THE GOMOK-SEKSE OP MTROLOOY: ky tha EDITOR, p. 3.

Second Year] NEW YEAR, 1907 [of Pnblicaiion

CONTENTS.
PACK
Editor's Foreword 1
The Common-Sense of Astrology : by the Editor 3
Illdstrated Horoscope His Majesty King Edward VII. 10
Composite Horoscopes : by Bessie Leo 19
Oor Prize Competitions 24
"As a Brand from the Burning"; Prize Astrological Story 25
Why tije Sidoy of Astrology Should be Encouraged ; Prize Essay 42
The Horoscopes of the Sisters Dare : by the Editor 4G
The Charm of Gems : by W. T. Pavitt a . 49
WtiY Astrology should not be Popularised ; Prize Essay 53
The Silent Image (poem) .. 54
A Fairy Tale : for Children op All Ages - 55
PekpetualTableS of Planetary Hours for all Places : {see note on p. 18)
to face 60

(BSttlcr's Ifcrglmrrtt
TiiESuccess of last year's "Annual" is sufficient excuse, if one be
needed, for the present issue; it marks a big stride into the Seven-
teenth Year of Modern Astrology's appearance
Success of Last before the world, and the manner in which last
Year's "Annual" year's " Annual"; was distributed by the many
readers of that monthly is ample proof of the
appreciation accorded to it, some readers purchasing no less than a
dozen copies for private circulation amongst their friends.
Few words are necessary to introduce this number to those who
make its acquaintance for the first time. Its contents will indicatefche
 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL

Present state of the astrologic pulse, and, as the Christmas Number of

Modem Astrology, a magazine that is published every month, the
special effort that has here been made to simplify and render addi-
tionally attractive the difficult and somewhat technical subject known
under the title of Astrology will, I am sure, meet with general
appreciation.

Astrology, as we know it, has no creed or theories that cannot be

verified by actual observation. It is practical, demonstrable, and
readily applied. Its traditions are as old as the world, and its
language a simple symbology that every nation, race, or people can
understand, for its time-honoured glyphs are simply—Crescent D,
Cross -f-, and Circle O, out of which the whole of its symbolical
combinations are produced.

Astrologv is the law by which everything in the Universe is

governed, and those who would come into closer touch with the
divine beings who administer the law may do so by understanding
that the Sun is the glorious and radiant;body of the Solar Logos,
and the planets the physical bodies of His'rainistering angels. Even
the Wise Men of the East saw His Star, and knew that a new dis-
pensation was about to rule^tbe earth, the true meaning of which
Astrology alone can satisfactorily explain.
Great changes in the world's thought have recently been at work,
and in the near future there will be a much more determined effort to
think and reason independently. And amongst the higher thought-
subjects to be carefully considered will be that long-neglected and
most unjustly despised study, Astrologv.
 3

®0tttiit0tt-^ttsfi 0i ^.strolagg
By the Editor

Motto ; " The Wise Malt rules his Stars, the Fool obeys them "
Human nature, as an entity, at its present stage of unfoldment,
has not yet made a definite choice of altruism as a constant ideal.
Therefore many of its personal units are stiU deeply interested in all
that pertains to the physical body through which the individual soul
is forced to express itself; and those who decry and lament the pre-
dominance of the personal element during this dark age, have either
forgotten their own youthful stage of development, or, have won their
emancipation into The Light by methods not as yet attractive to the
majority—whose faces are but slowly turning towards the rising Sun
of higher knowledge,
A belief in the existence of states of matter subtler than the
physical, and the operation of the influence of intelligences loftier than
the human, is slowly eliminating the more materialistic elements from
our religious beliefs, and even arnongst agnostics is causing many to
attach some importance to a-new worl4 filled with intelligences, that
surrounds us on all sides.
All are not at present agreed as to the name or conditions of this
state of matter, so much finer than that of our own atmosphere,
although it is known to be etheric in its substance. Some have
termed it the "Spirit-World," others the " Astral Plane," " Deva
Kingdom," "Angel World," etc. The " New Psychology " engaging
the attention of thoughtful men. and women is expected to have many
surprises in store for those who are still materially minded, and before
many years have passed this new world will reveal its secrets to many
thousands who as yet only dimly sense-its reality.
We must all confess to a certain amount of curiosity about
ourselves,—and a great deal of that curiosity is perfectly justifiable,
otherwise we should be in danger of becoming callous and indifferent;
for the first and last mandate must always be
" Man, know Thyself."
4 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
There are many roads to the knowledge of self, and although we
intuitively know that there is only one Self, we are still under the
illusion of " separateness " caused by the vehicles through which that
Self manifests—the garments in which it is clothed and the house it
occupies. Therefore our Jiyst lesson must necessarily be to know the
nature of the house that we inhabit, and the garments that we wear.
Indeed, all that we shall ever accomplish, of ourselves, is to realise
our separate existences in the various bodies our soul inhabits.*

Affinities and Antipathies

There are many earthly things acting in harmony with each other,
many that are not what we term accordant, and which mingling cause
disruptions and explosionsand this leads us to understand that
Nature has arranged her various elements into ' affinities' and
' antipathies,' for the purpose of growth and the drawing out of latent
qualities. If we would have personal fortune and happiness, we
should learn to mould our endeavours upon Nature's ideal plan
by using our perceptive faculties to the full and reasoning upon her
methods.
Our physical bodies are built up and nourished by the products
of Nature, and we should not go far astray if we measured the organic
quality of our bodies by the food we habitually take into our system,
for it will be gross or fine according to the quality and refinement of
our feeding.
The Astral or emotional body is similarly fed by the quality of
feeling we encourage ; if hateful and resentful and covetous we become
repellant and unattractive, but if loving and kind and sympathetic we
are found attractive and full of what is called personal magnetism.
It is also the same with our Mental bodies; if we encourage high
and noble thinking we have peaceful minds, but if our thinking is
petty and frivolous we are apt to worry and fret and bore others by
the smallness of our minds.
It is said that " Fortune favours the brave." Let us prove the
truth of the saying by being brave enough to build our bodies into
purer and more refined instruments for the soul's use ; our physical
c
There may be some who read this, to whom the idea of man having more
than out body is an altogether novel conception. They arc recommencled to
procure Man and His Bodies (15., T P S., 161, New Bond Street, W.).
 THE COMMON-SENSE OF ASTROLOGV 5
bodies by cleanliness and pure food, pur emotions by feelings of love
and sympathy, and our minds by steadfast thinking On all that leads
to the good, the true and the beautiful.
AlLpersons are not constituted alike—habits of the past, unhealthy
early environment, bad parentage and heredity are all against some
of our brothers and sisters, who often exclaim that they " would if
they could." JJiey are our opportunities, offering claims for our
sympathy and helpful thought! We can build up our moral and
spiritual nature by giving them toleranceand help.
With this introduction before us it will be well to discover how
much common sense lies behind that system of Astrology which is
concerned with our personal lot and individual fortune.
All thinkers are well agreed that law and order govern the
wsrlds in space, our own globe included. We can all perceive around
us the evidence of laws guiding and controlling the works of Nature,
and leading us to believe that an Almighty and All-Wise Intelligence
is ruling over our Solar System. Now the student of Astrology soon
perceives a system of law and harmony to be working through stellar
influences, and whatever theories he may find arising in his mind they
can sooner or later be practically tested and demonstrated by resource
to certain calculations and judgments.

A Common-Sense View
Every human being is born at some particular moment of time.
It is beyond question that some particular degree of the Zodiacal
Circle is rising upon the Eastern horizon at that time. Many a
century of observation and tabulation has established the fact that
each sign of the zodiac has a peculiar influence differing from the
others, and giving to each person so born a body moulded upon the
plan associated with that sign. Moreover for ages the twelve signs
have been sub-divided into thirty-six " decanates," three in each sign,
each with a special sub-influence of its own, so that during each day
of twenty-four hours thirty-six distinct types of persons are born ; and
when the planetary rulers respectively of each sign and each decanate
are taken into consideration the number is multiplied many tinies.*

" Let us give an instance. Suppose at the moment of birth the end of Leo
is ascending above the horizon, this sign being ' governed ' by the Son. This is the
third decanate of Leo, and has a sub-influence of A rut (governed by Mars), and
6 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
It does not require more than ordinary common sense to verify this
statement. If all persons born on the same day were quite alike, or
if, on the other hand, we found several who did not answer at all to
the description of the zodiacal influence, we should be justified
in saying that it did noLappeal to common sense. It is open to any-
one to test the truth of this assertion for themselves, and it is not even
necessary to make a single calculation to prove the truth of natal
astrology, now that reference can be made to a book * givi ng the
fundamental characteristics of all born during any one of the twelve
months of the year.
It does not outrage our common sense to find upon investigation
that certain planets have their own specific influence—Jupiter toexpand
and Saturn to contract, Mars to vivify and Venus to refine. Neither
can it upset our moral and religious attitude to learn that the planets
are the visible bodies of mighty star angels who carry out the will of
the Divine Ruler of our system ; indeed, it is with the more reverence
that we may approach His Messengers by prayer and supplication
for help and guidance when we learn that in some future phase of our
evolution we must come under their influence to learn the lesson they
have to teach us.
Over the time and manner of our birth we have had no control—
we were blindly subject to the laws of Nature governed by lunar
influence; the moulding of all forms coining under the jurisdiction
of the Moon. Over the method of our early education, through
environment and teaching, we had but an infinitesimal power of
choice. Yet it is not against common sense to say that we in our
turn affected those in whose midst we came—desired or undesired, as
the case may be.

hence the influence of this degree is Leo-Aria. Now if the Sun, ruler of Leo. is in,
say, Taurus, the effect of the combination will be Lio-A ria-Taums: while if, further-
more, Mars is in Capricorn, we arrive at a total oiLeo-Aries Taurus CaJ>r:coyii as the
synthetic influence of the decaoate in question, neglecting for the moment any
smaller sub-divisions than the "decanate"—of which there are many.
Hence we find aquadruple influence involved, and although this third decanate
will cross the Eastern horizon once every day during the year, yet its influence will
only be as above on a day when the Sun is in the sign Taurus and when in
addition the planet Mars is in the sign Capricorn, (leaving all other planets out of
consideration).
Thus it will be seen that there is abundant scope for the variety of disposition
that we note in those around us.
° See Astrology for All, Part I. {Without Calculations). Price 7s. Ci., post free
 THE COMMON-SENSE OF ASTROLOGY

Fate—or Free-Will?
Look at the matter from whatever standpoint we may, we must
admit a law controlling our birth, and also our life's destiny. And
those who have gone to the extreme in this realisation pronounce but
one word—Kismet—Fate I
But it is not in accordance with common sense to go to extremes.
The happy mean is the safe path to travel for all, and a little common-
sense talk will put us all into a better frame of mind while considering
this important subject.
Let us put the matter personally. Did you ever try to find out
the real nature of the " I " by which you know yourself ?
You have in all probability grown out of the notion that you are
your physical body ; if not, then you may shortly expect a big realisa-
tion. You may have discovered further that you are not your feelings
and emotions ; if so, then you are a good step nearer the centre. It
is also probable that you have begun to reason as to whether ymr are
your mind or not. (Mark the phrase: your mind.. We all more or
less unconsciously use the expression " my " mind—that is, when we
think before we speak.)
If you should ever come to that place where you identify yourself
with the Will, apart from any desires that you may have, it is more
than probable that Astrology will appeal to you no longer from a
" common sense" standpoint but from what is now known as
" Higher Sense." In other words, you will view the whole subject
apart from your senses, and use your mind to understand a little of
the Great Cosmic Law which guides and protects all things. This is
the turning point that awaits everyone, and until that stage of our
journey is reached we are more or less under the controlling influence
of the lesser gods, hut once having turned the corner our motto is
changed and we know /tow the Wise Man ' rules ' his stars, and why
the Fool-' obeys ' them.
But you need not leave the platform of common sense to establish
this fact in your mind. When you were under the schoolmaster you
bad to obey and follow his method of teaching in order to learn ; but
there came a time when you knew the special lessons you bad
laboured to learn, and were yourself qualified to instruct others.
If you had been born into an indifferent environment and left to
■8 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
bring yourself up, you would have followed your natural instincts.
Whence come those instincts ? They were your national inheritance.
Time and experience teach us all that it is best to know what is
required of us in order to perform the functions of life properly. If
you agree, ask yourself this question :
What does the Ruler of the Universe require of me?
If you are of the devotional temperament you may find the
answer in following the example and precept of some great teacher.
Then your real troubles will begin. You will find that you have a
natural and material nature; that is to say, you identify yourself with
your various bodies, physical, emotional and mental; mere forms.
You have also a spiritual and aspiring nature; that is, you identify
yourself with the consciousness, the iuternal will; life. Now all form is
found to be under the influence of star-augels who mould it and build
it into vehicles for the use of the spirit—consciousness. All our
limitations are the result of the forms through which w.e are
manifesting.
Where then is the value of Astrology as a science of life ?
The answer is simpler than it looks. Since all form is governed
by star-angels inhabiting planets, to which we. have given certain
names, it entirely depends upon the planet whose influence we come
under as to what is the quality of the matter of which our various
bodies are composed. Is it not common-sense to say so ?
The Moon governs all matter that is apparently colourless,* and
hence is styled the Virgin Isis, mother of the soul. It is like the lake,
capable ofreflecting all colours; and'therefore, Mars representing red,
the colour of force and violence, an aspect of the Moon to Mars
will increase the activity and disturb that matter until it can mould
itself to passion or violence, the desire-nature choosing the material
it requires for the Soul's expression. Mars and Venus govern the
emotional bodies; Saturn and Jupiter the mental bodies; The Sun
and The Moon the physical, and Mercury the finest body of all,
that of the Thinker, or Ego.
From a common-sense standpoint, the whole question of planetary
influence turns upon the question as to whether Will or Desire is the
stronger-—to decide whether we shall persist in being the " fool " who
' The colour of the ]) is said lo be a pale violet.
 THE COMMON-SENSE OF ASTROLOGY 9
4
obeys ' the stars, or the " wise man " who ' rules ' them. In other
words, shall we call for gross and coarse matter, or earn the right to
be supplied with fine and subtle grades wherewith to express our
consciousness.
Summary and Conclusion
Coming bade to our starting-point and recapitulating briefly, the
Signs of the Zodiac preside over our birth, and we must come under
the influence of one of them. Each sign is the house or-station
of a planet whose power and quality harmonise with the nature
of that sign. Thus Mercury, ruler of Virgo, governs earth and
air; Venus, ruler of Libra, governs air and earth; Mars, ruler of
Scorpio, governs water and fire: again, Jupiter, ruler of Sagittarius,
governs fire and water; Saturn-, ruler of Capricorn, governs earth and
air.* Their position at birth, rising, culminating, or setting, etc., mark
the limitations set upon the soul, limitations that all must overcome
before progress can be made. To use a simile that will do very well
for the purpose, our consciousness is poured, as it Were, like water
into the particular shaped vessel which the nativity represents ; and
thus we are simply temporary tenants in a house suited to give
expression to our requirements.
But we are not the horoscope, although we gravitated towards it
at the right moment; for at that time it was the best clothing we could
procure for our physical manifestation. And just as we must wear
our own physical garments, so must we—the consciousness—wear
through the map of our nativity.
The foolish ones make the mistake of identifying themselves with
their horoscopes, instead of seeking to understand the nature of the
matter in which they are clothed.
It is a perfectly true statement that none live up to all that might
be expressed through their horscopes. If they did, they would soon
become the wise ones who rule their stars, for it would mean the
acquirement of greater power, more knowledge, and. perfect faith.
0
Each planet rules two signs, it should be noted ; thus Mercury rules Virgo
an earthy sign and Gemini an airy sign, while Venus rules Libra an airy sign and
TauiKs an earthy sign, and Saturn rules Capricorn an earthy sign and Aquarius an
airy sign —but the three airy signs are quite distinct in their natures, Aquarius being
fixed, Libra volatile and Gemiiii mutable or indifferent. Similarly with the three
earthy signs. To go into this fully, however, would be out of place in an article for
general reading such as this.
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His Majestv King Edward VII.

In the last Annual, under the heading of A Simple Way of

Reading Hovoscopes, was given a brief reading of the King's Horoscope
by " Natu Minimus," which has resulted in the suggestion that it
should be treated as an " illustrated horoscope " by the Editor.
Illustrated horoscopes are very helpful to those who desire to
know exactly how the judgment for each statement is obtained, and
when the subject of the horoscope is universally known, as in the case
of our beloved King, the illustrations are not only instructive but also
very convincing, especially to those who have access to the current
literature dealing with astrological judgments, such as Astrology for
All, Part /., How to Judge a Nativity, Parts I. and, H-, etc., etc.
 ILLUSTRATED HOROSCOPES II
In the following illustration the King's horoscope is fully analysed
and finally synthcsised.
The Rising Sign
King Edward VII. was born, Description.—Tall, well-
according to bulletin time,* when formed ; long oval face, high
the 28th degree of the celestial forehead, fine clear blue or grey
sign Sacittarius was rising eyes, ruddy complexion and open
upon the Eastern horizon. countenance; light brown or
Therising sign describes the chestnut hair. {Manual II., p. 44.)
person, form, disposition, etc. Characteristics. — Gener-
(See How to Judge.a Nativity, Part ous, good hearted, cheerful,
p. 62, 2nd par.) charitable, impulsive, active, en-
terprising, humane, just, truthful,
candid. {Manual IV.,
It is possible for the native
*** to show two very different char-
acters, one external and another
internal. {Astrology for All, Part
/., p. 177.)
The Third Decanate of The third decanate of Sagit-
the sign Sagittarius was rising tarius rising awakens the best
at birth. A "decanate" is the half of this ' dual' sign, quicken-
third part of a Zodiacal Sign, it ing the intuitive and inspirational
accentuates or modifies the nature of the sign and "giving
whole sign. {Il.J.N., i., p. 74, 3rd ability to foresee the future. This
par.)i decanate is governed by the
royal sign, Leo.
The Ruling Planet
Jupiter was the ruling J upiter represents the aspect
planet at the King's birth, this of power:; of harmoniously-bal-
planet being lord or ruler over anced expansion or growth—that
the sign Sagittarius. Each sign which urges on evolution. It
of the zodiac has a lord or ruling often stimulates the growth and
planet. {Il.J.N., ii., pp. 78-99-) increases the size of the body.
It is the planet of good fortune.
Jupiter was rising upon the When rising, Jupiter gives a
ascendant at the King's birth. tall stature, well-developed figure,
The Rising Planet is always plump, (sometimes inclining to
one of the strongest planets in the stoutness in middle life), oval
nativity, and in this case it was face, high forehead, brown eyes
also the ruling planet. {Manual and brown or chestnuthair; good
IV; p- 51. orH.J.N., i., p. 82, looks, often dignified.
it., p. 82.) Disposition: humane, gen-
" November gth, 1841. 10.48 a.m.. at Buckiogbam Palace,
f References to How to Judge a Nativity relate to Part I. or Part II., according
as specified ; thus Il.J.N. i. or Il.J.N. ii.
 the astrologer's annual
Ruling planet's aspects;
(1) upitersextile Venus,
(2) upiter square Moon,
(3) upiter square Uranus.
(H.J.N., ii., pp 95. 98, 39
respectively.)
Individual Characteristics
The Individuality, which
comprises the moral, mental,
passional and general or perma-
ment Character, is denoted by the
Sun in every horoscope. It is
the centre around which all the
other influences are moving, and
which are consequently subject to
constant change. This centre may
be said to represent the heart, or
permanent self: The Individual.
{Astrology for All, Part /., pp. 33,
34. 35. 59-)
*. * *
At the King's birth the Sun
was approaching the Meridian
(M.C.), occupying the tenth house
of the nativity. TheM.C. repre-
sents honour, reputation, occupa-
tion and worldlyposition. {H.J.N.,
pp. 153 and 155.)
The Sun was in sextile as-
pect to the planet Mars at birth.
Mars was also ruler of the M.C.,
making the aspect doubly strong.
{HJ.N., i., p. 51.)
. generosity.
erous, philanthropic, just, merci-
ful, honourable, wise, manly,
truthful, social, refined, cour-
teous, kind.
(1) This gives a great love
of peace, a very humane disposi-
tion, social success, general popu-
larity, esteem and respect; it is
very good for love and marriage.
(2) Unfavourable for off-
spring ; loss and sorrow through
them.-
(3) Unique and peculiar ex-
periences; reactionary tendencies.
The Sun
The Sun in the sign Scorpio
at birth gives dignity, power of
self-control, diplomacy, caution,
keen perception and judgment,
self-reliance, determination, au-
thority, self-respect, power to
appreciate and to criticise, with
ability to sympathise and also to
heal and to protect.
It gives a reserved and pru-
dent individuality, in which a
silent and persistent will is the
main characteristic. It gives
love of power and the ability to
, hold, and rarely fails to bring
success in all work under Govern-
ment.
The Sun in the meridian at
birth denotes honour and success
in lifej a good moral heredity, and
elevates to power and position.
If well aspected it gives distinc-
tion, authority and permanent
success in life. It favours the
vital temperament, governmental
positions and denotes good birth,
or favourable hereditary condi-
ditions.
This aspect produces cou-
rage, ambition, enterprise, pene-
tration, authority, determina-
tion. It stimulates expansion
and gives dignity, activity and
 ILLUSTRATED HOROSCOPES
The Sun was also in trine-'
aspect to Uranus, from Scorpio
to Pisces, from the tenth to the
second house. [H.J.N., p. 51.)
Personal Characteristics
JThe Personality is repre-
sented by the Moon. Under the
heading of personality the lower
half of the nature is expressed;
that is, all the objective and
limited mind and personal feel-
ings, such as concern the person,
as isolated and distinctly sepa-
rated from the mass of humanity
by interests not common to both;
whereas the individual, as ex-
plained^ is the larger, wider and
more truly human portion of the
Man. (Astrology for All, Part
/., p. 67: p. 158.)
The Moon was upon the
cusp of the Ninth House at the
King's birth. The position of
the Moon is important, owing to
its acting as a reflector and con-
denser for the general planetary
influence, and since this action
is modified in accordance with the
part of the nativity from which it
takes place.
This part of the horoscope,
then, is the centre from which
the personal tendencies are ex-
pressed, and thus shows the per-
sonal inclinations and mtnral
tendencies. (H.J.N.,'i., P..I49-)
The Moon was applying to
the sextile aspect of Mercury at
The Sun in trine to Uranus
gives shrewdness, quick percep-
tion, enterprise, intuition, talent
and intellectuality. It never
fails to make the Individuality
very original.
The Moon
The Moon in Virgo never
fails to produce a very refined
and humane personality. It
acts more upon the intellectual
or mental side of the nature
than the passional or emotional.
It awakens the critical abilities,
and gives a love of doing service
to others. The business element
in this sign causes the person-
ality to become practical, and
fully conscious of ways and
means. It increases the absorb-
ing powers of the Moon, but
also allows for ready circulation
again of the influences received,
either in the worlds of mind or
commerce or throughout the
general physical system.
The Moon- in the Ninth
House causes the personality to
assume a philosophical attitude
toward the affairs of life. It
strengthens the imagination and
enlarges the ideality. It gives a
love of travel and the tendency
to seek many changes. The
mind is much improved by this
position, as the brain reflects a
higher tone of thought and feel-
ing. It causes the personality
to be more independent and self-
reliant, and brings out more fully
all the Jupiterian qualities of the
nati vity (the latter because Jupiter
rules Sagittarius, the ninth sign,
and hence has a natural corre-
spondence with the ninth house).
The Moon in good aspect
to Mercury gives a love of
*4 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
the King's birth. {H.J.N., it.,
p. 1570
Combination of Individual
& Personal Characteristics
When the personal and in-
• dividual characteristics are blend-
ed in what is termed the "po-
larity," one or the other is either
subdued or accentuated accord-
ing to the signs in which the
polarity takes place. [Astrology
for Ail, Part p. 122.)
Mental Qualifications
The planet Mercury, by sign,
position and aspect, generally
gives the clue to the mental ten-
dencies. [H.J.N., ii., p. 153.)
Mercury in the Eleventh
House.
Mercury Retrograde.
change, great adaptability, quick
response to new ideas, and makes
the mind plastic and receptive.
" Polaritv"
Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Virgo
This is a critical combina-
tion, producing a mixed influence
corresponding in its nature to
a blend of Mars and Mercury. It
distinctly detracts from the some-
what separative religious ten-
dencies of Scorpio and gives a
tendency to mingle more freely
with inferiors than is usually the
case when the Sun is placed in
that sign. It reveals the critical
and sarcastic turn of mind when
least expected, and sometimes
hardens the nature. It often pro-
duces a unique character, not
easily understood by others.
Mercury
Mercury in Sagittarius gives
a somewhat sporting type of
mind, a certain love of specula-
tive enterprises, and, for the rest,
a philosophic attitude of mind
towards things in general. It gives
the ability to speak well and
to express the mind clearly and
fluently in speech ; but the mind
in itself is often rebellious and
unruly, owing to the innate desire
to assert its independence.
Mercury in the eleventh
gives many acquaintances and a
constant change of friends, usu-
ally of a relatively inferior social
standing, and rarely remaining
constant friends. This planet
retrograde in the eleventh de-
notes the loss of many friends
and also indicates those who are
not always to be relied upon.
 ILLUSTRATED HOROSCOPES
Modifications
Rising Planets
The majority of the planets
were rising at the birth of King
Edward VII., their position being
shown as follows:
Q Suk in the Tenth House.
1} Mercury „ Eleventh „
■4 Jupiter „ Twelfth „
g Mars „ First „ In this royal nativity we
b Saturn „ „ „ find no less than seven planets
^ Uranus „ Second „
§ Neptune „ „ „
■The Setting Planets were ;
2 Venus in the Ninth House.
p Moon
Health
In a male nativity in this
matter the position of the Sun is
ehiefly considered, but with a
female the Moon, and while
aspects of the planets to the Siin
affect the constitution in a male
horoscope, those to the Moon
must be studied in that of a
female. The vital energy is
denoted by the Sun, and the
power to absorb it by the Moon.
[H.J.N., s., p. 96 et seq.)
Sickness
The tendencies to sickness
are denoted by the Moon and the
sixth house in all nativities.
Here the Moon is in square to
Saturn, but in sextile to Mercury,
lord of the sixth.
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Modifications
A poor nativity, so far as
the Ruling Planets, Sun and
Moon, ate concerned, is often
strengthened by the rising of
planets on the eastern side of
the nativity,—which denotes
power, with the ability to make
the most of environment and
circumstances.
rising in the eastern portion.
This adds to the power and ex-
pansiveness of the qualities con-
ferred, and gives the ability to
adapt the inherent forces to the
requirements of position and
circumstances in a very remark-
able manner. Speaking gener-
ally, it gives ability to rise in
life and succeed in the majority
of one's undertakings.
The Luminaries
The constitution of the King
is shown to be a very strong one,,
the Sun being elevated over all
the planets supported by the
sextile of Mars and free from all
affliction save the square of Nep-
tune. The Sun in sextile aspect
to Mars adds to the natural heat,
and also increases the vitality,
but it inclines to feverish com-
plaints, inflammatory conditions,
etc.; this is to some extent
counteracted by the semi-square
aspect to the planet Saturn.
Sixth House
The Moon in Virgo, when
afflicted, denotes bowel troubles.
Mercury, ruler of sixth, semi-
square Mars indicates inflamma-
tory tendencies, Mars in Caori-
corn accidents, etc,, Capricorn
ruling the knees.
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Finance
The financial condition is
generally denoted by the second
house, and the benefic planets,
Jupiter and Venus, also,' to a
certain extent, by the luminaries.
(H.J.N., i., p. 102 el seq.)
Aquarius denotes societies
and public improvement affairs.
Pisces denotes hospitals and
public institutions for sufferers
etc.
Inheritance is denoted by
the Fourth House, its ruler, etc.
Travel
The third and ninth houses
denote travel. Planets in those
houses and their rulers have to
be considered. -If the rulers are
weak travel is unprofitable; if
strong, travel is enjoyed and
brings many benefits. The
Moon has also to be considered.
[H.J.N;, i., p. 109 et seq.)
Children
The fifth house denotes chil-
dren. With regard to children
and their affairs, however, it is
usual to study the marriage
partner's horoscope as well.
{HJ.N., i., p. I22et seq.)
Marriage
The seventh house is to be
considered in all cases of marriage
and partnerships. {H.J.N., i.,
p. 133 et seq.)
Second House
In the King's Nativity
Aquarius is on the cusp of the
second; Neptune and Uranus
are well placed therein, Neptune
trine Venus, Sun trine Uranus.
This denotes much wealth, but-
the ruler, J upiter, square U ranus,
gives the conditions necessary
for spending it.
In this connection it is
worth while to consider that
large sums of money have been
given by or through the King for
hospitals and similar public in-
stitutions, for his ready sym-
pathies towards which he is
justly famed. The King inherited
wealth through Venus, ruler of
the fourth, being in sextile to
Jupiter, his ruling planet.
Third House
King Edward has been a
great traveller, visiting many
lands. Venus in the ninth sex-
tile Jupiter has caused him to
earn thetitleofEdwardthePeace-
maker. He isTond of travel
(Mars, ruler of third,' exalted in
n-rst). The Moon on the cusp of
the ninth also denotes a love of
travel.
Fifth House
The fifth house of the King's
Nativity is governed by Venus,
denoting a fruitful, issue. The
square aspect to Mars signifies
the death of a child.
Seventh House
In King Edward's Nativity
Mercury is ruler of the seventh
house, and this planet occupies
the ruling sign at the King's
birth, and being in the eleventh
house it promises the friendship
of a good-wife.
 ILLUSTRATED HOROSCOPES
Philosophy
The ninth house of each
nativity denotes the scientific,
philosophic, and religious—in
a word, the Higher or subjective
—attitude of Mind, just as the
opposite house, the third, is the
house of. the concrete or Lower
Mind.
The ninth, tenth, and
eleventh houses are the most
important of all, being the
highest in the heavens, there-
fore, in every horoscope much
depends upon their occupants as
to the futurewelfareof thenative.
The Tevmimts Vita
■ The fourth, eighth, and
twelfth houses, forming what
may be termed the Astral Tri-
angle, are those chiefly con-
cerned with the Urminus vita,
certainly in all normal cases of
quitting the physical body. In
abnormal cases one of the lines
forming this astral triangle (to
speak figuratively) is unduly
strained. Generally speaking,
the fourth house is the principal
one to study in connection with
what is called death, it being the
cardinal and apical house of this
triangle; theeighthhouseusually
denotes the nature of the" end.
{H.J.N., i., p. 142 tt seq.)
***
Concluding Remarks and Summary
It is a comparatively easy matter to give a judgment on such a
plan as is here adopted in the foregoing brief analytical sketch. But
Ninth House
That King Edward is a
practical philosopher none will
deny. He does not make a
trouble of life, and he has proved
himself to be quite equal to the
very important position he holds
before the world.
Venus in the ninth house
denotes a refined and artistic
mental outlook, it gives a kind
and sympathetic mind, a love of
music, art, and the drama.
This position promises success
abroad, gain by travel, and a
truly philosophic spirit.
Fourth House
We may judge from this
nativity that the King will live to
an advanced age, and that the end,
when it does come; will be sudden
and unexpected. There are
several indications that the heart
will be affected, Taurus and Leo
being concerned With the fourth
and eighth houses, and these
being both fixed signs.
Additional evidence is fur-
nished by the Sun being in
Scorpio (a fixed or heart- sign)
in square aspect to Neptune in
the fixed sign Aquarius. The
actual limit of this life would
appear to be the Sun's arrival
by progression at the conjunc-
tion of Neptune, for the Sun will
then be also in sesquiquadrate
aspect to the Moon. This last
position, however, would not be
reached until about the ninetieth
year of life.
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correctly to " synthesise " a nativity is quite another matter, requiring
much skill and ability, as well as experience. A synthetical reading
should be a composite picture, in which the planetary positions,
aspects, etc., are blended into one homogeneous whole.
It is/ii'j ability that constitutes the true astrologer, and of him
it is said, as of the poet, that he is " born, not made."
Howe ver, our space being exhausted, the following brief remarks
must suffice by way of showing how the subject should be attempted.
And here again I might refer the reader to the paper of " Natu
Minimus" in last year's Astrologer's Annual, where a suggestion
is made that I am sure will prove very helpful to all commencing this
most fascinating study of Judging a Nativity.
The first thing to notice here is the fact that the Ruler of the
M.C. is in the first house and in its exaltation sign, while the ruling
planet is very strong in its own house, and moreover placed close to
the ascendant. This shows power, and the ability to use it wisely.
The three-most powerful houses, ninth, tenth, and eleventh, are
well occupied. Thus we find Venus, ruler of the fourth and the ninth,
in the ninth, trine Jupiter. The personality (fourth house and ruler)
in perfect harmony with environment, and a good heredity with power
to use the higher mind in union with the personal conditions.
Again, we see the Sun in the M.C., " accidentally " dignified, in
sextile with Mars, ruler of M.C., the latter being exalted in the first—
elevation to high rank and an exalted position. Mars is also ruler of
the eleventh—friends who aspire to serve and help.
Further, Mercury in the eleventh, sextile Moon from the cusp of
the ninth—gratified hopes and wishes.
In blending all these harmonious influences a brilliant and
satisfactory life is denoted, and in every respect we find a nativity-
that may well express one who is truly a King and Emperor.

KOTICE.^An important article on " Planetary Hours, What they are

and How to Use them," intended for insertion has been unavoidably held
over, owing to lack of space consequent on the unexpected length of the
Prize Story. However, the Perpetual Tables of Planetary Hours prepared
in connection with it will be found, with full instructions for use, printed in
the Supbleuienl facing p; (so. For the further information given in the article
referred to, see Modem Astrology for January, 1907, price 6d., yjrf. post free.
 One hears very often of a composite photograph, but very
seldom indeed of a " composite horoscope." Indeed, the possibility
of horoscopes dove-tailing, so to speak, into one another—the little
" wheels of des'tiny " interlocking and forming a single cam, as it were
—is a department of Astrology very little considered and too often
quite overlooked. And indeed, the difterent conditions under which
given planetary influences have to work, in the case of what I have
called "composite horoscopes," require a very experienced, compre-
hensive, and well-balanced judgment, as well as unusual breadth of
blind, in order to deal with them in any fit and adequate manner.
As I have said, the "composite horoscope" is very little con-
sidered or discussed by the average astrological student, yet when two
people become united—(for instance, two men in business partnership,
but more especially in the case of husband and wife)—being together
more or less every day, and, in the latter case, as time goes on
drawing into physical incarnation a circle of egos most of whom,
presumably, have been to some extent linked up with them in the past,
—all this, we can easily see, must inevitably cause many modifications
in the influenceof the primordial map or ' nativity' of either, (whether
the husband or the wife), considered alone and without relation to the
other partner. To bring this home to the mind, a very good way is
to draw out the maps of a whole family of some five or six people,
(parents and children) arranging the maps in a series of concentric
circles.*
Marriage, from the astrological point of view, is a great epoch—
perhaps the great epoch—in the life, it being the union of two forces
0
To avoid confusion, the house-positions of the planets are best ignored, and a
" Zodiacal Horoscopeof each person made out, afterthe manner described in ** A
Simple Way of Reading Horoscopes,'* in last year's Astrologer's Annual. That
is to say, in all cases oc Aries0 is taken as the cusp of the first house, o0 Taurus as the
cusp of thesecond house, o Gemini as the cusp of the-third ; and so on. In this
way the influence one horoscope has in " filling up the vacant places," so to speak,
in another, is seen at a glance. In fact, the amount of information to be gleaned
fcom this-method of examination is far more than would be believed by those who
have not tried it.—Ed,
20 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
henceforward acting more or less as one. Some of the very happiest
marriages show a complete union of opposites. That is to say, two
persons, though loving each other dearly, may be as opposite as the
poles in character, having had totally different experiences in other
lives and quite contrasted surroundings hitherto in this, hence being
entirely opposite in disposition and temperament. But a moment's
reflection will show, that though each character may be a good one in
its own way, yet in the blending of the two much discord may' he
engendered : arid this in spite of great mutual love. For the strong
points—I had almost said the angularities—in the character of each will
be accentuated by the proximity of the other, and this will inevitably
react upon the environment, and a harder and more strenuous life
will be engendered than either, would have taken up alone. In
other words, the combination of the two influences, the dual forces,
will become more and more potent, either for weal or woe.
When in addition to this we take into consideration the influence
of the children's horoscopes we feel that there is, as it were, a family
horoscope to be dealt with, a collective horoscope somewhat similar,
in its small way, to the National Horoscope we so often hear about.
Should an astrologer judge only the horoscope of the father, in
attempting to forecast the family fortunes, there will be oftentimes too
narrow an outlook, and the judgment on account of this will be- some-
what at fault, unless he takes into consideration the nativities of the
wife and children as well. " Indeed, it is especially within the family
horoscope that karitia is active ; and the reactions of all these various
egos upon each other combine to produce distinct events, some of
them necessarily of a very painful nature.
In popular fiction we are generally led to suppose that to die for
love is the crowning act of sacrifice of the hero or heroine. But in real
life we learn that it is a far more complete sacrifice to live for another.
Far harder to endure, to forego, to forbear, to forgive a dozen times a
day every day during the year,—and all this in cool blood,—than
in one moment of perhaps intemperate enthusiasm to yield up a life
that without its idol might well seem worthless !
It is in the life of the householder, or within the "composite
horoscope," as I would express it, that the greatest experience is
gained :; for here much- personal selfishness must fall away. Some
member of the home circle must sacrifice for the good of the rest, ami
 COMPOSITE HOROSCOPES
the very difference between the various characters and temperaments,
and the daily strain and friction which it engenders, rubs off the
sharp corners and idiosyncrasies of the character,—much on the same
principle as common marbles are produced by putting rough pebbles
into a tub and rolling it round until each irregularly shaped stone is
worn by the friction into a perfect spherical form.
Many people lead tame lives alone, but when they come together,
and their two horoscopes coalesce as it were, their joint life becomes
a very vivid and realistic one ; indeed, the life for both wholly changes !
We give too little weight, I think, many of us, to the effect of the
intermingling of the forces when union has taken place ; certainly a
joint horoscope cannot be judged in the same way that a single
nativity is.
Marriage is frequently the " karma " of the life—blessed, or other-
wise, in accordance with the events and actions of former lives. Now,
these former lives, in which were sown the causes which give rise to
the effects we discover in the nativity to-day, are for the most part,
o us in our present state of evolution, a sealed book. We cannot
hnow, because we cannot see these past lives. But imagination may
help us.
We often ask " What can have attracted A to B P Why should
they marry ? It can only end in misery ! "
It may happen that these two souls have been linked up in a
particular destiny in the pas.t, and have met to work out together in
marriage some karmic debts which could not have been worked out
n separation.
Very often an astrologer will remark when he sees the seventh
house afflicted ; " Remain single, if you wish to escape trouble." And
that is true from the standpoint of " taking life easily." But the
experience which a certain combination of planets indicates will have
to be met and faced some time—somewhere ; and courageous souls will
not be deterred from a union they feel impelled towards by the dread
of impending trouble. " No," say they, " if trouble must come, let
us get it over and be done with it."*
Naturally, it is only a few—shall I say, developed souls who truly
realise that experiences of any kind, whether painful or pleasurable,
* [See "A Courageous Couple," in the November issue ol Modern Astralogy-
—Ed.}
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must be faced and worked through, as the forces governing this
humanity see fit. Few indeed there are who can say calmly and with
conviction, when under the pressure of pain and calamity, " Whatever
«, is best."
Each soul has its own dominant keynote. Some keynotes blended
form a chord of music, a harmony more perfect and fuller than any
single note. It is true other keynotes struck together produce a
discord, and when in an unhappy union this occurs, we call it fate, and
lament it as a- disaster—forgetting that without this discord, at some
period, in some life, the future harmony would be impossible!
There are mainly three broad fundamental lines on which souls
evolve, corresponding to the three attributes of the Divine Tri-unity.
We may call these three the lines of Love, Wiil and though
these three are of a verity one ; for Love can be translated as Good-
ness, which is the fruit of Wisdom ; Wisdom as Knowledge, which is
the outcome of Love, the Teacher; and Will as Action, the parent
of all.
Now the soul evolving on the line of Devotion or Love, will be
ever seeking union with another, while a soul on the line of Will will
naturally more or less desire to stand alone. The third, on the line of
Wisdom will be a student, loving knowledge for its own sake. Each of
these lines in itself is equally good, each leading to the- eventual
finding of the Divine Self. But when two souls on diflierent lines seek
to tread during the current incarnation the same road, some unusual
features are certain to present themselves; and unless either or both
possess a large mind and a wide tolerance, unhappy conditions are
sure to develop.
If either of the twain could only realise his or her own essential
unity with a manifestation of another side of the Divine Life they do
not understand, endeavouring to see with the other's vision, and to
try and understand and co-operate with the Divine Life, although
manifesting in a form so different and even opposed to their own, then
the consciousness of both would be broadened, and the evolution of
the two souls go forward by leaps and bounds!
Naturally, from our own standpoint, our own line appears to be
the most desirable. But if we rule the personal equation out of court,
we see that all sides of the Divine Life must be equally great and
good—all have their place and object in the scheme of evolution,- and
 COMPOSITE HOROSCOPES
in God's sight all three lines of progress must be equally great,
whether of Will, of Love, or of Wisdom.
And, indeed, in a union of opposites, if only the element of real
love be present, it is possible, I believe, to attain the highest growth,
if either can sink the personality sufficiently to take on, and
respond to, the vibrations of the other. If both could do this,
then a new consciousness for each would be born, and the two sides of
Divinity thus harmoniously manifesting, the third would appear—and
appear, moreover, at a higher stage of manifestation than either of
the two sides which, balanced, had-led to its unfoldment; or so I
believe.
• To widen one's consciousness to the full, so as to include in.one's
comprehension and sympathies other ways, modes and manners of
expressing the Divine, must be a task at least more easy of accom-
plishment when approached from an astrological standpoint than it
can be when that standpoint is unrecognised. Still, to me, I must
confess, it is a curious thing that astrologers seem to favour some
signs of the zodiac more than others. Yet all are surely equally beauti-
ful, when we consider that the whole of the .zodiac is but the great
Solar Life manifesting itself in various ways!. When we reflect that
everything is exactly right as it is, only our imperfect .judgment being
at fault, (which cannot see the beginning and ending, but only the
middle, as it were, the period in which we are at the moment mani-
festing), then we know that'evil' is ignorance and 'sin' limitation.
And just as surely as the Divine Life flows into us in fuller measure, so
surely shall our wisdom enable us to see much that escapes us to-day.
Astrology teaches the law of Unity, how each planetary sphere-
affects another. And in the study of Family or what I have called
Composite Horoscopes, I am sure the thoughtful student will find a
wide field for investigation, and also a subject for deep reflection, in
considering the varied interplay of all the complex centres of force
concerned in this great pulsating Heart which we term—Humanity.
Bessis Leo.

" Only in the love we have for others than ourselves can we truly live
and die."
 dte (Sampeuticiis

On p. 4 of our last, or rather our first, issue of the Annual, we

offered five prizes of One, Two, Three, Five, and Five Guineas
respectively.
Frankly, we must say we are disappointed at the comparatively
small amount of interest awakened and the few competitors whose
work displayed any real ability. Indeed, the two prizes of a guinea
and two guineas respectively cannot be awarded, for nothing at all
was submitted in this connection that was up to standard.
However, in regard to the other three items, the good quality of
the articles to which the. prizes have been adjudged atones for much
that was lacking in other directions.
Mr. Robert Nankivell in his part of " devil's advocate," on " Why
Astrology should not be Popularised," certainly brings forth a very
good reason for at any rate not vulgarising Astrology, though there may
be some who think he rather disproves his own argument in the
latter part of the paper !
Regarding the other essay, we are placed by one competitor
in somewhat of a difficulty. For we must honestly say that we
consider he brings forward a far more glowing list of reasons for
enthusiasm in the cause of Astrology than finds a place in the essay to
which we have awarded the prize. But we certainly did not expect
that under the term " article" any contributor would understand a
heterogeneous list of the benefits to be derived from a study of
Astrology, arranged in haphazard order without regard to logical
sequence or cumulative effect, as Mr. E. T. Manderville has done,
and we think he will on reflection see why his contribution is ipso facto
ineligible for the prize.
As to the Astrological Story, that may speak for itself: it is
considerably longer than we had contemplated, but we do not grudge
Mr. Elwar a single line.
The Prizes will be sent the same day as this magazine is published,
and the winners' acknowledgments will be printed in due course in an
early number of Modern Astrology. (Mr. Elwar resides abroad.)
 s 3lnm& frffttt: tljc ISararag"

Prize Astrologigal Story

We sat together as near to the edge of the cliff as was safe,

absorbed in the contemplation of one of the most beautiful tropical
views which I have ever seen. Right at our feet, 600ft. below, lay
the town and harbour of one of those lovely islands of the southern
West Indies where "every prospect pleases." The sun had just set,
and the all too brief twilight of the tropics was making the most of its
short tenure of life by showing the face of Nature decked in softer
hues than the glary day permitted. We faced the, .west, and our
horizon line was formed of the dark blue sea, melting into a golden
haze above the spot where the last rays of the sun lingered lovingly
as if reluctant to depart.
We were, I say, absorbed in this glorious view, but one of
us at all events was not so completely lost in its beauties as to be
unreceptive of other charming influences near by. He would indeed
have been a man of'abnormal density who could have so remained
while Therese- de la Raviniere sat by his side with that rapt look on
her face, induced by the lovely scene before her. Pretty is not the
exact term to describe my companion, she was more than that. From
her head, where the soft, dark brown hair was gathered into a graceful
knot on her neck, to her tiny well-shod feet, she could best be
described as dainty. Her French ancestry appeared not only in her
delicate features and brown skin, but in the indescribable fit and
style of her simple white dress; for it is the inalienable birthright of
a Frenchwoman to know both how to dress and how to wear her
dress. Seated as f was somewhat farther from the edge of the cliff
than she was, she formed an immediate and fascinating foreground to
my view, and it was possible for me to include her, as it were, in the
vista of inspiring thoughts which it evoked in my mind.
Our acquaintance was but recent, and had it not been for my
inner knowledge of the manner in which a man's destiny works itself
out in his life, and of how those to whom-we are irresistibly drawn in
 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
the course of that life are but our nearest and dearest in bygone lives,
1 should have been astounded at the sudden and absoluteprostration
of me, Paul Morton, chance visitor to the West Indies in search of
health, at the feet of this tropical sylph. Far, indeed, from my
thoughts had been any such possibility when, worn out by hard pro-
fessional work, and brain-weary from too close an application to those
other studies which formed my mental recreation in hours of leisure,
I was compelled to seek a long spelFof rest from the daily routine and
to come to the West Indies to vegetate awhile. I had left with a
feeling of annoyance at the disagreeable break in a life and studies
that were of absorbing interest, and I had been looking forward with
impatience to the day when I could return and resume the even
tenour of my way.
Now, however, although barely a month of my stay had elapsed,
I regarded the too rapid flight of time with something like apprehen-
sion.- My former world seemed to have faded into a dim distance,
and I was alive and alert in a newer creation, in which an indefinable
something had appeared, a something that supplied a hitherto un-
known want, that filled a vacancy not yet realised in some part
of my being.
Our meeting had apparently come about by the merest chance,
but from it a new era of my life seemed to date. I had brought a
letter of introduction to one of the principal inerchants'of the island,
and with the well-known: hospitality of the West Indian his house
was at once made my home for as long as I thought fit. Here it was
then that I had met her, his niece. * Her father was a prominent
planter ia Martinique, who years before had met my host and his
sister on the transatlantic voyage, and had won the brother's friend-
ship and the sister's heart. Therese, the only child of the marriage,
had recently completed her education on the Continent, and was now
on a long visit to her uncle in the land of her mother's birth.

Such were the musings that mingled in my 'mind with the up-
welling of reverential feeling produced by the inspiring view, as we
sat together in silence that lovely November evening (it was the
27th of November, 1901), and I was just beginning to wonder how it
would end—whether I should be able to tearmyself away, or whether
I should yield to that-delicious sense of comradeship between us
 "as a brand from the burning" 27
which possessed me, and entreat her to let our lives be united—when
she spoke.
" How very close together those two stars are ! I do not remem-
ber having seen two quite like them before. Do you know them ?
What are they ? "
" I am glad you noticed them," ! replied. "! had intended
showing them to you as soon as they were visible, but, thinking of
other things, had not observed that they could now be seen. They
are Jupiter and Saturn, and will to-morrow be in close conjunction.
Right above them is Venus, which you can readily distinguish by
her brilliancy, and a little below, not so easily seen, is Mars.; A brave
show of planets in one quarter of the heavens, is it not ? "
" Yes, indeed, and what does it mean ? I heard you and Uncle
Will hard at it the other evening, arguing about Astrology, and !
heard you say you were sure that conjunctions of the planets had an
unmistakable effect upon the earth and its inhabitants."
" Did you ?—I had no idea you were listening, or it might have
made me nervous. Yes, it is quite true ; and a conjunction of this
kind, where the two largest planets are concerned, and, moreover,
taking place in one of the cardinal signs of the zodiac, will have a
very marked effect, unless I am much mistaken."
" Oh,/wte* do you know ?" she cried. " You )«ks/tell me. ! take
the greatest interest in all that relates to the stars. Do you know, !
think that some of my far distant ancestors must have been star-
worshippers, for I feel at times a positive reverence for the starry
heavens."
" When you know the truth about them," 1 replied gravely,
" you will realise that your feeling of reverence is not misplaced. I
shall be very pleased to tell you, to the best of my ability, something
about the present conjunction and its probable effects. But I see that
the Moon is rising and we shall be late for dinner, so I think we had
better be moving, and ! can talk about it on the way down."
Our pleasant walk home was accordingly occupied with my
description—personal, to some extent, for I had to explain how for
many years ! had devoted what little leisure I had to the investigation
of the grand science of the stars, and how I had finally satisfied myself
Of the mighty truth which, like the' Egyptian Sphinx, lay buried
beneath the accumulated rubbish of centuries. I hinted at the still
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deeper truths behind the outer veil, at the Great- Law which ruled
the Universe, and at the Mighty Ones who carried out the working of
that Law; and then I showed how the coming together of the two
great planetary bodies, Jupiter and Saturn, had on previous occasions
been found to produce certain well-marked effects on the Earth and
its creatures, and how. astrologers the world over were watching for
similar effects from the present conjunction in the fifteenth degree
of the zodiacal sign, Capricorn.
" My own view," I continued, "is that earthquakes and volcanic
action are most likely to result. For at the time of the conjunction
five of the heavenly bodies are in tropical signs; of the Zodiac, and
Mercury is in. Scorpio (a sign noted for seismic action), and in evil
aspect to: Mars. So that I should not be surprised if one of your old
West Indian volcanoes had an outburst of activity, for in these
regions the planet Uranus is near the zenith at the moment of
conjunction, and his effects are frequently—in fact usually—of a sudden
arid explosive nature."
" What you tell me is deeply interesting," she said, " and I shall
not forget it. You have not said anything, however, about the effect
on people."
" Well, to tell you the truth," I replied, " the effect will vary
very considerably in individual cases, and no real astrologer would
attempt to predict'definitely what it might be in any one case without
seeing the horoscope of the person concerned. But one thing ihay, I
think, be broadly stated, and that is that people born on or about the
4th or 5th of January are the most likely to feel the effects, and should
prepare for ill-health or important changes in their lives."
" Why, how curious! " she cried. " / was born on the 5th of
January."
I felt the instinct of the student rising, apart from my special
interest in the charming life beside me, and I promptly asked her
whether she knew the time of her birth. She did not, but readily
agreed to my suggestion that she should write and ask her mother for
it, when 1 promised to look closely iuto her case. Just then we
reached the bouse, and for the time our conversation ended.

Time passed all too rapidly with me,. I could not of course
remain long with my hospitable friends, although the temptation to.
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do so was very severe, and a week after the talk just recorded I left
to visit the other islands of that delightful archipelago.
Although I think TherSse saw how matters stood with me, I did
not wish to precipitate my avowal of love, partly because it did seem
rather premature, and partly because I still clung with a certain amount
of hesitancy to my bachelor freedom. £n fact although very "Hard
hit," I had not yet completely surrendered to this unexpected develop-
ment of my tropical tour, and I was moreover exceedingly doubtful
as to the reception a sudden proposal would have. Perhaps, indeed
(as I teased myself with thinking), according to the French custom her
marriage was already " arranged." with some youthful Martinican.
We had had several talks about Astrology, and it was clear to
the that hers was no ephemeral interest, but lay deep down in the
roots of her being. I lent her a small manual on the subject, and she
promised to send me her hirth-time-when received from her mother.

Her welcome letter reached me in Trinidad, where Z was having

a pleasant time enough, as things went, though now my pleasures all
seemedone-sided: somelhingwzs missing, and that something, whenever
I analysed it, vibrated to one note—TherSse. She wrote, giving her
birth-time, and to say—it was in January—that she was return-
ing home in a week or two. In a postscript, a woman's postscript,
she added that if, as I had said was probable, I visited Martinique
before I went back to England, she hoped I would let her know of
my arrival, so that she might return my book to me ; and she gave
me the address of their residence at St. Pierre.
I was, as may be imagined,- not long in drawing the figure of
her nativity, and found therein ample confirmation of those graces of
mind and person which I had recognised in our intercourse.
Proceeding to ascertain the influences affecting her in her current
year of life, I discovered good cause for anxiety as to the probable
result to ber of the great conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter. At her
birth Mars was in close trine to Uranus, and the Sfn (which was in
parallel of declination with Jupiter) was applying to Mars, the actual
conjunction of the two and consequent trine to Uranus falling due, in
the progressed horoscope for that year, about the month of June.
Further, Venus at birth was in the seventh house, and in this year of
her progress the Moon, quitting the parallel declination of Uranus in
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the horoscope, passed first to Venus in the radix, and secondly to the
progressed Venus, the first conjunction being due in June, and the
second in December. Also, of course, to be taken into account was
the recent conjunction, by transit, of Saturn and Jupiter on the place
of the Sun at birth—the reader will forgive the intrusion of these
technicalities, I hope.
The other " directions " were not of importance, but in the potent
ones described I saw the probability of grave danger to her I loyed,
as well as the possibility of her being saved by some unusual means.
Illness for herself and danger to her father were marked features, and
thereafter—might I dare to hope from the blending of the rays of
Venus and the Moon in the seventh that my heart's desire would be
accomplished ? The thought alone was of itself supreme pleasure,
and buoyed me up to face the serious nature of the crisis which
unquestionably intervened.
Carefully thinking over the position, I decided to completely alter
my plans and instead of returning to England in March, as had been
my original intention, to remain over in the West Indies for May and
June so that at the critical period I might be near to her. Some
vague idea of my being of assistance to her undoubtedly lay beneath my
decision, although how that was possible I did not stop to consider ;
but the imperative cry of my being, to be near her in the time of her
peril, was really the decisive factor. I made my arrangements accord-
ingly, and mapped out a programme whereby after visiting Porto Rico
and the northern West Indies, I would reach Martinique about the
middle of May, and then—well, who could tell what might eventuate?
I would follow whither fate led me, with but one guiding light, my
devotion to the sweet lady of my love.
I wrote a brief judgment on her horoscope, and sent it to her,
promising to deal more fully with it later on, and in regard to coming
events made a guarded forecast for the current year, indicating that
there was the probability of personal ill-health and of danger to her
father, but giving an assurance of my belief in rescue from the im-
pending troubles and of a turn of the tide in a favourable direction
thereafter. In my letter I said that I should certainly visit Martinique
and spend some time there, and I indicated May as. the probable time
of my arrival, when, I added, I looked forward with pleasurable
anticipation to renewing our interrupted discussions on Astrology. It
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was .not until this letter was posted that I" realised the severity of the
self-denying ordinance which I had imposed upon myself. To wait
until May, when my heart had really accompanied the letter just written,
was a_serious strain upon my will; but give in I would not. I had
decided-to stake my all upon this one throw, and my struggling lower
self must perforce submit to my decision.
* ❖ * ^
It was Saturday, the 3rd of May, 1902, and I was once more at
Trinidad. I had arrived there from Jamaica that morning in a cargo
steamer, having timed myself so as to meet the Royal Mail Steamer
leaving Port-of-Spain for the northern islands on the 8th of May, and
by which I would reach Martinique on the r3th. My prolonged trip
had done me an immense amount of good physically, and I felt sound
and vigorous once again, although the heat that day in Trinidad had
been very trying, being felt and commented upon even by the " old
hands."
I was putting up at the Queen's Park Hotel, and had comedown
for dinner, feeling very pleased to be amid the resources of civilisation
after five days on a framp steamer, and on my way to the dining-
room stopped to read the day's bulletin of telegraphic hews. I only
read the first item, but it was more than enough. My heart leaped,
and then seemed to stand still, while the words burnt themselves into
my brain. How well I remember them!—
Martinique, May yd :—La Montague Pel6e, which since 1851 has been
inactive, has within the last eight days developed alarming activity.
Yesterday it belched tremendous volumes of smoke, and at midnight
flames issued from it accompanied by a trembling noise. St. Pierre
is this moroing covered with a layer of ashes, and appears as if
enveloped in a fog. Great consternation prevails, and business is
suspended."
But for the inner knowledge I possessed of the possibility of
Therfese being rescued from the impending danger I believe that I
must have broken down under the intense anxiety. Here was the
identical thing I had foreseen in all of its terrible grandeur, at her
very door, and I hundreds of miles away! It was maddening !—
unbearable 1 I rushed to the shipping office, and somehow managed
to convey the idea that I wished to get to Martinique at once.,
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" No steamer, Sir," said the polite manager, " befone the Royal
Mail, I am sorry to say. French boat just left."
" Then I must have a sailing vessel," I cried, and th« anguish in
my voice must have enlisted his sympathy, for in less than an hour's
time I found myself, by means of the ubiquitous telephone, the
charterer of the good sloop " Stevedore," with permission from the
Collector to get to sea at midnight if the wind favoured.
The four days that followed require little description, Travelling
by sloop in the Caribbean Sea is an experience suigeneris, and but for the
hardening effect of my previous holiday, largely spent in the open air,
I should probably have been knocked up by it. And when to physical
discomfort was added the mental anxiety which tortured me day and
night, it may be imagined that I was in a highly nervous condition by
the end of my journey. With stolid obstinacy, however, I clung to
the deep-rooted feeling that my love would be rescued, and that
somehow I should be the means of her rescue.
At 2 p.m. on Wednesday, the 7th of May, we anchored off St.
Pierre, and after much tedious formality with the Customs officers I
got ashore. It was clear that I was not too late, for I learned that
there had been no further eruption so far. But one look at the grand
old " Bald-Head," rising beyond the city in the background to the
north-east, convinced me how much the people of St. Pierre had to
dread from a serious eruption from its crater, and I determined that,
if earnest entreatycould succeed, my darling should not spend another
day in that place of danger. Bent upon one idea, I failed to hear
the talk around me, which I knew sufficient French to have understood,
but the very air seemed thick with anxiety and foreboding. I lost no
time in getting a cab, and was soon en route to the residence of the
de la Ravinieres, which was evidently well-known, for my mulatto
cabbie (as I remembered later) permitted himself a remark which,
but for my intense pre-occupatibn, ought to have opened my eyes—
"Ah, monsieur hastens then to condole with the family?" As it
was, I heard him and no more. Therese and her danger and the
thrilling proximity of our meeting had possession of me.
The Villa was situated in the south-eastern suburb of St. Pierre,
on a Jittle hill separated from the rest, commanding the town and bay,
and with a distant view of the " Bald-Head " over the top of an
intervening spur of the neighbouring hills. My cab left the main
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road suddenly, and turning sharply to the right we ascended the hill
by a road which wound once round it and then emerged on the north
of a small plateau forming the summit, and, on which stood the house,
a handsome and commodious cottage of the type that the Americans
call a " frame-building."
Just as we were, reaching the plateau I noticed some solid mason
work on the left, occupying the extreme northern end of the top of
the hill, and I saw that it was an old circular battery—a not uncommon
relic of the old fighting days in the West Indies—evidently made
for a swivel-gun, which would thus command the road below as well
as the more distant landing place south of the town. This part of the
hill-top, whether naturally or artificially, was higher than the rest,
being approached by a sloping ramp of earth, and on the side nearest
to the house stood a small structure of masonry, apparently burrowing
into the earth below the battery. From the piece of its curved stone
roof visible it looked like a rain-water cistern, but as I had seen many
such before in other islands, I had no difficulty in associating it with
the little fort as being its bomb-proof magazine.
This my eye took in as I passed, together with many other
details, but I attached no importance to it, and indeed nothing then
seemed of importance to me save that I was going to meet TherSse
once more, and that I was filled with the sullen determination to save
her from some impending danger that I knew hung over her. I was
shown, nervous and preoccupied, into a charming sitting-room, but
I had some minutes in which to collect myself before anyone came,
and then there was a light footfall on the uncarpeted corridor floor of
the tropics, a little hand parted the light portiere of beads, and.I
sprang to my feet with the joyous cry, " Ah, mademoiselle, what a
pleasure to " when my speech came to an abrupt end, while I
stammered, " But what has happened ?" For it was TherSse, as
beautiful and as dainty as ever, but TherSse in the deepest mourning,
and with eyes that bore tod evident traces of tears.
She came forward quietly and sadly, and held out her hand.
Heavens! how sweet she looked, the sombre black dress notwith-
standing, and what a breath of roses accompanied her presence!
" Have you not heard then ? " she enquired wistfully. " My poor
father—be is gone I " and a sob shook her.
Gently I led her to a seat, and getting a low chair sat beside her,
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while from her broken words I learned the awful news. Their Usine,
as the sugar factories on estates in the French islands are called, was,
it appeared, situated in a valley below the Montagne Pel6e. The
previous Saturday, the 3rd, had been pay-day oh the estate, and there
had been some trouble with the labourers an account of the manage-
ment stopping the wages of some who had not worked well. Threats
had been made, and her father, anxious for the safety of the property,
and fearing incendiarism, had decided to spend the night at the Over?
seer's house, where a room was always, kept for him. He had sent
a note home to say so, and as it was quite an ordinary occurrence for
him to stay there, nothing was thought of it. But that very night
the volcano, silent for fifty-one years, had awakened to life, and
poured forth destruction. ThSrfese and her mother had been terrified
and anxious, but it was not until the Sunday afternoon that the
appalling information reached them that the Usine and its many
buildings had been completely buried, with everything living in them,
under a mass of volcanic mud and ashes. At one fell stroke, and in a
few hours, TherSse and her mother found themselves bereft of a
devoted husband and father, and of their property, for cultivation
as well as factory had disappeared before that awful Destroyer.
"You warned me, you remember ? " she said plaintively, " But
who could imagine that the threatened danger would be so sudden
and so fatal ?
I was silent for some" moments, and my silence must have
seemed unsympathetic, but my mind was in rapid motion. I was
thinking with all my strength, thinking whether it was possible that
the death of her father had satisfied the potent direction of Sun con-
junction Mars. I should have liked to have been able to believe it,
but something deep down in my nature seemed to answer—" It has
not. Fly with her.; there is yet danger, and you are the one to save
her from it."
Controlling myself with a great effort, I steadied my voice and
said to her;
" Mademoiselle, believe me, you have my most sincere and heart-
felt sympathy. I had no conception that 1 should find you the victim
of such a painful loss wh.en I arrived, but I will confess to you at once
that I have come here from Trinidad, urgently, in a sailing vessel,
because I learned from the telegrams of that eruption of the volcano
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on Saturday'night, although not of its terrible result,-and because I
know that you are in the greatest danger personally, even now. I
came 'to entreat, to beg of you, to place sufficient confidence in my
warning, to fly from this place without any delay. I feel so keenly
that you are in danger, and tha't you can be saved, that had I the
right as well as the will, I would take you away with me now,
immediately." .
• ^ Monsieur ? " she cried, in a fluttering voice, for'the power of
my love was getting possession of me, and- my last words had been
delivered in an ardent and compelling tone which must have spoken
volumes-to her woman's heart.
"Ah,ThSrSse," I continued, taking her hand, "inopportune as
the moment may be, and harshly as you may judge me for it, I can
no longer keep silence. I must save you, for I love you—love you
with a devotion so intense, that 1 feel as if you were part and parcel of
my being. Forgive me, dearest, for this declaration; it is made with
no selfish feeling, but because I feel so keenly for you in your grief and
danger, that my heart cries out for the right to'shieldand protect you."
She trembled as with strong emotion, and buried her face in her
handkerchief for awhile. Then raising her glorious eyes, she replied ;
" Mr, Morton—Paul 1 I will give you that right', for I, too, care
for you and trust you fully " Her voice broke, and the rest of
her words became an inarticulate murmur, for I held her in my arms,
and speech was impossible.
After a few moments of rapture, moments in which I must surely
have obtained a foretaste of celestial bliss, explanations followed, and
I learned, with a lover's satisfaction, how the attraction had from the
first been mutual. Then we had all too soon to descend from our
rosy paradise and face the stubborn realities of life once more.
ThSrese offered no objection at all to my proposal that early next
morning we should all take our departure in my sloop for St. Lucia,
where some relatives of her father's were settled: the only difficulty
was to persuade her mother, who had abandoned herself to her grief,
and had kept her room ever since the disastrous news of her
husband's untimely end.
" However," said Therese, with a smile, " if you will let me tell
her the whole truth, I am sure she loves rne far too well to prevent
me from meeting your wishes." •'
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She left me accordingly to begin her attack without delay, for I
was urgent that all packing should be done that night, and that eight
o'clock next morning should be the latest hour for our departure from
the house.
I could not, in the overwrought state of my feelings, remain
sitting quietly in the room while she was away, so went outside and
walked across the drive to the old battery, not twenty yards distant
from the entrance. It was, as I had expected to find it, a circular
platform, paved with solid stone, and in the centre were the remains
of the structure upon which the " long thirty-six " had no doubt been
pivoted in its day. Garden seats now. occupied the edge, and a lovely
view was obtainable on all sides. Going back to the house I had a
look at the magazine, which burrowed into the mound of earth for
most of its length—about twelve feet altogether—and found that its
arched roof was just high enough for me to stand upright in the
middle. It was cleanly limewashed inside, and at the further end
stood the now familiar (to me) West Indian "Drip" or water filter,
which consists of two .cylinders of coral stone fixed in a wooden frame
one above the other, the top one almost hollow, the lower only partly
so, and with a large red earthenware jar on the floor at the bottom,
to catch the water, which is poured into the top "dripstone," and after
percolating through the two stones arrives at the jar, strained of all
grosser impurities,'and .deliciously- cool,
"Capital idea," I said to myself, approvingly. "The,water in
here would be kept quite free from dust, and must be particularly
cool and pleasant."
Doubtless for reasons connected with this water storage the door
of the magazine, which was in its southern end, was in good order,
and fitted with a hasp and padlock outside. At this point my inspec-
tion was pleasantly interrupted by the arrival of Thfirese, who joined
me, and we sat together on one of the garden seats upon the
battery.
"I have succeeded," she said in a low voice, " but oh, it was so
hard to tell Maman that in all of our grief I still had cause_ to be
happy. Still, I think that she will be glad to.escape for awhile from
this place: it has too many memories. We will leave the servants in
charge^—old Lisette,.my nurse, has kept it once before when we were
in France—and we can return later on, when that monster yonder,"
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shaking her little clenched hand at L,a Pelee, " has gone to sleep
again."
She then conveyed to me her. mother's kind request that I would
stay the night and leave with them next morning. So l went back to
the house and wrote a letter to the master of the " Stevedore," ex-
plaining that we would leave with him at- S in the morning for St.
Lucia, and asking for my portmanteau to be sent up. Everything
being thus in^atisfactory train for our flight, I gave myself up to the
enjoyment of the society of TherSse.
We retired early and rose early. It is a general rule in the West
Indies, and a good rule too. The morning was intensely hot. Not
a breath stirred the air, and the sun's rays seemed to beat on the
house with unusual fierceness. I myself in my overwrought con-
dition was feelirg the heat so much that I was sorry to exchange my
pyjamas for my ordinary morning clothes, light as they were, and
the simple act of buckling my portmanteau straps seemed altogether
to exhaust me. I went out, however, a little; after 7 o'clock, and in
about twenty minutes was joined by Therfese, who was soon followed
by her mother. Even distressed and sad as she was, that good soul
won my heart without difficulty. We said but little to each other,
but it was of a sympathetic nature on both sides, and I saw with
satisfaction that the verdict of her daughter was more than sufficient
to ensure her willing acceptance of me as her future son-in-law.
Outside, the servants were getting ready for our departure. The
stables occupied the southern end of the plateau, and now in front of
them the groom was harnessing a pair of horses to a light carriage,
while a cart drawn by two mules was being laden with the ladies'
trunks. We stood on the front verandah, with our hats on, watching
the preparations, for it had been arranged that we should start
directly the carriage was ready, as Madame wished to stop on the
way down at the residence of her late husband's lawyer, to ask him to
see to her affairs during her absence. As this would somewhat delay
our arrival at the sea-front, the cart with the luggage would thus
reach it about the same time as ourselves.
We were silent, for our hearts were too full with various emotions
for conversation to seem necessary, and moreover the heat- was
so absolutely overpowering that even to speak was an effort. I took
off my straw hat, and saying: "I have never felt such a morning
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duriiig all the time I have been in the West Indies," began to fan
myself with it. As the forepart of my neck was perspiring freely, I
raised my head.to let the fanning cool that spot also, and this motion
brought my eyes into, line with.the distant volcano, visible over the
intervening hill.
It has seemed to me since, thinking over it quietly, that the
upward movement of my head and my subsequent actions must in
appearance have been simultaneous, but in actual reality it was not
so. There were two separate actions involved. I saw something
with my bodily eyes, and immediately I also saw something else with
some inner sense, never before realised. Also my physical muscles.
acted, but I clearly felt that they were • acting in obedience to a per-
emptory dictate from something, some power within, never before
recognised, something that bid my body move and it obeyed. For
one brief flash I must have been conscious on another plane of being,
and that flash of higher consciousness saved our lives. What, my
bodily eyes saw was the side of the mountain looking towards us
split asunder, and a mighty volume of dense smoke with a fiery
background rush forth. What my inner sight disclosed was a rapid
series of miniature pictures, showing me grasping the two ladies, one
in each hand, and rushing across to the old magazine, thrusting them
in, tumbling in myself, and dragging the door to after me : and,
as I say, my body obeyed the compelling force which bade me give
effect to the vision, with a rapidity which made the.two things seem
simultaneous.
" Come, for the love of God!" I yelled, in a voice that did not
sound like, my own it was so hoarse with alarm. I jammed my hat on
my head, seized one hand each of TherCse and her mother, and
literally dragged them across the space that intervened between us
and the old magazine. Before we reached it the air was filled with
the most appalling noise that I have ever heard. There was one
terrific explosion, and then a sound as if all the demons in hell were
let loose, grinding, hissing, tearing, bursting—imagine all possible
noises blended into one decrepitant roar, and even-then you are short
of reproducing that mighty turmoil 1
We reached the magazine in a. few seconds, and, as I had seen
myself do, I positively thrust the ladies in, for I was still in the
hands of an overpowering influence. I grasped a piece of rope
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hanging from the.hasp on the door, stumbled in somehow, dragged
the door close to behind me, and then tried to recover control of
myself again.
" Pardon, pardon, Madame and Thfirfese," I gasped, for I was out
of breath with my exertion, " forgive my roughness, I pray you, but
the danger was so imminent that I could do no better."
It was not until I had no answer from the darkness that I realised
that they could not hear for the awful noise outside, which, although
it must have been somewhat deadened by our vault, was absolutely
deafening. I could not leave the door, for (it may have been on
account of the hurricane motion of the air outside) some powerful
force seemed to be dragging it away from my bands, and I felt
intuitively that if it were to fly open we should be exposed to that
awful blast which now raged over the plateau. As it was the. heat
was so intense that I seemed to be- on fire; my head felt as if it would
burst, and my lips cracked. I crouched on the step and hung on to the
door for dear life itself, and in this position I must have become un-
conscious, for I remember a choking sensation, and then feeling as if
I were falling, down, down in space until I reached a.sweet still calm
and knew no more.
How long I lay in this state f shall never know, but I awaked
with a keen sense of physical discomfort and pain, and found that I
could not speak. My lips and throat seemed to be parched and dried
up, and with the agony of the feeling came a burning desire for water.
"We were, in pitch darkness, and the air was filled with a horrible
sulphurous smell. Gradually, as my senses returned, :I remembered ;
and then, with painful distinctness, Tberese came to my mind.
While I lay there helpless what had happened to'her and her mother ?
I could not speak, but fumbling in my pocket found a box of matches
with my cigarette case, and with some difficulty struck one. Ah,
heavens! both ladies lay on the floor of the magazine, apparently
dead, Thfirfese being on the right, nearest to me.
The anguish of that moment who can describe ? My brain reeled,
and I felt that 1 was again relapsing into unconsciousness, when, as if
an angel had whispered it in my ear, I remembered the " direction "
of Sun trine Uranus in her horoscope. Yes, I saw it all now.
Serious danger—Sun conjunction Mars—but saved as if by a miracle
—Sun trine Uranus; and then, was not the Moon going to conjunc-
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tion with Venus in the seventh ? Oh, it could not he true I—she was
not dead—and I—I who loved, would yet save her.
The nervous strain of my emotions gave my throat intense pain,
and just as I felt that without water I must give in, there came a rush
of memory, and I recollected the "Drip" at the other end of thei
magazine. I struggled to my feet, struck another match, and crept
past the prostrate figures on the ground to the wooden stand. God
be praised! the jar was nearly full, and, hanging in front, was the tin"
dipper, used in taking the water out. I felt for it, took it down, and
then—a long drink! Never was there such a drink, and never one taken
with such heartfelt thankfulness. .1 filled the dipper again, and made
my way back to Thfirfise. I knelt down and placed my ear over her
heart; it still beat, and my own seemed to throb with relief in re-
sponse to it. Raising her head gently on my arm I managed to get
the cup to her lips, and forced some of the water into her mouth. I
bathed her temples, and taking off her hat, poured some water on her
head. - That revived her, and with a long sigh she sat up.
" Darling," I whispered hoarsely in the darkness, " it is I, Paul.
Have no fear, I am with you, and we shall be all right yet. Let us
try and revive your mother."
Another match enabled us to get to Madame de la RaviniSre, and
similar treatment resuscitated her also. Both drank water copiously,
and so did I again, and then we talked together in the darkness, and
compared notes; We were alive, and had that great gift to be
grateful for, but of what had happened from that terrible outburst of
Nature's forces we were ignorant and correspondingly anxious. The
appalling noise outside, which we all remembered before we became
unconscious, had now entirely ceased, and in its place there was a
dead and ominous silence. The air of the vault was most oppressive,
and the smell of sulphur was so unbearable that 1 at length decided
to risk the opening of the door a little, and, kneeling on the step,
pushed it gradually back until I could look out. It was so dark and
gloomy that I could see but little at first, but at all events the air,
although so sulphur-laden that I sneezed and coughed repeatedly
before I got accustomed to it, was "breathable " ; and, after proving
that to be so in my own-case, I quickly got the ladies out of the vault
which had proved to us a veritable ark of salvation.
The scene that met our eyes will go with us to our dying days-
 "as a brand from the burning"
A blast, as from a fiery furnace, impelled with hurricane force, must
have swept over the place: it was withered, burnt up, and destroyed.
The ground was covered inches deep with hot ashes and scoria, but
not so deeply covered as completely to hide the stricken corpses of the
servants, the horses, and the mules. Just where we had left them
standing, just there had they fallen, and there they lay, hideously
scorched, and almost bereft of clothing. Involuntarily, Byron's
magnificent stanza rose to my lips ;
" For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed ;
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still."
Standing there, a little further out than the others, my figure
must have been visible against the sky-line, for from the road beneath
I heard a shout, and at once delightedly hailed back, for I had now
recovered my voice. A few minutes more- and a relief party from
Fort-de-France had reached the hill-top, and we were saved.

But little of interest to you, reader, remains to be told, although

for myself the story of my life only then in reality began, I think„
Thdrfise was very ill indeed after we reached Fort-de-France, the
terrible shock and nervous strain proving too much for her. But the
good nuns of the Convent there nursed her back to life, and I then
took her over to her friends in St. Lucia, where I left her with her
mother and returned for awhile to England.
None of their property in Martinique survived the eruptions o^
the volcano, which even as I write, four years later, is still active
occasionally; and but for M. de la RaviniCre having had a small reserve
in French Rentes his widow and daughter would have been penniless.
Not that that would have mattered, indeed I think it only made my
bride, if possible, more acceptable to me, since I had enough for all.
We were married in December, 1902, under the " direction " of Moon
Conjunction progressed Venus in the seventh house of her horoscope,
even as I had ventured earlier in the year to hope might prove to be
the case. And if there is at this day any happier man on earth than
myself, I should like to meet him, for he would be a prodigy.
Edward Elwar.
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Prize Essay

If in conversation Astrology be mentioned, very many people who

have not given the subject one hour's study will tell you solemnly, and
in all good faith, that it is.an "exploded superstition," and that "of
course nobody believes in it now a days," etc., etc.
And indeed, to a certain degree, it is not much to be wondered at,
for the popular conception of some of its advocates and devotees as to
its chief worth—that of it's being a means whereby one can learn to
" dodge" fate, to " go one better" than one's neighbour, and to
wriggle out of,the just payment of the debts one has incurred—does
not commend it to the minds of earnest people as a subject for study.
That Astrology can and does foretell the most favourable times
and seasons for embarking on new ventures, for entering upon
contracts, investments, etc., is an undeniable fact, which anyone who
cares to take the trouble to investigate can prove for himself. At
the same time, it must be remembered that, like any other science, it
cannot be mastered by a few weeks' desultory study.
But is Astrology only this ?—A form of" fortune-telling" merely ?
Most emphatically, No.
Let those whose minds sire fair, and open to receive Truth—from
whatever source—take up for a short time the study of the esoteric
side of this science. Let them get but a mere smattering of the
outlines of the subject ; (much more than this can be gained from the
six is. manuals -published at the office of this magazine) ; let them
put up their own birth-maps and those of one or two friends and then
see if the results do not startle them by the truths they present as to
character and temperament, quite apart from anything else.
For the sum total of what the stars have to teach is that Character,
and character alone, is Destiny. And the study of the horoscope
bears home to us the fact that we build our own character, and there-
fore our destiny-, and that no smallest happening is the result of
 THE STUDY OF ASTROLOGY 43
chance, but is the outcome, the effect of some.caKse that we ourselves
have set going beforehand.
More than this—when we come to take up the study of " direc-
tions " we can see, by referring to the " directions " of past years,
what the influences were that inclined us to do certain things ; and this
sets us thinking.
For Esoteric Astrology is no fatalism, as will be found by those
who make even a short study of its teachings. And in very many
instances when the " directions were 'evil' we can see that we had
the choice in our own hands. Whether in that choice we let impulse
or selfishness, or, perhaps, merely heedlessness, gain the victory, or
whether we were strong enough to " rule our stars " and choose the
better part, only we ourselves can tell. Sufficient is it to say that the
" little wheel" will point to the time when we had the power of choice
given to us,
And what if. in the past we have chosen wrongly ? What if we
have snatched, perchance, at some dearly.-longed-ior prize within our
reach, heedless of the sufiiering that some other must bear as the
result of our gain ?—Burying our heads like the ostrich, shutting our
eyes to this and refusing to think, lest oar joy should be spoiled.
And when the inevitable truth is brought home to us—as sooner or
later' it must always be—that " as we sow, so must we also reap" ;
when the fruit which we have striven so.hard to reach turns to ashes
within our lips, and the darkness of despair envelopes us—what has
Astrology to offer us then ?
It is no gospel of despair that the exponents of Esoteric Astrology
preach, but rather are they one with our great poet who held that
" We fall to rise, are baffled to fight better."
For in the wider view of the great scheme of the Universe which
unfolds itself before our inner vision—when we realise that " nothing
is, that everything is becoming"—there is no room for despair, no
need to waste time and energy in useless remorse for our past failings,
but instead to take these as experiences—necessary experiences (which
need not be repeated if the lesson they came to teach has been rightly
learned) from which to reap the knowledge of how best to be on our
guard when the " squares" and " oppositions" have to be faced in
the future.
 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
For life always has its lessons, and the " little wheel" is.ever
changing—sometimes bringing us the icy touch of Saturn, causing us
to cry in the anguish of our spirit " Lord, how long?" At others,
the bewildering crashes of Uranus, or the subtle ironies of Neptune,
striking us dumb, so that we dare not even gaze around us at the
devastation they have left. And yet again, in its revolution, giving
us spells of joy and peace from the trines and sextiles of Jupiter and
Venus ; intervals when the soul is able to shake off the fetters that
bind it and unite with that Higher part of itself—the imperishable
and immortal Ego.
"Thisis peace,
To conquer love of self and lust of life,
To tear deep-rooted passion from the breast,
To still the inward strife."
For the personality—which, in the horoscope, is represented
more especially by the Moon and the Rising Sign, and which most of
us think is the " self," the " I"—is but a passing manifestation of one
part oi om real Self: a part that has taken up the body which it
temporarily inhabits, just as it will take up other bodies in its cease-
less course of evolution, and is using it for the purpose of gaining
experience, and eventually Wisdom, from the many sources that
abound in its immediate environment (which environment is repre-
sented by the fourth, seventh and tenth houses of the horoscope
respectively), and the fruit of which, as it is assimilated, goes to the
building of Character.
So that when we have learnt by repeated experience to choose only
the good—to live more to the Individual side of pur character, as
represented by the Sun in the nativity—we shall be co-operating with
the Divine purpose; bearing towards all an attitude of wide tolerance;
striving to help forward, to the best of our ability, those who are
weaker than ourselves, and using our lives for the furtherance of peace
and. love and harmony.
And having erected the birth-maps of one or two of our friends,
and learnt something of the nature of the signs and planets and of the
elements composing the matter through which they are working, we
come to see that our line of evolution may not necessarily be theirs;
that even the very faults and failings we are so ready to perceive are,
perhaps, the means whereby they are to gain experiences necessary
for the soul's growth.
 THE STUDY "OF ASTROLOGY 45
I know there are some who look upon introspection as being
morbid and worthless ; and so it is if its only use be the futile ' going
over' and bemoaning of that which cannt be altered or undone. But
the introspection brought about by a study of Astrology is of a widely
different order. To many this system of self-knowledge will be
found to be of the utmost value—more especially, perhaps, to those
born under the double signs, n, |, Ki or with the Sun or Moon
posited therein.
For it will aid them to realise the dual nature which these signs
always give; causing those under their influence to be constantly torn
in two directions—drawn to opposite poles, as it were—the higher
and the lower nature ever seeking dominion. With the knowledge
thus gained the introspection'brought about may be turned towards a
marshalling of the forces on the higher and more spiritual side of the
nature. " Forewarned is forearmed."
Surely, then, if Astrology can do all this—if it can aid us to judge
less harshly, and to view more tolerantly the failings of our brothers
and sisters; if it teach us that we are all members of ;one great
family, each within the limits of the " wheel of destiny," which we
have nevertheless built for ourselves in the past; if it helps us to
look for the God in all men—the Divine Spark which, however
obscured by error and ignorance, is there—then, surely, the study of
Astrology should be encouraged as a help to self-knowledge and
to spiritual growth ; to right thinking and, as a necessary outcome,
right living. Marion L. Sproston.

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A Hopeful Outlook for 1907
The year 1907 opens with many favourable aspects. It will be
under the conjoined influence of Venus and Mercury, a peaceful con-
junction, denoting much progress in educational matters, and the
spread of knowledge, with especial attention to the fine arts and all
that tends to refine and elevate the mind. The people will have a,
decided voice in public affairs, and much attention will be devoted to
their interests by governing bodies. In America there will be some
noted reforms and many changes.
Much travelling is denoted in 1907. Considerable attention will
be given to means of facilitating speedier travel, and many new
inventions in connection with new modes of transit will be patented.
England's King will be more than usually popular, and in its general
trend 1907 appears to be a successful and prosperous year all round.
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Thb Horoscope of Miss Phyllis Dare.

Through the kindness of a correspondent we are enabled to
furnish our readers with the horoscopes of the Misses Phyllis and
Zena Dare. The information was obtained from the mother of the
young ladies, who stated that the younger was born " between 8 and
g in the morning," and her sister at about " half past 8." The
maps here given have been rectified by the pre'-natal epoch, the first
working out at 8.56 a.m., and the second at 8.33 a.m., in entire accord
with the times stated.*-
For a great many students of Astrology there is more interest in

° Since the maps were drawn, we learn that the birthplace in both cases was
Liverpool, and not tendon—lor which place they were calculated. The discrepancy
is inconsiderable, however.
 THE HOROSCOPES OF THE SISTERS DARE 47
knowing Che personalities of those whose nativities they study, than
when the person is unknown to them, especially when the study of
human nature is in its earlier stages. There are, however, many for
whom the personal element is losing its charm, and the abstract prin-
ciples of the science are more eagerly sought after. But they are at
present decidedly in a minority.

The Horoscope of Miss Znxh Dare.

It may sound strange to those who love Venus better than
Saturn, to know that the writer had do idea, previous to seeing the
nativities, that there were such charming creatures in the world as
Phyllis and Zena Dare. Charming and entertaining they must un-
doubtedly be, if our science speaks truly, for both have Venus,
Goddess of beauty, mirth and pleasure, rising with their ascendants. '
With Phyllis it is in its own sign Libra, and with Zena in Pisces, the
sign of its exaltation. As sisters they could not have chosen a
better profession in which to work together, and although I have
never seen these two actresses I am sure they play their parts most
admirably. They will not always act together, however, for ^ rises
in the one case, and sets in the other ; a sure testimony of separation.
 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL =
Phyllis, the younger sister, will, I venture to predict, have the more
lasting fame, for ig rising will cause her to magnetically affect her audi-
ence in a very mysterious manner. The luminariesare both in the sign
Leo, the dramatic sign, and with all the ability to please and win
public approval. Mercury is sufficiently close to Saturn in the sign
Virgo to give her self-criticism, and discrimination to perceive the
fluctuations in the public mind quickly enough to respond to its
requirements. And with Mars in the third division of the circle she
will be shrewd enough to know just how to please her audience.
She will be fortunate in making a successful and happy marriage,
although her lover's parents will very strongly oppose the union
(S ruler of seventh, * 2 ruler of first; (?□<?). She will have
plenty of friends as well as acquaintances, and will number some of
them amongst Royalty, and her honour as well as her fame will be
affected by the luminaries in the sign Leo in the house of friends.
Phyllis Dare has a remarkably fortunate nativity, promising a
brilliant career of rising fame and fortune. She has the ability to
study Astrology, and it would not surprise anyone who can read her
nativity to know that she had become a student of her own horoscope.
Zena's map is not quite so promising, although it is also a favour-
able nativity, but an unfortunate marriage is likely to spoil her life,
and her experiences in relation to the opposite sex will be productive
of sorrow. She will not find men so true and faithful to: her as her
sister, and she will do well to act very discreetly where her affections
and feelings are concerned. She will, moreover, have some severe
troubles in connection with litigation. She is now about to pass
through the best time of her life, but directly her star begins to wane
she should take warning, and guard against a reaction that will tend
to involve her in several difficulties and some pronounced opposition.
These maps are especially interesting to those of our readers
resident in the British Isles, as they will enable them to watch the public
lives of the two sisters; moreover, since picture-post-cards of these
charming young ladies are to be had in every town in the country for
a few pence, they will be able to study the influence of Venus upon
the appearance, as expressed variously through the signs Libra, her
house, and Pisces, her exaltation.
 Cfrarra mf (Sema

From the very earliest ages, as far back as" we can trace, gems
have been held in high estimation, both for their light and beauty of
colour and for their occult signification, charming alike cultured and
barbarous nations, being freely used in personal adornment, and in
the enrichment of state and religious ceremonial vessels, in India,
Persia, Egypt, and later in Europe. In these earlier times the stones
were used " en cabochon," the art of cutting being comparatively a
modern invention.
Many beautiful gems have no great commercial value and in
consequence are seldom used by modern jewellers, whose ideal, as a
rule, is that solely of finance, and to whom the sole virtue of a stone is its
market value. During the past few years there has,;however, been a
quiet upward growth towards higher "ideals, and we find that artist
craftsmen are turning back to the old men for inspiration, and in
their endeavours to carry on the old traditions are using these
cabpchon stones with good results 'artistically, obtaining by their
simplicity a bigness of effect with a certain pleasing restfulness which
faceted stones do not give.
Precious stones ate found in varying quantities in all parts of the
world, but tropical countries seem to be the most favoured in this
respect.
For many years eminent chemists have been persistently working
to invent a method of making the more valuable gems, but although
they can tell you exactly the component parts which form their compo-
sition, they have not yet achieved any great success, nor can they give
any definite promise that they will ultimately produce that which
hitherto has been the work of ages in the deep bosom of Nature's
workshop.
The material composing many of the different gems is the same,
differing only in colour and specific gravity, so that while the Emerald
and the^Beryl are of the same substance the value of the former is much
greater than the latter, and this applies in several instances. Again
"a gem may be of different colours, and we have white, blue, green,
 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
yellow, black Diamonds, Sapphires, Spinels, Garnets, etc., while
almost every gem has more than one colour.
Pearls as gems have ever been considered one of Nature's richest
works, and were held in great repute by Hindus, Persians, Egyptians,
and modern nations. The Chinese attribute to them great medicinal
virtues. Their composition consists of carbonate of lime and
organic matter, and their formation by the oyster, etc., is common
knowledge.
The Ancients attribute the origin of precious stones to the
vivifying rays emanating from the planets, which gave to them
spiritual and material power alike to cure disease, avert calamity or
accidents, with resistance to the elementals or demons of the air,
each planet transmitting its power through its own stone. By this
means the wearers carry about with them in their personally appro-
priate stone the presiding genius of their fate, which was exemplified
by the Egyptians wearing a ring ornamented with the signs of the
Zodiac in which the birth sign was omitted and the birth stone used
in its place.
The Jews in their turn gave testimony by their use to the occult
value in which they held gems; the breast-plate of the High Priest
being set with twelve stones of astrological and tribal signification.
There is some doubt as to the exact stone which is meant, as no two
translators quite agree in their renderings, and some give other stones
for the Zodiacal houses than those which follow, the Topaz for instance
being given to Leo, the Bloodstone to Aries, the Chrysolite to Libra,
etc., so that in my groupings I give the stone in accordance with the
bulk of the evidence I have been able to obtain. Some of the stones
mentioned are also under planetary influences and in some cases not
the planet of the house to which they are allotted.
Aries stone is the Carbuncle, and is the stone of the tribe of Levi,
giving persistency in endeavour.
Taurus has the Sapphire, the stone of • Issacliar, and gives
contentment and happiness.
Gemini has the Agate, the stone of Naphtali, which brings
success to mental efforts.
Cancer has the Emerald, the stone of Judah, promoting domestic
felicity.
Leo has the yellow Onyx, the stone of Joseph, giving fruitfulness.
 ThE CHARM OF GEMS
Virgo has the Cornelian and Jaspar, the stone of Benjamin, giving
will and power.
Libra has the Turquoise, the stone of Dan, giving foresight.
Scorpio has the Diamond, the stone of Zebulon, giving courage
and victory.
Sagittarius has the Topaz, the stone of Simeon, giving Fidelity.
Capricorn has the Ruby, the stone of Reuben, giving idealism.
Aquarius has the Garnet, the stone of Asher, giving judgment.
Pisces has the Amethyst, the stone of Gad, giving peace.
Sunday.—The stones which convey the influence of the Sun are
Amber, Topaz, Chrysolite, and all yellow stones, giving to their
wearers fortune and affluence, with the favour of the great.
Monday.—The moon's stones are Pearls, Diamonds, Opals, Moon-
stones, Crystals and Cat's-eye, giving intuition and foresight in new
enterprises, journeys, and removals.
Tuesday.—The Martian stones are the Diamond, Carbuncle, Ruby,
Aquamarine, giving energy, endurance and courage.
Wednesday.—The stones of Mercury are white and red Cornelian,
and Agates, giving brilliancy and intellect.
Thuysday.—The Jupiter stones are Sapphire, Amethyst, Emerald,
and Topaz, giving honour and fruitfulness.
Friday.—The stones of Venus are Turquoise, Beryl, white and
red Coral and Lapis Lazuli, giving love and affection.
Saturday.—The stones of Saturn are Onyx and all dark stones,
giving caution and prudence.
In conclusion, the following qualities attributed to the stones by
ancient writers may prove of interest. Dark stones were considered
male and the paler female. Sapphires were held to protect against
fever, to relieve headaches and to dispel fear, and were carried as divine
healers by nuns and priests when attending the sick.
The Amethyst to protect from excesses and to calm and tepose
the nerves, being frequently used in rosaries.
The magical powers assigned to the Ruby were to protect from
evil spirits and sadness and to bring possessions if such were due by
right, and may be benevolent or malevolent according to the birthday
of the wearer.
The Opals are not lucky to many people nor considered good as
a token of engagement, although Hindu students declare that the
 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
Opal if passed over the forehead clears the brain and assists the:
memory. The Japanese set much store on the Opal as a lucky stone
for them.
The power of the Emerald is to guard against giddiness when
worn in a ring. The Orientals have a great veneration for this stone,
believing that it imparts courage to the wearer, and the Shah of
Persia wears an emerald belt as a charm at the present day.
The Diamond was said to repel poison and is used in the East at
the christening of a child, generally being the gift of the Godparent,
who showers some small diamonds in the rough over the child at the
ceremony. It is also the warrior's stone, being under Mars, and
Napoleon wore the famous Regent Diamond in the pommel of his
sword.
The Beryl is the Eastern emblem of purity ; it takes the aura
quickly and is generally given at weddings to the bride with the idea
that the aura of the newly wedded should blend in the Beryl, preserving
and increasing their love for each other, being under the Planetary
influence of Venus.
Coral was held to be a protection to travellers against cholera,
and for childish complaints.
Lapis Lazuli was held by the Egyptians to be an efficacious love
cliarm as a Venus stone.
Many men and Vvomen of note in modern times are known to
wear certain precious stones as charms, attributing their position and
influence to the use and power of the same enabling them to enjoy
good health, long life, and to draw around them the best of friends,
aversing any evil influences that may be an hindrance to their success
and happiness through life.
WM. Thos. Pavxtt.

At the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war the manager of a well-

known London bank consulted an astrologer as to the issue, and received
from him an emphatic statement that victory would fall to the Japanese,
but the bank manager refused to believe that such could be the case, and not
only acted accordingly but also influenced his clients through his prejudice,
and much loss was the result.
This gentleman is to-day a believer in the science of astrology I
 Wfjf Ustrclcgu aijaulifi rat Iru fbpiiUnaaii

Prize Essay

Astrology should not be popularised because the worst thing

that could happen to the world would be that any part of the Secret
Doctrine should be propagated. Astrology, being the most important
part of the Secret Doctrine, or rather, as we should say, involving as
its principal corollary the most important part thereof, must neither
be actively popularised nor studiously concealed, it must rather be
allowed to filter through from the wise to the ignorant, as time and
occasion may warrant. For what else should that, sacred saying
about pearls, a_nd the discreet and judicious casting of them, seem to
signify, but this—that we ought not either to divulge the Mysteries,
nor to speak of those things of which the Mysteries are the natural
and evident corollaries, for that in the former case we are sinning
that one sin which has been pronounced unforgivable, namely,
endeavouring to develop the Holy Spirit in man before the time be
duly ripe, and, in the latter case, leaving him with his knowledge but
without his corollary, with his fact but without his theory, amazed,
stultified, self-condemned !
Such is the broad issue which, lies open before him who might be
called upon to survey such a question as this. To expatiate further
upon it would be to commit the very offences which we have been
deprecating; but there is nothing to stay us from rendering in outline
another aspect of the problem ;
Does he who attempts to popularise a truth really gain the end
he is seeking ?
We do not here speak only of that natural degradation which
Truth undergoes in being divulged to the masses of mankind, though
that is a point of moment which cannot be over-estimated. We speak
rather of that fact well known to all mystics, to Plato as to Paul', that
the greatest truths are altogether incommunicable by the organs of
speech. They are " the truths which never shall be proved," for
they have no affinity with this terrestrial globe, and cannot pass
 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
through lips of common clay. Nor is this all, for the very attempt to
impart them by physical means weakens their pent-up energy in
other spheres, in such a way that they henceforth carry less power of
self-propagation than if no attempt had ever been made to propagate
them. Not in the flare and stress of the noon-day, but in the shady
silences of eve, does Truth take strength of grace. Not in the war of
mocking words, nor in the clash of heterogeneous opinions, but in the
grey reserve and quiet broodings of the soul, doth: she lift up her
voice.
Let us seek silence, then, or, if we must communicate, do so only
by means of those archaic symbols of all time, which give less offence
than words, since they are more pliant to the meaning of our moods.
Robert Nankivell.

®1;£ Silent Imap

Before the shrine be stood, and mused.
Why had the god so long refused
Some answer to vouchsafe ?—Nine days
In meditation, prayer, and praise I
Could gods be like the creatures here,
And swayed by love, or hate, or fear ?
How came it that bis constant prayer
Had no effect, save on the air ?
Should he abandon his intent ?—
His powers might be better spent
Than posturing in vain before
A shrine no god presided o'er ?
Eiis question !—Ardently had he besought
The sculptured god, that he be taught
The true and wisest course to take,
For bis and his own country's sake.
Nine days—and still the image stood,
A smiling face in inceose-wood ;
And never once the lips bad moved,
Nor e'en a frown the forehead grooved—
Enough t His mind was firmer grown—
The monarch should defend his throne;
No vassalage can honour brook;
No treaty, signed with pen that shook—
" Though no god answer me, I know,"
He murmured, " Duty bids me go ;
And go I will, though God were dead! "
. . . Then spake the Image : I have said.
H. R.
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Oncb upon a time there was a King, a very great and wise King,
who reigned over a great many subjects—I'm sure I can't tell you how
many, but his kingdom was so large that it seemed to include the
whole world.
Now this King had various counsellors and officers to assist
him in the tremendous task of governing his great kingdom, and
the chief among the counsellors were a Prime Minister, a Bishop, a
General, a Poet, and a Secretary. These five were very distinguished
and honourable men, who were chosen for their very exalted position
because they each combined the strength and wisdom of a man with
the grace and sweetness of a woman. Yes, eveu the Prime Minister
was like that; but he was such a verv sedate and serious person, and
so very quiet and discreet, that many of the young people were rather
afraid of him when they met him—though they need not have been,
for in his heart of hearts he was really kinder even than the Bishop,
who was so gracious and genial that everybody loved him, or the
Poet, who was a great favourite with "all the young maidens, because
he was so Handsome and could sing so beautifully. Perhaps the least
gentle of them all was the General, and he used to say very sharp
things at times; but that was only his way, you see, and he was
really very anxious about the supremacy of the state—besides, he
always had to deal with very rough characters, and you cannot expect
a military man to be full of pretty speeches, can you ? (Only fancy
a battle where the general said " Please begin to walk," instead of
" Quick Mar-r-r-r-ch !! ")
As for the Secretary, he was liked by everybody, because he
was always ready to listen to any one, and sympathised with all.
The peculiar thing about him, though, was that when he had been
having an interview with the Prime Minister, he came away with
just the same thoughtful, grave manner that the Prime Minister
had, and when he came away from the Bishop's presence, he used
to talk like the Bishop, and even the General used to confer some
pf his own surprising energy on him whenever they met, so that
 THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
he used to get through his work in a very short time, much
shorter than usual at any rate; though sometimes he had to do
some of it over again, because he had been rather too quick to be
thorough—like some little girls and boys that I know! Well, this
peculiarity of the Secretary of adopting the ways of all the.other
counsellors caused some people to say that they thought he had no
character of his own. But the Poet, who was more attached to him
than anybody, and who knew him best, said that that was: not. true,
and that they should see him out of business hours ! But no one out-
side the palace could ever do that, because he was busy all day, and
often far into the night, and so none of the ordinary people could ever
make out the rights of it for themselves. But they knew that the
King thought very highly of the Secretary, for he was closeted with
him twice as often as with any of the others, though he saw a good
deal of the Poet, too; in fact, they were neither of them allowed very
far from the Royal retinue.
With such a vast Kingdom to rule, you may imagine that the
King was obliged to be very orderly and methodical in his arrange-
ments. It would not do for him to do a day or two's administration
and then go into the country hunting for several weeks. So he hit
upon a very wise plan. He had the whole of his Kingdom, which
was nearly circular, the Royal Palace being in the centre, divided up
into four great sections. And then hearranged to spend three months
of the year in each section—spring in one, summer in another,
autumn in a third, and winter in the remaining one.
Ah, dear me, Kings were very different in those days, I can
assure you. They didn't travel all over the world in search of
amusement, they were quite satisfied to spend all their energies in
governing their Kingdoms; though it must in fairness be said that -
the people were much wiser then and allowed themselves to.be ruled
without wanting a finger in every pie themselves, like they do now in
some countries I could mention !
So you will hardly be surprised, perhaps, when I tell you that,
not satisfied with such a just and liberal arrangement as this, he even
divided each quarter into three parts, twelve altogether, and spent
one month in each part. And there was this curious thing about it.
Perhaps you have heard that whenever a Royal Personage pays a
visit to any town—say Bath, for instance—it is said to be " good for
 A FAIRY. TALE 57
trade " there, and that quite a little wave of prosperity follows after the
Royal visitor ? Well, it was just like that in this country I am fell-
ing you of. Wherever the King went, there seemed to be a flood of
new life poured into that part of his Kingdom, and all the people in
the towns and villages he passed through seemed to be filled full of
new energy, like small boys after a bathe in the sea, and did their
work so much better than all the other people that their goods used
to command higher prices in the markets, and the daily papers used
to recommend people to buy them, just like they do now.
Oh, and that reminds me! I had almost forgotten to tell you
that these twelve divisions of the Kingdom, "counties" I might
almost call them, used different coats of arms, and each county had a
different motto or favourite saying, by which an inhabitant of any
particular county might at once be known if he was travelling in a
different part of the country.
As you might like to know them I will tell you what they were.
That part of the country that the King used to visit in the last week
of March, where the year used to commence in those days, had-for
their coat of arms a Ram, with its head down as if butting at some-
thing, and their favourite saying was "I am"—if ever you met one
of the Ram people he would be sure to say " I am glad to see you.
I am just going to " Well, never mind what they were just
going to do. It was always something very noble, and. they always,
set about it very enthusiastically ; and sometimes, if somebody helped
them, it got done. (Perhaps you may know someone who is rather
like the Ram people ? I do.) These people had a very great regard
for the General; they could-always tell you what part of the country
he was in, and what a good work he was doing for the country.
When he went there with the King their enthusiasm knew no bounds..
" There he is! " they would shout.
Well, the people in the next county to that, in which the King
arrived during the last week in April, had a Bull on their shield, a
Bull with great rolling eyes, stamping the ground heavily with his
heel. He had a gold ring on his right horn. The motto of these
good people was " I have," and they generally spoke rather ponder-
ously. " I have great pleasure in meeting you, my dear Sir," they
would say in greeting anybody, " I have a commission from ,"
usually it was from one of the Ram people, who used to get the
 THE AStROLQGER'S ANNUAL
Bulls " to do a lot of work for them. Sometimes they forgot to corne
for it when it was ready, too. But the Bulls were excellent workers
-(when they were in a good temper), and they were very loyal to their
King and country. I sometimes think that Mr. John Bull, of whom,
you may have heard, is descended from these people. They were,
like Irish folks, very fond of singing, and when the Poet came to visit
them they always begged him to sing, and when he had finished they
almost always said, " Sing it o'er a second time," and this he generally
did. The Bulls were very fond of gardening, I might tell you, and
had a wonderful knack of making tnoney ; and didn't they know how
to lay out a dining table 1
I don't quite know how to describe the people in thenext county,
they were half-and-half sort of people, but very restless and inquisi-
tive, and fond of imitating other counties. Perhaps that was why the
King made them take a Monkey for their coat of arms. It was too
bad, wasn't it ? I think so, Some of them wouldn't use t he monkey,
but put two little children, twins, on their shields instead. And after
all that did just as well, because children are very like monkeys,
especially twins. The Secretary was a great favourite with these
people, who didn't always do what the King commanded them, and if
the Secretary hadn't used his influence I don't know what would
have happened, (the King might perhaps have actually turned them
into monkeys, for he was a great magician, you must know, as well
as a King—the;greatest magician I have ever heard of). 1 was.just
going to say that tbeirzpet expression.was " I should like".—I
should like to come and see you if I may " was a favourite phrase of
theirs. There was one respect in which they very much resembled
children, they were very prone to leave things half done and go on
with something else. And besides, they were always asking ques-
tions. They used to receive the King during the last week in May.
But I must not go on talking at this length about each one of
these counties or I shall never get done!. So .I'll put it all down in
little short.sentences, like a paragraph in a Geography Boolk.
(4) County of the Crab. King arrived about June 22nd.
Motto : " I'want." For instance, " I want you to come and see me.
I want you to see our home." People very devoted to the Queen.
(Haven't I told you about the Queen? Well, F must leave it fp
another time, then.).
 A. FAIRY TALE 39
(g) Lion county. July 22nd. People especial favourites of the
King, great rejoicings when he came. Motto: "I will."
(6) Our Lady's county." August 23rd. The Secretary was
usually chosen out of young men who had been born and bred in this
county. Indeed, some said that the ancestors of the King himself
had once been quiet hard-working peasants there; but it was not
known definitely. Motto: "I mustn't." "I mustn't let you "go
without-——," these hospitable people used to say.
(7)_ September 22nd. The county of the Scale-Pans. These
people were very refined and clever, and good naturedrand gentle,
too. I think I like them the best of all almost. Their motto was
" Let me." The poet was -their great favourite, and they and the
Ram people between them supplied all the libraries in the whole
Kingdom with books of science and poetry.
(8) During the last week in October the King arrived at the
Centipede county, which was not altogether a nice place; Perhaps
that is how it got its name. Anyhow some of the strongest and some
of the most unruly of the King's subjects lived there, and yet their
statuary and carvings were perhaps more highly prized than those of
any other county. Their pet phrase was "I shan't," and the only
person beside the King they paid any attention to was the General.
(g) Towards the end of November the King arrived at the
Arrowhead cduntyj where the finest horses- were to be found, and as
the King was (like burs) rather fond of horses, be enjoyed His visit-to-
this part of his dominions, in spite of the fact that it was winter,
which always affected his health a little. Next to the Scale-pan
people I think the Arrowheads are the nicest. They were hearty,
genial folks, and their favourite expression was " I see."
(10) .Goat county was reached about Christmas Day. The
people made a very'special occasion of the visit of the King there, and
even the King himself seemed to find his health renewed every time.'
In fact, it was very much like our Christmas Day for these people/a
season of rejoicing. The Goat people were very quiet, unenthusiastic,
folks, whose pet word was " But "—(wasn't it funny that they should
be called ' goats ' when they were so fond of ' butting' ?), and they
made a special friend of the Prime Minister.
I have now told you about all the King's twelve counties except
two', and these needn't take long. The last two months of the King's
6o THE ASTROLOGER'S ANNUAL
year were taken up with visiting the Watermen and the Fishes, as
they were called. The Watermen were queer outlandish folk that
nobody could altogether understand. However, so long as they were
allowed to do everything their own way they seemed to be peaceful
enough, and the Prime Minister, who seemed to understand them
better than the King really, generally let them make their own laws
and customs, and it must be owned that the plan worked very well.
They were famous for saying " Not exactly."
The " Fishes " were queerer people still. They were good, kindly
folk in the main, and visitors generally liked them, though they were
fearfully untidy, and always muddled up with a lot of arrangements
that weren't necessary, like Alice's friend, the White Knight, in Through
the Looking Glass—indeed, I used to fancy he must have conie from there.
They were always saying " Perhaps," and the King always had a lot
of straightening up to do for them between the end of February and
March 21st, when he was due at the border of the Ram county. The
Bishop was the special patron of the " Fishes," and perhaps that
is why monks are always represented as eating no meat, but only
fish, on Fridays.

I haven't really come to the end of: this fairy-tale yet, for there's
heaps more, only I must stop now. You see, it's really a true ifeiry
tale, and the Rams, and Bulls, and Fishes, and all the rest of them,
are about us to-day. For the King is the great and glorious Sun',
and the journey that he used to make is the annual path that the
Sun traces in the heavens, and the twelve ^counties are the Twelve
Signs of the -Zodiac that you may find mentioned in the geography
books. The Sun spends a month in each " sign," or "county," and
you will find all children born during those months—which begin
about the 21st of our months, remember, are something like the people
I have described. Not altogether, because the people from different
counties have travelled about and so [got some of their " corners"
rubbed off. But you will find the Ram people still apt to say " I
am," on every possible occasion, and the Bull people still inclined to
come out with " I have " pretty frequently ; that is, if you only
watch them and take notice.
Begin with yourself, and see if what I have said isn't true
about you. Wha tday does your birthday come on ? Myra.
 PERPETUAL TABLES OF PLANETARY
HOURS FOR ALL PLACES

Instructions for Use

O The Sun rules Sumliiy. 11 Jupiter rules Thursday.
5 The Moon Monday. ? VeNOS i, Triday.
<? Maks Tuesday. '■! Saturn .r Saturday.
? .Mercokv . IVednesday.
1.—First liiid the table coiitainihg the month ; but see that it is for
the right heiuispliere, north or south as the case may [be. There are six
tables, each one being for two months of the year in the Northern Hemis-
phere ami also for the corresponding two months in the Southern Hemisphere.
2.—The two outer columns give the planetary hours from I. to XXIV.,
counting from midnight t o midnight ; the first planetary hour commencing at
midnight, and continuing until the time mentioned as the commencement of
the second planetary hour; and so on with the others, ftemember that
VH is always sunrise, and XIX sunset. Do not mistake the planetary hours,
indicated hy Koman numerals, for the clock time—which is given in figures,
as in a railway time-table.
3.—The next three columns, on either side, show the times of commence-
ment of these diflfercnt planetary hours for dififcrent parallels of latitude.
Choose the column for the nearest latitude to the place in which yoii live—if
London 50°, New York 40°, H«iiibay 20°, Melhonrnc 40', and so on—and find
the time of day for which you wish to discover the planetary ruler : (observe
that midnight counts as 0.0 a. m.. and noon as 0.0 p.m.). If the exact time
you are looking for does not appear, take the nearest time dirtier, of course.
4.—The middle cohmiiis give the planetary rulers for each planetary
hour, for every day of the week ; for instance, the fifteenth planetary hour on
Wednesday is ruled by the Moon, and in the month of January commences
at 1.18 p.m. for all places near London.
Example.—Suppose we want to find what planet rules at Dinner Time
on Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25th, 1906.
We turn to the Table for December and January and find that at noon on
a Tuesday the rblersliip of Jupiter commences, this planet ruling the XIII.
planetary hour on that day. This rnlership continues from noon to 0.57 p.m.
for all places in N. lat. 10°, 0,46 in N. kit 40°, but only until 0.27 p.m. in N.
lat. 60° {e.g., St. FctcrsburgJ.
Hence, if we take 1 p.m. as the .weragedinner-hour on Christmas Day, we
find the influence of Jupiter will have passed and that of Mars come to the
front, while at St. Petersburg (lie hour of Mars will be already over and that
of the Sun entered upon. On the other hand, at Melhonrne (38° S.), the
hour of Jupiter exteuus from 110011 to i. 14 p.m., so that all punctual keepers
of the festival there would commence their celebration under the heneficen't
iiillnertc'e of Jupiter, which would bo quite appropriate for a jovial banquet.
The table may be used another way. Suppose we want to find what are
the planetary hours under Jupiter on aThnrsday. These are VH., XIV. and
XXI.—always the strongest planetary hours of any day, hy the way, since
they are under the governance of the planetary ruler of the day: (this state-
ment should he verified hy a reference to the tables). The timeswhenthese
hours commence, in different parts of the world, can then be seen at a
glance from the appropriate cofnmns.
Notes for Students.—(1) The six tables are calculaied respectively for the
zistpf Decemberor June, 5th of February or August, and isl of Marcli or September;
so that the exact commencement of any planetary hour may lie calculated, should
ibis bedesired. (2) These tables are construcled for what is, strictly speaking, true
sotar time at the places mentioned, and this should be taken into account in exact
work. (3) Near the IrqninOxes. vis., March 21st and September 2isl. die planetary
hours practically coincide with the hours of the clock all over the world. (4) Each
hour is divided into fifteen " degrees." the first, eighth and last of whicli are ruled hy
the planet ruling the hour, and the remainder by the other planets taken in the
same order as in the columns of the tables read downwards, namely ^ <f O f 5 D-
See Note on p, 18, within.
 VI.
DECEMBER or JANUARY; in thk Northern Hemisphere.
JUNE or JULY, in tub Southern Hemisphere.
I.tiliUitie of Place Days of du Week Lnliliule of Place
PlatieMry
Hour ut tin 11 ana IHavelory
0 Planets. Clock Time. ilOnr.
20° jo 50' 6.i»
A.M. A.M. A M. T. I*, s. A.M.
I o.o O.O O.O '> G S 9 n r O.O O.O , I
II 13 .i .6; 1.10 o J) * '4 "J ,2 ( 1.32I 33
III 26 2.1 2 2.19 ? ^ o 2.28 2.42 3.5 m
IV 3-9 3.18 3129 0 3-42 4 3 4-37 IV
v 4.12 4.2., 4.38 Du 4-56 5-24 6.10 v
VI S-'S 5.30 5.48 5.10 6-43 7-42 .VI
vn 6.18 6.36 6.58 n 7-25 8-5 9-'51 VII
VIII 7 15 7.3° 7.48 1 8.to 8-45 g.42 vm
IX 8.12 8.24 8.38 o 8.56 9'24| io.j.o IX
X 9.9 9.18 9-29 ? 9.42 10.3 10.37 x
XI 10.6 JO. 12 10. jg 9 10.281 10.42 ii-5 X.1
XII 11 3 u.6 11.10 D it. 14 11.21 11.32 XII
P.M. P.M. P.M. M. T. W. T. F, S. P.M. P.M. P.M.
XIII O.O O.O 0 o ? 1> ? 0 D OO O.O O.O XIII
XIV 0.57 0.54 0.50r D <J ? V 1 '! 0.46 o-39 O.27 XIV
XV '51 1,48 1 4 O D <s 5 U 1.32 18 ■-I-55 XV
XVI 2.51 2.42 2-3J o D i 2.18 '■57 1.22 XVI
XVII 3.48 3-36 3*22 ? '? O 3 4 2.36 1.50 X V IT
XVIII 4-45 i 4-30 4.12 3 }) « 7 3-50 3-'5 2.17 ■xv I u
XIX 5-42 524 5-2 ? <f 9 4-35 3-55 2.15 XIX
XX <■'■45 6.30 6.12 9 O 5-5° S'S -ti <7 XX
XXI 7.48 7-3^ 7.2^ D 7-4 6.36 .5; 5° XXI
xxi r 8-51 8.42 8.31 (1 8.18 7-57 7.22 XXII
xx n i 9 54 9-48 .g.41 U 9.32 g.18 8 55 XX1IJ
XXIV 10.57 10.54 10.50 i 10.46 10.39 10.27 XXIV

JUNE or JULY in tub Northern Hemisphere.

JANUARY or DECEMBER in the- Sonllimi Hemisphere.
I.aiitu\l.c of Place Ihiys of the Week t/i/i'/ifi/c of Place
Planetary Wnut ami .flijii1 -Planetary
Hour, Clock3 Time. Planets. Clock Time, Hour,
10° ao 30* 40° 50° ~ Go"*
A.M. A.M. A.M. S. M- T. W. T. p. A.M. A.M A.ST.
I O.O O.O
0
O.O <? O 5 4 v n O.O 0.0 00.0 I
n 0.57 54 O.SO V 9 o p <f 0.46 0.39 -27,1 n
in 1.5.1 1.48 I..tI <f 9 « 9 •; O 132 1,18 9,55 in
IV 2.5 r 2.42 2.31 O » <? 9 1/9 2.18 '•57 1,-;2Z i| rv
VI 348 3-36 3.Z2 ? >1 O 2 4 9 3-1 2-36 t .501 v
VI 4-45 4-3° 4.12 9 JI 9 '? O » 3.5° 3-J5 2.17 VI
vn 5.42 5-24 5-2 S <f 9 hi'! 4-35 3-55 2-|SJ vu
Vill 645 6.30 6.12 '? O p 4 1 If1 5.50 5-15 4-17 vm
IX 7.48 7.36 7.22 it i >l 0 S 4 7-1 6.36 5-5° IX
X 8.51 8.42 8.31 41 U 1 '! O S.182 7-57 7-22 ( x
XI 9.54 9-48 9.41 o p <r Shi 9-3 9.18 8-55 XI
xn 10.57 10.54 10-50 9 O P <f 9 10.46 10.39 IO.27 xu
P.M. P.M. P.M. S. M, T. W, T. P. s.: P.M. P.M. P. M.
xin O.O O.O O.O J '! O B 0.0 O.O O.O xnv
XIV 1-3 1.6 I.IO 0 -V 9 V 1.14 1.21 >•32 XIV
XV 2.0 2. 12 2.19 9 4 9 1? 2.28 2.42 3-5 xv
XVI 3-9 3-18 3 29 9 O p 4 3-12 4-3 4-37 XVM
xvn 4.12 4.24 4.38 D 9 '? O 4.56 5-24 6.10 XVII
xv m 5-'5 5-3" 5 48 'I Shi , 5-H) 6:45 7-42 .xvtu
XIX 6.1S O.36 6.588 B 4 9 7-25 8,3 9 '5 XIX
xx 7-15 7,30 7-4 1 O B 8.10 8-45 9.42 XX
XXI 8.12 8.24 8,38 hi'! 8.56 9-241 10. to XXI
XXII 9 9 9.18 9.29 ? 4 S 9/ 9.42 io-3 10.37 xxn
xxm I0.6 10.12 q 9 O B 4 10.28 110,42 "-5 xxm
xxiv It.3 11.6 II.JO 5 9 O II.14 IT.21 II.32 xxiv
 VII,
'FEBRUARY or NOVEMBER in the Northern hemisphere.
AUGUST or MAY in the Southern Hemisphere.
f.nfilmlc nf Place Ihtys «/ the HVfi LntihuU 0/ I'htee
I'htiteiar} ami: iiii.t ttlhl Tlunctary
Nuiir. 0 Clock Ttiii'e. IrhmrJs. Clock Time. flour.
tO 20° 30° , 40' ep0 Co0
- *.Kcr ■ "A.M." A.M. s. M"
:
\V. T." i , K. A.M. 1 A.M- -A/M— -
1 0.0 O.O OAS ? 'I O B 3 9 1/ O.O O.O 1 r
0.0 I
11 1.2 1.4 1.0 8 7 9 O B 1-9 3 1.20 11
U.l. 2..| l 2.8 Z.12 B <f 8 n 7 I: G< 1 2.lS 2.27 2.40 III
IV 3-6 3.12 3 '9 '? O B 3 9 If 7 3-28 3-40 4.0 IV
V 4.8 4.16 4.25 H 7 h 0 ■B 8 9 4-37 4-54 5.20 V
VI .510 3.20 5-3i rf 8 V 7: 9 G B "5-4<> 6.7 O.40 VI
VII 0.12 6.24 6,jS Q I> 3 9 if 5 9 O.56 7.20 7 59 VI1
vm 7.10 7.20 7-3' 7 h O B a a If 7-46 8.7 8.40 vnr
IX 88 8.10 8.25 e 11 7 9 G B ■f 8.37 8.54 9.20 IX
X 9.6 9.12 9.19 D J 9 V 0 1: G g.28 9.40 I 10.0 X
XI 10.4- 10.8 10.12 '1 O » 3 9 If 7 lO.lB 10.27 10.40 XI
XII 1 1.2 11.4 11.7 V 7 9 O B 8 8 nig 1113 11 20 XII
i ]*.M. P.M., P.M. s. M. T. \v T. F. s. P.M. P.M. P.M.
xm O.O O.O O.O e a V 7 9 G B O.O O.O O.O XIII
XIV O.58 o-S^ , o-5H 0 B 8 8 if 7 9 O.51 0.47 O.4O XIV
XV 1.50 H52 1.43 ? ij G B <f 9 1/ 1.43 -1-34 1.20 XV
XVI 2.54 2.48 2.42 7 V 7 9 G B 81 2-32 2.20 2.0 XVI
XVII 3:52 1 3't-! 3-35 11 rf 9 U 7 9 G 3-23 3& 2.40 xvn
XV11,I 'l-SO 4.40 4.29 '! O B 3 9 If 7 4.14 3-53 3.2(1 XV1I1
XJX 5-|8 5-3<5 5.22 n 7 9 O B 8 9 5-1 4.40 4-i XIX
xx 1 O.50 6.40 6.29 e ? n 7 9 G B 6.14 2 5 53 5-2o XX
XXI. 7-52 7-H 7-35 Q B 3 7 1/ 7 9 7- 5 7.6 O.40 XXI
XX.ll 8.54 8.4S 8.42 7 '2 0 B 8 9 if 8.32 8.20 8.0 XXII
2 g.42
xx-iiV '9-5(5 9'5 948 S V 7 9 G B 8 9-34 g.20 xxrn
XXIV 10.58 10.56 10.54 1) 3 9 U 7 9 G 10.51 16.47 10 40 XXIV

AUGUST on MAY in the Northern Hemisphere.

FEBRUARY ok NOVEMBER in the Son!hern Hemisphere.
f.alltiiile of Tl.tce Dai's of Ule 1 \:cck I.nltluile aj TJoce
Tlaueltiry auti ami ami Pltiuelilrj
/lour. Clock Time. Planets. Clock Time. .Hour.
KP 20" 3oJ i<P y? 60"
fi A.M. 1 A.M. A,M. s. M. t. w. t. K, s. A.M. A.M . A.M.
1 O.O O.O O.O 0 I3 G B 3 9 If O.O 0.0 O.O 1
11 0.58 O.56 0-54 9 ii 0 9 O B 8 0.51 047 0.40 II
in t.50 1-52 1.4.8 B d ? if O 9 G I.42 '■34 1.20 III
IV 2.54 2..18 2.42 9 G B 8 9 if 0 2.32 2.20 2.0 IV
V 3-52 3-44 3-35 1 if ? 9 G B 8 9 3-23 3.0 2.40 V
Y1 4.50 •I-4° 4 29 8 ? V 0 9 G B 4.I4 3 53 3.20 VI
Vll 5-48^ 5-3^ 5-22 G B 8 9 1# 7 9 5-4 4.40 VII
v.i n (t.50 6.40 0.2g ? i) G B 8 9 if 6..4 5.53 V 5.20 vm
TX 7-52 7-44 7-35 8 if 0 9 G !> 8 7.23 7.6 0..10 IX
X 8-54 8.48 8.43 B 8 9 if 7 it G 8.32 8.20 8.0 X
XI: 9-56 Q52 9-48 9 G B 8 9 If 7 g.42 9-34 g.20 XI
XII <0.58] 10.5O 10.54 if 7 it G B 8 9 10.51 10.47 10.40 XII
| P.M. V. M. il P.M. s. M. T. w. T. F. s. P.M. P.M. P.M.
xi n O.O 1 O.O O.O 8 9 If 7 9 G B O.O O.O O.O XIII
XIV 1 .2 1.4 1.0 G B 8 9 If 7 it i.g i >3 1 .20 XIV
XV 2-4 2.8 2.1 2 0 9 G 8 9 if 2.18 2.27 2.40 XV
XVI f 3-0 J'2 319 9 If 7 B9 G B 8 3.28 3'4° i 4.O XVI
xy.ii 4-8 fl 4,. I6 4.25 B 8 9. V 7 9 G 4-54 5.20 XV11
XVIII 5.10 | 5.20 5-31 9 G B 8 9 if 7 4-37 5-tf' 0.7 6:40 XVIII
XJ.X 6.12 6.24 C.38 if 7 9 G B 8 9 O.56- 7.20 7-59 XIX
XX 7.10 7.20 7-3i 8 9 If 7 9 G > 7.4O 8.7 8.40 XX
xxl 8.8 8.I6 .8-25 G B 8 9 If 7 9 5-37 8-54 g.20 XXI
xxu 9.6 9. 12 9 19 7 9 G B 8 8 if g.28 9.40 10.0 XXII
XXIll 10.4 !0.8 ro.12 9 if 7 9 G B 8 10.18 10.27 10.40 xxiii
XXIV, 11.2 II.4- il.f B 8 9 % 7 9 G u.g "■13a 11.20 XXIV
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MARCH or OCTOBER in the NoHhtm Hemispheyt.
SEPTEMBER or APRIL in the Southern Hemisphere.
Lnltfuje of l'hice Days of Vie Week Latitude of ,Place
PlaitcLuy ' <u;j unit uiut Planetary
Hour. Clock Titrii.
c Plahets. Clock Time. Hour.
10° 20 .10° AC? 5°° 60?
A.M. ' a m: 1 A.M.-' s. M. T. W. T. F. s. a.mT ■"a.mT X.M ." -
I. 0.0 0.0 O.O 9 O D d b It 0.0 0.0 O.O 1
IJ. 11 1' 1.2 1
3 9 It 9 <2 0 d 1.4 r .6 '9 II
Ill 2.2 2.4 2.6 D S 9 V 9 *2 O 2.9 2:13 2.1.8 111
IV 33 3-6- 39J 2 i» O D d 8 It 9 3- '3 3-19 328 IV
V 4-4 4-8 4- [ 9 O T) d 9 4.18 4.26 4-37 V
VJ. 5-5 5 10 5- 5 i 9 4 9 *2 O D 5.22 5-32 5.46 VI
v.n 6.6 6.12 6.19 O D d 9 It 9 6.27 6-.19 6.56 vu
VIII 7-5 7.10 7-} 5 9 *2 O D d 9 it 7.22 732 7.46 VIII
IX 8.4 8.8 8 12 9 u 9 *2 O D d 8.18 : 8;26 8.37 IX
X 9-3 9-6 99 D d 9 u 9 O 9-13 I 9- *9 1 9.28 X
XI 10.2 10.4 10.6 0 Dl d 9 it 9 ro.9 10.13 I ro. [8 XI
XII ) 1:1.1 x 1.2 1£
«3 9 2 O D d 9 ' I:4 ir,6 11.9 XII
P. M. P.M. P.M. s. M. T. \v. 1. P. s. P.M. P.M. P.M.
XIII 0.0 0.0 O.O rf ? y 0 ■? O I) O.O 0.0 O.O XIII
XIV 0-59 0,5s 0.57 O D <? 0 n 7 1; O.5C o-54 0.51 .XIV
XV i.58 '■50 '•54 7 '? 0 J) s ? y '•5' '•47 142 'xv
XVI 2;57 2-542 2-5' S U 7 y 0 I) <r 2.472 2.41 2.32 XVI
XVII 3-56 3*5 3.48 D 1 0 V 7 '2 0 3.4 3-34 3-23 XV11
XVIII 4-55 4-50 4-45 ■j O » s ? U 7 4-38 4.28 4.14 xvi n
XIX 5-51 5-48 5-4' U 7 i? 0 I) i 7. 5-33 5-21 5-4 XIX
XX G.55 fi.502 0-45 <s 8 21 7 '? O I) C.382 C.28 e.14 XX
XXI 7.5G 7.5 7 48 0 j e « H 7 Ij 74 7 34 7-2J XXI
XXII 8-57 1 8.54 3,5' ? O I) 4 5 31 8.47 841 8.32 XXII
xxin 9.58 9.56 954 « n 7 '? O I) <f 9-5' 9-47 9.42 * XXIII
XXIV 10.59 10.58 io-57 » <f' « 3< 7 >2 O '0.5C 10.54 10.51 XXIV

SEPTEMBER or APRIL in the Northern Hemisphere.

MARCH or OCTOBER in the Southern Hemisphere.
/.iilthide of I'Uuc lioyi of the M'«fc Latitude tif Place
I'ltutelary line, otut and Planetary
. Ctu<k. Tine. T'Uineti. Clock Time. Hour.
lrf> 20° 30- 40® 5oe 6o0
A.M. A.M. A.M. S. M. T. w. T. K. A.M. A.M. A.M.
1 00 O.O O.O 9 O D <f ? O.O O.O O.O I
II 0.59 O 5S 057 9 n 9 '? D 0.5c o;54 O.51 II
m 1-58 '50 ■•54 D d 9 U '2 1.51 r.47 I.42 III
IV 2,57 2.54 25' *2 O J) d U 2.47 2 4! 2.32 IV-
V 3 50 3.52 3.4S 2/ 9 O <s 3.42 3*34 3 23 V
VI 4 55 4; 5° ■i 45 d 9 U 9 o 4-38 4.28 4.14 VI
VII 5 54 5 48 5-4 O
1 9 5-33 5-21 5-4 VII
Vlli 6.55 6.50 GM5 ? ? 6,38 6.28 6.14
IX 7 52 7 48 ? D 7.42 7-34 7-23
X 8-57 8.54 8.51 D '? 8.47 8.41 8.32
XI 9-58 9-58 9-54 •? 11 9-5' 9-47 9.42
XII 10-59 10.58 10-57 n <? 10.56 10.54 ro.51
P.M. P.M. P.M. T.
l
F, S. P.M. P.M. P.M.
XIII O.O O.O O.O 2 O $ O.O O.O O.O
xiv 1.1 r.2 13 n ? '? 1.4 1.6 I.g
XV 2.2 2.4 2.6 * v n 2-9 2.13 2.18
XVI 3-3 3.6 3-9 o D <? 3-13 3-,9 3.28
XVI i 4 4 4-8 4.12 4-18 4.20 4-37
XV1I1 5-5 510 5-'5 v v 9 5-22 5-32 5 40
XIX C.C 6.12 6. J9 D d 9 6.27 O.39 0.50
XX 7-5 7.10 7'5 \> G D 7.22 7.32 7.40
XXI 8-4 8.8 8.12 V 8.18 8.2C 8.37
XXII 9 3 96 9-9 cT ? 2; 9 13 9.19 9.28
XXIII 10,2 10.4 10.6 O D ^ 11 10.9 10.13 10.181
XXIV II.1 ix.2 11-3 2 »2 O 4 11.6 11.9 I