This section is from the book "Astrology In A Nutshell", by Charles Henry Webber. Also available from Amazon: Astrology In a Nutshell.
Judge Saturn as earthy; Mars as fiery; Mercury as airy; Moon as watery; Jupiter and Venus as temperate; Uranus as eratic; Neptune as seditious; and make your own story from a combination of the information gained. For general judgment of diseases, note the places that Saturn, Mars and Uranus occupy and blend with places occupied by Moon at same time. When Moon or Sun are in squares or oppositions, or in conjunction with any of the planets, those are most important times for noticeable evils, except the conjunction with Jupiter, Venus or Mercury. Sun conditions, independent of planets, from time to time, may be judged from the wheel, as the Sun each day of any year Is judged by the day of the year as found in the circle of days. That is where the Sun will be in the circle on the day that you are looking for. The Sun will always be in trine, or square, etc., with its place of birth on the days marked in the signs which are in trine square, etc., with the birth point. Within six days from the exact degree are the cautionary points, as the Moon during those six days will form a like aspect, whether or not you know where it is.
If perchance a planet happens to form at the same time, or within that period a like good or bad aspect, then the effect - good or bad as the case may be - will most assuredly be felt. All of this is easy and devoid of head-splitting mathematics, and though not as exact or perhaps as sure. Is nevertheless just as essential for watchfulness for the aspects to the Sun are the most important of all the aspects to be watchful of. Horary questions, natal questions or any other matters may be Judged by this same system.
Showing what are in a general way, considered to be, the influences of planets in Houses, with similar effects in signs.
Planets in
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| Firm, Generous, Proud. |
| Restless, Not Bad. | |
| Witty, Sharp, Mutable. . | |
| Headstrong, Odd. | |
| Good for Health generally. | |
| Reckless. | |
| Noble. | |
| Pleasure. | |
Planets in 2nd House. |
| Financially Careless. |
| Successful. | |
| Unimportant. | |
| Financial Reverses. | |
| Money Troubles. | |
| Spendthrift. | |
| Gain. | |
| Extravagent | |
Planets in
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| Good Kindred Ties. |
| Journeys or Removals. | |
| Frequent Changes. | |
| Troublesome Changes. | |
| Kindred Troubles. | |
| Dangers and Quarrels. | |
| Good Journeys. | |
| Success, | |
Planets in
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| Father Fortunate. |
| Frequent Removals. | |
| Studious. | |
| Money Difficulties. | |
| Success in Real-Estate. | |
| Trouble in the End. | |
| Good old age. | |
| Happy. | |
Planets in
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| No Offsprings. |
| Fond of Pleasures. | |
| Sportive. | |
| Trouble. | |
| Lasses and Trouble. | |
| Trouble, Bad Children. | |
| Joys. | |
| Pleasures. | |
Planets in
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| Sickness or Cares |
| Bad for Health. | |
| Bad Servants. | |
| Troublesome Servants. | |
| Sickness and Trouble. | |
| Sickness and Trouble. | |
| Health. | |
| Good Servants. |
Planets in
7th House. |
| Enemies, Good Partner. |
| Good for Marriage. | |
| Quarrels and Enemies. | |
| Very Evil for Marriage. | |
| More Than One Marriage. | |
| Enemies, Dirvoce. | |
| Happy Marriage. | |
| Early Marriage. | |
Planets in
8th House. |
| Extravagant Partner. |
| Meant in Marriage. | |
| No Importance. | |
| Troubles Over Extravagence, | |
| Trouble over Legacies. | |
| Extravagent Partner. | |
| Money. | |
| Gain. | |
Planets in
9th House. |
| Honorable, Steadfast. |
| Long Journies. | |
| Travels or Study. | |
| Travel and Study. | |
| Danger in Travel. | |
| Danger. Headstrong. | |
| Respected, | |
| Respected. | |
Planets In
10th House. |
| Favorable to Success. |
| Favors of the Great. | |
| Intellectually Good. | |
| Love Spats, Reverses. | |
| Success Ending in Downfall. | |
| Slander and Discredit. | |
| Success. | |
| Success. | |
Planets in
11th House. |
| Good and True Friends. |
| Good Friends. | |
| Scientific Friends- | |
| Bad Friends. | |
| Bad Friends. | |
| Losses through Bad Friends. | |
| Good Friends. | |
| Helping Friends. | |
Planets in
12th House. |
| Not Important. |
| Enemies. | |
| Enemies, Oratory. | |
| Powerful Enemies. | |
| Deceitful Enemies. | |
| Evil, Self Detriments. | |
| Few Enemies | |
| Success. |
The sign Aries rules the Head. If Mars were in Aries then we would say the head is extra strong, and the native would be a strong martial character, regardless of any horoscope.
If no other planet mixes its influence with Mars or Aries, by trines or right angles, then both Mars and Aries are normal and strong, for bold, intrepid, warlike, impetuous, or independent action. Of course Mars and Aries, are, of themselves, just the same whether normal or abnormal, but, the abnormal condition prevents the expression of their true natures. Herein learn a lesson of ourselves. Within ourselves we are at all times exactly the true type of man, but, by the crossing influences of other forces, which we term "associations, worldly duties, business or domestic cares," etc., we are forced to be abnormal, or, in other words, "Irregular,"or contrary to the primal ruling of our Manhood. As the planets are in our life, bo we find our relationship with our environments to be. Our environments are to us but a reflection of the planetary influences to which we are born. To "rule our planets,"we must ignore or over-rule our environments, so fax as they differ from our true Manhood's relate. This is what the church lore means by being "A Soldier of the Cross,"it is what Jesus meant by bringing "the sword"into the world.
No one can follow any law understandingly without a knowledge of themselves, astrologically.
Time, ruled primarily by Saturn, governs most all things in worldly operations, and in reality there is but little difference in the people of the world, excepting as to time and place, for ,at some time in the life, most everybody does pretty much the same thing as everybody else has done at some other time. The exact time of all events is when the aspects are formed to the various birth points of our own birth figure, which represents our constitutional sensibility, and to our progression points known as years of life, age, months, days and hours. In our complete life we all, more or less, at different times and in different degrees of force, express every point in the entire heavens, and doubtless are destined to express everything at some time, in like force as others in what is known as reincarnation. We are brothers all and must take our turn at the cross and the crown of thorns.
When all the planets are in good aspect with each other, or, are all in their own places of power in the heavens (signs which they lord) so that by equilibrium they modify each other in the operation of the several 24 hours of each day (or the correaponding higher cycle of time) then, we may expect a world-wide trust of human power and a millenial condition as spoken of in the revelation, of the 24 elders shouting hosannahs about the Trusts and partnerships, social or commercial, are formed by good or bad aspects of zodiacal or planetary powers, and are good, if formed under benific laws, and evil, if formed under right-angles, or squared aspects, unless otherwise controlled by the will power of the civil laws.
We have now covered the basic matters of life. In so doing, yon have become acquainted with the foundation method of arriving at all conclusions in astrology, except the method called "Parallels of Declination,"
 
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