Wherever an afflicting planet is, denotes the nature of the locality where the afflicting party will be met. Its relationship is denoted by the Sign or House it rules.

A Planet in a Sign, or House, is as if the Planet was in conjunction with the Planet that rules the Sign or House. Hence, the Planet's own nature is changed, and it cannot act normally. In judging these changes of planetary ' natures it requires good ability for analysis, or good ideas of chemistry. For instance, Jupiter might be in Scorpio, in the 3d House and in bodily conjunction with Saturn, squared by Venus, and in opposition to Uranus. This would make a general mixup of all the planets. It would be risky to attempt Horoscopal judgment, but Solar and Lunar judgments would be quite easy, for each planet would operate in its own time in regular order of sequence. Moon and Mercury show tendencies to the Mental Qualities. They should be well aspected to each other, otherwise they create Mental dissatisfactions, cynical, sarcastic or fault-finding inclinations. The nature of the tendency good or bad is shown by the planet that aspects them.

When two planets are in good aspect to each other, no other planet can ever affect both of them evilly, hence the planet that is affecting one evilly, is affecting the other for good, and their good aspects to each other help to modify the evil.

When aspects are not close by degrees of Signs, then they are weak, and the weaker they are by distance from exact degree, the less liable they are to manifest to any noticeable extent.

The Ascendant, or 1st House by Sign and Planets in it and aspecting it, denote the Disposition of the Mind; the Planet that lords the Sign on the Cusp gives further testimony, and he is biased by the Sign he is in and by the aspects to him. When you mix these as they should be you will have the Disposition of one's Character, but not the Character itself, for the Divine Character of Man is as the Sun, is Zodiacally related to the earth, at time of birth. From that Character Man cannot depart, but, by Progression he reaches out after other Characters and tries to imitate them, by Disposition.

BUSINESS is ruled by every planet, for whatever one is engaged at, is one's business, but, Finance, or its equivalent, is generally favorable when Moon is in aspect with the Jupiter of one's birth, yet the bad aspects cause one to be too free or over-generous. The condition of Jupiter at birth denotes whether it will ever be of great or of little importance. Jupiter in 2d or 10th Houses of the Horoscope are also good testimonies, or in Tarus, Capricorn, Sagittarius or Pisces, but in Gemini or Virgo, Jupiter is not very promising. Jupiter in conjunction, or good aspect, with any planet but Venus or Mars, is favorable. With Mercury it gives good judgment, but in bad aspect with Mercury and the judgment is not good.

MERCURY gives activity in intellectual lines, Venus gives talent for music, Mars gives talent for art. These lines of operation will be favorable or unfavorable as these planets are aspected by Sun or Moon, or as they are affected by the other planets, according to the qualities of those other planets, as heretofore given. '

Venus rules the affections, while Mercury rules the passions, and these will dispose to Marriage, or Mutual associations, for better or worse, according to the good or bad aspects of Sun or Moon to their places at birth, and, transiently as the Transits are.

Bodily transits are conjunctions, while aspects are friendly relationships.

Jupiter, Saturn, or any of the other planets as aspected by Sun or Moon, may give Marriage, but to people or for purposes denoted by the planet aspected.

Planets in Taurus, Leo, Scorpio or Aquarius, give Fixed or Stable qualities, more so than in other Signs. In Aries, Cancer, Libra Or Capricorn, they partake of Cardinal Virtues, or Capabilities to assimilate with surroundings, or prevailing notions. In Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, they are more subject to environing conditions than elsewhere.

Uranus in aspect with Sun or Moon causes good or bad changes of some kind. Mars causes energetic changes, and Mercury causes intellectual or commercial movements.

Changes, Removal and Travel come under one head. Saturn in a fixed sign is never liable to change, but in common signs he might be easily frightened, or made very uneasy.

Count the number of Signs the Moon is in from Sun, and that will give the number of the House, the Part of Fortune is in. Whether you know your Hour of Birth or not, the Part of Fortune has nothing to do with Signs. The House it is in denotes one of the chief sources of your wealth.

Notes of like character to these given, are innumerable. The more one attempts to master them, the more confused one's mind is likely to become, especially when one attempts to harmonize them with guessed-at Times of Birth.

Once more, consider and heed the following advice: - Read and Re-read the contents of this book, without any attempt to perform Horoscopal work. By so doing you will gradually absorb the true light and the philosophy of the heavens, and the simple laws of 12 Departments and 8 or 10 Heavenly Bodies, merely forming different combinations from day to day, from month to month, and from year to year, will become so evident to you, that you will not only wonder at the great cry of "Mystery," and "Abstruse Problems," which have been hurled at this science, but you will soon become able to make special significances yourself, in a far more practical manner than any that are layed down in published works.

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