This section is from the book "A Manual Of Astrology, Or The Book Of The Stars", by Raphael. Also available from Amazon: A Manual Of Astrology; Or The Book Of The Stars.
In the 1st. Denotes eminent honor or preferment at hand.
2nd. Riches by industry or trade.
3rd. Respect amongst kindred or neighbours.
4th. Denotes honor and good estate.
5th. Honor through speculations, and children born to great respectability in life.
6th. Loss of credit and sickness.
7th. Honorable connexions by'marriage.
8th. Gain by legacies or law-suits.
9th. Honorable voyages. 10th. Eminent glory and renown. 11th. Noble or eminent friends. 12th. Secret vexation or loss of honor.
In the 1st. Friends and supporters are to be expected. 2rid. By friends he will increase his estate.
3rd. In short journeys he will meet friends. 4th. Inheritances through friends. 5th. Dutiful children, and gain by speculations. 6th. Servants are faithful.
7th A wife whose friendships and connexions are desirable. 8th. Denotes death of friends as near at hand. 9th. Friends by learning, science or travelling. 10th. Honorable friends among the great. 11th. Valuable disinterested friends. 12th. Pretended friends who are in reality private enemies.
In the 1st. Danger of arrest, or imprisonment, is near at hand.
2nd. Enemies will cause loss of money.
3rd. Deceitful kindred - vexatious letters or epistles.
4th. Loss of estate through enemies.
5th. Vexatious children, and loss by gaming.
6th. Dishonest servants.
7th. Law-suits and family discords.
8th. Death of enemies.
9th. Vexation concerning voyages or religious persons 10th. Enemies affecting the credit, llth. Deceitful or pretended friends. 12th. The querent will overcome his enemies.
By a careful reference to the foregoing positions of the different rulers in the scheme under consideration, the student will be in a short time expert at the solution of any important question; the houses to which the question belongs are already given in another part of this work, to which he must refer, and become acquainted with their different denotations in every important particular; by which means he will need no other instruction than that which a patient and attentive investigation will afford him. - Thus, in a comparatively brief space of time, he will be able to resolve almost every anxious question, relative to his own destiny, or that of any other person, in a manner which the enemies of science have scarcely any conception of, but which is notwithstanding founded on sterling truth, and which will amply repay the learner thereof for the pains he may take in acquiring it.
To make the matter more plain we will insert the following diagram, and afterwards point out the method of giving judgments.

ab quintilo ad and each to a
In the foregoing diagram, the sign
ascending, is the sign given to the querent or enquirer, and as
rules that sign, he is under the influence of that planet at the time he proposes the question. In a general way the lord of the ascendant being retrograde in
, the sign of his detriment in the sixth house, denotes indisposition, sickness, and great anxiety respecting servants;
and
denotes his pecuniary resources, as ruling the second house;
, the former of these planets being in the ninth house free from any evil configuration, would denote a respect' able person, and one whose resources were sufficient to meet his wants; but
, the latter significator, being in the eighth house opposite to the second, and disposed of by
lady of the third house, who is found in the twelfth, portends anxiety and temporary vexation concerning the money, or well being of his kindred, with expenditure in short journeys, but gain in merchandise as
ruler of the tenth house is found in the ninth, and bears rule in the house of wealth. - The
of the
and
in the eleventh house denotes trouble and vexation by means of a public opponent, or a law-suit; wherein, as these planets are each disposed of by
the lord of the eleventh house, and he in the ninth, it promises a fair stout person from a great distance (and a religious generous person) will become an active friend; while
ruling the twelfth house, denotes his private enemies to be in his own power; and
ruling the second, indicates the means why, namely by means of his large pecuniary resources. -
, lord of the fourth house in the tenth, separating from a sesquiquadrate ray of
and applying to his bi-quintile, indicates some transaction relating to the purchase of lands or houses, and a change of residence as naturally to be expected.
in the twelfth house and ruling the eighth, denotes the death of a female relative as approaching, and by the measure of time already given, it may take place in about Jive months, accounting from the time for which the figure is calculated. (The same thing is shewn by the
in the third to those who believe in its efficacy.) In the accidental significations (see page 109)
 
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