This section is from the book "Astrology In A Nutshell", by Charles Henry Webber. Also available from Amazon: Astrology In a Nutshell.
Yes, so far as the sun power is concerned, for the sun is always at the same place on the same day of each year, and as it does not move but one degree in a day. anyone born on that day partakes of the same sun nature, modified only by the Moon and the earth, which change more or less in 24 hours. Any two born on the same day in the same year are very much alike in their individuality, or heart impulses.
If born at the same minute, it is doubtful if there would be the slightest difference, but. a minute is only 60 seconds, and there is no record of any such birth.
-It is doubtful if their birth did not take an hour or more. It must have been Quite an operation. They differed principally in disposition.
Yes, but there is no record of how much time was consumed in the birth of the two. Some twins are born within a few minutes of each other; others are born hours apart, and, in some cases, a whole day apart.
The Creator, or Creative Power makes everything.
It does not. but it goes further to prove that there is an overruling power, and goes nearer towards showing whence that power comes, than any other subject known to man. because it proves a differentiation in all things when the forces in the heavens are differentiated, and a likeness in things produced when these forces are the same. As the earth turns its Northern face towards the sun in summer, and its Southern face in winter, there are differences, but the differences are always the same as they were before under like conditions. The same cause produces the same effect, and every effect in life on earth, is recorded or registered in the heavens, by the position of the planets, or the face of the earth, at the time.
Precisely. Now, we may say the twins produced the difference in the heavens, or the heavens produced the difference in the twins, but it does not alter the fact, nor the truth of the law, that there is an exact correspondence in the movements on earth with the movements of the heavens.
By the differing movements of the planets, from time to time, thereby gradually changing their relative positions to each other and to the face of the earth. Neptune moves so slowly that his effects relate to the doings of centuries. It takes him 165 years to move once around the wheel, consequently the changes on earth produced by his vibrations are hardly noticeable, except in periods of 14 years. Uranus moves very slowly, yet twice as fast as Neptune. It takes Uranus 84 years to go around the wheel. Changes produced by Neptune and Uranus upon the world, generally occur about seven and 14 years apart. These two planets are not usually employed in the details of astrology, because they rule over matters of such long continuing nature that their effects cannot be accurately timed, unless operating in connection with some more quickly moving body. The influences of Neptune and Uranus steal gently and gradually upon the affairs of the world, like a thief in the night. They are the forces that create reforms, new awakenings, governmental changes, etc., etc.
The people whose minds are easily affected by these forces are those who live in advance of their age, and, by gradually uttering what others term" insane ideas," are really the "voice crying aloud in the wilderness, prepare ye. prepare ye," etc. They represent the spirit in humanity, of which Jesus spoke, as the "stranger." the "naked" and the "imprisoned.", (St. Matt.xxvi.35). Neptune and Uranus minds are the pioneers of thought, and above the ordinary world plane in which Saturn is the chief representative. Saturn is the slowest of all the planets that manifest strongly upon the earth. His movement in years equals very closely the movement of the moon by days. It takes him 28 years to move completely around the wheel, so Saturn changes matters in the general world about every two and one-half years. Jupiter is a great body, - next in size to the sun, - but his movement in years equals closely the movement of the earth in months, completing the circle each 12 years. Mare moves about half as fast as the earth, and takes almost two years to complete the circle. Venus and Mercury are the fastest moving planets, but neither of these move fast enough to cause any material difference in people born on the self-same day.
The Moon moves about 13 degrees a day.
The difference, if any, is caused by the changing conditions of the face of the earth, in its diurnal revolution, to these different bodies, which, of themselves have not materially changed. Both the face of the earth and the face of the heavens, have distinctly marked characteristics, and differences of atmosphere and aura. At times, there may be no material change in these characteristics for two hours, and in those two hours twins might be born, and be very strongly alike. At other times there might be a great change in the characteristics inside of 10 minutes, and a twin born on the 1st minute would materially differ from the one born on the 10th minute. These are facts that can be demonstrated by any one who understands these laws of the heavens. Sometimes the difference in the movement of the moon, which is only one degree in two hours, may make a great difference. A case occurred in Salem, Mass. The moon's difference of one degree from Saturn in the case of twins, brought death in infancy to the one born nearest while the other still lives, but has never been free from Saturnine troubles. These laws are Divine and absolute, and no man dares to investigate them scientifically and then declare against them.
Twins will differ in some one way or another, exactly in accordance with the minute differences that occur in the heavens between the times of their birth, whether the interval be five minutes or 24 hours.
 
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