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ITS SYMBOLISM, ITS SPECULATIVE TRUTHS, AN

ITS MUNDANE APPLICATIONS AS REVEALED
THROUGH DISCERNIBLE FACTS AND
PALPABLE CORRESPONDENCES.
By JOHN HAZELRIGG
FELLOW HERMETIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA, FELLOW ASTROLOGICA
SOCIETY, MEMBER NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.
Univ library, UC Santa Cruz 1 999
ASTROSOPHIA: BEING METAPHYSICAL AST
Having been out of print for some time, this

edition printed from the original plates of "As
sophia" comes to a new generation of students
may not be familiar with the author's backgrou
In that connection it gives me pleasure to state
the late John Hazelrigg was founder and first p
dent of the American Academy of Astrologians

which I was also a member. The A. A. A.
limited to thirty members qualified by practical
tribution toward the furtherance of Astro-Scien
Contemporaneously a member of the National G
graphic Society, Mr. Hazelrigg thus enriched
organizations by his rare capacity for profound
search in the arts and sciences.
I deem it an honor to be enabled to restore

valuable works to circulation.
— Llewellyn Georg
FOREWORD
If, as said Aristotle in the Dialectics,

"every master h
speak authoritatively with reference to his own art," the
adductions made by the astrologer in support of his science
accorded a righteous deference, and that without any s
to the intellectual prejudices held by the critically disposed
In spite of this, however, one cannot otherwise than not
tendency of certain petty minds to spew a profligate venom

pages of every effort made towards spiritual upbuilding.
necessity of careful examination as a sine qua non to sincere
tative criticism —by which alone obtains the peremptory r
ment — enters not into the prerogatives they feel called upo
And this dereliction applies not only to the subject of A
to other branches of spiritual science as well, all of which s
subject to this peculiar quality of animadversion.

But it disturbs the equanimity of one's nerves all the
counter with this sort of intellectual malfeasance in so a
work as the encyclopaedia, wherein flagrant instances of su
readily found in many of its articles on the different bran
ticism. For example, the Britannica tells us that White M
"the art of performing tricks and exhibiting illusions by aid o
A mahatma encumbered with the paraphernalia of legerd
be a curiosity worth interviewing! Under another caption
mation that "Modern spiritualism arose from one of th
superstitions in the world — the belief in haunted houses" —
bit of intelligence it was but fitting to ascribe the levitation
objects to "ideational changes taking place in the cerebru
Astrology in the Edinburgh Cyclopadia, though esteemed a
of letters, was the greatest wit of his time. It is to be regre
amusement to be elicited from a reading of that literary effo
reserved exclusively for students of the astral science.
It is puzzling to understand why themes of so distinct
as the occult sciences should have been entrusted to in
obviously uninformed in the essential facts of their discourse.
not think of employing an architect to elucidate the principl
istry, or a doctor of divinity to descant upon the physical a
solar system. And when one reflects that the above subj
sented in the cyclopaedias and current scientific literature
dealt with chiefly by intellectual opinionists and purblind
rather than the wearers of the mantle of authority, the
longer be surprise that the result in each case should be a di
than a disquisition.
Defections such as the foregoing might well suggest the
reason therefor — of why mystic truth should so persistently

matic opposition? But one might as well seek to know
with its consequent intellectualism as distinguished from
soul perception, has ever sought to belittle the things of t
why that which can be wheedled and twisted to one's level i
grasped than that which one must, through the travail of
aspiration, struggle up to reach. Alas! it has ever been s
delight to bruise and batter that which dared transcend — a
insult — his material understanding.
The seemingly elusive character of the principles invo
demonstration of astrological truth, and which cannot be m
to gross manipulation as in experimental physics, is not a co
as to evoke particular enthusiasm in the breast of the mat
because wanting in particularity. It is owing to this lack,
inadequacy, that the caviller — undiscerning of things beyon
bility of corporeal analysis — first grows to suspect an attem
upon his credulity. And yet, strange as it might appear,
accepts without question any statement relative to the app
whether it come within the purview of his understanding or
The following pages are intended to throw some light up
though unjustly proscribed facts embodied in the astral
overcome some of the prejudices so unthinkingly indulged
reach the lay mind and disclose to whilom beauties as
it
of the verities contained therein. This implies many diff
subject so essentially technical, for more often than not
a
facts most convincing to the student without meaning t
is
reader. The desire confidently entertained, however,
is
scans these pages will eventually be led into closer familiar

fundamentals of the science of which they treat.
THE A
V
III
IV
Chapter
ECLIPSES
—
NATURE'S ANALOGIES
II INDUCTIVE ASTROLOGY
ASTROLOGICAL SYMBOLISM
HOROSCOPE OF THE DECLARATION

I THE RATIONALE OP ASTROLOGY
ILLUSTRATIONS
CONTENTS
—
OF INDEPENDENCE
METAPHYSICAL ASTROLOGY
Chapter I.
THE RATIONALE OF ASTROLOGY.
No science has been so misunderstood, or more
maligned, than that which deals with the magnetic and ps
of planetary law. So sublime in its concepts that the

cannot appreciate the concinnity of its beauties, nor com
intrinsic value of its fundamental truths, it has reaped t
prejudice of class and sect through ages of stolid materi
man as a self-conceited animal has ever been prone to de
which did not appeal promptly to his restricted senses.
"
was characterized as an upstart astrologer," while Galil

incurred ridicule, but suffered martyrdom as well, for d
tertain opinions not in strict consonance with the accep
and the narrow bigotry of his time.
That the practice of Astrology should at one time h
erated to so unreliable a state, was far from being the
When one considers the fact that in the M
science itself.
the instruments for astronomical observation were so
constructed, and astral mathematics had consequently s
faulty a standard that a conjunction of Jupiter and Satur
be calculated within a week of the correct time, is it any
Astrology, depending upon the correctness of these co
persistent rejection of that which cannot be easily unde
similated, is due the unsolved problems of the Universe.
not forget that in the Divine Economy every atom fulfi
function; that there is no purposeless gearing in the m
nature, no partiality evinced in the outworking of i
Whilst George III., the beneficiary of a nation's high
ment, degenerated into imbecility, Thomas Paine, a
masses, attained to a mental apex to which the bigoted
not aspire. No inhibitive power other than that from wh

could have retarded or assisted either of these ultimatio
the student of Astrology lay plainly revealed in their r
tivities. There may be an apparent inequality manifeste
one need only remember that arbitrary principles cann
natural law; and to postulate truth and reality to th
economy, is to acknowledge the sovereignty of universa

Astrology claims to furnish the solution to these
the soul, for the adept in astral physics confidently ass
ego, in its incarnation into matter, can only be attract
influences in the primum mobile which are operating in cor
with its spiritual requirements. Hence, the chart at birt
an index of that soul's advancement, but the aspects o
tions which are subsequently formed by the progression o
from their radical places will indicate also its possibilitie
ment. This in no measure implies fatalism or predestin
unthinking have so inconsistently maintained. In their
Thus, man, by a foreknowledge and clear understan
astral forces which surround him, can so create an enviro
he may to a great extent successfully cope with advers
conditions; while to drift blindly with the tide he will,
attraction, gravitate to the conditions which the celes
provide for him. As Ptolemy in his Centiloquy puts it:
person, acquainted with the nature of the stars, is enab
many of their effects, and to prepare himself for those e
they arise."
"
Diodorus says: The Chaldeans in Babylon, being
the Egyptians, became famous for astrology, having lea
the priests of Egypt." Josephus, the Jewish historian,
for the statement that the approach of the deluge was fo
by Seth from the stellar aspects, and that in order to
elements of the science for the use of future ages, he c

logical characters to be engraved on pillars of stone. Jo
ports his statement by the assertion that he himself ha
these antediluvian relics in Syria. Newton, in his Chrono
"
tains that Astrology was invented in Egypt by Nichep
the Kings of Lower Egypt, and Petosiris his priest, a
the days of Sabacon (747 B.C.), and propagated thence in
where Zoroaster, the legislator of the Magi, met with it."
however, is lost in the mazes of a remoter antiquity; a
to assume that a science which deals with the metaphysic
of creation, based upon a primal law which operates so st
trine of the Chaldeans and Persians afforded the cleares
of these divine principles; and to the astronomical priesth
remote peoples is due the invention of those sublime all
which arose the superstructure of every theological syst
The symbology used in the interpretation of these
teries, is highly ideographic, and the symbols carry a mea
metaphysical import. The Cross (+) and the Crucified
which come down to us from prehistoric ages, and are fo
on the ruined monuments and sarcophagi of all natio

Ethiopian, Hindu, Mexican, Tartarian, etc. In esoteric
is indicative of Matter, or the Body. The Circle (O),
all the planetary symbols have their origin, denotes P
Spirit; whilst the Crescent (J)) is emblematical of Perce
Soul. Different combinations of these hieroglyphics are
resent the deific principles of that divine cosmology of

dividuals we are such infinitesimal parts. The composite
character of Mercury, for instance, is aptly designated
In all Hermetic writings Mercury is significant of intelle
less reaching out for the unattainable. It represents the
of the Soul's aspirations, as indicated symbolically
ordination of the material influence, or gross matter,
Spirit, or intelligence, with Perception, symbolized by
as its directing power. Again, in the symbol for
— in mythology the goddess of Love — we find signific
higher forces dominant over the lower. It was through
icai law, a change of order is now taking place, and the
of materialism is by degrees being transformed into the
our inner natures. Thus, it will be perceived that Astrolo
deal with arbitrary principles, but that there is a deep spi
ing underlying all its precepts; and that instead of be
medium to be juggled with by the charlatan and the fortu
is the alchemical basis of all that is true and exact in Nat
laboratory, — the fundamental stepping-stone which lead
the labyrinth of an intangible materialism into the ste

the Real, which shines across the portals of the Inner Te
Candid investigation is to-day clearing away the deb
through the vandalism of the Alexandrian Library, and I
phoenix-like, is once again lifting her dignified head high
ashes. A contemplation of that monstrous crime, committ
motives of ecclesiastical aggrandizement, makes it easily

why sacred history, so-called, is rapidly becoming too pr
assimilated by philosophical minds. In Grecian mytho
is represented as the goddess of wisdom, while her place in
is given to one of the asteroids which revolve between t
Jupiter and Mars. Was it purely coincidence that this
symbol of wisdom should have been besieged between J
Church, and Mars, the destructive principle?
It is as a predictive science that Astrology has bee
rigorously anathematized. To pull aside the Shekinah
Powerful has been regarded by the theological mind as a
ing with troublesome problems, seldom accords wit
of the individual whose guiding principle in life is th
point.
In an article on " Astrology and Alchemy " in an
the Quarterly Review, we find the following apropos
the subject: "All events are but the consummation
causes, clearly felt, but not distinctly apprehended. W
is sounded, the most untutored listener can tell that
the key-note, though he cannot explain why each succe

at last lead to the concluding chord." Though it be
scope of this paper to attempt an explication of those p
constitute the upahdi or material basis of this sacred
are none who have directed their attention to a stud
netic susceptibles of the human organism, together
tionship existing between the operations of the planet

served correspondence with human destiny, but have
"
acknowledge its verity. Dr. Mead, in his Influence
Moon upon Human Bodies," has said: "The fact o
tions might be so easily ascertained, that it is surprisi
still be pronounced incredible, and denied. rather than
while the great Kepler asserts:
" A most unfailing ex
excitement of sublunary natures by conjunctions and
planets, has instructed and compelled my unwilling
The facility of the astrologer in traversing the m
from the domain of transcendent cause to the world of
consummate wisdom as the whole world could not boast
who promulgated a treatise called Judicia Gjamaspis, con
judgment on the planetary conjunctions. He gave man
predictions therein, including the coming of the Messiah
mazar, a professor of judicial astrology at Bagdad, made
" In
prediction, viz. : the sphere of Persia, saith Aben E
ariseth upon the face of the sign Virgo a beautiful maiden,
ing two ears of corn in her hand, and a child in her arm; sh
him and giveth him suck. This maiden we call Adrenedefa,

Virgin. She bringeth up a child in a place which is called A
Hebrew land), and the child's name is called Eisi (Jesus
prophecy regarding the biblical Jesus is also referred to in
thew, Chap. II.: "They came from the East to Jerusalem
Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have see
in the East, and are come to worship him." In fact, the pa

Holy Bible teem with references to the usage and utili
science. This ecumenical authority is not usually conside
an astrological stand-point; therefore, it may be of interest
that its very title is suggestive of a meaning, the key to wh
furnish a solution to much that is now a source of doubtful
tation. The word " holy " on the authority of the Rev
Taylor, — acknowledged one of the best linguists of his da
rived from the Greek Helios, the god who drove the char
He also traces its etymology to the Hebrew
el,
sun. the su
with the aspirate prefixed, gives " hel," the root of helios — fr
"
he defines its title as Sun Book," very rational interpreta
a
had ability in them."
"
Again, that Jacob had read
of Heaven what should befall his children and their pos
1st Chron. xii., 32, speaks thus: "And the sons of
had understanding to know the times . . . and w
the changes of the moon, and in fixing the lunar solem
proper times; skilled also in the doctrine of the solar
lutions?); astrologers in the signs and stars, that they
Israel what to do."
These Biblical references to the science are but

number which could be quoted for the edification of t
dependent upon scriptural license for the formation
dulgence of their opinions. Ashmand, in the Preface
tion of the Tetrabiblos, aptly observes: "Among a t
sons who now treat the mention of Astrology with sup
cule, there is scarcely one who knows distinctly what i

at, or on what plea his ancestors should stand excuse
in their day, contemplated with respect the unfortun
modem derision." Indeed, when one considers the pr
asticism which individualized these delvers in the stor
lestial knowledge, their marked attainments in all bra
losophy and science, the wisdom and morality of their t
must be impressed with, if not convinced of the truth
which could have enlisted the scrutiny and respect of s
tellects; for we find amongst them such names as Arist
Hippocrates, Placidus, Ptolemy Philadelphus, Cardan,
Roger Bacon, Francis Bacon, Newton, Kepler, and num
becomes more cognizant of the grand creative scheme,
telligent factor as well in its general outworking. He w
or refuses to heed its knock, admits himself incapable of
it,
against the buffetings of capricious destiny. The starv
a
scorns the proffered morsel less to be pitied than he w
is
deaf ear to the voices of the stars, for their music will be t
lost chord whose vibrations cannot penetrate to the cen
being and enlighten his soul, nor elucidate the problem of
The heavens are calling you and wheel around you,

Displaying to you their eternal beauties
;
And still your eye looking on the ground,
is
Whence He, who all discerns, chastises you."

—Dante's "Purga
Chapter II.
INDUCTIVE ASTROLOGY*
The sophist and the bigot differ only in this: the fo

a false inference from an assumed premise, while the lat
inference without even the formality of assuming a prem
often arrives at a truth or a fact, for artifice and self-s
rarely favorable to fairness in investigation. Voltaire,
sions upon a science of whose true principles he exhi
ignorance, was good specimen of the sophist; t

a
tains chiefly where knowledge cries in vain for recogn

a discount.
No branch of learning has been more falsified and
these two types of reasoners than Astrology; for the
sistently attacked it with the subtlety of his venom, w
with equal malice, though with enmity less cleverly
doggedly uttered his cries of derision, that the notes of
go echoing throughout the halls of Wisdom. Conseque
is Astrology understood, and so seldom investigated, th
deems it pertinent to present a few of the facts of this

mystic tomes to learn of the theory of correspondence b
and the stellar world. Since time immemorial the fam
has apprised the world of this fact through a well-known
or less artistic, representing the " Man of the Zodiac." H
recognized the identity of the Microcosm and Macrocosm
not be difficult for the inquirer to go a step further, and t
there is also a magnetic relationship existing between
the Zodiac and the terrestrial divisions. This connecti
irrelative character, being regarded in a purely symbo

Thus, from Aries to Pisces each sign is qualified to dom
certain countries, as well as over certain cities, a strict
in the apportionment being observable in the different
the subject, from Ptolemy to the moderns. To one un
to regard these symbols as expressive of certain poten
laboratory of nature, this adjustment may perhaps seem

or arbitrary; yet centuries of experience and observation
of astral physics have disclosed in it a wisdom too marvel
been the result either of whim or of guesswork.
An excellent example of vaticination based upon the
of a city, was the prediction made by William Lilly, a
astrologer of the seventeenth century, who, fifteen years
event, foreshadowed the great fire of London which to
1666. That city is accorded the sign Gemini as its rulin
the exact degree of the ascendant, based upon astrologica
tion, being 170 54'. Lilly, perceiving the close proximity
to a for while these arbiters are rarely obs
fixed star;
resolutions of nativities, they are deemed of the utmos
in their effect upon cities and governments. We find
"
authority for this in The Considerations of Guido Bona
that excellent philosopher maintains:
"The Fixed Stars are most slow in motion, and consequentl

whence it comes to pass that their impressions require subjects and
same nature, that is to say, such as are the more lasting, and car
with them to perfect or accomplish their effects. For the Revoluti
Stars is finished but if. six and thirty thousand years,* whereas the
or life of man, generally exceeds not three revolutions of Saturn,
the space of ninety years. . . . As an Eagle cannot exercise
of her flight or power on a Fly, nor a Stone coming forth (a Sun
any great execution (in Musciovem), no more can the Fixed Sta
effects of their impressions; and, therefore, their gifts continue
men, for men are of so small a duration, and subject to a swift m

spect of their motion. . . . For which a solid
the impressions
a more solid thing, continue much longer than that which it make
thing; and yet less in a very slippery transient thing, than in a thin
or changeable."
The unprejudiced mind seems constrained to admit

astral philosophers were mad, there was an amazing
method of their madness; and that though Lilly was ch
charlatan by the bigotry of his age, his deductions we
made legitimate by conformity to mathematical law,
the inductive principles of his art.
In the selection of Gemini as the ruling emblem of No
and manifestly agreeable to the laws of nature; which w
deavor to substantiate in the interest of truth and to the
science which, because little understood, has been mo
dealt with.
This sign, the Mithuna of the Sanscrit, significant of
of Being, the house of Mercury, and imaginative and hum
ure, portrays in a strikingly truthful manner the restless, p
aspirational temperament of our people, and rules the nin

in the Horoscope of the Declaration of Independence, a
which accompanies this article. It may be mentioned, en p
the ninth house governs mind, science, commerce, religi
ventions, and it will be observed that quite a satellitum
arbiters — including Venus ( $ ), the ruler of the scheme,
tion with the benefic Jupiter ( y.) — are posited therein, st
roborative of the phenomenal growth to which we have a

nation. Sibly, a noted English mathematician and astrolo
" The
in 1788 regarding this figure: State of America s
have an extensive and flourishing commerce, an advanta
universal traffic to every quarter of the globe, with grea
and prosperity among the people." The doubtful stabilit
perimental democracy, confronted with the gigantic pr
volved in the period of its infancy, could not alone have
so sanguine a judgment!
The national horoscope is replete with testimonies mo
ing from an astrological stand-point; but as a full app
of
HOROSCOPE
Philadelphia, July 4, 1776, Oh 20m P. M.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENC
correlative with those of the external mind, the forme
activity is on the odyllic sphere, whence emanates spiritua
perception. In operation Uranus tends to iconoclasm on
plane, while spiritually his activities are reconstructive.
to the soul, and not to the mind; to intuition rather tha
He accordingly produces in the world of causative effec
antagonism to the conventional order of things, indepe
position to all restraints, reconstruction, remarkable cha
It has been ascertained that Gemini among the c

bears chief rule over our affairs;therefore it will be in
note the electro-magnetic effect upon this country of th
Uranus through Gemini, which occurs once in every eight
—giving seven years to each sign of the Zodiac. Astrolog
being a visionary science, is founded upon inductional
observation, and these examples will afford one the opp

reflect on some of the quaint analogies in nature; tho
extended acquaintance with its arcana would doubtless
systematic design which knows neither chance nor coinc
is regulated by that immutable law of cause and effect w
the sophist with his subtleties, nor the bigot with his
can decry.
Though Uranus did not come within range of our tele
1
78 1, his mutations previous to that are easily determined
matics. Thus, in 1690 we find him entering Gemini, and t
was followed by an epoch in our history made marvelous
A most independent and aggressive spirit was ram
Colonies at this period, and the first specific action agai
by the mother-country was taken, through laws passed
session of the legislature under the new charter. The co
also involved in difficulties with the French and the Indi
History of the United States records:
" The war with the French and the Indians, which began in 169
terminated. For seven years were the frontier settlements harassed

and the English employed in expeditions against them. A history
consist only of repeated accounts of Indian cunning and barbarity,
enterprise and fortitude. Peace between England and France, wh
in 1697, was soon followed by peace with the savages."
The visitation of the witchcraft mania, so abnormally

the narrow concepts of our forefathers, who knew naught
has for all time to come claimed a page of its own in o
history. The abatement of this excitement and the cess

tilities between the warring factions were coincident with
of Uranus out of Gemini.
Circling in his orbit he again entered this sign in t
1775, contemporaneous with which we find a spirit of in
asserting itself among the colonists, a belligerent condit
which culminated in the Declaration when Uranus reac
grees of the sign. Nor were matters finally adjusted u
just seven years from the commencement of the difficu
Uranus left the house of the Twins. The English nation
profited much at this period through the good offices
degree of the sign One of our best known astrologers
!
"
made the following prediction concerning the crisis: U
gets out of Gemini, which will not be before the summe
do not look for any peace for this country." * The m
versed in the craft of political chicanery, declared positiv
conflict could not exceed six months ; the astrologer, wis
templation of nature's laws, knew differently.
Facts similar to these are what help to constitute the

of judicial astrology; they are the irrefutable evidences
toward entitling it to the dignity of a reasonable and e
From these inductive processes it requires but little fa
ship to anticipate the revolutionary changes in existing
institutions that will mark the next transit of this pla
Gemini, which will begin in June, 1942. He will attain
degree of the sign in October, 1943, at which time his inf

our affairs will be accentuated as never before, for Ald
fiery fixed star to which we have referred, will, through
motion of 50%" have advanced to a partile conjunctio
radical place of Uranus. What inferences are to be de
the concentration of these electro-magnetic potencies
vital point in the national horoscope? Our country will p
extraordinary scenes. Grave questions, affecting alike o
and political economy,will seek their adjustment, perh
methods of force. There will be radical changes in the
of government. Seven years will be consumed in the solu
Since the mutations of Uranus alone have been cite
tion with certain important epochs in the history of the U
mentioned in the previous article, the question natura
itself, how are we to account for the various other grave
in our history that occurred when that planet was remo
ruling sign? The intelligence of the reader will quickly
possibility of multiple causes in ceaseless activity in the
an importance fully as patent to the astrologer, though
so evident to the lay mind as are the marked influences

derous Uranus. It of a scienc
is this very abstruseness
tempts the explication of the complex mysteries of natur
— comprehending as it does an infinite variety of causat
which has rendered it so difficult of acceptance and pop
We will touch upon some of these potencies a little l
sidering the relation of comets to mundane affairs.

Referring to the figure of the national horoscope,
directed to the second mansion, as numbered in the fig
cusp of which is the sign Scorpio (TT|). This house rel
stance, and the moneyed interests of the country.
occupied this constellation and house since January, 1891
this transit of seven years he has proved especially disas
world of finance; acondition of instability much augme
entry of the malefic Saturn into the same quarter of th
the fall of 1894. To the proximity of these two arbite
other, and their platic conjunction throughout the past
treasury. The student may contemplate the cause, the
serve only the effect.
In the closing months of the present year, when t
again form relations similar to those noted, the commu
pect an increasing stringency in matters governed by
house. But an improvement over these conditions will
as the new year advances, for Saturn will then be well ce
succeeding sign. Uranus will also have left Scorpio, an
of 1899 and the ensuing winter he will be passing the o

his radical place in the chart, significant of some very
complications in national affairs.
These citations will afford some idea of the modus op
trological deduction. In the resolution of individual
methods are adopted identical with those employed in
of these weightier problems. Indeed, by reason of their

they constitute more practical examples for inductive o
Thus, the maxims of astrology are founded upon t
analogy existing between the constant recurrence of c
tions in the primutn mobile and synchronal phenomena in
of effect. Lord Bacon, himself
votary of the Science
a
"
in his Novum Organum
" "
We are not to deny t
says,
of a cause in favor of which we have a unanimous agreem
analogies, though it may not be apparent how such
produce the effect." If in repeated instances a person
a particular spot on the pavement, and a brick each tim
philosopher, more so than can be possible to the star-ga
the small end of a glass, perceives only the physical min
As to the contrariety of their affections to things mun
exists a cumulation of data sufficient to establish a prece
avenue of science where prejudice has imposed no obst
minded research.
In all ages, and particularly among the ancient an
astrologers, comets have been regarded as being fully as
their disturbance of the cosmic energy as the more con

ticles of matter; though the difficulty in estimating their
with that degree of accuracy so essential to a prejudgme
— a difficulty due to the fact that their orbits transcend
the Zodiac, and to their eccentric and infrequent visits —
them somewhat of an indeterminate quantity in the pract
ogy, though no less a part of its subject-matter. Never

apprehension so universally felt on the unheralded ap
these fiery messengers seems in every sense to have been
the direful consequences which inevitably followed in
effects so reiterative in character as to warrant the grave
on the part of those investigative minds that, poring ov
pages and ever seeking to interpret her mystic langua
stood perplexed at the strangeness of its idioms.
While the ponderous planets, with orderly orbits an
mutations, were comparatively easy of observation if no
hension, the comet in its idiosyncratic flight provoked a
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Students of biblical history are aware that Jesus p
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destruction of Jerusalem (St. Luke, xxi. 1o-11):
them, Nation shall arise against nation, and kingdom a
dom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,
and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs s
from heaven."
We have it on the authority of Milichus, a learned ma
"
in his Commentary on the second book of Pliny, that t
ground for the usual behavior of men to comets; for th

son to gaze at them with so much terror and astonishm
do, because it hath been proved, by a large induction o
and observation, that they announce great slaughter t
the sacking of cities, subversion of kingdoms, and othe
"
asters." Josephus, in his Wars of the Jews," makes re
comet in the form of a sword that hung over Jerusalem

as a premonishment of its destruction; while Seneca avers
comets are very cruel, and threaten us with the worst
they bring with them and leave behind them the seeds
The learned Machiavel writes,
" However
slaughter."
is,
by
pass, so it that we have vouched experience, that

it
commotions are the consequences of such signs as thes

To which might be appended the observation of an
writer, who obviously had reflected deeply upon the tr
" Cometes
these interactions: signifie corruptions of
changyng kyngdomes, great dearth of corn, yea, com
a
which hung over the city, that it was presignified and
a huge blazing comet that reached from heaven to eart
which no man ever saw before."
Such scholarly worthies as Cedremis, Longomontan
Melancthon, and Cicero — who maintained that " com
harbingers of the miseries that befell Octavius Augustu
"
Antony — including others it would be too tedious to
of the soundest authority, could not have concurred so
these opinions, were they not founded upon

"
a large
experience and observation."
It will perhaps be interesting to note that tne custom
ing of noon church-bells originated in papal edict pr
a
the comet of 1456 which accompanied the invasion of Co
by Mahomet II., and the threatened dissociation of the
tian world. Ave Marias were also ordered, suppleme

" Lord, save us from the devil, the Turk,
prayer: and
In the eighteenth century Dr. Halley, in an examination
data, identified this comet with the ones which appea
1607, and 1682, and in thus establishing its period of
aboufseventy-five years he was able to predict its return
verification of which proved the correctness of his conje
above periods are all characterized by civil and political
of great gravity, particularly around 1682, when its fo
mented by the precedence of another comet. These appe
followed by those fearful domestic imbroglios in Englan
B.C. 130, was supposed to have announced the birth of Mi
Its second visit thereafter was the first year of the Chr
" " which
Could it have been the Star in the East guide
men to the capital of Judea? It may seem strange to
that, seeing this star in the east, these learned Magi s
directed their pilgrimage westward. This apparent ano
its explanation in the fact that as the sun at the time was in
(the house of Saturn, and, according to astrology, ruling
places of husbandry), it is in consonance with astronomica

the comet or star should have appeared in Aries, which is
point of the Zodiac; and vide Claudius Ptolemy, who w
"
first century of this era: The inhabitants of Coelesyria, Id
Judea are principally influenced by Aries!" Thus, all th
ural skeins may be disentangled through a fuller unders
the true astrology, that much-impugned expositor of first

Four comets made their appearance in 1618, at the b
the Thirty Years' War. In fact, it is a matter of record
dread precursors have invariably preceded the great con
world's history. Cotton Mather compiled a catalogue e
important incidents that had immediately followed the
many remarkable comets, not only going far towards p
disruptive nature of these dread visitants, but affording
a clever demonstration of the theory of a mutual interacti
the Macrocosm and Microcosm.
To come nearer our own time, the great comet of
shadowed remarkable in the
ance of the American colonies to Britain's monarch, are
of the subversive influence of these harbingers.
Fully as significant to our national destiny was the
of Donati's comet in 1858, simultaneous with the Kan
and that state of unrest which culminated in theCivil
consequent assassination of the Chief Executive. Thi
followed by a brilliant meteor in 1860 and a lesser co
This latter appeared in our ruling sign Gemini, which a
city of London, and with its coming occurred the greate

tion that city had known for two hundred years.
In the face of testimonies like unto these, is it any
the comet should have been regarded in all ages as the
of confusion and disaster,
" Threatening the world
with famine, plague, and w
To princes, death; to kingdoms, many curses;

To all estates, inevitable losses."
Some stress has been laid on the visit of Biela's co

Chicago holocaust in October, 1871. There is no
writer's mind that as an adjuvant factor it played its
there were other celestial influences of signal importance
at the same time. It has long been conceded on good a
Chicago and likewise the city of Washington were allie
Gemini. From an astrological consideration of various
nected with the history of the former city, its ascendan
close proximity with the Bull's North Horn, the male
so disastrous to the city of London in 1
ruled by Gemini, and then through his act brought woe to
governed by the same sign?
They do not attempt any explana
These are but facts.
law behind them, though as stubborn things they certai
the plausibility of a magnetic relationship existent throu
cosmogony of the universe.
And yet Astrology, which treats of this law of cause
thus merely touched upon, has been maligned as having n
fact, as a purely visionary science, adapted only to the qu

purposes of soothsaying and prophecy, and affected chief
of ignorance and superstition. The heliocentric theory of C
" " until
a rank superstition
was through the discoveries
it became an accredited truth. And so the dreams of yes
the rational and scientific verities of to-day.
Astrology is metaphysical in origin and motive. Its

first principles is revealed in its interpretation of the law
opposites, of cause and effect, of spirit and manifestation,
sates throughout the domain of Being. Its inductive ch
apparent in its scientific observation and analysis of these
tions. Herbert Spencer says: "When the explorer of n
that molecules on earth pulsate in harmony with molecu
stars, when there is forced upon him the inference that e
in space thrills with an infinity of vibrations passing throug
directions, the conception toward which he tends is much l
a universe of dead matter than that of a universe everywh
gested Unity; and it is through a comprehension of the
that we accept the truth of a universal interaction betw
of the whole. This law is comprehended on the physica
Newtonian theory of attraction and gravitation, which
"
that every particle of matter in the universe attracts
particle of matter, with a force directly proportional t
of matter, and decreasing as the square of the distan
In other words, that there is a sympathetic cosmic ene
throughout all nature, which acts in direct ratio upo

parts commensurately with their attracting forces.
The knowledge of the law of correspondence as pos
ancients, imbued them with a resolute spirit of rese
cosmical as the explicatory source of all wisdom. The
that in order to consistently postulate an effect, there
conversancy with the realm of cause; that as the my

atom were involved in a right conception of the sphere
understanding of the lower dependent upon a compreh
higher. They rightly understood God as the univers
which were generated the imponderable forces travers
heavens, and their labors were the more indefatigably di
the elucidation of these celestial problems, that he w
read the origin and destiny of all created form. Thei
toward a unification of the parts of the Whole, to a m
and intelligent appreciation of their indivisibility with
ing Soul.
As all forces in nature are mutual and correlative,
sede any other law in the measure of its importance.
energy can have no existence without a magnetic opposit
which to polarize the electrical nature of its activities.
The old maxim says, " The wise man rules his stars."
rule himself, but not the stars; neither do the stars, accord
generally accepted idea, govern the conduct and destiny
vidual. As anon-creator of forces, neither of them po
" Interaction "
potentiality of arbitrary control. is a

apposite to the real sense of the matter, and conveys a tru
tion of the law of sympathy and antipathy, of attraction and
Hawkens, in his " Doctrine of Sympathy," aptly thus stat
sition: "Man's organism comprehends a solar sphere, a
includes a sidereal one, else he would not be a microcosm.
'
represent or coincide with planes in the organism of the
of our orb; in other words, they are human psychic enti

us. Consequently, the vital essence by which we live
through them as distributive organs."
By virtue of their organic structure the planetary orbs
batteries, or magnetic centres by solar induction, throu
spiritual energies seek external manifestation. They repr
ciples which co-exist throughout all forms of material e
But far from being creative principles in themselves, or
any virtue in potentia, they are as much subject to preced
as is the chemicalorganization of the individual; for the s
which incites the planet in its mutation to form certain
"
Joseph Butler, author of the Analogy," and other p
was wiser in his generation. He conceived it the prop
to familiarize himself with the theme, that he might t
ligently anathematize it; and, second — not only bec
adherent of the science, but contributed to its literat
choicest classics !
Nevertheless, these pseudo-philosophers, in their u

" influence," unconsciously tendered their highe
word
a cardinal principle in metaphysics, though they evid
only to impart a discoloration to the searching opti
grandest expositor.
Paracelsus, in making the statement that
" the
b
his house. . .The carpenters are, at one time
.
other Venus," etc., did not allude to the celestial orbs

names, but rather to the spiritual elements analogous

" Man is
ures ; for he continues, a sun, and a moon,
filled with stars." There are degrees of activity op
universal ether, which find their polarity in correspo
centres of energy, brought into external expression on
media form certain familiarities, or angles, which the
terms
" Thus, when the Sun and Jupiter ar
aspects."
the visible heavens, the elements which they represe
going a process of coaptation throughout the wh
nature, a relation affecting each physical form accordin
pathetic respondence inherent within it. Or, when
with the volatility of the other, the effect being in acco
the potency of the aspect through which the activities
ducing a higher expression at the angle of 120°, a trin
when in quadrature, or 900 ( □ ). Should, however, th
chemistry become allied with the Mercurial element, the g
inelastic, inflexible character of the former subdues and
restlessness of the latter, contributing gravity and dec
spiritual energies.
Not only among the vicegerents of heaven, but in

intercourse between the members of the human family, t
are constantly being formed, as indicated by the symp
tipathy manifested in their co-relationships. The Moon
vibrates in unison with the Jupiter in the other; or else
is sounded through the contact of Mars in the one with
in the other. Therefore, each of us may be said figurativ

about with us a perfect planetary system, whose ration
come evident to our senses only through a fuller compr
that interdependency which is absolutely essential betwe
ponent parts of the Whole.
Franz Hartmann, than whom few modern writer
skilled in alchemical research, says: "The Microcosm
'
cosm may not only be compared together,' but they ar
actually one in their power, and one in the constitution
Which comports with Paracelsus:
" If I hav
ments."
my constitution, I can attract manna from heaven. S
more tuneful adjustment to Nature's diapason. Under
direction of the Saturn element, the effort often resolv
the plaintiveness of a threnody; though ever capable,
expansion of the inherent Will, Sun (O), found at h
conversion into the higher possibilities of the Venus prin
impulses throb as with the ecstasy of a divine anthem.
Every atom of matter, as a concrete expression of
ergy, answers to a keynote in the scale of Universal B
endowed with a magnetic responsiveness in perfect acco

tain activities which constitute the Divine harmony.
finds an apt illustration in the intervibratory action o
strings in different musical instruments placed in the
when a string in one has been set in motion — a recogniz
enon in experimental physics.
Sympathy is the law of the Universe. We find it

number, in color, and in sound, all based upon the same
principle, Harmony. The " music of the spheres " is
mere figment of the idealistic brain: it is a philosophica
plified in the inevitable concordance which of necessity m
every principle of intracosmic law.
Pythagoras, in the school at Crotona, taught the cor
of the planets to the notes of the musical scale, with t
apportionment:
© = C, f> = D, 3 = E, 3 = F, $ = G, 9 = A, H
Saturn and Jupiter the bass, to Mars the tenor, to Venus
the counter, or alto, and to Mercury the treble. It matte
this unconventional departure from material facts, so pe
gruent in a mind accustomed to roaming in unfrequent
by-ways, should have excited the ridicule of his less gifte
he had but touched upon a mighty truth recognized by
with the temerity to venture into the mystic realms which
yet incorporate, the orbs of heaven.
And thus throughout the universal Cosmos, the vari

of energy, being but as respective keys accommodated
sounding-board, respond to every impulse of the Divine
a degree consistent with their attunement. From which
observed that there is a rationality in the true conception
"
interaction scarcely justified by the inequitable term
Nor should such a hypothesis seem at all incredible to th

has attained to the broader concepts of a unified Whole.
"
Barrett, author of the Magus," gives to the eleme
" "
he terms the first and original matter of all things —
" In the
character: exemplary world, they are ideas of t
produced; in intelligences, they are distributed powe
heavens, they are virtues; and in inferior bodies, the
forms." They may affect the individual, considered as
form of intelligence, in divers ways: his soul, his mind,
or his physical body. These questions are resolved fro
ditions of the celestial arbiters at the moment of his birth
the observed analogy which obtains between the Mic
Macrocosm. Upon this understanding rests the idea
man, a conception found by the ancients to be not only w
but essential to a clearer comprehension of the compl
involved. Thus, from Aries (the head), which corresp
first, or House of Life in the horoscope, to Pisces (t
twelfth, or House of Self-undoing, there exists an invert
of the order of the heavens.
One does not need to refer to astrological text-boo

light on the science; for there is but little of the ancie
that does not contain nuggets of celestial wisdom neatl
tween the lines of fecund soil in which are traced t
beauties of their religious ethics. The similitude betwee
of the ancient mythologies and the relative functions
the houses of the horoscope, impel the belief that thos

largely astrological in significance.
That the Twelve Labors of Hercules are but a figura
tion of the Sun's passage through the twelve zodiacal
admitted interpretation. As to the houses of the hor
for instance the second, the point from which is de
financial prospects of the native.This house answers
the fixed Zodiac, containing the Ram's Horn, and the
or horn of plenty; it embraces the constellation Perseus
in mythology as the son of Dana? by Jupiter, who won
forming himself into a shower of gold. In astrology
this constellation are certainly appurtenant to the a
qualities of the house over which it rules. Back of th
however, there is an occult significance which justifies t
The genetic status of the third house — which rules o
journeys, and all forms of communication — comports
the twin brethren, or the Castor and Pollux of mythol
companied the Argonautic expedition. And so with
each mansion of the cabalistic figure harmonizing so s
these celestial allegories that one is forced to the ack

of a majestic truth back of all.
We take the liberty of adducing a few facts illust
effect of some of these interactions upon the body politi
" In natural science there is one
phry Davy has said, l
versally intelligible, the language of facts; it belongs t
is as permanent as nature." Precepts are founded upon

of facts; in no science more so than in astrology, rich in
axioms, every one of which bears the impress of patient
sanctuary of the eternal muse.
"
Jupiter has been termed the greater benefic," an
"
greater irrfortune," not that the former is always prop
latter inevitably malignant. Much depends upon their
though their inherent qualities are sure to manifest
some degree on that point of the natal figure which
beams. They are observed to be especially potent whe
in the tenth house of the horoscope, the mansion of hon
the semblance of security for a time, but by all the law
must sooner or later end in illusion.
Wellington was providentially blessed with Jupiter
house, while the fortunes of Napoleon were dependen
Saturnian element. Years before the battle of Waterloo,
astrologer, in comparing the two charts, predicted that if
the destinies of these two generals should be brought i
with each other, the Frenchman would surely suffer def
Napoleon abdicated in April, 1814, Saturn was making an

of his radical Moon. The third Napoleon likewise had Sa
midheaven. His rise to eminence and subsequent d
matters of history.
General George B. McClellan's horoscope was afflicte
manner. In Broughton's " Planet Reader " (Phila.), Jan
the following appears in reference to his chart: "Shou

McClellan be commander of the American army in Decem
it will be very evil for the Northern States. . . . B
he will be displaced by the commencement of 1863." Thi
was supplemented in the same magazine in October follow
cember opens with a bad transit of Saturn over General
ascendant, in evil aspect to his own place in the tenth
enemies will be rampant to have him removed, and the
are that they will be too successful." He was removed fro
command November 7th.
Queen Victoria's reign has been under the benign
violent death. President Lincoln's natus is a striking
the truth of this assertion, as he had Mars elevated in
birth, in evil square with the Moon, the ruler of his e
(death). At the time of his assassination, his Sun's prog
was in Aries (the head) on the cusp of the fifth house
exact opposition to the directional place of Mars — wh
arms — in his eleventh house, denoting a false friend. C
from an astrological stand-point, be more significant o
Should any inquire why the astrologers of the time did

this ultimation, they are referred to the magazine alre
December number, 1864, where, under the heading,
"
Nation," they may read: " Let the President be care
enemies, and also of assassination, during this and t
months
" !
The horoscope of the Prince Imperial, who was ki

land, is another testimony in favor of the science as d
in its aphorisms. This native also had Mars elevated,
Moon from cardinal signs. At the time of his death his
in Aries, in partile opposition to Mars, the Moon rece
rays of Saturn. Among other wounds he received a s
the eye.
These are not isolated examples, standing alone a
tioners to a world's credulity. They illustrate but a few
ciples which constitute the texture of this strongly-w
though their brief enumeration may afford a fair idea of
in the
Chapter III.
ASTROLOGICAL SYMBOLISM.
The symbol, as an expression of the character of an ide

called a divine creation. Long antedating the records of C
Egypt, the ideograph is found depicted in various form
bling sarcophagi as emblematical of the particular attrib
mythical divinities whom those earlier races embodied in

heavens.
Whereas the idiomatic phraseology which characte
stricted form of expression is wholly inadequate or else
and obscure when utilized in the domain of spiritual a
symbol, interpreted in the light of divine truth, illumin
derstanding to a degree beyond the bounds of human in
This fact was recognized by humanity in the incipi
metaphysical teachings, for the simplest, or constituen
their art of ideographic expression were used for the el
the spiritual mysteries, in their concept of which the cir
cross were especially symbolical of principles and pote
What so suggestive of the quality of perfection as the
the symbol of pure spirit, or universal Psyche — the mys
ference which comprehends the Unity, or allness of Bein
it typifies Power, which may be abstractly conceived as t
dial Will in abeyance; but place within it the suggestion
( O ) as a generator of activity, and we have indicated anot
which is Force, the offspring of Power and the parent
or the vitalizing energy essential to all manifestation —
in astrology by the Sun.

The Sun, therefore, is the vivifying principle through w
becomes visible as Matter; while the stars are the cosmic i
through which the higher substantialities are differentiate
four classes of elemental life — mystically signified by the
In these two symbols are disclosed the true purport o
as the scientific interpreter of that divine law of correspond

formed the basis of those ancient religious cults whose de
shipped the central luminary as an expression of the All-S
Therein they perceived a sovereign principle in Nature, w
doubtless prove most invigorating as a tonic if persistent
tematically injected into some of the enervated theologies
ent day.
Thus the cosmical was intersociated with the moral and
and in this recognition of the absolute identity of the ob
the subjective is found the key to the transcendentalism of
religions which prevailed before the empiricism of man at
improvement upon the science of Nature.
expressive of the seven creative principles included in h
stitution.
As the word Pleiades is analogous to the Chalda
nifying a hinge or axle, there is little doubt the deific s
to by Bunsen is none other than the fixed star Alcyone
of the seven distinct orbs included in that celestial
which has been conceded, as the result of careful astr
vation, to be the centre of gravity of our solar syste
point around which the sun and his numerous family o

travelling with immeasurable velocity.
In the light of this revelation, how significant is
"
to Job: Canst thou bind the sweet influence of the Ple
"
the bands of Orion? Which may be interpreted: C
turb the equilibrity of the Microcosm? Canst thou se
of universal harmony from a mechanism so orderly a

tiiat, with all its complexities and the multiple diffe
volved in its various motions, it continues in perpetual
out a displacement, an impingement, or a frictional im
is from the miniature system of the molecule to the
revolving about the sun, thence to the solar system in
Alcyone, and to that colossal fabric in turn moving abo
"
potential centre — all wheels within wheels," and so p
gradient measures and grander numbers, to the Ultim
one with the Beginning!
This fact of ceaseless,, eternal, revolutional activity
on Egyptian sculpture by a Sphere, of the
bolism which constitutes the alphabet of Astrology, th
through the transmutations of a providential Destiny in
bosom of the Formless Essence itself.
Thus the importance of this science as an elucidative
occult dialectics cannot be rightfully ignored by the st
would attain to a clearer understanding of the fundamen
of Creation, for in it alone is afforded a rational concept o
mysteries as revealed through the intricacies of cosmic e
Astrological symbolism may be classified under th

viz. :
1. Planetary — expressive of the seven-fold constitutio

2. Zodiacal — typical of the evolution of all corporeal
Astronomical Aspects, or magnetic impulses — th
3.
ment of potency between interdepending essentialities.
In the Paternal Unity subsists the Fire of Life (Spiri

emanates the Life of Fire (Soul), dual entities expres
through an essential third or solidifying element term
These constitute the trinity of being — the life, substance
nomena; or spirit, soul, and body — and are symbolize
tively, O, D , t. These ideographs, in combinations acco
certain deific attributes, form the planetary symbols, answe
following arrangement, with their correspondent principl
© Sun corresponds to the vital principle.
5 Moon corresponds to the astral body, or sensual s
5 Mercury corresponds to Man, or the human soul.
to
" There are
many who say that man is a microco
understand what this really means. As the world is itsel
with all its constellations, so is man a constellation
world in itself; and as the firmament (space) of the
by no creature, so the firmament which is within man
not subject to any other creature. This firmament (sp
in man has its planets and stars (mental states), its ex
junctions, and oppositions (states of feelings, though
ideas, loves, and hates), call them by whatever name

as all the celestial bodies in space are connected with
invisible links, so are the organs in man not entirely in
each other, but depend on each other to a certain ext
A twofold energy is essential to all intelligent manif
active and the reflective. In cosmic science these two
be characterized as influent and effluent, the former em

the Sun as the positive essentiality or vitalizing principle
and the latter, or the responsive outward force, being f
as constituting the human organism, or body of the
and the planets, as the representatives of the physical
terpreters of the Creative Intelligence.
The Sun, as the celestial source of external manifesta
scintillations subsist the primal potencies, is aptly repr
symbol, the circle of perfection, with a point at the cen
"
The Zohar has said, When the Unknown of the un
to manifest Itself, It began by producing a point."
The point, therefore, as an expression of activity or g
necessarily carries with it the inevitable assurance of an
or self-subsistent Power, thus bringing into range a duad
essentialities, recognized in the cabalistical teachings as
or perfection ( O ), and Energy, or manifestation ( • ), forc
nated not only through the functions of the visible Sun, b
cally signified in its symbol.
This theory of duality in manifestation is in consonanc
"
is,
Hermetic maxim that Everything that
";
double
is
plies the irrationality of assuming cause without includ
a
proposition consequent effect. Atomization but pro
is
a
primal powers that require coporeality through which to ex

number as measurement of force. Stability obtains on
a
association with movement. Evolutionbut the eternally

is
recognition of the involutionary processes which help to

the activities of Infinite Being.
It was from the spiritual cognition of these mutual de
in Nature that the ancients were enabled to formulate tho
ous systems of truth and philosophy as comprehended in t
of correspondences, of which Astrology as science pre
is
a
the expounder.
The Sun, thus interpreted, symbolically represents
activity, from which stand-point easy to conjecture
is
it
solar orb has ever stood as the emblem of supremacy, a

truth were but acknowledged — the central figure of ever
celestial centre of Being. The brain, the lungs, the r
the liver, and the spleen, of the physiological system, w
as the administrative centre of action, are analogous
basic elements of substantiality, as potentialized by the
the distributive functions, respectively, of the Moon, Me
Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. These answer to the se
colors, all of which are resolvable into the clear white
solar ray, the metaphorical expression of pure spirit.
And so in every ray which " falls into matter " is

seven creative principles, the reciprocal quantities in who
ibility reposes unity.
The Soul has been denned as the conjunctive elem
Spirit and Matter, in which relation it is an exemplar
principle in the sidereal constitution.
The astronomical symbol for the Moon has ever be

( 3> ), or a rim of light, emblemizing in physical science t
recession after its conjunction with the sun, and its incr
dor it ascends to its opposite lunation. Esotericall
as
personifies her as Eve extracted from the side of Adam
soul-principle of Spirit, whose effulgence translates th
into the Word of manifestation.
Astrologically considered, she is wholly reflective in
fecting terrestrial nature according to her different pha
to the earth and sun. The analogy is here observable
relationships of spirit, soul, body, or earth. In her incre
ing the Moon's symbol that, in the writer's opinion, is mo
to this line of inquiry than the one advanced above, and
he acknowledges his indebtedness to Section 21 of Mr. L
" Metaphysical Chart."Therein the Centre of Being
ple's
ized thus, o, Spirit (Sun?), whose manifestation is the So
expressed by the Circle of Motion, ©, which, in its rela
Whole, leaves the reflected crescent.
In her synodic revolution, as she journeys through the
tions of heaven, the Moon portrays, figuratively, the pil

the soul from its descent to its purification, while at the
exerting upon physical nature an influence of a correspo
nificance.
" In the heavens she
signifies the sensual soul; for,
Moon puts on the image of the Sun and is full of light
a true heavenlycomplexion, yet by-and-by she loses all

becomes dark, and puts on the image of the Earth; ev
the animal soul : for one while she adheres to the image
is full of heavenly thoughts and desires, and in the insta
heres to the flesh and is full of sinful affections; and thu
and rises, rises and falls again, in a perpetual course of
so that the most righteous here on earth are subject to
ings, for they wax and wane in evil and good dispositions
It was accounted in the philosophy of the ancients a
to deal with spiritual truth except by means of the symbol
" the ancients were willing to concea
ing to Porphyry,
divine virtues by sensible figures, and by those things
the wealth of spiritual suggestion afforded by a prope
of the two symbols already discussed; for as the circle
resents primordial spirit in activity, the circumference
all-inclusive, so does the sun symbol express all the li
nature, and is therefore a constituent part of the auxil
characters, in condition and degree according to their
erators of the cosmic life-forces.
And so, abiding within the bounds of this symbol,
instanced, is found the Moon ( 3) ), who reflects the D

the Creative principle.
As with its prototype in the visible heavens, in he
the solar conjunction, so with the moon or soul of the
it grows larger and larger in its circle of motion until
plished the at-one-ment by absorption into the Sun or
tre of pure Spirit (©). "When this union takes plac

longer need of an initiator. . . . Wherefore, as wit
so with the Microcosm. They who are nearest Divi
moon. But so long night — so long, th
as they have
part of the soul remains unilluminated, and her memo
tion obscure — so long the mirror of the angel continu
the sun to the soul."
*
Therefore, he who would attain to regeneration m

the scriptural injunction, and trample under foot the
sensual soul of his being.
These digressions into subsidiary channels are deem
to clearer apprehension of the basic beauties of astr
a
for being circumscribed in capacity it can deal only w
conceptions. The symbol, on the other hand, leads on
infinitude of the eternal Silence, in which alone the Go
perceived and its wisdom understood, and wherein pr
manifestation are to be viewed as isonomic facts in the
tion of the Divine plan.
The celestial philosophy recognizes four specific ch
planes of activity, in the processes of cosmic ideation,
symbolically by the Cross ( + ) ; a closer examination of

enable us the more thoroughly to understand the real ch
significance of these constitutive factors in their various com
Though monadic life comprehends a trinity of spirit
body — the triadic forces in the sphere of generation — its
into corporeal conditions on the objective plane is accomp
through a coalition with predetermined intelligibility, or

constituting four elements of manifestation, mystically
as stability, motion, intelligence, and consciousness.
These four divisions of elemental activities — which, b
should not be confounded with their physical prototypes
mically embodied in the fixed stars which compose the
stellations of the zodiac, and answer to the four wards o
key (5R)i designated in astrology, respectively, as the eart
fiery, and airy trigons, and alchemically expressed as sa
mercury, and azoth.
It is through the functions of these astral energies in
cosm that the life emanations are individualized into e
of the intelligence which prevails in each kingdom. .
thus from the beginning of his physical life a creature
and, to a certain extent, a concretion of sidereal influen
into his corporeal and physical constitution."
Pursuant to the mystical maxim that " the first shall
the last shall be first," we are led primarily to a consider
Saturn principle as the spiritual representative of the fou
— consciousness — in the generative spheres of the Univer
Not that this element in any wise claims real priority,

in these alchemical processes are obviously coequal
pendent in their essentialities, and therefore neither m
precedence over any one of the others. This order is ado
by reason of his fancied prominence as the most impo
superior planets in the astrology of the ancients, in w
assigned chief dominion over the principality of Time

jective realm.
In this restricted sense his potentialities are subser
bounds of limitation, and are symbolically represented in
with mundane operations as Matter in dominance ove
the soul principle suspended from the cross of Materialis
This seemingly malevolent tendency is plainly percep
astral physicist when this planet is found weak or debili
governance of a nativity, in which case he conduces t
malice, selfishness and miserliness, and all such terrestria
as serve to fetter the soul in its effort to express the godhe
should result those disparities in the moral economy
courts of justice (?) sagaciously denominate crime, and m
able to the dispensations of a questionable jurisprudence
Moral responsibility cannot be measured by legal tri
can arbitrary punishment ever prove a prophylactic ag
wrong-doing. One must penetrate to the chamber of hid
pore over the mystic tomes arranged on its shelves,
therein the hieroglyphs of occult law, before one can hop
late intelligently the mandates of the spoken Word.

A broader and more universal perception of these
ciples in the human economy would incline the human
broader charity, and to a more philanthropic view of th
shortcomings of the fellow man who is thus forced to gro
to the measure of a discordant strain. It remains for A
a factorin the science of stirpiculture sooner or later to b

to the thinking mind the absurdity and falsehood of a
human ethics which involves in its statement the pres
inequality. This, however, is irrelevant to the matter in
Subjectively considered, we find in the Saturn symbo
apparently at variance with the above interpretation; for,
it represents the World ( + ) of Soul ( ) — the fourfold
3>
mounting the crescent —wherein his is the formative ess

corresponds to Intelligibility, by and through which, in
Time and Space, arise the corporeal conditions of form
thereby effecting a perfect correlation between the nou
moniously adjusted in the microcosmic organism, sup
gravity, decorum, contemplation, spirituality, and subli
For example, in the geniture of the mystic Sweden
dignified as his ruling planet in the just and airy sign
scales, or Balance — in that quarter of the natal figure wh
activities impel to mental discipline, philosophy, and
was additionally strengthened by a favorable conciliat
Sun in his house of life, in the airy-metaphysical sign A
A student of astrology would quickly discern in thes

functional attributes capable of attaining to' a spiritual
yond the reach of the ordinary developed ego.
In these two aspects of the one symbol are observed t
of the duality of Being as concerns one of its ramificati
resultant attributes on the two planes of consciousness
on the one the more material qualities, and sensitizing

the elements of the purely spiritual type.
But it naturally follows, that as in evolutionary law
must ultimately dominate the lower, so are the gros
ever susceptible of transmutation into the more ethe
sublimated forces.
Thus Saturn, from a physical standpoint tends to
magnetic activities and crystallize the finer forces, the
ing on the human sounding-board a repressed, dissonan
strain; but his conjuncture with the more concordant e
convert the music into a subdued harmony, whose sou
brate more in unison with that Nature whose diapaso
Intellectual essence, in contradistinction to the Intelligibl
As regards the dual phases of the Saturn and Jupite
alluded to above, suffice it to say that the one stands re
other as gestation is to generation, or affirmation to confir
will be observed that in the Jupiter symbol the crescent an
have exchanged places. Inherent Intelligibility, subsis
World of Soul ( h ), has thus become quickened into ins
tributes, intellectually cognized through the vehicular
Jupiter, significant of the Soul of the World (%).

The following excerpt from the ancient MS. previou
clearly illustrates the astrological distinction accorded
arbiters :
"
Jupiter (tin) is nothing but the centre of Saturn (
fested; for in Jupiter, which is the next planet under
contemplative influence begins to be active, which cau

bright light, and such a lively stirring brightness in Jup
is the first active planet wherein the joy of the contempla
is manifested, which it sets forward for action, and des
Saturn to Jupiter. Jupiter, then, as we have said, is the
planet, for in him that which first begins to break out into
formerly conceived in Saturn. . . . Therefore, did th
attribute to Saturn all scholars and philosophers, as also
and hermits, all melancholy and reserved persons, who lov
and retired life, and who are always full of thoughts, an
disposed to contemplation than to action. On the c
all statesmen, and tradesmen, who use
that contemplation still precedes action, as Saturn is be
in the heavens, even as thoughts are conceived in the m
the action of speech."
These deductions are certainly in line with the metap
gestions involved in our discussion, and they emphasize
the science of astrology rests upon no arbitrary or conje
The symbolical significance attaching to these two sup
is consentient with that accorded them in the old myth
tems. The Greeks, in their portrayal of Kronos (or S

emanation from Ouranos(the infinite), undoubtedly mean
of the elementary processes we have touched upon. Th
be proved in his subsequent dethronement by Jupiter,
was the putative parent — clearly an illustration of the seq
the one bears the other in the planetary procession.
This achievement, so vividly allegorized in their epics

Jupiter the tutelar genius who presided over the dest
mortals and immortals, from the Olympian heights, " bes
ency and pacifying justice." And so is he regarded
science, symbolizing the unfoldment of the contemplat
inherent in the Saturn principle.
To extend the analogy to an astrological application
the representative of contemplative Thought, as the
Time, and the ruler of the sphere in which primordi
assumes form and figure, is granted regency over the fr
the Universe, as well as the anatomy or bony structure o
body. On the other hand, Jupiter, as the offspring of th
and equity. He therefore stands astrologically related
politic in an adjudicative capacity, and holds dominion o
rial system of the physical body.
Homogeneous with the primal trinity which constitu
of the astral symbolism, is the triadic character of the de
the mythologies of the East ; as, for example, the tri
Hindu philosophy, Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva — the creato
and destroyer or, metaphysically, considered as substan
and dissolution. The local triad at Thebes included Am

and Chous; while identical with the characteristics embo
are those recognized in the more universal worship of Os
Horus in the Egyptian cosmology.
That Osiris was typical of the sun is evidenced in the
his soul was in some way allied to the sacred bull Ap
evolved from the fact that at that period of time this lumi
the sign Taurus (the Bull) of the zodiac at the vernal e
the beginning of the solar year.
Being thus recognized as the regenerator of nature,
Osiris was reverenced as emblematical of the sun prin
sphere of manifestation, and so understood by the init
" source of all
"
; hence, symbolized by the circle of pure
It Plutarch speaks of the s
is interesting to note that
having a crescent on its right side. Remember that Eve
was extracted from the side of Adam (the sun). An
find the lunar orb typified in Isis, the spouse of Osiris
Silence, typical of substance in its static condition,
symbolized in the Cross.
According to Pierret, "The numberless gods of t
are but manifestations of the One" Being in his various
To which Mariette Bey subscribes: — "The one re
according to the Egyptians, the universe was God hims
Pantheism formed the foundations of their religions."
Viewing these subjects purely from a historical and
standpoint, neither of these writers seemed to realize

polytheistic doctrines reposed the grand principles of
thus personified that they might appeal the more pro
limited capacities of a fanciful and credulous constitu
innumerable deities which followed were but the primal t
tiated into inferior personifications, yet united by collate
were but symbolical of the numerous types and emotio

upon the transformative processes of evolutionary life.
To quote from Basilides, the heretic: — "There is
God, by name Abraxas, which the Greeks call Nous.
emanated the Word ; from the Word, Providence ; from
Virtue and Wisdom (Saturn and Jupiter?); from these
Virtues, Principalities, and Powers (planets?) were m
infinite productions and emissions of angels (constellatio
In this interpretation one need not slight the fac
to the projection of these ministerial forces, is the Incom
Idea itself, the Spiritual Sun, in whom subsist the
providences as expressed through the executive func
perhaps all unconsciously. That Jesus the Christ as d
from Jesus the man is qualitative of Divine Spirit,
question for dispute; though the ordinary creedal ent
his supine inattention toward matters of this chara
doubtless object most strenuously to the imputation that
to this principle partakes largely of sun worship.
We think this assertion can be amply verified.
Through the astronomical law of precession, the verna
point at the beginning of the Christian Era had retro

Taurus into Aries, the Ram of the zodiac ; hence,
suspended from the Cross, became an object for s
because the sun-god in his entry therein had complete
revolution and was then stationary at the intersectio
ification of the ecliptic with the equator (+) for the per
days, after which he began his ascension into north

Subsequently the lamb was replaced by a human figure
being more congruous to the purposes of allegory.
In this light the crucifixion of Christ upon the Cross
ical of a principle in the metaphysics of Being, as portr
stellar science by an orbital point in the pathway of
whom the Nazarene was made the archetype. The su
in the Algonquin tongue as Gheezes. It is also pertine
this connection that the zodiacal sign Aries rules over P
locale of the crucifixion.
This is but the relationship of the Cross to our later
them for the purposes of condensation in the demotic or
expression of thought. Dr. Young, in speaking of enc
says:
" They exhibit also unequivocal traces of a kin
writing, in which the names of some of the deities s
been principally employed in order to compose that of
concerned : thus it appears that wherever M and N occ
gether or separated by a vowel, the symbol of the go
Amun (Jupiter) is almost universally employed." He
example, Amenothes, written with the symbol of Jup

by othes.
We come next to a consideration of Mars, the ruler
division of the magical Tetrad — Motion — astrologically
the watery triplicity. At first thought, there is an ap
alism in the assignment of a fiery planet to the gover
trigon. In alchemic terminology, however, the explan

in the correspondence of this element to sulphur, the e
in all forms of intelligence ; therefore, Mars stands dy
lated to the substance of Motion, in which sense the el
acter of this triplicity is to be interpreted.
Thus, Mars, as the principle of Energy in the septe
imparts the fixity needful to a perfect expression of t
Will. His is the cohesiveness which gives to Power
their relativity. Accordingly, when potent and well c
nativity, he contributes the determination and energy
the attainment of purpose. But when inharmoniously
other elements in the sidereal these activities
fore impermanent, elements — impermanent in so far as the
their perverted activities on the physical plane — are conv
the more refined properties of Venus, the magnetic cent
which is generated the sublimated essences of pure spirit.
ruler of the first of the tetradic forces, stability, the f
power in which subsists the quality of Divine Love.
In the science of Being this is but another term for t
principle through which the complexities of nature are cor
synthesized into a spiritual recognition of the Whole ;
which brings the circle above the cross, as represented in

of this planet ( $ ).
It will be observed in this method of treatment that
stand apparently related to each other in a dual capaci
and Jupiter — Thought and Wisdom, constituting twin re
the spheres of generation, as do Mars and Venus — Will
tion, each vested with the animating potency of the

reflected into mundane channels through the mediating
the Moon. And while their respective symbols signify a
operation, they likewise indicate a fourfoldness in constitu
This with the exception of Mercury, the habitude of th
the intelligence of the human soul, whose symbol carrie
triple significance. As the mind appropriates unto itse
which is assimilative, so do we find in the Mercury sym
combination of all the glyphs which represent the perfec
spirit, soul, and matter, the integral essentialities which
the allness of Being.
Therefore, the mental trend of the individual is de
the affections of this planet in the horoscope ; for, thro
stant proximity to the Sun, or vivifying principle, he
translator of light from those arbiters with whom he
mately conciliated. Accordingly, he was designated
losophy of the ancients as the " Messenger of the
means an arbitrary appellation.
It was in consideration of the manifold virtues conta
astral principles that the Pythagoreans accounted the n

as the vehiculum of man's life.The immortal Bard t
the gist of this philosophy in his " Seven Ages," which
the Ptolemaic divisions of the life span, in which the fir
is ruled by the quadrennial period of the Moon, represe
compact and formative processes belonging to incipien
ceeding ten years is the Mercury period, wherein the rat

the soul begins to attract unto itself the seeds of Underst
is followed by the Venus period of eight years, in which
intellect unites itself with the generative principles of
comes the rule of the Sun, agreeing with his periodical
nineteen years, and showing the attainment of man
majesty of his powers. Mars governs the next fifteen ye
the correlation of life's purposes. The fruition comes
of Jupiter, which conforms to his astronomical period of
after which the reflective age of Saturn carries the hum
into the bosom of Time.
Before bringing this aperqu to a close, a few hints
his psychical value in the universal economy; for, log
magnetic operations in the ambient must coordinate in d
their similitudes in the interdepending organism.
In this recognition of specific values attaching to ever
expression of Being, one has opened the way to a clearer
sion of the real purport of the planets as adjuvant fac
analyses of remote conditions in the life of an individual u
It is the woeful misconception of the inductive princip
lying this branch of the astral science, which has earned

charge of empiricism and irrationality.
Man, as a sidereally constituted individual, or human
spiritual centre of energy, a dynamo of psychic activities,
ally expressed through his attractions, and evolutionally,
pulsions. These processes are no more nor less than the
of that law of self-adjustment, which the classes decry

but which is more philosophically defined in the Hermetic
Destiny, " the executive instrument of Necessity." For
tion projected from out a condition of latency into the p
active Being, necessarily assumes the attitude of aspirat
order of its attraction back to the seat of its geneses. Th
act of expediency, demanded by the exigencies of Divin
which can be subserved only through the providential a
Necessity.
Therefore, conceding, through the known laws of corres
that the positions of the planets at the physical birth o
being are indicative of certain magnetic points in his psy
of the vibrations peculiar to each of the planets corres
tively to each of the seven prismatic colors, psychic
have discovered a rationalistic correspondence between
human emotions. The red of Desire is but the Mars
activity, conducing to anger and passion ; the green of Be
the predominance of the Luna element, begetting charita
when excited in the horoscope ; while the blue of Saturn
the passions. In this chemistry of the soul and its relatio
"All" lies the secret of the influences arising through

teraction.
It is the province of judicial astrology to determine
these operations in the horoscope, and to interpret throu
losophy of its tenets their spiritual as well as worldly sig
"What wonder, then, that we a science scan,
Which, tracing nature, analyzes man ;
Whether we view him placed in joy or woe ;
Whether trace earth or search her depths below ;

Whether we contemplate the glorious Sun,
The circling planets or the changeful Moon ; —
In all, th' Almighty Architect we mark,
Clear, though mysterious, luminous, though dark!"
Chapter IV
ECLIPSES.
"Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation,

against kingdom; and great earthquakes shall be in divers places

and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from
—St. Luke
And likewise does the prophet Jeremiah's reference

of heaven, and kindred scriptural allusions too numerous
here, concede to the celestial indices a relevancy in the af
which can scarcely be ignored by those whose faith abides in

of Holy Writ. While the Sacred Volume so cogently te
importance of the stars as reliable promittors in the unfo
inexorable providences, the pages of profane history likewis
authentic instances which signalize eclipses as the harbingers
adversity to the nations of the earth.
It was not until after years and years of systematic obs
the ancients became convinced that the disturbed terrestria
which invariably attend upon the heels of the ecliptic conjun
but logical concomitants of such phenomena. The ration
hypothesis once fully verified, it became but a matter of i
wise the intelligent apprehension of the primary laws of w
individually and collectively part and parcel. Hence, the cha
stition and ignorance found surreptitiously placarded over
of every vestibule which leads to the Inner Sanctuary.
It is amusing to note with what aptitude the scholastic
the vainglory of his attainments, seeks to credit to superstiti
belief which has the temerity to outstrip the compass of his o
For which reason there has been a great deal im
ment.
much-abused term which never bore the slightest resemb
misconception of a self-evident fact.
Thus, Lockyer, writing of eclipses and the ignorance
some of the Oriental nations in regard thereto, states that "
when they see the black disc of our satellite advancing
believe that the jaws of a dragon are gradually eating it
which it is obvious that Mr. Lockyer knew not that an e

sun can only take place at one of the moon's nodes, the o
being that point where it passes the plane of the earth's orb
to north, known as caput draconis, or the Dragon's Head, el
been so immature in decrying that which he had not th
discern. And so the untutored ( ?) Hindoo's superstition
into the recognition of an astronomical fact, beside which t
a Lockyer does not readily commend itself.
The material scientist, whose devotion to physical an
onizes him against aught which cannot be confined to the d
laboratory, is similarly prone to dissemble by ascribing to
law is the relativity which exists between cause and effect
factors in the world of phenomena.
Eclipses of the luminaries produce, through potent angl
tion, unusual disturbances in the boundless ether, thereby
impulsion of magnetic vibratory forces too harsh for the
to which sublunary nature is accustomed. The natural
disharmony in the interdepending parts, in time and degree
the measurement and character of the disturbing factors
alone supplies the key to the solution of these complex con

ubiquity of an all-pervading essence throughout the breadth
Nature must be conceded in order to postulate universality
Consciousness. Upon this obvious truth is reared the
structure of predictive science.
There is no dearth of testimony at the command of the e
in corroboration of the direful effects of eclipses upon the

inhabitants. One need not turn to the Bible nor to the ann
so remote as to abound in doubtful tradition for the records
and revolution that had been clearly foreseen and interp
astrologer. Nor seemingly is it given to the intelligence o
to apprehend, by his art, the grave import attaching to these
Naturalists have observed the fear evinced by the lower an
the obscuration of the luminaries, they undoubtedly reali
some subtle function the gravity of the portents thus dis
might we declare that the dumb brute who instinctively sen
in that which lies beyond the ken of his reason, is manife
touch with the mysteries of nature than the individual
the moon, and which, after they were grown up, fulfilled
tions of the eclipse by their miserable death — one of them
asunder by hounds, another falling off from a high place
his thigh, and the next time his neck ; the third was burned !
Every monad in process of evolution, whether it belong t
animal, vegetable, or mineral kingdom, is amenable to t
Therefore, an eclipse may impress its influence in any and ev
Individuals are affected, disorganizations class
beset the
totter, dynasties fall, drought and pestilence bechance, earthqu
and old ocean upheaves her tides — all in response to the no
set in motion by these abrupt changes in nature's polarity.
Chapter V.
NATURE'S ANALOGIES.*
To no class of investigators, perhaps, does Nature so

reveal the sublimity of her method and purpose as to th
the stars. Pledged to a system of interpretation foun
rationalism of induction and correspondence, he perceive
reflection of the Mother-Soul a grandeur an
great
undemonstrable through the concepts of physical science.

His philosophy teaches him that in order the m
comprehend the purport of his own being, the centre
diffusive of all manner of tumults and emotions, the mi
able to grasp the meaning of the centre of the envelopin
with its attendant satellites, each of which is likewise exp
specific impulse.
There are many paths, but none, we believe, whic
logically and truly to an intellectual contemplation of
Essence itself as that afforded by the scale of similitudes
the Sun as the positive element of a stupendous sys
wondrous aggregate of molecular activities which con
Though the material thinker regard the physical sun
of terrestrial life, the astral physicist recognizes in the s
a basic principle which exists in every instance of organi
a composite universe, or a microscopic atom. And
generates a light of its own, one must understand by
every physical impulse and every centre of energy
principle, whether it be a visible ray, or a psychic eman
Thus, each molecule, as a world unto itself, educes a
which may be conceived as its very own, augmented

according to its relationship with coterminous activities.
as a member of a group, is in turn but a centralization
each expressing its individual measure of luminosity, a
much importance in the Universal Economy as is th
planet swinging majestically in its celestial pathway.
This luminous principle is everywhere. Whether

unmanifest, it is omnipresent. Darkness is not the
light," but an abeyance in its manifestation. The tiny
by the flint is as much an entity prior to its emission a
of that act. From this we deduce that the human ego
nation is obscured by the density of his astral environme
within him not only the possibilities of the man whose
from the mountain top, but likewise the potentiality o
of which he is a part.
One may attain to a quasi-scientific understanding of
dynamic, fluidic and etherio-atomic theories. These
terms, however, have but an external significance. Ligh
relative, no one of which can be apprehended except
association with some other force. That which acts mus
thing to act upon, else no cognizance can be taken of
speaks of the light of the Sun ; but if all space beside
there could be no conception of a luminous principle in
organism. Whence it comes that Nature abhors a vacuum
out her domain, Force and Matter — or Energy and Crys
are but co-ordinate factors, each equally dependent up
for its measure of expression. To them may be ascribe

parentage of every phenomenal impulse.
And herein arises the duality of Being — Sun-Moo
negative, cause-effect, winter-summer, male-female, —
terms which but serve to impress us with the fact tha
nature is assumed and not real. Though Venus be reg
antithesis of Mars, yet in all natural operations this

dependent upon a recognition of its polar opposite ; for
as a unifying factor can be apparent only through a cohes
the different impulses involved. Likewise, Saturn as t
crystallization, though usually associated with the nega
and heat, is, in the world of soul, directly related to th
of the Sun; because life (Sun) can become individ
through that convergence of activities which ultimate
(Saturn). And so on, throughout the realms of nature
perfect equilibrium contingent upon the law of mutual
Duality.
With as the basis of existence, and a
mist, the metaphysician, and the astrologer, unburdene
of grotesque religiosity, it expresses a law of supernal
divinity lies beyond the purview of sect or creed. In
Mercury, Sulphur, and Salt, or spirit, soul, and body (Of
recognize in the Trinity the three fundamental divisions
which, functioning through the four mystic elements, c
seven principles of eternal nature.
These phases of Being may be readily illustrated by
solar spectrum. Thus, Unity is literally expressed by th

ray. Passing this through the prism — analogous to the a
we find the trinity in the three distinct gradations of co
the primaries, or blue, yellow, and red. The duality is
the two poles, the blues representing the negative by re
refrangibility, and the reds the positive, because les
deflection. From the natural affinities or admixtures of

get four subdivisions, or secondaries, which complete th
tones of the prismatic scale. Their analogy to the sev
planes of vibration as interpreted through the planets, is
And so, in the tiny ray of light which comes tw
secret mirth through the open lattice, do we find blend
capable of analyzation, the genetic principles which
Universe. Truly, God's ways are not altogether past fi
Field scientifically demonstrated the numerical v
primary colors, yellow, red, and blue, to be respective
and eight. Whether or not Field was aware of the o
8. Blue. w Actinism. Decomposition.
3. Yellow. O Light. Transformation.
5. Red. 4- Heat. Combination.
These numerical proportions are thus found to cor

the astrological chart of the heavens, in that the eighth ho
cant of death, or putrefaction, conformably to the axiom
"
of corruption shall come incorruption ; the third, a
mind, accords with the Divine Intelligence that, throug

tions of the fifth house (offspring), effects the individ
spirit through matter.
The principal scheme of Nature is revealed in the t
constituting as they do the symbol of Mercury ($), or th
materia which forms the basis of every chemical process
relate to a vulgar or a spiritual regimen.

Through the chemical values as given above — light,
ism — one may study the trinity in its application
phenomena. Light and heat are specific verities within
every intelligent being, because visually perceived and
felt. This third attribute, however, is not so familiar
unconcerned with the deeper intricacies of nature, yet ne
most essential factor in that laboratory of activities wher
and the Unseen are correlated into harmonious forms an
As the efficient principle in the production of chemic
is aptly illustrated in the following trinal processes,
chlorides and bromides are reducible through Decompos
sunlight. Likewise are all the various gradations of
evolution of plant forms but different expressions of actin
UNITY
MERCURY SUJPHUR SALT
To extend the analogy, we find this arrangement of t

accord with the variations in the chemical action of t
throughout the progress of the seasons, emphasizing t

actinism, light, and heat, or the colors of the solar spectr
successive dominating principles in all natural growth
natural forces never act at variance with their established
Thus, in the spring of the year, when Nature's impuls
germination, the rays predominantly active are the actin
($), Jupiter Saturn (Tj). This is because a negative
essential to the incipient stage of plant life, wherein deco
the first step towards fructification, is coincident with th
As the summer approaches the actinic rays diminish,
of light — MoonQ)), Venus ($>), Sun (0)— relatively increas
ever a wise conservator, has husbanded her luminous prin
ray of the spectrum, and includes those formative proces
the law of chemical affinity is the most active.
Continuing towards the red or positive polar ray (g
trace the similitude in nature to the heat forces which pre
ripening season, through and by which the yielding and
qualities of the gestative and circulatory processes are co
developed into the perfection of weight and solidity. Th
forces have thus become polarized by the positive, and e
is the result.
With this corollation of the threefold methods of the
fructification, the differentiating potencies are apparently
and, figuratively, "earth returns to earth, and dust to d
trinity, however, has but merged into the fourth quadran
or nature in abeyance, — which in sum makes I + 2 + 3
the number of Unity.

And so in demonstrative physics, if the prism be with
variegated colors vanish, and once again the pure white
to us as the symbol of the Eternal One. For back of div
is Unity !
With slightly different arrangement of our diagram we

a
more clearly to perceive the tonal and color values analogicall

out of Unity into septenary expression —
NEGATIVE
r Actinism V si M
I la Ju
B sol S
represented the vibratory values as reflected through
onto the plane of physical or material expression — and
not only in the chemical evolvement of Nature's trin
treated of, but other corroborations will be noted furth
enquiry.
Color, as is evident, is that manifestation of vibrat
appeals to us through the organs of vision, and in one s
palpable exhibition afforded us of occult processes, w
intellectually or substantially. Take, for example, the

negative to positive in the prismatic scale, as beheld in
the rainbow reflected athwart the misty curtain of a r
shower. Did it never occur to you that Nature by this m
safing a glimpse of the marvelous secret operations which
the harmony of her melodies? —that she was, surreptitio
revealing to you that law of vibration which is identical i

whether it be in the blending of a color scheme, an inter
scale, the unfolding processes of the mineral, the vegetabl
kingdom, or a stellar aspect in the sidereal heavens? Bu
the fact.
Vibration as the primal law is obviously more manife
color than in other realms, for herein the gradations from
tensions, or vice versa, may be readily sensed by physica
do or .C, being the lowest register of the music scale, is
coarsest air vibrations; likewise is red as its color-equiv
festation of the coarsest ether waves, the respective valu
grades in both scales hearing a similar relationship.
a distinct steps in her season of fructification, viz. : In the
:d period of spring she utilizes the actinic or electric forces w
ly j in the blue rays of the spectrum ; during the evolving or sum
'
ir the principle of light, which centers in the yellow, is brought
sition ; and at the ripening season the element of heat, vested
h ray, is essential to the completion of her purposes.
it Now, as with the seed of grain, so with the human monad.
or embryonic activities are synchronal with those of the upper
n pole of nature's battery, which is violet (Mercury, in astrology

f mind), for a spark of the Divine Intelligence has now app
r quickening; passing along the line of the spectrum the foet
i- attained in the yellow, Venus, or — as in Astrology — the love
p principle; thence into the red (Mars), which is the sphere
and independent selfhood, and behold! this is the stage at
s, human soul is ripened into outward being.

c And so with every undertaking, whether mental .or phys
il
j
emanates from the thought realm, conception and evolu
y
[
systematically through the same gradations as depicted in t
and the music scale, and interpreted by the celestial science o
i j For example, or idea first enters the sphere
a vague image
r \
which is through the mind (Mercury), but in order practicall
, ! this idea there must be a correlation of these mental forces,
: ;
of the principles which constitute that idea, and this calls i
the Venus or love element. With the forces thus arraigned fo
the idea takes active form under the energizing stimulus o
and color, then as a fundamental fact this order must obta
the broad domain of the universal Cosmos. There cannot b
and distinct laws of motion in our economy, for such wou
ultimate antagonism and consequent chaos.
Lest the claim that a chromatic and hence a musical law
in the starry heavens be too vague for ready acceptance,
here, without fear of contradiction, that star color can be
One need only use the naked eye

by a little observation.
the dusky redness of Mars. This planet, strong in a nati
a preponderance of red corpuscles in the blood, the conc
martial or positive, aggressive, temperament. It was th
of this fact that led the old sages to denominate this p
of war.
Ascending the planetary scale we come to the Moon. Th
about her being made of green cheese is really, though pe

sciously, but a quaint reference to a fundamental princi
of which this planet is the symbol, green being her psychica
color scheme! The green cheese theory, by the way, inv
drous truth, interesting if homely. As is well known, the
for producing curd is milk which has been concreted in the
sucking calf. Why this should effect the desired end is
stomach from whence the milk is taken for purposes of
germane with the Cancer (stomach) activities, of which,
astrology, the Moon partakes. The result is produced b
of principles. Odd, isn't it? If one needs any proof of the
is green, and Lyra blue. "In the pure transparent atmosphe
regions the colors are far more brilliant. There, oftentimes,
sky is a blaze of jewels, the stars glittering with the green of
the blue of the amethyst, and the red of the topaz, ...
and multiple stars every color is presented in all its richness
We find also combinations of colors complementary to each
is a green star with a blood-red companion; here an oran
sun, there a yellow and purple one. The triple star An

formed of an orange-red sun and two others of an emerald g
tint that blooms in the flowers of summer flames out in the s
'The rainbow flowers of the footstool and the starry flo
throne,' proclaim their common author, while rainbow, flow
alike evince the same Divine love of the beautiful" (Steele).
The stars being thus indisputably identified with color
follows they must correspond to a tone value, for the inte

between these two planes of activity is too obvious to admit
Thus are we enabled to perceive far more than a mere
gestion in the expression "music of the spheres." Indeed
vested not only with wondrous rationality, but with a q
admits of logical demonstration.
To view of the heavens as a tremendous sou
the vault
with the seven planets as the sovereign keys of Nature's d
demand some stretch of the imagination, yet to the ear at
rhythm of the stellar harmonies they discourse strains of a v
grandeur such as no instrument devised by the ingenuity o
which attention is directed further along to the seven prin
sions in the mineral kingdom analogous to the cosmic cen
each of which obtain the same harmonious dependencies
in color and music, and so demonstrated in astral physics b
necessity of geometrical aspects, or points of departure fo
of celestial magnetism.
In text-books on Astrology we are told, for instance, tha
aspect with Saturn has a significance relatively different from
Mercury in aspect with Mars. We also read that Venus

Uranus produces jealousy, that her familiarity with Me
the native to be affable, just, complacent, etc., while Mars i
Jupiter begets a keen sense of humor, generosity and extra
the surface all this sounds the veriest jargon, because havin
terms foreign to the usual habits of thought yet the princi
are the universal ones to be found operating in every d

nature.
Now, if we will but view the several planets in their
symbols of certain specific potencies in the astral econo
analogous to known elements in physical chemistry, we ha
point from which to illustrate some of the fundamentals
For which purpose I subjoin here the analogies between
metals, and a list of equivalents belonging to the four planes
tion, viz. : In Astrology, the four divisions of elemental act
as triplicities, with their planetary rulerships according t
philosophers; in Chemistry, the four elements known
These are here regarded as spiritual forces, those on th
being identical in essence, no matter where found in Nat
tory. Thus, Venus, or the love element in the human emotio
unifying principle that gives to organized matter its quality
As chlorine it is chief of the elements called salt produ
be found in most ashes after calcination. Its analogy with t
principle of that name is obvious. And so with each of the
of manifestation as indicated in the above tabulation. The
the psychic chemistry of man, and in the constitution of the

vegetable, must and do correspond with those in the psyc
of the sidereal world.
With these basic facts let us see if a logical reason can
for the various interpretations bearing upon the combine
of the planets.
Reference is made to the astrological precept that Ven

with Uranus produces a species of green-eyed monster known
Such term as applied to this passional quality will seem no
a one when the chemical relations of these two elements
understood ; for this chlorine, which is a gas of a greenish
(ruled by Venus, of the earthy or stable triplicity), and ura
by Uranus) combined, form a stable tetrachloride (UC14), w
lizes in dark green octahedra. Uranium is lacking in analo
other chemical element, just as its stellar equivalent, Ur
spiritual symbol for all such as might be expressed as unco
even its moons moving in a direction contrary to its own
"Love and hate exist in minerals as they do in man, on
state of consciousness, and a tragedy or comedy might b
regard to their family history ; describing, for instance, how
Princess Sodium fell in love and was married to a fiery
Oxygen, and how the happy union lasted until one day a je
named Chlorine, fell in love with her, and although he
married to a flighty woman whose name was Hydrogenia,
the princess, and there was nothing left for poor Oxygen bu
deserted woman and turn to water with her. Such a story

from a similar one enacted in human life only in so far as
the latter would intelligently and consciously follow certain
are enacted without individual intelligence in the mineral ki
These interactions and correspondences in natural la
brought to the notice of the student in Astrology, sometimes
within the limits of the individual, as shown by a conflict of

or in the fermentative processes analogous to discord and di
between the separate economies of two or more persons, wh
elements inherent in the one refuse to combine agreeab
dominant ones in the other.
That Mars in aspectal terms with Jupiter superinduces to
be scientifically demonstrated, though were I to tell you that
is one of its equivalents in the chemical laboratory, you wou
feel fully as humorous as the statement could possibly justif
is the fact, for laughing gas is a nitrous oxide, formed by a
of nitrogen (Mars) and oxygen (Jupiter). The difference
of these two forces on the two planes of activity, is but a
of the metal become depolarized, and speedy disintegration e
is just why the individual thus constituted so frequently fin
cial substance, as ruled by Jupiter, similarly dissipated.
We are told in Astrology that Mercury conjunction Satu
the mental functions, leading generally to undue gravity and
You will note in the present list of analogies that Mercu
with quicksilver, and Saturn with lead. In Astrology Merc
to govern the intellect, and Saturn the memory. As prin
universal scheme, they act correspondentially on all planes.
{Archidoxis Magicce) states that "Mercury is coagulated

no metal has greater affinity for mercury than lead posses
the fixity or coagulation of the mineral element, mercury
by a proper union with lead, is seen to analogize with the ac
two principles upon the psychical aura of man, causing the
tion of the normal functions of the mind. Again, Mercu

with Mars unbends and renders flexible the martial element
temperament, just as a steel rod, if anointed with mercuria
broken like glass.
I might extend these illustrations indefinitely, but it w
further to corroborate the claims of Astrology, that in the
the spiritual structures of the sidereal systems reposes the
both the inner and the outer mysteries of nature. They
the one upon the other, and together constitute a Divine d
this is not a baseless assumption may be gleaned from the f
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these higher subjects, sees fit to express his disbelief in the
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Astrosophia:

ITS SYMBOLISM, ITS SPECULATIVE TRUTHS, AN

ASTROSOPHIA: BEING METAPHYSICAL AST

Having been out of print for some time, this

dent of the American Academy of Astrologians

search in the arts and sciences.

I deem it an honor to be enabled to restore

If, as said Aristotle in the Dialectics,

tendency of certain petty minds to spew a profligate venom

subject to this peculiar quality of animadversion.

reason therefor — of why mystic truth should so persistently

reach the lay mind and disclose to whilom beauties as

scans these pages will eventually be led into closer familiar

HOROSCOPE OF THE DECLARATION

of planetary law. So sublime in its concepts that the

was characterized as an upstart astrologer," while Galil

not aspire. No inhibitive power other than that from wh

economy, is to acknowledge the sovereignty of universa

elements of the science for the use of future ages, he c

on the ruined monuments and sarcophagi of all natio

resent the deific principles of that divine cosmology of

the labyrinth of an intangible materialism into the ste

motives of ecclesiastical aggrandizement, makes it easily

the key-note, though he cannot explain why each succe

tionship existing between the operations of the planet

him and giveth him suck. This maiden we call Adrenedefa,

in the East, and are come to worship him." In fact, the pa

These Biblical references to the science are but

cule, there is scarcely one who knows distinctly what i

against the buffetings of capricious destiny. The starv

The heavens are calling you and wheel around you,

Whence He, who all discerns, chastises you."

The sophist and the bigot differ only in this: the fo

ignorance, was good specimen of the sophist; t

tains chiefly where knowledge cries in vain for recogn

deems it pertinent to present a few of the facts of this

irrelative character, being regarded in a purely symbo

laboratory of nature, this adjustment may perhaps seem

"The Fixed Stars are most slow in motion, and consequentl

men, for men are of so small a duration, and subject to a swift m

The unprejudiced mind seems constrained to admit

aspirational temperament of our people, and rules the nin

roborative of the phenomenal growth to which we have a

Philadelphia, July 4, 1776, Oh 20m P. M.

It has been ascertained that Gemini among the c

observation, and these examples will afford one the opp

terminated. For seven years were the frontier settlements harassed

The visitation of the witchcraft mania, so abnormally

history. The abatement of this excitement and the cess

Facts similar to these are what help to constitute the

degree of the sign in October, 1943, at which time his inf

so evident to the lay mind as are the marked influences

sidering the relation of comets to mundane affairs.

of 1899 and the ensuing winter he will be passing the o

of these weightier problems. Indeed, by reason of their

their disturbance of the cosmic energy as the more con

ogy, though no less a part of its subject-matter. Never

ground for the usual behavior of men to comets; for th

comet in the form of a sword that hung over Jerusalem

pass, so it that we have vouched experience, that

commotions are the consequences of such signs as thes

these opinions, were they not founded upon

tian world. Ave Marias were also ordered, suppleme