Now these qualities may be easily mixed according to the Decanate. Term and Sign in which your birth point is giving the first and greatest power to the lord of the sign, the next to the ruler of the decanate and the next to the ruler of the term. Then over all give the over-ruling influence of the sign itself, which will be found in the word in the tablet over which a straight edge will run, by placing it from your birth point to the nostrils of the photo in centre of the wheel. For instance for Aries, "Independent;" for Taurus, "deter-mined:" and so on for such one of the signs that you are reading.

This cut shows you the tablets between the photo and circle of disks showing the position of the earth each month. These disks are not used in reading. They are only inserted in the wheel to give a slight idea of what is called the obliquity of the ecliptic. Whenever we speak of these on the wheel we call them the "obliquity circle."

If you have now all that we have spoken of on your paper or in your mind, then you have already the foundation for a good story relative to yourself.

For instance, suppose you were bora March 30, then you were born in the sign Aries, between the 1st and 2nd decanate and in the 2nd term of that sign. The term is ruled by Venus; a soothing influence. The decanate is ruled by a mixture of Mars and Sun, (see wheel) giving a mixture of energy and dignity. The sign is ruled by Mars which is Fiery. The sign itself is "independent" Hence, your character would be as follows: Intensely independent with dignified energy; disposed to soothe rather than to exasperate; somewhat fastidious or tasty; with a tinge of self-glorification, yet decidedly forceful. Not an easy person to butt against, for like a ram, you would surely butt back again. You could not help it for it would be your nature in your positive expression; yet in your negative expression you might easily be led like a lamb to the slaughter. All planetary forces are apt. to express under proper occasions the attributes of the other sign ruled by the planet. All the planets (not Sun and Moon) have two signs. so Mars is also the ruler of Scorpio, and therefore, Aries people are gifted, more or less with "magnetic" powers. All of these characteristics, as in . this way found express themselves most strongly in the parts of the body, ruled over by the sign.

Each sign rules some one-twelfth part of the body. The part ruled by the sign will be found on the wheel between the disks of the obliquity circle. Aries rules the head and when the Aries characteristics are free to act or undisturbed, then there is joy in the head, as that is where the heart impulses of the Sun express themselves, but when these characteristics are annoyed or restrained, then there is misery in the head.

Aries, possesses the nature of an unafflicted Mars, i. e., bold, intrepid, warlike, headstrong, impetuous, independent. It contributes these qualities to every life when no planet is in it, or aspecting it, hence is said to be ruled, or "lorded by Mars." This term "lordship," is only for a hint, or a reminder of what the nature of the sign is; just as the term "Fire" gives the hint to its elemental quality.

We are not bothering with planets yet. We want to get the lay out of the heavens first, before we bother with planets. They are only modifiers of these basic matters. Students of Astrology are always anxious to get at the love matching or the money-making points in Astrology before they are acquainted with the Basic laws. Like children at the table, they want the pie first, and, as with children, if they get it first, it sooner or later makes them sick, because their stomachs are not prepared to receive it. What I have already given as a law and method of judging combinations, is the key note for all kinds of judgments, and if these Basic laws are thoroughly learned and digested before other matters are undertaken, then the rest of Astrology is as easy as mixing dough.

Remember that the basic matters of life are of the greatest importance,

Now, before going any further, just take any other date, in any other part of the wheel, and see the Basic character of the person born at such date, by mixing the Sign, Tablet, Lord of Sign, Ruler of Decanate and Ruler of the Term, and see what sort of a combination of forces you can make, but don't say it does not fit the person, because you do not happen to recognize it all, because it will be correct as the foundation matters of the life. Wait until you later learn how to get all of the various modifications.

The Sign the party is born in is where the date is. The Birth Number is in the shaded Cone in center of that Sign. The Planet ruling the Individual is the Lord of that Sign. The Character of the person is of the character of the Planet and Sign.

The character of the Sign and Planet is given in the Tablet above the Sign,

The. Elemental quality of the Sign is given above the Pictorial Sign.

As these are, so is the individual born on that date, and the life is attracted towards worldly things such as are given in the corresponding House in Horoscope Circles. These features give the overruling conditions of a life.

In like manner as we have judged and read the sign Aries, so read every other sign as desired, and you have the "true inwardness" of the person that you are reading for, and tills is the very simplest method ever given for a true reading of one's basic nature - the foundation upon which the whole structure depends, and remember this in connection with all and every other finding made by any other law. "A fountain cannot rise above its head." The head of the fountain of each human being is at the Sun point of one's birth and in a full life of 90 years, this Sun power can never express more than 90 degrees from that Sun point

The law of the signs themselves should first be known, before in any way bothering with the planets, and learn the affinities between the signs and the planets. There is a reason for this affinity, which is called "Lordship." The reason is not generally understood. To explain it would lead the thought into Geometry more than to Astrology.