The destiny throughout life, as conducing to poverty or wealth, has, in particulars, been judged by the Orientals and Europeans, by different rules; yet, in generals they all agree. Ptolemy recommends us to keep to the " part of fortune" (which in every Horoscope is the true mundane distance between the and , projected from the ascendant, on the path of the 's declination.) The Arabians refer chiefly to " the second house and its lord;" but in general such as the strength or weakness by majority of testimony, they all agree in the main point, which is, that no perfect good can come from that which is by nature contaminated; therefore in every nativity, the student must well observe the prevailing testimonies, and not hastily form judgment without just reason for so doing.

The and are powerful significators in these particulars, as receivers of good or evil by aspect;and are the causes or natural authors of good; and , are naturally evil and unfortunate; is either way, as he may partake of the beams of afflicting or assisting stars. This being considered the * SIGNS OF WEALTH, are the and in , semisextile , quintile, , bi-quintile or parallel of and • The parallel may be either zodiacal or mundane (the zodiacal parallel has been already described.) The mundane parallel is, when a planet is at equal distances from any of the four angles; thus a star in the ninth, and one in the eleventh, are in parallel, (if the same distance from the relative cusps) and these are deemed of great efficacy. The strong by nature, in a sign where she is dignified, and free from evil aspects, is fortunate. The so situated, is the same, but the is a more powerful significator of good fortune than the

The or angular, and free from evil configurations, even if not dignified, is a testimony of great prosperity. The luminaries with eminent fixed stars, are also prosperous.

The and in or aspect, is sure to produce great success in life; as also the or in or to

In these cases, if the and are strong every way, both by nature, sign, and aspect, the native will become rich and extremely wealthy, at times to excess; if the testimonies are of a mixed nature, he will have but a moderate share of good fortune, if either of the fortunes or be angular, and un-afflicted, the same results will ensue; therefore all that is requisite in these cases, is for the student to pay a philosophical attention to sidereal causes, and judge accordingly, always remembering to leave prejudice and self entirely out of the question.