CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. Introduction i
II The Directional Chart ... 7
III. Major Directions 14
IV. Minor Directions 20
V. An Example Reading 25
VI. Cuspal Directions 34
VII. The Minor Directional Chart 40
VIII. Parallels and Mid-points 45
IX. Converse Directions 52
X. Some Final Hints 57
XI. The Effects of Directions 62
Table of Major and Minor Arcs 108
THE RADIX SYSTEM

PREFACE

The series of astrological manuals, of which this

is the first, is designed to cover the whole field of
Astrology in volumes of a convenient size, each self-
contained and dealing exhaustively with one special
aspect of the science.
The great interest now being shown in directional
methods, and the increasing popularity of the Radix
System, render a separate work upon this subject a
necessity, and it has therefore seemed an appropriate
volume with which to inaugurate the series.
The second volume will deal with Electional As-
trology, and will appear early next year.

London VIVIAN E. ROBSON

October, 1930
 CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

It is always difficult at close range to form a reliable

estimate of the direction of progress, but there is little
doubt that one of the chief interests of the astrological
world at the present time is in the development of the
predictive side of the science which has been neglected
for many years.
During the Middle Ages and through the classical
period of the seventeenth century the Regiomontanus
system of house division held the field, and the chief
predictive method was that of Primary direction under
the poles of the planets, with which the Solar Revolution
and Protections were employed as subsidiary aids.
At a rather later date the Placidean house cusps began to
be extensively used, and with them the Primary Semi-
Arc system came to the fore. The Solar Revolution
still held its place, but Protections fell into disuse. The
substitution of Semi-Arc directions for Polar ones was
an improvement in method, but it did not touch the basic
principles of Primary direction, namely the employment
of the earth's rotation as the sole factor in the formation
of directions, and the use of one degree as the equivalent
of a year of time. It is true that small variations were
introduced from time to time in this measure, but the
principle has remained unchanged from the earliest times
to the present day.
Somewhat about a century ago, however, a new system
began to spread. This was the Secondary system, of
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 THE RADIX SYSTEM

Arabian origin, in which the planetary positions on each

day after birth are taken to measure a year of life, and
directions arc formed by the movement of the planets
in their orbits after birth instead of by the earth's
rotation. From the point of view of results the adoption
of the Secondary system was not a progressive step.
The directions formed by this method have not the
power of Primaries, and are not usually so definite in
their effects. This was well known in the early days of
their use, but is not so generally recognised to-day,
because comparatively few astrologers use or understand
the Primary system. The reason for the rapid spread of
the Secondary method was not due to any idea of its
superior merit, but chiefly because it overcame two dis-
tinct drawbacks to all Primary systems. Primary
directions depend entirely upon the absolute accuracy of
the time of birth, for an error of about four minutes will
in many cases throw out the date of a direction by as
much as a year. This is rather a serious drawback,
because birth-times arc not usually recorded with such a
degree of accuracy, and in the case of a young person
rectification by events is frequently impossible owing to
lack of data. The Secondary system, however, afforded
an easy means of obtaining directions in cases where the
birth-time was only very approximate, because the
minor directions are formed by the Moon, and an error
of two hours in the birth-time alters the Moon's place by
only about one degree, and throws the events out by no
more than a month. The second disadvantage of the
Primary systems is that they all require considerable
calculation, necessitating the outlay of a great deal of
time, and the possession of, if not mathematical ability,
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 INTRODUCTION

at least a good head for figures. Here again the Second-

ary system scored because of its ease of working, and the
facility with which the directions for any given year could
be obtained without laborious calculation.
As time went on Primary directions came to be more
and more neglected, and at the same time one or two
improvements were made in the Secondary system, but
in spite of the adoption of certain Primary methods such
as the direction of the angles it still remained a poor
substitute for its predecessor.
This was the position of affairs up to the time of the
War. Primary methods had practically fallen into
disuse, and the great majority of astrologers were relying
solely upon the Secondary system, with its facile method
of working and its incomplete and inferior results.
General dissatisfaction was growing, however, and new-
ideas were beginning to find their way into astrological
literature. What was wanted was a method combining
the wealth of directions and the definition of prediction
of the Primary system with the ease of working of the
Secondary.
The solution of this problem, as of so many others, was
put forward by Sepharial when, in iqiS, he introduced
the fundamental principles of a new system which he
called the Radix System, and which it is the purpose of
this book to exemplify and expand. Sepharial rightly
argued that a consistent method of directing must
maintain the radical relations of the planets, for the
Radix, or horoscope of birth, is an epitome of the whole
life. No direction, however strong, can proiuce an
event denied by the birth horoscope ; and, moreover,
the action of a planet under direction is governed entirely
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by its radical strength and signification. In his own

words, " The main features of any consistent measure of
time must, in my belief, show all calculations to be
directly related to the radical horoscope—i.e., the horo-
scope for the moment of birth—and the indications
derived from calculation must be in terms of that radix.
. . . No system which does not maintain the radical
relations of the planets can lay claim to integrity or
consistency. For it is above all things certain that the
radical imprint of the heavens is that from which the
argument is derived as to tendency, aptitude, opportu-
nity, and circumstance in the character and life of an
individual, we may therefore direct Jupiter to the mid-
heaven, or the ascendant, or to the good aspect of the
Sun or Moon ; but the detached significance of the planet
cannot be rightly judged apart from a consideration of
its radical relations and affections, and this is the chief
cause of expectancy being disappointed in many cases.
... Nor can a planet that is radically well aspected
indicate by malefic direction any serious hurt, for with
its direction to the conjunction or opposition it will
simultaneously bring up the sextiles and trines by which
it was attended at birth." (Science of Foreknowledge,
pp. 132,133.)
The only way to maintain the radical relations of the
planets is to direct them all at an equal rale, and ignore
their own orbital motion after birth, much as is done in
the Primary system. The latter generally employs the
Ptolemaic measure of One degree of Right Ascension to
the year, but the Radix system is concerned with longi-
tude, and Sepharial's choice of the measure of 59' 8"
of longtiude to the year has been abundantly justified.
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 INTRODUCTION

This measure is based upon the mean motion of the Sun,

and was originally advocated by Valentine Naibod in the
latter part of the sixteenth century. The sun moves
360° of longitude in 365 days, and therefore its effective
motion per diem is not i0 but slightly less, namely
59' 8', which is accordingly a more consistently true time
measure to use than 10. By a similar argument the
Moon's mean daily motion of 130 10' 35' is chosen as the
increment for the lunar directions.
We have, therefore, in the Radix system a major
series of directions similar in nature, formation, and
measure to Primaries ; a minor series similar to lunar
Secondaries; and a method of working that is even
more facile than the latter. Thus it combines the ad-
vantages of both systems without the disadvantages,
and is more pliable and elastic in use than either.
Sepharial's original outline has, of necessity, received
various additions from time to time. Perhaps the most
far-reaching development is that of cuspal directions,
for which, together with the converse methods, I myself
am responsible. The original method of drawing up the
directional figure was to apply the increment to the
Midheaven, and extract the other cusps answering to
this new Midheaven from the Tables of Houses in the
ordinary way. This method, however, really belongs to
the Secondary system, and its use destroys one of the
main principles, namely that of consistency, upon which
the Radix system is based, and which clearly demands
that the increment should be applied to each cusp as well
as to each planet, so as to preserve the exact radical
relations of all the factors in the map. The normal
tabular ascendant, which for distinction I call the
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 THE RADIX SYSTEM

Oblique Ascendant, is of value, and forms a Subsidiary

point of observation, but by the application of the mean
increment to each cusp we not only satisfy theory, but in
addition.obtain a most valuable series of cuspal direc-
tions which add enormously to the scope and efficiency
of the system.
I do not propose to enter here into any consideration
of the theory of the Radix system, nor of the symbolic
systems in general of which it is the chief. This is a
utilitarian age, and the value of a system lies entirely
in its results. My purpose in the following pages is to
describe and exemplify the full methods of working, and
to put the student in a position to secure for himself
adequate proof of the extreme utility and reliability of
the directions so obtained.

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 CHAPTER II

THE DIRECTIONAL CHART

The calculation of the directional chart by the Radix

system is extremely simple, and occupies no more than
a few minutes. I use the term " directional " rather
than the more usual " progressed " in order to avoid
confusion with the progressed chart of the Secondary
system, and for a similar reason I have divided the
directions into Major and Minor in order to obviate the
necessity of calling them Primary and Secondary as is
done in a most misleading manner in nearly every system.
The directional chart is that which shows the positions
occupied by the planets and cusps for any period of life,
and is obtained by simply adding 59' 8" for each year of
life to the longitudes of the planets and cusps in the birth
horoscope. A table of the total increment, or Arc as
it is technically called, which must be added for any
required age will be found on pages 108-111. We are at
present concerned only with the Major Arc, for the
directional chart is the one from which the Major
directions are calculated.
The method to be adopted is as follows :—
I. Find the exact age of the native at the date for which
the directional chart is required.
The easiest way to do this is to write down the date
in years, months, and days, and subtract the years,
months, and days of birth. Suppose we require the
directions for 1931 in the case of a person bom on June
I2th, 1893. We can if we wish put up the directional

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 THE RADIX SYSTEM
chart for the birthday in 1931, in which case the age will,
of course, be exactly thirty-eight years. As a rule,
however, it is more convenient to erect the chart for the
first of a month rather than for some intermediate date.
Suppose we wish to calculate it for June 1st, 1931.
This may be expressed as I93iy. 6m. id. Write this
down, and underneath it write the birth date in the same
way, that is, i893y. 6m. I2d, Then subtract the latter
from the former, thus :—
y m d
Date for dir. chart ... ... 1931 6 1
Subtract birth date ... ... 1893 6 12

Age 37 11 19

In the subtraction of days it will suffice to consider each

month as consisting of thirty days, so that the number
of days should be increased by this amount if necessary
in order to enable subtraction to be made.
As a general example we will use the horoscope of
King George V, which is shown in Fig. 1, and we will
erect the directional chart for November 1st, 1928,
just before the King's serious illness. Birth took place
on June 3rd, 1865, ih. 20m. 63. a.m., at Marlborough
House, lat. 510 30' N., long. 37s W. The King's age on
November 1st, 1928, is found as follows :—
y m d
Date for dir. chart 1928 11 1
Subtract birth date ... ... 1865 6 3

Age 63 4 28

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 THE DIRECTIONAL CHART
Here thirty days has to be added to the top line to allow
of the subtraction, and consequently a month has to be
carried over in the month column.

1.16
.3S. t
IS.'*

\'<f. Ml

'36
47. 5*
7 6 & | _n_
(3. (C
^ IO. IO 3) •• *
If 47. sv

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ja.ia.
I. 16

Fig. 1. Fmg George V,

2. Convert the age so obtained into arc by means of the

Table on p. 108.
To do this take from the column of Major Arcs the
amount for the years, months, and days of the age and
add them together. Thus, in our example, we require
the arc for age 63y. 4m. 28d.
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 THE RADIX SYSTEM

637 corresponds to an arc of ... 62 6

4m „ „ „ ... 20
28d „ „ „ ... 5

Total Arc 62 31

This is equivalent to two complete signs, and 203i' over.

3. Add the arc to each planet and cusp in the birth
horoscope, and also to the Moon's nodes and Fortuna.
As we shall be concerned throughout with the addition
and Subtraction of signs, degrees, and minutes, a note on
the easiest and most accurate method of doing this will
not be out of place. It is customary to express the signs
by numbers when adding and subtracting. Thus
Gemini 160 22' would be expressed as 2s 160 22'. The
reason we use 2s for Gemini, and not 3 as might be ex-
pected, is that two complete signs, Aries and Taurus,
have passed and we are in 160 22' of the next. A planet
in Aries 40 19' is said to be in os 40 19', because no signs
are complete. The number corresponding to each sign
is therefore :—Aries o, Taurus 1, Gemini 2, Cancer 3,
Leo 4, Virgo 5, Libra 6, Scorpio 7, Sagittarius 8, Capri-
corn 9, Aquarius 10, Pisces 11.
Suppose we wish to add 5s 140 27' to Sagittarius 190 45'.
We proceed as follows :—
SO'
Sagittarius 190 45' is 8 19 45
Add 5 14 27

2 4 12

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 THE DIRECTIONAL CHART

which is Gemini 40 12'. It must be remembered that

there are 60' to a degree, 30° to a sign, and I2a to the
circle. Thus in the above calculation the minutes total
72, which gives us 1° to carry over and 12' remainder.
The degree column is 33 plus the 10 carried over, or 340,
which is Is 40. The sign column is 13s plus the Is
carried over, or 14s. As this is over 12, that amount
must be subtracted, leaving 2s as the answer. The
experienced reader must forgive this digression. The
method is so useful, and so much better than indiscrimin-
ate adding, that ir is worth the beginner's while to take a
little trouble to master it.
Now to return to our example. We have found that
the increment or Arc corresponding to the King's age 011
November 1st, 1928, is 62° 31', or 2s 20 31', and we have
now to add this to each planet and cusp in the horoscope.
The Midheaven is Capricorn i0 16', that is 9s i0 16'.
Then:—

s O '
Radical Midheaven 9 1 16
Plus arc 2 231

Directional Midheaven ... 11 347

or Pisces 30 47'.
The radical 11th cusp is Capricorn 190 35', and by
adding the arc we get Pisces 220 6' as the directional
nth cusp.
Continuing this process we obtain the following results
for the cusps of the directional chart :—
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 THE RADIX SYSTEM
o
10th—Pisces 3 47
nth—Pisces 22 6
12th—Aries . 16 48
Asc.—Gemini 5 5o
2nd—Cancer 22 3
3rd—Leo 15 43
There is no need to add the arc to the other cusps for
they will be the same degrees of the opposite signs as
usual. It will be noticed that the cusps of the radical
horoscope have all been worked out to minutes instead
of to the nearest degree as is the usual practice. This is
not essential, but it is of great help in the estimation of
cuspal directions, to be described later. Those who wish
to follow this up should procure the Century Table of
Houses, particulars of which may be obtained from the
publishers of this book.
Before leaving the cusps, the Oblique Ascendant should
be noted. To obtain this look up the directional Mid-
heaven in the Table of Houses for the latitude of the
birthplace, and extract the Ascendant to which it
corresponds. This is the Oblique Ascendant of the
directional chart, and should be noted at the side of the
map. In the example Pisces 30 47' in the Tables of
Houses for London corresponds to an Ascendant of
Cancer 70 41'.
Some students also use the Oblique Fortuna whose
position is found by adding the longitude of the Moon
in the directional chart to the Oblique Ascendant and
from the sum subtracting the longitude of the directional
Sun.
The next step is to add the arc of 62° 31' to each of the
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 THE DIRECTIONAL CHART
planets, and also to the Nodes and Fortuna, entering
the resulting positions into the directional chart, which
when complete will be as in Fig. 2.

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Fig. 2. King George V.—Directional Chart.

This finishes the calculation of the directional chart,

and it will be noticed that the planets and cusps are all in
exactly the same relation to each other as they were at
birth though further advanced in the zodiac.
 CHAPTER III

MAJOR DIRECTIONS

The major directions in the Radix system are the

aspects formed by the planets in the directional chart to
their positions in the radical horoscope. The chief points
by and to which directions are formed are the Midheaven,
Ascendant, Sun, Moon, and Fortuna. These five bodies
and points are termed Significaiors, because each is
representative of a definite section of the life, while the
remaining planets are termed Promiitors and indicate
the nature of the influences affecting the significators,
and the cause of events.
The addition of the arc to all the positions in the
radical horoscope brings the directional planets and cusps
to aspects with the radical positions while retaining the
same relation with each other as at birth. Therefore we
are concerned solely with the aspects formed by the
directional planets to the radical ones, as the directional
chart itself is a replica of the birth horoscope, and shows
the same aspects as at birth. The only exceptions to
this rule are the Oblique Ascendant and the Oblique
Fortuna, which alter their positions in respect to both
maps.
At present it will suffice if we follow the original and
simple form of the system, and confine our attention to
the angles and planets only, leaving the other cusps to
be considered later,
A major direction formed between the directional
chart and the birth horoscope is operative over a period

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 MAJOR DIRECTIONS
of about two years, during which time it may be stimu-
lated to action by minor directions and transits. Thus
we must allow an orb of not less than one degree on
either side of the exact aspect. That is to say, the
direction comes into being when the planets are one
degree from the exact aspect, and ceases when they are
one degree past it. Theoretically, the month in which
the aspect is exactly formed should be that in which the
power of the direction is at its height, but in practice it
is found that the direction usually operates most strongly
before or after this time, and more often after.
To examine the directions for atvy given year of life,
as, for example, a Calendar year, or a year from the
birthday, the directional chart is set up for the beginning
of the particular year, and all the aspects within an orb
of one degree during the time for which the directions
are required are noted. All the cusps and planets move
forward about 5' a month during this time, and have
advanced nearly a degree by the end of the year, so that
while some directions will be in force the whole year,
others will be passing off during the period and fresh ones
will be forming. In order to get some idea of the chrono-
logical sequence of directions and their probable length
of influence, the month in which they are exact should
be calculated, but it must be remembered that this docs
not necessarily give the date at which they will operate.
To calculate the major aspects in operation at the time
for which the directional chart is set up, or for a given
period from it, proceed as follows ;—
1. Take the directional Midheaven and see if it forms
any aspects to the Midheaven, Ascendant, and planets
in the radical chart.
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 THE RADIX SYSTEM

Returning to the example once more, we take the

directional Midheaven in Pisces 3.47. This is in no
aspect to the radical Midheaven, but it is 28' past the
semisextile of the radical Ascendant. At the rate of 5'
a month this was exact six months before the date for
which the directional chart was calculated, or in other
words, six months before November 1928, namely May
1928. No other aspects are within orbs.
2. Repeat the process with the directional Ascendant,
This is Gemini 5.50, and the only direction formed is
the sextile to Mars, which has separated by 45' or 9
months, giving the culminating date as February 1928.
3. Take the Oblique Ascendant and note all aspects to
both radical and directional positions.
This is Cancer 7.41, and forms no aspects in the radical
chart, but it is in square to the directional Mars, which is
noted as " Obi. Asc. square Mars D," the D indicating
that it is the directional position to which the aspect is
formed. In the same way the letter R is used to denote
radical positions. This direction is in force for a long
time, for both points are moving, and there is little to be
gained by estimating the exact date of formation.
4. Take each planet and point in the directional chart
in order and compare it with the radical positions.
This gives us the following list of aspects :—Moon
trine Asc., July 1928 ; Mercury conjunction Fortuna,
October 1929; Venus semisextile Sun, July 1929;
Jupiter sextile Cauda, August 1928; Jupiter trine
Uranus, April 1929; Saturn conjunction Jupiter,
October 1929; Uranus trine Midheaven, December
1928 ; Uranus semisextile Moon, October 1928 ; Nep-
tune conjunction Sun, August 1928; Neptune semi-
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square Cauda. February 1929 ; Cauda opposition Mid-

heaven, August 1929 ; Cauda square Moon, June 1929 ;
and Fortuna semisextile Saturn, June 1928. The
Oblique Fortuna in Libra 26.19 gives no directions. In
the case of directions to the Moon's nodes an aspect is
formed to each simultaneously. I have noted the aspect
to Cauda in the above list because this point is rising and
in a stronger position than Caput.
All the directions obtained after applying the above
rules must now be arranged in chronological order, and
divided into two classes as follows :—

Class 1 Class 2
Obi. Asc. square Jupiter sextile
Mars D 1928- 1929 Cauda Aug. 1928
Asc. sextile Mars Feb. 1928 Neptune semi-
M.C. semisextile square Cauda Feb. 1929
Asc. ... .;. May Jupiter trine Ur-
Fortuna semisex- ranus... April ,,
tile Saturn June Saturn conjunc-
Moon trine Asc. J«iy tion Jupiter ... Oct. ,,
Neptune conjunc-
tion Sun Aug.
Uranus semisex-
tile Moon Oct.
Uranus trine
M.C Dec.
Cauda square
Moon June 1929
Venus semisex-
tile Sun July
Cauda opposition
M.C Aug.
Mercury conjunc-
tion Fortuna... Oct.

Class I contains all the directions formed by and to

the five Significators,. and Class 2, those formed among
the Promittors. The directions involving the Signi-
ficators, the Midheaven, Ascendant, Sun, Moon, and

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Fortuna/arc by far the most important. In fact the

ancient astrologers, and certain modem exponents,
notably Scpharial, would never use directions between
Promittors alone, arguing that all events are shown by the
Significators. There is much to be said in favour of
this view, but at the same time it is undoubtedly a
fact that directions among Promittors alone often supply
useful ]jointers, and it is well worth while to examine
them, provided that they are not accorded undue prom-
inence, and arc employed merely as side-lights.
We now have all the major aspects before us, and are
in a position to sec at a glance whether they are strong
or weak in point of orb. It must be emphasised that the
dates are inserted solclv for this purpose. They do not
imply that the direction will operate in the month
indicated, nor even that the sequence of effects is in the
exact order shown. The time of operation depends
upon minor directions and transits, and while the direc-
tion may at times act at the date of completion, it usually
does so within three or four months either way, generally
earlier.
This series of directions gives us a general survey of
the nature of the influences for the j'ear. The directions
to the Midheaven in any horoscope indicate the influences
affecting the position, honour, and business affairs of the
native, and by a study of these we can predict the
general course of events in relation to that department
of life. The directions of the Ascendant influence bodily
changes, health, and fortunes ; those of the Sun affect
the life, constitution, honour and credit, as well as male
relatives ; those of the Moon, the health, general changes,
domestic affairs, and female relatives ; and those of
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Fortuna, the money and material possessions. Thus we

are able to make a further classification of the influence
in any given year by segregating the directions of each
Significator, and considering them as forming separate
series.
In the present case we are concerned with the indica-
tions of the King's illness rather than in making a survey
of all the influences of the year, as will be done later.
As we have seen, the directions affecting the Ascendant
and Moon indicate bodily happenings, and those of the
Sun the constitution. The danger here is very marked.
The constitution is seriously undermined by the con-
junction of the Sun and Neptune, which falls in Gemini,
the sign ruling the lungs. At the same time the Oblique
Ascendant is in square to Mars, threatening a feverish
illness and operation, the object of which, namely for the
drainage of fluid, being shown by Cancer, a watery sign
and ruler of the breast. Lastly the Moon is also afflicted
by the square of the nodes, indicating illness, so that all
the vital Siguificators are assailed. Fortunately the
Sun was fortified by the scmiscxtile of Venus, ruler of
the radical sixth house, and the constitution was able to
stand the severe strain.
Thus we obtain a general view of the course of events,
but a study of the minor influences is necessary in order
to enable us to fix the critical months and dates.

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 CHAPTER IV

MINOR DIRECTIONS

In their simplest form the minor directions of the

Radix system correspond closely to lunar Secondary
directions. We have seen that the major directions are
formed by the yearly addition of the Sun's mean motion,
by which aspects are formed to the radical positions.
The minor directions are formed in a similar manner by
the yearly addition of the Moon's mean motion, and a
series of aspects is obtained to both radical and direc-
tional positions. It is customary to apply this measure
to the Moon only, and we will confine ourselves to that
method for the present.
The first step is to find from the Table on p. 108 the
minor arc corresponding to the age for which the directions
are required, and add it to the radical position of the Moon.
In the King's horoscope, the age on November 1st,
1928, was, as we have seen, 63y. 4m. 28d. Turning this
into arc, we have :—
O /

63 years gives 3 20 7
4 months gives ... 4 24
28 days gives 59

Total Arc ... 3 25 30

Add Moon's place at birth 614

Moon's place on November 1st, '28 9 26 34

or Capricorn 26° 34'.

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The Moon's minor motion is always 130 11' a year,

which is practically 10 6' a month, so that to find the
Moon's longitude for the first of each succeeding month
it is only necessary to add 1° 6' successively to the posi-
tion calculated as above. In order to adjust the excess
of one minute in the 3'early motion so obtained the
amount added in the sixth month should be 10 5' onl}-
instead of 10 6'.
We can thus draw up a table of the Moon's monthly
position and note against each month the directions
formed with the radical and directional planets. In our
example this will be as follows ;—

Date. Moon Directions.

<0

1—1
J*
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t Nov. 1928
i<

261^34
1 Dec. >> 27 40 □ R, A I+IR, 0 ^D, V i;D
1 Jan. 1929 28 46
1 Feb. >> 29 52 A yD
1 Mar. »i 0=58 vM.C.R, AW, a i^D
1 April ,, 2 4
1 May jj 3 9 -/•rAsc.R, "X-J)D
1 June i 1 4 15 V M.C.D.
1 July >» 5 21 O^ d41 1V
T?
1 Aug. »} 6 27 A Asc.D.
1 Sept. 7 33 a Obi. Asc.
□ ? R, AcJD
00

1 Oct.
U)

t'
We are now in a position to determine the most likely
dates on which the major influences will operate. In
November and December the Moon passes from the
sesquare of the Sun to that of Neptune, stimulating the
major direction Neptune conjunction Sun, and indicating
great danger of illness affecting the lungs due to a chill
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(Moon in Capricorn). It should be noted that this

direction was rendered considerably worse by the Solar
eclipse on the previous birthday anniversary. In order
to refine this prediction it is necessary to look to the
transits during November. On 21st Mercury was in
Scorpio 14 in exact square with the directional Sun, and
on this date the news of the King's illness was announced.
Previous to this Mars had been stationary in Cancer 9,
stimulating the direction between itself and the Oblique
Ascendant. On the 25th, when pleurisy had set in,
Venus was in square to the radical Neptune, and separat-
ing from the ephemeral square to Mars in Cancer 8.
On December qth Mercury opposed the place of the major
direction Neptune conjunction Sun ; Venus came to the
square of the nodes on the 10th, thus affecting the lunar
and major directions to these points ; and Uranus
became stationary on the radical ascendant squared by
Mars on the 12th, Venus being in square to Jupiter in
exact aspect with the directional nodes. This was the
date of the operation for drainage. The critical time
of this operation can be fixed at from 7.10 to 7.25
p.m., or between the passing of the directional Mars
over the fourth cusp and the rising of the radical Mars.
January showed no minor directions, but by transit
Jupiter had entered Taurus, and was in favourable
aspect with the nodes, meeting the sextile of Venus on
the 7th. Uranus still on the ascendant received the
sextile of Mercury on the 16th, and the bulletins became
definitely favourable. In February the Moon aspected
the nodes, bringing out the major square of these points
to the Moon, and their conjunction with the meridian.
This indicated journeys and domestic changes through
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 MINOR DIRECTIONS

the sign Cancer and the fourth house. On the nth

Saturn transited the exact sextile of Caput, and Mercury
the exact trine of the major Neptune-Sun direction.
This brought the journey to Bognor on that day, and
marked the beginning of recovery. The lunar direc-
tions became more reassuring, and in May the sextiles
to the Moon and Ascendant, bringing the similar major
influences into play, indicated the King's return to
Windsor after his recovery.
This completes the exposition of the Radix system in
its simplest form, and I propose now to pass to a de-
scription of the further developments of the system.
The student will find it easier, however, to confine him-
self in the early stages to the method already outlined,
and should thoroughly master that before attempting to
use the additional methods in the following chapters.
Any system of directing, if it is to be of prime import-
ance, must produce an appropriate direction for every
event in life, the small as well as the great. But this
cannot be done without introducing complexities. The
advantage of the Radix system is that it is the only one
which allows of such detailed prediction, and enables
events, either important or trivial, to be predicted to
the day. In order to accomplish this, however, a sys-
tematic method of working is essential, and the beginner
should not attempt at first to use all the resources of the
system. He will probably find it best to proceed some-
what as follows :—
I. Calculate the directional chart, major directions,
and minor directions of the Moon as already explained,
and from these form a forecast for the year month by
month. Pay chief attention to the directions of the

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Significators, and look to the directions among the Pro-

mittors only for detail and confirmation.
2. After having thoroughly mastered this process,
apply the additional methods described in the following
chapters, using only directions to and from the Significa-
tors, and by this means enlarge upon and refine the
monthly predictions, finally focussing them to the actual
day by the help of transits. The exact method of using
transits is not dealt witli here, but forms the subject of
a later volume in this series.
3. If extreme accuracy is required, the time of day on
which the effect may be expected should be ascertained
by a consideration of the rising and culminating of the
places affected by direction and transit. ■

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 CHAPTER V

AN EXAMPLE READING

Before passing on to a study of the deeper ramifica-

tions of the Radix system the beginner may appreciate
a brief example of the methods to be adopted in prepar-
ing a yearly forecast by the general rules already ex-

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plained. For this purpose I propose to use an imaginary

horoscope rather than a well-known one. This has
the advantage of enabling predictions to be made without
the need of considering the feelings of the native, as
would be the case were the horoscope that of a celeb-
rity ; and as I am exemplifying methods rather than
results, it is not necessary to know any details of the
native's life.
We will therefore take the horoscope of a man bom at
London on July 21st, 1892, at 6 p.m., and prepare a
forecast for a month or two of the year 1931. The
radical horoscope is as in Fig, 3.

The major arc is found as follows :—

y m d
Date for directional chart ... 1931 1 1
Subtract birth dote 1892 7 21

Age 38 5 10

38 years give 37 27
5 months give ... ... ... ... 25
10 days give ... ... ... 2

Major Arc • 37 54

Applying this to all the cusps and planets we obtain

the directional chart as in Fig. 4.

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 AN EXAMPLE READING

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The major directions in operation will be found to he

as follows :—

Class 1 Class 2
Obi. Asc. Square
Nodes Sept., 1930
Jupiter quincunx Mars semisex-
M.C Mar., 1931 tile Jupiter Aug., 1931
M.C, opposition Uranus opp.
Neptune ... July, 1931 Neptune Aug., 1931
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For the minor directions of the Moon, we have

• o '
38 years give 4 20 42
5 months give 5 29
10 days give 21

Minor Arc 4 26 32
Add Moon at birth 3 o 49

Moon on January 1st 1931 ... 7 27 21

or Scorpio 27.21.

From this the following table of minor directions is

constructed.

1931. Moon. Directions.

I Jan. 2711121
1 Feb. 28 27 6 ©R, A®R
1 Mar. 29 33
1 April
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of 39
1 May 1 45 M.C.R. v. ^RJCp2|D
1 June 2 50 ■*£D
1 July 3 56 0 m ^hD
1 Aug. 5 2 -)f Asc. D.
1 Sept. 6 8
1 Oct. 7 14 v@D, DSD
1 Nov. 8 20 0 2J.R
1 Dec. 9 26 A})D
This completes the calculation, and we are now in a
position to interpret the directions so found. The first
step is to obtain an idea of the general nature of the year
from the major directions.
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The Oblique Ascendant is separating from a square of

the Nodes, which occupy the 4th and 10th houses of the
radical horoscope. This indicates a certain amount of
illness through blood, throat, or internal disorders (fixed
signs), and also trouble and dislocation in business and
domestic matters (10th and 4th houses). The finances
will be adversely affected (•bl. Asc. in radical 2nd),
possibly through a death (Scorpio) and a journey, or a
change of residence may follow (nodes in 4th).
The quincunx of Jupiter to the midheaven is thrown
from Gemini and the radical 5th house, and is supported
by the less important direction of Mars to the semisextile
of Jupiter. This points to business expenditure of a
rather speculative nature (5th), and also some slight
neglect of business through a joumey (Gemini) for
pleasure (5th), probably a holiday. It is, of course, an
unimportant influence. Finally we have the opposition of
the midheaven to Neptune, which is a serious affliction.
This denotes a death in the domestic circle (4th and
Cancer), and a considerable disorganisation of affairs.
There is danger of serious business troubles owing to the
treachery (Neptune) of an employee (Neptune on 6th
cusp), and other business losses. The presence of the
direction of Uranus to the opposition of Neptune points
to a business smash or catastrophe, and consequent
disgrace or illness. Thus we can picture a year of de-
pressed circumstances, lightening a little with a pleasant
holiday, but reverting to an even worse condition of
trouble and chaos.
Having made a cursory examination of the major
influences for the year in some such style as this, the next
step is to take each month and consider the directions in
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greater detail. Throughout this process the nature

of the major indications must be constantly borne in
mind, for in a case such as this where the major influences
show depression no important effect can be expected from
good lunar directions, and any benefits the latter may
bring will be only small or temporary.
The months should be treated after the following
manner.
January. There are no lunar directions in operation,
and we must therefore look to other influences. Mars
transits the directional Moon on the 23rd. Venus
goes over the directional midheaven on the 17th, and is
trined by Mars. The previous New Moon of December
20th, 1930, falls in Sagittarius 27 on the ascendant. The
latter influence makes for personal activity, and indi-
cates a month of energy and action, which is increased
by the transit of Mars over the Moon. Financial nego-
tiations with others (radical Mars in 2nd transiting 8th
and 7th) will occupy a great part of the energies, and this
will culminate on the 17th, for Venus, radically in the
7th and signifying business associates, and ruling the
9th, contracts, transits the midheaven in trine to Mars.
Therefore we should judge an active business month in
which a contract would be carried through on the 17th
after some difficulty (Mars and Mercury retrograde). A
provisional payment would be received (Mars in 2nd),
and the transaction would conclude with a dinner or
some such festivity (Venus rules 5th). At the same time
danger is threatened later out of this matter, for the
transit falls on the direction Midheaven opposition
Neptune, which is due to operate in the summer.
February. This month also shows good financial and
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business prospects through the lunar conjunction with

Fortuna and trine to the Sun, though the major direc-
tions prevent anything of much importance. The solar
direction involves the nth and yth houses, and indicates
a business agreement with a friend, and the receipt of a
debt through the Sun's rulership over the 8th. Business
prospects will be somewhat improved by a death (Sth
and Scorpio), possibly of the son of a business rival
(Fortuna and Moon in 5th and 7th). The 10th is an
important day in regard to the business agreement, for
Mercury is in sextile to the Moon and Fortuna, and
opposes the Sun. The death is to be expected on the
18th under the transits of Mars and the Sun.
This is the general method to be adopted in all cases.
These notes do not profess to exhaust either the indica-
tions or their interpretation, and no attempt has been
made to use transits in detail. One other illustration
may be given, and this is in regard to the timing of the
major Neptunian direction.
On looking down the list of lunar aspects we imme-
diately note that the Moon comes to the sesquare of
Neptune in July, which at once serves to narrow the
enquiry down to a single month. The first beginnings
will be felt at the very end of June, for Mars transits
the square of the place of Neptune at that time, but a
glance down the Ephemeris for July at once shows us the
date on which the chief effects will manifest themselves.
On the 25th the Sun and Jupiter are conjoined in square
to the radical midheaven ; Uranus is stationary in square
to the directional Neptune ; Saturn and Venus are in
opposition on the place of the directional Neptune ;
and the Moon is passing the opposition of the radical
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Neptune. On looking at the Tables of Houses we see

that the directional Neptune is on the midheaven with a
Sidereal Time of about yh. 20m., the ascendant being also
within orbs of the square of the same point. From this
time until Sidereal Time yh. 48m. will mark the intensity
of the effect, for at the latter time the midheaven is in
sesquare to the radical Neptune, and the ascendant
squares the directional place of that planet. The
Sidereal Times can be turned into mean time by finding
the difference between them and the Sidereal Time at
noon, which on July 25th is 8h. gm. The first Sidereal
Time, yh. 20m., is qgm. earlier than noon; and the second,
yh. 48m., is 21m. earlier ; so that we can say that the chief
effect of Midheaven opposition Neptune will be exerted'
between n.ix and 11.29 a rn- on July 25th, 1931- Thus
it is possible by passing from major to minor causes, and
so narrowing down the influences, to predict not only
the actual date of an event, but even the time of day on
which it may be expected.
This is the microscopic view of directional influences,
and it is sometimes important to examine the general
trend of the life, or of a particular department of it.
This is done by collecting together iii chronological
order all the directions to the particular significator
concerned and considering their consecutive effect.
Thus suppose we wish to follow the Solar department of
life. The Sun forms the scxtile to Uranus in 1926 and
its next aspect is the square of Neptune in 1934. This
means that business and other Solar matters would retain
the effect of the Uranian scxtile until 1930, which is the
mid-point between the two opposite influences, and would
then begin gradually to decline under the approaching
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square to Neptune. Thus we should expect a period of

great advancement in 1926, and a prosperous level until
1930, when influences tending to decline would begin and
affairs would drop steadily culminating in loss, trouble
and chaos in 1934 or earlier. The importance of a
general view of this kind is exemplified in the present
case, for we see that the opposition of the midheaven to
Neptune falls at a critical period of the native's life, and
will therefore operate with great intensity. Had the
Sun been passing from the sextile of Uranus to, say, the
sextile of Jupiter, the effect would have been of less
seriousness, at least in regard to business and Solar
concerns, and would have operated more strongly along
other lines—possibly domestic, if the Moon or Ascendant
afforded less resistance.
The same general process should be applied to all the
bodies so as to obtain a broad idea of the trend of each
department of life, as indicated by their general natures
and the particular places they occupy and things the}'
stand for in the radical horoscope. Thus by a study of
the broad periods of life and the long fluctuations in the
affairs of each department, are we enabled to judge of the
power and effect of the annual and monthly directions
with accuracy, and so can apply the microscopic method
with certainty and success.

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 CHAPTER VI

CUSPAL DIRECTION'S

During the investigation of the developments of the

Radix system I have found that a very striking series of
directions is furnished by the cusps of the radical and
directional houses. This discovery is of some import-
ance apart from its usefulness in prediction, because it
settles in a practical manner the vexed question of house-
division. Experiments along these lines show that the
Placidean cusps as given in the usual Tables of Houses
are the only ones that furnish appropriate directions and
respond to transits. The reason that this has hitherto
remained unnoticed is that only by the Radix motion
can such directions be formed. That is to say, the
annual major increment must be applied directly to each
cusp, as explained in Chapter II, and not merely used to
obtain a directional midheaven from which the other
cusps are extracted from the Tables. Objections have
been put forward to this method of applying the arc to
each cusp on the ground that the resulting chart is not
astronomically correct, but such objections are not of
great weight. The Radix system is a purely symbolic
one. just as every system of directing is symbolic in part.
In the calculation of the horoscope of birth we are con-
cerned with astronomical facts and figures, and the result
is an accurate astronomical representation of the heavens
at that moment. But as soon as this is finished we
depart at once into the realms of symbolism. The power,
importance, and duration of the birth horoscope are
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not fully realised at the present day. There is a mean*

ing underlying the number of degrees in each house and
the length of the arcs between the angles which persists
throughout life. The arrangement of the cusps and
houses in the birth horoscope is a matter as peculiar to
the native as the disposition of the planets, and any
alteration of this by a so-called progression of the mid-
heaven and an automatic rearrangement of the other
cusps is inadmissable by the theory of the Radix system.
It may be argued that the importance of the Oblique
Ascendant disposes of this view, but there is actually
quite a different reason for this which it is beyond the
scope of the present book to explain.
Cuspal directions are farmed between the directional
planets and cusps and the radical cusps, and afford a
valuable aid to the interpretation of the major influences
in force. They have the same orb as the major direc-
tions, and are calculated from the directional chart in
exactly the same way. The best method of computing
them is as follows :—
x. Take the cusps of the nth, 12th, 2nd, and 3rd
houses of the directional chart in order, and compare
each with the radical cusps and planets. The mid-
heaven and ascendant have already been examined and
there is no need to repeat the process, but it should be
noted whether they form an}7 aspect to an}7 other cusp.
2. Take the directional planets one by one and com-
pare them with the radical cusps.
An aspect to one cusp will necessarily be an aspect to
the opposite one, and this must be borne in mind in
interpretation. The effect of the cusps in directions is as
follows :—
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uth. Directions to this cusp affect friends, associates,

hopes, love affairs, pleasure, and children.
12th. The health, illness, affliction, confinement, sor-
row, restraint, work, servants, and physical comforts.
2nd. Money, legacies, death.
3nf. Journeys, relatives, the mind, and intellectual
achievements.
If a planet comes to the conjunction of a cusp the
effect will be chiefly that of the actual house itself.
Thus a conjunction with the 8th cusp will cause a death
rather than affect financial matters ; the 6th will pro-
duce an illness rather than restraint ; but there will
always be a tendency for the effect to partake of the
nature of both houses. The house position and rulership
in the radical horoscope ot the aspccting planet will
denote the matters involved. Thus a planet in the 5th,
or the ruler of that house, coming to the 8th cusp would
probably denote the death of a child or lover. When two
cusps aspect each other the effect is to combine their
affairs either favourably or the reverse according to the
aspect, and, in the case of a conjunction, according to
their radical relation to each other by square, trine, or
other aspect. Thus the 1st cusp coming to the place of
the radical 2nd often indicates financial gain (2nd) to
the native (1st), usually by his own efforts,; midheaven
opposition ascendant often puts an end to the profes-
sional activities ; and so on.
Notice must also be taken of the minor directions of the
Moon to the radical and directional cusps, and of transits,
which are especially strong when made to the cusps of
the directional chart.
Returning to the King's horoscope once more, the
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following were the chief cuspal directions operating at

the period of his illness.
Sun conjunction 6th March 1928
3rd semisquare Moon March 1929
3rd sesquare midheaven ... May ,,
Neptune conjunction 3rd ... May ,,
Midheaven semisquare nth ... August,,
Minor Moon sesquare 3rd R. ... Dec. 1928
Here the Sun conjunction 6th is a clear indication of
illness, and blends Gemini, the lungs, with Leo, the heart,
the parts in greatest danger. On the day on which the
illness was first announced, November 21st, Mercury was
in exact square with the radical 6th cusp. The 3rd
cusp afflictions are also very appropriate, for this house
rules the lungs, while the lunar semisquare denotes the
journey, and the affliction to the midheaven shows the
disturbance to' the King's public and state engagements.
The journey to Bognor on February nth shows Mercury
in trine to the radical 3rd, and Jupiter in trine to the
directional midheaven ; while the return on May 16th
shows Mercury separating from the trine of the direc-
tional 3rd. The semisquare of the midheaven to the
nth cusp denoted the change of Government and General
Election of May 30th, and was stimulated on the 28th
by Mercury becoming stationary in Gemini 22 in exact
square to the directional nth cusp.
The general nature of events can usually be deter-
mined by a study of cuspal directions alone, and they add
four more Significators to the list. In addition to their
value as an aid to prediction, however, there is another
important use to which they can be put, and that is in
regard to rectification. An accurate or properly rectified
 THE RADIX SYSTEM

horoscope should yield cuspal directions for all the main

events of life, and the rapid calculation of a few cuspal
directions will quickly serve to fix the cusps in an
approximate horoscope.
The use of cuspal directions is not resrricted to the
direct chart only, bur is equally serviceable in connection
with the converse method of directing to be described
later. As a general example of the efficacy of cuspal
directions, it will be of interest to run over a few of the
events in the life of King George, and see what aspects
the cusps were forming at the time they occurred.
1. Entered Navy, June 5th, 1877. Arc 11° 50'. 9th
sextile Saturn, ruler of 10th (occupation). Moon sex-
tile 9th.
2. Typhoid, 1891. Arc about 25.38. Saturn con-
junction 8th (Scorpio). 6th semisquare Saturn.
3. Brother died, January 1892. Arc 26.12. 3rd
square Neptune. Moon sesquare 3rd. Saturn sep.
conjunction 8th.
4. Marriage, July 6th, 1893. Arc. 27.41. 7th sex-
tile M.C.
5. Queen Victoria died, January 23rd, 1901. Arc
35.7. Midhcaven opposition Mars. Uranus trine
ascendant. 8th sextile Saturn. The last two directions
show the extra responsibility involved by the Queen's
death.
6. Voyage, 1901. Arc 36.28. gth trine Mercury.
7. Journey to India, 1905. Arc 39.26. Saturn,
ruler of India, trine ascendant.
8. Journey to Canada, 1908. Arc 42.23. Moon, ruler
of Canada, semi-sextile 9th. 9th semisextile Jupiter.
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g. King Edward died, May 6th, 1910. Arc 44.17.

8th square ascendant. Midheaven opposition 6th.
10. War began, August 4th, 1914. Arc 48.28. 6th
opposition ascendant. Saturn conjunction 9th (foreign
affairs). Midheaven square 8th.
11. War ended, November nth, 1918. Arc 52.40.
Venus conjunction 4th,
12. Prince John died, January iSth, 1919. Arc
52.50. 5th (children) square Sun.
These examples will be sufficient to indicate the use of
cuspal directions, not only as an aid to prediction, but
also as a facile means of rectification.

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 CHAPTER VII

THE MINOR DIRECTIONAL CHART

The theory of the minor directional chart is closely in

line with that of the major chart. We have seen that to
form the major directions we add an annual arc of
59' 8" to each of the radical planets and cusps, this
amount being the mean daily motion of the Sun. To
form the minor directions we add 130 11' annually to the
Moon, this being the Moon's mean daily motion. But in
the former case we add the solar arc to all the positions,
and it is somewhat surprising that no exponent has
hitherto adopted the same principle and applied the
lunar arc to all the positions also instead of only to the
Moon, for by so doing we obtain a chart and directional
positions for each month which afford a valuable series
of directions to and from the other significators as well.
This discovery fills up the blanks that occur from time to
time in the lunar directions, and furnishes significant minor
directions that serve to stimulate the major influences.
The method of calculation is exactly similar to that
used when drawing up the major chart, but the motion of
130 11' a year is substituted for that of 59'.
Applying this principle to the King's horoscope, we
will work out the minor chart for the period of illness in
November 1928. When calculating the lunar directions
in Chapter IV we found that the minorarc for the King's
age at this time was 3s 250 30'. This amount has there-
fore to be added to the cusps and planets in order to
obtain the minor directional chart.
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Radical midheaven 9 1 16
Add minor arc ... 3 25 30

Minor M.C. November 1st, 1928 ... o 26 46

that is, Aries 26.46.

The continuation of this process gives us the following
positions :—
roth—26.46 Aries Asc.—28,49 Cancer. Obi. Asc.
nth—15.5 Taurus 14.19 Leo
12th—9.47 Gemini 2nd—15.2 Virgo
3rd—8.42 Libra
Sun—7.56 Libra Saturn—19.36 Aquarius
Moon—26.34 Capricorn Uranus—24.7 Libra
Mercury—13.59 Virgo Neptune—5.40 Leo
Venus—4.-42 Virgo Caput—23.28 Aquarius
Mars—1.5 Sagittarius Fortuna—17.27 Scorpio
Jupiter—21.10 Aries Obi. Fortuna—2.57 Sagit-
tarius
It must be remembered that each of these positions
progresses at the rate of 10 6' a month, or 130 n' a year,
so that we must make a table for each just as we did in
the case of the Moon's minor directions, and note the
aspects formed to the radical and major directional
positions month by month. It is better to note only the
directions to and from the Significators, in order to avoid
the confusion attendant upon too many aspects, and to
pay attention only to those which involve the major
influences. The reader may have wondered why the
major direction of the Oblique Ascendant to the square
of the directional Mars operated so strongly in November
when it was not stimulated by direction but only by
transit. A glance at the above positions immediately
explains this, for we see that in November the minor
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Sun was in Libra 7.56, and therefore formed the exact

conjunction of Mars during that month. In February
the Sun had progressed to 11.14 Libra where it was in
opposition to Neptune radical and square the directional
Ventis. This brought the journey to the sea-side and the
domestic changes shown by Venus in Cancer and the
4th house of the radical figure. In March the Sun came
to Libra 12.20 and formed the trine to the place of the
major direction Neptune conjunction Sun. This marked
the turn, and strengthened the favourable lunar direc-
tions at that time. Finally in May it had passed to the
scxtilc of its own major place, and the scxtile of the
directional 6th cusp.
The midheavcn gives us another series of directions,
and its sextile to the directional Jupiter in January
denoted the more hopeful feeling of the doctors. It
passed to trine Uranus in March, and sextile its own
directional place in May when the General Election took
place.
The Oblique Ascendant came to the conjunction of the
directional Sun in December. The monthly positions
of this point cannot be obtained by adding 1° 6' succes-
sively as in the case of the others, for its motion is not
regular and is controlled by the midheaven. The
minor directional midheaven for November 1st, 1928,
is Aries 26.46, and its longitude for November 1st, 1929,
found by adding a further 130 11', is Taurus 9.57. The
former shows an ascendant of Leo 14.19 in the Tables
of Houses for London, and the latter an ascendant of
Leo 22.30. Therefore the motion of the Oblique
ascendant is 8° 11' during this particular year, and this
when divided by 12 gives a monthly increment of 41'.
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When the minor directions of the Significators have

been ascertained, it remains to note those formed by the
other planets to the places of the Significators in the
radical and directional figures, and finally to study the
transits affecting them in order to time the event to the
exact day.
It must be emphasised that all minor directions are
quite subsidiary to the major ones, and on no account
must undue prominence be given to them. They must
always be interpreted in the light of any major aspects
that may exist to the planets affected. Thus in February
1929, when the King's journey to Bognor was made, the
minor Sun formed the square of the directional Venus.
This would not appear to be favourable at first sight,
but actually the minor aspect served to stimulate the
major direction Venus semisextile Sun, and therefore its
operation was in terms of the latter. The immediate
effect of the square was probably noticeable at the time
in the discomfort and disorganisation which the journey
must have entailed, but the important point is that its
ultimate effect was beneficial in accordance with the
major direction of Venus at the time. We may think
of a major direction as a charge of gunpowder, and the
minor direction as the fuse which explodes it. The fuse
may be faulty or it may be good, but in either case the
ultimate effect is the same.
Taken by themselves these minor directions give us
several distinct series of influences according to the
Signiflcator directed. The lunar scries, which has
hitherto been employed alone, strictly refers to the
general condition's of life and the environment, for that
is the department of life of which the Moon is Significator.

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So each Significator affects its own class of affairs ; the

minor directions of the midheaven, for example, apply
more particularly to professional matters and business
than to other departments, and should be interpreted
with that in mind. Thus in the example, they will be
found to indicate the course of political and state affairs,
and have only an indirect bearing upon the illness. But
at the same time, a minor direction from any planet is
sufficient to stimulate a major direction, and in addition
to this, the minor directions of any planet which is also
forming a major direction at the time are of greatly
increased power, and should be very carefully examined.

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PARALLELS AND MID-POINTS

As in Primary directing, the parallels employed in the

Radix system are of two kinds, namely Mundane and
Zodiacal. A Mundane Parallel is fonned between two
planets when they are equidistant from an angle, while a
Zodiacal Parallel is formed when they are both equal in
declination. The latter are of less importance and may
be considered first.

ZODIACAL PARALLELS

One planet fonns a Zodiacal Parallel with another when

it arrives at the declination held by the latter at birth.
This may be of the same name or of opposite names ;
that is, when the parallel is formed both planets may be
in North declination, both in South declination, or one in
North declination and the other in South, but this does
not affect the existence of the aspect, though it probably
has some influence on the nature of the effect.
The Zodiacal Parallel really belongs to the Secondary
system of directing, and has not been applied to the
Radix system with any great degree of success. The
method originally advocated is to find from Tables the
declination of the zodiacal degree occupied by the
directional planet, and note if it fonns any exact parallel
with a radical body. In the case of the Midheaven,
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Ascendant, and Sun the declination so obtained is

correct, but unless a planet is without latitude its Own
declination will dhfer from that of the degree in which it
is situated. Thus we start with the declinations of the
actual planetary bodies in the birth horoscope, but we
assume that the planets after birth lose their latitude and
take on the declination of the degrees they occupy.
This is an entirely illogical procedure, and it is not
improved by making the planet retain its radical latitude
after birth and calculating the declination on this assump-
tion, as has been suggested. A more logical procedure
would be to use the radical declinations of the degrees
held by the planets instead of their own bodily declina-
tions, but this does not appear to be at all satisfactory
in practice. Another method which suggests itself is to
use the Sun's mean daily motion in declination, 15' 22",
as a basis for progression, but this again is not well sup-
ported by events. Many other methods have been
tried, even including the Hindu Kranti, but it is clear
that if Zodiacal Parallels are to be retained as an integral
part of the system, it will be necessary to discover some
more generally satisfactory method of calculating them.
Meanwhile in spite of the many theoretical objections,
the original method furnishes the best results. The
student may, however, safely ignore Zodiacal Parallels,
for in the Radix system it is very rarely, if ever, the case
that an event indicated by a direction of this class is not
quite adequately accounted for in other ways.

MUNDANE PARALLELS

Mundane Parallels are in an entirely different category

from Zodiacal Parallels, both in regard to their method
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of formation and their importance. A Mundane Parallel
is formed when two planets are at equal distances on'
each side of one of the angles. Thus suppose the Sun
is in Aries 10, the Midheaven is in Gemini 10, and the
Moon is in Leo 10. The Sun will be in Mundane Parallel
with the Moon because they are both exactly 60° on
each side of the meridian. Such a position can be
formed across either the meridian or horizon, but it is
usual to assume that the aspect is formed across the
meridian unless it is specified as a Horizontal Parallel.
There are several main ways in which such a direction
can be formed, depending upon whether we consider one
of the planets as fixed or both as moving.
1. Mundane Parallel. In the first case one planet is
taken as at a fixed distance from an angle and the other
planet is moved up on the other side of the angle until
it comes to a distance equal to that of the fixed planet.
Thus in the King's horoscope Fortuna is 20° 41' West of
the lower meridian. We may consider this to be a fixed
distance, and direct, say, Venus to the parallel of Fortuna
by bringing it down to a distance of 20° 41' East of the
same meridian. The point 20° 41' East falls in longitude
Gemini 10° 35', and Venus in Taurus 90 12' reaches it
after moving 310 23', corresponding in time to 31 years
10 months, or April 1897, which measures exactly to the
birth of Princess Mary. This is the ordinary direct
Mundane Parallel, and would be written Venus P
Fortuna. Had the aspect been formed across the horizon
the letters HP would have been used instead of P alone.
2. Converse Mundane Parallels. Another variety of
the same kind of parallel is formed by converse motion,
and is as strong in operation as the former. In this case

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consider one planet as fixed and bring the other to

the equivalent distance by backward or converse motion.
Thus the King's Sun is 180 50' East of the lower meridian,
and Mars is 340 ig' West of the same point. We can
bring Mars back so that it forms a converse Mundane
Parallel with the Sun after it has moved to a position
180 50' West of the lower meridian, to do which it has to
move a distance of 150 29', measuring in time to the
period of the Zulu War. This is written Mars P Sun
con.
3. Rapt Parallels. The third variety is that of the
Mid-point, which corresponds to the Rapt Parallels of
the Primary system, and for which the name may be
retained. When one of the angles comes to the midway
point between two planets, the effect is to cause a parallel
between them. Thus in the King's horoscope, Virgo
3.19 is the midway point between Mars in Leo 5.35 and
the Moon in Libra 1.4. The midheavcn came to Pisces
3.19 after moving 62° 3', thus forming the direction Moon
R P Mars across the lower meridian, the arc measuring
to 1928. These directions are, of course, equally power-
ful when formed across the horizon, or when formed by
the converse motion of the angles. We shall return to
the Mid-point later.
4. Quadrate Parallels. So far we have considered only
parallels in which the bodies were on either side of a
single angle, but no exponent has hitherto pointed out
that when planets are equidistant from different angles
they still form a powerful parallel. In the example
Neptune is 6° 51' below the Ascendant, and any planet
coming to a distance of 6° 51' from any angle will form
a parallel to it. Thus the Sun will first form the Quad-
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rate Parallel of Neptune when it is 6" 51' East of the
fourth cusp. This is reached after the Sun has moved
II0 59', and measures to August 1877. From this point
we may think of the Sun as passing on and forming a
second Quadrate Parallel to Neptune when it has crossed
the meridian and reached Cancer S.7, the point 6° 51'
West of the fourth cusp. This is a distance of 250 41',
and measures to June 1S91. Under the first Quadrate
Parallel King George joined the Navy, and under the
second he left it, after an attack of typhoid fever in 1S91,
and the death of his brother in Januarj' 1S92.
This completes all the possible major parallels. These
directions are of very great power and importance, and
it is a matter for regret that they are somewhat com-
plicated to use in practice and easily overlooked. The
only way to be sure of covering them all is to adopt a
systematic method as follows ;—
1. Measure the distance of each planet in the radical
horoscope from the angles on each side of it, and make a
table of them. Then in the directional chart note the
distance of all the bodies from the radical angles and
compare with the table in order to sec if any direct
meridian or horizontal parallels or Quadrate Parallels
are formed.
The same process applied to the planets in the con-
verse directional chart will discover the converse paral-
lels of these classes.
2. Make a list of the Mid-points between all the radi-
cal planets, and note when the directional and converse
directional angles come to any of these points. This
gives the Rapt Parallels in operation at the time.
So far we have dealt only.with Major parallels, but it
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is obvious that the same methods apply in the case of

the Minor motion of the Moon and planets. We will
consider the Moon only, for the sake of simplicity, but
the remarks apply to all the other bodies when moving
at the minor rate. The Moon will form parallels from
month to month with the radical planets across the
radical angles, and also to the directional planets
across the directional angles. The latter are of less
importance, but there is a special kind of parallel formed
by minor motion which is. of particular value. This is
the Directional Parallel, and it is formed by the minor
Moon, the directional angles, and the radical planets.
To calculate these note the distance of each of the radical
planets from the directional angles, and then see in
which months the Moon by minor motion comes to the
same distances from the directional angles. The direc-
tional Midheaven for 1928-1929 in the King's horoscope
was Pisces 4, and the minor Moon was moving from
Capricorn 27 to Aquarius 9. That is, it was passing
from a distance of 370 from the directional Midheaven
to a distance of 250 from it. The radical Neptune in
Aries 10.10 was 36° 23' from the directional Midheaven,
so that the Moon was in Directional Parallel to it when
in Capricorn 27.24. This was in November 1928, and
helped to stimulate the major direction of Neptune
conjunction Sun.

MID-POINTS

We have seen that parallels are formed when the

angles come to the mid-points between the planets, but
in addition to this the effect of any two planets is brought
out when another body comes to the mid-point between
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them. Thus the raid-point between the Moon and Uranus

in the King's radical horoscope falls in Leo 14.50. The
directional Sun came to this point in September 1928
and stimulated the radical square between the Moon
and Uranus. The influence of this evil aspect was
therefore focussed for the time being through the Sun,
and affected the constitution. At the same time the
directional Ascendant was near the mid-point between
the radical Ascendant and Mars in Gemini 4.27, focussing
the influence of Mars on to the Ascendant and affecting
the body and conditions through a feverish illness.
The importance of mid-points has been realised only
within the last few years, and there is still much to be
discovered concerning them. It is probable that aspects
from the luminaries and planets to the mid-points will
prove to be of considerable importance, and the student
is advised to make a list of all the mid-points in his
horoscope and keep them under constant observation.
The interpretation of Mundane Parallels follows the
ordinary rules. The effect is similar to that of a con-
junction between the bodies concerned, and therefore
varies in nature according to the planets involved. In
the case of mid-points the effect is like a conjunction of
the two planets, exerted through the planet occupying
the mid-point. The latter is affected according to the
combined influence of the two planets, and the depart-
ment of life which feels the chief effect is that signified
by it. Thus the greatest regard should be paid to the
mid-points between the Significators, or to those direc-
tions in which one of the Significators is the focussing
body.

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CONVERSE DIRECTIONS

Converse directions are fonned by the backward

motion of the planets, and are of very considerable
importance. The method of calculating the converse
chart is exactly similar to that used in calculating the
ordinary directional chart, but instead of adding the arc
for the age to the planets and cusps it is necessary to
subtract it. We found that the arc for the King's age
on November ist, 1928, was 62° 31', and by the addition
of this amount to all the planets and cusps we arrived at
the major directional chart. In order to calculate the
major converse chart for this date we must subtract
62° 31' throughout, and by so doing we obtain the result
shown in Fig. 5.
Now it is of no use to compare this chart with the
radical horoscope, because it would show exactly the
same directions as does the ordinary directional chart.
To direct Neptune forward to a conjunction with the
Sun, for example, is exactly the same as directing the Sun
backwards to the conjunction of Neptune. The direc-
tions to be noted are those formed between the converse
and directional charts. Therefore we have the following
rules :—
I. Subtract the major arc from all planets and cusps
in the radical horoscope to obtain, the converse direc-
tional chart. Insert the converse Oblique Ascendant
corresponding to the converse midheaven from the
Tables of Houses.

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2. Compare the converse positions so obtained with

the ordinary directional chart {not the radical horoscope),
and note the major directions so formed. Only the
Oblique Ascendant and the Oblique Fortuna may be
compared with the birth horoscope.

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An examination of the directions formed from the

direct to the converse charts in our example yields the
following results :—
Moon opposition Mars C XepUmc scmisquarc Moon C
Mars opposition Sun C M.C, square Mars C
Jupiter trine M.C. C OW. Asc. square Sun C
Neptune conjunction 6th C
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This is a very striking series of directions. The three

martial arcs clearly indicate a feverish illness and opera-
tion ; the Neptunian directions point to confinement and
a journey to the sea ; while Jupiter trine midheaven
gives excellent medical aid, and is a strong factor for
recovery. The interpretation of these combined direc-
tions should be made with reference to the houses in
which they fall in the radical horoscope. Thus the
opposition of Mars and the Sun falls in Aries-Libra 9,
or across the radical horizon. Neptune semisquare
Moon falls in the radical 3rd and 5th houses, and so on.
The opposition of Mars and the Sun falls in square to the
direct Oblique Ascendant, and therefore shares the
stimulation during November caused by Mars becoming
stationary in Cancer 9, and also that of the minor direc-
tions in operation at that time. On November 25th,
when pleurisy set in, the Sun was in Sagittarius 3, and
therefore exactly on the place of Moon opposition Mars C
which threatened the lungs.
Thus the major converse directions are calculated
and judged in a manner exactly similar to the method
we have used when dealing with the ordinary major
directions.
The next step is to calculate the minor directions of
the Moon, and of the other planets also if desired. For
the sake of simplicity we will consider the lunar direc-
tions only.
The minor arc for November 1st, 1928, was found
to be 3s 250 30', and for the converse minor directions
we must subtract this from the Moon's place at birth,
thus :

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• • »
Moon at birth 6 I 4
Subtract arc ... 3 25 30

Con. Moon, November 1st, 1928 ... 2 5 34

or Gemini 5.34.

All the planets are considered to be moving backwards,

and therefore the Moon by minor motion will recede
1° 6' a month, so that our table will be as follows :—
Con.
Date Moon. Directions.
1 Nov. 1928 5n34
1 Dec. it 4 28 □ M.C. D.^D
1 Jan. 1929 3 22 Asc. R, 6c?C.
1 Feb. »> 2 16 □ WD
1 Mar. »> 1 10 A ])R
1 April it 0 5
1 May tt 28^59 v ^ R, c\2i D,
1 June i t 27 53 Z. ? D
1 July tt 26 47
1 Aug. tt 25 41 A W R
1 Sept. it 24 35
1 Oct. it 23 29 A ® C.

The lunar aspects are to be taken to the planets in the

radical, directional, and converse directional charts and
interpreted in relation to the radical chart as in the case
of the major directions.
The minor directions .of the other planets may also be
examined, but in practice it is best to restrict this to
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those planets actually involved in major directions at
the time. Thus in this case Mars is prominent among the
major directions, and a study of its direct and converse
minor aspects will throw light upon the dates of operation
of the more important influences. By converse minor
motion Mars was in Aries 10.5 on November 1st, 1928,
and therefore came to the conjunction of the Sun con-
verse in that month, thus timing the operation of the
major direction between these bodies. It came to the
opposition of its own directional place in December,
stimulating the direction Obi. Asc. square Mars ; and
the transit of Mars in square to the radical ascendant on
the 12th timed the operation for that day. The illness
was indicated conversely entirely by Mars, and therefore
it lasted from the time Mars by minor motion joined the
converse Sun until it passed conversely to the radical
ascendant in May, after which it passed into obscurity
in the 12th house.

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SOME FINAL HINTS

This concludes my exposition of the lesser known

developments of the Radix system, though there are
doubtless many still undiscovered pathways. I have
purposely kept entirely to the Radix system itself, using
only the minor motion of the planets together with
transits to time events with precision. There are other
methods of extreme utility, but they do not form an
integral part of the system under review and will be
described elsewhere, for the present work is intended to
form a comprehensive and self-contained treatise upon
the Radix sj-stem alone without the confusion of issm
attendant upon the introduction of extraneous method-
no matter how valuable they may be.
A few more words as to the application of the princi-
ples I have outlined will j\ot be amiss. It will be found
that a conscientious and methodical study of the different
classes of directions described will account for every
event in the native's life—a claim that can be put for-
ward for no other sj-stem—and will enable the student to
time the event to the day, and if he cares to take the
trouble, to the very hour and minute. The method of
accomplishing the latter feat has been briefly indicated
in the judgment of an example horoscope, but will be
found in fuller detail in the volume on Transits. At the
same time, the beginner is strongly advised to proceed
cautiously lest he become entangled in a maze of con-
flicting directions. It is essential for him to master

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each step before going further, and in the early stages he

should limit himself to the simple system described in
Chapters II, III, and IV. When he is perfectly familiar
with the calculation and interpretation up to this point
he mly gradually take the further methods into account,
but especially in the case of the minor directions he will
be well advised to ignore directions among Promittors
alone.
The interpretation of all directions must be made with
reference to the radical horoscope, and to the houses of
the radix into which the planets have moved by direct
or converse motion. The effect of any direction is
regulated by
(1) The nature of the component planets and the
aspect;
(2) The signs containing them ;
(3) The houses of the radical horoscope in which they
fall;
(4) The houses they rule in the radical horoscope.
Thus in Fig. 3, at the age of about seventeen the Sun
comes to the opposition of Mars. Consider the above
factors.
(1) The nature of an adverse direction between the
Sun and Mars is to cause feverish illnesses, quarrels,
accidents, wounds, deaths, etc. This indicates the
general kind of effect we may expect.
(2) The signs involved are Aquarius, containing the
radical Mars, and Leo into which the Sun has progressed
from Cancer. This suggests an illness, but the houses
must be considered before any definite conclusion can be
reached.
(3) Mars is in the 2nd house, and the Sun has passed
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from the 7th to the 8th. This points to financial loss

or to a death,
(4) Mars rules the 10th, nth, and 3rd houses, and the
Sun rules the 8th.
Now combining all these factors, we have the Sun,
operating from the 8th house and ruler of the 8th, strongly
pointing to a death. Financial troubles are possible,
but apart from Mars in the 2nd, no financial points are
involved, and therefore although financial troubles
will probably occur, we are justified in looking for a
death as the main event. Now the radical Sun is in
Cancer, the sign of the home, which points to a death in
the family circle. As the Sun is in the 7th we should
have to consider the death of the marriage partner, but
in this case the age of the native precludes that possi-
bility. Mars rules the 3rd, 10th, and nth houses, but
as we have noted the chances of a domestic death, the
nth may be discarded for the moment. This leaves the
3rd and 10th—brother or parent. But the Sun is typic-
ally representative of a parent, for it naturally relates
to an older person and not a coeval. Hence we are
justified in assuming a parent, and most probably the
father because of the male nature of the planets and signs.
Having come to the conclusion that the direction in-
dicates the death of a parent, the next step is to seek
further details. Leo and Aquarius rule the heart and
blood, so we can assume that a fever (Mars) affecting
the blood or breathing processes (Aquarius) will cause
death by affecting the heart (Leo). Mars rules the 3rd
house, which is a further indication pointing the same
way. The circumstances indicate a journey (3rd),
probably connected with pleasure (nth is 5th from
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radical Sun ; also Sun in 5th sign). Hence we arrive at

the conclusion that the direction is likely to cause the
death of a parent from heart trouble due to a feverish
illnegs caught while on a journey or holiday.
This by no means exhausts the information to be
derived from the direction, but will suffice to give some
idea of how to approach the problem of judgment in a
preliminary way. Having got as much information as
possible out of the major aspects, the next step is to
turn to the minor directions in order to time the effect
to the month, and then to transits to ascertain the exact
day of operation. This investigation will also furnish
additional details by the nature and positions of the
stimulating influences. These remarks must suffice as
to the method of judgment, for it is exactly similar to
that employed in all systems of directing, and is fully
described in the general text-books.
In making a complete survey of directions by all the
resources of the Radix system, a methodical manner of
treatment is essential, and the following procedure
should be adopted.
1. Erect the directional chart and calculate major
directions, parallels, and cuspal directions.
2. Erect the converse chart and calculate the converse
directions,
3. Tabulate all major directions and note signs and
houses involved.
4. Calculate the lunar minor directions, both direct
and converse, and the minor directions of the bodies
involved in the major arcs. Note the stimulation of the
latter, and look to transits and the diurnal passage of the
angles to define the day and time of operation.
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5. For general monthly influences pay chief attention

to the Moon, but if it is desired to study the monthly
influences affecting any required department of life,
study the minor directions formed by or to the planet
ruling the matter enquired about. Thus for health,
the minor directions of the ruler of the 6th house, or any
planet in that house should be examined, in addition to
those of the appropriate Significator.
Treatment in this way will ensure that no influence
is overlooked, and will largely obviate the confusion
caused by many unclassified directions.

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THE EFFECTS OF DIRECTIONS

The following pages contain brief descriptions of the

general effects of directions between the various bodies
and points. These as they stand apply to the major
effects, and only the minor directions of the Moon are
included separately. But all the other descriptions may
be applied to minor directions also if it is remembered
that while the general nature of the effect will be the
same, it will be of far less power and importance. Thus
the major direction of the Ascendant to an evil aspect
of Mars may cause a serious fever, or accident and danger
of death, as stated below, whereas a minor direction of
the Ascendant to the saine aspect of Mars will produce
no more than a feverish cold, or a slight burn or cut.
This rule holds good in all cases.
The general conditions of the various departments of
life are indicated by the directions of the Significators.
These five bodies and points stand for the following
matters :—
Ascendant. This is Significator of the body, life,
health, birth of children, outlook, changes, circumstances,
and general fortunes.
Midheaven. Credit, honour, reputation, worldly
standing, public work or office, trade and profession, and
the parents.
Sun. Life, health, radical constitution and vitality,
profession, honour, dealings with superiors and em-
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plovers, the father and his affairs, male relatives, and the
husband in a woman's horoscope.
Moon. Health, functional disorders, bodily and
mental changes, public estimation, journeys, removals,
general changes, the mother and her affairs, female
relatives, marriage, the wife, and women generally.
For tuna. Riches, financial affairs, increase and
diminution of goods, possessions, and money, and to some
extent family affairs.
The Promittors rule the, various matters generally
associated with them, as, for example, Venus love,
Mercury contracts and agreements, etc., and also have a
special rulership according to the signs and houses con-
taining them in the radical horoscope. Thus in any
direction the particular things or persons shown in the
horoscope by the Promittor and its position act upon the
general affairs ruled by the Significator affected, and
produce good or bad effects according to the nature of
the aspect.
The following descriptions must be taken as quite
general, and the exact power and nature of the effects
must be judged by the particular circumstances of the
horoscope under examination.

I. SIGNIFICATORS

A sc.—®

Conjunction. Dignity; office ; high employment ;

position under men of power or influence, but accom-
panied by anxiety ; tends to reveal secret affairs of the
life ; illness, and trouble with head or right eye ; ex-
pense ; trouble with relatives.
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Good. Good health ; easy miod ; increase of wealth

and reputation ; profitable employment; work abroad ;
gain through Government ; journeys ; new and influen-
tial friends. To a woman, marriage or birth of child.
Bad. Illness, feverish diseases, sore eyes, poor blood,
lack of vitality ; many losses ; loss of money or employ-
ment ; danger of deception ; disfavour of superiors ;
danger to the father. The opposition is worse than the
square, and threatens heavy losses by journeys or
superiors ; much contention ; loss by law-suits ; danger
of imprisonment.

^4 sc.—})

Conjunction. If Moon is well aspected in the radix,

prosperity ; good employment; gain through agree-
ments and travel; voyages ; good health ; marriage.
If Moon is afflicted, danger to body and mind ; illness ;
fluctuating fortunes ; danger of accidents and from
water ; illness or death of mother ; trouble to wife and
from women.
Good. Busy; contented; enterprising; good
health ; general prosperity ; good employment; friend-
ship of influential women ; love affairs or marriage ;
birth of child ; benefits mother and female relatives ;
popular ; journeys.
Bad. Unpopular; restless ; wanton, gluttonous, or
intemperate; illness, danger of tumours or cancer,
trouble with left eye ; danger from water; trouble
through diet; disgrace ; loss of employment; loss by
theft, through the public, and through low women ;
unfortunate journeys ; suffers from jealousy ; divorce ;
discord with mother, wife, and women generally.
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a sc.—y

Conjunction. Inclines to study of poetry, literature,

mathematics, etc., and gain through such subjects ;
scholastic success ; gain by writing, journeys, or inven-
tions ; good employment; success in business and trade,
and in clerical and legal worfr; change of residence.
If afflicted, dangerous accident or illness.
Good. Studious ; quickens the mind ; literary inter-
ests ; increase of knowledge ; scholastic success ; pros-
perity ; fortunate journeys ; active employment; gain
by writing, teaching, or travelling; fortunate agree-
ments, contracts, and bargains ; change of residence ;
birth of child.
Bad. Restless; busy to no purpose; averse from
studies ; loss of money and expense over fruitless study ;
failure at exams ; trouble through the Press and over-
work ; illness of lungs, nerves, bowels, or skin according
to Mercury's position ; danger of slander, libel, and plots,
and of fraud and deceit in agreements, letters, etc.;
involved in law-suits ; sued for debt; encumbered with
mortgages ; loss by clerical people ; anxiety over young
persons. In child's map, danger of whooping cough,
bronchitis, or convulsions.

Asc.—$

Conjunction. Contented ; love affairs, courtship or

marriage; birth of child ; new friends; increase of
pleasure ; social engagements ; financial gain; pur-
chase of clothes, ornaments, etc. If Venus is afflicted
in watery sign, danger of wantonness and venereal
diseases.

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Good. Contented ; increase of pleasure ; love affairs,

marriage, or birth of child ; money and prosperity ;
new friends ; favours from relatives.
Bad. Intemperate ; indiscreet conduct ; illness ac-
cording to Venus' position and through over-indulgence
in pleasure ; troubles in love ; quarrels through jeal-
ousy ; matrimonial discord ; unfaithfulness of marriage
partner ; danger of scandal ; illness of wife or mother ;
heavy expenses or extravagance.
A sc.—vj
Conjunction. Impetuous ; quarrels ; involved in con-
troversies and law-suits ; man}' misfortunes ; danger of
feverish illnesses, madness, accidents, and wounds;
danger of death to native or parent ; danger in travel ;
liable to imprisonment.
Good. Impatient, rather quarrelsome ; exercise and
outdoor sports ; success in martial work such as Army,
Navy, surgery, engineering, etc., or adoption of martial
career ; some travel. In woman's map, may cause
attachment, marriage, or birth of child.
Bad. Many misfortunes ; danger of death, acute
illnesses and fevers, falls, wounds, burns ; loss by fire or
theft ; great expenditure ; many enemies and false
accusations ; trouble through women ; danger to parent.
Asc.—7i
Conjunction, Cheerful, contented, religious ; good
health, but sometimes an illness out of which good
proceeds ; general success ; public esteem ; augmented
credit ; gain from eminent people ; fortune through
strangers ; scholastic success ; church advancement;
unexpected inheritance ; marriage or birth of child.
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Good. Contented ; liberal ; prosperity and increased

fortune ; new friends ; social activity ; inheritance ;
rise in position ; favour of nobility and superiors ; gain
by fortunate journeys.
Bad. Careless, extravagant, intemperate ; illness ;
blood and liver disorders ; loss through undue optimism
or enthusiasm ; heavy expenses ; trouble from profes-
sional people, and through enmity, deception, and con-
troversy ; loss by law-suits ; some slight loss through
false friends.

.4 sc.— T7

Good. Grave, sober ; elderly friends and gain through

them ; gain by industry ; responsible position ; gain by
legacy, inheritance, property, mining, purchase and sale
of houses, letting, etc.
Conjunction or Bad. Dull, lazy, lethargic, stupid ;
discontent ; sad and sorrowful period ; danger of
death ; illness through colds, coughs, hallucinations,
gout, rheumatism, tumours, venereal diseases, ruptures,
and long, tedious, and chronic ailments ; dangerous
accidents and broken limbs ; consumption and melan-
cholia ; danger by water ; death of a parent ; family
troubles ; trouble with elderly people ; delay in every-
thing ; loss of employment and good name. To a
woman, dangerous internal diseases, and disappoint-
ment and trouble in love and marriage.

^sc.—^

Good. Active business ; unexpected gain ; gain by

journeys, through inventions, electricity, archaeology,
astrology, etc. ; and through political, municipal, and
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public concerns ; new friendships with unusual people ;

romantic attachments.
Conjunction or Bad. Sudden losses ; peculiar happen-
ings ; danger to parent; domestic troubles ; sudden
illness or operation; strange and peculiar diseases,
neurasthenia, and nerve troubles ; danger of accidents,
explosions, etc. ; travel and removals; change of
occupation.

^sc.—^

Good. Pleasant experiences; fortunate travel and

voyages ; musical and psychic interests and activities ;
great financial gain ; luck in speculation.
Conjunction or Bad. Weak health, consumption, or
wasting disease; danger of accident; unfortunate
voyage ; nerve troubles and neurasthenia ; psychic dis-
orders ; strange imaginings ; loss by travel, speculation
and fraud; peculiar and unpleasant experiences;
confinement in hospital or institution. (The Conjunc-
tion may act favourably if Neptune is well aspected at
birth.)

A sc.—0

Good. Increase of goods, money, or possessions

unexpectedly, or by own industry, from source shown by
planet aspecting Fortuna.
Bad. Loss of money ; failing fortunes.

^4 sc.—Nodes

d Caput, or Good. Quiet; good health; religious

interests ; success ; advancement in employment;
inheritance.
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6 Cauda, or Bad. Illness ; danger of poison ; subject
to scandal or slander ; liable to fall into debt; adverse
removals and changes.

Asc.—Cusps
[Nature of effect depends upon aspect)
To 2nd and 8th. Financial activities; increase of
goods and money; purchase of household effects;
loss by death ; gain or loss of legacy.
To yd and gth.—Visits to relatives ; journeys for
pleasure ; gain or loss through professional matters and
people.
To 4th and 10th. Danger of death ; dealings in pro-
perty, mines, buildings, etc., business changes ; honour
and esteem or reverse.
To $th and nth. Love affairs ; engagement ; social
activities ; many friends; dealings with societies or
places of amusement or instruction.
To 6th and 12II1. Sorrow ; troubles often self-caused ;
hindrances and difficulties ; illness; trouble through
inferiors.

MX.—®

Conjunction. Dignity, pride, prodigal tendencies;

honour, fame, public reputation; association with
nobility ; prosperity to parents. If afflicted, death
of mother ; disputes and misfortunes often of a public
nature.
Good. Magnanimous, generous; public office and
honour ; gifts and friendship of nobility ; lays founda-
tion of great advancement. To a woman, marriage.
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Bad. Unpopularity ; troubles and hindrances ; dis-

favour of superiors ; bad trade ; sudden loss of office ;
loss of credit ; bankruptcy; danger of dishonour,
imprisonment, or death ; troubles with Government ;
trouble to, or death of, parents or husband ; loss of
parent's estate by fire.

M.C.—D

Conjunction. If well aspected, busy and active period ;

some worry ; public work, advancement, and increase
of trade ; fluctuating fortunes ; travel ; love affair or
marriage. If afflicted, loss ; unproductive journeys ;
trouble to wife or mother.
Good. Active business ; increase of fortune ; popu-
larity ; favours from women ; prosperity ; travel or
voyage ; marriage or birth of child.
Bad. Unpopularity ; discredit ; loss by law-suits ;
extravagance ; danger of scandals, and loss by, or
quarrels with, women ; domestic troubles, separation
or divorce ; danger to mother or wife.

M.C.—b

Conjunction. Active, busy ; good business period ;

success and advancement in commercial, scientific, and
literary work ; gain by travel, teaching, and writing.
If afflicted, business losses, loss through libel and the
law, and danger of discredit through scandal.
Good. Active period ; gain through business, scholas-
tic, literary, and scientific work ; new enterprises;
scholastic success ; clerical occupation ; gain by writing
or teaching and travelling ; fortunate journeys ; much
dealing with lawyers or merchants ; change of residence.
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Bad. Loss by false reports and accusations ; many
annoyances; loss by libel and law-suits ; trouble
through lawyers, solicitors, and writings ; loss of em-
ployment ; failure in examinations; unjust legal
sentences ; death of a child.

Conjunction or Good. Good health ; cheerful ; plea-

surable period; popular; social activities ; general
prosperity ; business improvement ; financial gain but
free expenditure ; purchase of new houses, furniture,
clothes, ornaments, etc. ; friendship with women, and
love affairs, marriage, or birth of child ; gain from
women ; benefits to female relatives.
Bad. Jealousy ; extravagance ; dissipation ; scan-
dal ; loss of money and propert}7; loss and trouble
through women ; rejected or jilted in love ; matrimonial
troubles, separation, or divorce ; death of mother, wife,
or female relatives. The opposition sometimes causes
marriage leading to speedy separation.

M.C.—G
Conjunction. Great troubles and dangers ; anger of
influential people ; danger of hatred, banishment, or
imprisonment ; loss of money by fire or theft ; danger
to, or trouble through parent. Advancement to those
engaged in martial occupations, but accompanied by
some danger.
Good. Active, busy, and prosperous period ; outdoor
sports and exercises ; martial occupation and prefer-
ment ; advancement to soldiers, engineers, etc. ; quick
trading ; successful journey.
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Bad. Loss by robbery, quarrels, contentions, changes,

and speculation ; liable to restraint ; many evils caused
by self and others ; danger of public accusations, criminal
charges, and public death ; death or trouble to parents.
M.C.—1X
Conjunction or Good. General happiness and success ;
wealth ; profitable period and increased trade ; great
advancement and honour; patronage of influential
people. To a woman, marriage.
Bad. Legal and financial disputes ;■ loss and trouble
through law, professional people, and nobility ; heavy
expenses and financial losses ; trouble through relatives
and enemies but without serious results.

M.C.-L
Good. Sober, grave, industrious ; advancement;
position of trust and responsibility ; organising work ;
honour and gain through aged and influential people ;
gain through land, farming, buildings, mines, property,
etc. ; legacy or inheritance.
Conjunction or Bad. Works badly ; unlucky ; labori-
ous period ; loss of position, employment, credit, or
reputation ; loss through superiors and also servants ;
unpopular; victim of conspiracies, accusations, and
treachery; loss by theft and through speculation ;
dishonour and disgrace ; difficulties in connection with
responsibility and positions of trust; death of parent ;
family trouble and losses ; danger of death by sentence.

M.C.—$
Good. Unexpected gain ; political advancement;
sudden beneficial changes ; friendship of scientists ;
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gain by inventions or occult matters ; interest in astro-

logy and occultism ; great credit and gain through
societies, associations, and public concerns.
Conjunction or Bad. Sudden and unexpected troubles
and disaster ; death of a parent ; loss of employment;
sudden losses ; discredit ; loss through political situa-
tion or Government action ; strange troubles ; disap-
pointment in love and marriage ; separation or divorce.

M.c.—y

Good. Advancement; unexpected gain ; peculiar

benefits ; fortunate journey or voyage ; general success ;
ideal love affairs ; great gain in dealing with public on
large scale ; musical or psychic interests.
Bad. Famil}' troubles ; unfortunate journej's ; busi-
ness loss ; loss by fraud or dishonesty, and speculation ;
danger to a parent ; peculiar and unpleasant events ;
liable to slander and discredit. The conjunction is good
or bad according to the radical nature of Neptune.

M.C.—@

Good. Advancement ; increase of power and author-

ity ; help from influential persons.
Bad. Decreasing business returns ; danger of loss of
employment or reduction of wages.

M.C.—Nodes

<5 Caput, or Good. Honour ; advancement; favour-

able for marriage and children.
d Cauda, or Bad. Unpopularity ; business difficulties
and disappointments ; disgrace ; changes and removals.

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M.C.—Cusps
{Nature of effect depends upon aspect)

Toistandyth. Honour; public estimation ; partner-

ship or marriage ; trouble through business opposition.
To 2nd and 8lh. Financial gain or loss ; business
affected by a death ; danger of bad debts or partner's
heavy expenditure.
To yd and qih. Business journeys ; success in law or
publishing ; successful contracts.
To $th and ulh. New friends ; gain through influen-
tial friends and societies ; love affairs ; business affected
by pleasure.
To ()Lh and 12th. Gain or loss through employees ;
secret enemies ; danger of loss and imprisonment ;
business affected by illness.

®—®
Good. The Sun to good aspects of its own place at
birth causes preferment, honours, fame, general pros-
perity, and new enterprises.
Bad. Sorrow ; illness ; losses ; lack of energy or
enterprise; desire for rest.

®—D
Conjunction. Disturbs health, especially head, eyes,
and stomach ; inconstant; extravagant ; journey or
travel ; awakens any dishonest tendencies ; marriage
to a masterful wife. If well aspected, good employment
or advancement. To a woman, illness..
Good. Influential friends ; favours from superiors ;
honour and advancement ; new enterprises ; financial

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benefits ; new friends ; public appointment ; journeys ;

change of residence ; love affairs 'r marriage to rich wife,
or birth of child.
Bad. Intemperate ; mental anxiety ; illness and eye
troubles ; powerful enemies ; discredit ; loss of money
or property ; loss by travel ; adverse changes ; bad
company ; domestic troubles and quarrels ; separation
or divorce to native or parents ; death of relative or
bereavement.

®—^
Conjunction. Interest in many subjects ; business
activity ; much travel, writing, etc. ; some contention ;
loss by theft, slander, law-suits, and travel ; danger of
illness ; birth of child. Depends upon the aspects to
Mercury.
Good. Busy, active, always in demand and occupied,
but profitably; much writing, teaching, speaking,
buying of books, and general buying and selling ; desire
for travel but little success in it ; fame or advancement
in Mercurial matters ; scholastic success or advance-
ment ; change of residence.
Bad. Averse from study ; mental anxiety ; danger
of false accusations, libel, and slander, and in dealing
with strangers ; loss by law, theft, forgery, etc. ; loss of
employment ; trouble through writings; danger of
illness.

®—?
Conjunction or Good. Inclined to pleasure and so-
ciety ; artistic interests and amusements; cheerful
mind ; happiness and prosperity • financial and business
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success ; fulfilled ambitions ; favours from women ;

advancement; increase of reputation ; some extrava-
gance ; good health ; love affairs, courtship, or marriage ;
birth of child; may cause illicit attachments.
Bad. Difficulties and disappointments in love or
marriage ; trouble through women ; indiscreet conduct;
danger of scandal and disgrace ; financial loss ; extrava-
gance and dissipation.

Conjunction. Illness, fevers, head and eye troubles,

accidents ; danger from animals ; loss by quarrels and
disputes, and through enemies ; disfavour of superiors
and influential people ; danger to a parent ; loss by fire,
theft, and law-suits ; advancement to a soldier or person
engaged in martial work.
Good. Good health and vitality ; inclined to physical
activity, exercises and sports ; friends among martial
people ; military advancement; honour and reputation
in martial occupations through influential patronage ;
many short journeys ; birth of child. To a woman,
marriage.
Bad. Acute diseases, madness, fevers, eye troubles,
wounds and accidents, danger of death ; business losses ;
loss by theft, quarrels, and rash actions ; danger to a
parent.

®—2i
Conjunction or Good. Easy mind ; good health;
general prosperity ; great increase of wealth ; honour,
fame, and advancement; benefits through superiors ;
gain through professional people ; gain and advancement
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through church, law, and the professions ; birth of

child. To a woman, marriage.
Bad. Not much harm unless Jupiter is afflicted at
birth. Illness, pleurisy, blood and liver troubles;
much opposition ; some loss of money and property ;
loss through law-suits ; trouble through professional
people and through enemies, but eventual success.

0—h
Good. Grave, serious, industrious ; public reputation ;
advancement ; honour through elderly people ; gain by
investment, land, building, mines and inheritance.
Conjunction or Bad. Melancholy and depression ;
many troubles ; grief and sorrow; lowered vitality ;
illness through colds, chills, heart weakness, stomach
troubles, rheumatism, eye weakness, and chronic
diseases ; danger of falls, blows, and accidents ; disgrace
or loss of reputation ; loss of employment ; theft and
loss from servants and inferiors, and through envy ;
bankruptcy; danger in travel of shipwreck, etc. ;
bereavement, and danger of separation from, or death of,
a parent.

0—¥
Good. General prosperity ; active employment; gain
through inventions, investments, or in occult and unusual
ways ; unexpected gain ; public or municipal advance-
ment ; travel; beneficial changes; new friends ;
romantic experiences. To a woman, hasty attachment
or marriage.
Conjunction or Bad. Unstable; sudden catastrophes ;
disgrace ; great loss by speculation ; bankruptcy ; loss
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of position ; loss by political or Government action,

and by travel; adverse changes ; disappointments and
disagreements ; estranged from friends; liable to
accidents and neurasthenia; danger to parent or
husband. Often brings promising opportunities which
end disastrously. To a woman, liaisons or matrimonial
separation.

0—^
Good. General good luck and prosperity ; musical
and psychic interests and experiences ; gain through
speculation ; fortunate travel or voyage ; ideal attach-
ments.
Conjunction or Bad. Awakens any weakness or
criminal tendencies, and increases any inclination to
drugs, abnormal sexual desires, and vice ; disappoint-
ments ; renunciation ; some kind of restriction ; con-
finement in hospital or institution ; crisis in affairs;
danger of fraud ; heavy loss in unsound speculations.
0 0

Good. Prosperity; gain by gifts or patronage of

influential people and social superiors.
Bad. Loss of money or property ; business losses or
failure ; adverse trade conditions.
0—Nodes

d Caput, or Good. Favour of superiors; advance-

ment ; honour ; pultlic position or preferment.
d Cauda, or Bad. Loss of money, property, or
reputation ; illness through cold ; eye troubles ; danger
of poison.
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©—Cusps
{Effect depends upon nature of aspect)
To ist and jth. Reconciled with enemies ; household
interests ; danger from animals ; illness ; marriage or
match-making activity ; business opportunities.
To 2nd and Sth. Increase of money but extra
expenses ; worry over inheritance or wife's money;
bereavement ; fear of own death.
To yd and gth. Many journeys ; much association
with relatives ; legal and religious interests.
To ifh and 10th. Dealings in property, land, mines,
buildings, etc. ; advancement and honour, public
appointment. If bad, danger of trouble and disgrace ;
loss by inferiors ; danger of illness to native and father.
To yh and nth. Increase of pleasure ; benefits to or
from children ; love affairs ; many influential friends ;
increased reputation.
To bth and 12th. Danger of illness to native or father ;
gain or loss from inferiors and in business; many
enemies ; losS by jealousy and envy ; danger of slander
and imprisonment.
})—®
Conjunction. Changeable ; alternating moods of ex-
pectation and depression ; mental anxiety ; feverish
illness ; eye weakness ; danger of divulging of personal
secrets ; changes ; honour and wealth or the reverse,
with danger of discredit ; marriage.
Good. Popularity; new friends ; benefit through
influential women ; honour and advancement ; public
or responsible position ; removal of enmities ; journeys
or travel; marriage.
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Bad. Anger; mental anxiety; illness, fevers, or

weak eyes ; contentions and quarrels ; opposition from
employers and superiors ; disgrace and punishment;
danger from popular disorders ; loss by false friends ;
trouble to or from female relatives and loss by women ;
converts the love of a woman into hatred.

2)—2)
Good. Journeys or travel ; changes; change of
residence ; benefit through women and the public.
Bad. Worry, indecision, loss, and trouble ; adverse
changes ; enmity of, and trouble through, the public.

2)-5
Conjunction. Studious ; much business activity and
prosperity ; many journeys ; commercial interests ;
many controversies ; loss by libel and fraud ; danger of
illness or accident; if afflicted, tends to lying, dissem-
bling, deceit, theft, dishonesty, or crime.
Good. Active business; musical and literary in-
terests ; success by law; travel ; gain by writing,
speaking, teaching, and commerce; new friends;
gain through an influential woman ; birth of child.
Bad. Averse from study ; unpopularity ; liable to
scandal, and adverse criticism ; mental disorders ; loss
of employment; loss by writings and law-suits ; many
creditors ; danger of judicial sentence ; unfortunate
journeys ; trouble through children and young people.

2>-$
Conjunction or Good. Good health ; fortunate and
happy period ; success ; much pleasure and amusement ;
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pleasure through children ; agreement with relatives ;

love affairs, courtship, or marriage ; if married, friend-
ship and help of a woman ; gifts and benefits from
women ; birth or marriage of children.
Bad. Scandal; wantonness ; illicit attachments;
waste of money on women, luxuries, and pleasure ;
extravagance ; loss and trouble through women ; un-
happy marriage ; venereal diseases and other illnesses ;
illness of mother, wife, or female relatives. To a woman,
danger of serious internal complaints.

W
Conjunction, Strange anxieties ; much sorrow and
bad luck ; quarrelsome ; danger of imprisonment; loss
of money or property, and trouble through enemies ;
danger of acute fevers, accidents, and bodily hurt from
men or animals.
Good. Bold; imperious; industrious; some in-
temperance ; active business; given to exercises and
sport ; profit and good fortune, but danger of loss in
trade and expense through women. Sometimes mar-
riage in a man's horoscope.
Bad. Loss by violence, fraud, and law-suits ; illness,
fevers, madness, danger to face and eyes, and accidents ;
loss by theft ; scandal, disgrace, and ill-treatment from
women ; death of wife or parent; unfortunate marriage;
bad wife who squanders money.

Conjunction or Good. Good health ; cheerful mind ;

pleasure ; honour and wealth ; advancement; increase
of business ; scholastic preferment and success ; position
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of authority ; success in profession, and by help of

professional people ; fortunate journeys and law-suits ;
triumph over enemies ; new and influential friends ;
marriage.
Bad. May bring advancement, but with many diffi-
culties and anxiety ; trouble with lawyers and clergy ;
loss by law ; extravagance ; trouble with employers ;
illness ; friends may become enemies and vice-versa.
Causes little real harm, and often subsequent benefit.

D-h
Good. New friends among elderly and influential
people ; gifts and benefits from elderly women ; popu-
larity ; success in building, mining, and dealing in land,
houses, and property ; gain by investment and legacy.
Conjunction or Bad. Illness through colds, apoplexy,
dropsy, gout, rheumatism, melancholy, and chronic
diseases ; weak eyes ; danger of death ; mental anxiety ;
sorrows, fears, and worries ; loss of money ; waste of
inheritance ; loss and trouble from inferiors ; loss by
theft, floods, and journeys ; trouble with officials and
superiors ; danger of slander and false accusations;
domestic dissentions ; death of mother or wife.

D-W
Good. Business prosperity ; unexpected gain ; sud-
den journey or removal ; occult interests, and gain
through occultism or in unusual ways; beneficial
changes ; political activities ; benefit through societies ;
new friends ; romantic attachments.
Conjunction or Bad. Disgrace and loss through sex
troubles ; danger of accident, nervous illness or break-
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down ; danger to mother, wife, or female relatives ;

domestic trouble, separation, or divorce ; broken attach-
ments ; cruelty to or from women ; peculiar love affairs ;
adverse changes ; sudden financial losses ; loss through
Government or large firm or corporation.

Good. Pleasant period ; journeys and travel ; suc-

cess in music ; psychic or mystical interests and develop-
ment ; ideal attachments. If well aspected, great gain
by speculation.
Bad. Many peculiar and unpleasant experiences;
crisis in affairs ; nervous depression and neurasthenia;
mental troubles ; confinement in institution ; restriction
of activities ; renunciation of desires ; unfortunate
journeys and voyages ; loss by fraud and unsound
speculation ; awakens all moral weaknesses, and may
cause crime, great depravity, and disgrace. The con-
junction depends upon the radical nature of Neptune.

>-0
Good. Popularity; increase of wealth and pros-
perity ; purchase of household goods.
Bad. Loss of money in trade ; unpopularity ; unfor-
tunate journeys ; domestic losses.

J)—Nodes

d Caput, or Good. Prosperous period; peaceful

mind ; good health ; increase of wealth and property ;
advancement in business or employment.
d Canda, or Bad. Strange ideas ; mental anxiety ;
illness ; eye weakness ; danger of poison or sudden
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fall; trouble through envy and opposition ; unfortunate

changes and removals.

J)—Cusps
[Effect depends upon nature of aspect)
To isi and jih. Weak health or illness ; changes ;
journeys ; many opponents ; quarrels with wife or
mistress ; if bad, danger of death.
TozndandSth. Public interests ; much money with
little effort, if good ; trouble over money of marriage or
business partner ; worry over legacy; death in the
family.
To yd and qth. Long journey or numerous short ones;
dealings with relatives ; much correspondence ; legal
activities or publishing.
To 4th and 10th. Death of mother or female relative ;
illness ; loss or advancement ; changes of occupation ;
much occupied in household and domestic, or country
work.
To $ih and nth. Given to pleasure ; journeys and
holidays ; many new friends among women and public ;
work among public or in a society ; birth of a child.
To 6th and 12th. Illness; stomach troubles ; trouble
in business ; sorrow ; slander and libel from enemies ;
loss and theft from inferiors.
0—0

Conjunction. Free expenditure; expenditure on

behalf of superiors ; loss by over-generosity and
prodigality.
Good. Popularity ; success in affairs ; gain through
superiors; profitable employment, but little moneysaved.
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Bad. Loss by law-suits and envy of influential

people ; danger of libel and scandal; loss of employ-
ment ; trouble through bribery.

@—1)
Conjunction or Good. Active period ; long journey or
voyage ; gain through female friends ; many fortunate
dealings with the public.
Bad. Loss by trade, agreements, contracts, law-suits,
and through the public ; loss of credit; hatred of a
woman.
©—^
Conjunction or Good. Gain by agreements, contracts,
imports and exports, accountancy, writing, teaching, or
travel ; scholastic success ; gain by industry or unex-
pected inheritance.
Bad. Trouble with lawyers; loss by fraud, theft, and
unjust accusations ; liable to act questionably ; loss of
credit ; may be sued ; trouble through children.

0-?
Conjunction or Good. Business and commercial suc-
cess ; very free expenditure ; purchase of clothes, orna-
ments, etc. ; gifts and benefits from an influential
woman.
Bad. Extravagance over women, pleasure, luxury,
ornaments, etc. ; indiscreet love affairs ; bad company ;
much strife and contention over or with a woman.

<0-(?
Good. Gain by friends and through dealing in martial
matters ; gain by travel.
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Conjunction or Bad. Heavy expenses ; loss by theft,

fire, rash actions, speculation, law-suits, and quarrels ;
trouble through inferiors.

e—21
Conjunction or Good. Wealth ; gifts and benefits from
influential people ; profitable employment ; business
success.
Bad. Loss through professional people and law-suits ;
loss of money and property ; loss of employment or
reduction of wages,
0—L

Good. Gain through elderly people, and by dealing

in land, farming, mines, buildings, etc. ; gain from
abroad and by investment.
Conjunction or Bad. Loss of money and property ;
waste of inheritance; loss by speculation ; failing
income ; bad debts.
©-i?
Good. Gain through occult matters, engineering, and
political activities ; unexpected benefits ; employment
under Government or municipal body.
Conjunction or Bad. Sudden and unexpected losses
and reversals ; heavy loss by speculation ; loss through
political situation and Government action ; unfortunate
ventures.

Good. Gain by travel and voyages, and in wholesale

dealing; gain through drugs, narcotics, and other
Neptunian matters, and through hospitals and institu-
tions.
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Conjunction or Bad. Loss by fraud, deception, un-

sound speculation, and by journeys or travel; disap-
pointment over expected benefits.

@—©
Good. Improved financial prospects ; gain by indus-
try ; gifts and benefits from others.
Bad. Waste or extravagance; loss through bad
trade, and in dealing in property ; increased expenditure.

(©—jN odes

d Caput, or Good. Gain by friends ; influential asso-

ciates ; advancement in business or profession.
d Catida, or Bad. Loss by inferiors, and from fire,
theft, war, and other martial activities. Loss by re-
movals and changes.

@—Cusps
{Effect depends upon nature of aspect)
To 1st and jlh. Loss or increase of wealth ; loss from
opponents and women ; trouble from creditors and law-
suits.
To 2nd and 8ih. Increase of movable property;
purchase of household goods ; gain from deaths and
through marriage or partnership.
To yd and ()th. Gain by journeys and law ; pros-
perity to, and gain from relatives ; help from profes-
sional people.
To <\th and loth. Gain through land, mines, buildings,
and property and from the parents ; important advance-
ment ; position obtained by influence.
To $th and ulli. Benefits from friends ; success in
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business and through companies ; rewards ; success in

speculation, games of chance, and competitions ; plea-
sure or benefit through children ; gain from public
amusements or instruction.
To 6th and 12th. Gain through servants and inferiors ;
gain through business, speculation, and institutions.

II. DIRECTIONS AMONG PROMITT0RS

Good. Successful period of study, writing, or travel;

benefits through relatives and young people.
Bad. Worry ; loss ; uncertainty ; disappointment;
over-work ; nerve weakness.

Conjunction or Good. Cheerful; social benefits ; new

friends ; artistic interests and associations ; financial
gain through friends and relatives ; pleasant changes and
journeys ; attachments.
Bad. Loss through correspondence, letters, agree-
ments, etc. ; danger of indiscreet speech or writing ;
some worry and anxiety; heavy expenses ; loss by
artistic pursuits and people ; trouble through women.

Good. Bodily and mental activity ; business pros-

perity ; advancement in engineering, the Army, and
other martial occupations ; business promotion.
Conjunction or Bad. Quarrels and disputes ; loss by
fire, theft, law-suits, and inferiors; bad company ;
liable to punishment; awakens any criminal tendencies.
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2i

Conjunction or Good. Popularity; advancement ;

fame and credit; activity; business and professional
prefennent; gain by literature, writing, speaking, law,
and speculation ; successful plans.
Bad. Mental troubles ; distorted ideas ; loss by law-
suits and speculation ; danger of libel, forgery, perjury,
fine or imprisonment; loss by lending or becoming
surety, and from false friends and inferiors.

2-h

Good. Caution, reserve, tact, industry ; favourable

contracts ; long journey ; steady progress ; business
advancement ; position of management.
Conjunction or Bad. Depression ; disappointment;
quarrels with relatives and associates ; loss through
writings, theft, and undesirable friends ; awakens any
criminal tendencies.

Good, Successful travel; gain by inventions, original

plans, or in unusual ways ; unexpected gain ; benefits
from relatives ; mental friendships ; romantic attach-
ments.
Conjunction or Bad. Irritable ; mental disorders;
nervous breakdown ; sudden changes ; trouble through
writing and speaking ; involved in newspaper and other
controversies ; domestic troubles ; strange friendships.
To a woman, hysteria.

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Good. Literary and artistic success ; imaginative

writing ; pleasant journeys, and friendships ; mystical
or musical experiences ; visit to. or travel by, sea.
Conjunction or Bad. Sorrow; illness; hypochondria;
mental perversion ; disappointments ; vague worries
and fears; loss by fraud and deception ; criminal
actions ; victim of plots.

6 5

Good. Social success and pleasure ; pleasant holiday ;

financial benefits ; love affairs.
Bad. Sorrow and disappointment ; extravagance ;
loss and trouble through women and pleasure ; domestic,
family, and social troubles.

?-(?
Good. Extravagance ; free expenditure; love of
opposite sex ; indulgence in pleasure ; financial gain ;
new and lasting friendships ; social advantages ; love
affairs. To a woman, dangerous attachments.
Conjunction or Bad. Extravagance ; dissipation ;
disappointment ; indiscreet actions ; quarrels ; financial
and social losses ; flirtations ; low female company ;
domestic troubles ; danger of scandal and disgrace.

Conjunction or Good, General and financial success ;

benefits from women ; social pleasures ; lasting attach-
ments ; good marriage.
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Bad. Financial loss, waste, and extravagance ; loss

by lending, money ; loss by travel and professional
people ; trouble through superiors and the law ; dis-
appointments ; unfavourable attachments ; domestic
troubles ; separation from a friend.

$-Ti
Good. Honour and reputation ; financial gain through
industry or investment ; lasting friendships ; benefits
through friends ; favourable attachments.
Conjunction or Bad. Grief; sorrow; disappointment;
financial loss ; loss by deception and through women ;
danger of libel and disgrace ; domestic and social
troubles ; undesirable friendships ; disappointment in
love ; separation or divorce ; bereavement.

Good. Impulsive actions ; sudden financial gain ;

gain by inventions and through original methods;
social pleasures ; flirtations or liaisons ; strange and
romantic attachments.
Conjunction or Bad. Erratic conduct ; adverse
changes and removals; financial loss ; illicit love
affairs ; broken attachments ; sudden estrangements;
scandal; domestic troubles, separation, or divorce.
The conjunction is sometimes favourable.

Good. Imaginative ; great financial benefits ; artistic

success ; pleasant holiday ; mysterious attachments ;
peculiar and idealistic friendships.
Bad. Indiscreet actions; peculiar and undesirable
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friendships and attachments ; subjection to the influence

of another; deception in love and marriage ; loss by
fraud and unsound speculation. The conjunction is
doubtful and depends upon the aspects to Neptune.

<?—c?

Good. Period of energy, enterprise, and activity;

new undertakings.
Bad. Accidents ; disputes ; quarrels ; feverish ill-
nesses.

(?-2i

Conjunction or Good. Generous, liberal, extravagant ;

tends to go to extremes ; enterprising ; rash conduct ;
energy ; enthusiastic actions; honour ; business pro-
motion ; gain by speculation ; social benefits.
Bad. Extravagance; lavish generosity; wasteful-
ness ; heavy financial losses ; loss by law-suits, travel,
speculation, lending money, and rash actions ; danger of
unjust imprisonment or confinement.

Good. Capable and enterprising ; gain by energy and

courage ; local distinction ; increased responsibility;
position of authority.
Conjunction or Bad. Violent temper ; rash actions ;
indiscreet conduct ; illness, operations, and accidents ;
loss by quarrels; danger of malice and violence;
separations and estrangements ; danger of dishonour,
disgrace, imprisonment or confinement.
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Good. Success in practical work, engineering, inven-

tions, etc., and by quick action ; success in law or against
opposition ; benefits from strangers, and gain through
societies and travel.
Conjunction or Bad. Mental disorders ; sudden illness
and operations ; quarrels ; danger of violence ; acci-
dents by fire, electricity, explosions, etc.; danger of
ruin through own actions ; disastrous attachments;
break up of conditions ; matrimonial separation or
divorce.
o-^
Good. Pleasant holidays, excursions, picnics, etc. ;
financial and business benefits ; gain by speculation ;
religious enthusiasm ; fortunate travels; success in
hazardous enterprises, but tends to attempt too much.
Conjunction or Bad. Rashness ; excess ; self-indul-
gence ; sexual troubles; loss by jealousy; liable to
blood-poisoning ; danger from water, liquids, gas, and
poison ; violence committed or suffered.
2|—71
Good. Religious interests ; benefit through specula-
tion ; social success ; realised ambitions ; gain through
law and professional people.
Bad. Loss through false friends and professional
people ; loss by speculation ; trouble through law.

21-h
Conjunction or Good. Gain by inheritance and
legacies ; honour, advancement, and popularity ; public
appointment or responsible position ; success in law
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and church ; successful journeys ; new and influential

friends.
Bad. Many losses and obstacles ; loss by law-suits,
bank failures, unsuccessful investment or speculation,
and by own or others' dishonesty ; loss of credit; danger
of imprisonment or of becoming inmate of institution ;
social and domestic troubles.

Conjunction or Good. Gain through science, inven-

tions, occultism, or in unusual ways ; gain by travel or
legacy ; preferment in law or church and professional
success.
Dad. Loss through inventions or occult matters ; loss
by law-suits and through professional people ; unfortu-
nate journeys.
2i-^
Conjunction or Good. Devotional religious tendencies ;
psychic experiences ; pleasure and gain by travel and
voyages ; artistic or musical success ; great gain by
speculation and imaginative enterprises.
Bad. Difficulties and losses in travel ; danger of
illness and confinement ; loss by fraud and deception ;
danger of dishonest practices and imprisonment ; heavy
loss by speculation.
h-h
Good. Steady ; serious ; increase of responsibility ;
advancement ; benefits through elderly people and
investment.
Bad. Depression ; illness ; financial delay and
shortage ; trouble through elderly people and superiors.
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h-K
Conjunction or Good. Increased responsibility ; t
tion of management; public or Government position ;
business success; new developments in business;
■success through inventions and Uranian matters.
Bad. Illness ; long and tedious diseases ; loss
through Government or public concerns and large firms ;
loss of credit and employment ; trouble from creditors
and rivals ; danger to a parent; awakens criminal
tendencies.

Good. Increased reputation and position ; gain by

legacy, investment, property, and journeys or voyages;
benefits through friends; interest in, and gain by.
psychic matters.
Conjunction or Bad. Loss by travel ; loss by deception
and inferiors ; danger of scandal and false accusations ;
loss of employment ; peculiar illnesses ; loss by property
and investment.

Good. Benefits through the Government, municipal

bodies, or public concerns ; gain through originality
and by invention.
Bad. Loss by erratic action ; trouble through the
Government or influential bodies ; danger of accidents.

Good. Strange ideas ; peculiar events; artistic

success along original lines ; gain through occult
matters, and by travel and speculation,
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Bad. Strange political views oriassociations ; trouble

and loss through psychic matters, and by fraud and
deception ; trouble through friends and societies ; loss
of important position ; some restriction or confinement.
The conjunction depends upon the radical aspects to
Neptune.

Good. Pleasant period ; enjoyable holiday ; voyage

or visit to sea.
Bad. Chaotic thoughts ; peculiar dreams ; loss by
speculation ; strange and unpleasant experiences.

III. NODAL DIRECTIONS

(The good directions include the conjunction of Caput,

and the bad ones the conjunction of Cauda)
Nodes—$
Good. Great activity; much writing, speaking, or
travelling.
Bad. Sharp wit; much activity ; many controver-
sies ; danger of libel or slander ; loss through travel.

Nodes—5
Good. Artistic and musical interests and activity;
love affairs ; social engagements.
Bad. Extravagance; self-indulgence; flirtations;
disappointment in love ; hann through women.

Nodes—cf
Good. Great energy and activity; advancement;
benefit through professional people ; new and influential
friends.
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Bad. Trouble through enemies ; danger of illness,

fevers, accidents, and poison.

Nodes—2).

Good. Honour ; advancement ; professional success ;

gain through influential friends, and by law and specula-
tion.
Bad. Illness or accidents ; loss of money by specula-
tion, and by disfavour of friends or superiors.

Nodes—f)

Good. Responsible position; gain through elderly

people and by investment or property.
Bad. Danger of illness and accidents; liable to
treachery ; loss by Satumian affairs and people.

Nodes—$

Good. Gain by inventions, political activities

societies, and occultism.
Bad. Unexpected disasters and losses ; loss of money
or position ; danger of accidents ; broken friendships
and attachments.
Nodes—^

Good. Journeys or voyages ; great gain by specula-

tion ; ideal friendships or attachments.
Bad. Loss by fraud or unsound speculation ; danger
of illness or poison,

IV. CUSPAL DIRECTIONS

The effect in all cases depends upon the nature of the

aspect. If good, then benefit will c*me through the

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matters mentioned ; and if bad, the result will be loss

and trouble. The descriptions as they stand apply more
particularly to the conjunction or opposition.
$—Cusps
To ist and yth. Quarrels ; worry through associa-
tions ; journeys ; business partnerships ; speaking and
writing.
To 2nd and 8th. Mercurial occupation ; death of
relative and consequent journey ; illness to self or wife ;
gain or loss by writing and travel.
To yd and gth. Journeys ; gain or loss through
relatives ; legal success or worry ; much writing, speak-
ing, or travel.
To 4th and 10th. Changes of residence, and occupa-
tion ; public speaking ; dealings in property.
To $th and xith. New friends ; quarrels or slander ;
gain or loss through societies, and places of amusement
or instruction ; concerned with children.
To 6th and X2th. Nervous diseases ; gain or loss
through servants ; danger of libel, slander, and prose-
cution ; trouble through journeys.
$—Cusps
To ist and pth. Pleasure; expense over,women,
clothes, etc.; popularity ; courtship or marriage ; gain
or loss through adversaries.
To 2nd and 8th. Financial benefits ; extravagance ;
expenditure on pleasure and luxuries ; gain by legacy ;
danger of disappointment in love, and separation from,
or death of, partner.
To yd and gth. Literary and artistic activities ;
travel for pleasure ; gain through relatives.
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To 4th and loth. Domestic happiness ; benefits to

and from parents ; popularity ; many friends ; gain by
inheritance.
To 5th and nth. Love affairs ; much pleasure ;
social success ; many friends ; theatrical interests ;
pleasure through children.
To 6th and 12II1. Secret love affairs with inferiors ;
charitable expenses ; enmity of a woman ; health
affected by pleasure.

d—Cusps

To 1st and jth. Quarrels ; illness and accidents ;

trouble through marriage ; business enemies ; much
opposition.
To o.nd and 8th. Extravagance ; heavy losses ; ex-
travagant wife or partner ; trouble through legacies ;
danger of death.
To 3rd and gth. Quarrels and disputes ; law-suits ;
dangerous journe3rs ; death of relative.
To 4th and 10th. Death of parent ; domestic discord ;
fires or accidents in the home ; enmity of superiors.
To 5th and nth. Trouble through, or death of, a
child ; danger in child-birth ; quarrels with friends or
lovers ; loss by speculation ; given to pleasure.
To 6th and nth. Trouble through inferiors ; feverish
illnesses ; treacherous enemies ; danger of slander and
scandal.

21—Cusps
To 1st and yth.—Prosperity ; cheerful mind ; gener-
ous ; gain through marriage and partnership ; recon-
ciliation with enemies.

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To 2nd and 8th. Financial success ; increase of pro-

perty ; money by marriage or legacy ; free expenditure.
To yd and gth. Gain by relatives and travel; pro-
fessional success ; legal activities ; religious interests.
To /\th and loth. Inheritance ; domestic benefits ;
gain through property ; professional or business ad-
vancement.
To $th and Jith. Love affairs ; social activities ;
birth of child ; gain through speculation ; many in-
fluential friends.
To 6th and 12th. Benefits through inferiors ; liver or
digestive troubles ; charity given or received ; enemies
become friends.

fj—Cusps

To 1st and yth. Sorrow ; illness ; industry or res-

ponsibility ; trouble through marriage ; death of wife
or partner.
To 2nd and 8th. Delay in financial affairs ; scarcity
of money ; loss by legacy ; deaths in family ; loss by
investment.
To yd and gth. Loss by travel; separation from
relatives ; loss through law ; danger of accidents.
To /\th and 10th. Gain or loss through property ;
death of parent ; domestic troubles ; loss Of employ-
ment or gain of responsible position.
To yh and 11th. Sorrow and disappointment in
love ; lasting attachment ; trouble through children ;
loss by speculation ; loss of friends.
To 6th and 12th. Lingering illnesses ; trouble through
inferiors; position of management ; danger of im-
prisonment ; deceitful friends.
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y—Cusps

To isi and yth. Erratic actions ; danger of accidents ;

occult interests ; domestic separation or divorce;
hasty marriage or irregular union.
To 2nd and 8th. Financial fluctuations ; sudden gain
or loss; trouble through legacies; affected by an
unexpected death.
To 3rd and gth. Sudden journeys; estrangement
from relatives ; change of religion; trouble through
law.
To 4th and 10th. Death of parent; estrangement at
home ; loss through property ; loss or change of em-
ployment ; danger of scandal.
To $th and nth. Romantic attachments; broken
love affairs ; trouble through children and pleasure ;
peculiar friendships ; estrangement from friends.
To 6th and 12th. Nervous disorders ; loss through
strikes and inferiors; strange misfortunes ; loss by
theft.
tu —Cusps

To isi and yth. Chaotic affairs ; changes ; journeys

or voyages; deception in marriage or partnership;
strange union.
To 2nd and 8th. Great financial changes ; gain or
loss through speculation and legacies; fluctuating
fortunes of partner ; peculiar death.
To 3rd and gth. Journeys or voyages ; mystical
interests and religion; loss by law-suits.
To 4ih and loth. Domestic and business changes ;
trouble or death to parent; loss of employment ; break-
up of family.
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To $th and nth. Self-indulgence ; deception in love ;

false friends ; strange acquaintances ; trouble through
children or pleasure.
To 6lh and nth. Danger of confinement in prison or
institution ; secret activities; loss from inferiors ;
peculiar illnesses.

Nodes—Cusps

To JSt and jth. Good fortune ; advancement ; gain

or loss through marriage and partnership.
To 2nd and 8ih. Loss or gain of money ; bad credit ;
free expenditure ; gain or loss of legacy.
To 3rd and gih. Peculiar mental states; journeys
and changes ; gain or loss through relatives.
T0 iflh and xoth. Honour and advancement, or failure;
difficulties or success through unpopular means ; birth
of children.
To $th and nlh. Great gain or loss through specula-
tion ; illegitimate children ; many love affairs.
To 6lh and nth. Trouble through inferiors ; many
difficulties and unpleasantness in employment ; danger
or illness and of restricted liberty.

V. MINOR DIRECTIONS OF THE MOON

})—A SC.

Conjunction. Changes; honour or the reverse ;

danger of cold or slight illness affecting the head.
Good. General gain ; popularity ; changes ; journey
or voyage; pleasant attachments; benefits from
women.
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Bad. Restless and anxious period ; many annoyances;

illness ; trouble through women ; loss of popularity ;
unfortunate journeys and changes.

Good. Increased popularity and responsibility ; bene-

ficial changes of occupation ; journeys ; domestic
success. The conjunction causes gain or loss through
women.
Bad. Adverse changes ; trouble through the public :
discredit ; loss of employment ; domestic dilTicultics ;
trouble to female relatives ; loss through women ;
death of parent.

})—0

Conjunction. Gain ; activity ; increase of business ;

new enterprises ; danger of eye trouble ; changes ;
marriage ; help from women. To a woman, illness,
anxiety, physical changes, liability to colds and chills.
Goods. Good health ; honour and credit; new enter-
prises ; success and advancement in business ; favours
from superiors and help from women ; gain by specula-
tion and through friends ; changes ; journeys ; happy
marriage.
Bad. Many annoyances ; illness ; loss of reputation
or employment ; diminishing trade or business ; loss by
speculation ; unfortunate changes; disappointments
and separations ; loss of friends ; troubles through
opposite sex ; domestic troubles ; bereavement ; death
of female relative ; troubles through parents.
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>-])
Good. Success; journeys and holidays ; changes ;
increase of trade ; new friends ; gain through women.
Bad. Worry; many annoyances; slight illness;
unpopularity ; loss and disappointment; trouble and
loss through women and the public.

Conjunction or Good. Study; travel; mental ac-

tivity ; literary work ; scholastic success ; writing and
speaking; business increase; beneficial changes;
success in litigation ; favourable contracts and agree-
ments ; benefit through publishing or secretarial work.
Bad. Adverse criticism, slander, and libel; restless ;
mental anxiety ; nervous disorders; disputes with
relatives ; quarrels and contentions ; controversies ;
failure in examinations ; loss by publishing, writing,
litigation, and through agreements, contracts, and
travel.

>-?
Conjunction or Good. Pleasure ; prosperity ; happi-
ness ; good fortune; good health; social success;
success in dealing in, or purchase of, clothes, jewellery,
luxuries, etc. ; new friends among women; love
affairs ; marriage ; birth of child.
Bad. Extravagant; intemperate ; inclined to ex-
cesses ; financial troubles and losses ; unwise attach-
ments ; disappointment in love ; trouble from, or
quarrels with, women ; bereavement ; domestic
troubles ; loss of a child.
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w
Good. Good vitality; courageous, self-confident,
venturesome; physical activity and exercise; new
enterprises ; increase of business ;■ gain through occu-
pations and people ruled by Mars ; successful journeys.
To a woman, impulsive attachments.
Conjunction or Bad. Illness, fevers, and accidents ;
wounds ; loss of blood ; accidents in travel; indiscreet
and rash actions ; quarrels ; loss by fire, theft, litigation,
and disputes ; dissipation and bad company ; may
commit crime ; loss through opposite sex ; hasty and
unfortunate marriage ; birth of child. To a woman,
slander, dishonour, illness, loss of employment, domestic
quarrels, danger in childbirth.

2-2J.
Conjunction or Good. Good health; general pros-
perity ; honour and fame ; social gain ; promotion ;
increase of wealth ; great business success ; gain by
speculation ; new friends ; attachments or marriage in
a male horoscope.
Bad. Many expenses ; extravagant; business losses ;
loss by litigation, speculation, and by lending money ;
imposed upon by friends ; trouble through church and
professional people. To a woman, blood disorders and
headaches.

Good. Serious, patient, thoughtful, steady ; prosper-

ous period ; gain by industry and in business ; increased
credit and responsibility ; advancement ; legacy ; new
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friends ; gain through elderly persons; association

with old friends or old haunts.
Conjunction or Bad. Loss; sorrow; grief; des-
pondency and depression; melancholy; fear of im-
pending calamity ; bereavement ; delays and dis-
appointments ; serious illness and danger of death ;
colds, rheumatism, and lingering diseases ; business
failure ; loss through new enterprises and elderly peo-
ple ; loss by dealing in property ; danger of bankruptcy ;
trouble to or from female relatives. To a woman,
slander, disgrace, illness, loss of money, friends, and
relatives.

D-W
Good. Advancement ; unexpected good fortune ;
gain through occultism, inventions, and Uranian
matters ; joins society ; benefits through the Govern-
ment, political and municipal bodies, and large firms ;
removals, changes, and journeys ; new friends ; roman-
tic attachments.
Conjunction or Dad. Worry and anxiety ; bereave-
ment ; sudden changes and removals; accidents ;
neurasthenia ; danger in travel; loss of credit ; dis-
grace ; loss of employment ; trouble through superiors ;
danger of libel and slander ; loss by public bodies and
enemies ; estrangement from friends and breaking of
ties ; illicit attachment ; domestic discord, separation,
or divorce.

Good. Social success ; gain through artistic, musical,

psychic, or mystic activities; gain by speculation, and by
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plots and schemes ; ideal love affairs ; pleasant travel;

journey by or to the sea.
Conjunction or Bad. Vague fears and worries ; pecu-
liarly unpleasant experiences ; perverted desires ; wast-
ing diseases ; neurasthenia ; renunciation ; association
with, or confinement in, hospital or institution ; loss by
speculation, fraud, and deception ; victim of plots and
schemes ; strange attachments ; awakens immoral or
criminal tendencies.
D—©
Good. Popularity; money through the public ;
gifts from women ; household expenses.
Bad. Loss by public and women ; domestic losses ;
unfortunate journeys.
J)—Nodes
d Capnt,' or Good. Prosperous ; financial benefits ;
pleasant travel; journeys, changes, and removals.
d Cauda, or Bad. Danger from enemies ; unfortunate
changes and removals ; loss by opposition and dis-
favour ; danger of illness.
])—Cusps
To 2nd and Sth. Financial interests ; death of rela-
tive ; concern over money or legacy.
To yd and glh. Journeys and changes ; much writing
and correspondence ; association with relatives.
To yh and nth. Increase of pleasure ; holidays ,
new friends ; love affairs and flirtations ; association
with children.
To 6th and X2th. Danger of illness and confinement ;
loss by theft and inferiors ; business losses ; danger of
slander and libel.
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 TABLES OF MAJOR AND MINOR ARCS

I. TABLE FOR YEARS

Major Minor Major Minor

Years Years
Arc Arc Arc Arc

O / so/ O / s 0 /
1 0 59 0 13 11 24 23 39 10 16 14
2 1 58 0 26 21 25 24 38 10 29 25
3 2 57 1 9 32 26 25 38 11 12 35
4 3 57 1 22 42 27 26 37 11 25 46
5 4 56 2 5 53 28 27 36 0 8 56
6 5 55 2 19 3 29 28 35 0 22 7
7 6 54 3 2 14 30 29 34 1 5 18
8 7 53 3 15 25 3i 30 33 1 18 28
9 8 52 3 28 35 32 3i 32 2 1 39
10 9 5i 4 11 46 33 32 32 2 14 49
11 10 51 4 24 56 34 33 3i 2 28 0
12 11 50 587 35 34 30 3 11 10
13 12 49 5 21 18 36 35 29 3 24 21
14 13 48 6 4 28 37 36 28 4 7 32
15 14 47 6 17 39 38 37 27 4 20 42
16 15 46 7 0 49 39 38 26 5 3 53
17 16 45 7 14 0 40 39 26 5 17 3
18 17 44 7 27 10 4i 40 25 6 0 14
19 18 44 8 10 21 42 4i 24 6 13 25
20 19 43 8 23 32 43 42 23 6 26 35
21 20 42 9 6 42 44 43 22 7 9 46
22 21 41 9 *9 53 45 44 21 7 22 56
23 22 40 10 3 3 46 45 20 867
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 I. TABLE FOR YEARS

Major Minor Major Minor

Years
Arc Arc Arc Arc

O / so/ O / so/
46 20 8 19 17 74 72 56 8 15 3
47 19 9 2 28 75 73 55 8 28 14
4818 9 I5 39 76 74 55 9 11 24
50 49 17 9 28 49 77 75 54 9 24 35
5i 50 16 10 12 0 78 76 53 10 7 46
52 5i 15 10 25 10 79 77 52 10 20 56
11 8 21 80

H
H
53 52 14 78 5i
54 53 13 11 21 32 81 79 50 11 17 17
55 54 13 0 4 42 82 80 49 0 0 28
56 55 12 0 17 53 83 81 49 0 13 38
57 56 11 113 84 82 48 0 26 49
58 57 10 1 14 14 85 83 47 1 10 0
59 58 9 1 27 24 86 84 46 1 23 10
6o 59 8 2 10 35 87 85 45 2 6 21
6i 60 7 2 23 46 88 86 44 2 19 31
62 61 7 3 656 89 87 43 3 2 42
63 62 6 3 20 7 90 88 42 3 15 53
64 63 5 4 3 17 91 89 42 3 29 3
65 64 4 4 16 28 92 90 41 4 12 14
66 65 3 4 29 39 93 91 40 4 25 24
67 66 2 5 12 49 94 92 39 5 8 35
68 67 1 5 26 0 95 93 38 5 21 45
69 68 1 6 9 10 96 94 37 6 4 56
70 69 0 6 22 21 97 95 36 6 18 7
7i 69 59 7 5 3i 98 96 36 7 1 I7
72 70 58 7 18 42 99 97 35 7 14 28
73 71 57 8 1 53 | 100 98 34 7 27 38
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2. TABLE FOR MONTHS

Major Minor Major Minor

Months Months
Arc Arc Arc Arc
0 t O '
1 5 1 6 7 34 7 4i
2 10 2 12 8 39 8 47
3 15 318 9 44 9 53
4 20 4 24 10 49 10 59
5 25 5 29 11 54 12 5
6 30 6 35 12 59 13 "

III, TABLE FOR DAYS

3. TABLE FOR DAYS

Major Minor Major Minor

Days Days
Arc Arc Arc Arc
/ O / / 0 /
1 0 0 2 17 3 0 36
2 0 0 4 18 3 0 38
3 0 0 6 19 3 0 40
4 1 0 8 20 3 0 42
5 1 0 11 21 3 0 45
6 1 0 13 22 4 0 47
7 1 0 15 23 4 0 49
8 1 0 17 24 4 0 51
9 1 0 19 25 4 0 53
10 2 0 21 26 4 0 55
11 2 0 23 27 4 0 57
12 2 0 25 28 5 0 59
13 2 0 28 29 5 1 2
14 2 0 30 30 5 1 4
15 2 0 32 31 5 1 6
16 3 0 34

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Oblique Ascendant, is of value, and forms a subsidiary

point of observation, but by the application of the mean
increment to each cusp we not only satisfy theory, but in
addition obtain a most valuable series of cuspal direc-
tions which add enormously to the scope and efficiency
of the system.
I do not propose to enter here into any consideration
of the theory of the Radix system, nor of the symbolic
systems in general of which it is the chief. This is a
utilitarian age, and the value of a system lies entirely
in its results. My purpose in the following pages is to
describe and exemplify the full methods of working, and
to put the student in a position to secure for himself
adequate proof of the extreme utility and reliability of
the directions so obtained.