How About Transits?

I suppose you mean by "transits,"the movement of the planets as found in the current year. They are the "apparent"places, which heliocentric astrologers talk so much about. I pay little regard to them; yet, by no means despise them. They are ephemeral, and relate to the life in an inferior way to the "directions" or, the "progressional," but are seldom of vital importance unless, perchance, the higher laws are in force. Momentary good may be realized from a transit, even though the life itself is running to destruction. I should prefer to be guided by the law that is operating upon my general course, rather than upon some law that is in reality but a "false alarm."

How Many Different Classes Of People Are There?

Only six in reality, but each have a positive and negative side and that makes 12. Each of these 12 have 12 sub-classes, and each sub-class has 12 dispositions. Bach disposition has three Decanate qualities. Each Dec-anate is divided by "terms,"and each term is composed of degrees. We might go still further into special limitations, but even terms and decanates are finer than the ordinary judgments. The characters of the 12 signs are generally distinctive enough to be easily recognized. Each planet corresponds with both a positive and negative sign, and favors most the positive or negative sign, according to whether or not he is himself positive or negative. Even numbered signs are negative and the uneven are positive.

Are These 12 Classes, What Are Known As The 12 Tribes Of Israel?

Yes. That is the mythical way in which the ancients attempted to portray them to the world. Then again they have been portrayed as the 12 disciples, with the Sun as the central figure. Then the Revelation portrays them as the 12 gates to the New Jerusalem. We might again make a mythical story founded on the 12 colonies, with a central government In every case, however, the worldly mind, is apt to worship the material representative instead of the principle or essence of the representation. The material mind finds hard work to rise above a material idol, and bask in the enjoyment of the spiritual essence within their own material possession.

What Are The Difficult Parts Of Astrology?

The directional and horary features. These are purely mathematical, and in which people foolishly try to bring, by mathematics, their judgments down to the lunar plane of minuteness, so as to enable them to discover when or where they will meet a red-headed girl crossing a rickety bridge; when or how they may break the stock market or when or where they will find a $20-dollar gold piece rolling up hill. Such astrology has its usefulness to minds hypnotized to the lunar plane of life, but on that plane, there is always a constant longing, never fully gratified. In our practical lessons we give a method of making a horoscope by even houses. This even house method is a good method of reading. It has its influences, but they are not the same as the uneven houses. Some astrologers prefer them to the uneven houses. In India, they use the method of even houses, as do also heliocentric astrologers. Anything more complicated than the simplicity of our wonder wheel method, which is the easiest method ever presented, we will teach by correspondent courses.

Have You Any Method Of Reading Correctly Without The Person Telling His Age, Etc?

Yes, but all such matters are mere tricks, to make the operator appear wonderful, in the eyes of superstitious people or curiosity-seekers.

We can instruct any one In any of the "marvellous operations, that are used for such purposes. Sometimes in regard to age, a lady is foolish enough to fear giving it. Tell the lady to write down 750 (or any number with 50 as the last two numbers) and then add her age to it. Then substract 250, and add to that 1000, and ask what is her answer to the sum. The last two figures of the answer will be her age. Her age would be in the answer before adding the 1000, but the trick might be seen into. If you wish to learn the month of birth, day of month, or how many dollars one has in his pocket, have the person do a sum in like manner, putting down the day of month, month number, or number of dollars, in place of age. This sum will always give in the last two figures of the answer the age or other data which has been added. To get two datas at same time, (say month and age) tell them to start by doubling the number of the month, add five to it. multiply by 50, add age, and subtract 250. and the first figure of answer will be the month and the last figure the age.

What Is Mind Reading?

Everything that we are conscious of is mind reading. One person has just as much innate knowledge of truth as another, but the majority are afraid to trust their own consciousness and so depend upon some one else as authority, or some form of custom adapted only to the natures of the few. This makes the masses comparatively ignorant, because they fear to offend such customs, or deny such authorities, even though their hearts are not in sympathy with them. Attempting to conform to man made laws and the neglect of natural laws is the creator of ignorance and disease. God has nothing to do with it, because things contrary to nature are illusive and only temporarily real.

How Did The Ancients Tell Things Without Paper, Lead Pencils, Watches, Etc., And Often In Desert Places?

Why, they had methods, which were as good to them as our methods are to us. We depend so much upon our "instruments"that we have lost a great deal of the power of our brain, which is a God-made instrument. Knowledge is power and the knowledge which they had we have lost, and have merely substituted other forms of knowledge. City people must have a compass or a weather vane to tell which way the wind blows. Sailors or desert travelers can tell by Sun, Moon or Stars. An ordinary watch is a good compass. Point the hour hand to the Sun, and exactly half way between the hour and 12 o'clock is south. The opposite side of the circle would be north, and half way between would be east and west. Use the Wonder Wheel as a compass. Stand facing the Sun, with the Clock-Hour pointing to the Sun, and Capicorn (where it says "Noon ") will be South.