Do The Planets At The Birth, Determine The Future Life Of The One Born?

Answer - Not exactly. If they did then the life of anyone might be easily read without the exercise of much judgment or a mental combat with complicated laws. At birth the planets by their position denote the condition of the atmosphere from which the one born receives his first breath of life, and that breath is the starting point of the life, from which all subseqent movements of the planets are calculated and their varying conditions noted. As the movements of the planets are quite regular, all movements from that starting point may be approximately judged, or may be mathematically calculated, year by year, month by month, day by day, or hour by hour, as the requirements of the case may call for. It is the after movements of the planets, from the starting point that determines what life modifications will be.

But Cannot One Versed In Astrology Look At The Birth Figure And Tell Exactly What The Life Will Be?

No; not "exactly." One having good judgment and a knowledge of the rate of motion and the relative qualities of the several planets, to each other and, to the parts of the heaven they are in, may, if so gifted, judge what the future movements of the planets will be, how and when they may effect each other for good or ill, and, in a general way, can form a fair estimate of what the life of an individual will be, that starts from that particular point, but. for positive accuracy there must be a positive data to begin with and this positive data must be followed by positively accurate mathematical calculations, and an immaculate judgment.

Is, Then, Astrology An Exact Science?

Yes, so very exact that only the most exact scientists are able to demonstrate its exactness. Few people have proper data to start with, still fewer are mathematical experts, and fewer still are possessed with the proper judgment required.

What Is The Ordinary Practical Method Used In Astrology?

Approximated figuring, with approximated judgments, based on approximated data. It is the best that can be had until people are better educated.

Are We Not At The Very Pinnacle Of Education At The Present Day?

No, far from it The wonder wheel proves this. Not one out of a thousand who first look at it can tell what it represents, nor what the characters upon it mean, yet it is merely a circle of 360 degrees, representing 365 days, the four seasons of the year, the months, days of the months, etc., with the scientific symbols of these as have been recognized by the world, ever since knowledge begun; a picture, in symbol, of both heaven and earth, and all that in them is arranged in the most convenient method for study, comparison, judgment, and mathematical approximation, and, yet, to the average mind, it looks more like a Chinese puzzle, than an array of Divine truths which cannot be denied nor overcome. So far as Divine knowledge is concerned, this fact proves that the world is yet living in the dark ages, and unacquainted with the very fundamental principles of life.

Does Not Webster Declare Against Astrology?

Some say so, but they never say whether Webster studied it. or merely quoted from the prevailing prejudices of his day. Any student of the subject today, is better authority than Webster, just as a boot-black of today would be better authority than Webster in matters of telephones, phonographs, bicycles, automobiles, or liquid air. When Webster wrote, the Protestant world had discarded astrology, justly or unjustly, and what he said of it was in harmony with the church ideas of his day. Since then the church ideas have materially changed, on various subjects, and the revised editions of dictionaries and encyclopaedias treat the subject of astrology more fairly than it was treated a century or two ago, when religious antagonisms were rife. Look these matters up devoid of prejudice and judge of the subject. "Astrology bore the same relation to astronomy that alchemy did to chemistry,"is true. Chemistry grew out of alchemy as astronomy grew out of astrology, but because a child differs in certain features from its parents, does not signify that the parents were devoid of truth. "A good tree bringeth forth good fruit."

Are Not Some Astronomers, As Well As Some Encyclopaedias, Severe In Their Denunciations Of Astrology?

Yes, and to their discredit, more than to any injury to the science, for, as soon as people learn what astrology is, they will, of themselves, know that these astronomers and encyclopaedia writers had made no study of the matter, and were but re-echoing prejudicial hearsays, or else were judging the science from its horoscopal features.

Is Not All Astrology Based On The Horoscope Of Birth?

Oh, no. The horoscope merely denotes the relative position of the angles of the earth at moment of birth to the angles of the sun, moon and planets, at that time. It merely denotes the disposition of the physical relationships of life - mere modifications of the heart and mind attractions, or influences.

Are The Heart Mind And Body, Then, Governed By Different Forces

Most assuredly. They may be termed the triune, or three-fold factors, of the whole as a unit. Heart in which the spirit centres, brain in which the mind centres, and the body in which the other organs have their respective centres, as an unified being constitute a soul, over which soul, the sun (Sol.) presides, and gives life and light by animation of the heart.

What Term Is Used To Denote This Heart Factor?

The inner-man, or the individual. Silent thought is the inner-man communing with himself, or with the unseen world, which we view with our thinking mind. It is the store house of all knowledge, from which we can draw consolation beneficial to our individual natures. Silent communing with these inner forces, which eminate from the sun, generally strengthen our will and increase our dignity, or power to command, or execute.