As Uranus is the octave of Venus
and acts principally upon the love nature, aiming to elevate mankind in
matters personal and social, so Neptune is the octave of Mercury, and
altogether spiritual in its aims. As Mercury is Lightbearer of the
physical Sun, so Neptune is Lightbearer for the spiritual Sun, (called
Vulcan by the Western Mystics). Intellectuality, ruled by Mercury lifted
us above the animal and made man, man; the Spirituality ruled by Neptune
will in time raise us beyond the state of the human and make us divine.
Neptune really signifies what we may call "the gods" commencing with
the supernormal beings we know as Elder Brothers, and compassing the
innumerable hosts of spiritual entities, good, bad, and indifferent, which
influence our evolution. Its position and aspects denote our relation to
them; malefic aspects attract agencies of a nature inimical to our welfare,
benefic configurations draw upon the good forces. Thus, if Neptune is
placed in the Tenth House, trine to the ascendant, the person involved will
have the opportunity to become a leader or prominent in a movement along
mystical lines as denoted by the exalted position of Neptune. His body will
be capable of receiving the finer vibrations, and of coming in touch with
the spiritual world, as denoted by the trine of the ascendant. On the
other hand, when Neptune is placed in the Twelfth House, whose nature is
passive and productive of suffering, that position indicates that at some
time, perhaps under a square form the midheaven, the evil forces,
among whom are spirit-controls, will be drawn to that person and endeavor
to obtain possession of the body. the conjunction of Neptune with the
ascendant will make the body sensitive and usable for spiritual purposes, as
well as the trine. Given the opportunity afforded by the first aspect
mentioned, the man may become a pupil of a mystery school and a factor for
great good in the uplift of mankind; placed under the affliction of the
second aspect, he may become a helpless tool of spirit-controls: an
irresponsible medium.
But there is one factor which is never shown in the horoscope, and
that is the will of man. He is bound at some time in life to meet with the
experiences denoted by his horoscope, and the opportunities there indicated
will be placed before him one by one in orderly succession, as the clock of
destiny marks the appropriate time; but how he, the free and
independent spirit, meets that fated experience, no one can determine
beforehand, and the man in whose horoscope the first mentioned benefic
configuration occurs may not be sufficiently awake to the great opportunity
before him to catch it on the wing, it may have flown before he realizes it
was there. Yes, he may never become aware of the fact. On the other hand,
the person in whose life the square indicates the assault by spiritual
forces mentioned, may develop his spiritual muscle by resisting the
onslaught and become a victor instead of being vanquished. Forewarned is
forearmed.
Neptune was not discovered until 1846, but we should err greatly if
we supposed the influence ascribed to it fictitious on that account, for as
the person born blind lacks the organs to see the sunlight and colors, so
most of humanity is still lacking the sensibility which makes them amenable
to the vibrations of Neptune. (See section on that subject, also on
Planetary Octaves). But we are gradually developing finer feelings and
becoming more able to respond to his influence. At first this influence is
mostly felt by sensitives who become esotericists when of a positive nature and
mediums when negative, others gain from it the cunning common alike to the
criminal and the detective, or it impels the weakling to take drugs which in
another manner produce dreams and visions similar to those obtained by the
mediumistic process.
Neptune strong in the figure gives a very vivid imagination and an
artistic nature, poetic, musical or literary, a fondness of ease, comfort
and beautiful surroundings. The person is easily swayed by the emotions,
and when Neptune is afflicted may become subject to trances, fainting,
hysteria, or psychic storms. There is a love of travel, preferably by water.
When Neptune is weak by sign or afflicted it also inclines to drink
or drugs, it robs the person of ambition and makes him an indolent loafer
or cheat, thoroughly dishonest, or if the horoscope is otherwise good he
may become the prey of other people who will rob or defraud him. People with
an afflicted Neptune should particularly avoid dealings with large
corporations or they may be subjected to swindles of the most fantastic
nature.
Neptune in the Ascendant, or First House. Neptune is by nature
esoteric, prophetic and spiritual. The Ascendant signifies the body wherein we
function and thus by combination of these ideas we find that Neptune on the
Ascendant will give a particularly sensitive body capable of feeling the finer
vibrations in nature, and according to the aspects which the planet
receives, these will be either good, bad or indifferent. If Neptune is strong
and well aspected to the Sun, Jupiter or Uranus, we may judge that there is
an intensely mystical nature latent in the person. Whether or not it will
be developed is, of course, another question depending upon opportunity and
environment. On the other hand, if Neptune is afflicted, it indicates a
very low mentality, perhaps even insanity. In any case the nature is
visionary, romantic and generally unpractical, at least from the worldly
standard. The prophetic, inspirational and visionary faculties are
usually highly developed when Neptune is unafflicted in the First House.
There is a love of art and music, a desire for luxury and whatever gives power
and tone to life. But when Neptune is afflicted in the First House the nature
is indolent, procrastinating and changeable; perverted tastes and desires come
to the front and impel to acts of indiscretion which may bring grave
consequences. There is indication of prostitution of the spiritual faculties;
a deceptive, dishonest disposition, also a tendency to mediumship and spirit
obsession.
Neptune in the Second House and well aspected brings gain through
all things in which water plays a prominent part; also through mystic and
esoteric matters and societies. But if Neptune is afflicted the financial
affairs of the person will always be in an uncertain, chaotic state.
Neptune in the Third House, when well aspected enhances the mental
faculties to a considerable degree. It gives ability in the direction of
inspirational writing and speaking, high ideals, a devotional mind. But
when Neptune is afflicted in the Third House the mind is of a low order,
cunning, sometimes imbecile and idiotic, with weird and uncanny feelings
and perverted appetites. Neptune in the Third House also gives a tendency to
many journeys, frequently by water, but whether or not they are successful
depends upon the aspects.
Neptune in the Fourth House, when well aspected, gives a spiritual
atmosphere to the home with unusual conditions for soul-growth through the
relationships there formed, but when afflicted it brings fraud and
deception, unhappiness and distrust, peculiar problems and many changes of
residence. There is also a liability to extreme poverty at the close of life,
even confinement in a public institution of charity.
Neptune in the Fifth House, strong and well aspected, indicates a
successful courtship of one of a highly advanced spiritual nature, success as
a teacher of mystic matters, and gain by investment in things ruled by
Neptune, aquatic sports and any other business in which the watery element
is strong.
Neptune in the Sixth House, well aspected, is a favorable indication
of latent psychic faculties which may be developed with profit from
the spiritual point of view. But when afflicted it predisposes to the
prostitution of spiritual faculties by mediumship, etc. Thus the person may
become subject to spirit control and run grave danger of obsession. It
also indicates trouble and loss through employees and a liability to
chronic wasting diseases and deformity. Usually these tendencies are then
accentuated by a sensuous nature and a self-indulgent manner of living.
Neptune in the Seventh House and well aspected indicates a marriage
to one of an esoteric, inspirational nature, generally a platonic union of
the most soul-satisfying nature, a true companionship of two who are
really mates. It also shows success as a public speaker on esoteric or mystical
subjects. But when afflicted, Neptune in the Seventh House shows an
emotional mediumistic, unreliable marriage partner, or there may be fraud or
deception in connection with the marriage, perhaps one of the partners
committing bigamy. this position also indicates one of the parasites that
prey upon the public in general, or of those who become victims of public
disfavor, all according to the nature of the aspects. They show whether or
not this is merited.
Neptune in the Eighth House, when well aspected, gives gain through
the marriage partner, but not through the ordinary channels of business;
it comes in a peculiar manner. This position is also favorable for esoteric
investigation and often enables the person who has it to obtain information at
at first hand. But when Neptune is afflicted in the Eighth house it brings a
loss by fraud or deception of the marriage partner, financial troubles with
estates or corporations and a strange, unusual ending to the life.
Neptune in the Ninth House is very favorable for the cultivation
of spiritual faculties; when well aspected, it brings strange visions and
unusual intuitional forebodings and presentiments, also profit and pleasure in
connection with long journeys or voyages.
When Neptune is afflicted in the Ninth House it makes the mind
fearful and anxious, always on the qui vive with vague forebodings; it
inclines to travel but brings trouble in that connection, also danger of legal
complication and loss on that account.
Neptune in the Tenth House, when well aspected indicates one of high
aspirations and inspirations, spiritually inclined, who has the ability to
rise to leadership, fame and honor, in connection with some mystical society
or in scientific research. This position of Neptune also indicates an
accident to one of the parents, probably by water, while the person is still a
child, but when the planet is well aspected a legacy often accrues.
Neptune in the Tenth House and trine to the Sun or Moon are sure signs
of the ability to cultivate the spiritual sight in this life. A number
of well-known seers have this aspect.
When Neptune is afflicted in the Tenth House it indicates fraud,
deception and dishonesty which in time will bring their reward of sorrow,
trouble and scandal.
Neptune in the Eleventh House and well aspected shows a person of
high spiritual aspirations and the ability to attract others of a similar
nature who will be of help to him in realizing his desires, hopes and wishes.
When Neptune is afflicted in the Eleventh House it indicates deception
and treachery on the part of people who pose as friends; this will bring
loss and trouble. Therefore people with this position should be
particularly careful whom they cultivate and admit their friendship.
Neptune in the Twelfth House, well aspected, brings success in
research work of a scientific or esoteric nature which is carried on in secret
or far from the haunts of men. It also indicates a secret
soul-satisfying or
clandestine but honorable relationship with someone which will bring benefit
to both and it not infrequently happens that this friend is in the
spirit world, but the relations is much more close in such cases than it can
ever be between friends who are both in the physical body. When Neptune is
afflicted in the Twelfth House it gives a liability to confinement and
restraint in a public institution such as a hospital, asylum, or prison, on
account of secret but powerful enemies, a chronic and noisome disease or
insanity due to perverted practices.
Neptune in Aries, when well aspected fills a person with religious
enthusiasm, though not always of the orthodox kind, and gives him the energy
and ambition to push forward to the front rank in whatever line of thought
and belief he espouses. There is a desire to elevate humanity to a higher
and more noble plane of life and on that account this configuration or
position usually brings the person forward as a public character or more or
less importance, according to the general aspects and tenor of the horoscope.
But when afflicted, Neptune in Aries brings out the destructive
tendencies. There is a similar desire to raise humanity to realms of
happiness, but the methods are anarchistic and it incites to murder of those
whom the person conceives to be the enemies of society, by bomb plot or
assassination, and lays the person liable to imprisonment on account of
conspiracy against the government or others in authority.
Neptune in Taurus gives a kindly, companionable disposition and an
inclination towards the beautiful and artistic in nature. He is fond of
music and the pleasures of life. This is also a good omen for the
acquisition of land or property. But when Neptune is afflicted in Taurus it
gives a sensuous and passionate nature and a strong tendency to gourmandize
which in time is bound to bring trouble and sorrow in its wake.
Neptune in Gemini, well aspected, is one of the best indications of
unusual mental faculties, for Neptune is the octave of Mercury the planet of
mind, logic and reason. Hence this position develops the esoteric, prophetic
and inspirational faculties. It makes the person sensitive to the finer
intuitional and inspirational vibrations in nature. It is the signature of
genius in one direction or another according to the conditions in the
horoscope. It gives the gift of oratory and unusual literary ability, and
makes the person a fine mechanician or mathematician; in short, there is no
field of endeavor where mental ingenuity is required, that the person with
Neptune in Gemini, well aspected, does not excel.
But when Neptune is afflicted in Gemini it indicates inability to
concentrate to any good purpose. The mind is restless, chaotic and wavering,
inclined to cunning, fraud and deception, or at best it makes the person a
visionary and a dreamer who is apt to become the dupe of others. There is
generally trouble with brothers, sisters and neighbors who cordially dislike
the person in whose horoscope this aspect is found.
Neptune in Cancer, when well aspected, gives an intuitive,
sympathetic and lovable nature quick to understand the sorrows and joys of
others and ready to feel for them or with them. Hence these people are
generally very much liked, both in the home and in their immediate circle of
acquaintances. This position also brings them in touch with the finer forces
of nature and enables them to cultivate such spiritual faculties as
psychometry and a species of intuition whereby they can get in touch with
whomsoever or whatsoever they wish for the help and benefit of others. They
are very versatile in the spiritual direction and may reach great heights by
devotion, which is strongly expressed in them. But when Neptune is
afflicted in Cancer it gives a very self-indulgent disposition which
generally exerts a baneful influence in the home, perhaps more by inuendo
than by direct malicious expression. This position also gives peculiar
tastes and appetites which are apt to cause great trouble to the alimentative
system and there is a strong inclination for drugs or drink.
Neptune in Leo, when well aspected, gives a generous, sympathetic
and warm-hearted disposition, a sociable nature, fond of pleasures and
artistic pursuits. These people have considerable ability and success in
educational pursuits because of an intimate understanding of the nature of
others and the faculty of imparting to them whatever knowledge they possess
themselves. They are very conscientious in their dealings with others and
successful in affairs of the heart.
But when Neptune is afflicted in Leo it makes the nature super-
sensual and therefore liable to disappointments in love. These people are
governed by impulse rather than by reason; they lack the stamina to face an
issue, are cowardly, fickle and not to be depended upon; they incur a general
dislike among their acquaintances.
Neptune in Virgo. Mercury, the planet of mind, reason and logic is
exalted in Virgo, and the esoteric, prophetic, inspirational, spiritual,
devotional and musical Neptune is the octave of Mercury, hence the blending
of the Mercurial and Neptunian qualities produced by Neptune in Virgo gives
exceptionally fine mental faculties with the addition of inspiration,
prophetic ability, devotion to high ideals when Neptune is well aspected,
for Neptune adds gentleness and sympathy to the cold Mercury; though such
people are rather odd in their ideas and inclinations, especially with
respect to marriage, which they usually regard from the platonic standpoint.
If Neptune is afflicted in Virgo it gives hypochondriac tendencies and
an imagination of having all the ills and ailments in the universe which
makes the person's life miserable. There is also a tendency to become the
plaything of spirit controls, not only with respect to mediumship but
such people are liable to direct obsession and when this calamity has once
occurred it is very difficult to free the body from the obsessing entity.
Neptune in Libra, when well aspected, gives a musical, poetic and
artistic temperament and indicates a union of a highly spiritual nature
which will be of great comfort and satisfaction to the person. When Neptune
is afflicted in Libra, there is a tendency to clandestine, unconventional
and illegitimate relations, either of the person himself or of the
marriage partner, according to the nature of the aspects to Neptune. It
indicates a weak and over-emotional nature which incurs and merits the dislike
for those in its immediate environment.
Neptune in Scorpio, well aspected, gives a desire to delve into the
secrets of nature and thus it is a good position for those who work in
scientific or esoteric research. It gives energy, enthusiasm and
inspirational perception beyond the realm of reason and augurs successful
accomplishment of whatever is undertaken. But when afflicted it gives a
terrible temper, a sensuous and passionate nature, an inordinate desire for
drink or drugs and a tendency to drowning either by accident or design.
Neptune in Sagittarius, when well aspected increases the
inspirational, devotional and religious tendencies in the horoscope. It
brings dreams, visions, and esoteric experiences. There is love of travel and
a great enjoyment of the pleasures thus obtained. When Neptune is afflicted
in Sagittarius the subjects become liable to fears and forebodings; dreams of
danger and visions of distress prey upon the mind, making life miserable.
Sometimes they have great desires to travel but are unable to gratify them,
or if they do they have trouble or accidents to contend with.
Neptune in Capricorn, when well aspected gives a serious and
contemplative nature, able to concentrate upon whatever matters come before
it, hence such people are successful, keen and far-sighted business men,
usually working on a large scale, or if the nature of the other aspects of the
horoscope draws them toward secret work they make excellent detectives
capable of solving the most intricate problems, or researchers along psychic
lines; in fact they excel in any occupation where deep thought and
concentration are the keys to success.
But when Neptune is afflicted in Capricorn it makes the nature
melancholy, secretive and very often deceitful. These people are generally
recluses and shun the society of their fellow-men.
Neptune in Aquarius, when well aspected, gives an altruistic or
utopian disposition with a desire to emancipate the whole world from
whatever social, mental, moral or physical ills the person may be able to
perceive. Hence these people are usually too far in advance of their time and
age to be understood. They are regarded as dreamers and visionaries,
idealists and, as in a sense, dangerous to society because of their
originality and independence of conventions. At the same time they are
very popular with the most progressive people in society. They easily
apprehend Nature's finer forces and are therefore the pioneers in
exploration of hitherto undreamed-of fields.
When Neptune is afflicted in Aquarius it gives similar ideas and
ideals in regard to conventions. But it is only too liable to bring such
people and their lives into discredit and disgrace.
Neptune in Pisces, when well aspected gives a love of mysticism and
a tendency to investigate the esoteric. Sometimes these people develop their
spiritual faculties and obtain first-hand knowledge. They are compassionate
towards others, unobtrusive, retiring in their manner, well liked also often
the recipients of aid from others, cheerfully and willingly given.
When Neptune is afflicted in Pisces the person is liable to
suffer through mediumship, obsession and deception of secret enemies.
There is danger of imprisonment and a tendency to indulge in drink or
drugs which will end in sorrow and self-undoing.
Neptune in Aspect With Other Planets
The Sun sextile or trine to Neptune favors the possibility of
developing spiritual faculties, for Neptune intensifies the higher
vibrations in the aura and as some express themselves best through music
these aspects make them unusually sensitive to echoes from the heaven world,
which is the realm of tone. Many people with these configurations hear the
harmony of the spheres and if Mercury, the lower octave of Neptune, gives
the requisite dexterity they become musicians of a high inspirational nature.
In others it breeds a love of esotericism which leads them into the higher
life, but they usually approach it from the intellectual standpoint as
psychic investigators. A few live the life and obtain first-hand knowledge.
The Sun parallel, conjunction, square or opposition to Neptune
also brings the person in touch with the denizens of the invisible world
by raising the vibrations in his aura, but these configurations attract the
undesirable element such as are seen at the ordinary spiritualistic séance.
In a watery sign Neptune induces the person to drink to excess and then the
resulting acceleration of the vibratory rate frequently causes such a person
to perceive the ugly and gruesome forms abounding in the lower realms of the
invisible world, which are real elemental entities and not figments of his
fancy as believed by people who hear him tell what he sees during delirium
tremens.
Venus sextile or trine to Neptune makes an inspirational musician.
It gives a fertile imagination and deep emotions, a nature that is pure
and chaste, hence occasionally it leads to platonic unions and companionship
of the most ecstatic nature.
Venus conjunction or parallel to Neptune is to be judged on the same
line as indicated in the cases of Mars and Uranus.
Venus square or opposition to Neptune makes the person liable to
sorrow, loss and trouble, especially through the marriage partner or anyone
else in whom he trusts. People with these aspects should be particularly
careful to avoid anything which has in it an element of chance or speculation
for they are sure to lose, especially in dealing with large companies or
corporations.
Mercury in conjunction, parallel, sextile or trine to Neptune makes
a man peculiarly adapted to esotericism, particularly if the conjunction
occurs in the Third or Ninth House or the trines are from watery
signs — Cancer, Scorpio or Pisces. Such people usually succeed in esoteric
science and often develop a supernormal faculty. They are particularly good
as magnetic healers.
Mercury square or opposition to Neptune gives a chaotic mind,
liability to lack of memory, indolence and a disposition to dream the
time away. There is a restless desire for fame frustrated by inability to
fit in anywhere. Such people are liable to fraud, deception and slander,
also to temptation to suicide.
The Moon sextile or trine to Neptune increases the faculty of
imagination to a superlative degree, especially if either of the planets is in
the Ninth House. Then it favors prophetic dreams and visions which bring the
person into contact with the invisible worlds. It indicates ability in the
esoteric arts and success in their practice. It makes the nature exceedingly
inspirational and it also gives a kind and sympathetic disposition.
The spiritual qualities mentioned may not be apparent even to the
person himself, but them they re latent and capable of development. It is
also safe to say that at some time or other during the life persons with
these aspects will come in contact with esotericism and be very much
attracted, whether the qualities of the soul are developed or not.
The Moon conjunction or parallel to Neptune< indicates the same
strong psychic faculties as the good aspects, particularly if Neptune is
placed in the psychic sign Cancer. Those who have been norm with the good
configurations of Neptune during the fourteen years when it was in the airy
scientific sign Gemini are now conquering the air and perfecting scientific
inventions which will make us marvel, but the children who have been born
under favorable configurations during the fourteen years Neptune has been
going through the psychic sign Cancer are growing up around us as a band of
mystics and when they have reached mature years they will astonish us
with their spiritual insight and power. Among other things they will develop
the soul of music in a hitherto unprecedented manner.
The Moon square or opposition to Neptune is also an indication of
the soul qualities similar to those given by the good aspects, but under
the former aspects the person will be of a negative nature and is apt to
become the prey of spirit-controls and subjected to mediumship, therefore
people with those aspects should be very careful not to attend spiritualistic
seances, "sit in silence" or use other methods of esoteric development.
Saturn sextile or trine to Neptune is good for success in worldly
affairs for it brings out the saturnine virtues, forethought, honor, self-
reliance, determinations, system et cetera, by which the person gains the
confidence and esteem of others, but the principal effect is spiritual and
therefore only felt by those who are able to respond because of other aspects
in the horoscope. To them it gives the ability to delve deeply into
esoteric and mystical subjects, also to become proficient in the art and
practice thereof.
Saturn conjunction or parallel to Neptune has the same effect as the
good aspects when it occurs in a sign where either of the planets are strong
as Neptune is in Cancer and Pisces and Saturn in Libra and Capricorn.
Saturn square or opposition to Neptune lays the person liable to loss
by deception, treachery or fraud in worldly matters and if he should
undertake to investigate or practise esotericism he is liable to become the
prey of spirit-controls and be led into mediumship with consequent danger
to the health, and liability to attempt suicide.
Jupiter sextile or trine to Neptune gives an inspirational mystical
nature and ability to fill a position connected with esoteric orders, that is to
say, where the character is sufficiently developed so that Neptune can make
the influence felt for then this position brings out all the noblest and
most spiritual strength of both planets, and esoteric experiences are not
infrequently the result. At any rate, during the sleeping hours these people
are quite active and conscious in the invisible worlds and often bring
experiences back with them as dreams or visions.
Jupiter conjunction or parallel to Neptune gives an influence similar
to that of the good aspects when Neptune and Jupiter are not afflicted, but
if they are in a weak sign and aspecting the other planets by square or
opposition them the influence is similar to that of the bad aspects of Jupiter
and Neptune.
Jupiter square or opposition to Neptune indicates lack of control of
the emotions. The person is sensitive to the influences of the
borderland between the seen and the unseen worlds but they are often
of an awe-inspiring and disgusting type, hence apt to cause hysterical
conditions, involuntary trance and kindred disorders attendant upon negative
psychism, but from a material standpoint it gives danger of fraud through
speculation or large companies and dealing with predatory interests should
therefore be avoided.
Mars
sextile or trine to Neptune intensifies the emotional nature
and gives a leaning toward the study and practice of esotericism and
mysticism. When other testimonies in the horoscope concur, the martial energy
directed toward the psychic subjects denoted by Neptune often helps the
person very materially in his aim to penetrate into the invisible worlds in a conscious manner.
Mars
conjunction, square, parallel, or opposition to Neptune makes
the nature coarse and sensual, impulsive and irascible, militant and
extravagant in speech and action, self-indulgent to a degree in whatever
direction his passions may lead him and unable to exercise restraint over
himself in any direction. It gives a fanatical spirit which may express
itself in either religion or atheism and under favorable conditions such
people are liable to become victims of discarnate spirits who may either use
them as a medium or by obsessing them. It gives a tendency to lawlessness
and participation in anarchistic schemes or plots.
Uranus sextile or trine to Neptune gives inclination towards the
esoteric or mystical side of life, and if either is placed in the Tenth House
the person usually becomes a leader or authority in these lines, he wins
at least local recognition and if other testimonies concur his fame will be
national or international. Such an aspect will bring direct tough with the
spiritual world and success in dealing with inhabitants of that plane. It
produces dreams and visions of a prophetic and inspirational nature,
strengthens the healing powers and will consequently enable the person to do a
great deal of good for his suffering fellow-men. These aspects give a
highly developed intuition which amounts almost to mind-reading. There is a
love of travel and exploration of the physical world as well as of nature's
finer realms. Nor are such people altogether dreamers, they have a strong
will with excellent executive and organizing powers which will aid them in
realizing their hopes, wishes and ambitions to rise in life and be at the
forefront of whatever profession they select.
Uranus conjunction or parallel to Neptune are convertible aspects; if
the planets are well placed by sign and otherwise well afflicted, their
effect will be similar to the sextile or trine, though not so pronounced,
but if they are cadent, weak by sign, and afflicted they are only a
little less evil than when aspected by square or opposition.
Uranus square or opposition to Neptune brings underhanded, deceptive
influences into the life which aim to undermine the reputation and make the
person suffer scandal and public disfavor, sudden and unaccountable reverses
in business are met with, or trouble in social affairs. There is the same
love of travel and exploration as given by the good aspects but the person
cannot accomplish his aims with the same facility, or if he does it is to
his disadvantage and brings added trouble He is also drawn towards the
esoteric or mystic side of life, but his path is beset by dangers of mediumship
and obsession and all through life he is filled with a vague dread of
impending disaster which he can neither account for nor dispel by will or
reason, hence uncertainty overshadows the life as a cloud and robs him of
peace and contentment.
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Students of the Stellar Science
will find the following Table very useful in delineating horoscopes for
though the planets confer many more characteristics than there given, as
shown in the general reading which opens the section wherein the places
and aspects of each planet are given, the following keywords give in a
succinct manner the quintessence of the characteristics conferred by
each planet according to whether it is well or ill aspected.
When the student has mastered the meaning of the positions and aspects
of the various planets as given in the preceding sections he or she may with
the greatest of ease give a good delineation of the effect of each aspect
by combining the key-words in this Table and elaborating upon them. For
instance, if reading a horoscope where the Sun is trine Saturn, put down the
description given in the Table as follows:
"The vital, venturesome and authoritative Sun trine the deliberative,
persevering, tactful, cautious, methodical and thoughtful Saturn
(then elaborate) will give John a tenacious hold on life and endow him with
both courage and caution, so that while he may seem venturesome at times he
will always carefully calculate the obstacles to be overcome and not attempt
anything foolhardy, but accomplish his object once he has decided to go
ahead. He will be systematic, orderly and methodical, also persevering in
whatever he undertakes after due deliberation and forethought, hence his
efforts will generally be brought to a successful issue. In dealing with
others he will be thoughtful and tactful, hence usually able to obtain his
desires by diplomacy. On account of these qualities he will be generally
successful in life and he will lay up a fair fortune, for Saturn is also the
planet of acquisitiveness."
In a similar manner students may combine the key-words of all the
other planets and aspects from this Table and elaborate on them as they can.
This will enable them to give a good reading of any horoscope with a little
practice. For further practical demonstration of this method students are
advised to study the children's horoscopes in Rays from the Rose Cross, where
the writer makes use of it every month. These horoscopes are a mine of
instruction which not student desiring to perfect himself in the stellar
science can afford to be without. The key-words will bring to his mind
what has been said about the general nature of the planets under
consideration; this he may combine with the nature of the signs and houses
where the planets are placed if a very full reading is desired.
Sun sextile or trine: The vital, venturesome, dignified and authoritative Sun.
Sun square or opposition: The lazy, ambitionless, despotic and cowardly Sun.
Venus sextile or trine: The harmonious, artistic, beautiful, lovely, cheerful and suave Venus.
Venus square or opposition: The dissolute, sensual, vulgar, slothful, loud and lazy Venus.
Mercury sextile or trine: The quick-witted, versatile, eloquent, literary, adroit and dexterous
Mercury.
Mercury square or opposition: The restless, shiftless, profane, gossipy, demagogic, dishonest,
untruthful, forgetful, and clumsy Mercury.
Moon sextile or trine: The magnetic, imaginative, plastic and changeable Moon.
Moon square or opposition: The negative, procrastinating, dreamy, vacillating, visionary,
frivolous, childish and worrisome Moon.
Saturn sextile or trine: The cautious, deliberate, methodical, persevering, tactful, thoughtful
and thrifty Saturn.
Saturn square or opposition: The malicious, materialistic, melancholy, pessimistic, avaricious,
obstructive, secretive and worrisome Saturn.
Jupiter sextile or trine: The law-abiding, charitable, conservative, reverent, optimistic, opulent
and benevolent Jupiter.
Jupiter square or opposition: The indolent, procrastinating, bombastic, ostentatious, prodigal,
dissipated and lawless Jupiter.
Mars sextile or trine: The gallant, enterprising, energetic, enthusiastic and constructive Mars.
Mars square or opposition: The coarse, combative, egotistic, discordant, destructive, passionate, audacious, impulsive and hot-tempered Mars.
Uranus sextile or trine: The advanced, romantic, original, independent, liberty-loving and
inventive Uranus.
Uranus square or opposition: The licentious, unconventional, fanatical and irresponsible Uranus.
Neptune sextile or trine: The esoteric, prophetic, inspirational, spiritual, devotional and
musical Neptune.
Neptune square or opposition: The fraudulent, vague, deceptive, dishonest and mediumistic Neptune.
The Strength and Weakness
of the Planets
Shown by Elevation, Exaltation,
Critical Degrees, etc.
The foregoing delineation of the effects and influences of the planets
in the various houses and signs, also by aspect and position such as
parallel and conjunction, sextile, square, trine and opposition, are subject
to wide modification according to the other configurations of the horoscope,
and according to whether the planets are essentially dignified or in their
detriment, exalted or in fall, or placed in critical degrees. The
following table of planetary powers will show at a glance the signs in
which the various planets are strong or weak; and when the student known in
what sign a planet rules or is exalted it is only necessary to remember that
it has its fall or detriment in the opposite sign. Thus the Sun rules Leo
and is exalted in Aries. Hence it is very powerful in those signs, and as
the opposite signs are Aquarius and Libra it is at once apparent that when
placed in these signs the Sun is comparatively weak. Another important
factor which it is necessary to take into consideration is elevation. The
closer a planet is to the Midheaven, the more highly it is elevated and the
more powerful it is. Consulting the table of planetary powers we find that
Mars rules Aries and is exalted in Capricorn. Let us suppose that in a
horoscope, Mars is found placed close to the Midheaven in Aries or Capricorn
and square to the Sun which is near the Ascendant. Then the evil will be
very much greater than if Mars were in Libra or Cancer, the signs of his fall
and detriment, and the Sun placed in the Midheaven elevated above
Mars. Similarly, if the Sun were placed in Aries, its exaltation sign,
close to the Midheaven in high elevation and trine to Jupiter in its own sign,
Sagittarius, then both planets are very strong and their effect would be
much more marked than if they were placed in the signs of their fall and
debility. By memorizing this table and bearing in mind the matter of
elevation, the student will be able to form a much more accurate judgment of
the effect of planets in any particular horoscope than if this is not taken
into consideration.
Table of Planetary
Powers
| Planet: |
Rules: |
Detriment: |
Exaltation: |
Fall: |
| Sun |
Leo |
Aquarius |
Aries 19 Deg. |
Libra |
| Venus |
Taurus, Libra |
Scorpio, Aries |
Pisces 27 |
Virgo |
| Mercury |
Gemini, Virgo |
Sagittarius, Pisces |
Virgo 15 |
Pisces |
| Moon |
Cancer |
Capricorn |
Taurus 3 |
Scorpio |
| Saturn |
Capricorn, Aquarius |
Cancer, Leo |
Libra 21 |
Aries |
| Jupiter |
Pisces, Sagittarius |
Virgo, Gemini |
Cancer 15 |
Capricorn |
| Mars |
Aries, Scorpio |
Libra, Taurus |
Capricorn 28 |
Cancer |
| Uranus |
Aquarius |
Leo |
Scorpio |
Taurus |
| Neptune |
Pisces |
Virgo |
Cancer |
Capricorn |
Critical Degrees
Another division of the Zodiac which it is easy to remember and
important to take into consideration is based upon the message of the Moon
from the first degree of Aries through the twelve signs. It takes the Moon
about 28 days to go around the Zodiac and she moves with an average velocity
of 13 degrees. Thus if we start with the first point of Aries and measure
one day's travel, the second day will commence at the 13th degree and the
third at the 26th; the fourth commences at 9 degrees of Taurus and the fifth
day she starts at 21 degrees of the same sign; on the sixth day she reaches
4 degrees of Gemini; on the seventh day she starts at 17 degrees of Gemini and
completes the first quarter by reaching the cusp of Cancer on the morning of
the eighth day. It is evident that she will strike the same degrees of the
signs composing the other three quarters during the three weeks it takes her
to complete the circuit, and thus we may easily memorize the critical
degrees in the following manner:
In the Cardinal Signs — Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, the
first, thirteenth, and twenty-sixth degrees are critical.
In the Fixed Signs — Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, the ninth
and twenty-first degrees are critical.
In the Common Signs — Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, the
fourth and seventeenth degrees are critical.
It has been found that when a planet is within orb of three degrees
of one of these critical points it exercises a much stronger influence in
the life than it would otherwise. Therefore students will also do well to
remember this and should a planet be in a sign of fall or detriment, but in a
critical degree, it is thereby strengthened and will do more good or bad
according to its nature and the aspect it has. On the other hand, if a planet
is in its exaltation sign, highly elevated and in a critical degree, its
aspects will be exceedingly powerful and make themselves felt much more in the
life than would otherwise be the case.
Another important point which is only too often overlooked is the
position of Mercury with regard to the Sun. When Mercury is in a lower
degree of the same sign as occupied by the Sun, or in any degree of a
preceding sign, he rises before the Sun and, so to speak, carries the rays of
the Day Star forward. But when he is placed in a higher degree of the same
sign as the Sun or in the sign following that occupied by the Sun, then he
rises after the Orb of Day and is, so to speak, overshadowed. Therefore it
has been found that when Mercury, the planet of mind, logic and reason, rises
before the Sun, it gives a keener, better intellect than when he follows the
luminary.
One not infrequently hears students of Astrology express their
annoyance at the way the stars work. They complain that the evil directions
are always on time and marked in their effect, while very often the good
directions seem to have little or not influence and they wonder why. Have
you ever realized that you cannot possibly get something for nothing, any
more than you can create something out of nothing. This holds good whether
you want a loaf of bread, a position, favors, or anything else. If at any
time you seem to get something without paying for it, you will have to
settle later, and settle with interest, for it is nature's law of Justice
that nothing is given for nothing. There must be an equivalent in one way or
another; the scales may be tipped in one direction for a long time, but as
surely as the pendulum swings equally to one side of the neutral point, so
surely will the scales of justice swing, and swing until the balance is
reached.
This holds good in Astrology; it is said that "God helps the man
who helps himself;" you may also say that the stars help the man who helps
himself, for they are God's ministers and it should always be remembered
that the stars show tendencies, they mark times when opportunities are ripe,
but they never under any circumstances compel anyone to act in this, that or
the other manner. But neither are the directions haphazard events, they
are lessons and experiences for us, of which we may avail ourselves, or not,
as we choose within certain limits. For instance, the Moon comes to a
square of Mars, and it will bring to us an opportunity to lose our temper,
and get into trouble thereby, then when the trouble is over and we sit down
to reflect on the occurrence we will most likely say to ourselves: Well,
what fools we were to allow a little thing like that to play havoc with our
happiness. On the other hand if the Astrological student uses his knowledge
in the proper manner, then he should know what the effect of the Moon
square Mars will be, he should resolve beforehand to be calm and say: Here
is an opportunity for me to rule my stars. I am going to keep my temper well
under control so that no matter what happens, I shall maintain my equilibrium.
Then, when the opportunity comes along to lose his temper he may stand firm.
Although he may feel the passions surging within, he may stand outwardly
quiet, keep a cool head and when the danger is past he will have gained a
victory and learned the lesson which it was intended he should learn. Or
suppose it is a square of the Moon to Saturn; this will cause people to
worry and look upon the dark side of life, but the astrological student may
say to himself when such a configuration is approaching: No, I am not going
to worry; worry will not help matters, it hinders, because it takes from me
all my strength, wherewith otherwise I could overcome conditions. I am going
to look at the bright side of the matter and see what I can do to remedy this
trouble.
As a matter of fact most of the things we worry about never come to
pass, and if the student can learn under this planetary direction to keep
his equilibrium, to stop worrying, then he has ruled his stars and learned
an important lesson. Thus, if he helps his stars be learning the lessons
which they re endeavoring to teach him, the evil directions will not have the
same power over him as if he simply sits down and folds his hands saying:
"Well, I cannot help it, I am under the evil directions and naturally things
are bound to go wrong in every particular." There is in the horoscope
a dominant factor, namely, the Individual Will; bear in mind that the
horoscope shows only tendencies and it has no power whatever to compel you;
compulsion is from within yourself. You, in the final analysis, are
the dominant factor in that horoscope, and can by an exercise of sufficient
will power rule your stars. It is admitted that we are all weak, and
therefore not able to exercise the necessary will power at all times; but
that is exactly why these evil directions are sent to us, to enable us to
cultivate a stronger will to do the right thing at the right time and it
depends upon ourselves whether we shall be compelled by circumstances from
without or by our own will from within. Surely that is the proper way, and
astrological students above all other people ought to be able to guide their
lives safely amid the rocks and shoals of existence, because they have
proper warning, they know what is coming, and they should prepare for it.
On the other hand it is asked: Why do the good directions not bring
a corresponding measure of benefit? And the answer to that question is, for
the same lack of co-operation. It is as absolutely necessary to help our
stars in one direction as to hinder them in the other. Are you out of a
position with perhaps the family exchequer running low and no means in sight
wherewith to replenish it; but your hopes centered upon a strong favorable
direction such as perhaps a trine of the progressed Moon to the ruler of the
Sixth House or the Sun? Under these conditions you feel sure, from an
astrological standpoint, that you are going to obtain a good position which
will put you on easy street. Very well, you may be sure that the
opportunity will come, but do not expect it to be laid in your lap without a
single effort on your part; if a thing is worth having it is worth going
after, it is worth making the very best efforts to get it; do not neglect
any detail, dress yourself carefully, but not showily when you go to see the
person who has it in his power to bestow the favor, remember, first
impressions are important; have all your ammunition ready in the shape of
recommendations and everything else that you would have were you not
depending upon an astrological aspect to help you get the position. Use
every proper means if impressing the prospective employer with your ability
and you may depend that your effort will be successful, for you have helped your stars, you have grasped your opportunity. Or, are you about to
embark in a business venture with some one else and you feel very confident
because the Moon is trine to the Sun and Venus in the Seventh House? Be
careful that you do not lay aside your caution on that account, thinking
that under such a direction no one can come into your partnership who is not
all right. If you do, you neglect your part and you will have no reason
whatever to blame the stars if later on it is shown that the person is not
all you expected him to be. Nothing is needed in the world today in the
same degree that we need common sense, and this applies to the department of
astrology, as well as to every other department of life. Opportunity may be
likened to a toboggan slide between ourselves and our desires; it is
necessary for us to make an adequate initial effort in order to launch our
sled upon this incline, but once we have done our part, then everything
will go along swimmingly under favorable directions, for then the stars are
with us to impress others in our behalf, or to strengthen our penetrative
power so that we may know what is best for us.
If you want to know positively the power of directions, even transits, as
will call the actual position of the stars in the sky, take an ephemeris and
note the moon's aspects for the current month. When the Moon is in
opposition to Mars you will find in people a general lack of energy and
ambition, they would rather tear down than build. When we have a conjunction
of Mars and the Moon, people will be active and energetic, but impulse
rather than common sense will govern, hence they will accomplish little good,
and may do harm without intention. But when the Moon and Mars are trine,
there will be a general desire among people to do something of a constructive
nature, and they will meet with success in such efforts. And last, but not
least, when the Moon is square to Mars it will make people irritable,
quarrelsome, destructive, ready to fly at each other, unreasonable and
unmanageable.
When we wish to study the
character, disposition and temperament of anyone we must first realize
that the mind is the keystone of the arch of the human personality. But
character, disposition and temperament do not depend so much upon the
quality of mind, whether it be keen, sharp, and alert or slow and
plodding, as upon what channels it takes for its expression. Intellects
of the first magnitude are sometimes put to perverted use to the detriment
of the community and the individual who thus misuses his divine heritage,
while a slow and very inferior mind may minister to many in lowly but loving
meekness and reap sheaves of soul-growth thereby. Thus it is not sufficient
to determine the quality of the mentality; we must also ascertain what is
the channel of its expression. To judge that or any other matter
thoroughly really involves consideration of the horoscope as a whole,
separately and apart from its bearing upon all other matters. But in a
general way the character and disposition may be learned fro the Sun,
Moon, Mercury, Ascendant and the ruling planets.
It has become the custom of many astrologers to take the lord of
the rising sign as the ruler of the horoscope. That is correct in Medical
Astrology because the Ascendant represents the body, but when we want to judge
the character which is the combination of all the forces focused through the
horoscopical wheel of life the matter is different. Then we must find what
planet has the most dominant influence in the life and that is then the life
ruler regardless of whether or not it is the ruler of the Ascendant. To
find that planet look first to the lord of the Ascendant. If he is
elevated, essentially dignified or angular and strongly aspected, remember, it
matters not whether the aspects are good or bad as long as they are close
and plentiful (for if it were only the good aspects that made the ruler then
there would be only good people in the world. But we know that there are
people of all shades of character and therefore it is necessary to select
the ruler according to the aspects, regardless of whether they are good or
bad), and above all, if the aspects are close, then the lord of the
Ascendant is also the ruling planet, for he will exercise the most potent
influence in the life.
On the other hand if another planet is more highly elevated than
the ruler of the Ascendant, if it is exalted, essentially dignified or placed
in an angle and its aspects re more plentiful or closer than the aspects of
the lord of the Ascendant, the judge that that planet will be the ruler of
the horoscope and exercise a dominant influence in the life regardless of
the fact that it is not the ruler of the rising sign.
But if there are two planets running neck-and-neck in the race
for rulership, so to speak, with no strongly marked difference in favor of
one or the other so that it is difficult to make a choice, do not utterly
discard one and choose the other, for then they will both be very active in
the life and must be classed as co-rulers.
The Sun as Ruling Planet
When the vital, courageous and ambitious well aspected Sun is ruler,
it gives dignity to the whole nature, a lofty price that would not stoop to
do anything small, mean or degrading, a fine and noble courage that may
show itself on occasion as much by disdainfully ignoring the attacks of an
adversary whom he considers too far beneath his notice as by a fight to the
death for a principle. There is an intense craving for recognition and
leadership which will make it very difficult for him to occupy a subordinate
position; also an intense warm-hearted, affectionate and demonstrative nature.
Venus As Ruling Planet
When the refined, luxurious and musical well aspected Venus is ruler
of the horoscope it gives tender, loving, even amorous nature which craves
love as we all desire air, for love is the very life breath of such people.
They are extremely fond of children and usually have many pets which serve as
avenues for their expression of love. They are also pleasure-loving and fond
of social intercourse, neat and artistic in their ideas and in the
decoration of their homes. They love jewelry and anything else that adds
beauty to the life; they are luxurious in all their tastes, very amiable and
much beloved by all; their greatest faults is an inordinate love of ease and
an aversion to soiling their hands.
Mercury As Ruling Planet
When Mercury the planet of reason, expression and dexterity is the
well aspected life ruler it gives a keen, quick-witted mind which craves
knowledge as a thirsty man craves water and absorbs it as readily, a mind
that solves, apparently without effort, the most intricate problems. Thus
there is ability in the various branches of mental endeavor, science and
literature, but these people are also very apt and forceful orators and have
an extraordinary dexterity so that they can usually turn their hands to
anything. They are fond of traveling and very successful as salesmen
and agents.
The Moon as Ruling Planet
When the romantic, imaginative and restless well aspected Moon is
the life ruler, the people born under its influence are indeed rolling
stones and far fields always look greenest to them. Therefore they have an
overwhelming desire for travel and change which generally does not permit
them to stay in one place longer than necessary to earn the money which will
enable them to go to the next. They have a most vivid and fanciful
imagination and a romantic nature entirely foreign to any practical endeavor;
listless, restless and unstable as the tide that comes and goes, flotsam
and jetsam upon the sea of life. They are generally mediumistic, though
usually unconsciously so, but are otherwise quite harmless through utterly
irresponsible and untrustworthy where anything requiring an effort is
concerned.
Saturn As Ruling Planet
When the serious, sagacious and profound well aspected Saturn is
life ruler, the people born under its influence are of a profoundly
thoughtful, serious nature. They have a keen sense of responsibility and
are full of forethought, hence trustworthy and reliable advisors; they are
systematic, orderly, and have good executive ability, frugal in their
tastes, thrifty and saving; just to a degree, but their justice is
cruel, hard and untempered but the slightest degree of mercy. They are
chaste, sober and exemplary in their lives but they have neither mercy nor
pity for those who are unable to overcome faults or habits or who otherwise
become delinquent to the laws of society. They care little or nothing for
pleasure or the society of others and generally keep their own counsel and
company; they are highly respected, esteemed and trusted in the community
but neither care for nor merit the LOVE of their fellow men.
Jupiter As Ruling Planet
When the jovial, genial and generous well aspected Jupiter is life ruler,
the people born under his influence are ensouled by a great desire for
honor, respect and esteem in their community. Therefore they aspire to be
pillars in the church, legal lights, or to fill an honored position in the
pulpit; failing this they enter by preference one of the progressions as
lawyer or doctor. They are cordial, genial people with a jovial smile and a
hearty handshake that make one glad to meet them wherever the go, so they
are always welcome. They are law-abiding and just but inclined to temper
their justice with mercy; and while they themselves live lives beyond
reproach they are kind, forgiving and lenient to those of a weaker morality
whose lives are smirched by sin and crime, hence they are philanthropic and
always ready to give to charity and benevolent work. They are not only
respected and esteemed but beloved in the community where they reside.
Mars As The
Ruling Planet
When the enthusiastic, energetic, constructive and militant Mars is
the well aspected life ruler, the people born under the influence of this
dynamic rays are eager for the fray and battle of life. They are ensouled
with an ardent desire to conquer the world. To them it does not so much
matter what they do so long as it affords an adequate outlet for the
constructive energy which, figuratively speaking, threatens to burst them
unless released. The bigger and more difficult the undertaking, the more they
exult; hence they become the pioneers and pathfinders of civilization, the
engineers and contractors who build our cities and the highways and byways
that connect them, who develop the resources of the world and turn them over
to others to use. They are extremely impatient of restraint and will brook
no interference with their plans or methods. These people govern others and
bend them to their will by the whiplash of sheer force for they have neither
tact nor diplomacy but win by the merit of might. They earn money easily
and spend it as lavishly and foolishly. They are extremely extravagant and
when reverses come they are down and out for the time being but they never
stay down, the indomitable inner force soon accomplishes rehabilitation and
with it the old reckless ways of living reassert themselves. They are
generally foolhardy to a degree, hence liable to accidents and a violent end.
Uranus As
Ruling Planet
When the original, romantic and eccentric well aspected Uranus is
life ruler the character is idealistic, unconventional and utopian. These
people are generally out of patience with the conventional ways of living and
determined i their efforts and endeavors to break the shackles of society and
live a bohemian life. They are full of fads and given to usually beliefs,
too advanced for the majority. At the same time they are pioneers of a new
age in which many of the ideas we now consider utopian will be modified so
that they will be held by all. These people are also the inventors of the
world, in touch with the higher worlds where ideas merge from the Divine
Mind to impinge upon the minds of those who are sufficiently sensitive to
grasp them and bring them to birth for the use of humanity. The Uranians
are very headstrong and always ready with an argument to defend their ideas
and secure a convert to their cults; odd in dress, in food, in ideas, they
are a class apart.
Neptune As
Ruling Planet
When the esoteric and mystical well aspected Neptune is life ruler we
have a person of a most peculiar power whose chief mark is a strange
expression of the eye which must be seem to be appreciated. It is as if
he looked right through and through whatever is before him, but it is not
necessary to discuss this type for there are so few that they are very seldom
encountered by the average astrologer and only an esotericist can know and
judge another esotericist.
When the life rulers are afflicted by the conjunction, parallel,
square, or opposition from the other planets, especially from the malefics —
Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Neptune — they affect the life in an inimical manner
which may be outlined as follows:
The Sun As
Ruling Planet
When the cowardly and arrogant afflicted Sun is life ruler, people
born under his debilitating influence are egotistical in the extreme, full
of swagger, self-importance and arrogance. If they obtain authority over
anyone whom they think they can overawe they will rule such dependent with
a rod of iron, trample upon his tenderest feelings without a twinge of
conscience or compunction, but if they themselves come under the authority
of another these spineless weaklings will then cringe, creep and cater to
the slightest whim of their master though they hate him with an intense
hatred that is only kept in check by their fear. They whine and wheedle at
the faintest frown though ready to spring and devour him if only they dared.
It is the signature of one of the most despicable characters in the gamut.
Venus As
Ruling Planet
When the slovenly, slothful and lazy afflicted Venus is ruler of
the horoscope the persons are sensual and profligate, untidy and slatternly,
of depraved, perverted tastes and utterly disreputable in their conduct;
they are social parasites. They use loud and obscene language and are fond
of music of a clanging, jarring nature. They love revelry and debauch,
their affection expresses itself in coarse lusts, unbridled passion, free love
and moral perversion. They revel in spangles and tinsel, loud, clashing
colors and cheap imitations of beauty and worth.
Mercury As
Ruling Planet
When the untruthful, dishonest and clumsy afflicted Mercury is life
ruler the people under his influence are either entirely mentally unsound so
that they must be confined for their own good in proper institutions, or they
are so cunning that they are able to hide their mental bias and prey
upon society as thieves, pick-pockets, defaulters and criminals of similar
nature. They are notoriously untruthful and prefer misleading others to
telling the truth, even where it is of no benefit to them. They are either
dull of comprehension or of such consummate cunning that they seem to be
driven by a resistless force to get the nest of some unsuspecting person.
They excel as confidence men, badgers and in similar unsavory occupations,
They are thoroughly unreliable and dishonest in all their dealings; neurotic
and perverted, scabs on society. These people are also inveterate talkers
and always ready to criticize, slander or ruin the reputation of others.
They are a menace to society in all their activities.
The Moon As
Ruling Planet
When the changeable and visionary afflicted Moon is life ruler it
makes the persons extremely restless and averse to labor of any kind, fidgety
and always on the move; if they cannot travel from one city to another,
they move from one house to another and from one situation to another as often
as possible and they infuse the same restlessness into whosoever they come
in contact with. If the afflictions are very severe the mind suffers and
their mental phases coincide with the changes of the orb of night.
Saturn As
Ruling Planet
When the morbid, melancholy and malicious afflicted Saturn is life
ruler he robs life of all joy and brightness so that these people become
recluses and melancholy misanthropes; so miserly and avaricious that they will
starve themselves and forego the comforts of life even when they have ample
means to satisfy them. They are cruel, hard and suspicious of the acts and
motives of others and if they take up work as a detective they become human
ferrets, blood-hounds who will hound their prey to death and gloat over his
misery. If anyone frustrates such people they will hold spite forever and
aim to get even, if it takes a lifetime. But the end of these people is
always bad, sometime or other they overreach and fall into the trap they have
set for others. They usually die an ignoble death and the world gives a
sigh of relief when they pass out.
Jupiter As Ruling Planet
When the indolent, bombastic and egotistical afflicted Jupiter is
the life ruler the person is often a parasite on the social tree, a
gambler, confidence man and speculator, sporty, fond of display and
ostentation; he wears loud clothing, paste diamonds and cheap jewelry. He
is usually met with in pool rooms, on race tracks and in similar places;
playing poker or playing the ponies are among his favorite means of earning
a living; he is very loud and egotistical anxious to attract attention no
matter how; he often figures in court proceedings on account of shady
transactions or immoral conduct or unpaid bills, for he is an adept at
obtaining credit for everything he wants and never pays the price of his
expensive tastes if there is any way of avoiding a settlement of his debts.
Among the laboring class he usually figures as a demagogue and agitator,
inciting to strikes and riots, but he is always ready to sell out a striking
union to the employers. We find them among the typical Italian padrones, as
keepers of sweat-shops, and in similar occupations.
Mars As Ruling Planet
When the arrogant, egotistical and foolhardy afflicted Mars is life
ruler the person is an egotist of the first water, bound to attain to his
wishes by force or destruction if other means fail; in fact he prefers to
bulldoze others to do his will rather than to have them submit without a
struggle. He is a first-rate slave driver, section boss on the railway, in a
construction camp and similar places, a liar, braggart, bouncer, or
pugilist, a daredevil wiling to risk his life and the lives of others at any
moment and in any undertaking.
Uranus As Ruling Planet
When the stubborn, erratic and independent afflicted Uranus if life
ruler the mentality is usually so obsessed in one direction or another that
such people become fanatics and generally also there is an excessive
sensuality and perverted taste. They are always ready and anxious for an
argument as a means of airing their ideas but they are so hypnotized by
their own particular fad that they are never convinced and can never see
when the argument goes against them. They always espouse the most radical
and unconventional ideas.
Neptune As Ruling Planet
When the mediumistic, neurotic and self-indulgent afflicted Neptune
is life ruler, the persons are of a dreamy, neurotic and negative nature,
apt to become the medium of disembodied spirits or even obsessed by them.
They are likely to evolve psychic powers of a low grade such as
involuntary clairvoyance, crystal gazing, etc., and if they are unable to
develop these faculties they often simulate mediumship and other psychic
gifts for the purpose of duping or defrauding others. They have a
strong faculty of imitation and easily become adepts at deception.
The Signs As
Mental Significators
When the Cardinal Signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, are on
the angles, that is to say, the Ascendant, Midheaven, Fourth and Seventh
Houses, it is a general indication that the person is mentally alert, quick to
grasp an idea, active and enthusiastic in whatever work he undertakes; one who
has organizing and executive ability and is capable of carrying whatever
enterprise he may start to success; a bold, brave indomitable spirit. This
is especially true when many planets are in Cardinal Signs and these people
may be classed as the business men of the world.
When the Fixed Signs, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius are on the
angles it indicates a thoughtful but slow and plodding type of mind which
requires time to come to a decision. They always look before they leap but
when they have made up their minds they adhere to the course mapped out with a
remarkable patience and perseverance which in the end insure success. They
are very reliable and can be depended upon to keep their word and meet their
obligations. Their principal fault is that they are too apt to get into a rut
and become narrow-minded. They are very original and may be classed as the
inventors of the world. These delineations are especially true when many
planets are in Fixed Signs.
When the Common Signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, are on
the angles the mind is flighty and superficial, wavering and versatile.
These people are often very quick to grasp a point and form a decision, but
just as ready to forget and change their minds. They are adepts at imitation
and often pretend to virtues or abilities entirely foreign to their
nature. They are easily swayed by the winds of emotion; one moment they
may be highly elated over some small matter and the next a trifling trouble
bows them down to earth. They are inconstant and unreliable in all
their dealings with others because they do not know their minds two minutes
in succession. They constitute the agents and middlemen of the world,
where they occupy a subordinate or serving position. These delineations are
particularly apt when many planets are in Common Signs.
When there are no planets on the Ascendant the rising sign has
considerable influence on the type of mind.
Aries rising gives an energetic, enthusiastic and ambitious type of
mind, but inclined to rash and impulsive acts and a quick temper.
Taurus rising gives a stubborn, headstrong and selfish nature, envious,
covetous and malicious when angered.
Gemini rising gives a quick, alert and versatile mind, easily adaptable
to conditions but so fluidic that it lacks the ability absolutely essential to
sustained effort and lasting success.
Cancer rising gives a negative, imaginative and receptive type of
mind, sometimes of a rather morbid nature, reserved and mistrustful; but when
such a person has made up his mind to do something he is usually very
tenacious in his adherence to his ideas; sympathetic, hospitable and kind.
Leo rising gives a frank, open, ambitious mind; a powerful will and a
proud, honorable and kind disposition but inclined to be hasty, quick-
tempered, sensual and apt to go to extremes.
Virgo gives a critical, scheming and ingenious mind, able to evolve
ideas galore but usually lacking the initiative to carry them out unless
prodded by others. These people are very selfish, self-centered and reserved.
They do not take other people into their confidence and they seldom become
really familiar with anyone.
Libra rising gives an easy-going but kindly and sympathetic type of
mind which is unable to grasp or cope with the exigencies of existence.
Therefore these people drift along the stream of life, taking as much of
the sweet as they can get and using every effort to avoid the bitter.
They crave approbation and in return adore their friends and are usually bound
up in them.
Scorpio rising gives a dual type of mind. This is one of the most
mystical of the twelve signs. Some times it is symbolized as an eagle
representing the lofty, aspiring type soaring as does the eagle into the
ether. At other times it is typified as a serpent which crawls in the dust,
and again as a scorpion. There is also considerable esoteric significance in
the fact that the serpent has the sting in its head and the scorpion has it
in its tail. But for the present purpose we will judge the two latter as one.
The Scorpio type of mind denoted by the eagle is thoughtful, reserved
and inclined to lofty ideals' dignified in demeanor, proud and with perfect
control of the temper. These people are very reserved and generally keep
their own counsel.
The other type when Scorpio is represented by the serpent is
entirely different; deceitful, shrewd and secretive; past finding out;
sensual and unforgiving; jealous and passionate, with a very sharp tongue and
fiery temper.
Sagittarius rising gives an energetic, aspiring, benevolent mind but
rather lacking in ambition. These people are usually of an ardent,
affectionate disposition and sometimes very demonstrative.
Capricorn rising gives a tactful, diplomatic, deep and thoughtful type
of mind but selfish, envious and covetous. These people are apt to get into
a rut and become very narrow, and when they are crossed they hold spite and
plan revenge. They are self-reliant and persistent in whatever they
undertake.
Aquarius rising gives a good intellect, a friendly, sympathetic and
humane disposition, but these people are very original and independent; they
will brook no interference with their vagaries and pursue their own course
regardless of what others say or think, sometimes even against their own
reason and just to assert their independence.
Pisces rising gives a sentimental and romantic type of mind, inclined
to worry and restlessness, apt to turn to esotericism, and to mystical
ideas. The mind is very sensitive and often takes in the conditions of others
with the effect of unsettling and troubling the person.
Health, wealth and happiness are
to most people the prime objects of life, and whoever has them is
rightly considered lucky, though as we have endeavored to show, luck is
very closely linked to merit, and we have earned what we have either in
this or former lives and what we lack in fortune or ability we may acquire
in this or later lives by good use of our opportunities.
Thus health and disease, vocational ability, social and financial
fortunes, marriage, etc., are shown in the horoscope as outlined below.
The subject of health and disease is thoroughly elucidated in that
part of the book which deals with medical astrology, but those who do not care
to go into the depths of the subject will find the following general
hints helpful in determining the matter for ordinary purposes.
The main indicators of health and disease are the Sun, Moon and
Ascendant, together with the planets in the First House or just above the
Ascendant. The twelve signs of the Zodiac confer a vitality of differing
degrees and when there are no planets near the rising sign it is of much
greater importance than otherwise. The signs may be classified as follows:
Aries, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Sagittarius are strongly vital signs.
Gemini, Virgo, Libra and Aquarius are moderately vital.
Cancer, Capricorn and Pisces are signs of weak vitality.
Both the Sun and the Moon affect health in all horoscopes, but the Sun
is the particular significator of health for men and the Moon has the
same function in a woman's horoscope. Thus, if a boy is born at a New Moon
which is a total eclipse, he will have very poor chances of surviving. The
same may be said of a girl born at the Full Moon when that is eclipsed.
If the Sun is strong by sign, well aspected by Mars or by the
benefics, if he is in essential dignity, exaltation or elevation in a male
horoscope, it indicates the possession of a strong vitality and presages a
life blessed by good health. If the Moon is similarly placed in a woman's
horoscope the same effect follows.
On the other hand if the luminaries are in weak signs in the Sixth
or Twelfth Houses or afflicted by Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune, the
vitality is weak and much sickness will result unless, from childhood, care
is taken to follow the laws of health and hygiene. It must be borne in mind
that the horoscope shows only tendencies which work out infallibly if we
drift with the tide of life. But on the other hand, it does no show the
factor of the human will, which being divine may enter in and by proper
efforts in the right direction correct, at least in a large measure, the
limitations.
It is a good indication of health when a strong sign rises with
Jupiter or Venus close to the Ascendant and well aspected. But if a weak sign
is on the Eastern horizon, and the life forces are further sapped by
Saturn, Uranus or Neptune in the rising sign, a life of suffering is
foreshown.
With respect to Mars it has been found that his presence on the
Ascendant strengthens the constitution when he is well aspected but
predisposes to feverish or inflammatory complaints when he is afflicted.
It should be understood that the Sun, Venus, Mercury, the Moon and
Jupiter do not afflict save by square or opposition, whereas the conjunction
and parallel of Saturn, Mars, Uranus and Neptune are considered inimical as
well as the square or opposition.
The afflictions from Cardinal Signs, Aries, Cancer, Libra and
Capricorn, indicate acute ailments which usually run their course and leave
no particular trace.
The afflictions from Fixed Signs, Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius,
indicate organic or hereditary tendencies which are difficult to conquer and
usually become chronic.
The diseases indicated by Common Signs, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius
and Pisces, are convertible. They may be entirely overcome or run their
course until they become chronic, according to the mental temperament of the
person in whose figure these are found.
The places of the malefics, Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune always
indicate weak points in the anatomy and the place of Saturn is particularly
sensitive; no matter whether he is afflicted or not it is always a
danger point. By knowing the parts of the body which are ruled by the
different signs it is easy to see where the weak limits in the chain of human
health are located:
Aries rules the head and face.
Taurus rules the neck and throat.
Gemini rules the lungs, arms and shoulders.
Cancer rules the breast and stomach.
Leo rules the heart and dorsal region of the back.
Virgo rules the abdominal parts.
Libra rules the kidneys and lions.
Scorpio rules the genitals and rectum.
Sagittarius rules the hips and thighs.
Capricorn rules the knees.
Aquarius rules the ankles.
Pisces rules the feet.
Thus if Saturn is placed in Leo it will indicate that the person is
subject to heart trouble. If it is in Pisces it will indicate cold feet.
The hot and inflammatory Mars afflicted in Aries, the sign which rules the
head, would indicate a tendency to fevers, and so on with the other planets.
There are three nebular spots located in the Zodiac, namely:
The Pleiades in 29 degrees of Taurus, the Ascelli in 6 degrees of Leo, and
Antares in 8 degrees of Sagittarius. If the Sun or Moon are found in these
placed and afflicted by a malefic, be careful of the eyes, or if one of the
malefics are in one of these places afflicting the Sun and Moon the same
judgment holds good.
With these general indications the ordinary student should be able
to judge a horoscope with respect to health and disease and should a more
thorough examination be desired, a study of the matter in the part dealing
with Medical Astrology will give the necessary information.
The vocation, financial fortune and social standing, like all other
matters, should be judged from the whole horoscope, but the Second, the
Sixth, the Eighth and the Tenth Houses with their lords are the
chief significators.
The Second House indicates what the person earns by his efforts.
When Jupiter, Venus, the Sun, the Moon or Mars are well aspected and placed
in the Second House or lord thereof they attract wealth commensurate with
the number and closeness of their aspects and their position as to dignity,
exaltation or elevation. But if Saturn, Mars, Uranus or Neptune are elevated
and afflict the Sun and Moon it is a sure sign of financial misfortune.
Jupiter in the Second House is moderately generous but Mars makes a
free spender and consequently the money he brings goes about as fast as it
comes. Saturn in the Second House, or its ruler, makes the person thrifty and
saving but he will find it difficult to make ends meet unless Saturn is in
his exaltation sign Libra and well aspected by Jupiter; then fortune comes
by legacy or in the latter part of life. Uranus in the Second House and
in good aspect to Jupiter or the Sun and Moon is also a good indication
of financial fortune.
The Eighth House: The planetary influences which bring financial
fortune through the person's own efforts when operating through the Second
House bring money through the marriage partnership or legacy when
operating through the Eighth House. Thus Jupiter in the Eighth House
indicates money by marriage or partnership if well aspected by the Sun, Moon,
Venus or the lord of the Seventh House. But if aspected by Saturn or Uranus
it shows a legacy. Mars in the Eighth House well aspected shows a husband,
wife or partner with good earning capacity but too free a spender. The
other indications enumerated as acting through the Second House may be
similarly applied to the Eighth.
When the majority of the planets are well aspected and above the Earth
or when the Sun is in good aspect to the Moon and Mars it is generally easy
for the person to obtain a situation and when the Sun is in good aspect to
Jupiter it gives promise of a lucrative occupation. But when the majority
of the planets are below the Earth, weak and afflicted, or when the Sun is
in bad aspect to the Moon, Mars or Jupiter, it is usually difficult for
the person to find employment.
To find the employment in which the person will be most likely to
succeed consider the nature and significance of the Houses and Signs which
hold the majority of the planets.
When the majority of the planets are in the Fiery Signs, Aries, Leo
and Sagittarius, it indicates as profitable the occupations in which the
metals and fire play a prominent part, as those of machinist, engineers,
chauffeurs, smiths, cutlers, barbers, surgeons, soldiers, also hazardous and
dangerous vocations.
If the majority of the planets are found in the Earthy Signs,
Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn, it indicates success in agriculture,
horticulture, gardening, land, mines, timber, building materials and as
contractor for buildings, houses; dealers in foodstuffs, both in the raw and
cooked states, such as the grocery business, in restaurants or as grain
dealers, chemistry, etc., also dress goods and clothing; in short
everything that comes out of the Earth to nourish, clothe and shelter the
physical body.
If the majority of the planets are in the Airy Signs, Gemini, Libra
and Aquarius, it indicates success in clerical, literary, or artistic
pursuits; occupations principally involving brains or travel, as those of
accountants, bookkeepers, agents, messengers, expressmen, architects, civil
engineers, mechanical draftsmen and designers, lecturers, scientists,
electricians, aviators, inventors, and all similar occupations in which mind
is a principal factor.
If the majority of the planets are in the Watery Signs, Cancer,
Scorpio and Pisces, the person should seek occupations in which
fluids are prominent, as those of sailors and fishermen, ship builders and
ship owners, marine engineers, and other occupations on shipboard,
manufacturers and dealers in liquid refreshment, etc.
The ruling planet also has an important bearing on the life-work, and
the occupations signified by the different planets may be stated as follows:
The Sun as life ruler indicates a leader — it may be of a state as king
or president, or of a province or city as governor or mayor, or has head of
a corporation, whether large or small. Thus when the Sun is life ruler,
especially if it is in the Tenth House, it indicates a government position
or employment in an executive capacity.
Venus as life ruler indicates employment in an artistic capacity as a
musician, singer, actor, theatrical agent, manufacturer or dealer in millinery
or fancy goods, laces, embroidery and women's clothing; candy and
confections, flowers or ornaments, etc.
Mercury as life ruler indicates success in literature or on a
lecture platform; as printers, publishers, or bookkeepers; as school
teachers, express agents, mail carriers, commercial travelers, stenographers,
secretaries, office workers and all other clerical and traveling occupations.
The Moon as life ruler signifies success as traveling salesmen,
railroad employees, ticket agents and other positions concerned with the
transportation of the public; car builders, hotel keepers, dealers in
fluidic commodities, nurses, obstetricians, fishermen, sailors and others
employed on shipboard and in the shipping trades.
Saturn as life ruler signifies all employments connected with the
earth such as agriculture, gardening, mines, building and building materials;
diplomats, judges politicians, police, jailers, detectives, secret
service agents and all whose work is accomplished by stealth and strategy;
night workers and those engaged in slow, plodding, laborious work.
Jupiter as life ruler signifies success in the professions, as
lawyers, judges, clergymen, ambassadors, cabinet officers, senators,
congressmen or other positions of public trust; bankers, financial agents,
physicians, benevolent or social workers.
Mars as life ruler signifies employments in which iron and sharp
instruments are prominent, as used by soldiers, surgeons, smiths, founders,
engineers, and in all dangerous occupations.
Uranus as life ruler signifies employment in which air,
electricity, thought power and genius are chief factors, as those of
inventors, electricians, aviators and those interested in supernormal or
superphysical subjects such as psychology, phrenology, magnetic, divine or
mental healing; also in connection with co-operative colonies, socialism, and
advanced ideas of life and living.
Neptune as life ruler indicates occupations involving esotericism,
watery and psychic elements; also those in which fraud and deception are
rampant because the genuine psychic article is so rare. These occupations
include those of astrologers, mediums and clairvoyants. Neptune also
produces some highly inspirational musicians.
Reference: The Message of the Stars, by Max Heindel and Augusta Foss Heindel
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