This section is from the book "Astrology In A Nutshell", by Charles Henry Webber. Also available from Amazon: Astrology In a Nutshell.
Yes, invariably, but don't misunderstand this, for right here is a very important consideration. There are two kinds of marriages. One is the spiritual marriage that takes place between mind and mind, or thought and thought, and the other is purely sexual man-made church marriages, governed by civil law or social fads. No signs in the heavens will positively declare when one will answer "Yes" or "No." to a priest or magistrate, but they do tell when one is most like-ly to conform to the civil law, provided other planetary influences do not offset the spiritual desire. Civil marriages, disregardful of astrologic laws, are responsible for much of the crime and unhappiness in the world, and many a spiritual illegitimate offspring is born of mis-mated parents, due to the civil laws of marriage, which, through ignorance in church and state, are enforced regardless of the Divine law of astrology. Children of greater purity are often born out of civil wedlock, because they are the offsprings of Venus and Mercury, in harmony with both Sun and Moon.
The church and state should go back to first principles, from which through contentions and bigotry, and prejudice and anger, they have departed, and so make the church what it was designed to be; a blessing to the world. It is now a blessing to only a small portion of the world. The "abomination of desolation."spoken of by Daniel has for long been standing in the "holy place,"until the truths of the heavens have been nearly shaken from the lexicon of universal knowledge.
They will if they are truly Christian. I mean if they have the Christ-principle in their heart. The Christ-principle rules the heart of man, through the Sun. When the lunar sen-tent factors dominate in any church, the Christ-principle manifests outside the church, among the masses in various ways. It did in the days of Jesus of Nazareth, and it surely will at all times, no matter by what name it may be called. The heart, by a law of nature, gravitates towards the characteristics of the Sun. The sentient mind follows the serpentine path of the Moon. Both are good when acting in harmony, with the Sun characteristic of each heart predominant in each person.
Precisely the same. The law of marriage, or union, is the grand law of the universe, in all things, differentiated only by the object, or the planetary sphere, or the physical relationship. Judgment, and not thumb-rules, makes an astrologer. Thumb-rules in anything make a Charlatan or a quack. True knowledge is the power to apply fundamental prinicples to any condition, under any or all circumstances. True Christianity is not limited creedology; it is perfect self-control in the midst of surrounding freedom of action. The outward acts are no evidence of the heart desires, but self-control is an evidence of the Sun-ship power within. The outward acts denote the lunar tendency of the mind, or how it is influenced by its surroundings. It may be truly hypnotized by its surroundings, or it may be merely "acting a part"for a heart purpose, or for some other lunar purpose. The planets or rulers of the planetary hours, will surely denote what the purpose is on the "surface within."and deeper study of the planets at that time will denote the deeper purpose or unconscious tendency of the purpose. It is the law of union, in every case. To receive money is an union of mind and money; to secure business is an union of business and mind. Learn to so judge, by analysing, chemically, the various factors (as shown by the wheel) that are in operation, at the time for which you are judging, and you have the whole law of astrology in a nutshell. If you cannot do this, then you must depend upon thumb-rules, for each and every purpose, and an encyclopaedia-of them would not be sufficient for all.

The ordinary blank form as used by astrologers for horoscope work.
Yes, because that denotes the constitution of the life, its equipment for the journey of life. Unless well equipped at the start, of course the life is subject to much trouble, just as the starting of anything else. The aspects of planets to sun, moon or horoscope work upon the original structure of character, mind and body, and if not in harmony at the start then the aspects play upon the different spheres of life, and at times when the several spheres cannot support each other. The case is like unto "a house divided against itself,"or like an army scattered at different points.
Yes, as the heart is chief in the body. The heart part in the mental realm is that "something"within us, deeper than reason and more satisfying when we appeal to it than a mother's tender lullaby to a restless child. Through a proper appreciation and exercise of it, man rises to the dignity of a god.
The lunar, or sentient mind. A man of busines calls the lunar mind the practical. The politician knows it is the most popular. In society it is thought to be the most enjoyable, regardless of its after-stings. Love and money are generally worked for on the lunar plane, because the true joys and riches of the sol-plane have not been experienced. The popular mind has been taught, that to seek the kingdom of the heavens means after death, or after the animal greed has become satiated. They forget, apparently, that the animal qualities of life can be enjoyed by mastery of the world, better than as a slave to the world. All are born masters, and then educated to become slaves. However, there is one great and grand law in nature, and that is that when man desires to ascend to the higher plane he will generally manage to find a way to get there. So long as he clings to the lower plane, with his aches and pains, and his sorrows and despairs, nature permits him to remain and to follow his will-o'-the-wisps as long as he chooses to do so.
As the mind of the man is, so are his thoughts, and as his thoughts are so are the joys or the sorrows of his life.
 
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