CHAPTER XXIII Characteristics of the Signs and Planets The following information will be of much use in Horary Astrology, when it is a question of ascertaining the nature of the lost goods or articles, their location, how, when, where and by whom such things were stolen or robbed, the person involved in the crime and soon. It will also assist one to obtain a clear insight into the study of Mundane and Medical Astrology. SIGNS : Aries governs —Lands frequented by sheep and goats, jungles, caves, mountains, forests, cattlesheds, mines and places worked up by internal fires, head of Kalapurusha (Zodiacal Man or Time Personified). Taurus.— Neck of the Kalapurusha, pastoral and cultivated fields, projecting rocks, lively tracts, wilderness, mountains, lands frequented by cattle and jungles abounding in elephants. Gemini.—Musical and entertainment halls. brothels, dens frequented by fair girls and debauchees, shoulders of Kala- purusha, carpenters, parks, gambling houses, cinemas, theatres, countries, noted for special manufactures and tracts where vice is largely found, libraries, granaries, store-houses, aeroplanes. Cancer. Chest of Kalapurusha, watery places, tanks, tivers, pearls, lands, and fields of wet cultivation, canals, reservoirs, marshes, holy places, picturesque localities and sandy places.136 Hindu Predictive Astrology Leo.—Heart of Kalapurusha, inaccessible peaks and rocks, jungles and thick forests frequented by ferocious beasts, deep forests, forts, palaces, extensions, fortifications, smelters, government institutions, caves and mountains, chemical laboratories, explosives, manufacturing places, hunting places, glass factories and localities infected with beasts and birds of prey. Virgo.—Stomach of Kalapurusha, arts, sciences, literature, meadows, grassy plains, banks, exchange p!aces, Jarge manu- facturing cities, secret organisations, industries, brothels, oceanic surface, nurseries and gambling rendezvous. Libra.- Racing and gambling centres, abdomen, navel of Kalapurusha, roads, commercial places, betting places, streets, exchanges, byeways, thoroughfares, forests, planes. Scorpio.—Sexual organ of Kalapurusha, natural crevices, dark retreats, caves, openings in the earth, dens, kitchens, vaults, vineyards, underground cells or constructions, strategic fortifications, molehills, places abounded by serpents, vermin and reptiles, wilderness containing anthills, orchards, stagnant pools. Sagittarius.—Camping grounds, military retreats, chariots, armouries, cavalry, stables, army barracks. battlefields, infantry, battery lines, magazines, places of offence and defence, ammunition depots, war implements, racing grounds, sacrificial places, military stores. Capricorn.-- Rivers, forests, lakes, caves, church yards, temple precincts, tombs, sepulchres, arsenals, jungles, marshy places, waters abounding in whales and crocodiles. Aquarius.—Marshy places, inferior grains, rendezvous of debauchees, prostitutes and vulgar folk, toddy shops, intoxi- cating drinks, gambling dens, mines, aeronautic machinery, drunkard localities, infamous houses, vineyards, caves. Pisces.—Feet of Kalapurusha, holy shrines, altars, sacred places and rivers, tanks, all oceans, hermitages, fountains,Characteristics of the Signs and Planets 137 sacred pagodas, localities frequented by mahatmas, pumps, cisterns, fish ponds and excessive watery tracts. PLANETS : The Sun represents.— Soul, father, personal m, patrimony, aes, psychic development, political power, Satwa guna, Godliness, nobility, fires, windy and bilious temperaments, pomp, despotism, positions of authority, temples and places of worship, Greeshma Ruthu, hot and pungent tastes, goldsmiths, money-lenders, chemists, druggists, sacrificial places, coronation chambers, courage, bones, doctoring capacity. . he Moon.—Mind, mother, clothes, water, women, culti- vation, seamen, travelling agents, navigators, pearls, milk, gems, vegetation, politeness, manners, juicy articles, spirit mediums, white umbrellas. fishermen, jollity. salt, watery places, bath-rooms, springs, mental happiness, blood, Satwa guna, stubbornness, strength of mir.d, the psycho-physiological consciousness, moral and religious acts, vision, water journeys, feminine tendencies, human fancies, romances, popularity and human responsibilities. . Mars.—Brothers, sisters, bile, heir-apparents, endurance, ——— . physical strength, Thamasa guna (mild-nature), mental power, poisonous gases, fires, firemen, warriors, stifes, scars and wounds, human impetuosity, earthquakes, military operations, weapons of offence and defence, extravagance, treasures, catastrophes, caprice, litigation, red woollen shawls, blood, deserts, mountains, forests, fortifications, cannon, sulphur, courage, southern directions, zeal and enthusiasm, prowess, manliness, chemists, druggists, gold, copper, surgeons, sapphire, corals, beasts, burning gases, dentists, “fire places, brokers, burnt clothes, engineers, butchers, engines, cook- Tooms, iron and steel, chemical laboratories. Mercury.—Mercantile activity, trade and trading associa- tion. wisdom, intelligence. cunning, dexterity, journalists,