government Astrology ! The papers announce that on
May agth some new assay marks for gold and silver plate will come into use,
including the sign of the constellation Leo for London, and that of Libra
for Sheffield ; if the Government had consulted, say, " Zadkiel " they would
know that Gemini rules London and Sagittarius Sheffield.
" Names : There was lately a strange occurrence (temporary disa ppear-
ance) in connection with a German courier. Also the Courrilres disaster,
and the loss of the pleasure-steamer Courier. Is there a coincidence here ? "
 ftlje i&tsBton of ^.strologg to tlje TEKorlZt

Over the whole of the civilised world, bound and hampered for
centuries by shallow philosophies, narrow dogmas, and, more recently,
by a despotic materialism miscalled science and far more mischievous
than either, a broad and mighty wave of occultism is breaking, sweep-
ing away as so much debris the sterilised forms which have so long
done duty for religion.
Amongst the many forms of occult thought now spreading far and
wide the light of truth to thousands of souls thirsting for knowledge
come the illuminative teachings of Astrology.
It is impossible within the limits of this little article to give a
comprehensive representation of the true wealth of astrologic law, so
I can only try to indicate in a sort of general fashion what Astrology
really is, and what I believe is its purpose and mission to the world.
Astrology—not the Astrology of the text-books, of course, which is
but a fragment of the truth—can truly claim that it contains the sum
of all human wisdom, since in its symbolism and ideographs there is
to be found a system of collected knowledge dating from the very
earliest ages of humanity.
But not many, even of those who occupy themselves unceasingly
with some branch of this great tree of wisdom, know the truth of the
above statement. For while it is certainly possible that anyone of
average intelligence can become familiar with the purely exoteric side
of Astrology, especially if they study the subject for themselves, yet
to the inner knowledge, or the Wisdom of the Stars, they alone shall
attain who steadfastly assimilate the mighty principles of Astrology
and constantly apply them in their daily lives.
Now every great scheme of religion is more or less built up on
Astrology, and necessarily so, Astrology being the law governing this
universe under the special rule of the planetary Logos. Every-
where traces of its teachings are to be found, in the Zend-avesta
of the Parsee, the Veda of the Hindu—indeed, the Hindu religion is
more purely astrological than any other (save the religion of Zoroaster)
—in ancient Egyptian scrolls ; it is to be found, by those who seek, in
 TttE mission of astrology
the Bible and in the Hebrew Kabballah. In fact, the Wisdom of the
Stars is universal, according to the widest meaning of that word.
Numerous thinkers of the Middle Ages, foremost among them
being Jacob Boehme,and later Swedenborg, were permeated with the
essential doctrines of Astrology. I trust I shall give no offence when
I venture to suggest that very few modern astrologers can lay claim
to be astrologers, in the same elevated sense as these men. A true
astrologer is one who is enlightened ; a personality inspired by divine
wisdom, who, with a perfectly unselfish altruism, combines intuitive
knowledge with a more or less complete mastery over the hidden
causes of Nature of which he has the key: qualifications which are
only to be acquired by one who leads an absolutely pure and selfless
life, devoted to the service of humanity ; one whose heart and mind
are attuned to the harmony of God's law, who works by it and fulfils
the divine command.
"Modern Astrology" is, as we have so often said, no new thing,
only the re-presentation of the eternal and unchangeable laws guiding
this universe. It has for its mission the awakening of the humanity
of the present day to recognise that there is an Unseen Law guiding
the world's destiny; that there are living potent forces radiating
from those starry spheres, playing upon, training and developing the
whole human family. It teaches the way God governs His universe,
and reveals to man somewhat of the mighty wisdom of the Divinity.
It is, so to speak, God's Bible written in the sky, and cannot be
changed or altered by the differing minds of men.
It seems to me that men and women are not likely to find truth
about the invisible planes of Nature in materialism, which dooms
them to total extinction after death, or even through the ordinary
religious doctrines which, in the Western world at least, teach the
belief that man can only get help vicariously, through some power
substituted for his own, through something or some one from without.
Astrology teaches that each man " is the law unto himself," and »ihs(
work out his own salvation ; and it is a certain fact that by ourselves
and through ourselves alone are we able to progress towards the ful-
filment of the stature of the perfect man. No one can save another.
Each has to save himself.
And what after all is this salvation ? To have grown above
ignorance and selfishness and to have become wise. Let us take a
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parallel case and survey it from the standpoint of reason. Could we

expect an absolutely ignorant and uneducated man to become a
capable astrologer through the study of Astrology pursued by another
man in his place ? Certainly not ? Of course, to know Astrology
intellectually and to become an astrologer are two widely different
things : we cannot, however, expect to become the " wise man " who
"rules his stars" at a single stride or by one prodigious effort.
Nature makes no sudden leaps in her method of evolution. But we
are all growing gradually, within that circle of necessity we call the
horoscope.
The Mission of Astrology is to teach the world kow to live, as well
as kow to think. As a great science it is unique, being both occult and
practical, metaphysical and philosophical; but it will only become
vital to any soul when that soul embodies these great truths and
applies them to life and conduct. When the intellect is eager and
the life is clean, and the aspirations unselfish, then the invisible
agents of the stars can communicate with man, revealing to him the
essence of things.
All that applies to this practical world can be gleaned by
exoteric Astrology—and even then a man has an immense store of
practical knowledge on which to draw in order to guide himself
through life, and to enable others to benefit also—but the man who
understands Astrology to the full is a mystic, from whom the things
appertaining to the material world have dropped away.
The word " mysbc" came originally from the n-ysteries, those
secret ceremonies of initiation into the higher life practised in Egypt
and Greece. It is based on the Greek word mm, to close the
mouth, to be silent : those admitted to the Mysteries were never
permitted to divulge what they were shown.
When an astrologer speaks of the occult and the mystical he
means that which is related to the inner principle of life and the true
reality of being—quite the opposite of the popular idea, which con-
siders mysticism unreal and unpractical, if not actually contrary to
reason. True Astrology strives after a knowledge of the hidden
source of our being, our relation to the stars and the invisible worlds.
The heart of the mystic is set upon the things which are unseen,
the unseen which alone is real, beyond the limitation of the senses and
the sense-consciousness.
 THE ■ MISSION OF ASTROLOGY 295
The language of Astrology is a symbology, and it has been said
that the test of the breadth and spiritual comprehensiveness of any
human mind is the view it takes of symbols. To the concrete mind
symbols are of no value, empty, meaningless, fantastic. But to the
mystic they are everything, because he sees through the symbol to
the idea, or ideal, which it embodies.
The true astrologer knows of a Self more profound,--more vivid,
more incomprehensible than the "self" of our passions and of our
intellect. He knows that, deep down within the heart of man, lies
a spark of that great central fire of Divine life, of the " Silent
Witness," the " Silent Star," within ourselves, the breath of the
Infinite, which reigns supreme. And daily by meditation he tries to
tend this inner fire, to realise more and more the ' ray ' within : thus
becoming conscious of the unity which makes us all one with all
others.
" Becoming an astrologer " means seeking ever to gain spiritual
consciousness, consciousness of the life of God ; and consciousness of
our own oneness with that life. Once this spiritual consciousness is
realised, illumination is attained : the man is a mystic and knows of
the mysteries.
Astrology seeks through a form of practical symbolism to reach
the higher mind. It gives insight into the life, the heart of things,
and is a study peculiarly attractive to those who have an innate
love of geometry, and who realise its spiritual significance, probably
having been in other births students on these or similar lines.
Astrology, I believe, will never perfectly fulfil her divine mission
to humanity until it is taught again as a religion, as well as a philo-
sophy—until once again a divine astrologer is incorporated in a
human form—until once again schools and colleges for the instruction
of students are formed, each one under the influence of a different
planet. Out of this body of students the most fitted and the purest
would reasonably be, from time to time, selected by the divine
teacher for initiation.
Meanwhile, the great use of Astrology in the world to-day is to
break down materialism, demonstrating the law that is ever working
for righteousness in the midst of what seems such a hopeless chaos ;
to reveal to men through their intellects the fact that spiritual forces
guide and shape the universe and the destinies of men; and that, not-
2g6 MODERN ASTROLOGY
withstanding the conflict of wills and the disharmony all about us,
behind it all there is a great Planetary Spirit guiding this world's
affairs, and that the wisdom embodied in the stars is ever striving to
bring order out of disorder, unification out of separateness, and peace
out of strife; and that in the end perfection is assured—however long
delayed it must come at last, seeing that the heart of things is Love,
and that Wisdom is Love's agent.
Bessie Leo.

CONCERNING THE BIBLE AS AN AUTHORITY.

The Bible is, to the kingdom of seeing and hearing souls, what the great
galleries are to the kingdom of men and women with an appreciation for the
beautiful in art, or what the great musical compositions are to the company
of people who appreciate the beautiful in symphony. To the uncultivated
eye and ear the standards of beauty in art and music are decrees of external
authority. It is desirable that such canons should exist. But, more than
all else, it is desirable that men should reverently learn to trust their own
judgment more than the canons. Men do not exist for the sake of the canons
of authority, but the canons exist for the sake of man, not as mountains of
authority to lie as a dead weight upon his soul, but as stepping-stones by
which he comes to his own in quickened appreciation and judgment and
conduct. The man who pronounces an object beautiful because the
authority pronounces it so, is standing at the parting of the ways. If he
continues in that state of mind, his moral strength is smothered, his judg-
ment weakened, and he becomes an unconscious hypocrite, lying to the
spirit of truth.
If one uses the Bible as a weight of authority to lie upon men's souls,
the use of the book is slight. If one emphasises rather the vital theory of its
value, his influence will be like that of King Arthur. He will produce men
who bear the image of the king.
The coming usefulness of the Bible will be a gain at every point over
the past usefulness of it.—QttoUd in " Light."
Strangest Incident of San Francisco Earthquake.—There is one
place within pistol shot of ruined San Francisco that the earthquake did not
touch, that did not lose a chimney or feel a tremor—Alcatraz Island.
Despite the fact that the island is covered with brick buildings, brick forts
and brick chimneys not a brick was loosened, a crack made, nor a quiver
felt. When the scientist comes to write he will have his hands full
explaining why Alcatraz did not have any physical knowledge of the event.
The scene from the island was awe-inspiring. The crashing of a falling
city filled the ears of the aroused island, out no one understood what it was
all about..- There was no earthquake that he knew of, yet the city a few
hundred yards across the bay was crashing to ruin. No man on the island
knew what was the matter until the boat landed at the shattered wharves.
American Newspaper, April 22nd, 1906.
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fTmiteb (Bsotmc ^.notolfbgf

By " Resurgam," Fra. R.R. et A.C.

{Continued from p. 212)
It was warned by Zoroaster : "Change not barbarous names of
evocation ; for they are Names God-given, having in the Sacred Rites
a power ineffable." (Compare " The Wholeness of Nature ; God and
the Name," by Moina MacGregor, an advanced Initiate, published in
Am this, January, 1903.) Proclus teaches [Timttus I. 228): "Divine
Names unfold the whole essence of the things named, but those of
men only partially come into contact with them." In Concerning
the Mysteries ^lamblichos argues: " These Names be not
without signification. But let them be unknown to us, or let them
be partly known ; in either case we for our part have accepted
their signification as proceeding from the Gods. But in proportion
as a symbolical character of a Divine similitude is intellectual
and Divine, ought such to be classed among these Names.
The Gods have admitted the whole dialect of the sacred nations, such as
the Egyptians and Assyrians,as being especially fitted for sacred things.
For this reason in our relations (or, communications) with the Gods, do
w e consider it fitting to make use of a dialect which has been, as it were,
formally recognised by the Gods Themselves. Furthermore, because
this mode of speech was first and most ancient, and, in fine, chief
over other. For when those who first learned the earliest Names
of the Gods mingled them with their own language, it is notable
that they handed them down unto us as a certain rule of
tradition to be preserved immutable, as being fitting and appro-
priate unto things Divine. For if indeed such Names had been
allotted according to mere convention, it would have been of no
importance whatever"whether one or another were employed: but

* Theseextracts are from the translation by S. L. MacGregor Mathers (Comte

MacGregor of Glenstrte), Head of the Rosicrucian Order. It is far preferable to
that of Thomas Taylor, and comprises the notes of Gale, as well as his own. To
accurately render the records of the Ancient Mysteries needs one who is an
Initiate as well as a scholar.
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if, instead, they be congruent with the universal nature of things,

surely then the more exact their correspondences the more they will
be preferred of the Gods. Hence, therefore, it is evident, that the
dialect of the sacred nations should be ranked before other. Add to
this, that names translated into another language do not entirely
preserve the same sense : for there be certain idioms peculiar to cer-
tain races which cannot be perfectly translated by other nations in
their own phraseology : and even when they can be thus turned, they yet
do not altogether preserve the same force. Again, ' barbarous
Names ' have much emphasis and much conciseness, and also less
uncertainty and ambiguity than the majority of other styles of diction.
And on this account are they fitted for more excellent things.
Wherefore, also, it is necessary that we preserve the things
relating to ancient rites of adoration as sacred and inviolate refuges,
ever, and in the same manner ; in nothing taking away from them, in
nothing adding thereunto from another source. For assuredly also
and from this reason hath it arisen that now in these days both
the Divine Names, and invocations, and rites have lost their power,
because they have been undoubtedly altered in this way and in that.
But the * Barbarians,' profound in character, maintain
resolutely the same line of action (as their predecessors). Hence also
both they themselves are accepted of the Gods, and perform
adorations acceptable unto Them ; seeing that among them it is
permitted unto no man to bring in innovations, . concerning
those Names which it is admitted be inexplicable, and which be
termed * barbarous,' but which yet be of ineffable power in the
Sacred Rites " (Section VII, chap. 4-5).
This Theosophical teaching was anticipated by T. L. Harris, who
also probably never read lamblichos till he saw MacGregor's new
translation in Anubis, 1902-3.
The Wisdom of Angels records some of the trial tests of the Initiate
in the Golden Age. " They saw, moreover, in the atmosphere, what
appeared to be terrific combats, whereon winged serpents, like
anacondas, with scales of glittering gold, iridescent with all the
colours of the rainbow, fought against infants, who defended them-
selves only by laying their hands upon the serpent's heads, or
pronouncing occult words which caused the serpents to fall headlong
and disappear " (1857, par. 109).
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The Wisdom of the Adepts records several effects of that Word of

Power, the Omnific Word. Speaking of the " Book of God," one
of the Silver Age declares : "The origin of the Book was peculiar.
It began by one Word spoken by one man ; and that Word, when
spoken by him, caused those formed in the order of their higher life
about him to shiver, as if a cold and mighty wind-force were passing
through his body. A second man then spoke a second Word, and
this was as a second wind-force flowing like the summer through his
frame. Thus there were seven Words, spoken in succession by the
men of the seven ; and with each Word a wind, making seven winds.
But when the seven wind-forces had passed through the men of the
seven, there was one Omnific Word, made of the seven utterances.
And these seven primary Words, which contain in their combinations
the one Omnific Word, are the sounds that denote the seven primary
constituents that, moving in the Divine Processions, are the basis of
the universal movement, which proceeds to form the universal system
of things. Moreover, they are involved in all things. Now, in
speaking that Word, he to whom it was given to speak, opened
thereby to the God-Man, in that form of His processional existence
by which He is involved in this especial world to this especial human
race. Thus the man invoked the God-Man by that Word. Now
thereat, the vortice wherein the globe is constituted was opened, and
He came forth, very Fatherly, yet Brotherly. Then, when He had
laid Divine hands upon those of the seven, He spoke His Name to
them, by the second Name. Now when this Name was in their
mouth, to speak it to Him again, the speech that is within speech
was uttered, and the science that is within science formed forth to
the utmost structure of their intelligence. They wrote this book
thence, in the strength of seven from one."
Again : " It was written of old, that ' every spirit that confesseth
that Christ has come in the flesh is of God': it was supposed that
false spirits could not resist the power of the occult spell in that
Name. But the dag, made to appear as a spirit, and operative in the
force of the black magic of itscreatrix, is not to be overcome by any
powers but those that are in the last term of the Omnific Word. , . .
1 will now summon a dag, by the power of the Great Word. * * *
The Word that I now pronounce causes the dag to make a form
presentation. . By the Word, the dag is caused'to speak."
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 THE HOROSCOPE OF DR. RICHARD GARNETT 301
The fact that Dr. Richard Garnett was a close student of Astro-
logy as well as the keeper of the books at the British Museum makes
his nativity doubly interesting to all readers of Modern Astrology.
The trine aspect of Saturn and Uranus from the airy triplicity
awakened in him a keen interest in Astrology, for this astrological
reason : Saturn was rising and in the sign Libra, the sign of bis exalta-
tion, while Uranus was in his own sign Aquarius in the sixth house,
the house of work and labour, the Moon, moreover, being in parallel
declination with Uranus.
Speculum.
Jt.A. M.D. Semi-A rc House Position
O f ff O J 0 t 0 '
0 340 6 is 95 26 101 II 27 59 from 6th cusp.
D 344 31 39 99 52 106 13 29 3 tl 6th „
9 354 25 38 70 14 90 25 20 11 VII 7th
? 293 5 24 48 25 Il6 17 9 39 ti Sth ,,
d 95 4 32 30 24 '30 57 30 24 It toth
V 6i 25 2 3 15 119 4 36 26 tl 9th „
201 52 24 42 48 98 20 22 45 «« 2nd „
U 329 4» 8 85 1 107 47 13 10 6th
V 304 52 0 60 12 117 28 21 3 »• Sth „
Aspects in Miindo:—O<l$ (o°i8') : OAS (4°3o') : ©oil ^ar'): O A %
(4°3S') = D A J (4°24'): D□ ^S^'): B A I3 (4°29') : S □ <r (i°x2');
S P- W : ? Par' h d A h (o°6') ■ S *1' (3°59') : •? Df (508'
Prog. M.C. at 64 = si 6.16: 18N44 Converse M.C. at 64 = T 0.44; oNt8
,. Asc. „ = ^26.47; 10S20 ■„ Asc. ,, = 3228.4; 20N34

Born with the second (vy) decanate of Virgo rising, a Saturnine

influence was blended with that of Mercury, the ruling planet.
Mercury was placed in Pisces in the seventh house. This posi-
tion of Mercury in the western angle in sextile aspect with Venus
gave him his popularity and success, while as to his remarkable
knowledge of books, it is said of those possessing Mercury in Pisces
that they are " walking encyclopaedias" of knowledge, able to absorb
information in a marvellous manner; and had they more depth and

♦ The positions of the four Ultra-Neptunian planets were approximately

as follows:
No. 1. "Isis" Vy 19.46 No. 3. — K 16.33
No. 2. "Osiris" irg 7.13 No. 4. — "E 15-35
according to the positions and motions given in the article on p. 113 of our
March issue.
302 MODERN ASTROLOGY

stability, to combine with this absorbent power, they would indeed

become giants in intellect.
In this particular case the influence of the sign Pisces was most
pronounced, since it was occupied by the Sun, Moon, and Mercury,
the latter being the ruling planet. It is a inediumistic sign in the
Primary Directions for last ten years of Life.
O f 0 i
Q8 h zod. 62 23 D*D zod. con. = 67 47
J) 8 'i zod. = 62 37 M.C. 1350 S zod. 67 49
/© mundo :s= 63 2 Asc. 8 i mundo con. — 67 52
7/ / D mundo SS: 63 23 Asc. 0n S zod. con. 68 12
0/0 zod. . 5= 63 36 S 135 Asc. zod. con. = 68 43
0 n Asc. zod. con. : = 63 37 D r. par. 8 = 68 45
© * Ijl zod. = 69 0
© / IJI zod. con. " = 63 49 D/$ mundo =: 69 11
D /© zod. 163 50 D * Ijl zod. 69 13
M.C. par. S zod. con. = 63 56 M.C. rf ? zod. con. WJ 69 14
M.C, par. ? zod. 64 21 ©135° Asc. zod. =- 69 17
Asc. n ]) mundo = 64 27 D 1350 Asc. zod. =' 69 3°
J*O zod. con. — 64 33 S / D zod. con. 69 55
Asc. n ijl zod r = 64 41 M.C. rf S m. con 70 14
© * D 0 zod. con. 64 52 Asc. 135°© zod. con. 70 19
Asc. 135 S mundo - = 64 59 D*Q zod. con. 70 21
M.C. par. S zod. con. = 65 24 D*© mundo =; 70 3°
O / IJ) mundo ■ t=e 66 12 D*D mundo 70 49
D n Asc. zod. con. = 66 29 O8 8 zod. con. 70 49
D / ijl 0 zod. con. = 66 41 Asc. par. D zod. - 70 54
Asc. 135 D zod, con. = 66 41
O r. par. J 67 6 par. d zod. con. ■= 7i 5
©*© zod. con. ■ = 67 17 Asc. □ zod. con. ■==: 7i 3°*
©ZD zod. = 67 24 y. * M.C. zod. con. = 7i 31
O*© mundo = 67 27 O88 mundo 71 57
D/ D zod. 67 37 Q□ S mundo = 72 51
Ijl par. Asc. zod. = 67 43 IJi par. Q zod. 73 3
©*D mundo = 67 46 D 5J zod, con. = 74 2
fullest sense of the word, and those under its influence are omnivorous
readers, having the power to become fully absorbed in all they read ;
moreover, they can easily retain in the sub-conscious mind all that
has at any time impressed their brain. It is the sign par excellence of
the book lover, as is well known to every student of Astrology, and

" Dr. Garnett died in the early morning of April 13th, 1906, aged yiy. im. ltd.
equivalent to an arc of 7i07'4o". 0Now it is a curious fact that if the yearly measure
of time, instead of being taken as i o'o" of R.A., be made i0o'io"—(i.e., 4m. of mean
time, instead of 4m. of sidereal time, being considered as equivalent to one year of
life)—this arc, Asc. □ 1?, measures exactly to the very day of death.
This is of particular interest, inasmuch as the nativity is one that has been
carefully rectified, and it suggests that this substitution of mean time lor the sidereal
time hitherto employed may prove to be the true solution of the problem of
Primary Directions. At any rate, readers interested in the subject might0 do worse
than try the measure in their own nativities—it merely means adding o o'io" for
each year of life to the measure obtained in the ordinary way.—Ed.
 THE HOROSCOPE OF DR. RICHARD GARNETT

there is no doubt that Dr. Garnett felt quite at home in the library
of the British Museum.
The claim that the tenth house denotes the profession in life is
well supported in this case. Gemini, the third zodiacal sign, is upon
the cusp of the M.C., and Mercury, its ruler, is free from affliction in
the western angle. The position of the Sun and its first application
in its annual motion to the Moon, aptly describes a servant of the
people. The honour in his profession is denoted by Jupiter close to
the M.C., supported by the^trine aspect of Neptune.
At the early age of 16 he, young Richard Garnett, was made
Assistant in the library ot the British Museum. This first stepping-
stone was the result of the Sun passing from the sextile of Venus to
the conjunction of Mercury, the Moon at the time being in trine to
Jupiter. In 1875 he became Superintendent of the Reading Room
and in 1890 Keeper of Printed Books.
Dr. Garnett's industry was remarkable. In addition to per-
forming his duties at the Museum he found time to write a number
of books and was besides a contributor to the Rncyclopadia Britannic a ;
editor of the International Library of Famous Literature, etc., etc.,
author of The Soul and the Stars, and furnished frequent articles for
divers astrological publications.*
The power of this nativity lies in the prominence of the Mutable
signs, the signs of intellection, in which there is a constant action and
reaction taking place between the higher and lower Mind.
The Mutable signs claimed four of the planets; the Cardinal
three, and the Fixed two, a well-balanced nativity. The human
tendencies were pronounced, which, added to his adaptability (5 in
VII.), gave him the ability to fill his post to the satisfaction of
everyone with whom he came in contact. In appearance Dr. Garnett
was a pronounced specimen of the type " Virgo rising, Mercury in
Pisces." At first sight he appeared so flexible and impressionable as
to seem wholly Pisces, but the critic would soon detect the rising
Saturn, which gave that gravity needed to keep the very humorous
and jovial side of the nature in check. The elevation of Mars and

* Copies of The Soul and the Stars, which contains, besides much thoughtful
writing, interesting particulars relative to the nativities of many famous people,
may be obtained from thq office of Modern Astrology, price is. id. post free.
304 MODERN ASTROLOGY

Jupiter gave him fully the average amount of self-esteem moreover,

and the solar position added abundant approbativeness.
It is worthy of note that the mystical sign Scorpio was upon the
cusp of the third house, giving a secret love of mystical subjects,
and with Mars in Cancer he was in all probability far more disposed
to internally believe in the occult side of Astrology that he was
prepared to admit, even to himself, for the Pisces nature is strangely
paradoxical and rarely allows those under its influence to reveal
the inner recesses of their thoughts.
That he had the slightest doubt as to the truth of exoteric Astrology
none who can read his nativity would ever doubt, and it may interest
our readers to know that Dr. Garnett had been requested to write the
article on Astrology for the forthcoming edition of the Encyclopeedia
Brit arnica. That this is so we have not merely hearsay evidence, for
we ourselves have seen a letter from the editor to a friend of Dr.
Garnett's, stating the fact, and adding that some months ago he was
informed that it was partially completed. He mentions, moreover,
that Dr. Garnett was particularly anxious to have this article by him
in the next Encyclopedia Britannica,
It is to this same friend that we are indebted for the authentic
copy of Dr. Garnett's horoscope that we publish at the commence-
ment of this article, for the speculum and calculations therefrom, and
also for the loan of certain letters from which we extract the follow-
ing, the first two of which, written onlya fewraonths before his death,
we print verbatim :

27, Tanza Road, Hampstead.

December 10th, 1904.
Dear Mr.
I have seen the horoscopes of Shelley and Lord Lytton in
Modern Astrology. No horoscope should ever be accepted as certain
without authentication from the documents or the testimony of credible
persons, and most of those of illustrious men published without such testi-
mony are no doubt falsifications. It is also very unlikely that evidence
should have come from Shelley's family. On the other hand it is a fact that
his nativity was cast in his lifetime by the astrologer Varley and this may be
a copy. The only safe way, however, is to compare transits and directions
deduced from the horoscope with the events of the native's life, and, so far
as 1 have looked, this method of investigation is favourable to it. Assuming
it to be correct, Saturn would be stationary on the ascendant at the time of
the native's expulsion from Oxford, and on the Moon's place in December,
r8i8, when he composed his " Lines written in Dejection." Uranus would
be stationary on the ascendant in June and July, 1820, when his affairs were
very unsettled, and the direction ascendant square Mars, 30 degrees, would
 THE HOROSCOPE OF DR. RICHARD GARNETT 305
correspond with the death of his daughter Clara. A stronger argument still
is that the ascendant would be nearly the Moon's place in the nativity of
Mary Shelley, of which there is no doubt as it is recorded in print by her
father. On the whole, therefore, 1 think the horoscope very likely to be
correct. In Lord Lytton's case there is a curious conflict of evidence.
Lord Lytton himself says unequivocally that he was born at 8 a.m., but on
the very next page is a horoscope drawn for 6. As it cannot be proved that
the astrologer (Zadkiel, I fancy) had his date from Lord Lytton, and the
other date is certainly from him, external testimony is in favour of the latter,
and 1 think this is borne out by an examination of the respective figures.
Lord Lytton's nativity must, in any case, have had great tokens of distinc-
tion. This is the case with the 8 a.m. figure, which shows Venus in the
tenth and the Sun in zodiacal sextile with the mid-heaven, but in the other
there is only the comparatively weak testimonyof the mid-heaven's mundane
sextile to Venus, I also remark that if the 8 a.m. horoscope be authentic,
Uranus would be stationary nearly upon the mid-heaven at the death of the
native's mother in December, 1843.
The evidence of the Dragon's Head upon the Zenith in President
Loubet's nativity is very strong, and it was also in the tenth in the nativity
of Napoleon the Third. Lady Lytton was born, I think, in Ireland, on
November 4th, 1802, 10 a.m., I forget the authority, but I know it was satis-
factory. The nativity is not so bad as might have been expected, but Mars
is in the seventh in zodiacal square to the M.C., and the mental rulers are
afflicted, with no mitigating influence of an}' kind ; nor is there any kind of
sympathy with her husband.
The directions and transits in my nativity towards the end of 1906 are certainly
very serious, my doubt is whether they will influence health or affairs.'* Awaiting
the figure and calculations you are doing for me, I remain,
Yours very truly,
R. Garnett.
37, Tanza Road, Hampstead,
January 2nd, 1905.
, , You do not lay much stress on the directions at the end of
1906 and the beginning of 1907, having doubtless said enough about them
before. If either luminary were hyleg, they would probably be fatal, but I
think this is not the case. Nevertheless the luminaries are so near a
hylegiacal place that there may well be room for apprehension. At the
same time it seems very difficult to predict whether an evil direction to a
luminary, even when hyleg, will influence health or affairs. Failing this, I
should expect the anaretic direction to be one of those of Mars to the
ascendant. I agree with your method of calculating them, because, although
I am not competent to judge the question mathematically, it seems to me
evident that Mars' conjunction with the ascendant cannot be very distant in
time from his oppositions to the Sun and Moon. But I cannot well under-
stand how the ascendant's quartile to Saturn, converse, and the converse
conjunction to Mars should come so near together in time, seeing the distance
between them in the zodiac. I must say, however, that I am distrustful of
the efficacy of converse directions in the zodiac, having hitherto found no
effects from them in my own or any other nativity. I trust, therefore, rather
to the direction of Mars to the ascendant, and the more so as there are bad
transits at the time among members of my own family. If this direction is
not anaretic, I can see nothing very serious until the ascendant meets the
sesquiquadrate of Mercury at eighty-three.
* Italics ours.
306 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Your exposition of the lady's horoscope has given her complete satisfac-
tion. Your description of her character is very accurate. You might carry the
calculations on for five years more, only it will be unnecessary to draw a
progressive figure for each year, or to give secondary directions, unless when
important. When this is done, you might take up my grandson in the same
way, giving a general judgment, but not troubling to draw any figure but the
radical, or to give any directions except the most important primaries that
occur during the native's minority, especially those which might affect the
parents.
I certainly must think Lord Lytton's statement of his birth-time in his
own handwriting more important than the statement of , who may have
had the time from him, but also may not. I believe, too, that the directions
of Uranus g M.C. for the death of Lord Lytton's father and of Mars d Sun
for that of Lord Lytton himself agree with the 8 a.m. horoscope. However,
there is but one safe way of deciding the question, to take both schemes,
work both out, and see which corresponds best with the events of the
native's life. The 6 a.m. scheme seems to me, I must say, quite unequal to
his extraordinary distinction and success.
As to Burns, I am inclined to believe that he was born under Aquarius,
from a piece of evidence which has only just come to light. I enclose a
newspaper cutting,* giving the dates of birth of four of Burns's children from
his family Bible. You know that in the nativities of children the angles are
very commonly the same as, or in opposition, those of one of the parents.
If you draw the figures of these children you will see that in two cases the
M.C. is in Sagittarius, bringing Aquarius on the ascendant: and in the
other it is in Gemini, the opposite sign. Something may be discovered to
invalidate the natural conclusion from this when the planets are inserted
into the figure ; for the present, however, the evidence of Aquarius seems
very . . .f
There is something wrong about the latter part of the paragraph, the
entries of the younger children's birth could not have been made by them-
selves. It is probably only intended to convey that they are not in Burns's
writing. There is also a mistake in Shelley's horoscope as given in Modern
Astrology. Uranus was not in 120, but in 18° Leo.| As, however, he is
still in zodiacal parallel with the Sun and Venus, the general judgment is
not much affected.

* Par. referred to, from T.P.'s Wetkly:—Last Saturday a Bible which had
belonged to Burns was brought under the hammer at Sotheby's. It wasan ordinary
Bible enough, but it fetched the astonishing price of /1,560. The value lay in the
following notes, made in the poet's careful hand :
" Robt, Burns was born at Aloway, in the Parish of Ayr, January 25, 1759.
"Jean Armour, his wife, was born at Mauchline, February 27, 1767.
" September 3, 1786, were born to them twins, Robert, their eldest son, at a
quarter past noon, and Jean, since dead at fourteen months old.—March 3. 1788,
were born to them twins again, two daughters, who died within a few days after
their birth.—August 18, 1789, was born to them Francis Wallace, so named after
Mrs. Dunlop of Dunlop ; he was born a quarter before seven, forenoon.—April 9.
1791, between three and four in the morning, was born to them William Nicol, so
named after Willm, Nicol, of the High School, Edinr,—November 21, 1792, at a
quarter past noon, was born to them Elizabeth Riddel, so named after Mrs. Robert
Riddel of Glenriddel."
Beneath are two further entries in the handwriting respectively of James
Glencairn and Maxwell Burns [two younger sons still.'] This is a record in Burns
prices, and the volume is likely to go to America, the country of record prices,
f Word missing.
} By reference to White's Ephtmeris for 1792, it will be found that this statement
 THE HOROSCOPE OF DR. RICHARD GARNETT
If I am right about the Dragon's Head and Tail, the position of the
latter in your tenth house is certainly unfortunate for you, but you have a
set off in the sextile of Jupiter to the M.C.
Yours
R. Garnett.
(Added in postscript.) The Burns's Bible did not go to America, but was
acquired by the Burns Memorial.
The lady's horoscope confirms my belief that the Sun is hot hyleg in the
ninth house. She is delicate, but not sickly, and has not suffered much
from illness.
This, written to one who did a good deal of astrological work for
him, furnishes a pretty instance of his genuine kindness of heart,
united to delicacy of feeling.
British Museum, W.C.
July 6th, 1898.
Dear Sir,
I much regret to hear of the distressed circumstances you have
been in. I enclose £z, which will pay your landlady. I do not know of
any astrological work actually requiring to be done at present, but that you
may have something to occupy your mind remuneratively I will commission
you to set out the directions in my own nativity to the end of iqoi. I believe
I know pretty well what they are, but I should be interested to compare
your calculations. The horoscope, as you know, is in Asfrofogy, but
lest you should not have the book at hand, I will give the data, Lichfield,
February 27th, 1835, 5.51 p.m. It is not quite correctly drawn in Natal
Astrology. Do not send the calculations before July 25th or after August 10th,
as I may be out of town.
Your judgment respecting the person whose horoscope you have drawn
is very correct. There isonly one thing to criticise, you seem to think that he
has not been much of a traveller, but in fact he has travelled much,and resided
for long periods together in foreign countries. It has frequently appeared to
me that many planets descending towards the western angle are a sign of
travelling, even if not actually cadent. The Moon, too, is angular. He was
never married. It is quite likely that he may have been born a few minutes
later than stated, and in this case I suppose the coincidence of Saturn g
ascendant with Moon g Mars would be serious. I must say that I cannot
think that the g of Neptune to the Sun could signify much.* The surest way
to determine the power of any planet is to observe the effect of his transits.*
I could never discover the least effect from any transit of Neptune ; although,
if he were powerful, the length of his stay upon the same point ought to
render his influence very conspicuous. That he has some influence I do not
doubt, but if it were considerable, we should not be in so much uncertainty
concerning its nature. I have not the least belief in the Part of Fortune : and
nothing at first sight could seem more unlikely than the influence of the
Dragon's Head and Tail, yet I have seen so many instances that I can
scarcely doubt it. Are you sure that the Dragon's Tail is not in or near

is quite correct," The horoscope was unfortunately copied, without verification,

from one previously published. The error, which occurs on p. 187 of the first
edition of How to Judge a Nativity, Part II., will be rectified in the forthcoming
New Edition.—En. M.A.
• We must say that we are not in accord with the opinions here stated.—Ed.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
your own mid-heaven ? Something exceptional seems to be required to
account for so much misfortune. What you say on the affinity of your
nativity to Zadkiel's is very interesting. I have found nothing in Astrology
more certain than the influence of similarity of positions in producing mutual
liking. I wonder whether there was any such affinity between you and your
unfortunate wife. Uranus and the Moon in g to Mercury would certainly
indicate a most difficult character. If you had Jupiter in the seventh house
it would confirm what I have observed before, that an afflicted benelic
there is of little use, especially when the significator of marriage is afflicted.
I must join with you in regretting the constant quarrels among astro-
logers, and the disposition to mix up Astrology with theosophy, and the
reliances on such vanities as conceptional and death figures.
Have you seen Dalton, The Spherical Basis of Astrology, Boston (U.S.)?
It is a useful book, giving table of houses from lat. 180 to Go0* and a clear rule
for drawing figures for the southern hemisphere. Mr. ought to have it.
Believe me, yours very truly,
R. Garnett.
Dr. Garnett here writes as though uncertain of the influence of
Neptune, jby the way. And yet he himself has furnished what is,
perhaps, one of the best examples of that influence that we could
point to! In his anonymously-published De Flagello Myrteo, a
collection of original aphorisms and epigrams dedicated to " some
few favoured mortals who are so happy as to be in love with Love,"
there is to be found a lover's breviary that will, to those capable of
apprehending the sentiment, reveal more of the true spirit of Neptune,
the All-Lover, than any other book we could name.
This book was written by Dr. Garnett only two years before his
death, and it is curious to note that it is in striking contrast to
Twilight of the Gods, a pungently satirical skit which also came from
his pen, in 1888, and the fact suggests that some remarkable illumina-
tion of a spiritual nature must have taken place during the interven-
ing years. Perhaps it throws a better light on the true nature of the
man than all his other writings.
The following stanzas, said to have been Dr. Garnett's own
favourites, give a taste of the quality of De Flagello Myrteo :
clxxvi. Lover is parted from lover that they may learn the omni-
presence of Love.
cxcu. All the holiness of all the saints is dim beside the radiance even
of erring love.
Proofs of the foregoing having been submitted to a personal
friend of Dr. Garnett,—one who knew the deceased gentleman inti-

* No; 220 to 55°, in the current edition at any rate.—Ed. M.A.

 THE HOROSCOPE OF DR. RICHARD GARNETT 309
mately and was well acquainted with his real opinions on Astrology
and other subjects which he might not have discussed fully, perhaps,
with mere acquaintances—we received in reply the following
courteous acknowledgment, which we quote substantially in full,
for the sake of the interesting sidelights thrown upon Dr. Garnett's
character :—" I thank you for sending me the proofs of your article
on Dr. Garnett's horoscope, which I suppose is to appear in Modern
Astrology ? The article interests me much, though lam bound to say
he would not have interpreted it—did not, in fact—as you do.
Dr. Garnett did most strongly object to the use of the word ' occult'
in connection with Astrology, and has repeatedly told me (indeed ■written
to me) that the truth of astrological influence is ' a matter of simple
observation, and needs no bolstering up by any other argument than
simple observation and experience.' If there was one word he detested most
frankly, this was ' esoteric.' I should like here to place on record
one of his last sayings on the subject, only this very year,—' These
lines of Meredith's are worth, in my opinion, many volumes of
theosophy:
' Into the breast that bears the rose
Shall I with shuddering fall ? '
"That article upon Astrology, for the EncyclopediaBritannica, which
Dr. Garnett anticipated, with much pleasure and satisfaction, having
to write, was never written—for this reason. He had composed and
committed a large portion of it to his marvellous memory, but
definitely intended postponing the actual writing until he had com-
pleted his book upon Fox—a biography of William Johnson Fox,
the minister of South Place. This book has been left for ever incom-
plete, consequently the article on Astrology also has perished with
him. Rough notes of it may exist, but I doubt this. When an
article had been thought out, mentally written, it was to him as already
accomplished, and consequently he has written ' the article is partly
completed.'
" I am much pleased with your interpretation of the influence of
Neptune upon his last book, and delighted to be able to end a letter
which might seem to be, even a little, ungracious, by telling you he
Iooked_upon Neptune as a ' spiritual' planet which should, and did,
bring him spiritual good, and bliss. But this belief dates only to
3io MODERN ASTROLOGY

within the last few years of his life." In a postscript the writer
adds that the unostentatious charity displayed in letter No. 3 is
" merely one among countless similar acts I know of—told, not by
himself, but by others."
It will be seen that there was some justification for Mr.
Shirley's statement (Modern Astrology, p. 272 of last issue), that
Dr. Garnett " strongly objected to the use of the word 'occult' in
connection with Astrology " !
But we think if the words " occult," " esoteric," and " theosophy "
held for us the same meaning—or rather, perhaps, meaninglessness
—that they appear to have had for Dr. Garnett, (who seems to have
associated them with mere " Indian or Arabian superstition," as he
said himself) we should disown them not less vehemently than he.
After all, it is from the different meanings attached by different
people to the same word that nearly all disagreements arise; for
we are most of us at one upon essentials.
For the rest, as to whether Dr. Garnett was really hostile to
the spirit of what we, at least, understand by the word " Theosophy,"
let anyone read the De Flagello Myrteo side by side with any of the
stories in The Saint and the Outlaw, written by a Theosophical writer,
and published by the Theosophical Publishing Society, and see if he
does not discern a remarkable unanimity in spirit, and indeed we
had almost said even in thought—in these two singularly beautiful
books.

TO ONE ON EARTH
Ah, happier homes beyond ! I wait you here.
White robes enwreathing radiant forms of light.
Lips at whose bidding joys flower in the height.
Thoughts that are flowers, and fill this sunny sphere
Where deeds of kindness like the stars shine clear ;
Jewels of joy in every earthward flight.
Rivers that run through lands where hope is white.
Winds that are warm with welcome to the ear.
Fly earthward, words of peace that throng and play ;
Bend earthward, happy faces gleaming peace ;
And soothe the heart to which my heart draws near.
Soft blooms of heaven makeglad her soul; and pray,
Kind lips of song whose joy can never cease.
Ah, happier homes beyond! I wait you here.
N. G. Shere.
 3"

Indian Astrology

By A. Fazulbhoy

VIII. The Houses. {Continued]

Fifth House.—It is called Suta Bhava. It signifies offspring,

intelligence, talents, etc.
(1) If Jupiter be in V. or with its ruler, and be aspected by or
in conjunction with benefics, the native will have sons (issues) to
comfort him.
(2) The same will be the case if the lord of the Ascendant be in
V., and its ruler and Jupiter be both essentially well dignified.
(3) Also if the lord of V. be Jupiter well dignified and aspecting
the Ascendant.
(4) Also if Jupiter and the ruler of V. be both well dignified
and aspected by benefics.
(5) Also if the lord of H. well dignified and aspected by Jupiter
be in V.
(6) Also if the lords of the Ascendant and V. be angular and
in conjunction with benefics, and the lord of 11, be well dignified.
(7) Also if the rulers of the Ascendant and V. be in mutual
dignities, or aspecting each other.
(8) Also if the disposer of the lord of V. in the Navmasa
Kundli be aspected by or in conjunction with benefics in the Bhava
Kundli.
(g) Also if the disposer of the rulers of the Ascendant and V.
in the Navmasa Kundli be in mutual dignities in the Bhava Kundli,
and that of Jupiter in the former be angular in the latter.
(10) If the rulers of V., VIL, and IX. be, together with the lord
of the Ascendant of the Navmasa-Kundli, in conjunction with malefics,
and the same be disposed of by malefics in the Navmasa Kundli, the
native will lose his son.
(n) The same will be the case if the lord of V. be disposed of
by a malefic in the Navmasa Kundli, and he be in his fall or in com-
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

bust and aspected by malefics or in the evil houses, viz., VI.,

VIII., XII. in the Bhava Kundli.
(12) If the disposer of the lord of XII. in the Navmasa Kundli
be disposed of by a planet whose disposer in the Decante Kundli be
in conjunction with the ruler of V. the native will be afflicted on
account of his son.
(13) The same will be the case if the lord of V. be in evil
houses and aspected by malefics and in an evil Shastyasa.
(14) If the lord of V. be disposed of by a benefic, or there be
benefics in V., or Jupiter be angular or triangular, the native will
be intelligent and clever.
(15) The same will be the case if the disposer of the lord of V.
in the Navmasa Kundli be aspected by or in conjunction with benefics
in the Bhava Kundli or be in ten dignities.
(16) Also if the lord of V. be a benefic and there be Jupiter
in V.
(17) If the ruler of V. be angular with benefics, and there also
be a planet in his exaltation, the native will have very good memory.
(18) If Jupiter be in his own house in the Navmasa Kundli, and
be in the igth Shastyasa of masculine .signs or 42nd of feminine
signs and be in at least four essential dignities, the native will be
able to know the past, present and future.

Sixth House. It is called Ripu Bhava, and signifies enemies,

thieves, difficulties, quarrels, diseases, wounds, etc.
(1) If the lord of VI. be angular and aspected by malefics, or
if there be malefics in the VI., the native will have to suffer from
his enemies.
(2) The same will be the case if the lord of VI. be in the
Ascendant, and that of the latter in VI., and both be in conjunction
with either Saturn, the Dragon's Head or Tail.
(3) If the lord of VI. be in the evil houses in his fall, in
combust or disposed of by his enemies, and the ruler of the Ascendant
be strong the native will be victorious over his enemies.
(4) If the ruler of VI. be with benefics and be disposed of by
benefics, the native will be reconciled to his enemies.
(5) The same will be the case if the ruler of VI. be weaker
than that of the Ascendant and be disposed of by benefics.
 INDIAN ASTROLOGY
(6) If the lord of VI. be in conjunction with Mars or disposed
of by him, and be aspected by Dragon's Head and Tail, the native
will be a deceiver and will show thievish propensities. The same
will be the case if there be Dragon's Head or Tail in VI. aspected
by malefics, and the same be disposed of by malefics in the Navmasa
Kundli.
(7) If the lord of VI. be in conjunction with malefics in the
Ascendant or VIII. house, the native will suffer from boils.
(8) If the ruler of the Ascendant and that of VI. be in -
conjunction with the Moon and Sun, he will suffer from fever.
(g) If the lord of VI. be ascending in conjunction with Mercury
and Dragon's Head, there will be venereal disease.
(10) If the lord of VI. and that of the Ascendant while
afflicted by Saturn be angular or triangular the native will suffer
imprisonment, and if Dragon's Head or Tail be also afflicting the
imprisonment will be rigorous.
(n) If Saturn be in IX. and Jupiter in HI. or the Sun in
VIII. the native will be wounded in the hands.
(12) If the lords of VI. and VHI. in conjunction with Mars
be disposed of by malefics in the Navmasa Kundli, and in the Rasi
Kundli there be the ascending or descending node of Saturn with these,
the native will die fighting.
(13) If the Sun in conjunction with malefics and aspected by
them be in VI., the native will suffer from boils caused by heat; if
the Moon be so afflicted he will suffer from wind; if Mars, from
leprosy; if Mercury, from chill; if Jupiter, from pain in the bosom ;
and if Venus, from diarrhoea.
(14) If the descending node of Saturn be placed in VI. and
it be aspected by Sun, Mars and the Dragon's Head, and be not
aspected by benefics, the native will suffer from asthma, cough, or
consumption.
(Te be continued)

" Sow an act, and you reap a habit!

Sow a habit, and you reap a character !
Sow a character, and you reap a destiny! "
 ®b£ lling anb ^ts Counsellors

An Allegory

[Continued from p. 277)

The King's next advisers were women, and were consulted by

him from June 21st to July 22nd. Their badge was a Crab.
They talked to the King, during the month they were with him,
of the groups of people bound together by ties of love and blood
which, in this world of ours, are called families. They told him that
no one knows what he is like until he sees his face, as reflected in the
polished silver mirror each member of his family carries.
They discoursed much of the many dwellings put up by men to
protect the mother and children from the chill spring blast, the summer
sun, the autumn rains, and the winter snows.
They talked of the tent in the desert, the Esquimaux hut in
Greenland, the fisherman's cot on the sea-shore, the manor-house of
the country squire, and the King's palace in the city.
They showed how the head of the family, the father, worked
early and late that the mother and children might live in comfort;
how the house-queen, the mother, while rocking the cradle ruled the
world ; and how the child, by his helplessness and innocence, made
all who came near him compassionate and reverent.
These members of the Fourth Order were always richly attired.
They passed along the corridors, and swept down the staircases of the
King's Palace, in robes of shimmering silk and satin. The colours they
most affected were those suggestive of moonlight. Many of them
had the crescent moon worked in fine silver wire on their garments.
Others had the leaves of the lotus flower, embroidered in seed-pearls
on the upper part of the bodice. An ornament much liked by some,
was a brooch made of the moonstone, and fashioned to resemble the
head of the night-owl. Others adorned themselves with cinctures of
pearl, gathering in their garments below the Bosom.
They were plump, and their movements were leisurely. Their
 THE KING AND HIS COUNSELLORS
eyes were large, their skins pale, and their noses turning over slightly,
suggesting the gripping power of the creature which their owners
badge represented.
With the next class of advisers, who stayed with him till August
33rd, the King felt most at home. They were all noble men, of
imperial bearing, and firm carriage. They wore, as a badge, the figure
of a Lion, and autographed their letters with a lion's tail, written thus :
SI. With a bush of curling hair that often fell on to his
shoulders ; eyes that flashed fire; short, direct nose ; long upper lip
that downward turned; and carrying himself with all the stealthy
grace of a free wild animal, each one looked, as he felt himself to be,
—a king.
As royal blood flowed in their veins, they alone were allowed to
wear the royal colour—purple, or what we should now call crimson.
On the left breast, and just over the Heart, each of these courtiers of
kingly birth wore, set in solid gold, a magnificent blood-red ruby.
During their month of office no small matters were discussed.
In their interviews they unfolded to the King noble plans for helping
people on a grand scale.
They always carried things with a high hand, and, when buying,
willingly paid over and above the just cost. The servants who waited
on them received costly gifts for the smallest services.
They were never so happy as when giving. They never forgot
that children like candies, and thought nothing of showering gold on
beggars.
They loved entertainments and pageants, in fact sights and shows
of all sorts.
They spent much of their time in the theatre and concert-room,
and were never themselves tired of creating beautiful things. They
designed lovely garments, made wonderful plays, composed the finest
music and wrote soul-stirring poetry.
Their great peculiarity was that they saw everybody, and every-
thing as though they were already perfect. The mean and trifling
were despised by them, and nothing less than full-grown beauty and
full-blown virtues were thought worthy of their consideration.
Myrrha.
{To be continued)
 ®lji (Eclipses of 1906

{Continued from p. 84)

III. A partial eclipse of the Sun, July 21st, 1906, invisible in

England, visible only in the extreme southern hemisphere. At
Greenwich the time of New Moon is 0.59 p.m.; the beginning of
Scorpio rises, Mercury culminates in Leo, and the luminaries at
2 0
7 ®50' are 'n close conjunction with Mars in the ninth house;
Jupiter being near the cusp of the ninth in the end of Gemini. There is
likely to be a good deal of discontent and ill-will among the people; a
wave of democratic and socialistic feeling will be experienced directed
against superiors, those in high places and the Church. The Moon
is stronger than the Sun here, and Mars is badly placed, denoting
quarrels and contention both at home and abroad. Fortunately
Jupiter is near enough to exert a good influence, although the planet
is not strong. Some measure is likely to pass in Parliament and
cause much excitement. There will be storms round our coasts, loss
of life at sea and trouble to shipping. Strikes are likely to be heard
of. The opposition of Venus to Saturn will bring forward many
unsavoury scandals, and women and children will be under unfavour-
able influences. The speculative side of finance will be adversely
affected and heavy falls in securities may be expected. Places of
amusement will suffer. There will be railway accidents. African
affairs are likely to prove very troublesome from the afflictions in
Cancer. Foreign and international troubles threaten Tibet and China.
The Kaiser's ascendant is afflicted, and King Edward's progressed
Sun, and our Government will be weakened. Some eminent literary
person will die.
IV. A total eclipse of the Moon, August 4th, 1906, 2.0 p.m.
G.M.T., visible in the southern hemisphere. Scorpio 10° rises, the
eclipsed Moon being at n0.a?i3' in the third house of the map for
London. The indications are very similar to those of the previous
eclipse, but the Government is shown to be stronger and able to over-
come its difficulties. The eclipse will be close to the King's Neptune
 THE ECLIPSES OF 1906 3x7
in the second house of the horoscope of birth and the twelfth of the
progressed horoscope. It is near the Sun in the Kaiser's horoscope,
and his health may suffer and some relative or state functionary die.
V. A partial eclipse of the Sun, August 20th, rgo6, visible near
the North Pole and in Canada. The time of New Moon at London
is 1.27 a.m., when Jupiter and Neptune will have just risen in Cancer
in opposition to Uranus and in square to Venus in Libra in the fourth
house. The Sun and Moon are at 2t)°Sl7' in 'i16 third house.
Mercury and Mars are in conjunction in the second, and Saturn is the
most elevated planet, being just past the cusp of the tenth. With
four planets in Leo, France and Italy will probably be more affected
by the eclipse than this country. It is not favourable for the ruling
powers, and some European Government is likely to totter, and some
royal personage will die. The conjunction of Mercury and Mars in
Leo will excite people's minds, and someriots or tumults will be heard
of, fires in many places, and thunderstorms. Therewill be fluctuations
of securities through highly speculative financial ventures. Capricorn
and Cancer countries will suffer, and the eclipse is in semi-square
to Neptune. The benefic influence of Jupiter in Cancer is checked
by the opposition of Uranus, which will excite sectarian religious
feelings and cause controversies turning upon religious subjects.
The proximity of Jupiter to Neptune might be extremely fortunate for
the mystical side of religion but here again the opposition of Uranus
is a serious drawback. The former two planets do not get into exact
conjunction this year, but they will only be degrees from it at the
end of October, when they transit the place of the Moon in the horo-
scope of a well-known occultist. There will be deaths from railway
and motor accidents, also from heart disease. The place of the
eclipse will be rising in the longitude of Turkey in Asia, Persia, and
Afghanistan ; and will be setting near the central line of North
America. Seismic disturbances will occur in places. Mars transits
the place of the eclipse on September 7th, when some of its evil effects
may be expected to eventuate.
The horoscopes of several astrologers are afflicted by this last
eclipse, it is curious to remark.
H. S. G.
 Qfcamplca of directing

As promised at the end of The Progressed Horoscope, we now give

examples of "Directing" in the nativities of Sir Richard and Lady
Burton, and to make these examples more valuable the primary
directions are given first place.
The whole of the work has been checked and considerably ampli-
fied by a first-class mathematician, who has spared no pains to make
the calculations easy for students to understand.

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The Horoscope of Lady Isabel Bdrton ; Born near the Marble Arch
London,0 20/3/1831; 8.50 a.m., G.M.T. (Note.—As now rectified, the Asc. should
be n I2 o', and M.C.sir^y'.)
 EXAMPLES OF DIRECTING

Lady Burton's Rectified Nativity, and Arcs for Principal

Events.
We have had computed no less than 160 Primary Directions
beginning at about twenty-four years, and consider the birthtime
given, 8.50 a.m., to be almost absolutely correct. Marble Arch, W.
is approximately in 5i03i' N. Lat., and 30 sees., W. Long. Allowing
for the latter, the Local Mean Time would be 8.49.30 a.m., for which
time the accompanying map is drawn. Now this gives Asc. d S ,
vnindo, converse, as ag^o', which is exactly the solar arc for twenty-
nine years and ten months, Lady Isabel's age at marriage 22/i/'6i.
The Specdldm.
Right Merid.
Latitude Declination Ascension Distce. Semi-Arc House Position
0 ' 0 t O 1 0 f 0 ir 0 t
0 0 23s 359 7 49 36 89 31 19 46 from 11 cusp
D 4 52S 18 2ON 81 17 4814 65 22 17 8 ,, 1 ..
5 2 16S 8 32S 345 46 3615 79 7 9 53 .. " ,1
« 0 39S 7 22N 19 3 69 32 99 22 3 17 .. 12 ,,
i 1 15N 21 55N 60 15 no 44 120 25 30 27 12 „'
U 0 31S 17 26S 315 35 6 4 66 43 64.. 10
•? 1 40N 14 23N 148 59 19 28 7110 19 28 ,, 4 it
iff 0 38S 17 32S 315 45 6 14 66 35 6 14 from 10 „
V 0 30N 20 44S 296 26 13 5 61 33 7 26 „ 9 .•

(1) In 1852 she met her future husband. Was introduced to him.
Fancied him.
Primary: M.C. ^O, Zod.1 = 2i04o' = November1 1852.
Secondary; O d ? , Radix, = November, 1852.
(2) Engagement, August, 1856: Arc = 25025', chief influences
leading to this :
? Par. D , Radix, complete at January 1st, 1856.
D d ? , = June, 1856.
But this engagement involved the native in great trouble, for
over four years, owing to the determined opposition of her friends,
especially her mother. Now, observe the long list of Primary
Directions, at twenty-five and twenty-six, or years 1856 and 1857.
0 If 0 1
M.C. □ d , zod., en 25 4 D Par. d, zodiac, = 26 27
Q S k , mundo. 25 7 C? d 9 , mundo, = 26 28
O □ D, mundo, m. 26 9 ])□?, zodiac, = 26 29
d Q O, zodiac. = 26 16 d ^ D, zod. conv., = 26 30
D d d, mundo, = 26 20 Q* *2. zod. conv., = 26 ^4
cpP.i?, zodiac, ■C5 26 2?
 3«o MODERN ASTROLOGY
Chit) Secondary.
Gal", Radix and Prog., = 1857.
(3) Mr. Burton left for Africa, October 3rd, 1856.
Secondary.
P D Ij , Prog., = September, 1856.
p □ ^ , Radix, = October, ,,
(On the 3rd of October, 1856, J was in t ii022' in S to the radical Ascendant.)
(4) Continental Tour, during 1838 and 1859. Probably arranged
by her friends with a view to turn her mind from her engagement.
No doubt native enjoyed the lengthened tour; but the influences are
mixed. She still kept to her engagement.
(5 & 6) Mr. Burton returned in 1859; but as the mother still
opposed the marriage, he left again, early in i860.

Primary Arcs. Secondary.

1858. 1838.
G A 'j. radix,
P * G, zod.con. = 26 49 S Z p. radix,
tj par. G zod. con. = 26 53 P Alf. = March, 1858
G*d, mundo 26 57 P rf <f. — May „
MO. 0 tj, zod. con. = 27 24 P* ?. = June „
<?<*«, zod. con. 27 25 P 8 P. — July
M.C. z zod 27 41 P * •?. — Aug. „
1859- P * >?. = Sept.
M.C. *«i. mundo 27 57 P * G.
Asc. A I?, zod. con. 28 15 If stat.on p pi., = Oct. ,.
Asc. A If, mundo 28 18 {Solar return, March, 1858 :
Asc. A ijl, mundo 28 26 P d Itf,# J.*G.* ij.* S.* ?.)
These good arcs to Asc. appear to 1859-
coincide with his return. d * ? , r.
P □ >?, zod. con. = 28 39 ? □ "l, P-
Trouble again by mother (Solar return, March, 1859;
( Ij lord of 10, and in 4)- G * : P A If and ?)
If stat. on p prog, pi., Nov., 1859.
(7) This was another trying year, Burton returned towards end
of i860, for a final answer. He said: I have waited five years—our
lives are being spoiled by the unjust prejudice of your mother. If
once you really let me go, 1 shall never come back. , . . Is
your answer ready ? "
Primary. Secondary.
i860. G Z I#, radix.
? □ <?, radix.
Asc. □ <J>, zod. con., = 28 57 p dip, r. and p., Nov., i860,
G □ If. zodiac, — 29 35 (ip was on the radical G's place
G □ $. zodiac, — 29 41 during i860.)
The i860 influences show there was great risk of the match
being broken off. But a train of better influences was at hand, viz. ;
 EXAMPLES OF DIRECTING 321

(8) Marriage, January 22nd, 1861 Arc = 29050'.

Primary. Secondary.
1 t
D aV. zod. con., 29 50 D* ?, prog.. s=i. Jan.. 1861
Ate. d ? , m., con., -- 29 50
O* S, zodiac, = 30 3'
Asc. par. S zod. con , — 30 12
Asc. * D. zod. con., 30 '7 • I presume, under these arcs of 8 .
M.C. par. 8 , zodiac, -■ 30 '7 etc., following marriage, Mr. and Mrs.
Asc. L 17, zodiac, 30 19 Burton would have much travelling, or
M.C. * i, mundo, 30 27 moving about, etc. (He was not then
Asc. d ? , zod. con.. 30 52 knighted.)
(g) In danger at sea, in Bay of Biscay, January 25th, 1863.
Arc = 3i050.'
Yes, but she had enough good influence to save her.
Primary. Secondary.
O A D. zod. con., 31 18 ? *©. radix, = Nov., 1862
D par- D, zod. con., 31 32 8 par. 5, radix, = beg., 1863
Asc. par. , zod. con., 31 35 D rf •?. r. and p., = Feb., 1863
O par. 17. zod. con., 31 38' • These, and D rf , are the danger
D S U'.t zodiac, 31 42* ous ones. Mr. H. Daath in his article
V # D.t mundo. 32 zo" in M. A. (Vol. IX.. p. 213) makes a slip
O* S. zod. con., 32 46 in giving i d ti radix, and D J If and
O rapt. par. ij 32 49 IJI. These fell a year earlier, or at 31,
t Note.—if in glh house, at birth. not 32.
(10) Husband appointed Consul at Damascus. Left for there,
December 16th, 1869 : Arc = 38045'.
Primary. Secondary.
1
Asc. s. zod. con., = 38 26 ©ZD, r. — Aug., 1869
O AV, zodiac, = 38 41 ? A M.C., r. = ., i,
<f * D. mundo, = 39 1 D □ 2/, prog. = Dec. ,,
D, zod. con., = 39 3 (7th Aug., 1869 : © eel., S IJI, prog.
Asc. par. ©, zod. con., = 39 7 3rd Dec., 1869: new D. ; 110, 8 Asc.)
(11) Misfortune: husband recalled from his post, August 16th,
1871 : Arc = 40024'.
Primary. Secondary.
© □ i?. zodiac, = 39 54 © par. •?. radix, = Aug., 1871
D par ij, zod. con., = 40 29 D £ ?. prog., = Sept.
M.C. □ O. zod. con., = 40 34 (16 Aug.. 1871 : new D , in 230Jl,
on Ij's prog, pi.)
The above Primaries are very significant. The intrigues against
the Burton's, in London, would begin under Q □ Tj • The M.C. □ 0
is a noted arc for disfavour of superiors, etc.; and that arc, being to
an angle (M.C.), confirms the conclusion that given birth-time may be
Called right.
32a MODERN ASTROLOGY

(12) Good fortune: husband appointed November, 1873, to

Trieste, Austria, as Consul: Arc=4i04o'.
Primary. Secondary.
O I
O <J ip, mundo, = 41 13 O par. I?, prog., «= 1872
O rf i, mundo, =4128 5 a i?, prog., = Dec., 1872
D □ if, mundo, =41 30
O rf ip, zod. con.. = 41 35
Orfi, zod. con., =41 43
Asc. * if, zod. con., = 41 46
S A J. mundo, = 41 53
It is plain from this that 1; d ^ in her M.C. acted by no means
evilly when the O was directed to their d, but quite the reverse !
(13) Published a book, which met with success. Voyage to
India, 1875: Arc=440 onwards.
Primary. Secondary.
0 '
M.C. a "j, rod. con., = 43 44 © par. tl, p., = Jan., 1875
j rfO, mundo, = 43 59 » Aip, p., = Aug. „
© par. y, zod. con., = 44 3 tl rf if, r. and p., = June „
© par. ip, rod. con., = 44 32 5*0. r., = Oct. .,
5 * ip. mundo. = 44 37
5* , mundo, = 44 56
All these are confirmatory of the good year, except J d 0 m.
But J and 0 were in sextile at birth.
(14) Husband died, October 20th, 1890: Arc = 59035'. The
nearest Primaries seem to be:
Primary. Secondary.
o ■.*
*1 par. ©, mundo, = 58 54 ©□ >?. r., = Sept., 1889
M.C. S Asc., zod. con., z= 59 2 5 par. 3, t., = 1890
Asc. rfip, mundo con., = 60 21 D 3 k, r. and p., = June „
5 □ O. p.. = July
(15) Lady Burton died, March 22nd, 1906: Arc = 650o'.
Asc. S M.C., zodiac, = 6505'
(i.e., 70 si. 4tb cusp, had come up to Asc.)
O 3 3, radix, = June, 1896. 5 Q 5. radix, = March, 1896.
Solar return, March, 1896 :
M.C. = tn. i2034'. Asc. = Yifo' (8th house rises)
p = W 20 o', in 4th, s h and ip in 10th, ip in >iii8044'. ip in tiv2402i'
0
© a 3/, V in 7th house.
[To he ceniinued)
 Begrees of tbc Zabiac ^mboltscir

Translated from " La Volasfera," hy Sepharial

AQUARIUS

(Continued from page 234)

ss 24TH Degree.—A bent stalk bearing a full ear of corn.

This symbol is related to one of undoubted faculty and mental ability,
but with too little of courage and power of attack to make bis merit felt in
the world. Such an one will be bent and broken by the winds of adversity,
and having but small physical stamina be will find it difficult to sustain the
highest expressions of bis mental growth in the face of much want and physical
distress. Yet he will not be bent or broken by adversity till he has given
expression to an extraordinary amount of learning and will be popularly
appreciated. It is a degree of Bending.
ss 25TH Degree.—A dark face wearing an expression of fierce
anger, and across the forehead a red band of blood.
This symbol indicates one whose nature is vindictive and passionate
almost beyond power of control. There will be some danger of frenzy or
even acute mania, such as will warrant bis enforced detention. His thoughts
are those of the Ishmaelite and avenger of hereditary wrongs, and be is as
one who sees blood in the air and runs amok. It is a dangerous predisposi-
tion and unless controlled by the power of moral persuasion, intellectual
training and social culture, will assuredly lead to trouble and disgrace. It
is a degree of Malice.
zs 26th Degree.—A man walking blindfold towards the opening
of a deep pit.
This indicates one whose thoughts and projects are liable to become
chaotic and confused, so that be may be said to be walking in the dark, and
to that extent may be led into grave dangers. It may be from ignorance
or from want of alertness and responsiveness to bis surroundings that be
will come by hurt to himself, but save by the helping and directing band of
some wise friend, or the overarching love of Heaven, be cannot escape
downfall and ruin. The higher the position be may occupy, the greater the
danger of falling. Let him therefore study to walk warily and in humility in
the simple ways of life and not aspire to tread paths which are unfamiliar
and full of pitfalls for the unwary. It is a degree of Blinding.
ss 27TH Degree.—A stately mansion surrounded by trees in an
expanse of pastureland.
This symbol denotes one who will be " house-proud," fond of his home
and desirous of acquiring estate, so that be may have the uninterrupted joys
of continuous home life. He will prove himself to be a capable and polished
member of society, a good patriot, and an earnest upholder of the traditions
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
of his people and country. Of a pleasant and frank nature, and humane
disposition, he will readily attract friends around him, and will be never so
happy as when entertaining them in a homely but unostentatious manner.
He will prosper in the world and will be beloved for his breadth of mind and
wide sympathies. It is a degree of Possession.
zz 28th Degree.—A cup, a pack of playing cards, and dice.
This symbol denotes a person of dissipated and irregular life, whose
weakness for wine and gambling is likely to lead him into sore difficulties
and many excesses. His mind will be addicted to the pursuit for fortune by
adventitious means, so that while he may succeed in attaching himself to
others of like propensity and habits, he will lack even their confidence, and
failing, will lose their adherence also. Thus, unless he shall elect to follow
the paths of simple industry and patient toil in the ordinary walks of life, he
will come to ruin and will be forced to pick up a precarious livelihood in
the byways of social activity. It is a degree of Spoliation.
zz 2gTH Degree.—Two crossed swords surrounded by a wreath
of laurels.
Whoever has this astral signature will be remarkable for his powers of
attack and defence. He may be a clever barrister, a successful diplomat, or
a man of the sword. In the passage of arms which will constantly fall to his
lot, he will prove himself capable and skilful to a degree. He will show
considerable powers of execution, a pointedness and directness of speech, an
incisive manner, and sharp,r.acute, penetrating mind. He will gain honours
in his special walk in life, and should he take to the sword either in the
defence of his own country or the conquest of another, he will meet with
distinction and honours. Yet he will hold but little of this world's goods and
must rely continually on his power of cutting his way through life by his
own continuous exertions. It is a degree of Execution.
zz 30TH Degree.—A sceptre surrounded by a crown.
This symbol denotes one who will rise to distinction and offices of great
power and influence. He will display capacity for government and ruler-
ship, and, however humble his origin, will speedily attain to a foremost
position in his own sphere and may successfully attempt even greater heights
than many of his predecessors and contemporaries. In mind he will show
himself to be rigid, strict, upright and unbending in his integrity. His
affections, although by no means warm, are yet sincere and constant, and
his ambitions are compassed by the one word Authority.
PISCES
ist Degree.—A man and woman standing face to face, their
hands clasped.
This symbol denotes a nature of genial, friendly and sociable qualities
to which the ties of domestic and social life will constitute the sum of pos-
sible happiness. Such will live in harmony with his fellows, preserving his
relations in the most perfect accord, and on all occasions giving evidence of
fidelity, devotion and self-control. He will rule others by the power of
persuasion, and will attain his ambitions by the exercise of unusual powers
of adaptability. As a man of business he will be chiefly successful in
bringing together elements of contrary natures, forming combinations of
utility, and uniting forces which singly would prove incomplete and ineffectual.
It is a degree of Union,
 DEGREES OF THE ZODIAC SYMBOLISED

H 2nd Degree.—A chest floating on an open sea.

This is an index of a nature that is placid and calm and disposed rather
to carelessness and lassitude. He will be willing to sacrifice much for his
own comfort and peace of mind, and will rarely distress himself on account
of others. Nevertheless there is a strong undercurrent of feeling and pas-
sion, which, when roused, will prove formidable. Left to himself he will
prove inoffensive and dilatory, careless and haphazard. But when opposed
he will show himself capable of fierce resentment and irresistible force.
There is little doubt that he will lose much of his property by allowing
things to drift and take their own course, where be should be taking the
direction and management of them in hand. Although by no means a weak
character, he will pass for such on account of his indifference to his own
affairs and those of others. It is a degree of Indifference.
H 3RD Degree.—A boar's head upon a dish.
This is indicative of a headstrong and rather petulant nature, to whom
the good things of this life will count for much. He will have a taste for
high living and may show exceptional faculty in the culinary arts. His dis-
position will be generous and hospitable, and the best of his nature will be
evident when he is entertaining his friends in convivial feasts. Possessed
of a fiery and petulant nature, he will make many enemies, but will always
succeed in bringing them into accord with him by some subsequent act of
generosity and goodwill. At heart he is bountiful and humane, but he will
be adjudged coarse and self-indulgent and a slave to the appetites. It is a
degree of Conviviality.
H 4TH Degree.—A trilithon consisting of two strong pillars of
stone with a horizontal thwart of the same material. Within the
trilithon is a strong iron gate.
This is the index of one whose nature is set about with the security
which arises from a prudent and cautious nature, a high order of intelligence
and a strong stability of character. He will prove to be a haven of refuge
for the weak and helpless and a protection to all who stand in need of a
friend. Within his gate there is peace and security, rest and satisfaction.
He will successfully withstand the assaults of his enemies, and although it
will be at all times difficult to get at the inward nature and motive of his
life, yet to those who are admitted to his confidence he will justify his
reticence, his retirement and his independence of action. Justice and
self-restraint will be the keynotes of his nature. It is a degree of Defence.
H 5TH Degree.—Three men advancing arm in arm.
This indicates one whose nature is given to friendship and the delights
of social intercourse, and whose nature will find chief expression in the
fostering of amicable relations between others. Prolixity and diffusion of
effort may render his best intentions void of good results, but that they are
animated by the best feelings none of his friends will ever doubt. He will
have many supporters and his confidences will be esteemed by them. He
may profitably be engaged in the instruction and leading of others, whether
as a teacher, director, overseer or officer, and he will be one of those to
whose instruction and advice men will naturally incline. His fondness for
pleasure, however, may ruin his prospects. It is a degree of Accord.
(To be continued)
 JFabourabh anb Enfabourabb Sirtbbajja

For the month of July, igo6

[The basis of these prognostications is the transit of the major planets,

f, Ifi i?, over the annual zodiacal position of the Sun on the dates
given. It must b.e borne in mind that in all cases the effect of a ' transit' is
subordinate to the ' directions ' in operation at the time ; should tbesebebad
the " unfavourable " birthdays will prove so much the worse, and the " favour-
able" so much the less good ; and vice versa. Consequently it is improbable
that people born on the same day of the year will find these remarks apply
equally in all cases, but in a broad sense the general circumstances during
the current month will be much as indicated.]
Unfavourable Birthdays.—Those born on March 5th, 6th or
7th of any year, more especially the years 1862, '77, '78, '85, will feel
the restraining and depressing influence of Saturn very powerfully
during this present month, since that planet is retrograde upon the
place held by the Sun at their birth. There will be some tendency
to melancholia, which should be striven against, or it may become
morbid despondency; the health will be somewhat depressed, the
circulation enfeebled, and an increased liability to chills will be
experienced : these effects will be temporary, however, and need not
be felt at all if active exercise is taken and a positive attitude of mind
resolutely maintained.
Mars is rapid in bis passage through the two latter decanates of
Cancer this month, and will affect those whose birthdays fall within
the first twenty days of July, but slightly, quickening the desires and
all out-going energies, and somewhat stimulating the passions also.
Favourable Birthdays.—Those born from the 12th to the igth
of June, in any year, will feel the beneficent influence of Jupiter's
passage over the Sun's position at birth, and it should bring them
profitable enterprises and pleasant journeys, with much mental and
social activity. This will be especially the case with those born on
the abovedates in the years 1855, '5g, *63, '75.
Peculiar and Uncommon Birthdays.—We have not received
as full a response to our invitation of the last three months, under
this heading, as we had expected. The two outermost planets of our
system are still within orbs of their opposition, about the tenth and
fifth degrees of the tropical signs, thus affecting all those born
between Christmas and New Year, or during the last week of June,
in any year—especially the years 1864 to 1S67—and it is sure to
lead to strange and romantic events in many cases. We trust
any instances that come before the notice of our readers will be
communicated to us.
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JUtnarksbb (last of ^rttrision

The following press-cutting, taken from a local paper, will serve
to remind readers of the remarkable instance of prevision in which the
Rev. W. Meredith Morris prophesied from the pulpit the death of a
young man, the prophesy being fulfilled on the following day, when
Evan Jones, the youth referred to, was killed at the Garth Colliery :
" Extraordinary scenes were witnessed ast night at the Garth Church,
Maesteg, at a memorial service for Evan Jones, the youth killed in a local
colliery, and whose death was predicted by the curate-in-charge, the Rev.
W. Meredith Morris. The church was crowded, and the pulpit was again
occupied by the Rev. Mr. Morris. He did not wish, cried the preacher, to
cause sensation, but be could see through all the youths of the congrega-
tion, and could point out any guilty of sin. Shading bis eyes with bis
1
band be looked round the congregation and pointed to several persons.
Drunk last night and took the Sacrament to-day ' be cried to one.
"The boy Evan Jones, he continued, was not a gambler; he was one
of whom be bad prayed might come back to the Church. The lad promised
be would, but be did not. ' I amperfectly satisfied,' be said,' my vision was
fulfilled on Monday last.' Here be broke down, and for several minutes
sobbed like a child. Many members of the congregation also wept aloud.
There are si* gambling dens in Garth .proceeded Mr. Morris,'and
bell baa opened a branch lately.' Last Sunday, be said, be asked those
present at the evening service to pray for those for whom he was concerned.
Only two did so—'you and you,' pointing to two people. ' Why did you not
do so ? I will not be very long, n this world. Only two prayed for the
young men. For that reason they were not saved. I promise you if you
pray to-night some of those whom I have as a burden on my soul will be
saved. You cannot deceive me. I will know by ten o'clock to-night bow
many have prayed for the young men.'
" At the close of the singing Mr. Morris said be would not again refer
publicly to his recent remarkable experience."
A correspondent forwards a letter received from the Rev. Mr.
Morris, in which, in reply to her question, he states that he was born
at Tycanol Farm, in the parish of Pentfaen, Co. Pembroke, on
April 5th, 1867, at 9 a.m., which yields the following :—
Hodsbs.
X. XI. XII. I. 11. in.
*526° *28° « 15° 321° 3217° A 4°
Planets.
0 ¥ h ? «
TIJ° Tai" TI3 «B5° 11123°?' 5528° 3221° M30 M29°? (b®70 an 22°
Currtnl progrtssid aspects :— J p. * 3Z, p. * Itf p.. appl. a J p. ; S p. Ti803o'
The influence of Neptune as well as Jupiter is here very pro-
nounced, and we learn from other sources that Mr. Morris is an
authority on violins and has published a book on the subject. We
have no space at the moment to offer any remarks on the map, but
may perhaps refer to it later. Meantime we tender hearty thanks
to our correspondent for her co-operation, and hope others will
follow her example in obtaining interesting and instructive examples
of horoscopes in this way, where it often happens that so much more
is possible to the private enquirer than to the Editor of a magazine.
 lEctters to tljc (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 (r) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only ; (2) that planetary positions, at
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.]

A San Francisco Subscriber writes

Dear Sir,
Enclosed are some dippings which I thought would
interest you, especially the seismograph record of the earthquake at San
Francisco on April 18th. It is impossible to write of things just now.
I am fearfully shattered, can scarcely write, but I wanted to change
address, and give you time for making some observations for next
number of Magazine, if you so desired. I Jost a great many books—all
astrological—and many valuable data. I had some books in another
place, so was not that fortunate ? My daughter lost everything, books,
clothes; we escaped with just what we could carry by hand. The
first night, April iS'.h, we slept in an open park—whsu we slept at all
—but the blazing spectacle was magnificent. One cannot describe
the horrors of that week. I did not have my clothes off for a week,
for fear of more earthquakes. I wanted to send papers, but the
P.O. will only handle letters, but I think you can get some idea
from the clippings. I am now in the country, trying to regain my
nerves.
In looking over the horoscopes of those who have been associated
in astrological and theosophical work, we find that those who had
anywhere from tenth to second house have been wonderfully
preserved. We feel that this is a racial as well as an individual karma
that we are experiencing. We hope that this is the last that we will
have to undergo of this kind of disaster. Several of us know that we
went completely under, many thousands of years ago. Prof. David-
son, of the Geodetic Survey of California, says that San Francisco is
built on-the ruins of three other cities. Our memories are distinct
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
enough on some phases of one other city, and we have tried to hold
our individual centre, knowing how necessary it was.
You will observe how different the seismograph record is from
any other ones, showing how violent the shake was, and that at
Honolulu, and Moscow, Russia, there were disturbances at the same
hour and minute. I will try to send papers if I can, or if you wish
them so late as they would reach you. No doubt many details are
published in your London papers, but they cannot give an adequate
idea of the suffering, misery, and helplessness of this unfortunate city.
Through all this troublous time, I thought only of my books, but
I do not worry. I am looking at the deeper lesson, and what it
means to us in the future.
Cliff House is still standing, but very much shattered, probably
no business there for four months, maybe never. At this date it is
impossible to tell what may be done. Banks will not be opened for
four weeks, and while rebuilding has commenced it will take months
to recover trade. 225,000 people have left the city, about one-half of
the population. Many lost everything, and many have been scared
away. If there are any questions you would like to ask, I will get all
the information I can for you, for we feel this is something more than
just an earthquake. A psychic said to me just a week before the
fire that troublous times were ahead, not far away.
If every thought makes a form, which either ascends as it
is spiritual, or descends as it is material, then the people here
to-day are largely responsible for this disaster, as San Francisco was
a city of corruption and craft, hard to believe to one who did not
know the conditions.
Geyserville, Calif. Yours sincerely,
April loth, 1906. N. P.
The seismograph record (which we regret we cannot reproduce) is very
interesting, especially since il is endorsed with the exact time of the earth-
quake, as recorded at the Chabot Observatory : namely 5.14.48 a.m. S.P.T.
{Standard Pacific Time), i.e., 1.14.48 p.m. G.M.T., 18/4/06; this makes the
R.A.M.C. at San Francisco 37.47 N., 122.26 W., at the time of Earthquake,
18/1. 481H. 6s., giving ley 11.4 on the M.C. and T 19.28 in the Ascendant. A
cutting enclosed by N. P., relating to the remarkable preservation of
Alcatraz Island, will be found elsewhere.—Ed.]

Result of " Progressed Horoscope " Calculations for 1905-6

Dear Sir,
Perhaps the result of planetary influences for a year past,
in comparison with your predictions (No. 5,073)"|: may be of interest,
and worthy of remarks as regards seeming discrepancies, viz.:
1905-6, ]) passing through njz, certainly brought me into contact

" Which of course were specially calculated for "Scorpio"; but the reader
might refer to these aspects as delineated in The Progressed Horoscope and compare
what is said with our correspondent's remarks.
 MObBRK ASTROLOGY
with inferiors, more than customary; and I had to exercise tact
occasionally in dealing with them.
May and Junt, 1905, ])^2 , coincided with operation of mild,
pleasurable emotions, and brought me a "new acquaintance," by
the birth of a son and heir in May, necessitating friendly intercourse
with doctor, neighbours and nurse. The " slight gain " happened
also, and proved to be slight.
July, 1905, harmonised with a peaceful and prosperous
time.
August, 1905, excitement to "watchful control" enabled
me to reduce certain " worries and anxieties " to a minor nature.
September, 1905, • induced me to become pushful enough, as
I thought, but my efforts failed to bring any obvious gain or advantage.
Health and disposition satisfactory.
October, 1905, Jld W) niade me feel somewhat more original and
inventive, and inclined towards occult studies and mataphysical sub-
jects. No sudden and unexpected change, peculiar experiences, or
improper attachment, as predicted (although my superiors may have
decided then to effect the disaster of February and March following).
Criticism and sarcasm seemed more than usually appropriate in my
environment.
November, 1905, X)E0(R)> brought me physical troubles and
difficulties, through ill-health in the family circle.
December, 1905, JlPb 1 may have assisted in maturing the disaster
of later months, although I obtained no intimation thereof, and, in
fact, earned high praise from my immediate superiors locally.
January, 1906, 0 V 5 , found me engaged upon extra literary
work, and correspondence of a pushful nature ; but I failed to achieve
the desired success, or confer a benefit such as I sought for others,
and had to confess to checks at every turn. Perhaps the seed then
sown may prove fruitful later on, as I am determined to " try again "
on similar lines. The predictions for JlAW, same month, raised
hopes, and induced striving, which ended abortively; no gain
observable.
February, 1906 ]) P 5 (R), found me full of desires for improve-
ment of the social condition of the lower classes, and restlessly eager
to find the opportunities of promulgating a programme of reforms.
However, at this crisis I received an utterly unexpected notification
that a disastrous change of conditions for me had been decided upon
by my superiors, as the outcome of a change of their policy and
practice; and, by this detriment, I would be involved in a loss of
more than half my modest income, from the early part of the ensuing
month. My efforts to avert or mitigate the evil in my own case were
as unsuccessful in my own case as those I had expended for the good
of others. I felt more than usually keen and alert, mentally; and
" caution" was my ruling admonition; whilst ■ my experience of
peculiar characters became larger than usual. Your predictions
seemed to give me mastery over the situation, but—Ichabod !
March, 1906 D A I? (R), brought a host of sobering and steadying
influences, and the hard manual work and mental responsibility of
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moving household effects so as to settle down in a more fixed—and
also, I trust, more harmonious—groove in the daily life. The
" promotion " portended was an uncompromising reverse, as men-
tioned above; and I cannot find cause so far for an admission that I
have " become more important in many ways."
Now, I am prepared for any " new vibration," and am seeking
after something good to do for the benefit of the poor and needy.
" Scorpio."

[We are extremely obliged to our correspondent for this letter, and for
pointing out the directions in which the forecast proved inaccurate. If
only a few more of our friends would take the like trouble, endeavouring
also to be as clear and definite in expression, the directional part of
Astrology would be very materially assisted, and progress would soon be
made.
" Scorpio" will be remembered for his interesting contribution on
" Antediluvian Astrology," in our last volume (as well as previous articles in
earlier issues), and, therefore, his testimony will carry weight,—En. ]

Where Does the Zodiac Start ?

Dear Sir,
I wish to thank you for your insertion of my letter and
your kind remarks thereon, and also to comment on points raised.
Thanks also for your interesting treatment of " Division of Zodiacal
Signs." I hope your readers will respond.
Midern Astrology, p. 287. iri —" Night House of <?."—ng—ditto
of $ ? I based my remarks on Encyclopedia Britamica: "For
genethliacal purposes the signs were divided into six Solar and six
Lunar, the former counted onward from Leo, the ' house of the Sun,'
the latter backward from the Moon's domicile in Cancer."
Glyph. %—2)0. You have raised an interesting point here. Had
I known you would attach importance to commencement of Zodiac
for y , would have added the following point, which is very curious ;
It appears that the Ancients did not have the sign =s= as such,
but made irt—(which is opposite 8)—do duty for two signs, =2= and ill..
Encyclopedia Britannica says : " The earlier Greek writers . . ,
knew of only eleven zodiacal symbols, but made one do double duty,
extending the Scorpion across the seventh and eighth divisions. No
representation of the seventh sign (^) has yet been discovered on any
Euphratian monument, but it is noticeable that the eighth (ill.) is
frequently doubled."
I fancy zz and 8 are not different beginnings, but parts of one
and the same scheme. They are 90° from each other, and, at the
Winter Solstice, 8—the vernal equinox—marks the Ascendant for the
year, (zz = beginning of astronomical year, 8 = beginning of astrological
year).
P.S.—Evidently the Zodiac and the sign rulership of the planets
now used by astrologers date back to the time when the entry of'the
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Sun into H marked the vernal equinox, beginning of the astro-

logical year. I think that would be roughly something like 4,000-
5,000 years ago.
Yours very truly,
" Sagittarius."

Lieutenant R. J. Morrison, the celebrated Zadkiel

Dear Sir,
To expose a persistent error in some quarters by obtaining
authentic information as to the rank and services of Richard J.
Morrison, the first " Zadkiel," I have consulted the Naval Biographi-
cal Dictionary, published by the Admiralty in 1849, and have
searched the registry and list of names in the Royal Navy during the
early part of last century. Mostly from these sources are the follow-
ing items as to his career. Born June 15th, 1795, he entered the Navy
September 30th, 1806; was continually on active duty, shared in
much perilous boat-service with the fleet in the Adriatic, was aboard
the ship "Spartan " which,on May 3rd, 1810, singly and alone was
victorious in the Bay of Naples over a Franco-Neapolitan squadron
of ninety-five guns and about 1,900 men. He was made Lieutenant
in his twentieth year, his seniority being March 3rd, 1815, and during
that year he was part of the time Master's Mate on several ships ;
served in the Coast Guard for some years, when he was compelled to
resign on account of ill-health caused by exposure while rescuing
shipwrecked men in February, 1828. Two medals were awarded
him for merit on special occasions.
In 1824 his proposal for registering merchant seamen, in view of
manning the fleet, was presented to the Government, and in substance
adopted. Another plan of his relating to sailors in the navy was
offered to the Admiralty and debated in the House of Commons,
which on approval resulted ere long in the addition of 1,000 sturdy
lads to the naval force of England. Also, he was author of a number
of inventions pertaining to marine matters.
Upon the uncertain sea of business speculation in after years his
course was not so brilliant, as is related in a curious book by
Christopher Cooke, the author of A Plea for Urania.
Lieutenant Morrison was evidently an officer of such bravery
and intelligence as required only the field of a longer term of service
to have won for him the highest rank.
Attaching to his name, as some do, a title (Commander) which
he never held is a mere blunder, which, having been last year attributed
to me is here repudiated, as I have full enough errors of mine
own. Although, of course, his title in its full purport was Lieut.-
Commander, that is no warrant for insisting upon the use alone of
the latter half, though it has been constantly so used, merely for its
superior sound, for advertising purposes.
I would take this opportunity to protest also against a quite
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 333
serious matter, the breach of my copyright of Tables of Houses in a
Western State by a publication purporting to be my Tables, and
advertised widely for some years past, especially of late by circulars
emanating from a person in an Eastern city. It extends the latitude
to 63°, probably/hrfgrrf on badly, and the price is higher than mine.
I suppose (not having seen it) that the text is mostly omitted ; but
my copyright covers also the original and peculiar arrangement of
columns, etc. Considering the quacky source, this dark fraud by a
white man is, no doubt, poorly got up, and must be set down as
condemnable, in the interest of purchasers as well as of myself.
Boston, U.S.A. J. G. Dalton.

[We have not felt justified in altering the last portion of Mr. Dalton's
letter in view of the fact that any palming off of other tables as his is quite
inexcusable and likely to cause much confusion, but we think he would have
been betteradvised to procure a copy and to examine it before making public
his complaint.—Ed.]

The Symbolical Mundane Zodiac

Dear Sir,
In connection with a difficult case of apparently irresistible
attraction followed by a broken engagement, keenly regretted by both
parties, 1 was referred by your ever-courteous sub-editor to the inter-
esting letter from " Maffra," on p. 477 of Modern Astrology, for
October, 1905. I believe his proposal to represent the mundane
positions of the planets symbolically by a zodiac having the first
point of Aries at the ascendant is perfectly in line with a form of
astrological symbolism of which we have an example in the rulership
of the houses—the first house being ruled by Mars, as is the first sign
in the zodiac. But when we come to the precise formula for the
calculation of a planet's oblique ascension under its own pole, I fear
that many enquirers may have felt discouraged by the amount of
calculation required.
There is, however, a method of representing a planet's place in
the circle of observation, i.e., the circle represented by the horoscopic
figure, which is very easily carried out when the semi-arc and meridian
distance are known, and these are elements of the " speculum," as
described in Sepharial's Prognostic Astronomy, also in your excellent
book on the Progressed Horoscope, pp. 223, 224. I have frequently
made use of this method for calculating aspects in mundo, even apart
from " directions." I simply find the proportionate meridian (or
horizontal) distance on a semi-arc of 90°, and thus define the exact
place in the circle of observation.
I will illustrate my method by a reference to the horoscopes of
the two people mentioned above, giving degrees only. The gentle-
man's Mars was in the first house, 790 from the lower meridian, on a
nocturnal semi-arc of 1120. This corresponded to 64° on a semi-arc
334 MODERN ASTROLOGY
0
of go , or 26° below the ascendant. In the symbolical zodiacassumsd
by " Maffra," Mars is therefore at Aries 26°. This does not correspond
to anything in the natal horoscope of the lady, but it is very nearly
the position of her progressed Moon at the time of the engagement.
Two more coincidences were noted in the same way : his symbolical
Venus was found to be on her Neptune, and at the time of the
engagement his progressed Venus was passing her symbolical Mars.
This in addition to two other signs already noticed in the natal and
progressed figures: his Uranus on her Mars, and her progressed
Sun passing his natal Venus. Thus a rough and approximate
application (in my own way) of " Maffra's " method gives three points
in addition to those I had already found, two of them having reference
to the progressed horoscopes. S.
We are sure " Maffra " will be pleased to have'this corroboration of the
ideas be mooted. It is well to point out, perhaps, that the method of calcu-
lation by proportion of semi-arcs here advanced, while certainly useful for
ascertaining approximate positions, gives results by no means identical, in all
cases, with those furnished by the formula submitted by " Maffra "; a fact
which may be tested by anyone sufficiently curious, by taking the cusp of
a house, calculated according to the " rational method " of Regiomontanus
{Astrology for All, Part //., p. 21, par. 4; p. 70, formula 7) and testing it by
both the above modes of determining its ' house position.' The following
may be used by way of an 0example :—R.A.M.C. 3i708'42.8" ; cusp of XII.
'rational method,' y3 3o'3", which the application of "Maffra's"
formula will corroborate, though by the semi-arc method described by our
correspondent If 28° would be required to satisfy the conditions. This, of
course, opens up the disputed question of the true method of calculating the
houses, which Mons. H. Selva's paper so well discusses. Still, as " S." well
remarks in a previous letter, life is too short to employ methods of extreme
precision where approximate ones will answer the purpose. By the way,
there appears to be an error in statement of formula, ["A" -(- N.P.D.J
should be [N.P.D. — " A"] : moreover it should be stated that the presenta-
tion of formula is for planets above the horizon, in places situated in
Latitude North of the Equator ; for planets below, the opposite points of the
celestial sphere should be worked with, adding 180° to the R. A., and substitut-
ing N. for S. in the declination of the planets worked with. The formula can
of course be used for places in S. Latitudes, in the same manner as axe
tables of houses calculated for the Northern Hemisphere.—Ed.

The Error of La Place

{Rtply to Utter of J. W. on p. 236 of May issue)
Dear Sir,
J. W. in your issue of May, in which he withdraws from
the controversy, claims to have received from the " eminent
astronomer " a quotation from the Mecanique Celeste which proves that
La Place explicitly stated that he measured the precession in the
retrograde direction ; and J. W. considers this conclusive evidence that
I have misunderstood the reason for the positive sign. It is a pity
that J. W. omits to give this quotation so that your readers could
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 335
judge of its merits, for his failure to do so would make a suspicious
person rather doubt his bom fides. I know of course that La Place
does give the positive sign for precession, as that is exactly the
error with which I charge him, but although I am fairly familiar with
the parts of the Mecaniqw Celeste where this question is treated, I
have not found any verbal explanation by La Place as to why he
measures precession in this unusual way.
This is not however the real point at issue. The question to be
decided is, Can La Place legitimately use the positive sign jot precession
in this instance without breaking the mathematical law of Signs? To
this question I emphatically reply in the negative. The way in which
precession may be measured is not in this case arbitrary, but must
conform to the way in which the forces which cause the precession
are measured.
The fundamental equation from which La Place derives his
expression for the Precession of the Equinoxes is given in Livre V.,
Section 4, where it has the form
d p sin 9=rdt cos <t> + qdt sin $
The angle <f> represents the earth's rotation on its axis, and is
measured in the proper way, that is, from Aries to Taurus ; r and q
are also functions of <f> as shown in the same section. In the
development of the equation two other rotations are involved, the
orbital rotations of the Sun and Moon, and these also are measured in
the orthodox way. The final expression for precession p is the sum
or integral of all the forces caused by the earth's axial rotation, and
the Sun and Moon orbital rotations, it therefore gives the
precessional rotation both in amount and sign; and the sign is
determined by the way in which the signs ot the forces which cause
it are determined—that is, the positive direction is from Aries to
Taurus and the negative from Aries to Pisces. I venture to say that
no mathematician who will think independently on the subject can
doubt the above statement for a moment. In the same equation all
the factors involved must obey the same law of signs, since these
signs express the direction of the forces relatively to each other. If
therefore in the same equation one factor is measured in one way
whilst the others are measured in the opposite, the equation expresses
what is false and cannot therefore give a true result. On these
grounds I claim that the error of La Place is a very real one and
vitiates the conclusions based upon it.
J. W. concludes his letter by claiming to have won on the fourth
count of his indictment. He can only do this, I think, because he has
not understood my reply. If he gives further study to the matter in
the light of what I there say, he will perhaps realise that here also
his objections are invalid. The proper motions of the stars, speaking
generally, are not measured relatively to the pole, but relatively to
immovable stars in the immediate neighbourhood ; so that these
proper motions are not affected by the motion of the pole. Since
J. W. now withdraws from the controversy I must claim the victory on
^11 the counts unless " an eminent astronomer " chooses to take up th«
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
cudgels on La Place's behalf. I am at present carrying on a brisk
controversy with several " eminent astronomers " from all parts of
the world, so that one more or less may not make much difference. I
may say in this connection that, although these gentlemen are great
experts in analysis, not one of them has so far been able to shift by a
hair's breadth the position I have taken up. I did not write my
pamphlet in a hurry, I made the discovery twelve months before its
publication, and that time was spent in testing every point and con.
I should not have issued such a pamphlet had I not been absolutely
certain of my ground, and criticism of it has only served to strengthen
that certainty.
Before concluding this letter, which will probably be my last on
this subject, I should like to point out that" an eminent astronomer "
has finally reversed hisoriginal contention. In the letter in your
March issue he stands committed to the statement that in La Place's
equations the luni-solar precession does not affect the obliquity. I
show in my reply that on the contrary La Place makes this precession
the base for calculating the obliquity but uses the wrong sign ; he
replies, not by denying that La Place uses the luni-solar precession
for this purpose, but by a quotation purporting to show that in using
it La Place measures precession in the retrograde direction.
Whether this be correct or not, it in any case amounts to an admission
that La Place does use the luni-solar precession for calculating the
obliquity. In other words an " eminent astronomer " admits that he
was entirely wrong in his principal criticism of mj' letter to Nature.
I draw attention to this remarkable volte-face on the part of an
" eminent astronomer," because it proves the statement I make in my
pamphlet that modern astronomers do not really understand this
question, and that in this department of the Science, the minds of
even the most eminent ones are in a muddle. This is further proved
by the fact that all the principal modern text-books explain the cause
of the variation of the obliquity in the same way as originally held
by "an eminent astronomer," and from which he has since been
obliged to recede. In other words, all these text-books virtually say
that the luni-solar precession has nothing to do with the variation of
the obliquity.
Since on this question of the motion of the pole modern science
is diametrically opposed to ancient tradition and to modern occult
teaching, the settling of the question is one in which every occult
student should take a deep interest. Occultists have been so con-
sistently treated to ridicule and contempt by the nineteenth century
scientist that some of them may have felt rather cowed thereby. But
occult thought is now winning all along the line, and in this question of
polar motion it will shortly score another victory.
Let therefore lovers of the esoteric sciences hold up their heads,
and stand erect, for their day of triumph is at hand and the
justification of the faith that is in them not far off.
The Hermitage, Kurla, Bombay. i/^/'o6. G. E. Sutcliffe.
Several interesting letters are still unavoidably held over.—Ed.
ifflDfcern ^tetrolug^

Vol. III. New Series. AUGUST, 1906. No. 8.

QHhsixbstovQ

During the month of June I spent a week in Paris and, to my

great surprise, came across what must surely have been the original
of the ' fancy sketch' of an astrologer published in
The Original of a The Astrologer's
0
Annual for 1906. So striking was
Fancy Portrait! .
the resemblance that had a photograph been
taken, the likeness could hardly have been more exact. What is
more, the gentleman is an astrologer!—and an astrologer of many
years' standing—being, moreover, the editor of a semi-astrological
journal in addition to his ordinary work as a teacher of science and
philosophy. It was my good fortune to spend what proved to be
a very pleasant afternoon with this astrologer and his wife, whom I
found keenly interested in our work in England and in perfect
sympathy with our present stage of Astrology; and I was gratified to
learn that this French scholar and astrologer held thoughts running
on similar lines to our own, many of the views as expressed in this
magazine being identical, so far as the inner meaning of Astrology is
concerned, with those expounded by him.

It will interest many of our readers to know that a Continental

edition of Modern Astrology is to be published in October, and every
attempt will be made to continue the magazine,
Continental Edi- for it jg hoped that it will meet with the same
tion of " Modern
Astrology " support on the Continent that the present edition
has hitherto received both in the British Isles
and America, as well as by English readers all over the globe.
Mr, Leopold Mifcville and Mr, H. J. van Ginkel will assist in condugt-
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

ing the magazine (which will be published simultaneously in French

and Dutch), and all who can help in this direction will find their
efforts meet with cordial appreciation. Those of our readers, too,
who have friends on the Continent can do us a great service by
bringing this matter under their notice, and we look for their hearty
co-operation.
* X
I was much surprised to learn while in Paris that our use of the
word 4 occult' and 4 esoteric ' had been greatly misunderstood, there
being a general idea that psychic impressions
Th« meaning were meant, when nothing 0
of the kind was
of44the
Word Occult" intended. Surely every reader of this magazine,
at least, will know that in using the word 4 occult'
4
or esoteric,' we mean that which is net generally concerned with the
purely external and concrete side of expression.
For instance, we consider the planet Uranus a mystical and
metaphysical influence. Now while it is true, as has been often
demonstrated, that this planet produces sudden and unexpected
changes on the material plane, it is surely known to all who study
Astrology that there is an influence connected with this planet that
affects the consciousness to a higher degree than that produced by any
other planet. And I believe that most astrologers, even those who
are not in the least concerned with the inner interpretations of things,
believe that romantic attachments and strange alliances spring out of
the influence of Uranus. If I gave an occult interpretation, I should
say that this planet is concerned with love and friendship in its very
highest condition, though often inimical to alliances in which the
selfish element preponderates on one side or the other. But it seems
useless to endeavour to express in words that which the true astrologer
is seeking to express by symbols, dealing as he is with the more
subtle influences of the planets in the abstract.
I wish to draw the especial attention of all readers to the article
by Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe appearing in our next issue.
At last we have obtained the help of a genuine
" Th« Founda- astronomer, for here is one who promises to find
tiO
A«°roTogy"0al us a
body, or vehicle, for the soul of Astrology,
that is, the demonstration of the Foundation Prin-
ciples of Astrology in terrns of Modern Science,
 THE OBSERVATORY 539
This is a tremendous task to undertake, but I am sure all will
agree with me in hoping that Mr. Sutcliffe will succeed in his
endeavour—if only in order that we may not be called upon to use
so many archaic terms, which are apparently sadly misunderstood
by those who have not thought on similar lines. While it is
necessary to be essentially practical, I think it is as well to bear in
mind that thought always precedes action ; and therefore in thought
we must always be in advance of that which we accomplish in fact.
Hence we express that which is to come and by so doing prove
ourselves to be true prophets in every sense of the word. For in
the strictest sense of the word a prophet is merely a man of science
—hiowledge tempered v/iih judgment.
* %*
Owing to the increased interest in Astrology, it becomes necessary
to add to the staff of Modern Astrology from time to time, and those
at present engaged finding the work a tax upon
MathematioianB their resources, one or two competent mathemati-
Wanted . ,. ,
cians are now required in a supplementary capacity.
It is not necessary that those employed should come to the Office of
Modern Astrology ; they may reside anywhere within a day's post.
Applicants must be neat workers, and fully qualified to cast Horos-
copes for any part of the world, to calculate " Directions," Primary
and Secondary, or to undertake the Rectification of Horoscopes.
Full Particulars, stating age, salary required, or terms for piece-
work, etc., together with a specimen copy of horoscope and speculum
calculated by applicant, to be sent to the Editor of Modern
Astrology, g, Lyncroft Gardens, W. Hampstead, N.W., marked
" Mathematician " in top left-hand corner.

So little has been the response to our invitation for readers to

contribute or suggest items for our " Notabilia " page, that we have decided
to discontinue this feature for the present, in order to determine whether it
is really appreciated. Surely thisisa direction in which we might reasonably
have expected a little co-operation from our friends, since it requires merely
the display of a little interest and no great expenditure of either time or
energy.
 340

" & ®est for ^.strologo"*

We have received from "A Doubting Thomas" the following

letter :
Dear Sir,
I beg to submit to you my judgment on the answers received to
the Test. Thanking you for the opportunity you have thus given me of
further investigation,
I am, yours truly,
T. B.
Accompanying this was the interesting statement and criticism
here appended, which merits our thanks for its courtesy not less than
our admiration for its well-balanced judgment.
Our readers will be interested to learn that the judgment for
which the prize was awarded was sent by Mrs. Avery, the winner of
" Prize Competition No. i," to whom we have therefore forwarded a
copy each of, Vol. XIII. of Modern Astrology, Directions and Directing,
and The Rationale of Astrology, according to her request, she having
selected these in preference to the book originally offered as prize.
The following is T. B.'s judgment and decision :
Two of the solutions indicate the event with a certain degree of
accuracy.
Solution I.
" A mental disturbance; in fact, the indications are that there
was an obsession (so-called by occultists) as the result of psychic
or hypnotic agencies."
Now " a mental disturbance " could be accepted as the solution ;
for the term is wide enough to include a great number of the events
of life. But this mental disturbance is defined as " an obsession."
I do not know what signification occultists attach to obsession. The
luiferial Dictionary g\ves : (i) the act of besieging ; (2) an obsessing or
besetting ; (3) the state of a person outwardly vexed or besieged by
an evil spirit. If obsession means "besetting with an idea" this
solution is still wide enough to include the correct solution. The

• Refer to April issue, p. igi; June issue, p. 281.

 "A TEST FOR AStROLOGY"

extension of the terms used is further narrowed by defining the cause

of the obsession ; which point I must put at one side with the remark
that, according to one's mental outlook, a person would uphold or
oppose the idea of psychic or hypnotic agencies.
The weakness of this solution is that it gives no clue as to the
scope of the mental disturbance. What equilibrium was disturbed ?
the intellectual, the moral, or the religious? Joan of Arc, Charles
Peace, Jesus Christ, Francis Xavier, a Hindu Thug, were all subject
to mental disturbances—the result of psychic or hypnotic agencies if
you like. But the operations of these " disturbances " were very
varied. I have laboured the point because I wish to be just to all
competitors, and because there is a semblance of truth in this solution.

Solution II. {Page 281, June issue)

Solution
The native has strong feelings.
She is emotional.
She has not too great firmness
where the affections are concerned.
The event was the breaking off
of some not quite desirable
attachment.
. . . . indicates the sorrow
caused by this (supposed) separation.
The native's welfare was best
served by renunciation and obedi-
ence.
. . . . l(. in the twelfth
would seem to further emphasise the
existence of some peculiar love affair.
Remarks by T. B.
Correct.
Correct.
She would always sacrifice her
own convenience for loved ones, but
her principles never.
Correct, when the term
" attachment " is limited. {See
below.)
Correct. There was sorrow and
separation. {See below.)
Correct. This is the most
remarkable statement in the solution.
There was a love affair, but not
the sort the correspondent had in
his mind : it was a divine love affair.

The Correct Solution

The event was that at the time given the person entered a con-
vent, ultimately taking vows of poverty, chastity and obedience,
renouncing the world—in short, she became a nun. Hence the
breaking off of some not quite desirable attachment was the severing
of home ties, which to her way •f thinking were not desirable since
they interfered with what she believed was her calling. It will be
easily perceived that this separation would cause sorrow. Considering
that this nun is now perfectly happy in her vocation one is struck
with the remark above that " her welfare was best served by renuncia-
342 MODERN ASTROLOGY

tion and obedience. Was it not strange that the writer failed to grasp
the full signification of his statement that " the ruler 9 had moved
from the passionate nx to the philosophic f if in the twelfth,
and the J) in X, the sign of self-undoing ?
In my opinion this solution is the best of those I have seen, and
the writer of it deserves the prize. I quite recognise its author had
his mind obsessed (occultists please pardon) with the idea of a love
affair ; and that this idea vitiates an otherwise excellent reading. Yet
it must be remembered that he (if the writer is a "he") specifically
states a breaking off of some attachment, and on that I base my
decision.
To sum up:
I deliberately chose the case as a test because I knew that when
dealing with events in a woman's life at the age of 24 years it would
require great perspicuity not to be misled ; for the taking of religious
vows is not a common event in the life of a woman.
When I propounded the question I did not expect it would be
made the subject of a competition, and therelore did not expect to
receive many replies. But when it was so made I thought that many
replies would be received, and so, in that, I am disappointed. For
had there been a large number of replies and had the greater propor-
tion been correct, then there would have been substantial testimony
to the truth of Astrology. As the case stands it is merely an
additional piece of evidence that character may be read from a horos-
cope, and that events may be foreshadowed in general terms: the
accomplishment of the event deciding the exact interpretation thereof.
T. B.

Sign Ruling Wales.—E. L. H. writes:—"Why not Leo, the ensign

and heraldic bearing of her ancient princes ? The Lion, varied by tint or
posilion, was the ensign of all the Cymric princes—and remembering that
the Druids were learned in astrology, it docs not seem unlikely that there
was an inner meaning in it."
 343

%ahtatEl fpfrijawgittrniiT.

A paper read before the West Hampstead Lodge of the Theosophical

Society, and subsequently, by request, before the North London Lodge of the
same Society, by Miss Maude Ruth Higgs.
Physiognomy, we learn from the dictionary, is " the art of dis-
covering the temper and character by the outward appearance,
especially by the features of the face." Physiognomy, studied in
relation to the signs of the zodiac, should give the astrological reasons
for the varieties in cut and pattern of the physical garments of
humanity.
The symbols for the planets and also for the signs of the zodiac
are, I suppose, familiar to everyone here. I have however an
arrangement in two columns of the zodiacal signs and of the planets
which are powerful or, as astrologers say, " at home " in these signs.
Zodiacal Signs Planets
T i
a ?
n ?
SB I)
a 6
w ?
?
in i
f "U
« h
at l?
X 11

Influence of Crescent
In glancing down the right-hand column you will notice that
in the make-up of the planetary symbols only the cross, the crescent
and the circle are used. In the one on the left, containing the symbols
of the zodiacal signs, you will at once perceive that one or more
of these are used only in the second sign—Taurus, the ninth—
Sagittarius, and the twelfth—Pisces.
The cross being emblematic of matter, the half-circle or crescent
344 MODERN ASTROLOGY

of mind, and the circle of spirit, one is not surprised to find that those
coming largely under the influence of the planets in whose symbols
the semi-circle appears are, speaking generally, possessed of a fair
share of mentality. Physiognomically considered, it is interesting
to note that the size of the head is certainly increased by the presence
of the semi-circle in the symbol of the ruling planet, while those
born under the dominant influence of Venus or Mars,—the only
celestial bodies besides the Sun in whose symbols the crescent is
lacking,—possess small heads.
Taureans are often exceptions to this rule, but an examination of
their sign-symbol is sufficiently explanatory. Additionally I may
mention that the Hindus consider the Moon, which is always
represented astrologically by the crescent, at home in Taurus instead
of giving her the rulership of the sign Cancer.
The Mercurial head, which is simply the small Venusianone plus
a tall brow and length owes these two last attributes to the presence
of the crescent in the symbol.
- Another testimony in favour of the Moon's influence increasing
the size of the head is, that it has been noticed that those entering upon
terrestrial life at the time of the full moon—the period our satellite is
most powerful,—have, with few exceptions, large heads. A possible
exception to this would be where Mars or Venus or both were rising
in either of the zodiacal signs Libra or Scorpio.
The best combination that occurs to me at the moment for pro-
ducing bulk would be the rising of Saturn and Jupiter in the sign
Pisces. The presenceof the semi-circle in each planetary symbol, and
the twofold expression of it in the zodiacal sign, being sufficiently
forceful to either prove or disprove my theory.

Size and Shape of Head

In considering more particularly the size and also the shape of
the head we notice first that Aries and the opposite sign Libra, ruled
respectively by Mars and Venus, confer upon their natives small
heads. In the Martian sign there will be a tendency to squareness
and in the Venusian roundness will be noticeable.
Scorpio, the other sign governed by Mars, gives, to its unadul-
terated types, heads that are small and at the same time flat.
Leo, under the rulership of the Sun, makes the head round and
 ZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY 343
domed, while the Mercurial signs, Gemini and Virgo, although bestow-
ing length give heads that can nevertheless be classed only as small.
As these two last are mental signs, the expression—" a long-headed
fellow " is therefore no empty metaphor.
The children of Cancer,—the Moon sign,—get large wide heads;
of Capricorn,—where Saturn has sway,—length and bulk combined ;
while the head of the Piscian, which is also large, is frequently
unwieldy and often badly set.
As far as I have noticed the Sagittarian type allows'of great
variation in size but of none in poise, that being always perfect.
The child of Aquarius has a head of moderate size and of such
symmetrical beauty that no especial characteristic obtrudes itself.

Texture and Colour of Hair

With regard to the texture and colour of the hair, we find those
who come under the influence either of the positive or negative
sign of the planet Mars have thick curly and coarse hair. In Aries
types the colour is lighter than in those of Scorpio, ranging from
beautiful auburn shades to fiery red. I should like to quote here a
remark once made to me by an astrological student—" There's
nothing like Mars for burning the hair off a man's head! When
did you ever see a man past middle life with a good crop of red hair ? "
Scorpions, who have darker hair, with curl and crispness lessened,
generally retain,—probably owing to their remarkable regenerative
power,—their abundant hair till late in life.
The Venusian signs Libra and Taurus,—the complements of the
Martian ones just mentioned,—also bestow abundant hair, soft and
often wavy. Art however, not Nature, curls the hair of all pure
Venusians. The colour is generally a light brown, which in itself is
explanatory of the reputation brown-haired people have of living
more amicably with all sorts and conditions of men than their fairer
or darker tressed brothers or sisters ; for among the planets Venus
is said to be friendly to all, loving not only mirthful Jupiter, but
quarrelsome Mars and morose Saturn. Those owning Mercury as
lord receive from him hair that is fine in texture, its colour reminding
one of the reddish-brown coat of the squirrel—the characteristics of
which animal, by the way, they all share.
The hair given by Cancer,—under the rulership of the MooD|—is
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fine, non-undulating, and of considerable length and thickness, its

colour suggesting that though once bright gold it has through some-
one's inadvertence paid at least one visit to the modern laundry.
Some astrological physiognomists have decided that the hair of Can-
cerians is scant. The result of my own observations is distinctly at
variance with this conclusion. All people I have known who were
powerfully influenced by the Moon, not only had hair of an extra-
ordinary thickness and length, but there were always strong indications
of the scalp secreting the natural oil so abundantly that baldness
would always be for them a " far-off event." The tendency of
psychic folk generally to let their hair grow long, and the expression
"long-haired spiritualist," will occur to everybody.
The Sun, recognising their regality of birth, bestows upon his
Leonine children a crown of red-gold hair which when seen in a strong
light seems to be absolutely alive with colour. I must disagree with
some of those filling the seats of the mighty who describe this hair as
long and soft. It is of far too electric a nature to be either. People
of either sex possessing it give it great liberty, wearing it in an
untrammelled fashion, and allow it to form what can be best described
as a halo. Men having it insist on its not being close-cropped. In
the street, walking behind a man, I have many times decided the
rising sign to be Leo, merely from observing under the regulation
silk hat a mass of curling hair standing away from the head and
barely escaping contact with the shoulders. The heads of such
notable Leos as Tolstoi and Louise Michel if they do not vindicate
the truth of what I have just said are good examp les in favour of
it.
The Jupiterian hair most closely resembles the Venusian in
colour, being either a light or chestnut brown. In Sagittarians a
decided tendency to crispness and curl will be noticeable, while the
unmixed Piscian influence will produce only fineness, silkiness, and
a complete lack of undulation of any sort. I imagine the fiery nature
the sign ruling the former responsible for the comparatively early
appearance of baldness among them while the fact of Pisces being a
watery magnetic sign may account for its natives' retaining their
hirsute covering. Neptune is said to share with Jupiter the rulership
of this twelfth sign, and as the sovereignty of the Ocean God is
undisputed in the psychic realm the remarks I have made before
 ZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY 347
with reference to the possession of psychic faculty and abundant hair
are applicable here.
Saturn,—sworn enemy of lightness, coquetry and happiness, and
having under his care the matter-of-fact, the prudent, and the
melancholy,—even in their hair preserves his children from the
appearance of frivolity. Sadness being their lot, the tresses of those
born under Capricorn are black, deep depression the friend that
sticketh closer than a brother, blue-black, while their distaste for the
merely ornamental is evinced by the utter absence in their locks of
either curl or twist.
In the Aquarian hair a slight undulation is often seen, the
symbolical representation of which is contained in the glyph of the
sign.
Speaking generally, the watery signs encourage the growth and
retention of the hair, while the fiery though conferring beautiful and
abundant hair in youth, incline to early baldness.

The Skin

A consideration of the skin next claims our attention.

The " blood-red planet " gives, in its positive sign—Aries, a ruddy
skin, while in Scorpio, the sign of its negative expression, the vivid-
ness of the colouring is lessened, the softened result being a mixture
of red and brown. If the skin of the Martian individual is not the
most beautiful it is certainly, regarded from the health point of view,
quite the most useful, for its eliminative quality,—especially in the
regenerative sign Scorpio,—is of the first order. Possessing large
pores the tegument of the true son of Scorpio is his most powerful
ally in the physical house-cleaning process to which, sooner or later,
every eighth-sign native alive to his privileges devotes himself.
Hence, directly due to the influence of Mars, are such unsightly
excrescences as pimples, boils, and carbuncles, while to those of his
children vital enough to be honoured with the highest mark of his
favour, a visit from the angel of purification, in the form of
small-pox, is bestowed.
In the Venusian signs, the skin is of great smoothness and
beauty; white, with a delicate bloom on the cheeks, finely
pored, and of such a velvety softness as to [offer nearly the longest
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resistance of all to the delicate tracing of Time's pencil, it is, never-

theless, in the sign Taurus, not always an outward and visible sign of
an inward and hidden wholeness.
The skins of those born under either of the Mercurial signs are
of a pale yellow tint, but with no tendency to roughness, being in
texture fine and smooth; while those powerfully influenced by the
Sun, and possessed mainly, in these degenerate days, by the children
of the Romany,—those who for ages have with unveiled faces received
rapturously the burning kisses of their lord,—are more pronouncedly
yellow, with a warm, rich colour in the cheeks.
The Moon confers a skin that is soft, smooth, and white, even
the cheeks lacking the faintest touch of colour.
Whether Jupiter, expressing himself through the sign Sagittarius,
gives a skin equal in beauty to that bestowed by Venus is quite a
matter of opinion. Similar it undoubtedly is, but of less delicacy,
with every possibility of being improved by wind and weather contact,
and being what many people term "fresh-coloured."
Pisces,—the sign of Venus's exaltation and under the rulership
of Neptune,—bestows a skin that for combined beauty and delicacy
s unrivalled. Its tints are those of the inside of a sea-shell where
the sheen of a blue-veined satiny whiteness vies with a pink that
is semi-transparent. Those possessing it have an additional organ
of expression, as its translucent quality allows of every passing
emotion being faithfully mirrored. Probably many of the noted
beauties of the past were the fortunate possessors of this Neptunian
skin and to it owed much of the extravagant admiration they
received and which, from an examination of their features, does not
always seem warranted.
Saturn's influence on the skin is even less cheerful than on the
hair. In the sign Capricorn it is dusky, dry, and sometimes of a livid
hue. Its lack of moisture causes it to wrinkle even in youth.
From what I have observed I am inclined to believe that the
Aquarian skin is as white, clear and delicate as it is reputed to be.
Whether these epidermal qualities can possibly be due though to the
influence of Saturn or whether the responsibility attaches to Uranus
or, if I may be allowed to suggest it, to Neptune, has yet to be
decided.
 ZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY 349

The Brow
The brow is usually regarded as indicating, by its shape and size,
the quality of its owner's mentality.
It may not be known to everyone here that the signs, as
classified by Hiram Butler and Alan Leo, are divided into four
three-sign sets. That termed the Intellectual Trinity is formed of
the first three signs—Aries, Taurus, and Gemini, and one is not
surprised therefore to discover that their symbols more than suggest
the type of brow these signs confer.
The Aries symbol with great fidelity portrays the Aries forehead.
Looking at its upper part we get a representation of the line of the
hair on this, that is often termed the Mars, brow, the hair invariably
growing lower in the middle and receding with an upward sweep,
leaving the sides bare.
In the next, the symbol of Taurus, the brow of the true Venus
type is revealed. Invert its upper part and you then understand why
Venus gives to her children a low, arched brow.
The symbol of the last of these mental signs—Gemini, under the
dominion of Mercury, may be taken in its entirety, as indicating, by
its suggestion of height rather than breadth the brow peculiar to those
born with a Mercurial sign rising.
{To be continued)

Dr. Garnett's Horoscope : Corrigendum.—We are very much in-

debted to Mr. J. B. Shipley for drawing our attention to an important error
in the footnote on page 303 of our July issue. As he points out, the arc for
the day of death, at 0
the age of yiyr. im. i6d., if worked out @ i0o'io" per
year, amounts to 7i ig'3i"—and consequently is not identical with the arc
Asc. □ Ij as stated. Mr. Shipley criticises the last sentence of the note as
ambiguous. What was meant was, that o°o'io" per year of life was to be
added to the arc representing the event, e.g., age at death yiyr. im. ltd., @
10"
0
per year = n'si", which, added to 7i07'4o", the ordinary arc, =
7i ig'3i", the arc given above. It is a coincidence that if this amount
(n'Si") be subtracted from the arc given for Asc. □ fp (7i°3o'), the result
(7i0i8'g") is almost identical with the arc alluded to {7i0ig'3i"); and it
would seem that by some confusion of thought on the part of the Sub-
Editor, who wrote the note, the calculation was made in this way and that
thus the error (for which he accepts full blame) resulted. Nevertheless,
there may be some truth in the suggestion advanced, and those interested in
the subject will do well at least to make a trial of it.
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By " Resurgam," Fra. R.R. et A.C.

(Continued from p. 299)

Again, Adonai says: "I will invite him [Sakyamuni] by means

of the Ineffable Word. * * * j-{e is here."
Again, in the words of another Adept of the Rock : " I will now
show you the ark, which is called the Ark of the Sanctuary: place
your hands with mine upon the ark. The ark, which we could not
move, being made as a form knit into the living rock, hence rises
beneath our hands, in the speech of the Word of the Omnific Name.
Yet, as the ark moves it lifts us; and, while seeming to be bearers,
we are borne."
Lastly, T. L. Harris writes of himself: " So . . breathing the
Word in a manner as never before spoken, he beheld a Man. . . The
Man said: . . ' We will pronounce together the Planetary Word, in
which this globe had its origin.'"
So also the same volume teaches of the Sign of Power. Speaking
of the earth's first Golden Age, it is written: " The Deva stretched
forth his arm . . . and continued: ' When I put forth my hand, I
am energising in one of the postures in which I energised anciently for
a sacred rite; when I lifted up my hand, and drew down the flying
birds by attraction, I also made wind-vortices with my brethren,
causing rain to fall upon the thirsty fields.' "
Again, one of the Copper Age narrates the revolt against the evil
Obites. " So the cobri sent out sounds of bells, to make known to the
high Obo that we were in vash, in disobedience : and then commenced
to march around our house, blowing his horn, and the twelve cobrioles
after him, sounding their trumpets; so that the walls of our house
might be made to fall outwardly, and the stretchers be able to come in
and take us. At this we began to make a march in the house, against
that march of theirs: also we said, we will put a wind against their
wind of sound; and we began to cry, all as one, to the God of the
strict law, that He would put a force-motion into our wind of
 VERIFIED ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE 351
motion. We kept on the march, till one of our number commenced to
turn with a force-motion in him ; so we all began to turn. Then we
opened the door, going forth ; and turned upon the cobri and cobrioles,
till we broke their motion, and took the horn and trumpets from
them " (1884, pars. 23, 174-5, 498-9, 527, 1056, 1096, 1168).
On April, 1892, T. L. Harris wrote, quoting from Siay-fiowers :
" 'And then shall come the people of the sea, And weave a veil of
waters over them : Yea, and the land shall have another name.' That
name is * * * . As you pronounce this name with an internal
thought, it will bring a taste like honey on the tongue, after a while.
There is potency in the name."
In the Song of Theos, 1903, p. 16, he writes from personal
experience :
" A century of war may be concentred
In the Word-battles of one lonely night:
An occult war-den of the Pit be entered ;
Its anarchs palsied by the ' Word of Might.' "
Rosicrucians know the special potencies of the Coptic, Enochian,
and other alphabets, which to Theosophy seem 'a terra incognita: also
the various Signs of Power and Words of Power, including the
occult power of circumambulations, performed under proper con-
ditions, and the manner in which such Words should be pronounced,
according to their secret formulas. No more may be divulged, save
to state that T. L. Harris is acquainted with many of these arcana
also.
It is, however, lawful to illuminate three events, recorded in the
Hebrew and Christian scriptures.
(1) The Walls of Jericho. One theory of explanation stigmatises
it as simply an instance of Hebrew self-glorification, devoid of the
least vestige of truth. Another prosaically suggests that while the
Israelite warriors were engaging the attention of the besieged by their
marches, the sappers and miners were at work on the foundations of
the walls. But science has now solved the problem. If the Adept
Moses was learned in all the knowledge of the Egyptians, he may have
discovered the key-note of the walls, and entrusted the secret to his
successor Joshua. Then, tremendous vibrations having been set up
by the harmonic marchings of the army around the city, the shout and
the trumpet blast, all attuned to the keynote, completed the disin-
tegration. The immunity of Rahab's house may have been securecj
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by the process being intermitted in the immediate vicinity. A modern

instance of this phenomenon is recorded. in the Stan newspaper,
August 19th, 1905:
"Not very long ago, at Heligenstadt, near Leipsic, a music master of
that town was organising a brass band. Their usual place for practising
was the master's garden. This garden was situated at the foot of a portion
of the old city walls, which were of ancient date and in a state of ruin. One
morning they were practising as usual when, on reaching a part in which
the whole company joined and the trumpets were on the highest notes, a
startling thing happened. A considerable portion of the ancient walls fell
with a deafening crash, and the musicians scattered in panic."
(2) Elijah and the Priests of Baal. The latter are said to have
cut themselves with knives, crying " O Baal, hear us ! The evoca-
tion was really the pronouncing of the name Baal in a certain
manner, [so as to compel the elementals to collectively form the
colossal image of the god; while the bloodshed, a horrible practice of
the evil side of occultism, was to facilitate their materialisation.
But the attempt was baffled by the presence of the Arch-Adept; who
afterward, by means of the Magic of Light, caused lightning to ignite the
sacrifice. Objectors, who deny an important detail of the narrative
on the ground that during a prolonged drought there was no water
to waste, may be reminded that Mount Carmel is situated by the sea.
(3) Gethsemarie. It is recorded that when the arch-traitor led a
band of soldiers to arrest the Christ, He said to them " I am He" ;
upon which " they went backward and fell to the ground." No
commentator has ever succeeded in explaining this occurrence, or
why, when the words were repeated, no effect followed. It is also
narrated solely by John, the only disciple sufficiently initiated to
understand it. The words are not " I am He," as wrongly trans-
lated, but " I am," in Hebrew Ekeie. The Christ, pronouncing this
Divine Name in a manner known to every advanced Initiate, sent forth
a current which struck His enemies to the ground. Having done so
once, to show that His was a voluntary martyrdom, He pronounced
the Name, a second time, in the ordinary manner, thereby producing
no such effect.
The " miracles " recorded in ancient Scriptures ; swallowed in
blind and unreasoning faith (credulity) by superstitious devotees;
rejected as " terminological inexactitudes " by materialistic sceptics ;
can yet be demonstrated as possible realities by an Initiate of
esoteric science.
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lEty ©tljtr ^ome

I have another home besides this earthly one of mine—I know it

is for me because it seems to exist for me, and to derive its being
from me—I know it is a home because I feel so happy there. It is
not physical, not composed of atoms of this plane. It exists one
would say only in my brain—but I am sure it exists elsewhere, as
really and palpably as my earthly home exists here—I visit it in
dreams—and in the night my fancies wander there ; not always; for
in my dreams, this home does not hold the only place—but mixed
with the fitful mirroring of past and future, shadowy and substantial
events, in between the chaotic glimmerings from Virgil's" ivory gate,"
there come the vivid flashes, and almost unforgettable distinctness of
my other home—which is of horn—I know—if any dream or vision
ever was.
It was many years ago that I saw it first. So young I was, that
all other reminiscences of this period of my childhood have faded save
this only, which has seemed to derive additional force from the van-
ishing of other memories, and which I can trace over to-day as
unerringly as an event of a few days back—or more so, rather—for
few events of my life have so impressed themselves on my mind as
those on that night when first I saw my other home.
I had been very naughty that day and, though the matter seems
now ludicrously insufficient, yet it was a very real sorrow then. I
had been sent early to bed for some misdemeanour, a punishment
which no doubt I richly deserved, but which I resented strongly—I
mention this to show that I was perhaps somewhat overwrought by
anger, and forceful crying—not because it had anything to do with
what followed.
I fell asleep, and there came to me a dream that has always come
since whenever I have been over-excited or over-tired, and which
visited me then, so far as I remember, for the first time. I seemed to
be suspended among clouds of shapes and colours—which have
always taken the same positions about me, and on whose majestic
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eminences some light was set, a light that illumined their summits,
and plunged their midst into a twilight, yet sufficient by which to see
colour.
Beneath my feet rolled clouds of a deep and very lovely blue,
like the blue of the pure sky, but in misty waves, and in undula-
ting lines. So far below me was this blue that in my dream I
shrieked for fear, and an icy chill of horror crept over me, at the
immeasurable distance of the waving azure—which was, withal, so
clearly outlined as to lose nothing by its remoteness : even as I looked
I saw it eddying, and whirling, washing forward and back, as though
beating on some invisible shore. To my right hand, far off but
clearly to be seen, lay an immense wall or pillar of cloud, yet so thick
that it presented an almost flat surface to the vast expanse of sky.
It was of a flaming red colour, as of blood, and boiled and seethed in
a manner terrible to behold—little darts of red played round its sides,
and issued from its mass, and it seemed to rise from the blue, far
away below—up, up and up into the inane. My eyes grew weary,
and my head dizzy with following its unascended heights, up, up it
rose, and seemed as if the goal was heaven's pinnacle. The ghastly
terror of that awful eminence no one can know but myself. I had
always been terrified by any height, and this fearful slope struck the
most icy horror into my soul. Fascinated, I gazed at the awful
pillar, and watched it fade away into what seemed like the very
palest yellow, of a transparency surpassing all that I had ever seen.
Involuntarily I turned my gaze to the left hand and saw, fronting
me, a similar immense pillar of cloud. It was calmer than the
crimson horror on my right, and was of a green which seemed to
embrace all shades of that colour, or rather which twinkled into
shades of olive summer leaf and spring leaf; as I looked there I found
that delicate tint of palest, tenderest green to which the Greeks gave
a separate name as the colour distinctive of spring and the joy of
spring, shades of lighter and darker green, of brighter and duller, of
olive, in short of every tint that could be imagined. The pillar reached,
as the red pillar had, from the blue right up into the inane, and if I
could convey in language a hundredth part of the well-nigh maniacal
terror with which that sickening immensity inspired me, I should be
indeed surprised. It seemed to shake my soul to its foundations, to
plant icy fingers at my heart, and pluck it out; it seemed to lay hold
 MY OTHER HOME 355
of my head, and rattle it like a skeleton's teeth. I remember now,
how, as I hung there, I laughed and then turned faint with fear at
the wild reverberations of my terror.
And now I could not choose but look straight up. I fought
against this impulse, and strove to beat it down—as far as I dared I
tried to hold my head down with my hands, ®and close my eyes.
It was all to no purpose—I was irresistibly impelled to look up.
The sight that greeted my wild gaze was extraordinary. Far
above me, so far and distant that my fears at looking down were
trebled, and I shrieked aloud, lay a cloud of transparent yellow,
shading above into mauve. It lay at peace, and as you see some-
times a milky cloud sleeping in a glassy sky—the only cloud, and
which seems to be resting with folded wings like a bird—so
this wondrous superstructure of lambent yellow glowed in its own
pale light, and though at an immeasurable altitude, I could see the
mighty mass of the great mauve cloud. Seen through the glassy
yellow the effect was peculiarly weird, and the immense distance of
both clouds heightened the terror with which their appearance had
inspired me.
It may seem to some surprising that I should have been so struck
with fear by a sight that should have inspired interest and amazement;
I can only answer that none save those who have seen it—and
doubtless there are others—could form the remotest conception of the
immensity and terrifying distance of the whole scene. I felt so
utterly helpless in the midst of all this magnificent infinity of gorgeous
colouring—and, indeed, the sense of helplessness was the strongest
of all warring emotions and the chief cause, I think, of my terror.
The space seemed alive, and gifted with speech ; it almost shrieked its
tale of horror as with tongues of fire.
Such was the scene of my dream. In the midst of this I was
suspended as by an invisible rope, how or from whence I cannot tell,
It seemed as though I stood upright in space without assistance, and
yet feared to fall. Then I began to swing—I cannot describe the
wave of frenzied horror that passed over me in that awful moment.
It seemed as though I was the end of an invisible pendulum ; I became
rigid, and then the swing increased in extent at each moment. I tried
to pray, I tried to yell, to howl my fear to some power who would
heed my agony—but though I framed the words and seemed to utter
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them, I heard no sound—and still the swing increased its compass—

I was rushing through the air above this ghastly height at the most
fearful rate, and going upwards in each direction at each end. I saw
that in time I should reach one or other of the pillars and prayed
with such intensity as I should not have thought a child capable of,
that it might not be my fate to touch that dreadful crimson cloud,
whose eddies and whirling, fiery pools, I saw clearer and clearer at
each immense swing. Nearer and nearer I came to it, and closer
and closer to the green cloud I swung back each minute. The
extent of my swing was now immeasurable, yet such was its swift-
ness that I seemed to swing to and fro as though in reality on a
clock's pendulum. Nearer rushed the red cloud, and one of its red
darts pierced my hair, and I felt its hot breath over my head. Thank
Heaven the pendulum would swing back now, and, as it was ever
increasing its scope, would go right into the green cloud (I seemed to
think that once in either of the clouds my swing was over). Resist-
lessly it rushed over the lucent void, and in its upward flight drew
near the green cloud, so near as I had never been before. Then I
saw clearly the depths of the great mass, and in its folds such sights
as I may not tell or whisper here. Then I shrieked out to God to
stay the pendulum and let me fall and die. I shrieked, and tried to free
myself, but all in vain ; the great swing of my invisible support carried
me right up towards the glowing green—it was almost in—it paused—it
stopped. Heavens! it began to swing slowly back—and then, gather-
ing impetus every second, rushed back with a deadly hiss of cloven
air right over the vast expanse.
I closed my eyes and waited. On rushed the great pendulum,
and behind it the air seethed as does the eddying water in a
ship's wake. Nearer yet it drew; nearer yet—I felt the scorching
heat of the crimson pillar more and more unbearable. It grew and
grew in volume as I rushed nearer. Then I felt as though something
was changed within me—as though something slipped from me;
something finite which left me infinite and untrammelled ; my fear
ceased on a sudden—and on that moment the force of the swing
carried me with its irresistible momentum right into the crimson
pillar.
And then I found myself in my other home. The scene of a
few moments ago had vanished, I was in a garden. Before me Stood
 MY OTHER HOME 357
a house—an old-fashioned, gabled house with latticed windows and
green blinds. By contrast with what passed before, all was earthly
and homely—the old knocker on the studded door, the little beds of
primroses with the trimmed borders to the shady walks, were all
instinct with peace, and redolent of home ; the little summer house
down the side walk of the garden was covered with ivy, and from its
depths sounded a voice. And on my heart there fell the peace that
passes understanding: I knew this place—I had not seen it in my
waking life but still I knew it. I had not seen it before even in a
dream but still I knew it well. I knew the voice too, though I could
not say whose it was; it was not my mother's, and yet it was as
sweet; it was not my father's, and yet it was as modulated and
melodious; it was not my nurse's and yet it was as homely and
endearing—I knew it well—and in my dream ran to find the stranger
and see the owner of the voice I knew. Then I awoke.
I was alone and the sun was well risen, and streaming over my
cot through the open window. That is how I first saw my other
home. There is one noticeable point about it. My own feelings
were not those of a child, a youth, a man, or an old man—I seemed
to be freed from all trammels of earthly years: I might have
been five years old, I might have been 5,000 years old. In my dream
I seemed to be not constrained by any age or time, but to be as
eternal as f know my dream to be. I have often seen my other home
since. There is no peace like the peace of that garden in the land of
dreams, no voice like the voice that speaks to me from the little ivy-
mantled summer-house. I can never hear the words, but the tone
has a message for me, some new message every time, which I try
humbly to learn. Young or old, I know it can make no difference to
my other home. It does not make me love my earthly home the less,
but rather knits closer the ties that bind me to my waking life—I
never go from my other home unsatisfied. With whatever longing,
with whatever question, with whatever hunger, I approach the garden
of dreams, I return to earth with my longing fulfilled, my question
answered, and my hunger satisfied in a way that could be effected by
no other healing that I know of.
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SnMan Jlstrolorjir

By A. Fazulbhoy

VIII. The Houses. [Continued)

Seventh House.—It is called Jaya Bhava, This s a very im-

portant house and requires to be studied carefully. It signifies the
marriage partner and other kindred subjects relating to sexual inter-
course. Judgments about business partnership, anything lost, etc.,
are also obtained from this house. The illustrative yogas given
below mainly refer to a male horoscope, and have been so selected
for the sake of simplicity, there is no need to mention that in case of
similar yogas in a female horoscope, like judgments will be arrived
at, though, of course, with necessary alterations.
(1) If the rulers of II. and VH. be in their own houses, the
native will have only one wife,
(2) If the ruler of the Ascendant and that of H. be both in
VIII., and there be malefics in VH. and VIII. the native will have
two wives.
(3) The same will be the case if the lord of VII. in conjunction
with benefics be in his fall, or be disposed of by his enemy and there
be malefics in VH.
(4) Also if VH. house be in conjunction with or aspected by
malefics and its ruler be devoid of dignities.
(5) Also if there be malefics in VII. and VHI. and Mars not
aspected by the ruler of these houses be posited in XH.
(6) Also if the lord of the Ascendant or that of VH. be in his
fall or combust or be disposed of by a hostile planet in the Navmasa
Kundli.
(7) Also if the dispositor of the lord of VII. in the Navmasa
Kundli be in his fall or combust or be disposed of or aspected by
malefics in the Rasi Kundli.
(8) If there be malefics in H. and VII. houses and their rulers
too be aspected by malefics, the native will have three wives.
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(9) The Rame will be the case if there be malefics in the
Ascendant, the II. and VII. and the lord of VII.be in his fall or
combust.
(10) If the lord of VII. be exalted or be retrograde or be
essentially and accidentally well-dignified and be placed in the
Ascendant, the native will have many wives.
(n) The same will be the case if Mercury well dignified be
placed tenth from the ruler of the Ascendant, and the Moon be third
from the lord of VII.
(12) Also if the ruler of VII. be angular or triangular and be
exalted or disposed of by friendly planets, or be in his own house or
in conjunction with the Lord of the M.C.
(13) If the dispositor of the lord of VII. in the Navmasa
Kundli be together with a benefic in the Rasi Kundli and be also in
six dignities or otherwise well-dignified the native will have a great
many wives.
(14) If the lord of VII. be in four dignities and that of the
M.C. or II. be in seven dignities the native will have ten wives.
(15) If the lord of VII. be in conjunction with malefics or if
there be malefics in VII., and the ruler of the seventh house of the
Navmasa Kundli be also with malefics in the Rasi Kundli, the native
will be unfortunate enough to be joined to a bad woman.
(16) The contrary will be the case, if Venus be in her own house
in the Navmasa Kundli, and be exalted or disposed of by her friend
in the Rasi Kundli, or be in four dignities.
(17) If the lord of VII. well dignified be in conjunction with
or aspected by Jupiter, the native will be blessed with a virtuous wife.
(18) The same will be the case if the lord of VII. be angular
and aspected by benefics, or be disposed of by a beneficial planet in
the Navmasa Kundli.
(19) If the ruler of VII. be the Sun and he be disposed of by
an evil planet in the Navmasa Kundli and in the Rasi Kundli be in
conjunction with or aspected by malefics the native will be burthened
with a wicked woman. But if the Sun be well-dignified or in conjunc-
tion with benefics and be aspected by them in the Rasi Kundli or be
disposed of by them in the Navmasa Kundli and the ruler of the
Ascendant be friendly to him, the native will have a good woman for
his wife.
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(20) If the Moon be the ruler of VII. and she be in conjunction

with or aspected by malefics in the Rasi Kundli and in the Navmasa
Kundli be disposed of by an evil planet the native's wife will be
addicted to evil ways with criminal propensities. But if the Moon
be in conjunction with benefics and be exalted or in a friendly house
in the Rasi Kundli and in the Navmasa Kundli be disposed of by
benefics the wife will be virtuous with many noble qualities.
(21) If the lord of VII. he Mercury in his fall or combust or
in a hostile sign and he be aspected by or in conjunction with malefics,
the native's wife will be such as to bring misfortune and destruction
upon her husband as well as his family. But if Mercury be well-
dignified, exalted and in a friendly sign in the Navmasa Kundli, the
wife will be of a religious turn of mind, causing happiness all around.
(22) If Venus be ruling VII. and she be in her fall or combust
and in conjunction with malefics and also with a planet in his fall and
be in evil Shastyasa (esp. the 32nd odd) the native's wife will be of
dissolute habits with thievish propensities, but if Venus be dignified or
in conjunction with benefics in the Rasi Kundli and in the Navmasa
Kundli be in a friendly sign, exalted, or be disposed of by a benefic
or be in a beneficial Shastyasa (esp. the 19th odd) the wife will be
talented, fruitful, and with many praiseworthy qualities.
(23) If Mars be the ruling planet and he be devoid of dignities
and in a hostile house in the Navmasa Kundli, or be in his fall or
combust, the native will be joined to a woman of dissolute ways; but
if he be in six dignities, exalted or in conjunction Swith or aspected
by benefics, and be in a friendly house in the Navmasa Kundli, the
wife, though addicted to evil ways, will still be obedient to her
husband.
(24) If Saturn in his fall or much afflicted by malefics be ruling
VII. and he be disposed of by a malefic in the Navmasa Kundli, the
native's wife will be of loose character, bringing disgrace upon her
husband; but if Saturn be dignified and in conjunction with or
aspected by Jupiter, the wife will be virtuous, religious, self-sacrificing,
charitable, and fond of polemical discussions.
(25) If there be Dragon's head or tail in VII., the native's wife
will be faithless to her marriage vows, and if the seventh house be
also aspected by malefics, she will be longing for such immoral
pleasures continually. In addition to these if the Dragon's Head or
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Tail be disposed of by an evil planet in the Navmasa Kundli, the

woman will not even scruple to administer poison to her husband.
(26) If Venus combust be in III., VI., X., or XI., and the
ruler of the second, too, be in these positions or the ruler of the
Ascendant be aspected by or in conjunction with benefics, the native
will prosper after his marriage.
(27) If the lord of VII. be weaker than that of the Ascendant,
and be in his fall, combust, or in a hostile sign in the Navmasa
Kundli, the native will marry in a low family.
(28) But if the ruler of VII. be stronger than that of the
Ascendant, and be disposed of by a benefic in the Navmasa Kundli,
and be aspected by benefics in the Rasi Kundli, be in ten dignities
and in the degree of his extreme exaltation, the wife will be of a higher
family.
(29) The husband and wife will be hostile, or friendly, or on
equal terms according as the ruler of VII. is a friend, enemy, or
neutral in the house of the lord of the Ascendant.

In the above yogas the terms husband and wife should not be re-
stricted as referring to a legal husband or wife alone. It can hardly
be expected that Astrology will take cognisance only of those relation-
ships which have been entered into in accordance with the matri-
monial laws of the persons concerned, as the ceremonial part of the
transaction is none of its concern. The yogas merely signify the in-
fluence of persons of opposite sex over our lives, what sort of
influence they may have, its effect, and all that is in accordance with
such influence.
It is quite possible, nevertheless, that marriage—when the mere
fact of a ceremony, be it civil or religious, is not its only object—being
so important an event in one's life, can be singled out from affaires de
caur, " liaisons," and so on, except when the liaison is just as
important, and the influence on the life just as strong. In studying
this point of the subject I wish to impress upon the student the
necessity of clearly defining the meaning of the term marriage before
making any definite prediction. The subject is fraught with difficulties
and uncertainties requiring a most careful judgment, and to judge it
correctly is by no means an easy task.
(To be continued)
 SHje Hattfaxtg of a Bog ®ijjlor£t

We have especial pleasure in printing the accompanying delinea-

tion, since it furnishes an instance of just that cordial spirit of co-
operation on the part of one of our subscribers that we hope in time
to meet with from all.
The writer, who has already contributed several interesting items
from time to time, of her own initiative wrote to the lad's schoolmaster,
whose name was published in the daily press, from him obtained the
mother's address, and then applied to her for the data of birth. Having
cast the horoscope, she then wrote out the following delineation and
sent it to this office, thus displaying not only enterprise and tact, but
also good will and love of the cause. We hope her example will
•nspire others to do likewise. In this connection we might mention
that Prize Competition No. 2 is proving even more popular than its
predecessor, and we are not quite sure whether the fair native is
altogether to be envied her task of having to decide the best among
so many!
In an article on the exploits of this youthful hero the Weekly
Dispatch for May 27th gives the following particulars, which will
form a fitting introduction to the delineation of our contributor:
" He is twelve, and rather small at that. But he is a frank and happy
lad, full of good spirits, buoyant hope, and first-rate pluck. Early in his
career he found a strong desire to travel, but not having the wherewithal,
Stanley chose the buffers of railway trains on which to make his voyages of
discovery. This is a peccadillo in the eyes of the law, but just picture to
yourself a moment, the little fellow, nine or ten, riding that fearful steed in
its mad rush through space. And all this for fun ! Is not the very spirit of
the Vikings in such a lad as this ?
" Even at the age of two, young Stanley Conder gave evidence of his
wandering propensities. Frequently at that early age, his parents, while
out walking with him, would suddenly miss the little one from their side,
and they invariably found him at the nearest railway station. Among his
father's favourite books were several volumes on travel, and these Stanley
Conder, when he became of reading age, was often seen consulting. The
adventurous youth's first essay afield was, comparatively speaking, of an
ambitious nature for one of such tender years, although it was destined to
be considerably eclipsed by his subsequent exploits. Early one morning,
before he was six years of age, he had disappeared from the care of his
parents, and for several days nothing could be gleaned of him. Then he
 THE NATIVITY OF A BOY EXPLORER
was discovered on a remote railway station in WirraJ, some miles away from
home. This curious roving trait in the boy's character had become so
prominent that it produced the greatest parental anxiety for his welfare, but
the keenest vigilance was not sufficient to keep him within bounds. Young
Stanley took it into his head to visit Scotland, and the want of means in no
way deterred him. He made the trip, and when, something like fourteen
months ago, he was found a few miles north of Edinburgh, he maintained
that same complacency which so successfully carried him through the rest
of his ventures abroad. He completely astounded railway officials by his
extensive knowledge of the various railway systems of the country. Derby,
Reading, and Dover were each in turn his objectives, and deterred by no
obstacles he invariably reached his destination. Once, by stages, he managed
to board the Dover express, but when half through the journey he was de-
tected and sent back north. For safety he was locked in the van of the
returning train, but at Ruabon no youthful occupant of the van could be
found, and the next news of him was that he had once more entrained for
Dover. Utterly unconcerned, through the kindliness of the railway officials
he was returned to his parents, but a fortnight afterwards he indulged his
fancy in exploring the reaches of the Manchester Ship Canal. Finally Jhe
found himself at Ellesmere Port. The last railway trip Conder undertook
prior to his escapade on sea-going liners was to Leeds, and in connection
with this, his remarkable sang-froid is admirably illustrated. He obtained
the loan of a bicycle at Seacombe, and when he arrived in Liverpool, finding
no further use for the machine, he left it at one of the restaurants in the city.
Naturally he never returned for the bicycle, for he promptly found himself
in the hands of the police, after endangering his life on the buffers of a
railway engine.
" It was with the idea of giving full vent to young Stanley's irresponsible
instincts for travel, that Mr. Conder took his son with him to Canada a
couple of months ago. Bnt no sooner had the father arrived at Winnipeg
than his precocious offspring was missing, aud it was ouly the mail that in-
formed him of what had occurred. Winnipeg was good, but Stanley was a
rover. He determined to revisit England. How he got to New York he has
not told. Stanley is not yet a war correspondent, or we should have a book
on the subject. He was content to ' strike ' New York. When he reached
that city, his clothes were torn, his cheeks were thin. He had nothing on
earth but the unquenchable courage of his race. The police took him in,
gave him food and clothes. Stanley thanked them, and between two winks
had disappeared. We next discover him on the White Star liner Victorian,
bound for Liverpool. Not in the state cabin, of course. He simply emerged
from the darkness one day, and there he stood with his four feet of wiry
muscle and the innocence still in his straight blue eye. Even the old salts
were taken back. But Stanley was no lubber—he wanted to work. But
here again was a peccadillo, and when the ship reached Liverpool, Stanley
was taken before the magistrate. His Worship sent the boy to the work-
house for a week in order to think about the reformatory. From the
workhouse Stanley again disappeared. There was a hue and cry. A
smart constable decided that the place to look for Stanley was Huskisson
Dock—the fateful dock with all its aroma of adventure, romance and tarred
ropes. Sure enough Stanley was found there with two other boys of whom
he had made disciples, and who were longing to see the wide, wide world."
In his reply to our correspondent's note enquiring for Mrs.
Conder'saddress, Mr. James Wright, the boy's schoolmaster, remarks ;
" Stanley is a bright little fellow. His love of adventure was, I think,
awakened by his father, who has a good library, allowing him practically free
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access to his books. His reading was almost exclusively confined to history
and adventure.
" If I had seen any other way out of the difficulty than sending him to
the ' Clio' I should have suggested it. Hismother leaves shortly for Canada
and she will, at any rate, know that he is well cared for while there. His
father, I am glad to say, is now in good work at Winnipeg."

Natus, 1.45 p.m. G.M.T.^3o/g/'g4; Seacombe, Liverpool.

Delineation
The above is the nativity of Stanley Conder, the twelve year old
adventurer whose exploits have brought him an early fame.
The map is very characteristic. At the first glance Sagittarius
rising and If □ O seem to point to a rebellious spirit, hard to control
and keep within bounds. These factors, together with ^ culminating
L ascendant certainly endow this lad with his daring disregard of
physical danger and of the inviolability of the bye-laws.
A closer study of the figure, however, reveals a deeper reason for
the boy's tendencies, which is borne out by those who know him best.
Young Conder is not the ordinary ' bad boy,' his escapades are
 THE NATIVITY OF A BOY EXPLORER

not mere y the outcome of an undisciplined nature, but are chiefly

prompte by an enquiring mind imbued with a spirit of romance. A
ght sketch of his brief yet exciting career will here not be out of
place.
He was born at Seacombe, in Cheshire, at 1.45 p.m., on Septem-
ber 30th, 1894. " He is not a bad or rough boy," his mother declares:
" in fact, I have no trouble with him in any other way, he is quite a
favourite with everybody."
" A bright little fellow," writes his schoolmaster, adding the
significant opinion : " his love of adventure was, I think, awakened
by his father, who has a good library, allowing him practically free
access to his books. His reading was almost exclusively confined
to history and adventure." Note the position of if, lord of the
ascendant in gs, giving him the keen imagination and sensitive
temperament easily influenced by his reading, which is emphasised
by S d ? .
His first adventure befell when he was but six years old. In his
mother's words : " He went to Sunday school, and instead of coming
home he crossed the river to Liverpool, got on the overhead railway,
and tried to find Waterloo (near Liverpool), to see where the battle had
been fought.'" This shows most clearly the romantic bent of his mind.
After this the roving fit did not again seize him until some four
years later, when he started on a long series of solitary journeys
ranging from Edinburgh to Dover. His mode of traveling was daring
and unique (J in third, ^ in n), while occasionally patronising the
luggage van he usually 'preferred the buffers of the engine. His
latest journey was from Winnipeg to Liverpool.
To return to the horoscope.
Four planets in the ninth house in the airy moveable Libra fore-
shadow his many travels and show, too, his enquiring, impressionable
mind, indicating that his escapades are not purposeless truancy, but
are directed by his mind with a certain aim in view. There is not
much mere impulsiveness in his composition. The latter degrees of
Sagittarius rise; thus Saturn is part ruler of the first house, and he is
exalted in a mental sign. The evil aspect If □ O is mitigated by the
exaltation of the benefic planet. Though a martial sign rules the
third house, S is weak in 8 and his influence over the third is
waning. There is, however, much latent intellectuality (five planets
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in airy signs) and it is the desire to explore the scenes made familiar
by his books that impels him to rove. Five planets in cardinal signs
promise no lack of change and movement in his life.
The ninth house is the strongest, and if it is the house of travel, it
is also that of the higher mind. Could young Conder's daring and
spirit of investigation be turned into purely mental channels the world
might gain a great thinker.
The native is at present, unless he should have again escaped,
on board the " Clio," where he is to be trained for the merchant
service, a career not wholly suited to him, though in So applying to
A ^ in ill is not an unfavourable indication. Still he would seem
more fitted to be an explorer of some sort than an ordinary seaman.
B. Scorpio.
Mrs. Conder's letter is so interesting that we print it in full,
although much of what she says has been already alluded to.
Seacombe, June 2nd, 1906.
Dear Madam,
I received your letter yesterday. What you have read about my
son is quite true ; I only wish I could contradict it.
Stanley has been a great trial to us during the last twelve months, and
his father being unfortunate in business, before he went away, made it all the
harder for us, since, wherever Stanley was found, we had to pay his return
fare; and really/we could not afford it, Mr. Conder having been out of
employment for six months before he went away. When he received an
offer of a situation in Winnipeg he decided to take Stanley with him, thinking
life in a strange country would perhaps put a stop to his roving propensities,
but alas, as you know, it did not.
I was sorry to have to consent to his being sent away, but I felt it was
the only course open to me, because, if he had come home I am sure he
would not have stayed, and I have not the means to be paying fares back
again for him ; besides, he might meet with some serious accident. How-
ever, I think he will get on all right. He is not a bad boy or rough boy—in
fact, I have no trouble with him, at all, in any other way, and he is quite a
favourite with everybody.
Last year he went to York to see the Abbey there (we did not know he
was going), and when he came back his father locked his clothes up, put an
old dressing-gown of mine on him, and kept him in his room, as the summer
holidays were on. But he was left in the house alone, just while I had gone
on a message, and when I came back he had gone. The gown was on the
bed, and we could not make out what he had put on, until we found that
Leslie's, his younger brother's, (six years old) long white sailor pants were
missing. He had put them on, (they only reached his knees), with an old
jersey of his own and gone off bare-footed ; indeed, in his hurry he had put
the trousers on inside out. The next we heard of him, he was in Scotland.
He was away a fortnight.
We tried everything and every way with him but we could not stop him.
He would go to school in the morning—but we did not know when we should
see him back again. He was a good and clever boy at school, as Mr.
 THE NATIVITY OF A BOY EXPLORER
Wright will tell you, and Mr. Conder and he worked together to try and
manage him. But it was of no use : when the fit came on him, off he would
go!
The first time he did this was when he was six ; he went to Sunday
school and instead of coming home to tea he crossed the river to Liverpool
and got on the overhead railway and went to Seaforth, then tried to find
Waterloo—to see "where the battle had been fought "!—and it was 3 a.m.
the next morning when we heard where he was. We had no further bother
with him until about eighteen months ago.
He was born at 1.45 on Sunday afternoon, September 30th, 1894. He
has fair hair and complexion, blue eyes, and is about four feet in height, but
I could not tell you his weight; he is of slender build. Mr. Conder always
measured the children by the door, and marked it, and that is how I know
Stanley's height. I am enclosing a stamp-photo, taken the day before
Stanley went to Canada.
Mr. Conder's mind must be in an awful state, as he will only get my
letter saying that Stanley is in Liverpool until to-day, but I hope before
many weeks are over to be with him, as soon as we can manage it. I have
another boy and girl as well as Stanley. Thanking you for your kind wishes,
I remain,
Yours faithfully,
P.S.—The photo is very like Stanley. Emily Conder.
We shall be interested to have the opinions of our readers as to
whether this boy, Stanley Conder, really is destined for a great future
like that of Stanley or Burton, or whether he is to form yet another
illustration of the fatuity of ill-regulated enthusiasm, of which we have
so many examples in every rank of life. We trust each reader will
send us his judgment, concisely stated, with chief reasons for the
opinion expressed. Post-cards only, please.

THE SECRETS OF INITIATION

The Secrets of Initiation are, by their very essence, inviolable; for the
mason who knows them can only have discovered them himself. He has
found them out while frequenting well-instructed lodges, by observing, com-
paring and judging doctrines and symbols. Rest assured, then, that once he
has arrived at this result, he will guard it with the utmost care, and will not
communicate it even to [those of his brethren in whom he has confidence ;
for since they may have been unable to discover the secrets for themselves,
they would be equally unable to grasp their real meaning if they received
them only by word of mouth.
I. I. Casanova.
(Quoted in " I.N.R.I.")
° The photo enclosed shows a bright-looking boy of apparently fourteen years
of age, with a smiling, happy looking face, full, eager eyes, and a sensitive, affectionate
mouth. It is certainly «o< the picture of the "incorrigible" which one's fancy
would paint.—Ed.
 HUng anb ^is Counsellors

An Allegory

[Continued from p. 315)

The dainty lady who on August 23rd made her obeisance to the
King, was the first ol the thirty counsellors who belonged to the Order
having a Maiden for a badge.
This class formed a great contrast to the last. Nothing was too
small for them to notice. Details which the members of the Lion
Order thought of no account were, by them, most carefully noted.
They never mistook one person, nor one thing, for another. They
were keenly alive to differences; being always able to tell you in
what particulars this differed from that.
Their minds were as active, and their tongues as sharp, as those
of the counsellors of the Third Group, whom they really most re-
sembled, the points of difference being that the members of the Sixth
Group chose more carefully the language in which they expressed
their thoughts, and made fewer acquaintances.
Their bodies were slight, and so delicately made that one felt as
one looked at them how impossible it would be to improve them.
They had a grace of their own, utterly unlike that of the members of
the Second Group. Theirs was the grace of youth and agility, not
that of love and leisure. Their admirers said they possessed the
secret of perpetual youth, and it must be admitted that however old
they were even their enemies could never suggest a badge that would
suit them better than their own.
They always possessed clever and nimble fingers, being the most
expert needlewomen in the world. Njne could compete with them at
the spinning-wheel, nor in plying either the sewing, knitting or
crochet needle.
It was their especial privilege each year to adorn the King's
audience-chamber. For the windows, new silken curtains, richly
 THE KING AND HIS COUNSELLORS
embroidered ; for the walls, wonderful tapestries ; and for the table, a
cover of fine lace, of rare and beautiful design, they presented
annually to their Sovereign. A dainty habit, possessed by each,
was that of decorating the apartment with freshly-cut flowers on
entering.
In each one's luggage might always be discovered a medicine-
chest, and large quantities of old linen for bandages ; for there were
no finer nurses anywhere. Instead of a medal a bronze ornament,
shaped thus :—njt, was worn by them.
They bathed many times daily, and prided themselves on the
spotlessness of their robes ; and as they chose to attire themselves in
garments of pure white, pale mauve, or delicate grey their pride was
excusable. Over their most sensitive part, which was situated in
Front of the Body Above the Waist, shone a star of amethyst.
Their clothes exhaled the perfume of garden-lavender, for during
their month's visit to the King not only did they undertake to repair
with their deft fingers the palace linen, but re-scented it all with
sprigs of this their favourite fragrant herb.
The Seventh Group of advisers came from the most peaceful
quarter of the King's domains, where a law called The Golden Rule
was obeyed.
The first one made his appearance on the 22ndday of September,
and the last one took his departure on October 23rd.
Their badge was a Balance, or Pair of Scales, and their symbol
was written thus :—=~.
These counsellors were all men of grave and serene beauty, which
beauty was of that rare kind known as the beauty of holiness, and
increased rather than diminished as older they grew.
In contrast to their relatives, the Second Group advisers, they
came to court when the Earth had passed the heyday of her youth.
She carried herself bravely still, but found the warm autumn tints of
brown and gold less trying to her fading complexion than the tender,
fresh green of spring. Her toilet took longer now, but when, in the
morning, she had thrown over her wrinkled bosom her mantle of
fine cobweb lace and adorned her hair with dewy diamonds, or, in
the evening, wore her veil of gossamer mist shot with sunset rose,
many declared she looked her loveliest. Certain it is that these
counsellors of the Balance Order, though pupils of the same master
 37° MODERN ASTROLOGY

Eros, were by many considered more beautiful than their fair cousins
of the Second Group.
Each wore a loose garment of white, or light blue, and about
his Loins a girdle of the finest filigree work in copper, having a
dove-shaped clasp.
Much of their talk to the King was of the great Law of Love,
which the Chief of their Order had made nineteen hundred years ago.
They declared that peace could only be obtained by each one having for
his object in life the happiness of others. To please others was their
own greatest pleasure. Some advised, as a first lesson in this art,
the living so entirely for one other person, that one's own soul was
merged in that of the other. On these could always be discovered the
glossy dark green foliage and the waxy white-petalled blossoms of
the orange tree.
They were born peace-makers. People instinctively sought their
aid in settling disputes. In their own country—called.The Land of
Abstraction—and among their own people, where they of course
spent the greater part of their time, quarrels were unknown.
In their persons they were tall. Their hair, which was parted
from the middle, often fell to their shoulders. They possessed a
finished appearance, which was not wholly due to the regularity of
their features, but partly to the perfect proportion of their different
parts. The upper part of their symbol, invertedj bore a curious
resemblance to their upper lips.
The hour of the day they regarded as sacred was the sunset one.
This they set apart for meditation, and if any saw them at the time,
these words of Holy Writ:—" At evening time it shall be light,"—were
then understood.
Myrrha.
[To be continued)

Three Minutes' Sunshine a Year.—Arrangements have been made to

take a sunlight photograph at the bottom of the shaft of a mine 2,000 feet
deep at Sombrerete, in Mexico. The town is on the tropic of Cancer, and
the sun's rays at the meridian on June 21st fall vertically and illuminate the
shaft brightly to its lowest depths. The sunlight lasts about three minutes
and then disappears for a year.—Daily Express, i4/6/'o6.
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(Examples of fit retting

[Continued from p. 322)

Lady Isabel Burton's Nativity : Part II.

We append several more important dates in the life of this gifted
woman. Notwithstanding Sir R. F. Burton's remarkable qualities
as a man, a scholar, a fighter, an explorer, and a diplomat, it is plain
that, but for the ceaseless exertions of Lady Burton, his latter years
of shattered health would have been spent, if not in actual poverty,
at least in comparative obscurity and neglect. Nearly every venture
he made was unsuccessful, and often attended with much loss. His
one great pecuniary success he owed to her. When his new transla-
tion of the Arabian Nights was ready to be brought out, in 1885, he
was offered ^500 for his full rights by a London publisher. Lady
Burton fortunately kept him from accepting this. She said they
would act as their own publishers! From September, 1885, to
November, 1888, the sale of the work had realised no less than 16,000
guineas, about 10,000 of which was pure profit. It was this which
enabled him, in these closing years of illness, to be supplied with all
luxuries, change of scene, etc., as well as to pay for a substitute in
his Consulship at Trieste (for the Government had refused to allow
him to retire on full pay, and he objected to retire, after forty-five
years' public service, on the pension offered).
First to revert for a moment to some of the events referred to in
our last paper.
[Re No. 5) Burton returned to England, May 2ist, 1839:
Arc=280io'. Delight of Miss Arundell This agrees with the arcs
mentioned:
M.C. *'l'm., = 27057': Asc. a ^ , zod. con., = 280i5': Asc. A V m.. = 280i8' .
[Re No. 6) Burton left for U.S.A., as his intended's mother
would not consent to the marriage: April, i860: Arc=2905'. Miss
Arundell ill for six weeks after and delirious.
Asc. □ if, zod. con., = 2S°57' if on G pi.. = May, i860
Solar return, March, i860 : O □ <f : ) 1 ^ ■
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{Re No. 9) In danger at sea, January 25th, 1863: Arc 3i05o'.

But I find that at this very time her mother was struck by paralysis
and never recovered, although she lived on for years. She had been
quite reconciled to the marriage after it took place. This (illness of
mother)accords with the directions I mentioned: ©P.Tpz- c. =3i038':
X)dljR'andP. (b lord of 10 ): pg iitz.=3i042': 1? gp m. =3202o'.
The two last relate more to the danger on sea.
We will now turn to events we have not previously alluded to.
(16) On October 18th, 1859, Burton wrote an extremely long
letter to Miss Arundell's mother, urging her consent. She replied,
not to him, but to her daughter, refusing consent because " Richard
was not a Christian, and had no money," Arc = 28035'. The arc
is very plainly p a b z' c. = 28039' ( b lord of 10).
(17) Mother died June 5th, 1872: Arc=4i0i2'.
0 rf IJ!, mundo, = 4i0i3' 0 par. (?, prog., = 1872
(in 10th house), Solar return: li S h '•0 D rf 2/ and iji , and S ■?,
22nd May, 1872 : 5 eclipsed, in 2 7, S J pi. at birth.
This event should be carefully studied in connection with No. 12
of last paper, where the closely following 0 d If Indicates her hus-
band's appointment as Consul at Trieste, (if ruler of VII. house.)
(18) Bother with Austrian officials, April, 1882 : si05'. An
awkward contretemps, through a certain letter written by the native,
which caused her to ger a visit from police authorities, letter having
been read by postal officials. Mrs. Burton was able to satisfy them,
however, in theend. b D 0, mundo = 5i08'.
(19) Legacy of ^500 from an aunt, 1884. This bequest had not
been expected. The will in native's favour had, it seems, been made
under pd $ zod. con. = 52027', September, 1883, 2 being in twelfth
house and ruling sixth cusp (uncles and aunts). In 1884, three leading
directions were:
M.C. * J zodiac, = 52052': 5 par. ? , zod.0con., = 53034' (5 in 12th) ;
Asc. A O. zod., = 53 47'.
(20) 1885, about autumn. Arc somewhere about 5403o'. Her
husband applied for the Consulship at Tangier, Morocco, a much higher
and more responsible post than Trieste, and one for which his thorough
knowledge of Arabic, etc., specially qualified him. It was as good as
promised him—in fact, he left for Tangier November 21st, 1885 (and
she followed after), only to be disappointed after all, to her deep
regret. The primary arc was Asc. g b 1 zod. con. = 54029'.
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(21) Father died March 19th, 1886: Arc = 55 o'. On board ship in
a storm, March, 1886, in Mediterranean (both Sir Richard and Lady
Burton). He knocked down twice and injured. It was " a new p and
an eclipse," «£<?, March 6th, 1886.
Asc. l k, mundo 1 _ ,,<>->
M.C. Q tj. .. f —55 3
V # V' —55 18
¥ "f 5 • .. = 55 22
6th March, 1886, O eel., on S pi., in nth.
(22) Her husband became " a real invalid," February, 1887, and
was never really well again : Arc= 55055'.
D <? 2/. zodiac. = 55°4i' : J <? IJI, zodiac. = 55053'
O □ , prog.. 1= 1887 : ? o O, radix, — Dec., 1886
D j V, r. and p., Feb.. 1887
(23) Autumn, 1864: Arc, about 3303o'. A somewhat trying
period. Burton's false friend, Speke, who had robbed him of the
fruits of his discoveries in Africa, was to address the British Associa-
tion at Bath. Speke had said that if Burton came near him he would
"kick him." Burton in a fury declared, " By G , he shall kick
me then," and determined to go to Bath and expose him before all.
Mrs. Burton went with him to preserve the peace, so to speak. On
September 13th, 1864, the two men met. Speke could not stand the
terrible gaze of the man hehadacted so basely to and left the meeting.
Burton's public denunciation of him was to be next day ; but Speke
was dead, accidentally shot. The Burtons were much shocked.
J par. IJI. zod. con., = 33033'
J f S . r-, = Aug., 1864 : S o 2/, prog., = Aug.. 1864
(24) Burton honoured by a public dinner given by the Anthropo-
logical Society, April 4th, 1865 : Arc = 3402'. Mrs. Burton's influences
were :
Asc. * iji, zod. con., = 34'o'
O par. 2/, zodiac, = 3403'
Asc. * 2/, zod. con., = 3405'
(25) From 1877 to 1880, chiefly, but continued occasionally up
to 1883, Lady Burton narrates what was for years an utter mystery
to her and Burton. She says it was " a very uncanny trial." Letters
were forged in their names—their handwritings were imitated.
People received offensive letters, purporting to come from them. He
would get letters accusing her of loving other men, she the same, as
to his loving other women. Papers would mysteriously disappear ;
and so on.
 Modern astrology

Years after, the mystery was explained. It was no ghost, but a

diabolically minded woman, a lady in position, who had the " run "
of the Burton's house at Trieste. She confessed on her deathbed,
many years after, and implored Lady Burton's forgiveness. She
wished to get Burton and his wife separated, and to secure his love
for herself,—not that she cared for him a bit, but because she
urgently wanted money, and she was under the impression (which
had been wide spread) that he would come in for a vast sum—
£500,000, it was rumoured—from the gold mines in " Midian,"
Arabia, on which he had reported to the Khedive of Egypt. (As a
matter of fact, he never got a penny, but lost hundreds of pounds in
the matter.) This "lady" committed all these mysterious forgeries.
We mention this episode because it shows the strange, secret,
deceitful influence of i£. For the principal influence in these years
was ^ directed to seventh cusp! From 1877 to 1879, we have :
G □ IJI, prog., = 1877
Asc. <5 S , zod. con., = 1877 = 46026'
Asc. S zodiac = 1878 = 470034'
M.C. S D, converse, = 1879 = 48 I4'
M.C. S D, zod. converse, = ,, = 480025'
Asc. $ V. mundo, — ,. = 48 28'
(26) Lady Burton's sister died, September, 1891: Arc=6o03o'.
Asc. <5 1JI, mundo converse, = 6o°2i'
•j □ D's place — 23rd Sept., 1891 (by transit]
J d p, prog., =
if. S D, •• — Sept. „
23rd May, 1891 : p eel. on $ s pi.
We have now dealt with the leading events in her life, and think
we have adduced appropriate astrological influence for each. As to
Lady Burton's journeys, these were so numerous that it is scarcely
possible to go into them. She was almost always on the move, a fact
attributable to ^ in ninth, and to p, ruler of third, rising in n (which
gives " a great mind for travelling "). As, admittedly, she was much
under 3, this would go to prove the correctness of old writers in
declaring that a planet risen still influences the Ascendant, until it
has got io0 above it. {3 is 904i' above Ascendant in oblique
ascension.)
It was a grief to Lady Burton that she had no child. ^ in the
barren sign SI is only 40i5' from fifth cusp.
(Te be continued)
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nf tbc Zobiac

Translated from " La Volasfera," by Sepharial

PISCES

{Continued from page 325)

K 5th Degree.—A wreck floating on a peaceful sea.

This indicates one to whom the Fates are likely to prove unkind, either
in the fact of giving him birth in the family of one who has suffered complete
wreck of fortunes, or by leading him to hazards of a speculative and adven-
turous nature which will lead to his certain ruin. Let him therefore be
ever on guard against the seductions of becoming rich in a hurry, and let
his efforts be those of one who, having a long distance to travel, and a great
height to attain, measures his strength with care and goes at a moderate
pace. Should he attempt the seas of fortune he will be driven back and his
chances of success will be for ever ruined. If he should wisely keep to the
broad highways of life, and pursue the common path, he may retrieve the
family fortunes and aquit himself with honour. It is a degree of Salvage,
K 7TH Degree.—A niche in which are set a lamp and a book
or missal.
This indicates one to whom the secrets of nature are likely to be re-
vealed as the result of long and patient study of her laws. He will be
endowed with considerable devotion, enabling him to sustain long and
patient vigils, and pursue his studies where others would have abandoned
them. His intelligence will be of a high order, and will induce him to the
pursuit of religion, philosophy and the fine arts, in all of which he will show
more than ordinary ability. He may show a taste for the conventicle. It is
a degree of Illumination.
K 8th Degree.—A man with upraised arms submerged in the
water, over which a heavy rain is falling.
This is the index of a nature that is liable to suffer many affronts of
fortune, due chiefly to his own incompetence and the attempting of things
and enterprises that are beyond his powers. Let him study humility and
service of others, and cultivate a proper understanding of his own aptitudes
and powers. Thus he may escape a sudden and unlocked for ruin which
otherwise must attend him in the boldest venture of his life. He may go
into liquidation and become submerged, and crying for rescue from his help-
less state, there may be found none to weep for him save Heaven, which yet
is kind in that it permits this warning. Independence is not for those who
have no knowledge of their own weakness. The strong swimmer alone can
attempt the deep waters. It is a degree of Incompetence.
K qth Degree.—An old man with a pack upon his back and a
long staff in his hand, walking down a hill.
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This indicates one whose fortunes are likely to prove very remarkable.
Estranged at an early age from his kindred he will follow an adventurous
fortune and his livelihood will be to that extent precarious and uncertain.
He will roam into distant countries and experience many privations, always
sustaining his lot with quiet resignation and singular indifference of spirit.
He will attain to some distinction, but will suffer reversal and in the end
will carry his load of cares downhill to the grave. In some special manner
he will prove himself to be a man of singular character and remarkable
powers. It is a degree of Pilgrimage,
K ioth Degree.—On a table of plain surface lie a number of
chemical instruments, a retort, a pestle and mortar, a bent tube, and
a crucible being the chief.
This indicates one with some special aptitude for the study of chemistry
in one or another of its many phases. His mind will be analytical and
acute, capable of resolving things into their principles and perceiving causes
where others only take note of effects. His mind is of that nature which
while avowing no religion has no thought which is not essentially religious,
and which, in its quest after the secrets of nature is moved primarily by a
sincere devotion to the Spirit of Nature. In daily life he will evince much
reticence, caution and wariness, being very distrustful of things and persons
not known to him, but will show considerable animation when discussing the
particular studies and subjects with which his mind is occupied. It is a
degree of Testing.
K iith Degree.—A wild horse leaping a barrier.
This denotes a man of considerable freedom and energy of nature, one
who will be restless under restraint, free and open in expression of his
thoughts and feelings and very emphatic in his dealings with others. He
will show aspiration and may incline to forensic study. His nature will
be adventurous and his actions will be characterised by a supreme con-
tempt for danger and peril. If he should incline to law, literature or
ecclesiastical work, he will have distinction. It is a degree of Liberty,
K i 2th Degree.—A truncated cone.
This indicates one who has undoubted aspirations and will rise to a
good position, although when that position is assured there will be danger of
a sudden cessation of fortune, and his life may thereafter continue to be filled
with troubles and vexations. On the other hand there will be some born
under this degree who will give promise of high attainments, and who will
be cut off in the midst of their career. In either case the pinnacle and
end of their ambitions will never be reached. Therefore let such aim
higher than they mean to hit, or yet remain contented. It is a degree of
Curtailment.
K 13TH Degree.—A circle within a circle, both concentric.
This indicates a life that is bounded by another, a happiness that can
never be shared alone. To such an one who is born under this degree the
circle of existence will embrace the close relationships of domestic life in
perfect accord. The nature will be symmetrical and of abundant endow-
ments, and the life will be rounded by a full experience of all those sweet
influences which are engendered by a life in accord with environment, a
mind at rest within itself, and a nature disposed to harmony. To him will be
given the guarding and cherishing of those of smaller attainments, and less
mature life. It is a degree of Guarding.
 DEGREES OF THE ZODIAC SYMBOLISED

H 14TH Degree.—A man stripped to the waist, hewing timber.

This is the index of one whose life will abound with difficult and
laborious work. Endowed with a good will and an earnest soul, he will
make good use of his powers and however humble his station he will magnify
it, however slender his means he will so work as to deserve more. For
the rest, he may be disposed to a life of rustic simplicity, as an agriculturist
or worker in the orchards and woods, or he may even be the builder of a
house, of a city, and at best the founder of a colony. He will be remark-
able for the simplicity and naturalness of his mind, and for the strenuous
character of his work in the world. It is a degree of Labour.
H 15TH Degree.—An arrow in flight passing through a cloud
of smoke.
This symbol denotes one whose mind will be penetrating and ambitious,
keen and incisive and endowed with considerable power of determination
and direction of force. What he sees he will pursue without vacillation.
He feels to have a path in life already marked out for him and that he will
be swift to follow. His nature will be somewhat aggressive and headstrong,
and there will be times when he will incur enmity in consequence and be in
danger of secret hurt. He will make long journeys and will reach to
inaccessible or remote parts of the world. It is a degree of Directness.
H i6th Degree.—A tiger standing guard over its young litter.
It is the index of a nature capable of strong attachment and devotion
and able by watchfulness and caution to command success. He will show
great attachment to his kindred, and his family circle will be secure in the
vigilance of his devotion. Very cautious, circumspect and patient, he will
seldom fail in his enterprises ; what he cannot attain by his energy he will
secure by his patience. In the defence of those related to him he will show
exceptional strength and even ferocity of temper, while to them he will
display only the gentlest and most tender nature. It is a degree of
Watching.
H 17TH Degree.—A man falling with upraised arms between
the parting timbers of a broken bridge.
This symbol has reference to a life that is liable to be cut off in mid
years, and probably by means of an accident connected with the water.
Such an one should exercise great care in his going, especially about the
middle of life, and should avoid hazards both commercial and physical. It
may be that he will be in danger of ruin and liquidation at some middle
period of life, determined by the sum of his years; but certain it is that all
that he depends upon for a safe passage through this world will be liable
to a sudden and unforeseen collapse. Let him keep to the broad highway of
life and not take an isolated path. There is safety in companionship and
misanthropy has many expressions and counts its many victims. He who
aspires to rulership is a misanthrope, the humble man has safety with the
people. It is a degree of Collapse.
(To be continued)

A " heathen " is a man who worships God in a different way to my way
or that of my people. An " infidel" is a man who worships God in his own
way.
 Hfitmto

Theoretische Astrologie, by H. S. Green, translated

into Dutch by [Clara Streubel (H. J. van Ginkel, Amsteldyk 76,
Amsterdam),
Miss Streubel does a very useful work in taking the pains to
offer the Dutch public the benefit of translations of the Astrological
Manuals, and I admire her ingenuity as regards the coining of Dutch
terms which are intended to convey to the Dutch mind meanings
more or less identical with those of the English ones. It certainlj' must
have a peculiar effect on a person seeing for the first time an expression
like "vast water-teeken." But though I recognise the difficulty of
translating technical terms I do not see why they should be translated
wrongly. For instance, we shall find that Miss Streubel puts
the word " hoofd-teeken" (lit. head sign) for common sign, and
" veranderlijk teeken" (lit. changeable sign) for movable sign.
Neither of these expressions gives us a correct idea of the actual
qualities referred to by the English designation. A common sign
does not suggest a principal quality, nor is movable equivalent to
changeable. I would suggest the expression " harmonisek teeken " for
common sign, and " verandevend teeken" for movable sign.
It is not here my task to enter into any criticism of Mr. Green's
writing; but I may perhaps point out that this manual of his is the
most difficult one of the whole series, dealing rather with the spirit of
astrological teaching than with its other aspects. However, the
diagrams he has provided in the English edition, representing ex-
amples of solar revolution, synodical lunation, and a diurnal horoscope,
assist very greatly in fully understanding the necessarily very involved
exposition of the subject. Now these diagrams have been most
regrettably omitted in the Dutch version, which tends to make the
text relating to them almost completely unintelligible.
But let us not lose courage. The Dutch mind is tenacious—
Holland being ruled by es—and is always eager to improve upon
itself (and upon others). We certainly do appreciate from all points
of view Miss Streubel's useful, but difficult task, and hope that in
second editions, which no doubt will soon be needed, the few mistakes
that are to be found, most of which I felt it my duty to point out,
may be corrected. And, thanks to the work of the Dutch translators,
within a very short period Astrology will be as easily accessible to
the public in Holland as it has become, chiefly by the continuous and
unceasing efforts of Mr. Alan Leo, to that of all English speaking
nations.
B. R,
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Interesting (loinri&enres regariring Barnes

Mr. Herreshoff's Name.—The manner in which the Herreshoffs, the

famous builders of the " Reliance " and other defenders of the American
Cup, came by their name is curious.
The father of the elder Mr. Herreshoff was a German, by name Eshoff,
settled in England.
In the shipbuilding yard where he was employed, his colleagues naturally
alluded to him as Herr Eshoff. Outside, however, he came to be spoken of
as Mr. Herr Eshoff, until he was practically forced to adopt the name of
Herreshoff.
" Devil, Heaven, and Co."—Mr. Teufel, a Davos baker, in connection
with Mr. Himmel, a confectioner, has invented an apparatus for consuming
smoke. The inventors have taken out patents and started their factory
under the style of "Teufel, Himmel, and Company—Devil, Heaven, and
Company—smoke consumers" 1—Sun, i5/g/'03.
Coincidence in Names.—The Peasenhall cottage, formerly occupied by
Mr. Gardiner, who was twice tried for murder and released, is now tenanted
by a man who, although no relation, bears the same Christian name and
surname. He has also succeeded to the post at the local wheelwright's
which the other William Gardiner held.—Daily Paper.
A Popular Name,—One of the most popular Christian names in
society is Marjorie. It is borne by some of the prettiest girls in London.
At Lady Warwick's big country ball last December for the coming-out
of her youug daughter, there were three " Lady Marjories" included in the
party—Lady Marjorie Greville herself, in whose honour the ball was given;
Lady Marjorie Erskine, the second daughter of Lord and Lady Buchan;
and Lady Marjorie Manners, the beautiful daughter of Lord and Lady
Granby, and granddaughter of the Duke of Rutland. Other popular girls
are; Lady Marjorie Gordon, the only daughter of Lord and Lady Aber-
deen; Miss Marjorie Coke, granddaughter of Lord Leicester, who was one
of this season's debutantes; and Lady Marjorie Wilson, the eldest daughter
of Lord and Lady Carrington, who two years ago married Mr. Charles
Wilson, D.S.O., the brother of pretty Lady Chesterfield.—Daily Express,
22/g/'o3. [Note.—Several of these ladies have since married.—Ed. M.A.]
A girl of nineteen, Rose Carthy, was stabbed fatally in a quarrel with
her lover in Cable Street last night. The man, whose name is also Carthy,
has been arrested.—WestmiusUr Gazette, 3o/g/'o3.
 Urttcrs to tljc (Ebitor
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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
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nature is the subject of comment, it is expected that differences of opinion will be
expressed courteously, and all offensive personal references avoided.
Nois.—Will Correspondents please remember (i) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only ; (2) 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.
Birth and Death
Dear Sir,
Some time ago there was an attempt being made through
your Magazine to give an indication of the death period from the
horoscope. I am rather in the dark concerning what may have trans-
pired during the past two years in the pages of Modern Astrology
in relation to this subject, as I have not had the opportunity of seeing
the magazine, and I have not the former volumes to refer to, on
account of having parted with all my books, excepting Ephemerides,
before leaving Australia.
Up to the present time it does not appear that Western astro-
logers have a very reliable method for gauging the period of this
important crisis, yet, when the birthtime is accurately known, there
certainly must be some positive indication to be obtained for finding the
year of death. It is true, the progressed horoscope with its directions,
taken in relation to the natal chart, will generally indicate something,
which may be taken to foreshadow calamity, and when these are of
sufficient importance, astrologers often suggest them to signify the
end of the native's earth life.
In some cases, the cross directions, especially of the Sun and
Moon to Mars and Saturn, when operating upon delicate or age d
persons, do coincide with the period of death, but in many instances
when, from the severity of the directional vibrations the terminus vita
is expected, the final call is not sounded, though an illness or mishap
is produced in such cases. Note as an instance our present King's
directions which were in force just prior to his Coronation. Some
astrologers of experience fully expected that he would not survive to
wear England's crown. The result was a severe illness and a critical
period, but the fatal time was not yet come,—and long may it be
deferred, for the sake of Old England !
In ancient astrological works we read of " Anaretic places," and
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
my own impression on this matter is that there is always a particular
point in every life circle or horoscope, which has special reference to the
native's terminus vita. It seems probable, that unless the frictional
directions concur with a cross aspect or affliction to this Anaretic point,
no matter how severe they may otherwise be, the end will hot
transpire.
The delicacy or strength of the native has little or nothing to do
with the consideration. Ricketty children and otherwise delicate
persons are frequently developed, at some period of life, into strong
and robust healtli, while many who are more or less feeble throughout
life, endure to quite old age, despite numerous powerful directions of
an adverse nature.
The particular place, or Anaretic point in the circle, may not
necessarily be occupied by a planetary body ; it is a zodiacal place
rather than a planet's position to which I refer.
We are apt to be too materialistic in our Astrology, as in other
lines of thought during recent years, but as time proceeds we shall
learn to bestow more attention to the zodiac and its individual degrees,
as well as to certain calculable points in the horoscope of birth,
without relying for every result upon mere planetary positions.
I have very few accurately timed horoscopes now in my posses-
sion of persons who have passed away, but I have given some
thought and study to this theme, and after careful observation of more
examples, I think I shall be able to submit for your notice something
which may prove worthy of investigation.
I must ask if you will kindly supply, through the medium of your
pages, a series of, say, from six to twelve well authenticated horoscopes
of birth, and also the progressed horoscopes of the same subjects for the
year of death. If you will give these for the purpose of study for
students in general, you might draw attention at the same time to
such directions and positions which are considered to indicate or
coincide with the demise in each chart.-
Of course the horoscopes for this purpose should be selected from
such as have been timed at birth, and not from time supplied by
memory of parents, etc.
Trusting that others interested in this problem will give the
results of their investigations,
London. I am, yours faithfully,
Agar Zariel.
[We cordially commend our correspondent's letter to the atten-
tion of all, and trust that our readers can supply the information for
which he asks. We are unable to do so from the data filed at this
office on account of the stipulation " timed at birth," practically all the
data at our command depending on the memory of parents', entries in
the Family Bible, etc., being hence reliable only to within a few
minutes and therefore quite useless for primary directions. But if each
reader who knows of oneca.se that fulfils the above conditions will
forward it to this office, the number will soon be made up—" many
can help one," as the pavement artists say.—Ed.]
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Why are Directions Unsatisfactory?

Dear Sir,
The main point of the discussion raised on the subject of
'Directions' seems to me to tarn on the meaning to be attached to
the term " unsatisfactory." Directions are unsatisfactory and the
knowledge of them may be dangerous to the unprogressive or per-
verse, or to those who are ignorant of the real causes out of which
they arise, and of the uses which both good and evil aspects are
assuredly meant to subserve.
For the rest, they act—in ordinary cases—in a manner so satis-
factory to the truth of Astrology that they form perhaps, to the lay
mind, the most convincing and speedy test of that truth. Let us
suppose that the average individual has directions—based, of course,
on an accurately computed radix—calculated for any year, and
suppose further that during that year the aspects Do 0r, Q D r->
operate: when this occurs he is likely (cmf« ex per to!) to receive a
sufficiently clear proof of the stern logic of the stars, and of the greater
or less degree of mastery over stellar influences to which he has
himself attained.
Now the question is whether it is desirable to know beforehand
that such a direction will be in force. Does not this depend on the
subject himself ? He may be enabled by the use of his will to
mitigate the most dangerous or unfortunate influences brought to
bear on his own character and environment, or he may be overcome
and prostrated by these influences and induced to believe himself
indeed in the grip of fate. But certainly he is not necessarily worse
off" for knowing that any direction will operate. And so in the case of
still more serious directions. Is it, for example, necessarily a mis-
fortune to be aware of the probable time of the ending of life ? May
it not be an actual benefit to know it ?
The main reason then why directions are ' unsatisfactory ' is that
people do not prepare for them, refuse to grasp their true significance
even when it is most clear, and consequently find themselves without
strength or courage to cope with them if adverse, or to use them if
benefic.
A. T.

Solar Revolutions
Dear Sir,
A good deal has been said about the Progressed Horoscope,
but I should like to suggest to students to supplement its indications
by reference also to the annual revolutionary figure, obtained by
finding the exact moment of the Sun's transit over its position at
qirth. I have often found that this figure completes the progressed
indications in a very interesting manner.
In addition to a general judgment from the positions and aspects
of planets, I read the trend of events during the year by following the
Sun in its course through the signs, regarding them as fixed and un-
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
alterable for the year. Say the Sun is below the earth, it first comes
to the descendant of the figure, and passes into those signs which are
above the earth. This is likely to bring about an improvement in the
fortunes, and the same when it passes or makes good aspects with the
place of a benefic. When the Sun passes the ascendant, it comes
back into the signs below the earth, and this is less fortunate. I have
not studied so closely the effect of the Moon, which may cause slightee
changes in the same way.
A curious instance of an event being indicated by the annual
revolution occurred a few weeks since. I made out this figure for a
friend, and found that the cusp of the third house (short journeys)
came at Aries eighteen, indicating April 8th (Sunday). On the pre-
vious day, April yth, he removed from one part of London to
another. This, considering the numerous chances of slight inaccuracy,
was as near as one could expect to get.
Yours truly,
Sarastro.

Forecasts. The Error of La Place

Dear Sir,
The troubles in Russia and Spain at the close of May
verified my forecast. June 14th was marked by the Russian massacre
of Jews and the attack on our officers in Egypt. This is a remarkable
illustration of the effect of Mars on the eleventh, as my prediction was
based on it. Mining shares moved as anticipated, but I was wrong
about Americans. The parliamentary dates were satisfactory. The
Chamberlain amendment was May 23rd, and June 12th marked a
Government surrender to a discontented section. To-morrow (June
25th) the dreaded fourth clause is to be discussed. I marked all these
times as critical. (The prediction that June 25th would be critical
for the Government was in my letter of May 26th.)
Mr. Sutcliffe is quite wrong in saying that Laplace could not
legitimately measure the precession in the retrograde direction. Pro-
vided that he is perfectly consistent with himself this is quite at his
option. Before attacking the mathematics of a giant like Laplace, it
is a pity that Mr. Sutcliffe did not master Laplace's own argument.
I am aware that now he is in a ludicrous position, but his annoyance
ought not to have led him to suggest that I invented the quotation.
I enclose my friend's letter for your perusal.
Yours sincerely,
24/6/'o6. J. W.
Editorial Comment.—We are quite sure, however, that Mr. Sutcliffe had
no intention of implying that "J. W." had invented the quotation, but
merely of suggesting that his omitting to quote it rendered him open to that
imputation. In any case it is of interest to have the actual words, and it is
pleasing to note that the letter throughout is quite free from any trace of
the contemptuous or patronising tone adopted by some critics in discussing
Mr. Sutcliffe's paper. The following is the passage in the letter referred to
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bearing on Mr. Sutcliffe's article. It is written from a certain Royal
Observatory.
" I have referred to the Mccanique Celeste and find in C.vi. equations
referred to by Mr. Sutcliffe ;—
^=lt+etc.
6=h — etc.
" Referring back to C.v. I found that \p was measured in the retrograde
direction and that Laplace is absolutely consistent. In C.v. [3068-9-70]
this is explicitly stated. ' Now we have seen in §59, Book II., that if we put
Pi equal to the ascending node of this orbit, counted from the fixed equinox
according to the order of the signs, tan y sin Fj will be given by a finite number
of terms of the form C sin (gt+/3), and tan y cos Fj by the corresponding
cosines; moreover, \p being the retrograde motion of the equinoxes, counted
from the fixed equinox, we have A = ^1+^., (The italics are Laplace's or
at any rate are in the American translation which I laid my bands on).
" These lead directly to the equations for 6 and d^/dt—and naturally
d^/dt is positive.
'• I have quite enjoyed looking this up, although it takes a little time, as
it is always interesting to go to the originals. One can see the greatness
of Laplace, who evidently saw by instinct what was important and how
things would work. The method all seemed to me so modern or at any rate
it is just what I learned in Routh, though the really modern treatment is a
method associated with the names of Hamilton and Jacobi, and is given in
Tisseraud's Mecanique Celeste."
There is one thing that occurs to the mind in this connection, and that
is, that such a man as " J. W.'s " friend turns from a press of other work to
seize a stray half hour or two in which to give his mind to the matter,
verify the equations, and come to a decision. Mr. Sutcliffe states that he
was a year in testing his position before making his charge, and has spent
some months in correspondence regarding it with various astronomers.
Unless, then, he is a " crank," or an uninformed person, and not a sincere
seeker after scientific truth, surely he should have learned ere this
whether or no he has mistaken Laplace's meaning? Of course there is no
arguing with a " crank," but whether Mr. Sutcliffe is one can soon be
determined from the tone of his letters—no one who has had any experience
of a genuine specimen of the genus can ever mistake the type !

Mundane Astrology.—" J. W." writes, under date of zfi/s/'ofi:—"The

dispute with Turkey and the depressed markets in early May verified my
forecasts. The 10th May proved to be the division on the Education Bill
and not a debate on South Africa. The remarkable feature about the
lunation of 21st June is the close opposition of Mars to Uranus. This por-
tends misfortune in England and France about the 29th June. The same
aspect threatens disturbances in the last week in June in the Balkan States,
South Africa, and Afghanistan. I expect violent fluctuations in the New
York market in July, especially from the nth to the xgth. The critical
dates for the Government are the 25th June and the 6th August, whilst the
week beginning 23rd July is fortunate for them. The 16th July is very
ominous to the Government, but there is simultaneously a favourable aspect
of support from labour, so that I cannot attempt to estimate the event."
[TViis item was crowded out of last issue.—Ed.]
iHotrrrn Ecitrologj)

Vol. III. New Series. SEPTEMBER, 1906. No. 9.

Sftfi (Sliserbiiiorg
I am glad to note that my remarks on " Directing " published in
the July " Observatory " have evoked so much response. In addition
to the letters appearing in the magazine, 1 have
"Directions" received much correspondence, and I would gladly
deal with all the letters that have been put to me
on the subject, did time permit, though many of those questions have
already received treatment in the books now forming the " Astrology
for All" series.
In drawing the attention of one of my correspondents to this fact,
I received the following reply: " I wonder if your writing of books
will do as much good as your hand-to-hand dealings with people's
lives through their horoscopes ? It seems tome such a pity that as
little children we are not trained from birth into our natural scope,
instead of blundering blindly all over the place till it is too late to
make practically much of the remaining years," which only proves
that there is still much more interest displayed in one's own nativity,
than in those of others.

The difficulty in connection with " Directions " is half solved by

the study of the nucleus in each horoscope. The Solar, Lunar and
Planetary positions form nuclear spots in every
The Mucleus nativity, the Solar-Lunar being the principal.
Now everything depends upon the " awareness "
of the ego, as to how these nuclei will be expanded. The possi-
bilities of the present civilisation are enormous, this being the age of
energy and extension. Let me give an illustration. The Moon 111
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my own nativity is in the ninth house. It represents a conveyer of

philosophic or higher thought; but it also denotes an extension of
energy to great distances, and to have restricted my astrological work
to English-speaking countries only would have been neglect of
opportunity and lack of response to the facilities offered by our
energetic civilisation. That this is so, the enthusiasm with which
the French and Dutch translations of the Astrological Manuals have
been greeted amply proves. Every student of Astrology may take
this idea home to himself, and it is not necessary to plead other
disabilities, for each house has a power of its own, each containing
the three 'Gunas' or "energisers" in latency.
St *
The secret lies in the few words " everything depends upon the
awareness of the Ego"; and these hang upon "Each man's life the
outcome of his former living is." Every objection that
"Awareness" has ever been raised, where "opportunity" is
concerned, goes to prove my theory that no one
has ever yet lived up to his horoscope.
It is my firm conviction that we have all to transcend the circle
of necessity, known as the zodiac. This is the " ring pass-not " for
all who have not reached the adept stage, just as the animal had to
become specialised out of one zodiacal sign only before it could pass
into the animal-human world. I can vouch for the fact that a con-
siderable portion of humanity rarely if ever respond to higher
vibrations than those of the Moon, Mars and Mercury—and even
these unfortunately in the lower vibrations only.
However, I am glad that my remarks have awakened so much
interest, and should any specially interesting letters arrive on the
subject I shall take every effort to publish them, in order that we
may eventually get at the truth concerning " Directions."
❖ «
I wish particularly to draw the attention of all readers to the
important article by Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe, on " The Foundations of
Physical Astronomy," to which I alluded briefly
Hr.G. E.JSuti^iffe's jast month. In spite of its length, I have printed
the article entire, without division, in order that
the argument may be followed clearly, without any loss of interest
such as may occur when a long chain of reasoning is spread over
 THE OBSERVATOKV
two or three issues of a magazine. The fact that I have done so is a
proof of the importance of the paper in my eyes, and I hope that
every subscriber will read it right through, and not be scared by the
(to some minds) terrible word " mathematics." There is nothing in
the general drift of the article that any intelligent person need fear to
" boggle at," though it is quite likely that the fullest interest will be
exhibited by those who are accustomed to pay special attention to
scientific matters. Still, no reader can fail to be interested to see how
a man of science, who is not an astrologer, comes iy s/uer reasoning to
similar conclusions to those we have reached in our own studies
through practical observation.
* *
While on this topic I may say that we have received another
letter on the subject of La Place's "alleged error," for which we
cannot find space this month, but hope to print
La Place's next, as the matter is of great importance from a
"Alleged Bppop" . ' b r
scientific standpoint.
In conclusion I think it is not too much to ask, that every reader
should send a copy of this issue to anyone they know who is interested
in the study of any science,—especially electricity or astronomy,—for
it cannot fail to interest them, and may furnish some hints that will
be of use to them in their own particular studies; moreover, it will
help to extend the cause of our own beloved science.
Besides, the generous action will reflect itself in benefit upon the
donor ; since it is an occult law that before we can receive we must
be willing to give. And this is just as true of knowledge as of
other things ; it is as true in science, as it is in commerce. We must
be willing to spread Knowledge before we can hope that Knowledge
will flow into us, for—" With what measure ye mete, it shall be meted
unto you again."

PUBLISHER'S NOTE.
Owing to the extraordinary demand for the July issue of Modern
Astrology, containing the horoscope of Dr. Richard Garnett, but very few
copies beyond the reserve kept for binding now remain in stock. These
few are on sale at 2s. each, and intending buyers should write mii/ierfw/cfy
if they desire to secure a copy.
 388

Wixzham of tljc

Students of Astrology may, I think, be classed as truth-seekers,

trying to comprehend somewhat of the great mystery of being, seeking
to discover some attributes of the Law-giver. Truth is Law, and how-
ever dimly the mind apprehends the external workings of the
planetary rulers, the fact of it having been focussed upon so mighty
a theme must necessarily cause it to become wider, clearer and more
tolerant, contemplating a perfectly ordered plan of life, majestic and
mighty in its scope and yet perfect in the smallest detail—from the
mighty cosmic wheel of destiny, born out of time and space, down to
the tiny wheel of fate, ruling the little man born into time and,space.
And yet the little wheel is fashioned on the plan of the larger one,
and the Great Man, eternal in the heavens, is the prototype of the
little earthly man, made in the divine image.
Each man or woman forms in himself a tiny world, or sphere, or
zodiac, marked out into its twelve signs or houses, the whole forming
a circle, sphere or egg—body, soul and spirit; and thus man is a star,
or a world, in himself. He does not realise this, even though he may
know of it intellectually, because his soul is drawn downwards by the
desires of the flesh and cannot therefore see the Light-bearer, the
spiritual principle which dwells within the heart.
Indeed, many earthly pilgrimages are spent in seeking the ex-
ternal forms, which are around him on every side, some of which
attract with such an absorbing force that he yearns to clasp the
beloved object, only to find it, when within his reach, lifeless clay.
Desire for external things can but give external experiences, but
after many lives spent in this fashion the sleeping soul within bestirs
herself and cries out for something satisfying amidst the changes and
vicissitudes of daily life. When this happens, the soul is beginning
to detach herself from matter and is seeking her true mate, spirit.
Men usually desire four things in life—Love, Wealth, Fame
and Power; other things are usually pushed on one side as being
unpractical. How best to get on in life, to get the most for oneself, is
the vital question ; and to [animal] man spirit and soul can only count
 THE WISDOM OF THE STASS 389
as something to be pushed away and entirely forgotten, for as St.
Paul says, " Spiritual things are as foolishness unto him."
Even when a man has to a very great extent transcended the
animal evolution, doubt yet exists in his mind as to whether it is
' legitimate ' to look behind the veil. But as a matter of fact every-
thing is " behind the veil " till some daring investigator brings it to the
front, and the spirit of truth follows no easy beaten track on a con-
ventional road, but seeks to discover, if it may be, some law guiding
evolution.
Spiritual development is an opening of the portals to that other
world where spiritual consciousness is the breath of life, and the
awakening of the spiritual consciousness means, literally, being born
into a new world.
Many to-day are seeking the soul's deliverance from the bonds
of matter, heartsick and weary, feeling that there is a spiritual
life and a consciousness which transcends anything they have yet
experienced. But how to attain this consciousness?—that is the crux
of the matter. In the past, as in the present, seers and mystics have
written whole treatises [on religion and religious experiences. But
any book, even if it be the greatest scripture of the world, can
only point out the way ; we ourselves must tread the path if we would
know. In other words, we must seek for no outer "atonement," but
must realise that inner AT-ONE-ment which is practically the New
Birth that the Christ spoke of.
Three steps take us within the entrance of the Temple, but they
are steep and difficult for the neophyte to surmount. They are
sometimes called Pure Love, True Knowledge, and Self-Effacement.
Now the student of Astrology knows intellectually, even if he
has not yet realised by inner experience, that the real self is spirit,
which spirit is clothed upon by an organised form composed of spiritual
substance, with parts like and corresponding to those of the corporeal
body ; and he knows, too, that the change of vesture called death in no
way transforms the mental constitution or changes the moral character.
The Wisdom of the Stars declares that Character, Aspiration, and
Harmony, in other words, conformity to Divine Law, are needed as a
preparation for that mystic marriage of the soul, by which she receives
into the womb of darkness, called ignorance, the light-spark which
like a great search-light reveals her to herself. " I am That," says
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the Hindu Yogi, hundreds and hundreds of times to himself. But

though he may know this as an intellectual conception, he will never
know it as an accomplished fact until the marriage of Light with
Darkness, Life with Form, has been accomplished.
The light of the star—not the personal star of the horoscope, but
the star of the Monad—must shine forth, and the 'Counterfeit of the
Spirit' must drop away ere that mystic marriage which illuminates
the soul can take place. Of this marriage wisdom is born, in that
supreme moment when spirit, soul, and body become as one. The
twelve Nidanas, that is the several powers of the twelve signs,*
become vivified, and the man is born out of time into eternity : has
become wise with the wisdom of God. For pure matter and pure
spirit have coalesced in that mystic "union" described by all the
ancient writers. Pure matter. The vestures must indeed be un-
sullied to reflect the King in his beauty who stands within the
Temple.
What has the Wisdom of the Stars to teacli her votaries
concerning that moment when man becomes as God ?
Venus whispers: Spotless purity must compose the wedding
garment. Mars declares : Courage within the soul to do and dare.
Mercury enjoins : The attuning of the mind, and then fixing it on the
Divine spouse. Saturn says: The neophyte must wear the jewel of
Truth, whose lustre alone can show out the pitfalls by the way.
Jupiter breathes fortli : Compassion and charity must be the mantle
which the candidate who would become God-like must wear. Lastly,
Uranus bids the pilgrim soul break his staff in pieces and lean only
on his own strength, for that nothing outside can avail him.
" Within thyself deliverance must be sought," says The Light of
Asia, and it is for this deliverance we are all yearning within the
prison-house of the body, whether we know it consciously or not.
The deepest study of the stars should surely teacli us how so to live
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
To the true student of Astrology no thought can surely be too
high, too " transcendental "—for the stars, those mystic lamps of
heaven, themselves are transcendental, and the angels of the stars

^ An article on the Nidanas appeared in Modern Astrology. Vol. XIV. (Old

Series), p. 7 ; see also XIII.. p. 155.—Ed.
 The Wisdom of the stars 39i
are ever concerned with the spiritual development of mortal men and
women.
Do we waste our time studying a philosophy that is not of the
earth ? Folly, is it, to try and become wise with the wisdom of God ?
After all, the only wisdom any man can attain towards is the
knowledge of God. That we do not know the Father is the proof of
our ignorance to-day, and if it be true that in Him we live and move
and have our being, then how dark must be the vestures that shut us
out from His light and His love !
Jacob Boehme declares that Mercury, or the light-bringer, travails
in the womb of Saturn, waiting for her day of deliverance. Saturn is
Form and Limitation : separateness has been brought about by his
influence : Time and Space are conditioned more or less by his ruling.
But when Mercury, or the child (which means the young Christ), is
born out of the womb of Saturn, then Time and Space are not, so far
as his transcendental consciousness is concerned; the Man of the
Hour, or the personality, and the Immortal Man, wrought out of
the individuality, must have reached at-one-ment. The student of
Astrology has only approached the first letter of the alphabet which
spells self-knowledge; but even that self-knowledge is and can be
only of the little self. When we have mastered the last letter of the
wisdom of the stars we shall have become adepts, or Masters of
Wisdom.
What is ihe reason that we are all content to be ignorant ? If
we believe that God exists, why do we not find Him ? It is because
the nucleus of the Christ has not yet been formed within us; the
mystic union has not taken place. Our desire-nature gravitates to
matter, the counterfeit of spirit. We are all in love, more or less,
with ourselves, and therefore we do not want God.
It is true that we talk of Him in our churches and we sing His
praises—but we all deny Him in our lives. When we can love for
love's sake only, and desire wisdom for its own sake alone, then we
are getting ready for that mystic union from which the Christ is born,
the Divine child of a Divine father.
The little wheel of life, the horoscope, is a guide to tell us where
we stand in the pilgrimage of evolution, and how we can best acquit
ourselves in the battle of life : which of our garments is soiled and
discoloured, what we can best do with the material we have brought
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with us. To the earnest student, who tries to understand by the

symbology somewhat of God's wisdom, it gives the clue to that
centre of consciousness which is most developed ; it points out the
line of evolution on which the soul has travelled in the past, and
whiclLhas thus become the line of least resistance in the present.
As 1 have said before, a knowledge about Astrology will not make
a mystic or a saint, but the practice of Astrology in our daily lives
will. For Astrology is one of the roads to the Temple of Wisdom,
and suits the occult and mystic nature, the thinker and profound
philosopher. It cannot help either "psychics" or "mediums," for
the knowledge of Astrology must be apprehended by the mind. The
lower mind for its lower mysteries, and the higher mind, or pure
reason, for the higher mysteries. The pure mind alone can fathom
cosmic Astrology, or follow the sweep of our Solar Logos' manifesta-
tion, for an understanding as mighty as this means a consciousness
apart from the brain.
The great Seers and Adepts of the past saw with the eye of the
mind and were called lllumanti. They have given us a few isolated
facts touching worlds and world-periods; cycles, and cyclic revolu-
tions. But the mystery of Astrology, like all true wisdom, can only
be grasped by an unfolded consciousness as mighty as the truth it
would embrace. While we are yet within the Circle of Necessity we
see ' as in a glass, darkly,' and that may be called our fate ; but our
destiny is to know. For the Wisdom of the Stars remains the same
to-day, to-morrow, and for ever : God's history written in the sky.
Bessie Leo.

"The man who hath Reason for driver, holding tight unto Impulse's
reins, he reacheth the end of the journey, that home of the Godhead
supreme."—Kathopanishad.
" Nothing but talk is possible until a man has begun to purify his life ;
until he is truthful in thought as well as in speech; until he cannot be per-
suaded to swerve from the path of rectitude by any outside temptation;
until the whole of his thought and desire at least is towards the right; until,
however often he falls, he recognises a fall as a fall and tries to rise again ;
until he has made at least the attempt to form a righteous ideal, and to
carry out that ideal practically in life."—Lecture on Yoga.
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®l)c itfoun&attons of ^pljgsical JUtrologg

By G. E. Sutcliffe, Member of ike Leeds Astronomical Society

PRELIMINARY EDITORIAL NOTE

We consider ourselves extremely fortunate in being able to offer
to our readers the series of articles by Mr. Sutcliffe of which this is
the first instalment. The world has long waited for just such an
exposition of the cardinal principles of Astrology as is this, deduced
from observations made and principles formulated in quite other
departments of that vast field of enquiry into the operations of
Nature known as " physical science."
Students of Astrology have hitherto been of two classes: first,
those who have become convinced by sheer " facts" alone, and who
are too often by no means entirely free from some one of the many
forms of superstition, among whom may be classed the whole of
the 'exoteric ' school, who base their judgment upon general tradition
and personal experience, rather than upon metaphysical principles;
secondly, those who intuitively perceive the truth of Astrology and who,
proceeding always from the philosophical standpoint, endeavour to
deduce a formulary of rules from metaphysical principles by their
correlations and mutual interactions. These latter may be termed
speculative astrologers, and though their methods are decidedly to be
preferred to those of the former, if we are to judge of results broadly,
yet the personal factor becomes such a serious item where no
standard of authority exists, except the full development in each
student of that mysterious faculty known as intuition, that any promise
of a definite legic of Astrology—using the word in its highest sense—
will be eagerly seized upon by many aspiring minds, and the school
to which it may give rise seems certain to prove to be that
"Science of the Future "'"of which we have so often heard. Of
this deductive-inductive school Mr. Sutcliffe's articles afford us a

* See the excellent remarks on this head in the article " How Astrology is
regarded in France " (p. 226, current volume).
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prospective glimpse and we recommend his paper, not merely to the
careful attention but to the earnest study, of all real students of
either Astrology or any other form of science.
It is not our intention unnecessarily to encroach on the space set
apart for this first instalment; but we would point out, what may not
be apparent on the surface, that it is a great advantage that such a
paper as this should be contributed by a man wbo is not himself an
astrologer, nor even a student of Astrology in the currently accepted
sense of the word. For he is by that very fact precluded from any share
in collective opinions which may perhaps be mere prejudices, unwise
generalisations, or hasty assumptions on the part of the astrologically
minded—or which are certain to be condemned as most probably such,
by the critical and sceptical outsider. This we think needs no urging,
but is apparent to every thinker, and Mr. Sutcliffe's first article
furnishes excellent " internal evidence " that he is not (in the ordinary
sense) a student of Astrology, in the shape of the suggestion that " it
will be of interest for astrologers to ascertain whether wben a person is
born with most of the planets in wafcry signs the passional nature of the
individual is predominant, in airy, the mental, and so on, etc." The
naivete of such a suggestion, from the point of view of the astrological
student, could hardly be excelled, nor is it lessened by the further
remark—" I merely throw this out as a hint for astrological
investigation, I do not know that it is so."
We think no one will be blind to the significance of such a fact,
as evidence of the scientific basis of tbe statements customarily
advanced by astrologers, that—working from a entirely different
standpoint of investigation—an impartial enquirer, a scientific man,
an astronomer to boot, and rather prejudiced against "astrologers"
than biassed in their favour, should as the result of his speculations
and researches offer as a useful hint what was really, had he but known
it, an astrological truism familiar to us from tbe days of our first
dipping into a text-book !
Mr. Sutcliffe hardly needs any introduction to our readers, who
will remember his important communication* recently contributed to
0
This pamphlet, A Gigantic Hoax : How the great French Astronomer, La Place,
has perpetrated a tremendous hoax on the whole 0/ the nineteenth century scientists, as well as
The Occult Significance of the Planet Uranus, briefly noticed on p. 195. current volume,
is on saleat this Office; also—The Hindu Zodiac : a suggested Key to it, and to the Astronomy
of the Ancients—The Length of a Day of Brahma—The Dawn of a New Era in 1899— all
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 395

this magazine on the astounding error, or hoax, of La Place (see

Modern Astrology, cuvmit volume, pp. 77, 139, 186, 236, 334, 383).
By the way, in regard to this latter, referring to the criticism of
" J. W.'s" astronomer friend, Mr. Sutcliffe writes :
'I pointed out in the pamphlet " A Gigantic Hoax" that La Place
must have known that he used the wrong sign, and on these grounds I
suggested that he has knowingly perpetrated a hoax. A mathematician can
decide to call either direction positive, but he cannot call both directions
positive. If precession is positive then planetary motions are negative, but
La Place treats both these opposite directions as positive and this is not
legitimate.'
And now we will leave Mr. Sutclifife's article to speak for itself,
without any further remark save that the better a scientist or the
more thorough an astrologer the reader is, the more will he enjoy its
perusal.

THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY.

1.
INTRODUCTION
Ex oriente lux: Ancient Maxim
Part I. Modern Science.
(i)*The Science of Astrology, as developed in modern times, may
be said to possess a soul but to have no physical vehicle through
which that soul can function. It is somewhat in the position of a
man in the intervening period between two incarnations; the man
certainly exists, but he cannot demonstrate his existence to the
ordinary physical senses. In ancient times Astrology had not only a
soul but a body, for the physical theories of the Ancients were in
harmony with the cosmic soul forces with which Astrology is
concerned.
With modern physical theories, however, this is not so. The
force of gravitation, which is the only force at present recognised as
acting within our solar system, does not provide any suitable mechan-

at u. each, post free; and Two Undiscovered Planets bound together with A Cause of
Sun-Spot Periodicity, A Law of Repulsion and Eastern Light on Western Problems, is. 6d.
post free. Reviews of the first and last of these latter have appeared in Modern
Astrology, Vols. X. (Old Series), p. 127, II. (New Series), p. 185,
' For convenience of reference each paragraph is numbered, after the cus-
tomary fashion of science text-books. Formulas and equations are distinguished
from paragraphs by italic numerals [e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.).
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

ism by which the effects dealt with in Astrology can be rationally

explained.
When the inexplicable force of gravity is replaced by the com-
paratively comprehensible forces of electricity and magnetism, which
according to occult teaching are the real forces at work, then
Astrology possesses a suitable physical vehicle, and its operations and
laws become as natural as the operations and laws of the lever and the
screw.
(2) The object of these articles is to provide Astrology with a
physical vehicle, to give it, as it were, a new physical birth, by means
of which the subtle forces with which it deals can be rendered com-
prehensible to the physical intellect. In order to do this the first step
is to prove that the forces which guide the planets in their orbits are
the same forces as those which drive our electric railways, i.e., the
familiar forces of electricity and magnetism.
These articles will necessarily be somewhat mathematical, though
nothing more difficult than simple equations will in general be required ;
but no astrologer ought to be afraid of mathematics, since mathe-
matics is the backbone of Astrology. It is a science essentially built
up of symbols and mathematical formulae, and such formulae can
therefore scarcely be out of place when dealing with the foundations
of physical Astrology.
(3) Let there be two equal masses of matter in the form of
spheres, and let the masses be such that when the centres of the
spheres are at unit distance from each other, the attractive force
between the two bodies, ordinarily explained as being due to
"gravity," is unity. If then the unit of mass is the gramme, the unit
of length the centimetre, the unit of time the second, and the unit of force
the dyne, the amount of matter in each of the two equal spheres
will be
g
i=3857'58 grammes (/) 3 588 3369
This mass of matter in English measure is about SJlbs., but in
order to link up astrological forces with electricity it is necessary to
adopt throughout the centimetre-gramme-second series of units—briefly
named the " C.G.S." system of units.
(4) To the right of equation (?) is given the logarithm of the
number and, for the convenience of those students who may like to
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 397
check the calculations, when a number is given it will be always
accompanied by its logarithm, as in the above instance.*
(5) Since the above weight of matter, viz., Gi grammes, exerts
unit force, it may be looked upon as the unit of mass, and this will be
the unit of mass we shall adopt throughout these papers.
The student should compare it with the unit quantity of electricity
as defined in electrical text-books, and he will find that the unit
electro-static quantity of electricity is determined in the same way as
we havedefinedour unit of mass ; that is, unit quantity is determined
by two equal charges at unit distance acting upon each other with
unit force.
(6) Having now obtained our unit of mass in a way that is
exactly similar to that in which unit charge of electricity is obtained,
we will connect this mass and unit electric charge by the provisional
assumption, afterwards to be proved, that the reason why these two
unit masses of matter attract each other with unit force is because
they possess unit electro-static charge.
This assumption enables us to calculate the total electrical charge
of the earth or any other planet; for if M be the mass of the planet in
grammes, and q the electro-static charge of the body, then
M
12)
9=-ei [2
'
Taking the earth, for instance,
M = 5-9868 x 1027 grammes 27*777 1959
So that the electro-static charge of the earth is
q = 1-54475 x ioM ■■(•3) 24-188 8590
The value of q, as given in (J), is in the electro-static units used
by all electricians.
(7) We shall now proceed to obtain the same number by an
entirely different method ; that is, by considering the moon's motion in
her orbit as due to a magnetic field, so that we have working in our
solar system the force of magnetism, causing planetary rotations, and

• Those unfamiliar with " logarithms," and who are tempted to fight shy of any
calculations in which they are necessary, will be Iglad to know that there is given
in Astrology for All, Part II. (Ch. IX.), a simple explanation of their derivation and
use, together with a table of four-figure logs, by which the calculations here referred
to may be checked—(bearing in mind, of course, that the same degree of accuracy
is not obtainable with four-figure logs, as with seven-figure logs.).—Ed.
39S MODERN ASTROLOGY

the force of electrical attraction, holding the parts of the system

together, and preventing these rotating magnetic forces from driving
apart the members of our system.
(8) During the last few years I have had the good fortune to
make a series of discoveries in connection with this subject, and one
of the most important of these is that if the electro-static quantity q
be substituted in Professor J. J. Thomson's equations for the electro-
magnetic quantity e, then these equations can be used without further
alteration to explain the whole of the phenomena of our solar system.
When the quantity of electricity is measured by the electric force it
exerts, it is called the ' electro-static' measure of the quantity, but
when it is measured by the magnetic force it exerts it is called the
' electro-magnetic' measure of the quantity. These two measures of
quantity are not the same, but have always a definite relationship to
each other, the electro-static quantity q being always the electro-
magnetic quantity e multiplied by the velocity of light in centimetres.
This velocity of light:
v = 3x1010 centimetres ft) io"477 1213
So that
q = ev = exsxio10
We may thus write equation (2) in the form

q = ev = (5)
(9) If the reader refers to Professor J. }. Thomson's Electricity
and Matter (p. 84) he will find that if a body of mass M, and electro-
magnetic charge e, moves with the velocity V, in a magnetic field of
intensity H, it will describe an orbit of radius d, so that
MV
d—■ ••(^)

If, as stated above, we substitute for e the electro-static quantity

q the above becomes
d
MV
= n
since from (5)
M
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 399
we may put (7) in the form

K
=Ir m
(jo) If now we apply equation (S) to the case of the moon, then
F is the moon's velocity in its orbit around the earth, and d the moon's
distance from the earth's centre. Then since F, Gj, and d, are known
it is possible to calculate from (S) the magnetic intensity H. This
equation is of quite general application, so that we may apply it not
only to the earth and moon, but also to the earth and sun. When
applied to the earth and sun, F is the earth's velocity in its orbit, and
d the earth's distance from the sun.
The earth's velocity in centimetres is
V = 2-976 x ioa (9) 6-473 6991
and its distance from the sun
d =11-498x10" (10) 13175 6307
from which we obtain from (S) the magnetic intensity H, which
causes the earth's motion around the sun :
H = 0-0007716 (77)
(11) Now this value of the magnetic intensity acting upon the
earth is as nearly as can be measured the same as the magnetic force
which causes the daily variation of the magnetic needle. According
to the Encyclopadia Bntannica (Vol. XVI., p. 173), the mean daily
variation of the magnetic elements in London is about
20-9 , .
——
innnn (72)
v
'
of the magnetic force, and {Ibid., Vol. XXX., p. 463) this force is 0-325.
Hence the daily variation of the magnetic elements is
20*9 x 0-325
—J3333—= 0-0006792 (7J)

Considering that this is a matter that can only be roughly measured,

we see that the agreement between the earth's field intensity and the
daily variation of the magnetic elements, is remarkably close.
(12) The daily variation of the magnetic force varies from month
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to month, and from year to year, going through a cycle in the sun-
spot period of eleven years.* When the sun is at a sunspot maximum
the daily magnetic variation is greater than at a sunspot minimum,
so that to obtain the exact mean of the daily variation would require
observations extending over many centuries, and this has not yet been
done; hence the values given in (//) and (13) are as close as can
reasonably be expected under the circumstances. This agreement
therefore constitutes the first in a chain of proofs that the forces
acting in our solar system are electric and magnetic forces.
(13) If the student were to ask a man of science what was the
cause of the daily variation of the magnetic needle, he would be
obliged to answer that he did not know; he might reply that it was
in some way linked with the cause of sunspots, but as the cause of
sunspots is not known, the cause of this magnetic variation is equally
unknown.
This is an interesting illustration of how, when occult teachings
are adopted as hypotheses, we at once obtain explanations of natural
mysteries which orthodox science is quite unable to account for.
Occultists tell us that the sun is a great magnet (Secret Doc-
trine, Vol. I., p. 541, 1st edition) and we see from (8) that when the
laws of magnetic forces are applied between our sun and the earth, we
at once obtain for the sun's magnetic field a value that is, in all proba-
bility, identical in amount with the daily variation of a magnetic
needle on the earth's surface.
As the earth rotates on its axis once in twenty-four hours it
presents each part of its surface alternately towards, and away from,
the sun's magnetic field. When in one position the sun's magnetic
field adds itself to the earth's magnetic forces, and when in the other
position the earth's magnetic forces act alone; so that the difference
between the two cases is just equal to the sun's magnetic field—and
hence the daily variation of the magnetic needle. Thus we arrive at
a simple and efficient explanation of a phenomenon that has puzzled
scientists for many decades.
(14) We now come to a further development of the electro-
magnetic theory of planetary motions. When a body whose electro-

• See chart in A Cause of Sunspot Periodicity, referred to in a previous footnote,

 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 40I

magnetic charge is e, moves with a velocity V, in a magnetic field of

intensity H, it is acted upon by a magnetic force which is equal to
HcV
This magnetic force is at right angles to the direction of the field
intensity H, and also to the direction of the velocity V. Taking the
case of the moon revolving around the earth, the direction of the field
intensity H is at right angles to the plane of the moon's orbit; the
direction of the magnetic force HeV is along a line from the earth to
the moon, and its action, if not neutralised, would be to drivethe moon
away from the earth. Its action therefore is in everyway similar to
that of centrifugal force.
In order to counteract this magnetic force, and keep the moon
revolving in its orbit, we are obliged to assume an electro-static attrac-
tion between the earth and moon which is just equal to the repulsion
of the magnetic force. For confirmation of these statements I must
refer the reader to J. J. Thomson's Electricity and Matter (pp. 84 and 85).
If the electro-static attraction at the moon's distance were X,
and the moon's electro-magnetic charge e, this attraction would be Xe,
and in order that it should just counterbalance the magnetic force
HeV we need the equation
Xe — HeV
or X = HV ....(74)
(15) Now this electro static attraction X must be due to the elec-
tro-static charges on the earth and moon. If these charges be equal
to q then since the attractive force of the charges varies inversely as
the square of the distance, if d be the distance between the earth and
moon we have

±_
dl X
q = Xd* (75)
By combining [14) and (75) we further obtain
q = HVtP {16)
(16) The electro-static charge q given by [16) is that of the earth
and moon combined. To obtain the electro-static charge of the earth
only, we must multiply [16) by the mass of the earth and divide by the
sum of the masses of the earth and moon. Since the earth is Srfij
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

times as heavy as the moon, we shall obtain the value of q for the
earth alone by multiplying by
Si'Gs

So that we obtain for the earth's electro-static charge

81*65
5=Hlix/nv
(17) Now equation (77) is an exceedingly valuable one, since it
gives a test of the truth of this theory ; for if the student refers back
to equation (2), he will find that the value of the earth's electro-
static charge q is given by an entirely different equation, for there we
have
ir
9 —
Gj
where M is the earth's mass in grammes and Gt is equal to
grammes. In order, therefore, that this electro-magnetic theory of
the astrological forces shall be true and self-consistent, it is necessary
that (2) and (77) should give us exactly the same result.
We can test equation (77), if we think fit, by calculating the field
intensity H from equation (<S), or by combining equation (S) and (77)
we may obtain a simpler equation ; thus from (<S) we have
VGi
H=—
so that (77) becomes
81-65 .. fGi
Vd x
~r
or q = F^dGi (/S)
02 O5
Taking the logarithms of these numbers we have
lo 81-65 -
g- RTsg = ' cm 7133
Now V is the moon's velocity in its orbit around the earth, in
centimetres and
log. V1 — 5 010 3232
„ V = 10-020 6464
while d is the moon's distance from the earth in centimetres, so that
log. d -10-585 1641
and log. Gj — 3-588 3369
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 403

If now we add these logarithms we obtain the logarithm of q

thus
log. (81-05-FSa-Cj)a = 7i33
log. F = 10-020 O4O4
log. d = 10-585 1O41
log. G, = 3 588 33O9
log. g = 24-188 SO07

or 9 = i'544G5 x io21 (?9)

In equation (3) our calculation of q was
9 = I-54475XIOM
from which it will be seen that the agreement is practically exact.
(18) In the above equations therefore we have a system of plane-
tary motions and forces which is consistent not only with itself, but
also in accordance with known facts, and the student of Astrology
would do well to ponder over them and thoroughly assimilate their
meaning. The equations are so simple that nothing is required to
understand them beyond the most elementary mathematics.
He should note, in particular, that we have explained planetary
motions and forces without making use in any way of the mysterious
force of gravity, of which we know nothing, and have substituted in its
place the forces of electricity and magnetism, of which we know a great
deal. In place of an unknown force we have used forces with which
we are becoming every day more familiar, the forces with which we
light up our streets, and drive our railways. As Sir Oliver Lodge has
said, we know a great deal more about the nature of electricity than
we do about the nature of water, so that in substituting these known
forces for those of gravity we have made a distinct step forward in a
rational explanation of the universe.
(19) It should be observed that equation [IS) is not only applic-
able to the case of the earth and moon, but is of universal application
to any system of bodies revolving around a centre of attraction ; for
instance, we can use it to measure the electro-static charge on the sun,
by making V the orbital velocity of a planet and d its distance from
the sun. Using the earth's orbital velocity and distance for this
purpose we have
log. V = <3-473 C991
log. d = 13-175 C307
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In the case of the earth and sun we do not require a correcting

fraction such as IJ:!"!, since the earth's mass is insignificant compared
with that of the sun, and hence we may write
? = VHGi

which gives
q = 5-1448 x 10® (20) 2g-7ll 3658
If we compare the electro-static charge of the sun given in (20)
with that of the earth in (79) we have for their ratio
5-1448x10®
1-54465 x io'h : 333.200 5 52a 7051

or the electro-static charge of the sun is about 330,000 times as great

as that of the earth. If now a reference be made to works of astro-
nomy, it will be found that the sun's mass is generally given as about
330,000 times greater than that of the earth, hence we see that our
equations give values for the electro-static charges of bodies that are
proportional to the masses of the bodies ; and this is as it should be,
for from equation (2) the electro-static charge of the body is the mass
divided by the constant G,. It will be seen from this that everything
that can be deduced from the force of gravity, can be also deduced
from the electro-magnetic theory, whilst this theory, on the other
hand, tells us more than the theory of gravity, since it explains the
magnetic forces working throughout the solar system, which the
theory of gravity does not.
(20) We should hear in mind also that the method we have
used to explain the motions of the heavenly bodies, is the same
method as the physicist uses in his laboratory to measure the electric
charge of an atom and the mass of an electron. A reference to J. J.
Thomson's Electricity and Matter (pp. 84 and 85) will clearly show
this, since we have used the same equations as used by Prof.
Thomson, with this difference, that instead of the electro-magnetic
charge e we have substituted the electro-static charge q. By means
of a magnetic field H and an electro-static attraction X, Prof. Thomson
makes an electron move in a circular orbit just as the moon moves
around the earth, and, by a similar equation, he measures the charge
and the mass of the electron. We have, therefore, throughout our
demonstration used only forces which the physicist can handle and
control.
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 405

The value of our discovery consists only in the fact that in

Astrology we may substitute the electro-static charge q for the
electro-magnetic charge e.
This may seem only a little matter, but it is the missing link
which connects modern science with occultism and hence its value.
As we proceed with our investigations the importance of this missing
link will exhibit itself with greater clearness.

Pavt II. Occult Teachings.

(21) Let us now summarise the results as far as we have gone,

and endeavour to realise in what way they enable us to understand
the working of astrological influences.

A ■

Fig. 1.
In Fig. 1 let B be a planet revolving around the sun at A, in
an orbit represented by the circle. Both the sun and the planet are
magnets whose magnetism gives rise to a magnetic field. The direc-
tion of this magnetic field is perpendicular to the plane of the planet's
orbit, and therefore perpendicular to the plane of the paper. Its
intensity H at the planet's distance is given by equation (S). The
motion of the planet B, in its orbit with the velocity V, across the
magnetic field of intensity H, gives rise to a magnetic force whose
value is where « is the electro-magnetic charge on the planet.
For unit charge this magnetic force will he HV and its direction is
from A to B ; in other words it is a force tending to drive the two
bodies apart. This centrifugal force is counteracted by an electro-
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

static attraction ^Y, acting from ff toor in the opposite direction

to the magnetic force, and since from {14)
X —HV
these two forces are equal and opposite, and therefore neutralise
each other. The interaction of these two opposing forces, the electric
and magnetic, may be conceived as causing the orbital motion of the
planet; just as atoms of matter are made to revolve in orbits by the
same forces, and according to the same laws, in our physical labora-
tories. The electro-static attraction X is due to the electro-static
charges on the bodies, whose value q is given by equations (2) and {16).
The heavenly bodies, therefore, appear under two aspects, first
as magnets giving rise to repulsive forces, and second as electrically
charged bodies giving rise to attractive forces ; whilst the combined
electro-magnetic forces give rise to planetary rotations.^
(22) Now if it can be shown that, given the above electric and magnetic
forces, the laws of Astrology follow naturally and of necessity from the known
laws of electricity and magnetism, then we have obtained the required physical
basis fur the science of Astrology ; and this science will not only have a soul
but also a body through which it can manifest.
The object of these papers, therefore, is to demonstrate the principal ■
teachings of Astrology from the known laws of electricity and magnetism.
(23) It may be noted in passing that in replacing the force of

" Comment.—Mr. Sutcliffe's ascription of a repulsiveproperty to the magnetic

forces, and an attractive property to the electric, strikes us as the exact opposite of
what might have been expected. Certainly it is opposed to the connotations of the
two words as ordinarily used in reference to temperament, or personality, where a
' magnetic' person is one who naturally attracts the sympathies of others and
draws around him or herself a band of associates, while the ' electric' person is one
who is ever more or less on the defensive, and whose entry into a community is
almost invariably the precursor of disruptive influences. Is it possible that the terms
' electric' and ' magnetic ' are employed by scientists antithetically only, iu the
same way that ' positive' and ' negative' are in mechanics, without any concep-
tion of a fundamental quality pertaining to either inherently ? If so. the apparent
discrepancy between the above statement and our customary use of the words is
readily explained ; and since electricians express themselves as by no means
certain that ' positive' electricity ought not to be more correctly styled negative
and vice versa (S. P. Thompson's Elcm. Elect, and Mag., §7. p. 9 ; R. H. Jude's First
Stage, Elem. Mag. and Elect., §26. p. 18). it seems to us very possible that this may
be so. At any rate, it is significant that the three astrologers to whom proofs of
this article were shown should all have expressed, independently, a sense of surprise
at the statement referred to. and it is on this account that we have appended this
note. Mr. H. S. Green's remarks are so suggestive that we feel no apology is
needed for quoting them in full; he says; " I do not at first glance see why Mr. S.
gives electricity as attracting and magnetism as repelling. Like electricities
(+ or -) repel, unlike attract. So with magnetism, opposite poles attract,
 THE FOdNDATtONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 40^

Gravity by the forces of attraction and repulsion, we come into

general accord with occult teaching ; thus, in the Secret Doctrine (Vol.
I., p. 540), we are told that gravity, as conceived by modern science,
does not exist, but that in its place there exist magnetism and the
forces of attraction and repulsion. Again (p. 559) we are told that
Occultists see in gravity only attraction and repulsion.
Thus, in adopting the electric and magnetic forces as the physi-
cal bases of Astrology, we get into accord with the general body of the
occult sciences; and since Astrology is a branch of these occult
sciences, it is essential that it should be fundamentally in agreement
with them.
(24) When an insulated body is given a charge of electricity,
there issues from its surface what are known as lines of force, or as
Faraday preferred to call them, tubes of force. The way in which
these lines of force pass through the medium surrounding the body
can be studied in any elementary text-book of electricity, such as
Silvanus Thompson's Elementary Lessons in Electricity and Magnetism,
published by Macmillan & Co. If the charged body be spherical,
and there are no other bodies near it, these lines of force radiate into
space equally in all directions ; but if there are other bodies present,
these lines of force are directed towards those bodies and focus them-
selves upon them. These lines of force, therefore, issuing from
like poles repel. Perhaps he is only speaking of the planets in relation to the Sun.
If so, we should have the spectacle of the Sun + and all the planets and then
any given planet would be attracted by the Sun but repelled by all the other
planets. [TVii's question is dealt with in Mr. Sutctiffc's second paper iusl to hand.—
Ed. M.A.]
" We evidently have in astrology a fundamental distinction of electric and
magnetic ; and each of these is subdivided into -)- or -, I do not quite see how to
correspond these in human nature ; but if Mr. S. is correct as to the electrical
effects being attractive and the magnetic effects repulsive, and not vice versa, then
we should apparently have the correspondence
Electric attractive Love (benefic)
Magnetic repulsive Hate (malefic)
and further:
+ Positive = Superiority
- Negative = Inferiority
just as in the Seienec of the Emotions, from which we could work out a complete scheme
of emotions based upon planetary position, as in that book.
" The electric phenomena depend upon whether the planets are approachingor
receding from each other ; and as this is wholly ignored in astrology, one half of
the science would appear to be non cst at the present day.
"By the way, Mr. S. points out that the zodiac of constellations is a classifica-
tion of the twelve kinds 01 influences received from the fixed stars; but he has
omitted to say that the ecliptic zodiac is a twelve-fold subdivision ol the earth's
magnetic field. I am delighted with the article."—Ed. M.A.
 MODERN ASTROLOG V

an electrically charged body, form, as it were, etheric tubes or

strings connecting the charged body with all other bodies in the
neighbourhood.
(25) Since the members of our solar system have been shown
above to be such electrically charged bodies, it follows that they also
must have these tubes of force issuing from them, and by means of
these tubes of force the different members of the system will be
linked together.
These tubes of force may be looked upon as the nerves and
arteries of the solar system ; connecting the sun with the planets,
and the planets with each other. In this way we at once get a
picture of our solar system as a living organism, having a nervous
and vascular system through which influences circulate from one
body to another. This view of the solar system is the one which has
always been current amongst occultists, and it is one of the functions
of Astrology to find the links which connect the parts of this cosmic
organism with the different parts of the human body.
The secrets of Astrology, therefore, are bound up with the inner
mechanism of these lines of force, acting between different members
of the system, and it is by investigating the nature and character of
these lines that the laws governing astrological influences can become
understood. This network of lines of force, acting across the inter-
vening spaces between the heavenly bodies, may be looked upon as
an essential part of the anatomy and physiology of the solar
organism.
(26) If the student were to draw a plan of the solar system, with
the sun in the centre, and the planets revolving around it at their
several distances ; and if he drew lines joining the sun with each of the
seven sacred planets, to represent the lines of force between these
bodies, these seven lines would correspond to the heptachord or seven-
stringed lyre of Apollo, which is referred to in the Secret Doctrine (Vol. I.,
p. 190). These lines of force therefore not only serve as a circulatory
system, but also as the strings of a musical instrument. They are
consequently one of the keys to the music of the spheres as taught by
Pythagoras.
Students of the Secret Doctrine will at once perceive that these
lines of force are practically identical, on the physical plane, with
Fohat or cosmic electricity. Fohat, we are told, is the spirit of
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 469

electricity which is the life of the universe {Secret Doctrine, Vol. I.,
p. 163). It is further called the builder of the builders, and is the one
instrument through which the Logos works (p. 161). It polarises
itself into positive and negative electricity (p. 169). The ancients
symbolised Fohatby a serpent, which appears to be identical with the
caduceus of Mercury, and corresponds in nature to the Kundalini
force, the command of which by man makes of him a god. It is the
magical agent par excellence (p. 105), " the strong force of every force,
for it conquers every subtle thing and penetrates into every solid."
It produces in our solar system seven neutral centres, which are the
seven sacred planets, (p. 172)50 that we may identifyit with the lines of
force issuing from these bodies ; for we are told that each world has its
Fohat, and there are as many Fohats as there are worlds, each varying
in power and degree of manifestation (p. 167).
All these statements help us to identify Fohat with the lines of
force issuing from the sun and planets. We should remember, how-
ever, that these bodies are not only charged with electricity, but are
also magnets, and that there are lines of force from magnets as well as
from electrically charged bodies. Magnetic lines of force differ from
the electric by being circular or spiral, and in the Secret Doctrine (Vol.
I., p. 226) Fohat is further identified with the Aurora Borealis,
which as we know is due to the earth's magnetism.

Part III. Mutual Interdependence of Modern Science and

Occult Teaching

(27) The above method of combining modern science with occult

teaching, is the method that will be pursued throughout in these
papers. For neither modern science nor occult science, taken separately,
gives the whole of the keys to the problem ; but when the two are
taken together many mysteries receive illumination.
Although numbers are the key to the occult sciences, yet these
numbers are rarely permitted to be given except to the pledged chela or
to initiates {Secret Doctrine, Vol. I., p. 188) ;on the other hand, modern
science deals almost exclusively with numerical relations. The occult
student, therefore, must go to the exoteric sciences for his numerical
relations ; whilst for a description of natural processes, he may consult
with advantage the esoteric sciences. As an illustration of this, in
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

order to obtain the numerical properties of lines of force we need to

go to the electrician, but to learn the real function of these lines of
force in the solar system, and how they bring about astrological
results, we shall find it important to consult occult writings on the
nature of Fohat.
(28) Following out these principles, we will first tabulate a few
statements relating to the functions of Fohat, and then endeavour to
explain them by means of modern science. In the Secret Doctrine
(Vol. I., p. 170) we read :
(d) Fohat guides the transfer of principles from one planet to the
other.
(6) Fohat hardens the atoms by infusing energy into them, he
scatters the atoms or primordial matter. He scatters
himself while scattering Matter into Atoms {lb., p. 113).
(c) The atmosphere of our earth and of every globe has a
crucible of its own, or a special laboratory on the out-
skirts of its atmosphere, so that there is a perpetual
exchange taking place in space of these atoms, which
change their combining equivalents on every planet
{lb., pp. 166 and 638).
(29) These three statements from the Secret Doctrine, we shall find,
correspond to a process which is now familiar in every scientific
laboratory.
Let us first note that when an occultist speaks of an atom, he
does not mean a chemical element, but the primordial matter of
which these atoms are composed. The atom of the occultist is
therefore the electron of the scientist.
Hence when Fohat scatters matter into atoms, we may interpret
it as meaning the breaking up of matter into electrons. On the other
hand, when Fohat hardens the atoms, we may interpret it to mean the
condensing the atoms from the ultra-gaseous form of electrons into
the solid state. Thus Fohat appears to have two diametrically opposite
functions, which we may look upon as his positive and negative attri-
butes, in the same way as electricity and magnetism have positive
and negative properties. The positive property of Fohat we may
take to be the combining force corresponding to attraction, which
takes the separate electrons and builds them into the chemical
elements, in the gaseous, liquid, and solid state. The negative pro-
 THE FOUNDA HONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 411

perty of Fohat, on the other hand, breaks up the elements ot matter

and scatters them into space in the form of electrons. The part of a
planet where this negative or repulsive process goes on, appears to be
the upper regions of the planetary atmospheres, where the gases are
in a rarefied state. Here each planet is said to have a laboratory of
its own. The part of the planet, on the other hand, where the
hardening process goes on may be the body of the planet itself.
(30) These processes carried on by Fohat introduce conceptions
of physical action that, until recently, would have been considered
utterly contrary to the teachings of science. For they imply that
the chemical elements are continually changing their constituents.
In the nineteenth century, science taught that the chemical atom was
eternal, and unchangeable. But it does not teach that now ; for it has
recently learnt that these elements are all composed of electrons, and
can be broken up into these. Now since these electrons are held to
be all alike, it is not necessary that the same identical electrons
should always form part of the same element; for the same purpose
would be served if, when an electron left an element, it was replaced
by another similar electron. As a matter of fact science has been
driven to some such hypothesis, in order to explain the passage of an
electric current along a wire. The modern conception of such a
current, is a stream of charged electrons passing from element to
element along the conductor, and in this way carrying the current;
hence the process above described as being carried on by Fohat, is
one that is now becoming familiar to the twentieth century scientist.
(31) When we combine with the above, the action of Fohat in
guiding and transferring the principles from one planet to another,
as described under (a), we have a complete picture of a continuous
process or circulatory system within the solar organism; from
which we see that the matter of each body is continually being
broken up, and re-formed, just as the cells of the human body are
continually being broken up and re-formed, from the food we eat
and the air we breathe. In fact, in occult writings the sun and
planets arc said to breathe just as human beings breathe. The
electric lines of force breaking up and re-forming the matter of the
planets, and transferring the constituents from one body to another,
may be likened to a vascular system in which the electrons, travelling
within the tubes of force joining the bodies, correspond to the cor-
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puscles of the blood. On the other hand, the magnetic lines of force
may be likened to the breathing of the system. Thus the earth is
said to breathe every twenty-four hours, and the solar pulse to beat
every eleven years {Secret Doctrine, Vol. I., pp. 310 and 591).
(32) We have stated above, that we are familiar in our labora-
tories with processes that are, in every way, similar to the planetary
circulation above described. Here is an instance :
When two poles are placed within what is known as a Crookes'
tube containing rarefied gases, and a difference of potential between
these poles is maintained by a battery; then along the lines of force
joining the two poles, there passes a continual stream of electrons,
which carry an electric current from one pole to the other. It is
by this process that is produced what are called Rontgen rays, with
which everyone is now familiar.
It is well to note that in order to produce this effect, all that is
required is two solid objects or poles, kept at a sufficient difference of
potential, with rarefied gases between them.
In future papers, we shall give a method of calculating the
potentials of the planets, just as in this paper we have described a
method of calculating the electric charge of the body ; and we shall
then see that the heavenly bodies differ greatly from each other, not
only in their electric charges but in their potentials. This being so,
we have one of the conditions for causing the stream of electrons from
one planet to another, viz., a difference of potential. The other condi-
tion, the presence of rarefied gases between the bodies, is supplied by
the higher region of the planetary atmospheres. Hence we have the
same conditions existing for causing streams of electrons to pass from
planet to planet, as those which we know cause the same phenomenon
in a vacuum tube. The two conditions are thus in every way similar,
so that the process described in occult works as the action of Fohat,
and which brings about the effects dealt with in Astrology, is capable
of a well-known physical explanation.

Part IV. Some Suggestions for Astrologers, regarding the

Nature of Aspects, etc.

(33) Summarising the above results, we find that both from the
known laws of electro-magnetism, and the occult teaching with regard
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 413

to Fohat, there is a continual circulation of electrons from each

member of the solar system to all the others, along the lines of force
joining these bodies together; and that, by this means, the body of
each planet is continually changing its constituents, and also giving
and receiving electric charges. Owing to this process, the electric
condition of each planet is continually being modified by the other
bodies surrounding it, and the constitution of the substances compos-
ing its mass is likewise being continuously remoulded and rearranged.
In this way, therefore, we have found an efficient cause for many of
the effects which Astrology teaches are the result of planetary
influences.
(34) We have so far dealt mostly with the electrical effects of
Fohat, and left the magnetic somewhat in the background. It should,
however, be borne in mind that the magnetic forces are always com-
mensurate with the electric, although their direction and functions
are different.
To understand the magnetic forces, we should remember that an
electrically charged body in motion, corresponds to an electric current,
(Modern Views of Electricity, by Oliver Lodge, p. 150); so that as the
planets move in their orbits, they constitute currents of electricity, and
these currents are always accompanied by a magnetic vortex around the
line in which the body is travelling. For the laws which govern the
magnetic action of a charged body like a planet, I must refer the
reader to J. J. Thomson's Electricity and Matter (■p. 20 et seq.). It will
suffice here to point out that the magnetic action of one planet on
another depends upon two factors ; the electric charge on the planet,
and the velocity of its motion at right angles to the line of sight. In
other words, the magnetic force of a planet on our earth, depends upon
the planet's motion in longitude and latitude, and not at all upon its
motion away from, or towards, the earth. For instance, when a planet
is stationary its magnetic effect on the earth is zero, when it is moving
rapidly in longitude its magnetic effect is proportionately great; when
its motion is small, its magnetic force is also small. When the
planet's motion is retrograde, its magnetic action is of the opposite
kind to what it is when moving in the forward direction.
(35) Whilst the magnetic action depends upon the planet's motion
in longitude, and not on that in the line of sight, the electric effect of
a planet on the earth, depends entirely upon whether the planet is
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approaching or receding from us. When the planet is approaching

the earth, itselectricaleffect is the opposite to what it is when receding
from us, whilst the magnitude of the electrical effect is proportionate
to the velocity of this motion along the line of sight. Thus a planet
according to its motions in longitude, and along the line of sight,
can be either positive or negative magnetically, and also positive or
negative electrically, and this in all proportions according to its
varying velocities.
(36) The above facts enable us to understand the importance of
what are termed the aspects of a planet, or its angular relations to the
other members of the system; for each of these aspects corresponds
to a particular combination of velocities and directions in space, and
hence to a particular combination of electric and magnetic forces.
To illustrate this, let us take the case of Mars in conjunction with the
sun ; when this happens, Mars is moving in one direction and the
earth in the other, so that the relative velocity of the two bodies,
is the velocity of the earth added to that of Mars; and this being
a motion in longitude the magnetic effect is a maximum. On the
other hand, the relative motion of the two bodies along the line of
sight in this position is nearly zero, so that the electrical effects are
very small. When Mars is in opposition to the sun, both Mars and
the earth are moving in the same direction, but the earth's velocity is
greater than that of Mars ; hence relatively the motion of Mars is
retrograde, and its amount is the' earth's velocity minus that of Mars,
giving rise to a proportionate magnetic effect of the opposite kind.
The motion along the line of sight is in this position usually very
small, so that the electrical effects are again almost zero. When
Mars is stationary, the whole of the relative velocities of the earth and
Mars is along the line of sight, so that the electrical effects in this
position are at amaximum, whilst the magnetic effects are zero. At its
stationary point, the planet always forms nearly the same aspect with
the sun, so that this particular angular position is always significant
of the above combination of electric and magnetic forces. When the
aspect is the trine, or the square, there are usually both magnetic and
electrical effects, but the relative proportions of the combination are
different with each planet.
(37) When two planets are in conjunction, the linesof force between
the more distant planet and the earth, are being intercepted by the
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAI. ASTROLOGY 415

intermediate planet; this amongst other things can cause a sudden

change in the electric and magnetic forces that at the time were being
received from the more distant planet. The lines of force between
two charged bodies repel each other, so that they bulge out in space,
hence the intermediate planet will begin to intercept some of the lines
before the actual point of conjunction, and the angular distance at
which this elfect begins, is termed by astrologers the orh of the planet;
and the size of this orb seems to differ for each body.
(38) The above illustrations will show clearly, I think, how
effectively the general rules of Astrology are explained by the electro-
magnetic theory of planetary forces, and this will be shown, with still
greater clearness, when we come to deal with the matter in greater
detail. There is one point, however, that will occur 40 many in
studying the above illustrations of planetary aspects, and that is the
immense complexity of the problems with which the astrologer has to
deal. To tabulate and remember the particular combination of
electric and magnetic forces, corresponding to all the aspects of all the
planets, would require a mind that was next door to omniscient.
Until this difficulty is removed it will not be easy for the science of
Astrology to make any great advance.' In succeeding papers I shall
give mathematical formulae, by means of which the velocities of the
planets can be calculated both in longitude and in the line of sight,
from the data given in the Nautical Almanack, and when this is done
I hope some enterprising astrologer will publish an ephemeris giving
these velocities for each planet for every day in the year. Such an
ephemeris would at once remove the stumbling-block that at present
stands in the way of astrological progress, and considering the great
and increasing demand for ephemerides, such an undertaking would
probably be a commercial success.

(39) This introductory paper would not be complete without

some reference to the influence of the zodiac. As is well known, the
influence of a planet depends not only upon its motions and mutual
aspects, but also upon the sign, or constellation, of the zodiac in
which it is placed. The question therefore arises, can the electro-
magnetic theory of planetary forces throw any light on the causes of
this? To this important question I am able to give an affirmative
answer.
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(40) The lines of force issuing from the sun are not only linked to
the planets, but also to the fixed stars of our sidereal system. Now
just as there are seven kinds of planets, each having its particular
vibration along its lines of force, such vibration giving to each planet
its particular note, or colour; so, reasoning from analogy, according to
the occult maxim " as below so above," we may assume that there
are seven kinds of suns scattered throughout space. Each planet
therefore will have an order of suns with which it has a special
affinity—with which the vibrations from its lines of force will
harmonise.
If we could look upon our solar system from the outside, we
should perceive, I think, the lines of force from the sun spreading out
across the plane of the zodiac in seven primary colours, the colours of
the spectrum; and corresponding to the seven principal notes in an
octave of music. We should further see the lines of force from each
of the seven planets having vibrations corresponding to some one of
these colours. When a planet was in that part of the zodiac corre-
sponding to itsowncolour, its vibratory energy would be strengthened,
just as a sounding board strengthens the vibrations of a musical
string. This position of the zodiac would rightly be called the house
of the planet, the position most in harmony with its character, and
where its influence was greatest. In all other positions the planet's
influence would be weaker, and where the vibrations were very
discordant its influence would be greatly weakened.

Part V. The Music of the Spheres

(41) I have long been of opinion that the divisions of the zodiac
are intimately connected with the music of the spheres. The plane
of the zodiac is the sounding board of the seven-stringed lyre of
Apollo. An octave has seven principal notes, and the zodiac can be
divided into seven parts corresponding to these notes. But an
octave is divided not only into seven notes, but also into twelve equal
semitones, just as the zodiac is divided into twelve equal signs. Each
sign, therefore, can represent the interval of a semitone on the sound-
ing board of the cosmos. The trine aspect or four signs is an interval
of four semitones or a major third. This being a harmonic chord,
the trine aspect is said to be good. Three signs, or the square aspect,
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 417

corresponds with an interval of three semitones, or a minoy third; and

as this interval produces a sorrowful effect in music, so the square
aspect is said to be bad. In this way, by testing each angular
distance on the zodiacal sounding board, from the corresponding
musical interval the effects ot the aspect can be ascertained by the
laws of music.*
(42) As is well known, to the musician, when an octave is divided
into twelve semitones and is accurately in tune for music in one key,
it is somewhat out of tune when music is played in a different key.
The modern piano is usually tuned on twelve even intervals, or semi-
tones, and this method is called the equal temperament. When
tuned in this way, the notes are equally though slightly out of tune
in all keys, and perfect in none. On the piano this does not very
much matter, but on some other instruments it leads sometimes to
unpleasant effects. In order that a musical instrument should be
more perfectly in tune when played upon in ^very key, it is necessary
to divide the octave into twenty-seven separate notes. This division of
the octave into twenty-seven intervals was taught by Pythagoras, and
it still goes by his name (Helmholtz's Sensation of Tone, Longmans,
pp. 433 and 549). Now the ancients not only divided the zodiac into
twelve signs, but also into twenty-seven asterisms, and these asterisms
are still used by the Eastern astrologer. The division of the zodiac
into asterisms is therefore another link between Astrology and the
science of music, and a further proof that the zodiac is the sounding
board for the music of the spheres. The fact that Pythagoras learnt
his science in India, where he is said to have been a pupil of the
Buddha: and that to belong to his school it was necessary to be
trained in the sciences of mathematics, astronomy and music, is
further evidence of the intimate connection between music and
Astrology.
(43) If we divide the plane of the zodiac into vibrational zones,
so that each degree is a musical step corresponding to ^Juth of an
octave, then we have a sounding board that corresponds to every
gradation of sound and colour, and every conceivable key of music can
be played thereon.

* [Page 44 of How to Jndqe a Nativity, Part II., contains a suggestion regarding

the planets Neptune and Uranus that will be read with interest in this connection,
-EO.]
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The whole of the zodiac on the physical plane will correspond to

only one octave, but remembering that there are seven interpenetra-
ting planes in the cosmos, corresponding to the seven principles of
man, and that the colour vibrations of the astral are an octave higher
than the physical, whilst the mental plane is another octave higher
still, and so on up to the seventh plane, we have in the zodiac, taking
all the planes, a sounding board of seven octaves, on which music can
be accurately played in all the seven keys. Thus the solar system
taken as a whole may be looked upon as a perfect musical instrument,
of which the zodiac is the sounding board for the heptachord of Apollo,
or the solar Logos.
(44) When we come to treat in detail of the lines of force and the
electrons issuing from each planet, we shall find that each body sends
out into space four kinds of electron, which may be named the earth,
water, air and tire electron ; corresponding to the solid, liquid, gaseous,
and etheric parts of the planet. Each of these classes of electrons
produces its own vibration as it travels along the lines of force. The
earth electron causes a different vibration to the water electron of the
same planet, and to the earth electron of a different planet, hence,
taking the seven planets, there are altogether twenty-eight orders of
vibration. Now the ancients gave the signs of the zodiac different
qualities, classing them under earth, water, air, and fire; and we may
infer from this that when a planet is in an earthy sign, the vibrations
produced by the earth electrons predominate, and similarly with the
watery, and other signs.
(45) In occult phraseology the divisions of matter into solid,
liquid, gaseous, etc., is called dividing them into suhplanes, of which
there are seven. Each of these subplanes has special links with the
corresponding plane; thus solids are connected with the physical,
water with the astral, and so on.
When therefore a planet is in a watery sign, and its water
electrons predominate, we may look upon its effects as predominantly
astral; it is, as it were, playing upon the astral octave, or the astral
sounding board. Thus the influence of a planet can be physical,
astral, or mental, according to the character of the sign in which it is
placed. It will be of interest for astrologers to ascertain, in this con-
nection, whether when a person is born with most of the planets in
watery signs, the passional nature of the individual is predominant.
 THE FOUNDATIONS OF PHYSICAL ASTROLOGY 419

If such a law holds, then, when the signs are mostly earthy a man
should show a materialistic tendency, when airy his mental develop-
ment should be marked, and so on with the other qualities. I merely
throw this out as a hint for astrological investigation, I do not know
that it is so.

Part VI. The Relationship between Astronomy and Astrology

(46) I have now, I think, said sufficient in this introductory paper

to show that the electro-magnetic theory of planetary forces accords
with, and leads naturally to, the general body of teaching embodied in
the science of Astrology, and constitutes for it a rational physical
basis. In the relationship of the sciences, Astronomy may be likened
to the seed, of which a developed Astrology is the full-grown tree;
whilst the music of the spheres is the flower and fruit of the tree.
This cosmic music is the crowning achievement of Astrology, and
when we perceive it we shall know that the life of the universe is not
a cry but a song. The motions of the planets have always been
compared to a dance of the gods, and to the Lila or play of the Logos.
In this glorious music of the spheres the history of human evolution,
and the rise and fall of nations, are but the beats and musical
cadences; for humanity must be taught to dance to the tune that
nature is playing, and join in the grand chorale which the stars
rehearse.
(47) In the Secret Doctrine (Vol. II., p. 618) we are told that the
instructors of men in the Secret Sciences are the Gandharvas, the
celestial singers, and musicians, and the leader of the Gandharvas is
Narada, who is elsewhere called (p. 87) the Deva-Rishi of Occultism
par excellence ; and that the occultist who does not study Narada will
never be able to fathom cosmic mysteries. This is perhaps one way
of telling us that the final key of Astrology is the key of music, and
that the astrologer who really wishes to progress should become the
friend and devotee of these grand musicians of the universe, and
reverently invoke their aid and blessing on his work. Astrology is
essentially a religious science, the truths it teaches are sublime in
their grandeur, and sacred in their significance. The materialist will
never be able to understand its mysteries, and it is only to the purified
eye of the spirit that its secrets will be disclosed.
420 MODERN ASTROLOGY

(48) To the spiritually minded astrologer I would therefore say,

as in The Voice of the Silence :
"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. Unsullied by the hand of matter
she shows her treasures only to the eye of spirit—the eye which never
closes, the eye for which there is no veil in all her kingdoms.
" Then will she show thee the means and way, the first gate and
the second, the third, up to the very seventh. And then the goal;
beyond which lie, bathed in the sunlight of the Spirit, glories untold,
unseen by any save the eye of Soul."
G. E. Sutcliffe.

(This Series is to be continued: the title of No. II. is " The Electrical
Relationships of the Planets," and we trust to print a portion, if not the whole,
in our next issue. J

EKKATUM

On page 295 of Vol. I. of Modern Astrology, New Series, the date of

birth of Sir A. C. Harmsworth (now Lord Northcliffe) appears as ry/s/'bs;
this is incorrect, the error being due to a transposition of the 7 and 5, the
true date being is/y/'bs.
We give here the birth data of the four brothers Harmsworth :
Planetary Positions at Greenwich Noon on Day of Birth.
opiy
raiS-SC TJO-so T 10.359 an in ^33.51 / 20,401;. nji 1.8 n 7.19 fl. 7-43 ^25 42
e± 5 23 as 0 48 T18.30I; 0121,40 J 12.6 a 20.151^. >1115-53 "112 7 "l 1.6 31 4.22
in S.53 =122.50 T 19.54!^ 0126.4015. /25.t7 1125,574 |f 1.53 ^26.2 0213,15
H25.I4 n 7.41 T22.42 OS 27.2oPr VJig.S? 0219.519 TlO.21 =2340 X29.45 II1645
(1) Sir Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, is/?/^, Chapelizod, Co.
Dublin; (2) Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, aS/g/'hg.London; (3) K. Leicester
Harmsworth, M.P., i/ii/'jo, Hampstead; {4) Hildebrand Harmsworth,
tibl'n-
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Jl |Jroplj£riJ JTulfilleb

The following story is from the issue of LigA< for June 30th, 1906,
and is of interest in itself apart from the very sensible editorial re-
marks thereon. As M. de Ch.'s 26th birthday was on February 4th,
and as he was ig in December, 1879, it is clear that he was born
4/2/'6o, and we append the planetary positions at noon (G.M.T.) on
that day, also on the other dates concerned, as the story is thus
rendered additionally interesting to those studying " directions,"
'' transits," etc. The second and third lines give the progressed
positions of the planets for the 20th and 26th birthdays.
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1/ 3/'6o M n 10 019 25 *26 13 113 56 All 13142215 iig. 7 17 51 Ti? 31 K20 47 ~ 9 36
iS/ii/'yg W 4 24 II10 32 « 9 25 ttuS 57B.T 9 8D W 8 70 tf 13 42 IAI3 54 7 12 23 VI16 17 .
8/ i/'86 V) 18 12 =22 36 822 5514^7 43$ <a 3 5iI4^
a2 2 5 47 utij 30 K o 51 7 24 jt B[ig 31
30/ 9/'86 !i 7 14 18." 57 7 3 7 21 1826 22 trjn 11 nj 9 4 17 5 29 |

The account we refer to occurs in " Notes by the Way," and

runs as follows :—
The time may come when mankind may be sufficiently developed
to be able to know and to bear the decrees of fate: but, except for a
few, that time is not yet. There is a painful lesson in the following
narrative taken from Professor Hyslop's Enigmas of Psychical Research.
It is a story told by Dr. Liebault :
" M. S. de Ch. came to consult me to-day at 4 p.m. (January
8th, 188G) for a slight nervous ailment. M. de Ch. is much pre-
occupied by a lawsuit, and the incident which I proceed to recount.
"On December 26th, 1879, while walking in Paris, he saw
'Mme. Lenormand, Necromancier,' written on a door. Urged by
thoughtless curiosity, he entered the house, and was shown into
rather a dark room. Mine. Lenormand came to him and placed him
at a table. She went out and returned, and then, looking at the palm
of one of his hands, said: ' You will lose your father in a year from
4
hisday. You will soon be a soldier (he was ig years old), but not
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for long. You will marry young, have two children, and die at 26.'
M. de Ch. confided this astounding prophecy to some of his friends,
but did not take it seriously. However, as his father died after a
short illness on December 27th, 1880, precisely a year from the inter-
view, he became less incredulous. And when he became a soldier,
for seven months only, married, had two children, and was approach-
ing his twenty-sixth birthday, he became thoroughly alarmed, and
thought he had only a few days to live. This was why he came to
consult me, hoping I might enable him to avoid his fate. For, as
the first four events had taken place, he thought that the last would.
On this and the following days I tried to send M. de Ch. into profound
sleep in order to dissipate the impression that he would die on
February 4th, his birthday. Mme. Lenormand had not named a date,
but he was so agitated that I could not induce even the slightest sleep.
" However, as it was absolutely necessary to get rid of his con-
viction, lest it should fulfil itself by self-suggestion, I changed my
tactics, and proposed that he should consult one of my somnambulists,
an old man of 70 or so, nicknamed ' the prophet,* because he had
exactly foretold his own cure of articular rheumatism of four years'
standing, and the cure of his daughter, the cure of the latter resulting
from his suggestion. M. de Ch. accepted my proposal eagerly. When
put into rapport with the somnambulist, his first question was, ' When
shall I die ? ' The sleeper, suspecting the state of the case, replied,
after a pause, ' You will die . you will die in forty-one years.'
The effect was marvellous; the young man recovered his spirits, and
when February 4lh passed he thought himself safe.
" I had forgotten all this, when, at the beginning of October, I
received an invitation to the funeral of my unfortunate patient, who
had died on September 30th, 1886, in his 27th year, as Mme.
Lenormand had foretold."
As we have indicated, we can imagine the possession of such
knowledge being bearable and useful, but, as in this case, the danger
is that it may, at the present stage of our development, do harm. It
is quite probable that the haunting dread actually led to the fulfilment
of the sinister prediction. (From Light, 3o/6/,o6.)
We cannot say we quite agree with the last sentence. Surely,
if hypnotic suggestion is the real power it is now generally supposed
to be, in this case the evil suggestion of the prediction was mani-
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festly corrected by the counter suggestion that forty-one more years
of life remained ? And in any case the maximum effect of the sugges-
tion would be reached on February 4th, the date the young man had
himself fixed on in his own mind ?
The explanation that commends itself to us may be paraphrased
thus: Each being comes into this world with a certain race to run ;
how he will run it, will depend upon his abilities.
Consider the case of a man taking part in an ordinary long
distance footrace. He may out-run himself, get winded in the
first lap, recover himself and by proceeding more wisely finish
his course in tolerable trim. Or, he may start so inexperienced
and ill-equipped that a trained eye could judge at what point
he would fall out of the running; still more certainly could
this be predicted after a few laps have been finished. " Look
at that chap, how blown he is, he can't keep up another ten minutes,"
someone may say. His words fall on the runner's ears like a death
sentence and he almost drops in sheer despair. " Don't give in, man
—why you've hardly got your second wind yet," shouts another
voice, mendacious, but kindly. Immediately the runner's hopes
revive, and he puts on a spurt to recover lost ground. But
when, before another round is done, his trembling limbs refuse to
carry him another step, is the failure all to be laid to the charge of
the evil prophecy, or even to the subsequent strain ? Was not the
result to be foreseen from the beginning, and could the kindliest
encouragement have served in place of stamina, skill and training ?
Surely not. In a sense the race was already lost ere it was run.
And in a similar way in regard to the youth concerned in the fore-
going story it would seem that the hour-glass of fate hnd already run
down, as viewed by astral vision. The events that followed and
verified the psychic's prediction were but the material manifestations of
a train of circumstances already concluded on the noumenal plane, and
no power—at least no mere power of the unspiritual " imagination "—
could prevent their following as surely as day follows night.
Accepting this explanation, then it is certainly a matter for con-
gratulation that the predictions of psychics or necrouiniwiers of this kind
are so rarely correct, either as to facts or time, thus showing how
few possess—or possessing, are able to use—the true astral vision.
A. H. B.
 ®Ij« |ntfrprftation of "50i«dionB"

We have received from a correspondent the following letter,

which sufficiently introduces the subject of this paper :
Dear Sir,
In December of 1904 you sent me a " Guide in Life " reading of my
horoscope. I must certainly confess that it is a very accurate reading of
my character in many ways. As regards the prospects in store for me of
future events the future will show.
You also sent a year's " Directions" for 1905, and I have enclosed
papers giving the chief events for the month and also the " Directions " you
sent.
I should have written before but I have kept putting it off until I could
really say how the " investment " which 1 have spoken about in the enclosed
papers has turned out. My father died in April last month, and with his
death all prospects of success in Canada have disappeared. Indeed, we
have dropped a considerable sum of money on this farm and it has turned
out a failure. My father, for whom the farm was bought, never knew it was
running at a loss to myself and my mother during the last twelve months of
his long and painful illness.
Vou asked me to send my impressions and experiences, if any, during
the time the " Directions" were given for. Hoping the notes may be of
some service to you.
Yours faithfully

The " Directions " referred to run into some twenty pages or
more, and cannot, therefore, be printed without condensation, but we
have selected the salient points in each, and append our corre-
spondent's comments in full. In the two introductory pages the three
chief reasons for the non-fulfilment of predictions based on the " direc-
tions," (or " progressed aspects," as they are sometimes called), are
given, and as they are of general interest we quote them in brief.
Firstly, no suitable opportunity occurring at the stated time, the
events are held in suspension, as it were, until a more fitting occasion ;
secondly, the circumstances in which one is placed may not allow
aspects to act exactly in the manner anticipated ; finally, the progres-
sive aspects may have no sympathy with the radical aspects in the
nativity. In nearly every case investigated failures have arisen
through the major aspects noted being progressive and not radical; it
is to the latter that most importance should be attached, as regards
events at any rate.
 The interpretation op ''directions*'
Then follow three pages dealing with the general influences for
the year.
Progressed Ascendant, 1905 : Scorpio, third decanate. Domestic
experiences of a sorrowful nature and changes of a troublesome type.
Not a good period, but brings to those who are making progress a great
leaning to the occult, and to those who are in any way receptive to
the influence romantic and peculiarattachments,though not altogether
favourable. Happenings of an unusual character are sure to eventuate.
Moon's Sign Position, 1905: Moon in Leo. Not altogether a
favourable position for the Moon. You may expect to have experi-
ences connected with the deeper side of the emotions. To some this
is rather a critical position ; to others it is favourable.
Moon's House Position : Moon in the Ninth House. Rather
fortunate, and tends to improve the lunar position, and by awakening
the intellectual side of your nature you will be greatly benefited.
Sometimes voyages are indicated when the Moon passes through the
ninth house, and as the Moon has sympathy with the tenth house of
your radical cusp, changes will come into your life.
The native makes the following comment upon the above :
" Remarks : 1905 has not been a favourable year. I have sustained a
heavy loss in my investment, but it was entirely enforced on me. You will
find that on reading the ' Directions ' events have generally the tendency to
come about as you predict. I have sustained no loss in the family as
far as deaths are concerned, but one of my brothers has left us. I have
had strong inclinations towards the occult, and I have formed strong attach-
ments to some of the opposite sex, and I quite agree with your remarks that
' nothing favourable will come out of them.' I might mention that this
investment of a farm in Canada was entirely taken on account of my father,
who has retired on a pension and was anxious to go out there."
After this, more detailed suggestions are given regarding each
month of the year, which we print in an abbreviated form, together
with native's comments thereon.
January. There being no lunar aspects this month, the in-
fluence of the sign occupied by the Moon will be more fully displayed,
allowing greater freedom of action than would otherwise be the case,
but indicating little definite in the way of events.
"Remarks: Nothing of importance occurred this month—except that
negotiations abroad for a future settlement on a farm to take my father and
the rest of the family to are in active preparation. My two brothers are in
Canada looking for a likely settlement—my father is an invalid."
February. A very evil position while it lasts, and
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likely to last for a longer period than other aspects. Disputes with
others should be avoided and all your dealings with others marked
by tolerance and restraint. All excessive outrush of energy should
be checked. There is some liability to feverish complaints.
" Remarks ; The situation is in a rather unsettled state, nothing seems
to go right. I suffer from an inflamed throat, a thing which I seldom suffer
from. Towards the end of the month things seem to be getting worse,
nothing seems capable of being done in Canada owing to the unsettlement
of my brothers."
March and April. Dd ^r.p. This will produce a sudden
and probably unexpected change in your affairs, either physically or
mentally. Your magnetic conditions will cause you to form sudden
attachments, which will be more of the free and illicit order than an
orthodox or conventional attachment. Do nothing hasty or rash,
for your disposition will be more than usually irritable and impres-
sionable. Latent fate or 1 Karma ' will be brought to the fore, but it
is only to break up existing conditions that you may build anew.
" Remarks : Total breakdown of negotiations with my brothers. I have
to go out to Canada to find a suitable location for the family to go to. I
meet one ot my brothers and we decide on a farm in New Brunswick. I
leave my brother on the farm and return home. My father has a relapse.
May. DQ O. This is likely to produce a feverish condition,
which will react upon your general health. You should not make
any unnecessary changes. Those with whom you are connected by
family ties will also suffer. Avoid all friction with others, especially
those in authority.
" Remarks: Preparations being made for my sister to go out to keep
house for my brother until the rest of the family come. My father lies in a
critical condition. My health very good.
June. D8 2. This is unfavourable and likely to bring you
sorrow, perhaps death or separation in the family circle or some
grief, for it is an aspect that affects the feelings and emotions. It
will be a bad time for your financial affairs, and you should guard
against losses. Your association with the other sex will require
circumspection, as there is a liability to some trouble in this direction.
"Remarks: My sister leaves for Canada. One of my brothers leaves us
and goes entirely on his own, leaving one brother and myself to take on the
farm and look after the family."
July (and onwards) SS®- An evil time for all monetary
matters, especially speculative investments. The unexpected is sure
 THE INTERPRETATION OF " DIRECTIONS " 427
to happen under this aspect, and you cannot be too careful in your
relationships with others, for your magnetic conditions are such that
your sensibility to the attractions of others will put you pretty
much at their mercy.
"Remarks: My father's health improves a little. But our Canadian
investment does not appear to go on smoothly, minor worries connected with
it come thick and fast. I meet a young lady whom I had given op all hopes
of seeing."
August. DA <? • This aspect usually causes an abundance
of vitality, rendering you very active and enterprising, but tending to
make you somewhat over-generous and free, and rather careless of
results. Do not allow yourself to go to extremes while it is in
operation.
"Remarks: Nothing of importance occurs this month except that I form
a strong attachment to one of the opposite sex."
September. The influences are now of a mixed nature, the
evil, however, preponderating over the good. Live as quietly as you
can, and commence no new undertakings, for matters are not likely to
turn out as successfully as you would wish.
"Remarks: My affairs in Canada do not make any progress, obstacles
and worries of all sorts connected with farm and those who are working it,
besides heavy expenses."
October and November. This, though weak, is
a slightly good aspect, and may prove beneficial, and if of an enter-
prising and progressive spirit, you may add to your material welfare,
but do not expect much unless your personal efforts are exercised in
the direction indicated.
" Remarks : Wc make a strong effort to get my father out to Canada,
but to no purpose. My father's health better, but not strong enough to
stand the journey."
December. US1?- This aspect usually brings about
limitations which fetter and harass, causing delay and disappointment
in all matters in hand during the period of its operation. It rarely
fails to depress the health, and mentally you will be liable to
despondency and distrust. Cultivate all the hope you can.
" Remarks: My brother and sister in Canada seem to be getting on
better. My health is good and the health of my father seems to be improving
with the prospect of going out in the spring."

We are sure that the above comments will prove of interest to

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our readers, especially to those who have been under any similar train
of aspects, and we tender our very hearty thanks to our client for his
co-operation in this matter. We hope others will follow his example
and let us know how far " Directions " calculated for them agree in
detail with the actual events as they transpire.
Once more, however, let it be remarked that Character is Destiny,
and the same directions will not necessarily result in the same
happenings in the case of two dissimilar characters.

EXTRAORDINARY WEDDING OF TWINS

An extraordinary marriage will take place in Paris next Tuesday, when
the twin brothers Charntean, both of whom are painters of repute, will
marry the twin sisters Renaud, two beautiful girls who are only eighteen
years of age. The best men at the double wedding will bo another pair of
twins who are cousins of the twin bridegrooms.
Alphonse and Gabriel Charnteau are so absurdly alike that they have
been the victims of ludicrous mistakes all their lives. Their mother is a
widow, and on this account one of the twins was excused military service.
Wishing not to be separated from his brother, ho wont to live in the
town whore his twin was quartered. He was arrested four times during
the first week, and accused of appearing in public without uniform. He had
the greatest difficulty in convincing the authorities that he was not the
conscript.
The brothers are so fond of each other that they had resolved never to
marry. But they both fell in love almost simultaneously. Their sweet-
hearts are also almost indistinguishable, and mistakes occurred so frequently
that each twin began to dress for the first time in a different costume.
Both couples will live in the same house when they are married.—Daily
Express, 6/i/'o6.
In a recent number of the Skelch, where their portraits and those of
their wives appear, the date of birth of this remarkable pair is given.
Alphonse and Gabriel Charnteau wore born at Nantes on the 13th of May,
1S74, on which date the planetary positions at noon, G.M.T., wore as follows:
o D 11 IJI 'j y j 1 a
a 22.31 T 18.51 T29.15 JI6.53 =1414 n»2i.52R 117-35 012.30 H9.34 84.59
The conjunction of £ and ? in Gemini is certainly significant. It is
unfortunate that the date of the brides' birth is not stated. The current
progressed aspect at the time of the wedding was J) d 0 in 11 23°.
A Case of Disparity in Twins.—A Subscriber writes: " A brother and a
sister of mine afford a case of disparity between twins. Born at West Long.
95°+and North Lat. 37030', October 24th, 1SS6 ; female at 4-00 (?I p.m., male
at 4-20 (?) p.m. Have nothing at all in common, not oven mutual friendship.
Girl: a small brunette, dark eyes and skin, with dark birthmark in front of
right ear; dutiful and friendly, with romantic, inquiring turn of mind, but
learns with some difficulty; ambitious and persevering ; married, December
27th, 1905. Hoy : largo broad-shouldered blonde with the only light eyes
in the family ot ten ; morose and reserved ; speaks deliberately when at all;
brilliant at acquiring knowledge, but rather idle, and with no apparent object
in life; cowardly and easily discouraged; left handed, the opposite of his
sister ; unmarried."
 Autumn (Quartir

The Sun enters Libra on September 23rd, 1906, at n.15 p.m.,

at London, when Cancer rises and Pisces culminates. Jupiter and
Neptune will have just risen in opposition to Uranus in the sixth
house and in square to the Sun and Mercury in the fourth. Saturn
will be in the ninth house in Pisces in opposition to Mars in the third,
and both in Square to the Moon in Sagittarius in the sixth. There
are therefore some decidedly unfortunate aspects in the map; and if
the events of the quarter correspond, a trying time is in store for the
country; for it is doubtful whether the few good aspects here are
strong enough to overcome the evil ones. Jupiter is in trine to
Saturn, and if this stood alone, it would improve financial affairs as
as well as tending to allay the religious quarrels and bitterness that
have been going on so long. But as the priestly planet is in opposi-
tion to Uranus, while Saturn in the ninth is opposed by Mars, religious
affairs are likely to be under a cloud, and any cessation of strife in
one direction will only be the signal for its breaking out afresh else-
where. No permanent peace can be secured under such aspects.
Quarrels within the religious bodies will be heard of and an inde-
pendent and rebellious spirit manifested. Someone prominent in the
religious world will die. The Government will not be fortunate and
is not likely to prosper. There will be loss of life round our coasts,
heavy storms, and disasters to shipping, and trouble to some vessel
in our navy seems to be indicated. There will be fatal accidents by
road and rail. Foreign affairs will not go smoothly, and trouble in
Turkey or the near East seems possible. Venus in the fifth house is
good for theatres and places of entertainment, and for the starting'of
new undertakings in this direction. The birth-rate should be high.
The Moon afflicted by Saturn in the sixth, the working classes are
threatened with many hardships, and the unemployed will be
numerous; some grievances and discontent connected with sailors of
the navy or merchant service will be heard of.
At Washington, Uranus is almost exactly culminating in Capri-
corn in opposition to Jupiter and Neptune, and the Sun is setting.
This will bring trouble to the President, affairs of State will not go
smoothly ; administrators and office holders will be in trouble ; foreign
relations very unsatisfactory. There will be wrecks and loss of life
at sea. Both army and navy will be a source of anxiety ; one or two
eminent military men will die. Saturn afflicted in the twelfth is bad
for hospitals, charitable institutions and prisons; crimes of violence
will occur, possibly anarchical outrages. Strikes will cause trouble.
Some one of the shipping lines is likely to meet with misfortune.
H. S. G.
 43°

®ljc Hung anb His QCounsfllors

An Allegory

{Continued from p. 370)

Into the King's council-chamber, on the morning of October 24th,

glided the first member of the Eighth Order. The women composing
it were the Keepers of the Fires of Life. Their duty was not only
to tend these fires, but to liberally bestow their vital warmth upon
others. All with nerveless hands, or life-force ebbing, wended their
way to these life-restorers. They were thus mankind's great natural
healers.
But they were much more than this. They were the sole makers
and custodians of the world-famed Elixir of Life, and could renew
their youth.
To them, Death possessed few, if any terrors ; for they regarded
it as the brown seed-covering of the baby-plant, which would surpass
in fresh greenness, youth, and beauty, the old one from which it fell.
Their badge was a Serpent or Scorpion. This, tri, their symbol,
was in its lowest part, a picture of the forked tongue of the reptile.
As the serpent annually shed its skin, and revealed the new
covering which had been forming under the old one, so did these
counsellors of the Serpent Order continually cast off their old garment
of life, and emerge in one entirely new.
All insects were under their care; their own qualities being reflected
in many of them. Thus, the dainty butterfly, radiantly beautiful in its
new life, all flowers and sunshine, before lying in its chrysalis-tomb,
had lived in the form of a creeping and gluttonous caterpillar. The
wasp and hornet, like the serpent, possessed the power of injecting
poison into the bodies of those who irritated them.
Their heads were small, their brows low, their jaws powerful,
and their necks muscular. In expression, their eyes were keen and
subtle.
Their movements resembled those of serpents. They found
a rough road more congenial than a smooth one. What were, to
 THE KING AND HIS COUNSRLU3RS 431
most people, obstacles, assisted rather than hindered their progress.
They moved not in one straight line, but twisted their bodies slightly,
from side to side.
Their clinging, musk-perfumed draperies of dark green and dull
brown, with their sinuous grace of motion, made every one feel that
their badge was their birthright.
Occasionally, by accident, an inner garment, having a green
dragon pattern, would be displayed.
Some tucked their robes into loose-hanging girdles of dark green
serpentine; others gathered their garments into low-hanging bands of
antimony, set with emeralds ; while a few wore scarab zones, Egyptian
blue in colour, and symbolizing the resurrection.
Their treasure, which was as dear to them as life itself, was laid
up neither in strong-room, safe, nor bank. On the person of each,
suspended from a belt worn next the skin, was a wallet, bulging with
secrets. The weight of this, their most valuable possession, increased
only as they themselves grew, and was, therefore, always easily
carried. Without it they would have considered themselves poor,
indeed 1
They disdained all cowardly or mean actions, not so much because
others were injured thereby, as that they themselves were degraded.
The morning of November 23rd witnessed the arrival, at the
palace-gates, of thirty noble horsemen.
With such easy grace did each one ride, that it was difficult to
believe he did not form part of the animal he bestrode. They
mounted none but thorough-breds, being themselves of princely
descent.
All were archers of renown, and at the back of each was a quiver
of arrows ; while this, f , the symbol of their order, was woven only
into the garment covering the Thigh, which they held sacred. Each
fastened his cloak of deep violet hue with a sapphire-tipped arrow of
glistening white metal.
Springing lightly from his steed, the first one ascended the
palace stairs, taking two steps at a time, and entered his sovereign's
presence with an air of breezy confidence. He proceeded, at once, to
unfold his many projects for public games, athletics, and sport.
Each, in his interview with the King, discussed these and kindred
topics.
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One thing common to them all was sureness of aim. They never
failed to hit the mark, whatever it might be.
Some had for targets huge congregations or crowded audiences,
and let fly their arrows of speech from church-pulpits or public
platforms. Others, changing for the nonce their arrows into quills,
drove to the hearts of the people, by means of the daily press or the
story, Truth's message.
The cricketer, aiming at the wicket; the jockey, with craning
neck, nearing the winning-post; and the hunter, laying low the
jungle-tiger, were all near relatives of these counsellors of the Ninth
Group.
Nimrod, " the mighty hunter before the Lord," was the Founder
of their Order.
They were as apt at drawing up rules for playing the game, as
they were at laying down laws for the guidance of nations ; their best-
known decree being one the ancient Persians had received at their
hands, running thus :—" Let every father teach his son three things—
to ride, to shoot, and to speak the truth."
These Horse-and-Rider Counsellors were tall, long-limbed, and
flat-backed. Their chestnut hair covered heads that were perfectly
poised. They were popular without a doubt, for their frank glance,
clear skins, ruddy cheeks, confident manner, and air of good fellow-
ship, made them general favourites.
Their hounds were almost as dear to them as their horses, in fact,
they were lovers of all animals, and never quite happy without them.
Every morning a brimming beaker of the wine of life—enthusiasm,
was drained by each.
Jovial they were to a fault, their laughter being the most
infectious in the world.
The business of the day being over, each one entertained the
King by emptying out his latest stock of stories, all being pointed,
and mirth-provoking. Myrrha.
(To he continued)

" Zodiacal Physiognomy " will be continued next month, this month's
instalment being held over for lack of space.
[All Utters, etc., held over till next month,—Ed.]
ifflulrmt Efittrolugj?

Vol. III. New Series. OCTOBER, 1906. No. 10.

®lj£ (©bscriiatxrrg
From the many suggestive letters received on the subject of
" Directions" I select the following, the remarks being very near
„ , the spirit of my belief on this matter.
Freedom
of the " I was much interested in your remarks, as to
Progressive Man ' Directions ' in the 'Observatory.' To prognosticate for
the progressive man seems to me to be rather a difficult
thing to do. Suppose, for instance, you forecast for him in advance for
some special time. But before that optimistic progressive man reaches
that special time, he has transcended, or created for himself, something far
different (so it seems to me) from what you could possibly foretell for him.
That is, he casts aside all heredity or the influences of his nativity, he develops
the great power (Good or God) that is within him, and by so doing he
draws from, and causes to respond to his wishes, the beautiful planetary
system,—he rules his stars. Such a man keeps steadily advancing, he is
never stationary; you cannot keep up with him, you cannot predict that
man's future."
Granting, for the sake of illustration, that we are dealing with the
horoscope of a very progressive man indeed, the nativity would never-
theless still indicate the limitations besetting this progressive man ;
and to interpret aright actual results it would be necessary to know
the attitude of mind that would be maintained by him while subject
to those restrictions. For so far as I can learn from occult sources
all thought and action of the mind crystallises into forms, thought-
forms, which eventually become actions. That is to say, a man
thinking violent and destructive thoughts would, if he persisted in
that peculiar attitude of mind, eventually commit some act of violence
and, if his moral character were undeveloped, would be led either to
murder or wilful injury to others when those thought-forms became
solidified sufficiently to produce action as the inevitable result. And
it seems to me that the question we shall yet have to decide is : How
far can we counteract evil thoughts and desires by good thoughts and the Will
that is allied to Wisdom ?
434 MODERN ASTROLOGY

As yet, I have not received any noteworthy criticism with regard

to my oft-repeated statement that " Character is Destiny," all the
objections up to the present having come from
Freedom those who have entirely failed to grasp the meaning
of the phrase. But if thoughts are things (a state-
ment that is now generally accepted by all who study the higher
thought), then it would seem feasible that we are constantly creating
our future, good or bad, according to the quality of our thoughts.
And if all thoughts materialise into actions eventually, then it is
surely not difficult to see and understand that we are in very truth
creators of our own destiny ? So that the progressive man is after
all the " wise man " who " rules his stars," only in so far as he learns
how to counteract his previous errors in thought; just in the same
way that a man who has contracted unpleasant habits sets to work to
free himself from them.
* ^
Mankind at large has not yet awakened to the possibilities of
utilising the higher planetary vibrations. Thus, the way in which the
influence of Mars is expressed in the world is still
Energy the warlike one ; its strength, energy and activity
ly noon tipoli BCI e
are wasted in fight, struggle and heartless com-
petition, and there are very few who have transmuted combativeness,
destructiveness and love of sensation, into those of " Nature's finer
forces "—industry, energy and adaptability—to which these qualities
correspond.
It is much the same with the Mercurial intellect. It seeks
scrappy mews, indulges in frivolous talk and gratifies mischievous
curiosity instead of settling down to concentrated thought and fruitful
study—and yet people wonder why they do not get the good
they should when the Moon by progress forms the trine aspect to
Mercury ! They would wonder less, if they realised that as j'et they
had nothing in them to respond to the trine aspect, not having this
influence at birth.
And so instances might be multiplied. However, now that the
spirit of my idea with regard to " Directions " is being caught by some
of our readers, it is quite possible that this subject will yet have
sufficient ventilation to enable us to decide before long the true value
of " Directions."
 435

gahistsl l^gsiognonrg

[Continued from p. 349)

A paper read before the West Hampstead Lodge of the Theosophical

Society, and subsequently, by request, before the North London Lodge of the
same Society, by Miss Maude Ruth Higgs.

The native of Cancer has a wide, low forehead, lacking fulness

near the hair-line, but which is particularly broad at the temples;
while he who is born with Leo rising, obtains a brow that compares
unfavourably, as regards height, with the intellectual Mercurial one,
but which has ample compensations in the eyes of those to whom the
qualities of nobility and beauty appeal more strongly than does that
of sheer mentality, it being rounded, and very full.
In Scorpions height is sacrificed to the undue development of the
perceptives, shown in a well-defined ridge over the eyebrows and
nose.
The Sagittarian brow is often as arched but of greater height
than the Venusian ; while the forehead given by Pisces, though some-
times by its arched shapeliness betraying the influence of either
Venus or Jupiter, more frequently displays by its disproportion its
Neptunian origin.
Both Capricorn and Aquarius give height, and much frontal
development to the brow. Narrowness, however, is a marked
characteristic of the forehead bestowed by the former sign; while
breadth distinguishes that governed by the latter.

The Eyebrows
The Martian eyebrow is, in the sign Aries, extremely arched,
and placed far from the eye, always increasing the wide-awake,
surprised, and startled look this organ already possesses; while, in
Scorpio, it lies closer to the eye, and is of greater thickness. The
former will sometimes abruptly terminate before the arch is com-
pleted. The hairs of these eyebrows are fairly coarse, an uneven
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appearance being often produced by their growing in opposite

directions.
The long, finely-pencilled, and slightly-arched eyebrow is bestowed
by Venus ; while Mercury confers one that is also long, clearly-
marked, and finely-haired, but which has less arch, even, than the
Venusian, and is always of extreme mobility.
The Moon shapes the eyebrows crescent-fashion, places them far
from the eyes, defines them faintly, and colours them lightly.
The Leonine eyebrow is always long, clearly-marked, and, at no
part, either much raised from, or drooping near the eye, being, in
fact, almost straight.
Jupiter gives well-defined and slightly-arched eyebrows; while
Saturn's influence makes them dark, thick, well-raised at their com-
mencement, and often meeting over the nose, but invariably drooping
as they near the outer side of the eye, and adding, in no small measure,
to the sadness of the expression. This form of eyebrow is commoner
in oriental countries than in the Western World.
Putting the matter briefly, wherever the eyebrows are much
raised there will be love of change, and lack of concentrative power;
if, in addition, they are only faintly traced, great fickleness in affection
and general indecision of character; while closeness of approach to
each other over the nose, thickness of growth, and nearness to the
eye, indicate constancy in love, concentration, decision, and grand
possibilities along the lines of jealousy and suspicion.
Naturally, those possessing eyebrows which neither meet over
the nose, nor are of great distance from the eyes, and are only of
average thickness, avoid the extremes just mentioned, and are, in
fact, influenced in this respect, at any rate, by one or more of the
benefics, viz., Sun, Jupiter, and Venus.

The Eyes
Keenness of vision is indispensable to all those coming under the
tutelage of Mars; therefore, wherever the influence of this mighty
Teacher is dominant, a strong development of the perceptives will
be apparent. Of equal importance to the most elementary, as to the
most advanced pupil, is this faculty of sight, considered as a means
of obtaining that which for each is of supreme moment. The savage,
learning his first lesson, has a keenness of sight on the physical
 ZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY 437
plane that is phenomenal; while analogous to this on the spiritual, is
that of his elder brother, the martyr, whose eagle eye pierces beyond
the grave.
Therefore, the eye in the Martian face is powerful; sometimes
bearing a strong resemblance to that of the eagle, which is said to
be able to gaze unblinkingly at the Sun; or of the hawk, that has
the reputation of sighting its prey when three thousand feet above it;
or of the serpent, with the power of fascinating, or holding spell-bound,
its victim.
My observation has led me to believe that the eagle or hawk
eye is commoner among those born under the sign Aries than in
those who have come into physical existence powerfully influenced by
the eighth sign; for, peculiar to them alone, is the look of being
ready to dart, or swoop down, upon something. "Casting sheep's
eyes," and the expression I have just mentioned, do not seem to be
even remotely related. One noticeable characteristic of the Aries
eye is that of ever pouring out force while being totally un-
affected itself by anything outside. In a word, it is non-reflective.
In this it resembles nothing so much as the Sun, and that the rising
one ; because at dawn the absolute dominance of the solar orb is felt,
I believe, by the most unsensitive. (I may say, in this connection,
that Aries is the normal first house, occupying the eastern angle, and
therefore associated with the beginning of the day.) As the Sun sinks
the attention is divided between it and the variously-tinted sky ; and
that for which one is waiting is a negative something—darkness. At
sunrise, when the feeling the lately-vanished darkness produced has
barely faded from the mind, there bursts upon our view that which
in Nature is of all things the most tremendously positive, and which,
though changing the appearance of everything else, because of its
own blazing self-sufficiency, can be impressed by nothing.
The alertness of the Aries eye is of the purely defensive order;
nothing portraying it more graphically than the terrier's expression,
in the picture known to everybody " Who Said Rats? "
Its size is large, its setting straight, its shape round, and, where
the Aries influence is purest, the colour is, I believe, light grey.
Under excitement a red light often flashes from it.
In the Scorpion, "the Serpent-eyed," the protruding eyeball and
the appearance of roundness are not to be seen. The setting, though
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straight, is deep; and the eye is smaller. The gaze, however, is still
fixed. On the whole, the expression is not so militant; for the
intensity, though not one whit lessened, is wedded now to the quality
of subtlety; and the force is no longer an outpouring, but an in-
drawing one. The colour of this eye is often, I think, a reddish brown.
Where Venus reigns the look of fierceness is changed to that of
tenderness. In the Taurean the eye is large, full, slow-moving, and
of a languishing sweetness. A peculiarity I have noted deserves
remark. The Taurean often rolls the eye, or moves it from one side
to the other, without making any other facial movement. In one
type of Taurean the gaze is so mild as to be noticeably cow-like.
The expression of the Libran eye, in its purity, is appealing and
confiding, but unsatisfied. In the face given by Libra, where the
regularity and beauty of the features, on the one hand, conduce to a
perfect serenity of expression, the eyes, on the other, convey most
unmistakably the discontent that is divine. The reason for this
may be that, as some one has said; " Libra has the least
sympathy with this earth of any of the signs of the zodiac." This
contrast between the message of the features and that of the
expression constitutes, to my mind, beauty of a very high order. One
distinction between the Taurean and Libran organ is that the
expression of the latter is distinctly less sensuous.
Where the influence of Venus is paramount, the eye is large and
slightly projecting ; the colour being generally, I believe, a dark blue
or russet brown. The lids are often blue-veined ; and the lashes long
and curving upward.
If I may be allowed to use the expressions, the idea of " I-ness "
is conveyed by the Martian, and " you-ness" by the Venusian eye.
Mercury gives an eye equalling in alertness the Aries one, but
lacking its force and aggressiveness. Its expression of enquiry is
common to both Gemini and Virgo; as is also its power of rapid
change. In Gemini it is larger than in Virgo, and of greater promin-
ence : the look being often extremely wistful and childlike. In Virgo
the setting is rather deeper: the expression being more penetrative
and calculating. There is an undoubted resemblance in the former to
the eye of the monkey; while in the expression of the latter, the
likeness to the bright-eyed squirrel, or the sharp-eyed ferret, is
apparent. In both types the eye is well-opened, and the eyelid thin.
 ZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY 439
Of all the planets Mercury gives eyes that are the most rest-
less ; both sleepiness and sensuality being expressions quite foreign
where he is liege-lord.
In colour they are generally hazel, though sometimes dark grey.
Where the Sun's influence is strong, the eye often has, I believe,
an oblique setting. Certain it is that the appearance of looking down
the nose is, in many Leos, very marked. The varieties of its colour
are, I believe, a golden-brown and a greenish-grey. Sometimes, how-
ever, a combination of all these shades is to be seen. In its purity,
the iris is of extreme brilliancy, the white, also, being of remarkable
clearness. The eyelashes are nearly always a shade or two darker
than the hair. This eye is rare; and to be found, I believe, only
where the genius is of a high order; and the virile faculty—
imagination—is strong.
Its best foil is that possessed by the individual displaying the
feminine quality of fancy, which is, as one would naturally expect,
bestowed by the Moon. This is the eye of the impressionable, the
psychic, and the creature of moods. The size of this organ is large ;
it projects ; and is, in colour, pale blue or light grey. The eyelids are
thick, and inclined to droop ; while the eyelashes are straight, and of
the same neutral tint as the hair.
Though the description of the contrasted Leonine and Cancerian
types, from Holmes's Auiocvat of the Breakfast Table, is outside the
pale of astrological literature, I shall, because of its fineness, quote
it without any apology.
"I don't think there are many poets in the sense of creators; but
of those sensitive natures which reflect themselves naturally in soft and
melodious words, pleading for sympathy with their joys and sorrows,
every literature is full. Nature carves with her own hands the brain
which holds the creative imagination, but she casts the over-sensitive
creatures in scores from the same mould.
"There are two kinds of poets, just as there are two kinds of
blondes. There are blondes who are such simply by deficiency of
colouring matter,—negative or washed blondes, arrested by Nature on
the way to become albinesses. There are others that are shot
through with golden light, with tawny or fulvous tinges in varying
degree,—positive or stained blondes, dipped in yellow sunbeams, and as
unlike in their mode of being to the others as an orange is unlike a
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snowball. The albino-style carries with it a wide pupil and a sensitive

retina. The other, or the leonine blonde, has an opaline fire in her
clear eye, which the brunette can hardly match with her quick glittering
glances.
"Just so we have the great sun-kindled, constructive imaginations,
and a far more numerous class of poets who have a certain kind of
moonlight genius given them to compensate for their imperfection of
nature. Their want of mental colouring-matter makes them sensitive
to those impressions which stronger minds neglect or never feel at all.
Many of them die young, and all of them are tinged with melancholy."
Equalling in directness the Aries eye, but surpassing it in beauty
and smiling geniality, is the eye given by Jupiter to those fortunate
individuals born with the sign Sagittarius in the eastern angle. For
an eye that displays at one and the same time the combined qualities
of straightforwardness, pluck, and good comradeship, commend me
to that of the Sagittarian. This eye is part and parcel of the average
Englishman's ideal woman. It is as large, but less protruding than
the Aries one, and generally of a deep and beautiful shade of blue or
grey. Its lid is thick and its lashes long, and neither darker nor fairer
than the hair of the head. The douhle-hofo&A nature of the sign Sagit-
tarius is strikingly exemplified in the eyes of some of its natives, where
rebelliousness and sweetness are equally blended ; or in that which
constitutes the great distinction between the Sagittarian and the Aries
eye,—the former always challenging a return look, the latter never.
Mars, manifesting through either of his signs, is satisfied with seeing,
and that only. Therefore, seership, I believe, of the non-human,
magical type is in the gift of Mars, and may be possessed by either
the Aries individual or the Scorpionic ; but the Sagittarian seer is
always human, personal, and in touch with his fellows.
In one Piscian type the eye is markedly projecting; and the
look of extreme confidence,—so noticeable in the Sagittarian,—has
faded from it, and is replaced by that of dreaminess. This belongs to
the born sensitive, and is, I believe, common among spiritualistic
mediums.
A softened geniality and quiet humour are characteristics of the
eye possessed by many twelfth-sign folk; these two qualities being
Jupiterian attributes of the non-positive kind. Humour, which is
rooted as much in the heart as in the head, is a growth fostered by
 ZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY 441
Jupiter, and brought to a state of exotic perfection by Neptune
while wit, a brain-fungus, flourishes most where the soil is purely
mental, and tended by Mercury.
In one kind of Piscian eye, which must be, I think, wholly under
the rulership of Neptune, extremes meet. Its laughter has in it a
suspicion of tears ; and its sadness is the transparent veil of a joy
inexpressible. This is the eye of the ecstatic ; and is as changeful
emotionally as the Mercurial one is mentally.
The colour of the Piscian eye is usually blue or grey, often of a
lighter shade than the Sagittarian ; and, where the Neptunian influence
predominates, more protruding than where Jupiter's sway is absolute.
(To be continued)

FIGURE FOR THE VERNAL EQUINOX, ^ IN «

One effect of the position of Mars at the vernal Equinox seems to have
been overlooked, and in view of the need for research into national sign-
rulership I venture to draw attention to it. Although allusion was made to
the probable effect of the fiery planet's presence in Taurus upon Irish affairs
(pp. 127 and 144 March number), no one appears to have recalled a state-
ment made by the Editor in the " Observatory," January, 1904. He therein
gave a table ot countries and their signs in which he placed Turkey and
Egypt under the dominion of Taurus. Is it not very significant that the
recent Tabah crisis should have arisen during the sojourn of Mars in this
sign ? Taking the figure for the Vernal Equinox as the key to the happenings
of the year, as " Maffra " so aptly puts it (p. 151, Vol. II., New Series), the
general feeling of uneasiness with regard to the situation was quite justified,
although at the time of the delivery of Britain's ultimatum, Mars had actually
passed from Taurus to Gemini. As he gradually moved farther away the
Turkish attitude became less defiant and the Forte's fiual " climb down "
was reached when Mars was in about 10° Gemini in conjunction with Venus
and Jupiter. fi Scorpio
THE OPPOSITION OF URANUS AND NEPTUNE
If tjt represents the 'man iu the street' (p. 128, March number), 93 is
supposed to symbolise woman in general, and the opposition seems greatly
to have affected the sex in their attitude towards law and the Government
(Vy). The " Suffragettes " movement, though by no means a new question,
has since March become more acute.
Amongst the speakers on May 19th, on the occasion of the now historical
deputation to the Premier, was Mrs. Wolstenholme Elmy, aged 72, the oldest
woman suffragist, who stated that she had been fighting for the cause for
forty years. This statement may only be approximate, but if literal it is
curious to note that ^ occupied 95 during the whole of 1866, with the
exception of about three weeks in February-March. Under what aspect did
the agitation begin ? This might be an interesting study for some of our
readers.
Since the opposition there has been a notable increase in curious cases
of ' woman versus law '; notably the ' affaire D'Angely,' in which the
Government was seriously involved. /3 Scorpio.
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BmfbLt (Bscfcric j&itaferkb^e

By " Resurgam," Fra. R.R. et A.C.

{Continued from p. 352)

The Universal Septenary. That the septenary rules in nature, from

atoms to universes, is a fundamental doctrine of Theosophy. Esoteric
Theosophy declares : " There are seven worlds: (1) Absolute ; (2)
Archetypal; (3) Spiritual; (4) Psychic; (5) Sidereal; (6) Astral; (7)
Elemental. There is an upper trinity in man, Atman,
Buddhi, Manas ; and four lower principles ; all enveloped in an auric
atmosphere." Slightly hinted in Isis Unveiled, 1877, Esoteric Buddhism
developed it; " All things, not man alone, but every animal, plant,
and mineral, have their seven principles" (1883, p. 32). Man
states : " Our revered Teacher says on this point, ' Whenever any
question of evolution or development in any kingdom presents itself
to you, bear constantly in mind that everything comes under the
septenary rule of series in these correspondences and mutual relations
throughout Nature '" (1886, p. 7). The Growth of the Soul teaches:
" Seven root-race periods make up one world-period ; seven world-
periods, following each other on as many planets in succession, one
round : seven rounds, one manvantara; seven manvantaras one
scheme of evolution : seven schemes of evolution, more or less con-
temporaneous in their activity, the solar system " (1896, p. 265). The
Secret Doctrine informs why this knowledge had been previously con-
cealed : " The danger was this : doctrines such as the planetary chain,
or the seven races, at once gives a clue to the sevenfold nature of man ;
for each principle is correlated to a plane, a planet, and a race; and
the human principles are, on every plane, correlated to sevenfold
occult forces, those of the higher planes being of tremendous power.
So that any septenary division at once gives a clue to tremendous
occult powers, the abuse of which would cause incalculable evil to
humanity. Even the teaching about the septenary constitu-
tion of the sidereal bodies and of the Macrocosm, from which the
 VERIFIED ESOTERIC KNOWLEDGE 443
septenary division of the Microcosm or Man, has until now been
among the most esoteric. In olden times it used to be divulged only
at the Initiation, and along with the most sacred figures of the cycles "
(1888, I. xxxv., 168).
The Qabalah exoterically divides man into Neschamah, Ruach,
and Nephesch ; the first being sub-divided into Yechidah, Chiah, and
Neschamah. Yet Blavatsky erred when, by way of contrast with
Theosophy, she condemned the order of the G. D.* for accepting this
classification. It was sufficiently complete and explicit for the Outer
Order of the Rosicrucians ; but a more advanced, and secret Rosicru-
cian MS. declares the full truth, which is obtained by a further triple
sub-division of the Nephesch. " Seven rest in seven. And the seven
live by seven. The seven govern the seven. And by seven all
government is. Seven comprehendeth the secrets of heaven and ear th.
Seven knitteth man's soul and body together; three in soul and four
in body. In seven shalt thou find the unity. In seven shalt thou
find the trinity. In seven hath God wrought all things. In seven
and by seven thou must work all things."
This arcanum, hitherto so jealously guarded by the occultists of
the West and of the East, was plainly taught by T. L. Harris in the
Epic of the Starvy Heaven, 1855, and in the A rcana of Christianity, 1858-
67. See Respiro's Internal Respiration and the Lifting of the Veil.

Strange Birth Coincidence.—There has been a curious sequel to the

narrative published in the Daily Mail recently of a Mr. C. F. Mowbray,
who landed in Liverpool a month ago in search of his parents, from whom,
through a death-bed confession, he believes he was kidnapped when a child.
A lady in the south of England, who read the particulars in the Daily
Mail, has written to Mr. Mowbray, stating that she is in a similar pre-
dicament, as it seemed that her parentage was not as she supposed it to have
been. " / was born in 1858, also," she says, " and have been trying ever since
1903 to get at the real facts. My history has been an extremely eventful
one It is odd that the dates should be the same in both cases, but
I suppose that there could be no chance that there is any connection in the
matter."—Daily Mail, ig/s/'oS.
In comment upon the above, " Sarastro " writes; Italics mine—"Ob-
serve the aspects, 3/3/'58 $ □ (J,4/3/'58 $ □ ^l,6/3/,58 <? § ' Mercurius
filmm patronus.' The thief Mercury, in square with Mars and Uranus (in
opposition), would do it. Surely these stolen children must have been born
somewhere in the beginning of March ? "

" Thcs name, having been fraudulently usurped by certain unscrupulous

persons for their own ends, has for some years been changed. Any, therefore, who
think that they are members of the G. D., should rc-consider their position.
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Result of ^Prrp Competition: 0a. 2

We are now able to announce the result of Prize Competition

No. 2, which has proved decidedly more popular than the preceding
one, either from the superior attractiveness of the subject or, to
suggest a more prosaic reason, because timid and faint-hearted
would-be competitors have taken heart of grace from the last remark
on p. 253 and sent up delineations that would otherwise have
remained, through diffidence, locked in the secure repose of their
writing-desks. It is no lack of gallantry that inclines us towards the
latter view, but the fact that a South African subscriber has, since the
receipt of the June issue, forwarded notes made on first reading of
the competition, but which he had, as he said, " lacked the courage to
send." And as doubtless there have been others in like case, we
hope that no more encouragement will be needed in order to induce
all who feel interested to try their skill and submit their readings with
the certainty that whatever they may send will receive careful
attention and that any shortcomings will be viewed with a sympa-
thetic eye. May we remind competitors that all delineations must
be written on one side of the papev only, or they will be disqualified,
and it is recommended that ruled foolscap be used to write upon,
as the work of the adjudicator is greatly lightened thereby: as to
length, three or four pages (foolscap) is ample.
Delineations must reach this office not later than 30th November,*
and must be accompanied by a short letter. The name of the com-
petitor must kot appear on the delineation, which should bear a
motto for identification. Competitors should keep a copy for reference,
as under no circumstances can delineations be returned.
For our next Competition we offer, as before, a copy of either
How to Judge a Nativity Parts I. and II. (complete) or The Progressed
Horoscope, whichever may be preferred, (or other of our publications
to the same value), to each of the writers of the two best delineations

* Colonial readers living at places where post takes over six weeks, will be
placed on a different footing to other competitors by a special arrangement.
 RESULT OF PRIZE COMPETITION NO. 2 445
of the nativity of a male, the data for the erection of the map being
as follows:
Houses.
X.0 XI. XII. I. II. III.
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Planets.
O D Vlg h % J ??
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This is the nativity of a gentleman who is very well known to a
large section of the public, either personally or by repute, and the
probability of his being more than a mere name to the majority of
our readers should render this competition exceptionally interesting.
There is, moreover, a special interest attaching to the above
nativity, inasmuch as the native is afflicted with a certain physical
infirmity, which although he has not allowed it at all to impede his
usefulness to his fellows must be something of an inconvenience to
himself, and to the competitor who successfully points out the nature
of this infirmity and the indications thereof in the horoscope, we shall
award an extra, prize, should his delineation as a whole not entitle him
or her to first or second place.
The subject chosen for our Prize Competition No. 2 was our
well-known contributor " Philippa Forest," and the horoscope we
print below. This lady is sufficiently well known to all our readers,
as the author of " For the Benefit of Others"* and other astrological
stories which have appeared from time to time in this magazine—(also
of " A Golden Afternoon," a beautiful story of a remarkable episode
in a child's life, to which allusion has been made before in these
pages,f)—to make this horoscope and the delineations appended of
especial interest to every reader.
We have selected the fair native herself as adjudicatrix and
subjoin her comments.

DELINEATION NO. 1.
This nativity presents us with one whose character, it would
seem, has been strangely antipathetic to her environment. I refer
more particularly to the native's personal liberty, and her domestic or
home conditions.
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This story appeared in The Astrologer's Annual for 1906.
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I find that she has a very independent and forceful nature, and
she will no doubt at certain periods of her life have struck out new
paths for herself, and will have met with some opposition and
disappointments, which will have caused her unhappiness.
The ruler ? in K badly aspected in sixth, with tj ^ in second,
and ruler of fourth □ D, indicates these restrictions. The father
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resentful man (tj 14 in nt) who caused her much sorrow and wounded
her pride. On the other hand J) ^ with d* in as and ^ □
ascendant, show the mother also to have been in more or less constant
antagonism to her. Much friction is likely to have occurred in the
home life, as the mother would fail to understand her or sympathise
with her views. Moreover, ^ □ S and p Z ^ will cause a certain
nervous irritability and uncertainty of temper to be manifested at
times.
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The ruler $ in M will actuate the lovable and approbative
qualities of the rising sign ==?, and being placed in the sixth she will
be constantly serving, helping, and looking after other people's
welfare—such service not being always appreciated.
She is genial, kind, sensitive, attractive in person, fairly tall,
rather plump and broad, with a fresh complexion. The hair is
probably light brown, or chestnut. Further, O in T A D in Sb will
give her unusual vitality and vigour, excellent recuperative power,
plenty of enthusiasm, some dominance, impulsiveness, and natural
courage. The indication of these qualities is endorsed by S being in
A b . She is honest and candid, and highly idealistic.
Her opinions are given with decision and rapidity, and I have
no doubt she is quick at repartee.
She is generous (probably too much so), magnanimous and
open-handed. Has considerable dignity and some pride.
Many friends are indicated, some of higher social position than
herself, through whom she will sometimes suffer monetary loss and
disappointment. On the other hand, they will aid her in her invest-
ments, and come prominently into her pleasures.
Being liberal in expenditure there will be a difficulty in making
both ends meet. She will be apt to spend money incautiously on
personal requirements, and on ail things which will conduce to her
surroundings being artistic, refined, and pleasant.
If the native has married it will have been after meeting with
considerable opposition from the mother. The indications are not
much in favour of harmony, nor happiness when married, though I
should expect to find some sympathy in mental interests. The
husband is likely to die, or has died, suddenly, either abroad or at sea.
Uranus in elevation in Cancer brings all matters connected with
that planet, such as occultism and mysticism, into the life. This is
further emphasied by the ruler Venus being placed in the psychic
sixth house in Pisces, and by there being no less than five planets in
watery signs. She would appear to be able to develop clairvoyance
and mediumship, though she may possibly do this more along the
higher intuitive lines of the mind J) A $ 4; ^ • Both these aspects
support the above view, and would lead one to expect remarkable
psychic experiences, mostly of a weird yet not unpleasant nature.
Periods of ill-health are shown. She will suffer from complaints
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of the kidneys and blood, and from indigestion, as well as
functional troubles. Her strong constitution, however, enables her to
recuperate rapidly, always providing that her surroundings are
harmonious; the latter condition will be particularly necessary in her
case.
With regard to her mentality. This is an exceptional one, and I
should say that her mind is critical and inquisitive rising) ; highly
imaginative and refined (pA1?, intuitive (5 in K); con-
structive; penetrative with quick mental grasp (,? A $ and 0 in
deductive, logical, philosophical, and religiously inclined
( 5 -}?■ 1^) ; but 5 will cause her to be sarcastic and argumenta-
tive at times. She has a ready flow of speech, a splendid memory,
and is not lacking in self-esteem.
The above good aspects being mostly from watery signs, we have
here one who is probably a writer or speaker on mystical, religious and
emotional subjects ; and this, at least, partly by way of occupation
(i? ruler of third in tenth in 55 V ])).
As there are four planets angular in cardinal signs, the native
will have come into public prominence favourably, and I should say
also in an unfortunate manner, possibly in regard to the husband. It
will also give her an enterprising, ambitious, go-ahead disposition, and
with three planets in fixed signs, she will combine with these qualities
much determination and fixity of purpose, when once a course has been
decided upon.
If married she will either not bear children or be unable to rear
them. Several sea voyages are indicated.
The majority of planets being placed in watery signs (together
with h being in Sb and aspects shown therefrom) denote that the
emotions are keenly sensitive and greatly in evidence, and will largely
rule the life. The native will suffer from periods of depression.
W.H.S.

DELINEATION NO. II.

The horoscope shows the lady as a notable character, owing to
the presence of so many planets in cardinal signs; the angles also
possess cardinal signs. The life-htstory will bristle with criticism
(<? in M.C. □©, M.C., S □ $, S d kf, !)□ ; p ruling MiC.,
 RESULT OF PRIZE COMPETITION NO. 2 449
With three malefics angular and two of these, Uranus and Mars,
occupying the tenth house the native is sure to meet with unfavour-
able attacks, doubtless in respect of or in connection with her occupa-
tion, for the Moon, which here rules the avocation (which seems to be
of a public nature and brought before the multitude), is in the fixed
sign Leo afflicted by an approaching square of Saturn (also "fixed "
in Scorpio), applying to the opposition of Jupiter, and in semi-square
to Uranus in the mid-heaven.
This seems to show that the criticism will be of a lasting nature,
but that as the Moon is in trine to the Sun and Neptune, and as
Venus, the ruling planet, and also ruler of the finances, is in trine to
Saturn and Uranus (the chief afflictors of the Moon), these attacks
will not affect the lady financially but rather tend to her ultimate
benefit.
The ruling planet is Venus, as the native is born under the early
degrees of Libra—the Libra decanate, to be more particular.
Venus, though dignified, is found in the house of service, in the
Cancer decanate of Pisces and near the trine of the M.C. and Uranus.
The native will be of good appearance and of pleasing disposition,
and her tastes will incline to music, but as Venus is cadent it will
not be in the musical world that she will shine, though the tastes will
incline that way.
The Soli-Lunar position is Sun in Aries and Moon in Leo: this
is a very harmonious grouping—the Solar influences preponderating.
The Moon increasing in illumination and applying to the trine
aspect of the Sun is very good indeed—indeed it is a most successful
combination.
The student will note that the majority of the planets (including
the ruling planet) are in watery signs. This indicates that the subject
will possess much psychic ability, will be very sensitive to external
influences, and will be ruled more by the heart than the head. The
feelings and sympathies will be very strong, and an emotional and
extremely changeful disposition is shown.
The approaching square of the Sun to Mars shows an impulsive
spirit and very outspoken, one who will chafe against restraint and
will not submit to the dictation of others.
The pioneer spirit is much in evidence—frustration will only
serve to act as a spur to further efforts, and realisation but prove to
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whet the ambition for more fields to conquer, for though Mars shews
trials, yet as the Sun (ruler of her aspirations) has the applying sextile
of Jupiter, success will crown her efforts. The "greater fortune" by
the way may be considered to have entered his own domain of Pisces
and to be consequently more powerful for good.
Saturn in Scorpio in the third house renders her a deep thinker,
contemplative, and will take a serious view of life, whilst the trine of
Mars in the mid-heaven will cause her to make public that which she
has thought out in secret. She will be bold and care for no one, and
tend to seek notoriety rather than avoid it.
Mercury, ruler of the mental abilities and also of the ninth house
of the horoscope—the higher mind—is just on the threshold of
the mental sign Aries and renders her ardent, inspirational, warm-
hearted and impulsive. As Mercury has just left the trine of Saturn
and Mars (both located in watery signs), her mental abilities are
turned in the direction of the occult, mysterious and uncanny, for
Scorpio, the mystic sign, occupies the cusp of the third house.
Saturn also rules the fourth house (the grave) and is in Scorpio
(death), whilst Mars rules the eighth house and is in Cancer (natural
fourth house), hence speculations on the hereafter will bulk largely in
her mental activities and reflections.
Marriage. Although the native is very affectionate and attached
to persons and places yet she will not do very well in marriage, for
though the Sun is in sextile to Jupiter, yet the latter is squared by
Saturn, who is disposed of by Mars, ruler of the seventh house and
placed in his debility, in square to the Sun. Note also Neptune in
the seventh house is a warning against adventurers, bigamists, etc.
From these aspects she should incline towards a single life.
Some might say her second matrimonial venture would prove a
good one, but that her first would not.
Prospects in general: ©-H-lf.;l)S2f.;i)A©;pcibi

These are decidedly good, though one (pa b) is evfi '< y6'
Moon is in elevation and Saturn is considered in this horoscope to
influence the third house, rather than the second or financial house.
She will gain by her mental abilities, as Jupiter, chief ruler of the
third, is in good aspect to the Solar orb and just entering his own
dignity.
 RF.SULT OF PRIZE COMPETITIQM NO. 2 45I

She will also gain by legacy, though some loss is to be feared

through trustees or lawsuits. Gain may come from uncles or aunts.
Her servants should prove helpful, faithful and loyal in most
respects.
Travelling. She will have many changes and much travelling,
with some sea trips. Care should be exercised when on the watery
element, though her life will not be fatally endangered. She should
avoid Scotland and North of England generally, and York and
Manchester in particular, also Liverpool, whilst Bournemouth and
South Coast resorts are favourable for her as a rule.
The middle part of life will be more prosperous for her, chiefly
from 25 to 45.
Religion, etc. As Mercury governs the ninth house, her religious
opinions will meet with some degree of comment ( ? g Asc.: ^ ^ :
? d ffi), yet as Mercury trines Mars and Saturn, she is both quick-
witted, shrewd and patient, with mastery of facts and love of detail.
The health. The constitution is only of moderate strength. The
sensitive parts of the system being the kidneys and liver, whilst
derangement of the stomach, caused by excessive bodily activity
and tending to result in inflammation, is to be guarded against. The
recuperative powers are very strong, hence the native will soon
recover from attacks of sickness and speedily regain her normal
health. Occasional attacks of disorders indicated by Ij in iq may
be manifested, caused by congestion and sluggishness, also bilious
attacks will trouble at times. Mental overwork should be avoided,
and suitable rest taken or nervous debility may result.
Julian.
NATIVE'S COMMENTS.
The entries for the prize competition horoscope that have been
submitted to me are, I think, a wonderful proof of the truth of
Astrology, particularly as regards delineation of character, for they
show an extraordinary unanimity of diagnosis.
All the competitors agree that the subject is " artistic, forceful,
critical, imaginative, and —(they are kind enough to add)—generous
and warm-hearted." They also all agree in saying that " She comes
before the public, probably as a speaker or writer." That is perfectly
true. I have lectured on various subjects for some years, I am
452 MODERN ASTROLOGY

a journalist and writer of stories, and I may also say, with reference
to the adverse criticism to which I have been subjected (and to which
most of the competitors refer), that I am the President-Founder of a
large and flourishing Women's Sufiragist Association—and everyone
knows what an office like that brings in its train, both from the Press
and the general public !
One competitor—No. 6—says most delightful things: "A most
charming and fascinating personality is here unfolded, a true daughter
of Venus, mentally and also physically very attractive." I wish that I
had not been,endowed with the stern sense of justice that prevents
me awarding him or her my casting vote for the prize. But will he
—or she—please accept this assurance of my deep gratitude for the
kindly things said ? I only wish they were true, alas,—or that I had
my conscience in better subjection !
I have indicated the Delineation No. i as the best for various
reasons. It is, I think an accurate judgment of character and attain-
ments, though of course this competitor, like all the others, has
ignored my failings. With regard to the stormy childhood, that is
quite right, not that my dear parents were in any way to blame, but
I was naturally of such a headstrong and wilful disposition that
constant friction with those in authority was unavoidable. The
nervous irritability, too, is one of my characteristics, much to my
grief—and, I may add, that of others !
I have, undoubtedly, extraordinary vitality and powers of recu-
peration and my enthusiasm " amounts to a disease," so to speak.
With regard to friends I have an extremely large, and I think I
may truly say devoted circle, very many of whom are in a superior
social position to myself.
The difficulty about making both ends meet is lamentably true
—money melts like water in my hands.
The marriage is not as indicated in the horoscope, I am happy
to say. I married very young, and so far, my married life has been
practically without a cloud. I may also say here, that I have two
children—one 16, the other 3 years of age—they are both strong and
healthy, and, to a mother's partial eyes, bonny girls. I have had no
others.
All occult and psychic matters possess an intense interest for me.
I am a palmist, and have had in the course of my life very curious
 RESULT OF PRIZE COMPETITION NO. 2 453
astral experiences and prophetic intuitions. The periods of ill-health
have been, many and severe, but I have always " come up smiling,"
so to speak, very rapidly.
My memory is an excellent one and, as the competitor remarks,
I am not lacking in self-esteem. The artistic ability with which most
of the competitors credit me is not very great; but I am extremely
fond of painting as a hobby, and I have done a great deal of decorative
needlework—the journalistic profession leaves me no time for that
now.
By the way, many of the competitors throw out darkly-veiled
hints as to a coming catastrophe. I shall not let it disturb my
" sleep o' nights," but I should like to know what they are all driving
at!
With regard to certain points raised concerning marriage. My
husband's birth-time is not known, so I cannot give his ascendant, but
1 should think he was much more Solar than Martian. He is not a
fighter, being indeed of an unusually gentle and pacific nature, and
yet with all that he has a curious personal dignity that always checks
undue liberties: I couldn't imagine anyone practising a practical
joke on him, for instance. As to date, I was married just after my
2 ist birthday. What ought to have happened at 30 I don't know, but
nothing in particular did. In temperament my husband and I are
complete opposites in every respect. I tell him in his last incarnation
he must have been a saintly hermit in a cave ; he has no desire ever
to do anything wrong. I have, often, in spite of all the nice things
the competitors say !
There was nothing whatever peculiar about our marriage—as for
Astrology, we neither of us knew what it meant in those days !
As a child I was very unfortunate. I was always getting into
danger, and 1 took every illness that came within five miles of me I
believe. The family legends have it that I was a most truculent
infant and very precocious in the way of talking, walking, etc. I
fancy I should be—I'm a truculent person now!
At the age of 22, when my first child was born, I looked death
in the face very closely. I had terrible hsgmorrhage, and the doctor
declared afterwards that at one time all signs of life had practically
ceased.
There's one curious thing the competitors have not noticed,
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namely, that my life from 32 to last year was crammed full of sorrow.*
I really went through an awful time, poverty, sickness, (I had typhoid
just before my baby was born)—for three years a constant succession
of illnesses. I had terrible mental anxiety and loneliness, and I lost
my mother and father. My husband lost his mother, too, and my
oldest friend died tragically. We moved twice in those years, and
for two years at least I was completely isolated from friends—a
horribly lonely life.
One competitor mentions my being younger than my husband.
He is quite correct, I am—fourteen years younger. But not one of
them mentions my love for little children, of whom I am passionately
fond—it is really one of the strongest features of my character.
I don't think there is anything else to comment upon—all the
readings sent in agree marvellously. I certainly am much more
artistic than practical. Music I am fond of, and it affects me
emotionally, but I cannot play even a simple hymn tune correctly.
In conclusion, I love my kind, both men and women, and find
the world on the whole a very pleasant place.

P.S.—I enclose some interesting data for students. Adeline

Genee—the great dancer—was born on January 6th, 1880. She is
one of twins, the other—a boy—died.
Mile. Aida Boni, who is premiere danceuse at Covent Garden
Opera, was born on November 18th, 1881.
Genee gets ^"55 a week. Boni gets as much as ^50 for a single
appearance. They are both charming girls, sweet, modest, unaffected,
and generous. Boni is dark, Italian, slender, and very vivacious.
Genee is fair, and rather delicate I should fancy, refined, sensitive,
and idealistic to a degree. They are literally the two greatest
dancers in the world, and their horoscopes should show some points
of similarity, should they not ?|
Philippa Forest

' During this time the major progressed aspect was O p. f '2 r., p.; also J p. appl.
S 0 p., this latter throwing into operation the aspects ? □ tjl. ? y ij , formea at the
previous 5 6 0-—Ed.
t The planetary positions at noon, London, on the dales given are :
O ® ^ k yet
6/ i/'8o vjtj 36 m 1 36 a 9 8 40liT9 3J K so 4 « 15 41 / 1 28 / 24 13 41
i8/ii/'Si 142620^:1715 b 14 51irpiS o by a 20 lyR as 15 33S 143 44 11(8388/ 9 34
It will be seen that with the except ion of ]> in ^ (it first is born early in day),
there are no two points common—except © A giving plenty of animal spirits ;
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EDITORIAL REMARKS

We cordially endorse the decision of " Philippa Forest " upon

the two delineations for which the prizes are awarded, and consider
they may well be taken as models by future competitors.
Of those sent in the twelve best were selected and forwarded
to her and on receiving her verdict we carefully went through them
all once more, so that we can unhesitatingly confirm the wisdom of
her choice. We are particularly glad to find that she has chosen the
two in which the reasons for judgment were most fully given. A mere
fly-away " sketch " of the character, such as one or two readers sent
in, is of no value.
The winner of the First Prize is Mr. W. H. Shutes, of 9, Cannon
Place, Hampstead, and of the Second Prize a gentleman who prefers
to veil his identity under the pseudonym of "Julian," Huddersfield.
The twelve delineations selected as worth)' of consideration have been
arranged by "Philippa Forest" in the following order—we give
initials:
(1) W. H. S. (5) J. Mel. (9) A. T.
(2) "Julian." (6) B. A. (10) H. M.
(3) J. B. S. (7) M. F. H. (Mrs.) (n) "Sagittarius," Boston.
(4) H. M. P. (8) W. K. (12) M. R. H.
This arrangement, from our knowledge of the native, we should
also endorse, save only in that we should have either placed (4) before
(3) or bracketed them equal. No. 6 would appear to have let enthu-
siasm outrun judgment. No. 3 draws attention to the similarity
between this horoscope and that of " A Philosophical Spendthrift " in
our May issue, p. 208. Several competitors err in the direction of
being too " scrappy " in their treatment, taking no definite order and
exhibiting no method, while two competitors, J. F. D. and A. W. C.,
were excluded because they sent theirs in too late. We are rather

the source of the distinction achieved in their profession by these two young
ladies is doubtless to be sought in the mundane position of the planets, which shows
how necessary are the factors of time and place, in determining the direction
taken by character in its expression, on the one hand, and the form assumed by
environment, on the other. How different, for example, would have been the
reading of the foregoing nativity had Scorpio been upon the ascendant instead of
Libra 1—En.
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surprised that none seem to have adopted the method of reading

suggested by " Natu Minimus " in The Astrologer's Annual.
In conclusion, we must be allowed to express our opinion that
this has been a most successful competition, and that the prize-
winners are to be heartily congratulated upon their work. Copies
of The Progressed Horoscope have been sent them, in accordance with
their choice, and their replies will be printed in our next issue.
One last word. We trust all readers will do their best to make
Competition No. 3 excel even this !

THE FRIENDSHIPS AND ENMITIES OF THE PLANETS

By Nemo
C. Heydon's New Astrology, 1786, gives the following table
Planets Friends Enemies
Saturn UOVD S2
Jupiter b O2 SD S
Mars 2 bif O 51)
Sol 21 <7 2 51) i
Venus UJOVD
Mercury b If © 2 B <7
Luna 2f©2 6 •?<?
Here are discrepancies : O and J) are said to be friendly with b , but
b hostile to ]) and ©. <? is said to be friendly to ©, yet © is an enemy of
$. I think the conjunction of these two malefics with © or 5 is always evil.
I find tg is friendly to if and 5 ; hostile to ^, <?,©, 2 and J). ^ is
friendly to If, ©, ^ , and J); extremely hostile to 2. But the convertible
nature of Ig and ^ provides occasional exceptions to this rule.
" Examples of Directing," in which is given the Nativity of that most
remarkable man, Sir Richard Burton, will be continued next mouth.
Lack of space compels us again to hold over the current instalment of
" Indian Astrology."
Owing to the necessity of sending proofs to India for Mr. Sutcliffe's
revision, we are unable to include the second instalment of his " Foundations
of Physical Astrology " in this issue, as we had hoped to do.
Jessie Annie Anderson, in Weldon's Ladies' Journal for August (p. 58),
gives in a bright little article a few hints on how one may set up as an
amateur "gipsy astrologer" at bazaars, entertainments, Ktes, etc.; the
book she uses is Everybody's Astrology, by the Editor of this Magazine, and
she modestly states that since the small amount ol reckoning involved is not
beyond her own powers she is quite sure that any woman could succeed in
finding the Moon's place, which is all that is required—the book does the
rest!
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0 agrees of tlje JSoMac ^ijmboUseiJ

Translated from " La Volasfera," by Sepharial
PISCES
[Concluded from page 377)*
K i8th Degree.—A horse and its rider falling at a fence.
This symbol denotes one whose career will be broken either in some
foreign land or in the pursuit of an enterprise that is strange and foreign to
his nature and capacity. He will be adventuresome and headstrong, and
will pursue his course regardless of consequences. His taste for outdoor
sports will be prominent and will lead him into dangers, especially if he
should follow equestrian pleasures. To some who are born under this
degree calamity will accrue from transgression of the law. Let all such keep
their passions in subjection by the power of the will and bridle their desires.
It is a degree of Catastrophe.
K iqth Degree.—Two daggers crossed.
This indicates a nature given to contention and litigation and there will
be a corresponding element of danger in the life and fortunes of such.
Incisive, aggressive, and endowed with keen and penetrating intellect, there
is here a nature capable of gaining considerable distinction in the use of
arms or in the pursuit of the legal profession. But it is to be feared that
the nature is too contentious to excite any but the worst passions in others,
whilst a paucity of friends and a precarious fortune may be assigned to this
radical want of harmony in the nature. It is a degree of Wounding.
K 20TH Degree.—A helical scroll.
This denotes a nature which is undecided, changeful, fickle and of no
stability. Such an one will lose himself in the multitude of his projects and
imagingings. His path in life will be circuitous and will lead back to him-
self. His imagination will run riot with his reason, and his efforts will lack
that definition of purpose which makes for success in life. His mind will be
tortuous and chaotic, filled with dreams and fancies to the exclusion of useful
and practical measures. He may suffer brain disorder, or some continuous
affection of the nervous system, which will render even his bodily actions
limp and uncertain. To such an one healthful and virile companionship in
youth will prove a lasting blessing. It is a degree of Wandering.
K 21ST Degree. A lunar crescent emerging from a cloud from
which also proceeds a flash of lightning.
This denotes a person of strong and forceful nature, proud and con-
flicting spirit, great despatch and celerity of action, penetrating and swift
thought, and tremendous executive faculty. Here there is determinism
and direction of force in the highest degree, effective in all the affairs of
life, but not for that matter always productive of success or happiness.
Hopeful though the nature is, its schemes and projects will not always bear
the light of day, and as in a dark imagination the highesth opes and fancies
" It is intended shortly to republish these symbolifications in book-form,
together with those of " Charubel," the first edition of these latter having become
unexpectedly exhausted by reason of the heavy demand during the last two or three
months.—Ed.
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of the nature will be elaborated, so in tbs night tiuie also will judgment
strike home to the sundering of root and branch. Let him beware of the
dark hours. It is a degree of Cleavage.
K 22nd Degree. A woman of dark countenance standing over
a prostrate man.
This is warning of a nature that is disposed to be brought under the
malignant influence of womankind, to his hurt and ruin. Or let it be said
that a woman's influence is here predominant for ill, and a sinister fame
attaches to all of the female sex which is generated under this degree. It
is a man's undoing through weakness, a woman's victory through dishonour:
to either sex it is full of warning and threat. Let such as vitate under this
radius look to their charge and the account they shall make of it. It is a
degree of Prostrating.
K 23RD Degree. A warrior in helmet drawing a long bow to
which the fletch is duly set.
This symbol is capable of two renderings, the first of which points to
a strong character, a set purpose, a lofty aim and in some particular sense
the gift of prophecy and knowledge of future events. On the other hand,
there is the weakness which depends on the hazard of life, the carelessness
or indifference which arises from lack of interest and finds expression in
vanity and self-inflation. At its best it signifies the higher indifference
which affects the mind secure of its achievements, in the worst case it
denotes improvidence and carelessness, a life set upon a hazard. It is a
degree of Speculation.
K 24TH Degree. A woman reclining upon a couch, scantily
attired.
It is the index of a mind given to the ease and luxury of life, the soft
and effeminate pleasures of the senses. Such an one will eat the lotus and
make chains of flowers more difficult to break than the strongest bonds of
steel. Such an one will dream while others work, and drift upon the
river of life while others ply their oars and brace themselves to nervous
effort. The opiate fails, the soul is sick with its satiety, and the sleeper
awakes from nerveless indolence to a life of dull ineptitude, futile regret
and self-condemnation. It is a degree of Sensuality.
H 23TH Degree. A crown through which is set an upright
sword.
It is the index of a mind set upon high resolves and capable of sus-
taining the assaults of its enemies in such degree as to achieve its purposes
without loss of fortune, prestige or honour. Such an one may prove to be
a great warrior, a man of the sword, to whom honours will be given without
stint. A king, he will sustain his throne by the use of aggressive measures
and by victories gained over all his enemies; while one of lowly birth will
gain his crown in the service of his king. His mind will be upright, astute,
aspiring and sustained by an unswerving faith. It is a degree of Victory.
26th Degree. A man in armour, fully equipped and bearing
a shield.
This indicates one who will walk through life warily, but with that
assurance which is the result of being forearmed against danger. While
cautious and circumspect, he will evince a brave and dauntless spirit, and
with the double equipment of caution iu defence and courage in attack, he
 DEGREES OF THE ZODIAC SYMBOLISED 455
will surmount the machinations of his enemies and break down all opposi-
tion. Such an one will be faithful in his dealings and just to his fellows, so
that he will abide in safety, defended at all points by the goodwill of his
friends and the faith of his associates. It is a degree of Security.
H 27TH Degree. An earthquake.
This is a sinister indication and refers to one who will be overcome by
sudden and unexpected calamities, which will undermine his labours and
reduce his hopes to ruin. Let him be careful where he builds, and test with
discernment and understanding the grounds of his faith and hope in others.
Let him labour diligently and sow in the broad valleys of the world the seeds
of his yet uncertain harvest. For the rest let him trust in Heaven and invoke
its aid in all humility. But if he should aspire to build his castles of many
stages, or spread his vineyards up the mountain side then he shall have
the greater need of care and stronger faith in God, himself and man. It is
a degree of Reversal.
H 28th Degree. A serpent standing erect within a circle of
fire.
This is the index of a mind of more than usual powers of intellect and
a soul disposed to the searching out of the deeper secrets of nature. Such an
one will manifest much wisdom and will attain to high distinction in the
pursuit of scientific study, but more particularly such as is related to the
artof healing, as chemistry, medicine and anatomical science. From him,
as through a lens, the rays of a higher truth and deeper understanding will
converge and be dispersed again for the better instruction of the world and
its manifest and manifold advantage. He will take life at the crisis and
turn it back from the Gates of Death. It is a degree of Knowledge.
H 29TH Degree. A man upon a raft floating in open sea.
This is the index of a mind that is in danger of misanthropic isolation
and abandonment of self to the winds of adverse fortune. Such an one will
show a lack of initiative, small power of direction, a wandering and un-
certain mind, and a helpless nature. He will be in danger of meeting
adversity while yet young, and of being discouraged therebj' and frightened
inlo a nerveless apathy. In some instances there will be danger of actual
shipwreck or accidental submersion. Let him take in hand the rudder of
intelligence whereby to guide bis course, and spread his sails in hope. Let
him follow his chart with care and trust in Heaven for a favouring wind
which shall carry him safely into port. It is a degree of Isolation.
H 30TH Degree. A straight column with square capitol and
base.
This indicates one of considerable personal influence, one in whom
egoity is strongly developed and plainly asserted. The mind is elevated,
aspiring and precise, the nature plain and unaffected, but strongly didactic
and self-assertive. The spirit of rectitude is dominated by the spirit of
egotism. The attainments of the mind are marred in their expression
by the evident lack of flexibility and deference. Without a high order of
intelligence nothing but vanity and self-centred egotism is here discern-
ible. Intelligence will render him dictatorial, but uncouth. At all times
rigid and unbending, intelligence will give him mastery, and ignorance will
render him a Goth. The character is capable of singular distinction. It is
a degree of Egoity.
(Concluded)
 ®lj£ favtmts of Bwgftts

A Study of the Progressed Horoscope

Alfred Dreyfus was born, (according to a horoscope published

in Coming Events for December, 1899, p. ioi),at Miilhausen, Alsace, on
October 9th, 1859, at 3 p.m. Paris time, 3.20 p.m. local time, or
2.50 p.m. Greenwich time.* The ascending degree is given as ss
I70i3' and the M.C. ^ g022'.
The figure for this birth-time presents three peculiarities : the
Moon's node is within 1' of the ascendant; Uranus is within 20 of
the lower meridian ; and the Moon is only half a degree from the
opposition of Mars. Other notable points are that the close group
formed by Mercury, Sun and Venus is in trine with the ascendant,
Neptune is trine Jupiter, Uranus is semi-square to Jupiter and square
to the middle point between Mars and Saturn. The remaining aspects
are mostly 30° and 150°. Saturn, the ruler of the horoscope, is in the
seventh house, in Leo, and about 6° from the descendant. Here
are particulars of the natal and progressed maps.

RADICAL AND PROGRESSED MAPS

Houses
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
Radix t 9.22 t 28 V318 a;i7.i3 rpi2 b 16 (quoted from Coming Events, Dec., 1899)
III
1899 VI« 15.473 s:
^ 93 *10
*3 T24.46
« 3.54 n«284 >27
1121 |f v
(Asc accuralefor |atitude > . othcr
houses aooroximate
1906 V522.15 ~i6 *19 « 15 33 nn as 3 J nouses approximate.)

* R.A.M.C. 16A. 30)11. 46s. ; or in arc . The data Irom which the
horoscope is calculated were obtained, according to the gentleman supplying the
information, as follows ; " A Iriend of ours in Germany, at our request, wrote to
the Mayor ol Miilhausen for a certificate of the time and date of his birth. This
was stated to be October 9th (not 14th), 1859, at 3 p.m. So that students may have
all doubt removed from their minds we send the official attestation with the
impress of the Mayor's seal to the publishers for their inspection "
Previously in the same magazine had been given another horoscope, accepted as
authentic, and considerable discussion resulted from the publication of the new
map.
 THE FORTUNES OF DREYFUS

■ Planets
o f y
RediX ^15.47 H 18.40 K2j.i3l^ n7-3l1?' 3l23-6 ®23 27 1519.11 ===18.51 ==-14.42 5:17.12
1894'0 11120.37 n27,45 X24.33 n6.23 fl25.33 3B25.13^ iS=tl. 8 7 2.30 7 g. 6 JSIS.22
1S99 nl25-39 it 8, 7 K24.26 n6.io 3125.44 aB2s.11 ===14.16 7 8.45 715.54 -15- 5
1906" 7 2.44 7 13-57 X24.23 115-53 <ia3-37 ®24-57 =18.40 7 I7-31 7 24-19 -14-43
With the Moon rising in opposition to Mars, we might reasonably
expect that a military career would be an unfortunate or chequered
one for this native. At the age of 10 the M.C. is square with Mars,
and about age 17 the Ascendant comes to the Moon and opposition of
Mars, the progressed and zodiacal directions agreeing very closely.
After the war of 1870, owing to this adverse position of Mars,
the ruler of Germany, and from the fact that Saturn, his ruler, is in
the sign governing France, it is not surprising that he chose to remain
a French subject.
During the early course of his military studies his ascendant
would pass the trine of Jupiter, marking his rapid intellectual progress
(in North Latitudes the ascendant moves very rapidly in this part
of the Zodiac), after which it comes to opposition of Mercury, Sun,
and Venus, then trine Saturn (his ruler), and about the same time
semi-square Uranus. This was shortly before his arrest, and at the
time of the catastrophe Jupiter, ruler of the mid-heaven, becomes
retrograde, as Neptune and Uranus have been all along.
We will now consider a figure drawn for his 35th year, with
planets at noon (November 13th), marking to August 28th, 1894.
His arrest took place on October 14th of that year.
The ascendant has lately passed the square of Jupiter and trine
of Saturn at birth, and is coming to the same aspects with the
progressed places of these planets. Mercury is approaching the
radical M.C., and has lately passed the opposition of Uranus. He is
therefore nearly in sesquiquadrate with Jupiter and the progressed
ascendant, both of which are afflicted by Uranus in semi-square,
opposite to the M.C. The Moon is leaving the sextile of the
progressed ascendant and of Saturn, also the square of Neptune, and
is going to the sesquiquadrate of the radical ascendant. She is also
approaching the sesquiquadrate of the Sun, which has lately passed

0
In these progressed maps the planetary positions are given for noon (G.M.T.)
corresponding to August 28th of the years mentioned.
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the square of the radical ascendant. Mars is square with the

progressed meridian, and he is ruler of the sign in which the
progressed ascendant is placed, and of that into which the Sun has
progressed. Mars is now probably at his very worst.
There are, however, gleams of hope in the position; Jupiter, in
falling retrograde, has advanced to the trine of Neptune (radical) and
in his retrograde course he will overtake the trine of the slow-moving
outer planet, which has been retrograde since birth. The Sun is also
nearly trine with radical Moon, sextile radical Mars.
In the progressed horoscope for 1899 (November 18th, 1859),
representing the abortive second trial, we find that the evil influences
have not yet dispersed. The ascendant is just leaving the semi-square
of the radical Moon, and is applying closely to the sesquiquadrate of
radical Mars. The Sun is trine with radical Jupiter and Neptune,
but square to Saturn, ruler of the natus. Venus is coming to the natal
M.C., and the progressed cusp of the eleventh house is in sextile with
this point ; these indications may hint at the arduous efforts of his
wife and of his friends, Picquart, Zola, and Labori, to obtain the
revision of his sentence. The Moon, however, is square to Venus
and the natal M.C., and is approaching natal Mars and the opposition
of her own radical place. She is also square to radical Uranus, whose
position opposite to the radical M.C. intensifies all bad aspects to the
mid-heaven. Mars has advanced to radical Mercury, and is in sextile
with progressed Mercury. It is a horoscope of frustrated effort.
Now let us turn to the figure for age 47 (November 25th, 1859),
measuring to August 28th of the present year. Although the good
aspects are neither very numerous nor very conclusive, yet they are
there, and the bad ones have almost disappeared. Mars has passed
the place of the radical Sun (to which he is now parallel), and is now
with radical Venus, and therefore has lately been in trine with the
radical ascendant. He is nearly in sextile with progressed Venus,
which is therefore also in sextile with the radical ascendant. The
node is now trine with radical Mercury. The Moon is approaching
Mercury, and the progressed ascendant is nearly in quincunx with
these and with the radical Sun. Jupiter has very nearly reached
the trine of progressed Neptune, and for the moment all seems well.
There are, however, some unfavourable aspects forming: Mercury
is nearly in square with Neptune, and the M.C., though coming
 THE FORTUNES OF DREYFUS

to the sextile of the outer planet, is also coming (in eighteen months)
to the opposition of Jupiter, and is even now in sesquiquadrate with
radical Uranus. In two years the Sun will be in semi-square to
Mars, and in three years opposite to Uranus. As the ascendant is
applying to the trine of radical Mars, and to the quincunx of his
present place, there is probably little more to be feared from that
planet, but the Sun's coming aspect probably denotes retirement from
the army. 1 notice that in about five years the ascendant comes
to the square of radical Saturn.
Those interested in noting the effect of transits may find the
following suggestive;

At arrest of Dreyfus (October 4th, 1894), Ijl d 5 , □ r.5Asc.

At first condemnation (December 23rd, 1894), 11 8 Q (actual), d p. j .
At degradation (January 5th, 1895), ijt d p. G, G entering rad. 12th house,
□ r. G.
Appeal received (September 24th, 1898), h d r. M.C., 5 r. Ijt. 11 6 r, G.
New trial ordered (June 3rd, 1899), Sir. .
Second condemnation (September 9th. 1899), tj □ G (actual). %s# r. Asc.
Final judgment of Court of Cassation, quashing all proceeding (July 12th,
1906):—© * r. d1. D * r. 1(1, f A P- * P- Asc., s nearly « r.
d , and nearly d Q. ? on r. ij,
At rehabilitation and decoration ceremony (July 22nd, 1906):— S on r. t?, J) A
r. M.C. Between the last two dates d d r. , 5 p. M.C.

In reference to the evil aspects of Mars, it is interesting to

remember that veiled references to Germany (governed by Mars)
figured largely in connection with the " secret dossiers " at the trials.
Sarastro,

We are pleased to be able to inform our readers that we have received

another instalment of the series of articles on Astro-Physiology and
Pathology, by our talented contributor, Mr. Heinrich Daath. Mr. Daath
has been out of health for some time, and this has been the cause of the
discontinuance of the series for so long. We are sure all who appreciate
the value of his work, will be as glad to hear that it is to be continued
as we ourselves are.
 m l&tng ani& l^is ®ounsfUors

An Allegory

(Continued from p. 432)

On the 22nd day of December, as the last horseman vaulted into

his saddle, there knelt before her sovereign the tall, black-robed
figure of the first counsellor of the Tenth Order.
The court attire of the women of this Group was always either
of satin or velvet, of the most superb quality. Their garments
were long-trained, and wafted ever from them was the faint odour of
incense. Each, at the Knee, gartered her hose with the riband of
service, fastening it with the diamond buckle of perfection.
The members of this Order had for a badge the figure of a Goat,
which animal they all resembled in a marked degree. This creature,
loving to climb the dizziest heights, and never so much at home as
when springing from one lofty mountain-crag to another, is frequently
found chained to a small patch of lowland pasture, that it may minister
to the wants of the peasant's family. So these Tenth Order counsellors,
the most ambitious of high attainments of all the King's advisers,
were often tethered by the cord of duty to the performance of menial
tasks and daily drudgery, in the service of others.
In common with all the King's subjects, they received each
morning a present, the costliness of which was known to them alone;
for their father Saturn had taught them the true value of its golden
coins, called hours. They proved their knowledge of the real worth
of this, their wealth, by never wasting it.
On the study-table of each, could always be seen a crystal hour-
glass, and a scythe-shaped paper-knife of steel; while on every sheet
of their writing-paper was stamped, in bold black letters, the word
NOW. Of them the poet was not thinking, when he penned the
words : " They also serve, who only stand and wait."
Their month's tenure of office was no sinecure. The King,
knowing as he did that he could pay these counsellors no higher
 THE KING AND HIS COUNSELLORS

compliment than by making the greatest possible use of them, saved

up for their management all business requiring for its carrying out the
qualities of order, organisation, economy and diplomacy, in short all
work that promised the greatest return for the smallest expenditure of
time and effort. Thus they were entrusted with the planning of huge
schemes for the bettering of masses of people, rather than the
benefiting of individuals singly.
Motives, similar to those that prompted the counsellors of the
Fourth Order, actuated these Tenth Order advisers. Their home,
however, was their country, and their labours for its welfare were
carried on in the senate-house. As in their houses the women of the
former class, with reverent mien, folded the hands of their little ones,
and taught them to lisp their earliest prayers to the All-Father, so
those of the latter, by their ministrations in the temple, helped at
their devotions the children of a larger growth.
Oneof their favourite mottoes was : " Use determines everything,"
and the interrogation most commonly on their lips; "What is it
worth ? " Their judgment was therefore sound with regard to values,
and comprehending fully that " appearances are deceitful," they set
their affections on the real and the permanent, rather than on the
seeming and the transitory.
They took great delight in combining various materials, so as to
form a beautiful and harmonious whole. Some of them manifested
this power of construction by designing buildings of fair and stately
proportions. Others reared noble and time-defying edifices of sound,
whose perfectly symmetrical beauty won the admiration of succeeding
generations; while others, by their wonderful power of organisation,
formed into one body and kept in working order large numbers of
men, possessing every variety of disposition and talent.
Each possessed a library, with books of the highest literary
value, though there were few copies remarkable merely for their
rarity or the costliness of their binding. In the art of indexing, and
the making of catalogues, they were unrivalled.
A hobby with many was the collecting of precious stones and
minerals. In their museums, method was conspicuously shewn in
the arrangement of their gems and other treasures.
This, Vj5! their seal of office, was affixed by them to all state
documents.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
They possessed beauty of a melancholy type. Their features
were pronounced, and even in early youth had a finished and perfectly
developed appearance. Their eyes were often dark and almond-
shaped, though sometimes blue, with a steely glint, and lighted then
■with the steady fire of unwavering resolution. In shape the nose was
curved, bending towards the mouth, and increasing, when the face
was in repose, the sadness of its expression. The lower lip often
protruded slightly. Their complexions were dusky, their hair blue-
black and straight, and their eyebrows thick, and frequently placed so
close to each other as to meet. The whites of the eyes, and the
teeth, often possessed a bluish tint. Their ears were large, and their
chins narrow.
On January 20th, immediately following the disappearance from
the King's presence of the last member of the Tenth Order, there
stood erect, on the threshold of t^e council-chamber, the knightly
figure of the first member of the Eleventh Group.
This Group was composed of men whose natural nobility was
apparent to all, and whose beauty was of the most refined character.
Because each, in true knightly fashion, had, in himself, " killed out
the beast and let the ape and tiger die," the Order had fully earned
the proudest badge of all—the figure of a Man.
This, ^oc, their symbol, had a twofold signification. The upper
part symbolised, by its waves, the " living water" its possessors held
in trust for slaking the thirst of the human soul; while the lower
suggested the scintillating genius of these mighty Sons of the
Lightning Flash.
All wore some form of ornament upon the Ankles. Most of these
ornaments were of amber, or electrum ; but a few had anklets made
of the fire-stone, or marcasite.
Their faces were long ; their hair abundant and naturally wavy ;
their brows, though not of an exceeding tallness, were full, and
beautifully rounded, the hair being, in many cases, brushed back, and
wholly exposing them. Their skins were white ; their jaws oval ;
their teeth, which in smiling they displayed fully, small, well shaped,
and regular. Their beards, which they seldom shaved, were pointed
and often curling.
Myrrha.
(7 £ l'c. ccii/inticd)
 467

lupitcr in Okmini

Jupiter has now entered Cancer, in which sign it will remain

for a year, and it leaves a record of several characteristic events that
have occurred during its passage through the previous sign Gemini.
Jupiter has its chief dignity in Sagittarius, the ninth sign, and through
this it rules such things as are signified by the ninth house—religion
among the rest. But Gemini is an intellectual sign ; it corresponds
to the third house, and has to do with such matters as education,
literature, and the other meanings associated with that house. The
great planet is not well placed in this sign, especially when afflicted ;
and its presence there brings to the fore events arising out of a con-
flict between religion and intellect. This has been more than once
illustrated in the course of British politics. In 1894, when Jupiter
had just entered Gemini, a Bill was brought forward to disestablish
the Church in Wales, which country is ruled by Gemini; it was intro-
duced into the House of Commons on April 26th, by Mr. Asquith;
but in the end came to nothing. The present year, 1906, with the
planet in the same sign, has seen a fierce conflict over the Education
Bill, the chief points at issue in which turn not upon education but
upon religion, that perennial source of discord.
Jupiter's position has been weaker than usual this year because of
its anlictions; for it received the conjunction of Mars and the square
of Saturn both on the same day in May ; whereas in 1894 it received
good aspects from both these planets. It is improbable that any
planet is ever wholly evil in any sign, and certainly not the Greater
Benefic. In the present case, its good influence may be illustrated in
an interesting manner. Spain is ruled by Sagittarius, the lord of
which is Jupiter. When the planet is in Gemini, it is therefore in
the seventh sign from its own house ; and, as we all know, the seventh
sign bears upon marriage. The present year has seen the marriage
of the King of Spain, which took place on May 31st, when the Sun,
Mars, and Jupiter were in Gemini, and the Moon was in Virgo, the
King's ascendant and the seventh house of his consort. A somewhat
analogous influence may even be traced in the United States, the
country ruled by Gemini, where the President's daughter has married
and has undertaken a sort of triumphal tour or royal progress through
Europe.
It is, of course, not to be expected that exactly similar events
would follow every passage of Jupiter through this sign; but there
should at any rate be a resemblance in general principles. There
should always, apparently, be a contrast between the religious
tendency and the intellectual tendency, which would become co-
operation under good aspects but antagonism under evil ones. And
on another occasion, instead of the relative seventh house influence
showing as marriage, it might work out through international
co-operation, treaty, or entente cordiale. H. S. Green.
 ^ontfi fflurtous 3B«ainsft

(i) One night—I forget the exact date—in 1905, I dreamed that
I was persuaded by several persons to come to a service of some
kind, to which I half-heartedly assented. The building in which the
service was to be held was very dark inside and seemed old, yet I sat
with three unknown persons in quite a modern yet primitively
constructed pew or desk, such as is found in a Sunday-school
classroom. We seemed to kneel expectantly in prayer, and presently,
right at the far end of the building, in the gloom, each side of some-
thing altar-like, there rose up, slightly bending forward, grim forms,
very stern looking, with an outline almost like a Sarcophagus, and
the one I noticed mostly—whose glance seemed directed towards me,
piercing me through and through—appeared to have the Egyptian
head-dress familiarised by the statuary at the British Museum. I felt
as if my motives for coming were not pure and true and he knew it,
knew that I was prompted only by idle curiosity. Then these two
strange forms sank down into the gloom again, and the space in the
centre was illumined with a brilliant white light, emanating from a
miniature pure white Temple somewhat like the models of the Taj
Mahal. This rose bodily from its place, and as it rose a kind of
steaming vapour or white smoke came upwards from the spot it had
left, and I thought, " If I look I shall see that the smoke arises from
the bodies of religious victims of all ages" ; yet as I peered, trying to
see why the smoke arose, I saw only what looked like apricot pulp.
The next day I wanted to go again to this place, yet refused when I
was asked, feeling I was not sincere enough to face the glance of that
awful wonderful face, should the figures appear again.
(2) In the early winter of 1905 I had a horrible dream. My
mind had been much disturbed by the discussion of spirit rappings
and hauntings with some friends, and I went to bed with it all on my
mind—and with a bad headache, too. I could not sleep, the atmos-
phere seemed charged with some horror, and at last I turned the light
full on, and lay awake, expectant of I knew not what, not daring to
sleep, thinking that every minute I would have to go to the next
* Note.—The current "directions" of the writer are as follows:— ? p. □ p.
(June. 1905); D p. rf O p. (April. 1906) ; g p. appl. d A sc. r. ; l( p. appl. d O r.;
Asc. p. A l{l p.
 SOME CURIOUS DREAMS

room, and ask my friend to come and sleep with me or to open the
communicating door between the rooms. With this thought on my
mind I must evidently have dozed, for I dreamed that I got out of
bed and went to my friend, fetched her out of her room into mine.
She got into my bed, and held my arms from the back to help me to
get a firmer grip of something I was struggling with, but which I cannot
describe, and I woke up saying (but with no outward sound) " You
shan't have her, you shan't have her, you shan't have her," and as
my eyes opened it seemed I saw a face shrouded in grey, and with the
saddest look of pain and unutterable misery, fading gradually away
as it passed at the foot of my bed. The impression of the struggle
was very strong and I felt very exhausted. Eventually I made myself
a cup of tea, and then slept till my usual hour.
(3) June 22nd, 1906.—I dreamed, but only, however, to remember
very vaguely something concerning a lot of numbers, of which all I
could recollect on waking was 311. I slept again, and on waking the
number 313 would stay in my mind as if it were a correction of the
other. I also saw an air-ship, with people in it: they seemed to be
young children, and were being instructed by someone in the car as
to how to get their balance, etc. I could hear this as I stood watch-
ing with someone by me, who presently looked at some puzzle
(numbers again, it seemed) I was inspecting on a red shamrock-
shaped card, or tablet; this he picked up and said: " How curious
this should be asbestos." I also seemed to be in trouble with three
servants; two were very ungrateful and prude, and wanted to leave
me, the third one had been over-ruled and worked to death by the
other two, but also wanted to leave, for though fond of me she could
not stand it any longer.
(4) April, 1906, Milford-on-Sta.—Whilst staying in this delightful
spot during Easter week I had a curious experience. It was a fine
sunshiny morning, and I was sitting half-way down the cliffs on a
grassy slope, with a stretch of shingly beach and glittering sea in
front of me, the atmosphere very clear and delicious. I was reading,
and constantly stopping, absorbed in the thoughts the book presented,
thinking very deeply. I unconsciously closed my eyes, and saw a
beautiful many-rayed golden star on a glorious background of blue,
this same blue showing through a centre circle in the star. It was a
glorious sight, and lasted long enough for me to realise it, but only
470 MODERN ASTROLOGY

on coming back " to myself" did I feel impressed on my brain the

significance of what I had seen. It seemed too good to be true, and
I would not let myself believe it, and I longed for something to make
me sure it was not imagination but real (to my inner'eyes). Presently
it came again, without any conscious effort on my part (for I was
again reading), but much more dimly, and again earnestly I thought;
" If I could only have some sign." Then again I turned to my book,
and after a short space of time, closed my eyes, and saw a rose-
coloured cloud, but with no form, and I felt then that I knew I had
seen the star.
(5) Sunday, June lytk, igo6.—Between 10 and 10.30 in the
morning I had been reading Apollonius of Tyana, and thinking
meanwhile I closed my eyes (with a wish and a longing so great as
almost to make me sad), to look into the unseen, or see into the un-
known, and immediately the beautiful violet colour I am becoming so
used to seeing came at once very strongly, in ever varying gradations,
sometimes a dark purple, sometimes a vivid orchid mauve, then a
bright blue, which quickly merged into red, then again purple, often
a lot of green between, and then again yellow, with streaky spotty
red super-imposed. Generally it is only mauve I see (very luminous),
but lately these other colours have appeared, and on this occasion
the different waves of colour were almost rainbow-like. As I went on
looking and longing a sudden flash showed a form, but so illusory I
hardly feel I ought to record it. Then presently on the mauve back-
ground there were what looked like almost a circle of characters or
hieroglyphs, very crude, somewhat like the Assyrian, or again the
Japanese, and yet they could almost be likened to the irresponsible
scratchings of a child's pencil.
(6) June 24^.—This morning after breakfasting in bed I started
to read The Magus. As I turned over the leaves, I came to pages of
Hebrew and Cabalistic signs, and it seemed that my concentration
on the 17th had been a direction to read this book, as immediately I
looked at the illustrations the memory of the puzzling characters
came back to me, and there they were in front of me on the page of
this book ! It may only be fancy, but I hardly think so. It seems to
be a direction to me, as to what to read, which I have experienced
before but have unfortunately not made a record ofo
 471

ITmmasoiiriJ anb ^.strolog^

Ancient Freemasons had many " trinities," chief among which were
' Wisdom, Strength and Beauty," all derived from Geometry. The letter
G being the initial, was held in reverence because " Geometry and Free-
masonry were formerly the same" (as was taught in the first Lodges,
which were only schools of science), and wonderful to state, tradition has
preserved that fact for thousands of years, notwithstanding that cruel
persecutions for many centuries compelled them to change into a Brother-
hood fur mutual protection, when many of their scientific explanations were
lost, such as Jacob's Ladder, the two Covenants, Faith, Hope and Charity,
etc. Here are the ancient symbols for Wisdom, Strength and Beauty,
for which moderns have substituted three orders of architecture :
I A 0
The first of these symbols is a perpendicular, and was represented by a
monument called an " obelisk." This is found all over the East, erected
during the golden age of Astrology and Freemasonry. Pompey's Pillar,
Cleopatra's Needle, etc., are specimens. The obelisk stood erect, without
support—a beautiful symbol of IVisciom.
The triangle, standing upon two feet, pictured a pyramid, the strongest
of all superstructures and the most enduring, defying alike the storm, the
unshine and the tooth of time. No better symbol of Strength could
possibly be devised.
The third was a circle, a symbol always held in great reverence.
Curved lines were always more graceful than angles, and therefore the circle
was adopted as the symbol of Beauty.
Here was Wisdom to design, Strength to establish and Beauty to adorn.
The circle was also the symbol of eternity, for it had neither beginning
nor end. Besides, it represented the visible universe, and by placing a dot
(the Hebrews called ityod) in the centre, it represented " God in the midst
of eternity." This was adopted as the hieroglyphic of the Sun, and is so
accepted to-day by all enlightened nations. The old Masons of India said :
"The Sun is not God, but His brightest image." Ancient Greeks and
Romans called the Sun the " God of Day " and the Moon the " Goddess of
Night." The same idea, but in different language, was expressed by the
Hebrews : " And God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the
day, and the lesser light to rule the night." (Gen, i. 16.)
472 MODERN ASTROLOGY
Masons often speak of the symbol of the Sun as " a point within a
circle." Anciently this was done so that the exoteric should not understand
what the Masons were talking about. Here is a Masonic secret, and all
other so-called secrets are of a similar kind, being the secrets of science
which the initiate was not allowed to teach the non-initiate. Therefore the
explanations of science were veiled in allegories, the language being meta-
phorical. All enlightened nations had what moderns called " Heathen
Mythology," the true meaning of which is not understood by even our best
scholars, because they are ignorant of Astrology. Ancient Masons did not
believe in the [literal] reality of their gods, but the exoteric interpreted the
allegories in their literal sense, and thus arose the doctrine of Polytheism,
which no Mason ever has accepted or ever will accept.
The word " god " applied to Jupiter has precisely the same meaning as
"planet." The "planet Jupiter" and the "god Jupiter " are as exactly
alike as " English wain and wagon." So of Saturn, Mars, Venus and
Mercury, in the Latin allegories, but which are given different names by the
Greeks, where Saturn is Chronos; Jupiter is Zeus, then Deus in Latin and
Deity in English. The wonderful performances of the gods are the explana-
tions of the astrological indications of the planets of the same name, and
Masons all understood this, until they lost their arts and sciences through
persecutions, because they could not be made by the most cruel tortures to
reveal the secrets of the " Sanctum Sanctorum."
The Geometrical symbols of Wisdom, Strength and Beauty, in their
various combinations, constitute the capital letters of the Latin Alphabet,
the first alphabet in which the form of a letter was scientific ; the letters of
the Phoenician Alphabet, adopted by the Hebrews, being an evolution from
the hieroglyphics. Thus, ancient Masons invented the first scientific
alphabet.—From The Astrologer's Vait Mecum, by W. H. Chaney.

(0lla ^oirri&a

Standards of Time.—(Answer to A. H. B.j—i. We don't know

any book specially dealing with the subject, but articles thereon will
be found in Chambers's Encycloprndia, Whitaker's Almanack, and Hazell's
Annual. Generally speaking, Greenwich time—or Greenwich time plus
or minus a number of hours—is now in use all over the world. That
is to say, standard time referred to the meridian of Greenwich has been
adopted for railway and other0 purposes. The globe is supposed to be
divided into zones extending 7 30' on each side of the central meridian,
and the local mean time is used 0for all places within that zone. Thus
Mid-Europe, central meridian 15 E., is ih. fast of Greenwich time;
 OLLA PODRIDA 473
British South Africa, 30° E., ah. fast; America is divided into five zones
ranging from (Inter-Colonial) 4h. slow to (Pacific) 8h. slow; West Australia,
120° E. is 8h. fast ; Japan, 1350 E., gh. fast; South Australia, 142J0
E., g^h. fast; Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and Tasmania,
150° E., roh. fast ; and New Zealand, 172^° E., nih. fast. Eastern
European time, 2h. fast on Greenwich mean time, has been adopted in
Egypt. At the beginning of the twentieth century Greenwich mean time
was adopted in Spain, the hours being counted from oh. to 24h., thus
avoiding the use of the letters a.m. and p.m. 2. Chambers says Mme.
Bernhardt was born October 22nd, 1844 ; Who's Who says October 22nd,
1845—and as the information in that work is supplied by the individuals
concerned it may be assumed that the date is given by one who ought to
know. To reassure you we will ask Percival, who will ask Sarah herself,
who will at the same time dispose of (or confirm) the legend as to her being
a twin.—Referee, i2/8/'o6.
A. H. B.—Percival is in the Ardennes and Sarah is in Brittany, and
they are both (for the time being) happy. The golden-voiced one first saw
the light on October 22nd, 1845, but she has often told Percival that thirty-
nine is quite old enough for any self-respecting actress, and that is the age
she intends to keep. The twin is a myth. See Sarah's Memoirs recently
published in the Strand Magazine. (Ibid, ig/S/'ofi.).—See p. 360, Vol. I., M.A.
(N.S.).
Universal Time.—It has been enacted that the standard time for the
colony of the Seychelles shall be that of the meridian 6odeg. east of
Greenwich, or, in other words, any statement involving time in legal
documents is to be interpreted as meaning the time by a clock exactly four
hours fast on Greenwich, and no doubt the timekeepers in the islands will
be set accordingly. It is expected that a similar alteration will soon be
made in Mauritius, where the time of the Royal Alfred Observatory—
3h. somin. iz.fisec. fast on Greenwich—is now kept. This is simply a
further extension of the universal or zone time system, which has been in
progress for the last twenty years ; but these Colonies are the first to fill
this zone, which is occupied also by Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, and
part of Russia.—The Daily Telegraph, i6/8/'o6.
In the Astronomische Nachrichten, Professor Barnard places on record
an observation which he made so long ago as August 13th, 1892, but
for which he has as yet found no explanation. While examining Venus
with the thirteen inch Lick refractor he saw a star of about the seventh
magnitude in the same field as the planet. There is no star or planet
known which occupies this position, but Professor Barnard is confident that
there was no mistake in the observation. Unless the unknown body was
one of the brighter asteroids—and Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta were
known to be elsewhere—the result is, as yet, entirely incomprehensible.
Globe, 6/8/'o6.
Heir to Saxe-Coburg.—Thursday, August 2nd, 1906: the Duchess
Victoria Adelheid of Saxe-Coburg Got ha gave birth to a son at twenty
minutes to nine this morning at the Castle of Callenberg. The birth of a
son to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha provides an heir to the dukedom.
The Duke is the son of the late Duke of Albany and nephew of King
Edward.
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The Late Alfred Beit and Cecil Rhodes

Dear Sir,
The decease of Mr. Alfred Beit has brought up the
memory of his great associate, Cecil J. Rhodes, and I have
endeavoured, in the absence of precise data, to erect a trial horoscope
for Mr, Beit, and to compare it with that assigned to Mr. Rhodes,
with a view particularly to seeing what directions were current at the
death of each.
Cdsps of Houses
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
C. J. Rhodes v. m 0.59 11123 t II 7 25.47 5=11 K28
II n p- 118.50 W 7 V327 K 1.32 T29 a 29
A. Beit r. t 1 7 iS « 5 V325 X28 a 8
P- (?) VS20 a 19
Planetary Positions
GEWV k V
C.J .Rhodes r. (8 13.34 ® 6-*i M 13.371?. W 11.51 5127.49 /16,36 R U 8.30 (827.55 s1 5.28 DiS.j®
„ „ f. 1$ o. 12 T23.24 *12.39 e ja.jdl?. u j.25 7 14.510. asix.iB >5127.27 Jl2i.5^. IFX5.44
A. Beit r. 5=26.32 «17.0 3410.40 « 3.2 B 12.6 7 20,10 5=22-9 * 4-75 —17-50 025,44
.f ji /'■ Tig-SS a £.0 X12.33 a 723 B17.7 724.28 T 357 T10.31 T22.15IJ. 1121.56
Mr. tieit was Dorn at rtamDurg on Peoruary I5tn, ia53, and
Mr. Rhodes on July 5th of the same year, at Bishop's Stortford ; the
hour in the latter case is given as 7 p.m., and the M.C. and ascendant
respectively as ni o059' and f 25°47'. Except if already risen and
^ in the second house, all the planets are in the western half of the
figure. (Data taken from The Horoscope.)
In order to find a possible ascendant for Mr. Beit, I considered
that by his general appearance he might be a Capricornus man, and
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 475
in that case ? , ? > (? > and 0 would all be rising in which give a
general description according well with his appearance, and modify
that produced by Capricornus rising.
Taking yy 250 as an approximate ascendant (M.C. f i0) I find
that at Mr. Beit's death, which measures to April gth, 1853, the
Sun had come to exact parallel with 1^, and the ]) was also parallel
with radical 1^, while b (his supposed ruler) was parallel with radical
. Saturn was also close to r. ]), □ r. ? and nearly Z p. J. The
progressed ascendant had also come very close to r. ]) and p. b >
while Mercury (retrograde) was square with radical ascendant. Venus
was semi-square to radical Sun, and 0 □ M.C. progressed.
Above all the M.C. had progressed to very nearly the position of
the radical ascendant, and the same, in a less marked degree, was the
case of Cecil Rhodes. I am examining a theory of my own, according
to which the progression of M.C. to natal ascendant, or of ascendant
to opposite natal M.C., determines the natural expectation of life ;
that is, the age which may be reached barring accidents or previous
fatal directions. To test this would require some good instances of
persons dying " of sheer old age."
A very curious point which comes up with both these horoscopes
is the fact that during their whole lives the direction prevailed: If g £3.
In order to see the significance of this we must remember that the
ascending node in the Northern Hemisphere is the descending node in
the Southern one, because when j) is above the ecliptic in the Northern
Hemisphere she is below it as seen from the Southern one. Thus,
during the time of their work in South Africa, both these pioneers of
Empire had the local ascending node with if. If the ascending node,
or Dragon's Head, be a " fortune," we can understand how both
were fortunate in the Southern Hemisphere. The continued closeness
of Jupiter to the node is explained by the fact that in both horoscopes
their motions cross one another, for while, in Beit's, Jupiter crosses it
by progress in the zodiac, in Rhodes' horoscope Jupiter is retrograde
until about eleven years before his death. In Rhodes' case the
coincidence is rendered more curious by the fact that the Part of
Fortune (as ordinarily calculated) is near Jupiter and exactly with the
ascending node for the Southern Hemisphere, and at death the M.C.
had progressed to this same point, being the descending node at birth
(Northern Hemisphere).
Of course those directions which I have inferred for the M.C. and
ascendant are subject to correction, in case Mr. Beit's birth hour is
known, but I send these remarks for what they may be worth.
Both men were unmarried. In Beit's case s was on descendant
(by hypothesis) with j) app. □ ? and £ , also 5 □ Z If.
In Rhodes' case S5 intercepted in VII., ]), ©, 5 thereia, ? also
in VH. ? rules VII. (Gemini), but j) is just leaving V g ; hence
she aspects all or most other planets before coming to ruler of VII.
Further, Cecil J. Rhodes was born July 5th (7 p.m. = 3^ months),
and the index date (noon) goes back to March 20th, which is so near
the date of his death (March 26th, 1902), that I have taken it as iden-
tical, and therefore given planets at noon, measuring to only six days
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before his death. Similarly Beit's death measures (by hypothesis)

nearly to noon. (P.A.N., April gth.)
Yours, etc.,
Sarastro.
Editorial Comment.—The suggestion that the semi-arc of the ascend-
ing or culminating degree determines the natural expectation of life is very
fascinating and seems as though it " ought" to be true. But it implies
more than might be thought at first sight. Take Sagittarius, for instance—
the diurnal semi-arcs of f i° to } 30° lie between 56° and 620 for the latitude
of London, and this implies that the normal expectation of life for Sagit-
tariansborn in London is from 56 to 62 years—that is, if we take Asc. d M.C.
as the anaretic arc—or, taking I.C. d Asc. as anareta, 73 to 93 years. Now
the average Sagittarian of our acquaintance strikes us as rather a short-lived
person than otherwise (in this we think statistics would bear us out), and
it was for that reason that we chose this sign for illustration. On the other
hand our own King, born under f, has already passed one of the limits
assigned, Asc. d M.C. in his case measuring to 1898.
It is of course possible that "Sarastro" is speaking of the ideal
expectation of life, rather than the normal, for any given horoscope, in
which sense his suggestions offer less difficulty. But even here we are
faced by the fact—or rather should we say presumption—that some Sagit-
tarians born in London, or equivalent latitudes, exceed the above highest
limit of ninety-three years. We make these criticisms with all sympathy,
having laboured not a little at the problem ourselves, but general considera-
tions like the above have so far availed to overthrow the various theories
we have evolved.
The explanation offered for styling ?S Caput in Southern Hemisphere
is ingenious, but strikes much deeper than might be supposed. For, if
valid, the argument implies that cel. long. 0° to 180° should have the
attributes of in., -f , Vy. Ki in Southern Latitudes. But is any astrologer,
however progressive, prepared to go quite so far as this ?

The Alleged Error of La Place

" Science is like Casay's wife and must not be suspected, this is evident."
S. D., I., 549.
Mr. Sutcliffe's observations must be divided into two parts,
which must each be noted separately :
1. The error of Laplace.
2. All that the author has deduced from it.
The error of Laplace does not exist. Mr. S. has read Laplace
superficially.
According to the general opinion—acknowledged also by Mr. S.
himself—the equinoxes will move, in consequence of the secular varia-
tions, in the direction opposite to that of the planets in their orbits.
Calling the latter direction positive, the direction of the precession is
negative. Now Laplace should have given a positive value to the
direction of the precession ? This he has not done.
In his Traite de Mecanique Celeste III. livre sixiSme, page 125,
No. 3: (Edition Paris, Imprimerie Royale 1844), is to be found ;
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 477
" Maintenant on a vu dans le numdro 6 du cinqifeme livre que la
precession ^ des equinoxes par rapport A I'ecliptique fixe de 1750*, est en
ne considerant que les variations sdculaires :—"f
Here follows an equation that represents a positive value. Further
on he gives (p. 127 below) once more a positive value for the precession
for any epoch up to 1,000 or 1,200 years before and after the year
1750
. . en observant de faire t ndgatif pour les temps antdrieurs k
cette 6poque, . . . etc."|
He then gives an example on page 129, from which his meaning
speaks clearly. He calculates the longitude of the perihelion and the
value of the precession (or rather the displacement of the equinoxes in
consequence of the precession) in the year 4004 B.C.; that is, 5754 years
backwards from a.d. 1750. And he says :
" En effet, on a pour ce temps t = — 5754 et I'expressiou pr6c6dentc de
ip' donne:—
f = — 870-8530
" C'est la longitude de I'equinoxe fixe de iy$opar rapport a Vequinoxc d'abord. §
" L'expression prdcedente de w" donne pour la longitude du perigee de
I'orbe terrestre ou de I'apogde solaire, comptee de I'equinoxe fixe de i750§
w" = 8g°M7oo
cette longitude par rapport i I'dquinoxe de l'ann6e 4004 avant I'fere chrdtienne
6tait done i°'3i7o; . ."etc.||
This is perfectly correct,^! The longitude of T 1750 is — 870,8530
with regard to T 4004 B.C., and it consequently lies 87a8530 farther
in a negative direction (on the ecliptic) than the latter.

0
The italics are mine.
f English.—Now we have seen in No. 6 of the fifth book that the precession of
the equinoxes with regard to the ecliptic (fixed) of ivso is, when only considering the
secular variations
{ English.—Being careful to take t negative for a time anterior to that epoch,
. . etc."
§ Italics are mine.
|| English.—In fact, we have for this epoch <=-5754 and the above equation
for p' gives :—
p'= -870-8530
this is the Longitude of the fixed equinox 0/1750 with regard to the former o«f.§ The
above equation of to" gives {or the Longitude of the perigee^ of the earth, or the solar
apogee, reckoned from the fixed equinox of 1750.§
to"=8g0i7oo
This Longitude with regard to the equinox of the year 4004 B.C. was consequently
i0-3I7o. . . . etc.
11 The only thing that seems not very happily chosen in this statement of
Laplace's is the expression "... this is the longitude of the fixed equinox of
1750 with regard to the former one "—although it clearly gives his meaning. Yet
this may have been the cause of Mr, Sutcliffe's misinterpreting Laplace's meaning
by his mathematical " demonstration."—A. E. T.
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He then calculates that the longitude of perigee 4004 B.C. =89°.

1700 with regard to T 1750; ergo longitude perigee 4004 B.C. with
regard to T 4004 B.C. will be
(Sg^iyoo —870-853o) = i^iyo.
And not, as Mr. S. contends, the sum of both numbers.
It will now be evident what the meaning of Laplace's equation is,
where he represents the value of the precession as a positive magni-
tude, a custom which may mislead a superficial reader, but which on
closer examination will prove to be not so very illogical.
With his equations for the precession he had to solve this ques-
tion : " From which fixed point have we to reckon, since the motion
of the precession rightly means a displacement of our ordinary fixed
point ? " And—he accepted for his starting-point the one nearest to
hand, the equinox of 1750.
Now he had to indicate by the sign -j- or — that the place of T
for a time anterior to 1750 lies in a positive, for a time posterior to
1750 in a negative direction, as viewed from his starting-point. He
then looked at the question from the other side and argued that his
starting-point, " I'equinoxe fixe de 1750," lies in direction to
the equinox of an anterior epoch, in positive direction to that of a
posterior epoch.
This way of regarding the question is—I am inclined to say—as
purely mathematical and as logical as possible, for;
There is a motion in negative direction and every other point of
the line of motion consequently lies in negative direction to a former one.
With regard to a following point a negative motion will have to be
executed and the present one lies positive.
Once having the intention to indicate this conception, it was not
at all strange, nay very logical and near at hand, to name t positive
for a time yet to come, negative for a time past, and to take the value
of the precessional motion per se as a positive magnitude, i.e., to
represent it in an equation of positive appearance.
I believe I remember that a way of working like this is quite
familiar in mathematics. One will remember how in analytical
mathematics the equation of a line has commonly a positive form
which will give a positive or negative value for the place of some
particular point—according as certain factors are positive or negative.
So the error of Laplace does not exist.
It seems to me unnecessary to show Mr. Sutcliffe line after line
that his arguments fail everywhere that they are in connection with
the supposed error of Laplace, and everywhere conclusions are made
from this "error."
I perfectly agree with him that the theory of circular motion of
the poles is wrong and must be wrong, that the obliquity of the
ecliptic does not change in general in result of the ecliptic's displace-
ment, but of the equator's, and the latter in consequence of the
general precession (which for the most part is constituted of luni-
solar precession), i.e., 5o"-34 annually.
I, too, am convinced of the possibility that astronomers—even
eminent ones—of our age feel more interested in observation and
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 479
calculation than in meditation and contemplation. I, too, believe
that the poles deviate—or at least have deviated—from ecliptic to
ecliptic. And to make the matter quite clear for myself I wrote
it down in an article, for which, later on, I shall perhaps ask
hospitality in your periodical. I wrote it purposely before I had
studied Mr. Sutcliffe's pamphlet and before I had a clear under-
standing of what is to be learned about this subject in the Secret
Doctrine of H. P. Blavatsky. Consequently, I think I may claim
some understanding of Mr. Sutcliffe's meaning, and some independency
as to possible influence from beforehand-agreed-upon, or too-readily-
accepted dogmas or facts.
So far as 1 am able to understand the Secret Doctrine at present I
believe there is not only the question of secular variations in the
position of the earth's axis {Secret Doctrine, II., pp. 372, 373, 376, and
345), but also of " violent " and sudden " disturbances " {Secret Doctrine,
I. 396, II. 153, 154, 158, 328, 344, 345, 562, 563).
It is not the latter, of course, that Mr. SutclifTe tries to prove
from Laplace's "error," but he fails where he pretends to prove the
former. Indeed, no proof whatsoever is given by him. For, agreed
that the pole (of the equator, viz., the earth's axis) shows a certain
motion—a fact denied by no astronomer—he leaves us as uncertain
about the limits of this motion as any astronomer he challenges to
attack him.* He denies the limits of i^0 on each side, and gives
90° on each side as limit of the motion,—that is all—this he asserts,
or rather suggests—he proves nothing.
The theory prevailing till nowadays is incomplete as yet and,
seemingly, astronomers have shrunk back from what they considered
untimely consequences. Untimely, because they have accustomed
themselves to rely more upon observations than upon reasoning—
a method not altogether false, but not adapted to bring man along
the path of knowledge in due and fitting course.
Let us use the results of their labour with due respect, but let
us try to make a better record.
The original equation of Laplace for the precession is :
I + eg cos b 1 cot h 4- —— tan h I
3t [ l+g >
After calculating the value of the constants, he gets :
p' =i t55"-572 + 20-92883-29288"-3 cos {t ioo"757)—13377"-2 sin {t 3"'564).
Everyone may calculate the result of this equation for t= — 5757
or for any other epoch, positive or negative. It will be seen that
the proof is not so very difficult as Mr. Sutcliffe suggests—a couple of
multiplications only ! A. E. Thikreks.
The Hague, Holland, May, 1906. {See over ES")
0
Our correspondent is mistaken ; elsewhere in The Hindu Zodiac: a Suggested
Key to it and to the Astronomy of the Ancients (which is on sale at this office, price is.),
p. 10, Mr. Sutcliffe calculates that the pole has now about reached its minimum
and will slightly increase during the next 24,000 years, aiter which the increase
becomes very rapid, until 96,000 years hence the plane of the ecliptic will be within
120 of the poles.—Ed.
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[Comment.—We dp not wish to render ourselves open to a charge of
partisanship, and therefore we readily print this letter on the assurance of
M. Thierens that Mr. Sutcliffe's reply to J. W., since printed, fails to dipose
of his criticism—for the matter is too important to be allowed to drop. But
we would point out that Mr. Sutcliffe in his pamphlet advances two proofs,
one analytical, in which the alleged error of La Place is a factor, and one
geometrical, in which the alleged error is not a factor. Why do Mr.
Sutcliffe's critics not seize upon the geometrical proof and dispose of that ?
His geometrical proof is given in the letter sent to Nature, and is printed
in the article headed " Manvantaras and Yugas " in our February issue, and
should enable the question to be decided without any reference to La
Place's writings at all.
Perhaps if we reprint here a portion of his answer (quoted in the
Theosophical Gleaner) to a Mr. Hollis, who wrote a somewhat supercilious
criticism of his pamphlet in the English Mechanic, we may save Mr. Sutcliffe
some trouble, and also make the matter clearer for those who wish to
investigate it, since the paragraph quoted deals succinctly with the very
point raised by M. Thierens. ". . . . Towards the close of his letter,
Mr. Hollis attempts to show, by quoting the Mecaniqtte Clleste, that I make a
statement the exact opposite to that made by La Place. In reply to this, I
would point out that in this instance we are not bound by what ' La Place'
says, but by what his equations demonstrate. If a mathematician makes a
statement which is not consistent with his equations, it has little value.
Mr. Hollis's quotation is not complete without the previous sentence.
The complete quotation is as follows: 'In fact for this period [4004 B.C.]
t= —5754, and the preceding expression for [the precession] gives
xp' =-870'850 [?-870-853]
which is the longitude of the fixed equinox of 1750, in relation to that time.'
Of the above, Mr. Hollis quotes only the last portion (namely, from —870"850
onwards). Now this interpretation by La Place of his own equation is
wrong, and obviously so. He is driven to resort to it because he has used
the wrong sign for precession. For if the equation be used to express the
longitude of the equinox of 1750 to that of 4004 B.C., then t is not equal to
— 5754, but to +5754, since 1750 a.d. is 5754 years after 4004 b.c. If, there-
fore, he shifts his epoch to 4004 b.c., the time t is positive ; and the fact
that he makes t negative shows clearly that the result is the longitude
[of the equinox of] 4004 b.c., relative to that of the fixed epoch of 1750,
which is the epoch La Place uses for all his equations. Every mathema-
tician knows that these equations are always framed to give the longitudes
of other periods in reference to the longitude of the fixed epoch chosen,
and, as I contend in the pamphlet, the fact that La Flace was driven to
the extraordinary expedient of reversing this practice in order to get a true
result ought to have shown him that he had used the wrong sign lor
precession.
" I would like to point out that this question is too important to
be lightly slurred over or dismissed with a sneer. The mistake has put
back geology for many a decade by making impossible the explanation
of glacial epochs, and as it lies at the foundations of astronomy, it may be
found to have vitiated many astronomical measurements. The way Mr.
Hollis speaks of La Place and others thinking on this question is very
unscientific, since it implies that mathematical results are mere matters of
opinion. It is not a question of what I think or La Place thinks or Mr.
Hollis thinks. The question is, what does mathematics demonstrate?"
We would say in conclusion that we think we have now given up
sufficient space to this topic, and that those desirous of continuing the
discussion should address the author direct.—Ed.]
Several interesting letters unavoidably held over,—Ed«
Mnhtrn

Vol. III. New Series. NOVEMBER, 1906. No. 11.

®lj£ ®lis£rtiatory
I have this month to make an announcement that will be very
pleasing to many readers of this magazine, especially those who think
(rightly or wrongly) that the cause of Astrology
A Bold Step will be materially advanced by the action that I
am about to take.
The time has apparently arrived when the price of Modern
Astrology may be safely reduced from One Shilling to Sixpence
monthly, the number of Annual Subscribers having become sufficient
to support the magazine at this reduction.
Nevertheless, it is a bold step that I am taking ; for it means a
heavy loss so far as dealings with the trade are concerned. While
the magazine is now published at one shilling monthly, the trade,
represented by the wholesale agents, have been supplied at exactly cost
price, therefore when the selling price becomes sixpence every copy
supplied to those agents will be much under cost. And it is this fact
that has hithertoprevented my acceding to the wishes of those friends
who have so frequently urged this important reduction.
It will, of course, be clear that with this reduction in price we
shall be unable to allow free postage as we have hitherto done, and
therefore the subscription price, inclusive of the 1 Ji. postage on each
of the twelve numbers, will be js. 6d. annually.
-ifj
If, however, the reduced price produces the anticipated increase
in the circulation this loss will be prevented, and the step I am taking
will be advantageous to all; but as I cannot afford
An Experiment to sustain the loss that will be incurred should
this anticipation not be realised I purpose making
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the trial for one year only. The success of the experiment, then,
rests entirely with those who have been so persistent in their state-
ment that many friends would support this magazine at sixpence who
do not do so at present owing to what is rightly or wrongly considered
its "prohibitive" price.
It may interest those who would like to know the extent of the
loss incurred by this venture, that after carefully working out the
cost of each issue for twelve months, the estimated loss during the
coming year, should the circulation remain the same, will be a trifle
over ^ioo—a loss quite unnecessary considering the fact that all
labour connected with the magazine is given gratuitously.
❖ 'tk ^
I do not intend to alter the size or the quality of the magazine
On the contrary, should the loss be covered by increase of circulation,
the magazine will be considerably improved, for I
Size and Quality shall then take steps to publish matter that has
Unaltered ... , , ,, , > ■ , .
hitherto been held over, but which I am sure will
be valuable to those who are at present making a study of Astrology.
I am not going to make any special appeal to my readers to help
me in this enterprise, for I shall make the effort to introduce new
subscribers worth their while by a very practical method, to be
announced either in the coming Christmas number, now known as
" The Astrologers' Annual," (and the price of which, by the way, will
continue to be "a is., as heretofore), or in the first number of the New
Year. It will be seen from these few remarks that the reduction I pro-
pose to make is a genuine expression of my wish to spread a know-
ledge of Astrology, and those who are acquainted with the practical
details of publishing will understand that it is quite free from any
mercenary motive.

In conclusion it is only fair that I should mention that there are

several of my supporters who are nol in favour of the step I am about
to take, and who fear that it may eventually cause
Objectors me to suspend the magazine; hence my resolution
considered . , r
to give the experiment a year s trial before
attempting to permanently adopt the reduction. They need not,
therefore, be alarmed at the proposition, for if it succeeds all will
be well,|and if not we can but return to our former position.
 iHotes on (Stunts

The fourth house in Mundane Astrology has generally been held

to have significance in connection with land, buildings, crops, etc.
The corresponding sign to this house is Cancer, and no sooner had
Jupiter touched the first point of that sign, which it did at the end
of July, 1906, than the newspapers published a report to the effect
that the Government had decided to let out Crown Farm Lands as
small holdings. This seems to point clearly to the influence of
Jupiter in Cancer; but whether the event will actually take place
during the planet's stay in the sign remains to be seen.
* *
At the two eclipses of July 21st and August 4th, Mercury was
culminating in Leo as lord of the eighth house. This clearly pointed
to the death of some eminent literary person ; and the prediction,
which was accordingly made, was fulfilled in the sudden death of
Mrs. Craigie, better known as John Oliver Hobbes, the clever
novelist. She died in her sleep of heart failure on the night of
August I2th-i3th, when the Sun, Mercury and Mars were all in
Leo, the heart sign. She was born ^/n/'Qj, hour unknown, but
she had five planets in fixed signs at birth.
❖ ^ ❖
The serious shocks of earthquake that wrecked Valparaiso
occurred on August 16th, between 7 p.m. and midnight. On this
date, the Moon was in conjunction with Neptune and Jupiter in
Cancer, and in opposition to Uranus. One month later, when the
Moon was again in Cancer, forming the same aspects, some more
shocks were felt in the same neighbourhood. This certainly suggests
that the combined influences of the lunar orb and the three ponderous
planets acting through movable signs brought about the catastrophe;
and it seems not unlikely that Chili may be ruled by either Cancer
or Capricorn.
£ * $
On July 23rd, 1906, Queen Wilhelmina of Holland had a mis-
carriage for the third time (previous occasions November, 1901, and
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September, 1902). Her Majesty's horoscope will be found in
Modern Astrology for February, 1901, calculated by Mr. Heinrich
Daath; and a reference to it will show that trouble connected with
childbirth is distinctly foreshadowed. Cancer is on the cusp of the
fifth house (that of children), and its ruler, the Moon, is at 2302o7' on
the cusp of the sixth house, squared by Saturn and Jupiter. By
direction, the progressed Moon is passing through the radical fifth
house in square to the progressed Sun ; while the characteristic
direction p r. □ ? p. measures to the twenty-sixth year of life. In
spite of the misfortunes hitherto, however, the radical aspects D* ? >
!)*(?> hold out hope of an heir to the throne being ultimately born.
Astrologically speaking, the recent trouble was caused by the solar
eclipse at 27°® 50' (J1 at 26°® 5'), four degrees from the radical Moon,
on July 21st last, only two days before the miscarriage.

Another horoscope of interest at the present time is that of the

Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain. This was originally published in
Modern Astrology for February, 1900, by Mr. Heinrich Daath ^
the first degree of Cancer rising. Sepharial subsequently rectified
the ascendant to 280n 18'. Mr. Chamberlain's birthday, on attaining
the age of 70 years, was publicly celebrated in great style at Birming-
ham last July. A reference to the ephemeris will show that Jupiter
was at 250n 11' on July 8th at noon, sufficiently close to the rectified
asc. to be worthy of comment. Moreover, Venus was at 2Ic'Sb9,, Iess
than 10 from the progressed asc. As some doubt has been cast upon
the accuracy of the time of birth, these points are worth noting. For
some time following the celebration of his birthday, the Rt. Hon.
gentleman was indisposed and too unwell to leave the house or travel.
By direction, 0r. d <?p. is still in force, and the progressed Moon is
in the latter part of Scorpio in the radical sixth house, passing from
the parallel of the radical Mars last June to the opposition^of the same
planet in November. Several unpleasant directions measure to the
end of 1906 and beginning of igoy.f
H. S. Green.

• The map is also given in How to Judge a Nativity, Part II., p. 87.
f Since writing this, it has been announced that all Mr. Chamberlain's public
engagements are cancelled for the rest of the year.—H. S. G.
 of Unfluenre

In judging a nativity the prudent astrologer will, if he be wise,

carefully note the predominant " keynote," or temperament, of a
person. In other words, he will be careful to ascertain correctly
which quality, or " Guna," is most prominent, cardinal, fixed, or mutable.
Moreover, he will also take into consideration whether the majority of
the planets fall in Airy, Fiery, Earthy, or Watery signs. Because
these fundamental attributes of matter constitute the pivot, so to
speak, on which the wheel of life turns, giving outward expression in
the world of form to the real inner Man.
It is unquestionable that Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars—indeed
all the planets, are conditioned and limited in regard to their power
of expression, function, or " colour," by the sign and house, and the
quality of the sign and house, through which they are manifesting.
When the majority of the planets fall in Mutable Signs the
expression of the life is more on the inner and mental plane than the
outer and external, so that the real interest of life will lie chiefly in the
plane of the mind ; thus there will be more or less of the dreamer and
student about such a person, and he would always incline to be a
spectator rather than an actor in the drama of life. When, on the
other hand, the Cardinal Signs predominate, the keynote is ever
action. The man of this type desires to carry into action as speedily
as possible all his desires, thoughts and wishes.* His life is centred
in Action; he is ambitious, energetic, forceful, loving change, and
• ever seeking new experiences.
In direct contrast to these, and possessed of a certain materialising
and "practical" tendency, the Fixed Signs give stability, will,
determination—a centralisation of the forces in a fixed centre—
resulting in thoroughness and power. And such people therefore are

* Often, also,desires, thoughts and wishes that are not his, so that we find some
of this type that are extremely "suggestible"—ready to act on any idea that is
presented to them, if only it is put so cleverly that they don't notice that it is not
of their own originating.
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patient, persistent, and practical, though often obstinate: they are

always thorough, however.
Generally speaking, each person has at our present state of
evolution a marked predominance of one or other of these " spheres of
influence," as I may call them; sometimes two are well to the fore;
rarely indeed are all threefairly well developed. These three ' qualities,'
or " Gunas," represented in Astrology by the Fixed, Cardinal, and
Mutable signs, are analagous to the three "modes of motion."
They are what the Easterns call "Tamas": stability, inertia,
corresponding to the motion of rotation; "Rajas," activity, corres-
ponding to linear motion ; and " Sattva," peace, quietude, rhythm,
corresponding to vibratory motion. Thus, the predominance of one
or the other of these modes of motion determines very largely the
character and expression of the life.
Of course, in reality all three show forth in every nativity;
thus, if Rajas be predominant, yet Tamas and Sattva will be sub-
influences; or if Tamas be the most noticeable quality, still Rajas
and Sattva must also play their parts too. Nevertheless, the position
in life the Ego will take and his power to affect others, either
adversely or otherwise, depends to a very great extent upon how his
vehicles are built up; what particular type of matter he is compelled
to express himself through ; in other words, which " Guna "predominates.
The matter in the various vehicles the man uses will vibrate
quite differently according as to which is the most pronounced
" sphere of influence." For this forms to a very large extent the
temperament or type, and according to this temperament or type
will be the ' dharma ' or purpose of the present life. The life of the
warrior, the statesman, the judge, accords with one particular
temperament. Quite another temperament is needed for the life of
the philosopher, the student, the scientist; this same general
temperament, coupled with a different type of brain, yields the
merchant, the trader, the shop-keeper, the clerk or the ambassador.
A third temperament, again, gives us the agriculturist, the builder,
and the labourer; a higher type of which supplies the creative artist,
the capitalist, the founder of a dynasty.
These Three fundamental types of temperament correspond
broadly to the Cardinal, Mutable, and Fixed signs respectively—to
rajas, action, sattva, modulation, tamas, stability. They may be said
 SPHERES OF INFLUENCE

to refer to the three primary modifications of the spirit, or life, to

which particular types of matter suitably respond.
There are also Four fundamental modifications or types of
matter, or fovm, corresponding to the ' fiery,' ' earthy,' ' airy,' and
•watery' signs. These have a very important share in determining
the particular channel of activity whereby the dharum of each of the
foregoing temperaments can be suitably worked out. The caste
system of India, with its four castes, furnishes us with an instance of
a national polity founded upon a recognition of these fundamental
differences of type, each caste having its duties clearly defined by the
law-giver in accordance with the nature of the predominant " sphere
of influence."
Perhaps the enormous number of different types and tempera-
ments, sub-types and sub-temperaments, in this world of diversity, is
realised more acutely by the astrologer than by any other student
of human nature, seeing that his peculiar work in life is to travel
round the circumference of diversity in each " wheel of life " sub-
mitted for his judgment. He is thus enabled to perceive the subtle
influence of temperament upon type, type upon sub-type, and sub-
temperament on both as it were ; the three and the four producing, by
their interplay, the twelve primary zodiacal characters displayed by
Aries, Taurus, Gemini, and so on, in the way that we are all so familiar
with ; the reactions of these on each other, again, producing further
and more complex combinations, resulting, in this advanced civilisa-
tion of ours, in an almost bewildering panorama of diversity. It is
the task of the astrologer to distinguish between all these various
modes of manifestation of the One Human Being.
At the same time, if his judgment is to be based on occult and
esoteric lines, he must to some extent at least have actually realised
for himself the unity which lies at the centre of each nativity, round
which the complex and varied manifestations move. He must himself
try to live more or less in consciousness, rather than in fovm, and thus
understanding the life within himself he will more perfectly under-
stand the life of others. He must try, in mystic phraseology, to
"reverse his spheres"—to see and understand the one life in the
many; realising that it is not so much what we are in our rank or
occupation, not what we are in intellect, not even what we are in our
outer activities, which is of the most importance : the great thing is,
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

the attitude with which we habitually face the world. It is not what
we seem, or even what we do, but what in our feelings and thoughts
we are, which is the essence of the life.
Thus the more an astrologer understands the consciousness working
in these spheres of influence, the greater is his ability to help that
consciousness to evolve and more fully to express itself through the
matter which it is using.
This cannot be too greatly insisted upon. For there are ever two
sides to consider in every nativity : the one side is the " form," deal-
ing with the vehicles of consciousness, and the other side is the "life,"
the consciousness itself.
In a nativity in which the Tamasic Guna {fixed signs) figures very
largely, inertia, indifference, rigidity being very pronounced, the
esoteric astrologer at once realises that the consciousness has to be
stirred within this sphere ; and he knows it must be chiefly by blows
and shocks, causing strong vibrations to be sent through to the
consciousness, that the inner life is called into activity. For this
lethargy must be stirred into activity, the sleeper must be awakened ;
and this is done by forces from outside shaking the outer shell of
matter in which the life is involved, until the life responds with a
quiver as each blow is delivered and as it answers the stimulus
sends a stream of energy pulsating through the half-awakened vehicles.
For such a person at this point of evolution the only important thing
is that the vibrations shall be strong; for the life has to become active
in the Tamasic sheath. While this is the case, any experience is useful,
so that much pain and many hard experiences are marked concomi-
tants of such a nativity, in which the form obstructs the life, and
where the life has to be stirred into action. But the astrologer who
is also an occultist knows that those so-called adverse aspects are
" blessings in disguise," for out of the suffering, hardship and difficulty,
thought, energy and activity are brought to birth. At some stages of
evolution the soul can only learn in the fire of agony and the bitterness
of degradation.
When the Sattvic Guna {mutable signs) is the most prevalent the
experiences are generally of a more gentle nature, for the matter is of
a more responsive kind and can vibrate far more readily in answer to
stimulus from within. The life, as a rule, has not such vivid
experiences physically as either the Rajasic {cardinal) or Tamasic {fixed).
 SPHERES OF INFLUENCE

Indeed, the kavma attached to the Mutable, Cardinal and Fixed

Signs is entirely different, even when the aspects are similar. The
magnetism and force of character is very potent in those in whom the
Rajastic Guna {cardinal signs) is most prevalent; for their physical
sphere of influence is very potent, and in the world of strife and action
they generally figure in a prominent part.
The student who approaches Astrology from the heart rather
than the brain will realise, may be more clearly than did even the
philosophers of old, the ideal towards which man is slowly climbing,
as life after life each nativity is taken up upon a higher gradient, as
it were, the spheres of influence becoming more and more balanced,
till with all the Gunas acting together harmoniously and no one
predominating unduly, we shall get right will, right thought, and
right action.
He will see the law of evolution working out perfection of form
by experience, and he will realise that every soul in physical
embodiment will, in time, rise to the stature of the Perfect Man.
And he will endeavour to point out to his fellows that they should
become co-operators with the " Good Law," which Astrology so
wonderfully demonstrates: that they should try to perfect themselves
in all ways, that they may become conscious co-workers with God and
take their own chosen share in helping forward the humanity that
His great Life sustains.
To this end he must postulate the theory of Reincarnation, for he
will see that to gain the keen intellect of a sage, the pure and
gentle heart of the saint, and the devotion of the lover—to develop
to perfection the divine-human attributes of Wisdom, Love and Power
—many and varied must be the nativities, and differently compounded
must be the spheres of influence he will have to work through, ere
equipoise is gained and the soul can be born with what is termed the
" balanced " or perfectly harmonious temperament.
Surely the astrologic ideal is to transmute 'evil' into 'good'—
squares into trines, sesquiquadrates into sextiles—building life after
life a more perfect vehicle for the more evolved consciousness to work
through ! Anyone who seeks to do this, practically, in his own life,
whether be be a student of Astrology or not, has become a lifting
force for Humanity, and can be used by the Wise Ones for the world's
helping. Bessie Leo.
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nativities, and much of the experience gained would be useful to
other students of the science, were permission to publish the
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 A COURAGEOUS COUPLE 491
contains the conjunction of the Sun and Uranus, in addition to that
luminary's opposition to the planet Saturn, the ruler of the nativity.
Moreover, in addition to this, Mars is in conjunction with Uranus,
and in square to the planet Neptune. In my judgment of the nativity,
therefore, I could not help drawing attention to the fact that this
satellitium of planets in the seventh house could not but produce
unfavourable results.
Now it happened that our client was about to be married ; in fact
she was married a few days after receiving the judgment. And then
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in the delineation of her husband's horoscope, obtained from us

independently some time previously, the number being 9109.
In acknowledging receipt of her horoscope the lady (10x111)
made the following remarks;
" .... If the catastrophies the stars predict for me and my future
492 MODERN ASTROLOGY
husband come to pass, we must just face them, and it is curious how his
horoscope corroborates mine, for he has also had his done by you. He is
Mr. , and we are to be married on September 7th, so do all you can to
get the stars to bless us ! Well, even if I believed all the troubles that they
predict, I would do just as 1 intend now (and 1 recognise that you do under-
stand their music wonderfully); but 1 cling to this. They say that my will
is to overcome my fate, and I will protect my love from his fate. I hope to
have a chance of talking to you some day, and telling you some facts that
have happened to me and which the stars told you about. I send this to
Mr. with my horoscope to read, and he may have something to add.
With kind regards, yours, etc. ."
This letter was forwarded to me with the following comment,
added by No. 9109;
" The horoscope of 10 x in has not yet turned up, so 1 must send this
off without having all the details.
" The ' divorce ' and ' violent death ' predictions she speaks of, in a letter
to me, certainly support what you told me in a letter a few months ago, when
sending ' Directions '—but ought not a Theosophist to obliterate the word
fear from his vocabulary ? Present duty and self-expression are surely more
important than a cowardly cringing from destiny ? Anyhow, one cannot
escape it by any means, and the main thing is to learn the lessons of every
experience as it presents itself. I am very glad my fiancee is so pleased with
the synthesis. Yours, etc., ."
These two people were married, as we learu, at about 0.20 p.m.,
September 7th, 1906, at a certain church in London. As permission
has been obtained to publish their horoscopes, suppressing the names
but giving the numbersinstead—and also the letter printed above—we
have thought it well to publish the particulars at once, in order that
the predictions may be verified should they occur as judged by the
astrologer, so that evidence for the prediction may be before the
public from the start, and so that the common charge of " prophesying
after the event" will have no foundation upon which to rest.
But whatever may happen, I am sure all who look at astrology
from the right standpoint cannot help admiring the spirit in which
the two people concerned have received the unfavourable forecast with
regard to their union.
Many of our readers have objected to the " theosophical attitude "
we have taken up with regard to Astrology. Yet here we see two
Theosophists who do not fear their fate, but who simply mean to rule
their stars so far as they have the ability to do so. Nothing, it seems
to me, could be more splendid, more truly devoted, than the attitude
of the lady who says: "I will protect my love from his fate." And
if her love remains as strong as her will, then surely she will accom
 A COURAGEOUS COUPLE 493
plish her desire, and thus avoid the temptations that will beset her as
the natal influences mature.
For his part the husband displays true manly courage when he
says: " Surely a Theosophist ought to obliterate the word ' fear'
from his vocabulary."
Now such persons as these are the very people to whom Astro-
logy should be useful, for by a knowledge of the influences likely
to affect their future fate they are enabled, by a wise attitude of mind,
to be prepared for the dangers that will beset them, and thus to make
a sustained and deliberate endeavour to counteract a great deal of the
unfavourable element arising out of the conjunction of their nativities.
Yet we may be sure that, as it appears to have been their fate that
they should marry, they will, while working through the influences
operating, each for his or her own part gain those experiences neces-
sary to strengthen the soul, and thus aid in its growth and due
development.
All students of Astrology will watch with interest the results of
this union. And I am sure that all will join with us in wishing them
every success in their determination to "rule their stars" and not
become the slaves of adverse influences.*

"The Foundations of Physical Astrology."—In consequence of

the press of other matter which must be concluded within the limits of the
current Volume, we are compelled to hold over the second instalment of
this deeply interesting series, already in type, until January, since the
December number, "The Astrologer's Annual," is a special issue. We
think readers will have plenty to occupy themselves with in thoroughly
assimilating the basic principles presented in the first paper. They can
hardly read it too often, for they will find fresh light thrown on many
problems; and much is sure to escape full recognition at a first reading.—Ed.
Our readers will be interested to learn that Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe's series
of scientific pamphlets have been reissued in book form under the title ot
Essays and Addresses on Theosophy and Science, price is. 6d, That Mr.
Sutcliffe's suggestions are most illuminative and helpful to both scientists
and Theosophical students will not be denied, we think, by anyone who
reads his articles with an unprejudiced mind.
Corrigendum.—P. 456, line 18 from foot of page, for " hostile to
read " hostile to I?

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S$omc Important fltuestions

The following has been reprinted from The Astrologer's Magazine

because it ventilates certain problems that must have occurred to all
thinking students, and as these have recently been brought forward
by Sarastro's suggestion in regard to Caput and Cauda Draconis (p.
475 last issue), the subject is particularly apropos at the present time.
The questions alluded to were raised in a letter to the
Editor which took the following form, being dated from Melbourne,
Australia:—
As students in Astrology, we, with others who are fellow-students
in this science living in southern latitudes, would like to ask a few
questions, through your valuable journal, which you may probably be
able to throw some light upon. Some of your readers might also be
able to give a little information for our benefit upon these points in
question.
Firstly: With regard to the houses and dignities of the planets,
especially those of the Sun and Moon.
According to various authors who quote from Ptolemy, the Sun
is given to the sign Leo for this house " because he there produces the
greatest heat." Now, to those who live in south latitude, the Sun
when in Leo produces the greatest cold ; therefore such a reason can-
not be used to show why Leo should be given to him for his house.
If Leo is the absolute house of the Sun, in which he has the most
power astrologically all over the world, then there must be another and
much broader reason for it.
And again, " the Moon has her house in Cancer, as being nearest
to our vertex." This, of course, can only refer to north latitudes:
therefore, if that is sound reason, we in the south must give Capricorn
to the Moon, because that sign is nearest to our vertex.
If it becomes necessary to shift the Sun and Moon to their
opposite signs, we shall have to dethrone Saturn and Herschel to do
so, and in this case it would be reasonable to suppose that we ought
to reverse the entire list of planetary dignities in the Southern
Hemisphere.
 SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS 495
Secondly: The spring quarter begins in north latitude with Sol's
entry into Aries, but our spring begins with his entry into Libra.
Ought we to accept the Sun's entry into Libra as the beginning of
our solar year ?
Thirdly: The direction of the houses in the horoscope is changed
in the South Hemisphere. The tenth house is our north angle, the
fourth is our south angle. Are the directions of the signs of the zodiac
in any way altered ? Is Aries east, Taurus S. by E., Gemini W. by
S., etc., or ought we to reverse any of these points? Again, as the
directions of the signs are mostly derived from the triplicities, do these
remain the same with us as in the north ?
Fourthly: Should those who make use of the Moon's nodes in
the south consider the south node, or tail, as the fortunate symbol ?
And lastly (if the parsons will allow us that word): Concerning an
awkward argument which may be brought against the doctrine of
nativities. If all matters terrestrial are under the dominion of the
Astral influence, as we believe them to be, and all animal life is
connected therewith, how comes it that out of a litter of pups, or
kittens, for instance, although born within a few minutes of each other,
some are destined to live on in luxury, whilst some [probably the majority)
are put to death within a day or so after birth ? Can these opposite
destinies, with regard to small animals, etc., be reconciled with the
general rules of Astrology ?
Regarding the first four questions, the issues raised are very far-
reaching indeed, and we should be glad to have a symposium of
opinion from all who have pondered the matter.
As to the last question, which is of the nature of a " poser," the
proper reply seems to be : First let us have actual facts to deal with ;
let us take a concrete instance, where the moment of birth of each pup
has been accurately noted. Then it will be possible to examine the matter
in the true spirit of scientific investigation, and determine whether
there is a possible answer in the light of what we know of the laws of
Astrology. If at the end we have to confess that the matter is beyond
our present knowledge, and that there appears to be no explanation,
we shall at any rate have the satisfaction of knowing that that
admission is based upon examination of an actual, and not a supposed,
occurrence.
Only recently the same question was put to the writer in reference
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to a litter of pups, one of which had been shot by its master. " Can
you see anything in the horoscope?" our informant, a lady, asked.
The time of birth, as might have been expected, could of course only
be given vaguely—it was about nine in the morning on Saturday,
September gth, 1905 ; place London. Now a little while after nine
on this date at London, Venus in Sb8°48' culminated, she being ruler
of the eighth Irouse (death), and Mars lord of the second house
(vitality) being afflicted by the opposition of Jupiter in Gemini.
These considerations seem to furnish something in the way of an
explanation, so far as they go ; but the point is, it is impossible either to
verify or disprove any such " explanation" untilit can be shown that
the other pups were either born later than the deceased, or that they
too in due time, met with a violent end. The whole question turns
upon the difficulty of obtaining absolutely exact data of birth, and the
person who would obtain any such unimpeachable data, whether of
human or animal births, correct to within, say, ten seconds of
Greenwich Mean Time, would do the cause of Modern Astrology an
incalculable service.

Cause of the Terrible Railway Accident atAsc Grantham, Sept. igth,

1906, 11/>.)».—<? $ AtJtA bi H) S Da ^ -< D Qcf • Sarastro
writes: " A curious feature of the figure erected for this time is that though
the aspects between b W d* and are good in the zodiac, yet as they have
just left the four angles of the figure they are in mundane square and opposi-
tion to each other. The moon is in zodiacal square with the ascendant,
perhaps even closer than shewn in the figure, which is drawn to the nearest
culminating degree, a minute or so too early. I do not see the time of the
accident stated, but the train is timed to arrive at 11 p.m. [A witness at
enquiry said it was im. late.—Ed.J
" As to the cause of the accident: the cautious Saturn has culminated
in Pisces, and his dispositors If and f have just risen. I do not see any
sign of mental incapacity or negligence, but rather look to Mars in the third
house in mundane square and zodiacal trine with Uranus in the sixth—a
bad position. I infer Mars to be the material cause of the accident, and to refer
to a defect in the machinery (iron) of the engine, by which the driver was probably
unable to shut off steam. I believe, in fact, that the driver did everything he
could under the circumstances.'
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[Condnued from p. 441)

A paper read before the West Hampstead Lodge of the Theosophical

Society, and subsequently, by request, before the North London Lodge of the
same Society, by Miss Maude Ruth Higgs.
According to a Western astrological physiognomist, the Saturnian
eye is sunken, very dark and melancholy, and the white tinged with
yellow. Examining the type of eye common in Eastern countries,
where Saturn is reputedly powerful, one can see the force of her
remarks regarding both the colour and expression of this organ.
Where the " greater infortune " is powerful the eye is dark brown in
colour, and of a shade so deep as to be thought black by the average
observer. That it is inexpressibly sad, goes without saying; but is its
setting always deep, and its white pale saffron-hued ? Coupling what
I know of the nature of Saturn's influence with the results of my own
observation, I am forced to the conclusion that one kind of Saturnian
eye is set far back, appearing (as someone has expressed it), "cavern-
ously deep " : this type of eye, 1 have noticed, is never large. Quite
different in character is the Jewish eye, or that common in countries
of the Western Orient. These both are—speaking generally—
slightly projecting, long or almond-shaped, and liquid-looking. In
Persia, where this eye abounds, it looks out from under an eyebrow
that is exaggeratedly Saturnian, and which, by the bye, constitutes,
with regard to this part of the face, the Persian ideal of beauty.
India, said to be ruled by Capricorn, would furnish, I think, more
numerous examples of this eye than any other country; while yet
another testimony in favour of its Saturnian origin, is that the Jews,
both in appearance and character, give unmistakable proofs of being
strongly Capricornian.
As the possession of a " liver " is an exclusively Saturnian privi-
lege, there is something to be said in favour of the yellow-tinged white.
On the other hand, the eye I have just described has frequently, I
Relieve, a white that is noticeably bluish ; and when One reinembers
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that the Saturnian hair alone is iftmA-black; that the teeth Saturn
bestows (and so frequently at an early age removes), are bluish-white;
and that the " blues" invariably betray the Saturnian strain in the
descent, then one may conclude that the last word on this point has
yet to be uttered.
Anyone possessing this eye in conjunction with the Saturnian eye-
brow, is capable of what is termed " constancy in love." Remem-
bering that Saturn is the great limiting, contracting power in Nature,
I am forced to the]conclusion that the love-nature is not necessarily of
a very high order on this account; but that, whether there be wealth
or paucity of affection, it will be offered at oue shrine only.
On the whole, the round eye seems to betoken directness of
purpose, and candour ; the projecting one affection, or psychic power;
while that which is deeply set, or long in shape, shows concentration,
astuteness, and diplomacy.

The Nose
Mars, in both Aries and Scorpio, gives a short, aquiline nose,
which is never in a line with or straight from the brow, being in-
variably low at its starting-point between the eyes. The nostrils are
dilated. This sort of nose is known everywhere as the martial nose,
and assists largely in the production of the hawk or eagle face. It
always indicates energy, combativeness, and a lamentable lack of
humility.
The Goddess of Love bestows an infinitude of care on the
prominent feature of the face, giving to it, where her power is absolute,
a beauty that is incomparable. Its length usually equals that of the
low, Venusian brow, with which it is so often seen in conjunction.
Sometimes, however,—and this is where perfection with regard to
this attribute is achieved,—it is slightly longer. It is never out of
line with the brow, there being no indentation at the root, as in the
Martian one. This gives to it a look of distinction. The ideal nose
is broad at its root; for according to the degree of its Venusian purity
will be its width between the eyes. Straight, with the end slightly
rounded, it has—though oftener, I fancy, in the sign Taurus than in
Libra—more than a suspicion of "tip-tiltedness." Where the shape
of this organ is perfect, the distance between its tip and the cheek
will be exactly one-third of its length. This nose belongs not only to
 ZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY 499
those who love, but to those who are much loved, being always an
indication of that charm which is subtly feminine, and, on the whole,
indescribable.
The " Winged Messenger" gives length, straightness, and
delicacy to the nose. In either Gemini or Virgo the nostrils are
thin, and extremely flexible ; though of the two signs, the first-named
gives the greater appearance of fulness or looseness. This, the
oratorical nose, is often slightly cleft at the tip. Sometimes, in each
nostril, can be seen a dent or dimple, which, when its owner is
speaking, is very noticeable.
The Cancerian nose, compared with the face on which it is found,
is generally small. One nostril is often perceptibly larger than the other;
and, in one type, the septum or middle cartilaginous portion is lower
than the nostrils. In another, and I think purer type, the end turns
over slightly, helping to give—what to me is always plainly visible in
all true Moon faces—a striking resemblance to the night-owl.
The native of Leo,—the royal sign,— possesses, first of all, the
one necessary attribute of the truly aristocratic nose, straightness from
the brow. It is, on the whole, a short, direct nose, sometimes
appearing at the end as though, in the making, a cutting-ofF process
had been resorted to, leaving the nostrils and septum of equal length.
The nostrils, however, are in no way pinched, being generally fairly
wide. Leo, the Sun's own sign, is power ; Aries, the sign of the Sun's
exaltation, is the effort to obtain it, needing self-assertion and
aggressiveness. Much may be learned from a comparison of the
Leonine and Aries noses.
In the sign of the Centaur, Jupiter confers a nose that is short
and straight, with slightly fleshy but well-formed nostrils. Consump-
tion being a disease to which the Sagittarian is prone, it has for a long
time been a matter of great marvel to me that this should be so,
furnished as he is by Nature with a nasal apparatus that for breathing
purposes seems perfect, the nostrils being well opened, and dilating
easily.
In the Piscian type the tendency to fleshiness is more pronounced.
The twelfth being the sign of Venus's exaltation, a slightly coarsened
variety of the Venusian is often seen.
In vivid contrast to the gloom of our skies and our moisture-
pharged atmosphere are the comparatively sunshiny disposition and
500 MODERN ASTROLOGY

genial warmth of our people. Therefore the Capricornian nose, that

flourishes most in many countries where warmth and sunshine are
not regarded as occasional visitors, is here not very much in evidence.
In its purity, few possessing it could struggle even to early manhood.
Its length and thinness are indicative of mental power ; its sharpness,
of penetration; while its closed nostrils shew lack of hope, and
consequently, of ardour. That which, however, distinguishes it
mainly from all other types, is its decided downward curve over the
lips, betraying profound melancholy. When smiling,—as the
possessor of this nose does on occasion,— it will be very difficult for
an observer to decide that he is not sneering. If he be placed at such
a distance that the expression of the eyes cannot be clearly seen, and
if, in addition, the mouth be covered, then will the onlooker have no
doubt, but decide in favour of the sneer.

The Ears

The ear, which in early infancy possesses, of all the features, the
greatest ductility, so as to allow then of liberties being taken even
with Dame Nature's shaping, is afterwards the one and only feature
refusing to receive any impression whatever from either mental or
emotional conditions. The ear of youth is the ear of age; and
whereas the brow and nose tell in language unmistakable how far
the mental capacity has been developed, and the eyes and mouth
the soul-growth of the individual, the ear betrays nothing.
This organ is said to symbolise the human embryo; and it
certainly seems, from the fact of its shape, size, colour and thickness
largely determining the recuperative power of the individual, to bear
some relation to the generative organs. Schmalz, in his Zodiac of
the Human Face, gives the rulership of the right ear to Virgo, and
that of the left to Scorpio.
The true Martian ear has a straight setting, and is placed high
on the head, being often above the eyebrow-level. It invariably
projects ; in some instances so much so, that when viewing the face
from the front, the whole ear is visible. It is generally red in colour,
and has the lobe fairly thick. This ear denotes fearlessness, splendid
recuperative power, and sometimes cruelty, of the martial or British
variety.
 ZODIACAL PHYSIOGNOMY 501
The ear given by Venus is, as regards beauty, that which in a
woman the artist considers ideal, being small, round, symmetrical, of
a delicate pink, and lying close to the head. Affection and intuitive
perception are the qualities the possession of this ear indicates.
The Mercurial ear equals in delicacy the Venusian, being small
and faintly coloured. It is, however, long rather than round, and the
lobe is of exceptional fineness. This is the ear of the individual whose
temperament is the nervous-mental.
The ear of the Cancerian individual is middle-sized, and lies close
to the head. It is pale in colour, and is invariably set in a sloping
direction. It belongs either to the psychic pure and simple, or is the
possesion of those lacking courage and purpose.
The Sun bestows one that is similar to that given by Mercury.
Reputedly it has even less colour, though I see nothing in the Leonine
temperament to warrant this being so, and am therefore inclined to
disbelieve it.
The Jupiterian ear is set not quite so close to the head as the
Venusian, and is of medium size.
The largest ears are given by Saturn to the natives of Capricorn.
They are set as slopingly as are those of the natives of the opposite
sign, Cancer. In contrast to the minor malefic, who places them
highest on the head, the major gives to the ears the lowest setting of
all. One peculiarity shewn by this class of ear but occasionally, is
that of having, instead of a rounded top, a pointed one. This is the
ear tradition assigns to Pan, between whom and the Capricornian
manifestation of Saturn there is, of course, a close connection.
The sign Aquarius bestows an ear combining the attributes of
the Venusian and Mercurial types.
Centenarian possibilities are shewn when this organ is deep in
colour, fleshy, large, has long and thick lobes, an upright setting, and
projects; these characteristics shewing the combined influence of
Mars and Saturn. When one remembers how necessary physical
matter contact is for mastering the tasks set by these two mighty
Teachers, one comprehends why they bestow longevity.

{To be continued)
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®Ij£ ^Ijapes of Ittoms

Professor Likdemann, of Munich, has deduced the shapes of the atoms

of some elements by a new method. He assumes first a simple shape filled
with matter of a definite density and elasticity, and mathematically investi-
gates the different kinds of vibrations of which such a body is capable.
Corresponding to the wave-lengths of tiie vibrations sent out by this body
into ether, he finds a number of "series" of lines, which together form a
spectrum, and this is identical with the actual spectrum of some element, or
a group of allied elements. Thus he has discovered that the atoms of
Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Caesium and Rubidium are of the shape of
elongated ' ellipsoids of rotation,' the shape generated by the rotation of an
ellipse round its longer axis (roughly, like an egg), the length of the axis
differing with different elements. The atoms of gold, silver and copper are
of the shape of a flattened ellipsoid of rotation (the rotation in this case
being round the shorter axisof theellipse),theshapeof theearth. Hydrogen
is also of this type, its atom being a thin round plate, the limiting case of
this shape, i.e., the form it assumes when the axis of rotation becomes very
small. Take the shape first considered, and imagine an ellipsoid with three
unequal axes, but approximating to the elongated ellipsoid of rotation, and
this gives the shape of Barium, Strontium, Calcium and Magnesium;
similarly, a general ellipsoid, approximating to the flattened type of rotation,
gives that of 2inc, Cadmium and Mercury.
Now imagine a circle rotating round an axis without it. The resulting
shape would be that of a finger-ring. The spectrum of an atom of this
shape can be explained by imagining the spectrum due to an atom of shape
No. I. displayed several times in succession. This is the appearance of the
spectra of Oxygen and Helium. Hence, their atoms must be like open rings
in shape. In the case of a circle rotating round an axis cutting it but not
passing through its centre, we get the shape of an apple. The spectrum of
an atom of this shape bears similar relations to shape No. H. Sulphur and
Selenium are of this apple form.
Interesting consequences flow from these investigations. Oxygen is a
dyad with regard to hydrogen; because two plates are required to close the
aperture of a ring. Before concluding, I must point out that the elements of
the same shape belong to the same group in Mendelejeffs Table.—P. T. S.
(Quoted from Theosoplty in India.)
 ®lj£ Bing anb Bis Counsellors

An Allegory

{Conchided from p. 466)

One always forgot, when talking to them, that they were not
women. This was partly due to the fact that they felt just as much
at home with women as with men, and partly owing to the faint
suggestion of womanliness there was in each. They never seemed
quite to belong to the age in which they lived, there being about
them all a touch of quaintness, and old-worldness, which compared
as favourably with ordinary qualities as does the illuminated missal
of the monk with the modern newspaper; or our grandmother's
gown, of costly though faded brocade, with the tailor-made garment of
the present day.
As children they asked few questions, their elders often declaring
they were born old. At no period of their life did very young children
interest them.
What they loved was the human soul, whether in themselves or
others, and to its rights they were ever devoted. That which bound
them to another was a spiritual, and not merely a family or national tie.
The one passionate desire of their nature was for human intercourse,
the beauties of Nature and the qualities of the so-called lower animals
having, comparatively, little interest for them.
As a class they had more friends than .any of the King's advisers,
these friends being of the most diverse character and capability, and
being chosen from all ranks. In making new ones—which they were
ever doing—they did not forget those who had stood the test of time.
The great joy of working with others led them to join societies,
and become members of guilds, brotherhoods, and bands.
They were born wanderers, speaking with ease the languages of
strange peoples, and only requiring for their perfect- happiness the
companionship of man or woman. With prince or peasant they were
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
equally at home, neither the outward trappings of rank, nor the lack
of them, forming a barrier to friendly relations.
The witnessing of dramatic performances, or listening to music
as rendered by an orchestra, gave them the keenest pleasure.
They were all seers of visions and dreamers of dreams, and were
often under the influence of that " mighty, rushing wind," the Spirit.
Some, like their kinsman, the Seer of Patmos, " saw the heavens
opened." Others wrote of the time when men " shall beat their
swords into ploughshares," and the nations shall not " learn war any
more." Many penned all that the counsellors of the Eighth Order
lived, but could not tell. These last wore an upper garment, the dye
of whose warp and woof resembled a highland tartan, being veritably
" a coat of many colours."
The Twelfth Order advisers were women ; the first of whom came
to court on the rgth day of February. Following hard on the
retreating footsteps of the thirtieth member of the Eleventh Order
could be heard her on coming tread. With a slightly rolling gait she
walked into the King's reception-chamber.
Tall, loose-limbed, of bulky proportions, with fine, silky hair,
skin of an almost transparent delicacy, and eyes that were both large
and limpid, she and her sisters belonged to the one class in which the
triumph of spirit over matter was an accomplished fact. In them the
earthly tabernacle was never a prison-house.
These counsellors felt themselves one with the universal life,
whether manifesting in man, animal, plant, or mineral; and were those
who alone had mastered Life's lesson, each having lost herself in the
ocean of God's love. Consequently, they took upon themselves all
thankless tasks, and were frequently found in hospitals, nursing the
sick; or in asylums, tending those who were mentally ill; or some-
times in prisons, protecting upright and law-abiding citizens by
taking care, within stone walls, of those who were unsound morally.
Crowned with earthly glory they never were; though frequently
aureoled with the roseate halo of utter selflessness.
They did most things in an upside down, inside out manner,
number one, with them, being placed last, not first.
With them the voice of the people was the voice of God, their
sympathies being always with those who performed the disagreeable
drudgery of the world. They took, therefore, as their motto, these
 THE KING AND HIS COUNSELLORS 505
words of the Teacher whom the common people heard gladly;
" Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant."
They, understanding others best, were themselves least under-
stood ; and, as the chameleon and octopus take on the colour of their
surroundings, so did these counsellors, by their extreme sensitiveness
and receptivity, reflect faithfully the thoughts and emotions of those
around them. Their sympathy consisted in completely identifying
themselves with the personalities of others. So variable, in con-
sequence, was the expression of their faces, that the form of the
features seemed a matter of small moment to those who watched them,
the soul, at last, showing her scorn of the physical vesture.
This peculiar quality of so readily absorbing other people's con-
ditions made many of them successful actresses; while not a few,
owing to the extreme suppleness of their bodies and the softness of
their bones, were acrobats and dancers.
Between their faces (which resembled an April day, or the sun
shining through a veil of fine mist), and their garments, there was a
wonderful likeness. The fabrics they used were soft silks, gauzes,
silken muslins, and all semi-diaphanous or gossamery materials.
Some arrayed themselves in silks, whose tints vied with the opalescent
sheen of sea-phosphorus, a soap-bubble, or the inside of an oyster-
shell. Some wore robes whose hue was that of a delicate grey-blue
smoke wreath ; while others were in attire the fairies might have
envied, for its texture and colour reminded one of silver-grey mist,
or dew-spangled cobwebs. Fleecy wraps, like cirrus clouds, were
often worn. The only gem in vogue among them was the opal.
Among them foot-gear was looked upon as of the first importance,
the most popular covering being the sandal; and because they, as a
class, in the body politic, did work analogous to that performed by
the Feet, they deemed these lower extremities worthy of veneration.
Consequently the service these advisers rendered, which was their
contribution to the general welfare, though despised by many, was by
themselves estimated a sacred privilege.
They kept open house; for with them 'twas Christmas all the
year round.
A representation of two Fishes, swimming in opposite directions,
was the badge of this Order; and its symbol was formed of two semi-
circles, opening away from each other, yet banded horizontally,
506 MODERN ASTROLOGY

thus:—K- The twofold character of each indicated the points of

view respectively taken by God and man in regarding the women of
this Order; while their quality of opposition denoted the contrary
conclusions arrived at in judging them. They were looked upon by
man as feeble failures ; while in God's sight they were those who had
passed beyond the pale of merely human strivings, and had entered
the lists in the championship for Divinity.

Whenever a child is born on this Earth one of these three

hundred and sixty advisers has audience of the King. According
to the day will be the character of the child's spiritual nature;
for the counsellor then in office will tincture it with his or her
peculiarities. This higher nature will always be the child's strong-
hold, and will be that to which, in all times of stress and trouble,
he will resort ; for although coloured by the personality of the coun-
sellor, it will come from the King himself. This mighty sovereign is
Sol, the Sun, who warms, illumines, and gladdens this world of ours,
and to whom everyone is subject; hile the twelve Orders are the
twelve Signs of the Zodiac.
Everyone, therefore, during this life, belongs internally to one of
these great Orders ; and, however different he may be superficially, in
the depths of his nature he will resemble the members of the particular
Group to which, by birth, he belongs. This is always shewn in the
heavens as the Sign of the Zodiac occupied by the Sun at the moment
his earth-life begins.
Myrrha.

The very serious railway accident at Grantham, on September

rgth, occurred only one day after the New Moon. The map of the
lunation showed Mars in the ninth house applying to the opposition
of Saturn in the third house (short journeys, railways), both of them
squaring the cusp of the ascendant. Other accidents are probable
before the influence has passed, for the map of the autumnal equinox
ghows similar positions.
 Uoea tljc iKoon ffiauae |Eai>nfss?

From the Daily Express of September 13TH, igo6

" Every time the moon changed so did he," said Mrs. Stratton, the
widow of a french-polisher, of Jodrell Road, Victoria Park, to the East
London coroner, inexplanation of her husband'ssudden insanity and suicide.
In further proof of her belief in the moon's influence on the mind, Mrs.
Stratton added that the dead man's brother was similarly affected. Ordin-
arily both men were quiet, well-behaved, and happy, but when the full moon
approached, she believed some lunar influence accounted for their strange
actions.
This interesting theory, which is a revival of the old Roman belief that
" lunatics " are, as the derivation of the name implies," moon -struck persons,"
was investigated by an Express representative yesterday.
The ancients asserted that the mind was affected by the moon, and that
lunatics grew more and more frenzied as the moon increased to the full.
Up to the present, however, the investigations of modern lunacy experts
have not supported the moon theory.
It is a significant fact that Stratton, after sudden and inexplicable
conduct, disappeared from home just after the full moon.
" Usually he was a well-balanced man," said his brother-in-law to an
Express representative. " Periodically, however, he would be strange and
work himself into a frenzy for no reason. Sometimes he would go away for
days and wander about.
" I know another instance of a young man who appeared similarly
affected, and in the country village where he lived his sudden mania was put
down to the changes of the moon. At such times he would act in the most
eccentric way—wear ear-rings, play with white mice, and behave like an
infuriated child."
Such instances, although rare, are not unknown, and in an East End
factory there is a workman who is subject to similar aberrations. He has
been known, at intervals of a month, corresponding with the full moon, to
lose control of himself, and throw the work on which he is engaged and bis
materials into the fire. A day or two later he recovers his normal mental
balance.
" I cannot satisfactorily explain these extraordinary facts," said a
mental specialist consulted by the Express.
508 modern astrology
" The cases you mention may be coincidences, for fits of madness
frequently recur after fixed intervals. There are many cases of blindness
caused by the moonlight in tropical countries, and tradition in many places
has it that the moon has a baneful influence.
" It is not generally known that there is a patron saint of lunatics. His
name is St. Anertin."
We shall be glad if any of our readers can send us data tending
to throw light on this matter. We are not surprised that the investiga-
tions of modern lunacy experts have not supported the Moon theory ;
since our astronomers fail to note, or to admit, any correspondence
between celestial and terrestrial phenomena, it is not wonderful that
lunacy experts should display no greater perspicacity—or candour.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

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 5og

©Ua ^3oirriiia

The Earthquake in San Francisco.—A Californian subscriber

writes, under date of May nth ' No doubt you have the data of the time
of the San Francisco earthquake, April 17th, 5.15 a.m..[this was recorded
by the Chabot seismometer at 5.14.48 a.m., S.P.T., April 18th [sic!), 1906 :
we take S.P.T. to mean Standard Pacific Time, which is 8 hours West.—
Ed. M. A.], and know a good deal of the particulars. The earthquake was
severe enough to shake down a number of the more flimsy buildings, and
the broken and crossed electric wires are supposed to have set fire to the
city in a number of places, and owing to broken water mains the firemen
were powerless to stop the flames. It is, perhaps, the heaviest fire loss in
the history of the world so far as this race is concerned. In case some of
your readers, who are expert in Horary Astrology, want to look into it, I
will give the following data relative to the history of San Francisco and the
country affected:
1769, Nov. 28. Site of San Francisco discovered by Catholic Missionaries.
1775, San Francisco Bay so named.
1776. Oct. g. Solemn dedication rites of Mission, site of present city.
1776, Nov. 29. Mission of San Jose founded. Site present city of San Jose.
1782, Apr. 25. Ceremony corner stone new church. San Francisco Mission.
1846, Jul. 9. American Flag hoisted over Yerba Buena (San Francisco).
1846, Jul. 16. American Flag hoisted over San Jose.
1847, yaw. 23. Yerba Buena formally called San Francisco by proclamation U.S.
1848, Jan. 24 Gold discovered in California on American River.
1849, Aug. 1. First election under American rule.
1849, Dec. 20. First American Governor inaugurated.
1849, Dec. 24. Big Fire in S.F., loss 81.250,000, and 50 houses.
1850, May 4, June n, Sept, if, Dec. 14. Big fires. Heavy losses.
1851, May 3. Biggest fire to date. Very heavy losses, 810,000,000.
1850, Feb. New city charter framed. Passed legislature April 15th.
1851. Apr. 15. A new city charter.
1850. Sept. 9. California admitted as a state of the American Union.
1856. City and county of San Francisco consolidated. Still so conducted.
" I notice the last number of Modern Astrology contains my letter
relative to Planetary rulership of the different bodily organs. I had hoped
that the Editor would comment on this question, as I am sure he would have
something interesting and instructive to say about it. I hope he will later on."
Launch of a New Liner.—Regarding the new Cunarder " Lusitania,"
a Belper correspondent writes, under date of ii/6/'o5 : " Having had the
curiosity to erect a figure of the launch of the Cunard ' Lusitania,' last
Tuesday, 0.30 p.m., y/fi/'ofi, Glasgow, 55.53 N., 4.30 W., I venture to sub-
mit my judgment thereon, as it seems to rae to spell little else than loss and
disaster.
" The Ascendant (np) and Moon being taken to represent the ship, we find
Mercury rushing rapidly to the Ruler of the 12th, denoting loss and disaster.
"TheMoon is also approaching a partile opposition of Mars elevated in
M.C. above If, Mars ruler of the houses of death and short0 trips may
indicate disaster by trial trip about the middle of August next(I)2i from g J).
Mars representing the bows or n the stern, we may expect either or bofh
to be damaged.
 MODERN ASTROLOGY
" Uranus g Neptune denotes sudden disaster by a violent sea, and again
Ifj- indicates the stern of the vessel injured.
"Jupiter, ruler of the 4th, the end of the vessel's career, is wedged
between d" (death) and 0 (loss and disaster) : if taken also as the vessel's
mighty propelling turbines, we do not derive much consolation as to their
success.
"Venus, ruler of 2nd and gth, parallel Mars, also seems to indicate
financial disaster on voyage. As an astrologer, I should certainly hesitate
before booking my passage by the Lusitania."
Horoscope of a Natural Clairvoyant.—" H. A. S." sends the
following data: Natus, 2/g/'5g. 5.30 p.m., Belper. The positions are as
follows :
X. XI. XII. I. II. III.
; 10.30 117 W15 sriz.zo T15 « 19
O nsio. D 1523 ; S K 26 If, (JI n8. h A19, If as 18, ^ SI26, ? 153, S ipilf. n sig.
Our correspondent says: "I enclose you the horoscope of a working-
man, evidently intended by nature for higher things, as he possesses
undoubted clairvoyant powers, and has most extraordinary prophetic gifts.
Unfortunately he is quite uneducated. Being convinced of the prominence
of the psychic Neptune in such a nativity, I obtained his date of birth, etc.,
and I enclose the horoscope as an instance of the psychic nature of Neptune
stamping its character on the first house and strengthened by the trine of
the Moon from the ninth, a psychic house. As you will observe, the married
life is not a bed of roses, his wife being a bad tempered woman, and conse-
quently matrimonial wrangles are pretty frequent."
Greatness Predicted by a Gipsy
Father Wernz, the "Black Pope" or new Head of the Jesuit Order,
is known to be imbued with progressive ideas, and it is expected that his
election will introduce new life into the society. He is the Kaiser's candidate.
An interesting anecdote about his youth is being told. When he was a
youth an old gipsy predicted that he would be the man of the future, and
declared that one day he would be greater than the King or the Pope.
The new General was born at Rottwell, in Wurtemberg, on 0 December
2nd, 1842. [Planetary positions at noon, G.M.T.: 0 $ 10°, )) $ 14 , tjf z? 170,
f K 240 B, IjVy 13° 2f Vy 23°, 150, 5 y 40 B. ? "I 26°, Q, Iry 13°.]
tather Wernz entered the Society of Jesus on December 5th, 1857. He
studied canon law at Ditton Hall and in 1883 was appointed Professor in the
Gregorian University, of which institution he has been rector since 1904.
In 1897 Father Wernz began an eshaustive work on canon law, and has
already published the first four volumes.
Baptised and Drowned in Same Water.—In the case of two men,
William Connolly and Patrick Cantwell, who were drowned by the upsetting
of a " float" on the Grand Canal, near Tullamore, remarkable coincidences
are recorded by the Irish Independent. The two men were born on the same
day thirty-six years ago; they were baptised in the same water; they were
drowned together in the Grand Canal; and after a joint funeral they were
buried together at Rahan, King's County, on Friday.—Daily Mail, 2o/8/'o6.
Stanley Conder's Horoscope.—J. J. writes: " Concerning the lad
Conder, I should say—give him the chance and he will be an explorer, either
in the electrical, nautical, mental or mystical worlds ; the last not least, if
given the start, and he may use it to the highest and best purpose. With
I7 ^ § and J) where they are he is a lad to be reckoned with some day."
 5"

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(From " Popular Science Si/tings," September zznci, 11906, p. 301.)

Allow me, as an old ' Science Sifter,' and an earnest student of all
sciences, to declare that the true cause of earthquakes and all other mundane
disturbances lies in the electro-magnetic influences of the sun, moon and
planets. The ancient and never-refuted science of astrology affords the
only certain means of foretelling, long in advance, these stupendous spasms
of Nature.
Electricity is incessantly being set free by the myriad processes of
Nature. Every living organism is a complete electrical machine. The
earth, with its atmosphere, maybe likened to a huge Leyden jar, which, when
overcharged in any part, must discharge itself. When the air is dry and
non-conducting the fluid passes into the earth. When the air is moist, it
conducts away the current, and the clouds collect it. Thus, in moist
climates, the discharge takes place in the air; in hot, dry districts, often
underground. An earthquake is thus a subterranean thunderstorm. The
power of the electric discharge is sufficient to melt rock into lava, boil mud,
and cause volcanic discharges. Here, then, we have the predisposing
cause.
The exciting cause is planetary influence, and herein lies the proof of
my contention. A long procession of observed and constant phenomena in
the heavens, coinciding with earthly events, have led to fixed and definite
conclusions.
Earthquakes nearly always coincide with eclipses of the sun or moon,
or closely precede or follow them. Witness the two terrible examples this
summer. They usually take place in the localities where Jupiter or Saturn
is rising, southing, or setting at the time of greatest eclipse. An empirical
connection between sunspots and earthquakes is well established. The
sunspot period is n.g years. So is that of the auroral displays,the magnetic
declination, and Jupiter's perihelion passage I They are all identical.
Earthquakes depend primarily on the relative positions of Jupiter and
Saturn ; secondarily, on the sun and moon. In two divisions of the heavens
the planets cause earthquakes of especial violence—the signs Taurus and
Scorpio.
The fixed stars have fixed, or constant, influences. The electrical con-
ditions on each planet are different, as are the elementary composition,
atmospheric conditions, etc. The electrical condition of each region of our
globe varies with the climate and geological formatiou. The time and degree
of violence of earthquakes is known by the angular distances of the planets,
especially 90° and 1800. We are likely to have severe earthquakes in 1912,
1919, and 1927.
The author of ZadkieVs A Imanac is especially successful in his predictions
of these dire events. Indeed, the lists of fulfilled predictions in any good
almanac prove the soundness of astrology as a working theory, and nothing
is easier than for the reader to investigate the matter for himself, with the
aid of an Ephemeris of the planet's movements. Earthquakes only happen
in England after long periods of drought; even then they are unimportant.
In tropical and sub-tropical regions they are frequent and violent. Every
fact of Nature seems to support the foregoing earthquake theory, and if my
fellow-readers will but experiment with it, they are likely to be, with the
great Kepler and my humble self, " convinced against their will,"—Henry
J. Rogers, 128, Exeter Street, Plymouth,
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fttlmtoa

Planetary Influences, by Bessie Leo [Office ef Modern

Astrology, price ij- post free).

This new work will be welcomed by the many readers to whom

Mrs. Leo's previous book, Rays of Truth, appealed strongly, and who
have been attracted by the essays from her pen that have appeared in
this magazine. It treats of astrological doctrines, especially those
pertaining to the planets, from the theosophical and religious point of
view, and it does so in a simple and agreeable style that will be
welcomed by all those to whom intricate mathematics and technical
scientific studies are a weariness of the flesh.
Astrology is a vast subject, and it may be approached by many
paths; but the religious side of it has been far too much neglected by
the many able writers who have dealt with it in the past. Indeed, it
has been so much neglected that some authors do not seem to have
realised that a serious religious treatment of the science of the stars
was possible. It is known that the worship of the great Star Angels
obtained in ancient Chaldea, and this recognition of conscious divine
Beings who superintend cosmic evolution, and who direct all
planetary influences, gives a religions aspect to that which would
otherwise be devoid of it.
This little book forms an introduction to a very great subject;
and Mrs. Leo is to be congratulated upon her treatment of it.
H. S. G.

We have received from our publishers (L. N. Fowler & Co., 7,

Imperial Arcade, Ludgate Circus, London) two very useful books for
review entitled Mental Depression [2s. 6d. net), and Dyspepsia and
Costiveness (2s. 6d. net). They are not sufficiently astrological to call
for any special remark on our part, but to those who suffer in either
way some very valuable hints are given, and both can therefore be
recommended as helpful. We have several other books awaiting
review, and much regret that we have been unable this year to devote
more space to this department; though, to be sure, very few indeed
of those sent us are directly concerned with Astrology.

" Examples of Directing " we have been obliged to hold over till
January.
 5i3

letters ia tije

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 (i) that all communications
should be written upon one side of the paper only ; (2) that planetary positions, as
uxll 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.

Why are Directions Unsatisfactory ? A Suggestion

Dear Sir,
The discussion raised on this subject is one of the most
interesting and useful you have started for some time.
I quite agree with your remark in the July number : " For each
soul an event of a given nature may have a different meaning," and I
may add " that the stranger intermeddleth not therein."
But as regards outward matters it must be owned that the events
do not always appear to bear out the given Directions. My own
experience, however, has been that evil ones act with almost vindictive
determination, while good ones sail serenely overhead and do nothing !
May I venture a tiny suggestion ? In the case of married people
I think that bol/t their maps should be studied, and the Natal figures as
well as Progressed ones. I feel sure the good or evil of either must
in the nature of things affect the other powerfully.
My reason for this belief is based on facts. Two years ago
(nearly) I was under the rather serious Directions of Sun in opposition
with Saturn, and Moon square Saturn. The last named is in third
house. Yet I took several s/wrl journeys and derived great benefit
and pleasure from them. My husband's Directions were at that time
very pleasant ones, and fully suggestive of the pleasant results. I
feel certain that I "borrowed" the good from him. I am closely
watching the two maps in order to further prove my idea, I may
add that I had great trouble and anxiety with brothers and sisters at
the time, and for many months after, and he felt in mind and estate the
evils that were affecting me. So he "borrowed" my troubles as I
 MODERN ASTROLOGY

" borrowed " his good. I think this should be remembered, so far as
married folks are concerned.
By the way, the visits alluded to above were paid to very elderly
people—near relatives—and it is suggestive that Saturn is in third in
Scorpio.
Yours very sincerely,
2/8/'o5. "Sun in Aries."
The suggestion made in this letter is one that has engaged our attention
for many years, and we have undoubted proof that the lives of individuals
are considerably affected by the interblending of nativities. We have
known evil "directions" to be held in abeyance for many months, owing
to benefic aspects operating in the nativity of the marriage partner.
As a rule, the wife's nativity appears to be more affected than that of
the husband, and girls' horoscopes more than boys where family horoscopes
are concerned. Baron Rothschild intuitively recognised this principle
when he gave the advice ; " Avoid unlucky persons."—Ed.

The Friendships and Enmities of the Planets

Dear Sir,
I think ' Nemo,' in his note on the friendships and enmities
of the planets (p. 456), is mistaken in assuming that there is a dis-
crepancy when 0 and j) are said to be friendly with tj > but fj hostile
to 0 and 5. The meaning of the author was probably that if, for
instance, 0 ruled the seventh house and fj the first, and these planets
were in square to each other, this would be a serious affliction for the
Sun, and therefore for the seventh house, because the unfavourable
aspect is intensified by Saturn's antipathy to the ruler of the seventh.
But, in the case of the first house, it would be merely a diminution of
the Sun's natural friendliness for Saturn, ruler of the first, on account
of the unfavourable aspect.
Similarly, if it be correct that 0 is an enemy of (? , an aspect
between 0 and $ would be much less good for $ and more favour-
able for 0 (that is, for those matters which in the figure are signified
by those bodies, or by the houses ruled by them) than the actual
aspect between them would appear to denote.
I presume that " ^ ... hostile to (1) " is a misprint for "hostile
to fj " (in fourth line after table). [That is so ; we regret that it was
overlooked by our proof-reader.—Ed.]
Yours, etc.,
Sarastro.

No. 2 Prize Competition

Dear Sir,
Please accept my thanks for the receipt of a copy of The
Progressed Horoscope, awarded me for the prize delineation in your
No. 2 Competition.
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

I should like to state that I have been much indebted to your

various publications for the hints, and general insight given therein,
of the principles involved in judging a nativity; and that it is to a
great extent through a study of your works that I have picked up
what little knowledge of the subject I possess. I think, perhaps, on
the whole, I have found What is a Horoscope ami How is it Cast the
most instructive and suggestive of your mauuals for those commencing
a study of Natal Astrology.
g, Cannon Place, Christchurch. Yours faithfully,
Hampstead, N.W. VV. H. Shutes.
i i /8/06.

The other prize-winner in this competition writes: " I am very

pleased to hear my humble effort has proved successful. It only
proves I have been making some amount of progress with the aid of
the splendid lessons given us in the pages of Modern Astrology
and its predecessor, the Astrologer's Magazine, by the gifted editor.
" It is much to his credit that the Journal shows the vitality it
does, for occult literature as a rule has only had a mushroom
existence, whereas this Magazine is a cheerful and inspiriting
production and always welcome. The book I should like is Progressed
Horoscope, by Alan Leo.
"Thanking you in anticipation, I remain, yours faithfully,
"Julian."

" P.S.—The reason of the mm-de-plume is my being in business—

besides I am shy, like the late Dr. Garnett."

The Error of La Place

Dear Sir,
Since the quotation from the Theosophical Gleaner disposes
of the objection raised by M. Thierens, I will not occupy your space
by giving a special reply to his criticism, which could only be a
repetition of what you quoted from the Gleaner.
I must thank you for drawing attention to the fact that the point
in dispute has been treated geometrically, and that in this form it is
quite free from the complexities of analysis. Have my critics dropped
this part of the subject because it offers no loophole of escape ?
In a second letter to the English Mechanic in reply to Mr. Hollis,
I deal further with the point raised by M. Thierens, and also with
that of "an eminent astronomer" in his letter to J. W. (Modern
Astrology, August, p. 384). The points raised by M. Thierens and
Mr. Hollis are not important; but those of " an eminent astrono-
mer " are important. The former are side issues, whilst the latter
deal with the real question in dispute. For some reason this letter to
516 modern astrology
the English Mechanic was not inserted, but I send you proofs of same as
published in the Theosophical Gleaner for September.
Perhaps you will kindly print those portions which have a bearing
on the objection of my critics ?
Yours faithfully,
G. E. Sutcliffe.
[We print </>« wAo/e, in order that Mr. Sutcliffe's critics may have the
fullest possible enlightenment.—Ed., M.A.]

Important Correspondence regarding the Error of La Place

(Reprinted from The Theosophical Gleaner iox September, 1906)
With reference to Mr. A. E. Thierens' contribution in your last
issue, re Mr. G. E. Sutcliffe about an Error in La Place's Equations,
I beg to state that the objections raised by your contributor have
already been replied to by me, in the English Mechanic and the World
of Science aud in Modern Astrology, which replies you have reprinted
in your June and August numbers. I do not therefore like to take up
space and your readers' time in writing the same thing over again as
a separate reply to your contributor. The accompanying unpublished
letter in reply to the following in the English Mechanic will further clear
up the difficulty.
G. E. Sutcliffe.
" Error of La Place.—Mr. Sutcliffe sent a pamphlet to the Editor of
this paper for notice, in which he misquoted Laplace, and used the mis-
quotation as evidence in a discussion whether the French mathematician
made a blunder or was trying to hoax his readers. I pointed out Mr.
Sutcliffe's misreading of Laplace in letter 795, Vol. LXXXIL, p. 589, which
he tacitly admits (200, p. 176), but says ' We are not bound by what La
Place says, but by what his equations demonstrate '; and again, ' Now this
interpretation by La Place of his own equation is wrong—and obviously so.'
He then goes on to explain why he thinks this is so. Laplace, in a paragraph
a little earlier than the one misquoted, had stated quite definitely in what
sense he had intended the sign of the quantity t that Mr. Sutcliffe refers to
should be taken, and the statement that I quoted shows that he was quite
alive to the fact that the Equinox moves by precession in the opposite
direction to planetary motion. It is unreasonable to reject his words and
suppose he wrote many pages as though he were ignorant of facts that he
states almost explicitly. [The quotations referred to are given on p. 480, M.A.]
" Mr. Sutcliffe accuses me by implication of putting over-much confidence
in Laplace because of his name, and says that the way I speak ' of La Place
and others thinking on this question is very unscientific." But I did not say
anything about others ' thinking.' I wrote ' such a mistake could scarcely
have been made, and then passed over by many generations of mathemati-
cians,'and this I adhere to. Does Mr. Sutcliffe know that there is a translation
of the Mecanique Celeste, by Dr. Nathaniel Bowditch, with copious annotation
and explanation ? Bowditch would scarcely have let such a mistake go
unnoticed. Mathematics, as Mr. Sutcliffe says, is not a matter of opinion;
but still there are degrees of skill in interpreting functions and formulae. A
man should be very convinced of the accuracy of his interpretation before
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
he publishes a pamphlet with such a title as the one at .the head of this
paragraph, or even before he writes such a letter as that on p. 176."—English
Mechanic and World of Science, No. 2142—p. 221.
[The following reply to the above was not inserted in the English
Mechanic.]
To the Editor of the " English Mechanic "
Sir,
(247 p. 221) Mr. Hollis' method of treating the above
subject would be excellent for a barrister but is exceedingly poor for
a mathematician.
An expert K.C. if supplied with the famous brief "No case:
abuse the plaintifTs attorney " would need to pursue a somewhat
similar policy to that adopted by Mr. Hollis, that is, he would
have to fight shy of the point in dispute and endeavour to rouse
the prejudices of the jury by adroitly introducing side issues. This
would be all right in a law court or even in politics but is quite out of
place in scientific or mathematical discussions. I appealed strongly
to Mr. Hollis in my last letter (200 p. 176) to let these side issues go
and direct his attention to the core of the problem, but unfortunately
this appeal has been in vain. He accuses me of misquoting La Place,
though this is quite untrue, since in this matter I do not quote at all.
A quotation would have been given in inverted commas. In the
pamphlet I give the interpretation of La Place's equation according
to well-known mathematical rules, and this interpretation I maintain
is correct as demonstrated in my last letter. Mr. Hollis suggests that
La Place defines the time t in a way inconsistent with this interpreta-
tion but omits to quote La Place's definition, which is as follows: "We
can by these expressions determine the precession of the equinoxes
and the obliquity of the ecliptic for a period of 1,000 or 1,200 years
before or after the epoch of 1750 by observing to make t negative for
times anterior to this epoch." This shows clearly that all the results
of the equations are relative to the fixed epoch of 1750, and this is exactly
my interpretation and diametrically opposite to the interpretation
given by La Place and defended by Mr. Hollis. So far then for the
unimportant side issues.
The only argument on the main question which Mr. Hollis
ventures to advance is the following; " Does Mr. Sutcliffe know
that there is a translation of the Mecaniqne Celeste by Dr. Nathaniel
Bowditch with copious annotations and explanations ? Bowditch
would scarcely have let such a mistake go unnoticed." To which
I reply that if Dr. Bowditch stood in the same awe of mathematical
authority as Mr. Hollisevidently does, he certainly would have let it go.
If each mathematician is depending on every other in this way, then the
fact that error of this kind has passed current for a century ceases to
be a mystery.
In my opinion the above argument is servile and quite unworthy
of a man of science and a mathematician. Surely Mr. Hollis
can strike the ball with his own bat and not stand cringing
5i8 MODERN ASTROLOGY
behind the protective wall of authorities. It is not in this way that
modern science has achieved its triumphs. It has used its giant minds
as stepping-stones to scale still greater heights and not made of them
enclosing cages in which to imprison thought. [The above is a veply to
Mr. A. Thienns.]

The Best Defence of La Place Received so far

The publication of the pamphlet has brought me correspondence
and criticism from all parts of the world, some of which is from
mathematicians and astronomers of world-wide reputation. It is
needless to say such men have not fought shy of the problem but have
directly attacked the main position. As there are many expert
mathematicians amongst readers of the English Mechanic I will give
brielly along with my reply the best defence of La Place I have
received.
The writer, who is known to be a high class mathematician, after
describing his astonishment at the pamphlet, and knowing the
important results that would follow if its main contention were
established, made a thorough examination of the MicaniqueCeleste and
traced the equation quoted by me more nearly to its source and thus
found what appeared to him to be a justification for the use of the
positive sign for precession.
In Book V., section 5, he found the following equation :
A = T + ip (7)
This equation is only possible upon the condition that the precession
p is measured as he describes it in this very exceptional backward
method, for A is the longitude of the ascending node of the ecliptic
measured from the moving equinox and P is the same measured from
the fixed equinox. This he considers justifies the use of the positive
sign for precession.
And the Reply
My reply to this is that the above is not the principal equation
from which the precession p is derived, but is a subordinate one
used to change one of the constants g to the constant/, (Book V.,
section 5.)
The principal equation from which the expression for precession
is derived is
d p ■ sin Q = rdt . cos <£ + qdt . sin * (2)
(Book V., section 4) and the development of this equation contains as
factors the values of three angular measurements ; the earth's angular
rotation <^, the earth's orbital rotation around the sun v, and the
moon's orbital rotation around the earth vj, all of which are measured
in the orthodox direction, that of increasing longitude. Now whilst
it is quite arbitrary which way an angle is measured, provided an
equation stands alone, it is not legitimate to combine an equation in
which angles are measured in one way with another equation in which
 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 519
they are measured in the opposite direction ; for in the same equation
the signs of the angles express the angular directions relatively to
each other, and if the above law is not obeyed the equation contains a
false relation of the angles and cannot give a true result.
I maintain therefore that equation (7) ought to have the form
A = T - ^ (J)
before it can be legitimately combined with the principal equation (2).
If this alteration were made, the equation in its final form would give
the precession ^ with its proper negative sign, and so far as that alone
is concerned matters would be set right. But when these same
constants are applied to the expression for the obliquity, as is done
by La Place, it gives results utterly discordant with observation
since it makes the obliquity to be increasing, instead of diminishing,
as shown in my pamphlet. In order therefore to make his equation
for the obliquity fit the facts, La Place has been obliged to break the
mathematical law of signs—whether intentionally or not I will not
say, as I prefer to leave that an open question. [The above is a reply
to " an eminent astronomer."]

First Principles
The reasonableness of the above contention will perhaps become
more apparent by looking upon the matter from first principles.
According to general astronomical theory, the three factors which
cause precession are the earth's axial rotation and the orbital
rotation of the earth and moon : the attractive forces of the sun and
moon act upon the elements of the earth's equatorial bulge, and give
them a small motion due to the continually changing directions in
which these forces are applied. The true mathematical expression
for the resultant motion of the earth is the integral of all these small
motions. This expression therefore if correct will give this inte-
grated motion, both in amount and in direction; and this direction
must necessarily be measured in the same way as the forces that cause
it are measured. Since this resulting motion is a rotation the sign
of the rotation must be determined in the same way as the forces
which cause it.
When thus looked upon from first principles, no mathematician
I think can fail to see that La Place in not following this rule has
committed an error which vitiates his conclusions.
Before closing this letter I will again lay stress upon the importance
of the question I have raised. It materially afiects two principal
sciences ; to wit, those of Astronomy and Geology. Whilst the error
I have exposed may fundamentally vitiate the accuracy of some of
the more refined astronomical measurements, and also require a
readjustment of theory to fact, it has on the other hand made the
geologist despair of finding a sufficient cause for the great climatic
changes that terrestrial strata record.
I WOULD THEREFORE APPEAL TO SERIOUS MATHF.MATICIANS TO
GIVE THE MATTER A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND NOT ALLOW
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REGARD FOR AUTHORITY ANY LONGER TO HIDE THE TRUTH. RESPECT

FOR GREATNESS IS RIGHT AND PROPER, SINCE IT ACTS AS A STIMULANT,
BUT WHEN THIS DEGENERATES INTO SERVILITY IT BECOMES A
STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS.

BOn lIay
^ ' •) <«■) G. E. SUTCLIFFE.

The Error of La Place

September 2'jth.
Dear Sir,
I think you are unwise in challenging us to contest Mr.
Sutcliffe's geometry : your readers have already good grounds to
complain that instead of Astrology they get had mathematics. When
he confesses his pamphlet against Laplace is a huge blunder I shall
be willing to examine his figure : it will, however, be a sheer waste
of your space, as geometry will not contradict Laplace's equation.
Mr. Sutcliffe's speculations on the interchange of electrons are
ingenious and interesting, but they would be more satisfactory if there
were any proof of the existence of his four kinds of electrons. His
scheme of forces is hopelessly wrong as it contradicts the first
principles of dynamics. He assumes two equal and opposite forces
which neutralise each other (and therefore amount to zero) and yet
produce motion ! [" J. W. " is presumably alluding to § 21, p. 405,
which readers should refer to and read carefully, in order to see if
this criticism is justified.—Ed.]
Yours sincerely,
J. W.

Notwithstanding our remarks in jast month's issue regarding the

space already devoted to this subject, we shall be pleased to keep our
columns open for discussion or debate of this exceedingly important matter,
as it is, from a scientific standpoint.
In regard to the question in dispute, we do not think it needful to take
up cudgels on Mr. Sutcliffe's behalf; but we may perhaps be permitted to
point to the strikingdifferencein <o;i< between the repliesof Mr. Sutcliffeand
the letters of his critics,and also, since we have in a sense a judicial position
to maintain, to warn the " counsel for the prosecution " that so far they
are wasting the time of the court.
What the Jury wants to know is, Does the pole move more than has
HITHERTO BEEN SUPPOSED POSSIBLE ?—Ed.
 Reference Jniici
TO
VOL. III., NEW SERIES (XVII., OLD SERIES)

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 are not entirely descriptive of their contents. Brackets indicate passing
references {or corrections) which should be looked up. Subjects indexed under the same heading are
arranged not alphabetically, but in the order of their occurrence in the volume.
Anything not found in the Index should be sought in theTABLE of Contents : for names of
people, see also under " Horoscopes " and " Notabilia."
Readers are requested to refer to the item " Corrigenda " and to make the emendations necessary.
A Golden Afternoon and Other Stories :— Celebrities, Birth-data of:—35 (ref,
by Philippa Forest, Michael Wood and Notabilia) ; French, 166.
others {review), 43. Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Joseph :—(484).
Adonis:—114 ; (An Observation of, 473). Chance:—(183).
Affirmations, a book of:—(review), 43. Character :—and Finger Nails, 80.
Alfonso of Spain ;—261. Character is Destiny :—201.
Allonby, Edith, authoress of The Fulfil- Charing Cross Disaster :—44.
ment:— " Charubel " :—in need, 50.
Amateurs, horoscope making for :—65. Cities : ref. Signs.
Analysis:—ref. Synthesis. Coincidences:—64 (115), 180, 219, 288, (291),
Apertures of the Body and Planetary (296), 379, 443, 510.
Rulerships:—56, 151, 238. Colour Dynamics:—211.
Aquarius:—and Uranus. 147. Comets :—235.
Starting Point of the Zodiac, 287, 331. Companions:—{poetry), E57.
Aspects, suggestions regarding :—412. Comte de Paris :—166.
Astrologers :—Advice to, 203. Continental Editions:—337. _
Astrologer's Annual, The:—337. Contraction and Expansion of the Sun :—
Astrology:—ref. Mundane; Indian; Free- 165.
masonry; Names and Numbers; Horary; Corrigenda :—49, 75, 349. 420, 493.
Family ; National; Herbal; Practical. Countries :—ref. Signs.
Astrology :—National, 3 ; Reformation of Death :—ref. Birth.
Natal, 37 ; Mission of, 292 : Foundations of, Degrees0of the Zodiac Symbolised :—^29°
395> (493). (S0^) J and Music, 416; and to rz 152 , 173; ssi60 0to =23°, 233: SS240 to
Astronomy, 419. *5°. 3 3 ; ^6° to x 17 , 375 ; 18°to 30°, 457.
Astronomers. Eminent:—(188). Denmark, King of: —155.
Astronomy and Astrology :—419. Destiny :—ref. Character.
Atoms, The Shapes of :—502. " Directing " 193. 289, 318, 329, (349), 371,
Aura, The Human;—(review), 43. 382, 385, 424, 433, 513.
Awareness :—386. Disasters:—Charing Cross, 44.
Bannerman, Sir H. C.:—65. Divisions of Signs :—four-fold, 140, 239, 274.
Bath, the Ascendant of :—150. Doubter, A Hardy :—igi.
Baudelaire, the poet;—166. Dreams and Impressions :—85, 284, 285, (353),
Bible, The, as an Authority:—296. 468.
Birth and Death : —380. Dreyfus :—460.
Birth, Moment of:—205. Due d'Aumale, The i.ate :—166.
Birthdays :—(ref. Table of Contents), igo. Earthquakes :—(205), (483), 511, ref. San
Bodily Apertures and Planets : see Aper- Francisco.
tures. l'Echo du Monde Occult :—(review), 31.
Brihat Jataka ;—195. Eclipses :—83, 189. 316.
British Museum, Late Keeper of :—see Ecliptic:—Obliquity (ref. La Place)
Garnelt. Edelweiss, Story of the :—51.
Byron's Birth Time ;~47, 48. Editor, Letters to :—see Table of Contents.
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir H.:—65. Electricity versus Gravitation :—395, 396.
Cancer :—(135, 136); Tropic of (370). End of the World :—275.
Cardan, Jerome :—203. Equinox, Vernal :—127, 144.
11 REFERENCE INDEX
Eros :—158. 14: of Denmark, 155; and His Counsellors,
Edropean War :—193. see Table of Contents.
Everybody's Astrology, use of :—50, 456. La Croix :—109. 161.
Explorer, Boy :—362. La Place : an Important Error in his equa-
Facts from an Astrologer's Note Book, ii. tion for the Obliquity : 77, 139, 186, 236.334,
Fate versus Individual Effort;—5, (n, 12, 383. 387. (395). 476, 516: defence of, 518.
13), (I99). (230). 256 281. Legouve, E., the playwright :—166.
Family Horoscopes :—4. Letters to the Editor :—see Table of Contents.
Finger-nails and Character :—80. Lions of the Gateway ;—124.
Finnish Painter, A :—95. " Living up to One's Horoscope " :—223.
Fohat ; —410. Longitude ;—to convert heliocentric into
Forecast for 1906:—(83), 127, (128), 144, [vef. geocentric, 179.
Predictions) I#ost Knowledge, A. :—146.
Fourfold Sub-Divisions of Signs:—140, Lusitania, Launch of the:—509.
239. Madness and the Moon :—507.
Fourier's Table of Harmonies 115. MaNILIUS'S RULERSH1P OF SlGNS :—137.
France, Astrology in :—226. Marriage :—{ref. Matrimonial), 288; of twins,
Freedom ;—All Freedom Relative, 434. 428.
Freemasonry and Astrology:—(1), 141, 471. Mars, Cycle of :—194.
Mash-Mak :—285 {footnote).
Garnett, Dr. Richard :—241, 243, 269, 300 ; Mathematical Chaos :—131.
-letters of, 304 ; and De Flagello Mvrteo, 308 ; Matrimonial Data :—189, 490.
see Corrigendum, p. 349. Maupassant, Guy de :—166.
Geocentric longitude :—[ref. longitude). Melodia
41 :—159, 161.
Glamis, Secret of:—182.| Merlin," of The Referee 241.
Graal, Legends of the :—123. Mundane Astrology :—(13, 14), 31, 40, (70),
Gravitation versus Electricity:—395, 396. 83, 98, 127,144,429, 441, 467, 483 {rej. Predic-
Hanging, Haunted by Visions of:—89. tions).
Harvest Months :—126. Mundane Zodiac :—333,
Haunting, Extraordinary :—89. Music and Astrology :—416.
Health Building;—{revieiu), 43. Musset, Alfred de:—166.
Heliocentric longitude :—reduction to geo- Names and Numbers in Relation to Astro-
centric, 179, logy :—46, 47, 92.
Helpers, Work for :—97. National Astrology :--98 {rej. Mundane).
Herbal Astrology ;—146. Neptune, Influence of :—86, (128), 267, 283,
Heredity :—(4). (308,309), (327), 441.
Hoax, A Gigantic :—(395). Neptune opposition Uranus ;—128, 288, 441.
Holland, Queen of:—483, Nodes of the Planets:—76: of the Moon,
Homogeneous Universe:—165. 494- 495-
Horary Astrology:—(76), 194. Notabilia. Birth-Data of Remarkable
Horoscope, Nucleus of the :—385. People :—see pp. 35, 339 {note), 420.
Horoscopes: (ref. Table oj Contents, under Allonby, Edith 36 Finncmore, Mr. 185
Horoscopes, Peculiar):—Prince, 20; Mar- {see 75) Fronde, J. A. 185
riage, 32, 72, 490 ; Drunkard, 42'; Misguided Anderson, Miss M. 185 "Fulfilment," au-
Authoress, 75 ; Finnish Painter, 95 ; Family Ashbourne, Ld. 137 thoress of 36 (s^ 75)
95: French Celebrities, 166; Hysterical Astronomer, an 137 Gould, S. Baring 137
Woman, 273: Rev. W. M. Morris, 327: Austin, Sir A. 137 Grieg, Edward 185
** Philippa Forest," 445 ; two dancers, 454: Ball, Sir Robert 36 Griffiths. Major 185
Alfred Beit and Cecil Rhodes, 474; Natural Balzac, de 36 Gully, Hon. W. C. 35
Clairvoyant, 510. Barrow, Lady 1371 Halle, Lady 186
House, The Seventh:—81. Blatchford, R. 9 Henley, W.E. 185
Houses of the Horoscope, The :—(131, 134), Breitman, Hans 137 Hole, Dean 36
167,177, (495), ref. Mundane Zodiac Bronte, Charlotte 36 Hooker, Dr. S. 91
Hugo, Victor :—166. Emily 36 Huxley 137
Hysterical Woman:—273: compare with Centenarians 91.91 Ignatius, Father 36
horoscope of a Medium, on p. 361, M.A.% Cooper, J. F. 185 Jackson, Hon. F. S. 36
Vol. I., New Series. Crawford, Marion gi James, Edith Marion
Impressions :—88. Cricketers 36 36
Indian Astrology: —(ref. Table of Contents) Crookes, Sir W. 185 Jerome, J. K. gi
Cruikshank 36 Leighton, Lord 137
Initiation, Secrets of:—367. Darling, Joseph 36 Leland, C. G. 137
" Inri " :—195. Darwin, Charles 137 Longworth, Mrs. 185
" Isis ":—113. Dickens, Charles 137 Macleod, Fiona 91
Jesuit Order, Head of the ;—510. Ellis, Havelock 91 Maunder, E. W. 137
Jupiter in Gemini :—467. Fairy Artist 91 Maybank, Thomas 91
King, the :—accident to the, 13 ; directions, "Fat" boy, A 185 Miles, EustaceH. 36
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Notabilia.—Continued.
Navarro, Mrae. 185 Ruskin, John 137
Neruda, Mme 185 Schumann, R. 185
O'Connor, T. P. 91 Sharp, William gi
Patti, Adelina 137 Swedenborg 137
Philliraore, Judge 91 Tennis Champion 36
Poe, E. A. 137 Terry, Ellen 185
Portland, 5th Duke 36 Townshend, Ld. 185
Praed, Mrs. Campbell, W iller, Lewis 91
the authoress 91 Yeats, W. B. 91
Roosevelt, Miss A. 185
Notes on Events :—483.
Notice, Important :—195.
Nucleus of the Horoscope :—385.
Numbers and Names :—ref. Names-
Obliquity of the Ecliptic :—(ref. La Place);
now at a minimum, 479 {note).
Occult, meaning of the word :—338.
Occult Science, Astrology an :—242.
Occult Astrology :—244.
Occult Teachings :—405.
" Osiris " :—113.
" Ov " or " Ovo," a distant planet;—log,
no.
Painter, noted Finnish ;—95.
Pasteur, the savant :—166.
Peace Treaty :—40.
Pershouse, Mr. H.:—145, 164, 194.
Philippa Forest :—(43), 445.
Philosophical Spendthrift, A :—208.
Philosophy of Astrology:—see Table of Con-
tents.
Physiognomy:—(277), ref. Zodiacal.
Pisces ;—(135).
Place and Time :—ref. Time.
Planetary Influences :—{review), 512.
Planets:—and Sign Rulership, 93, 137. (494);
Nodes of the. 76 ; ref. Undiscovered; Friend-
ships and Enmities of, 456, 514.
Planets Ruling Bodily Apertures:—ref.
Apertures.
Plebiscite:—4. (45).
Pole :—of a House or Star, definition of, 131,
134 {note), (177, etc.); motion of the, {ref. La
Place).
Political Culprit—278.
Polyhymnia :—161.
Practical Suggestion, A :—45.
Predictions:—(n). (14), (70), (83), 127, 128,
144: fulfilled, 188, 240, 327, 383, 384, 421,
429. (510).
Prejudice against Astrology :—97.
Premonitions;—[ref. Dreams), 284, (421).
Prevision :—ref. Prediction.
Price of the Magazine ;—481.
Prize Competitions :—45, 46, 251, 444, 514.
Problem in Astrology:—210, 192, 2S1, 340.
Progressed Horoscope :—329.
Progressive Man ;—433.
Psychic Signs, the ;—135.
c(
Quadrules " :—140.
Questions, Some :—44, 45, 494.
Railway Accidents :—496, 506.
"Referee, The," on Astrology :—241, 242.
Reincarnation, an Objector to:—172.
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Remarkable People, birth-data of see
Notabilia.
Retrospect, A:—1,
Reviews :—ref. Table of Contents.
Revolution, Russian :—31.
Ruling our Stars :—99.
Rulership of Signs:—ref. Planets.
Russian:—Revolution, 31 ; Peace Treaty, 40;
{ref. Astrologer's Anniml, 1906, for map).
Sainte-Beuve, the Critic:—166.
San Francisco Earthquake :—268, 296. 328,
509-
Sandeau, Jules;—166.
Saturn :—afflicting Jupiter, (76); and Beauty,
277.
Saxe-Coburg, Heir to :—473.
Science, Modern :—395, 409.
Scorpio :—(135).
Secret of Glamis :—182.
Separation of Soul and Body :—284.
Septenary, The Universal:—442.
Seventh House, the:—81.
Sex of Unborn children, Chinese method
OF FORECASTING :—64.
Shakespeare's Name in the Psalms :—181.
Sign of Power :—245.
Sign-Rulership :—ref. Planets.
Signs of the Zodiac:—[ref. Division); {ref.
King and His Counsellors).
Signs Ruling Countries, Towns and Cities :
—(150), 236,237 (291).
Solar Revolutions :—382.
Soul's History in the Zodiac:—71.
Spain, King and Queen op :—261.
Specie, Large Consignment of :—219.
Spendthrift, A :—208.
Spiritual Life :—202.
Standards of Time :—ref. Time.
Stars;—-What they Show us, 17 ; Ruling our,
99.
Strathmore, Earl of :—182.
Strongest Planet in a Horoscope:—(76).
Sun, The, as the Heart op our System :—
165.
Suns, Transcendental :—no.
Sutcliffe, Mr. G. E. :—338, 386, 493, 508,
ref. La Place.
Synthesis and Analysis :—(225, 226, 227).
Taurus the first Sign :—288 {note), 331.
Temperament or Type :—(485).
Test Case for Astrology;—192, 281, 340.
The Fulfilment, authoress of :—75.
Theoretische Astrologie :—{review), 378.
Third Eye :—(155).
Time and Place, importance of :—455 {note)
Time, Conception of:—183.
Time, Standards of :—80, 472, 473.
Toasting Fork, God with the :—283.
Towns :—ref. Signs.
Transcendental Suns :—no.
Triplicjties :—Watery, 135.
Truth in Astrology:—254.
Turning Castle :—123.
Twins:—disparity in, 229, 428; marriage, 428.
Uncommon Mind:—Nativity showing, 251.
Undiscovered Planets :—107, ii3,(2gi)l(473).
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Unfortonatb lives ;—(76).
Universal Science, Astrology the :—227.
Universal Septenary:—442.
Universe, A Homogeneods ;—165.
Ups and Downs ;—An Interesting Horoscope,
230.
Urands :—98, 128 ; and Aquarius, 147 ; Occult
SigniScance of, 195,
Urands opposition Neptdnh:—128.239, 441-
Varaha Mihira's Brihat Jataka :—195.
Vernal Eqdinox :—(srr Equinox).
Victoria of Spain 261.
Virgin, The :—229.
Vdlcan:—108, etseq., 114, 160, 161.
Wales, Sign'governing :—281, 342.
Wallace, Dr. A. R. :—206.
Watery Triplicity ;—135.
Weather Predictions for January :—36.
When is a Child Born ?:—(205).
Word of Power :—245.
Work for Helpers :—97.
World :—(«/. Mundane): End of the, 275.
Zaukiel :—332.
Zeds and the Olympic Zeds :—44.
Zodiac :—and the Soul's History, 71; Signs of
the [ref. Degrees ; Division) ; at Freemasons'
Hall, 141 ; where does it start, 142, 286,
33'. (495) 1 Symbolical Mundane, 333.
Zodiacal Physiognomy :—(277), see also
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San Francisco, Earthquake at (ref. Index) 268
Secret, A Terrible 182
Seventh House, The: by"Aphorel" 81
Signs, Zodiacal, Divisions of: by the Editor 274
Some Curious Dreams • 468
Some French Celebrities 166
Some Strange Coincidences . 180
Soul, Zodiac in its Relation to the History of the 71
Spanish Marriage, The Royal - 261
Spheres of Influence : by Bessie Leo 485
Stars, Ruling Our: by Bessie Leo 99
Stars, What they shew us 17
Stars, Wisdom of the; by Bessie Leo 388
Story of the Edelweiss: by Bessie Leo 51
Strange Birth Coincidence 443
Symbols of the Degrees of the Zodiac (see " Degrees ")
Terrible Secret, A ; 182
To Convert Heliocentric Position into Geocentric 179
" Truth in Astrology, Is there Any ?" : by the Editor 254
Twins, Extraordinary Wedding of 428
Twins [ref. Twins in Index)
Ultra-Neptunian Planets, Four (io7)i 113
Unfavourable Birthdays (see " Birthdays")
Uranus and Aquarius ; by J. H. van S. 147
Uranus and Neptune, Opposition of 128, 441
Verified Esoteric Knowledge: by " Resurgam" (see
Esoteric)
Vernal Equinox, The 127, (144), 441
Wedding of Twins, Extraordinary 428
Well-known Writer on Astrology 269, 300
What the Stars shew us 17
Wisdom of the Stars, The ; by Bessie Leo 388
Woman, Hysterical, Nativity of 273
World, End of the 275
Yugas, Manvantaras and 77
Zodiac in its Relation to the History of the Soul, The 71
Zodiacal Degrees Symbolised (see Degrees)
Zodiacal Physiognomy - 343, 435, 497
Zodiacal Signs, The Division of: by the Edito 274